![]() ![]() ![]() Peanut is a ghost that serves as a side-kick of sorts to Trinity (oh, yeah, she can see ghosts as well!). Misha is a Warden who is bonded to Trinity and serves as her protector. Though she’s slowly going blind, Trinity has the strength and fighting ability far beyond what most of the Wardens think her capable of-and that is part of Trinity’s secret. ![]() The characters: Trinity is half-human and half something-else who has grown up behind the protected walls of a Warden community. The shape-shifting gargoyles-called Wardens-live in protected communities. The world: It’s like ours, but gargoyles (you know, the stone statues!) came off their ledges several years ago and are now protecting humanity from demons (oh, yeah, they also walk the earth). As a disclaimer, I have not (yet!) read the Lux series, so my review is based entirely on this book. Storm and Fury is a spinoff of the Lux series ( Edited– this is a spinoff to Dark Elements). ![]()
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![]() ![]() He’s the last person I ever expected to pop into my life, but he might be exactly what I need to save the thing that matters most to me. Trouble is – she thinks I’m in love with someone else, and when we take off on a road trip, everything I think I know about women is about to be unzipped and turned inside out. I want the woman who’s been helping me all along. Now I don’t want to win anyone else’s heart. Until I get to know my new “romance coach” and discover she’s funny, clever, and keeps me on my toes. Anything for romance, anything for a guy so willing to go big for love. Contemporary Wanderlust Audible Audiobook Unabridged Lauren Blakely (Author), Richard Armitage (Narrator), Grace Grant (Narrator), 759 ratings See all formats and editions Kindle Edition £0.00 This title and over 1 million more are available with Kindle Unlimited £2.99 to buy Audiobook £0. The woman who flings open the second-floor window tells me my ex doesn’t live here anymore. My college girlfriend isn’t the one who shows up when I play my “I’ll do anything to win you back” tune. After all, if you’re going to grand gesture the ever-loving hell out of a second chance, you need to pull out all the stops. We’re talking boom box, sing her name in the rain, let the whole damn neighborhood know I’m good and ready this time around. Picture this – I’m ready to win back the love of my life, and I’m going big this time. ![]() ![]() The reader watches as their lives post-child unfold-and they can’t look away, much like when you pass a fatal car crash on the highway. She and her wife, Monika, have a child, of which Sammie carried herself and is now the predominant caretaker. Our protagonist, Sammie Lucas, is unhinged. Her latest novel, With Teeth (Riverhead Books, 2021), remains married to these qualities while painting readers a new picture: one of teetering love, mental instability, and the complexities bound up in queer marriage. ![]() Her prose is highly specific, unabashedly chaotic, and a delight to read. ![]() Kristen Arnett’s debut novel- Mostly Dead Things (Tin House, 2020)-situated her as a writer devoted to the weird. ![]() ![]() Hi Chris, how are you doing today?Ĭhristopher Leonard: I’m doing great, how are you?Ĭaryn Hartglass: Good. A graduate of the University of Missouri School of Journalism, he lives outside Washington, DC. He is a fellow with The New America Foundation, a nonpartisan public policy institute in Washington, DC. His work has appeared in Fortune, Slate and The New York Times. He’s the former national agribusiness reporter for the Associated Press. He’s the author of The Meat Racket, The Secret Takeover of America’s Food Business. I want to introduce my very special guest today. We always need to remind ourselves of all the things we’re grateful for, right? And right now I’m glad to be warm and dry. Who knows what’s next? Anyway I’m indoors and I’m glad that I have a place to be that’s dry and warm. ![]() I just looked out my window and it’s snowing! What is that about? It just keeps on snowing. ![]() I’m Caryn Hartglass and you’re listening to It’s All About Food. ![]() It’s All About Food, Interview with Christopher Leonard His work has appeared in Fortune, Slate, and The New York Times. Christopher Leonard is the former national agribusiness reporter for the Associated Press. ![]() ![]() Nevertheless, paralleling his development as a writer has been an apparent acceptance of his southern heritage, and the last two novels he produced before his self-imposed hiatus- Boy's Life and Gone South-are both set in the Deep South and make use of its heritage and traditions. in Journalism from the University of Alabama in 1974, and currently resides in Birmingham, married to Sally Sanders, with whom he has a daughter, Skye.