![]() ![]() The antagonistic Stranger, in all his incarnations, was threatening. The atmosphere and creepy imagery were wonderful. (I read this for #Diverseathon! a Diverse readathon hosted on Twitter.)Įnjoyed this middle grade debut from Smith. ![]() I can already tell now that this will be on my Favorite Books of 2017 list for sure, so go pick this up! I loved it and cannot wait to get a copy for my shelf. I'll be talking about this more in my January 2017 Wrap Up on my channel so stay tuned for that. It definitely gave the story much more heart. Now I do enjoy books that have the parents or guardians non-existent but it was really great reading something different. There are a lot of books out there that push the parents or guardians to the side and this one did not do that at all. I also liked how Hoodoo included his family in on what was happening to him. This is also a pretty damn dark Middle-Grade book, so don't go in expecting anything light. There's a talking crow, a creepy carnival, grave robberies, and one of the most ruthless villains I've ever read, the Stranger. This takes place in the 1930s in Alabama and though it is a Horror/Fantasy, it still deals with race and class issues which I thought melted beautifully together in this story. Hoodoo is one of the best characters I've ever had the pleasure of reading, I just love his heart, and his determination to set things right and save everyone. It was scary, thrilling, heartbreaking, and one hell of a ride. ![]() "The Princess and the Frog meets AHS: Coven" ![]()
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![]() ![]() The novel criss-crosses genres, from the classic trickster tropes, to repeated scenes of teleportation, to an empire in the sky with a grim dystopian core. ![]() People turn into animals, a god-butcher spies on the heroes in their dreams, white scientists grow flowers out of hair, and all of this is mixed with true horror, like the scenes that take place at a slave auction. Stories act as portals to other stories, and then become other stories still. ![]() Their reasons for seeking the boy are as varied as who they are: for money, to restore a royal lineage, or just for something to do. There’s Tracker, a runaway who seeks his lost people, only to reject them when he learns their truth there’s the shape-shifting leopard who is his best friend there’s a giant who is not a giant a compass that is a human infected with lightning and kept in a cage and a feminist separatist witch, whose line “Thank the gods for this man to tell us what we already know” is coming soon to a tote bag near you. Black Leopard, Red Wolf (Bond Street Books), Marlon James’s fourth novel and his follow-up to his Man Booker Prize-winning A Brief History of Seven Killings, is a Molotov cocktail through the window of the literary status quo: it’s a fantasy novel, the first in a trilogy, about a group of outsiders who go on a quest, crossing mythical African kingdoms to find a missing boy. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The text includes sequences in a tuberculosis sanatorium, an encounter with an anti-death protest movement, a society of dream investigators, and an extended visit to the minuscule world of dust mites living on a microscope slide. The novel is grounded in the reality of Communist Romania in the late 1970s and early 1980s, including long lines for groceries, the absurdities of the education system, and the misery of family life. On a broad scale, the novels investigations of other universes, dimensions, and timelines reconcile the realms of life and art. Based on Cartarescus own experience as a high school teacher, Solenoid begins with the mundane details of a diarists life and quickly spirals into a philosophical account of existence, history, philosophy, and mathematics. About the Book From Mircea Cartarescu, author of Blinding: an existence (and eventually a cosmos) created by forking paths. ![]() ![]() ![]() Waldman draws a character I have known all of my years in New York: the narcissist who wields a pen and has a novel in contract with a publisher. Like I was at the start of one of those terrible dates I used to have before I got married. ![]() As I sat across from Waldman, a woman of tiny stature with serious, inquisitive, see-everything eyes, I couldn’t help but feel nervous. We met on the kind of New York day when most sane people wish to flee to the country and jump into a quarry so cold it could obliterate the sun. In full disclosure, Waldman and I share an editor, but upon finishing The Love Affairs of Nathaniel P., I had the feeling that we shared much more than that. ![]() It was a sweltering Brooklyn afternoon when I met debut novelist Adelle Waldman in a quaint coffee shop to discuss her brilliant new novel, The Love Affairs of Nathaniel P. ![]() ![]() ![]() While the sisterhood may need another Heartbreaker, Lucy s only desire is to get her ex back. But to gain their power, Lucy must get a guy to fall in love with her the old fashioned way, and then break his heart in the next seven days. And then she ll be one of them a member of a sisterhood that is impervious to heartbreak and has access to magic distilled from the tears of brokenhearted boys. Enter three stunning girls with the unnatural ability to attract boys and an offer Lucy can t refuse: They can heal her heart in an instant. The story begins with a pair of best friends, June and Delia. Beyond devastated, Lucy has no idea how she s going to make it through homeroom, let alone the rest of her life. After a summer apart from her boyfriend, she s ready to greet him with a special surprise and instead gets a shocking one in return: He s breaking up with her. Condition: Brand New Quantity: 10 available Price: US 18.97 Buy It Now Add to cart Add to Watchlist Returns accepted Ships from United States Shipping: Free Economy Shipping. The first day of sophomore year doesn t go the way Lucy planned. The