5/23/2023 0 Comments First and Goal by Terry O'Reilly![]() I really liked reading about these two MC's their first meeting was very intriguing. Darrin ignores the fact, that meeting the guy would be against all his principles and his world is about to be turned upside down.īrad - who happens to quickly become the love of his life - is a deeply closeted professional football player and he is desperately trying to keep his sexual orientation out of the media in order to keep his career safe.īut can a relationship really work if they are never going out together and keep away from all social interaction? Will Darrin be able to keep his love a secret to all of his friends? How far is he willing to go to keep Brad at his side? The mysterious user is relucant to show his face on his pictures and he wants to keep their meetings as anonymous as possible. When being contacted by another user, he first hesitates to write back, but he is just too curious. Sweet short read with entertaining characters and an endearing dog!Īfter a few too many deceptions, Darrin decides to close all his profiles on dating sites, but unfortunately - or should I say luckily - he misses one. ![]()
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5/22/2023 0 Comments A Queen in Hiding by Sarah Kozloff![]() Her epic fantasy quartet, The Nine Realms, was published Sarah has spent her life immersed in literature, narrative, and film.Īfter a degree in English at Dartmouth she worked in film production in NYC. She didn’t know then that this leap into creative writing would spark a new career. That summer, she grabbed her laptop and started imagining a world that awaited the return of the queen. In 2012, while teaching a senior seminar on American Women Directors, she realized that neither the books nor films of Lord of the Rings could pass the Bechdel Test. ![]() from an interdisciplinary program at Stanford University, joining the Film Department of Vassar College in 1988. ![]() After a degree in English at Dartmouth she worked in film production in NYC. Sarah has spent her life immersed in literature, narrative, and film. ![]() 5/22/2023 0 Comments Moonscript by H.S.J. Williams![]() ![]() Neal casts all characters as complete persons, no matter their time spent on the page. And a vampire cares more deeply than he thirsts. A pastor stakes his claim on preaching grace to his enemies. ![]() This pits Skata against the vampire who turned his wife and forces him to ask: are all vampires wholly evil? An old friend fighting beside Skata faces her need to forgive. Mirriam Neal’s Dark is the Night keeps the punches and the fangs rolling. That’s okay, because Skata takes wolfsbane for just such emergencies. ![]() In a moonlit South Carolina swamp, a werewolf bites vampire hunter Skata. ![]() This book is brilliant and engaging, expanding on the series’ world and characters while building its own plot-offering resolution while leaving yet more threads to unravel in the next book.īest for: Fans who love epic fantasy and want to be drawn into an ongoing series.ĭiscern: Some violence and death, and references to sex and sexual assault. They’ll find no perfect solution, and betrayals abound on all sides. Luca struggles with being home, Tamaryl fights for his people, Shianan strives for acceptance, and Ariana labors to bring peace between humans and Ryuven. Their stakes are even higher, as they strive to do what is right despite conflicting goals. Book 2 picks up as Luca, Shianan, Tamaryl, and Ariana pursue their various quests. Blood and Bond is the second novel in Laura VanArendonk Baugh’s Shard of Elan series. Or does it? Reports of attacks by Ryuven keep humans in fear as they try to determine how their defenses failed. ![]() 5/22/2023 0 Comments How to be alone franzen![]() ![]() Although his subjects range from the sex-advice industry to the way a supermax prison works, each piece wrestles with familiar themes of Franzen's writing: the erosion of civic life and private dignity and the hidden persistence of loneliness in postmodern, imperial America. This essay is reprinted for the first time in How to be Alone, along with the personal essays and the dead-on reportage that earned Franzen a wide readership before the success of The Corrections. Nearly every in-depth review of it discussed what became known as "The Harper's Essay," Franzen's controversial 1996 investigation of the fate of the American novel. Jonathan Franzen's The Corrections was the best-loved and most-written-about novel of 2001. Passionate, strong-minded nonfiction from the National Book Award-winning author of The Corrections ![]() 5/22/2023 0 Comments I am gandhi book![]() ![]() ![]() Galvanized by Gandhi's example of gentle, peaceful activism, New York Times bestselling author Brad Meltzer asked his friends in the comic book world to help him make a difference by creating this philanthropic graphic novel. ![]() Through his calm, steady heroism, Gandhi changed the lives of millions and inspired civil rights movements all over the world, proving that the smallest of us can be the most powerful. He used his methods in South Africa and India, where he led a nonviolent revolution that freed his country from British rule. Refusing to accept injustice, he came up with a brilliant way to fight back through quiet, peaceful protest. Twenty-five exceptional comic book creators join forces to share the heroic story of Gandhi in this inspiring graphic novel biography.