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Illustration by Eileen Walton, 1968.
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mudwerks · 11 months
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(via JHALAL DRUT: Eileen Walton, 1968)
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Ngaio Marsh - Spinsters in Jeopardy - Fontana - 1960 (cover illustration by Eileen Walton)
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devoutjunk · 5 months
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Novel Syllabus 2024
This coming year I think I'm going to be on here more often than I am on twitter or elsewhere, and as part of that, I'm going to start documenting the process of writing my novel more actively. I want to return to/resurrect the momentum and energy I had while writing the first draft and be more intentional about setting aside time to work, even when it's difficult. Below are my writing goals for the coming year as well as my reading list of texts for inspiration, genre/background research, comps, etc. Would welcome any suggestions of texts (any genre/discipline) pertaining to Antigone, death & resurrection, Welsh and Cornish myth and folklore, ecology & environmental crisis, and the Gothic.
Writing Goals
Reach 50k words in draft 2 overall
Finish a draft of Anna's timeline
Finish a draft of Jo's timeline
Polish & submit an excerpt for the Center for Fiction Prize
Reading
* = reread
Sci-Fi, Fantasy, & The Apocalyptic
The Memory Theater (Karin Tidbeck)
Who Fears Death (Nnedi Okorafor)
Urth of The New Sun (Gene Wolfe)
Slow River (Nicola Griffith)
Dream Snake (Vonda McIntyre)
Black Leopard, Red Wolf (Marlon James)
Notes from the Burning Age (Claire North)
Invisible Cities (Italo Calvino)*
Frankenstein (Mary Shelley)*
The Last Man (Mary Shelley)
The Drowned World (J.G. Ballard)
Strange Beasts of China (Yan Ge, trans. by Jeremy Tiang)
City of Saints and Madmen (Jeff VanderMeer)
Freshwater (Akweke Emezi)
The Glass Hotel (Emily St. John Mandel)
Pattern Master (Octavia Butler)
Sleep Donation (Karen Russell)
How High We Go in the Dark (Sequoia Nagamatsu)
The Magician's Nephew (C.S. Lewis)*
The Golden Compass (Phillip Pullman)*
The Green Witch (Susan Cooper)
The Tombs of Atuan (Ursula K. Le Guin)
Black Sun (Rebecca Roanhorse)
Gideon the Ninth (Tamsyn Muir)
Lives of the Monster Dogs (Kirsten Bakis)
Brian Evenson
Sofia Samatar
Connie Willis
Samuel Delaney
Jo Walton
Tanith Lee
Retellings
A Wild Swan (Michael Cunningham)
Til We Have Faces (C.S. Lewis)
Gingerbread (Helen Oyeyemi)
Circe (Madeline Miller)
The Owl Service (Alan Garner)
Literary Myth-Making, Mystery, and the Gothic
Nights at the Circus (Angela Carter)
Frenchman's Creek (Daphne Du Maurier)
Possession (A.S. Byatt)*
The Game (A.S. Byatt)*
The Essex Serpent (Sarah Perry)
Wuthering Heights (Emily Brontë)
The Secret History (Donna Tartt)*
The Wild Hunt (Emma Seckel)
King Nyx (Kirsten Bakis)
The Name of the Rose (Umberto Eco)
The Lottery and Other Stories (Shirley Jackson)
Beloved (Toni Morrison)
The Night Land (William Hope Hodgson)
Interview with a Vampire (Anne Rice)*
Sexing the Cherry (Jeanette Winterson)*
Night Side of the River (Jeanette Winterson)
Bad Heroines (Emily Danforth)
All the Murmuring Bones (A.G. Slatter)
The Path of Thorns (A.G. Slatter)
Gormenghast (Mervyn Peake)
Prose Work, Perspective, and Stream of Consciousness
The Chandelier (Clarice Lispector)
The Waves (Virginia Woolf)*
The Years (Virginia Woolf)
The Intimate Historical Epic / Court Intrigues
Wolf Hall (Hilary Mantel)*
Menewood (Nicola Griffith)
Dark Earth (Rebecca Stott)
A Place of Greater Safety (Hilary Mantel)
Research
The Mabinogion (trans. Sioned Davies)
Le Morte D'Arthur (Thomas Malory)
The Collected Brothers Grimm (Phillip Pullman)
Angela Carter's Collected Fairytales
Mythology (Edith Hamilton)
Underland (Robert Macfarlane)
The Wild Places (Robert Macfarlane)
Wildwood (Roger Deakin)
Vanishing Cornwall (Daphne Du Maurier)
Lonely Planet: Guide to Devon & Cornwall
A Traveler's Guide to the End of the World (David Gessner)
The Lost Boys of Montauk (Amanda M. Fairbanks)
A Cyborg Manifesto (Donna J. Harraway)
A Treasury of British Folklore (Dee Dee Chainey)*
The First Last Man: Mary Shelley and the Postapocalyptic Imagination (Eileen M. Hunt)
Antigone's Claim (Judith Butler)
Theories of Desire: Antigone Again (Judith Butler)
Ecology of Fear (Mike Davis)
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z025 · 1 year
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The Y&R recap for Tuesday, January 10, 2023, brings a shocking decision, a risky plan, an apology, a woman leaving Genoa City, and so much more. Y&R Recap Highlights Devon Hamilton (...
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dozydawn · 2 years
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Paperbacks illustrated by Eileen Walton.
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startwithsunset · 6 years
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Eileen Walton
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seattlemysterybooks · 7 years
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bearalley
1938 Collins hardcover
January 1961 Fontana edition, 3rd print
cover art by Eileen Walton
1st with Rupert Patrick 'Slim' Callaghan
Seattle Mystery Bookshop
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tachyonpub · 5 years
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For a limited time, get a selection of SIGNED Tachyon books at a great price!
Thanks to Jacob’s many travels and authors stopping by the offices, we have a large selection of signed books.
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Peter S. Beagle signing in the office
Along with our entire catalog,* these books are part of our holiday sale.
From now until Thursday, December 13
20% off on all orders of $25 or more (use the coupon code HAPPY20)
Free Media Mail shipping on all orders for U.S. customers
Supplies are limited on signed copies.
