![]() I thought this book was AMAZING, the plot had me hooked and would not let me go until the very end and even when I had finished I just could not stop thinking about it. Add to this Courtney's incredible writing style and you have a story that you want to devour in one sitting. The book was both character-driven and plot-driven, which promises to be an exciting ride for every type of YA reader. There was so much dimension and character development that it was almost too much to take. Brilliant!Įach character, especially Majesty, was like a 20-Layer Cake. To my absolute amazement, I understood everything that went on in the book in almost perfect detail. Once I was done with the story, I sat it down and just thought about it for a few moments. Reading the book through will keep you frustratingly frazzled most of the time, and you will think you're more confused than you really are. I love this book, and I don't know how to review this book without giving away too much. "Beautifully unique" would be another term I'd use. ![]() I think the best way for me to describe the book is quirky. The lips and everything about the cover sums up what you'll get to look forward to in the book. ![]() I love the colors, I love the slight grunge feel to it with the text and brushes. I'll start with the outside and work my way in so I can form the right words for what I want to say about Kings & Queens. ![]()
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![]() ![]() This is a world where treachery and magic go hand-in-hand and where temptation and hard choices are the coin of the realm. ![]() Silhara is one of the most interesting heroes I’ve ever read, and Martise’s quiet strength and determination is the perfect complement to such a powerful character. The storyline is compelling and kept me enthralled, but it’s the characters that commanded my attention. I am recommending this book because From the very first chapter, I was hooked. She has a high stress job and unwinding after a long day by curling up with a romance novel (and the promise of a happily-ever-after) is better than chocolate. As long as there’s a good romance in it, she is happy. She reads everything from historical to fantasy. Master of Crows by Grace Draven is recommended by Nicci August who has been reading romance novels for years. ![]() ![]() ![]() With distance we can come up with our own solutions to universal problems. They can spark curiosity, adventure, and interest. A repeat of you.Īnd distances, while being suffocating, can be exciting. The Earth is so big that there is bound to be a repeat. I remember reading this National Geographic article about how since there are over seven billion people in the world, there may be someone just like you somewhere. So can the price of a flight to Australia. ![]() Do you know how long it takes to fly to Australia from my home? Twenty-three hours. ![]() Twenty-one of those are typically spent on the Southern State Parkway. Do you know how long it takes to drive into the city from my house? Seventy-two minutes. Do you know how long it takes to walk from my house to the pool? Thirty minutes. ![]() ![]() An evil has once again crept onto the land, this time to hunt down those responsible for Dracula’s demise.A quarter of a century after Count Dracula "crumbled into dust," Quincey Harker-the son of Jonathan and Mina Harker-leaves law school to pursue a career on stage, only to stumble upon the troubled production of Dracula, directed and produced by Bram Stoker himself.Īs the play plunges Quincey into the world of his parents' terrible secrets, death begins to stalk the original band of heroes that defeated Dracula a quarter-century ago. Based on Bram Stoker’s notes, the legendary story continues 25 years after the events of the original. ![]() The great-grandnephew of Bram Stoker, Dacre Stoker collaborates with Dracula historian Ian Holt to pen the first Stoker-family-supported sequel to the 1897 horror classic. ![]() ![]() ![]() * Hattie: A smart, savvy, curvy girl with a talent for knots, who refuses to give up on her dreams simply because the whole world tells her she can't have them. ![]() But I really really love this one, you guys. I know I'm supposed to love all my books equally. I know we're not supposed to play favorites. and neither of them sees that if they’re not careful, they’ll have no choice but to give up everything. She won’t give up her plans he won’t give up his power. ![]() Soon, Hattie and Whit find themselves rivals in business and pleasure. He is more than happy to offer Hattie all she desires. When he wakes in a carriage at Hattie’s feet, Whit, a king of Covent Garden known to all the world as Beast, can’t help but wonder about the strange woman who frees him-especially when he discovers she’s headed for a night of pleasure. until she discovers the most beautiful man she’s ever seen tied up in her carriage and threatening to ruin the Year of Hattie before it’s even begun. But first, she intends to experience a taste of the pleasure she’ll forgo as a confirmed spinster. When Lady Henrietta Sedley declares her twenty-ninth year her own, she has plans to inherit her father’s business, to make her own fortune, and to live her own life. ![]() ![]() ![]() The build-up to the 90-minute finale continues with Kendall (Jeremy Strong) in the ascendant, Roman (Kieran Culkin) in a flat spin and Shiv (Sarah Snook) rebuilding bridges with husband Tom (Matthew Macfadyen). It is accordingly chaotic, good-natured and not to be taken wholly seriously, but resistance is ultimately