Romiette and julio by sharon draper7/5/2023 Romiette and Julio, the interesting book by Sharon, is the best book I’ve read so far because of its good storyline I rate this book a good 5 stars. The most important thing of in this book is what it means to me and also what the author is trying to tell us and I think it means that in life were going to have our ups and down when we find true love and there’s always going to be someone out there that’s going to hate us because they don’t like your friend but if you know you love someone with all your heart then nothing can stop you. I could picture myself as Romiette having a wonderful time with Julio the one she loves dearly. I like this book for a lot of reasons, the way it is written because it’s not like a fairy tale story it has show me moments. Sharon truly has a way with words even her writing styles are wonderful. Anyone who reads this book would think it’s a realistic but too bad it’s a fiction. Once you start reading this book you wont want to stop and I love enriched the words are Romiette and Julio, is a must read book! Sharon tells us about the adventures and risk they do to survive and that they have been struggling from they met each other because of the gang ‘Devil Dogs. The characters of this remarkable book are humans. Draper is packed with action and passion.
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Faridah àbíké íyímídé7/4/2023 I always wanted to be able to tell stories myself, because I really loved the way I felt when I had stories. My mum would read books to me and specifically recite folklore from Nigerian myths and legends. When did you realise you wanted to become a writer? Arriving in June, we sat down with the breakthrough writer to hear more about how her explosive debut book came together. Now, the university student has released one of this year’s most highly anticipated dark queer academia novels which follows gifted musician Devon and popular head girl Chiamaka down a path of mystery, rumours and racism. Born in London, Àbíké-Íyímídé sought out reading as an escape at a young age. The young writer has landed a million-dollar book deal in the States for her debut thriller Ace of Spades. Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé is the queer Black author taking the reading world by storm. Toni morrison box set7/4/2023 She received the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Critics Circle Award. About the Author: TONI MORRISON-who died in 2019-wrote eleven novels, from The Bluest Eye (1970) to God Help the Child (2015). This beautifully designed slipcase will make the perfect holiday and perennial gift. With Song of Solomon, Morrison transfigures the coming-of-age story as she follows Milkman Dead from his rustbelt city to the place of his family's origins, introducing an entire cast of strivers and seeresses, liars and assassins, the inhabitants of a fully realized black world. Yet as her dream grows more fervent, her life slowly starts to disintegrate in the face of adversity and strife. In The New York Times bestselling novel, The Bluest Eye, Pecola Breedlove, a young black girl, prays every day for beauty and yearns for normalcy, for the blond hair and blue eyes, that she believes will allow her to finally fit in. This spellbinding novel tells the story of Sethe, a former slave who escapes to Ohio, but eighteen years later is still not free. Staring unflinchingly into the abyss of slavery, Beloved transforms history into a story as powerful as Exodus and as intimate as a lullaby. A box set of Toni Morrison's principal works, featuring The Bluest Eye (her first novel), Beloved (Pulitzer Prize winner), and Song of Solomon (National Book Critics Award winner). Jonathan sims 13 storeys7/4/2023 'Chilling and so creepy - perfect reading. 'Steals your sleep, not only because it's such a page turner but it is very very creepy. In other words, this was an excellent book' NetGalley reviewer 'A wonderfully creepy climax, hitting that perfect spot of uncanny horror' Grimdark Magazine 'Combines a creeping sense of unease with all-out gore. His death has remained one of the biggest unsolved mysteries - until now. Shocking disturbance within the building's walls.īy the end of the night, their host is dead, and none of the guests will say what happened. They share only one thing in common - they've all experienced a All the guests are strangers - even to their host, the 5 out of 5' SFXĪ haunted house tour-de-force from the creator of THE MAGNUS ARCHIVES podcast.Ī dinner party is held in the penthouse of a multimillion-poundĭevelopment. A wonderful new twist on an age-old genre. 'An astonishing debut from Jonathan Sims. 'A modern horror classic from one of the most exciting writers in the field today' Starburst Magazine What’s curious is that this was a completely Southern choice, a tribute to the culture he was escaping. Escaping to freedom in 1838, at the age of twenty, and needing a new name-in part as a declaration of a reinvented self, in part for the practical necessity of eluding the slave-catchers-he chose to become Frederick Douglass, in honor of a character in a Walter Scott poem. Blight shows in his extraordinary new biography, “ Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom” (Simon & Schuster), was almost certainly white, as Douglass knew early on, and there is something almost cruelly parodic in the grand name the child slave was given: Frederick Augustus Washington Bailey. Frederick Douglass, who has been called the greatest American of the nineteenth century, grew up as a slave named Frederick Bailey, and the story of how he named himself in freedom shows how complicated his life, and his world, always was. “The terrible and frightening things the mind can do under stress and shock play out beautifully. Lying Game series won’t be disappointed.” - Booklist Fans of the author’s Pretty Little Liars series and the “Suspenseful and juicy.” - Kirkus Reviews Or are they about to become the killer’s next targets? When someone else they named dies, the girls wonder if they’re being framed. Way they planned … right? Except Nolan wasn’t the only one theyįantasized about killing. It’s just a coincidence that Nolan died in exactly the Even though they all talkedĪbout killing rich bully Nolan Hotchkiss, they didn’t actually go Mackenzie, Ava, Caitlin, Julie, and Parker have done some not-so-perfect things. Sequel to The Perfectionists will be out on June 2015!