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All the bright places book author6/12/2023 ![]() ![]() Meanwhile, Finch is someone students consider an “outcast” for his unique demeanor and actions, but secretly struggles with an undiagnosed mental illness that readers can identify as bipolar disorder. Violet, an aspiring writer, struggles with her grief after losing her sister to a drunk driving accident - one that she survived. ![]() Though a terrifying opening, the book takes readers on the journey of Violet and Finch as they find love while enduring their own personal conflicts. ![]() It is there when he meets Violet Markey on the same ledge contemplating taking a leap herself. The story opens with a 12th grader named Theodore Finch standing on the ledge of his school’s bell tower, six stories up, seemingly preparing to jump to his death. The book was released in 2015 and recently adapted into a Netflix feature film set to premiere Feb. Those haunting words make up the first sentence in Jennifer Niven’s New York Times best-selling novel All the Bright Places, her first offering in the realm of young adult fiction. ![]()
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Heather mcghee the sum of us6/12/2023 ![]() Harrington explored factories, farms, and mountain shacks to show how so many were left behind. The Other America: Poverty in the United States by Michael Harringtonįirst published in 1962, this book took a broad, structural view of how poverty persisted in the US despite the boom years after the second world war which launched many into a growing middle class. ![]() Taken together, they illustrate an exceptionally grim truth about US society.ġ. ![]() This list is a blend of the two, the best of each sort of story. These take the focus off the individual and, at their best, explain the larger forces that can often shape our lives, whether we know it or not. The other type, equally important, takes a broad view and explains the history of American poverty as a series of policy and political choices. ![]() To write it, I returned home to my small, poor town in the Arkansas Ozarks after many years of living in big cities on the east coast to find my childhood best friend: through our reconnection, I explored the ways that the different places we lived marked our adult lives. My own book, The Forgotten Girls, follows in this tradition. ![]() Novels and narrative nonfiction books often take a personal, sometimes painfully vivid and honest portrayal of a family or individual in a way that can personalise the potentially abstract issue for readers. The books about poverty that resonate most for me come in two forms. ![]()
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My fair godmother6/12/2023 ![]() ![]() Jane tries to get Savannah to consider other boys who would be more suited to her, not someone like Hunter who is very academic and driven. There is one phrase, though, that Savannah never thought would describe her sister – “boyfriend stealer.” But that’s exactly what she is and, understandably, Savannah is angry at her sister Jane, and her ex-boyfriend, Hunter. ![]() Being academically minded and organized doesn’t describe Savannah Delano, but it does describe her older sister Jane. Subject two is Jane’s sister, Savannah, a sophomore. Subject one is Jane Delano, a senior in high school. To raise her semester grade she has to take on an extra credit assignment to “use magic to grant wishes, make mortals happy, and rescue them from their dreary lives,” then write a report about it. At the moment she is only considered a “fair” godmother. Chrysanthemum Everstar is in training to become a fairy godmother. ![]()
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A horse walks into a bar6/12/2023 ![]() ![]() “The filly escaped by going on to the road, and crossing a roundabout before entering this bar,” Beguigne told Ouest France. Her trainer, Jean-Marie Beguigne, said she took off and ran to a bar less than a mile away. ![]() ![]() rW32qXPhR1- ABC News October 2, 2018Īccording to the Independent, a racehorse escaped her stable in Chantilly, France, on September 24. Kelly who? Kelly Conaboy from the-cut-dot-com, and I am delighted to inform you that jokes are coming true! Chickens are crossing the road, tomatoes are blushing because they saw the salad dressing, and, of course, horses with long faces are walking into bars and not being served, out of the proprietor’s rudeness! One horse is doing that, at least -Ī horse escaped from her stable and galloped into a bar while patrons sat inside, causing them to run to safety as the animal kicked tables and chairs before leaving the site. Photo: Alan Baker/Getty Images/Ikon Images ![]()
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Ian thornton judith mcnaught6/12/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() And you are going to hurt me, Ian - never, I hope, as much as you are hurting me now. Quoting Elizabeth: "I've hurt you terribly, my love, and I'll hurt you again during the next fifty years. ![]() The more you love someone, the more you're open to being hurt by them. Ian and Elizabeth were so much in love with each other that it rendered them defenseless, insecure and wary. I though the Big Misunderstanding issue would turn me off because I'm not a fan of this kind of plot device - and there were not only one, but two in this book -, but JM made it believable to me. :) I especially loved Ian for having no fear admitting to himself he was in love with Elizabeth without knowing if she felt the same, and I adored Elizabeth for standing her ground and not cowering when Ian tried to send her away. ![]() Well, I've just finished reading Almost Heaven and I'm glad to say that I'm in love with Ian, Elizabeth, and everyone and everything else in the book. I absolutely LOVE this book! This is what I posted at the RF (Amazon) when I read it for the 1st time, and I'm simply copying my post here on GR because I'm lazy and don't feel like writing a full review. ![]()
