Please look after mom full story6/4/2023 ![]() ![]() Slowly, Pook So-nyo’s secrets come to light. But sooner or later, he always came back. He still had wild oats to sow, and as Pook So-nyo took on the task of raising a young family, he often absented himself to be with other women or to travel. For his part, her spouse was ambivalent about his new wife and married life. While desperate soldiers still hid in the hills, it was safer for a young woman to have a husband. ![]() She did not wish to leave her own mother, but those were treacherous times. Pook So-nyo married a stranger in an arranged marriage after the Korean War. Pook So-nyo herself also takes a turn as narrator. Please Look After Mom is told in several voices as Pook So-nyo’s family think back on their life with Mom and what they know of her. He returns to the station on the next subway train, but there is no sign of Mom anywhere. It takes a few minutes for Dad to miss her, so accustomed is he to having Mom trail several paces behind him as he surges ahead. Dad climbs onto the packed subway car, but Mom is left behind at the station. As Mom and Dad travel from their rural village to bustling Seoul to visit, they become separated. ![]() So it seems to Park So-nyo’s family, until the day that Mom disappears and their lives are suddenly disrupted. She’s always there, living her old-fashioned life, out of touch with the times. Not her husband, not her two sons or two daughters. No one really gives her life too much thought. Translated from the Korean by Chi-Young Kim. Please Look After Mom by Kyung-Sook Shin. ![]()
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Rico's Rebound by Reginald K. Write6/4/2023 ![]() Just as important are questions concerning the procedural protection of Judges, such as their right of access to judicial protection. Yet, the protection of Judges cannot be limited only to substantive issues. Such issues and the recent jurisprudential evolutions that have taken shape there are undoubtedly of fundamental importance. In recent European case law, much attention has been given to issues of judicial independence and its substantive contents, such as on issues such as judicial discipline, 1 the irremovability of Judges, 2 or closely connected issues such as Judges’ freedom of expression 3 or their right to liberty. ![]() ![]() The developments in a number of countries have firmly put the spotlight on the judiciary and its relationship to the political branches of government. At this stage, it is kicking at an open door to say that the principles of the rule of law and judicial independence have taken centre stage in the last couple of years. ![]() The unhoneymooners book review6/4/2023 ![]() In fact, the more she pretends to be the luckiest woman alive, the more it feels like she might be. After all, ten days of bliss is worth having to assume the role of loving newlyweds, right? But the weird thing is.Olive doesn’t mind playing pretend. ![]() ![]() Suddenly there’s a free honeymoon up for grabs, and Olive will be damned if Ethan gets to enjoy paradise solo.Īgreeing to a temporary truce, the pair head for Maui. ![]() Olive braces herself for wedding hell, determined to put on a brave face, but when the entire wedding party gets food poisoning, the only people who aren’t affected are Olive and Ethan. Unfortunately for Olive, the only thing worse than constant bad luck is having to spend the wedding day with the best man (and her nemesis), Ethan Thomas. By contrast, her sister Ami is an eternal champion.she even managed to finance her entire wedding by winning a slew of contests. Olive Torres is used to being the unlucky twin: from inexplicable mishaps to a recent layoff, her life seems to be almost comically jinxed. Named a “Must-Read” by TODAY, Us Weekly, Bustle, BuzzFeed, Goodreads, Entertainment Weekly, Publishers Weekly, Southern Living, Book Riot, Woman’s Day, The Toronto Star, and more!