![]() ![]() With the help of Three Seagrass and her friend Twelve Azalea, Mahit threads her way through the politics, where it becomes clear Yskander made inappropriate deals with the Emperor Six Direction, plus political heavyweights in the succession fight, Minister Nineteen Adze, opposition leader Thirty Larkspur and General One Lightning. Besides that, the previous ambassador Yskander Aghvan has apparently been assassinated, and Mahit and her liaison Three Seagrass seem to be next on the list. When she arrives, she finds political unrest related to the Emperor’s impending death and a planned expansion war that will annex Lsel Station. She has been dispatched in haste, and her imago implant holding the memories of her predecessor is hastily installed and out of date. Mahit Dzmare is the new ambassador from Lsel Station to the multi-system Teixcalaani Empire. It was published by Tor on 26 March 2019 and runs 472 pages. ![]() It is apparently Martine’s debut novel, and is listed as #1 in this series, suggesting we’ll see more on the same topic. ![]() This science fiction novel is a finalist for the 2019 Nebula Award. ![]()
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![]() ![]() Boxers & Saints is one of the most ambitious graphic novels First Second has ever published. As the Boxer Rebellion gains momentum, Vibiana must decide whether to abandon her Christian friends or to commit herself fully to Christianity. ![]() A girl whose village has no place for her is taken in by Christian missionaries and finds, for the first time, a home with them. Against all odds, their grass-roots rebellion is successful.But in the second volume, Yang lays out the opposite side of the conflict. Little Bao, inspired by visions of the Chinese gods, joins a violent uprising against the Western interlopers. The first is of Little Bao, a Chinese peasant boy whose village is abused and plundered by Westerners claiming the role of missionaries. ![]() Boxers & Saints Boxed Set EditionOne of the greatest comics storytellers alive brings all his formidable talents to bear in this astonishing new work.In two volumes, Boxers & Saints tells two parallel stories. Gene Luen Yang is the National Ambassador for Young People's Literature. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Lindsay Lohan also gives a good performance as Cady. She has this charm that sucks the audience in on her and its so hard to hate her. Her character is very mean (hence the title) yet I found it so hard to actually hate her. Rachel McAdams offers the best and funniest performance as Regina. Second, the acting is very good and convincing. Tina Fey should leave SNL and focus on her career in movies. Of course, there were a few lame scenes but nothing that kills the film. Tina Fey seems to understand that teens want comedies they can relate to and she did that with Mean Girls. First, the script is actually creative and smart. I think Mean Girls is very good for a number of reasons. While Heathers is a good movie, mean Girls is an even better movie. The most cynical person will point out that this is a cheap rip off of Heathers and they are similar. The story makes it sound like another generic teen film but this one is actually quite funny and realistic. This time, she plays a girl home schooled in Africa, whose first experience at a public school is marred by a clique of nasty girls called the Plastics, who use gossip and other torture techniques to try to ruin her social life. Lindsay Lohan plays a teen girl trying to get along at a new high school. ![]() |