![]() ![]() NASCAR Legends to Tour Chicago Street Race Course, Speak at Buckingham Fountain ![]() This lack of draft capital will place a huge premium on creativity for Bulls’ management, which made big splashes that, coupled with Lonzo Ball’s potentially career-threatening injury, have netted one playoff appearance and one playoff game victory. The Bulls also could be out a 2025 first-round pick to the San Antonio Spurs as part of the sign-and-trade acquisition of DeMar DeRozan it's protected picks Nos. in the deal that sent Al-Farouq Aminu to the Bulls with Vucevic. and the expiring contract of Otto Porter Jr. The Magic drafted Franz Wagner with the first lottery pick the Bulls conveyed to the Magic, who also acquired Wendell Carter Jr. ![]() He's headed to the Spurs, who won the lottery. 1 spot and the right to draft French sensation Victor Wembanyama. The Bulls held just an 8.5 percent chance of moving into the top-four picks and a meager 1.8 percent chance at the No. Sign up for the weekly Chicago Catch-Up newsletter here. Feeling out of the loop? We'll catch you up on the Chicago news you need to know. ![]()
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She was already feeling so miserable she was sick to her stomach with it. Music & Entertainment Top 10 Johanna Lindsey Romance Novels By Jovarie Ma0 336 It is one of those days when you just want to curl up in bed by the fire, have a good book in your hands, and some hot chocolate by your side. ![]() ![]() To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt: What reading level is Prisoner of My Desire book? ![]() ![]() ![]() They reveal the controversial ideologies at the company’s center that everyone can learn a thing or two from. Reed Hastings, founder of Netflix, teams up with business author Erin Meyer to give us a fascinating look into the exceptionally successful but unconventional business model of Netflix in No Rules Rules: Netflix and the Culture of Reinvention. ![]() Netflix owes its success to unprecedented flexibility and radical management principles that were put in place from the very beginning. But to do this, the company had to reinvent itself countless times over the years. Netflix created a revolution in the entertainment industry like never before. The company now even produces its own award-winning movies and television shows and is nothing short of a touchstone of modern culture. When Netflix started 20 years ago as a DVD-by-mail service, no one could have imagined it would become a streaming service with millions of worldwide subscribers. Listen to the audio of this summary with a free reading.fm account*: ![]() ![]() ![]() It’s not really about where we would go, though. There’s a part of my identity and memory prior to the church. Or in one of those Anglican churches with old-fashioned liturgy but social justice politics. Because I keep wanting to answer, “I can think of a whole lot of places I’d go, actually.” I could see myself in a synagogue, rediscovering the ancient faith of my foremothers, where I have often found peace. Perhaps they’ve been granted some vision of redemption I’ve never seen. And maybe these people have a solider faith than mine. “Where else would I go?” some have said, echoing the words of Peter to Christ. Some have been told our faith is insufficiently strong if we’re even thinking of giving up. ![]() But we also encounter surprise, disapproval, even coercion. Sometimes in these conversations we are met with compassion. And the conversations happen, in person or online, furtively or with open anger: What do I do now? Can I stay in this church? Is this when I leave? Do I stay and reform? But how? In recent weeks, many have felt the faith on which we built our lives shifting beneath us, no longer sturdy rock but treacherous sand. ![]() ![]() On the various Jessica’s faces as they interact with each other is masterful. With a lot of talking and dialogue but again Noto is equal to the task. Phil Noto continues to wow, The opening page is absolutely breathtaking. It’s serious writing, with serious themes but Simone manages to break the seriousness with some great humor as well, the coffee shop scene is a great example of how she does this before plunging back into the mystery of what’s happening to Jessica. Her Luke Cage is excellent and there’s a great fight scene with Simone’s quippy dialogue toward the end of the book that’s tragic yet pitch perfect. We get to see more of She-Hulk (who Simone writes amazingly) as well as Daredevil, Danny Rand, and Luke Cage. Simone beautifullyĭelineates those differences yet doesn’t forget the storyline and central narrative withĪll this character work and smartly balances it with this mysterious threat that comes after ![]() They are all defined by loss in their own ways. What this does as is it brings these variants into much sharperįocus and all of a sudden while they may all be Jessica, they become distinct shades of the Jessica PRIME but also crack open and interrogate the psychology of her variants in truly ![]() Of her mirror selves in superbly resonant ways that not only dig into the psychology of In an issue that brings Jessica and her variants together. ![]() Gail Simone continues to prove that her character writing is some of the best in the business ![]() ![]() The Fates Divide is much more deliberate and slow-moving. The political intrigue, as well as the constant threat of pain and suffering, set a pretty quick pace in Carve the Mark. It’s a really fascinating, yet subtle, switch.