![]() Agility and obedience contests Saturday involve a few hundred more dogs, including some mixed-breed ones. ![]() ![]() They include familiar breeds like Labrador retrievers, rarities such as the sloughi, and a newcomer, the bracco Italiano. Hailing from 49 states and 13 countries, contestants range from tiny Chihuahuas to giant Great Danes. Think smooth-, longhaired- and wirehaired-dachshunds.) Twenty-five hundred dogs from 210 different breeds and varieties signed up to vie for the Best in Show trophy that gets awarded Tuesday night. ![]() So here are the ins and outs of the show, which starts Saturday at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in New York. Lead it around a ring.īut there’s a lot more than that to getting to and exhibiting in the United States’ most prestigious canine event, now in its 147th year. NEW YORK (AP) - To the casual viewer, competing at the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show might look pretty simple: Get a dog. ![]()
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![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Elric went on to appear in numerous short stories, novellas and novels (most notably Stormbringer, published in 1965), the most recent of which was published in 2010.Įlric may be counted as one of fantasy's single most influential and important characters, inspiring a character of the same name in the television series Babylon 5, the rather blatant homage character of Anomander Rake in Steven Erikson's Malazan Book of the Fallen and, indeed, Geralt of Rivia. So much for “homages”."Įlric's creation first appeared in the 1961 novella The Dreaming City, as a nobleman of a doomed empire cursed to wield the soul-feasting, intelligent sword Stormbringer. "Heard today that some companies are turning down Elric project because it reminds them too much of GOT and The Witcher. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Or maybe it doesn’t mean anything and I’m so starved for news about the next book in his series, The Winds of Winter, that I’m reading into random images things that aren’t there. Or maybe he was trying to reference the six-fingered man from The Princess Bride and got his wires crossed. OR MAYBE, he’s hinting at how many Game of Thrones spinoffs are in development beyond House of the Dragon. Or maybe, considering that he marked his mood as “busy,” Martin is telling us that he’s so busy with various projects that he wishes he had more digits to work with. If you have a better explanation for this random picture of a eight-fingered hand I’d like to hear it. You know how many books Martin is planning to write in his Song of Ice and Fire series? Seven. Martin has refrained from making hard estimates for the novel's final release date after several delays. Martin believes the last two volumes of the series will total over 3,000 manuscript pages. You know what else involves the number eight? Game of Thrones, which had eight seasons. The Winds of Winter is the planned sixth novel in the epic fantasy series A Song of Ice and Fire by American writer George R. Martin and the mystery of the eight-fingered hand Why would he post this? What does this mean? Let’s speculate wildly. All he did was post one simple picture, but it was strange enough to catch our attention: it’s a picture of a human hand with eight fingers. Martin himself had to chime in with a cryptic update on his Not a Blog. ![]() ![]() If you want to go to the mall stark naked so you can show the world your scars, then let me hold your hand. ![]() Here's the reality, Echo: I want to be by your side. And you sure as hell don't walk away from us because you think it would be better for me. If you need to cry and scream, then do it. His stance softened and so did his voice. "I watched you battle against the worst memory of your life and I watched you win. The muscles in his shoulders visibly tensed. "Because," I said as I felt the familiar twisting in my stomach. "Echo, how could you think I would leave you? How can you doubt how I feel?" ![]() Everything but the last part." He paused. "Yes," he said quickly, then just as quick said, "No. "What do you want to hear? That I'm exhausted? Terrified? Confused? That all I want to do is rest my head on your chest and sleep for hours, but that's not going to happen because you're leaving me?" The warm water of the shower had finally calmed the tears, but the thought of Noah walking away brought them back. ![]() ![]() I rubbed my eyes, hoping it would keep the burning tears away. “You scared the shit out of me last night, so forgive me if I don't want to hear fine as an answer." ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() A book that can provide knowledge on things in this world, as well as entertaining are amongst my faves. I particularly enjoyed reading about the Mexican cartels, El Paso, and Juarez. I love the gritty, smart, insightful writing style, and had to know what happened to the main character Jon’s brother. Review: This book had me hooked instantly. ![]() Jon finds himself strangely drawn by the danger and flux of the borderland, and he soon realizes that smack in the middle of a raging drug war might be the only place he’s ever felt truly alive…but the longer he stays, the more likely he is to be added to the rapidly mounting body count. As he dodges threats in El Paso and across the river in Juarez, Jon is aided by an alcoholic Iraq War veteran, a disgraced narcotics detective and a local tejana – all of whom have scores of their own to settle with the narcotraficantes. Within a matter of days, Jon is sucked into the violent and darkly humorous web of cartel warlords and free-trade profiteers in which his brother was tangled up. ![]() ![]() Growing up, Peter Bunzi was a huge lover of comic books that included the Donald Duck Adventure comics, Goscinny, Mickey Mouse by Carl Bark, Tintin by Herge and Asterix by Uderzo. He currently lives with his partner in North London. The novel was nominated for several awards including the Carnegie medal, Branford Boase Award and the Children’s Book Prize by Waterstones. He published “Cogheart” his debut novel in 2016 and has never looked back since. ![]() He would direct and write two critically acclaimed short films before he decided to try his hand at writing. When he went to college, he studied film and art and then went on to work in commercial and pop videos as an animator. As a child, he was inspired visiting film and TV sets of the likes of “Postman Pat” and “James Bond” where his mother was a costume designer. His artist mother and antique dealer father got him interested in creative and artistic pursuits from a very young age. The author was brought up in a rambling Victorian house in South London alongside his sister, two dogs and three cats. ![]() ![]() ![]() Peter Bunzi is a young adult, children’s and fantasy author best known as the author of “The Cogheart Adventures” series of novels. ![]() ![]() ![]() Notable events in his early life included the loss of a fingertip at the age of three to a bicycle the loss of his two front teeth to his brother Richard's fist and various broken bones, also incurred in dust-ups with Richard. Following a distinguished career at a private nursery school-he was almost immediately expelled-he attended public schools and the Cambridge School of Weston. Douglas Preston was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, in 1956, and grew up in the deadly boring suburb of Wellesley. ![]() ![]() ![]() The Dark Knight returns in a blaze of fury, taking on a whole new generation of criminals and matching their level of violence. As civil society crumbles around him, Bruce Wayne’s long-suppressed vigilante side finally breaks free of its self-imposed shackles. ![]() Together with inker Klaus Janson and colorist Lynn Varley, writer/artist Frank Miller completely reinvents the legend of Batman in his saga of a near-future Gotham City gone to rot, ten years after the Dark Knight’s retirement.Ĭrime runs rampant in the streets, and the man who was Batman is still tortured by the memories of his parents’ murders. This masterpiece of modern comics storytelling brings to vivid life a dark world and an even darker man. ![]() Source: I bought a copy of this for a University class ![]() ![]() The cover will draw them in at first, but thankfully the story lives up to that promise of a good read.īOOK BIRTHDAY: SeptemPAGE COUNT: 192 FIVE MORE THINGS TO LIKE ABOUT: BEST WISHES by Sarah Mlynowski ![]() ![]() Readers in 4th-6th grade will enjoy spending time with Becca. The plot sets up the next book in the series, THE SISTER SWITCH, co-authored with Debbie Rigaud and due out next year. The 14 chapters move along swiftly ending in a perfect and surprising way. Wearing the magic bracelet is the key, but when her friend requests get overwhelming she can’t find a way to remove the bracelet and magic. Fifth grader Becca narrates her story going from having no friends to suddenly everyone wanting to be her BFF. It’s what every kid wants and BEST WISHES, the first book in this engaging new series, focuses on the meaning of being a friend. As things quickly spin out of control, Becca starts to wonder, Is this wish a curse?įriendship. Suddenly, EVERYONE wants to be Becca’s BFF, from all the kids at school to the teachers (!) to Becca’s own mom (!!). So many friends.Īnd just like that, the magic works. So Becca puts on the bracelet-why not, right?-and wishes to have friends. ![]() Inside, Becca finds a bracelet and a mysterious note telling her to make a wish. Her best friend, Harper, has dumped her, and Becca is friendless and alone. Becca Singer is having the Worst Day Ever. ![]() ![]() In the shadow of his unknown, though obviously identical, brother Ryan Wade (Blake Rayne) strives to find his place in the world. From there the story focuses on the brother who gets separated, centering on his life as his brother's journey to stardom unfolds. The Identical starts off with an interesting, albeit overdramatic, opening involving the separation of twin boys, setting up our tale. However, unlike the proceeding singer movies, like Jersey Boys and Get On Up, this movie diverges from the classical formula and instead gives it a much-needed twist. ![]() The Identical is another movie about a singing star, in this case a fictional one, and the fans who adore them. What did it have in store? I'll be happy to tell you. With only a synopsis to go on, I decided to take a test drive on this movie and see what it was all about. ![]() My friends I'm talking about the Identical, a movie that little seem to have heard about, including this reviewer. However, there is one movie that managed to work it's way into the regular theaters to entertain the masses. This weekend is a bit slow for the movies, with more limited premiers than actual blockbusters coming out this weekend. ![]() |