5/13/2023 0 Comments A hundred summers book review![]() ![]() So, I read three books in December and didn’t really love two of them (insert my ugly cry here). YOU guys make this so much fun! I can’t wait to find out what we’ll be reading in 2017! ![]() Thank you for the book recommendations, author suggestions and more. Thank you so much to all of you who have followed along with me this year as we’ve read together. Today, I’m reviewing the three books I read in December along with my top picks for all of 2016. I have turned my habit into quite the passion and I have so enjoyed sharing it with you. A few years ago, when I decided to read more, it was one of the best decisions I’ve made for myself in a very long time. ![]() Today’s the day… it’s my 2016 Book Review! Eeeeeks! I cannot believe another year of book reading is under our belts. ![]()
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5/12/2023 0 Comments Tuff by Paul Beatty![]() ![]() ![]() The novel's manic comedy is balanced by the telling portrayal of Winston's topsy-turvy marriage to Yolanda, the mother of their year-old son, Jordy. Both drug dealer and abuser, he understands the addict's need for illegal substances to escape the despair that pervades his impoverished, violent community. He wakes up to reality when he survives a shooting in a Brooklyn drug den, and his commitment to becoming a new man is clinched after a crack binge leaves him deranged and hiding in his bedroom closet. A zany, riotous concoction of nonstop hip-hop chatter and brilliant mainstream social satire, Beatty's second novel depicts the unusual coming-of-age of 19-year-old, obese African-American Winston ""Tuffy"" Foshay, who tries to rise above his rough-and-tumble life on the vicious streets of Spanish Harlem. ![]() ![]() Strands of Bronze and Gold is now available in bookstores, online and at your local library!ĪW: What drew you to the “Bluebeard” fairy tale? What was it like turning a very short (and extremely creepy!) tale into a lush and fully-developed novel? Today, we’re happy to welcome Jane and her editor, Allison Wortche, to the blog to share more about the book, Jane’s inspiration, the editorial process, and what’s next from this exciting new author! We hope you enjoy this special editor’s corner. This will appeal to older teens and to adults who enjoy well-written, Gothic romance. As she gets to know Cressac better, she starts to uncover the truth about his wives, all missing or dead, all crimson-haired like herself. But her benefactor’s dark moods scare her, and the plantation feels full of history and ghosts. She is soon seduced by her new life of luxury, full of gorgeous clothes, rich food and staff to wait on her hand and foot. ![]() Sophia is a red-headed beauty, and an orphan taken in by her mysterious godfather Monsieur Bernard de Cressac. ![]() A re-telling of the Bluebeard fairy tale, set in the pre-Civil War south on a lush plantation, it’s a quick, juicy novel I couldn’t put down. This exciting debut from young adult author Jane Nickerson is full of romance, mystery, and danger. In a mini-review of debut young adult novel Strands of Bronze and Gold by Jane Nickerson we shared earlier this week, Erin said: ![]() 5/12/2023 0 Comments Heather radke butt![]() ![]() ![]() A woman's butt, in particular, is forever being assessed, criticized, and objectified, from anxious self-examinations trying on jeans in department store dressing rooms to enduring crass remarks while walking down a street or high school hallways. ![]() It is a body part unique to humans, critical to our evolution and survival, and yet it has come to signify so much more: sex, desire, comedy, shame. Whether we love them or hate them, think they're sexy, think they're strange, consider them too big, too small, or anywhere in between, humans have a complicated relationship with butts. "Lively and thorough, Butts is the best kind of nonfiction." - Esquire, Best Books of 2022Ī "carefully researched and reported work of cultural history" ( The New York Times) that explores how one body part has influenced the female-and human-experience for centuries, and what that obsession reveals about our lives today. "Winning, cheeky, and illuminating.What appears initially as a folly with a look-at-this cover and title becomes, thanks to Radke's intelligence and curiosity, something much meatier, entertaining, and wise." - The Washington Post ![]() 5/12/2023 0 Comments Book the jakarta method![]() ![]() ![]() The Jakarta Method demonstrates that the brutal extermination of unarmed leftists was a fundamental part of Washington’s final triumph in the Cold War. For decades, it’s been believed that parts of the developing world passed peacefully into the U.S.-led capitalist system. In this bold and comprehensive new history, Vincent Bevins builds on his incisive reporting for the Washington Post, using recently declassified documents, archival research and eye-witness testimony collected across twelve countries to reveal a shocking legacy that spans the globe. But these events remain widely overlooked, precisely because the CIA’s secret interventions were so successful. This was one of the most important turning points of the twentieth century, eliminating the largest communist party outside China and the Soviet Union and inspiring copycat terror programs in faraway countries like Brazil and Chile. government helped the Indonesian military kill approximately one million innocent civilians. I read the book 'The Jakarta Method' over a weekend and it blew my mind. ![]() 5/12/2023 0 Comments The queen thief![]() The magus thinks he has the right tool for the job, but Gen has plans of his own. When his boasting lands him in prison and the king's magus invites him on a quest to steal a legendary object, he's in no position to refuse. Martin.