Īs a young man in India, Gandhi saw firsthand how people were treated unfairly. ![]() 5/22/2023 0 Comments The abc murders series![]() ![]() The comparison to the Dark Knight Detective is probably not a new one murder mysteries are often lurid and carry a certain flamboyancy and drama to them, something they certainly share with comics. Malkovich plays Detective Hercule Poirot, and Grint as Inspector Crome heading up the police with which Poirot works. Instead it’s the central mystery of the Agatha Christie classic The ABC Murders, adapted for the BBC and later streaming on Amazon Prime as a three-part miniseries starring John Malkovich and Rupert Grint. This is, surprisingly, not a Batman tale. The ABC Murders Alex Gabassi (director), Sarah Phelps (writer)Īndrew Buchan, Anya Chalotra, Eamon Farren, Rupert Grint, Shirley Henderson, Bronwyn James, John Malkovich, Freya Mavor (cast)īased on The A.B.C. Upon a chance acquaintance with this detective, a man for whom too many excuses have been made pushes himself a step further, becoming a deranged killer with an overwhelming thematic obsession: the alphabet. ![]() Powered by the will of a promise he’s made to those he’s lost, a man reinvents himself as a detective, and a famous one at that. ![]() 5/22/2023 0 Comments Gideon the ninth book 2![]() ![]() The Emperor has invited the heirs to each of his loyal Houses to a deadly trial of wits and skill. Harrowhark Nonagesimus, Reverend Daughter of the Ninth House and bone witch extraordinaire, has been summoned into action. But her childhood nemesis won’t set her free without a service. She packs up her sword, her shoes, and her dirty magazines, and prepares to launch her daring escape. The result is a heart-pounding epic science fantasy.īrought up by unfriendly, ossifying nuns, ancient retainers, and countless skeletons, Gideon is ready to abandon a life of servitude and an afterlife as a reanimated corpse. Her characters leap off the page, as skillfully animated as arcane revenants. ![]() Tamsyn Muir’s Gideon the Ninth, first in The Locked Tomb Trilogy, unveils a solar system of swordplay, cut-throat politics, and lesbian necromancers. Gideon has a sword, some dirty magazines, and no more time for undead nonsense. The Ninth Necromancer needs a swordswoman. “Brilliantly original, messy and weird straight through.” -NPR “Lesbian necromancers explore a haunted gothic palace in space!” -Charles Stross 15+ pages of new, original content, including a glossary of terms, in-universe writings, and more! ![]() 5/22/2023 0 Comments Insurgente by Veronica Roth![]() Her choice will shock her community and herself. Beatrice must choose between staying with her Abnegation family and transferring factions. ![]() ![]() Beatrice Prior's society is divided into five factions-Candor (the honest), Abnegation (the selfless), Dauntless (the brave), Amity (the peaceful), and Erudite (the intelligent). Fans of the Divergent movie will find the book packed with just as much emotional depth and exhilarating action as the film, all told in beautiful, rich language. Perfect for fans of the Hunger Games and Maze Runner series, Divergent and its sequels, Insurgent and Allegiant, are the gripping story of a dystopian world transformed by courage, self-sacrifice, and love. ![]() This dystopian series set in a futuristic Chicago has captured the hearts of millions of teen and adult readers. This first book in Veronica Roth's #1 New York Times bestselling Divergent series of books is the novel the inspired the major motion picture starring Shailene Woodley, Theo James, and Kate Winslet. About the Book In a future Chicago, 16-year-old Beatrice Prior must choose among five predetermined factions to define her identity for the rest of her life, a decision made more difficult when she discovers that she is an anomaly who does not fit into any one group, and that the society she lives in is not perfect after all. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() It's the third and final book in the highly anticipated series, Put A Ring On It, and can be read as a standalone. 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