![]() ![]() So begins Upstream, a collection of essays in which revered poet Mary Oliver reflects on her willingness, as a young child and as an adult, to lose herself within the beauty and mysteries of both the natural world and the world of literature. I had to go out into the world and see it and hear it and react to it, before I knew at all who I was, what I was, what I wanted to be.” “In the beginning I was so young and such a stranger to myself I hardly existed. ![]() “Uniting essays from Oliver’s previous books and elsewhere, this gem of a collection offers a compelling synthesis of the poet’s thoughts on the natural, spiritual and artistic worlds. “There's hardly a page in my copy of Upstream that isn't folded down or underlined and scribbled on, so charged is Oliver's language. The New York Times bestselling collection of essays from beloved poet, Mary Oliver. One of O, The Oprah Magazine’s Ten Best Books of the Year ![]()
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![]() ![]() When my budget runs low and Half Price Books doesn’t have what I need I can always rely on my trusty Kindle. Last year I invested in a Kindle last year making it easier than ever to access reading material, although I still have an attachment to purchasing books and keeping them like little trophies. I can not get enough, flying through an entire series in a matter of days. ![]() No longer am I ashamed of my love of literature and I have gained the confidence to embrace my love of Fantasy Romance books, and my new love of smut. ![]() Where I have always been a bibliophile I have been picking up speed over the past few years and now BookTok has pushed me over the edge. These books range in genre, but many creators tend to focus on young adult fiction, young adult fantasy, and romance novels. Creators make videos reviewing, discussing, and joking about the books they read. I don’t know if anyone else has been bombarded and enticed by what is referred to as BookTok, but what was once a hobby of mine has basically become my most prevalent personality trait.īookTok is a sub-community on the app TikTok, focused on books and literature. ![]() ![]() ![]() King’s thrilling fantasy debut, an orphan girl blossoms into a warrior, summoning courage and confidence in her fearless quest to upend tradition, overthrow an empire, and reclaim her life as her own. Plagued by fevers, she’s an unlikely candidate for even a servant’s position, let alone a courtesan. Her only solace comes in the company of her guard, the stoic but kind Captain Deven Naik.įaced with the danger of a tournament to the death-and her growing affection for Deven-Kalinda has only one hope for escape, and it lies in an arcane, forbidden power buried within her. Picked as one of the Best Books of 2017 for Amazon’s Science Fiction & Fantasy category As an orphan ward of the Sisterhood, eighteen-year-old Kalinda is destined for nothing more than a life of seclusion and prayer. Within hours, she is ripped from the comfort of her home, set on a desert trek, and ordered to fight for her place among the rajah’s ninety-nine wives and numerous courtesans. ![]() Her sole dream is to continue living in peace in the Sisterhood’s mountain temple.īut a visit from the tyrant Rajah Tarek disrupts Kalinda’s life. King's thrilling fantasy debut, an orphan girl blossoms into a warrior, summoning courage and confidence in her fearless quest to upend tradition, overthrow an empire, and reclaim her life as her own. Plagued by fevers, she’s an unlikely candidate for even a servant’s position, let alone a courtesan or wife. The Hundredth Queen Publisher's Summary In Emily R. As an orphan ward of the Sisterhood, eighteen-year-old Kalinda is destined for nothing more than a life of seclusion and prayer. ![]() ![]() ![]() “This triple-layered tale of bloodshed, heartbreak, and tangled court intrigue kept me turning pages very late into the night.”-Lesley Livingston, author of Wondrous Strange and Starling ![]() I absolutely loved it.”-Julie Kagawa, New York Times bestselling author of The Iron Queen make you ache, cry, and beg for the sequel as you turn the last page. will immediately engage readers and keep them intrigued.”- Booklist “From an opening dripping with blood, magic, and betrayal through complex interweaving plots detailing treachery, deceit, and forbidden love, this novel. When Gaius announces that a road is to be built into the Forbidden Mountains, formally linking all of Mytica together, he sets off a chain of cataclysmic events that will forever change the face of this land.
