5/21/2023 0 Comments Starbreaker amanda bouchet![]() ![]() This review is my own opinion and not a paid review. If you are a SciFi fan or a fan of Amanda Bouchet’s Kingmaker Series you need to get this series!! Disclaimer: I received a complimentary copy of this book from Edelweiss, Netgalley & SOURCEBOOKS Casablanca in exchange for an honest review. I can’t wait to see how everything turns out. ![]() I am so excited for the final book in this trilogy. If Jax doesn’t get off his duff soon I might have to jump into the story and slap him. There is action, excitement, surprises, suspense and love all wrapped up in this story. Tess and Shade are a great team and I am looking forward to seeing them grow. Amanda does a great job of making you fall in love with each of her characters. I really enjoyed reading this book and getting back with these characters. This was a great follow up to Nightchaser. The second novel in a brand new series from bestselling fantasy romance author Amanda Bouchet Starbreaker is a swashbuckling romantic adventure set in the. We also learn a lot more about the events that have brought them to where they are today and the battle that has to be fought soon. ![]() We learn a great deal more about Tess and her history. Starbreaker picks up shortly after the events of book one end and brings us deeper into the world of the Nightchaser’s, the Dark Watch and the universe as a whole. REVIEW PROVIDED BY: Kelly NUMBER OF HEARTS: 4 3/4 Friendships will be tested Enemies with surprises up their sleeves Secrets revealed Resolves will grow stronger Freedom in the balance Starbreaker is the second installment of Amanda Bouchet’s Endeavor trilogy (yes, you need to read book one Nightchaser first). ![]()
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5/21/2023 0 Comments The titan rockefeller![]() ![]() ![]() Using many sources and a detailed narrative, Chernow brings to life the Rockefeller name and argues that it was not a silver spoon wedged in the man’s mouth throughout life, but a fierce determination to succeed at all he tried running through his veins.Ĭhernow masterfully offers up a perspective of Rockefeller that includes a deeply-rooted family life. In this wonderfully researched biography, Chernow explores John D Rockefeller from three primary perspectives: the grounded family man, the business giant, and the philanthropic juggernaut. While many will know the Rockefeller name as synonymous with money and American business acumen, Chernow seeks to provide the reader with a more thorough understanding of the man, his beliefs, and how he started a multi-generational familial investment in business and political power. Rockefeller (Senior) are in good hands with Ron Chernow at the helm. ![]() 5/21/2023 0 Comments Bayou moon ilona andrews![]() ![]() ![]() It is in the Edge that Cerise Mar lives, on a bit of swamp land called the Mire – with the state of Louisiana on one side, and the Weird on the other. ![]() It is in the Edge that those with little or no magic exist – aware of the alternate universes, and having longer life spans, but most of them are unable to cross over to the more magical Weird. Then there is the ‘Edge’ – a thin strip of universe that divides the Weird and the Broken. Same continents, same oceans – only slightly skewed. There is the ‘Weird’ and the ‘Broken’ - alternate universes that are mirror images of each other. It is our world infused with magic and with other dimensions and universes. The ‘Edge’ universe is a complicated one. ‘Bayou Moon’ is the second book in Ilona Andrew’s paranormal romance series, ‘The Edge’. When William’s and Cerise’s missions lead them to cross paths, sparks fly-but they’ll have to work together if they want to succeed. William, a changeling soldier who left behind the politics of the Weird, has been forced back into service to track down a rival nation’s spymaster. Two nations of the Weird are waging a cold war fought by feint and espionage, and their conflict is about to spill over into the Edge-and Cerise’s life. When her parents vanish, her clan’s long-time rivals are suspect number one.īut all is not as it seems. ![]() Cerise Mar and her unruly clan are cash poor but land rich, claiming a large swathe of the Mire, the Edge swamplands between the state of Louisiana and the Weird. ![]() 5/21/2023 0 Comments Henry huggins series books![]() ![]() Luckily, Henry's neighborhood friend Beezus Quimby is ready to step in and lend a hand. ![]() From selling bubble gum on the playground to helping out his friend Scooter with his paper route, everything Henry tries seems to lead to trouble. "Henry and Beezus"(1952) by Beverly Cleary= Henry and Beezus are a recipe for trouble: Henry Huggins is saving up for the bicycle of his dreams, but his plans to earn money don't work out quite as planned.From that moment on, Henry and his new dog, Ribsy, are inseparable-and together, they cause more excitement than Klickitat Street can handle "Henry Huggins"(1950) by Beverly Cleary= Henry has a new best friend: Henry Huggins feels like nothing very exciting ever happens on Klickitat Street-until one day when a friendly dog sits down and looks pleadingly at Henry's ice-cream cone. ![]() 5/21/2023 0 Comments The american by henry james![]() ![]() Possibly to save Hyacinth, she becomes romantically involved with his fellow conspirator Paul Muniment, a calculating political operative, idealistic and treacherous by turns. The novel's hero, Hyacinth Robinson, is torn between his loyalty to revolutionary causes for which he is about to commit an act of violence that may cost him his life and his taste for the artistic side of aristocratic culture, represented in part by the beautiful, wealthy, compassionate, and yet deceptive Princess of the title. The action ranges from palaces to slums, from London to Paris to Venice and back again. ![]() It is a political novel in which anarchists and terrorists conspire within a fin de siècle world of opulence and