![]() ?♀️ Son of a nutracker! Color Asher sugar-plum fairy shocked?! Alright, guess the pair are going with sitting on a throne of lies for the rest of the holiday season! Will this OTP’s fake, fake, fake dating spark real, real feelings? When Olivia’s boss (Asher) sees his ex-girlfriend at the company Christmas tree lighting, naturally, she kisses him to make the ex jelly. Dumped by his girlfriend because he apparently has the emotional capacity of a rock. Yup, Loveridge & McGowan’s very own Ebenezer Scrooge. You’re gonna spoil everybody with your bad attitude?. Olivia finds herself in the role of Santa’s Executive Helper AKA she’s in charge of planning all the holiday activities. She is Loveridge & McGowan’s very own Buddy the Elf blessed with the gift of gab. She loves (understatement) Christmas and has no hesitations about who knows. Olivia Langley is 100% up for the Holiday Cheermeister of the Year Award. ![]() Not always nice and he doesn’t smile a lot, but y’know, still cute. ![]()
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![]() ![]() The Tower of Fools has been translated to Lithuanian, Czech, Slovak, Russian, German, Ukrainian, Romanian, Bulgarian, Hungarian, Finnish, French, Spanish, and Brazilian Portuguese. The German word Narrenturm means The Tower of Fools, a tower in which, in Middle Ages, people suffering from rare mental diseases were isolated. Fantasy elements include occasional magical feats, artifacts, and non-human characters. The setting is mostly historical, with some historical characters and descriptions of particular locations. The action takes place in Silesia in 1425, at the time of the Hussite Wars. It tells the story of Reinmar of Bielawa, also called Reynevan von Bielau. It is followed by Warriors of God ( Boży bojownicy) and Lux perpetua. The Tower of Fools ( Polish original title: Narrenturm) is the first historical fantasy novel in the Hussite Trilogy written by Polish fantasy writer Andrzej Sapkowski, first published in 2002 in Polish and in English in 2020. ![]() ![]() ![]() Thelma Lou was mentally disturbed, and her combination of incompetence and motherly negligence consistently endangered her children. Thurston finally forced Crow to orchestrate their abandonment of her. When Crow was not yet 4 years old, Thurston confided in him that he would soon get rid of Thelma Lou, the author’s mother. He was also an unrepentant thief who recruited the author to be his accomplice in crime. Thurston spent time in prison for nearly beating a man to death and often bragged about other murders he committed or planned to perpetrate. A writer recollects an astonishingly dysfunctional childhood under the violent, criminal tyranny of his father.Īccording to debut author Crow, his father, Thurston, was as intelligent as he was dangerous-apparently the bearer of an uncommonly high IQ, he was also alarmingly volatile. ![]() ![]() He goes and visits his son in jail, and is frustrated by the lack of answers. Soon, Stephen learns the police have arrested Absalom for the murder of Arthur Jarvis. As Stephen continues to look for his son, he is panicked to learn the police are also searching for Absalom, and are tracing the same steps Stephen had taken to try to locate him. There is a headline in the newspaper: a local white man, Arthur Jarvis, has been shot and killed in a home invasion. ![]() Stephen finds Absalom’s girlfriend, who is pregnant with his child, and learns he’s been missing for days. From there, they trace his path across Johannesburg. ![]() His brother gives Stephen information about the location of Absalom. Stephen locates his brother John, who has become something of a corrupt bigwig, in order to find out where his son has gone. The next morning, they seek out Gertrude and find her. He eventually connects with Msimangu and other men of the cloth, where they assure him they will take him to his sister. ![]() Stephen journeys to Johannesburg for the first time, and he is overwhelmed by the experience. Additionally, he decides to seek out Absalom, who also left for Johannesburg and has not returned or written. Stephen decides to take his money, once saved to send his son Absalom to attend school, and go to Johannesburg to retrieve her. In Ndotsheni, South Africa, Stephen Kumalo, a church parson, receives a letter from a minister in Johannesburg, Theophilus Msimangu, telling him that Stephen’s sister Gertrude is ill. ![]() ![]() ![]() 20+ Brilliant Books Featuring Unforgettable Deaf or Hard of Hearing Characters for Deaf Awareness Week.Celebrate King Charles III and his Coronation with these Majestic Children's Books.New imprint, Pineapple Lane, launches with seven Ukrainian picture books.Sally Anne Garland and The Art of the Every Day.Fit for a King and May Day Madness! Topical themes to inspire aspiring young writers.The year’s outstanding debut authors for children: shortlist for the 2023 Branford Boase Award announced.Jacqueline Wilson - our Guest Editor of the Month.Branford Boase 2023 – what the judges had