![]() During Marvin’s childhood, she would impatiently dismiss him due to his slowness of speech. That night she was “transformed to stone and never wept at all (Laurence 243)”. ![]() ![]() She did not cry at the death of her son John. Indeed there where many situations where she could not physically express what she felt in her heart. Hagar’s most noticeable characteristic was her lack of feeling and emotion. Such qualities give us a portrait of a remarkable character. Thus, Hagar is a cold, but strong willed woman. Despite of her negative attributes she also displayed a positive mannerism through courage. As well, inheriting her father’s harsh qualities, she exhibited pride that detested weakness in any form. Mingling past and present, we observe the very qualities, which sustained her and deprived her of joy such as her lack of emotional expression. Born the daughter of Jason Currie, she is one who possesses incredible depth in character. In Margaret Laurence’s novel, “The Stone Angel”, Hagar Shipley is the main character. ![]()
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Even though I don’t really ever plan on finishing the series, they are gorgeous books and I don’t want to get rid of them. ![]() I really enjoyed Beautiful Creatures when I read it years ago, and I couldn’t tell you why I never finished the other books. I have all four main books in hardcover, and they’re all first editions (or so I’m told by Kami Garcia – I never actually looked into it) but they have the colorful end pages and are signed by one half of the authors. The first series is Beautiful Creatures –the Castor Chronicles by Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl. ![]() Everything else on this short list I’m classifying “Most Likely Won’t Finish” because I don’t have any foreseeable plans to do so, but I’m not fully counting them out. The third might eventually go, since I have the first book on my Kindle. There are three series on this list, that I really have zero intentions of actually finishing, but two of them I cannot bring myself to clear from my shelves. ![]() I think that’s because I’ve been practicing self-control and not buying second and third and fourth books if I haven’t even read the first one yet. I classify ‘series’ as more than 3 books, but looking at my shelf, I don’t have many series that I haven’t finished. Despite what the title of this post says, I’m going to include Trilogies and Duologies. ![]() ![]() ![]() Last word from him was that he has been cleared to go home but is not home yet. Nigel in England, who does mysterious things that he never explains, was hospitalized for a good part of the month after suffering an injury on the job. Scary stuff, but we're glad to say that he's back up and running. ![]() ![]() Ang, who works in a hospital in Malaysia, was sent home after an outbreak of an unknown illness. Welcome Joel! Thomas did it last month and it all worked out fine We understand that he and his wife are about to welcome their first child. He did the awesome "Know Your Enemy" poster. Great Work Danielle! We hope to make Danielle and Laura's project part of a collection of short comics later in the year.įirst off, we'd like to officially welcome Joel Bewley to our group. While her project is currently being eclipsed by "Turning Point," Danielle is doing stellar work on the graphic adaptation of Laura Konrad's "Dark Side of Iapetus." Page one of Danielle's project is up in the Group. This month we're featuring Danielle Evert. We wanted to start recognizing an artist or author every month who has really gone above and beyond to grow the Experiment. ![]() What a lot of cool things we've got going on! The first thing I need to say is thanks to you! The Dryden Experiment continues to grow and explore new ground thanks to the amazing collection of talent (you) who are working on the project. This is the July newsletter for the Dryden Experiment. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Emma seems to have a sixth sense for knowing what Jo needs. With the launch of Jo’s film project fast approaching, the two women begin to spend even more time together, getting along famously. Paparazzi are following them outside the office, coworkers are treating them differently, and a “source” is feeding information to the media. The so-called scandal couldn’t come at a worse time-threatening Emma’s promotion and Jo’s new movie.Īs the gossip spreads, it starts to affect all areas of their lives. ![]() Hollywood powerhouse Jo is photographed making her assistant Emma laugh on the red carpet, and just like that, the tabloids declare them a couple. For even more bi goodness, make sure to check here and here!īooks to Buy Now Something to Talk About by Meryl Wilsner not included in earlier Bi Visibility Day posts. 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