![]() ![]() Torn is fast-paced and will engage you from the very first page.” - Fiktshun ![]() “Amanda Hocking has created a unique tale in this genre that has become extremely crowded with stories from both indie and veteran authors. ![]() If she makes the wrong choice, she could lose everything, and everybody, she's ever wanted…in both worlds.Īs a special gift to readers, this book contains a new, never-before-published bonus story, "One Day, Three Ways," set in the magical world of the Trylle. Torn between her heart and her people, between love and duty, Wendy must decide her fate. But that means walking away from Finn, her handsome bodyguard who's strictly off limits…and Loki, a Vittra prince with whom she shares a growing attraction. With the threat of war looming, her only hope of saving the Trylle is to master her magical powers-and marry an equally powerful royal. She shares a closer connection to her Vittra rivals than she ever imagined-and they'll stop at nothing to lure her to their side. Now she's about to learn that there's more to the story… When Wendy Everly first discovers the truth about herself-that she's a changeling switched at birth-she knows her life will never be the same. Step into the world of the Trylle, and prepare to be enchanted…. Amanda Hocking is an indie publishing sensation whose self-published novels have sold millions of copies all over the world. ![]()
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Then there was the celebrated Point Scoring system, where the man gets points for hugs, washing the dishes and putting the toilet seat down (well done, darling). ![]() ![]() ![]() Verb Into the Great Unknown, then, goes Donald H. 2022 Her posture gradually goes from ramrod-straight to slightly slumped. 2021 Stankey stands at 6-foot-5, and has a booming voice and the ramrod-straight posture of a military leader. Thomas Beaumont, ajc, DeRuntz poured gunpowder down the shaft, stuffing it down with a metal ramrod. Miri Talabac, Baltimore Sun, 21 July 2022 Tall, graying and standing ramrod straight, Franken's approach is understated. 2022 When not feeding, many inchworms disguise themselves like leaf stems or twigs by standing on their hind legs ramrod-straight and freezing like a living statue performer. 2022 Every corporate real-estate office, fast-food restaurant, nail salon, and family dry cleaner’s posted a picture of Her Majesty in its shopwindow, her ramrod bearing adding an incongruous glamour to the premises, no matter how modest. 2023 Yet in his own starring vehicle, Black Adam is barely cooler than Hawkman, who Hodge plays as oddly likable in his ramrod straightness. Noun Since breaking his leg last summer, Blomstedt - tall, angular, and ramrod-straight as ever - now conducts seated on a piano bench. ![]() ![]() ![]() His titles say it all: Life of a Sex-Mad Man (Kōshoku ichidai otoko 好色一代男, 1682), Life of a Sex-Mad Woman (Kōshoku ichidai onna 公職一代女, 1686), Five Sex-Mad Women (Kōshoku gonin onna 公職五人女, 1686), and Great Mirror of Sex between Men (Nanshoku ōkagami 男色大鏡, 1687). Saikaku talked of “floating worlds” ( ukiyo), places of pleasant and carefree existence, indeed, of irresponsibility and profligacy. Saikaku captured an age of peace, after Japan's long civil war, which then flowered in the rich and free-spending Genroku period (1688–1704). He dominated the field, we are generally told, with a series of best-selling titles that gripped readers across the Japanese archipelago's major cities and went through multiple print runs, and still do so. ![]() ![]() The name we all know is Ihara Saikaku (1642–93). Many people work on Japanese popular fiction of the seventeenth century, and even more engage with it as enthusiastic readers. ![]() ![]() ![]() It is more dreadful than anything Jess had ever dreamed of, but as he struggles to cope with his grief and anger, he finds that his family value him more than he'd thought and that, still King, he could even save Terabithia for the future.Reissued in 'A Pufifn Book' series of Puffin modern classics, Bridge to Terabithia is a Newbery Medal winner. They are invincible - until tragedy strikes. And it is Leslie who invents Terabithia, the secret country on an island across the creek where he can escape his troublesome family.The only way to reach Terabithia is by rope-swing where Jess and Leslie become King and Queen, defeating giants, sharing stories and dreams, and plotting against their enemies. Even though she runs faster than him, Jess begins to think Leslie might be okay - she's clever and funny and not a bit soppy. ![]() Bridge to Terabithia is an unforgettable story of friendship and loss by award-winning author Katherine Paterson.Jess Aarons wants to be the fastest boy in the class, but when a girl named Leslie Burke moves into the neighbouring farm his life changes forever. ![]() ![]() An extremely BIG joy!' Matson Taylor, bestselling author of The Miseducation of Evie Epworth 'I loved it - Small Joys is a wonderful book full of music, life and a great deal of heart. ![]() Exploring love, friendship, grief, and the bittersweet joy of being young, Small Joys is utterly beautiful." Louise O'Neill, bestselling author of Idol "This heartwarming, witty, and moving debut is one of the most charming books you'll read this year. I don’t know if I’ve ever rooted so much for a protagonist as I did for Harley – what a gorgeous novel.’ Jennifer Saint, No. ‘I adored Small Joys – a sweet, moving, funny, strikingly open story. Tender, thrilling, and honest Small Joys is a beam of light.” Bryan Washington, author of Memorial ![]() Mensah's prose makes the intangible deft and tremendous - from the balm of friendship, to the beauty of queerness, and the all-encompassing elixir of community. “Elvin James Mensah's Small Joys is breathtaking and heartrending, by turns hilarious and devastating and surprising and wild. The sensational debut novel about love, friendship and finding happiness in the most unexpected places. ![]() ![]() Smith pulls of something that I hadn't realized until sitting down to write this - the "voice" he uses matches his age well as the story progresses. To start, there's a strong sense of place, both the familiar image of Miami and the not-so-touristy sides. ![]() unusual death.Ī few factors come together to make this a terrific story. Still, they are very close throughout the story, until his father's slightly. Meanwhile, poor Philip is a teenager who wants anything but a "weird" dad. His father becomes a healer whose "powers" seemingly know no bounds. After a few chapters, the focus pivots to the author's dad and his interest in New Age philosophy, eventually leading to his folks' divorce (they continued to live separately on the same property). ![]() I'm giving this one five stars, as I really couldn't think of what would cause it to earn less.Īs a brief summary: starts out as the story of a boy in 1950's Miami, before it was quite the "hot" city. ![]() ![]() But while Murderbot doesn’t spend time sorting out gender expression, they exist in a universe where they must navigate social expectations, albeit ones vastly different from ours. ![]() Muderbot is, for all intents and purposes, agender and asexual/aromantic. What it discovers will forever change the way it thinks…” (via Goodreads) Teaming up with a Research Transport vessel named ART (you don’t want to know what the “A” stands for), Murderbot heads to the mining facility where it went rogue. ![]() A past that caused it to christen itself “Murderbot”.īut it has only vague memories of the massacre that spawned that title, and it wants to know more. ![]() “ It has a dark past – one in which a number of humans were killed. ![]() ![]() ![]() Sensitivity is a blessing, but it's hard to thrive as an HSP in a competitive society that perceives emotional expression as a sign of weakness. If you've always felt more delicate, more easily overwhelmed by sensory input, and more empathetic than those around you, you are probably an HSP. Millions of Highly Sensitive People (HSP) feel exactly the same way. ![]() She writes books for those who have a natural ability to tune in to the feelings of others.Her mission is to share her lifelong experiences and comprehensive research on the many benefits and blessings associated with being an empath.Judy loves to hear from her readers.Feel free to email her at you feel too sensitive for this world? Are you at the mercy of your emotions, overwhelmed by your environment, and easily triggered by other people's feelings? You aren't alone. Judy is an open spirit and passion to help empaths. ![]() ![]() ![]() In this 1917 addition to the Oz series, L. If their new foe is powerful enough to steal Princess Ozma and all of their magical treasures, how will they defeat him with no magic of their own? Together with these new allies, Ozma's friends learn that their valued possessions aren't missing but have been stolen by a mysterious villain. With no clues to guide them, Ozma's friends separate into four search parties and spread out across their vast country in a desperate quest for their absent ruler.ĭeep in the Winkle Country, Dorothy's search party is soon Joined by Cayke the Cookie Cook, who has lost a magic gold dishpan, and the amazing Frogman, a man-sized frog who walks on his hind legs. ![]() ![]() The magical treasures of Oz have disappeared, too, including the Magic Picture, the Wizard's black bag, and even Glinda's Great Book of Records. Princess Ozma is missing! When Dorothy awakens one morning to discover that the beloved ruler of the Land of Oz has disappeared, all of the Emerald City's most celebrated citizens join in the search for the lost princess.īut Ozma isn't all that's gone missing. ![]() |