Books by Peter Beagle:
A FINE AND PRIVATE PLACE
IN CALABRIA
THE LINE BETWEEN
THE OVERNEATH
SUMMERLONG
WE NEVER TALK ABOUT MY BROTHER
THE NEW VOICES OF FANTASY (co-edited with Jacob Weisman; signed by both editors plus contributors Sarah Pinsker, Ursula Vernon, and JY Yang)
THE URBAN FANTASY ANTHOLOGY
THE SECRET HISTORY OF FANTASY
THE GREAT BAZAAR & BRAYAN’S GOLD by Peter V. Brett
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Ellen Datlow anthologies:
HAUNTINGS
LOVECRAFT’S MONSTERS 
MONSTROUS
NIGHTMARES: A NEW DECADE OF MODERN HORROR
CONTENT and CONTEXT by Cory Doctorow
THE VERY BEST OF KATE ELLIOTT
THE UNCERTAIN PLACES by Lisa Goldstein
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WE ARE ALL COMPLETELY FINE by Daryl Gregory
STABLE STRATEGIES AND OTHERS by Eileen Gunn
CATALYST by  Nina Kiriki Hoffman
BURN by James Patrick Kelly
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Anthologies edited  James Patrick Kelly and John Kessel (all signed by both editors)
DIGITAL RAPTURE: THE SINGULARITY ANTHOLOGY
FEELING VERY STRANGE: THE SLIPSTREAM ANTHOLOGY
KAFKAESQUE: STORIES INSPIRED BY FRANZ KAFKA
REWIRED: THE POST-CYBERPUNK ANTHOLOGY
PORTABLE CHILDHOODS and WICKED WONDERS by Ellen Klages
THE APES OF WRATH edited by Richard Klaw (signed by editor and contributors Joe R. Lansdale, Scott Cupp, Jess Nevins, and Mark Finn)
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Books by Nancy Kress:
AFTER THE FALL, BEFORE THE FALL, DURING THE FALL 
DOGS 
YESTERDAY’S KIN
THE PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF EVERYTHING by Nick Mamatas
THE BIBLE REPAIRMAN AND OTHER STORIES and STRANGE ITINERARIES by Tim Powers (both collections are also signed by James Blaylock)
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THE EMPEROR’S SOUL by Brandon Sanderson
STARLINGS by Jo Walton 
THE VERY BEST OF TAD WILLIAMS
*excluding all versions of THE LAST UNICORN: THE LOST JOURNEY and limited editions
20% off only applies to orders of $25.00 or more
Sale ends Thursday, December 13, at 11:59PM PST.
Free shipping via USPS Media Mail within the United States (except Alaska and Hawaii). No minimum purchase required.
Please email for other shipping options
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classicsodcovers · 6 years
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Classic SOD Cover Date: July 21, 2009
Thom Bierdz (Phillip, THE YOUNG & THE RESTLESS) (circle insets) Jeanne Cooper & Jess Walton (Katherine & Jill, THE YOUNG & THE RESTLESS) (left top) Joshua Morrow (Nick, THE YOUNG & THE RESTLESS) (left bottom) John Driscoll & Sean Kanan (Chance & Deacon, THE YOUNG & THE RESTLESS) (bottom inset) Eileen Davidson (Ashley, THE YOUNG & THE RESTLESS)
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art-now-germany · 3 years
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- SOLD - Swamp Forest, Collection: S. Ribbe,, Wolfgang Schmidt
Swamp Forest - Sumpfwald Sincerely to: Andy Hall, Sheikha Al Mayassa bint Hamad bin Khalifa Al-Thani, Paul Allen, Edythe L. and Eli Broad, Rosa and Carlos de la Cruz, Patricia and Gustavo Phelps de Cisneros (Venezuela and Dominican Republic), Donald and Mera Rubell, Steven A. Cohen, Theo Danjuma, Maria Baibakova, Adrian Cheng, Ingvild Goetz (München), Victoria and David Beckham, Leonardo Dicaprio, Alan Lau, Camilla Barella, Ralph DeLuca, Arthur de Ganay, Ramin Salsali, Moises Cosio, Pedro Barbosa, Monique and Max Burger, Joaquin Diez-Cascon, Luciano Benetton, Roman Abramovich and Dasha Zhukova (Russia), Robbie Antonio (Philippines), Hélène and Bernard Arnault (France), Maria and Bill Bell (United States), Peter Benedek (United States), Debra and Leon Black (United States), Christian and Karen Boros (Germany), Irma and Norman Braman (United States), Peter Brant (United States), Basma Al Sulaiman, Marc Andreessen, Laura and John Arnold, Camilla Barella, Swizz Beatz, Claudia Beck, Andrew Gruft, Robert and Renée Belfer, Lawrence Benenson, Frieder Burda (Germany), Richard Chang (United States), Kim Chang-il (Korea), David Chau and Kelly Ying (China), Pierre T.M. Chen (Taiwan), Adrian Cheng (China), Kemal Has Cingillioglu (United Kingdom), Nicolas Berggruen, Jill and Jay Bernstein, Ernesto Bertarelli, James Brett, Jim Breyer, Christian Bührle, Valentino D. Carlotti, Edouard Carmignac, Trudy and Paul Cejas, Dimitris Daskalopoulos (Greece), Zöe and Joel Dictrow (United States), George Economou (Greece), Alan Faena (Argentina), Mark Falcone and Ellen Bruss (United States), Amy and Vernon Faulconer (United States), Howard and Patricia Farber (United States), Larry and Marilyn Fields (United States), Marie Chaix, Michael and Eva Chow, Frank Cohen, Michael and Eileen Cohen, Isabel and Agustín Coppel, Anthony D'Offay, Hélène and Michel David-Weill, Antoine de Galbert, Ralph DeLuca, Amanda and Glenn Fuhrman (United States), Danielle and David Ganek (United States), Ken Griffin (United States), Agnes Gund (United States), Steven and Kathy Guttman (United States), Andrew and Christine Hall (United States), Lin Han (China), Henk and Victoria de Heus-Zomer (Holland), Grant Hill (United States), Maja Hoffmann (Switzerland), Erika Hoffmann-Koenige (Germany), Tiqui Atencio Demirdjian, Beth Rudin DeWoody, Eric Diefenbach and JK Brown, David C. Driskell, Mandy and Cliff Einstein, Rebecca and Martin Eisenberg, Ginevra Elkann, Tim and Gina Fairfax, Dana Farouki, Michael and Susan Hort (United States), Guillaume Houzé (France), Wang Jianlin (China), Dakis Joannou (Greece), Alan Lau (China), Joseph Lau (China), Melva Bucksbaum and Raymond Learsy (United States), Agnes and Edward Lee (United Kingdom), Aaron and Barbara Levine (United States), Adam Lindemann (United States), Eugenio López (Mexico), Jho Low (China), Susan and Leonard Feinstein, Nicoletta Fiorucci, Josée and Marc Gensollen, Alan and Jenny Gibbs, Noam Gottesman, Florence and Daniel Guerlain, Paul Harris, Barbara and Axel Haubrok, Alan Howard, Fatima and Eskandar Maleki (United Kingdom), Martin Margulies (United States), Peter Marino (United States), Donald Marron (United States), David MartÍnez (United Kingdom and Mexico), Raymond J. McGuire (United States), Rodney M. Miller Sr. (United States), Simon and Catriona Mordant (Australia), Arif Naqvi (United Kingdom), Peter Norton (United States), Shi Jian, Elton John, Tomislav Kličko, Mo Koyfman, Jan Kulczyk, Svetlana Kuzmicheva-Uspenskaya, Pierre Lagrange, Eric and Liz Lefkofsky, Robert Lehrman, François Odermatt (Canada), Bernardo de Mello Paz (Brazil), José Olympio & Andréa Pereira (Brazil), Catherine Petitgas (United Kingdom), Victor Pinchuk (Ukraine), Alden and Janelle Pinnell (United States),Ron and Ann Pizzuti (United States), Michael Platt (Switzerland), Miuccia Prada and Patrizio Bertelli (Italy), Howard and Cindy Rachofsky (United States), Mitchell and Emily Rales (United States), Dan Loeb, George Lucas, Ninah and Michael Lynne, Lewis Manilow, Marissa Mayer, David Mirvish, Lakshmi Mittal, Valeria Napoleone, John Paulson, Amy and John Phelan, Ellen and Michael Ringier (Switzerland), David Roberts (United Kingdom), Hilary and Wilbur L. Ross Jr. (United States), Dmitry Rybolovlev (Russia), Lily Safra (Brazil),Tony Salamé (Lebanon), Patrizia Sandretto (Italy), Eric Schmidt (United States), Alison Pincus, Heather Podesta, Colette and Michel Poitevin, Thomas J. and Margot Pritzker, Bob Rennie, Craig Robins, Deedie and Rusty Rose, Stephen Ross, Alex Sainsbury, Alain Servais (Belgium), Carlos Slim (Mexico), Julia Stoschek (Germany), Budi Tek (Indonesia), Janine and J. Tomilson Hill III (United States), Trevor Traina (United States), Alice Walton (United States), Robert & Nicky Wilson (United Kingdom), Elaine Wynn (United States), Lu Xun (China), Muriel and Freddy Salem, Denise and Andrew Saul, Steven A. Schwarzman, Carole Server and Oliver Frankel, Ramin Salsali, David Shuman, Stefan Simchowitz, Elizabeth and Frederick Singer, Jay Smith and Laura Rapp, Jeffrey and Catherine Soros, Jerry Yang and Akiko Young (United States), Liu Yiqian and Wang Wei (China), Anita and Poju Zabludowicz (United Kingdom), Jochen Zeitz (South Africa), Qiao Zhibing (China), Jerry Speyer and Katherine G. Farley, Susana and Ricardo Steinbruch, Kai van Hasselt, Francesca von Habsburg, David Walsh, Artur Walther, Derek and Christen Wilson, Michael Wilson, Owen Wilson, Zhou Chong, Doris and Donald Fisher, Ronnie and Samuel Heyman, Marie-Josee and Henry R. Kravis, Evelyn and Leonard Lauder, Jo Carole and Ronald S. Laude, Francois Pinault (France), Udo Brandhost (Köln), Harald Falckenberg (Hamburg), Anna and Joseph Froehlich (Stuttgart), Hans Grothe (Bremen), UN Knecht (Stuttgart), Arendt Oetker (Köln), Inge Rodenstock (Grünwald), Ute and Rudolf Scharpff (Stuttgart), Reiner Speck (Köln), Eleonore and Michael Stoffel (Köln), Reinhold Würth (Niedernhall), Wilhelm and Gaby Schürmann, Ivo Wessel, Heiner and Celine Bastian, Friedrich Karl Flick, Monique and Jean-Paul Barbier-Mueller (Genf), Christa and Thomas Bechtler (Zürich), David Bowie (Lausanne), Ulla and Richard Dreyfus (Binningen und Gstaad), Georges Embiricos (Jouxtens and Gstaad), Friedrich Christian "Mick" Flick (Hergiswil and Gstaad), Esther Grether (Bottmingen), Donald Hess (Bolligen), Elsa and Theo Hotz (Meilen), Baroness Marion and Baron Philippe Lambert (Genf), Gabi and Werner Merzbacher (Zürich), Robert Miller (Gstaad), Philip Niarchos (St. Moritz), Jacqueline and Philippe Nordmann (Genf), Maja Oeri and Hans Bodenmann (Basel), George Ortiz (Vandoeuvres), Graf and Gräfin Giuseppe Panza di Biumo (Massagno), Ellen and Michael Ringier (Zürich), Andrew Loyd Webber, Steve Martin, Gerhard Lenz, Elisabeth and Rudolf Leopold.
https://www.saatchiart.com/art/Drawing-SOLD-Swamp-Forest-Collection-S-Ribbe/694205/2784259/view
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  MVD Rewind Collection Continues Its Celebration of Video Store Culture 
With Five New Cult Classics on Blu-ray and DVD
Action U.S.A. (1989), Drive (1997), Mortuary (1983), The House On Sorority Row (1982), and The Go-Go Boys: The Inside Story Of Cannon Films (2014)
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Pottstown, PA – March 8, 2021 – MVD Entertainment Group is proud to announce the addition of five classic films to the MVD Rewind Collection. 
  Video stores may be a thing of the past but MVD Entertainment group is keeping the memories alive with the addition of five new releases on Blu-ray and DVD to its “MVD Rewind Collection” including Action U.S.A. (1989), Drive (1997), Mortuary (1983), The House On Sorority Row (1982), and making its North American debut, The Go-Go Boys: The Inside Story Of Cannon Films (2014) label in special collectors editions loaded with extras.
ACTION U.S.A. – Synopsis: After her boyfriend is murdered by the gangsters whose diamonds he stole, a girl is protected by two FBI agents who plan to keep her from sharing the same fate.
