![]() ![]() 1920s New York City might seem like it would present more of a challenge to Rundell, since she specializes in somewhat unusual or quirky situations. She moves effortlessly from setting to setting, always managing to find excitement and adventure. She has written books inspired by her childhood in Zibabwe, based on her experiences walking rooftops, and set in the Amazon. Part of Rundell’s great charm is that her imagination seems limitless. ![]() Fans of Rundell will eagerly grab a copy of her latest work, but fans of middle-grade will also find plenty to enjoy here as Rundell takes them on a wildly improbably adventure to reclaim a family fortune. ![]() ![]() Set in 1920s New York City, The Good Thieves evokes wonder, decadence, and greed as it showcases the Big Apple through the eyes of a young girl newly arrived from England. She consistently writes atmospheric books with beautiful prose The Good Thieves is no exception. Katherine Rundell is one of my favorite living writers. Determined that, this time, the wicked will not succeed, Vita teams up with an animal tamer, a trapeze artist, and a lockpick to steal back her family’s property. When Vita’s grandfather writes that the family mansion has been stolen by the villainous Victor Sowotore, Vita and her mother set out from England to New York to see what can be done. ![]()
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![]() ![]() ![]() When I became a mother, I was inundated with advice and shocked at how many people think there is only one way to parent (usually their way). I write full-time, my husband owns a real estate brokerage, and we spend about four months of every year living in other countries.īefore writing full-time, I spent a solid decade in starving-artist mode. I’m a 40-year-old mother of two from Maryland, now based in Idaho. My name is Amanda (but I write as AK Turner). In this interview, Amanda explains how she takes months off to travel with her kids, how she does it on a budget, and how she continues their education from the road! So, today, I’m sitting down with Amanda, a community member and writer of funny parenting and travel stories from Idaho. Have you ever wanted to travel the world with your family? Not sure how to do it on a budget? Not sure what to do about their education? Well, even though I don’t have children, I’m always curious about how families manage to do these things. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() " The Vacationers is a beautifully told story that walks the tightrope of family angst and connection with hilarity and truth.It's Ms. "Charming and absorbing, this is a novel that demands to be read in long, satisfying gulps." - Maggie Shipstead, author of Seating Arrangements Buy eBook - 12.99 Get this book in print My library My History Books on Google Play All Adults Here: A Novel Emma Straub Penguin, Fiction - 368 pages 20 Reviews Reviews arent. ![]() "Witty, big-hearted, and packed with wisdom, this novel is a breezy read that sneaks in its emotional wallops and leaves you smiling for days." - Maria Semple, author of Where'd You Go, Bernadette Warm, wry and glowing with life, The Vacationers is a glorious novel of marriage, friendship, secrets, lies - and love. She's a natural talent and a gorgeous and witty storyteller, who makes each sentence look not only easy, but perfectly real." - Elizabeth Gilbert In her 2014 novel, The Vacationers, Straub takes the reader on an escapist fantasy with a flawed family that goes on holiday in Mallorca in This Time Tomorrow, the escapist fantasy. "I would read anything Emma Straub writes. A novel that is both a lot of fun to read and has plenty of insight into the marital bond and the human condition." - Kirkus "The pacing is quick but satisfying and the characters themselves feel genuinely complex, interesting, and knowledgeable.A pleasant, readable journey." - Publishers Weekly ![]() ![]() ![]() Liaison officers are coming in to investigate, and the outside world is clashing with the closed-off Caesura community. But eight years after its inception, the experiment may be falling apart. 100 miles from civilization, with only a weekly supply truck and a police-use fax machine for contact with the outside world, Caesura has been constructed specifically for this experiment. ![]() 48 convicted criminals have signed on to have their past crimes and traumas wiped from their memories so that they can live in the “safe” environment of Caesura, under new names. The prospect of futuristic cowboys threw me off, but Sheriff Calvin Cooper does not disappoint– considering he’s one of the biggest criminals in town.Ībout the book: Caesura, Texas– aka The Blinds– is an experiment. It’s described as a speculative Western thriller, which sounded both chaotically fun but also a bit wackier than my normal reading material. ![]() When I came came across Adam Sternbergh’s new release, The Blinds (via BOTM), I was hesitant. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() An iamb is a metrical unit made up of one unstressed syllable followed by one stressed syllable. The syllables are divided into five pairs called iambs or iambic feet. My heart insists that the true picture of you lies locked inside of him. My eye wants to bar my heart from the sight of the picture it has of you my heart wants to deny my eye the right to the image it has of you. Shakespeare's sonnets are written predominantly in a meter called iambic pentameter, a rhyme scheme in which each sonnet line consists of ten syllables. My eye and heart are at deadly war with each other over which one will have control of your image. The Earl of Southampton: Shakespeare's PatronĪlchemy and Astrology in Shakespeare's DayĪre Shakespeare's Sonnets Autobiographical?