6/12/2023 0 Comments Hades a touch of darkness![]() I love reading how everyone takes the story between them and made it their own and I will say this one is will entertaining. Whenever I see a Hades and Persephone retelling, it’s a automatic buy for me. ![]() You would never hear me complain about sex scenes at all. I can honestly say that I did not expect to enjoy this book so much, it was so good and it had the perfect amount of plot plus smutty sex scenes. ![]() ![]() As she struggles to sow the seeds of her freedom, love for the God of the Dead grows-and it’s forbidden. After moving to New Athens, she hopes to lead an unassuming life disguised as a mortal journalist. Hades, God of the Dead, has built a gambling empire in the mortal world and his favorite bets are rumored to be impossible. After a chance encounter with Hades, Persephone finds herself in a contract with the God of the Dead and the terms are impossible: Persephone must create life in the Underworld or lose her freedom forever. The bet does more than expose Persephone’s failure as a goddess, however. The truth is, since she was a little girl, flowers have shriveled at her touch. ![]() Genres: Fantasy, Romance, Mythology, Retelling, New Adult, Paranormal, Urban Fantasy Title: a touch of darkness (Hades & Persephone #1) ![]()
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6/12/2023 0 Comments Batman vol 2 the city of owls![]() He teaches writing at Sarah Lawrence College, NYU and Columbia University. Scott Snyder is the bestselling and award-winning writer of Batman, American Vampire and Swamp Thing as well as the short story collection Voodoo Heart. Now they have their sights set on something much bigger- Gotham City.Ī critical and commercial smash, Batman- The City Of Owls (collecting Batman #8-12 and Batman Annual #1) continues the instant-classic saga of the Dark Knight's battle with Gotham City's oldest and darkest forces from the #1 New York Timesbest-selling creative team of writer Scott Snyder ( American Vampire) and artist Greg Capullo ( Spawn), plus an array of talented guest contributors! ![]() Batman was just the first part of their conquest. ![]() The Dark Knight managed to win the battle with his deadly new aggressors, but certainly not the war. ![]() Gotham's vigilante protector managed to escape the talons of the Court with his mind and body barely intact. For over a century, the Court of Owls has ruled Gotham City in secret-their reach inescapable, their power unstoppable. ![]() 6/12/2023 0 Comments A very large expanse of sea![]() ![]() 16-year-old Shirin has just started at a new high school with her older brother Navid. I earn commission on any purchases made through these links. ![]() You can order A VERY LARGE EXPANSE OF SEA by Tahereh Mafi from Amazon USA, Amazon UK, Waterstone’s or UK. ![]() He’s not like everyone else – but Shirin has had her guard up against the world for so long that she’s not sure she’ll ever be able to let it down … He’s the first person in forever who really seems to want to get to know her – and it terrifies her. She hides away, drowning her frustrations in music, and spending her afternoons break-dancing with her brother. Shirin is never surprised by how horrible people can be. It’s a difficult time, but especially so for a sixteen-year-old Muslim girl who wears hijab. It’s the year after 9/11, and Shirin has just started at yet another new high school. When you’re hiding from a world that hates you, who would make you risk everything to be seen again? ![]() 6/11/2023 0 Comments Something like summer by jay bell![]() ![]() ![]() To say I am unsure about Something Like Summer is putting it lightly. When the film is not exploring themes like identity and acceptance, it is (rather unexpectedly to begin with) bursting into song and dance. While Bentley is an openly gay 17-year-old, newcomer Wyman is less expressive with his sexual orientation the film traces the tumultuous relationship of the pair, secret high school sweethearts whose bond grows more complicated the older they become. Something Like Summer, adapted from Jay Bell‘s collection of books telling the same story from differing perspectives and intertwining where appropriate, focuses on Benjamin Bentley and his sudden infatuation with Tim Wyman. It is a concoction of things that work and things that do not, making it quite the schismatic experience. It is as warming and endearing as it is frustrating and thin, as well-meaning as it is sometimes poorly executed. David Berry’s drama-musical-romance skates between genres as frequently as its characters blurt out the exact thing they are trying to keep a secret. ![]() My goodness, Something Like Summer is a mixed bag. ![]() 6/11/2023 0 Comments Minaret aboulela![]() ![]() I was one of the ones who saw the signs early on in the tricksy ways of schoolchildren, in the way my mother, snow-white as she was, was disliked for being Russian. Born Natasha Hussein, she changes her name to Natasha Wilson to try to blend in to a place where neither of her parents felt at home.Įarly on, Natasha describes her eagerness and that of other Muslim youth in Britain to erase their Muslim identities: “Many of the young Muslims I taught throughout the years couldn’t wait to bury their dark, badly dressed immigrant parents who never understood what was happening around them or even took an interest. ![]() It’s Scotland in 2010, and Natasha, a half-Sudanese, half-Russian professor of history, is researching the life of religious leader Imam Shamil, who led the charge for Caucasian Muslims during their 19th century fight to gain liberation from the Russians.