Secret Sisterhood of Heartbreakers by Lynn Weingarten (English) Hardcover Bo Be the first to write a review. If there’s an upside to having your heart broken, it s this: A broken heart makes you brave. ![]() ![]() There was no description of David so I could be like David." Armstrong later used the art of omission in his own writing of Sounder which he wrote based on an account told around his family's kitchen table in Virginia. It was because everything that could possibly be "Not until years later did I understand why I liked the Bible stories so much. "No one told me the Bible was not for young readers, so I found some exciting stories in it," Armstrong said. While his father taught him to work hard, his mother taught Armstrong to love stories. He had a difficult time in school, being a small child with asthma and glasses. He was the third child born to Howard Gratton Armstrong, a farmer, and his wife, Ida Morris Armstrong. William Howard Armstrong was born in Lexington, Virginia in 1911. ![]() William Howard Armstrong (September 14, 1911 – April 11, 1999) was an American writer of children's literature and educator, best known for his 1969 novel Sounder, which won the Newbery Medal. ![]() Children's historical novels, study guides ![]() ![]() ![]() Hector North, in a gay couple with James Montague ( Providence). ![]() In this account, he is the literary equivalent of Dr. Evans' novel Feeders from Within, West unexpectedly appears at Arkham Asylum and conducts an unspecified procedure on recently-admitted inmate Diana Stanley this results in her developing a multiple-personality disorder. Although once again dragged off by his creations, the ending is left, like the original, somewhat ambiguous. Ron Shiflet's tale " Atonement" sees West survive the events of Lovecraft's story and set up shop to continue his experiments in small-town Illinois. West is a scientist who creates a formula capable of animating unliving bodies, although his ultimate aim is to bring living creatures back to life, complete with all of their faculties. ( HPL: " Herbert West-Reanimator") According to more recent accounts, he has brown hair. He is a highly intelligent, unconventional and ruthless man. Herbert West is 'a small, slender, spectacled youth with delicate features, yellow hair, pale blue eyes, and a soft voice'. ![]() ![]() In fun, full-color photographs, the great chef gives step-by-step lessons in kitchen basics here is Keller teaching how to perfectly shape a basic hamburger, truss a chicken, or dress a salad. This is Keller at his most playful, serving up such truck-stop classics as Potato Hash with Bacon and Melted Onions and grilled-cheese sandwiches, and heartier fare including beef Stroganoff and roasted spring leg of lamb. In 'Ad Hoc at Home' a cookbook inspired by the menu of his casual restaurant Ad Hoc in Yountville he showcases more than 200 recipes for family-style meals. Keller, whose restaurants The French Laundry in Yountville, California, and Per Se in New York have revolutionized American haute cuisine, is equally adept at turning out simpler fare. In the book every home cook has been waiting for, the revered Thomas Keller turns his imagination to the American comfort foods closest to his heart flaky biscuits, chicken pot pies, New England clam bakes, and cherry pies so delicious and redolent of childhood that they give Proust's madeleines a run for their money. ![]() ![]() Thomas Keller shares family-style recipes that you can make any or every day. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() This is from a complete amateur, but I found them distracting. They were, photographically speaking, unimpressive. Even so, he hasn't forgotten and will point to a child and ask if that one is "coffee.” It took something he hadn't really remarked upon, and told him it was both important and remarkable. We almost immediately stopped reading the actual text to him and instead talked about what the kids are doing, asked him to find a child with glasses, a barrette, and so on. Kids learn what's important by watching us, and by reading this book to him I've just essentially told him labeling skin color is important. Because the book is busy labeling the different shades, he's now interpreted that to mean it's important to label shades of skin. It's had the complete opposite effect from what I was hoping for. One the other hand, this book has made my son obsessed with skin color. The book shows children playing in various scenarios, and talks about how people come in "cocoa," "rose," "almond," etc. On the one hand, I get what it's trying to do and like many reviewers I love how the author referred to people coming in different "shades" rather than colors. I'm really torn on how to rate this book. ![]() ![]() ![]() But she is determined to figure out the truth no matter where it leads. ![]() His incessant questioning paired with her severe insomnia has brought up uncomfortable memories from her own childhood, making Isabelle start to doubt her recollection of the night of Mason’s disappearance, as well as second-guess who she can trust… including herself. In hopes of jarring loose a new witness or buried clue, she agrees to be interviewed by a true-crime podcaster-but his interest in Isabelle’s past makes her nervous. Isabelle’s entire existence now revolves around finding him, but she knows she can’t go on this way forever. However, Isabelle cannot rest until Mason is returned to her-literally.Įxcept for the occasional catnap or small blackout where she loses track of time, she hasn’t slept in a year. ![]() With little evidence and few leads for the police to chase, the case quickly went cold. Summary: One year ago, Isabelle Drake’s life changed forever: her toddler son, Mason, was taken out of his crib in the middle of the night while she and her husband were asleep in the next room. This book was sent to Traveling With T for review consideration. ![]() |