![]() ![]() My mom or dad would read to me every night, not just when I was small but as I got older they read me chapter books as well–The Lord of the Rings, The Narnia books, Anne of Green Gables, the Little House on the Prairie books…I think the first trick is to get kids excited about the story, and once the hooks are in, they will start to venture out on their own. What inspired you to read as a child and how would you inspire reluctant children to read more? Jessica lives in New York, and you can find her online were lucky enough to review Julián is a Mermaid in Summer 2018 and now we are grateful to Jessica Love for answering a few questions for us. Julián Is A Mermaid is her first picture book. She has a BA in studio art from the University of California, as well as a graduate degree from Juilliard. ![]() The author Jessica Love is an illustrator and Broadway actress. It has received fantastic reviews and rightly so. Julián Is a Mermaid has recently won the Stonewall Book Award, an annual award given to works of exceptional merit for children or teens relating to the LGBT experience. ![]()
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![]() ![]() Imagine being drawn into a world where the lines between right and wrong are blurred and the characters are not what they seem. The darkness surrounding these flawed characters and their all-consuming love affairs offers a fascinating look into the complexities of human nature, while giving us a thrilling reading experience. ![]() These stories allow readers to immerse themselves in tales of forbidden love and explore the more dangerous shades of human emotion. The dark and sinister world of villain romance novels offers an escape from the mundane and conventional aspects of reality. There are several factors that make these books irresistible, from the allure of the dark side to the compelling nature of characters who defy traditional expectations. Why Villain Romance Books are Captivatingīefore diving into our list of must-read books, let’s explore what makes these villain romance novels so engaging to readers. ![]() ![]() ![]() I seemed to feel her arms about me-as if she drew me gently to her bosom and I felt again her lips on my forehead and my eyes. It seemed to me as if she stood before me, enveloping me in her personality as in the old days. Suddenly, as distinctly as if she had been there in the body, I felt the presence of Adeline Dalrymple. I turned into the Park and sat down on a bench, looking at this resplendence which was to me like a message-a symbol of my own strength and future lustre. My veins Avere filled with celestial ichor, not human blood and my mind saw what it brought-the infinity of glory because of that intensity of joy. ![]() For the moment I was as a god among gods. 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Precious Thing is told in the form of a narrative by Rachel addressed directly to her friend. Matters are subsequently made worse when the media spotlight eventually turns on her. Her life has suddenly become an awful lot more complicated. Rachel stumbles through her TV slot, not able to bring herself to tell anyone about her relationship with the missing woman. ![]() A few days later, Rachel is told to attend a press conference in Brighton about a missing woman, and to her horror and dismay, it turns out that Clara is the person who has disappeared, seemingly without trace. ![]() Rachel is meant to be spending the night with her, but when she makes her way to Clara’s flat, late at night, there’s no reply at the door and Rachel ends up in a hotel, none the wiser about why Clara didn’t turn up. Clara is one of those people who habitually breaks off arrangements on a whim, although this time she claimed by text to be too poorly to come along to the pub. TV reporter Rachel Walsh is meant to be meeting up with her best friend Clara O’Connor who she’s known since school, but Clara doesn’t turn up, leaving Rachel with two other girls who she disliked at school and has no desire to spend time with. ![]() ![]() “ What’s Up with the Native American Subplot on Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt?” asked Vulture’s Libby Hill (who is also a Flavorwire contributor). And most of those broader commentaries on the show have focused on a subject that, for better or for worse, has a long history in Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt‘s co-creator, co-executive producer, and most recognizable name Tina Fey’s creative output: race. ![]() Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, the cult-member-to-New-Yorker transition comedy starring Ellie Kemper, has only been on the streaming service for a week, and the dialogue has already shifted from initial impressions, almost entirely favorable, to more considered meditations, many of which are… less favorable. ![]() One of the side effects of Netflix’s full-season release model is that it allows the viewing public, including critics, to evaluate shows at hyper-speed. ![]() ![]() But it must be said that the subject matter of Sequoia Nagamatsu’s ambitious debut, an elegiac collection of interconnected stories centering on a global plague that decimates humanity, is particularly challenging in our current climate.