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Good Intentions by Elliott Kay5/11/2023 But then, nobody ever said adulthood would be easy. He never thought a woman like Lorelei could have a rival like Rachel, either. It’s hardly the sort of challenge a guy can face with dignity when he still lives at home with his mom.Īlex never imagined falling for an immortal demon seductress or that he’d spend his nights dodging her co-workers, her old boss, and every other supernatural freak in Seattle. Alex intervenes, and the ritual blows up in his face, leaving him bound to them both: Rachel and Lorelei, an angel and a succubus. Then, he stumbles upon the ritual, the cultists, and two bound and bloodied women. A midnight run through a cemetery to impress a couple of girls isn't the stuff of legend, but Alex Carlisle longs to escape the crushing mediocrity of life after high school. He knew it was a dumb stunt from the start.
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The deep james nestor5/11/2023 I’M A GUEST HERE, a journalist covering a sporting event that few people have heard of: the world freediving championship. “This is popular science writing at its best.” - Christian Science Monitor Read more “Nestor pulls us below the surface into a world far beyond imagining and opens our eyes to these unseen places.” - Dallas Morning News “A journey well worth taking.” -David Epstein, New York Times Book Review Along the way, Nestor unlocks his own freediving skills as he communes with the pioneers who are expanding our definition of what is possible in the natural world, and in ourselves. Most illuminating of all, he learns that these abilities are reflected in our own remarkable, and often hidden, potential-including echolocation, directional sense, and the profound bodily changes humans undergo when underwater. He finds whales that communicate with other whales hundreds of miles away, sharks that swim in unerringly straight lines through pitch-black waters, and other strange phenomena. Fascinated by the sport of freediving-in which competitors descend great depths on a single breath-James Nestor embeds with a gang of oceangoing extreme athletes and renegade researchers. “Fascinating, informative, exhilarating.” - Wall Street Journalĭeep is a voyage from the ocean’s surface to its darkest trenches, the most mysterious places on Earth. New York Times Book Review Editors’ Choice
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Snowed Over by Angie Stanton5/10/2023 I like this quote, because Katie, who is dreading spending Christmas with her mom and her mom’s new boyfriend, is taunting Alex, that with the bad weather, he might be stuck with her family. “At this rate, you’re going to end up staying the night with me at camp dysfunctional. However, Alex harbors a secret that just might change this holiday from the worst Christmas ever, to the best. Under different circumstances, time alone with Alex would be the ultimate Christmas gift, but Katie knows Alex is engaged and she must hide her growing attraction. Katie and Alex find themselves stranded, and a vacant cabin becomes a haven from the storm. So when a friend of a friend needs a ride north, Alex finds that having beautiful Katie seated by his side proves to be just the distraction he needs.Ī simple ride home for Christmas turns into a nightmare when light snow rages into a full-scale blizzard. He has a daunting task ahead of him and wishes he could skip the holidays altogether. What could be worse than celebrating Christmas with her suddenly single mom and mom’s new boyfriend?Īlex Walker, an engaged 20-year-old, dreads going home for his own reasons. When her parents separated, their holiday traditions shattered like a dropped ornament. Find it here: (affiliate links) Barnes & Noble, Amazon, iBooks, GoodreadsĪbout the book: To college student, Katie Brandt, ‘Home for the Holidays’ sounds like hell.
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Pretty from a Distance by Cat McCarrey5/10/2023 The reflectors can be or various colours depending upon their intended use. They can have reflectors on either one, both or all sides. They are built to be able to withstand heavy loads and severe impacts. Road studs come in different sizes and are available in aluminum, rigid ABS plastic or glass. Shaw founded a company called Reflecting Roadstuds Ltd., which was first manufacturer of road studs. Description The idea came to his mind after observing the manner in which cars' headlights reflected off road signs. They were designed in order to help drivers follow the road in darkness or fog. Road studs were invented British inventor Percy Shaw in 1933 and patented in the UK in 1934. They are bonded or anchored within the road surface for lane marking and delineation for night-time visibility. These objects include a lens or sheeting that enhances their visibility by reflecting the light from headlights of vehicles and make the road visible to the drivers. These devices are called road studs, or cat's eyes (due to their design) or Raised Pavement Markers. All you need to know about Road Studs (Cat's Eyes)ĭriving along a dark road, you might have seen occasional flashes of light emitting from some devices that have been installed on the road.
