5/11/2023 0 Comments The roman by sylvain reynardI'm interested in the way literature can help us explore aspects of the human condition - particularly suffering, sex, love, faith, and redemption. It was a Finalist for a 2014 Goodreads Choice Award as Best Romance. The final novel in The Gabriel Series, "Gabriel's Redemption," debuted at #6 on the New York Times Bestseller list. "Gabriel's Inferno" was a Semifinalist for Best Romance in 2011 and "Gabriel's Rapture" was a Finalist for Best Romance in 2012, in the Goodreads Choice Awards, as well. I was a Semifinalist for Best Author in the 20 Goodreads Choice Awards. I am honoured to have had my novels appear on the New York Times and USAToday Bestseller lists. The second book in that series, "The Raven," was nominated by RT Magazine as Best Paranormal Romance Suspense novel of 2015. Each paperback edition has additional content. My latest book, "The Man in the Black Suit, (#TMitBS), is a contemporary romance/suspense standalone novel, set in Paris: Huffington Post Books ranked "Gabriel's Inferno" as the best teacher/student romance novel. You can view the trailer to the third and final part of "Gabriel's Inferno" here. You can meet the cast, read the most recent update, and learn how to sign up for Passionflix here. "Gabriel's Redemption" wrapped filming on March 5th. "Gabriel's Inferno" is available in its entirety on, as is "Gabriel's Rapture." My New York Times Best Selling Gabriel Series has been acquired by Passionflix. "Gabriel's Promise" has been released and is now available across platforms:
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5/11/2023 0 Comments Princess on the brinkShe is now the author of nearly fifty books for both adults and teens, selling fifteen million copies worldwide, many of which have been #1 New York Times bestsellers, most notably The Princess Diaries series, which is currently being published in over 38 countries, and was made into two hit movies by Disney. She worked various jobs to pay the rent, including a decade-long stint as the assistant manager of a 700 bed freshmen dormitory at NYU, a position she still occasionally misses. After six years as an undergrad at Indiana University, Meg moved to New York City (in the middle of a sanitation worker strike) to pursue a career as an illustrator, at which she failed miserably, forcing her to turn to her favorite hobby-writing novels-for emotional succor. Fortunately she grew up in Bloomington, Indiana, where few people were aware of the stigma of being a fire horse - at least until Meg became a teenager, when she flunked freshman Algebra twice, then decided to cut her own bangs. Meg Cabot was born on February 1, 1967, during the Chinese astrological year of the Fire Horse, a notoriously unlucky sign. Librarian note: AKA Jenny Carroll (1-800-Where-R-You series), AKA Patricia Cabot (historical romance novels). Now 17, she is still as beautiful, smart and full of promise as the child whom readers met in the other two novels. Struggles with alcoholism, remarriage, death, grief and self-destruction have all been part of their journey, but you don’t need to know that to fall into the pages of “Imperfect Birds.” Lamott seamlessly weaves the necessary back story into the present novel, in which we find Elizabeth managing to keep sober despite a recent “slip,” still married to writer husband James and still best friends with arty, spiritual Rae and her husband, Lank.Īnd then there is Rosie. Lamott continued their story in the 1997 follow-up, “Crooked Little Heart.” The 1983 novel “Rosie” introduced readers to the widow Elizabeth Ferguson and her precocious, beautiful daughter Rosie. The characters who will confront these evils in the subsequent pages are already known to followers of Lamott’s work. Once a year a child from the county of Marin jumped off the Golden Gate Bridge.” Even in the mellow town of Landsdale, where it is easy to see only beauty and decency, a teenager died nearly every year after a party and kids routinely went from high school to psych wards, halfway house, or jail. From the very first line of the very first page, Anne Lamott defines what’s at stake in her new novel, “Imperfect Birds”: “There are so many evils that pull on our children. Digging into her late husband’s tool shed, and her own secret drawer of vices, Margareta introduces an element of fun to a potentially daunting task. Margareta suggests which possessions you can easily get rid of (unworn clothes, unwanted presents, more plates than you’d ever use) and which you might want to keep (photographs, love letters, a few of your children’s art projects). Her radical and joyous method for putting things in order helps families broach sensitive conversations, and makes the process uplifting rather than overwhelming. In The Gentle Art of Swedish Death Cleaning, artist Margareta Magnusson, with Scandinavian humor and wisdom, instructs readers to embrace minimalism. In Sweden there is a kind of decluttering called döstädning, dö meaning “death” and städning meaning “cleaning.” This surprising and invigorating process of clearing out unnecessary belongings can be undertaken at any age or life stage but should be done sooner than later, before others have to do it for you. *The basis for the wonderfully funny and moving TV series developed by Amy Poehler and Scout Productions*Ī charming, practical, and unsentimental approach to putting a home in order while reflecting on the tiny joys that make up a long life. 5/10/2023 0 Comments Charles burns graphic novelsBut in 1982 when the first issue of Love and Rockets came out, they (occasionally working with their brother, Mario) were two young, struggling, unknown cartoonists who were bucking the dominant comic book trend of costumed characters and adolescent content with intimate, complex, humane, novelistic stories told in comics form. Gilbert and Jaime Hernandez are now recognized as two of the greatest cartoonists in the history of the medium - award-winning, world-renowned, critically acclaimed. In celebration of the 40th anniversary of Fantagraphics’ flagship series, this prestigious box set presents bound facsimiles of the original fifty issues of the Love and Rockets comics magazines. 