Įugenides, the queen's thief, can steal anything - or so he says. The Queen’s Thief novels are rich with political machinations and intrigue, battles lost and won, dangerous journeys, divine intervention, power, passion, revenge, and deception. Perfect for fans of Leigh Bardugo, Marie Lu, Patrick Rothfuss, and George R. This first book in series introduces one of the most charismatic and incorrigible characters of fiction, Eugenides the thief. ![]() New York Times best-selling author Megan Whalen Turner’s entrancing and award-winning Queen’s Thief novels bring to life the world of the epics. Discover and rediscover the world of the Queen's Thief, from the acclaimed series launch The Thief to the thrilling, 20-years-in-the-making conclusion, The Return of the Thief. ![]() 5/12/2023 0 Comments Sterling by Emily June Street![]() ![]() Read online and download as many books as you like for personal use. ![]() Full supports all version of your device, includes PDF, ePub, Mobi and Kindle version. NhwKsZpVhjEopYZ - Download and read Sterling (Tales of Blood and Light 3) book by Emily June Street online in PDF, EPub, Mobi, Kindle and other supported format.īook DetailsTitle : Sterling (Tales of Blood and Light 3)ĭownload and Read Sterling (Tales of Blood and Light 3) by Emily June StreetDownload and read book is easy. ![]() 5/11/2023 0 Comments A Death Long Overdue by Eva Gates![]() ![]() ![]() A Death Long Overdue is a delightful cozy mystery with a card catalog, a discourteous former library director, a disrupted reunion, a curious cat, and a forbearing beau. The ending will have fans of the series smiling (I wish I could say more but I do not want to spoil it for you). I enjoyed the library exhibit that included a card catalog, library withdrawal cards (the card you signed when you checked out the book), and a Commodore 64 (I had a Commodore 64C). It was fun following along in the investigation and seeing how it all came together. There are a variety of suspects along with good clues and a red herring or two. I thought it was well-plotted with interesting details. ![]() I just love Lucy's adorable little apartment. I can envision the library thanks to the authors vivid word imagery. The Bodie Island Lighthouse Library is a magical place. I like catching up with all of them even Louise Jane. A lighthouse library will be on my bucket list to visit and read an Eva Gates book there. The story was believable, characters personable and I loved the ending. The author has created a great cast of characters which includes Lucy, Connor, Bertie, Charlene, Ronald, Aunt Ellen, Josie, and Charles. I laughed out loud at several scenes, cried at a scene, guessed wrong several times and enjoyed the twist on a class reunion. It can be read as a standalone, but I recommend reading this charming series in order. A Death Long Overdue by Eva Gates is the 7th A Lighthouse Library Mystery. ![]() 5/11/2023 0 Comments Someone like you book lauren layne![]() If you read the first two books in Lauren Layne’s Oxford series, you know there was something in Lincoln’s past, something he refused to talk about. And suddenly Daisy and Lincoln find their lives helplessly entwined in a journey that will either heal their damaged souls. But when Daisy stumbles upon Lincoln’s secret, she realizes there’s more to the charming playboy than meets the eye. One look at the breathtakingly hot Lincoln Mathis and she knows that he’s exactly the type of man she should avoid. He also knows that she’s everything he can never have.Īfter a devastating divorce, Daisy doesn’t need anyone to warn her off the charming best man at her sister’s wedding. Lincoln knows what he wants: someone like Daisy Sinclair, the sassy, off-limits bridesmaid he can’t take his eyes off at his best friend’s wedding. But behind every flirtatious smile, each provocative quip, there’s a secret that Lincoln’s hiding from even his closest friends-a tragedy from his past that holds his heart quietly captive. Lincoln Mathis doesn’t hide his reputation as Manhattan’s ultimate playboy. ![]() Lauren Layne’s bestselling Oxford Series continues with the poignant, heartwarming story of New York’s most eligible bachelor, Lincoln Mathis, a man who’s living a lie-until his dream woman takes away the pain. Published by Loveswept on December 6th 2016 ![]() ![]() ![]() From the tone of voice to the accent, the reader carries the story perfectly with the right tempo that you will be hard pressed to believe that this is a free audiobook edition. The narrator of the audiobook is a perfect fit to the overall atmosphere of the story. Overall, this free audiobook edition is a must listen for new Sherlock Holmes fans and mystery enthusiasts as it shows where this genre started to pick up steam. ![]() Meaning that a scarlet thread of murder is hidden within a tangle of misdirection and lies, and that it is their job to unravel and expose it. The title is derived from a quote by Sherlock Holmes that their murder investigation is a “study in scarlet”. A Study in Scarlet drew minor public attention but it is still an amazing read if not to see the initial development of Sherlock Holmes. ![]() John Watson appeared it still took a couple of years before popularity caught on. While this is the first time that Sherlock Holmes and his trustworthy friend Dr. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle started developing the plot and characters in 1886 and had it published the very next year (1887). A Study in Scarlet by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle is best known for being the debut adventure of Doyle’s world famous character, Sherlock Holmes. ![]() |