![]() ![]() Agent: Laura Crockett, Triada US Literary. Nevertheless, there’s plenty to enjoy in this series opener. With so many elements at play, some aspects feel underdeveloped-Jennesara careens from one crisis to the next with little recovery time, and her foes are more ciphers than fully fleshed characters. ![]() Price New from Used from Kindle 'Please retry' 8.99 Audible Audiobook, Unabridged 'Please retry' 0. In this ambitious but complicated debut, Flanders pits her resourceful heroine against myriad threats, weaving action, intrigue, and romance into a fast-paced tale. Shielded Audio CD Jby KayLynn Flanders(Author) 4.5 out of 5 stars383 ratings See all formats and editions Sorry, there was a problem loading this page. Shielded is about Princess Jennesara, a strong young woman who has kept her magic a secret from everyone. ![]() But with traitors in court, she’s not sure who to trust. The coming of summer means the coming of new book releases One of the best books coming out this summer, that I had the pleasure of reading, is Shielded by KayLynn Flanders. Even as she researches how to defeat her enemies and avenge her loved ones, Jennesara strives to master the magic she’s been forced to hide. After surviving a harrowing ordeal in the sorcerous Wild, Jennesara takes refuge under an assumed identity in the court of Turia, where she befriends Prince Enzo and his family. However, on the way to Turia, a mage attacks her entourage, and she alone escapes simultaneously, her father and brother are slain. ![]() When 17-year-old Princess Jennesara of Hálendi learns she’s been betrothed to Prince Enzo of Turia to secure an alliance for her beleaguered land, which is under attack by outside forces and dark magic, she reluctantly agrees. ![]()
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![]() ![]() As his pursuer gains on him, Prendick manages to stun him with a stone, and sees that the pursuer is a monstrous hybrid of animal and man. He panics and flees, but the stranger chases him. As he walks back, Prendick suddenly realizes he is being followed by something in the jungle. While he wanders, he encounters a group of people who seem human but also resemble swine. Prendick assumes Moreau is performing a painful experiment on the animal, and its anguished cries drive Prendick into the jungle. The next day, Moreau begins working on a puma. Prendick remembers that he has heard of Moreau, formerly a physiologist in London, who had fled England after his gruesome experiments in vivisection had been publicly exposed. Seeing that the captain has abandoned Prendick, Montgomery takes pity and takes him in. ![]() Montgomery explains that he will not be able to host Prendick on the island, but nonetheless, the captain leaves Prendick in a dinghy and sails away. As they approach the island, the captain demands that Prendick leave the ship with Montgomery. The ship is transporting a number of animals, which belong to Montgomery. ![]() Prendick also meets a grotesque native named M’ling, who appears to be Montgomery’s servant. A passing ship takes him aboard, and a man named Montgomery revives him. It is an account of Edward Prendick, an Englishman with a scientific education who survives a shipwreck in the southern Pacific Ocean. The Island of Doctor Moreau is an 1896 novel by H. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Then Drew walks into Noah’s life, and the pieces fall into place: Drew is willing to fake-date Noah to save the Diary. The only way to save the Diary is to convince everyone that the stories are true, but he doesn’t have any proof. When a troll exposes the blog as fiction, Noah’s world unravels. What started as the fantasies of a trans boy afraid to step out of the closet has grown into a beacon of hope for trans readers across the globe. There’s just one problem-all the stories are fake. He has to be for his popular blog, the Meet Cute Diary, a collection of trans happily ever afters. ![]() Noah Ramirez thinks he’s an expert on romance. Felix Ever After meets Becky Albertalli in this swoon-worthy, heartfelt rom-com about how a transgender teen’s first love challenges his ideas about perfect relationships. ![]() ![]() ![]() It comes with the territory when you’re the only professional wizard in the Chicago area phone book.īut in all Harry’s years of supernatural sleuthing, he’s never faced anything like this: the spirit world’s gone postal. Harry Dresden’s faced some pretty terrifying foes during his career. Take three guesses-and the first two don’t count. But lately, Harry Dresden hasn’t been able to dredge up any kind of work-magical or mundane.īut just when it looks like he can’t afford his next meal, a murder comes along that requires his particular brand of supernatural expertise.Ī brutally mutilated corpse. You would think Chicago would have a little more action for the only professional wizard in the phone book. And that’s when things start to get… interesting.