Īlthough accomplished and bright, Natasha, whose late mother was Russian and whose estranged father is Sudanese, clearly struggles deeply with a sense of disconnect and duality about her identity and place. She later settled with her family in Scotland, where her fourth novel, “The Kindness of Enemies,” begins. The daughter of an Egyptian mother and a Sudanese father, Aboulela earned an economics degree from Khartoum University and a masters from the London School of Economics. Award-winning Sudanese writer Leila Aboulela was born in Cairo and raised in Khartoum, Sudan, a place that features prominently throughout her work, along with issues surrounding Muslim culture, religion and assimilation. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Downers Grove South High School football (Opens in new window).Downers Grove North High School football (Opens in new window).Benet High School football (Opens in new window).York High School sports (Opens in new window).Wheaton Warrenville South High School sports (Opens in new window).Wheaton North High School sports (Opens in new window).Morton High School sports (Opens in new window).Lyons Township High School sports (Opens in new window).IC Catholic Prep sports (Opens in new window).Hinsdale South High School sports (Opens in new window).Hinsdale Central High School sports (Opens in new window).Glenbard West High School sports (Opens in new window).Glenbard South High School sports (Opens in new window).Glenbard North High School sports (Opens in new window).Glenbard East High School sports (Opens in new window). ![]() Downers Grove South High School sports (Opens in new window).Downers Grove North High School sports (Opens in new window).Benet High School sports (Opens in new window). ![]() ![]() ![]() Now, I had my problems with the book, but we’ll start with the positives first. ![]() ![]() Way more concrete and way more interesting to read, no? (The book won’t tell you why.) There are evil monsters, known as Death Walkers, out to get her because she’s the one who will be able to save the world. (No spoilers though, I promise.) Gemma‘s a fallen star (the book won’t tell you how) and she suddenly starts feeling emotions one day. Now, the above-blurb is pretty vague about the entire story and doesn’t adequately describe what it’s really about. The Fallen Staris the first in a young-adult paranormal trilogy by indie author, Jessica Sorensen. And as her world falls apart, figuring out the secrets of her past becomes a matter of life and death. Things that shouldn’t be real suddenly seem to exist. But with Alex seeming to hate her and secrets popping up everywhere, Gemma’s life is turning into a chaotic mess. Not to mention the monsters that haunt her nightmares have crossed over into real-life. ![]() And when she’s around Alex, the gorgeous new guy at school, she can feel electricity that makes her skin buzz. Up until recently, she has been incapable of feeling emotion. For eighteen year-old Gemma, life has never been normal. ![]() ![]() For disillusioned writer and itinerant barnstormer Richard Bach, belief is as real as a full tank of gas and sparks firing in the cylinders…until he meets Donald Shimoda–former mechanic and self-described messiah who can make wrenches fly and Richard’s imagination soar…. In the cloud-washed airspace between the cornfields of Illinois and blue infinity, a man puts his faith in the propeller of his biplane. You can read this before Illusions: The Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah PDF EPUB full Download at the bottom. ![]() Here is a quick description and cover image of book Illusions: The Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah written by Richard Bach which was published in 1977–. Brief Summary of Book: Illusions: The Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah by Richard Bach ![]() 6/10/2023 0 Comments Normal by Amy Bloom![]() ![]() She reads biographies of Clara Barton and Florence Nightingale, and remarks that "even in the books written for little girls, you could tell these women were so tough they'd take a bullet out of you with a fork and not blink." Eva is a toughie in training. Eva, the narrator of most of the book, is the younger one. She's focused on the idea of becoming an actress. Iris is the older teenager, daughter of the narrator's remarried father. ![]() How?Īmy Bloom's new novel Lucky Us takes readers across America in the 1940s, that special decade of wartime dislocation and post-war disruption - with side-trips to England and Germany - in the company of a pair of half-sisters as endearing and comically annoying as any you'll find in contemporary fiction. Your purchase helps support NPR programming. Close overlay Buy Featured Book Title Lucky Us Author Amy Bloom ![]() 6/10/2023 0 Comments After Birth by Elizabeth Ross![]() youngest children Hezekiah and (?) Sebalar. ![]() Case #4823 Middlesex County Probate File Papers.Ĭhildren were: sons Thomas, John, Uriah, Joseph, daughter Susanna Collor, and daughter Hannah wife of James Beals.ĭifficult to read 1. of Natick and mentions his wife Elizabeth and several children. In his willdated17 Sept 1718 he his called John Collor Sr. (abt.1633-abt.1702) identifies Elizabeth Ross, with an unfamiliar source notation, as this John's spouse. The profile for John's father John Collier Sr. Marriage: From Torrey, wed Elizabeth (Unknown) by 1699 at Framinghan/Natick. Henry was most likely Elizabeth's second husband. ![]() ![]() It is possible that this Elizabeth was Elizabeth Ross, widow of John Coller, who were the parents of Thomas Coller who married Alice Alden, daughter of Henry and Deborah.Įlizabeth Collier of Natick, a descendant of William Collier of Plymouth, was the second wife of Henry Alden. Henry Alden married secondly Elizabeth Coller/Collier on 15 August 1719 at Weston, Massachusetts. ![]() |