![]() ![]() ![]() To restore her life, Eleanor must risk her reputation modeling for Josiah with a chaperone-and try not to lose her heart to a man with dark secrets and unseen enemies. But only prostitutes and actresses would ever model for an artist and the prim Eleanor is torn with an impossible choice. ![]() Saving her from assault and ruin, Josiah will pay her a fortune to sit for a painting. Once a spoiled and exultant girl, Eleanor is struggling to survive in a city where men prey upon her. So when the fiery beauty of Miss Eleanor Beckett appears in his vision amidst the bleak grays of a London winter, he knows he's found his muse and one last chance at a masterpiece. From USA Today bestselling author, Renee Bernard, this is the fourth book in her unforgettable Jaded Gentlemen series and sure to continue to please her loyal fans.Īfter the darkness of a dungeon in India, artist Josiah Hastings dreamt of returning to a world lush with color-only to discover that years of imprisonment left his eyesight weak and failing. ![]()
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![]() ![]() The one that I'm in particular interested in is Mark Finchem, who's running for secretary of state - has been - in Arizona, has been a very vociferous 2020 election denier, was at the Capitol on January the 6. But it's clear that Trumpism was not the resounding victory that the former president and others of his stripe had hoped for. And it's very early to be saying this right now, Steve. INSKEEP: How did some of the election-denying figures that you follow fare last night?ĭRAPER: Well, in particular, I've been interested in following the races in Arizona, where a completely Trumpy slate ran for statewide office, all of them endorsed by the former president. ![]() ![]() So what do the election results say about them? New York Times Magazine contributing writer Robert Draper looks at this in his new book, "Weapons Of Mass Delusion: When The Republican Party Lost Its Mind." Mr. QAnon figures and conspiracy theorists also took prominent roles as part of the Republican coalition. Dozens of judges and thousands of election officials from both parties affirmed Donald Trump's defeat in 2020, but some candidates this year ran on alternative facts. Numerous Republican candidates in this year's election rejected the results of the last one. ![]() ![]() Includes the entire four book series about Penny and Professor Hunter! And I just hope to God it isn’t my past catching up to me. Someone else who knows what it’s like to live behind a mask.The only thing I know for sure is that someone in this city is watching me. And the only one that could possibly understand is someone who knows what it’s like to hide in the shadows. I lost everything, and I don’t know how to keep breathing in a city that has no stars.But even though my appearance has changed, deep down I know that a shadow of the girl I once was still remains. And I have a darkness inside of me that I can’t seem to escape. That girl died as soon as the devil himself put his hands on me. Everything I knew was taken away in a .Beaten.Ten years of pain. But my life wasn’t meant to be a fairy tale. ![]() I fell in love with a prince and my dreams went as far as the stars. ![]() ![]() I lost everything, and I don’t know how to keep breathing in a city that has no stars.Once upon a time, my name was Summer Brooks. ![]() ![]() Each chapter leaves off with this little taste for more to come. It is fantastic and it reveals hidden depths about both time periods. I am consistently amazed by Chupceo’s decision to mix the present and past with alternating chapters. But I guess that’s just what I love (#sorrynotsorry). ![]() It is a feast for the eyes and the senses – which is pretty amazing considering that this book has a lot of death in it. Chupeco’s style of gothic fantasy is mixed with lyrical and descriptive imagery. I was hooked all over again from the beginning. This has not impacted my review which is unbiased and honest.) (Disclaimer: I received this free book from the publisher. War is brewing among the kingdoms, and when dark magic is at play, no one is safe Review Because you can’t kill someone who can never die… With the help of these terrifying beasts, she can finally enact revenge against the royals who wronged her―and took the life of her one true love.īut there are those who plot against her, those who would use Tea’s dark power for their own nefarious ends. Her heart is set on vengeance, and she now possesses all she needs to command the mighty daeva. And she is done with her self-imposed exile. A bone witch who can resurrect the dead, she has the power to take life…and return it. ![]() I was even more impressed with Chupeco’s world building, her characters, and the wide expanse of the story. ![]() If I thought I adored The Bone Witch, then I’m head over heels for The Heart Forger. ![]() ![]() Out in the Wilds, apothecary apprentice Tessa Cade is tired of seeing her neighbors die, their suffering ignored by the unyielding royals. The brothers have learned to react mercilessly to any sign of rebellion-it's the only way to maintain order when the sickness can strike anywhere, and the only known cure, an elixir made from delicate Moonflower petals, is severely limited. King Harristan was thrust into power after his parents' shocking assassination, leaving the younger Prince Corrick to take on the brutal role of the King's Justice. Rifts between sectors have only worsened since a sickness began ravaging the land, and within the Royal Palace, the king holds a tenuous peace with a ruthless hand. The kingdom of Kandala is on the brink of disaster. