5/27/2023 0 Comments Kat falls![]() ![]() She grew up in Silver Spring, MD, attended Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute as an undergrad, and went on to receive an MFA from Northwestern University, where she now teaches. Since then, Dark Lif Kat Falls lives in Evanston, IL with her husband, theater director Robert Falls, their three children, and a whole slew of pets. Knowing that her 11-year-old son loved reading about the ocean, Wild West pioneers, and the X-Men, she combined his interests and created a story premise that kept her up nights plotting and world-building. Kat is the author of the middle-grade science fiction novels, Dark Life and Rip Tide, which she describes as “underwater westerns.” She came up with the idea for Dark Life (Scholastic, 2010) during a writing exercise. ![]() ![]() Kat Falls lives in Evanston, IL with her husband, theater director Robert Falls, their three children, and a whole slew of pets. ![]()
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5/27/2023 0 Comments Heaven member book randy alcorn![]() ![]() Both authors agree that the picture of disembodied spirits floating around on white clouds and eating marshmallows is the incorrect view of the eternal state.Their primary concern is with what the Bible teaches about heaven. Unlike many popular books about heaven that are merely personal reflections from people who claim to have had near-death experiences in which they visited heaven, neither of our two authors place much weight on such testimonies. ![]() Both authors seek to present a biblical case for what heaven is like.So I was delighted to read my Talbot colleague Alan Gomes’s brand new book 40 Questions About Heaven and Hell. A decade or so ago I read Randy Alcorn’s influential book: Heaven. What follows is not a full-fledged review of either book, but a short list of comparisons and contrasts between these two books. In fact, thinking about the brevity of life in comparison to the length of eternity was what got me on track and motivated me to really follow Christ as a teenager. Ever since the day God got a hold of my life as a teenager, I have wanted to learn everything I could about heaven. ![]() 5/27/2023 0 Comments Word freak by stefan fatsis![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() I should qualify my rating here by saying that I did not in fact like this book, as the literal interpretation of Goodreads' three-star rating would indicate- I thought it was more of a two-star book ("it was OK")- but I'm giving it a bonus star, because it contains a most valuable lesson that I don't know whether I could have learned so quickly and easily, had I not read this book.Īs for the book itself: it's pretty hard to like, because the voice of the author, which also doubles as the persona of the "main character" in the ongoing story underlying the research and reporting, paints the author as a jerk. ![]() 5/27/2023 0 Comments Then came you by lisa kleypas![]() There has also been a movie adaptation of one of her novels. Throughout the years there have been numerous awards and nominations for Kleypas’s thrilling, passionate romances. Most of her novels are historical romance, but Kleypas has also written two contemporary romance series as well. While that book is now out of print, with no plans to reissue, she found her calling and has since published more than 50 other books in the past 35 years. At 21 she was just a few months out of graduating from Wellesley College with a degree in political science when Where Passion Leads was published in 1987. Lisa Kleypas was young when she published her debut novel. Luckily for romance fans, there is an abundance of Lisa Kleypas books in order to discover.Īs well, in addition to her historical romances, Kleypas has also written two contemporary romance series taking place in Texas and Washington State. ![]() The brightly colored dresses and exposed skin guarantee a steamy, passionate romance unfolding amidst the upper crust of high society. ![]() You’ve likely seen Lisa Kleypas’s name adorning covers of classic historical romances. ![]() Last updated on March 6th, 2023 at 11:14 pm ![]() 5/27/2023 0 Comments Fever Pitch by Heidi Cullinan![]() ![]() Then all the reviews started coming in and I had to have it because everyone was raving about it. I had a chance to get this book from the publisher for review and passed up on it because I wasn't so sure about the whole music theme. ![]() But if more than one set of controlling parents have their way, the music of their love could come to a shattering end. As the semester wears on, their attraction crescendos from double-cautious to a rich, swelling chord. But when Aaron appears on campus, memories of hometown hazing threaten what he'd hoped would be his haven. Until a geeky-cute classmate lifts his spirits, leaving him confident of two things: his sexual orientation, and where he's headed to school.Giles Mulder can't wait to get the hell out of Oak Grove, Minnesota, and off to college, where he plans to play his violin and figure out what he wants to be when he grows up. Ditched by a friend at a miserable summer farewell party, all he can do is get drunk in the laundry room and regret he was ever born. He lives in terror of incurring his father's wrath and disappointing his mother, and he can't stop dithering about where to go to college-with fall term only weeks away. ![]() ![]() Sometimes you have to play love by ear.Aaron Seavers is a pathetic mess, and he knows it. ![]() 5/27/2023 0 Comments Waiting for you susane colasanti![]() ![]() So often in YA novels the parents are completely absent.