īusiness has been slow. ![]() But where there’s black magic, there’s a black mage behind it. So when the police bring him in to consult on a grisly double murder committed with black magic, Harry’s seeing dollar signs. ![]() Takes a wizard to catch a - well, whatever. For the “everyday” world is actually full of strange and magical things - and most of them don’t play well with humans. ![]() has a case that transcends mortal creativity or capability, they come to him for answers. Well, technically, he’s the only at what he does. Harry Dresden is the best at what he does. The Dresden Files by Jim Butcher – a Synopsis ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Hart’s understanding of the basketball world is spot-on, but fans of the series will want more than a fleeting update on the previous installments (Fast Break and Smooth Play). The dialogue is explosive, seductive, and pleading as it artfully shows the silent strength of the characters. A keen understanding of the human heart gives this mature romantic story a realistic tone. Marilyn Devry-Evans begins wondering whether this is the life she wants. While never doubting her love for her husband, Dr. Now the media and public are delving into the intimate details of his personal life. Professional basketball player Warrick Evans has avoided scandal and media attention while getting the Brooklyn Monarchs to the playoffs. Hart produces a smartly written ripped-from-the-headlines tale of marriage on the rocks. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Reading THE BLACK DOG ATE THE CITY is like walking through a funhouse at a low-rent traveling carnival. Kelso’s tale is disjointed and jarring, which helps amp up the creepy atmosphere. Others scour a wrecked Blade Runner-esque landscape searching for a fabled cure for The Black Dog virus. Some citizens combat the disease by downloading their consciousness into computers, a kind of “reversible” suicide. The story jumps in after The Black Dog has reduced the 14th Ward of Wire City city to a ghost town, populated by soulless human monsters. The Black Dog is a virus that causes terrible depression, often ending in suicide. Author Chris Kelso cites William Burroughs as an influence, and Burroughs’s nihilistic tone is palpable among Kelso’s cast of hopeless junkies and impotent men in THE BLACK DOG EATS THE CITY, a strange, often nightmarish, ride through a post-apocalyptic landscape. ![]() ![]() ![]() With no talks or even plans to talk pending between the WGA and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers, which represents studios and productions companies, there is no telling how long writers will have to go without pay, or how many major productions will be delayed, shortened or scrapped. The last Hollywood strike, from the same union in 20, took three months to resolve. And if we don’t get back to even, we never will.” ![]() “It’s a turning point in the industry right now. “Everything’s changed, but the money has changed in the wrong direction,” said Kelly Galuska, 39, a writer for “ The Bear ” on FX and “Big Mouth” on Netflix, who picketed at Fox Studios in Los Angeles with her 3-week-old daughter. The union is seeking higher minimum pay, more writers per show and less exclusivity on single projects, among other demands - all conditions it says have been diminished in the content boom of the streaming era. The first Hollywood strike in 15 years commenced Tuesday as the 11,500 members of the Writers Guild of America stopped working when their contract expired. ![]() LOS ANGELES (AP) - Hollywood writers picketing to preserve pay and job security outside major studios and streamers braced for a long fight at the outset of a strike that immediately forced late-night shows into hiatus, put other productions on pause and had the entire industry slowing its roll. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The Bible is too huge to summarize in any detail, but here is a very abbreviated review of its contents: ![]() These books were primarily written in Biblical Hebrew with some small portions in Biblical Aramaic, at various dates between about the 9th Century and 4th Century BCE.Ĭhristianity also includes a “New Testament”, a further 27 books which relate the life and teachings of Jesus and his disciples, written in Koine Greek in the 1st to 2nd Century CE. Judaism generally recognizes a set of 24 canonical books known as the “Tanakh” or “Hebrew Bible”, which also essentially makes up the “Old Testament” of the Christian “Bible”. It is probably the most quoted and the most widely distributed book in history, and many of the greatest writers in literature have been influenced by Biblical themes, motifs and images in one form or another. “The Bible” is a compilation of various texts or “books” of different ages which together make up the central religious text of both Judaism and Christianity. Introduction | Synopsis | Analysis | Resources Introduction 9th Century BCE – 2nd Century CE, 31,101 verses) (Religious text, anonymous, Hebrew/Aramaic/Greek, c. Miser Catulle, desinas ineptire (Catullus 8).Vivamus, mea Lesbia, atque amemus (Catullus 5). ![]() Passer, deliciae meae puellae (Catullus 2). ![]() ![]() ![]() This exclusive hardback edition features a wibalin and gold foil cover and yellow endpapers, and is stamped with Cassandra Clare’s signature. “All these special editions of Chain of Iron will include ten black and white character silhouettes by celebrated cut-paper artist Kathleen Jennings.”Ĭassie recently shared one character silhouette on Instagram and it looked amazing!ġ) The always popular Waterstones edition: (Edited on Friday, Nov. Let’s start with the special editions from the UK: ![]() The special UK editions for Cassandra Clare’s Chain of Iron were revealed on social media and in Cassie’s newsletter so let’s have a look at them and the other editions that are available for purchase. A very happy Wednesday to all of our readers! We got exciting book news yesterday so it is now time to sum everything up. ![]() ![]() Lauren St John's The One Dollar Horse is rare among pony books in setting its dream-come-true story in inner-city London.
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