When they encounter a fierce storm as their ship rounds the Florida Keys and are subsequently thrown into the path of an equally terrible danger, Alice must find the courage she needs to keep herself, her loved ones, and even her shipmates alive. Discovering that her sister and her beau are still alive is just the first bombshell on this voyage. However, life has more surprises in store for her. Rested, clean, and well-fed, it seems that at last she can focus on her future with Sir Henry Falkner. Despite the best efforts of both human and inhuman foes to kill her, she manages to board a small steam ship bound for Texas where she happily reunites with her family. After a harrowing transatlantic crossing and a frightening stay in Five Points, New York City's worst slum, British immigrant Alice Davison believes that her tribulations are over.
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“Like Touching the Void rewritten by Jack London, Thin Air is a heart-freezing masterpiece.” “Eerie, unsettling… gets under your skin” No moral relativism here, but lots of action, great characters and a nice big mountainous metaphor rearing above it all. It’s scary, but in a reassuringly old-fashioned way. Paver’s style is lively and clear, and the tale just rips along. The peak is unclimbable for reasons other than geography. Her depictions of its dangers are terrifyingly deathlike, too, and the growing menace of the high-altitude phantom is horrible. “Michelle Paver’s descriptions of Himalayan mountain-climbing are terrifyingly lifelike - the lashing winds, glittering ice: you can see it all. “This vivid ghost story reads like a classic” And I just wanted to think a lot about the way secrets impact our bodies. I didn’t know I was trying to write it at 12, but when I wrote my first novel and this collection of essays, I was really trying to write “Heavy.” I needed to write that book because there were just so many secrets my mother and I kept from each other. I’d been trying to write that book since I was 12. What initially inspired you to write “Heavy,” to tell the story of your childhood? So it meant a lot to me that the judges could see the artistry of what I was trying to do and also just the soulfulness of what I tried to do. I’m somebody who really takes memoir and autobiographical prose really seriously there’s an art to it that I think we don’t consider often, because I think we think if it’s real, you just put what’s real down on the page. I was shocked that I won it, but I’m really thankful I won it. I really like that prize, not because I won it, but I’ve judged it before, and I think it’s the only prize of its kind that looks at autobiographical prose. Kenner has done an amazing job writing about this delicate subject. Be prepared for a roller coaster filled with twists and turns, ups and downs, hope, heartbreak and cliffhangers.” -Book Boyfriend Blog Yet nothing in this world has ever felt so desperately, deliciously right. And while there are people who have the power to hurt us, it’s the truth that threatens us most of all.ĭallas can be mine only behind closed doors, our passion as searing as it is forbidden. Inextricably bound by our past, we keep each other’s secrets. Just one look from him can leave me breathless the anticipation of his touch can make me lose control. Yet the Dallas I know is a different man-darker, smarter, and unbearably sexy. He is known for his parties, his money, and the countless women on his arm. No one can know about our love-and hiding only makes it hotter.ĭallas Sykes has a reputation. series continues with the seductive follow-up to the Stark International Novel Dirtiest Secret, from the New York Times bestselling author of “red-hot and angsty” fiction that “keeps readers guessing” ( Publishers Weekly, on Under My Skin). "Carey turns to contemporary fantasy, showing off her talent for building engaging, detailed settings that feel utterly natural despite their inherent strangeness. Carey's first urban fantasy turn is as fun and fantastic as her previous efforts fans will definitely want this, and pronto."- Library Journal (starred review) "Since the advent of Carey's 'Kushiel Legacy' historical fantasy series in 2001, fans have come to expect the amazing from this author, and her new urban fantasy won't disappoint them. LibraryThing is a cataloging and social networking site for booklovers All about Dark Currents by Jacqueline Carey. "Jacqueline Carey proves her versatility with this compelling and delightful piece of urban fantasy."-#1 New York Times Bestselling author Charlaine Harris Click to read more about Dark Currents by Jacqueline Carey. Listen online or offline with Android, iOS, web, Chromecast, and Google Assistant. Get instant access to all your favorite books. "'s supernatural chick lit, magical smalltown slice-of-life drama.a lighthearted cozy mystery.offers promise for future volumes."- Publishers Weekly Praise for Dark Currents Dark Currents audiobook written by Jacqueline Carey. "Carey's gift of storytelling ensure that every scene is immersive and engaging as she slowly builds to a surprising climax that will have readers starving for the next installment in this wonderfully imaginative series."