6/29/2023 0 Comments Kaikeyi patel![]() ![]() ![]() She is the author of the New York Times bestselling novel Kaikeyi. She likes to write at the intersection of Indian myth, feminism, and anti-colonialism. “Vaishnavi Patel is a law student focusing on constitutional law and civil rights. Genre: Fantasy, Retelling, Historical, MythologyĬontent Warnings: Sexism, misogyny, death, war, violence, grief, death of a parent, fire injury, abandonment, murder, infertility, pregnancy, domestic abuse, sexual content About The Author May include profanity, violence, sexual situations, or drug use. Suggested Reader Age: PG-13 (Parents Strongly Cautioned) Some material may be inappropriate for children under 13. “A thought-provoking, nuanced new look at one of humanity’s most foundational stories.” -Shannon Chakraborty, author of The City of Brass About The Book □ ![]() “A powerful, feminist retelling of the epic…Patel resets the balance of power, creating an unforgettable heroine who understands that it isn’t necessarily kings or gods who change history.” – Washington Post I read Kaikeyi because This Story Ain’t Over said it was the best book she read last year. Even if I didn’t like it, I try to find readers that would. Not every book is my cup of tea – and that’s ok. I mainly share spoiler-free book reviews and sometimes other bookish things. ![]() Welcome to Smitten For Fiction! My name is Amanda and this blog is all about books. ![]()
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6/29/2023 0 Comments Good Girls by Laura Ruby![]() ![]() I read the book good girls by laura ruby. Not everyone has been in Audrey’s particular situation, but I’m sure that everyone knows how it feels to be hurt, and then to rise above it. ![]() However, Audrey is a great, strong protagonist with a wonderful voice. It’s raw and explicit I wouldn’t recommend it to anyone not in high school yet. ![]() She befriends several girls she had always considered as slutty before, and she learns that she does have the ability to be strong while people snicker behind her back.GOOD GIRLS is snidely hilarious and a surprisingly feel-good read. The consequences of the photo are far-reaching: Luke isn’t talking to her and her parents don’t know how to act around her.However, some of what happens in the picture’s aftermath surprises Audrey. Audrey goes from having a fairly decent reputation to being labeled as a slut. Even Audrey’s teachers and parents see it. Audrey feels more for Luke than she’s felt for any other boy, but as she watches Luke talk to other girls, she can’t help but draw back from a possible romance between the two of them.Then someone takes a picture of Audrey doing something with Luke, and the picture is passed around to everyone. Party after party, they hook up, yet hardly ever speak in school. Super-smart Audrey does something completely out of character for her before school starts: she hooks up with Luke, the well-liked, athletic playboy. ![]() 6/29/2023 0 Comments Erich von daniken books![]() ![]() Von Däniken was paid 7 percent of the book's turnover, while 3 percent went to Utermann. ![]() Against all expectations, the book gained widespread interest and became a bestseller. ![]() The re-write of Chariots of the Gods? was accepted for publication early in 1967, but not printed until March 1968. Utermann was a former editor of the Nazi Party's newspaper Völkischer Beobachter and had been a Nazi bestselling author. Econ Verlag (now part of Ullstein Verlag) was willing to publish the book after a complete reworking by a professional author, Utz Utermann, who used the pseudonym of Wilhelm Roggersdorf. The draft of the book was turned down by several publishers. Following his release, von Däniken became a manager of the Hotel Rosenhügel in Davos, Switzerland, during which time he wrote Chariots of the Gods? (German: Erinnerungen an die Zukunft, literally "Memories of the Future"), working on the manuscript late at night after the hotel's guests had retired. ![]() 6/29/2023 0 Comments Kulti book cover![]() LOL Tracie!!! □ I’d recommend it to anyone that loves a goooooooood love story full of slow burn (meaning long term crushing and NOTHING but that… delicious “unrequited love”… sorta). You will laugh your butt off and you will swoon!! I beg everyone to read this fantastic book!! Kick ass heroine, broody, world class athlete equals perfection. Kulti by Mariana Zapata is the definition of a slow burn by not moving slow at all. Tracie: I think I just read my favorite book of 2015…Yes I know it’s only April. Recommended HIGHLY by a ton in my reading crew (some of my most trusted and picky readers) …and I agree. That could be my entire review… just… that I LOVED it. Grinned and beamed and butterflied like a crushing teen… I did. MARYSE’S SURPRISE FROM HER FAVORITE BOOK BOYFRIEND’S.ALL MY REVIEWS (ALPHABETICAL BY AUTHOR). ![]() 6/29/2023 0 Comments The sandman comic vol 1![]() This book also includes the story “The Sound of Her Wings,” which introduces us to the pragmatic and perky goth girl Death. On his arduous journey Morpheus encounters Lucifer, John Constantine, and an all-powerful madman. After his 70 year imprisonment and eventual escape, Dream, also known as Morpheus, goes on a quest for his lost objects of power. In PRELUDES & NOCTURNES, an occultist attempting to capture Death to bargain for eternal life traps her younger brother Dream instead. Gaiman created an unforgettable tale of the forces that exist beyond life and death by weaving ancient mythology, folklore and fairy tales with his own distinct narrative vision. ![]() ![]() Genre: Fiction, Comics, Fantasy, Horror, Graphic Novelsīrief Summary of the Plot from Goodreads: New York Times