The more you know! What can I use coconut water for? It does, however, have more potassium than a banana: 16 ounces of coconut water has about 800 mg, a banana has 326 mg. If you're drinking coconut water as a post-workout beverage, it's certainly better for you than a lot of sugary sports drinks, but it's no better hydrating than plain old water. It delivers a lot of electrolytes (think potassium, sodium, and manganese), which help your body maintain its proper fluid and blood volume levels. Is coconut water healthy?Ĭoconut water is considered a juice, although it's lower in calories and sugar than most-assuming it's unflavored and doesn't include added sweeteners, of course. Nor is it the same as coconut cream, which is is made by simmering shredded coconut in water, or cream of coconut, which is sweetened coconut cream. This isn't to be confused with coconut milk, which is made from the flesh, blended, and strained. What is coconut water?Ĭoconut water is the clear liquid found inside coconuts. But before you start snapping up bottles of coconut water, here's what you need to know about the sweet stuff. You might use it as the base for a tropical cocktail ( spiked cherry limeade, anyone?) or sip an icy glassful of it to ease your hangover after a night of boozy indulgence. If you're not able to stick a straw into a fresh-picked coconut, a bottle of coconut water is the next best thing.
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If you were going into this one expecting to be spooked, I don’t know what to tell you. A Sesame Street Christmas Carol (2006) Image: Sesame Workshop So in the holiday spirit, I decided to watch every film version and evaluate them on one single criteria: How scary do they make the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come? Don your sleeping cap and come with us on a journey into holiday horror. In the text, Dickens describes the ghost as “shrouded in a deep black garment, which concealed its head, its face, its form, and left nothing of it visible save one outstretched hand.” This leaves a lot of leeway for adaptations to interpret, and A Christmas Carol is one of the most-adapted works of fiction of all time. These three ghosts convince our miserly man to change his ways, but the third one does the heavy lifting, showing Scrooge how soon he’ll be dead and buried, while nobody mourns his passing. Tight-fisted, mean old miser Ebenezer Scrooge falls asleep on Christmas Eve and is visited by three spirits: the Ghost of Christmas Past, a man in a sleeping cap the Ghost of Christmas Present, a rotund, jolly fellow and the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come, a harrowing, silent specter of death. You probably all know the story of Charles Dickens’ endlessly adapted 1843 holiday story A Christmas Carol, even if you’ve never read it. Following the first year of a three-year Academy program, the book offers some appealing, conflicted characters and sets up a multi-volume story arc. Several characters use the word "bloody" with gusto, which probably will bother British parents more than American ones. There are mean girls, complete with fights that involve sympathetic characters a character is kissed against her will and later kisses a boy she likes. It also presents many scary scenes, as well as developing tension as a central character discovers that her birth and adoptive families are mortal enemies, and she sees her loved ones fall prey to their would-be killers in violent combat. A good deal darker than My Little Pony, it retains a bit of cartoonish sensibility, from moments of pure slapstick to inexorable repetition of "courage, compassion, kindness, discipline." It offers plenty of uplifting themes, from living up to the mantra to being true to yourself and being part of a team. Larson, best known for his work on My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic, was first envisioned as an animated series, and it shows. Parents need to know that Pennyroyal Academy, the first novel by prolific TV-cartoon writer M.A. Holliday’s THE LINGERING will make for an addictive, binge-worthy, utterly chilling suspense read. If, however, you are open to something a little different as you plan your fall reading list, S.J.I. If you are strictly anti-supernatural in your crime fiction (which I totally understand!), today’s featured title will be one you’re better off skipping. What do these books have in common? Each of the aforementioned titles balances a very human, earthly mystery with otherworldly, supernatural touches-and the resulting stories are made all the more gripping for this blend. Holliday’s forthcoming THE LINGERING, an atmospheric psychological thriller set in a building with a dark past life. Earlier this year, I read Yrsa Sigurdardottir’s brilliant Icelandic ghost story-meets-mystery I REMEMBER YOU I recently devoured Sharon Bolton’s THE CRAFTSMAN, a procedural with some otherworldly undercurrents and I similarly loved S.J.I. The year isn’t over yet, but if I were to name one trend that has surprised me most in my personal 2018 reading list, it would have to be how much I’ve enjoyed the supernatural suspense novels I’ve tried this year. The Verdict: atmospheric, supernatural suspense “With elegance, saucy secrets, and forbidden love, American Royals is fast-paced and utterly charming. “With love and rivalries, a heady pre-wedding atmosphere, and a country's future poised to change, American Royals II: Majesty is an indulgently fun escape.” -Shelf Awareness Maas, #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Throne of Glass series and Court of Thorns and Roses series "Inventive, fresh, and deliciously romantic-American Royals is an absolute delight!" -Sarah J. And a dangerous secret threatens to undo all of Daphne's carefully laid "marry Prince Jefferson" plans. Nina is trying to avoid the palace-and Prince Jefferson-at all costs. Samantha is busy living up to her "party princess" persona.and maybe adding a party prince by her side. Ahem, we're looking at you Daphne Deighton.