![]() Her first novel led to The Clan Chronicles, a nine-book (3 trilogy) series concluding in "To Guard Against the Dark." Fear not, fans of Sira, Morgan, and the gang. Her recent adventures included being Guest of Honour for the national conventions of New Zealand and Australia, as well as Master of Ceremonies for Anticipation, the Montreal Worldcon. Julie is a popular speaker, whether on writing, science, or the use of science fiction to promote scientific literacy. ![]() You'll find her work in anthologies as well, as she enjoys working with other writers. Her work has received international acclaim, multiple awards,and best-selling status. A former biologist, then writer and editor of non-fiction, in 1997 DAW Books published Julie's first sf novel, "A Thousand Words for Stranger" and she hasn't stopped since. A love of reading turned into a love of writing for Julie E. ![]()
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![]() ![]() All that keeps her from turning on her ruthless master is the life of her beloved little sister hanging in the balance. Bloodthirsty, addictive, and searingly romantic.” -Axie Oh, New York Times bestselling author of The Girl Who Fell Beneath the SeaĪfter the destruction of her entire Talon gang, eighteen-year-old Shin Lina-the Reaper of Sunpo-is forced to become a living, breathing weapon for the kingdom’s most-feared crime lord. Sophie Kim writes enemies to lovers with heart-pounding intensity, blurring the line between love and hate. “Last of the Talons is a stunning blend of dark romance and Korean mythology. ![]() Epic Reads Pick for The 30 Must-Read YA Books for the Rest of 2022īookRiot Pick for 12 Amazing Asia-Inspired Fantasy Books ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Then on a journey home to her husband’s estate on the coast of Sussex, she is abducted, and her life and her heart are changed forever. Bitterly hurt and desperately lonely, Claire vows nonetheless to take her expected place in society. Soon, however, the celebrated beauty realizes she wed a dissolute wastrel. With this beautifully rendered romance, bestselling author Karen Robards begins a sweeping series about three unforgettable sisters poised to take the ton by storm.Ĭlaire Banning fulfilled every debutante’s dream when she married a rich nobleman. Bound by secrets and lies, Gabby and the roguish adventurer strike sparks off each other and soon London society is abuzz over the Scandalous pair of ‘siblings’ who appear to be falling in love… For if she exposes this mysterious stranger’s deceit, she exposes her own. ![]() But when a handsome gentleman arrives at the door and claims to be Marcus, Gabby’s plan backfires. She’ll keep up the pretense just long enough for Claire to marry a fabulously wealthy nobleman. Pretending that Marcus is still alive, Gabby arranges beautiful Claire’s London season. The family’s riches will pass to the next male heir a distant cousin and the Banning sisters are doomed unless Gabby thinks fast. England, 1810: When Lady Gabriella Banning receives word that her half brother, the Earl of Wickham, has died on his tea plantation in Ceylon, she faces the reality that she and her younger sisters, Claire and Elizabeth, are suddenly penniless. ![]() ![]() ![]() Shortest Read: Enola Holmes and the Boy in Buttons by Nancy Springer at 21 pages. Longest Read: Frederica by Georgette Heyer at 540 pages Most Read Author: Patricia Briggs with 9 booksīest Middle School Read: If You Find This by Matthew Baker (thank you for the recommendation, Bethany!) For surprised expectations, I’ll give it to The Wolves of Willoughby Chase by Joan Aiken ![]() Most Disappointing Book: Well Matched by Jen DeLucaīest Re-Read: This is always a hard category. My Favorite Book This Year: Bread and Wine: Readings for Lent and Easter published by Plough Publishing House ![]() To Read List: Started the year with 881 on my to-read list. With the end of the year right around the corner, it is time for my favorite part of the blogging season: recapping my favorite (and least favorite) reads!Ģ05 books totaling 60,611 pages. ![]() ![]() ![]() She really does the story justice with her well-researched and detailed account of life on the pioneer trail, including the gorgeous scenery and the devastating violence and disease they encountered.