5/30/2023 0 Comments Madeleine thien do not say![]() ![]() Ai-ming begins to read the book to Li-ling. One day, Ai-ming discovers in the pile of documents under the dining table The Book of Records, a piece of writing passed down through her family for generations. Ai-ming stays with Li-ling and her mother for three months, and she and Li-ling become very close. Ai-ming is 19, and she was involved in the Tiananmen Square riots in China, which is why she needs to seek political refuge in Canada. It is from Ling, a family friend and the wife of Kai’s former music teacher, who requests that Li-ling’s mother host her daughter, Ai-ming, who is in Canada and has nowhere to go. One day, Li-ling’s mother receives a long letter from China. He leaves her and her mother alone in cold Canada, and, after his death, her mother becomes obsessed with looking through the many documents he left behind. While he was alive, Li-ling knew her father as a quiet, withdrawn man but after his death discovers that in China, he was a renowned pianist. Now an adult, Li-ling reflects on when she was only 10 years old and her father, Jiang Kai, commits suicide. ![]()
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5/30/2023 0 Comments Mermaid Moon by Susann Cokal![]() ![]() She apprentices herself to the witch to learn the magic of making and unmaking, and with a new pair of legs and a quest to complete for her teacher, she follows a clue that leads her ashore on the Thirty-Seven Dark Islands. ![]() Now Sanna is sixteen and an outsider in the seavish matriarchy, and she is determined to find her mother and learn who she is. The night of her birth, a sea-witch cast a spell that made Sanna’s people, including her landish mother, forget how and where she was born. Sanna is a mermaid - but she is only half seavish. ![]() Blood calls to blood charm calls to charm. In the far northern reaches of civilization, a mermaid leaves the sea to look for her land-dwelling mother among people as desperate for magic and miracles as they are for life and love. ![]() 5/30/2023 0 Comments Ivy and bean by annie barrows![]() ![]() Bean figures that's a big waste of time-until Ivy explains that if you're really good, animals and birds follow you around. Book 5: Ivy + Bean: Bound to Be Bad : Ivy has decided to become good.After Ivy rescues her from prison, the two girls turn tragedy into opportunity. Bean's just found out that Nancy is babysitting for the afternoon. Book 4: Ivy + Bean Take Care of the Babysitter : What's the worst babysitter you can imagine? Okay, now multiply by a million.But sometimes opposites can become the best of friends because they're opposites. Especially because their parents keep nagging them about it. Each girl thinks she could never be friends with the other. She spends most of her time learning how to be a witch. She loves to be involved in games and poke her nose in other people's business. Ivy and Bean are very different. Bean is loud and wild and goofy. Featuring the second set of three books in the New York Times bestselling series, Ivy and Bean Boxed Set 2 continues the story of Ivy and Bean, two spunky friends who never meant to like each other. ![]() 5/30/2023 0 Comments The enchantress of florence![]() ![]() so delightful an homage to Renaissance magic and wonder.” –Michael Dirda, The Washington Post Book World “A romance of beauty and power from Italy to India. ![]() ![]() Profoundly moving and completely absorbing, The Enchantress of Florence is a dazzling book full of wonders. It is the story of two cities at the height of their powers–the hedonistic Mughal capital, in which the brilliant emperor Akbar the Great wrestles daily with questions of belief, desire, and the treachery of his sons, and the equally sensual city of Florence during the High Renaissance, where Niccolò Machiavelli takes a starring role as he learns, the hard way, about the true brutality of power. The Enchantress of Florence is the story of a mysterious woman, a great beauty believed to possess the powers of enchantment and sorcery, attempting to command her own destiny in a man’s world. ![]() 5/30/2023 0 Comments Sense and sensibility 2022![]() “I had arrived at a pick that I was very excited about, but it didn’t work out,” he continued. My goal was to find a female-heavy show.” We have a ton of talented females right now, and we have a couple of talented guys. ![]() “We had presented Jane Austen’s ‘Pride and Prejudice’ in 2008, and both the students and our audiences loved that production. “Jane Austen is not every student’s first choice for a production,” he said. Selecting “Sense and Sensibility” as Mariner Drama’s next production was tough, said Jay McCulloch, director of Mariner Drama and an English instructor. ‘Sense and Sensibility’ examines our reactions, both reasonable and ridiculous, to societal pressures.” Pictured is the cast and crew of Mariner Drama’s production of “Sense and Sensibility” on their first day at the theater. “Set in gossipy late 18th-century England, with a fresh female voice, the play is full of humor, emotional depth and bold theatricality. ![]() ![]() “A playful new adaptation of Jane Austen’s beloved novel follows the fortunes (and misfortunes) of the Dashwood sisters - sensible Elinor and hypersensitive Marianne - after their father’s sudden death leaves them financially destitute and socially vulnerable,” a summary from the play’s script states. 2 and 3 at the East China Performing Arts Center. Mariner Drama will present an adaptation of Jane Austen’s “Sense and Sensibility” at 7 p.m. ![]() 5/30/2023 0 Comments Holly black book of night series![]() ![]() But when a terrible figure from her past returns, Charlie’s present life is thrown into chaos, and her future seems at best, unclear-and at worst, non-existent. She gets by doing odd jobs for her patrons and the naive new money in her town at the edge of the Berkshires. And sometimes, it has a life of its own.