![]() Paige Toon is another of my favourite author’s and her books do not disappoint, especially this one. Suddenly, Lucy finds herself caught between two distant continents and two very different men. Nathan is a happy-go-lucky surfer boy with no prospects, no place to live, and an almost-girlfriend in tow. James is gorgeous and successful and Lucy adores him, yet at her best friend Molly’s wedding in Sydney, she finds herself having doubts and is keeping an eye on Molly’s brother-in-law Nathan. Trapped above the Pacific, she questions everything about their relationship, but when she finally calls him, James reassures her that it was only his friend playing a joke. ![]() ![]() Settling down for a 24-hour flight to Australia, Lucy finds a text message on her phone from a woman claiming to have slept with her boyfriend, James, four times in the past month. ![]()
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![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() And check out this blog if you’d like to know more about the Jeffrey Alan Love’s illustrations.Īlso now available as an audiobook. Jeffrey Alan Love’s stunning illustrations here are so potent and menacing that they seem less to have been created with acrylic and ink than to have been hammered from iron.”Īs Neil Gaiman says, ‘Kevin Crossley-Holland is the master’Ĭheck out the Traditional Tale page for more details. Wall Street Journal has since selected this book as one of 13 Children’s Books of the Year. The myths have never been better served.’, while The Wall Street Journal has hailed it: “Brute power seems to emanate from the pages of ‘Norse Myths: Tales of Odin, Thor, and Loki’ (Candlewick Studio, 225 pages, $27.99), a collection of Viking stories retold with vigor and dash by Kevin Crossley-Holland. ![]() Together words and pictures work to memorable effect, doubtlessly inspiring their young readers to yell and cry. Crossley-Holland’s inspired text is straightforward and largely unadorned in a way that makes it timesless…. The U.S edition has already won a starred review from Book List ‘……. The Norse Myths by Kevin Crossley-Holland: 9780394748467 : Books With black-and-white drawings throughout, here are thirty-two classic myths that bring the pre-Christian Scandinavian world to life and bear witness to. The UK edition is being very strongly supported by Waterstone’s and Foyle’s. A paperback version will be available in 2020. This book continues to be available in hardback, and has now reprinted three times. NORSE MYTHS – TALES OF ODIN, THOR AND LOKI was published in November 2017 by Walker Studio in London and Candlewick in New York. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Dalio himself has been named to Time magazine's list of the 100 most influential people in the world. Forty years later, Bridgewater has made more money for its clients than any other hedge fund in history and grown into the fifth most important private company in the United States, according to Fortune magazine. In 1975, Ray Dalio founded an investment firm, Bridgewater Associates, out of his two-bedroom apartment in New York City. #1 New York Times Bestseller "Significant.The book is both instructive and surprisingly moving." - The New York Times Ray Dalio, one of the world's most successful investors and entrepreneurs, shares the unconventional principles that he's developed, refined, and used over the past forty years to create unique results in both life and business-and which any person or organization can adopt to help achieve their goals. ![]() ![]() ![]() Transformed by E.V. Fairfall – 3 Starsġ0. Brisingr (Inheritance Cycle #3) by Christopher Paolini – 4 Starsĩ. Hot Body Year Round by Cassey Ho – 5 StarsĨ. Eldest (Inheritance Cycle #2) by Christopher Paolini – 3 Starsħ. ![]() Eragon (The Inheritance Cycle #1) by Christopher Paolini– 5 StarsĦ. Monstrous by MarcyKate Connolly – 3 Starsĥ. Miss Hazel and the Rosa Parks League by Jonathan Odell – 5 StarsĤ. Clockwork Angel (Infernal Devices #1) by Cassandra Clare – 3 Starsģ. Alice in Zombieland (The White Rabbit Chronicles #1) by Gena Showalter – 5 StarsĢ. The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer by Michelle Hodkin – 3 Starsġ. Something Strange and Deadly by Susan Dennard – 3 StarsĦ. Anabel Unraveled by Amanda Romine Lynch – 4 StarsĤ. Petals on the Wind (Dollanganger #2) by V.C. Andrews – 3 Starsģ. Due to some changes I have for the blog moving forward in 2022, I have decided to split the review lists. ![]() ![]() On this page, you will find all of the book reviews I have done from 2014 through 2021. “Reading is escape, and the opposite of escape it’s a way to make contact with reality after a day of making things up, and it’s a way of making contact with someone else’s imagination after a day that’s all too real.” ![]() ![]() ![]() While befriending them he discovers that not only would they like him to get intoxicated with them, but they begin to hack away at government officials and rail against the city of Washington D.C. ![]() On his way there he picks up a pair of men who were stranded. ![]() This comes in early in the book when he describes Washington D.C. He has imbibed the drug culture and has found himself caught between actual gentlemen and the rougher working class people. Hunter introduces himself to readers as a bit of a misfit Hippie figure. Many "sins" which might have gone unforgiven were rapidly excused if only because, well, "It's rock-n-roll." He made himself famous with Fear & Loathing in Las Vegas and through writing for Rolling Stone magazine. At the same time, he somehow managed to keep up with the others. The man is a journalist: he could not spend too much time with them. This man made himself famous by writing a book based on his experiences with one of USA's most prevalent criminal organizations - the Hell's Angels. ![]() Thompson managed to make a name for himself as a successful journalist despite what could have been an almost crippling handicap - his intimacy with "counter culture." Instead, he managed to make the unruly aspects of his nature and behavior an asset within the field of journalism. This is an account written by a journalist. ![]() ![]() If you read Smith you’ll recognise her distractive style and structure from the rest of the quarter or Hotel World. The books deals with similar themes, ideas and concepts but don’t feature the same events or characters. I’ve read and thoroughly enjoyed the other books in the seasonal quartet. ![]() ![]() I’ve become quite a fan of Smith over the past year since I studied a couple of her books for an English Literature course last year. So: where does family begin? And what do people who think they’ve got nothing in common have in common?