I loved the two MCs and the chemistry between them. He has to choose-stay the course, or trade it all for the man who drove off with his heart. If he’s caught with Sean, that’s all over. But Paul has devoted twenty-four years to his career and his dream of making admiral. It’s not easy, though the sex and the emotional connection are exactly what both men have been craving for a long time. With two careers on the line, their only option is to back off. right up until they realize that Paul is Sean’s father’s commanding officer and the last man Sean should be involved with. One taste and neither man can get enough. Younger guys aren’t usually his thing, but Paul can’t resist. Of all the drivers, he’s picked up by the gorgeous, gay, and very willing Sean. A drive turns into a walk on the pier, which turns into the hottest hookup Sean’s had in ages.Īfter a long overdue breakup, Paul can’t believe his luck. until he picks up just-dumped Paul Richards. For Sean Wright, driving a cab in the tiny Navy town of Anchor Point isn’t an exciting job.
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(Their conflicting personalities bring to mind Marvel's space-age eccentrics from Guardians of the Galaxy.) Tale of the child, though, warrants curiosity: a mysterious orbit of death surrounds him. To find the missing child, Tracker joins a ragtag crew. His travels take him across multiple kingdoms aswarm with flying beasts, cursed children, bush fairies, river witches, shape-shifters, Blood Swamp trolls, and "night demons from an age before this age." Luckily enough, Tracker manages to mostly avoid the crush of evil forces along the way. Tolkien, Toni Morrison, Gabriel García Márquez, and George R. The result is something of a grab bag of inspiration, pulling from J. Those questions come at the outset of a journey so fat with adventure and emotional complexity it feels mythic in scope. "What does the bearer do with the thing he can't bear, throw it off?" Tracker speculates from the dungeon. That is where Black Leopard, Red Wolf commences it is narrated with attentive hindsight from his point of view. He is also a troubled soul being held captive by an unnamed jailer after failing to find a missing child. The heart and hero of the novel, Tracker has a special gift for "for finding what would rather stay lost" his nose can trace people by their scent across seemingly impossible terrains and distances. "My name was my father's possession, so I left it by his gate," he explains. Our guide is an expert hunter-investigator-mercenary known as Tracker. Your ticket number will be assigned once we have received your payment.Ĭopies of Muse of Nightmares may be picked up beginning Oct 2, the book's release date, through the date of the event. Books may be purchased in-store, online, or over the phone by calling 65. To obtain a ticket, purchase Muse of Nightmares or any book by Laini Taylor from Red Balloon Bookshop. Tickets: This event is free and open to the public, but a ticket is required to enter the signing line. She lives in Portland, Oregon, with her husband, illustrator Jim Di Bartolo, and their daughter, Clementine. Taylor is also the author of the global sensation the Daughter of Smoke & Bone trilogy and the companion novella Night of Cake & Puppets. Taylor’s other works include the Dreamdark books: Blackbringer and Silksinger, and the National Book Award finalist Lips Touch: Three Times. Laini Taylor is the New York Times bestselling author of the Printz Honor Book Strange the Dreamer and its sequel, Muse of Nightmares. Join Laini Taylor as she chats with Book Riot blogger Kate Krug about Muse of Nightmares, stories, gods, monsters, and more! Paul! Love and hate, revenge and redemption, destruction and salvation all clash in this gorgeous sequel to the New York Times bestseller, Strange the Dreamer. Bestselling author Laini Taylor is bringing Muse of Nightmares to Red Balloon Bookshop in St. Among the summaries and analysis available for Ways of Dying, there are 2 Short Summaries and 5 Book Reviews. If there is a Ways of Dying SparkNotes, Shmoop guide, or Cliff Notes, you can find a link to each study guide below. Ways of Dying was awarded South Africa's prestigious M-Net Book Prize, awarded by the TV channel M-Net to books written in one of South Africa's official languages, and was shortlisted for the Central News Agency (CNA) Award and the Noma Award, an Africa-wide prize founded by Shoichi Noma, onetime president of Kodansha International. FreeBookNotes found 7 sites with book summaries or analysis of Ways of Dying. Together they help each other to heal the past, and as their story interweaves with those of their acquaintances this elegant short novel provides a magical and painful picture of South Africa today. At a Christmas day funeral for a young boy Toloki is reunited with Noria, a woman from his village. Day after day he attends funerals in the townships, dressed with dignity in a threadbare suit, cape, and battered top hat, to comfort the grieving families of the victims of the city's crime, racial hatred, and crippling poverty. In Ways of Dying, Zakes Mda's acclaimed first novel, Toloki is a "professional mourner" in a vast and violent city of the new South Africa. Kwon’s nationally bestselling first novel, The Incendiaries, is published by Riverhead (U.S.) and Virago/Little Brown (U.K.), and it is being translated into six languages. She has received fellowships and awards from the National Endowment for the Arts, Yaddo, MacDowell, the Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference, and the Sewanee Writers’ Conference. Kwon’s writing has appeared in The New York Times, The Guardian, The Paris Review, Buzzfeed, NPR, and elsewhere. Named a best book of the year by over forty publications, The Incendiaries was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle John Leonard Award for Best First Book, Los Angeles Times First Book Prize, and Northern California Independent Booksellers Association Fiction Prize. Comatose from crashing into the sea, Rain is taken in by a community of single women committed to obscure devotional practices.