![]() ![]() ![]() I can't wait to learn more about Daphne and Eunice in upcoming novels. The start of the Bleecker Street Inquiry Agency is thrilling, the cases that they take and solve during the course of this novel are both fun and clever, and there's so much potential for further installments in the series with the plethora of women running the agency-all with secrets they are hiding. ![]() Both have a great deal to learn about and resolve regarding their pasts before they can confront the future. The romantic tension between the two is palpable, yet they cannot and will not admit it, not even to themselves. I loved the characters, particularly headstrong Gabriella and her childhood friend Nicholas. The 1886 Gilded Age setting among the New York Four Hundred's privileged members provides the perfect backdrop for this enchanting tale. I'm generally not a big historical fiction fan, but the way Turano combines romance, humor, and in this book, a few well thought out mysteries, makes the experience of reading a delight. Can I just gush for a minute about how enjoyable Jen Turano's books are? I am always a little bit giddy when I pick one up because I know I am in for a treat, and this novel was no exception. ![]()
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![]() ![]() Certainty, the book suggests, is an illusion. ![]() 'in between state' is the common denominator of this collection, the theme on which the 13 essays are a variation. Kisner is one of the most perceptive, open-minded and capable literary tour guides I’ve encountered in quite some time, and I’m already looking forward to her next (ad)venture. remarkably polished and demonstrably articulate. Her efforts to unpack her relationship with her mother, her Mexican American heritage and her queer identity are some of the most earnest and impactful passages in the book. What makes this collection so compulsively readable is Kisner’s ability to wield her contagious curiosity and nose for objective reporting to investigate everything from a once bustling, now mostly abandoned lakeside oasis in Southern California, to Ann Hamilton’s magical and enveloping multimedia installation at New York’s Park Avenue Armory in 2012, to evangelical robocalls. ![]() This idea of duality or 'in-betweenness' is a fascinating and culturally salient concept - and one that ripples through every piece in the book. fiercely intelligent and consistently edifying. ![]() ![]() ![]() You first meet Roxy when she’s kicking ass – and to be honest, that is exactly how you expect to meet her when you get to know her character. ![]() She is loyal and protective of people and things she loves – and the story starts with her being sold to pay her fathers debt. ![]() She shows no fear, but has a softer side when it needs to come out. She is everything you expect in a badass, lethal, independent, strongly fierce lead character. So please bare warning before you dig in.Īnyway onto the book itself – it is a standalone novel, and the main female character is Roxy – and I love her. It’s also a Mafia reverse Harem ( a book where the main female character has multiple love interests). This book references some pretty in your face topics – excessive torture, rape, kidnapping, fighting, some pretty series BDSM, child abuse – the whole nine yards. I will start this post with some heavy trigger warnings. I don’t know what I expected when I started this book to be honest, I had seen it mentioned on a few reading recommendations from some of my favourite authors pages, but it really is unlike anything I’ve read before, and that’s not necessarily a bad thing, its just A LOT to take in. This book…this book is not for the faint hearted, in fact it borders on a little crazy, okay maybe a lot crazy… ![]() ![]() ![]() The narrator of the novel, Leo Borlock (played by Graham Verchere in the film), is your average 11th grader at Mica High School. Although the movie will be available to stream on March 31, be careful, because this post contains spoilers regarding character relationships and major plots in the book. But before you get too excited, let's take a closer look at the novel, which celebrates nonconformity and inspires us all to embrace our differences. America's Got Talent season 11 winner Grace VanderWaal will be making her acting debut in the upcoming movie, as the titular character. ![]() Still buzzing over the trailer for Disney+'s upcoming film adaptation of Stargirl? You may have read Jerry Spinelli's YA novel in high school, but it's just as much of a pager-turner if you're reading it for the first time as an adult. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The two poems, “ Far Away” and “ A Song of Love“, are reprinted from Sylvie and Bruno and Sylvie and Bruno Concluded, books whose high price (made necessary by the great cost of production) has, I fear, put them out of the reach of most of my readers. “ After Three Days” was written after seeing Holman Hunt’s picture, The Finding of Christ in the Temple. “ Only A Woman’s Hair” was suggested by a circumstance mentioned in The Life of Dean Swift, viz., that, after his death, a small packet was found among his papers, containing a single lock of hair and inscribed with those words. “ The Path of Roses” was written soon after the Crimean War, when the name of Florence Nightingale had already become a household-word. Nearly the whole of this volume is a reprint of the serious portion of Phantasmagoria and other Poems, which was first published in 1869 and has long been out of print. Three Sunsets and Other Poems by Lewis Carroll (Charles Dodgson) ![]() ![]() ![]() However, all 16 Arthur Rackham tipped-in