![]() ![]() ![]() “An enjoyable story, full of lots of unique characters” – ![]() The two sexy paranormals who vie for Evie’s affections each had their own victory one won Evie’s heart and the other won mine.’- Aprilynne Pike, #1 New York Times bestselling author of ‘Wings’ Oh, bleep! I’m in love!’ – Becca Fitzpatrick, bestselling author of ‘Hush, Hush’ This story was everything I hoped for – sassy, light-hearted and downright scary. ‘A fast, flirty roller coaster of a ride. But as usual things don’t turn out as planned for Evie, as suddenly the International Paranormal Containment Agency, the local paranormals and her faery ex-boyfriend Reth are all in need, and only Evie and her powers can save them. When your world is paranormal, be glad that you’re human… The breathtaking conclusion to the bestselling Paranormalcy trilogy, which left Hush, Hush author Becca Fitzpatrick exclaiming, “I’m in love!”Īfter the shocking revelations about her parents and the faeries’ struggle for possession of her soul, all Evie wants is to spend a normal Christmas with her shapeshifter boyfriend Lend. ![]()
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![]() But all kinds of seemingly disconnected people keep getting in destiny's way, whether it’s Sportcoat’s friend Pork Sausage or Potts, a world-weary but scrupulous White policeman who’s hoping to find Sportcoat fast enough to protect him from not only Deems’ vengeance, but the malevolent designs of neighborhood kingpin Butch Moon. The 19-year-old victim’s name is Deems Clemens, and Sportcoat had coached him to be “the best baseball player the projects had ever seen” before he became “a poison-selling murderous meathead.” Everybody in the project presumes that Sportcoat is now destined to violently join his late wife, Hettie, in the great beyond. ![]() 45-caliber Luger pistol and shoot off an ear belonging to the neighborhood’s most dangerous drug dealer. In a season of such events, it’s just as improbable that in front of 16 witnesses occupying the crowded plaza of a Brooklyn housing project one afternoon, a hobbling, dyspeptic, and boozy old church deacon named Cuffy Jasper "Sportcoat" Lambkin should pull out a. It's September 1969, just after Apollo 11 and Woodstock. ![]() ![]() The versatile and accomplished McBride ( Five Carat Soul, 2017, etc.) returns with a dark urban farce crowded with misjudged signals, crippling sorrows, and unexpected epiphanies. ![]() ![]() ![]() Understandably, he often grew weary.Īs recounted through the diligent research of The Molesworth Institute, Petsis would often divert his mind by fishing along the Nile. His job: to sort through and organize thousands of manuscripts, most of which were unlabeled and hard to identify due to the nibblings of rogue mice. With its ornate lecture halls, gardens, and collections of scrolls, it served as the nation’s epicenter of scholarship - and cats played a central role in its development.ĭeep in the bowels of the building, a young, lowly sub-librarian by the name of Petsis toiled away. Some 1,500 years after cats were first domesticated, in 3rd century BC Egypt, the Library of Alexandria was constructed. ![]() Meet Dewey Readmore Books, history’s greatest library cat. ![]() Over a nineteen year tenure as “head of PR” at a small library in Iowa, he charmed thousands of people from around the U.S., gave his town a renewed hope, and eventually became an international celebrity. In the vast ranks of these so-called “library cats,” one became famous - both for his strange antics and his kind-heartedness. For centuries, bookkeepers have employed felines to keep pesky rodents at bay, greet visitors, and, of course, take epic naps in the Z section. It makes sense then, that cats have long been a fixture at libraries. As far as pets go, they’re also pretty darn quiet - unless, heaven forbid, you’re a few minutes late in serving them a meal. Generally speaking, cats are creatures of solitude. ![]() ![]() A shocking surprise about the fate of Sergei's unborn child and a ham-fisted meeting between Sergei and his rival strain credibility, but Millman's fluid storytelling makes this an easy read. But the extended training chapters suffer from clich s of character and narrative, and dampen the suspense. Millman's narration clips along, and he does a fine job with period flourishes. After a suicide attempt that leads to a kind of vengeance-oriented enlightenment, Sergei studies with a series of masters to perfect his warrior skills. Dmitri humiliated by his weakness, gets back at Sergei years later when he becomes part of a pogrom to hunt down Jews during a chance encounter, Dmitri wounds Sergei, who is part Jewish, and kills his pregnant wife, Anya. From his birth, this boySergei Ivanovis destined to become the peaceful warrior and sage who changed the life of Dan Millman and millions of readers worldwide. When Sergei saves the life of a brutal fellow student, Dmitri Zakolyev, during a difficult training exercise, he knows this act has actually made him an enemy. This riveting novel reveals how a boy became a man, how a man became a warrior, and how a warrior discovered peace. ![]() ![]() It's late 19th-century Russia, and young Sergei Ivanov has been drafted into training to become one of the czar's elite guards. In this intriguing follow-up, Socrates takes center stage. ![]() In his landmark 1980 novel, Way of the Peaceful Warrior, Millman blended fact and fiction to tell the story of a young man whose life is transformed by his encounter with a mysterious sage named Socrates. ![]() ![]() ![]() I’ve read several other pirate-y, sailing the seas type books before, but none of them really captured what I was looking for in that type of book. I love the gritty world, Fable’s character, West’s dark brooding charm, the crew of the Marigold, Saint, the tension between Fable and West, the details of the sailing and dredging. But there’s always something about them that doesn’t connect quite the same as other books.įable blew me out of the water. ![]() Don’t get me wrong, I enjoy them a lot, and I love her world-building details. I have a love-hate relationship with Adrienne Young’s books. (I have no idea why the publishers did that, but as long as books are still quality writing and have had the same amount of time for editing as other books, I’m on board with this kind of publishing schedule.) Fortunately, Namesake released only a few months after Fable. I had been keeping my eye on this title to save for when the sequel released since I’m getting tired of waiting years between book releases for series. One of the book clubs I’m in decided to read Fable by Adrienne Young for our April meeting. ![]() |