![]() ![]() And, yes, it’s a book about Grover, a small blue puppet from TV. In my humble opinion, it is one of THE greatest read-aloud books ever written, it is one of the best “books about books” in the history of literature, and, personally, I have a hard time of thinking of more than a few other titles that do such an effective job of showing kids how breathtakingly FUN reading a book can actually be. ![]() It’s a simple answer – The Monster at the End of This Book is an AMAZING book. So, with the entirety of children’s literature in front of me, why did I choose to purchase a Sesame Street book, a book based on a TV show, as the second foundational text of my unborn daughter’s home library? But, dear readers, do you know what the SECOND book I ever bought for her was? It was The Monster at the End of This Book by Jon Stone and Mike Smollin. I’ve mentioned several times (probably too many times) on this blog that the very first book I bought for my daughter was The Phantom Tollbooth. One of the most essential kids' books of all time. ![]()
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7/6/2023 0 Comments The wife between us author![]() ![]() ![]() This is one scary love triangle where you won't know who to trust. A 2018 Indie Next Pick Praise for The Wife Between Us: “A clever thriller with masterful twists.” – Karin Slaughter, New York Times bestselling author of The Kept Woman "The Wife Between Us delivers a whip smart, twisty plot in a taut, pacy narrative. ![]() Twisted and deliciously chilling, The Wife Between Us exposes the secret complexities of an enviable marriage - and the dangerous truths we ignore in the name of love. You will assume you know the anatomy of this tangled love triangle. You will assume she is obsessed with her replacement – a beautiful, younger woman who is about to marry the man they both love. You will assume you are reading about a jealous ex-wife. This one will keep you guessing." –Anita Shreve, New York Times bestselling author of The Stars are Fire When you read this book, you will make many assumptions. "A jaw-dropping psychological thriller." -Publisher's Weekly, starred review "A fiendishly clever romantic thriller in the vein of Gone Girl and The Girl on the Train. ![]() ![]() ![]() The Souls Grown Deep Foundation has initiated a grant program to fund internships for undergraduate students of color. A comprehensive catalogue will accompany the exhibition. Cassel Oliver said that these corduroy materials especially spoke to her and led her to choose them for their textures, subtle colors and significance. Thirteen quilts were chosen from the Gee’s Bend quiltmakers, many made from corduroy acquired by quilters participating in the Freedom Quilting Bee cooperative who contracted with Sears Roebuck. Twenty-one paintings, sculptures and drawings by Thornton Dial, Lonnie Holley, Ronald Lockett, Jimmy Lee Sudduth, Mose Tolliver, Jesse Aaron, James “Son Ford” Thomas and Purvis Young are represented. The 34 art works that the museum acquired by gift-purchase from the Souls Grown Deep Foundation last year are the basis for this exhibition organized by Valerie Cassel Oliver, Sydney and Frances Lewis Family Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art, who selected these works for the museum. Cosmologies from the Tree of Life: Art from the African American South opens at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts (VMFA) in Richmond on June 8 and will be on view until November 17, 2019. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() In particular, Aldrich drew attention to the script’s having removed “the narcotics complication” that the PCA had found most troublesome in their initial comments on the “problems inherent in the project in relation to securing Code approval.” “Being reasonably well aware of the Code and its interpretation,” Aldrich later wrote, “we have also avoided any direct conflict with the Code Administration.” Then he hesitated. Bezzerides had made in the script’s source material, the Mickey Spillane novel Kiss Me, Deadly, published the previous year. In an accompanying letter to PCA official Albert Van Schmus, Aldrich described the changes he and scriptwriter A. In early November 1954, Robert Aldrich submitted a draft script of Kiss Me Deadly(USA 1955) to the Production Code Administration (PCA). To the critic the work of art is simply a suggestion for a new work of his own, that need not necessarily bear any obvious resemblance to the thing it criticises. Hardboiled private eye meller from the Mickey Spillane pen, featuring blood, action and sex for exploitable b.o. ![]() 7/6/2023 0 Comments Lock every door ending![]() ![]() Jules doesn’t think she is going to get the job as she is poor and not the kind of person that lives in a building like the Bartholomew. ![]() ![]() We then jump back 6 days to when she is being interviewed for a job apartment sitting in that very building. We are introduced to Jules Larsen after she is hit by a car right outside an old apartment building, the Bartholomew, she is in a very bad state but still has the mental function to beg not to be sent back there which raises a ton of questions for me. Review: I haven’t read anything by Riley Sager in the past but the wonderful booktuber BooksandLala is reading Home Before Dark with her book club this month and I decided to pick this one up just to get a taste for Sager’s writing before I jump into Home Before Dark. ![]() 7/6/2023 0 Comments Bones by Garrett Leigh![]() ![]() All three novellas are set in and around the Los Angeles based Blue Boy Studio, an adult film company with a difference.BOOK 1 - Bullet: Levi is a power top with an alcoholic mother, and a chip on his