5/30/2023 0 Comments Landline a christmas love story![]() ![]() Fans will love Rowell's return to a story close to their hearts." - Kirkus Reviews on Landline "Rowell is, as always, a fluent and enjoyable writer-the pages whip by." - Publishers Weekly on Landline "Keen psychological insight, irrepressible humor and a supernatural twist: a woman can call her husband in the past." - Time Magazine on Landline "The dialogue flows naturally it's zippy, funny, and fresh. Rowell accomplishes with a quaint old means of communication, and for her narrative purposes, it really does the trick." - The New York Times "While the topic might have changed, this is still Rowell-reading her work feels like listening to your hilariously insightful best friend tell her best stories." - Library Journal, starred review on Landline "Her characters are instantly lovable, and the story moves quickly.the ending manages to surprise and satisfy all at once. ![]() Rowell's way to rewrite 'It's a Wonderful Life'.what that film accomplished with an angel named Clarence, Ms. ![]()
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![]() ![]() His fate was sealed when his family moved to Hawaii, the mother ship of surf culture. Surfing fit into the broader milieu of experimentation and counterculture and appealed to his anti-authoritarian leanings. Now 62, Finnegan came of age during the 1960s, a time that coincided with the rise in popularity of shortboards-a faster, more maneuverable board that replaced mellower longboards. A staff writer at The New Yorker since the 1980s, he is one of a handful of people with the credentials to bridge the gap between surfing and literary cultures.īarbarian Days: A Surfing Life is a 447-page paean to Finnegan’s obsession with surfing-both in and out of the water-from tribal affiliations and rivalries to sacrificed relationships and bruised egos (mainly his own) that come from loving something deeply.ĭivided into 10 chapters, the book traces Finnegan’s life on the water, starting from his early days as a grom (neophyte surfer) in Southern California. ![]() ![]() William Finnegan has spent much of his life chasing challenging waves. J| 400 words, about 2 minutes Share this article Cover image courtesy of Penguin Random House, background image courtesy of William Finnegan Book Review: Barbarian Days The memoir of a life lived on the water, from a veteran writer and surfer. ![]() 5/30/2023 0 Comments Sky in the deep review![]() ![]() ![]() When she attempts to reach him to talk to him during their next battle, Eelyn ends up getting kidnapped by the rival clan and taken back to their village, where a complex relationship evolves between her, her brother, and the family who took him in-including Fiske, his adoptive brother. ![]() One day on the battlefield while fighting a rival clan, Eelyn comes face to face with her own brother, who she thought had died in battle years ago. Sky in the Deep was a very, very, very highly hyped debut novel from author Adrienne Young about a young Viking warrior named Eelyn. So if you travel in the blogosphere or world of bookstagram to any extent, you’ve definitely heard of this book. I’d only let her change into something new.” Sky in the Deep by Adrienne Young “I could still see a young Eelyn standing on the beach turned into the wind, a sword in one hand and an axe in the other. No point keeping you waiting, so to quote Philip DeFranco, let’s just jump into it, shall we? That’s right, today is a good old-fashioned two-for-one. Instagram // I’m going to be talking about a super hyped YA novel just released in May of this year, in addition to a fun YA slasher (that’s right, I used fun and slasher together) by Stephanie Perkins, author of the popular Anna and the French Kiss series. ![]() 5/30/2023 0 Comments The forgotten soldier by guy sajer![]() ![]() ![]() At first an exciting adventure, young Guy Sajers war becomes, as the German invasion falters in the icy vastness of the Ukraine, a simple, desperate struggle for survival against cold. A book of stunning force, this is an unforgettable reminder of the horrors of war. Forgotten Soldier recounts the horror of World War II on the eastern front, as seen through the eyes of a teenaged German soldier. As the biting cold of the Russian winter sets in, and the tide begins to turn against the Germans, life becomes an endless round of pounding artillery attacks and vicious combat against a relentless and merciless Red Army. Posted to the crack Grosse Deutschland division, with its sadistic instructors who shoot down those who fail to make the grade, he enters a violent and remorseless world where all youthful hope is gradually ground down, and all that matters is the brute will to survive. As a member the elite Gross Deutschland Division, a teenage German foot soldier sets off on an exciting adventure that turns to a desperate struggle for survival. ![]() Reviews arent verified, but Google checks for and removes fake content when its identified. However, he quickly finds that for the foot soldier the glory of military success hides a much harsher reality of hunger, fatigue and constant deprivation. Harper & Row, 1971 - Soldiers - 465 pages. When Guy Sajer joins the infantry full of ideals in the summer of 1942, the German army is enjoying unparalleled success in Russia. An international bestseller, this is a German soldier's first-hand account of life on Russian front during the second half of the Second World War. ![]() ![]() ![]() When Nate Hillier, head of the Hillier’s Sweets empire, goes looking for his war veteran uncle to invite him home for Christmas, he hadn’t expected his uncle to be near-death. ![]() However, the position comes with a catch: her charge’s handsome, yet curmudgeonly nephew. Now, with her spirits at rock bottom, and her mother too distracted by her charity to bother with Christmas, Beth agrees to provide round-the-clock nursing for a patient from her Bethnal Green