6/27/2023 0 Comments Evicted matthew![]() ![]() ![]() This decision is striking: it leaves out elements like project scope, goals, or methodology, as well as authorial information or impressions, which have become almost standard in books of this kind. 2016’s Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City, by Matthew Desmond, chronicles the experience of eight Milwaukee families as they strive to achieve stable housing and employs a strict, third-person narration in the main body of the book. This point of view has its benefits, of course-among them congeniality and intimacy-but there are still times when the third-person perspective may be a more fitting approach. In nonfiction, there seems to be a recent trend to use first-person narration even when the topic at hand is not personal in nature. ![]()
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6/27/2023 0 Comments Rayya elias elizabeth gilbert![]() ![]() She is the most brave and honest person I know, and she has taught me more about courage and honesty than anyone I have ever met. Now let me tell you something I've learned from Rayya, over the fifteen years of our friendship. In September 2016 Elizabeth Gilbert came forward to talk about her new relationship with Rayya Elias, one that began while her marriage ended.įrom the original post announcing their relationship: In the most sappy way, that book changed my life - or at the very least, pushed me to change it. But ultimately it brought me to today - eight years and two more kids later. It led me to make some regrettable mistakes, too. I was really sitting in my bathroom floor, really looking at my unrecognizable image in a compact mirror, really crying out to an imagined savior, really pleading for clarity. People joke about that book and all the women who went off the metaphorical deep-end after it was published - but it really happened to me. My husband is my literal Eat, Pray, Love moment. ![]() ![]() ![]() She tells Algernon to turn his back, and expresses her fear to Jack that her mother will not let them marry. Lane introduces Gwendolen, who has re-entered the house. ![]() They debate what to do tonight and settle on doing nothing. He has no doubt, however, that she and Gwendolen will become good friends. Algernon expresses interest in meeting Cecily, but Jack does not want this to happen, as she is young and pretty. Jack tells Algernon what happened, and also says he will "kill off" his brother Ernest later in the week. She is aghast at this disclosure and says she will not allow her daughter to marry him. He admits that he was an orphan, found in a handbag on a train. After she leaves, Lady Bracknell interrogates Jack, asking about his habits, his income, his background, and so on. Lady Bracknell says that only she or her father can engage Gwendolen, and orders her to wait in the carriage. Lady Bracknell comes in, and Gwendolen informs her of their engagement. Jack is happy, but he asks her if she would still love him if his name were not Ernest, for example, if it were Jack. Jack confesses his feelings to Gwendolen and she admits that she likes him most especially because she has always wanted to marry someone named Ernest. He promises to be present to arrange music at her reception next Saturday. He tells Lady Bracknell that he will be unable to attend her dinner tonight, as Bunbury is ill. Algernon express horror that there are no cucumber sandwiches. Lane introduces Lady Bracknell and Gwendolen. ![]() 6/26/2023 0 Comments Magical midlife madness series![]() ![]() I also like that the story was written in first person. A good plot but with a light storytelling that's not too light. There are a lot of concepts introduced that are explained enough to get through this book, but you can tell they will be dealt with in more detail in subsequent releases. Overall review - Very well written with a good story line. Even if she does groan when she rolls out of bed in the morning.Ī paranormal women's fiction with a bit of class and a lot of sass for anyone who feels like age is just a number! ![]() And I need Advil to keep me going.īut those who’d hold me back better sit up and take notice because a new woman is in town, and she’s not about to be counted out by anyone. I have to embrace the magic and dark of my past. I need the money more than I care about my sanity. When a job comes my way that offers me a chance to use my childhood training in the shadow world, I take it. But I’ll be damned if my ex thinks I’m down and out because he pulled a fast one on me. At 41, I didn’t think I’d be starting over. I have to admit, Robert isn’t my worst date. The next, I’m divorced and living in the guest room of my ex’s hotter-than-sin cousin’s place in Savannah and talking to an animated skeleton named Robert. One day, I’m married, living in Seattle, and magic isn’t real. Listed number one in women's fantasy fiction in Kindle. ![]() 6/26/2023 0 Comments Stay by tia louise pdf download![]() ![]() I purposely kept this review short, because there is no way to go about it without giving the key things away. ![]() Now Mariska has to show Stuart, that as long as they are together they will always be home. She knows where his heart belongs, with her and at the ranch, and just because her goal was set, it doesn't mean it can't change or evolve. ![]() Together they are looking to build a home and nothing will stand in his way of giving everything his girl deserves to have.Īll she ever wanted was a family, and Stuart is adamant she continue on getting her degree, it doesn't matter that he would rather be at the ranch, her needs must comes to his. She loved him at his worst and gave him the freedom he needed to heal his broken soul. Stuart Knight is the bossy, dominating, stubborn, and oh so sexy man that Mariska fell in love with. Our sexy cowboy and beautiful gypsy is back, fighting for their true Happily Ever After. ![]() 6/26/2023 0 Comments Harper lee new book![]() News of the “Mockingbird” sequel broke in February after Tonja Carter, Lee’s lawyer, discovered the manuscript last year and negotiated with HarperCollins to publish the book.