Īnother way The Fates Divide is different from its predecessor is the pacing and urgency of the story itself. The world-building in Carve the Mark was done through the characters of Cyra, Akos, and company, but the world-building in The Fates Divide is what complicates and develops the characters’ interpersonal relationships. It focuses less on the larger world and more on how the characters perceive it. While the first novel was very much a world-building novel that focused on just one or two specific locations, The Fates Divide is somehow more of an introspective character piece that spans across different planets. ![]() That being said, though they’re two novels in the same series that tell a continuous story, The Fates Divide is very different from Carve the Mark. ![]() The Fates Divide has everything fans loved about Carve the Mark: Our favorite characters, space travel, dangerous yet alluring locations, interplanetary tensions… All the good stuff. Related: ‘Carve the Mark’ book review: An engaging sci-fi tale in a(nother) galaxy far, far away ‘The Fates Divide’ book review ![]() ![]() ![]() At the start of the book both teens have suicidal thoughts, but Finch manages to talk Violet off of a ledge and Violet becomes Finch’s new reason for living. It is heavily implied that he is also bi-polar. ![]() Finch has a long history of acting out and having sudden extreme mood swings. Violet’s sister died in a car accident the previous year and Violet blames herself for it. I’d like to warn the reader up front that this review will have some pretty big spoilers.Īll the Bright Places is about two teens with depression. All the Bright Places is a beautifully written book that is, at times, very difficult to read. No matter how good or bad the book was, I knew a story about depression was likely to trigger my own. ![]() I went into All the Bright Places by Jennifer Niven with my guard up. ![]() ![]() ![]() Left with only enough inheritance to patch and repair the exterior of the house-and with the school’s dismal standardized test scores as a final straw-Greg’s mom steers the family toward moving, opening up house-hunting and house-selling storylines (and devastating loyal Rowley, who doesn’t want to lose his best friend). Once the professionals are brought in, the problems keep getting worse: angry neighbors, terrifying problems in walls, and-most serious-civil permitting issues that put the kibosh on what work’s been done. Before bringing in the construction crew, the Heffleys attempt to do minor maintenance and repairs themselves-during which Greg fails at the work in various slapstick scenes. ![]() Greg’s mom calls a family meeting to determine what to do with their share, proposing home improvements and then overruling the family’s cartoonish wish lists and instead pushing for an addition to the kitchen. When Great Aunt Reba dies, she leaves some money to the family. ![]() The Heffley family’s house undergoes a disastrous attempt at home improvement. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The last Meiji emperor died (1912) and his right-hand military man General Nogi Maresuke commits ritual suicide. ![]() Meanwhile traumatic events have happened in Japan. He turns down his family’s urgings to settle down and marry a cousin. Despite his mother’s urgings and dying father’s pleas for him to get a job, the young man seems to want to emulate his sensei and do nothing. Years go by as the young man graduates from college. The second part of the story focuses on the young man’s home life. He warns the young man that when he hears his story his admiration of the old man will turn to disdain and disillusionment. But he promises the young man that he will tell him the story when the time is right. Who that deceased person is becomes the key to the story. His only activity is making a monthly visit a grave at a local cemetery. Sensei has no real friends other than the young man. He seems to be a scholar but doesn’t read or write, he just “hangs out.” The interesting thing about the “wise” old man is that he does nothing. Over time he develops a strong admiration for him, visiting at his home and calling him Sensei. The main character is a young man, a college student, who meets an older man at a beach resort. ![]() |