clinic. She’s been the victim of society’s elite before, and the scars-and the epithet ‘Mistletoe Maybury,’ are as fresh to her as the Crimean War. Some wounds come from the ballroom, not the battlefield…īeth Maybury is more at home in field hospitals than London parlors. ![]() A heart-warming historical holiday romance, overflowing with Victorian Christmas traditions ![]() 5/30/2023 0 Comments Shipped angie hockman español![]() ![]() ![]() But when they meet on the ship, Henley is shocked to discover that the real Graeme is nothing like she imagined. ![]() There’s just one catch: they have to go on a company cruise to the Galapagos Islands…together. Their boss tasks each of them with drafting a proposal on how to boost bookings in the Galapagos-best proposal wins the promotion. Although they’ve never met in person, their email battles are the stuff of office legend. The only problem? Graeme Crawford-Collins, the remote social media manager and the bane of her existence, is also up for the position. But when she’s shortlisted for the promotion of her dreams, all her sacrifices finally seem worth it. Between taking night classes for her MBA and her demanding day job at a cruise line, marketing manager Henley Evans barely has time for herself, let alone family, friends, or dating. ![]() 5/30/2023 0 Comments Neil gaiman thor![]() ![]() Just like the original graphic novels, this audio adaptation contains explicit language and graphic violence, as well as strong sexual content and themes. Please note: This content is not for kids. The third installment, The Sandman: Act III, adapted Volumes 7-8 ( Brief Lives and Worlds' End), the Sandman Special #1, and other short stories from Vertigo: Winter's Edge #1 & #3 and Vertigo Preview #1. The second installment, The Sandman: Act II, adapting Volumes 4-6 ( Season of Mists, A Game of You, and Fables and Reflections bundles Distant Mirrors and Convergence), was released on September 22, 2021. It has a run-time of 10 hours and 54 minutes and an original score from composer and musician James Hannigan. French, German, Italian, and Spanish editions are to be expected soon. The first installment of the multi-part audio drama series, adapting volumes 1-3 of the graphic novel series ( Preludes and Nocturnes, The Doll's House, and Dream Country), became exclusively available on Audible on July 15, 2020. On January 28, 2021, it was announced that the second and third installments were greenlit. The Sandman is an audiobook adaptation of the original comic series written by Neil Gaiman and Dirk Maggs and published by DC Comics. ![]() 5/30/2023 0 Comments Shatter me book 6![]() ![]() No wonder Kenji was constantly on the verge of a breakdown in this novel, the poor boy was carrying the whole story on his back! How does her mind come up with such lyrical sentences?Īlso, let me say that I really liked Kenji in this book. I had forgotten how atmospheric and beautiful it was. I am very glad about it because this novel was nothing at all like anything I could have possibly imagined.įirst, let me start with the good and say that I love Tahereh's writing. I didn't know what I was getting into and had no idea how it was gonna all turn out. I literally expected nothing from this novel. But no, I guess life is not in fact, good.įirst, I gotta admit, my hopes for this book were pretty gosh darn low. ![]() Life would have been good if it had ended with Ignite Me. This series should have remained a trilogy. ![]() 5/30/2023 0 Comments Darynda jones beguiled![]() ![]() Until then, it's business-and hopefully romance-as usual. None of that will matter, however, if she can't figure out how to foil the supernatural assassin who's been sent for her. If it's heading in the direction she's hoping for, she can die happy. Find out who killed her beloved grandmother, teach her BFF the finer points of spellcasting before she blows up the world, and figure out how serious her relationship with the Adonis living in her basement really is. ![]() ![]() ![]() She decides she has three things to do before she can die. When one of them sends a hunter to town, she knows it's time to take her talents seriously before the hunter takes her life. Especially if one is a charmling, one of only three in the world, with enough magics to make her a target for every power-hungry warlock out there. Newly indoctrinated witch, Defiance Dayne discovers there's more to life after forty than she'd ever imagined possible. ![]() 5/29/2023 0 Comments Whit stillman jane austen![]() Stillman, the writer and director known for his dialogue-heavy dissections of class and manners in films like “Barcelona” and “Metropolitan,” first began working on the screenplay more than a decade ago. The book and film both showcase some of the sharpest lines from Austen’s overlooked work, like Lady Susan’s complaint that her friend’s husband is “too old to be governable, too young to die!” The 41 letters from Austen’s “Lady Susan” are included in an appendix. Stillman takes the characters and plot from Austen’s fictionalized letters and narrates the tale from the perspective of Lady Susan’s nephew, who hopes to counter criticism of his maligned aunt. Stillman’s novel based on “Lady Susan,” which he retitled, “Love & Friendship.” In the novel, Mr. On Friday, May 13, the filmmaker Whit Stillman’s adaptation of the story, starring Kate Beckinsale as Lady Susan and Chloë Sevigny as her scheming sidekick, arrives in theaters. Now, Lady Susan is finally getting some long overdue respect. ![]() ![]() The novella, “Lady Susan,” was finally released more than 50 years after her death, but the story never really caught on with devotees of her other, more famous works. Sometime in the 1790s, Jane Austen wrote a wickedly funny epistolary novella about a widow named Lady Susan, whose beauty and charm are matched only by her cunning ability to manipulate the doting men around her.Īusten never tried to publish it. ![]() |