5/10/2023 0 Comments Bully penelope douglas charactersSo, it’s been over two years since I read the last book in this series. Because when Jared does come home, I won’t be here. They all talk about him. Did you see Jared Trent on T.V? What did you think of his last race, Tate? When is he coming back to town, Tate? But I refuse to care too much. And I’m surviving-something he thought I’d never do. I dominate the track, the speed rattles my bones, and the wind and the crowd screams my name. Even though their attention is the last thing I crave, I just can’t stop. Maybe it’s the sway of my skirt or the way I flip my hair, but I don’t care. What happens when the happily ever after ends?Įveryone wants to be me. To fill in the missing pieces, Lynley and Havers. more The ending to this book was quite distressful. The Inspector Lynley Mysteries 154M subscribers Lynley and Havers question Tessa, who paints a disturbing picture of life with William. James a pathologist like one year ago Add your answer Kim Lurie A specialized kind of one who does his own experiments - more of a researcher. Neither Lynley or Havers are old enough to have been born in the WWII time period. Yet as Lynley and Havers wind their way through Keldale's dark labyrinth of secret scandals and appalling crimes, they uncover a shattering series of revelations that will reverberate through this tranquil English valley-and in their own lives as well. Rich A Great Deliverance is set in the 1980s. For fat, unlovely Roberta Teys has been found in her best dress, an axe in her lap, seated in the old stone barn beside her father's headless corpse. Along with the redoubtable Detective Sergeant Barbara Havers, Lynley has been sent to solve a savage murder that has stunned the peaceful countryside. Now into Keldale's pastoral web of old houses and older secrets comes Scotland Yard Inspector Thomas Lynley, the eighth earl of Asherton. Three hundred years ago, as legend goes, the frightened Yorkshire villagers smothered a crying babe in Keldale Abbey, where they'd hidden to escape the ravages of Cromwell's raiders. To this day, the low, thin wail of an infant can be heard in Keldale's lush green valleys. 5/10/2023 0 Comments She drives me crazy authorIrene is as mean as she is beautiful, so Scottie makes a point to keep her distance. High school nemeses fall in love in Kelly Quindlen's She Drives Me Crazy, a queer YA rom com perfect for fans of Becky Albertalli and Casey McQuiston.Īfter an embarrassing loss to her ex-girlfriend in their first basketball game of the season, seventeen-year-old Scottie Zajac gets into a fender bender with the worst possible person: her nemesis, Irene Abraham, head cheerleader for the Fighting Reindeer. “A little sweet, a little sharp.” - Booklist, starred review 5/10/2023 0 Comments The Wonders We Seek by Saffa KhanThe backmatter includes a glossary and bibliography for readers' further research and learning. They utilize print as an accessible medium to skill-share and platform marginalized communities. The authors introduce their book with a personal letter to the reader, setting out their motivations and hopes for the stories they are telling. Saffa Khan is an artist focusing on illustration and print through DIY culture, creating tangible, self-published printed matter on the themes of identity, community, and mental health. Give this book to readers who are excited to learn about the great figures and thinkers in history! Throughout history-from the golden age of the empires of Arabia, Iraq, Persia, and India, up to modern day-Muslims have shaped our world in essential ways, with achievements in music, medicine, politics, human rights, literature, sports, technology, and more. The Wonders We Seek: Thirty Incredible Muslims Who Helped Shape the World by Faruqi, Saadia Mumtaz, Aneesa Khan, Saffa Illustrator and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. In this biographical collection, with stunning portraits and illustrations by Saffa Khan, authors Saadia Faruqi and Aneesa Mumtaz highlight some of the talented Muslim physicians, musicians, athletes, poets, and more who helped make the world we know today.Ī brilliant surgeon heals patients in the first millennium.Ī female king rules the Indian subcontinent.Ī poet pours his joy and grief into the world's best-selling verses.Īn iconic leader fights for civil rights. The girls' lives were the stuff of headlines. The Mitfords' unconventional childhood and adolescence, growing up in a rambling country manor, deprived of formal education and at the mercy of their father's titanic rages and obsessions, has long been immortalised in Nancy's masterly comedies of aristocratic manners, The Pursuit of Love and Love in a Cold Climate. But Nancy, Pamela, Diana, Unity, Decca and Debo, were, and are, far from ordinary. Even if the six daughters, born between 19, of the charming, eccentric David, Lord Redesdale, and his wife Sydney had been quite ordinary women, the span of their lives - encompassing the most traumatic century in Britain's history - and the status to which they were born, would have made their story a fascinating one. |