Ĭharlie is a low-level con artist, working as a bartender while trying to distance herself from the powerful and dangerous underground world of shadow trading. ![]() Your shadow holds all the parts of you that you want to keep hidden-a second self, standing just to your left, walking behind you into lit rooms. You can alter someone’s feelings-and memories-but manipulating shadows has a cost, with the potential to take hours or days from your life. In Charlie Hall’s world, shadows can be altered, for entertainment and cosmetic preferences-but also to increase power and influence. ![]() Also by this author: The Darkest Part of the Forest, The Cruel Prince (The Folk of the Air, #1), The Wicked King (The Folk of the Air, #2), The Queen of Nothing (The Folk of the Air, #3) ![]() 5/30/2023 0 Comments Allies alan gratz![]() ![]() And in the thick of battle, Henry, a medic, searches for lives to save.In a breathtaking race against time, they all must fight to complete their high-stakes missions. On June 6, 1944, Allied forces stormed the shores of German-occupied France in the largest military endeavor in history. ![]() ![]() ![]() Meanwhile, paratrooper James leaps from his plane to join a daring midnight raid. Behind enemy lines in France, a girl named Samira works as a spy, trying to sabotage the German army. soldier landing on a boat, a Canadian para. Alan Gratz gracefully weaves storylines together, following a U.S. Both an excellent, inclusive narration of important historical events and a fast-paced, entertaining read. He feels the weight of World War II on his shoulders.But Dee is not alone. Fast-paced and well-researched, this historical fiction centers around D-Day, Jand the Allied invasion of occupied France. In the end, all the threads come together to drive home the point that allies are stronger together. And Dee - along with his brothers-in-arms - is terrified. soldier, is on a boat racing toward the French coast. The only way to stop them? The biggest, most top-secret operation ever, with the Allied nations coming together to storm German-occupied France.Welcome to D-Day.Dee, a young U.S. June 6, 1944: The Nazis are terrorizing Europe, on their evil quest to conquer the world. An instant New York Times bestseller!Alan Gratz, bestselling author of Refugee, weaves a stunning array of voices and stories into an epic tale of teamwork in the face of tyranny - and how just one day can change the world. ![]() ![]() There is a large cast of characters in the story and it does feel overwhelming at first, at least for me, but as the story unfolds you start to learn more about the competitors and begin rooting for a few. There was a lot going on in the story early on and I was struggling to feel invested in any of the characters. I enjoyed this story and loved getting to know some of the bachelors more and seeing Qloey's character arc. She grows to form long-lasting bonds with some of these young men and learns what type of ruler she hopes to become one day. The story sees Qloey grow as a character from the shared experiences with the bachelors and from learning more about their culture and the world outside of the palace walls. Qloey soon realizes that she doesn't want to follow in her mother's footsteps. ![]() This competition is a longstanding tradition and must include a commoner and a dwarf, both of whom have always been eliminated in the first round of this competition. She doesn't believe in love going into this competition and initially judges the competitors in a more analytical sense as to who would make the best future leader and partner. She has lived a sheltered and naive life up until now and struggles under the oppressive leadership of her parents, mainly her mother. Qloey is a young princess embarking on a matchmaking competition to choose her future husband (think bachelorette meets fantasy royalty). ![]() 5/29/2023 0 Comments King of code by cd reiss![]() But neither of them ever walks away from a challenge.Ĭatherine Barrington was a rich girl. Now he can't imagine living happily ever after without her.Īll they have to do is walk away. ![]() He's trying to disappear, but all it took was one night of passion to sear Cassie into his skin. She fights crime for a living, and everything about this guy screams trouble, from his charming British accent to his mysterious past. They're decoding each other with every step, until all Harper's secrets are revealed, and Taylor risks losing his heart as well as his dreams.Ĭassie doesn't need a boy and certainly not a bad one. Step by step, and for every step she'll unlock a piece of his system. Life as he know it is ruined unless he find out what he wants.or what she wants.Īll he has to do to get his company back is teach her how to please a man. Taylor Harden's on the edge of fame and untold wealth, until a hacker freezes his company and holds it hostage. Fall in love with Dirty Tycoons and this preorder special! ![]() Three commanding men and the women who tame them in three, full length standalone novels. ![]() 5/29/2023 0 Comments Helena hunting little lies![]() ![]() It’s been weeks and weeks of fighting the need of being an asshole because the alternative is to dive right back into that fixation-and if I do, I’m very worried it’s going to consume me. Everyone has an opinion on what’s good for me-how I have to manage all the impulses, how I can’t let the obsessions rule me the way they often do. The frustration over not being able to have what I want is wearing me down. I’m pretty sure her ass cheek is pressed up against his leg, and his fingers dangle perilously close to her boob. We’re good.” He slings his arm over her shoulder and pulls her into his side. I don’t need a bodyguard or a babysitter.”Ĭlarke laughs and smirks at me. “You can go back to your bunnies, Kodiak. It’s a New Adult, angsty, college romance with links to the Pucked and All In series. ![]() ![]() ![]() Hunting, comes a beautifully written and emotional new adult romance, Little Lies, November 16th and we have the first peek inside this unforgettable romance. Little Lies is the first book in a new series by Helena Hunting writing as H Hunting. This book is a hug and a lesson, as well as a hell of a ride” - Debra Anastasia, authorįrom New York Times bestselling author Helena Hunting writing as H. Hunting Angsty stories full of feels and high emotion, some laughs to help balance it out, but expect to have your heart ripped out and then lovingly put back in your chest. “Helena Hunting takes your breath and your heart with equal force in this incredible, important novel. Helena Hunting fun romantic comedies, lots of laugh, emotion and feels, lower angst, and of course, steamy scenes. ![]() |
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