![]() And when rumors of a jilted ex-girlfriend come to light, Jade knows Quentin is hiding a secret-and she's determined to find out what it is. But despite their storybook-perfect romance, every time Jade moves closer, Quentin pulls away. Sneaking out, staying up, and even a midnight swim, Quentin is determined to give Jade days-and nights-worth remembering. ![]() And when Quentin learns Jade plans to spend her first American summer hiding out reading books, he refuses to be ignored. ![]() Jade hasn't been in suburbia long and even she knows her annoying (and annoyingly cute) next-door neighbor spells T-R-O-U-B-L-E. But nothing could have prepared her for Quentin. School Library Journal When Jade decided to spend the summer with her aunt in California, she thought she knew what she was getting into. A fun and relatable summer read for fans of Sarah Dessen and Jenny Han. ![]() Fans of Sarah Dessen, Stephanie Perkins, and Jenny Han will delight as the fireworks spark and the secrets fly in this delicious summer romance from a New York Times and USA Today bestselling author. Oz Perkins is best known as Dorky David from Legally Blonde, but he’s also a gifted horror director a fitting career path for the son of Anthony Perkins, aka Norman Bates himself. ![]()
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![]() "Denali gave unstintingly what only dogs can provide. "A striking story of struggle and survival." - Canberra Times Denali by Ben Moon, read by Ben Moon by PRH Audio published on The story of a dog, his human, and the friendship that saved both of their lives.When Ben Moon moved from the Midwest to Oregon, he hadn’t planned on getting a dog. "Ben Moon inspires and educates in this tear-jerking memoir of his best friend." - Publishers Weekly Soon after, Denali was struck by the same disease, and Ben had the chance to return the favour.ĭenali is the story of an extraordinary friendship and the power of the love we give and receive when we have friends by our side. 'Ben Moon inspires and educates in this tear-jerking memoir of his best friend.' - Publishers Weekly 'A striking story of struggle and survival.' - Canberra Times 'Denali gave unstintingly what only dogs can provide. ![]() When Ben was diagnosed with colorectal cancer at 29, Denali never left his side until the pair were back out surfing and climbing crags. Denali is the story of an extraordinary friendship and the power of the love we give and receive when we have friends by our side. The two friends set out on the road together on an adventure that would take them through some of the best years of their lives. Ben instantly felt a connection and his friendship with the extraordinary Denali was born. until he met the soulful gaze of a husky-pit bull cross pup in a rescue shelter. In the bestselling tradition of Finding Gobi and Marley & Me, this is the moving story of a dog, his human and the friendship that saved both their lives.īen Moon had no intention of getting a dog. ![]() ![]() ![]() Yet as Zuri and Darius are forced to find common ground, their initial dislike shifts into an unexpected understanding.īut with four wild sisters pulling her in different directions, cute boy Warren vying for her attention, and college applications hovering on the horizon, Zuri fights to find her place in Bushwick's changing landscape, or lose it all. ![]() ![]() She especially can't stand the judgmental and arrogant Darius. When the wealthy Darcy family moves in across the street, Zuri wants nothing to do with their two teenage sons, even as her older sister, Janae, starts to fall for the charming Ainsley. ![]() Brooklyn pride, family pride, and pride in her Afro-Latino roots. But pride might not be enough to save her rapidly gentrifying neighborhood from becoming unrecognizable. A smart, funny, gorgeous retelling starring all characters of color. Brooklyn pride, family pride, and pride in her Afro-Latino roots. Zoboi, a National Book Award finalist for American Street, explores cultural identity, class, and gentrification against the heady magic of first love in this new book. A smart, funny, gorgeous retelling starring all characters of color. In a timely update of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice, National Book Award finalist Ibi Zoboi skillfully balances cultural identity, class, and gentrification against the heady magic of first love in her vibrant reimagining of this beloved classic. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() He tells himself that he will no longer dream of palm trees and sunshine. On his last visit to the frigid metropolis, he had felt an odd creature, neither fish nor fowl, smirked at by elegant ladies, his skin chaffed, fingers stiff and unable to determine between fish and salad fork. The Englishman contemplates the meaning of this word, "home," remembers decades of waving palms, soft sarongs against his thighs, the quick fingers and lithe embraces of burnt brown bodies. Such a nice little place."Īnd she, only recently having left Manchester for the colony and now returning in triumph, a husband successfully hunted and captured, says, "But so hot! And the mosquitoes! It will be such a comfort to be home again." ![]() On board one such vessel, the captain's log includes the tusks and legs of elephant herds rubies, emeralds, topaz fragrant mountains of cinnamon, cardamom, mustard seeds forests of ebony, teak, and sandalwood screeching peacocks caged and pacing leopards ten-foot-long monitor lizards whipping their razor tails barrels of fermented coconut toddy the jewel-encrusted thrones of Kandyan kings the weapons of Chola warriors priceless texts in Pali and Sanskrit, Sinhala and Tamil.