6/28/2023 0 Comments Ellen hopkins closer to nowhere![]() ![]() ![]() For his part, Cal is trying his hardest to fit in, but not everyone is as appreciative of his unique sense of humor and storytelling gifts as he is. She knows that Cal went through a lot after his mom died and she is trying to be patient, but most days Hannah just wishes Cal never moved in. Cal tells half-truths and tall tales, pranks Hannah constantly, and seems to be the reason her parents are fighting more and more. But when her cousin Cal moves in with her family, everything changes. She has two supportive parents, she’s popular at school, and she’s been killing it at gymnastics. For the most part, Hannah’s life is just how she wants it. ![]() #1 New York Times bestselling author Ellen Hopkins’s poignant middle grade novel in verse about coming to terms with indelible truths of family and belonging. ![]()
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6/28/2023 0 Comments Shantaram second book![]() Accompanied by his guide and faithful friend, Prabaker, the two enter Bombay’s hidden society of beggars and gangsters, prostitutes and holy men, soldiers and actors, and Indians and exiles from other countries, who seek in this remarkable place what they cannot find elsewhere. Shantaram is narrated by Lin, an escaped convict with a false passport who flees maximum security prison in Australia for the teeming streets of a city where he can disappear. ![]() ![]() ” So begins this epic, mesmerizing first novel set in the underworld of contemporary Bombay. “It took me a long time and most of the world to learn what I know about love and fate and the choices we make, but the heart of it came to me in an instant, while I was chained to a wall and being tortured. ![]() 6/28/2023 0 Comments Rock paper scissors feeney![]() ![]() ‘Multi-faceted characters hiding lots of secrets, brilliant plot and clever twists kept me at the edge of my seat to the very end!’ What readers are saying about ROCK PAPER SCISSORS 'The reader never quite know who's telling the truth about who they really are' Cosmopolitan ‘A staggering novel filled with tension, suspense, and an ending that will leave you flabbergasted’ Samantha Downing, author of My Lovely Wife ‘A clever, cunning read and one where you expect a twist, but when it comes, it’s so perfect and wonderful that you want to tell everyone’ Belfast Telegraph ‘A riveting thriller that explodes with a jaw-dropping climax’ Woman’s Weekly ‘Chilling and clever, with a twist so sharp you’ll get whiplash’ Chris Whitaker, author of We Begin at the End ‘Creepy, gripping and oh-so readable, we loved this! Fabulous magazine ‘I loved it!’ Sarah Pinborough, author of Behind Her Eyes ‘A cleverly crafted novel with a grand twist’ Stella magazine Only for Adam and Amelia, the truth is far more dangerous. The remote location is perfect for what they have planned.īut when their romantic trip takes a dark turn, they both start to wonder – can they trust the one they’re with?īecause every couple tells little white lies. ‘Not just fiendish but positively Feeneyish – dark, ingenious and very clever’ Cara Hunter, author of Close to Home Ten years of marriage.Īdam and Amelia are spending the weekend in the Scottish Highlands. The instant New York Times bestseller from the author of Sometimes I Lie ![]() 6/28/2023 0 Comments All our wrong todays book![]() ![]() At the same time in his new timeline, Tom’s counterpart John has a much happier family life and is also a visionary architect. When we read about Tom’s life in the alternate present, he never seems happy, mostly he compares how superior the world he lived in is in comparison to our present. From the start, it is interesting to see how self-absorbed Tom is. ![]() The story is told as an autobiography by Tom, so this is his version of the truth. When switched on released a clean renewable energy that the creator Lionel Goettreider gifted to the world. ![]() People still work in that reality, but they work to achieve new entertainments because in Tom’s world most of the problems we have today in regards to dwindling resources and the energy crisis were solved decades ago with the invention in 1965 of a device called the Goettreider Engine. Tom grew up in what we would think of as a post-scarcity utopia. Tom Berren, has messed up the present, or at least his present, as he now inhabits the present we have always known. ![]() 6/28/2023 0 Comments Lil nas x picture book![]() ![]() I’m dropping the best kids book of all time soon! C IS FOR COUNTRY, out Janufrom I can't wait to share it with you all. You can pre-order it right here!!!: /h0hhnlvPTO- pussy September 15, 2020 The Grammy Award-winning artist, whose real name is Montero Lamar Hill, said in a tweet he’s “dropping the best kids book of all time soon! … I can’t wait to share it with you all.” The book will be released on January 5, 2021, he wrote. 