Eve of man t 1 tom fletcher7/6/2023 ![]() I found myself really sucked into the vivid world that was created. I also loved that it touches on some important topics, such as the beauty in Mother Nature and the danger in humans abusing the world we live in. ![]() I loved the short chapters and the changing of point of view between Bram and Eve. I found it so unique and it brought about some thought-provoking ideas. I can honestly say I have never read anything like this before and I was completely sucked in by the plot. However, life starts to take her down a path that her captors had never planned for her when she meets Bram. ![]() She is necessary to keep the human race going. Rounded down from roughly 4.5 stars ⭐️ the sci-fi and dystopian genres are something I haven’t explored much before, but I don’t know why because I really enjoyed this book!Įve of Man follows Eve, the only girl to have been born in 50 years. ![]()
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Warriors 5 a dangerous path7/6/2023 ![]() Although the original plan was for a stand-alone novel, enough material was created for several books, and the publisher decided upon a six-volume series. Nevertheless, she worked with the concept and expanded the storyline with elements of war, politics, revenge, doomed love, and religious conflict. Initially, Holmes was not very enthusiastic, since she "couldn't imagine coming up with enough ideas". The series first began when HarperCollins asked Victoria Holmes to write a fantasy series about feral cats. Though the novels have appeared on the New York Times Bestseller List and have been nominated for several awards, none of the novels in the Warriors sub-series have won a significant literary award. The arc's major themes deal with forbidden love, the concept of nature versus nurture, and characters being a mix of good and evil. The sub-series details the adventures of the housecat Rusty, who joins ThunderClan, one of four Clans of feral cats living in a forest which adjoins the human town in which he originally lives. The novels are published by HarperCollins under the pseudonym Erin Hunter, which refers to authors Kate Cary and Cherith Baldry and plot developer/editor Victoria Holmes. The arc comprises six novels which were published from 2003 to 2004: Into the Wild, Fire and Ice, Forest of Secrets, Rising Storm, A Dangerous Path, and The Darkest Hour. ![]() Warriors: The Prophecies Begin is the first story arc in the Warriors juvenile fantasy novel series about feral cats. ![]() Opposition jennifer armentrout7/6/2023 ![]() I LOVED OBSIDIAN! Get ready to devour this book in one sitting, fall hard for Daemon, and be desperate for book two! -Deborah Cooke, bestselling author of Dragonfire and the Dragon Diaries, on Obsidian. Wendy Higgins, NYT bestselling author of Sweet Evil, on Onyx. Fans of Obsidian will devour the high-stakes plot and beautifully crafted chemistry. Nancy Holder, NYT bestselling author of Wicked, on Origin. An engrossing, sexy nail-biter! I'm delighted to join the Daemon invasion. Each book is a fast-paced read with a great plot and strong characters. ![]() RT Book Reviews Top Pick, on Obsidian One of those books you get lost in reading and finish in one sitting. ![]() Praise for the Lux series: The beginning of Armentrout's new Lux series is a thrilling ride from start to finish.This series is guaranteed to hold your attention and have you begging for more. ![]() A Change of Tune by J.M. Cartwright7/6/2023 ![]() ![]() So buying a house he's never seen in a place he's never been makes relative sense. He's shocked the rest of the band resents having their artistic and financial futures thrown into doubt so he can go find himself. Johnny Rayne, front man for the band, and the brains of the business operations, doesn't understand why his one-sided decision to leave doesn't go over so well. The logic-fail at the very beginning of the book should have warned me. ![]() And three: Johnny's definitely going to enjoy every moment of it. Two: Johnny's definitely attracted to Grissom. One: Johnny's definitely attracted to men. The two men clash continually, and Johnny resists succumbing to the sheriff's brash charm until Grissom forces him to admit some very basic truths. The sheriff challenges Johnny in a multitude of ways - with overt machismo, disdain for Johnny's musician past, and all-around know-it-all-ness. Moving to a farm in West Virginia, Johnny meets Sheriff Virgil Grissom on his first morning in the mountains. He wants something more - just something very different. Johnny Rayne has had enough - enough of being at the top of the rock music industry for the last decade, enough of constant touring and recording. ![]() Willa cather's o pioneers7/6/2023 ![]() ![]() The land here was never plowed, and with careful cultivation it preserves the prairie as Cather roamed it, in the eighteen-eighties-an immemorial zone of grass, trees, birds, water, and wind. At the bottom, you no longer see traces of modern civilization, though you can hear trucks on Route 281 as they clamber out of the Kansas flats. You park at the top of a hill and follow a path down to a gulch, where a creek widens into a pond. Cather spent much of her childhood in Red Cloud, six miles up the road, and for many people who love her writing, and perhaps for some who don’t, the Cather Prairie is one of the loveliest places on earth. At the southern edge of the county, a few hundred feet north of the Nebraska-Kansas border, is a