Īs America adjusts to the idea of a queen on the throne, Beatrice grapples with everything she lost when she gained the ultimate crown. Some, like Nina Gonzalez, are pulled into it. Like first love, it can leave you breathless. Perfect for fans of Red, White, and Royal Blue and The Royal We. Is America ready for its first queen? If you can't get enough of Harry and Meghan and Will and Kate, you'll love this sequel to the New York Times bestseller that imagines America's own royal family-and all the drama and heartbreak that entails. Stargirl is suddenly shunned for everything that makes her different, and Leo, panicked and desperate with love, urges her to become the very thing that can destroy her: normal. She sparks a school-spirit revolution with just one cheer. She captures Leo Borlock s heart with just one smile. From the day she arrives at quiet Mica High in a burst of color and sound, the hallways hum with the murmur of Stargirl, Stargirl. A modern-day classic and New York Times bestseller that celebrates the power of individuality and personal expression from beloved Newbery Medalist Jerry Spinelli. Though original Publication of Spa Fon #5 was September 1969, there are other known publications the drawing has been featured in, such as, Berni Wrightson: Treasury 1975- page 7, Berni Wrightson: A Look Back 1979/1991- Chapter 9 Frankenstein page 274, Berni Wrightson: The Reaper of Love & Other Stories 1988- page 130. This pinup was used for the Inside back cover of this issue, Spa Fon #5. This technique and feeling from the monster conveyed in an illustration is something Wrightson can only do…It’s Pure Wrightson through and through. When you look closely at the monsters face you can see the sense of humility and humor, while still feeling the anguish and insanity in his eyes, which is ultimately the root of his inner pain created by his master. The detail of the line work is quite amazing, down to the hairs on the back and legs of the monster from the young Wrightson. This Wrightson art is channeling a Jack Davis’ Boris Karloff style Frankenstein. This whimsical piece from Spa Fon #5 is truly special being one of Wrightson’s earliest published artworks, and quite possibly his earliest Frankenstein published piece. Published/edited in September 1969 by Rich Hauser, his final issue is the very definition of a fanzine gem featuring the art of Wrightson, Frazetta, Steranko and others. Spa Fon #5, Legendary EC Comics Fanzine is acknowledged as one of the best EC fanzines ever produced. Fortunately, Helen doesn’t blame Deenie and this causes them to become closer. This causes Deenie to become afraid that Helen will hate her because of that. She claims that Joey was let go because of the family’s doctors’ bills due,to Deenie’s scoliosis. Thelma has Joey fired from the gas station because she sees that Helen has become preoccupied with him and is now distracted from her school work. Meanwhile, Helen has fallen in love with a boy named Joey, who works for the family’s business, a gas station. Deenie used to not want to touch her, because she was afraid she that she would catch her rash. She even befriends a girl with eczema named Barbara. When Deenie sees the brace, she wants to scream, FORGET IT!Ī positive thing that comes from the back brace is that she is no longer being dragged to modeling agencies and can now focus on her best friends, Janet and Midge, and especially on her crush, Buddy Brader. She is then taken to a doctor who diagnosis her with scoliosis and prescribes a back brace that should be worn for four years. Her gym teacher also tells her the same thing. She states that “Deenie is the beauty, Helen is the brains!” At a modeling agency Deenie is told that she needs to work more on her posture. The story centers on a 13 year old girl named Wilmadeene Fenner or Deenie who is always being taking to modeling agencies by her mother Thelma who wants her to be a model and also wants Deenie’s sixteen year old sister, Helen, to be a doctor. In a land purged of enchantment, love might be the only magic left, and who could ever love. I can’t speak or make a sound, and I can’t wield a sword or beguile a king. He wants desperately to be king, and I just want to be free.īut freedom will require escape, and I’m a prisoner of my mother’s curse and my father’s greed. My father has a claim to the throne, and he is waiting in the shadows for all of my mother’s words to come to pass. Then she predicted the king would trade his soul and lose his son to the sky. The day my mother was killed, she told my father I wouldn’t speak again, and she told him if I died, he would die too. You won’t speak and you won’t tell, you won’t call on heav’n or hell. Close your mouth upon the power, curse not, cure not, ‘til the hour. Lock them deep inside your soul, hide them ‘til they’ve time to grow. Swallow, Daughter, pull them in, those words that sit upon your lips. Kazi is in near-constant danger in Vow of Thieves as a captive. Kazi (probably 18 years old by this book) is offered hard liquor. There's a little more swearing as well, but it doesn't go beyond "horses-t," and shouting "a-hole" at horrible criminals. A woman's kidnapping leads to threat of sexual assault by two men who wield their power over her - two young children are threatened if she doesn't comply with their demands. A reaction to poisonous bite is nearly fatal, with pain, fever, convulsions, and hallucinations described. Decomposing bodies hanging in a square are briefly described, along with a severed hand and stab and arrow injuries that are slow to heal. Many are killed in explosions and fights with swords, arrows, and knives with some decapitations - but there's not much gore considering the carnage. The violence ratchets up from the first book, Dance of Thieves. By this book, a committed couple has had sex, though only kissing and undressing are described. Like the other series, these fantasy adventures are heavy on the romance. Parents need to know that Vow of Thieves is the second in a duology set in the same group of kingdoms as the Remnant Chronicles trilogy. |