6/29/2023 0 Comments Canary by Rachele AlpineAlthough she knows she should speak out, her dad’s vehemently against it and so, like a canary sent into a mine to test toxicity levels and protect miners, Kate alone breathes the poisonous secrets to protect her dad and the team. Then Kate’s fragile life shatters once again when one of her boyfriend’s teammates assaults her at a party. In a blog of prose and poetry, Kate chronicles her new worlddating a basketball player, being caught up in a world of idolatry and entitlement, and discovering the perks the inner circle enjoys. Things start looking better when her dad is hired to coach at Beacon Prep, home of one of the best basketball teams in the state. Her dad shuts down completely, and her brother enlists in the army. With the passing of her mother, Kate Franklin’s life unravels at the seams as she loses the only emotional mooring in her family. In this debut novel, a high school girl faces the pain, shame, and uncertainty that come with sexual abuse.
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6/29/2023 0 Comments Unearthly novelIn Unearthly, I didn’t think that there was a Team Christian but I was totally loving Christian in this book. Now that I’ve finished Hallowed, I’m not sure what team I’m on. They became my friends and I was totally Team Tucker by the end of the book. Hand did a fabulous job of making me feel for her characters, the way that I would feel for my friends. I enjoyed getting to know Clara and Tucker and I enjoyed seeing them fall in love. Last year, Unearthly was one of the first books that I reviewed for the blog. With her future uncertain after a shocking revelation, the only thing Clara knows for sure is that the fire was just the beginning… And, as she is drawn further into the world of angels and part angels and the growing conflict between White Wings and Black Wings, Clara learns of the terrifying new reality that she must face: someone close to her will die in a matter of months. Now, torn between her increasingly complicated feelings for Christian and her love for her boyfriend Tucker, Clara must deal with the repercussions of what happened the day of the fire as the two boys vie for her heart. Love Interest: Tucker or Christian? Who knows.Ĭlara Gardner knew that as a part angel she would one day have to fulfill her purpose, rescuing Christian from a forest fire…what she never considered was what might happen if she were to fail. Rowena’s review of Hallowed by Cynthia Hand. Iain Chambers views the Mediterranean as a space of solid borders that entail the production and consumption of the immigrant as outcast. Roberto Dainotto points to the asymmetries couched in the alluring metaphors of liquidity and flows. The risk in such studies is a reinforcing of old stereotypes, what the anthropologist Michael Herzfeld calls “Mediterraneism.” The present article highlights the work of two scholars and one writer who alert us to the manifold dangers of Mediterraneism and who offer standpoints for launching a serious interrogation of Mediterraneism. Yet the resurgence of the Mediterranean in the postmodern, anti-nationalistic arena must be critically assessed. Lately, this “new thalassology” has witnessed an outburst of Mediterranean studies. In recent years, the declining importance of the nation-state and an increase in globalization have encouraged scholars to move towards the borderless world of seas and oceans, giving special attention to their diasporic movements of people and goods. 6/29/2023 0 Comments Touching evil by kay hooperShe listens as traumatized crime victims describe their ordeals - and then uses those horrifying recollections to draw dead-on sketches of the assailants. Visual indication that the title is an audiobook. Bishop/Special Crimes Unit By Kay Hooper.Seattle police sketch artist Maggie Barnes has an extraordinary gift. Touching Evil audiobook (Unabridged) &mid Evil Trilogy, Book 1 Police sketch artist Maggie Barnes is called upon for her uncanny ability to listen to a victim's story and construct an almost perfect image of the attacker. 4.23 9,859 ratings282 reviews Sometimes evil lingers so close, you can feel it. Four have been abducted, beaten, then blinded by this monster. Language eng Summary A criminal is stalking women on the streets of Seattle. true Serial kidnappings - Seattle, Washington This time a psychic special agent and a gritty cop must stop a brutal killer with a chilling M.O.true Police artists - Seattle, Washington.true Bishop, Noah (Fictitious character).Label Touching evil Title Touching evil Statement of responsibility Kay Hooper Creator 6/29/2023 0 Comments Bridget zinnPraise for Poison "A frothy confection of a fairy tale featuring poisoners, princesses, perfumers and pigs, none of whom are exactly what they appear (except maybe the pigs). Kyra is determined to get herself a second chance (at murder), but will she be able to find and defeat the princess before Hal and the army find her? Kyra is not your typical murderer, and she's certainly no damsel-in-distress-she's the lovable and quick-witted hero of this romantic novel that has all the right ingredients to make teen girls swoon. She's armed with her vital potions, a too-cute pig, and Fred, the charming adventurer she can't stop thinking about. Now a fugitive instead of a hero, Kyra is caught in a game of hide-and-seek with the king's army and her potioner ex-boyfriend, Hal. But, for the first time ever, her poisoned dart misses. Faced with no other choice, Kyra decides to do what she does best: poison the kingdom's future ruler, who also happens to be her former best friend. Sixteen-year-old Kyra, a highly-skilled