įor decades, Lee had been adamant that she would never publish another book. “Go Set a Watchman” details Scout Finch’s return to fictional Maycomb, Alabama, to vist her father, Atticus, 20 years after the events of the first book. Bookstores across the country are preparing for crowds, and Barnes & Noble stores are hosting public readings of “Mockingbird” on Monday. What Chapter 1 of ‘Go Set a Watchman’ tells usĪ HarperCollins excutive said “Go Set a Watchman” is the publisher’s most pre-ordered book of all-time, while Amazon says it’s the retailer’s most pre-ordered print title since the last Harry Potter book in 2007. ![]() ![]() Lee’s followup, “Go Set a Watchman,” goes on sale Tuesday, and anticipation for the novel is at a fever pitch. Now, the book’s many fans will get a chance to learn whether fire can follow fire – more than five decades later. The bestseller, which has sold more than 30 million copies, was her only novel. ![]() In the aftermath of success comes the inevitable question: “So, what’s next?”įor authors, the answer is inextricably linked to their next book, but in the 55 years since Harper Lee published “To Kill a Mockingbird,” she never had to answer that question. ![]() 6/25/2023 0 Comments Ironfire by David Ball![]() ![]() ![]() The narrative shifts to the Sahara in the 1880s, during an ill-fated attempt by the French to drive a railroad through the heart of the desert. The first half of the story involves two cousins growing up during the Prussian Siege of Paris. Trained in journalism but wishing to write fiction, Ball seriously began work on Empires of Sand in 1994, recovering 100 pages of a manuscript he had written in a Tunisian beach house in 1984 while traveling in North Africa, but later shelving the work to go into business.Įmpires of Sand, (Bantam 1999), is a historical novel set in the Sahara Desert and 19th-century Paris. He installed telecommunications equipment in Cameroun, renovated Victorian houses in Denver and pumped gasoline in the Grand Tetons. He drove a taxi in New York City and built a road in West Africa. He has been a pilot, sarcophagus maker, businessman and charity organizer. Careerīall has traveled extensively, visiting more than 65 countries on six continents. He earned a master's of science degree in journalism from Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism in 1973. ![]() His father Jack served in World War II as a pilot, first in the Royal Air Force and then the US Navy.īall earned a bachelor's degree in political science from Metropolitan State University, Denver, where he was editor of the campus newspaper and active in student politics. Ball, a native of Denver, Colorado was the middle of five children born to Carol and Jack Ball. ![]() 6/25/2023 0 Comments That Night by Nidhi Upadhyay![]() ![]() ![]() This group is dedicated to connecting readers with Goodreads authors. If not busy researching a way to kill, drown or dispose of bodies, Nidhi can be found reading thrillers or screaming at her boys. She is often found hiding her current search history from her boys. But her greatest interests are her children, her husband who is disillusioned that her writing career is his retirement plan, and a puppy who thinks he owns her. She is an engineer, a headhunter, and a consumer of black coffee and dark chocolates. Instagram: Nidhi is the bestselling author of That Night. Nidhi is the bestselling author of That Night. ![]() ![]() ![]() Entangled in an investigation linked to the power of wartime propaganda and American political intrigue being played out in Britain, Maisie will face losing her dearest friend-and the possibility that she might be falling in love again. As the Germans unleash the full terror of their blitzkrieg upon the British Isles, raining death and destruction from the skies, Maisie must balance the demands of solving this dangerous case with her need to protect Anna, the young evacuee she has grown to love and wants to adopt. ![]() ![]() MacFarlane asks Maisie to work with Scott to uncover the truth about Saxon's death. He is accompanied by an agent from the US Department of Justice-Mark Scott, the American who helped Maisie escape Hitler's Munich in 1938. Serving as a linchpin between Scotland Yard and the Secret Service, Robert MacFarlane pays a visit to Maisie Dobbs, seeking her help. When Catherine Saxon, an American correspondent reporting on the war in Europe, is found murdered in her London digs, news of her death is concealed by British authorities. ![]() Beloved heroine Maisie Dobbs, "one of the great fictional heroines" (Parade), investigates the mysterious murder of an American war correspondent in London during the Blitz in a page-turning tale of love and war, terror and survival. ![]() ![]() ![]() Published by HarperCollins Publishers on May 5, 2020 Like her previous bestseller, The Poet X, this novel honors the nuances and beauty of Dominican-American culture, slaps with its authenticity and richness and makes you long for the beat to drop (and never stop).Īlso reviewed on De Colores: The Raza Experience in Books for Children Acevedo’s verse reads like a dope NYC cipher - brilliant, unorthodox, and beautiful it is the fire we need to keep us warm this winter. In this gripping story about the messiness of family, death, and love, Acevedo chronicles the lives of two sisters, Yahaira and Camino, as they grieve and connect following the tragic death of their father. Clap When You Land won’t break your fall, but Acevedo’s poetry will hold your hand, reminding you you’re not alone. In her highly-lauded sophomore release, Clap When You Land, Elizabeth Acevedo tells us we’re never prepared for these moments, “When you learn news like this, there is only / falling.” In many ways, we’ve been falling since March. ![]() ![]() Nine months later, I am still trying to reconcile with this new normal of grief and isolation. I don’t remember where I was when I heard about Covid-19, when I learned that life would never be the same. ![]() |