![]() ![]() ![]() "Never have I read a story that so flawlessly hits the highest high and lowest low notes of Black girlhood in pursuit of the American Dream. "A thought-provoking, immersive thriller that will spark discussion." - School Library Journal ![]() The novel shines light on biases against young Black women and the victim-blaming that so often occurs when a predator has power, fame, and money.Compelling Jackson excels in writing books steeped in social commentary." - Kirkus Reviews "oward the end, as the timelines merge, it feels a bit clunky, but the storytelling overall is captivating. Jackson's writing some of the best thrillers for teens these days." - Booklist (starred review) "Gripping in both its content and format. "Expertly juxtaposing the glamour of Enchanted's potential fame against the harshness of her private moments with Korey, Jackson builds the story gradually and painfully to an astonishing, chilling climax." - Publishers Weekly (starred review) ![]()
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But one careless night in high school shatters her hope of ever being more than a notch in his bedpost. ![]() The third novel in Jamie's fantastic Mayhem series reunites lead guitarist, Shawn, with a girl from his past who is determined to show him what he's been missing.įrom the moment she saw Shawn Scarlett perform at a school talent show, Kit Larson has loved two things: the guitar, and the gorgeous, green-eyed boy who inspired her to play. ![]() ![]() ![]() In his prologue, Johnson tells us that he stumbled on this mystery one day while standing waist-high in the Red River of New Mexico. But, we may also come to understand why it's important, ecologically speaking, to care about what happened to the feathers of what Johnson calls, "the missing birds of Tring." And it's a story that focuses on the feather-dependent Victorian art of salmon fly-tying and its present-day practitioners, many of whom lurk online in something called "The Feather Underground."īy the end of Kirk Wallace Johnson's absorbing book, The Feather Thief, we readers learn more than we probably ever wanted to know about feathers. ![]() It's a story that leads readers from 19 th century scientific expeditions into the jungles of Malaysia to the "feather fever" of the turn of the last century, when women's hats were be-plumed with ostriches and egrets. Your purchase helps support NPR programming. Close overlay Buy Featured Book Title The Feather Thief Subtitle Beauty, Obsession, and the Natural History Heist of the Century Author Kirk Wallace Johnson ![]() ![]() ![]() I have, indeed, worked on one Oz project or another, drawing or writing or both, for the entirety of my professional career. ![]() I’m fortunate to be part of this great team. ![]() Skottie Young has been the artist for all of them, and our colorist has been Jean-Francois Beaulieu and our letterer Jeff Eckleberry. Matt Jeske, you’re right that I’ve written all the current Oz comic adaptations for Marvel. There are forty books in the “official” series, but who knows at this point whether Marvel will adapt them all? ![]() The Wizard returns to Oz in the fourth Oz book, Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz. Dorothy takes her second trip to Oz in the third Oz book, Ozma of Oz. I prefer Books of Wonder’s.Ĭhris Duffy, The Marvelous Land of Oz was certainly a sequel, whether or not Dorothy was a featured character rather than merely being mentioned a couple times. The current edition of Road offered by the Bradford Exchange also features colored stock like the original edition, but the printing of the illustrations is muddy. Torsten, Books of Wonder’s Oz reprints are some of the best of the many editions recently in print. But those things are what readers bring, not what the author intended. Many people have thrust their own interpretations onto The Wizard of Oz and that’s fine for them if they want to play that way. Frank Baum didn’t write the Oz books as political metaphors. ![]() ![]() ![]() Upon reading The Rats for the first time since my balls dropped, I was delighted to discover that Young Herbert’s feelings about the British establishment were a touch less conflicted. Older Herbert loathed the British class system but adored the Queen and Mrs Thatcher and so produced a novel in which the Queen and Mrs Thatch were trapped in a low-key and largely ineffectual administrative tug-of-war with the wing of the British establishment that was protecting paedophiles and nurturing the psychic talents of Hitler’s secret Down syndrome lovechild. I’ve written about James Herbert before and was amused not only by the pervasive horniness of his writing but also by his somewhat conflicted set of attitudes towards the British establishment. This book is so savage that it opens with a scene in which a baby gets eaten alive by rats and then moves on to a scene in which a woman tries to burn down a church in retaliation for God killing her big-dick Irish boyfriend. ![]() ![]() ![]() No matter what you like in fiction and novels, this beautiful novel knows how to generates interest for readers and fall them in love. 