The sisters in the winter wood7/7/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() Faced with a magical heritage they never knew existed, the sisters realise the old fairy tales are true. And this is not the only danger lurking in the woods.Īs dark forces close in on their small village, Liba and Laya discover a family secret passed down through generations. But when a troupe of mysterious men arrives, Laya falls under their spell - despite their mother's warning to be wary of strangers. In a remote village surrounded by forests on the border of Moldova and Ukraine, sisters Liba and Laya have been raised on the honeyed scent of their Mami's babka and the low rumble of their Tati's prayers. 'An incredible achievement - a rich literary fairy tale' Robert Dinsdale, author of The ToymakersĮvery family has a secret. I gulped it down! - Madeline Miller, author of Song of Achilles and Circe A gripping, powerful story of family, sisterhood. ![]()
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The cheat sheet a novel sarah adams7/7/2023 ![]() ![]() After a car accident ended her chance at becoming a professional ballerina, Bree changed paths and now owns her own dance studio, with big dreams to expand it. In any case, she has other things to worry about. Nope! Nothing but good old-fashioned, no-touching-the-sexiest-man-alive, platonic friendship for Bree. ![]() The only problem is that she can’t admit her true feelings, because he clearly sees her as a best friend with no romantic potential, and the last thing Bree wants is to ruin their relationship. ![]() The friend zone is not the end zone for Bree Camden, who is helplessly in love with her longtime best friend and extremely hot NFL legend, Nathan Donelson. Is it ever too late to leave the friend zone? Discover the heartwarming friends to lovers romance that became a sensation on TikTok-now with a new chapter and a Q&A with the author! ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The dares have become deadly, and if Maeve learned anything from Bronwyn last year, it’s that they can’t count on the police for help. But by the time Knox is about to be tagged, things have gotten dangerous. Then comes Maeve and she should know better-always choose the dare. This time it’s not an app, though-it’s a game. A ton of copycat gossip apps have popped up since Simon died, but in the year since the Bayview four were cleared of his shocking death, no one’s been able to fill the gossip void quite like he could. Goodreads Description: Come on, Bayview, you know you’ve missed this. Anyway, I hope you enjoy my review of One of Us is Next by Karen M. Hello, book dragons! I hope you’re all doing good! This month is going to be a doozy, as I have three posts a week planned for the whole month. ![]() Melissa by Alex Gino7/7/2023 ![]() ![]() “Most children do not have spending money to go to the bookstore,” they say, “School is the place where they can get that information, where they can get needed tools for figuring out who they are - and for figuring out who other people are.” As the gender queer author of a banned book about growing up trans, “To be told what is wrong with the book is my existence is a real hit to the gut,” says Gino.īanning a kids’ book can increase its visibility and sales, says Gino, but it still reduces access. In this episode of #VelshiBannedBookClub, Gino and Citizen Board Member and MSNBC host Ali Velshi speak about the dangers of book banning. This year, author Alex Gino renamed the multi-award-winning book to befit the true name of the main character, a child whose assigned gender at birth did not match her gender identity. Melissa is a middle-grades work of fiction that was, from 2015 to 2022, titled George. ![]() Slinky malinki board book7/6/2023 ![]() Today, Lynley is a big fan of Quentin Blake 'because of his humour and very clever art work. Oh, that cheeky cat Slinky Malinki has got up. It comes as no surprise that, as a child, she adored Dr Seuss because of his 'crazy sounds and the fact that he took such liberties with the English language.' Other favourite authors included A A Milne and the fairy tales of The Grimm Brothers and Hans Christian Andersen. Slinky Malinki has stolen the Christmas tree decorations Lets find them and learn the numbers from 1 to 10. As well as being a visual delight, these are some of the most rewarding books for children and adults to read out loud. ![]() Exuberant artwork and bouncy rhymes come together perfectly in books like Slinky Malinki and Hairy Maclary from Donaldson's Dairy. There was no looking back as Lynley went on to write and illustrate her own books for children. She began to work as a freelance illustrator and collaborated with author Eve Sutton on My Cat Likes To Hide in Boxes. She went on to teach art before taking a break to start a family. ![]() ![]() Lynley Dodd graduated from the Elam School of Art in Auckland with a diploma in Fine Arts, majoring in sculpture. This is the fifth title about Slinky Malinki in the Hairy Maclary and Friends series of picture books by prize-winning author/illustrator Lynley Dodd, whose signature rollicking rhythm and rhyme have made her a household name with books that are wonderful to read aloud with young children. ![]() Adam kay this is going to hurt7/6/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The series, about a group of investigators of the supernatural for the Catholic Church, gets weirder and more daring with each season. "Evil" (Paramount+, June 12): This moody, horror-tinged drama from the creators of "The Good Wife" is back for a third season with even more darkness and terror.Tense, emotional and epic, there's no other show quite like it. "For All Mankind" (Apple, June 10): Apple's alternate history about a world where the U.S.