Congratulations to Vicola!

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Below is a little bit about her:

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I’m Vicola, a proud Northerner from the UK, with very little tolerance and even less patience.

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I got started writing an online diary in a rather weird way. My cousin married a conman with a personality disorder, and after wreaking havoc and ‘appropriating’ a chunk of my uncle’s retirement fund, he disappeared, leaving no forwarding address, and no money for his daughter. So, my cousins and I decided to try and find…

Congratulations to Vicola!

Below is a little bit about her:

I’m Vicola, a proud Northerner from the UK, with very little tolerance and even less patience.

I got started writing an online diary in a rather weird way. My cousin married a conman with a personality disorder, and after wreaking havoc and ‘appropriating’ a chunk of my uncle’s retirement fund, he disappeared, leaving no forwarding address, and no money for his daughter. So, my cousins and I decided to try and find him on the internet – not that…

by Tom Hames

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A February chill rushed through the air as Henry watched two regiments of men mount their horses and ride off. If the plan worked, they would make contact with the Union army and draw them back to the fortified battle line where the remaining Confederate soldiers waited. With Ocean Pond to the north, heavy swampland to the south, and thousands of troops scattered throughout the tree line, victory was almost certain. The plan made perfect sense, however, after contact had been made, the enemy failed to advance toward the trap…

A February chill rushed through the air as Henry watched two regiments of men mount their horses and ride off. If the plan worked, they would make contact with the Union army and draw them back to the fortified battle line where the remaining Confederate soldiers waited. With Ocean Pond to the north, heavy swampland to the south, and thousands of troops scattered throughout the tree line, victory was almost certain. The plan made perfect sense, however, after contact had been made, the enemy failed to advance toward the trap that had been so carefully set. When word…

by Ilias Kountoupis

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On the delivery of powerful imagery and perceptions of what our lives either should be or actually are, television has done a wonderful job as a messenger, so far.

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From the far heights of the Hollywood hills to the shores of the Greek islands, television shows have set the standard on what we westerners all wish to mimic as cultural consumers. Before the American dream of prosperity and wealth failed, it still managed to evolve into the universal dream of much of the civilised world. American TV…

On the delivery of powerful imagery and perceptions of what our lives either should be or actually are, television has done a wonderful job as a messenger, so far.

From the far heights of the Hollywood hills to the shores of the Greek islands, television shows have set the standard on what we westerners all wish to mimic as cultural consumers. Before the American dream of prosperity and wealth failed, it still managed to evolve into the universal dream of much of the civilised world. American TV shows have become the guidelines to…

by Patricia Volonakis Davis

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Midori by Moonlight

by Wendy Nelson Tokunaga

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Though Midori by Moonlight was published in 2007, I only just discovered this book a few months ago. And I’m delighted that I did.

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Midori by Moonlight is categorized as ‘chick-lit’, which is a term “used to denote a genre of women’s fiction written for and marketed primarily to single, working women in their 20’s and 30’s in the post-feminist era.” And while it does fit…

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Midori by Moonlight by Wendy Nelson Tokunaga

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Midori by Moonlight

Author: Wendy Nelson Tokunaga

Paperback: 256 pages

Publisher: St. Martin’s Griffin

ISBN: 978-0312372613

Reviewer: Patricia Volonakis Davis

Though Midori by Moonlight was published in 2007, I only just discovered this book a few months ago. And I’m delighted that I did.

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