![]() ![]() ![]() I’m so scared of ‘em I can’t even bear to deal with their dead bodies, so I ask my friend to pick up the corpse with some kitchen paper and dispose of it. I spray the ray of light until the moth is dead on the floor. I’ve always hated them, so of course I have moth-killer spray on hand. Their erratic, unpredictable movements get me the hell anxious-I hate them. ![]() Moths disturb me, my peace and my flow, with their incessant fluttering. Cue a moth now dancing around the projector light, interrupting the visual perfection of Stranger Things. One night back in 2018, my friends complained that the smell of the onions I was chopping was too strong and opened up the window. I like TV, I like making burritos and I like my friends, so sometimes I combine all three by inviting friends over to make burritos and watch telly on my projector. I will do what I’m best at: tell stories, in the hope that you’ll be able to connect the dots, find threads to tie together. Thank you so much for picking up this book and peeling back the first page to discover its contents. ![]()
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![]() ![]() ![]() The annual trip to Ridinghouse Bay is uneventful, until an enigmatic young man starts paying extra attention to Kirsty. Twenty-three years earlier, Gray and Kirsty Ross are teenagers on a summer holiday with their parents. Soon, she receives even worse news: according to the police, the man she married never even existed. Meanwhile, in a suburb of London, newlywed Lily Monrose grows anxious when her husband fails to return home from work one night. Against her better judgment, she invites him inside. He has no name, no jacket, and no idea how he got there. In the windswept British seaside town of Ridinghouse Bay, single mom Alice Lake finds a man sitting on a beach outside her house. She ratchets up the tension masterfully, and her writing is lively.”. “Jewell’s novel explores the space between going missing and being lost….how the plots intersect and finally collide is one of the great thrills of reading Jewell’s book. ![]() “Readers of Liane Moriarty, Paula Hawkins, and Ruth Ware will love.”. ![]() ![]() ![]() It’s been two years since On the Edge, 1. The focus is on William Wolf and Cerise Mar. Second in The Edge suspenseful paranormal romance series and revolving around the lawless, independent inhabitants of an in-between territory. Other books by this author which I have reviewed include Must Love Hellhounds, Dark and Stormy Knights, Angels of Darkness, Hexed, Fate's Edge, Hex Appeal, An Apple for the Creature, "Magic Gifts", Gunmetal Magic, Innkeeper Chronicles, Steel's Edge, Magic Bites, Magic Burns, Magic Strikes, Magic Bleeds, Magic Slays, Magic Rises, Magic Bleeds, Burn For Me, Night Shift, Magic Shifts, Magic Binds, White Hot, Wildfire, Iron and Magic, Magic Triumphs, "Gerard Demille and Helen Meet", "Diamond Fire", "Sweep with Me", Clean Sweep, Sweep in Peace, "A Mere Formality", Blood Heir, "The King of Fire", Sapphire Flames, "A Misunderstanding", Emerald Blaze, "The Cool Aunt", One Fell Sweep, Sweep of the Blade, "Silent Blade", Fated Blades, On the Edge, "George and Jack in School", Sweep of the Heart, Magic Tides, Small Magics, "The Wilson Building", "Conlan’s Birthday Text", "Dabwaha", "Don't Fight with Fate", “A Bit More of Roman”, “Getting Distracted”, "Sgt Munoz Had to Go", Ruby Fever, "Regina" ![]() Explore it on Goodreads or Amazon, Audibles. Suspense, paranormal romance in a Kindle edition that was published by Ace Books on Septemand has 434 pages. ![]() ![]() This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review. I received this book for free from in exchange for an honest review. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() In Underwater Dogs, Seth Casteel gives playful and energetic testament to the rough-and-tumble joy that our dogs bring into our lives. Each image bubbles with exuberance and life, a striking reminder that even in the most loveable and domesticated dog, there are more primal forces at work. In more than eighty portraits, award-winning pet photographer and animal rights activist Seth Casteel captures new sides of our old friends with vibrant underwater photography that makes it impossible to look away. From leaping Lab to diving Dachshund, the water is where a dog's distinct personality shines through some lounge in the current, paddling slowly, but others arch their bodies to cut through the water with the focus and determination of a shark. ![]() But beneath the water is a chaotic ballet of bared teeth and bubbles, paddling paws, fur and ears billowing in the currents. From the water's surface, it's a simple exercise: a dog's leap, a splash, and then a wet head surfacing with a ball, triumphant. These 80 portraits by award-winning pet photographer and animal rights activist Casteel capture new sides of old friends with vibrant underwater photography.īook Synopsis The exuberant, exhilarating photographs of dogs underwater that have become a sensation. About the Book From leaping lab to diving dachshund, the water is where a dog's distinct personality shines through. ![]() ![]() ![]() The shortlisted artists, who each receive £500, are Emily Altman (USA, studying in UK), Julia Bernhard (Germany, student), Marina Evlanova (Russia, student), Harry Woodgate (UK, student) and Tania Yakunova (Ukraine). Because of her passion for drawing, she decided to become a full time illustrator in 2016. Originally from Toulouse, France, she has a PhD in Geosciences from LSCE in France and holds a degree in Engineering. ![]() She is a French author and illustrator based in Edinburgh, Scotland since 2014. Marie-Alice Harel’s winning entry was selected from over 500 entries received from 47 countries. Book cover designed by Marie-Alice Harel ©Marie-Alice Harel 2019 from The Folio Society and House of Illustration Book Illustration Competition for Diana Wynne Jones’s Howl’s Moving Castle Marie-Alice Harel of Edinburgh was announced as the winner of £5,000 and a prestigious commission to illustrate the Folio Society’s forthcoming edition of Howl’s Moving Castle. She was presented with the award at an exclusive ceremony at House