  “Are you ready for some utterly bonkers '80s action-mayhem?” (Entertainment Weekly)
  Originally released on VHS by Imperial Entertainment in 1989, MVD Rewind Collection brings this fun, over-the-top cult classic action film to disc in conjunction with Verdugo Entertainment. This Special Edition release is packed with bonus material and comes housed in a Limited Edition (first pressing only) slipcover that celebrates the rental packaging of legendary video store chain “Erol’s Video” (1980 – 1990). “Action U.S.A.” stars Gregory Scott Cummins (“It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia”, Cliffhanger), Ross Hagen (Armed Response), Cameron Mitchell (How to Marry a Millionaire) and Barri Murphy (Armed for Action). Blu-ray bonus material includes:
Audio Commentary with Director John Stewart, star Gregory Scott Cummins and cinematographer Thomas Callaway moderated by filmmaker Steve Latshaw
Interview with Director John Stewart
Action U.S.A. Behind the Scenes - Stunts Featurette (MVD EXCLUSIVE)
Theatrical Trailer
Collectible Mini-Poster
Reversible artwork
Limited Edition “Erol’s Video” Retro Slip Cover – FIRST PRESSING ONLY
  “Action U.S.A.” will also be released on a standard edition DVD.
  *Blu-ray Street Date: May 11, 2021
  #27 / BLU-RAY SKU: MVD4530BR / UPC: 760137453086 / $24.95 SRP / 89 min / Language: English / Subtitles: English / Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1 / Year: 1989 / Audio: DTS-HD 5.1 Surround Sound / MPA Rating: Not Rated
  DVD SKU: MVD4531D / UPC: 760137453192 / $19.95 SRP / *DVD Street Date: April 13, 2021
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DRIVE – Synopsis: A prototype enhanced human from Hong Kong enlists help from a hostage and a free-spirited woman to evade killers-for-hire in a race against time in order to get from San Francisco to Los Angeles.
  Originally released in 1997 from A-Pix Entertainment, Drive makes its debut on Blu-ray with a brand new 4K HD scan of the original camera negative of the Extended Director’s Cut of the movie. Featuring an all-star cast that includes Mark Dacascos (John Wick 3: Parabellum), Kadeem Hardison (White Men Can't Jump), Brittany Murphy (Clueless), Sanaa Lathan (Alien vs Predator), Tracey Walter (Repo Man) and Ron Yuan (Mulan), “Drive” Blu-ray is packed with bonus material that includes:
Audio commentary by director Steve Wang, fight choreographer Koichi Sakamoto and stars Mark Dacascos and Kadeem Hardison
“Drive: The Force Behind The Storm" documentary
Six Deleted Scenes 
Interview gallery with cast, director and crew including stars Mark Dacascos and Kadeem Hardison, director Steve Wang, Second Unit Director Wyatt Weed and Stunt Coordinator Koichi Sakamoto
TWO versions of the film: Both the Director’s Cut + Original Theatrical Version
Original Theatrical Trailer
Reversible artwork
Collectible Mini-Poster
Limited Edition Retro Slip Cover – FIRST PRESSING ONLY
  “Drive: Director’s Cut” will also be released on a standard edition DVD.
  Street Date: May 11, 2021
  #26 / BLU-RAY SKU: MVD3390BR / UPC: 760137339083 / $39.95 SRP / RT: 112 min / 99 min
Language: English / Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1 (Director’s Cut) & 1.78:1 (Theatrical Version) / Year: 1997 / Audio: 2.0 Stereo (LPCM), 5.1 Dolby Digital Surround / MPA Rating: Not Rated (Director’s Cut) & R (Theatrical Version)
  DVD SKU: MVD3389D / UPC: 760137338994 / $19.95 SRP
  MORTUARY (1983) – Synopsis: Convinced that her father's death was not accidental, Christie Parson decides to investigate to find out the truth. Her sleuthing draws her to a local mortuary, where deadly secrets will be revealed.
  Originally released on VHS from Vestron Video in 1984, “Mortuary” returns to Blu-ray and DVD from MVD Rewind Collection and features a great cast that includes Lynda Day George (TV’s “Mission Impossible”) in her final film role, Christopher George (Pieces), Bill Paxton (Aliens), Mary McDonough (“The Waltons”) and David Wallace (Humongous). The Special Edition Blu-ray features bonus material courtesy of Scorpion Releasing and includes:
Interview with Composer John Cacavas
Original Theatrical Trailer
Collectible Mini-Poster
Limited Edition Retro Slip Cover – FIRST PRESSING ONLY
  “Mortuary” will also be released on a standard edition DVD.
  Street Date: July 6, 2021
  #28 / BLU-RAY SKU: MVD4907BR / UPC: 760137490784 / $29.95 SRP / 93 min / Language: English / Subtitles: English / Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1 / Year: 1983 / Audio: LPCM 2.0 Mono / MPA Rating: R
  DVD SKU: MVD4911D / UPC /Barcode: 760137491194 / $19.95 SRP
  THE HOUSE ON SORORITY ROW – Synopsis: After a seemingly innocent prank goes horribly wrong, a group of sorority sisters are stalked and murdered one by one in their sorority house while throwing a party to celebrate their graduation.
  Originally released on VHS from Vestron Video in 1983, “The House on Sorority Row” returns to Blu-ray and DVD from MVD Rewind Collection and stars Kathryn McNeil (Sudden Death), Eileen Davidson (“Days of Our Lives”), Harley Jane Kozak (Arachnophobia) and Jean Schertler (Runaway Bride). The Special Edition Blu-ray features bonus material courtesy of Scorpion Releasing and includes:
High Definition (1080p) presentation of the main feature in 1.78:1 aspect ratio with LPCM 2.0 Stereo and alternate version of the film with director approved pre-credit sequence with mono audio
Audio Commentary with director Mark Rosman
Audio commentary with director Mark Rosman and stars Eileen Davidson and Kathryn McNeil
Interviews with cast and crew including: Director Mark Rosman, stars Harley Jane Kozak, Eileen Davidson and Kathryn McNeil, Composer Richard Band and Producer Igo Kantor
Original Pre-Credit Sequence
Alternate ending storyboards 
TV Spots
Theatrical Trailer
Reversible Artwork
Collectible Mini-Poster
Limited Edition Retro Slip Cover – FIRST PRESSING ONLY
  “The House on Sorority Row” will also be released on a standard edition DVD.
