![]() ![]() She was practically telling the children to bully Kaya. I don't like the nickname that the whipping woman gives to Kaya. I understand the logic behind switching all of the children I'm not complaining about that. I also had a problem with Kaya's punishment. There's no closure it doesn't feel like an ending. I just wanted to see Speaking Rain again (even briefly) to be assured she's okay. Speaking Rain almost drowns, but is saved by Kaya and the book almost immediately ends. I didn't like this book as much as I did all those years ago, mostly because of how abrupt the ending was. I loved these books so much as a kid and Kaya is one of the dolls that I own. At the age of 25, I'm sure it's been more than a decade since I've read any of them. I've decided to re-read/read the American Girl series. ![]()
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Lets see if I can put my jumbled thoughts into a coherent review.Ī: Hmmm, how do I explain… AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! There :) Its not coherent, just like I suspected lolĪ: Bad, a very bad ahhhhhh! I think its one of the most infuriating books I have ever read!! It made me want to cry in frustration, and bang my head against something hard (preferably a wall)! But I didn’t because everyone was sleeping at the time. ![]() ![]() The Queen of Dirt Island is an uplifting celebration of fierce, loyal love and the powerful stories that bind generations together. Of all the things family can be and all the things it sometimes isn’t. It’s a story of terrible betrayals and fierce loyalties, of isolation and togetherness, of transgression, forgiveness, desire, and love. ![]() It involves wives and widows, gunrunners and gougers, sinners and saints. Their story begins at an end and ends at a beginning. You’d have to know them to know that-in spite of what the neighbors might say about raised voices and dramatic scenes-their house is a place of peace, filled with love, a refuge from the sadness and cruelty of the world. The Aylward women of Nenagh, Tipperary, are mad about each other, but you wouldn’t always think it. ![]() "This is a generous mosaic of a novel about the staying power of love and pride and history and family." –Colum McCann, author of Apeirogon and Let The Great World Spinįrom the multi-award-winning and internationally bestselling author Donal Ryan, a searing, jubilant story about four generations of women and fierce love The three generations of Aylward women will break your heart and then put it back together again.” –Maggie O'Farrell ![]() ![]() “From its opening pages, this book exerts a quiet, propulsive hold over its reader. ![]() ![]() The life of Musashi can be divided into four periods. This strife was followed during his lifetime by a period of unification, then the establishment of the Edo shogunate at the beginning of the seventeenth century. ![]() Before his birth, Japan had seen a century of successive battles. Musashi was born in 1582 and died in 1645. ![]() Together with the writings of his adopted sons and disciples and historical records of numerous fiefdoms, allows for comprehensive research that has revealed details of most of Musashi’s life. He left behind two letters addressed to daimyō lords, a dozen or so ink paintings, and a collection of wooden swords and sword flanges that he himself had made. The legendary swordsman Miyamoto Musashi authored a text on the art of swordsmanship at an early age, which he rewrote twice, finally producing Gorin no sho in his final years. Transitioning from an Age of War to Lasting Peace ![]() Below I consider the real Miyamoto, as revealed by scholarly research, and discuss his thinking based on the content of his Gorin no sho. ![]() But the duels of samurai and master swordsmen depicted in novels, cinema, and manga are fictional accounts based on a biography of Musashi authored by Toyoda Kagehide 130 years after his death. Musashi) by Yoshikawa Eiji (1892–1962) have been translated into many languages and are well-known outside of Japan. The Book of Five Rings) and the novel Miyamoto Musashi (trans. ![]() |