![]() ![]() ![]() Alyssa Cole is always a must-read, but this novella is EXCELLENT, and perfect for the second half of your Pride TBR. The book is sexy and smart and nerdy and hilarious and absolutely delightful. These two understand each other better than anyone else does and they make something so beautiful together. ![]() Both Reggie and Gus are neurodivergent and the way their brains work together is so lovely. Reggie never actually names her identity on page, but she’s polysexual of some kind. ![]() When Reggie’s insomnia has made it impossible for her to keep working, she turns desperately to Gus, whose puzzling livestreams are the only thing that ever soothed her enough to fall asleep. The fourth in her Reluctant Royals series, this novella follows Reggie, the badass CEO of the nerdy girl media empire Girls with Glasses and the video creator she used to have an internet crush on. Alyssa Cole writes the most dynamic, diverse, relatable romance worlds and this little novella is no different. ![]()
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![]() ![]() Medusa: As a member of a reclusive band of women who live deep in the woods, known as the Gorgons, Medusa has eschewed all contact with the outside world. It’s a harsh new world for a young woman who grew up as a coddled princess, and forging a new life for herself and for her young son Perseus will be the hardest thing she’s ever done. Nationally bestselling author of Daughters of Sparta Claire Heywood returns with an imaginative and female-centered reinterpretation of the myth of the great hero Perseus, told through the voices of three women who are sidelined in the traditional version-his mother, Danae his trophy, Medusa and his wife, Andromeda-but whose viewpoints reveal a man who is not, in fact, a hero at all.ĭanae: Banished from her homeland thanks to a prophecy foretelling that her unborn child will one day cause the death of her father, the king of Argos, Danae finds herself stranded, pregnant, and alone in a remote fishing village. ![]() ![]() ![]() The interview is insightful for all lovers of Twilight and aspiring writers. ![]() ![]() The Official Illustrated Guide begins with a tell-all interview with Stephenie Myer where Shannon Hale asks Stephenie Myer how it all began, about the characters, her writing process, crafting the ending, criticism, her inspirations and the series success. Want to know something, anything about the Twilight Saga? It will be explained in The Twilight Saga: The Official Illustrated Guide. Review: The Twilight Saga: The Official Illustrated Guide is the perfect companion for ever Twilight lover. This must-have edition is the definitive encyclopedic reference to the Twilight Saga and provides readers with everything they need to further explore the unforgettable world Stephenie Meyer created in Twilight, New Moon, Eclipse and Breaking Dawn.įeaturing almost 100 colour pages, The Twilight Saga: The Official Illustrated Guide includes exclusive new material, character profiles, genealogical charts, maps, extensive cross-references and much more, this comprehensive companion guide is essential for every Twilight Saga fan. The Twilight Saga: The Official Illustrated GuideĪt long last, the pieces come together.in this definitive guide to the international bestselling Twilight Saga. ![]() ![]() It is easy to customise the template to the age or learning level of your students. Word searches can use any word you like, big or small, so there are literally countless combinations that you can create for templates. ![]() The fantastic thing about word search exercises is, they are completely flexible for whatever age or reading level you need. One of the common word search faq’s is whether there is an age limit or what age kids can start doing word searches. They help to encourage wider vocabulary, as well as testing cognitive abilities and pattern-finding skills.īecause the word search templates are completely custom, you can create suitable word searches for children in kindergarten, all the way up to college students. Word search games are an excellent tool for teachers, and an excellent resource for students. You don’t need to worry about trying to fit the words together with each other because WordMint will do that for you! How are word searches used in the classroom? Once you’ve picked a theme, choose words that have a variety of different lengths, difficulty levels and letters. How do I choose the words to use in my word search? There will be a list of words for the player to look for and the goal of the player is to find those words hidden in the word search puzzle, and highlight them. ![]() Frequently Asked Questions What is a word search?Ī word search is a puzzle where there are rows of letters placed in the shape of a square, and there are words written forwards, backwards, horizontal, vertical or diagonal. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() However, the narrator frequently interrupts this pattern to include philosophical musings regarding the inner lives of the characters and humanity. ![]() The story jumps from past to present: Jim and Jack interrogate the former hostages, and they recall what happened during their captivity. The former hostages mostly evade Jim and Jack’s questions, and it eventually becomes clear that they’re hiding something. After their release, the bank robber essentially vanished. The story begins with two cops, father and son duo Jim and Jack, interrogating the various hostages recently released from a faux-hostage situation. However, towards the end of the story the narrator reveals that the bank robber is a woman. In the beginning of the novel, the narrator refers to the bank robber without attaching gender, and the cops assume that the bank robber is a man. The bank robber exemplifies this narrative technique. Backman achieves this through an opinionated, omniscient narrator who hides strategic details from the reader to make a point or enhance the plot. The novel also continually uses the element of surprise to slowly reveal key facts