![]() ![]() Barnum, during the years when he created and ran Barnum’s American Museum, filled with marvels and oddities. Most of the story takes place in New York City and focuses on the larger-than-life personality of showman P.T. Henry images how things might have gone down if Barnum had managed to get his hands on a real mermaid. Barnum and his ability to create astounding attractions. The Mermaid is filled with so many interesting historical details about the life of P.T. ![]() With such a vibrant, happy looking cover, would there be any of her trademark darkness between the covers? Well, the answer to that question is mostly no, but I really enjoyed this, even without the darker elements. I’m a big fan of Christina Henry’s darker books like Alice and Lost Boy, and so I was a little hesitant when I saw the cover of her latest, The Mermaid. The expression in them was not of a fellow human but one who was apart from humanity and looked at him as something strange and curious. They were grey as the storm that boiled below them, the constant swirl and crash that was the sea. Those eyes were not of the shore, he thought. The nitty-gritty: A lovely blend of history and fantasy, The Mermaidis a beautifully written ode to the sea and one of the iconic creatures who lives there. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review. I received this book for free from the Publisher in exchange for an honest review. ![]()
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![]() I would pick it up again, put it down, and lose track of it again. I would start reading, then put the book down, and forget where I had left it. I confess that the first few chapters left me cold. Then I looked up, and suddenly is freaking August!Īt any rate, I have read high praise indeed for Ms Noble’s work in general, and for this novel in particular, and yet…Īnd yet, I hadn’t read even one of her books until now. Then I thought, “well, it was nominated for a RITA, so I’ll read it for the July TBR Challenge” (don’t ask me how or where I got the idea that it had been nominated, as I cannot find it listed now). Originally, I was trying to read this one for the June TBR Challenge, as I have probably eight or more books by Kate Noble in the TBR mountain range of doom, with The Summer of You being the first one to make its way there (back in 2010, during RWA in DC–my copy is signed and everything).īut the dreaded reading slump from hell struck. ![]() ![]() This little book does that job brilliantly. One could do worst than to be introduced by Noam Chomsky to the subject of anarchism. To learn more about how and for what purposes Amazon uses personal information (such as Amazon Store order history), please visit our Privacy Notice. You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie Preferences, as described in the Cookie Notice. Click ‘Customise Cookies’ to decline these cookies, make more detailed choices, or learn more. Third parties use cookies for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalised ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products. 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In this edgy and compelling novel, New York Times bestselling author Lauren Oliver creates a world of intrigue, loss, and suspicion as two sisters search to find themselves, and each other. But another girl has vanished, too-nine-year-old Elizabeth Snow-and as Nick pursues her sister, she becomes increasingly convinced that the two disappearances may be linked. When she vanishes on her birthday, Nick thinks Dara is just playing around. In an instant, Nick lost everything and is determined to use the summer to get it all back.īut Dara has other plans. ![]() Now the two sisters, who used to be so close, aren’t speaking. Here’s the novel’s short synopsis from Lauren Oliver’s website:ĭara and Nick used to be inseparable, but that was before – before Dara kissed Parker, before Nick lost him as her best friend, before the accident that left Dara’s beautiful face scarred. When it comes to book-writing, this lady has been around the block and knows her stuff, and it shows in her latest novel. You may know some of her other works…namely Before I Fall, Delirum, Pandemonium. Hello, Germies! Recently, I was given the incredible opportunity to review bestselling author Lauren Oliver’s upcoming book, Vanishing Girls. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Riddell draws in pen and ink, eschewing color-save for select gold accents-and pouring his energy into myriad, spidery lines and delicate cross-hatching that recall Aubrey Beardsley’s eerie set pieces. This is a narration for story lovers in the hopes that they will enjoy the lovely story and ma. Something new is going on, and readers will be carried to the end by the whirlwind force of Gaiman’s imagination. I fumbled a word majorly you will know it when u hear it. It isn’t until the travelers penetrate the castle that things tilt sideways. And then you woke again, none the worse for it.” Traveling to the cursed kingdom, the queen and dwarves encounter threatening zombie sleepers and more, but the storyline is still recognizable underneath the new details. Alert readers won’t miss the hint to the queen’s identity: “Would I sleep, as they did?” she asks one of the dwarfs, who replies, “You slept for a year. Three dwarves discover a realm in which everyone has fallen asleep, and they cross into the next country to warn its queen of the great plague that threatens her people. ![]() Always a superb spinner of tales, Gaiman presents a filigreed elaboration of Sleeping Beauty that, before long, reveals itself as something more. The Sleeper and the Spindle A BBC Radio 4 Full-Cast Dramatisation By: Neil Gaiman Narrated by: Gwendoline Christie, Penelope Wilton, Ralph Ineson, Neil Gaiman, full cast Length: 1 hr and 12 mins Try for 0.00 Pick 1 title (2 titles for Prime members) from our collection of bestsellers and new releases. ![]() ![]() ![]() But that's just a coincidence, right? Alex isn't so sure, especially after a local girl, who supposedly dabbled in witchcraft, was killed in the nearby forest.