Īt the foam-drenched stern, a blue-eyed, walnut-burnt sahib searches for the vanishing island and says to his pale young wife, "A shame, really. ![]() It is 1948 and the last British ships slip away from the island of Ceylon, laboring and groaning under the weight of purloined treasure. ![]() ![]() ![]() As she is a girl in the 18th century this is forbidden. The only problem is, Nannerl wants to be remembered for her music, longing to compose and publish her own music. Her and her brother, Woferl (now famously known as Mozart), travel around Europe performing. Nannerl is a young girl and musical prodigy. ![]() ![]() Marie Lu poured her heart and soul into this. This book took over a decade to write/be published and you can definitely tell. The writing style was just so beautiful and delicate, and I knew I would enjoy the book after reading the prologue alone. But listen carefully, because within it is one you have never heard before.” “I am going to tell you a story you already know. Trigger Warnings: sexism, illness, manipulation Genre: fantasy, historical, science fiction ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() There are plenty of movies that are also adapted into TV shows, and vice-versa, but The Mistis a notable case where one is of a vastly superior quality to the other. It's entirely possible that people were happy with the first go at an adaptation, so a second, more drawn-out one didn't really need to happen. ![]() People already know the story, and have seen stellar on-screen renditions of The Mist's interdimensional Cloverfield-scale monsters. After an eerie mist rolls into a small town, the residents must battle the mysterious mist and its threats, fighting to maintain their morality and sanity. There's also an argument to be made that since the movie already came out, and to widespread appeal, the audience for The Mist television show simply wasn't there. Though the conclusion of the film is different from that of the book, at least people can go watch the movie knowing that it contains the author's seal of approval. If one thinks about it long enough, it almost doesn't matter whether The Mist show gets an ending or not, as fans can simply go watch the 2007 The Mist movie for closure. Even Stephen King praised the movie adaptation. In the end, the movie did a better job of telling the full story than the television series did. One of the biggest complaints about The Mist TV show is the lack of monsters that run rampant in the feature film. The Stephen King and Peter Straub novel The Talisman, a fantasy about a 12-year-old boys epic journey to save his mother, has long been one of the adaptations that fans want to see most but. ![]() ![]() As with Wilde's own work, Sorrow is practically personified and recognized as making Joy that much sweeter and more meaningful than a simple pleasure who has no recognition or acknowledgement of pain. I've been reading a lot of Oscar Wilde lately, and though Beagle doesn't reference him as being an influence, and in fact is quite the opposite of WIlde in his attitude regarding the worth of fairy tales, the writing is strikingly similar and I think Wilde would have appreciated both versions of The Unicorn. I loved reading his introduction and afterword it provides a beautifully rich context for both this first iteration and the Last Unicorn book/movie fans know and love. ![]() I have to admit the thought crossed my mind to "lose" it and pay the library for it, but of course I won't do that! I'm so glad the Abilene Public Library had what Austin did not, and I'll happily keep the good karma going to ensure as many copies of this treasure can be enjoyed by as many people as possible. ![]() ![]() What a treat! I had to request this through interlibrary loan, and the copy I received is a pristine First Edition, number 87 of 1000 signed by the author, with beautifully embossed end papers. ![]() ![]() When the season starts and Grady accepts Max’s offer of help with finding someone to date for real, Max gets his wish. Max has always wished Grady would relax a little. But that doesn’t mean players from different teams can be together. Instead he hooks up with a guy who claims to hate him. ![]() Max Lockhart showed up thinking he was going to expose a fake. Apparently Max can goad him just as well off the ice as he can on it. ![]() So he can’t explain why he doesn’t walk away when his Grindr hookup-a guy who accused him of impersonating himself-turns out to be Max Lockhart, a rival player Grady once punched in the face. If you ask Grady Armstrong, the line’s as obvious as the one across the middle of a hockey rink. ![]() People say there’s a fine line between love and hate. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() We’re catapulted backwards and forwards through Teddy’s life, from his childhood to his days in a nursing home. While Life After Life played with the concept of how the smallest things can cause a ripple effect through the future, A God in Ruins plays with the concept of time itself. It is a companion book to Life After Life, which I also loved, and focuses on one of the other members of the Todd family – Ursula’s younger brother Teddy and the life he goes on to lead. ![]() Having come through the war alive despite all expectations, Teddy faces a new challenge – to live the normal life he never imagined he would have.Ī God In Ruins was maybe my favourite book that I read last year. A God in Ruins tells the story of Teddy Todd – a World War II bomber pilot but also a husband, father and grandfather. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The book is the sixteenth of thirty-three full-length novels featuring her detective Hercule Poirot. Only his Lordship has any love for his wife so that, when she is found stabbed to death one blisteringly hot afternoon, Poirot has more than his fair share of suspects to interrogate. Appointment with Death is a work of detective fiction by British writer Agatha Christie, first published in the UK by Collins Crime Club on, and in the US by Dodd, Mead and Company later in the same year. A mysterious young American, Jefferson Cope, whose link to the Boyntons seems tenuous, completes the group. ![]() Sarah King, a young English doctor, falls for Raymond and would love to tear him from his mother's apron-strings, and another doctor, Dr Gerard, takes an interest in Jinny, as does a Polish nun, who, with Jinny, is subject to an attack - by white slavers, according to the independent travel-writer Dame Celia Westholme. She bullies her three adopted children, Carol, Jinny and Raymond, as well as the family's nanny. The enterprise has been financed by Boynton's rich, rude and overbearing American wife. Syria, 1937: Hercule Poirot is one of several people present at an archaeological dig to find the skull of St John the Baptist, led by the exuberant Lord Boynton and his loyal son Leonard. ![]() |