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Living Downstream by Sandra Steingraber6/11/2023 ![]() ![]() She received her doctorate in biology from the University of Michigan and master’s degree in English from Illinois State University. is an internationally recognized expert on the environmental links to cancer and reproductive health. ![]() Steingraber’s highly acclaimed book, Living Downstream: An Ecologist Looks at Ecologist, author, and cancer survivor, Sandra Steingraber, Ph.D. ![]() She has taught biology at Columbia College, Chicago, held visiting fellowships at the University of Illinois, Radcliffe/Harvard, and Northeastern University, and served on President Clinton’s National Action Plan on Breast Cancer. She is the author of Post-Diagnosis, a volume of poetry, and coauthor of a book on ecology and human rights in Africa, The Spoils of Famine. Ecologist, author, and cancer survivor, Sandra Steingraber, Ph.D. ![]()
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Lust hate love6/11/2023 ![]() ![]() Levi tries to deny the irresistible pull of Killian’s seductive nature, but with an attraction as strong as theirs, it’s only a matter of time before the lust-filled hate turns to love. But tension simmers beneath Levi’s cool exterior every time Killian’s near, and soon enough the passion boils over, consuming them both.Īs the Corruption tour takes them from country to country, a heated game of cat and mouse ensues. He’s efficient, professional, and plays by the book. Or at least that was the case until the band’s gorgeous new manager, Levi Walker, shot him down after a blistering first kiss.įor Levi, managing these five guys is the opportunity of a lifetime, and he’s not about to let a case of sexual desire get in his way. ![]() Love.Īs the sexy, charismatic bassist for world-famous rock band Fallen Angel, whatever Killian Michaels wants, Killian Michaels gets. USA Today best-selling authors Brooke Blaine and Ella Frank continue the story of sexy Fallen Angel rockers Killian and Levi in Lust. ![]()
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Rebecca makkai the great believers6/11/2023 ![]() While staying with an old friend, a famous photographer who documented the Chicago crisis, she finds herself finally grappling with the devastating ways AIDS affected her life and her relationship with her daughter. Thirty years later, Fiona is in Paris tracking down her estranged daughter who disappeared into a cult. Soon the only person he has left is Fiona, Nico's little sister. ![]() ![]() One by one, his friends are dying and after his friend Nico's funeral, the virus circles closer and closer to Yale himself. Yet as his career begins to flourish, the carnage of the AIDS epidemic grows around him. In 1985, Yale Tishman, the development director for an art gallery in Chicago, is about to pull off an amazing coup, bringing in an extraordinary collection of 1920s paintings as a gift to the gallery. An absorbing and emotionally riveting story about what it’s like to live during times of crisis.” ( The New York Times Book Review)Ī dazzling new novel of friendship and redemption in the face of tragedy and loss set in 1980s Chicago and contemporary Paris, by the acclaimed author Rebecca Makkai. ![]() Soon to Be a Major Television Event, optioned by Amy Poehler ![]()
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The Moment by Pelaam6/10/2023 ![]() ![]() When danger strikes Rael, it becomes a race to save his life and Jean-Luc' s that will involve the combined effort of all his friends. And, worse yet, Jean-Luc accuses him of deceit when he receives photographs showing Rael and Petru together. His relationship with Jean-Luc begins to feel one-sided. The moment he meets Alvin, the resort' s entertainments officer, he knows he' s found his mate.Īlvin is concerned that he could lose his job if his relationship with Petru becomes public, and Rael agrees that Petru can pretend they' re spending time together to protect Alvin.īut the resort holds danger and deceit, and Rael becomes a target. When not working at writing, Pelaam likes to. ![]() ![]() Petru, a new lieutenant under Zale Zelinski, is sent by his Alpha to accompany Rael. Living in clean, green New Zealand, Pelaam is a multi-published author of gay romance and erotica. Today, Pelaam - Living in clean, green New Zealand, Pelaam is a best-selling, multi-published author of M/M romance and erotica across time and space. When Rael went undercover to investigate a luxury resort, he never expected to gain an octopus best friend or to fall in love with a centuries-old vampire, Jean-Luc. Ive asked a bunch of my author friends to answer a set of interview questions, and to share their latest work. When Rael goes undercover, he discovers a whole new world and an unexpected friend. Romance Contemporary | Romance Paranormal | Romance LGBTQįROM POPULAR AUTHOR OF LGBTQIA ROMANCE PELAAM ![]()
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A shadow in ember6/10/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() And his seductive touch ignites a passion she’s never allowed herself to feel and cannot feel for him. Until the Primal of Death’s unexpected words and deeds chase away the darkness gathering inside her. A specter never fully formed yet drenched in blood. If she fails, she dooms her kingdom to a slow demise at the hands of the Rot. Make the Primal of Death fall in love, become his weakness, and then.end him. However, Sera’s real destiny is the most closely guarded secret in all of Lasania - she’s not the well protected Maiden but an assassin with one mission - one target. Chosen before birth to uphold the desperate deal her ancestor struck to save his people, Sera must leave behind her life and offer herself to the Primal of Death as his Consort. Armentrout returns with book one of the compelling Flesh and Fire series - set in the beloved Blood and Ash world.īorn shrouded in the veil of the Primals, a Maiden as the Fates promised, Seraphena Mierel’s future has never been hers. #1 New York Times bestselling author Jennifer L. ![]() |