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![]() ![]() She’s also going to start over as Ever Lawrence: a new name for her new beginning. Specifically, a cutthroat academic-decathlon-like competition for a full scholarship to Rayevich College-the only college with a Science Fiction Literature program, and her dream school. What she is going to do is pack up her determination, her favorite Octavia Butler novels, and her Jordans, and run away to summer camp. And that just isn't appealing, no matter how many Xenomorphs from Alien she'd be able to defeat afterwards. ![]() As cool as it would be to live-action-role-play Ender's Game, Ellie's seen three generations of her family go through USAF boot camp up close, and she knows that it's much less Luke/Yoda/"feel the force," and much more one hundred push-ups on three days of no sleep. ![]() And she certainly isn't going to the Air Force summer program on her mom's base in Colorado Springs. She isn't going to mock trial camp at UCLA.ģ. She isn't going to stay home in Sacramento, where she'd have to sit through her stepmother's sixth community theater production of The Importance of Being Earnest.Ģ. "A wonderful book." - School Library JournalĮlliot Gabaroche is very clear on what she isn't going to do this summer.ġ. ONE OF Paste's BEST YOUNG ADULT BOOKS IN NOVEMEBER 2017 Smith meets The Fangirl's Guide to the Galaxy in Lily Anderson's Not Now, Not Ever, a deliciously nerdy companion to The Only Thing Worse than Me Is You ![]()
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![]() ![]() ![]() At two degrees the Arctic ice cap melts away, and coral reefs disappear from the tropics. Degree by terrifying degree, he charts the likely consequences of global heating and the ensuing climate catastrophe.Īt one degree - the world we are already living in - vast wildfires scorch California and Australia, while monster hurricanes devastate coastal cities. But how much worse could it get? Will civilisation collapse? Are we already past the point of no return? What kind of future can our children expect? Rigorously cataloguing the very latest climate science, Mark Lynas explores the course we have set for Earth over the next century and beyond. Mark Lynas delivers a vital account of the future of our earth, and our civilisation, if current rates of global warming persist. ![]()
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Melmoth novel6/12/2023 ![]() Items in order will be sent via Express post as soon as they arrive in the warehouse. Order may come in multiple shipments, however you will only be charged a flat fee.Ģ-10 days after all items have arrived in the warehouse Items in order will be sent as soon as they arrive in the warehouse. As her past finally catches up with her, she too must choose which path to take.Įxquisitely written, and gripping until the very last page, this is a masterpiece of moral complexity, asking us profound questions about mercy, redemption, and how to make the best of our conflicted world. ![]() Despite her scepticism, Helen can't stop reading, or shake the feeling that someone or something is watching her. Condemned to walk the Earth forever, she tries to beguile the guilty and lure them away for a lifetime wandering alongside her.Įveryone that Melmoth seeks out must make a choice: to live with what they've done, or be led into the darkness. It is filled with testimonies from the darkest chapters of human history, which all record sightings of a tall, silent woman in black, with unblinking eyes and bleeding feet: Melmoth, the loneliest being in the world. ![]() ![]() ![]() But the sheltered life she has crafted for herself is about to change.Ī strange manuscript has come into her possession, and its contents have the power to unravel every strand of her fragile safety net. Twenty years ago Helen Franklin did something she cannot forgive herself for, and she has spent every day since barricading herself against its memory. ![]()
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Promised jodi ellen malpas6/12/2023 ![]() And Greg…sigh, we’d all love a mate like him!! Starting with the brilliant Nan, a character we all know and love Nana rocks, along with her sidekick George. “I know being with you will be the easiest thing that I’ve ever done.”Įvery single character in this book stood out in their own right adding humour, intrigue, friendship and love. The story was sexy and emotional it was intriguing and mysterious. One Night Promised was extraordinarily flawless, written with such humour, passion and beauty. Truly, this is exactly what Jodi did by bringing M and Livy into my life. Jodi managed something not many have, in my opinion, which is to surpass what made me fall in love with her writing to begin with. ‘He’s no danger to me, except, maybe, to my heart.’ ![]() Ultimately though, it made me realise that any initial fears I may have had upon starting this new trilogy from Jodi Ellen Malpas were completely unnecessary and unfounded my expectations were met, challenged and won over. Gitte: One Night Promised had me laughing till I had tears, melt into a passionate puddle followed by huge ugly crying. ![]()
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Avenger by Heather Burch6/12/2023 ![]() Nikki is again in the thick of a super-charged fight against evil. I churned through Avenger* by Heather Burch, the same as I did through the first two books in the series. That is NO WAY to end the book! She was supposed to choose Raven! So all this boy trouble, with Mace, With Mace, Kisses Raven, with Mace, Kisses Raven, with Mace, With Mace. The book ends with Raven bleeding from a bullet wound & crying over Nikki, holding a picture of a human he has never met, & ". Then they were rescuing her & Raven had his "own plan"! I was excited again, then he handed the "rescuing Nikki" part to Mace.Īnd sure enough, Mace rescued her & eventually brought her back to life. She got put in a cage & brought out to be beat. I got excited again when she ran to get herself captured REAL ACTION!! ![]() ![]() The whole seeker thing was over WAY to quickly, NO ONE was able to defeat I & what did it take her. This series was getting better! We all thought she was going to end up with Raven, so I was super excited because I like Raven SOOOO much better than Mace. In the beginning when she was running with Raven, I was super excited. ![]()
