Red Heir by Lisa Henry7/7/2023 ![]() ![]() Lady Helena March, a young widow, is the perfect candidate. He plans, however, on defying his ill father’s edict to find a bride and secure his inheritance by finding woman who’s willing to fake an engagement to him in exchange for a fee. ![]() ![]() With the two of them comfortably married off (see the two previous books in the series) – although not in the ways and to the men their father anticipated, it’s now Max’s turn to meet his match. Max Crenshaw is an American businessman and ironworks heir who wants nothing to do with the marriage game, having watched his younger sisters placed on that great chessboard so they could play the social game and marry into the English aristocracy. The Lady Tempts an Heir is no exception, and will attract anyone who likes brooding men and smart, uncompromising women. George knows how to write spine-tingling romances that make you feel like you’re soaking in a warm bath while sipping from a glass of delicious red wine. ![]()
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![]() ![]() The Institute has developed a form of time travel which allows the historians to travel back in time inside fully equipped ‘pods’ in order to investigate some of history’s many mysteries – large and small – at first-hand. She applies for the job and is invited for an interview, but as she is shown around her future place of work, she quickly becomes aware that this is no ordinary academic institute…and that the historians of St Mary’s are no ordinary historians. Max, as she is known, is instantly intrigued she has had a passion for history since discovering a book about Henry V and the Battle of Agincourt as a child. Just One Damned Thing After Another (the title is taken from a quote by Arnold Toynbee) introduces us to Madeleine Maxwell who, as the novel opens, is encouraged by her old schoolteacher and mentor, Mrs de Winter, to apply for the position of historian at St Mary’s Institute of Historical Research. ![]() That’s why, when the publisher made several of the books in the series available through NetGalley a few months ago, I thought it would be the perfect opportunity to try the first one and see what it was like. ![]() ![]() I’ve been curious about The Chronicles of St Mary’s for a while I enjoy anything to do with time travel, so I thought there was a good chance that I would like these books, but you can never be sure. ![]() Josh winning the shadow glass7/6/2023 ![]() ![]() Which is why I really love books that bring those ’80s vibes. My elementary-age child is always hovering and I’m always working or cooking and, by the evening, I’m so wiped out that all I want to do is crawl in bed with a good book until I fall asleep. And sometimes, happily, my expectations are even surpassed (as was the case with Nate Stevenson’s She-Ra and the Princesses of Power, which managed to elevate the animated superhero princess of my youth).īut to be honest, I don’t have much time for TV or movies anymore. “It’s just good, sound financial logic.”Īnd so, I don my comfy bike shorts and my TerrorVision muscle tee and I pour myself a Cherry Coke and I pull my blanket up to my chin and I lose myself in the latest. ![]() ![]() “This is not laziness on the part of the production studios,” he insists. This pandering to my childhood hooks me because, well, sometimes adulting is hard and sometimes all I want to do is tap into that ease and that sense of possibility that existed back before I got braces and terrible acne and, later, a career.įilm Studies lecturer Matthew Jones tells Cosmopolitan that these reboots happen because audiences already have an emotional attachment to these stories. I’ve been tuning in with one eye open, cringing in fearful anticipation that my childhood favorites are about to be completely ruined.īecause, goddammit, weren’t Dirty Dancing and Heathers alreadyperfect?Īnd yet, I watch anyway. ![]() In the past decade or so, it seems that everything from my past has gotten the reboot treatment, for better or for worse (usually worse). ![]() Brian's Return by Gary Paulsen7/6/2023 ![]() Brian sets off to visit a trapper family he met in Brian’s Winter. Personally, I was most captivated by the knowledge of Brian, and all that he explained about living in the wilderness.Īs for the story itself, I think of this like a combination of The Hatchet and The River. Young readers will delight in Brian’s return to the wilderness. ![]() Of course, being an adult, the story felt a little too short, but keeping in mind that this book wasn’t made for an old fuddy-duddy like myself, I felt was a good fit. The writing sounds the same, as does young Brian. Paulsen had kept the integrity of the character. ![]() Here are my thoughts on the series thus far… Anyway, with all that being said, I lost track of time and once again I went researching Gary Paulsen and discovered he’d written more Brian adventures. Which, is invariably, how fans came to have Brian’s Winter. Paulsen to write an alternative to The Hatchet’s ending. Naturally I knew about The River, but not that fans had badgered Mr. So with the power of the internet, I was able to discover, much to my surprise, that Gary Paulsen hadn’t been idle with his young character, Brian. ![]() I started re-visiting classics that were popular when I was a child. One that I would come back to and read occasionally as I got older. It was about 20 years ago in school that my teacher read to us The Hatchet. ![]() All her little secrets reviews7/6/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() When she uncovers shady dealings inside the company, Ellice is trapped in an impossible ethical and moral dilemma. While the opportunity is a dream-come-true, Ellice just can’t shake the feeling that something is off. She can’t be thrust into the spotlight- again.