![]() ![]() Sudden, the children hear the sirens of fire trucks and witness an actual ![]() Not long after finding the coin, Jane makes a silly wish for Their summer is about to transform into something quite enchanted when Janeįinds a shiny coin stuck in the sidewalk. Yearning for something extraordinary in their own lives. However, these exchanges tend to leave them Stories that inspire creative discussions about magical events. Each child searches for books in different genres, but they all love to read With one another and going to the library often, which is the high point of their They attempt to fill their summer days by playing “Those who don’t believe in magic will never find it.” – Roald DahlĪlways very special for Jane, Mark, Katharine, and Martha, but everythingĬhanges after their father dies. ![]()
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![]() ![]() So, imagine my surprise when Lindsay & Jen picked a hockey romance series for our buddy read! Also, my buddy, Laura Yamin tells me hockey romances are the best. ![]() Even better, I’m trying to get back into reading more series. Now he just has to convince Hannah that the man she wants looks a lot like him. ![]() But when one unexpected kiss leads to the wildest sex of both their lives, it doesn’t take long for Garrett to realize that pretend isn’t going to cut it. If helping a sarcastic brunette make another guy jealous will help him secure his position on the team, he’s all for it. ![]() If she wants to get her crush’s attention, she’ll have to step out of her comfort zone and make him take notice… even if it means tutoring the annoying, childish, cocky captain of the hockey team in exchange for a pretend date.Īll Garrett Graham has ever wanted is to play professional hockey after graduation, but his plummeting GPA is threatening everything he’s worked so hard for. But while she might be confident in every other area of her life, she’s carting around a full set of baggage when it comes to sex and seduction. Hannah Wells has finally found someone who turns her on. She’s about to make a deal with the college bad boy… Goodreads Book Review: The Deal by Elle Kennedy ![]() ![]() After everything they’d been through, she wants to prove Sandy's innocence. He doesn't deny hurting Arien and wants Melissa to stay away. Sandy, the one person Melissa trusted, has her baffled. When Arien's family becomes worried, rumors fly through Gloucester High over where he is and what happened to him. He terrifies her, but she can’t stay away.Īrien Hart disappears in the dead of winter and the last person to see him alive is glad he's gone. MELLIFICA: AFFINITY FOR FEAR by Melissa Mayberry ![]() Will she survive this battle of the heart? Armed with Sandy’s family secret and an unlikely ally, Arien bombards Melissa with doubt, playing a game to divide and conquer. Melissa Quinn found her happiness in the arms of Sandy Bavetta, but her ex, Arien Hart returns to Gloucester with a vengeance. MELLIFICA: WAIT FOR ME by Melissa MayberryĬaught in a war between her past and her future, one wrong step and Melissa Quinn loses everything. When Arien's love destroys Melissa, Sandy fights for his girl before the consequences are devastating. Melissa is blind to Arien’s faults, so Sandy has no choice but to leave it to fate. ![]() ![]() ![]() Enchanted by Arien’s charisma, she plunges into an impassioned relationship, leaving her boyfriend, Sandy Bavetta behind. The more her friends warn her of Arien, the more Melissa refuses to listen. No one understands the obsession Melissa Quinn has with Arien Hart. MELLIFICA: DEVASTATING FIRST LOVE by Melissa Mayberry ![]() ![]() Beauty comes at a price so too does freedom. Narrative craft that can hold the tension of the implicit (and sorely lacking) value of black and brown features as beautiful as it intertwines with incisive commentary on the overall commodification of beauty is no small feat, and Clayton manages thrills of action, magic, romance, and revolution as well. *"The sequel to Clayton's The Belles (2018) freezes blood and steals breath. The Belles Dhonielle Clayton (Spoilers) persiflage01 Uncategorized Febru3 Minutes Camellia Beauregard is born a Belle in Orléans, and in Orléans, the Belles are revered because they control Beauty, and Beauty is a commodity which is coveted above everything else. ![]() ![]() As relevant as it is exquisite."- Booklist, starred review ![]() poignantly uses a harrowing, fantastical tale to illuminate the very real horrors of unattainable beauty standards and the enslavement of marginalized bodies. A world that is breathtaking and crushing, beautiful and vile, and whimsical and terrifying. This unique story remains a terrific metaphor for beauty and its place in society and culture."- School Library Journal "Clayton paints a stunning world with chilling characters.that will absorb readers. "Belles fans will be eager to revisit this lavishly imagined, immersive fantasy realm, which Clayton effectively uses to critique several ugly aspects of our own society."- Horn Book Magazine The Everlasting Rose-The Belles series, Book 2 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() I will be looking at K’s betrayal by Sensei in two parts. ![]() I will then examine K’s nearly constant state of failed mourning regarding his abandonment by both his birth-family and his adopted-family. Firstly, I will look at Sensei’s inability to constitute his traumatic betrayal by his uncle, resulting in his acting out of revenge fantasies directed at his uncle towards K, as well as in his incorporation of his uncle. To this end, I will examine the traumatic themes inherent in the characters’ relationships which cause them to become traumatized, and which result in the traumatization of others, as well as the varying degrees of recovery or awareness within these characters. ![]() Namely, I will be examining Sensei’s betrayal by his uncle, K’s betrayal by both of his families, Sensei’s betrayal of K, and finally, Sensei’s partial recovery and betrayal of his wife. In doing so, I will argue that betrayal-induced social trauma results in and lies at the base of the novel’s various conflicts. In this essay I will examine the dynamics and nature of social trauma within Natsume