5/12/2023 0 Comments Robbie ella frank![]() I have to admit, I have not actually read the 6-book bestselling Temptation series featuring Tate and Logan. Then there are the sentences that are so hot, I wasn’t worried about the snow outside. It was a challenge for me to find the perfect quote from this book because there are so many zingers, laugh-out-loud moments, and groan-inducing lines. That got a grin out of Julien and Priest. “I mean obviously, yes…I can barely sit and I’m already thinking about the next time.” “Oui,” Priest told his husband, as Robbie rolled his eyes. “Boys,” Julien said, “play nice or not at all. It would be nice if we could find some common ground where you’re comfortable enough that you don’t feel the need to argue all the time.” “You’re a sexy little spitfire who hasn’t stopped arguing with me since we met. “Compatible? What am I, an electrical socket?” ![]() ![]() “Fucking,” Priest said, and, unbelievably, Robbie blushed. “I think that would be a smart idea, so we can all get to know one another better.” ![]()
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5/12/2023 0 Comments When a scot ties a knot![]() ![]() "synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title. and ready to make good on every promise Maddie never expected to keep. He's wounded, jaded, in possession of her letters. The real Captain Logan MacKenzie arrives on her doorstep-handsome as anything, but not entirely honorable. Until years later, when this kilted Highland lover of her imaginings shows up in the flesh. and by pretending to be devastated when he was (not really) killed in battle, she managed to avoid the pressures of London society entirely. Maddie poured her heart into writing the imaginary Captain MacKenzie letter after letter. One who was handsome and honorable and devoted to her, but conveniently never around. So Maddie did what generations of shy, awkward young ladies have done: she invented a sweetheart.Ī Scottish sweetheart. She was certain to be a dismal failure on the London marriage mart. ![]() On the cusp of her first London season, Miss Madeline Gracechurch was shy, pretty, and talented with a drawing pencil, but hopelessly awkward with gentlemen. ![]() 5/12/2023 0 Comments She rides shotgun by jordan harper![]() ![]() Nate and Polly's lives soon become a series of narrow misses, of evading the bad guys and the police, of sleepless nights in motels. They've already murdered his ex-wife, Polly's mother. Nate made dangerous enemies in prison - a gang called Aryan Steel has put out a bounty on his head, counting on its members on the outside to finish him off. He takes her from the front of her school into a world of robbery, violence, and the constant threat of death. ![]() ![]() Edgar Award Winner, Best Debut Novel, 2018Ī propulsive, gritty novel about a girl marked for death who must fight and steal to stay alive, learning from the most frightening man she knows - her father.Įleven-year-old Polly McClusky is shy, too old for the teddy bear she carries with her everywhere, when she is unexpectedly reunited with her father, Nate, fresh out of jail and driving a stolen car. ![]() 5/12/2023 0 Comments Prodigy by Marie Lu![]() As June is undressing Day, she thinks "I wonder what a naked boy would look like". Not even a third of the way through the book, June needs to attempt to cleanse Day's wounds in a bathroom - with a closed door - by undressing him (because his wound is severe enough that he can't undress himself) so that she can get to his leg wound. ![]() I was so impressed by the lack of language and the absence of sex/nudity in Legend, and I thought for sure that Prodigy (book two) would keep the same moral standards as a novel. Let's just start off by saying that I really, really loved book one of this series (Legend). ![]() ![]() This is a longer review, and you're welcome to go ahead and scroll down, but I believe that it is necessary to read this if you are considering whether or not your child should read this book. ![]() 5/12/2023 0 Comments Daredevil miller omnibus![]() … For anyone who enjoys Woodring's work, this collection is well worth buying." - Publishers Weekly "What's so delightful and revealing… is just how fully realized Woodring's work appears in these early zines. ![]() "Cartoonist and artist Jim Woodring is one of the most important cartoonists of his generation." - Arun Rath - NPR Woodring's Frank comics subtly burrow their way into your subconscious, but the Jim stories work a similar magic in an only slightly more straightforward and accessible fashion." share with the Frank-related comics is Woodring's lush but expressively cartoonish drawing style. ![]() "Woodring's great talent, apart from his beautiful artwork, is his ability to make these absurd and almost nonsensical stories enthralling." - Mark Frauenfelder - Boing Boing ![]() 5/11/2023 0 Comments Warriors book 6 the darkest hour![]() ![]() Bluestar, former leader of ThunderClan, gives him this prophecy: Four will become two. His leadership ceremony is interrupted near the end when a hill of bones appears in his dream, followed by a river of blood. ![]() Fireheart becomes the leader of ThunderClan, receiving his nine lives and the name Firestar from StarClan. Although surprised by how small Scourge is, Tigerstar offers him a share of the forest territory in return for BloodClan helping him to become leader of all four Clans. Looking for a shorter overview? Find one here! Tigerstar travels with Boulder to make a deal with Scourge, leader of a group of alley cats from Twolegplace who call themselves BloodClan. "A suspenseful adventure story that urges readers onward." Certain to please any young reader who has ever wondered what dreams of grandeur may haunt the family cat." ![]() Lion and tiger will meet in battle, and blood will rule the forest." The time has come for prophecies to unfold, and for heroes to rise. In order to save his friends, Firestar must uncover the meaning of an ominous proclamation from StarClan: "Four will become two. ThunderClan's darkest hour is upon them, as Tigerstar's quest for power plunges the forest into terrible danger. Special thanks to Cherith Baldry Blurb Fire Alone Can Save