![]() ![]() What a shame that Lewis’s ethical code forbids relationships with clients. Not so much by the state of Jasper’s house, but by the level of attraction he still feels for the sexy bookworm he remembers from school. ![]() Professional clutter clearer and counselor Lewis Miller thinks he’s seen it all, but even he has to admit he’s shocked. It’s a hoard, and he needs professional help. ![]() His ever-growing piles of books, magazines and newspapers can no longer be classified as a “collection”. When an avalanche of books cuts off access to his living room, university librarian Jasper Richardson can no longer ignore the truth. Letting go is the first step to healing… or bringing it all crashing down. ![]()
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![]() ![]() ![]() Overall, just a truly wonderful story and read. ![]() My favorite character is easily Jordan.A bisexual woman daring to be her true self when it could send her to the asylum. There is a point in this book where the story just truly breaks my heart, and although sad it shows just how multi-faceted the characters that Sarah Zane has created truly are. Daisy has dreams and aspirations of a woman beyond her time, but also feels the need to settle down with a true love match while still pleasing society and becoming a woman wed. I simply *love* everything about this book. ![]() Jay, a young soldier, who shares Daisy's feelings, unfortunately is shipped off to war leaving Daisy behind. "Society told me I was worthless unless I meant something to a man"ĭaisy details her hope of finding real love instead of conforming to the societal norm of the time and quickly meets Jay Gatsby. This story follows Daisy Fay "The Sweetheart of Louisville" in 1917 along her journey as a woman from a prominent family expected to retain her purity and marry the most suitable (richest) bachelor who would have her. I read The Great Gatsby years ago and it has remained one of my favorite classics and I simply could not skip out on a retelling with a feminist twist. I read the blurb for this book and jumped at the opportunity to read it. ![]() ![]() ![]() Americans might be more familiar with the tale’s German author, Michael Ende, via his book The Neverending Story, which was made into the cult 1984 film of the same name. That’s the premise of the strange but beautiful children’s fantasy novel Momo, which was published 45 years ago. But what if the seconds, minutes, and hours of the day could be stolen away? And what if everyone was too busy to notice? In other childhood tales, time is a barrier to be broken, or a hidden door to another world. In Madeleine L’Engle’s beloved novel A Wrinkle in Time-whose long-awaited film adaptation hit theaters Friday-time can be bent (or tessered) to allow mortals to travel the universe at great speeds. But literature for young readers often handles the concept with a greater sense of imagination and possibility. ![]() ![]() From an early age, many children learn that time is precious, before growing into adults who see it as a commodity to be managed at all costs. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The novel portrays a near-future in which the feednet, a huge computer network (apparently an advanced form of the Internet), is directly connected to the brains of about 73% of American citizens by means of an implanted device called a feed. From the first-person perspective of a teen boy, the book takes place in a near-futuristic American culture completely dominated by advertising and corporate exploitation, corresponding to the enormous popularity of internetworking brain implants. The novel focuses on issues such as corporate power, consumerism, information technology, data mining, and environmental decay, with a sometimes sardonic, sometimes somber tone. ![]() Feed (2002) is a young adult dystopian novel of the cyberpunk subgenre written by M. ![]() ![]() ![]() READ MORE: Edinburgh drag queen shares the importance of nightclubs reopening in the cityīut for one actor, nothing was going to stop her from getting onto a stage and performing for people in Scotland's capital.Īlthough from Dublin, Ireland, Fíonna Hewitt Twamley, 50, feels like she has 'returned home' as she takes her one woman show 'Myra's Story' to the stage at the Assembly Rooms in George Square Gardens. This is supposed to be one of Europe's biggest art festival and this year it is a little smaller with less tourists coming into Edinburgh and less troops taking to the stage and opting for digital performances instead. The Royal Mile has come alive once more with street performers and nooks and hideaways in the city have turned into vibrant venues for performers. ![]() ![]() The ensuing climate cataclysm will soon render the earth inhospitable for humanity, as the last such meteorite did for the dinosaurs. ![]() On a cold spring night in 1952, a huge meteorite fell to earth and obliterated much of the east coast of the United States, including Washington D.C. Omnivoracious-15 Highly Anticipated SFF Reads for Summer 2018īookriot-Best Science Fiction Books of 2018 Unbound Worlds-Best SciFi and Fantasy Books of July 2018ĭen of Geek-Best Science Fiction Books of June 2018 The Verge-12 fantastic science fiction and fantasy novels for July 2018 Goodreads-Most Popular Books Published in July 2018 (#66) Winner 2019 RUSA Reading List for Science