plates are present and in Fine condition. The pages are in Very Good to Very Good + condition with light foxing throughout pages 3 to 6 (inclusive) are attached but loosely inserted, and lacks two of the captioned tissue guards. The original publisher’s red binding with gilt decoration to the front board is in Very Good + condition with the gilt decoration being bright to the front board, the gilt lettering to the spine also being bright, but with a crease to the top right corner of the front board, light wear to the back board, and knocks to the top and bottom of the spine. There are 16 Arthur Rackham tipped-in plates and the map of Kensington Gardens to the front endpapers. This is the 1920 edition with the original red binding with gilt decoration to the front board and gilt lettering to the spine. Barrie Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens illustrated by Arthur Rackham is for sale. Number of Pages: 125 numbered pages with one-page advertisement to the end of the book Rackhams enlarged edition, with a new color plate and 7 new black-and-white illustrations not in the 1906. Measurement: 6.25 x 8.25 inches (approximately) Title: Peter Pan In Kensington Gardens 1920 Edition First Rackham edition first printing of Barries novel Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens, which introduces the character of Peter Pan as a baby living a. ![]() ![]() ![]() The survivors, sleepwalkers and shepherds alike, have a dream of rebuilding human society. Because the sleepwalking epidemic was only the first in a chain of events that led to the end of the world-and the birth of a new one. ![]() Their secret destination: Ouray, a small town in Colorado that would become one of the last outposts of civilization. They were followed on their quest by the shepherds: friends and family who gave up everything to protect them. “As great as Wanderers was, Wayward is better.”-Christopher Golden, New York Times bestselling author of Road of Bonesįive years ago, ordinary Americans fell under the grip of a strange new malady that caused them to sleepwalk across the country to a destination only they knew. “If King had written a sequel to The Stand, it might look something like this monumental epic of a story.”-James Rollins, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Kingdom of Bones ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() “People warned us against being so explicitly for lesbians,” Ruby Fruit co-owner Emily Bielagus told me. The name, to those in the know, is an homage to Rita Mae Brown’s 1973 novel Rubyfruit Jungle, which turns 50 this year and continues to have intergenerational relevance-as do dyke bars, despite their highly publicized demise and the insistence that lesbians themselves are a dying breed. IF LESBIAN BARS are dead, then where did I spend $50 on a glass of orange wine and a hot dog?Īt the Ruby Fruit, a new Los Angeles “strip mall wine bar for the sapphically inclined,” which opened in February 2023. ![]() ![]() Q: What has been the reaction to the book?Ī: The general reaction is, "I didn't know any of that stuff." And I can respond, "Neither did I." I called Okrent to ask about the reaction to the book and Prohibition's lessons for today. "Last Call," which Monitor reviewer Alexander Nazaryan called " popular history at its best," is now out in paperback. He describes how "a mighty alliance of moralists and progressives, suffragists and xenophobes" pushed for the alcohol ban and set the template for today's political activism. ![]() Journalist Daniel Okrent brings the era back to life in his book Last Call: The Rise and Fall of Prohibition, which came out in 2010. Outside of a few cultural touchstones like " The Great Gatsby" and "The Untouchables" (and the new HBO series " Boardwalk Empire"), we've largely forgotten about Prohibition. And dangerous back-alley alcohol took lives. Legal loopholes turned into gaping canyons. Upstanding and not-so-upstanding citizens alike chose to break the law, inspiring criminal gangs to provide their liquor. ![]() Prohibition, perhaps the nation's grandest experiment in social do-good-ism, was doomed to become an epic failure. And by the time all was said – but not yet done – a nationwide ban on alcohol was written into the Constitution. All 48 states but Connecticut and Rhode Island ratified it. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() My Review: I love this entire series! Nathan Hale has taken history and made it accessible (with a dash of humor!). Nathan Hale tells her incredible true-life story with the humor and sensitivity he’s shown in every one of the Hazardous Tales-perfect for reluctant readers and classroom discussions. Tubman spent the rest of her life helping slaves run away like she did, every time taking her life in her hands. ![]() Facing enormous danger, Araminta made it, and once free, she changed her name to Harriet Tubman. If she could run away and make it north without being caught or killed, she’d be free. But north of the Mason-Dixon line, slavery was illegal. Slavery meant that her family could be ripped apart at any time, and that she could be put to work in dangerous places and for abusive people. ![]() Goodreads Summary: Araminta Ross was born a slave in Delaware in the early 19th century. Published April 21st, 2015 by Amulet Books Most Wednesdays, we will be participating and will review a nonfiction text (though it may not always be a picture book).īe sure to visit Kid Lit Frenzy and see what other nonfiction books are shared this week! Nonfiction Picture Book Wednesday is hosted by Kid Lit Frenzy and was started to help promote the reading of nonfiction texts. ![]() |