six-hundred-acre parcel of land called the Willa Cather Memorial Prairie. ![]() ![]() In Webster County, Nebraska, the prairie rolls in waves, following the contours of a tableland gouged by rivers and creeks. ![]() Photograph from Archives & Special Collections, University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries The Nebraska plains gave Willa Cather the stuff of epics. ![]() ![]() From their visions for the future of the burgeoning new nation and its political structure, to ideas about family life and matrimony, these three women had a profound influence on one another’s views as they created the new role of presidential spouse. In First Ladies of the Republic, Jeanne Abrams breaks new ground by examining their lives as a group. ![]() How the three inaugural First Ladies defined the role for future generations, and carved a space for women in AmericaĪmerica’s first First Ladies―Martha Washington, Abigail Adams, and Dolley Madison―had the challenging task of playing a pivotal role in defining the nature of the American presidency to a fledgling nation and to the world. ![]() The sandman dolls house7/6/2023 ![]() Heading back to The Dreaming, after conducting a census, it is discovered that three of the major Arcana are gone. We learn that Rose’s mother has recently passed away from a long illness, and a foundation in England is wanting to meet Rose and they were interested in her mother. Then we cut to a 21-year-old Rose who is trying to find her little brother, but she is unemployed and has no money. They speak of a dream vortex, who is a woman, and the girl has no idea who she is, although she is doing what vortexes do - bringing people to her, including Morpheus. This episode starts with a family who is being separated from one another, with one sibling called Rose being separated from her little brother Jed.Ī quick cut to Desire talking to her sister, queen of despair, plotting against Dream as they’re annoyed that he acts as if his realm is more powerful and important than theirs. ![]() ![]() In the latest episode we were introduced to the blonde with the devilish smile, and we learn that it is Dream’s sister Desire. Access the archive of recaps, reviews, and news for The Sandman. ![]() After the fire will hill7/5/2023 ![]() Because Father John controlled everything-and Father John liked rules. Before, she was never allowed to leave the property, never allowed to talk to Outsiders, never allowed to speak her mind. “The things I’ve seen are burned into me, like scars that refuse to fade.īefore, she lived inside the fence. It was so good that I brought it with me on three hectic moves, because I had to know what would happen next. ![]() ![]() While this wasn’t my favorite book in the world, I must agree that it was a fantastic one. Cults and fires are popular literary topics! This was one of the books that I saw advertised on Goodreads and bought without looking at anything but the impressive five star rating. Somehow, it ended up right on theme with all my latest reads. ![]() After the Fire by Will Hill is a book that I knew little about when I picked it up. ![]() The Briar King by Greg Keyes7/5/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() Keyes puts in a few twists and turns that are both surprising and cohesive. The story is well told, all through the four volumes, whether it's the political plot or the supernatural plot. Sadly many are very stereotypical, but it seems to be a trap that's quite hard to evade when you write epic fantasy. So what makes the difference between this saga and many others? It's the quality and the cohesiveness of the world he created: geography, folklore and languages are really developped and it adds a real depth to the series. Keyes throws in some almost invincible monsters, massacres perpetrated by fiendish plotters, some destinies revealed, secret societies and a few errant knights. The Kingdoms of Thorn and Bone is a fantasy saga that isn't really ground breaking for the genre: there are many characters, all engaged in parallel quests that will end up being linked, and you add to that political stratagems and supernatural threats. ![]() The play briar u book 37/5/2023 ![]() ![]() Now he is back with his own book and he has a new philosophy – “ Hockey and school now, women later.” Then, he had a rough time in the second book, The Risk, when sleeping around cost the hockey team a chance at the national championship. I have been desperate for Hunter Davenport’s story ever since his heart was broken in The Chase, the first book in the Briar Useries. Now I just have to convince my body-and my heart. ![]() Our backgrounds are too different, our goals aren’t aligned, and her parents hate my guts. We’re paired up on a yearlong school project, but I’m confident I can resist her. Her smart mouth is hot as hell, and so is the rest of her, but the fact that she’s got a boyfriend eliminates the temptation to touch her.Įxcept three months into our friendship, Demi is single and looking for a rebound.Īvoiding her is impossible. And I won’t lie-my new classmate Demi Davis is one cool chick. ![]() Which means that I, Hunter Davenport, am officially going celibate…no matter how hard that makes things.īut there’s nothing in the rulebook that says I can’t be friendswith a woman. As the new team captain, I need a new philosophy: hockey and school now, women later. ![]() What I learned after last year’s distractions cost my hockey team our entire season? No more screwing up. ![]() |