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Fallen Crest High by Tijan is a beautiful novel for all fiction readers as it offers lots of unexpected twists, powerful characters, excellent story and fantastic entertainment of reading from the very first page till the last word. ![]() ![]() ![]() “I think our next 54 issues will be even more shocking, strange, and spectacular than the first 54, so we can’t wait to be back on the shelves at your local comic shop soon.” “I can’t thank readers and retailers enough for their patience,” Vaughan said via news release. ![]() In classic Saga style, despite knowing the series would be on pause for years, Saga #54 still ended with a sudden and devastating character death. But with Saga #54, published in July of 2018, Vaughan said the series had hit its middle point, and would be on indefinite hold so that he and Staples could rest and focus on other projects. Saga was a perennial bestseller in comic shops and bookstores from the moment it hit stands in March 2012. The next arc is already going places I never imagined.” “I’ve really missed connecting with readers through the pages of Saga,” Staples said via news release, “so I’m thrilled to roll up my sleeves and dive into this world again. Saga - their heart-wrenching, twist-filled, sexy, violent, operatic space epic - will return to publication after a lengthy hiatus in 2022. Vaughan, together with artist Fiona Staples, made a long-awaited announcement today at Vaughan’s spotlight panel at the 2021 New York Comic Con. ![]() ![]() Today, little of Kafka’s full oeuvre remains. Kafka died ten years later after contracted tuberculosis. It had been written several years earlier over a brief period of three weeks. He published The Metamorphosis when he was thirty-two years old. First, because his job was deemed essential and later because he contracted TB. Despite this, he did not fight in the war. ![]() During his youth, the First World War broke out after Franz Ferdinand was assassinated in 1914. Antagonist: The transformation that Gregor undergoes and his family members who turn against himįranz Kafka’s political beliefs were defined by the time period he grew up in.Climax: When Gregor leaves his room during Grete’s concert.Setting: Somewhere in Europe, in an apartment, mostly Gregor’s room.Point-of-View: Third-person limited with exceptions.When/where written: In three weeks in 1912 in Prague, Czechoslovakia.Unfortunately, things only get worse from there and the last days of his life are filled with guilt, suffering, and fear. It follows Gregor Samsa, a traveling salesman who wakes up one day to discover that he’s been transformed into a giant insect. The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka is a disturbing and thrilling book that leaves a reader with more questions than answers. ![]() ![]() ![]() or showing Wolfgang up in embarrassing ways. When they arrive, Wolfgang is exasperated by the young soldier Mikolai who seems to either always be one step away from disaster. ![]() Wolfgang and his brother Steffan leave Hagenheim with several other soldiers to help their father’s ally in Poland. At the last minute, she pretends to be the son her father never had, assumes his duties as a soldier, and rides off to join the fight to protect the castle of her liege lord’s ally from the besieging Teutonic Knights. Mulan is trying to resign herself to marrying the village butcher for the good of her family, but her adventurous spirit just can’t stand the thought. But what happens when the handsome son of a duke discovers her secret? Mulan isn’t afraid to pretend to be a son and assume her father’s soldier duties in war. Read on for more of my thoughts.įrom New York Times bestselling author Melanie Dickerson comes a fresh reimagining of the classic Mulan tale. ![]() Sadly, this book ended up not being my cup of tea, but there are some things I did like about it. I was drawn into Melanie Dickerson’s The Warrior Maiden largely because I thought the cover was beautiful, very soft colours with that pop of red, but I also love a retelling and a Mulan retelling but set in medieval Europe sounded like it was worth a shot. ![]() Hello Humans! Who is ready for another retelling? I know last year was the year of ALL THE RETELLINGS but they are absolutely still being published and I am absolutely still reading them. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() She is the creator of two of the most enduring figures in crime literature-Hercule Poirot and Miss Jane Marple-and author of The Mousetrap, the longest-running play in the history of modern theatre.Īgatha Mary Clarissa Miller was born in Torquay, Devon, England, U.K., as the youngest of three. According to Index Translationum, she remains the most-translated individual author, having been translated into at least 103 languages. Her books have sold over a billion copies in the English language and a billion in translation. She wrote 66 crime novels and story collections, fourteen plays, and six novels under a pseudonym in Romance. Agatha Christie also wrote romance novels under the pseudonym Mary Westmacott, and was occasionally published under the name Agatha Christie Mallowan.ĭame Agatha Mary Clarissa Christie is the best-selling author of all time. ![]() |