Our Clan. Dedication This book is for Vicky Holmes and Matt Haslum, who helped find Fireheart's destiny. ![]() 5/10/2023 0 Comments The arc by ben oliver![]() Survive Happy’s final attempts to rid the world of the rebels, and figure out how to halt the apocalypse before humanity is destroyed. A bold escape sets in motion a race against time as Happy’s plans to release planeteating nanobots into the world draw nearer. THERE, HE’LL FIND THREE SUBJECTS TORTURED IN AN ATTEMPT TO EXTRACT A REGENERATION FORMULA …Īnd one of the subjects is, impossibly, a face he never thought he’d see again. ![]() With an OverDrive account, you can save your favorite libraries for at-a-glance information about availability. The corpse is dragged away, but Chester remains determined to find out what is going on in the laboratory on the sixty-fifth floor. The Arc ebook &mid The Loop Series, Book 3 Log in Create account × Summaryĭespite the fact that the truth of their oppressive leaders had been revealed to them, the crowd of Alts cheered as life drained from the boy.īut one Alt, Chester “Chilly Paws” Beckett, did not celebrate his eyes have been opened to the truth. The Arc by Ben Oliver OverDrive: ebooks, audiobooks, and more for libraries and schools In the final installment of critically acclaimed Loop trilogy, all of humanity hinges on the greatest escape yet.All hope has seemingly been executed.Despite the fact that the truth of their oppressive leaders had been revealed to them, the crowd. ![]() Despite the fact that the truth of their oppressive leaders had been revealed to them, the crowd of Alts cheer as life drained from the boy. ![]() ![]() In order to save audiobooks to your Wish List you must be signed in to your account. In the final installment of critically acclaimed Loop trilogy, all of humanity hinges on the greatest escape yet. ![]() ![]() Find out more about the historical backstory here, and through these links.Ī native Bostonian and die-hard member of Red Sox Nation, Ms. Together, they identified ten local families who had descended from the Jackson Barracks POWs and the local Sicilian-American women they met and married. Speranza started a treasure hunt for information, artifacts, and people. Working with Sal Serio, Curator of the American Italian Library, and Linda DiMarzio Massicot, the daughter of one of the Jackson Barracks POWs, Ms. ![]() ![]() In the course of her investigation, she connected with scholars, researchers, and others who’ve been piecing together the little-known stories of some of the 51,000 Italian POWs held in the US from 1943-1945, 1,000 of whom were held at Jackson Barracks in New Orleans’ Lower Ninth Ward. Fascinated by this hidden chapter in history, she became determined to find out more. Speranza heard a friend’s story about his parents: an Italian prisoner of war and a French Quarter Sicilian woman who met during World War II in New Orleans. Her first paid job was in the children’s room of her town’s public library, and she was a journalist early in her career, before spending thirty-plus years in the water and critical infrastructure business. ![]() She’s been a writer and book nerd all her life. Speranza (she/her) is the granddaughter of Irish and Italian immigrants, raised Catholic, and educated by nuns. ![]() 5/10/2023 0 Comments The good thieves review![]() ![]() ![]() I would definitely recommend this book to other pupils and I guarantee they will enjoy it. ![]() It was an incredible story with an extremely exciting mission and stomach-clenching tension with a bit of a thrill. The time it was set in was perfect, giving us a blast from the past in the darker side of 1920s New York. There were no characters that I didn’t like, because they all had something unique and special about them. You can’t help but like him, so it’s no surprise that every animal stays by his side. This was a story that you will really be immersed in and you will feel like you’re there in the book as its happening. Anyone who enjoys action, stunts or some thrilling thefts needs to own and read this book. The plot of this addictive book is full of excitement, adventure and tension. This is an amazing book that will make you want to keep reading on until the end. I would recommend this book to anyone over the age of eight as some parts of the book are rude. Mr Sorrotore Vita’s enemy is a cruel character who burns down buildings to make room for estate agents to build on where he earns a lot of money. I really enjoyed The Good Thieves as it is a good adventure book, you meet lots of amazing and unusual characters such as Vita the main character who gets into lots of trouble after she hears someone has ‘stolen’ her Grandad Jacks home Hudson Castle. ![]() 5/10/2023 0 Comments Flow by mihaly csikszentmihalyi![]() ![]() ![]() Here is a list of some of the benefits of the research-based benefits of Flow from the mental health information online resource, Verywell Mind: Or, should I say, maybe we haven’t made it happen a lot. ![]() Now, maybe Flow hasn’t happened a lot for every one of us. And the brain does love how good new learning can feel. Makes sense when we consider that Yale study I love so much, which found that optimal learning takes place when we are 70% outside of our comfort zone. The best moments usually occur if a person’s body or mind is stretched to its limits in a voluntary effort to accomplish something difficult and worthwhile. The best moments in our lives are not the passive, receptive, relaxing times. The father of Flow, Csikszentmihalyi, died this past October 20, and may he rest in peace, although he does not appear to have been a huge fan of peace. What he found through years of studies was that human happiness is not predetermined and static-but rather something we can create. Self-consciousness disappears, and the sense of time becomes distorted.Īs a WWII prisoner witnessing so much pain and suffering, Csikszentmihalyi became intrigued by human happiness, and what makes it so. In the words of recently deceased Csikszentmihalyi, who wrote Flow: The Psychology of Happiness:Ĭoncentration is so intense that no attention is left over to think about anything irrelevant or to worry about problems. ![]() |