  Street Date: July 6, 2021
  #29 / BLU-RAY SKU: MVD4904BR / UPC: 760137490487 / $29.95 SRP / 91 min / Language: English / Subtitles: English / Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1 / Year: 1982 / Audio: LPCM 2.0 Stereo / MPA Rating: R
  DVD SKU: MVD4906D / UPC: 760137490692 / $19.95 SRP
  THE GO-GO BOYS: THE INSIDE STORY OF CANNON FILMS – Synopsis: In the definitive documentary about Cannon films, Menahem Golan and Yoram Globus, two Israeli-born cousins, who in pursuit of the American Dream, turned the Hollywood power structure upside down, producing over 300 films and becoming the most powerful independent film company in the world. Directed by Sundance Grand Jury Prize nominee Hilla Medalia (After the Storm), The Go-Go Boys is an up close and personal documentary that examines the complex relationship between two contradictory personalities whose combined force fueled their success and eventual collapse.
  “The Go-Go Boys” features interviews with Jean-Claude Van Damme, Michael Dudikoff, Eli Roth, Boaz Davidson and more, along with Menahem Golan and Yoram Globus themselves, as well as archive footage of Sylvester Stallone, Charles Bronson and Chuck Norris in the definitive documentary about Cannon Films. Blu-ray special features include:
Original Theatrical Trailer
Reversible Artwork
Collectible Mini-Poster
Limited Edition Slip Cover – FIRST PRESSING ONLY
  “The Go-Go Boys: The Inside Story of Cannon Films” will also be released on a standard edition DVD.
  Street Date: July 20, 2021
  BLU-RAY SKU: MVD4738BR / UPC: 7601377473886 / $19.95 SRP / 89 min / Language: English / Subtitles: English / Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1 / Year: 2014 / Audio: LPCM 2.0 Stereo / MPA Rating: NR
  DVD SKU: MVD4737D / UPC: 760137473794 / $19.95 SRP
  Eric D. Wilkinson, MVD Director of Acquisitions and producer of the MVD Rewind Collection curator shares his enthusiasm for these new releases. “I’m excited to be working with our great content partners to bring both Drive and The Go-Go Boys to Blu-ray for the first time, and to give collectors a second chance to pick up Action U.S.A., Mortuary and The House on Sorority Row on disc once again. I’m a geek for video store culture and our packaging reflects that. It gives fans that lived through the video store era an opportunity to enjoy the nostalgia, and for our younger collectors, they get to experience these for the very first time, just as they were.”
MVD Entertainment Group is a full service music and movie distribution firm, exclusively representing thousands of audio and visual products for DVD, Blu-ray, CD, vinyl, and digital rights, worldwide. MVD also exclusively distributes a growing line of merchandise including limited edition collectibles, tee shirts, and more. The company stays on the cutting edge of new media with a huge catalog of audio and visual digital rights, and by nurturing its direct relationships with the major digital and VOD platforms.
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papermoonloveslucy · 4 years
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TOO MANY GIRLS
October 8, 1940
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Too Many Girls was an RKO film musical based on the stage musical of the same title. It was produced and directed by George Abbott, who had also directed the Broadway production. The music was composed by Richard Rodgers, the lyrics by Lorenz Hart, and the book was by George Marion, Jr. although the screenplay was adapted by John Twist. 
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Too Many Girls opened on Broadway on October 18, 1939, at the Imperial Theatre, running to April 21, 1940, and transferred to the Broadway Theatre on April 22, 1940, closing on May 18, 1940. The cast featured Desi Arnaz, Diosa Costello, Marcy Westcott, Eddie Bracken, Richard Kollmar, Van Johnson, and Hal Le Roy. Musical Staging was by Robert Alton, scenery by Jo Mielziner, and costumes by Raoul Pène Du Bois.
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The musical takes place in Skowhegan, Maine and Pottawatomie College in Stop Gap, New Mexico.
Synopsis ~ Connie Casey, an energetic celebrity heiress, wants to go to Pottawatomie College in Stop Gap, New Mexico, her father's alma mater, to be near her latest beau, British playwright Beverly Waverly. To protect her, and without her knowledge, her tycoon father sends four Ivy League football players as her bodyguards, Clint Kelly, Jojo Jordan, Manuelito and Al Terwilliger, who sign a contract with an ‘anti-romance’ clause. They also join the college's terrible football team, which immediately becomes one of the best in the country. Clint falls in love with Connie, but when she discovers he is her bodyguard, she decides to go back East. The bodyguards follow her, leaving the team in the lurch. The people of Stop Gap go after them, and they are brought back just in time for the big game. Connie declares her love for Clint, and he leads the team to victory.
PRINCIPAL CAST
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Lucille Ball (Consuela ‘Connie’ Casey) was born on August 6, 1911 in Jamestown, New York. She began her screen career in 1933 and was known in Hollywood as ‘Queen of the B’s’ due to her many appearances in ‘B’ movies. “My Favorite Husband” eventually led to the creation of “I Love Lucy,” a television situation comedy in which she co-starred with her real-life husband, Latin bandleader Desi Arnaz. The program was phenomenally successful, allowing the couple to purchase what was once RKO Studios, re-naming it Desilu. When the show ended in 1960 (in an hour-long format known as “The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour”) so did Lucy and Desi’s marriage. In 1962, hoping to keep Desilu financially solvent, Lucy returned to the sitcom format with “The Lucy Show,” which lasted six seasons. She followed that with a similar sitcom “Here’s Lucy” co-starring with her real-life children, Lucie and Desi Jr., as well as Gale Gordon, who had joined the cast of “The Lucy Show” during season two. Before her death in 1989, Lucy made one more attempt at a sitcom with “Life With Lucy,” also with Gordon.
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Desi Arnaz (Manuelito Lynch) was born in Santiago, Cuba on March 2, 1917. After leaving Cuba, he formed his own Latin band, and literally launched the conga craze in America.  It was on the set of Too Many Girls (1940) that he and Lucille Ball met. They soon married and approximately 10 years later formed Desilu Productions and began the “I Love Lucy” shows in 1951. Desi and Lucille had two children, Lucie Arnaz and Desi Arnaz Jr. At the end of “The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour” in 1960, the two divorced. He was diagnosed with lung cancer and died on December 2, 1986 at age 69.