įrom Sara Shepard, author of the #1 New York Times bestselling Pretty Little Liars series, comes the shocking sequel to The Perfectionists-with an ending you’ll have to read to believe! From Sara Shepard, 1 New York Times bestselling author of the Pretty Little Liars series, comes a series thats perfect for fans of One of Us Is Lying and We Were Liars. In fact, it would make a great guest room night stand choice for that same reason. It made an excellent nightstand book - none of the first lady's stories is more than a few pages long, perfect for reading a few minutes before you end your day. And then you may have noticed that it sat on my nightstand for months and months. Laura Bush is the last first lady included updated versions have since been released. I have had this book on my shelves for a long time. You'll also learn why Hillary Clinton went to work for Wal-Mart (long before she started campaigning for a higher minimum wage).Ĭomplete with biographies of every first lady, Secret Lives of the First Ladies tackles rough questions that other history books are afraid to ask: How many of these women owned slaves? Which ones were cheating on their husbands? And why did Eleanor Roosevelt serve hot dogs to the Kings and Queens of England? American history was never this much fun! Mary Todd Lincoln was committed to an asylum, and Mamie Eisenhower never missed an episode of As the World Turns. You'll discover that Dolley Madison loved to chew tobacco. Secrets Lives of the First Ladies features outrageous and uncensored profiles of all the presidents' wives. Secret Lives of the First Ladies: What Your Teachers Never Told You About The Women Of The White House by Cormac O'Brien On Thursday, Morris announced a sequel: Cilka’s Journey, which will be published in October, with its proposed cover proclaiming that it is “based on a true love story”. In response to the report, Morris told the Australian newspaper: “I have written a story of the Holocaust, not the story of the Holocaust. But Morris’s blend of fiction and fact has troubled some – particularly the Auschwitz Memorial Research Centre, which published a lengthy report clarifying the known facts about events in the book last December, saying the novel contained “numerous errors and information inconsistent with the facts, as well as exaggerations, misinterpretations and understatements” and described it as “an impression about Auschwitz inspired by authentic events, almost without any value as a document”. Hospital sketches7/3/2023 was matron, and all the youthful P.‘s filled the pod of futurity with achievements whose brilliancy eclipsed the glories of the present and the past.Īrriving at this satisfactory conclusion, the meeting adjourned and the fact that Miss Tribulation was available as army nurse went abroad on the wings of the wind. They all wear rose-colored spectacles, and are lineal descendants of the inventor of aerial architecture.Īn hour's conversation on the subject set the whole family in a blaze of enthusiasm.Ī model hospital was erected, and each member had accepted an honorable post therein. Their crest is an anchor, with three cock-a-doodles crowing atop. At first sight not a foot of it appeared but that didn't matter, for the Periwinkles are a hopeful race. Here was the will, and plenty of it now for the way. “ Go nurse the soldiers,” said my young neighbor, Tom, panting for “the tented field.” “Turn actress, and immortalize your name,” said sister Vashti, striking an attitude. “Take a husband like my Darby, and fulfill your mission,” said sister Joan, home on a visit. “No thank you, ma'am, ten years of that is enough.” “ Try teaching again,” suggested my mother. “ Write a book,” quoth the author of my being. This remark being addressed to the world in general, no one in particular felt it their duty to reply so I repeated it to the smaller world about me, received the following suggestions, and settled the matter by answering my own inquiry, as people are apt to do when very much in earnest. The books span the entire history of Narnia, from its creation in The Magician's Nephew to its eventual destruction in The Last Battle. Except in The Horse and His Boy, the protagonists are all children from the real world who are magically transported to Narnia, where they are sometimes called upon by the lion Aslan to protect Narnia from evil. It narrates the adventures of various children who play central roles in the unfolding history of the Narnian world. The series is set in the fictional realm of Narnia, a fantasy world of magic, mythical beasts and talking animals. Illustrated by Pauline Baynes and originally published between 19, The Chronicles of Narnia has been adapted for radio, television, the stage, film and video games. The Chronicles of Narnia is a series of seven high fantasy novels by British author C. S. |