![]() ![]() Maureen Johnson’s “The Jubilee Express” kicks off Let It Snow, and let me begin by saying that I loved her novel, The Name of the Star. It just so happened that I ended up enjoying the first story the most and the last one, well, not as much as the other two. It’s also quite sweet, as implied by the presence of “romances” in the title, but not syrupy. ![]() Let It Snow: Three Holiday Romances is just right for the season it’s a light, quick read that’s packed with humor and, most importantly, holiday cheer. Review: If ever there’s a time of the year for a feel-good read, I think it’s Christmas. It’s Christmas, though, and sometimes things have a way of falling into place. Finally, no amount of snowfall will translate into a day off from Starbucks from Addie, who’s coping with a broken heart that may distract her from an important holiday task. They brave the perilous roads to get there and have a few adventures on the way. She ends up at a local Waffle House, which also happens to be the destination for Tobin and his friends. After her parents are jailed under some very bizarre circumstances, Jubilee has to go to her grandparents’ house in Florida, but the storm brings her train to a halt. ![]() To Sum It Up: A huge snowstorm wreaks havoc for the holidays for the characters in these three intertwined short stories. By John Green, Maureen Johnson, & Lauren Myracle ![]()
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The Van Helsing Legacy by M.R. Graham6/10/2023 ![]() In addition to his performances as Resident Evil’s recurring leading man, Apostolides has lent his talents to the 2023 Dead Space remake, many of the Life is Strange games, and quite a few other projects. He also played Leon in the 2021 CGI film, Resident Evil: Infinite Darkness. Players may remember him from performance of Leon in 2019’s Resident Evil 2 remake. One of a very select few returning stars, Nick Apostolides is fast becoming the face and voice of Leon in Capcom’s remake era. Let’s have a look at Resident Evil 4’s cast: Nick Apostolides - Leon S. In this case, we’re looking mostly at the English cast, which also provided performance capture for the characters in the game. ![]() Resident Evil 4 has a full cast across a variety of different languages. ![]() Don’t read further if you don’t want certain characters or story details spoiled. Warning!: This cast list contains mild spoilers for the game. ![]() Whether it’s returning actors from previous games or altogether new ones for a role, we’ve got the full English voice actor and cast list of Resident Evil 4 right here. Capcom brought quite the cast together to bring its iconic and beloved characters to life, so we thought you might want to get to know them a little better. The Resident Evil 4 remake is out and with it comes one of the best voiced and captured performances in a game in a while. ![]() Silver Shark by Ilona Andrews6/10/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() She thought she had left war behind, but now she must hide her skills and her growing feelings from Venturo.and this battle might just cost her everything. She finds a job as personal assistant to Venturo Escana, a premiere kinsman one of Rada's most wealthy entrepreneurs-and most powerful psychers. By so-deeply burying her ability that she avoids detection, Claire is instead deported to Rada as a refugee, where she must find work to remain. When Claire's faction loses the war, she barely escapes extermination from both sides, as her talent brands her as too dangerous to society. The struggle for power is a bloody, full-contact sport: in business, on the battlefield.and sometimes in the bedroom.Ĭlaire Shannon is a killer.and her weapon is her mind.īorn on a planet torn by war for over 300 years, Claire is a soldier: a psycher, with the ability to read, control, and destroy the minds of enemy psychers and to infiltrate the biological network where they battle to death. They are their own country, their own rulers, and their only limits are other Kinsmen. So yes, as an unabashed fan of Ilona Andrews’ urban fantasy series (es), I am biased but it also means I expect a high standard from this husband and wife duo, and this story, novella though it may be, was definitely up to snuff. In a distant, future world Kinsmen-small powerful groups of genetically and technologically advanced families-control vast financial empires. Silver Shark is exactly my kind of story. ![]() ![]() ![]() The illustrations are to die for – Rovina Cai is incredibly talented and I like the exclusive section of the book where we get to see her drawing process. This is a small cute Cardan novella which can be read under an hour but I love these characters so much that I’m dragging this a much as I can. The shipping was delayed due to Covid and the mess that is French customs I had to call the airport, the Royal Mail and the French post service to track it down but luckily it came soon enough. I was on a book buying ban (still am) when I decided to splurge a little and buy this Waterstones exclusive edition of How the King of Elfhame Learned to Hate Stories by Holly Black when it was released on November 24th. ![]() I wanted to share some book mail and book love because this is my first time buying an exclusive edition and this book is too beautiful not to share. Hello lovelies! Welcome to day 13 of blogmas (and happy birthday to Taylor Swift!) ![]() The Assassin's Blade by Sarah J. Maas6/10/2023 ![]() ![]() NB All our estimates are based on business days and assume that shipping and delivery don't occur on holidays and weekends. 