of Illustration on 26 February 2019 by Laura Cecil, founder of the first literacy agency for children’s books and Wynne Jones’s agent. ![]() The Book Illustration Competition 2019 has announced the winners from a record field of over 500 entries. This year, The Folio Society and House of Illustration challenged illustrators to produce cover and internal designs for the classic Howl’s Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() White asks difficult questions that intentionally challenge and provoke the reader. This is a book that lingers in your mind. White really digs into generational hierarchies and how far society would go to preserve these and the corresponding status quo they embody. We are drip-fed details that slowly congeal into this sickening picture. ![]() Monsters are always never quite as they seem and Kiersten White explores this in a refreshing way. Horror has always been a genre within which authors can challenge societal norms and offer these unconventional, provocative and intellectual stories wrapped in blood and gore. It is brutal, violent, and unrelenting, but also dissects institutional privilege and the true cost of it. Hide is a labyrinthine tale steeped in blood, gore, and challenging questions. This is a cerebral and genuinely terrifying type of horror that has sent me right down the rabbit hole. Hide is that whisper in that dark, that overwhelming sense of fear and dread that sends shivers across your body. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() My ReviewĪ STUDY IN CHARLOTTE has been on my reading list since before it hit the shelves. But danger is mounting and nowhere is safe-and the only people they can trust are each other. Jamie and Charlotte are being framed for murder, and only Charlotte can clear their names. But when a Sherringford student dies under suspicious circumstances, ripped straight from the most terrifying of the Sherlock Holmes stories, Jamie can no longer afford to keep his distance. From everything Jamie has heard about Charlotte, it seems safer to admire her from afar.įrom the moment they meet, there’s a tense energy between them, and they seem more destined to be rivals than anything else. But that’s not the only complication: Sherringford is also home to Charlotte Holmes, the famous detective’s great-great-great-granddaughter, who has inherited not only Sherlock’s genius but also his volatile temperament. The last thing Jamie Watson wants is a rugby scholarship to Sherringford, a Connecticut prep school just an hour away from his estranged father. Published on MaAmazon | Barnes & Noble | Goodreads About A Study in Charlotte A Study in Charlotte (Charlotte Holmes #1) ![]() ![]() ![]() As I grew older, and busier, I no longer had hours for reading, but had to steal the time from my grown-up responsibilities, which ended with late nights staying up reading instead of sleeping. In the summers, I would climb the nearest tree and sit for hours reading imagining myself living the lives of the characters in my books. My family moved a lot when I was young, so making friends was hard. īooks have always been a passion of mine. I mean, how hard could it be, right? Little did we know. We both love reading books and listening to audio books, so when the opportunity arose to narrate and produce an audio book, we thought, "Absolutely! This is right up our alley(s)". I have logged many (many) years of acting on stage and in film and Doug has put in an equally large number of years performing and recording music. ![]() My husband and I have recently started recording audio books. ![]() ![]() ![]() Their trademark sound, War-like singing from Edge in certain parts. They are work of art and leave long lasting impression.Ĭalifornia - It's a nice uplifting tune, a bit too polished like The miracle with treble-polishing production. You have to give U2 a credit to their videos. ![]() From great lyrics to nostalgic and melancholic but still uplifting music. But again, I found Zoo Station as one of the weakest tracks on AB, so I wasn't surprised.Įvery Breaking Wave - instant classic right there. Nowhere near good enough representation of what is to come. The Miracale - There's definitely an interesting song here, but a bit too polished and too "arena" like with woooh ooohs for my taste. Songs are great, full of emotions with very interesting, sublime melodies and thoughtful lyrics. ![]() I think it will be a classic U2 album right there. Despite on what people usually cling on (mostly old worn stuff), I'm ALWAYS eager to see/hear new albums from my favourite bands from 80's or 90's.Īnyways, the album that I started my journey and was blown away with is The Songs of Innocence. I simply left them after POP, hearing Vertigo and Electrical storm and loving them, but everything else just went under my radar.įew days ago I began listening to U2 again. Believe it or not, I've been living under a rock for 20y about U2's albums. ![]() ![]() They have created three bestselling series together: the graphic novel Friends series, the early chapter book Princess in Black series (with Dean Hale), and the picture book Itty-Bitty Kitty-Corn. Shannon Hale and LeUyen Pham are best friends who have been publishing books for young readers for two decades. ![]() With their signature humor, warmth, and insight, Shannon Hale and LeUyen Pham have crafted another incredible love letter to their younger selves and to readers everywhere, a reminder to us all that we are enough. Is something wrong with her? Can she be the person everyone expects her to be? And who does she actually want to be? Everything keeps changing, her classmates are starting to date each other (but nobody wants to date her ), and no matter how hard she tries, Shannon can never seem to just be happy.Īs she works through her insecurities and undiagnosed depression, she worries about disappointing all the people who care about her. Shannon is in eighth grade, and life is more complicated than ever. ![]() ![]() ![]() Following up their mega-bestselling Real Friends and Best Friends graphic memoirs, Shannon Hale and LeUyen Pham are back with Friends Forever, a story about learning to love yourself exactly as you are. ![]() |