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Slowly but surely, what began as an act of charity turns into a relationship of sorts as Angel and the troll begin an intimate bonding. As he cares for and researches his new pet/houseguest, he grows steadily more attached to him and as his social and professional life starts taking some unexpected turns, Angel begins to rely more heavily on the kinship of his new friend. The troll appears to be cold and hungry (and absolutely adorable) so Angel, the bleeding-heart that he is, decides to take the creature back to his apartment. ![]() One night, coming home from a night out with friends, Angel discovers a young troll sleeping between the dumpsters outside his apartment block. Jess’ recommendation turned out to be my first read of 2011.Īngel is a young, gay photographer making his way in contemporary Finland. The very first book Jess reviewed during BBAW was Troll: A Love Story and as soon as I read it I knew I needed both to read the book and to start following their wonderful blog. ![]() Remember Book Blogger Appreciation Week way back in September? It seems like ages ago now, but one of the best blogs I discovered that week was Park Benches & Book Ends, hosted by Jess and Chris a couple from Surrey, UK. Source: Personal Collection – Purchased New ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Soon, as the conflict escalates, powerful forces converge on Darujhistan.Īnd with gods and Ascendants watching and manipulating events, nothing is as it seems in the City of Blue Fire. Evidence implies that the Bridgeburners were nearly wiped out by treacherous elements from within the ranks of their own army.īefore any light can be shed on what truly occurred, the Malazan troops are sent marching to subdue Darujhistan, the last of the Free Cities of Genabackis. Though they emerge victorious from the siege of Pale and impel the flying fortress of Moon’s Spawn to retreat and abandon the conflict, the Malazan triumph is bittersweet. The Genabackis campaign has been a war of attrition in which the Malazans have spent years fighting the combined forces of local armies aided by the formidable Son of Darkness and Lord of the Tiste Andii, Anomander Rake, the Crimson Guard, the powerful warlord Caladan Brood, and their allies. ![]() Bled dry by incessant warfare and undermined by dissension, signs indicate that the Empire could be crumbling from within. The Malazan Empire is a continent-spanning dominion over which the ruthless Empress Laseen holds sway, her rule enforced by the Claws, the Imperial assassins. ![]() ![]() ![]() Each page introduces a new bird-Pelican, Quetzal, Cockatoo-and is split into three panels that can be individually flipped. Sara Ball's Flip-a-Feather (Abbeville Kids, $16.95) is a board book for children in the three to five range. Lift off! Ava and her little white kitty are off to space, peeping through windows and behind flaps at all the beauty the cosmos has to offer. In Zoom Space Adventure by Susan Hayes and illustrated by Susanna Rumiz (What on Earth Books, $14.99), die-cuts are used to blast Ava off to her "big space adventure." Once Ava is in her rocket ship, she waits for the final countdown, which happens over the next five (four, three, two, one!) pages. ![]() A "Chocolate Furosted" cat donut is fun-a Chocolate Furosted cat donut with bright blue stripes on a bold red background is way more fun. Each title when dry appears to be filled with white-and-black pages put the plushy plastic books in the water and vibrant colors appear. ![]() Mudpuppy's Color Magic Bath Book series includes three waterproof "board" books- Color the Ocean, Cat Donuts and What Color Am I (each $9.99)-that will undoubtedly make bath time entertaining. ![]() Fun format surprises in the board books below-color changes, mix and match, flaps and die-cuts-will likely capture the attention and spark the excitement of pre-readers. ![]() ![]() ![]() It makes you feel a bit high, drugged, and fitted with V.R. Jennifer Egan’s new one, The Candy House, is one of these novels. You’ve entered elite head space of one kind or another. Sometimes.you pick up a novel and it makes your skin prickle-not necessarily because it’s a great novel qua novel, which you can’t know until the end, but because of the velocity of its microperceptions. The challenge of a novel whose subject is, in one sense, everything is knowing what to leave out, a dilemma that The Candy House meta-acknowledges repeatedly. Egan knows that she can never offer a complete picture of the global consciousness, only an evocative impression. The biggest criticism I can make of The Candy House is that it kicks us out just when it seems to be getting started.But that is also the strongest praise I can give it. The story doesn’t describe an arc so much as a network diagram it doesn’t end, it stops. ![]() ![]() If The Candy House is less cohesive than Goon Squad, it may be because its subject is harder to get one’s arms around. Egan is a one-woman R&D department of language. It’s not the A-plot, it’s the soundtrack. She doesn’t construct a master story arc around Own Your Unconscious and its spinoffs instead, they’re just a fact of this world, part of the stuff that goes on in the background. Egan is after more than a cautionary tale she is interested in describing social technology as a lived environment. a spectacular palace built out of rabbit holes. ![]() ![]()
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