Įverybody said: so? 6 August 2020, 400 pages, ebook, bought from GET A COPY They’re family, but they think they’re strangers. This is a story about people on the brink of change. A different brother and sister know they’re living on borrowed time. Meanwhile the world’s in meltdown – and the real meltdown hasn’t even started yet. Their mother and father are having trouble. In the present, Sacha knows the world’s in trouble. The unmissable finale to Ali Smith’s dazzling literary tour de force: the Seasonal quartet concludes in 2020 with Summer. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() A true tale of mystery and horror, a must-read title by Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. ![]() Elizabeth Gaskell's Cranford is an ironic representation of women's life in a remote English village. The return of a long-lost brother named Peter is the most dramatic occasion to happen throughout the sixteen tales that comprise the novel. Mary Smith and also her close friends stay in Cranford, a town mostly inhabited by ladies. In short, whatever does become of the gentlemen, they are not at Cranford.Ĭranford is an all-time best Victorian romance fiction, released in 1853. If a married couple comes to settle in the town, somehow the gentleman disappears he is either fairly frightened to death by being the only man in the Cranford parties, or he is accounted for by being with his regiment, his hip, or closely engaged in business all the week in the great neighboring commercial town of Dumble, distant only twenty miles on a railroad. In the first place, Cranford is in possession of the Amazons all the holders of houses above a certain rent are women. You will not be dissatisfied with this work, adventure drama fiction at its finest. Early books emit excellence unlike any from modern times. Victorian drama fiction was written in times before the morrow, sophisticated in a way modern drama fiction lack.Ĭranford by Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell is a book by an England woman first published in 1853 United Kingdom.Ī true book of worth, a classic that lives in an era of timeless distinction. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Cleary's books have earned her many prestigious awards, including the American Library Association's Laura Ingalls Wilder Award, presented to her in recognition of her lasting contribution to children's literature. And so, the Klickitat Street gang was born! She based her funny stories on her own neighborhood experiences and the sort of children she knew. When a young boy asked her, "Where are the books about kids like us?" she remembered her teacher's encouragement and was inspired to write the books she'd longed to read but couldn't find when she was younger. Before long, her school librarian was saying that she should write children's books when she grew up. But by third grade, after spending much time in her public library in Portland, Oregon, she found her skills had greatly improved. As a child, she struggled with reading and writing. Beverly Cleary is one of America's most beloved authors. ![]() ![]() ![]() Sollie McElroy soon replaced Lewis (who joined the Five Echoes). Earl Lewis (not the Channels lead) soon joined, and after a series of name changes ("The Swallows", "El Flamingos", "The Five Flamingos"), wound up being known as the Flamingos. Jacob "Jake" Carey (bass) and Ezekiel "Zeke" Carey (second tenor) formed the group in Chicago, Illinois, United States, after meeting cousins baritone Paul Wilson and first tenor Johnny Carter at a Hebrew Israelite congregation. The band's cover version of "I Only Have Eyes for You" was ranked number 158 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the " 500 Greatest Songs of All Time". In 2001, the band was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. ![]() They have since been hailed as one of the finest and most influential vocal groups in pop and doo wop music history. The band became popular in mid-to-late 1950s and are known for their 1959 cover version of " I Only Have Eyes for You". The Flamingos are an American doo-wop group formed in Chicago in 1953. ![]() ![]() ![]() Peter's ability to influence others can be a powerful weapon if used with evil intent. Peter is charming and beautiful, and people do as he says. well, that might be a spoiler let's just say Peter isn't quite human. evil trope.īut for the most part, this story focuses on the relationship between a lonely vampire (Ante, originally from Croatia born in 1840) and a. There's some danger and action toward the end of the book it's the typical good vs. ![]() The book features a vampire after all.īut Dreamspun has a certain formula, and dark, sexy books aren't a part of it.Īnte Up is not heavy on the angst. Truth be told, I was hoping for something grittier. Even though I typically avoid Dreamspinner's Dreamspun line (I'm not a fan of the Harlequin trope), I like paranormal and I LOVE Kim Fielding, so I gave Ante Up a try. ![]() |