- RT Book Reviews Nevertheless, Don is just as endearing as he was in the first book. Moreover, while the book is still light-hearted, Simsion moves away from the more straightforward romantic comedy formula of the first novel with Don encountering more serious problems in his relationship with Rosie. ‘The Rosie Effect’ features some similarly eye-catching comic set pieces but feels much more like a novel rather than a screenplay turned into a novel as ‘The Rosie Project’ did. Simsion very kindly agreed to answer some of my questions about ‘The Rosie Project‘ earlier this year and explained how he had written the first book after originally developing it as a screenplay. His careful research into pregnancy and fatherhood inevitably lands him into trouble very quickly. However, just as Don is about to announce that Gene is coming to stay, Rosie announces that she is expecting a baby – the biggest possible disruption to Don’s ordered life. Now married and living with Rosie in New York City, socially awkward genetics professor Don Tillman has successfully completed the Wife Project. Due to be published in the UK next week, ‘The Rosie Effect’ is the sequel to Graeme Simsion’s bestselling ‘ The Rosie Project‘. 721-750) the metalworker who adorned the binding or book-shrine (now replaced by a 19-century treaure binding), Billfirth the Anchorite, or hermit (who died sometime before 840). "the artist-scribe Eadfrith, Bishop of Lindisfarne (698-721) the binder Bishop Aethilwald of Lindisfarne (c. 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Among the many features of this masterpiece are the compass marks, grids and lead-point drawings visible on the backs of the carpet pages. Between 715 and 720 Eadfrith, Bishop of Lindisfarne, undertook the production of the Lindisfarne Gospels. Why would anyone be using guns on Fable land, White ponders. As they figure out their car troubles, White finds something disturbing on the side of the road: shotgun shells. The car ends up breaking down just as the travelers get inside the boundaries of The Farm. Rose, being the hard-core rebel that she is, whines and complains the whole way there. Since Rose Red has been causing so much trouble lately, White decides to force her sister to accompany her on this trip as part of her community service. Because White is Deputy Mayor of Fabletown, she makes these visits to make sure all is well up at the farm. All the Fables who can’t live among the “mundies” (ie: mundanes, muggles, humans) agreed to reside on a large farm in upstate New York. Snow White is again our leading lady, and we find her about to embark on her annual visit to “The Farm”. The thing is, as the chemistry builds between them, Molly isn’t sure she wants to be a grad student anymore.if she ever did. But she absolutely refuses to get involved with a student. As the two women work together to make their case, they grow closer than Carmen ever imagined. She has no intention of coming out, least of all to Molly, a troublemaking grad student who can’t stop picking fights with the conservative faculty.īut when Molly discovers evidence implicating a homophobic colleague in a scandal, Carmen can’t ignore it-even if the subject hits too close to home. Professor Carmen Vaughn is stuck in small-town Maryland with smarmy blowhards for colleagues and ungrateful students who can’t handle her high standards. Molly decides to give a PhD a whirl but finds herself more interested in campus politics.and her strict and sexy statistics professor. It might be the nineties, and everything’s shoulder pads, Doc Martens, and The X-Files, but people won’t budge on gay rights. Molly Cook is almost thirty, with dismal career prospects, and has given up on saving the world. A smart, opposites-attract, student-professor romance filled with nostalgia, edgy politics, and the forbidden thrills of lesbian love in the nineties. When we read this book we either see a piece of ourselves with Lani, Erin, Jason or Blake and that was what made this book good. Lani, Erin, Jason and Blake were very relatable. The plot was not that unique but the characters made it so. One good thing about this book was that it was relatable. Lani has to choose between keeping her friendship with Erin or hurting her just for the sake of her getting the guy who she thinks was the guy fate chose for her. What made it worse was the fact that Jason seemed to be feeling the same way. Lani know it was wrong but she was starting to develop feelings for Jason. When Erin went to camp leaving Lani and Jason together that’s when things started to get complicated. Jason was a good guy and it wasn’t hard to see that. Lani was okay with the fact that Erin was going out with Jason. She was the outgoing one who does something she wants without hesitation.Įrin started to date Jason whom she thinks was her soul mate. Lani was the environmentalist who usually likes to likes things simple. Lani and Erin have been best friends for as long as they could remember.īut they were different from each other as night and day. It was put in a way that I liked the lead character despite the fact that she fell in love with her best friend's boy. I was not at all happy with how that one played out.īut with this book it was an entirely different story. I've read another book not so long ago where the lead female character hooked up with her best friend's boyfriend. |