![]() ![]() ![]() “All Rhodes Leads Here” is about recently divorced Aurora leaving her hometown to go back to a place she grew up in Colorado to escape her ex-husband and a past life she no longer fits into. Spoiler alert, there’s a reference to the international soccer player Kulti in this book, but otherwise, there are no characters that cross over to her other novels. And “All Rhodes Lead Here” doesn’t disappoint. The Bookįrom “Kulti” to “Wait for It” to “Wall of Winnipeg and Me,” readers already know to expect that Mariana Zapata’s books will be contemporary romances at least 500 pages long with at least one character connected to another character from one of her other books. ![]() Mariana Zapata’s new book shows that the recipe for the perfect romance book shows signs that “All Rhodes Lead Here.” And given that indie authors tend to have surprise releases, maybe we should be more on the lookout for the spontaneous gems that come our way. What could possibly go wrong? Or better yet, let’s talk about all the things that went right. This time set in small-town Colorado with a silver-haired fox (direct quote), a 15-year-old music lover, a famous songwriter divorcee and hiking. The queen of slow-burn romances is back at it again and better than ever. ![]()
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![]() ![]() His books have been translated into eleven langauges and are a global phenomenon. There are only 13 bullets between us, the living, and them, the damned.ĭavid Wellington is a contemporary American horror author, best known for his Zombie trilogy as well as his Vampire series and Werewolf series. Now there are only 13 bullets between Caxton and Arkeley and the vampires. They want her for a reason, one she can't guess a reason her sphinxlike partner knows but won't say a reason she has to find out - or die trying. But the worst thing is the feeling that the vampires want more than just her blood. In an abandoned asylum she is rotting, plotting, and biding her time in a way that only the undead can.Ĭaxton is out of her league on this case and more than a little afraid, but the fed made it plain that there is only one way out. Sure, it has been years since any signs of an attack, but Arkeley knows what most people don't: there is one left. ![]() ![]() When a state trooper named Caxton calls the FBI looking for help in the middle of the night, it is Arkeley who gets the assignment - who else? He's been expecting such a call to come eventually. There Are Only 13 Bullets Between the World You Know and the World They RuleĪll the official reports say they are dead - extinct since the late '80s, when a fed named Arkeley nailed the last vampire in a fight that nearly killed him. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() We don't allow personal recommendation posts. ![]() We also encourage discussion about developments in the book world and we have a flair system. We love original content and self-posts! Thoughts, discussion questions, epiphanies and interesting links about authors and their work. 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Subreddit Rules - Message the mods - Related Subs AMA Info The FAQ The Wiki Join in the Weekly "What Are You Reading?" Thread!.Check out the Weekly Recommendation Thread.New Release: The Garnett Girls by Georgina Moore. ![]() ![]() ![]() This means that if you choose to purchase, I’ll make a small commission.) If you liked the book, keep scrolling because we are also recommending three books like Evelyn Hugo to add to your book pile. Start with the synopsis– does it accurately reflect your experience of the book? Then move on to the discussion questions and some selected reviews. Use our The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo book club questions to get the conversation started. ![]() ![]() Taylor Jenkins Reid has given your book club a lot of fodder for discussion. But despite the social intolerance, Evelyn had quite a life! The book’s themes include unapologetic ambition, elusive love, damaging secrets and the illusion that we could ever truly know a big celebrity. Some argue that it’s still a thing even today. But closeted Hollywood was a very real thing. If you are under 40, you weren’t around during Evelyn Hugo’s fictional heydey. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() My first question is about your poem “Accidental Pastoral,” one of my very favorites in the book. Hi Maggie! Thanks for being open to being interviewed. I’d like to dive right in by asking you some questions about your much-anticipated new book (couldn’t wait to read it!), Good Bones (Tupelo Press, 2017). We went back and forth with one question at a time for the next couple of weeks, mostly focusing on half a dozen of poems from her newly released poetry collection, Good Bones (Tupelo Press, 2017). I contacted Maggie in late November 2017 with my first question. Smith is the recipient of fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts, the Ohio Arts Council, and the Sustainable Arts Foundation. In 2016, her poem “Good Bones” went viral internationally and was called the “Official Poem of 2016” by Public Radio International. Her poems have appeared or are forthcoming in the New York Times, Ploughshares, Tin