![]() ![]() by John Saul, Various (Read by), Tanya Eby (Read by) Add to Wishlist. "About this title" may belong to another edition of this title. John Saul CD Collection 1: Cry for the Strangers, Comes the Blind Fury, The Unloved. © AudioFile 2004, Portland, Maine- Copyright © AudioFile, Portland, Maine Tanya Eby gives the text a fighting chance by infusing her characters with distinctive voices and just the right amount of emotion, but she can't save this lame tale. This is one of Saul's earlier efforts thankfully, his work has improved. While anyone who reads horror stories will be able to predict the ensuing dialogue, the author's word choice in the narrative is often baffling one can appreciate why words like "torpor" and "hubbub" have faded from general usage. After Michelle is seriously injured in an accident, she begins to receive visits from another child who suffered a similar accident a hundred years earlier. ![]() Of course, there's a secret about the town that begins to manifest itself in one of the children. Horror author John Saul stumbles badly in this simplistic by-the-numbers novel, which has been done before with better success. ![]()
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![]() ![]() and it will take more than a broken curse to save Harper, Rhen, and his people from utter ruin. But powerful forces are standing against Emberfall. And as Rhen realizes Harper is not just another girl to charm, his hope comes flooding back. But as she spends time with Rhen in this enchanted land, she begins to understand what's at stake. But when she tries to save someone else on the streets of Washington, DC, she's instead somehow sucked into Rhen's cursed world.Ī prince? A monster? A curse? Harper doesn't know where she is or what to believe. ![]() With her father long gone, her mother dying, and her brother barely holding their family together while constantly underestimating her because of her cerebral palsy, she learned to be tough enough to survive. That was before he destroyed his castle, his family, and every last shred of hope. But that was before he learned that at the end of each autumn, he would turn into a vicious beast hell-bent on destruction. Cursed by a powerful enchantress to repeat the autumn of his eighteenth year over and over, he knew he could be saved if a girl fell for him. It once seemed so easy to Prince Rhen, the heir to Emberfall. ![]() In a lush, contemporary fantasy retelling of Beauty and the Beast, Brigid Kemmerer gives readers another compulsively readable romance perfect for fans of Marissa Meyer. ![]() An alternative cover edition for this ASIN can be found here. ![]() ![]() Through Sloane and everyone who orbits her, Schneider examines betrayal from many angles, as well as the myriad ways that people hurt one another and how one teenager moves forward to see new romance and hope in her future. These are the things seventeen-year-old Sloane McIntyre pictured when she imagined the summer she’d be spending at her mom’s home in Hawaii with her twin brother, Penn. The introduction of a romance with a boy named Finn heightens Sloane’s conflicting feelings about her past, but also allows her to see Mick’s and Tyler’s betrayals with new eyes and sympathetic distance. Flirty texts with her boyfriend back in Seattle. ![]() It’s a situation that could be ripped from a soap opera, yet debut author Schneider steers the story away from melodrama, instead focusing on Sloane’s time in Hawaii, seeing old friends and making new ones while enjoying the recreation the islands have to offer. And when she meets Finn McAllister, the handsome son of a hotel magnate who doesn't always play by the rules, she knows he's the perfect distraction from everything that's so wrong back home. Betrayal is at the center of this novel-by friends, longtime boyfriends, parents-and Sloane grapples with the possibility of forgiveness under especially painful circumstances: Mick, Sloane’s best friend from childhood, is pregnant, and Sloane’s boyfriend, Tyler, was the other party involved. With beach bonfires, old friends, exotic food, and the wonders of a waterproof cast, there's no reason Sloane shouldn't enjoy her summer. ![]() ![]() Seventeen-year-old Sloane has a fine setting to nurse a broken heart: her mother’s gorgeous beach house on the Hawaiian island of O‘ahu. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() And while McQueen serves up stark lucidity and beauty, she doesn’t hide from the darkness of the past, instead she makes meaning of it. LaTanya McQueen’s When the Reckoning Comes makes that fact both startlingly real and beautiful. In life, heavy was the crown of chains meant to keep their bodies down, but their spirits soon will rise.”īook buzz: “Whether we know it or not, we are all haunted by history. ![]() Perfect pitch: “A haunting novel about a Black woman who returns to her hometown for a plantation wedding and the horror that ensues as she reconnects with the blood-soaked history of the land and the best friends she left behind.”įirst lines: “ They are coming. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The Fiction Old and New book group will be discussing “The Displacements” by Bruce Holsinger, DB109018.Their story has never been the focus of a novel until now.