![]() ![]() ![]() I’ve been reading at a faster clip now that I’m actually done with the Cannonball. “A fascinating look at the disease that…could have cost this vibrant, vital young woman her life” ( People), Brain on Fire is an unforgettable exploration of memory and identity, faith and love, and a profoundly compelling tale of survival and perseverance. ![]() In an “unforgettable” ( Elle), “stunningly brave” (NPR), and breathtaking narrative, Susannah tells the astonishing true story of her descent into madness, her family’s inspiring faith in her, and the lifesaving diagnosis that almost didn’t happen. Now she was labeled as violent, psychotic, a flight risk. Days earlier, she had been on the threshold of a new, adult life: at the beginning of her first serious relationship and a promising career at a major New York newspaper. When twenty-four-year-old Susannah Cahalan woke up alone in a hospital room, strapped to her bed and unable to move or speak, she had no memory of how she’d gotten there. NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE STARRING CHLOË GRACE MORETZĪ “captivating” ( The New York Times Book Review), award-winning memoir and instant New York Times bestseller that goes far beyond its riveting medical mystery, Brain on Fire is a powerful account of one woman’s struggle to recapture her identity. ![]()
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![]() ![]() The part I thought most interesting was finally understanding Animagi in a little more detail – I have been wondering since “Prizoner of Azkaban”! This is definitely the best of the short stories in my opinion and worth a read if you haven’t been up to date on the content listed on the website. The side notes on Kettleburn were interesting if brief as well. I really enjoyed getting a look at McGonagall’s background! She had the most rich information in terms of new and things that hadn’t been alluded to previously. Rowling also gives us a peek behind the closed curtains of Sybill Trelawney’s life, and you’ll encounter the reckless, magical-beast-loving Silvanus Kettleburn along the way. ![]() These stories of heroism, hardship and dangerous hobbies profile two of the Harry Potter stories’ most courageous and iconic characters: Minerva McGonagall and Remus Lupin. Rowling reveals her inspiration, intricate details of characters’ lives and surprises from the wizarding world. These eBooks, with writing curated by Pottermore, will take you beyond the Harry Potter stories as J.K. Rowling’s writing from the Pottermore archives: short reads originally featured on with some exclusive new additions. Pottermore Presents is a collection of J.K. ![]() ![]() ![]() I began shortly to see the truth of what he had told me – men licking the hand of riches with the tongue of flattery men so stricken with the itch of vanity that they grovelled for the touch of praise men even who would do perjury for applause. I had nothing to do and went home reflecting upon all the great man had said. He had to go to the office that evening, and I came away soon after dinner. ![]() He laughed heartily at this example of fervid eloquence, and then we rose from the table. One orator spoke of “rolling back the tide of fanaticism that finds its root in the conscience of the people.” Their metaphors are as bad as their morals. It was slaughtered, roasted, made into mincemeat and devoured. Everybody slashed it with his knife and jabbed it with his fork. ‘Serious trouble comingl The Charleston dinner yesterday was a feast of treason and a flow of criminal rhetoric. ‘Anything new in the South?’Mrs Greeley enquired. He put his big arm around her and that gentle, permanent smile of his broadened as he kissed her and patted her red cheek. ![]() One of his children – a little girl – came and stood close to him as he spoke. A man cannot be strong unless he is genuine. Many a fellow is pretending to be what he isn t. ![]() ![]() ![]() Lin returns from a smuggling trip to a city that seems to have changed too much, too soon. ![]() It has been two years since the events in Shantaram and since Lin lost two people he had come to love: his father figure, Khaderbhai, and his soul mate, Karla, married to a handsome Indian media tycoon. In The Mountain Shadow, the long-awaited sequel, Lin must find his way in a Bombay run by a different generation of mafia dons playing by a different set of rules. Gregory David Robert’s epic debut novel, Shantaram, now a major television series from Apple TV+ starring Charlie Hunnam, introduced millions of readers to the heart of India and the hidden heart of Bombay through Lin, an Australian fugitive, working as a passport forger for a branch of the Bombay mafia. ![]() ![]() ![]() I just don't like it squashed into a butter. It's just the texture, because I like the taste of peanuts, and I like peanuts. "If I get a cake with peanut butter in it, I have to just pretend I like peanut butter, because lots of people love it," she says. For example, Leith does not understand Americans' love for peanut butter. There are a few key differences in judging Americans vs. And then, well, let's just say, it'll make very good watching." But some of them were terrific, and very funny." Her favorite contestant was former NFL star Marshawn Lynch. Because unless you watch American television, you wouldn't know them. But, she admits to Town & Country, "Some of them, I hadn't ever heard of. Of the American celebrities who competed-including Chloe Fineman, D'Arcy Carden, and Joel Kim Booster-Leith says it was a great time filming. ![]() Leith is currently a judge on Bake Off's American spinoff, The Great American Baking Show, which has a celebrity holiday special, out today on Roku. She's also going on tour next year, with a brand-new one-woman show. ![]() The South African restauranteur shot to fame as a judge on the Great British Bake Off (in the U.S., it's titled the Great British Baking Show), and she just published her memoirs. ![]() Dame Prue Leith is not slowing down anytime soon. ![]() |