6/12/2023 0 Comments Helena fox how it feels to float![]() ![]() I think of candy hearts and carved-tree hearts and hummingbird hearts. She explores the hard and beautiful places loss can take us, and honors those who hold us tightly when the current wants to tug us out to sea.Īt three in the morning when I can't sleep, the room ticks over in the dark and all I have for company is the rush of words coming up fast like those racehorses you see on television, poor things, and when their hearts give out they are laid on the ground and shot dead behind a blue sheet.Īt three a.m., I think of hearts. Or maybe - maybe maybe maybe - there's a third way Biz just can't see yet.ĭebut author Helena Fox tells a story about love and grief, about inter-generational mental illness, and how living with it is both a bridge to someone loved and lost and, also, a chasm. It might be easier, better, sweeter to float all the way away? Or maybe stay a little longer, find her father, bring him back to her. Dad disappears and, with him, all comfort. ![]() And Biz knows how to float, right there on the surface - normal okay regular fine.īut after what happens on the beach - first in the ocean, and then in the sand - the tethers that hold Biz steady come undone. And she doesn't tell anyone about her dad. Not about her dark, runaway thoughts, not about kissing Grace or noticing Jasper, the new boy. And she has her dad, who tells her about the little kid she was, and who shouldn't be here but is. ![]() She has her people, her posse, her mom and the twins. ![]()
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6/12/2023 0 Comments Petals on the wind book![]() ![]() When she asks what he thinks of her front, he says it's "not bad" and she throws a shoe at him. ![]() A-Cup Angst: Bart admires Cathy's rear as she's dressing.Tropes associated with the novel include: Everyone Has Lots of Sex, until tragedy strikes, hardening Cathy's resolve to expose her mother's murderous lies and claim victory over her own past.įor the 2014 Lifetime Movie of the Week see Petals on the Wind. Cathy finally fulfills her dream of becoming a world-famous ballerina, using her fame to fuel her revenge against her mother, while becoming embroiled in a series of tempestuous love affairs, including her Will They or Won't They? relationship with her brother Chris. The kids are adopted by Paul Sheffield, a kindly doctor who puts them each through school. The plot picks up immediately after the events of the first novel after the Dollanganger children escape from the attic. ![]() Andrews, published in 1980, is the second book in the Dollanganger Series. Why was the wind always trying to tell me something? Something I didn't want to hear! I stood and stared down at the crystal pieces and the petals scattered about. Then the wind came in with Bart and blew the vase of roses from the table. ![]() ![]() ![]() We thought it was a wonderful cause that we could help promote through our tour. Through our discussion, we learned a lot about the Foundation and their efforts to promote global education. Once the script was created, my husband, David, and I went to the Nicholas Sparks Foundation in New Bern to discuss our idea for a tour.Īfter we met with the Foundation, the director thought the tour was a great idea. After reading the books several times, I was able to identify many of the town locations that he referenced in the books. ![]() We wanted to create a bicycle tour that would let people see for themselves the beauty he so eloquently describes in his novels. We knew Beaufort was the North Carolina coastal setting for two of Nicholas Sparks novels, The Choice and A Walk to Remember. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Get ALL SIX of Selena Kitt’s FREE READS by joining her mailing list! WARNING: This title contains graphic language, ff, fmf menage and group sex. Doc has a surprise Christmas present for his wife anyway-but in an ironic twist, he discovers she has one for him as well, and each gift allows the Baumgartners to rediscover, in the true spirit of Christmas, an expansive love that includes not only their feelings for each other, but their ability to share that inclusive passion with others as well. Doc believes bringing in someone “new” like they did early in their relationship might add just the spice their marriage needs, but Carrie isn’t so sure about that plan. ![]() A move far from home, coupled with new friends and long hours away from each other in classes or at work, have left the young Baumgartner couple on shaky ground. In spite of a brief experimentation early in their relationship, Doc and Carrie Baumgartner have since maintained a monogamous marriage without too much difficulty or even temptation-until now. FROM NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING & AWARD-WINNING AUTHOR SELENA KITT - OVER TWO MILLION BOOKS SOLD! ![]() 6/11/2023 0 Comments Hinton fish book![]() ![]() It's the easiest to read, the hardest to understand. Hinton achievements including literary accolades for The Outsiders and movie adaptations. Rumble Fish is the book I'm most proud of in a literary way - read it again at age twenty-five. And this time the Motorcycle Boy isn't around to pick up the pieces. ![]() But Rusty-James' lack of direction, his longing for the days of the street gangs and his blind drive to be like his brother eat away at his world until all come apart in an explosive chain of events. Up until now he's gotten along all right because whenever he gets into something he can't handle, the Motorcycle Boy bails him out. ![]() But by his own admission, Rusty-James isn't a particularly smart person, and he relies more on his fists than his brains. ![]() What he wants most of all is to be just like his older brother, the Motorcycle Boy. Rusty-James is the number-one tough guy among the junior high kids who hang out and shoot pool at Benny's, and he enjoys keeping up his reputation. I had tried everything.Even though nothing had worked so far, that didn't mean nothing ever would. I wanted to be the toughest street-fighter and most respected hood on our side of the river. I wanted to be tough like him, stay calm and laughing when things got dangerous. Getting slammed back and forth and you never think about anything, about where you're going or how you're going to get there." I didn't understand what he was talking about. "You're just like a ball in a pinball machine. House sounded like he felt sorry for me and I didn't want to see him feeling sorry for me, because if I did I would hit him, no matter what. ![]() ![]() And they so rarely received unplanned customers during the social hours that she hadn't argued with her uncle's pleas to man the desk. She had just received the advance book this morning, freshly printed and bound. If only Peter hadn't taken ill and left her to work the late-afternoon shift in his absence. “Hmmm?” she murmured, her concentration wavering for a moment. “Third shelf from the right.”