- Soviet space race never ended is consistently the best show on TV, and returns for Season 3 in an alternate version of the 1990s when the competition to put astronauts on Mars is on. ![]() One true loves cover7/6/2023 ![]() On their first wedding anniversary, Jesse is on a helicopter over the Pacific when it goes missing. ![]() They travel the world together, living life to the fullest and seizing every opportunity for adventure. They build a life for themselves, far away from the expectations of their parents and the people of their hometown in Massachusetts. ![]() In her twenties, Emma Blair marries her high school sweetheart, Jesse. "Reid's heartwrenching tale asks if it's possible to have multiple soul mates." - Us Weekly From the author of Maybe in Another Life-named a People Magazine pick-comes a breathtaking new love story about a woman unexpectedly forced to choose between the husband she has long thought dead and the fiancé who has finally brought her back to life. "Earth-shaking.you will flip for this epic love story." - Cosmopolitan * Soon to be a major film! * Author of the New York Times bestselling author of The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo * Named a Best Book of Summer by Cosmopolitan * InStyle * Redbook * Us Weekly * PopSugar * Buzzfeed * Bustle * Brit+Co * Parade "No one does life and love better." - InStyle ![]() Driven by Eve Kenin7/6/2023 ![]() ![]() Tez Miller: Your world-building is fab, and I’ve love to read how life in the Equatorial Band, Africa and the Southern Hemisphere compares to that in the Northern Waste. But before they can start some chemistry of their own, they have to survive being trapped in an underground lab, hunted by a madman, and exposed to a plague that could destroy mankind. But one thing she does know: he has gifts too – including the ability to ramp up her heart rate to dangerous levels. Which makes her one badass chick, all right. ![]() She can withstand the subzero temperatures of the Northern Waste, read somebody’s mind with the briefest touch, and slice through bone with her bare hands. Tatiana has honed her genetic gifts to perfection. Before she can strip bare Wizard’s secrets, they’re lured into a race for their lives, battling rival truckers, ice pirates…and a merciless maniac with a very personal vendetta. But there’s something not quite right about this guy. And next, her libido is shooting into overdrive at the feel of his hard body pressed against hers on the back of her snowscooter. First, she has to haul him out of a brawl he can’t hope to win. Until it throws her an enigmatic stranger called Wizard. ![]() ![]() Raina Bowen knows she can handle herself just fine against anything the harsh Northern Waste throws at her. Meet Eve Kenin, author of futuristic novels Driven and Hidden (Dorchester: 14th August 2007 and 1st July 2008 respectively). ![]() ![]() The finds at Star Carr date back some 11,000 years, to a time when the last ice age would have been a generational memory, and the advent of farming was still millennia away. Since the late 1940s, a site in North Yorkshire has been slowly revealing a world preserved in peat. Shop Weird Walk x Sophy Hollington’s tee here. Read on for a stranger than fiction tale of a festival held in a little village in the Midlands dating back to the 13th century. A deep-dive into the Abbots Bromley Horn Dance, it encapsulates exactly what makes Weird Walk so special: that shining a light on the simultaneously quotidian and eerie customs of Britain. ![]() ![]() To mark their first campaign with us, created in collaboration with Sophy Hollington, we’re delighted to give one of our favourite pieces from their cult zine a home on our site. Fast forward four years and their work spans zines, podcasts, T-shirts and more for “lovers of old stones, folklore, sacred sites and the ancient customs of these weird isles we call home.” The self-described “portal for re-enchantment in an increasingly disenchanted world”, Weird Walk started with three friends, a map of ancient southern England trackways and the wrong footwear. We’re celebrating Weird Walk’s first tee with us with some exclusive content from their zine. ![]() ![]() ![]() If we will hear Paul, it does not lie in word-but in power ( 1Corinthians 4:20). What conversion is NOT.Ĭonversion is not the taking upon us the PROFESSION of Christianity. Now, that I may cure the ruinous mistake of some who think they are converted when they are not, as well as remove the troubles and fears of others who think they are not converted when they are, I shall show you the nature of conversion, both what it is not, and what it is. ![]() He has such craft and artifice in his mystery of deceits that, if it were possible, he would deceive the very elect. MISTAKES about Conversion.The devil has made many counterfeits of conversion, and cheats one with this, and another with that. ![]() |