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Untamed by pamela clare6/11/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() And soon the sweet passion he awoke in Amalie had him cursing the war that forced him to choose between upholding his honor and pledging himself to the woman he loves.īe swept away by the other sexy MacKinnon’s Rangers in Surrender and Defiant. Only the look of innocent longing in the eyes of a convent-bred French lass could make him question his vow to escape and return to the Rangers. Though forced to fight for the hated British, Morgan MacKinnon would no more betray the men he leads than slit his own throat – not even when he was captured by the French and threatened with an agonizing death by fire at the hands of their Abenaki allies. They were a band of brothers, their loyalty to one another forged by hardship and battle, the bond between these Highland warriors, rugged colonials, and fierce Native Americans stronger even than blood ties. Pamela Clare brings her expert plotting, sizzling chemistry and thrilling adventure to her breathtaking MacKinnon’s Rangers series, in the grand tradition of The Last of the Mohicans, perfect for fans of Maya Banks, Monica McCarty and Zoe Archer. ![]()
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Jasmine santos from lukov with love6/11/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() Added to that, Jasmine trains at the Lukov Centre in Houston, so she and Ivan cross each other’s paths regularly. ![]() Jasmine and Ivan have known each other a long time, courtesy of Jasmine’s friendship with Karina. Jasmine’s best friend is Karina Lukov, the younger sister of Ivan Lukov, a world- and Olympic-champion pairs figure skater. It seemed to me that her bad reputation is about her being outspoken, single-minded and fierce rather than her actually being awful.Ģ. Apparently, she has a bit of a bad reputation within skating and no-one wants to skate with her. She’s a 26-year-old pairs figure skater but currently without a partner as her previous one left about a year before. Jasmine Santos is the younger sister of Ruby, the heroine from Dear Aaron. Without further ado, I present 12 things about From Lukov with Love.ġ. When I reviewed the previous book in this series, Dear Aaron, I did so in the form of a list so I decided to continue the theme here. Narrated by Callie Dalton & Teddy Hamilton ![]()
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Cracked by km walton6/11/2023 ![]() ![]() Through the people that they meet, the boys discover who they truly are and what's worth living for. Now both boys are roommates in a psych ward, involuntarily committed for five days after "suicide" attempts. ![]() Victor tries suicide and Bull tries to defend himself from his grandfather with a gun but ends with getting himself shot. Each boy is miserable and desperate for a way out. While Bull is a bully at school, he is a victim at home to his grandfather's fists and his mother's neglect. At the same time, he's reminded constantly that his parents never wanted him and is repeatedly belittled by their selfishness and egos. The bullying has gone on since kindergarten and hasn't improved. Victor is a victim of bullying done by Bull. This novel is told through the eyes of two boys - chapters alternating between Victor and William "Bull". ![]() Call me cynical, but when I read a book about hard-hitting themes like bullying and suicide, I don't necessarily want "happily ever after." While this book does a decent job tackling these two serious topics, I felt the rosy ending for these characters didn't jive with reality. ![]()
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Drive your plough over the bones6/11/2023 ![]() ![]() Janina is a devout believer in astrology, and she thinks that maybe she can use Big Foot’s horoscope to determine his cause of death. Janina loves animals, and Big Foot was an avid hunter. The deer was one that Big Foot hunted, killed, cooked, and ate. Janina is horrified but is also somewhat glad that Big Foot is dead. ![]() One day, Janina’s friend and neighbor-whom she calls Oddball-tells her that he has found their neighbor-whom Janina calls Big Foot-dead in his cabin. She used to have two pet dogs, but they went missing. Janina is a semi-elderly woman who lives alone in a cabin in the woods. The novel opens in modern-day Poland in an unnamed village near the Czech border. Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead. The following version of this book was used to create this study guide: Tokarczuk, Olga. ![]()
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Willa and the wood6/10/2023 ![]() What do you do when you realize that the society you were born and raised in is rife with evil? Do you raise your voice? Do you stand up against it?Īs forces of unfathomable destruction encroach on her forest home, Willa must decide who she truly is, facing deadly force with warmest compassion, sinister corruption with trusted alliance, and finding a home for her longing heart. ![]() Only then does she begin to discover the shocking truth: that not all of her day-folk enemies are the same, and that the foundations of her own Faeran society are crumbling. When Willa’s curiosity leaves her hurt and stranded in the day-folk world, she calls upon the old powers of her beloved grandmother, and the unbreakable bonds of her forest allies, to escape. It’s dangerous work–the day-folk kill whatever they don’t understand–but Willa will do anything to win the approval of the padaran, the charismatic leader of the Faeran people. She creeps into the cabins of the day-folk under cover of darkness and takes what they won’t miss. ![]() ![]() Willa, a young night-spirit, is her clan’s best thief. Published on JAmazon | Barnes & Noble | Goodreads ![]() |