ġ) Her dialogue, with its tags of, "Sterling was all, and then I was like." It's been commented on before here, but man, did it drive me crazy. Maybe because he reminded me of my little brother, in a way (who is 16 and is sweet and funny but definitely a know-it-all), but also because I really enjoyed that he was by no means perfect, but still ended up being perfect for Marisa.Ĥ) It was cool to see parents who had lives separate from their children and made mistakes but were still good parents. ![]() She was just the kind of best friend a high school girl would have - weird, maddening, but there when you need her.ģ) Whenever Nash got all know-it-ally or obnoxious, I ate it up. ![]() Sterling is somewhat ADD, obsessed with older boys, a fantastic chef, a little demanding, but loyal as hell. I liked that she seemed like a real girl, although her "people say I'm pretty but I don't think so" struck me as a little coy from a first-person narrator.Ģ) The relationship with her best friend, Sterling, was well-developed and interesting. 1) I liked the description of the main character as being not-too-skinny, not-too-fat, unable to fit into some jeans, etc. ![]() 5/27/2023 0 Comments Dancing at midnight by julia quinn![]() ![]() But this time Emmas high-jinks lead her into dangerous temptation. She plans to enjoy her Season in London in more unconventional ways than husband-hunting. ![]() American heiress Emma Dunster has always been fun-loving and independent with no wish to settle into marriage. Book Synopsis Based on the phenomenal growth of Quinns popularity, and her four-week stint on the New York Times bestseller list with Romancing Mr Bridgerton, its the perfect time to revisit Ms Quinns splendid storytelling. About the Book High-spirited American heiress Emma Dunster travels to London, where her highjinks lead her into rescuing the nephew of the Duke of Ashbourne, a notorious rake who is impressed with her splendid verve. ![]() ![]() ![]() His world is thrown into upheaval, and the only one he trusts is Merritt Keir doesn’t know why someone wants him dead until fate reveals the secret of his mysterious past. One: don’t fall in love with the dazzling Lady Merritt Sterling. ![]() They couldn’t be more different, but their attraction is powerful, raw and irresistible.įrom the moment Keir MacRae arrives in London, he has two goals. But then she meets Keir MacRae, a rough-and-rugged Scottish whisky distiller, and all her sensible plans vanish like smoke. So far, she’s been too smart to provide them with one. Lady Merritt Sterling, a strong-willed young widow who’s running her late husband’s shipping company, knows London society is dying to catch her in a scandal. “The devil never tries to make people do the wrong thing by scaring them. ![]() ![]() ![]() May lead our steps to some stupendous dawn.Ī controversial figure in America in the first-half of the twentieth century, George Sylvester Viereck was a multi-sided figure who gained fame as a journalist and neo-romantic poet he also earned equal infamy as a publicist for pro-German causes. Love’s little lantern, like a glowworm’s, bright, We, yea, all lovers, are not one, but twain,Įach by strange wisps to strange abysses drawn This is the knowledge I have wrung from pain: Will creep upon us shuddering like a pall. Then darkness shall divide us like a wall,Īnd uncouth evil nightbirds flap their wings When we and Love go rambling through the land.īut shall we still walk gayly, hand in hand,Īt the road’s turning and the twilight’s fall? ![]() ![]() Sweet is the highroad when the skylarks call, Photographers Unknown, The Faces of man: Photo Set Twelve ![]() ![]() Nameless’ mission is to first torment and then stop the sheriff is as poetically appropriate way as possible. ![]() He stops at absolutely nothing to get what he wants, including the murder of whole families. ![]() In this opening short book, the target is a corrupt Texas sheriff with unsavory desires for little girls. He works for a shadowy organizations-even Nameless knows little about them-who assigns him his next target. ![]() He doesn’t remember his name or much of anything about his past, but he has a set of ruthless skills that are helpful in pursuing a violent form of justice. Nameless is a vigilante with a memory problem. For Amazon Prime members, they are free (and inexpensive for non-members). In the Heart of the Fire is the first of six short-stories in the new Nameless series offered exclusively as audio and e-books on Amazon. He freely admits that his books will become more difficult to get in bookstores (since many refuse to stock books published by their giant competitor), but it gives him freedom to experiment. Best-selling author Dean Koontz shocked the publishing world with his recently announced deal with Amazon. ![]() |