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Paul campos the obesity myth5/10/2023 He reviews evidence and presents it with crystal clarity. Paul Campos is a lawyer and his legal skills serve the reader well. Even before I was through reading the first chapter I knew that it would join Marilyn Wann's Fat!So? as one of those books I buy several copies of to give to people who are struggling to overcome out national brainwashing on the subject of weight and health. The Obesity Myth is so effective that I had trouble finding parts to quote for this review, because I wanted to quote the whole book. It eloquently and coherently summarizes a lot of the evidence from other important references, but it goes far beyond that in offering new and valuable insights into the roots of our attitudes toward body size. I've been hearing about The Obesity Myth for months and it completely lives up to expectations. THE OBESITY MYTH: WHY AMERICA'S OBSESSION WITH WEIGHT IS HAZARDOUS TO YOUR HEALTH, BY PAUL CAMPOS
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One for Sorrow by Mary Downing Hahn5/10/2023 When sixth-grader Annie enters a new school in the fall of 1918, she's understandably eager to make friends. On the upside, the scenes with the ghostly Elsie are fairly terrifying. In addition, with the exception of Annie's mother, every character remains convinced that Elsie deserves to be mistreated readers may come away with the impression that the author condones bullying. While the historical aspects of the novel appear to be accurate, Hahn doesn't provide any reference materials, and her integration of period-appropriate cultural elements such as games, books, and rhymes becomes over-the-top toward the end of the narrative. But when Elsie becomes a victim of the deadly Spanish influenza pandemic, her desire for revenge-and for Annie's friendship-doesn't die with her. Soon Annie joins the other girls in bullying Elsie, both emotionally and physically. So when Elsie is out sick for a week, Annie takes advantage of her freedom to make new friends. Elsie is considered a thief, a liar, and a tattletale, and Annie quickly agrees. Well liked at her old school, Annie isn't prepared for the immediate derision her classmates, especially popular Rosie, direct at her after she's befriended by outcast Elsie Schneider. Gr 4–7-In September of 1918, Annie Browne moves to Mount Pleasant, MD, and begins attending an all-girls school.
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You can read my review of Williams’ book here. I’ve written about my love of Irish authors a lot on this blog and one of my favourites is Niall Williams‘ This is Happiness. Her writing, like all Irish writing seems to have to beauty and softness about it that I can’t quite explain, but truly love to read. Keegan is an Irish author who grew up in Ireland but she has also lived in the United States, Wales, and is now back in Ireland. With all that said, I was really glad that my book club had chosen a short book – and I was really glad it was Keegan’s latest work. Christmas is a complicated time for me with a lot of losses, so I know that the time of year is not helping. My reading has been a bit all over the place – something I will talk more on towards the end of the year – and I’ve had trouble staying focused. In fact, you could easily make yourself a nice pot of tea and finish this novella in a quiet afternoon. Claire Keegan’s book is rather short and I would consider it to be a novella (short novel) which also makes it perfect for a light Christmas/Holiday read. I managed to find it squirreled away in a local bookstore and I made sure I got it there and then. Small Things Like These was selected for my summer book club, and I was desperate to get my hands on it. It was sold out in most book stores and my library had a hold list that looked like it was never going to end.
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Silko novel5/10/2023 The essays examine and explain some of the key points that readers and critics have identified as confusing, problematic, and divisive. Aiming both to refocus critical attention and open the book to a broader array of readers, this collection offers fresh perspectives on its transnational vision, on its sociocultural, historical, and political ambitions, and on its continued relevance in the twenty-first century. It brings together essays by international scholars reacting to the novel while keeping in mind its larger concern with issues of social justice, both local and transnational. Howling for Justice actively engages with both the literary achievements and the politics of Silko’s text. Clearly, Silko’s depiction of a social uprising that draws together the indigenous People’s Army of the Americas and the American Army of the Homeless triggered-and was designed to trigger-a range of reactions among readers and critics alike. In a work that is overtly and often uncomfortably political, Silko’s overflowing cast of characters includes representatives from a range of cultures and communities who are united by common experiences of dispossession, disenfranchisement, exploitation, and poverty. More than twenty years after its publication in 1991, Leslie Marmon Silko’s monumental novel Almanac of the Dead continues to disconcert, move, provoke, and outrage readers.
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Aquamarine by Alice Hoffman5/9/2023 Having that peak nostalgia epitomized in my summertime lakeside haunts (Sorrento Centre and Cottonwoods RV Resort), it was impossible not to fall in love with this story. Aquamarine may be the titular character of the story and the catalyst of the story’s conflict, but for me the major themes are centred around that summertime feeling, endless friendship, and the memories we make and endlessly look back on. After a major storm rips through the town the girls discover a mermaid (named Aquamarine) trapped in the Capri’s swimming pool, and while vowing to save her have one last adventure together. “Aquamarine” tells the story of the very last days of summer for BFFs Hailey and Claire, as they are caught up in their last summer together before one of them moves to Florida and their summer haunt (the Capri Beach Club) shuts down for good. What a perfect little pair of stories to read during what is turning out to be an increasingly nostalgic and smokin’ hot end of summer! I was so enamoured that I devoured both in less than a day, not only because the format of the book was easy to read, but because I wanted to know how the stories turned out and couldn’t put them down!
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Rumble fish by se hinton5/9/2023 It received the 1975 ALA Best Books for Young Adults award, and in 1983 Francis Ford Coppola directed a film adaptation of the story. Rumble Fish (1975), which took up the street gang theme that made The Outsiders so popular, was Hinton’s third novel for young adults. Hinton’s work caught the national imagination, and in 1988, the American Library Association awarded her the Margaret Edwards Award for her lifetime contribution to writing for teens. She wanted to write something in the style of films like Rebel Without a Cause (1955), which she thought portrayed the teen experience better than the sentimentalized literature of the time. Hinton felt that there was a gap in the literary market for portraying real teen experiences. The work “grew out of her dissatisfaction with the way teen-age life was being portrayed in the books she read” (Michaud, Jon. It was published in 1967 and earned Hinton her reputation as a pioneer of the young adult genre. She wrote her first novel, The Outsiders, while still in high school. Susan Eloise Hinton was born in 1948 and lives in Oklahoma, where most of her novels are set. |