Manuelito: “I'm not conceited. I am the greatest player in fifty years, but I'm not conceited.”
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Richard Carlson (Clint Kelly) makes his first and last appearance with Lucy and Desi, although his wife, Mona, was featured as one of Don Loper’s models on “The Fashion Show” (ILL S4;E20) in 1955. 
Ann Miller (Pepe) had appeared with Lucille Ball in three films: Stage Door (1937), Having Wonderful Time (1938), and Room Service (1938). In 1954, she appeared with the Arnazes on “MGM’s 30th Anniversary Tribute”. 
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Eddie Bracken (Jojo Jordan) makes his only screen appearance with Lucy and Desi, although he was part of the Broadway cast of Too Many Girls and was friends with the Arnazes off screen as seen in the above photo with Ann Miller and Lucy. 
JOJO: “Well, I'm not exactly wonderful, but I'm awfully attractive in a dynamic sort of way.”
Frances Langford (Eileen Eilers) makes her only appearance with Lucy and Desi. She worked extensively with Bob Hope on his USO tours. 
Hal LeRoy (Al Terwilliger) makes his only screen appearance with Lucy and Desi, although he was part of the Broadway cast of Too Many Girls. 
Libby Bennett (Tallulah Lou) makes her only screen appearance in Too Many Girls. She had also been seen in the Broadway stage production. 
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Harry Shannon (Mr. Harvey Casey) appeared with Lucille Ball in 1942′s The Big Street. On “I Love Lucy” he played Jim White the photographer in “Men Are Messy” (ILL S1;E8) in 1951 (above center). Musical fans will remember Shannon as Rosalind Russell’s father in the 1962 musical film Gypsy.
Mrs. Teweksbury says Mr. Casey is one of the richest individuals in the country. He reportedly has $7.50 more than Henry Ford. He is Connie’s father and Chairman of Casey Conglomerated Industries.
Douglas Walton (Beverly Waverly) was a Canadian-born actor making his only appearance with Lucy and Desi. He played poet Percy Shelley in the film The Bride of Frankenstein (1935). He left film acting in 1950, before the advent of television. 
Beverley Waverly is a British playwright.  
Chester Clute (Lister) did four films with Lucille Ball before Too Many Girls and four after it. 
Lister is an alumni of Pottawatomie College, like his boss Mr. Casey.
Ivy Scott (Mrs. Tewksbury) was also in the stage production of Too Many Girls and only did one more film in Hollywood, Higher and Higher in 1943.
Mrs. Tewksbury is the proprietor of The Hunted Stag (or, as Mr. Lister calls it, The Stunted Hag), an Inn where the boys are waiters. 
Byron Shores (Sheriff Andaluz) makes his only screen appearance with Lucy and Desi. He was also seen in the stage production of Too Many Girls. His last film was in 1944. 
UNCREDITED FILM CAST
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Iron Eyes Cody (Indian) made a career of playing Native American characters despite the fact that he was of Italian ancestry. He next worked with Lucy and in 1942’s Valley of the Sun, again as an American Indian character. He played an Eskimo in a 1959 episode of “The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour,” but is probably best remembered as the Indian that sheds a single tear in the ‘Keep America Beautiful’ ads that ran from 1971 to the 1980s.
Jay Silverheels (Indian) also played a Native American character in Valley of the Sun (1942) with Lucille Ball. He was best known for playing Tonto on “The Lone Ranger”.
Chief John Big Tree (Chief)  
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Harry James (Orchestra Leader) also played himself in Lucille Ball’s Best Foot Forward in 1943. With his wife, Betty Grable, he was seen in “Lucy Wins a Racehorse” (LDCH S1;E4) in 1958. 
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Van Johnson (Chorus Boy) was also seen with Lucy in the films Easy to Wed (1946) and Yours, Mine and Ours in 1968. He played himself on one of the most popular episodes of “I Love Lucy,” “The Dancing Star” (ILL S4;E27) and played both himself and a look-alike on “Here’s Lucy” in 1968. He was also a member of the Broadway cast of Too Many Girls. 
Johnson has only two lines of dialogue in the film but is often visible in group scenes.
Shep Houghton (Chorus Boy) made two other films with Lucille Ball and was seen in the background of two episodes of “The Lucy Show” and one episode of “Here’s Lucy.”  Houghton was one of the Winkie Guards in 1939’s The Wizard of Oz and a Southern Dandy in Gone With the Wind (1939). 
John Benton (Chorus Boy)
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Mildred Law (Coed) appeared on “I Love Lucy” in “Return Home From Europe” (ILL S5;E26) playing a TWA flight attendant who attends to Lucy’s cheesy baby, Chester. This was her penultimate screen credit. 
Pamela Blake (Coed) also appeared uncredited with Lucille Ball in Stage Door (1937).
Amarilla Morris (Coed) was seen with Desi Arnaz in the 1942 film Four Jacks and a Jill as the girl in the revolving door. 
Other Coeds: Janet Lavis, Ellen Johnson, Vera Fern, Peggy Drake, Zita Baca, Anna Mae Tessle
Homer Dickenson (Mr. Casey's Butler) immediately followed this film with A Girl, A Guy, And A Gob (1941) also starring Lucille Ball.
Grady Sutton (Football Coach) from 1935 to 1945, Sutton did five films with Lucille Ball.
Dorothy Vernon (Faculty Extra) also did The Bowery (1933) and Valley of the Sun (1942) with Lucille Ball. 
Dan White (Faculty Extra) had a small role in the 1970 TV special “Swing Out Sweet Land” in which Lucille Ball voiced the Statue of Liberty. 
Others: Sethma Williams (Marie), Tommy Graham (Hawker), Averell Harris (Detective), Michael Alvarez (Joe)
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WHEN LUCY MET DIZZY
Lucille Ball met Desi Arnaz for the first time at the RKO studio commissary, while Too Many Girls was in rehearsals. She was in full costume and make-up after performing a fight scene for another film, Dance, Girl, Dance (1940, above): she wore a slinky gold dress slit halfway up the thigh and sported a black eye. Arnaz was seated at the same table as director George Abbott, who introduced the two. Arnaz was not impressed by Ball, thinking she “looked like a two-dollar whore who had been badly beaten by her pimp." After the encounter, he asked Abbott to fire Ball from Too Many Girls, claiming she was “too tough and common for the role."  He also advised that her reputation as Queen of the B movies might negatively impact his much-anticipated film debut, advice Abbott thankfully ignored. 