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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. ![]() Walking Backwards by Greg Humphries6/10/2023 ![]() ![]() He produced the soundtrack for Francis Ford Coppola's film One from the Heart (1981), and subsequently made cameo appearances in several Coppola films. ![]() ![]() He repeatedly toured the United States, Europe, and Japan, and attracted greater critical recognition and commercial success with Small Change (1976), Blue Valentine (1978), and Heartattack and Vine (1980). His first albums were the jazz-oriented Closing Time (1973) and The Heart of Saturday Night (1974), which reflected his lyrical interest in nightlife, poverty, and criminality. He relocated to Los Angeles in 1972, where he worked as a songwriter before signing a recording contract with Asylum Records. ![]() Inspired by the work of Bob Dylan and the Beat Generation, he began singing on the San Diego folk music circuit as a young man. Waits was born and raised in a middle-class family in California. He worked primarily in jazz during the 1970s, but his music since the 1980s has reflected greater influence from blues, rock, vaudeville, and experimental genres. His lyrics often focus on the underbelly of society and are delivered in his trademark deep, gravelly voice. Thomas Alan Waits (born December 7, 1949) is an American musician, composer, songwriter, and actor. ![]() Plain bad heroines goodreads6/10/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() Her bestselling book inspires a controversial horror film adaptation starring celebrity actor and lesbian it girl Harper Harper playing the ill-fated heroine Flo, opposite B-list actress and former child star Audrey Wells as Clara. Over a century later, the now abandoned and crumbling Brookhants is back in the news when wunderkind writer, Merritt Emmons, publishes a breakout book celebrating the queer, feminist history surrounding the “haunted and cursed” Gilded-Age institution. Less than five years later, The Brookhants School for Girls closes its doors forever-but not before three more people mysteriously die on the property, each in a most troubling way. This is where their bodies are later discovered with a copy of Mary’s book splayed beside them, the victims of a swarm of stinging, angry yellow jackets. They meet in secret in a nearby apple orchard, the setting of their wildest happiness and, ultimately, of their macabre deaths. To show their devotion to Mary, the girls establish their own private club and call it The Plain Bad Heroine Society. ![]() Flo and Clara, two impressionable students, are obsessed with each other and with a daring young writer named Mary MacLane, the author of a scandalous bestselling memoir. Our story begins in 1902, at The Brookhants School for Girls. ![]() Stormlight 46/10/2023 ![]() ![]() Now, as new technological discoveries by Navani Kholin’s scholars begin to change the face of the war, the enemy prepares a bold and dangerous operation. Neither side has gained an advantage, and the threat of a betrayal by Dalinar’s crafty ally Taravangian looms over every strategic move. ![]() The Stormlight Archive saga continues in Rhythm of War, the eagerly awaited sequel to Brandon Sanderson's #1 New York Times bestselling Oathbringer, from an epic fantasy writer at the top of his game.Īfter forming a coalition of human resistance against the enemy invasion, Dalinar Kholin and his Knights Radiant have spent a year fighting a protracted, brutal war. ![]() One pink rose by julie garwood6/9/2023 ![]() ![]() She reminds me a little of Mary Poppins when Travis first sights her with her black dress, umbrella, and white glove and she only gets better every time she opens her mouth to deliver a witticism. While it might be true that I enjoyed the story, not being able to recall a lot of the original story, but it still took away from my enjoyment to know that the publisher did not disclose it as a re-release.Įmily Finnegan is an absolutely adorable character. Apparently it was first published in 1998 as a single collection with three stories featuring each of the Clayborne brothers. I hate to start off a review with a peeve, but this is the second book in the past few weeks which is a re-release of a previously published book. ![]() ![]() Historical Western Romance re-release published by Pocket Star 09 May 16 Veena’s review of One Pink Rose (Clayborne Brides, Book 1)by Julie Garwood ![]() Warsan shire mother6/9/2023 ![]() She also contributed some of her poetry to Beyoncé Knowles visual album Lemonade (2016). ![]() Her work has appeared in several publications, including Poetry Review, Sable LitMag, and Long Journeys: African Migrants on the Road. Warsan has read her work internationally, including recent readings in South Africa, Italy and Germany, and her poetry has been translated into Italian, Spanish and Portuguese. Shire is a poet and activist born in Kenya to Somali parents she grew up in London. Born in 1988, she is an artist and activist who uses her work to document narratives of journey and trauma. Warsan Shire is a Kenyan-born Somali poet and writer who is based in London. As Rumi said, "Love will find its way through all languages on its own" in 'teaching my mother how to give birth', Warsan's debut pamphlet, we witness the unearthing of a poet who finds her way through all preconceptions to strike the heart directly. ![]() ![]() What elevates 'teaching my mother how to give birth', what gives the poems their disturbing brilliance, is Warsan Shire's ability to give simple, beautiful eloquence to the veiled world where sensuality lives in the dominant narrative of Islam reclaiming the more nuanced truths of earlier times - as in Tayeb Salih's work - and translating to the realm of lyric the work of the likes of Nawal El Saadawi. ![]() |