įor two sworn enemies, anything can happen during the Hawaiian trip of a lifetime-maybe even love-in this romantic comedy from the New York Times bestselling authors of Roomies. ![]() Starred reviews from Kirkus Reviews * Publishers Weekly * Library Journal ![]() Work Is Hell by Matt Groening6/4/2023 ![]() ![]() I’d think about the comic strip all week, spend a day drawing it, and then start thinking about the next one. When I started doing the comic strip, it was a great forum for all of my creativity. Seriously, though, what drove you to keep drawing it week after week for all those years? It’s pretty obvious that I ran out of jokes a couple of decades ago – but that doesn’t stop any cartoonist! Why pull the plug on Life in Hell now? Did you simply run out of jokes? With a new season of Futurama starting on June 20th and more than 500 episodes of The Simpsons in the can, the question isn’t so much why Groening is quitting Life in Hell, but rather how he kept it so incisive and funny for so long. ![]() But unlike the no-less-crudely drawn Springfield crew that debuted on Fox in 1987, they belonged to Matt Groening free and clear in the panels of Life in Hell, the syndicated weekly comic strip that the part-time cartoonist discontinued last week after 32 years. Crudely drawn rabbits Binky, Sheba, and Bongo, and their little gay pals Akbar and Jeff, never achieved the notoriety of the Simpsons. ![]() Evergreen by Cari Z.6/3/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() This might not be a new favourite but I’m pretty pleased I one-clicked this and was glad to have been entertained by it for a little while on this saturday evening. And this goes in different directions than you might expect! While we don’t see every moment of their evolving friendship into a romance, as this is a novella and we do skip around a bit, I was definitely sold before the end. We had members of a crew brought together to man a mission to Mars as a one-way trip and within said crew was the charming and gregarious American astronaut and the rather reserved Russian one and I though okay sure, here we go. Right off the hop I was enjoying the story and the narrative but wasn’t sure about the characters. I wanted something short and possibly sweet as I’m between reads right now and figured why not give this a try! Having arduously compiled all my unreads books on a spreadsheet, including all my eBooks, all that hard work paid off as my eyes immediately gravitated to it (after having long since forgotten about it), and boy am I glad I did. ![]() Once Scottie leaves, they’re destined to live millions of miles apart for the rest of their lives.Ī deadly accident on Mars might spell the end of their distant romance, though-or be the thing that saves it. He works his way back to Scottie’s side, but he can’t rejoin the mission. ![]() A near-fatal accident during training knocks Cy into a coma for half a year, and out of Project Evergreen. Cy Konstantin and Scottie Andrews are supposed to make Project Evergreen’s one-way trip to Mars together. ![]() Ashes by suzanne wright6/3/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() To survive, Harper will need to embrace power that's darker than she's ever experienced, and even Knox can't protect her from everything-though God knows nothing's going to stop him trying. ![]() Theyre looking forward to some well-earned downtime - until Harper is attacked by mercenaries in the middle of her tattoo shop. It seems the impossible might be true-they have an enemy hiding at the very heart of the lair. Together, Harper and Knox have overcome just about every evil thing you can think of - from Horsemen of the Apocalypse to dark magic practitioners to Lucifers insistent belief that hes hilarious. ![]() Of Ashes And Sin: A Reverse Harem Shifter Romance (Fire Trails Book 1). It seems likely that someone is the third Horseman-but how do they know so much about Harper? Feral Sins, Phoenix Pack Book 1 By Suzanne Wright. It's a near miss, and once a furious Knox has managed to pull his demon back into line there's only one thing clear-someone knows Harper's secrets and is systematically setting out to destroy her. Worse still, the attackers are trying to take her wings-the ones no one is meant to know she even has. They're looking forward to some well-earned downtime-until Harper is attacked by mercenaries in the middle of her tattoo shop. Together, Harper and Knox have overcome just about every evil thing you can think of-from Horsemen of the Apocalypse to dark magic practitioners to Lucifer's insistent belief that he's hilarious. Knox and Harper's story continues as the Las Vegas lair-and its two infamous Co-Primes-face their most terrifying enemy yet. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() įunny and smart, twisty and surprising - Finlay Donovan is a character to root for. Witty and fast-paced, this murder mystery is perfect for fans of Abbi Waxman and Maria Semple.įinlay Donovan really is killing it. ![]() When struggling crime writer Finlay Donovan takes on a life of crime normally reserved for her characters, she finds herself entangled in a real-life murder investigation. Making it to lunch with her literary agent is a minor victory but, as she s discussing the plot of her latest crime novel, the conversation is misinterpreted by a woman sitting nearby as that of a hit-woman offering her services to dispose of a problem husband.