1 song in history, has written a children’s book called “C is for Country.” It’s due out early next year, he announced on Twitter last week. ![]() The Atlanta-based rapper, whose song “Old Town Road” is the longest-running No. Lil Nas X is on the road to becoming a published author. ![]() 6/28/2023 0 Comments The falls joyce carol oates review![]() ![]() ![]() Then again, Joyce Carol Oates has a knack for doing that. It just wasn't something I could keep plowing through without feeling like I was giving up part of my soul in the process. which is why it took me sooo long to read it. I felt angry, depressed, uncomfortable, sad, disgusted and completely wrecked throghout this anthology. There are a lot of stories in this collection and they reach all the way into the deepest recesses of our minds to pull and tweak those dark thoughts that we all have. I've done my best to try and come back to this review all articulate and concise. An emotional and somewhat depraved read, I've had an exceptionally difficult time putting my feelings about this anthology into words. ![]() 6/28/2023 0 Comments Duma key art![]() ![]() He explains how a job-site accident cost him his arm, his sanity (during the early part of an extended recuperation) and his wife (whom he had physically threatened after the accident transformed him into something other than himself). ![]() ![]() A self-made millionaire, Edgar Freemantle narrates the novel in a conversational, matter-of-fact tone. And where the isolation in the former had a family cut off from society by a frigid northern winter, the setting of the latter is a mysterious Florida key, lush and tropical in its overgrowth, somehow immune to commercial development. In both cases, isolation has severe effects on the psyche of an artist, yet where the former novel found its protagonist in a lethal state of writer’s block, the latter sees a one-time building magnate transformed into an impossibly prolific and powerful painter, due to circumstances beyond his control. This could be considered a companion piece to The Shining, offering plenty of reversals on that plot. The prolific master of psycho-horror returns to the mysteries of the creative process, a subject that has inspired some of his most haunting work. ![]() 6/28/2023 0 Comments Reviving ophelia![]() ![]() Crashing and burning in a “developmental Bermuda Triangle,” they were coming of age in a media-saturated culture preoccupied with unrealistic ideals of beauty and images of dehumanized sex, a culture rife with addictions and sexually transmitted diseases. Why were so many of them turning to therapy in the first place? Why had these lovely and promising human beings fallen prey to depression, eating disorders, suicide attempts, and crushingly low self-esteem? The answer hit a nerve with Pipher, with parents, and with the girls themselves. The groundbreaking work that poses one of the most provocative questions of a generation: what is happening to the selves of adolescent girls?Īs a therapist, Mary Pipher was becoming frustrated with the growing problems among adolescent girls. Reviving Ophelia: Saving the Selves of Adolescent Girls ![]() 6/27/2023 0 Comments Aru shah goodreads![]() ![]() What a fun book! I absolutely loved Roshani Chokshi’s writing. But how is one girl in Spider-Man pajamas supposed to do all that? ![]() ![]() The only way to stop the demon is to find the reincarnations of the five legendary Pandava brothers, protagonists of the Hindu epic poem, the Mahabharata, and journey through the Kingdom of Death. Her classmates and beloved mother are frozen in time, and it’s up to Aru to save them. She unwittingly frees the Sleeper, an ancient demon whose duty it is to awaken the God of Destruction. Then she can get herself out of this mess and never ever fib again.īut lighting the lamp has dire consequences. They don’t believe her claim that the museum’s Lamp of Bharata is cursed, and they dare Aru to prove it. One day, three schoolmates show up at Aru’s doorstep to catch her in a lie. Is it any wonder that Aru makes up stories about being royalty, traveling to Paris, and having a chauffeur? While her classmates are jetting off to family vacations in exotic locales, she’ll be spending her autumn break at home, in the Museum of Ancient Indian Art and Culture, waiting for her mom to return from her latest archeological trip. Twelve-year-old Aru Shah has a tendency to stretch the truth in order to fit in at school. Aru Shah and the End of Time by Roshani Chokshi ![]() ![]() I like playing people for whom the stakes are very high - people who are struggling with something in their lives. What do you like about this character and why did you want to play him?Ī. We caught up with Imperioli recently to talk about the film and life after "The Sopranos." ![]() With shades of "It's a Wonderful Life," the movie has Imperioli playing Chick Benetto, a boozing, washed-up baseball player whose thoughts of suicide are interrupted by a magical visit from his mother's ghost (Ellen Burstyn), who shows him the error of his ways.Īlso appearing in the film is Imperioli's 7-year-old son, Vadim, who plays Chick in childhood flashbacks. Next year, he'll appear in feature film "The Lovely Bones." And Sunday he returns to prime time as the main protagonist in "Oprah Winfrey Presents: Mitch Albom's For One More Day" (9 p.m. ![]() Most television fans best know Emmy winner Michael Imperioli as Christopher Moltisanti, the hotheaded young mobster who was brutally whacked by Tony (James Gandolfini) shortly before "The Sopranos" ended its critically lauded run earlier this year.īut now that David Chase's landmark crime drama is in the books, Imperioli, 41, is looking to expand his resume with new roles and varied characters. ![]() |