“A Cuban skyrocket burst over my horizon!” ~ Lucy about Desi
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“Those damned big beautiful blue eyes!” ~ Desi about Lucy 
That night, Arnaz was rehearsing “She Could Shake the Maracas" when Ball walked in, now wearing a yellow sweater and tight-fitting beige slacks. Not recognizing her, Arnaz turned to the piano player and whispered “Man, that is a honk of woman!"  The pianist reminded Arnaz of his earlier meeting with Ball. Lucille approached them to say hello. "Miss Ball?" Arnaz said, just to make sure that there was no mistake. "Why don't you call me Lucille? And I'll call you Dizzy." 
Lucy and Desi have very little interaction in the film, but when he sees Connie for the first time, he gets weak in the knees and falls to the ground, in awe of her beauty. Despite this, Manuelito’s romance is with Pepe, not Connie. History re-wrote that chapter!
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TOO MANY SONGS!
Heroes in the Fall - Male Chorus
You're Nearer - Connie, Pepe, Eileen, and Tallulah Lou
Pottawatomie - Mr. Casey and Chorus
'Cause We Got Cake - Eileen and Chorus
Spic 'n' Spanish - Manuelito and Pepe
Love Never Went to College - Eileen
Look Out! - Eileen and Pepe
I Didn't Know What Time It Was - Connie, Clint, and Jojo
You're Nearer - Connie, Manuelito, Eileen, Pepe, and Tallulah Lou
Conga
Songs cut from the Broadway show: 
Tempt Me Not - Manuelito, Clint, and Chorus
My Prince - Connie
I Like To Recognize the Tune - Jojo, Connie, Eileen, Clint, and Al
The Sweethearts of the Team - Eileen
She Could Shake The Maracas - Pepe and Manuelito
Too Many Girls - Manuelito
Give It Back To The Indians - Eileen 
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TOO MANY TRIVIA!
RKO paid $100,000 for the rights to the Broadway musical. 
Filming on Too Many Girls began on June 22, 1940.
Camerman Russell Metty briefly took over shooting for Frank Redman when Redman had to attend a funeral.
Uncredited performers Van Johnson and Harry James would go on to be two of the film’s biggest stars, except for Lucy and Desi, eclipsing many of the film’s principal cast like Hal LeRoy, Douglas Walton, and Libby Bennett. 
Lucille Ball’s vocals were dubbed by Trudy Erwin, one of Kay Kyser’s singers. 
Everyone imported from Broadway (except Hal LeRoy) was making their screen debut with Too Many Girls. 
After making the film, Van Johnson and Mildred Law returned to the Broadway production. Instead of chorus roles, Johnson assumed the role of Jojo (originated by Bracken) and Law now played Tallulah Lou, originated by Leila Ernest. 
On Broadway the character of Connie was originated by Marcy Wescott in her final Broadway stage role. 
TOO MANY REFERENCES!
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Each of Connie’s bodyguards plays football for an Ivy League college: Yale, Harvard, and Princeton. Manuelito is still deciding on a college, but is considering Princeton, where Clint goes. There is talk about a contentious game that includes Princeton. In Lucille Ball’s radio show “My Favorite Husband” (1948), George Cugat (later Cooper) hopes his future son will play for Princeton, his alum. Coincidentally, Lucille Ball did two plays at Princeton University’s resident theatre company, McCarter: Hey Diddle Diddle (1937) and Dream Girl (1947).
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One of the characters mentions movie star Ginger Rogers, one of the top female box office stars of the time. She was also a good friend of Lucille Ball having done five films together. Rogers’ mother Lela tajght acting classes at RKO, later inspiring Ball to create the Desilu Playhouse at Desilu Studios. Rogers played herself on a 1971 episode of “Here’s Lucy.” 
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Mr. Casey compares his daughter Connie with Lucretia Borgia (1480-1519) was the illegitimate daughter of a pope and his mistress,  a famous beauty, notorious for the suspicious deaths and political intrigue that swirled around her. Today her name has become synonymous with a beautiful, but scheming woman who would stop at nothing - including murder - to get what she wants.  In 1949, Lucille Ball’s friend played Lucretia Borgia for Paramount in Bride of Vengeance.
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Although Pottawatomie College and the town of Stop Gap are fictional, Pottawatomie is the name of a Native American tribe, although they were mostly found in the Great Lakes region, not in New Mexico. The Pottawatomie Massacre occurred from May 23 to May 26, 1856, resulting in the death of five pro-slavery settlers north of Pottawatomie Creek in Franklin County, Kansas. This was one of the many violent episodes in Kansas preceding the American Civil War.
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 TOO MANY CRITICS!
Too Many Girls premiered on October 8, 1940 at Loew's Criterion Theatre in New York. Critical reviews were generally positive, although Bosley Crowther of The New York Times wrote that Too Many Girls was “a pleasant, light-hearted and wholly ingenuous campus film" but that director George Abbott "has permitted it to sag in the middle, at which point the thin spots baldly show. If the intention was to be impressive, it has failed. For 'Too Many Girls' is a simple, conventional rah-rah picture, without any place for pretense. And there is not enough to it, on the whole, for Mr. Abbott to squander dancers recklessly."
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TOO FAST FORWARD
This film's earliest documented television presentations began in Los Angeles Tuesday May 8, 1956 on KHJ (Channel 9), much to the chagrin of Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz who were embarrassed by it, and objected to its frequent showings to no avail.
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In 1977, the music of Too Many Girls was rereleased on vinyl with performers Nancy Andrews, Johnny Desmond, Estelle Parsons, and Anthony Perkins! 
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The film is referenced in “Lucy & Desi: Before the Laughter” a 1991 TV movie about starring Frances Fisher (above) and Maurice Bernard, as well as “Lucy” (2003), another TV film in which Lucy (Rachel York) and Desi (Danny Pino) meet on the set; Desi in his football uniform and Lucy bruised from the filming of Dance, Girl, Dance.
Clips from the film are featured in Lucy and Desi: A Home Movie (1993).
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Books read in November
I wasn’t sure how many books I’d finish, given how much time I spent reading the news -- but upon reflection, reading the news has just cut into time spent on things like Tumblr rather than time spent reading books. 
Favourite cover: The Swan Riders.