regarding the secrets and details of the characters and the plot. Anxious People is a character driven novel that uses the plot of a failed bank robbery and hostage situation as the catalyst that brings the various characters together. ![]() ![]() Illusions and Destined also debuted on the USA Today Bestseller list, which combines books across all genres. When her debut series reached three books and was moved to the New York Times best-selling Children's Series list, it became a best-selling series. Her second novel likewise debuted on the New York Times Best Seller list. Wings debuted as a New York Times best-seller and reached the #1 spot on the Children's Best Seller list, making Pike the best-selling non-celebrity children's author to debut in 2009. ![]() This book became part of a four-book series written by Pike. Her first book to be published was Wings (2009) which became a New York Times best-seller. Pike tried to get published for several years without success. In addition to writing, she has worked as an editor, a waitress, and childbirth educator and doula. Aprilynne and her husband, Kenneth, have four children. ![]() ![]() She received a scholarship to Lewis-Clark State College in Lewiston, Idaho, and earned her B.A. ![]() She enjoyed creative writing even as a young child. Aprilynne Pike is an internationally best-selling American author best known for her debut novel Wings, which was released in English on May 5, 2009.Īprilynne Pike was born in Salt Lake City, Utah, and grew up in Phoenix, Arizona. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() I’m sure that once upon a time people sighed wistfully at the memory of being the first to read a book and having the joy of cutting the pages with a small knife. ![]() People tend to wax poetic about the sensual experience of book reading and the smell and the feel of the pages. I don’t think I’d care to do a problem set from an ebook where I had to flip back and forth from the problem to the relevant text to the various tables of constants and equations. For that matter since I can’t see how thick the book is when I buy it, I’d like there to be a word count in the catalog description. It seems to me like there ought to be a current word counter. On other ebooks they are more like meaningless record locators, since the “pages” are clearly quite small and the book has more than a thousand of them. With some ebooks, these numbers seem to make sense to me in the sense that they are probably about right for a print edition of the book. ![]() My Nook offers “page numbers” that are invariant with the particular formatting options. One wonders if that is true for kids who are more accustomed to ebooks from the start. I’ve seen an article describing a study that suggests that people are better able to encode material in their head if they know where it is on the page and roughly what page it is on, so a physical book with a fixed layout may offer a retention advantage. Its one thing to slide from one page to another, but much better (and easier) to flip back and forth and hold your place with a real book. ![]() ![]() Their work is placed in the context of the broader rap landscape of the 1990s, one upended by sampling laws that forced a reinvention in production methods, the East Coast–West Coast rivalry that threatened to destroy the genre, and some record labels' shift from focusing on groups to individual MCs. ![]() How does one pay homage to A Tribe Called Quest? Hanif Abdurraqib digs into the group's history and draws from his own experience to reflect on how the band's distinctive sound resonated among fans like himself.Ībdurraqib traces the Tribe's creative career: from their early days as part of the Afrocentric rap collective known as the Native Tongues, through their first three classic albums, to their eventual breakup and long hiatus. ![]() ![]() A stunning homage to A Tribe Called Quest and a musical era that shaped American culture, from critically acclaimed Hanif Abdurraqib. ![]() ![]() ![]() We got to see wonderful slides, like this one of Claude Monet’s painting of his first wife, Camille, when she was nineteen.Īnd here is Monet at twenty-five– perhaps as fetching as the more familiar photos we see of him in the Giverney gardens when he was in his eighties. It was great to hear her speak of sources of inspiration and ways she used letters – not many of Camille’s, who died young – and paintings, finding them a context. ![]() I like reading novels with art settings and who doesn’t want to learn more about Paris during the Impressionist era? I happened to be reading Claude and Camille by Stephanie Cowell when Peter saw that she’d be giving a talk titled Searching for Monet last Sunday at the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Museum as part of the Windows on the Past series. ![]() ![]() ![]() Ultimately, they want to serve others, just as Christ serves us. This community clinic desires each patient to experience real sustainable healing in their lives, offering holistic care in a loving environment. ![]() The pandemic pushed us outside, but your feedback on how great the experience was, has kept us outside under the stars for the evening.Īll proceeds from Top Chefs go to Water Street Health Services, a ministry of Water Street Mission, as they provide medical, dental and behavioral health care, to men, women and children experiencing homelessness in Lancaster County. ![]() This year, Top Chef will take place in a luxury tent, at the Lancaster Country Club. The night will not only highlight local cuisine but feature both a silent auction full of creative takeaway packages as well as an exciting live auction with several luxury getaways. Chef Cedric Barberet of Bistro Barbaret.Chef Tanner Seipp of Lancaster Country Club.Chef Daniel LeBoon of The Belvedere, Josephine’s, and C’est La Vie.The evening’s all-star lineup will include: Local, farm-fresh, and inventive, this evening will feature a spread of fantastic dishes prepared by local chefs, which celebrate Lancaster’s most creative cuisine. ![]() |