![]() ![]() ![]() In the end, I’m iffy on if I want to continue on with the series. It’s something that always takes me right out of a book and there were two cases of it in this book that made it hard for me to keep on believing the characters and story. It was interesting to hear how they endured the fight with the Seraphs but I liked learning about them through Karou’s eyes when they were family to her. I enjoyed the Chimaera and their backstory. But will Karou live to regret learning the truth about herself? ![]() When beautiful, haunted Akiva fixes fiery eyes on her in an alley in Marrakesh, the result is blood and starlight, secrets unveiled, and a star-crossed love whose roots drink deep of a violent past. Who is she? That is the question that haunts her, and she’s about to find out. She fills her sketchbooks with monsters that may or may not be real, she’s prone to disappearing on mysterious “errands”, she speaks many languages – not all of them human – and her bright blue hair actually grows out of her head that color. In a dark and dusty shop, a devil’s supply of human teeth grows dangerously low.Īnd in the tangled lanes of Prague, a young art student is about to be caught up in a brutal otherworldly war. Around the world, black hand prints are appearing on doorways, scorched there by winged strangers who have crept through a slit in the sky. ![]()
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![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Along with her presence, he demands five witnesses: ordinary people with some hidden connection. But he knows who FBI agent Eve Rossi is - and everything about her past. For one FBI agent, a madman's terrified hostages, and an entire city, a long and harrowing day is about to unfold. In the hushed quiet of early morning Manhattan, in front of the towering brass doors of Saint Patrick's Cathedral, a young woman holds a sign that reads: HELP ME. Perfect for readers of Iris Johansen and Catherine Coulter. From Edgar Award winner Stefanie Pintoff comes the start of an electrifying new thriller series featuring Eve Rossi, head of a secret division of the FBI - one made up of ex-convicts with extraordinary talents, oversized egos, and contempt for the rules. ![]() ![]() ![]() Living with the Beast allows Belle to discover his kindness and caring, and before too long, she realizes that she has fallen in love. The Beast then demands that Belle come to his manor and show him what the Heartwood carving is to be. Instead of her merchant father picking a rose at the Beast’s manor, he instead decides to bring Belle a piece of wood from a special tree, the Heartwood. Belle herself, does not feel that she deserves a name that implies beauty, but, of course, she is about to learn that beauty is in the eye of the beholder.īelle loves to carve wood and has a magical gift that allows her to see exactly how each piece of wood desires to be shown. In this book, Belle has a happy and caring family with a mother and a father as well as two beautiful sisters. In order to expand the story to book length, she added details about Belle’s family. In this version the author changed a few minor details, but basically kept the story intact. Belle by Cameron Dokey is a fantasy retelling of one of my favorite fairy tales, “Beauty and the Beast”. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Zach and Alice and Poppy set off on one last adventure to lay the Queen’s ghost to rest. Their friendship might be over, until Poppy declares she’s been having dreams about the Queen-and the ghost of a girl who will not rest until the bone-china doll is buried in her empty grave. Zach’s father pushes him to give up make-believe, and Zach quits the game. Ruling over all is the Great Queen, a bone-china doll cursing those who displease her.īut they are in middle school now. And for almost as long, they’ve been playing one continuous, ever-changing game of pirates and thieves, mermaids and warriors. Zach, Poppy, and Alice have been friends forever. A People Magazine “Best New Kids Book.” Six starred reviews! A NYPL “100 Titles for Reading and Sharing.” A 2013 Goodreads Choice award nominee. A Publishers Weekly Best Children’s Book. A Booklist Editor’s Choice Books for Youth. Discover the Newbery Honor winner Doll Bones, from Holly Black, the cocreator of the Spiderwick Chronicles. ![]() ![]() Rockefeller was likely the most controversial businessman in our nation's history. Branded "the Octopus" by legions of muckrakers, the trust refined and marketed nearly 90 percent of the oil produced in America. A landmark publication full of startling revelations, the book will indelibly alter our image of this most enigmatic capitalist.īorn the son of a flamboyant, bigamous snake-oil salesman and a pious, straitlaced mother, Rockefeller rose from rustic origins to become the world's richest man by creating America's most powerful and feared monopoly, Standard Oil. Titan is the first full-length biography based on unrestricted access to Rockefeller's exceptionally rich trove of papers. as detailed, balanced, and psychologically insightful a portrait of the tycoon as we may ever have" (Kirkus Reviews). ![]() ![]() ![]() Now Ron Chernow, the National Book Award-winning biographer of the Morgan and Warburg banking families, gives us a history of the mogul "etched with uncommon objectivity and literary grace. Rockefeller, Sr.-history's first billionaire and the patriarch of America's most famous dynasty-is an icon whose true nature has eluded three generations of historians. ![]() ![]() Together, they uncover that the trouble Carina found herself in is much more than either of them ever imagined.