5/29/2023 0 Comments Nyxia 3![]() ![]() Book 2 had a lot of dazzling world exploration, “magic” training as they learned how to use Nyxia, and some fantastic alien culture immersion. Not to mention exciting interpersonal conflicts and rivalries. Book 1 included a ton of engaging training sequences and compelling unknowns to discover. Part of that was because of the lack of stimulating story components. I just couldn’t get into it with the same gusto. GoodreadsĮven though Nyxia Uprising wrapped up one of the better YA trilogies I’ve read lately, I didn’t enjoy it nearly as much as the first two books. As the Imago world falls, this is the last chance to rise. Win this time, and they’ll survive Babel’s twisted game once and for all. ![]() As both sides struggle for the upper hand, the fight leads inevitably back into space, where Emmett, his crewmates, and their new allies will fight one final battle for control of the Genesis ships. Now the group must split up to survive the hostile terrain and reach another launch station. ![]() A perfect plan until the Genesis team’s escape route was destroyed. After building eight secret launch stations, the Imago hoped to lure Babel down to their doomed planet as they left it behind. Eden’s two moons are on a collision course no one can prevent. Babel’s initial attack left their home city in ruins, but that was just part of the Imago’s plan. The Overview: Desperate to return home to Earth and claim the reward Babel promised, Emmett and the Genesis team join forces with the Imago. ![]()
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5/29/2023 0 Comments Chaos walking series![]() ![]() Full of mystery, suspense and humor and rounded out with a fantastic cast, this is exactly the type of film audiences are craving for and we are honored to be launching Flavia’s first big screen adventure into the marketplace.”Īlan Bradley’s novel on which the film is based, won numerous awards, including The Debut Dagger Award, The Agatha Award and The Dilys Award. ![]() The two production companies previously collaborated on “The Man Who Invented Christmas.”īishop said: “Flavia is a most charming and resourceful heroine with an insatiable curiosity in her fearless pursuit of the truth and we have no doubt this amateur detective will become a firm family favorite as she jumps from page to screen. The film is being produced by Paula Mazur and Mitchell Kaplan for The Mazur Kaplan Company and Robert Mickelson for Mystic Point, with Protagonist Pictures CEO Dave Bishop and chief commercial officer George Hamilton serving as executive producers. The film will be directed by Emmy and BAFTA-nominated director Bharat Nalluri (“The Man Who Invented Christmas,” “Miss Pettigrew Lives For A Day”). ![]() 5/29/2023 0 Comments He's a Stud, She's a Slut, and 49 Other Double Standards Ever... by Jessica Valenti![]() Whether Jessica is pointing out the wage earning discrepancies between men and women or revealing all of the places that women still aren't equal to their male counterparts,be it in the workplace, courtroom, bedroom, or home,she maintains her signature wittily sarcastic tone. Isn't it unfair that working moms are labeled bad for focusing on their careers while we shake our heads in disbelief when we hear about the occasional stay-at-home dadIn He's a Stud, She's a Slut, and 49 Other Double Standards Every Woman Should Know, Jessica Valenti, author of Full Frontal Feminism, calls out the double standards that. ![]() Why is it that men grow distinguished and sexily gray as they age while women just get saggy and haggard? Have you ever wondered how a young woman is supposed to both virginal and provocatively enticing at the same time? Isn't it unfair that working moms are labeled bad" for focusing on their careers while we shake our heads in disbelief when we hear about the occasional stay-at-home dad?In He's a Stud, She's a Slut, and 49 Other Double Standards Every Woman Should Know, Jessica Valenti, author of Full Frontal Feminism, calls out the double standards that affect every woman. ![]() ![]() Take the common truism that women who sleep around are sluts while men are studs. ![]() 5/29/2023 0 Comments Black order rollins![]() ![]() Lisa Cummings, a young American doctor investigating the atrocity, is suddenly a target of a bru-tal assassin working for clandestine forces that want the affair buried at any cost. and to horrific experiments performed in a now-abandoned laboratory buried in a hollowed-out mountain in Poland.A continent away, madness ravages a remote monastery high in Nepal, as Buddhist monks turn to cannibalism and torture. And Commander Gray Pierce dives headlong into a mystery that dates back to Nazi Germany. Arson and murder reveal an insidious plot to steal a Bible that once belonged to Charles Darwin, the father of evolutionary theory. A sinister fire in a Copenhagen bookstore ignites a relent-less hunt across four continents. ![]() 5/29/2023 0 Comments Echo mountain lauren wolk![]() ![]() ![]() Following her heart, and the lead of a scruffy mutt, Ellie will make her way to the top of the mountain, in search of the healing secrets of a woman known only as “the hag.” But the mountain still has many untold stories left to reveal to Ellie, as she finds her way forward among a complex constellation of strong women spanning generations. Urgent for a cure to bring her father back, Ellie is determined to try anything. An accident for which Ellie has accepted the unearned weight of blame. But there is little joy, even for Ellie, as they all struggle with the sorrow and aftermath of an accident that left her father in a coma. Though her sister Esther, especially, resents everything about the mountain, Ellie has found more freedom, a new strength, and a love of the natural world that now surrounds them. ![]() She now lives with her family on Cape Cod. They have started over, carving out a new life in the unforgiving terrain of Echo Mountain. Lauren Wolk is an award-winning poet and author of the bestselling Newbery Honorwinning Wolf Hollow, described by the New York Times Book Review as 'full of grace and stark, brutal beauty.' She was born in Baltimore and has since lived in California, Rhode Island, Minnesota, Canada, and Ohio. ![]() Publisher’s DescriptionĪ young heroine in Depression-era Maine is navigating the rocky terrain of her new life on Echo Mountain.