to say about the shortlist. ![]() Read Hour returns for its third year in the UK with Moomin Characters. ![]() ![]() Now seventeen, Oak is charming, beautiful, and manipulative. He’s on a mission that will lead him into the north, and he wants Suren’s help. ![]() Suren is saved by none other than Prince Oak, heir to Elfhame, to whom she was once promised in marriage and who she has resented for years. Lonely, and still haunted by the merciless torments she endured in the Court of Teeth, she bides her time by releasing mortals from foolish bargains. She believes herself forgotten until the storm hag, Bogdana chases her through the night streets. Suren, child queen of the Court of Teeth, and the one person with power over her mother, fled to the human world. There, she is using an ancient relic to create monsters of stick and snow who will do her bidding and exact her revenge. But in the icy north, Lady Nore of the Court of Teeth has reclaimed the Ice Needle Citadel. Eight years have passed since the Battle of the Serpent. ![]() An Instant #1 New York Times Bestseller! An Instant #1 Indie Bestseller! Return to the opulent world of Elfhame, filled with intrigue, betrayal, and dangerous desires, with this first book of a captivating new duology from the #1 New York Times bestselling author Holly Black. ![]() ![]() As she tries to balance her loyalty to her people, her crew, and the desires of her heart, Amora will soon discover that the power to rule might destroy her.ĪLL THE TIDES OF FATE picks up Amora's story a season or two after the previous book ended. To save herself and Visidia, Amora embarks on a desperate quest for a mythical artifact that could fix everything―but it comes at a terrible cost. No one can know the truth about the boy who holds the missing half of her soul. No one can know that she’s lost her magic. ![]() No one can know about the curse in her bloodline. Now, with the islands in turmoil and the people questioning her authority, Amora cannot allow anyone to see her weaknesses. Through blood and sacrifice, Amora Montara has conquered a rebellion and taken her rightful place as queen of Visidia. Now author Adalyn Grace is back with more high seas adventure in All the Tides of Fate, this electrifying fantasy, perfect for fans of Stephanie Garber’s Caraval and Sarah J. The thrilling sequel to instant New York Times bestseller All the Stars and Teeth, called “captivating” by Tomi Adeyemi, “Vicious and alluring” by Hafsah Faizal, and “phenomenal” by Adrienne Young. ![]() ![]() ![]() It’s rich and complex, with backstory deftly woven into the present, yet the narrative drive is strong enough that I was never lost. Reason #1: The Plot (And Its Exposition) Is Astounding. I shall now attempt to articulate (however inadequate such a list may be) why I loved this book so much. It’s epic and diverse, sweeping and romantic, tragic, hopeful and, well, dreamy, and one of the best books I’ve read this year. I have never more wanted to lucid dream than when I was reading this book.ĭescribing this book as enthralling would be an understatement. ![]() In the land of the Unseen City awaits the answer to Lazlo’s lifelong quest, and mysteries beyond his imagining – one of them, a dream-stalking, blue-skinned goddess. ![]() Then a stunning opportunity presents itself – in the person of a hero called the Godslayer and a band of legendary warriors – and he must seize his chance or lose his dream forever. ![]() ![]() Sam doesn’t plan to fall for anyone in the weeks before his birthday. The Weyward family has been haunted by a curse for generations-if a Weyward falls in love before their seventeenth birthday, the person they love dies. ![]() One of my favorite things is highlighting covers that’ve gotten a change-up for the new version, because the only thing better than a single queer book look is having to have two of the same one because they’re just so stunning! Here are some books that got new outfits for 2020: Love and Other Curses by Michael Thomas Ford (May 19) ![]() ![]() In 2015, she was recognized by the Hay Festival and the British Council as one of the leading Mexican authors under 40. The result is what the Guardian has called “a glorious tapestry of ideas”: a novel interwoven with reflections on such topics as ancient maps, miniature furniture, Snow White and the Seven Dwarves, David Bowie, Proust, bad poetry, political violence, sex, death, and stationery.Īs well as Loop, Brenda Lozano has published the novels Todo nada ( All or Nothing, 2009) and Brujas ( Witches, 2020, forthcoming in English by MacLehose and Catapult), and the short story collection Cómo piensan las piedras ( How Stones Think, 2017). Instead of weaving and unravelling at her loom, she writes and erases her thoughts in a notebook, while her cat-her Telemachus-sleeps at the other end of the sofa. ![]() ![]() The protagonist of Brenda Lozano’s Loop is a modern-day Penelope, waiting in her Mexico City apartment for her boyfriend to return from a long family trip overseas. ![]() |