īut instead of grieving this tragedy, people are gossiping, the police are getting suspicious, and Ellice, the company’s lone black attorney, is promoted to replace Michael. Why? Ellice has been keeping a cache of dark secrets, including a small-town past and a kid brother who’s spent time on the other side of the law. Ellice Littlejohn seemingly has it all: an Ivy League law degree, a well-paying job as a corporate attorney in midtown Atlanta, great friends, and a “for fun” relationship with a rich, charming executive-her white boss, Michael.īut everything changes one cold January morning when Ellice goes to meet Michael… and finds him dead with a gunshot to his head.Īnd then she walks away like nothing has happened. ![]() Tiny beautiful things7/6/2023 ![]() ![]() In the new Hulu series, titled “Tiny Beautiful Things,” Tigelaar avoided the temptation of having the letter writers be a character in each episode in orbit of its protagonist, Clare Pierce, played by Kathryn Hahn in the present and Sarah Pidgeon in the past, choosing instead to build out the memoir element of the essays. They were the basis for the 2012 collection of essays “Tiny Beautiful Things: Advice on Love and Life From Dear Sugar.” (She later revived the column as a podcast and, more recently, as a newsletter.) ![]() She developed a loyal following by dispensing insightful and compassionate guidance on life’s hard, messy and heartbreaking conundrums by mining her own experiences. Strayed began writing the column under the pseudonym “Dear Sugar” more than a decade ago when she was a struggling writer. Dear Sugar, how do I respectfully take ownership of a source of material that was created by another writer and has a community of admirers who feel a really strong sense of connection to the work? It was the question Liz Tigelaar, a writer and producer whose credits include “Little Fires Everywhere” and “Casual,” wishes she could have posed as she set out to adapt a book of essays based on Cheryl Strayed’s beloved online advice column. ![]() The shock therapy naomi klein7/6/2023 ![]() ![]() Big Idea #1: In their interrogations, the CIA used psychological shock treatments designed to “recreate” the individual. Furthermore, you will see how the Iraqi government was essentially robbed of 95% of its revenues. You’ll also discover that free-market economics turned Chile into one of the most unequal countries in the world. ![]() In this article, you’ll learn how economic interventions and electroshock therapy have something in common. For example, wealthy individuals can use crises to their advantage by creating new laws that benefit them or taking over failing companies during a crisis and turning around those companies for huge profits. However, there are other reasons why disasters sell papers. Have you ever thought of why the media focuses so much on natural disasters, conflicts, and economic crises?ĭisasters sell newspapers because people want to know what’s going on and they’re interested in the details of the crisis. 1-Page Summary of The Shock Doctrine Overview ![]() Joan of Arc by Régine Pernoud7/5/2023 ![]() ![]() Though historical records are not my favorite thing to read, it’s appropriate to center a book about Joan around them. Her personality, her boldness, and her holiness leap through the pages and force their way into your heart. Recently, though, I was inspired to pick it up and was amazed to discover that Pernoud’s work is actually a gripping page turner-not because the historical records are necessarily that fascinating but because the person of Joan is fascinating. ![]() Joan of Arc’s life, trial, and death along with commentary, I expected the book would make for rather dry reading and so avoided it for some time. ![]() Because it’s a review of all the historical records about St. Joan of Arc: By Herself and Her Witnesses by Régine Pernoud is one of those books that lingered on my bookshelf for over a year. ![]() ![]() and it will take more than a broken curse to save Harper, Rhen, and his people from utter ruin.Ī Curse So Dark and Lonely reminded me of Sarah J. But powerful forces are standing against Emberfall. And as Rhen realizes Harper is not just another girl to charm, his hope comes flooding back. A prince? A curse? A monster? As she spends time with Rhen in this enchanted land, she begins to understand what’s at stake. ![]() Harper doesn’t know where she is or what to believe. When she tries to save a stranger on the streets of Washington, DC, she’s pulled into a magical world. With her father long gone, her mother dying, and her brother constantly underestimating her because of her cerebral palsy, Harper learned to be tough enough to survive. Before he destroyed his castle, his family, and every last shred of hope. But that was before he turned into a vicious beast hell-bent on destruction. ![]() A Curse So Dark and Lonely Summary (from the publisher):Ĭursed by a powerful enchantress to repeat the autumn of his eighteenth year, Prince Rhen, the heir of Emberfall, thought he could be saved easily if a girl fell for him. ![]() Red Scarf Girl by Ji-li Jiang7/5/2023 ![]() ![]() Ji-li’s grandfather, long dead, comes from a family of landlords, and this fact casts a long shadow on the family, limiting Ji-li’s opportunities and ability to achieve political and academic success at school. (The red scarf is worn by adherents to the Communist Party.) Then the Cultural Revolution begins, and Ji-li’s belief in herself and her family slowly erodes. When the book opens, Ji-li is a naïve and enthusiastic “red scarf girl,” convinced that she would always be as happy and successful as her name-“meaning happy and beautiful” (1)-as her experiences up until that point suggest. ![]() As the oldest child in her family, Ji-li must make crucial choices at a young age about whether to remain loyal to her family or bow to the ideological pressures of her community and country. ![]() |