Reread: From All False Doctrine by Alice Degan (again).
Also read: Circle of Friends by Susan Mallery.
Still reading: Between Silk and Cyanide by Leo Marks, Queen’s Play by Dorothy Dunnett, and The Kinship of Secrets by Eugenia Kim.
Next up: Or What You Will by Jo Walton, Return of the Thief by Megan Whalen Turner, and maybe I’ll finally get around to Miss Bunting by Angela Thirkell.
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Angel Mage by Garth Nix (narrated by Kristin Atherton): The audiobook was well read and I really liked the four protagonists: the musketeer, the scholar, the clerk and the student doctor. Dorotea (the scholar) was my favourite; I love the way she baffles people when she doesn’t react the way they expect her to. I didn’t enjoy hearing about the antics of the antagonist, although the final analysis of her motives was unexpectedly satisfying, and I didn’t start to get interested in the system of angel magic until the story was nearly over.
The Deadly Hours anthology: I borrowed this for Susanna Kearsley’s novella Weapon of Choice, which is set in 1733 and features a couple of characters from A Desperate Fortune (along with a couple of couples from a couple of her other novels). This has a different sort of plot from her other stories -- there’s no newly developing romance, and no contemporary storyline -- but it was interesting to see Hugh’s marriage from his perspective. I glanced at the first pages of the other novellas and the only one which caught my attention was Siren’s Call by C.S. Harris, a murder mystery set during WWII.
The Switch by Beth O’Leary: After a panic attack at work, Lena is ordered to take a sabbatical. She suggests to her grandmother Eileen that they switch lives: for two months, Lena will look after Eileen’s house and community projects in Yorkshire, while Eileen will stay with Lena’s flatmates in London and try out internet dating. It’s interesting seeing the qualities Eileen and Lena share, and the variations within those. They’re very community-minded -- I enjoyed their cross-age friendships and willingness to reach out to their neighbours. Eileen in particular made me chuckle. And the story is predictable and tidy in ways which are quite appealing.
Starry Eyes by Jenn Bennett:  Zorie likes planning and star-gazing. Camping’s outside her comfort zone but she hopes a trip with a school friend will be a chance to socialise more and escape tensions at home. But she’s left to hike home alone with her ex. I liked how the trip pushes Zorie and Lennon to resolve hurt feelings and misunderstandings, but the most compelling part of this story was seeing Zorie fall in love with hiking! Bennett vividly captures the challenges and the rewards of hiking through mountains in California. And I liked the close relationship Zorie has with her stepmother.
Rent a Boyfriend by Gloria Chao:  Faced with pressure to marry a family friend, nineteen year old Chloe hires a boyfriend for Thanksgiving. This example of fake dating requires more deception than some. It’s kind of stressful! But the story’s also a thoughtful, and ultimately positive, exploration of Chloe’s experience being the child of Chinese immigrants. Communication is complicated by her parents’ cultural expectations and because of how Chloe’s values and perspective differs from theirs. But bringing someone home -- who gets a front-row seat to the family’s dynamic -- turns out to be helpful. So, not quite the fake dating story I expected, but really interesting nevertheless.
The Swan Riders by Erin Bow:  This sequel to The Scorpion Rules is stressful and sharp (I expected as much, which is probably why I waited over a year before reading it). In the beginning, the situation is deteriorating and seems impossibly bleak. Yet the story works its way towards solutions which are unexpected, believable and hopeful. This is a thoughtful exploration of artificial intelligence and of being human. I was glad I read it, but, like the first book, I don’t really feel compelled to spend a lot of words reviewing it.
Hamster Princess: Little Red Rodent Hood by Urusla Vernon (aka T. Kingfisher):  This concludes Harriet’s story on a satisfying note but the preceding adventure didn’t appeal to me as much as the other books did. I suspect it just wasn’t written for me -- not the person I am now, nor the little girl I used to be. (The dedication reads: For all the little girls who grew up wanting to be werewolves.)
Empire of Sand by Tasha Suri: A noblewoman’s right to choose her own husband is considered sacred, but when Mehr is introduced to an unexpected suitor, she knows there will be consequences for her family if she refuses. I was immediately hooked. This is a story about power and magic and empire, yet its focus is personal, rather than epic -- Mehr, her identity and her relationships. I love how Mehr and Amun's relationship is built on choosing to be kind to each other in a situation in which they have few choices. I also liked how the story explores the choices people make to protect loved ones.
The Foyles Bookshop Girls by Elaine Roberts (narrated by Louise Amos): In the summer of 1914, Alice and her two closest friends are working at Foyles Bookshop. As a story of friendship and family during WWI, this sounds exactly my sort of thing, yet if an audiobook I was waiting for had become available sooner, I would have easily abandoned this. I wanted more details about working at Foyles, and more details about the job Alice gets driving ambulances, and stronger dialogue. These characters were all just a bit too good at saying what they really thought and felt. Most people aren’t that direct, articulate and self-aware all the time.
Virgin River by Robyn Carr:  I was interested to note the points of similarity and of difference with the Netflix adaptation, and interested in Mel’s experiences as a nurse/midwife in a rural community. I also liked that there’s a sense of time passing and that the main characters are comfortable letting the romance unfold slowly. But it’s written in a style which doesn’t quite appeal to me. I found something unsatisfying about times when Carr doesn’t show what Mel is feeling. By the end, some of the characters’ attitudes were beginning to irritate me, too.
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In 1958 Dr. Alvenia Fulton (1893 to 1999) started Fultonia Health and Fasting Institute on Chicago’s South Side. This combination health food store, restaurant, and herbal pharmacy, was a business in a rough part of the city and it was “a kind of hodgepodge” of health foods and alternative health products. Dr. Eileen Silva, a doctor of naturopathy, described the store as a “homespun kitchen that exploded all over the place.” It was not like any other health food store that you saw. Fulton’s store became well-known for the sale of herb and vitamin pills, and the potions and solutions that she mixed. Her expertise attracted noted athletes like Muhammad Ali, Gale Sayers, and Bill Walton. Entertainers Godfrey Cambridge, singers Eartha Kitt and Roberta Flack, gospel artist Mahalia Jackson, and Redd Foxx also made their way to the store. #Vegan #Veganism https://www.instagram.com/p/Bx2YjtkDGPh/?igshid=o1las0ek3tmm
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Paperbacks illustrated by Eileen Walton, 1970s.
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