![]() It's set for the most part in Siena and the descriptions of the town makes the locales easy to imagine even for someone who has never been there and I almost want to go and book a holiday to Siena solely to experience some of it. Also - added bonus, every chapter is prefaced with a R&J quote - how can you not appreciate that? ![]() I'm a sucker for all that so it's like the book was written exactly to my own specifications, which I clearly cannot complain about at all. Turns out though that this was so much more - it went beyond the Shakespeare tale (and was the better for it) and mingled pastlives, romance, destiny, soulmates, history, crime, mystery, adventure, betrayals and all the fun stuff to make a book that I want to re-read immediately. I've always been the stereotypical woman who has swooned appropriately at Romeo & Juliet so I picked this book up thinking it would be a fun modern re-write that I could forget about soon after. ![]() That's not an understatement, I would probably have picked it straight up and read it again but, I'm so behind schedule that it wasn't an option (although I might have to stick a post-it on the front to remind myself in future )) ![]()
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![]() ![]() “I had always heard of Dracula from the movies and from the book, and then I remember seeing the film version of Jane Eyre when I was fairly young,” Kiste told The Lineup on a Zoom call. ![]() In her novel, Kiste propels these two characters to the forefront, giving them a purpose and a story of their own. Her latest multi-award nominated novel Reluctant Immortals dusts away the dirt collected by Lucy Westenra-a victim of Count Dracula-and Bertha Mason-a victim of Edward Rochester in Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë-due to unfortunate historical neglect. Throughout gothic literature, women were merely footnotes, as horror author Gwendolyn Kiste describes. Meanwhile, women are often portrayed as secondary characters who get slashed before the movie even gets past 30 minutes-else they're the notorious " final girl." Men in horror films have climbed their way up mountains of corpses to be recognized as likable villains and antiheroes such as Michael Meyers, Chucky, and Dracula. Monsters, creatures, witches, and humans have served as the vehicles for the plot and added a dash of gore, suspense, and murder. The standard formula for horror has been practiced for centuries yet a few brave souls have tinkered with the ingredients to provide a different outcome. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() She calls them Mutti(mother)and Vatti(father) as this is apparently German or something along those lines. Georgia's parents are also quite eccentric. Libby often crawls into bed with her, completely naked and carrying some form of hard and pointy toy. Georgia tends to embarrass herself, doing things like shaving off her eyebrows accidentally and wearing a stuffed olive costume to a party. Georgia has a little sister named Libby who insists on calling her Gingy as she is convinced that Georgia is a cat. Angus, Thongs and Full-Frontal Snogging Summary Georgia Nicolson lives with her parents, her smelly but sweet little sister Libby, and Angusthe possessed cat. Angus, her enormous cat, keeps terrorizing Mrs. Her bedroom smells like her little sister probably peed somewhere, but she can’t find where. Her friends Jas, Jools, Rosie and Ellen are all as mad as her and together they cause disruptions in their classroom when they start painting their toenails, car accidents when they sashay down the street in their "tart clothing" and much more. Angus, Thongs and Full-Frontal Snogging Audiobook, written by Louise Rennison Audio Editions Several things about fourteen-year-old Georgia Nicolson’s life are very wrong. HarperCollins Publishers, 17. She is, quite literally, obsessed with a man named Robbie. Angus, Thongs and Full-Frontal Snogging Louise Rennison. She's pretty much like every other teen excepting the fact that she spends a majority of her time doing ridiculously stupid things such as shaving off her eyebrows or bleaching her hair so horribly that a chunk falls out. Angus, Thongs and Full-Frontal Snogging is the diary/journal of a British, teenaged girl, Georgia Nicolson. ![]() ![]() ![]() Josh Boone of The New Mutantsdeveloped the show alongside Benjamin Cavell. The new series is set to premiere on CBS All Access, soon to be called Paramount+, on December 17, and will be released on a weekly basis. Related: The Stand: Every Clue Revealed By The Series Poster Art Explained The Stand was adapted previously once before in a 1994 miniseries that debuted on ABC. The novel explores religion, politics, and social structures and expands on the ever-mysterious " Stephen King multiverse". ![]() On one side is the peaceful and democratic Boulder Free Zone on the other is the ruthless and totalitarian Las Vegas. The remaining survivors split up into disparate groups and create new societies and cultures based on their leaders' warring ideologies. ![]() Stephen King's The Stand follows the aftermath of a devastating lab-created plague that wipes out the majority of the world's population. ![]() ![]() ![]() His narrow gaze, hard as ice, hid tender emotions-and he cursed his burning need for this graceful, innocent lady. Yet neither honor nor pride could quench her forbidden desire for hired gunman Jake Roper. ![]() Victoria Waverly was a noble daughter of the war-ruined South-and wife in name only to a heartless Western rancher. But as their fiery confrontation flares into a wild and unfettered passion, they are bound together in a dangerous destiny-with much more than just frontier dreams at stake. He needs the valley's cool waters to turn the drought-cursed high country into the cattle dynasty he craves. Then ruthless, ambitious Lucas Cochran came to Angel Creek valley to challenge her on both counts. After her father died, beautiful Dee Swann held on to her homestead in the Colorado hills, fiercely determined that no one would claim her land-or her independence. