![]() ![]() Microreview : The Black-Eyed Blonde by Benja.Is Amazon Engaging in Predatory Behavior?. ![]() Microreview : Half Way Home, by Hugh Howey.Microreview : The Killing Moon by N.K.Microreview: THE BEST SCIENCE FICTION & FANTASY OF.Microreview : Galveston by Nic Pizzolatto.POSTED BY: The G-purveyor of nerdliness, genre fanatic and Nerds of a "Enjoyable, but the flaws are hard to ignore." In other words, it's no True Detective.īonuses: +1 for Pizzolatto's gorgeous prose. It isn't that Galveston is bad-it's not at all it's that Galveston plays things a bit too safe. Unfortunately, Galveston often feels weighed down by reliance on the tropes of the genre-the tough-but-caring criminal, the hard case (yet vulnerable!) love interest, the innocent child, etc. ![]() And the book is beautifully written too-sharp, evocative and peppered with passages that are, quite simply, dazzling. The genius of Galveston is that Pizzolatto keeps us guessing as to which one Cady's story will turn out to be. With changing or improving that world (e.g. The dark and corrupt world seeks revenge against its agents, yet is unconcerned The Revenge Fantasy, in which a sociopathic product of ![]()
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![]() ![]() She wrote two romances and submitted them for publishing. After someone suggested she try writing romance novels, Evanovich read several romances and discovered that she enjoyed the genre. For ten years, she attempted to write the Great American Novel, finishing three manuscripts that she was unable to sell. To learn the art of writing dialog, Evanovich took lessons in improv acting. In her thirties, she began writing novels. When Evanovich had children, she chose to become a housewife like her mother. After attending South River High School, she became the first in her family to attend college when she enrolled at Douglass College, part of Rutgers University, to study art. She has over two hundred million books in print worldwide, and her books have been translated into over 40 languages.Įvanovich is a second-generation American born in South River, New Jersey, to a machinist and a housewife. Evanovich has had her last seventeen Plums debut at #1 on the NY Times Best Sellers list and eleven of them have hit #1 on USA Today Best-Selling Books list. ![]() ![]() The novels in this series have been on The New York Times, USA Today, Wall Street Journal and Amazon bestseller lists. She began her career writing short contemporary romance novels under the pen name Steffie Hall, but gained fame authoring a series of contemporary mysteries featuring Stephanie Plum, a former lingerie buyer from Trenton, New Jersey, who becomes a bounty hunter to make ends meet after losing her job. Janet Evanovich (née Schneider April 22, 1943) is an American writer. ![]() ![]()
![]() No one, that is, but Caleb Calhoun, who has spent years trying not to notice his best friend’s beautiful, brash, brilliant sister. No one looks twice when she lures a gentleman into the dark gardens beyond a Mayfair ballroom…and no one realizes those trysts are not what they seem. ![]() ![]() ![]() New York Times bestselling author Sarah MacLean returns with a blazingly sexy, unapologetically feminist new series, Hell’s Belles, beginning with a bold, bombshell of a heroine, able to dispose of a scoundrel-or seduce one-in a single night.Īfter years of living as London’s brightest scandal, Lady Sesily Talbot has embraced the reputation and the freedom that comes with the title. ![]() ![]() ![]() Soft-spoken and carefree, she was at times childlike in the enjoyment of things she loved. Tiana Alexander was a beautiful woman, with long wavy hair that was a sparkling shade of gold. It’s a perfect for summer reading! See for yourself. Here’s an except: They wanted her dead!Ĭan David keep her alive long enough to find out who is after her? Can he put aside his own demons for her? Can they overcome deceit, betrayal and more death? Or will life finally take its toll! What she didn’t know was someone wasn’t about to let that happen. He made her want to trust again, made her want to love again. The same life that taught her trusting someone carried dire consequences. Bringing Tropical Dreams to life is the culmination of facing all life has dealt to her. She can’t escape the devastation of anger and pain. ![]() Here is the blurb:īetrayal and death permeated Tiana Alexander’s past and threatens to rip apart her future. I first met Kelly through an author group and am part way through reading her book: Tropical Dreams. Today my GEM (Guest Excerpt Moment) features Kelly Cozzone who writes in the romance suspense genre. ![]() ![]() ![]() The boy in this book looks very young, around that age. I would recommend this book to young children, probably the preschool age. ![]() ![]() I can see myself using the pictures and having the children guess what sense they would use to figure out what it is. I like the pictures a lot, and that is what will probably carry most with me. The book then walks through everyday activities and how we use our senses throughout the day. The book