![]() ![]() Nothing I've read since Point of Retreat has even come close to measuring up. From the 1 New York Times bestselling author of It Ends with Us and It Starts with Us, the brilliant and realistic (Tracey Garvis Graves, New York Times bestselling author) Maybe Someday trilogy about friendship, loyalty, and lovenow in one exclusive ebook collection. I could gush about your books all day! I have discovered one downside though. I like hot and steamy as much as anybody but it doesn't take the place of plot and character development. ![]() Slammed and Point of Retreat proved something I've been thinking as I read book after book in the New Adult genre. ![]() ![]() So I started it, and Will totally had me at grilled cheese sandwiches :-) Well, I figured it had to be fairly good if it was her "favorite book ever". It's funny how we tend to shy away from the unfamiliar.Ī couple of weeks ago I wasn't sure what to read next and asked a friend on goodreads to recommend something and she said Slammed was her favorite book ever. More books in this series: Maybe Someday. I then read the synopsis to Slammed and passed. Book 1 of Maybe Someday By Colleen Hoover Trade Paperback LIST PRICE 16.99 PRICE MAY VARY BY RETAILER Get a FREE ebook by joining our mailing list today Plus, receive recommendations and exclusive offers on all of your favorite books and authors from Simon & Schuster. Thanks for the add :) I have to say you are just brilliant! I read Hopeless back in late January and immediately wanted another Colleen Hoover book. ![]()
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![]() Perhaps some things cannot be expressed in words. This novel disarms us, capturing something complete and true about contemporary life. This story is written with sharp observations and it is funny, yet underpinned by melancholy. Each of these lovers in turn becomes must and anti-must, delaying the gratification of the narrator’s one true obsession, the completion of the every more unwieldy thesis. If only the narrator wasn’t so distracted by three enticing and different women who arrive one after the other, representing body, heart and soul. The premise is deceptively simple–through the prisms of three love affairs our narrator struggles to complete an impossibly ambitious graduate thesis, on that the narrator believes will synthesize every important human thought and revolutionize our understanding of the world. This is a gripping novel of ideas with as heart and intellect. Can both coexist or does one take precedence over the other in particular situation? I think the author believes that they cannot coexist at the same time and only chaos results if you try to put it together. This is a story that is smart as well as sensual about what love and intellect. ![]() ![]() Desperate to help him, Clary plunges into solving the mystery, coming ever closer to a secret whose revelation may mend her relationship with Jace-or rip it apart forever. ![]() As the Shadowhunters scramble to find out what's really going on, Jace breaks off all communication with her, refusing to tell her why. With Valentine out of the way, Clary thought she and Jace could finally be together-but when someone starts murdering the Shadowhunters who used to be in Valentine's Circle and leaving their bodies around New York City in a manner designed to destroy the new peace between Downworlders and Shadowhunters, she realizes the past can never be left entirely behind. City of Fallen Angels take up where City of Glass left off. ![]() ![]() ![]() Powell: Who had the easier job? You as writer or Gustavo Duarte as the guy who had to make all the crazy situations come to life? ![]() Athletes and superheroes are both larger than life figures who can be guarded and private, but behind those defenses, they’re people just like the rest of us. ![]() It really stuck with me, and it was a major inspiration for this book. I think maybe it reminded them of what sports was like before it was a job. They might feel like they had to be careful talking to a reporter, but they could let their guard down a little answering a question from a 10-year-old. Even the biggest stars would think about those more and answer them more openly. You get a lot of mumbled responses about “working hard” and “taking it one game at a time.” But because it was SI Kids, I sometimes asked questions that had been sent in by kids, and the difference was really eye-opening. Athletes are asked the same questions over and over, and they mostly give the same answers. I interviewed a lot of pro athletes, and it could be a challenge. Michael Northrop : Thanks! I got the idea from my old job at Sports Illustrated Kids magazine. ![]() ![]() ![]() " He ducked into the backseat and said, "Here comes Daddy." The squad car's only radios were police-band, so Clay and Reed carried a transistor job that Reed had bought in a PX in Vietnam. "God damn," Reed said, "you got yourself a virgin. Clay was in the alley, staring down at himself. Reed slipped off his gunbelt and dumped it on top of the car behind the light bar. A minute later he finished and crawled off. He put one big hand over her face and said, "Shut up, bitch," but he liked it. alley.