potions master, is the only one who knows her kingdom is on the verge of destruction-which means she's the only one who can save it. 6/29/2023 0 Comments De grote wereld by Arthur JapinHis second book, De droom van de leeuw (2002), is a novelized version of his relationship with the Dutch actress and novelist Rosita Steenbeek in Rome, where Steenbeek became the last lover of the Italian director Federico Fellini. In November 2007, an opera based on the novel premiered in Rotterdam, with an English libretto by Arthur Japin and music by the British composer Jonathan Dove. The book became a bestseller and is considered a classic of modern Dutch literature. His first novel, De zwarte met het witte hart (1997), translated as The Two Hearts of Kwasi Boachi, was the story of two Ashanti princes, Kwame Poku and Kwasi Boachi, who were taken from today's Ghana and taken to the court of the Dutch king Willem I in 1837. He was also briefly an opera singer at De Nederlandse Opera in Amsterdam. After a difficult childhood-his father killed himself when Arthur was twelve years old-Japin entered the Kleinkunstacademie in Amsterdam, where he trained as an actor. His parents were Bert Japin, a teacher and writer of detective novels, and Annie Japin-van Arnhem. Arthur Valentijn Japin (born 26 July 1956 in Haarlem) is a Dutch novelist. Wonderful book, highly recommended, I'm working through the rest of Tracey's books and look forward to her next one. The family had such a tough life which you can imagine is very true of many families at that time. Robert's story is amazing and Martha's life made me want to cry, she was so badly treated by her mother and had a terrible childhood. Sadie, the mother, is very unlikeable as is the Father. Have you listened to any of Liza Ross’s other performances? How does this one compare?ĭid you have an emotional reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry? I enjoyed listening to the story about a family while learning about a period in history and a subject I've never even thought about really-who knew apple growing could be so interesting? Tracey Chevalier has a way of entwining a human story with history that brings her books to life. What made the experience of listening to At the Edge of the Orchard the most enjoyable? Another brilliant book by Tracey Chevalier 6/28/2023 0 Comments Delta Pearl by Maureen BronsonHe has also published a number of journal articles in mathematics and system simulation. He has authored several successful texts in Matrix Methods, Differential Equations, Linear Algebra, Finite Mathematics, and Operations Research. Richard Bronson is Professor Emeritus in the Mathematics department at Fairleigh Dickinson University, where he has won the University's Distinguished Teaching, Research, and Faculty Service awards, including the Distinguished College or University Teaching award by the New Jersey Section of the Mathematical Association of America. His Excel primer, Essential Excel Toolkit, is due for publication in Fall 2014. He has authored several successful programming textbooks on C, C++, Java, and Visual Basic, in addition to a number of journal articles in fixed-income finance and programming. He has worked as a senior engineer at Lockheed Electronics, an invited lecturer and consultant to Bell Laboratories, and a software consultant to a number of Wall Street financial firms. Gary Bronson is a Professor in the Information Systems and Decision Sciences department at Fairleigh Dickinson University, where he was twice voted the College's Teacher or the Year and received the University's Distinguished Research award. He may get sensory pleasure from looking at the whirligigs.Īnother story (film) in which a motherly figure dies suddenly, leaving the young newcomer alone with an eccentric man is the New Zealand production Hunt For The Wilderpeople, itself based on a classic novel. This marks him out as a bit of an eccentric. Uncle Ob makes whirligigs, and these whirligigs represent all sorts of things, like storms or heaven. In fact, the narrator is not a lot older - she is a lot wiser. Garfield is only 40 years old this year, and Missing May was published in 1992. She can’t be all that much older though, because she talks about growing up with Garfield. The first person narrator seems a lot older as she writes about the time her mother died and she went to live with her aunt and uncle. Part one details the state of grieving, and part two is the journey out. Three Types Of Modern Myth Missing May is short, at 89 pages. 6/28/2023 0 Comments The masqueraders heyerHe was of medium height, and carried himself well. The gentleman came lightly down from the saddle. There were lights in the windows, and a post-chaise drawn up in the court before it. The inn came soon into sight, a square white house glimmering through the dusk. "Give you joy of your England, Peter my little man." "There"s an inn close by, as I remember," the servant repeated, addressing himself to the lady. I"m saying we"d best put up for the night." "I"d as soon make Norman Cross," said the gentleman, "for all it"s plaguily damp." The serving man rode up close to the chaise. "Child, you"ll be wet," she said to her cavalier. The window of the chaise was let down with a clatter, and a lady looked out. "Best put up for the night, sir," he grunted. The grizzled serving man who rode some paces to the rear spurred up to him. "Faith, it"s a wonderful climate," he remarked of no one in particular. The gentleman riding beside the chaise surveyed the clouds placidly. It had begun to rain an hour ago, a fine driving mist with the sky grey above. Excerpt from Chapter One: A Lady in Distress |