walks through the senses, what they do, how they work and what part of the body uses them. The pictures are very detailed and focus on each sense appropriately. He is very young, and I would say preschool age and learning about his five senses. The book walks through the five senses with children, through the eyes of a little boy. These words really resonated with me, and helped me connect with this book. These are the first words I read on the inside from cover and I could not agree with him more. "A world of a child is a world of discovery" is a direct quote from the author of this book, Aliki. ![]() ![]() In this essential addition to his canon of acclaimed biographies, Peter Ackroyd explores Poe’s literary accomplishments and legacy against the background of his erratic, dramatic, and sometimes sordid life. His innovative style, images, and themes had a tremendous impact on European romanticism, symbolism, and surrealism, and continue to influence writers today. Poe wrote lyrical poetry and macabre psychological melodramas invented the first fictional detective, and produced pioneering works of science fiction and fantasy. Gothic, mysterious, theatrical, fatally flawed, and dazzling, the life of Edgar Allan Poe, one of America’s greatest and most versatile writers, is the ideal subject for Peter Ackroyd. ![]() 'Poe: A Life Cut Short' has been translated into Persian by Shahab Shokravi Aftabkaran Publishing has released the book in 220 pages and 500 copies. ![]() The book opens with Poe's mysterious death in 1849: and like his narratives and his fables, Poe's own story ends abruptly and inconclusively. ![]() ![]() ![]() Currently, she resides in California, with her husband and two sons. For more than 15 years, Van Draanen served as a classroom teacher. The book received the Christopher Award for confirming the highest values of the human spirit and also was made into a movie by Nickelodeon. Wendelin Van Draanen has also penned down two chapter book series including Gecko and Sticky, which is fun read aloud and ideal for the reluctant readers.Īnother short book series that Van Draanen has written is the Shredderman book series, which features a boy who has to deal with a bully. The Running Dream, another Van Draanen’s novel emerged the winner during the ALA Schneider Family Award for the manner in which the author had portrayed disability in the novel. The movie was adapted for screenplay by Warner Bros with one Bobby Reiner directing the film. Draanen is popularly known for her 18 book series, the Sammy Keyes mystery series as well as Flipped, which was named as one of the outstanding children’s novels by SLJ. ![]() Wendelin Van Draanen is a seasoned writer who has penned more than thirty novels for teens and young readers. Sammy Keyes and the Power of Justice Jack Sammy Keyes and the Search for Snake Eyes Sammy Keyes and the Curse of Moustache Mary ![]() ![]() Suddenly their friendship is more important than ever. But when Alison's happiness is threatened and news from home shocks Jenny back to reality, the women must band together. It's been a long year of financial sacrifice, but working-mum Alison has fulfilled her dream at last - she is now the proud co-owner of a café and art gallery. Candlelit baths have made way for endless night feeds, and she and partner Owen are struggling to find any time for themselves. Meanwhile, Maggie's ordered world is thrown into chaos when her baby son Leo arrives. The children's books Jenny writes and illustrates from her countryside studio are doing well, and after a lifetime of looking after everyone else, she's finally putting herself first. Book excerpt: *A DIGITAL-EXCLUSIVE SHORT STORY* A lot can change in a year. ![]() ![]() This book was released on with total page 48 pages. Read and Download Vanessa Greene book Tuesdays at the Teacup Club in PDF, EPub, Mobi, Kindle online. ![]() ![]() ![]() In her bestselling novel, Tricks, Ellen Hopkins introduced us to five memorable characters tackling these enormous questions: Eden, the preacher's daughter who turns tricks in Vegas and is helped into a child prostitution rescue Seth, the gay farm boy disowned by his father who finds himself without money or resources other than his own body Whitney, the privileged kid coaxed into the life by a pimp and whose dreams are ruined in a heroin haze Ginger, who runs away from home with her girlfriend and is arrested for soliciting an undercover cop and Cody, whose gambling habit forces him into the life, but who is shot and left for dead.Īnd now, in Traffick, these five are faced with the toughest question of all: Is there a way out? How these five teenagers face the aftermath of their decisions and experiences is the soul of this story that exposes the dark, ferocious underbelly of the child trafficking trade. ![]() ![]() Named a Top Ten Amazing Audiobook for Young Adults by the Young Adult Library Services Associate (YALSA)!įive teens victimized by sex trafficking try to find their way to a new life in this riveting companion to the New York Times bestselling Tricks from Ellen Hopkins, author of Crank. ![]() |