![]() ![]() ![]() And he’s real ticked off that somebody tried to off him. So many problems would be resolved when Cyrus died.īut he’s not dead. ![]() More than one person in Cyrus’ life had a reason to be happy he was about to be up outta here. I’ve always said that Shelly writes the kind of books where you need a bowl of popcorn and a beverage because it’s like watching the best movie. I’ve followed her through her journey into suspenseful, dramatic fiction with the Branch Avenue Boys series (not to mention her great literary fiction novels under other names) and now domestic thrillers with Three Mrs Greys and sometimes I’m like… HOW DO YOU EVEN DO IT ALL SO WELL? I’ve been reading Shelly since The Gibbons Goldigger days, the Chesterton Scandal Days, the scintillating soapy romance days. Greys by Shelly Ellis is everything I needed, you hear me?! Sometimes I read a book and I’m sad for the person who is murdered. ![]()
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![]() ![]() But Lowe, who tempers his insights with wit, is always respectful and non-judgmental. This book would make an excellent addition to a course on material religion., "An informative, often hair-raising (excuse the pun) journey about how the great religions of today as well as those that have faded away, or cultures, modern and old, have dealt with hair, or lack or length or style of it, both as a unifying, defining symbol as well as differentiating one, or of conformity. Scott Lowe was the perfect author for such a book, writing in his characteristic wit. It discusses the variety of religious reasons, and methods, for depilation and for hair cultivation. ![]() Part of Bloomsbury Academic's Object Lessons, 'a book series about the hidden lives of ordinary things,' this short volume considers the biology, removal, styling, and fetishizing of hair as practiced by people around the world. Hair is a hilarious, informative, and provocative look at the significance of hair in human culture. ![]() ![]() I get confused with the different characters and the politics of the whole thing.Īt the beginning (I'm only 100 or so pages in) Smilla seemed to be gaining access to everyone and everything so easily and I was wondering (still am) just how a civilian could do this. ![]() I feel like I'm a couple of steps behind the story all the time and I'm struggling to keep up with what's going on. The politics/history of the relationship between Denmark and Greenland is also a learning curve for me (albeit an interesting one). This makes it difficult for me to identify with her character. ![]() My own country is so different to Denmark/Greenland I've seen snow briefly just a couple of times in my life so I can't fathom Smilla's passion for it. I think it's partly due to the setting and partly due to the writing. I've read a lot of books set in various locations around the world but Smilla feels the most 'foreign' to me by far. ![]() |