ĭismissing the customer's interference in the twining hedges and the closing maze, she urged the heroine on. Without lifting her eyes from the page, Miranda absently pointed a slender finger to a corner of the store. Cloven and provocative to match the smoky timbre uttering each syllable. She could feel the warm breath of the villain as he closed in on the heroine's position. ![]() “Where can I find the section on enlightenment?” A circuitous route that could offer the freedom she desired or deliver her into his evil clutches for good.Ī deep voice came from a hedge in her mind. Lock the door.”īut the heroine darted into the maze of hedges instead. “No, not to the open gardensâthat is exactly where he wants you to go. ![]() ![]() M iranda Chase leaned against the smoothly worn counter and absently curled a finger around a tendril of hair, rubbing her thumbnail along the hump, creating a soft, steady rhythm of sound against her ear as she devoured the words on the page. Secret #1: Every good seduction first begins with a baited hook. ![]() 6/11/2023 0 Comments The Cruel Prince by Holly Black![]() ![]() ![]() She fights, plots, even murders enemies, but she must also navigate her relationship with her complex family (human, Faerie, and mixed). Fierce and observant Jude is utterly unaware of the currents that swirl around her. Black’s latest looks at nature and nurture and spins a tale of court intrigue, bloodshed, and a truly messed-up relationship that might be the saving of Jude and the titular prince, who, like Jude, has been shaped by the cruelties of others. Brought up among the Gentry, Jude has never felt at ease, but after a decade, Faerie has become her home despite the constant peril. Human Jude (whose brown hair curls and whose skin color is never described) both hates and loves Madoc, whose murderous nature is true to his Faerie self and who in his way loves her. Jude-broken, rebuilt, fueled by anger and a sense of powerlessness-has never recovered from watching her adoptive Faerie father murder her parents. Black is back with another dark tale of Faerie, this one set in Faerie and launching a new trilogy. ![]() 6/11/2023 0 Comments Fences book![]() Still, it has been found that men might put in the effort to salvage something out of the bad relationship although the exact opposite happens in the case of Troy. Most fathers who act authoritatively find that their sons might become rebellious. In retaliation, Cory loses all respect for Tory to the point that he is unwilling to attend his funeral.įather-son conflict is a common phenomenon in the modern world. His father is angered with such ambitions because he cannot yet accept the fact that times have changed. Afraid I was gonna be better than you” (Mays). In one instance Cory complains that “You (Troy) ain’t never gave me nothing! You ain’t never done nothing but hold me back. More black players make the first team and Troy’s son believes that he has the opportunity to succeed in professional baseball. Cory, on the other hand, was born at a time when change was starting to take root. ![]() On the one hand, Cory is convinced that he can be a successful baseball player while Troy is still caught up in the past. Troy and his son live in two different realities. The conflict between Troy and Cory is one of the main issues raised by Wilson and it is evident from multiple instances. ![]() 6/10/2023 0 Comments Book review american dirt![]() ![]() ![]() However, Javier is revealed to be the kingpin of a drug cartel. Lydia runs a bookstore and one day befriends a charming customer, Javier, who appears to have similar interests in books. Lydia Quixano Pérez lives a comfortable life in Acapulco, Mexico, with her journalist husband, Sebastián, and her eight-year-old son, Luca. However, the book also gained significant criticism, especially from Mexican-American authors, for its alleged cultural exploitation. It was selected for the TV series Oprah's Book Club hosted by Oprah Winfrey, and was on the longlist for the 2020 Prix Médicis étranger. American Dirt was a New York Times best seller, selling over 3 million copies worldwide in 37 languages. The book is about a Mexican bookseller who is forced to flee as an illegal immigrant to the United States, along with her son, after her journalist husband exposes a local drug kingpin. American Dirt is a 2020 novel by American author Jeanine Cummins, published by Flatiron Books. ![]() 6/10/2023 0 Comments The magic of thinking big![]() ![]() The right way to look at something difficult is to move step by step backwards to realize what needs to be done right now. ![]() Everything comes from how we think about the world and ourselves. The reason for this is simple: We don’t think big. The premise of this book is rather that few take decisive action to become successful. We all want to win the lottery – that is wishful thinking. The book stresses that thinking big is not the same as wishful thinking. If anything, this book takes that idea a step or two further. I’ve always found that your reality is what you think about most of the time. ![]() PRESTON AND STIG’S GENERAL THOUGHTS ON THE MAGIC OF THINKING BIG Note: This book was recommended by billionaire Chris Sacca, and he claims it’s his favorite read. His book, “The Magic of Thinking Big” was published in 1959. Additionally, he also served as a self-help coach to help numerous people and later founded a consultancy firm that focused primarily on leadership. As a professor at the prestigious Georgia State University, David also began working as a life strategist. David Joseph Schwartz (1927 – 1987) was born in America and worked as a coach and motivational writer. ![]() |