glamour. ![]() The Princess Casamassima was published in 1886, a year that saw riots of the unemployed in London. About the book: The three novels in this Library of America volume from Henry James's middle period explore some historical and social dilemmas that belong as much to our time as to his own. Ex-library book with marking, o/w very good. ![]() 5/21/2023 0 Comments Howards end author![]() His other works include Where Angels Fear to Tread (1905), The Longest Journey (1907), A Room with a View (1908) and Maurice (1971), his posthumously published novel which tells of the coming of age of an explicitly gay male character. He is noted for his use of symbolism as a technique in his novels, and he has been criticised for his attachment to mysticism. He had five novels published in his lifetime, achieving his greatest success with A Passage to India (1924) which takes as its subject the relationship between East and West, seen through the lens of India in the later days of the British Raj.įorster's views as a secular humanist are at the heart of his work, which often depicts the pursuit of personal connections in spite of the restrictions of contemporary society. ![]() His humanistic impulse toward understanding and sympathy may be aptly summed up in the epigraph to his 1910 novel Howards End: "Only connect". He is known best for his ironic and well-plotted novels examining class difference and hypocrisy in early 20th-century British society. Forster, was an novelist, essayist, and short story writer. ![]() Edward Morgan Forster, generally published as E.M. ![]() 5/21/2023 0 Comments Stony Creek Cowboy by Taylor Berke![]() ![]() While getting to know each other, both these wounded souls cannot ignore the instant attraction or the pulling of their hearts, but in the background lurk several individuals who yearn to teach them both lessons in pain and revenge. After being married to a selfish and superficial woman, he decides that women are simply for his pleasure and to ranch alongside him and his family, never expecting the bundle of sensual energy that punches him in the gut after meeting his new neighbor. Jackson Powell, a huge, handsome cowboy, literally saves her life soon after she arrives in town. She is yearning for the passionate life she wanted to live after a safe marriage to her best friend. Billie Rothman, a beautiful, widowed MD, leaves all that she knows behind, attempting to follow her dreams to Stony Creek, Wyoming. ![]() ![]() "I cried twice and smiled plenty." -Olivia Atwater "An unabashedly offbeat adventure." -Freya Marske ![]() "Truly outstanding romantic fantasy." -India Holton Set in a world full of magic and demigods, donuts and small-town drama, this enchantingly quirky, utterly unique fantasy is perfect for readers of The House in the Cerulean Sea and The Invisible Library. But can their blossoming romance survive the fated discovery that their pen pals are their worst nightmares-each other? As the dangers from Tanria grow closer, so do the unlikely correspondents. If only Hart knew he’s been baring his soul to the person who infuriates him most-Mercy. Much to his surprise, an anonymous letter comes back in return, and a tentative friendship is born. ![]() She’s been single-handedly keeping Birdsall & Son Undertakers afloat in defiance of sullen jerks like Hart, who seems to have a gift for showing up right when her patience is thinnest.Īfter yet another exasperating run-in with Mercy, Hart finds himself penning a letter addressed simply to “A Friend”. It’s an unforgiving job, and Hart’s got nothing but time to ponder his loneliness. Hart is a marshal, tasked with patrolling the strange and magical wilds of Tanria. ![]() If you ever wished for an adult romance that felt like Howl's Moving Castle, THIS IS THAT BOOK." -Helen Hoang, author of The Kiss Quotient "A uniquely charming mixture of whimsy and the macabre that completely won me over. ![]() 5/20/2023 0 Comments Punk Rock Unicorn by Dana Simpson![]() ![]() ![]() Phoebe Howell and her unicorn best friend, Marigold Heavenly Nostrils, are headed to music camp for the summer, where they form a punk rock group with fellow campers Sue and Stevie. Always love Marigold and her take on the human realm.īreak out your purple hair dye and set your guitar amps to full blast in this rocking new collection of Phoebe and Her Unicorn comics by bestselling author Dana Simpson. Phoebe and Marigold head to music camp for the summer and form a punk rock group with Sue and Stevie, but for us, the portal to the parallel dimension was the most fun of the themes of the books this go around. She has been reading them for a while as this is book 17 and even as she ages these are some of her favorite books to pick up and read as she can relate with Phoebe Howell. These books resonate directly with our daughter, who just turned 13. ![]() Listen, as parents we really enjoy reading Another Phoebe and Her Unicorn Adventures, but while reading Punk Rock Unicorn it really hit me. ![]() 5/20/2023 0 Comments Goggle eyes by anne fine![]() ![]() ![]() Adaptations of Bill’s New Frock and Goggle-Eyes have been screened by the BBC and her novel Madame Doubtfire (1987) was adapted for film under the title Mrs Doubtfire. In 1998, she was the UK nominee for the Hans Christian Andersen Award. In 1990 and again in 1993 she was voted Publishing News’ Children’s Author of the Year. Among her many other prizes are the Smarties Prize for Bill’s New Frock (1989), a second Whitbread Award for The Tulip Touch (1996), a silver Nestle prize for Ivan the Terrible (2007), and many other regional and foreign awards. ![]() She won the Carnegie Medal again for Flour Babies (1992), which also won the Whitbread Children’s Book of the Year Award. Her novel Goggle-Eyes (1989) won the Guardian Children’s Fiction Prize as well as Britain’s most coveted award for children’s literature, the Carnegie Medal. Anne Fine is a distinguished writer for both adults and children. ![]() |