īut sometimes, Trouble can pull two people together.” “ Can you find more than darkness in the shadows?Īfter a night out with her best friends, Carina finds herself at the hands of a dangerous man only to be saved by a mysterious vigilante known as Night Watch. Why I’m excited to list it: Queer nonbinary author. The Pull of the Shadows by Emryn Jace ( Amazon/KU / Goodreads) If you find any errors, please let me know so I can correct them. Amazon links here are affiliate links because website hosting costs money, but please feel free to use search instead, shop from other retailers, request from your library, etc.These posts have a three month lookback period, and you can submit a book here.You can sign up for the email newsletter which sends out a link to the new release list every month.You’re welcome and also I apologize for the TBR damage. ![]() ![]() Welcome to another queer romance list! There are so many books here, y’all. ![]() ![]() ![]() "Series fans will welcome the insight into Theo's life. Praise for The Magic Misfits: The Minor Third: ![]() Whether you're a long-time expert at illusion or simply a new fan of stage magic, hold on to your top hat! Join the Magic Misfits as they discover adventure, friendship, and more than a few hidden secrets in this unique and surprising series. Vernon, suddenly called away and tension simmering among the friends, will they be able to come together to stop this newest member of the mysterious Emerald Ring? It's time for Theo to make a choice about where - and with whom - he belongs. ![]() Then a famous ventriloquist arrives in town, and the Misfits are sure he (and his creepy dummy Daniel) are up to no good. She seems to understand the pull he feels between music and magic, family and friends. But when a girl named Emily begins to spend time with the group and the other Misfits grow suspicious, Theo is surprisingly drawn to her. Armed with his trusty violin bow, he completes the team with his levitation skills, unflappable calm, and proper manners. Theo Stein-Meyer loves being part of the Magic Misfits. ![]() The Magic Misfits must stop the latest member of the Emerald Ring in the third magical book of Neil Patrick Harris's #1 New York Times bestselling series filled with fun and friendship! ![]() ![]() ![]() Branford Marsalis is his older brother and Jason Marsalis and Delfeayo Marsalis are younger. ![]() He was named after jazz pianist Wynton Kelly. He is the second of six sons born to Dolores Ferdinand Marsalis and Ellis Marsalis Jr., a pianist and music teacher. Marsalis was born in New Orleans, Louisiana, on October 18, 1961, and grew up in the suburb of Kenner. Marsalis is the only musician to have won a Grammy Award in both jazz and classical categories in the same year. Marsalis has won nine Grammy Awards, and his oratorio Blood on the Fields was the first jazz composition to win the Pulitzer Prize for Music. He has been active in promoting classical and jazz music, often to young audiences. ![]() Wynton Learson Marsalis (born October 18, 1961) is an American trumpeter, composer, and music instructor, who is currently the artistic director of Jazz at Lincoln Center. ![]() ![]() Her putative African lover and traveling companion, a doctor with one of the aid agencies, has vanished from the scene of the crime. To the mystery, not the subplot? - 50% Special suspect? - lover Murder of certain profession? - doctors/patients Misc. Frightening, heartbreaking, and exquisitely calibrated, John le Carre's new novel opens with the gruesome murder of the young and beautiful Tessa Quayle near northern Kenya's Lake Turkana, the birthplace of mankind. (people, objects, places) 20% How difficult to spot villain? - Difficult, but some clues given Time/era of story: - 1980's-1999 that gets her brutally murdered in the opening pages of The Constant Gardener (2001), John le Carrs morality tale about profiteering. Le Carré is a superb moralist of the quotidian, a master at showing how our humdrum daily dealings with spouses and colleagues reveal us The Constant Gardener makes some ungainly narrative moves, using whole chapters of police interrogation to establish basic plot points, and dishing out boatloads of documents for us to sort through. of violence and chases 10% Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives 40% Feelings, relationships, character bio/development 30% How society works & physical descript. ![]() Click on a plot link to find similar books! Plot & Themes Composition of Book descript. ![]() ![]() ![]() The Sunlit Lands: Our Last Christmas Together. ![]() Little did he know how that small act of kindness would lead him to the real Steph and change his family’s life in remarkable ways.Ī poignant and lyrical account of the beauty and wonder found in domestic life, Sky Lantern shows how the miraculous events that followed Matt finding the sky lantern in his yard-and the widespread and lasting impact his letter had-prove that the bond between a parent and their child can last forever. FAST & FURIOUS actor Lucas Black plays Jason, who wants to bond with his girlfriends two children before he proposes on Christmas Eve. In the Sunlit Lands, teenagers fight in a magic war against a terrible enemy. ![]() ![]() Halfway across the country, Steph’s lantern landed in Matt Mikalatos’s yard.Īs a father of three daughters, Matt could not let that heart-wrenching note unanswered, so he posted an open letter to her on his blog, which went viral overnight. A compassionate memoir about a father’s relationship with his children, the healing power of a small act of kindness, and the proof that love is everlasting.Ī brokenhearted daughter scribbled those words on a sky lantern before sending it off to her father in heaven who had passed away. ![]() |