īeginning with a group of explorers who unwittingly unleash a mysterious virus that had long lain dormant beneath Siberian ice, How High We Go in the Dark chronicles humanity’s battle against the “Arctic plague” in the following decades and the ways in which society adapts and changes. It’s incredible that a work of speculative fiction first outlined over a decade ago would require a content warning in its review. ![]() ![]() ![]() Equal parts raucous adventure, comic odyssey, geek nirvana, and ultra-cool epic, The Gone-Away World is a story of-among other things-love, pirates, mimes, greed, and ninjas. ![]() And it will decide the fate of the Gone-Away World. It will touch more closely on Gonzo's life-and that of his best friend-than either of them can imagine. Now they have to preserve it-and save humanity yet again. ![]() Enter Gonzo Lubitsch and his friends, the Haulage & HazMat Emergency Civil Freebooting Company, a team of master troubleshooters who roll into action when things get particularly hot. The Pipe was what kept the Livable Zone safe from the bandits, monsters, and nightmares the Go-Away War had left in its wake. But there it was, burning bright on national television. There couldn't be a fire along the Jorgmund Pipe. ![]() A wildly entertaining debut novel, introducing a bold new voice that combines antic humor (think Joseph Heller and Kurt Vonnegut) with a stunning futuristic vision (a la A Clockwork Orange and 1984, with a little Mad Max thrown in) to give us an electrifyingly original tale of love, friendship, and the apocalypse. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() And as the secrets of her true identity are revealed, Skye realizes that her destiny may reside in the Heavens-or somewhere darker. Torn between unpredictable Asher, whom she loves, and the infuriating Devin, who she can’t stay away from, her fate is murky as a starless night. High up in the mountains of Boulder, Colorado, Skye finds herself caught in the middle of an ancient battle, one that began untold millennia ago. She is also the author of the A Beautiful Dark series, and has never been struck by lightningat least not literally. A New Yorker at heart, she currently lives in Brooklyn. She studied English and theater at Bates College in Maine. Events that Skye, if she dares to think it, might be responsible for causing. Jocelyn Davies is a children’s book editor in New York City, where she was born and raised. ![]() Skye has no idea what they want-only that their presence coincides with the beginning of some shockingly strange events. Polar opposites, like fire and ice, Asher is dark and wild, while Devin is fair, cold, and aloof. Until the night of her 17th birthday, when the arrival of two strangers intrudes on her cozy life. She never questioned if the stories were true. Her Aunt Jo adopted her after the death of her parents when she was just a child, and together they flip through memories the way some people flip through photo albums. Skye never questioned the story of her life. ![]() ![]() ![]() And it’s not just her husband.ĭespite their differences, the two women will become the most unlikely of allies. Because Agatha Christie has something Nan wants. Her attempts to escape a tough London upbringing during the Great War led to a life in Ireland marred by a hidden tragedy.Īfter fighting her way back to England, she’s set her sights on Agatha. ![]() Nan O’Dea’s world is something very different. ![]() Only I know the truth of her disappearance.Īgatha Christie’s world is one of glamorous society parties, country house weekends, and growing literary fame. In 1926, Agatha Christie disappeared for 11 days. 'A novel that literally out-Christies Agatha.' - Janice Hallett, author of The Appeal Nina de Gramont's The Christie Affair is a stunning novel which reimagines the unexplained eleven-day disappearance of Agatha Christie in 1926 that captivated the world. A Reese Witherspoon Book Club pick and an instant New York Times bestseller. ![]() ![]() ![]() In the dark it was like summer lightning, but the nights were cool and there was not the feeling of a storm coming. There was fighting in the mountains and at night we could see the flashes from the artillery. The plain was rich with crops there were many orchards of fruit trees and beyond the plain the mountains were brown and bare. ![]() The trunks of the trees too were dusty and the leaves fell early that year and we saw the troops marching along the road and the dust rising and leaves, stirred by the breeze, falling and the soldiers marching and afterward the road bare and white except for the leaves. Troops went by the house and down the road and the dust they raised powdered the leaves of the trees. In the bed of the river there were pebbles and boulders, dry and white in the sun, and the water was clear and swiftly moving and blue in the channels. In the late summer of that year we lived in a house in a village that looked across the river and the plain to the mountains. ![]() |
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