Īnd when the woman slips Finlay a name and a promise of a large sum of cash, Finlay finds herself plotting something much bigger than her novel.Īnd, after all, they do always say: write what you know. Her ex-husband went behind her back to fire the nanny, and this morning she sent her four-year-old to school with hair duct-taped to her head after an unfortunate incident with scissors. It is a widely known fact that most mums are ready to kill someone by eight-thirty AM on any given Monday.įinlay Donovan, single mum and floundering crime writer, is having a hard time. Proves you only need to get mistaken once for a contract killer to solve all your problems LISA GARDNER Publisher: Headline Review Uk | ISBN: 9781472282248 | Pages: 368Įntertaining, funny and wholly original CULTUREFLY Category: Fiction Crime Fiction/Mystery/Thriller Thriller-Thr ![]() Heidi by johanna spyri6/3/2023 ![]() ![]() Known to all as “Alm-uncle” Heidi's grandfather is good-hearted but mistrustful of the villagers. The lonely, embittered old man lives like a hermit on the mountain-top and has nothing to do with the people in the village below. She leaves Heidi with Heidi's grandfather, who lives in the Swiss mountains. Aunt Dete is a career-woman who though she loves Heidi, does not have the time or resources to look after a child in busy Frankfurt. It tells of Heidi, a little Swiss girl whose parents' sudden death leaves her to be brought up by her aunt. Heidi The Girl from the Alps by Swiss children's author Johanna Spyri was published in two parts in 1880. Heidiland, a theme park, is one of the big attractions in Zurich. ![]() ![]() Since it first came out, it has captured the hearts of children (and adults) all over the world, been extensively filmed, televised and staged and translated from the original German into more than 60 languages. Filled with descriptions of the magnificent Swiss Alps, the lives of the simple country folk who live in their picturesque peaks and valleys and the gentle and innocent days of childhood, Heidi by Johanna Spyri is a book that no child should miss reading. ![]() Fallen by celeste bradley6/2/2023 ![]() ![]() “Laughter, tears, drama, suspense, and a heartily deserved happily-ever-after.” “Part romantic comedy, part romantic suspense, and wholly entertaining, Devil in My Bed is a delight!” Tinged with humor that never overshadows the poignancy and peopled with remarkable characters (especially the precocious Melody) who will steal your heart, this one’s a keeper.” “From its unconventional prologue to its superb conclusion, every page of the first in Bradley’s Runaway Brides series is perfection and joy. “When it comes to crafting fairy tale–like, wonderfully escapist historicals, Bradley is unrivaled, and the second addition to her Runaway Brides trilogy cleverly blends madcap adventure and sexy romance.” There’s passion, adventure, nonstop action, and secrets that make the pages fly by.” Her characters leap off the page, especially little three-year-old Melody, the precocious ‘heroine,’ and her three fathers. “Bradley doesn’t disappoint with the second in her Runaway Brides trilogy, which is certain to have readers laughing and crying. Praise for New York Times bestselling author ![]() 5 apples up on top6/2/2023 ![]() ![]() The Verge is being kind to the company when it says the claims are “fairly vague.”ĪMD claims the new chip can give Apple a run for its money, besting the 2022 MacBook Air’s M2 processor in “application performance” by up to 75 percent and taking on the Intel Core i7-1360P by even more than that in both productivity and graphics, as you’ll see stated fairly vaguely in the charts. There’s no indication of which apps are being compared, let alone for which tasks. The Ryzen 7840U is the company’s top-end laptop chip, designed to provide the ultimate in performance.ĪMD supplies only a very vague bar chart with claims about comparative performance in a range of application categories with vague titles like “image editing” (below). No benchmarks are provided by AMD to support its claims, and there’s no information on battery life, which is another major strength of Apple’s M-series chips … Ryzen 7840U The chip is destined to be used in upcoming laptops from Acer, Framework, HP, Lenovo, and Razer. Chipmaker AMD claims that its new laptop chip, the Ryzen 7840U, can outperform Apple’s M2 chip – though it provides no proof of this. ![]() |