Sentences with phrase «start of great novels»

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Annihilation is an adaptation of Jeff VanderMeer's brilliantly terrifying enviro - horro novel of the same name, and while Garland got off to a great start by signing Natalie Portman, Gina Rodriguez (Jane the Virgin), and Tessa Thompson (Creed) to star, there was one more key role in the female - centric ensemble that was attracting some big names.

Starting with Danny Boyle's «The Beach,» based on his novel, and continuing through two more collaborations with Boyle, «28 Days Later» and «Sunshine» and the remake of «Judge Dredd,» Garland has demonstrated great interest in the organization of society, the tension between the need for rules and the abuse of authority, and the way that gender roles handed down over thousands of years can poison otherwise pure relationships.

For those of you who teach grades 6 to 9, these novels will equip you with reading recommendations for your students, and they're also great for starting book discussions.

Book - length graphic novels started to gain traction in the late 1970s, but YA as a category of graphic novels remains a somewhat new phenomenon in the U.S.: YALSA only started publishing its Great Graphic Novels for Teens list a decade ago, and only one book on that list, Gene Luen Yang's American Born Chinese (2006), was originally published novels started to gain traction in the late 1970s, but YA as a category of graphic novels remains a somewhat new phenomenon in the U.S.: YALSA only started publishing its Great Graphic Novels for Teens list a decade ago, and only one book on that list, Gene Luen Yang's American Born Chinese (2006), was originally published novels remains a somewhat new phenomenon in the U.S.: YALSA only started publishing its Great Graphic Novels for Teens list a decade ago, and only one book on that list, Gene Luen Yang's American Born Chinese (2006), was originally published Novels for Teens list a decade ago, and only one book on that list, Gene Luen Yang's American Born Chinese (2006), was originally published as YA.

The digital revolution and its subsequent self - publishing hey day have perhaps sparked more change in literature and publishing than any event since Gutenberg started tinkering, but for all of the great talk of «equalizing» and breaking down barriers, what industry watchers were really referring to was text - based novels.

For a reader, there is no greater gift than happening on a novel that is completely engrossing — to the point where you're a little distracted until you finish the book, and the characters start to take on lives of their own in your imagination.

A vivid real - life re-creation of the race and its aftermath, from its frenzied start to the nail - biting dash at its finish, Eighty Days is history with the heart of a great adventure novel.

The novel keeps turning itself on its head with great intrigue of lies, duplicity and cheating... A perfect way to start off the new year with a terrific read.

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Fergus and his uncle find a girl's body buried in a peat bog at the start of this novel, told in parallel narratives, of two young people who sacrifice themselves for the greater good.

«A lot of readers have multiple novels on the go at any given time, which means they may not always read one book from start to finish before jumping into the next great story.

Sure, once you're Stephen King or Nora Roberts and you've proven a hundred times over that you can write great fiction, you can get by with starting all kinds of new series and writing lots of stand - alone novels.

If a great blues song could become a novel full of longing, love, grief and a call for justice, it is «Bluebird, Bluebird» — a pleasure from start to finish.

We created the Kobo Writing Life blog at www.kobowritinglife.com in order to outline spotlights on authors, highlighting various things that they are doing, as well as to share information and insights about KWL, as well as the craft and business of writing (See Darcy's post about starting your novel on Kobo Writing Life blog here), so that's a great place to keep your eye out for updated tidbits and info.

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The missions and the boss battles are great fun when they show up, but for the most part, the game plays a lot like a visual novel, and your interest starts to dip once you complete a thrilling demon tamer battle, and realise you're about to go through another half hour of talking.

But your starting point is here, in the photo gallery here: our list of the greatest law novels ever.