įor those interested in a nonfiction account of this unique aspect of World War I, you may also wish to check out The Hello Girls: America’s first women soldiers DBC06268. More than seven thousand six hundred responded. Nevertheless, the US Army Signal Corp promptly began recruiting them. But women were not permitted to enlist or even to vote in those days. At the time, nearly all well-trained American operators were women. Pershing needed operators who could swiftly and accurately connect multiple calls and speak fluent French and English, remain steady under fire and be utterly discreet since the calls often conveyed classified information. He immediately found himself unable to communicate with troops in the field. In June 1917, General John Pershing arrived in France to establish American Forces in Europe. ![]() On April 4, David Faucheux will present his historic fiction, Switchboard Soldiers, a novel, by Jennifer Chiaverini (DB109619) ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() No topic is too taboo or off-limits for Gurba, who channels meditative and riotous language to speak unflinchingly about girlhood, womanhood, and sexual violence. Mean is a cross-genre narrative that charts Gurba’s memories from early childhood to young adulthood, unpacking how she came to terms with her sexuality, politics, race, and identity. We act mean to defend our clubs and institutions. “We act mean to defend ourselves from boredom and from those who would chop off our breasts. It’s OK to be mean,” Myriam Gurba writes in her 2017 memoir, Mean, which Alta’s California Book Club will discuss at its April 15 gathering. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Now, with the TV series being rebooted, there’s a chance for JK Rowling to bring back her fortune.Īfter years of watching Harry Potter movies, it will be a fresh perspective to know the world of wizardry in a TV series format. However, during the Covid-19 spread, it was reported that her production company Brontë Film and TV, faced 74% decline in their profits. Rowling mockingly implied that only women can menstruate and. Rowling’s remarks Evan Agostini/Evan Agostini/Invision/AP J.K. However, JK Rowling wanted to keep the Britishness of the franchise and shared, “Harry Potter is a British property and should stay true to its roots.”Īs per reports, JK Rowling gets $50-$150 million per year from the royalty cut from the franchise, including games, theme parks, merchandise, and the Harry Potter and Fantastic Beasts books and movies. ‘Harry Potter’ game allows creation of trans players despite J.K. Recently, Jeff Sneider confirmed the news in the Hot Mic Podcast and revealed that Warner Bros want to set the story on the backdrop of either America or Paris. ![]() ![]() ![]() And what better person to take that on than a nun? How about a tattooed, chain-smoking, queer nun with a gold tooth and zero given f**ks? In a society where nobody trusts cops anymore, there’s an evident appeal to the crime solver who operates outside of the crooked system. There are many amateur detectives in literature, from quirky grandmothers to the haphazard owners of niche shops in murder-heavy small towns. ![]() ❤️ #ScorchedGrace □□ /7vtgCARw9t- Margot Douaihy February 21, 2023 The weather mostly sucks where I am.) As always, there are too many books and not enough hours to read them all, but here are three that had me appropriately intrigued over the past month.Īttempt at an unboxing video. ![]() We’re slowly heading into Summer, which means long sunny nights for reading (hopefully. ![]() ![]() ![]() The world of Avarin is divided not just by the borders but also by their religious beliefs and their opinions on Death. A Touch of Light by Thiago Abdalla You can buy the book here.ĪRC provided by the author, Thiago Abdalla and The Escapist Toursĭetailed Characterization, Religious & Political Intrigue, Betrayals, Plot-twists, Interesting world-building Now the people of Avarin must fight to save it,ĭive into this sweeping epic fantasy saga where religion and politics are one, magic brings terror into the hearts of men, and a looming blight threatens to tear everything down. This sickness threatens more than just the peace in the realm, ![]() It brings darkness to the minds of men and bloodlust to their hearts. In the clanlands, parts of the Earth seem to be withering away, while in the Domain, a deadly frenzy spreads among the people. They have managed only a tenuous peace with the clans to the south, who believe life must be returned to the Earth to keep it whole. But The Domain nations are not the only ones in Avarin. The Seraph blesses her faithful with endless years, and death is kept away in hope for Her return. The dead shall not be mourned or remembered, for death is the enemy, and will only drive the Seraph away. ![]() ![]() The Dancer we stole is ours to play with. We steal, thieving not just the artist themselves, but the light that makes them shine bright. We’re the soulless creatures as twisted as any monster real or imagined. The prisoners within it, scarred by our wrath. With our father “The Collector” dead, we are the heirs to a twisted dynasty with nothing but revenge in our hearts, blood on our hands, and darkness in our souls. They’ll come crashing down even if I have to rip them apart myself, brick by bloody brick.Ī payment for a debt. This time they stole the wrong girl, and these walls…? I’m not just a dancer, or a singer, or a musician that they can loan out as entertainment to sick men and women. I may seem fragile, weak, but I’m not like all the rest. ![]() ![]() Refuse their orders and feel the consequences of their wrath. Ripped from the people I love, and imprisoned in a medieval castle in Scotland with walls as thick and impenetrable as the stone encasing my kidnappers' hearts.ĭo as they say and you’ll survive this place. Three faceless men with one thing on their mind, revenge. ![]() |