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review 2023-09-17 19:48
"Las" Sharon Gosling
Fir (Red Eye) - Sharon Gosling

Jednym z największych koszmarów dla współczesnych nastolatków jest wyrwanie ich z ich środowiska, odcięcie od znajomych i wywiezienie w miejsce, gdzie telefon kiepsko działa. I to właśnie spotyka młodego bohatera powieści Sharon Gosling.
Przeprowadzka ze Sztokholmu na plantacje choinek na północy Szwecji jest beznadziejna sama w sobie, ale kiedy śnieg zaczyna padać wcześniej niż zwykle i odcina dostęp od reszty świata, robi się jeszcze gorzej.
W starym lesie czają się postacie, które zbliżają się do odciętego od cywilizacji domu. Jedynym co oddziela mieszkającą w nim rodzinę Stombergów od złowrogich istot są ściany. W obliczu niebezpieczeństwa, które w każdej chwili może uderzyć coraz trudniej jest odróżnić rzeczywistość od iluzji. Przed rodziną naprawdę stoi trudne zadanie - pozostać przy zdrowych zmysłach i przetrwać tę pełną mroku zimę.
Autorce udało się umiejętnie stopniować napięcie, powoli wprowadzać kolejne mocne akcenty i odkrywać karty. Gosling bardziej stawia na atmosferę, wiele pozostawiając w domyślę. Podsuwa sugestie, ale czy im uwierzymy, to już zupełnie inna kwestia. Niemniej metoda jest skuteczna, gdyż wraz z kolejnymi stronami atmosfera się zagęszcza.
Bohater przejawia pewne elementy buntu na skutek wyrwania go z jego środowiska, ale znacznie ważniejsza jest jego ciekawość świata i próba wyjaśnienia dziejących się wokół niego niesamowitych zdarzeń.
Mocnym elementem jest zakończenie. Jakie ono jest i na czym polega nie będę zdradzać. Warto zaznaczyć, że jest zaskakujące i to na dwa sposoby.
"Las" to udana powieść grozy dla nastolatków, z dynamiczną narracją i częstymi zwrotami akcji. Jednocześnie klimatyczna, lekko przerażająca i potrafiąca zainteresować. To opowieść o zagubieniu, zatarciu granic między snem a jawą, a także o tym ile jesteśmy w stanie zrobić by przetrwać.
polecam tak dla relaksu, na odreagowanie i zabicie czasu.

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review 2022-08-25 23:45
AN INN DECENT PROPOSAL by Sharon Buchbinker
An Inn Decent Proposal - Sharon Buchbinder

Genie and Jim are bidding for the same inn. They decide to join forces against a mob enforcer. He will do whatever it takes to get the inn. Will Genie and Jim become the owners of the inn? Will Tony the Wolf beat them out of it?

 

What a fun story! Perfect for a lazy summer afternoon on your back porch. Genie and Jim are made for each other. Neither is shy about acting out or saying what they want. They have some history, and both have pasts. I like how they support one another. I like how Genie surprises Jim a lot. There is a lot of stuff going on with their inn and other places. I just had a blast reading this. They deserve all the good coming to them!

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review 2021-11-10 00:00
Love That Dog
Love That Dog - Sharon Creech Oddly one of my favorite books as a kid...Probably because I made my mom read it out-loud (every night!) much to her utter dismay! XD
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text 2020-09-08 19:38
Giving You Everything

Giving You Everything

 

This is the first Single entitled; Giving You Everything by Sharon Musgrave from her new EP project entitled Jewelweed. The EP reflects her thoughts put to music, she relates it to the weed that grows in abundance with all it’s healing properties, JEWELWEED. Giving You Everything, is a free download!!! click on the link below if you would like to have the mp3 and spread the word.  https://www.sharonmusgrave.com/jewelweedpt1.html

Sharon Musgrave has a distinct soothing vocal style with with an added blast of wail. She’s traveled the world with top notch musicians. She wrote a top 10 Pop hit called “Fascinating Rhythm,” with Producer, William Orbit Then she accompanied Jazz Musician Julian Joseph on his album Language of Truth.  Her slick musical accompaniment of cool funky grooves, accompanies her jazzy style with positive energy that is consciously tasteful. Her EP drops this September.

#new music youtube https://youtu.be/RDpovftgZ8w

My music genre(s)

soul, urban, urban soul, down tempo, R&B, neo-soul, nu-soul, acidjazz, souljazz, pop, smoothjazz, smooth groove, lounge, chillhop, lofi

My music is for the fans of:

Erykah Badu, Sade, Ari Lennox, Damian Marley

http://www.sharonmusgrave.com/

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review 2020-06-02 15:37
The Better Half
The Better Half: On the Genetic Superiority of Women - Sharon Moalem

[I received a copy through NetGalley, in exchange for an honest review.]

Some things in this book I already knew (such as the role of the X chromosome when it comes to colour vision, and why many more men than woman are colour-blind). Some others were completely new to me, although also related to the X in general (immune system features, for instance, including autoimmune conditions) and I was glad I could expand on my knowledge in that regard.

The book draws a lot on genetic research, obviously, both past findings and current ones. I found it easy enough to follow, and it didn’t strike me as heavy-handed on the medical lingo, but perhaps it would be a little confusing for someone who’s really a beginner in that area, and therefore would be better targeted at people who already have some basic knowledge about genetics here?

I did find it somewhat repetitive, though (as in, keep the examples for sure, but no need to reiterate so often that a lot of it stems from genetic females having a “spare”), and the narrative style, when it uses examples from the author’s real life to illustrate certain points, wasn’t always very clear. The concept behind it and the way it is at times expressed could also be easily problematic; the term “genetic superiority” is fraught with double-meaning, after all, and I can no doubt see it interpreted in less than savoury ways. So, one has to be careful about how they approach this: it is strictly about the advantages brought by having two X chromosomes rather than one if you’re a genetic human female (or having two Ws if you’re a male bird—same difference), and definitely not about who is “superior, with a hint of who should therefore dominate the other”.

Conclusion: 3.5 stars

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