ĭespite this strong association with the South, its history and traditions played little substantial role in his early work. ![]() The marriage failed, and McCammon was raised by his grandparents in Birmingham. VJ Books Presents Author Robert McCammon! Robert Rick McCammon was born in Birmingham, Alabama, on July 17, 1952, the son of Jack (a musician) and Barbara Bundy McCammon. ![]() ![]() You are here: Home > Our Authors > McCammon, Robert ![]() ![]() Creech includes the full text of the play, Rumpopo's Porch, in the back of the book. How can Leo convince his father that, like the old man in the play, he needs to talk about Rosaria to heal the hole she left in his life? Through the parallel dramas of the play and his chaotic home life, Leo begins to understand the importance of stories and our need to share them, whether they are treasured memories or future dreams. Could it be the mysterious Aunt Rosaria no one speaks of? As he tries to untangle this family mystery, he is also preparing for his school play-a tale of an old man whose life is revived by weaving his childhood memories into stories for his neighbors. ![]() In it, he reads that his careworn parent used to dream of being a dancer, a writer, a famous athlete, just like Leo! He also discovers a photo of his father's family that includes an unfamiliar girl in the background. One rainy day in the attic, he discovers his father's teenage journal. Leo's family calls him "Sardine" because the quiet twelve year old often finds himself sandwiched between his more outgoing siblings. Sharon Creech explores the hopes and longings of an introspective middle child from a boisterous Italian clan in this humorous, character-driven novel. ![]() ![]() In these pages, John Keel displays the keen observational skills and investigative tenacity that made him the enfant terrible of ufology for decades. Written in Keel’s engaging trademark style, they are sure to delight fans with their fresh, unparalleled insights into the nature of reality. Many of the articles in this anthology and its companion volumes, "Flying Saucer to the Center of Your Mind," "The Outer Limits of the Twilight Zone," and "Searching For the String" were revolutionary, and explored ideas popularized in Keel’s classic books. ![]() Keel, the man many consider to have been not only the premiere investigator of all things unusual and “Fortean,” but who was also our own, twentieth-century New Saucerian Press is to pleased to present "The Great Phonograph in the Sky," a collection of magazine articles by John A. ![]() ![]() ![]() But not the weird rules of sword dances that let a sword be taken away and the dance continue. I’ll forgive the never knowing which of those two is best. ![]() ![]() He disarms Del, but somehow the dance goes on so she can do the same back and we can listen to more repetitive discussion about dances not being conclusive. He can break his opponent’s sword and humiliate him, but we still have multiple long discussions over how we can never know now who is better. Frustrated with how often an important sword dance is described in the moment as conclusively won, only to be talked about as not being won…. But I’m frustrated by how often Tiger is basically sold into slavery in this series. I appreciate an attempt to make realistic characters with their own motivations. I enjoy the chance to explore Tiger’s origins. There are some sweet interactions between the title characters, which were long in the making, and therefore satisfying to find here, as each discovers how to live with their new reality, and each accepts more fully, their connection to the other. ![]() ![]() ![]() But the animating spirit here is light and full of play, especially on the part of the female characters, who are consistently resourceful and witty” (x)Įxamples – enslaved mistress of the demon king sleeps with the kings (page 217), Aziza and the female killed (58-60) “The action of the stories in One Thousand and One Nights is dark and full of cruelty – especially toward women, who are constantly being accused of adultery and then murdered or beat up. Al-Shaykh retells this story, keeping Shahrazad in the role of the storyteller. She transforms from storyteller to mother and wife. ![]() ![]() In the traditional story, Shahrazad bears the king three children and he decides to marry her instead of killing her. If she stops telling stories, he will kill her like every other woman he sleeps with” (ix) It’s all told “through the lips of the lady Shahrazad to an enraged, cuckolded king on a revenge mission against woman-kind. ![]() ![]() Starting in the summer of 2022, the exhibition also will be digitally hosted by SAADA. Pamila Matharu contextualizes these networks in relation to the Desh Pardesh (1988 - 2001) festival in Toronto. Accompanying these works is Satrang at 25: Queer South Asian Diaspora(s) in Context, an exhibition examining the history of Satrang, an organization supporting queer South Asian communities in Southern California and placing its evolution in the context of broader queer diasporic histories. ![]() ![]() ONE Archives at USC Libraries is proud to present Archival Intimacies: Queering South/East Asian Diasporas, a multi-site project curated by Aziz Sohail and Alexis Bard Johnson.Īt ONE, three artists-in-residence, Prima Jalichandra-Sakuntabhai, Vinhay Keo, and Pamila Matharu were invited to develop new works in response to the archive. ![]() |