![]() Who is it going to be? And what is Elena going to do about it? ![]() New evil forces are occupying the town, and this time, Damon and Stefan are going to be in a constant danger of becoming humans. However, she once again finds herself in the middle of a love triangle – but this time every person from that triangle is more dangerous than ever. ![]() In this first installment, Elena gets revived by supernatural forces, but this time she is only human. Elena, Stefan and Damon must leave all their differences aside and show just how strong they are.Įlena, Damon and Stefan return in the new trilogy. Told from the Bonnie’s perspective, fourth book of the original series deals with three main characters united to fight new evil forces. With Stefan trying to get her back and Damon being on her side this time, is she going to resist the temptation, or is she going to become more and more blood thirsty as time goes by? With Stefan getting wilder, and Damon being ready to destroy everything on his way, this love triangle could be a deadly one.Įlena is now changed, and she craves human blood. ![]() Both of the Salvatore brother are attracted to her, and she is going to have to decide which one is right for her. Story continues as Elena is now in a love triangle. Also, it sets the battle between two brothers over Elena, the main storyline through the whole series. ![]() First book of the original series introduces us with main characters: vampire brothers Stefan and Damon Salvatore, and Elena Gilbert. ![]() ![]() ![]() As children we expect the world to be different as we grow up, but it isn’t how we pictured it. This shows Alice’s confusion and worries over growing up. Her size constantly keeps changing as she tries to eat the cake to get to the right size. Then, she starts going through the doors to get to the garden she can see. When she gets to Wonderland, she is scared and confused. In Wonderland, she meets a lot of interesting characters. The rabbit jumps down the rabbit hole, and Alice falls behind him. His human-like actions intrigue her, and she follows him. The story follows Alice, who falls down a rabbit hole and ends up in a fantasy world that is unique and weird yet wonderful.Īlice is bored one afternoon in the garden when she sees a rabbit darting towards some bushes. When I finally found the audiobook, I started listening to it. This book has been on my reading list for years, and I have read a few pages here and there. Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll is a children’s fantasy novel. ![]() ![]() ![]() I got really into the book from the beginning. So what could he do with a story that’s much more relatable and written from a married woman’s perspective? Reality I mean, this author managed to get me excited to read about a boy living in the desert. It was hard not to have high expectations after reading The Alchemist. Even despite reading many reviews that agreed with The Independent, describing the book as “shallow and full of cliché with sex that is aggressive and gratuitous.” As she rediscovers the passion missing from her life, she will face a life-altering choice.” Amazon Expectations All that changes when she encounters a successful politician who had, years earlier, been her high-school boyfriend. Yet what she feels is an enormous sense of dissatisfaction. In everybody’s eyes, she has a perfect life: happy marriage, children, and a career. “Linda, in her thirties, begins to question the routine and predictability of her days. Classics meet 50 Shades of Grey? How could anyone resist? But I was definitely intrigued when I heard about Adultery. I’m embarrassed to say that I have not read his other books yet. He is the author of one of the best known books in the world, The Alchemist. The name Paulo Coelho might ring a bell, and it should. ![]() ![]() ![]() And why he never shows his art to anyone. Like why he clearly resents Chloe’s wealthy background. Just the teeniest, tiniest bit.īut when she enlists Red in her mission to rebel, she learns things about him that no spy session could teach her. ![]() He’s also an artist who paints at night and hides his work in the light of day, which Chloe knows because she spies on him occasionally. Redford ‘Red’ Morgan is a handyman with tattoos, a motorcycle, and more sex appeal than ten-thousand Hollywood heartthrobs. What Chloe needs is a teacher, and she knows just the man for the job. Travel the world with nothing but hand luggage.īut it’s not easy being bad, even when you’ve written step-by-step guidelines on how to do it correctly.Have meaningless but thoroughly enjoyable sex.After almost-but not quite-dying, she’s come up with seven directives to help her “Get a Life”, and she’s already completed the first: finally moving out of her glamorous family’s mansion. Chloe Brown is a chronically ill computer geek with a goal, a plan, and a list. ![]() ![]() ![]() If Michael Agnew had not walked through the door of the pub on a quiet night in February in his white shirt. If Seamie McGeown had not found himself alone on a dark street. ![]() One by one, she undid each event, each decision, each choice. ‘A beautiful, devastating novel’ NICK HORNBY ‘Intense, unflinchingly honest, it broke my heart a million times’ MARIAN KEYES ‘Like Sally Rooney mixed with a political thriller’ RUSSELL KANE SHORTLISTED FOR THE WATERSTONES DEBUT FICTION PRIZE 2022Ī 2022 BOOK OF THE YEAR FOR: THE TIMES * SUNDAY TIMES * GUARDIAN * TELEGRAPH * NEW STATESMAN * DAILY MAIL * IRISH TIMES * IRISH INDEPENDENT * BELFAST TELEGRAPH WINNER OF THE AN POST IRISH BOOK AWARDS NOVEL OF THE YEAR 2022 ![]() Welcome to my review of this powerful and moving debut. Genre: Historical Fiction, Political Fiction, Spiritual and Historical Fiction ![]() ![]() Five years ago, Michael Graham betrayed the only person who ever really knew him. What happened in high school stayed in high school. ALSO INCLUDED: a sneak preview of the third novel in the Ivy Years series, THE UNDERSTATEMENT OF THE YEAR. Yet.īLONDE DATE is a 23,000 word novella covering a four hour span of Katie & Andy's night. Unfortunately, he doesn’t have a lot of practice with either girls or parties. So when her roommate sets Andy up to be Katie’s date, he’d be crazy to say no. He’s had his eye on Katie since the moment her long legs waltzed into his art history class. She could only hope to get through the evening without her blind date noticing that he was spending the evening with a crazy person.Īndrew Baschnagel is living proof that nice guys don’t finish first. Yet staying home would mean letting him win.Įnjoying herself tonight was out of the question. She’d rather hide under the bed than attend a party where he'll be. Even worse, her last encounter with him resulted in utter humiliation. Unfortunately, Katie just broke up with her jerkface football player boyfriend. Two: the guy shall be an athlete, preferably an upperclassman. ![]() One: thou shalt not show up for the party without a date. What could possibly go wrong?Īs a sorority pledge, there are commandments that Katie Vickery must live by. ![]() |