![]() ![]() Her writer-artist-type parents tend not to make a thing of it, and with an especially quirky father who’s okay with cussing in front of his daughter (yes, the story includes an actual “would’ve been bleeped out on network TV” cuss word-twice) and letting his daughter sip his wine and slurp the foam from his beers, going with the flow of his child’s smart mouth is understandable for his character.Īlso, maybe I grew up with kids who grew up pretty fast, but even with Anastasia’s smarts, some of her experiences seem littler-kiddish to me. Well! Anastasia’s pretty liberal about identifying everything she doesn’t like, so I don’t feel bad starting out with cons for this middle grade read from the 1970s.Īnastasia is smart in an academic and bookish way, but she also has quite a smart mouth at times, just downright disrespectful. There’s plenty of new stuff going on for a ten-year-old named Anastasia Krupnik by author Lois Lowry. ![]() Beginning to understand her forgetful, elderly grandmother. I tend to rate books not according to how “perfect” they are, seem to be, or are said to be in general but rather to how perfect they are to me.įalling in love for the first time. ![]()
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Maye Musk is a fashionable, charming, jet-setting supermodel with a fascinating and tight-knit circle of family and friends-and is 71 years old. ![]() ![]() The international supermodel shares personal stories and lessons learned from a life of "living dangerously-carefully" "Warm, honest and true- A Woman Makes A Plan is full of insight as well as a good dose of humor, offering readers a lifetime of hard-won advice." ![]() ![]() Until she transfers to an elite private school for her senior year and discovers that Sourdawg goes there, too. Which is fine, because Kiki doesn’t know his real name either, and it’s not like they’re ever going to cross paths IRL. ![]() Even her online best friend-a cinnamon roll of a teen boy who plays under the username Sourdawg-doesn’t know her true identity. Her secret? She plays anonymously as a guy to avoid harassment from other male players. She can’t help but be totally herself… except when she’s online. Reviews arent verified, but Google checks for and removes fake content when its identified. Praise for Well, That Was Unexpected: 'Well, That was Unexpected is a delightful, hilarious, captivating love letter. She grew up shuttling back and forth between Indonesia, Singapore, and Oxford and considers all three places her home. ![]() Seventeen-year-old Kiki Siregar is a fabulous gamer girl with confidence to boot. Jesse Q Sutanto is the author of the YA thriller The Obsession and the adult rom com Dial A for Aunties. ![]() A hilariously fresh and romantic send-up to You’ve Got Mail about a gamer girl with a secret identity and the online bestie she’s never met IRL until she unwittingly transfers to his school, from the bestselling author of Dial A for Aunties, The Obsession, and Well, That Was Unexpected. ![]() ![]() ![]() The opportunities of this era still require selection of good partners. ![]() Sanderson said, “We’re in a truly golden era-for writers and storytellers, for science fiction and fantasy, and for innovative models that allow writers to connect directly to their audience. “Dawnshard” was also initially funded via Kickstarter and had previously only been available to backers of that campaign. This news follows on the heels of Sanderson’s record-breaking Kickstarter campaign to fund four novels he wrote during the pandemic. Landover, MD, August 8, 2022-RBmedia, the largest audiobook publisher in the world, today announced an exclusive agreement with Mainframe, LLC to publish Brandon Sanderson’s Stormlight Archive novellas “Dawnshard” and “Edgedancer.” “Dawnshard” will be publicly released for the first time, and Mainframe and RBmedia will be debuting an all-new recording of “Edgedancer.” These are the latest audio releases in the #1 New York Times bestselling series from Hugo Award–winning fantasy and sci-fi author Brandon Sanderson. Company acquires exclusive audio rights to fantasy and sci-fi author’s forthcoming novellas ![]() ![]() ![]() But it is more than that, of course no mere return visit to memorable characters or response to the popular Hulu show, The Testaments is a deliberate reaction to current politics. The afterword, in the setting of the academic conference, ends with: “Are there any questions?”įor Atwood, the primary question-one she has been asked “repeatedly” by readers over the decades-is: “How did Gilead fall?” The Testamentsis her answer. The afterward was, according to Atwood, “a little utopia concealed in the dystopic” novel, even if readers did not learn what happened to Offred. ![]() This meant, of course, that the patriarchal dystopia Gilead was a relic of the past that had become an object of study. At the end of The Handmaid’s Tale, Margaret Atwood offered a brief coda detailing the Twelfth Symposium of Gileadean Studies, in which scholars debated the meaning and implications of the rebellious Handmaid’s story as a primary historical document. Luckily for her fans, her story did not end there. Thirty-four years ago, our pregnant heroine Offred climbed into a black van and disappeared. ![]() ![]() #175160#DRCL midnight children 'I Love You!' 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Diomedes asks Glaucus about his lineage because he is afraid to fight another divinity, citing the story of Lycurgus and his attack on the immortals with its resulting blindness. Glaucus and Diomedes meet in No man's land. ![]() Helenus explains that Diomedes is now the strongest Greek because Achilles is out of the battle. He also tells Hector to return to the city and sacrifice to the gods requesting that Diomedes' be held back. The Trojan seer Helenus, tells Aeneas to rally the Trojan troops. ![]() The Greek army begins to beat the Trojans back. Agamemnon stabs Adrestus as Nestor speaks to raise the morale of the Greek troops. Adrestus begs to be given mercy and Menelaus considers, but Agamemnon chides him for being weak. Polypoetes, and Antilochus join in the fray while Menelaus attacks the Trojan Adrestus. 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But when she falls for PTSD-ridden army veteran Finn, she learns how deep some scars can be. Lexi thinks she's recovered from the fire that burned her years ago. The other left when she needed him the most. One has always been there for her, no matter what. With two men vying for her affection, Abbie's heart is torn between the two. Snowflakes, Exes, and Ohs by Melanie James She has to ask herself, should she, or shouldn't she. ![]() ![]() It is what he does and he wants her.no strings attached. Can they finally admit their true feelings for each other before love is lost to them again?Ĭharlie knows when she first sees Wade Devon that he is When lingerie-store owner Cora Brennan plans a getaway at a quaint mountain retreat, she never expects to reunite with the playboy she spent a memorable night with in college. ![]() The Bad Boy Meets his Match by Kristin Miller ![]() ![]() ![]() On the one hand, we're supposed to believe these girls are living Life with a capital L, complete with Blackberry Pearls, designer togs, chauffeurs and bodyguards. ![]() That said, there did seem to be some incongruences in the story. It's one that would have been completely alien to me as a year 6 or year 7 student, about the target age for this novel, but is probably somewhat familiar to the Gossip Girl generation, a show to which this book bears remarkable similarities. These girls really do live in a shiny, lipglossed world. But, in a world where some girls are more equal than others, and queen bees rule supreme, Lauren will have to work hard if she's to gain the girls' trust and respect, and gain a place in the inner circle. Sure, she may be at a slight disadvantage, what with not being called Ashley, and boasting new money rather than the more desirable, classical old kind, but she's up for the challenge. four? Lauren is a gal on a mission, to infiltrate The Ashleys, a super sleek clique at her posh prep school, and bring them down from the inside. Publisher: Simon and Schuster Children's Books Summary: Lauren wants to change the face of her school's elite cliques forever in this tween fiction that is shallow and samey, but pretty harmless nonetheless. ![]() |