Sōseki’s seminal work, Kokoro. ![]() ![]() Scotland-born Michael had been a student of Ian McHarg ( Design With Nature) at Edinburgh’s College of Art and later at the University of Pennsylvania, before founding the University of Toronto’s Undergraduate program in Landscape Architecture, then moving to York University to teach in their fledgling Environmental Studies program and publish his own book, Cities and Natural Process. ![]() When we visited Hummelo, I had just finished an in-depth magazine profile on Michael Hough, a seminal member of the mid-20 th century ecological landscape movement. Given my childhood love of wild places, I was always more interested in designers who embraced a naturalist ethos and synthesized that into their work, whether purely aesthetic or ecology-based. I had read his books and followed his burgeoning design career with interest. ![]() It was early April 1999, and we were visiting Hummelo in the Netherlands so I could talk with Piet Oudolf and see his garden. ![]() ![]() ![]() Weldon is the leading authority on films deemed to be "psychotronic," a designation he stretches to encompass horror flicks, spaghetti westerns, low-budget quickies, exploitation films of all stripes-in short, anything disdained by the critical establishment. "synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title. ![]() ![]() More than 450 rare and wonderful illustrations round out the book, making it a treasure trove of cinematic lore and essential for every fan of filmdom's finest offerings. They almost always appear on videocassette.Īmong their kind are biker films, sci-fi series, quickie biopics, gimmick films, teen sex comedies, blaxploitation films, stalkers, slashers, snoozers, shrudderers, and anything starring Lynda Blair, david Carradine, Shannon Tweed or Drew Barrymore.Īnd they're all here in the Psychotronic Video Guide.įrom Abby to Zontar, this book covers more than nine thousand amazing movies from the turn of the century right up to today's golden age of video, all described with Michael Weldon's dry wit. ![]() They occur throughout the world, but are particuarly common at midnight movie festivals and in video stores' cult sections, they are especially frequent at that beloved and dying institution, the drive-in. These films can commonly be identified by their use of exploitation elements and their interest in humanity's lower common demoninators. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() However, the output of garments, football, and beverages increased. In FY22, the sector grew by 11.7 percent over FY21, aided by rising global demand and favourable government policies, which boosted GDP growth, with big industries contributing a significant portion to the economy.Īccording to the PBS data, out of almost all major and small sectors contracted in March, including textile, food, coke and petroleum products, chemicals, automobile, pharmaceuticals, cement, fertilisers, iron and steel, furniture, leather products, electrical equipment, and non-metallic mineral products. ![]() Industrial output witnessed a decline of 8.11 percent in July-March FY23 compared to the same period last fiscal, whereas LSM output declined 9.09 percent over February 2023. ![]() The sector’s struggle underscores the challenges facing Pakistan’s manufacturing industry and highlights the urgent need for measures to revitalise the economic stability. Economists attribute the downturn to a combination of economic instability and political unrest gripping the country. In February 2023, the LSM output was negative 11.59 percent which sharply tumbled to 25 percent in March, a significant concern for the economy. Since then, it is sequentially on a nosedive, according to the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS). Since May 2023, the decline started in manufacturing outputs, which went underwater in July (the first month of this fiscal) by contracting 1.86 percent. ![]() ![]() She illuminates the broad landscapes of systemic oppression and demands that white feminism evolve lest it continue to be as oppressive as the patriarchy.' Patrisse Khan-Cullors, cofounder of Black Lives Matter, author of When They Call You a Terrorist and joint recipient of the Sydney Peace Prize ![]() 'Intellectually smart and emotionally intelligent, Beck brilliantly articulates how feminism has failed women of colour and non-binary people. Curious, rigorous, and ultimately generous, White Feminism is a pleasure and an education.' Rebecca Traister, New York Times bestselling author of Good and Mad 'Koa Beck writes with passion and insight about the knotted history of racism within women's movements and feminist culture, past and present. ![]() ![]() Oftentimes, despite a restaurant calling itself French, it is not a Frenchman cooking your food. ![]() It’s understanding who actually is cooking your food when you go out to eat. For me, the true value of this book is learning about what it takes to be a cook. I could care less about those nuggets of culinary and restaurant wisdom. That bread on your table? It may have been leftover from the previous customers. Many people over the past couple decades have read this book and taken away what NOT to do when patronizing a restaurant. It’s almost like sitting down with Tony for a late night beer at his favorite old Manhattan haunt (now defunct), Siberia Bar. So while I could not relate to every part of this book, Bourdain’s straightforward style – his “Kitchenese” as he calls it, or the secret language of cooks – invites you into his world. The closest I’ve come to working in a real commercial kitchen was as a “ Sandwich Artist” at Subway and as a service deli employee at a grocery store. Meanwhile, this book waited for me, aging like a fine wine. I rewatched multiple seasons of Parts Unknown. When the pandemic hit and my wanderlust for travel came to a screeching halt, I vicariously traveled through Bourdain. ![]() For years I felt I had already read the book because I had vicariously experienced it through him. ![]() ![]() We were backpacking across Europe, hostel to hostel, indulging in some of the best food, culture, and history we had experienced to that point in life. One of my best friends had put me onto this guy in 2010. ![]() |