Sentences with phrase «goldfinches for»

Yesterday I saw goldfinches for the first time this year, they are such pretty birds.

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True to that vision, The Goldfinch remains a largely secular story, and its characters often act as if God does not exist: They live for the moment, sin boldly, and speak in profane ways.

Theo himself fluctuates between nihilism and hope, and compares his plight to the chained bird in The Goldfinch, observing «what a cruel life for a little living creature — fluttering briefly, forced always to land in the same hopeless place.»

Selected as Amazon's book of the year, and beautifully written, the 800 - page novel tells the story of Theo Decker and a famous painting — Carel Fabritius» seventeenth - century masterpiece, The Goldfinch — and how Theo's relationship with it transforms his life, for better and worse.

Because I'm learning all the time it's usually the last piece I've finished, but I do have a real soft spot for my goldfinch.

Big news on the fiction front today: Little, Brown has announced an October 22 publication date for Donna Tartt's third novel, The Goldfinch.

So, Gone Girl (or The Goldfinch, or Wild) was a hit with your book club, and you're looking for more books like it.

Donna Tartt's long, literary novel The Goldfinch has been topping the bestseller lists for months now.

This Sunday, 900 authors including Malcolm Gladwell, Stephen King, and Goldfinch author Donna Tartt published a two - page open letter in The New York Times lambasting Amazon for directly hurting writers in their attempts to manipulate Hachette Book Group.

«We're so excited to include our pick for the best book of the year, Donna Tartt's The Goldfinch, in 12 Days of Deals, and we have many great books lined up for every day of this promotion,» said Sara Nelson, Editorial Director of Books & Kindle at Amazon, in a press release today.

Rebecca By Daphne du Maurier After The Goldfinch I needed to read something dark and brooding, with beautiful settings for ugly deeds.

Tartt, who won the Pulitzer Prize for her 2013 novel, The Goldfinch, sets her tale on a Bennington College-esque campus where a group of brilliant, wanton youths keeps deadly secrets.

Over 30 different wards were given out during the event and some of the most notable ones include; The Donna Tartt Pulitzer Prize - winning novel, The Goldfinch, won the Literary Fiction prize, and the audiobook's narrator, David Pittu, also won the prize for Best Solo - Narration - Male.

It turns out that the last 2 % of the Kindle ebook was reserved for a special section titled «Outstanding acclaim for Donna Tartt's The Goldfinch ``, listing all the publications that selected it as one of the best books of the year.

Donna Tartt is the author of The Goldfinch, which was awarded the 2014 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, as well as the Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction.

On one hand, they point to recent successes like Donna Tartt's The Goldfinch (775 pages), but then they blame our culturally reduced attention spans for the desire for shorter books.

Perennially popular books are featured — The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt, The Racketeer by John Grisham, and Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn, for example.

Donna Tartt, whose brilliant novel The Goldfinch topped everybody's lists for the best book of 2013, had only written three novels since her first in 1992.

The habitat has become a haven for Georgia's bluebirds and goldfinches, says Riley, but it's also another form of enrichment for the approximately 100 lucky cats and kittens living in the 5,500 - square - foot shelter.

GOLDFINCH is located at 319 N. Albany Ave. Please ring number on door sign for entry during gallery hours.

Preferred habitat: ditches, prairies, swales, depressions + + + + Foliage / winter appearance: dormant in winter + + + + Soil conditions: loam, clay, well drained + + + + Light conditions: partial shade to full sun + + + + Plant spacing: 3 to 4 feet apart + + + + Wildlife value: Seed enjoyed by deer and many species of birds; a nectar and larval food plant for butterflies; attracts these birds: Cardinal, Carolina Chickadee, American Goldfinch, House Finch, Purple Finch, Evening Grosbeak, Blue Jay, Nut Hatches, White - Throated Sparrow, Tufted Titmouse, Rufous - sided Towhee, House Sparrow, Dark - eyed Junco, Mourning Dove, Pine Siskin, Red - winged Black Bird, Scrub Jay, and Red - Bellied and Red - headed Woodpeckers; Silvery Checkerspots and Bordered Patch Butterfly larvae eat leaves.

For example, say that the husband is a bird enthusiast and notices a goldfinch fly across the yard.