best-selling author Neil Gaiman’s transcendent series THE SANDMAN is often hailed as the definitive Vertigo title and one of the finest achievements in graphic storytelling. ![]() ![]() ![]() With deepening friendships, a budding romance, and a fresh start, Jules could be on the road to recovery. It will take a hurricane to blow some sense into Jules, and even then, she won't be quick to accept help. If Jules is going to succeed, she has to learn to let go of her past and embrace a different version of the world she's built for herself: one in which people can be just as trustworthy as horses, and everyone deserves a fair shake. What’s a hard-knocking horsewoman supposed to do when no one likes her, everyone is whispering behind her back, and the same pretty rich boy keeps beating her at every event? To Jules, being fiercely ambitious is simply the fuel she needs to achieve her dreams.īut to the rest of the Ocala equestrian set, Jules Thornton is a nasty know-it-all who deserves whatever comeuppance she gets. She's young, hungry, and driven by demons only she knows about. Jules came to Ocala one year ago, with only one goal on her mind: becoming a top Three-Day Event rider and trainer. A Wild Ride Through Florida's Horse Country ![]() 6/29/2023 0 Comments Saturday mcewan![]() ![]() ![]() He doesn't feel tired, despite the hour or his recent labours, nor is his conscience troubled by any recent case. It's as if, standing there in the darkness, he's materialised out of nothing, fully formed, unencumbered. He has no idea what he's doing out of bed: he has no need to relieve himself, nor is he disturbed by a dream or some element of the day before, or even by the state of the world. He stands there, naked by the bed - he always sleeps naked - feeling his full height, aware of his wife's patient breathing and of the wintry bedroom air on his skin. He's never done such a thing before, but he isn't alarmed or even faintly surprised, for the movement is easy, and pleasurable in his limbs, and his back and legs feel unusually strong. It's not clear to him when exactly he became conscious, nor does it seem relevant. ![]() Some hours before dawn Henry Perowne, a neurosurgeon, wakes to find himself already in motion, pushing back the covers from a sitting position, and then rising to his feet. Cheuse Reviews McEwan's Earlier Novel 'Atonement' ![]() 6/29/2023 0 Comments Naruto 3 in 1 volume 6![]() NB All our estimates are based on business days and assume that shipping and delivery don't occur on holidays and weekends. Order may come in multiple shipments, however you will only be charged a flat fee.ġ-2 days after each item has arrived in the warehouseġ The expected delivery period after the order has been dispatched via your chosen delivery method.ģ Please note this service does not override the status timeframe "Dispatches in", and that the "Usually Dispatches In" timeframe still applies to all orders. Items in order will be sent via Express post as soon as they arrive in the warehouse. ![]() ![]() Order may come in multiple shipments, however you will only be charged a flat fee.Ģ-10 days after all items have arrived in the warehouse ![]() Items in order will be sent as soon as they arrive in the warehouse. ![]() ![]() ![]() Now Hal is a successful financial advisor.Ĥ. ![]() ![]() Rosie’s married to Hal, one of Lexie’s castoffs whom she discarded for being kind of a nerd. Her best friend and former college roommate, lives a few blocks away. After the first murder, Lexie finds herself house sitting in Old Cadfield, an upscale community where she doesn’t feel completely at home. She tends to marry “interesting” men and was in the process of divorcing her second husband, when he burned down her house with himself inside. Lexie Driscoll is a very intelligent forty-eight year old woman who’s at a crossroads in her life. Can you tell us a little about your main characters? However, my wish is to never bore my readers, and so my plot moves merrily along.ģ. Their personalities and conflicts drive the story. Would you classify this series as plot driven or character driven? Murder a la Christie takes place on Long Island, where I live.Ģ. Amid the murders she solves in her own life, Lexie Driscoll leads discussions about Dame Agatha and some of her books. My sleuth is an English professor who leads a Golden Age of Mystery book club. My new mystery, Murder a la Christie, was inspired by Agatha Christie and her wonderful mysteries that avid mystery buffs still read today. What was your inspiration for your book? Can you tell us about how your own experiences influenced this story? Today I'm pleased to welcome Marilyn Levinson!ġ. ![]() ![]() Scholars now unanimously agree that the early English translations of Verne's Voyages Extraordinaires were extremely shoddy and often bear little resemblance to their original French counterparts. That, and haste, ignorance, and, apparently, sheer arrogance led many of them to "massacre" his work, as translator William Butcher describes it (quoted in Evans, p. ![]() ![]() Evans, French scholar and editor of the book under review.Įarly on, English-language publishers seem to have decided Verne was a writer for boys. An excellent overview of the problems is given in " Jules Verne's English Translations" ( Science Fiction Studies, XXXII:1 #95 : 80-104), by Arthur B. ![]() Verne has been subjected to bad, even horrible, translations perhaps more than any author of his stature and popularity, and perhaps because of that very popularity. There's been a renaissance in English translations of Jules Verne, which began slowly perhaps fifty years ago and lately seems to have picked up steam (appropriately enough). ![]() |