Īfter the financial crash, Ellie and her family have lost nearly everything–including their home in town. Please see Disclosures for more information. That means if you click and make a purchase, I may earn a small commission. ![]() 5/29/2023 0 Comments Nehru by Walter Crocker![]() ![]() Jawaharlal Nehru's place in the Indian imagination is complicated by the fact that no fewer than five generations of his family have been active in politics. Once, Nehru embodied all of India's hopes now, it seems, he merely represents its disappointments. For a man so greatly venerated in his lifetime has been comprehensively vilified since his death. ![]() For the people of India, he is George Washington, Lincoln, Roosevelt and Eisenhower rolled into one." Half a century later, one savours these words with an ironic amusement. In 1957, when Nehru was at the height of his powers, the Canadian diplomat Escott Reid wrote that "there is no one since Napoleon who has played both so large a role in the history of his country and has also held the sort of place which Nehru holds in the hearts and minds of his countrymen. But will the legacy of Hamid Karzai still be debated in public 50 or 60 years hence? And what will the Iraq of 2050 be saying about the record of Iyad Alawi or Ayatollah Sistani? These questions are prompted by the deeply contentious legacy of Jawaharlal Nehru, prime minister of India for its first 17 years as a free nation. After years of living under one kind of dictatorship or another, Afghans can now openly criticise those who rule them. One of the privileges of democracy is that it allows you to excoriate politicians who are long dead as well as those who are still living. ![]() 5/29/2023 0 Comments Em and the big hoom by jerry pinto![]() Their conversations are the heart of the novel. He has his reasons his greatest fear is that he’ll inherit her madness. ![]() Rather than mother and son, they are two equals sparring, the son interrogating her with a prosecutor’s sharpness. “A rough, rude, roistering woman,” says her son. ![]() When Em is in a manic phase, her conversation is wild, raunchy, funny and malicious as she free-associates. The second one was especially rough on the kids they discovered her in the bathroom, swimming in blood. How did it all begin? She was fine giving birth to his big sister, Susan, but after the boy, postpartum depression ballooned into manic-depressive disorder, with a streak of paranoia. (The childhood names have stuck.) Em is in the hospital every few months. ![]() The unnamed narrator, in his late teens, is visiting his mother, Em his father, unaccountably, is the Big Hoom. But what if she’s mad? That’s the reality facing a teenage son in this mordant debut about a troubled Indian family. ![]() 5/28/2023 0 Comments Lost in a book jennifer donnelly![]() ![]() Here Belle can have everything she ever wished for. The charming and mysterious characters Belle meets within the pages of Nevermore offer her glamorous conversation, a life of dazzling Parisian luxury, and even a reunion she never thought possible. The adventures Belle has always imagined, the dreams she was forced to give up when she became a prisoner, seem within reach again. ![]() When she comes upon Nevermore, an enchanted book unlike anything else she has seen in the castle, Belle finds herself pulled into its pages and transported to a world of glamour and intrigue. Smart, bookish Belle, a captive in the Beast’s castle, has become accustomed to her new home and has befriended its inhabitants. ![]() 5/28/2023 0 Comments Broken prince erin watt![]() The twins and their “girlfriend” Lauren are very intriguing and I’d love to read about their relationship and their… sexy times together and I know this sounds like I’m a pervert but what can I say? I am indeed a pervert. The whole growth/character development we see in the Royal family as they come together and start standing up for each other was so beautifully written *cries* Ella really did bring them together and as a reader I couldn’t be happier with everything these authors did in Broken Prince.īefore I dive into what is gnawing at me from the inside out I just wanted to say that I absolutely love all the brothers. Well in this case let me tell you that I really enjoyed reading from Reed’s POV. It’s only that I can relate more to female characters. I’m not a huge fan of reading from a male’s perspective and it’s not because I don’t like the male characters. Not only did we get a good book but we also got to read from Reed’s perspective and that was so cool. The cliffhanger definitely leaves you craving for more but it’s all worth it because the sequel Broken Prince gave me everything I wanted. ![]() I loved the story line and the writing style was very very addictive. ![]() ![]() So… Where do I even begin?Paper Princess (book 1) was one of my favourite books this year even though I had a few issues with Reed. ![]() 5/28/2023 0 Comments Manga our dining table![]() ![]() In the process, Yutaka winds up finding a place where he feels at home and can eat comfortably around other people. The boy, Tane, scarfs down the onigiri that Yutaka offers him and loves it so much that he convinces Yutaka to come to their house and show them how to make his special onigiri. That all begins to change when he meets a small boy and his much older brother in the park one day on his lunch break. The story follows 23-year-old Yutaka who has trouble eating around other people. Mita Ori makes the experience about finding love and understanding for the first time, coming to find a place that accepts you, and overcoming grief. Connecting over meals is one of the most quintessential human experiences that I think everyone can relate to. Not only is it a sweet boys love story about two non-highschool men, but it involves a narrative about cooking and enjoying meals together. Seven Seas has been publishing a lot of great BL and yuri titles in the last year or so, and when I saw this one pop up on Twitter, I felt like it would be right up my alley. Our Dining Table is another recent release from Seven Seas that has caught a lot of love on social media. ![]() |
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