![]() ![]() ![]() In “Nightshade,” the first in a trilogy, that hierarchy is made up of shape-shifters who are fully human and fully wolves. ![]() I thought they were a good metaphor for a human relations hierarchy.” They are intelligent, social, forming incredibly tight packs. “I grew up in the middle of the Chequamegon National Forest in northern Wisconsin, a magical wilderness where wolves were an essential part of that mystery. “Werewolves have been depicted as ugly, cursed mutations, half-animal, half-human, beastly and horrid,” said Cremer, an assistant professor of history at Macalester College. Now, Cremer brings a new approach to these shape-shifters in “Nightshade,” her debut young-adult novel that’s creating big buzz among booksellers and on readers’ websites. Andrea Cremer always disliked the way werewolves are portrayed in books and such movies as Lon Chaney’s “The Wolf Man.” ![]()
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![]() ![]() The picture came with a wink built in, Romero’s way of saying, “Let me show you how it’s done, kids.” And Romero’s 2007 Diary of the Dead was his own reflection on the found-footage genre, an entertaining B-movie exercise in which he explored the world and effectiveness of fashionably clumsy filmmaking. ![]() Land of the Dead (2005), in which the remaining living humans had walled themselves into their own fortified city to keep the riffraff out, was a meditation (with zombies) on gentrification as a mode of social and geographical segregation. ![]() The zombie action in Dawn of the Dead (1978) is set in a shopping mall, those churches of commerce in ascendance at the time. Building on the cult success of the super-low-budget Night of the Living Dead-it wasn’t a hit when it opened, but developed a following over time-he made a series of movies that, like that initial salvo, showed us what it means to be part of a community, and to be alive to each other. Romero is a prime example of someone who was engaged every minute. ![]() Because horror movies generally contain some element of fantasy, people who don’t understand them tend to think they’re disengaged with the real world. ![]() ![]() ![]() Happy Place feels very much like the Henry that fans have come to adore through rom-coms such as People We Meet on Vacation and Book Lovers, but this time with the added complexity of a larger cast. The trip might be just what Harriet and Wyn need to find each other again. ![]() As the vacation plays out, Harriet and Wyn get over their initial nervousness and fall back into sweet little routines and playful banter as their passion for each other resurfaces. Uncertain of how the group will take the news, they don’t want a cloud hanging over their very last trip to the cottage, which is going up for sale.įor a whole week, Harriet and Wyn must play the part of a couple in love to preserve their ruse, including sharing the cozy master bedroom. ![]() Because Harriet and Wyn broke up six months ago, and they haven’t told their friends yet. It’s something they’ve always looked forward to-but not this year. In Happy Place, New York Times bestselling author Emily Henry returns with a tender contemporary romance full of vulnerability, growth and love.Įvery year for the last decade, college sweethearts-turned-engaged couple Harriet and Wyn have joined their friends at a cottage in Maine for a weeklong getaway. ![]() ![]() □□□ I though the narrator did an excellent job bringing the book to life, but I haven’t decided whether I want to continue with the series in the future. It also felt as though the author was trying too hard with the sex scenes, and there were sooo many… making it a bit boring and so annoying to listen to after a while, even though they were really well written. Goddess of springtime, lover of poetry, angel of my nightmares. Imprinted his crimson fingerprints on my psyche and tried to set me free. I personally found the age gap between the MC’s to be an issue (she was 18 (a mere child) and he was 32), so some their interactions were a bit disconnected and frustrating at times. Usurped my fianc and filled the cracks in my heart with empty promises. The author’s writing style was really good and did not disappoint, but the storyline, which was loosely based on a modern retelling of Hades and Persephone, was not my favourite… and then again it wasn’t the worst I’ve ever read. ![]() Books shelved as trope-forced-marriage: Promises and Pomegranates by Sav R. ![]() ![]() I had such mixed feelings this book, especially after all the great reviews this book got, but unfortunately it just didn’t quite hit the mark for me. Promises and Pomegranates is a full-length, standalone, dark contemporary romance based loosely on the framework/characters from the Hades and Persephone myth. The ultimate list of the best arranged/forced marriage romance books. ![]() ![]() ![]() How much agency did Oedipus Rex have over his fate vs. ![]() Heroes take action.They are a force to be reckoned with. In my undergrad literature classes, we spent a lot of time discussing how agency is what separates our heroes from secondary characters. In philosophical terms, human agency is “the capacity of an agent (a person or other entity, human or any living being in general, or soul-consciousness in religion) to act in a world.” The key word there is ACT. ![]() □ Corrine’s thoughts on creating strong female characters: You can enter to win a copy by leaving the name of your favorite strong female character in a comment below! You can also enter the official blog tour giveaway. Corrine’s second book in her Sense Thieves trilogy, PUSHED, features Remy, a girl with uncanny healing powers (a synopsis follows Corrine’s post). Today we welcome Young Adult author Corrine Jackson to the blog to talk about strong female characters. ![]() ![]() ![]() On a peat and heather island off the west coast of Scotland, Effie and her mother Nora take refuge in the large mouldering house of their ancestors and tell each other stories. View Book EMOTIONALLY WEIRD EMOTIONALLY WEIRD That one moment of madness is all it takes for Tracy’s humdrum world to be turned upside down. View Book STARTED EARLY, TOOK MY DOG STARTED EARLY, TOOK MY DOGĪ day like any other for security chief Tracy Waterhouse, until she makes a shocking impulse purchase. People queuing for a lunchtime show witness a road-rage incident – a near-homicidal attack which changes the lives of everyone involved. It is summer, it is the Edinburgh Festival. ![]() ![]() Meet Teddy Todd - would-be poet, heroic World War II bomber pilot, husband, father, and grandfather - as he navigates the perils and progress of the 20th century. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Mariko and Jillian Tamaki won multiple awards for This One Summer when it was published in 2014, including the Caldecott Medal, the Printz, and the Governor General’s Literary Award for Children’s Illustration. The book was banned and challenged for “profanity, sexual references, and certain illustrations.” This One Summer, which is published in Canada by Groundwood Books, was listed as the seventh most-challenged book, as determined by media stories tracked by the Office for Intellectual Freedom and incidences of books being challenged reported voluntarily to the OIF. The coming-of-age story co-created by the cousins is about summer-vacation friends who find their beachfront adventures evolving as they befriend some older teens and grapple with family dysfunction. The 2014 graphic novel This One Summer by the Canadian team of Mariko Tamaki and Jillian Tamaki has been listed as one of the Most Challenged Books by the American Library Association for the second time. ![]() ![]() ![]() The books in this series draw on the Bible and other religious writings, as well as on legends, folktales, and the work of modern scholars, to show how each of the people profiled used his or her wealth or privileged position in order to make a difference in the lives of others. The series Money at its Best: Millionaires of the Bible examines the lives of key figures from biblical history. It shows how they managed their wealth or their privileged positions in order to help their communities. ![]() This book includes the stories of several figures who lived in Biblical times, including Joshua, Isaac, Deborah, Gideon, Ruth, and the Queen of Sheba. Wealth in Biblical Times covers a subject seldom associated with this ancient era-money. Bible verses not only indicate that wealthy people lived during this time, they also describe the rules that applied to good stewardship of their fortunes, God gave these men and women abundance and expected their trust and obedience in return. Read 'Wealth in Biblical Times' by Rose Ross Zediker available from Rakuten Kobo. ![]() ![]() ![]() The perfect blend of sex, sass and heart, Beautiful Bastard is a steamy battle of wills that will get your blood pumping! - S.C. ![]() As well as hot steamy moments and some of the sweetest I love you's. The thing that I love the most about Christina Lauren and the duo's Beautiful books is that there is always humor in them. if you like your hook-ups early and plentiful. That is until Max convinces Sara to come with him to a club that opens a new world for them, and their sex-only relationship grows decidedly more intimate. They have only three rules: keep it casual, keep it private, and no faces. ![]() Soon the formerly-irresistible investment banker finds himself pursuing a woman who seems to want very little to do with him outside of their playful and creative exhibitionism. Max has a legendary appetite for casual sex, but the kindred kink he finds in Sara is hard to brush off. Unfortunately, an affair with Max Stella, Wall Street's newly-imported golden boy, could be very, very bad for her new career. Sara assumes the tryst was a one-time thing, but when her mysterious lover sends her the steamy phone video he took of their encounter, she realizes he might have unearthed a side of her she'd never let herself explore. On her first weekend in her new town, Sara has wild - and very public - sex with a gorgeous stranger on a balcony overlooking Chloe Mills' raucous engagement party. When Ryan Media Group opens a new office in New York, numbers whiz Sara Dillon happily accepts the position of Director of Finance. ![]() |