Īlex knows something strange is happening. ![]() ![]() On a few occasions, when her emotions have spiraled out of control, inanimate objects have shattered around her. Alex is haunted by bizarre recurring nightmares of a man chasing her through the Hazel Cove Cemetery. Modern day witches in Hazel Cove, Massachusetts? Unlikely, but strange things are occurring in the weeks preceding Alex's seventeenth birthday. ![]() Grandma Claudia claims Alex descends from a long line of New England witches. Innocent people were persecuted at the hands of a few overzealous Puritans, but what if real witches existed during those colonial hunts? What if there are witches in present day New England? That's what Alexandria Ramsey's crazy grandmother believes. The Salem Witch Trials of 1692 were an embarrassing stain on America's revered past. Over 250,000 words of reading for the incredible low price of $9.99. This boxed set includes all four books in Chelsea Luna's BESTSELLING young adult series - NEW ENGLAND WITCH CHRONICLES, CONJURED, WICKED BETRAYAL and ALL HALLOWS EVE. ![]() ![]() ![]() They try to disentangle themselves, but the tension between coach and gymnast mounts, engulfing them both in a forbidden world of deception and passion. As the relentless pursuit of her dream keeps her striving, a passion is ignited within him.Įvery interaction can be misconstrued, but there's no mistaking the darkening of his gaze, the lingering of his touch, or the illicit image of his bare skin pressed against hers. She doesn't come close to his high standards. When two time Olympian Konstantin Kournakova is persuaded into training the young hopeful, he immediately regrets it. Perfection, precision, and dedication are required of his athletes. Even if that means leaving home to attend World Cup Academy of Gymnastics, a training center that serves one purpose-producing champions. Olympic glory is the ultimate goal, and she'll do anything to achieve it. ![]() Years of pain and determination make her one of the best. The Off Balance series chronicles the life of an elite gymnast, her journey to the Olympics, and the illicit affair she has with her coach.Īdrianna Rossi is no stranger to the rigorous demands required of her body. ![]() ![]() ![]() Young, 40, was a head coach in Ireland for a year at age 23 before becoming an assistant at UVU (then UVSC) for a season. “It’s a logical role for a young coach who excels at both listening and communicating.” “Both the Suns’ basketball ops crew and head coach Monty Williams regard Young as an essential hub to share ideas across the organization. “If it’s alignment you’re looking for, Suns associate head coach Kevin Young is a natural fit,” Arnovitz wrote. Each spring during the NBA playoffs, ESPN’s Kevin Arnovitz puts together a list of coaches whom he’s heard chatter could become head coaches in the league someday.Īrnovitz released his 2022 list last week, and the first name mentioned was Kevin Young, a Utah native who currently has the title of associate head coach of the Phoenix Suns, the best team in the Western Conference this season. ![]() ![]() However constricted his life in England remains, he compensates by daydreaming of home, by having an affair with a younger restaurant worker, and by trading gossip and ambitions via cell phone with his hilarious friend Rudi, who, dreaming of the wealthy West, lives largely for his battered Chevrolet. Never mind that Lev must sleep in a bunk bed surrounded by plastic toys-he has found a friend and shelter. ![]() After a spell of homelessness, he finds a job in the kitchen of a posh restaurant and a room in the house of an appealing Irishman who has already lost his family. In the wake of factory closings and his beloved wife's death, Lev makes his way from Eastern Europe to London, seeking work to support his mother and his little daughter. ![]() ![]() ![]() I had just gotten to the end of it – "beaten the game" so to speak – and you know how when you finish a video game, on the good ones at least, they will give you a 'reward: a cool animated sequence that kinda "sums it all up" and closes out the story of the quest you were on in the video game. Only a few moments before I was in the coach of another train that was parked at the station…playing some video game. We’re in some hyper futuristic environment. "We’re gonna hold up this train!" he says, as a passenger train comes roaring down the tracks of an elevated platform right before us. "What are we doing?!!" I ask, as Mahgenty shoves an old time pirate style pistol in my hand. ![]() |