Fiction - American Library Associationīuzzfeed-17 Science-Fiction Novels By Women That Are Out Of This WorldĬhicago Review of Books-Top 10 Science Fiction Books of 2018 ![]() Publishers Weekly Best Books of 2018-Science Fiction/Fantasy ![]() Mary Robinette Kowal's science fiction debut, 2019 Winner of the Hugo and Nebula Award for best novel, The Calculating Stars, explores the premise behind her award-winning "Lady Astronaut of Mars." ![]() ![]() Told in an unforgettable, kaleidoscopic voice, Mosquitoland is a modern American odyssey, as hilarious as it is heartbreaking. But when her thousand-mile journey takes a few turns she could never see coming, Mim must confront her own demons, redefining her notions of love, loyalty, and what it means to be sane. So she ditches her new life and hops aboard a northbound Greyhound bus to her real home and her real mother, meeting a quirky cast of fellow travelers along the way. Before the dust has a chance to settle, she learns her mother is sick back in Cleveland. It sounds strange because it is, and it is, because I am strange.Īfter the sudden collapse of her family, Mim Malone is dragged from her home in northern Ohio to the "wastelands" of Mississippi, where she lives in a medicated milieu with her dad and new stepmom. I am a collection of oddities, a circus of neurons and electrons: my heart is the ringmaster, my soul is the trapeze artist, and the world is my audience. ![]() ![]() ![]() Because Mare, just like her brother, is a newblood with impressive. With the help of her brother Shade, her childhood friend Kilorn, the ex captain of the Scarlet Guard Diana Farley, and the ever mysterious and handsome exile prince Cal, Mare starts a search that will change the kingdom of Norta, formerly separated between Reds and Silvers. But no one is safe, and the fight has only just begun. Mare, the little lightning girl, and Cal, the exile prince, escaped the madness of the new Silver king Maven with the help of the Scarlet Guard. Here’s my review of Red Queen by the way, if you want to check it out. It’s the first book ever I preordered, so when it arrived it the mail on Friday, needless to say I was excited.īefore you go any further, this review might contain spoilers on Red Queen, so read at your own risk! So of course, I was really waiting for the sequel. Even if it has some cliché parts, it didn’t matter. ![]() I really loved this book, and felt it was worth all the praise it got. To be honest, Red Queen is one of the reasons I started this blog. ![]() Glass Sword is the sequel to the highly praised Red Queen by Victoria Aveyard, and was published on February 9. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() 'Evans brilliantly conveys how the Fuhrer reignited Germans' pride as he led them to catastrophe' Neal Ascherson, Observer ![]() 'Written with great style and human sympathy' Daily Telegraph Books of the Year Evans's magisterial study should be on our shelves for a long time to come' Economist 'A rich and detailed description of just what the Third Reich did in every compartment of the state and every corner of society. 'Likely to be the standard work for some years to come' Spectator Books of the Year it makes an indelible impression' Robert Service, Sunday Times So how was it possible for a group of ideological obsessives to re-mould it into a one-party state directed at war and race hate? How did the Nazis win over the hearts and minds of Germany's citizens, twist science, religion and culture, and transform the country's politics to achieve total dominance so quickly?įrom the Nuremberg Laws to the Olympic Games, Kristallnacht to the Hitler Youth, this gripping account shows how a whole population became enmeshed in a dictatorship that was consumed by hatred and driven by war. Evans' The Third Reich in Power: How the Nazis Won Over the Hearts and Minds of a Nation explores how Hitler turned Germany from a vibrant democracy into a one-party state.īefore Hitler seized power in 1933, Germany had been famous for its sophistication and complexity. ![]() The second book in his acclaimed trilogy on the rise and fall of Nazi Germany, Richard J. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() It is the story of Angola, a former plantation-turned-maximum-security prison in Louisiana that is filled with Black men who work across the 18,000-acre land for virtually no pay. It is the story of the Whitney Plantation, one of the only former plantations devoted to preserving the experience of the enslaved people whose lives and work sustained it. It is the story of the Monticello Plantation in Virginia, the estate where Thomas Jefferson wrote letters espousing the urgent need for liberty while enslaving more than four hundred people. ![]() 'A beautifully readable reminder of how much of our urgent, collective history resounds in places all around us that have been hidden in plain sight.' Afua Hirsch, author of Brit(ish)īeginning in his hometown of New Orleans, Clint Smith leads the reader on an unforgettable tour of monuments and landmarks - those that are honest about the past and those that are not - which offer an intergenerational story of how slavery has been central in shaping a nation's collective history, and our own. LONGLISTED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FOR NON-FICTION ONE OF BARACK OBAMA'S FAVOURITE BOOKS OF THE YEAR ![]() |