Īs the mainland of Maracoor sustains an assault by a foreign navy, the island’s civil-servant overseer struggles to understand how an alien arriving on the shores of Maracoor could threaten the stability and wellbeing of an entire nation. Volume one, The Brides of Maracoor, finds Elphaba’s granddaughter, Rain, washing ashore on a foreign island. Ten years ago this season, Gregory Maguire wrapped up the series he began with Wicked by giving us the fourth and final volume of the Wicked Years, his elegiac Out of Oz.īut “out of Oz” isn’t “gone for good.” Maguire’s new series, Another Day, is here, twenty-five years after Wicked first flew into our lives. Multimillion-copy bestselling author Gregory Maguire unveils the first in a three-book series spun off the iconic Wicked Years, featuring Elphaba’s granddaughter, the green-skinned Rain. During a rare night out, fate reunites Heather with Nicolo and that old spark is still very much alive. Five years later, Lance, deeply engrossed in law school, has yet to propose. Before they reveal their true feelings, a vindictive boss fires Nicolo, leaving Heather with no possibility of contacting him. She makes him believe he can conquer the world, while he gives her a glimpse at an adventurous future. Nicolo always questioned his purpose in this world, until Heather's dynamic personality finds a way into his heart. When Nicolo, a vibrant new employee starts at her job, he ignites a fire inside her, and she finds herself second-guessing her boring future as a lawyer's wife. She doesn't know it yet, but her perfect boyfriend isn't perfect for her. Heather, the quirky non-conformist, is the complete opposite of her conventional, yet highly sought after boyfriend, Lance. Do you believe in second chances? Third? Fourth? Destiny's determined to keep offering another shot.if they're brave enough to grab it. Unfortunately for Michael, however, Francesca’s surname was to remain Bridgerton for only a mere thirty-six hours longer-the occasion of their meeting was, lamentably, a supper celebrating her imminent wedding to his cousin.īut that was then. For Michael Stirling, London’s most infamous rake, that moment came the first time he laid eyes on Francesca Bridgerton.Īfter a lifetime of chasing women, of smiling slyly as they chased him, of allowing himself to be caught but never permitting his heart to become engaged, he took one look at Francesca Bridgerton and fell so fast and hard into love it was a wonder he managed to remain standing. A moment so tremendous, so sharp and breathtaking, that one knows one’s life will never be the same. Look for Queen Charlotte, the new Bridgerton story by Julia Quinn and Shonda Rhimes, inspired by the Netflix series.įrom #1 New York Times bestselling author Julia Quinn comes the story of Francesca Bridgerton, in the sixth of her beloved Regency-set novels featuring the charming, powerful Bridgerton family, now a series created by Shondaland for Netflix. Yet the approach for a happy life set out in Flow is based upon scientific research, as opposed to rules and guidelines obtained from ancient wisdom. The author touches on a lot of principles from ancient philosophies and religions, such as Stoicism and Buddhism. What makes us happy? How can we live a fulfilling life? These are no simple questions to ask, but author Csikszentmihalyi makes a compelling and clear argument as to how happiness can be obtained (in passing, he even gives simple explanations for consciousness and the meaning of life!). More than anything else, this book is an exploration of happiness. Secondly, instead of merely going into the how of flow, a large part of the book discusses the why: why flow is important for anyone’s life, not just for athletes and other super-performers. By no means is it a boring scientific read that takes heroic efforts to plow through. The first surprise: this title is very readable. It never occurred to me to go to the original source, which anyway seemed like a dry research paper. I felt I already understood the concept, because I had heard so much about it in other places. Widely popular in everything from business to sports, the concept of flow stems directly from this book and the research on which it is based. The Psychology of Optimal Experience Author: Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi As for that annoying raccoon, he keeps getting in the way. The story of Ragweed comes to Poppy's aid, and how Poppy comes to his, is how their rousing and fateful friendship begins. When he asks the mouse’s name, she replies, “Poppy.” Following the sound of the voice, he finds a cage with a deer mouse trapped inside. Ragweed is now ready to strike off on his own, but it’s not long before he hears a cry for help. Though Ragweed doesn’t really want to help the raccoon, by doing so he winds up in Dimwood Forest. On his journey, he meets Lotar, a young and bothersome raccoon who has lost his mother. The first new book about Poppy in more than 10 years, from Newbery Medal-winning author Avi. How did Ragweed and Poppy meet and become friends? This book tells their hilarious story! Adventurous golden mouse Ragweed is on a freight train leaving the city of Amperville. Adaptations & alternative formats: audiobook read by Martin Jarvis (2003) animated film 101 Dalmatians directed by Clyde. Summary: Poppy the deer mouse urges her family to move next to a field of corn big. Ragweed and Poppy is one of the "10 Top Middle-Grade Summer Reads," according to Kirkus Reviews! The first new book about Poppy in more than ten years, from Newbery Medal-winning author Avi with illustrations throughout by Caldecott Medal-winning artist Brian Floca. St Joseph's University (Brooklyn Voices Series) In Dimwood Forest, all the mice know that moving beyond Grey House requires the permission of the great horned owl, Mr. |