Īre all the Sonnets addressed to two Persons? King James I of England: Shakespeare's Patron Stratford School Days: What Did Shakespeare Read? Love alters not with his brief hours and weeks,īut bears it out even to the edge of doom. Within his bending sickle's compass come Love's not Time's fool, though rosy lips and cheeks Whose worth's unknown, although his height be taken. That looks on tempests, and is never shaken Shakespeare Sonnet 116 - Let me not to the marriage of true minds ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The story is told almost exclusively from Olive’s point of view, filtering all communication through her cynical lens until Ethan can win her over (and finally have his say in the epilogue). Plus, Ethan really wants to save face in front of his ex. To make matters worse, Olive’s new boss and Ethan’s ex-girlfriend show up in Hawaii, forcing them both to pretend to be newlyweds so they don’t blow their cover, as their all-inclusive vacation package is nontransferable and in her sister’s name. ![]() The only catch is that she’ll have to share the honeymoon suite with her least favorite person-Ethan Thomas, the brother of the groom. But her fortune changes when she scores a free vacation after her identical twin sister and new brother-in-law get food poisoning at their wedding buffet and are too sick to go on their honeymoon. ![]() An unlucky woman finally gets lucky in love on an all-expenses-paid trip to Hawaii.įrom getting her hand stuck in a claw machine at age 6 to losing her job, Olive Torres has never felt that luck was on her side. ![]() ![]() ![]() She relocated to an island paradise using a new identity, but somebody wants to even an old score, and her plans are shattered when they send a hit squad after her. Jet is 28, as lethal as a cobra, and escaped her operational life by “dying” in an explosion. It’s literally non-stop action from start to finish featuring a heroine that breaks the mold. ![]() Spy thriller as well.Īny thriller readers who like Ludlum or Forsyth will find Jet to be right up their alley. Perhaps best of all, the first novel in the series is free for a limited time.Īction/Adventure Thriller. It’s an over-the-top, take no prisoners roller-coaster of a novel that leaves most readers gasping for breath by the end. Jet, the codename of the Mossad’s most deadly operative, faked her death to get out of the clandestine life, but now the past has caught up with her and she must take on ruthless adversaries who want her dead at all costs. My JET series is an adrenaline-fueled thrill ride in the tradition of Bond and Bourne, but with a female protagonist who can kick butt and take names. ![]() ![]() ![]() Because clearly, there was only one good reason to have hair that sexy. The first thing I noticed was wild sandy blond hair-a perfect display of controlled chaos that one could happily sink fingers into in the throes of passion. ![]() He turned my head toward the dance god himself. ![]() Shane’s warm fingers landed on my shoulders and swiveled me to face front. He was all that I aspired to be and the one person whose opinion would mean the most, if I was ever lucky enough to have it. My body began to quake, a ridiculous reaction to a celebrity, but Theo wasn’t just a celebrity. The sight of his whiskey eyes and jaw agape was enough to warn me that Theo Noska was every bit as delectable as he appeared in the media. Refusing to turn toward the rising commotion, I looked up at Shane just as he peered down at me. “Ho-ly shit.” Shane’s voice pulled me to the surface. And my movements decelerated, as if I were being dragged through quicksand. Voices played through a vacuum, muffled and quiet, conveniently drowning out their gushing. We were lined up in the hall, waiting to register for a music video for an up-and-coming urban pop artist, Dominic Rivas-when a couple of girls in front of us started to whisper.Īs soon as the words left the girl’s mouth, the world around me began to spin in slow motion. ![]() ![]() The miniseries, co-produced by Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg, won seven Emmy Awards. Malarkey's service became famous to many after he was portrayed by actor Scott Grimes in "Band of Brothers," which aired in 2001 and became a phenomenon. He was awarded the Bronze Star for his work destroying Nazi artillery during the Battle of Brecourt Manor, according to his obituary. ![]() Army in 1942, when he was a student at the University of Oregon.ĭuring the war, Malarkey was a paratrooper who landed behind enemy lines at Normandy on D-Day. He was an Oregon native who was drafted into the U.S. 30, according to his obituary published in The Oregonian. ![]() ![]() Malarkey, 96, died of natural causes in Salem, Oregon on Sept. Donald Malarkey, a World War II hero who was one of several American soldiers portrayed in the HBO miniseries "Band of Brothers," has died. ![]() ![]() But that was before her betrothal to the enigmatic Scyre Kinok, before she discovered her father isn't the benevolent king she once admired, and most importantly, before she met Ayla. ![]() ![]() Now Ayla, a human servant rising in the ranks at the House of the Sovereign, dreams of avenging her family's killing the sovereign's daughter, Lady Crier.Ĭrier was Made to be beautiful, flawless, and to carry on her father's legacy. Īfter the War of Kinds ravaged the kingdom of Rabu, the Automae, designed to be the playthings of royals, usurped their owners' estates and bent the human race to their will. Perfect for fans of Marie Rutkoski's The Winner's Curse as well as Game of Thrones and Westworld. ![]() From debut author Nina Varela comes the first book in a richly imagined epic fantasy duology about an impossible love between two girls-one human, one Made-whose romance could be the beginning of a revolution. ![]() |