useless. ![]() ![]() Grimes also talks to Loreen, Sweden’s record-breaking winner in 2012 returning to the competition this year. ![]() Katrina Leskanich recalls her 1997 triumph with The Waves and the joyful Sam Ryder reprises his near miss last year, while Britain’s 2023 entry, Mae Muller, talks about how she hopes to avoid nul points. Later, Eurovision Calling sees Jason Manford and singer-songwriter Chelcee Grimes exploring Eurovision’s rise to global prominence and cultural impact since its inception in 1956. Our hosts will be meeting some of the 37 Eurovision acts tilting for the title, while Ricky Tomlinson and Shirley Ballas pay tribute to their home city. There are highlights from yesterday’s turquoise carpet opening event and Big Eurovision Welcome – an outdoor celebration at St George’s Hall with Ukrainian Eurovision winner Jamala, plus, performing for the first time in 36 years, Liverpudlian band Frankie Goes to Hollywood. Rylan Clark and Liverpudlian actress Sunetra Sarker kick off the BBC’s week-long build-up to the bonanza. ![]() ![]() ![]() It is a story of a bunch of friends around 14 years of age, just on the threshold of adolescence – a story of their school, friends, their “bhankas”, competitions, cricket matches, scout camps, those “butterflies in stomach” before exams, first love and their coming of age. Set in the 70s during the emergency period in India, the story is narrated by the protagonist “Joshi”. It is about a group of friends and the story spans one year of their life – 9th standard, the best year of our school life. Shala is a beautiful novel that took me on a nostalgic journey back to my school days. That school does not have classrooms, walls, black boards and teachers but the lessons it teaches me are really beautiful.” I am sitting in school, but I have a separate school of my own. I am free – like that white bird, sitting gaily on the back of a cow. There are subjects – maths, geography and even civics. ![]() ![]() There are classrooms, benches, students and teachers. “That day I realised the real fun of school. ![]() ![]() ![]() Friendships are fading, ex-boyfriends are moving on and, worse, everyone's moving to the suburbs. ![]() Everywhere she turns, she is reminded of time passing and opportunities dwindling. When she meets Max, a beguiling romantic hero who tells her on date one that he's going to marry her, it feels like all is going to plan.A new relationship couldn't have come at a better time - her thirties have not been the liberating, uncomplicated experience she was sold. THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER'A poignant, funny tale of early-thirties love and loss' Sunday Times _Nina Dean has arrived at her early thirties as a successful food writer with loving friends and family, plus a new home and neighbourhood. ![]() ![]() New York Times bestselling author Rachel Hauck brings us a sweet romance where the power of love and the miracle of faith promise hope and healing in a beautiful Victorian home known affectionately as The Memory House. Yet no matter how much she longs to love again, she is hindered by a secret she can never share. When she runs into her former high school friend Don Callahan, she begins to yearn for change. ![]() Decades earlier, widow Everleigh Applegate lives a steady, uneventful life with her widowed mother after a tornado ripped through Waco, Texas, and destroyed her new, young married life. Matters of the heart only become more complicated when she runs into handsome Bruno Endicott, a sports agent who has never forgotten their connection as teenagers. When a mysterious letter arrives informing Beck that she’s inherited a house along Florida’s northern coast, she discovers something there that will change her life forever. Eighteen years later, she’s a tough New York City cop burdened with a damaging secret, suspended for misconduct, and struggling to get her life in order. ![]() ![]() When Beck Holiday lost her father in the North Tower on 9/11, she also lost her memories of him. Its a time slip story of the lives of Everleigh Applegate and. The inspirational story of two women whose lives have been destroyed by disaster but find healing in a special house. Rachel Hauck takes this theme and showcases it throughout her latest novel, THE MEMORY HOUSE. ![]() ![]() ![]() Haunted by a voice he heard faintly on the radio, Hig takes off one day in search of fellow survivors and comes across Pops and Cima, a father and daughter who are barely eking out a living off the land by gardening and tending a few emaciated sheep. Hig has established a defensive perimeter by a large berm, competently guarded by Bangley, a terrifying friend but exactly the kind of guy you want on your side, since he can pot intruders from hundreds of yards away, and he has plenty of firepower to do it. ![]() While on rare occasions he spots a few Mennonites, fear of “The Blood” generally keeps people at more than arm’s length. Hig lives in an abandoned airplane hangar and keeps a 1956 Cessna, which he periodically takes out to survey the harsh and formidable landscape. ![]() A post-apocalyptic novel in which Hig, who only goes by this mononym, finds not only survival, but also the possibility of love.Īs in Cormac McCarthy’s The Road, the catastrophe that has turned the world into its cataclysmic state remains unnamed, but it involves “The Blood,” a highly virulent and contagious disease that has drastically reduced the population and has turned most of the remaining survivors into grim hangers-on, fiercely protective of their limited territory. ![]() |