shoulder. nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware - Printed after ordering - Three steamy bestselling novellas set within the Blue Boy world. All three novellas guarantee a happily-ever-after. A scene with a difference comes to call, if Kai can figure out how to truly own Matthew, inside and out. BOOK 3 - Bold: Go-go dancer Kai has never been the object of anyone's desire, at least not for real, away from the adult studio where he films scene after scene from the bottom. They share more than mutual attraction, and when Cam find himself in need of some healing comfort, friendship turns to love. ![]() Nursing an unrequited crush on his boss, he's never needed anything else until kind-hearted Sasha rides into his life on his BMX. BOOK 2 - Bones: Skater boy Cam is a veteran actor at Blue Boy adult studio. Their scene together is just another day at work until Levi realises he's falling hard for the twink he used to hate. Sonny's a dancer with attitude and the biggest heart. Neuware - Three steamy bestselling novellas set within the Blue Boy world. ![]() 7/6/2023 0 Comments Fully Alive by Tyler Gage![]() ![]() Creating and growing a successful organic business is hard enough but to do it under these conditions takes the meaning of ‘difficult’ to a whole new level. To build a guayusa supply chain from scratch in the middle of the jungle in Ecuador, where you know no one, have very little resources and are not a native speaker, is one of the most impressive things I have seen in my eight years of covering the organic food industry. ![]() Yet, it wasn’t until I read Tyler Gage’s excellent book Fully Alive: Using the Lessons of the Amazon to Live Your Mission in Business and Life did I come to appreciate what an awe-inspiring feat that he and his co-founder Dan MaCombie accomplished. Over the years, I have watched the company grow from a scrappy start-up into a multi-million dollar innovator in the tea category, responsible for introducing guayusa to the global market. I first learned about guayusa tea and met fellow Brown University alum and Runa co-founder Tyler Gage at NYC’s Fancy Food Show 2010. ![]() 7/5/2023 0 Comments Crescent city book 3![]() ![]() ![]() Maas weaves a captivating story of a world about to explode - and the people who will do anything to save it. In this sexy, action-packed sequel to the #1 bestseller House of Earth and Blood, Sarah J. And they've never been very good at staying silent. But as they learn more about the rebel cause, they face a choice: stay silent while others are oppressed, or fight. Dragged into a rebel movement they want no part of, Bryce, Hunt and their friends find themselves pitted against the terrifying Asteri - whose notice they must avoid at all costs. But can they resist when the crackling tension between them is enough to set the whole of Crescent City aflame? And they are not out of danger yet. As they process the events of the Spring they will keep things. Our cheap used Crescent City books come with free shipping in the. Bryce Quinlan and Hunt Athalar have made a pact. Buy the whole collection of books in the Crescent City series online from World of Books. Maas's sexy, groundbreaking CRESCENT CITY series continues with this second instalment. The #1 Sunday Times bestseller, February 2022, and sequel to the #1 New York Times bestseller. ![]() 7/5/2023 0 Comments Swept away by marsha canham![]() ![]() She is best known for her award-winning romance trilogies, one set in Scotland: The Pride of Lions, The Blood of Roses, and Midnight Honor. ![]() In 1984, Marsha published her first historical romance, titled China Rose, and has seventeen such novels in print, including one contemporary romance. Her sister is Canadian politician Carolyn Parrish. Marsha has one son and two grandchildren. ![]() She has won two Romantic Times Lifetime Achievement Awards, as well as multiple awards for individual books including Best Historical of the Year, Best Medieval of the Year, Best book of the Year, Storyteller of the Year, Best Swashbuckler of the Year.Ĭanham was born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, where she resides, to a policeman and a homemaker. Marsha Canham (born November 19, 1950) is a Canadian writer of historical romance novels since 1984. ![]() 7/5/2023 0 Comments Kiera cass the siren book 2![]() ![]() The Sirens themselves were disappointing. She was strange and creepy, both loving and cruel, and was definitely the most original and creative part of the book. ![]() But a Kahlen and an Akinli? Kiera Cass is not my favorite author when it comes to original character names, let’s just say. I dislike strange, cutesy spellings - no offense if you like them or your name is a unique spelling of a more common name. Only I read the book pronouncing it like how it’s spelled, with the short A sound. But for the first time in a lifetime of following the rules, Kahlen is determined to follow her heart.Īpparently Kahlen is pronounced like Kaylin, with a long A sound. Handsome, caring, and kind, Akinli is everything Kahlen ever dreamed of.įalling in love with a human breaks the Ocean’s rules. ![]() Kahlen is resigned to finishing her sentence in solitude…until she meets Akinli. Though a single word from Kahlen can kill, she can’t resist spending her days on land, watching ordinary people and longing for the day when she will be able to speak and laugh and live freely among them again. To repay her debt, she has served as a Siren ever since, using her voice to lure countless strangers to their deaths. Years ago, Kahlen was rescued from drowning by the Ocean. ![]() From Kiera Cass, #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Selection series, comes a sweeping stand-alone fantasy romance. ![]() |