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() What sites your reviews are posted on (B&N, Amazon, etc.) and whether you send digital (eBook, PDF, Word, etc.) or hard copies of your books to each other for review is up to you. Simply put, you agree to provide an honest review an author's book in exchange for the author doing the same for you. ![]() This author participates in the Readers' Favorite Book Review Exchange Program, which is open to all authors and is completely free. To begin, click the purple email icon to send this author a private email. You and the author will discuss what sites you will post your review to and what kind of copy of the book you would like to receive (eBook, PDF, Word, paperback, etc.). The author will provide you with a free copy of their book in exchange for an honest review. This author participates in the Readers' Favorite Free Book Program, which is open to all readers and is completely free. ![]() ![]() A fast-paced climax leads to an ending that will leave readers eagerly awaiting the next installment.” - Publishers Weekly Maggie must risk her life to penetrate powerful circles and employ all her talents for deception and spycraft to root out a traitor, find her sister, and locate the reports crucial to planning D-Day in a deadly game of wits with the Nazi intelligence elite. Equally urgent, Churchill is planning the Allied invasion of France, and SOE agent Erica Calvert has been captured, the whereabouts of her vital research regarding Normandy unknown. Maggie’s half sister, Elise, has disappeared after being saved from a concentration camp, and Maggie is desperate to find her-that is, if Elise even wants to be found. Walking among the enemy is tense and terrifying, and even though she’s disguised in chic Chanel, Maggie can’t help longing for home.īut her missions come first. Now she’s working undercover for the Special Operations Executive in the elegant but eerily silent city of Paris, where SS officers prowl the streets in their Mercedes and the Ritz is draped with swastika banners. ![]() ![]() Maggie Hope has come a long way since serving as a typist for Winston Churchill. American-born spy and code-breaker extraordinaire Maggie Hope secretly navigates Nazi-occupied France to find two brave women during the darkest days of World War II in the latest novel in this bestselling series-“a treat for WWII buffs and mystery lovers alike” ( Booklist, on The Prime Minister’s Secret Agent). ![]() ![]() Kevin Gausman stayed in and attempted to mop up, but in the end only made it 3.1 innings, allowing 8 runs on 8 hits and a walk (with some help from an inherited runner allowed to score by Tim Mayza). 317.īoston chipped away in the second, with a Triston Casas single, an Enmanuel Valdez walk, a Reese McGuire single, a single from Yoshida, a Justin Turner single, a Rafael Devers double, and a Jarren Duran single adding up to six runs.Īt this point it was pretty much over. Remember when the consensus this winter was that the Sox overpaid him? He’s also hitting. Masataka Yoshida hit his sixth home run to make it 1-0. hit a sinking liner that could have scored him easily if Jarren Duran hadn’t made a nice sliding catch.īoston drew blood in the bottom half of the inning, though, and it was never stanched. ![]() Bo Bichette hit a one out double off the monster, and Vlad Guerrero jr. ![]() There was briefly hope in the top of the first. With the loss, the Jays are now fourth in the AL East and in a tie with the Angels, of all teams, for the last wildcard. It’s hard to remember that this team was hot five days ago, but five games of bad baseball and they failed to complete the sweep of the Mariners and then took a four game sweep themselves and now here they are. ![]() ![]() It’s a haunting tale of a young nonverbal girl named Olivia who moves into a strange new house named Gallant. And that’ll be what she’ll be publishing all her stories as from now on! And while Gallant will certainly find an audience with younger readers Schwab has hopes that it will appeal to readers of all ages like some of her favorite stories. used to publish her young readers novels under the name Victoria Schwab, but her new novel Gallant marks the first time she’ll be publishing under V.E. That fantastical tale enchanted readers everywhere. ![]() Titles like Vicious and A Darker Shade of Magic put Schwab on the map, but the prolific author became a global sensation with the release of The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue. ![]() ![]() Her adult fantasy novels have garnered the author a rightfully huge following. ![]() ![]() When Zane decides to save his dog no matter the cost, he is thrust into an adventure full of surprising discoveries, dangerous secrets, and an all-out war between the gods, one of whom happens to be his father. Brooks turns into a hawk, a demon attacks them in a cave, and Rosie gives her all while trying to protect Zane. Together they return to the volcano, where all kinds of crazy happens. A new girl at school, Brooks, informs him that he's destined to release an evil god from the ancient Maya relic he is imprisoned in-unless she can find and remove it first. What Zane doesn't know is that the volcano is a gateway to another world and he is at the center of a powerful prophecy. He'd much rather hang out there with his dog, Rosie, than go to middle school, where kids call him Sir Limps a Lot, McGimpster, or Uno-for his one good leg. ![]() ![]() Zane has always enjoyed exploring the dormant volcano near his home in New Mexico, even though hiking it is challenging. A contemporary adventure based on Maya mythology from Rick Riordan Presents! ![]() |