Ĭlay was in full gallop when the girl's howl pitched up, reaching toward a scream. ![]() It clattered off the side and fell into the. John Sandford Shadow Prey From Publishers WeeklyA terrorist conspiracy, masterminded by a small group of Native Americans, embarks on a series of ritualistic murders, offing public officials known for their record of prejudice against Indians, in Sandford's ( Rules of Prey ) second Lucas Davenport thriller. Reed laughed and said, "Hurry up," and lobbed his empty beer can toward one of the dumpsters. Title: Shadow Prey (Book 2 of Lucas Davenport/Prey series) Author: John Sandford Edition: Paperback Publisher: G.P. "Christ, she sounds like a fuckin' coon-dog," said Reed, a Kentucky boy. Larry Clay peeled the drunk Indian girl, tossing her clothes on the floor of the backseat, wedging himself between her legs. Carl Reed, a beer can in his hand, kept watch. They were in a service alley, tucked between two dumpsters. To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt: ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() To the damaged and downtrodden living on the fringes of society, Graves's offer is a once-in-a-lifetime chance to even their scores. That's the opportunity that a man called Agent Graves provides, in the form of a special case containing a gun, a hundred rounds of ammunition, and total immunity for their use. The Eisner Award-winning series that redefined crime comics is collected. If you were given a chance to kill anyone you wanted, with a guarantee that the law could not touch you, would you take it? If your life was destroyed, and you knew that those responsible would never be held to account, how far would you go to get revenge? Collects 100 Bullets (1999-2009) 1-58 and a tale from Vertigo Winter's Edge (1998) 3. ![]() ![]() The Eisner Award-winning and bestselling crime graphic novel series 100 Bullets collection continues in this incredible omnibus volume! 1 HC Roll over image to zoom in Click on image to zoom / 100 Bullets Omnibus Vol. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() I think the plot is masterfully woven, with the various elements weaving together to create a fun and quirky story. The seriousness of Kimberlee's problems throughout her life is well-balanced with the quest to return all the things she stole. But underneath the comedic aspect of the book is a deep and real look at teenaged life, and how no one's life is perfect, no matter how everything looks from the outside. But Jeff and I have more in common than I would have initially thought, and I love the way he is written.His confusion at seeing Kimberlee, the way he reluctantly agrees to help her, and the hilarity that ensues as he realises just how much of a kleptomaniac she was in life all sucked me into the story. I think some authors, both female and male, struggle to write believable characters of the opposite sex, often blending them with some unrealistic ideals. ![]() I think it's refreshing, and I really liked Jeff's voice. ![]() I appreciate that the book isn't part of a series, because it's just perfect the way it is and I would have been disappointed if the story was made any longer.I wasn't expecting Life After Theft to be narrated solely from Jeff's point of view. This is the first book I've read by Pike, and if it's indicative of her writing, I'll definitely be back for more! Life After Theft is a hilarious, expectedly emotional read that grabbed me from the very first page. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() For centuries there had been co-existence and economic interconnection, as the satellites mined and provided raw materials which they sent to the inner planets to be turned into manufactured goods, which were in turn exported back to the satellites.īut all that has been upset by the discovering of jaunting. The ship was attacked and almost completely destroyed because there is war in the solar system, between the three inhabited Inner Planets (IP) – Mars, Venus, Earth – and the eight inhabited satellites of the giant Outer Satellites (OS). Aboard is the only survivor, Gulliver Foyle, a below-average, uneducated, unskilled mechanic’s mate, 3rd Class (p.58). The SS Nomad, a spaceship owned by the Presteign conglomerate, is a half-destroyed wreck, drifting in space in the outer reaches of the solar system. ![]() ![]() He logically debunks the myths with clarity and brevity. But not without the threat inherent to apologetics – reducing Christian mysteries to mere formulas, reducing evangelization to winning the argument, and in the worst case, speaking truth without charity. Yet the author delivers the ultimate antidote to deadly myths by highlighting the crucial foundation of the Church – the life and love of Christ. Kaczor begins with a proper perspective of real persons living out their faith, and at times, failing to be saints. “Would it be fair to judge a hospital by the patients who disregard doctor’s orders and fail to take their medication?” Thus, we need guys like Christopher Kaczor and his latest work, The Seven Big Myths about the Catholic Church. Everyone benefits from the truth, but not everyone takes it well. Even blanks can backfire. Thus, truth always requires the company of charity.Ĭatholic myths can lead people astray, prevent some from entering the Church, and embarrass the faithful. ![]() ![]() ![]() But myths are unloaded guns. Exposing the empty barrel removes the threat to bystanders and the one taking aim. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() And who better to help demolish that image than the resident sports star and tabloid favorite? Travis Ford was major league baseball's hottest rookie when an injury ended his career. Maybe if people think she's having a steamy love affair, they'll acknowledge she's not just the little sister who paints faces for a living. Nobody's asking the town clown out for a night of hot sex, that's for sure. Phase one: new framework for her business (a website from this decade, perhaps?) Phase two: a gut-reno on her wardrobe (fyi, leggings are pants.) Phase three: updates to her exterior (do people still wax?) Phase four: put herself on the market (and stop crushing on Travis Ford!) Living her best life means facing the truth: Georgie hasn't been on a date since, well, ever. She's determined to fix herself up into a Woman of the World. ![]() Georgie loves planning children's birthday parties and making people laugh, just not at her own expense. A brand new romantic comedy from New York Times bestseller Tessa Bailey! Georgette Castle's family runs the best home renovation business in town, but she picked balloons instead of blueprints and they haven't taken her seriously since. ![]() |