House, the Adroit Journal, the Believer, AGNI, the Best American Poetry, and elsewhere. Maggie Smith is the author of, most recently, Good Bones (Tupelo Press, 2017) and The Well Speaks of Its Own Poison (2015). ![]() ![]() ![]() The Lord of Dreams is dragged from the dream realm he is the personification of into a criminal cult on Earth, an overture to a chain of events that pulls Lucifer, Doctor Destiny and many more into the mix. The Sandman is the story of Lord Morpheus (one of The Endless, alongside Death, Despair, Destiny, Delirium, Destruction and Desire). A frankly stunning story told in two acts (not to mention downright terrifying, those Dream Hunters, yikes), The Sandman is Neil Gaiman comic books and graphic novels at their very best. The first-ever audiobook adaptation of this New York Times bestseller (presented by Audible and DC Comic Books) features a whole cast of some awe-inspiring voices, from James McAvoy (Morpheus) to Riz Ahmed (the Corinthian) via Kat Dennings (Death), Taron Egerton (John Constantine), Andy Sekis (Matthew the Raven) Michael Sheen (Lucifer) and more. The Sandman is fantasy and horror blended in that inimitable Gaiman style, a dark take on the characters of DC comic books married with real history, ancient myths and plenty more. Does Gaiman’s comic book meet them? This is Neil Gaiman we’re talking about here The Sandman exceeds all expectations and then some. ![]() When the Los Angeles Times Magazine calls it the “greatest epic in the history of comic books”, expectations for Neil Gaiman’s The Sandman are understandably high. ![]() ![]() ![]() In Extras, people earn money, respect, and privilege through the "reputation-based" economy, which rewards those who can make a name for themselves by publicizing and popularizing their thoughts, exploits, etc through the "feeds" (read: Internet). ![]() In Uglies & Pretties, everyone is "cured" of ugliness through a mandatory operation that takes place when individuals turn 16. Like most dystopian science fiction, Westerfeld's books cast a critical eye on disturbing aspects of our present-day society - obsession with looks, fame, etc - by taking those aspects to extremes and weaving them into the very fabric of the future society. My years as a student steeped in cultural studies and gender theory make it pretty much impossible for me to read works of popular fiction without subjecting them to critical analysis, and Westerfeld's books certainly lend themselves to this sort of critique. ![]() ![]() However, Extras raised the same prickly issues for me that the other books in the series did. I read this book in about 2 and 1/2 hours, pretty much non-stop. Like the other books in the Uglies trilogy, Extras is fun and a very fast read. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Go for the Goal is not only the inspiring story of how a tiny suburban sprite became a global terror with a ball (and the world) at her feet-it's also a step-by-step or dribble-by-dribble guide for any kid with the all-American dream of making the team and becoming a champion. With her cheetah-like acceleration and lightning bolt shot, Hamm has broken nearly every record in her sport, while galvanizing a whole new generation of fans and players. All I can say is I'm glad I never had to go up against Mia Hamm." - Pelé For the more than seven million girls-from knobby-kneed tykes to high school and college stars-who are tearing across the country chasing a soccer ball and dreams of glory, there is one name that eclipses all others, male or female: Mia Hamm. "When I was playing, they said soccer was a man's world and that women should remain on the sidelines. ![]() ![]() ![]() She won the 2004 Orange Prize for Fiction for Small Island, about Jamaican immigrants in England. While it's fiction, its author Andrea Levy researched the history of Jamaican slavery to develop a picture of the sort of world a young slave like July might inhabit.Īndrea Levy herself is British with Jamaican background. In archives and libraries there are many journals that document the life of plantation owners but little from the perspective of the slaves.īut in this novel, The Long Song, the story is told by July, a slave who's the maid for Caroline Mortimer, the sister of a plantation owner. ![]() It's not just about their suffering but about their defiance and resistance to the system that kept them in bondage for 300 years. It opens the shuttered windows of the plantation houses and peers into the kitchens and backrooms where slaves worked, and gives them a story. The Long Song is a story about Jamaican slavery. ![]() ![]() ![]() "John" suggested the title when he was breathing down Miss Blyton's neck at an Autograph Afternoon. Have you got children of your own? What are their names? What does your husband do? Where do you live? What is your garden like? How do you write your books? ![]() It starts off with "A Letter to You All" where EB reports on the number of letters she gets containing question upon question to be answered. ![]() Review by Terry Gustafson The Story of my Life is of course the autobiography of Enid Blyton that she brought out round the 1952 mark and it should be of interest to anyone who requires a wider knowledge of the author. ![]() |