īut more than that, the love story that is truly the heart of Wander is where this tale shines. I went through a gamut of emotions reading this book, but most of all, I am in awe of Amy Harmon’s ability to weave all-consuming and beautiful stories - and Wander is just the latest example. My heart was in my throat for most of the book, and I couldn’t read it fast enough. It sets the tone and stirs the anticipation for the rest of the story. Wander has one of the most harrowing prologues I’ve ever read. ![]() The emigrants’ journey, heading west over plains and prairies and through mountains and wilderness in search of a better life, is filled with bravery and endurance, suffering and tragedy. Where the Lost Wander is such a beautifully detailed and mesmerizing story of American Pioneers in the 1850s. ![]() From Making Faces to The Bird and the Sword to From Sand and Ash, she has proven time and again to be a master of any genre she chooses to write, whether it’s contemporary, fantasy, or historical. It’s not hyperbole by any stretch of the imagination to say that Amy Harmon is a stunningly gifted writer. ![]() ![]() It has a dark past one in which a number of humans were killed. ![]() What it discovers will forever change the way it thinks. Murderbot Diaries 2: Artificial Condition - Martha Wells (Hardcover). Teaming up with a Research Transport vessel named ART (you don't want to know what the "A" stands for), Murderbot heads to the mining facility where it went rogue. ![]() A past that caused it to christen itself "Murderbot." But it has only vague memories of the massacre that spawned that title, and it wants to know more. Artificial Condition is the follow-up to Martha Wellss Hugo, Nebula, Alex, and Locus Award-winning, New York Times bestselling All Systems Red. "As a heartless killing machine, I was a complete failure." It has a dark past-one in which a number of humans were killed. A past that caused it to christen itself Murderbot. ![]() The main character is a deadly security droid that has bucked its restrictive programming and is balanced between contemplative self-discovery and an idle instinct to kill all humans. Artificial Condition is the follow-up to Martha Wells's Hugo, Nebula, Alex, and Locus Award-winning, New York Times bestselling All Systems Red It has a dark pastone in which a number of humans were killed. It appeals to fans of Westworld, Ex Machina, Ann Leckie's Imperial Raadch series, or Iain M. The follow-up to the hugely popular science fiction action-adventure All Systems Red Artificial Condition continues The Murderbot Diaries, a science fiction series that tackles questions of the ethics of sentient robotics. ![]() ![]() Stone was allowed access to many current and former Amazon executives, as well as Bezos’s parents and personal friends, but had only limited interaction with Bezos himself. It received its first one-star review on Amazon from MacKenzie Bezos, then wife of Jeff Bezos, claiming many inaccuracies while pointing out only one, the timing of Jeff Bezos reading the novel Remains of the Day. It won the Financial Times-Goldman Sachs Book of the Year award in 2013. The book was a New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestseller and has been translated into more than 35 languages. As part of his research, Stone tracked down Ted Jorgensen, Bezos’s biological father, who operated a bike shop in Glendale, Arizona, and did not know that his son had become one of the most famous businessmen in the world. It also recounts the childhood and early years of Jeff Bezos, including his career on Wall Street working for the quantitative hedge fund D.E. It documents the rise of in the 1990s, its near demise during the dot-com bust, and its subsequent revival with the inventions of Amazon Prime, the Kindle and Amazon Web Services. ![]() The Everything Store: Jeff Bezos and the Age of Amazon is a 2013 bestselling book written by journalist Brad Stone. ![]() The Upstarts: How Uber, Airbnb, and the Killer Companies of the New Silicon Valley are Changing the World (2017) Gearheads: the Turbulent Rise of Robotic Sports (2003) ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Reviews ★ “Green’s prose is astounding - from hilarious, hyperintellectual trash talk and shtick, to complex philosophizing, to devastating observation and truths. If you’ve read the book and are completely prepared for spoilers, visit the FAQ for much, much more information on the book. You can buy Paper Towns from your favorite retailer via the Penguin portal. The movie adaptation of Paper Towns was released in Summer 2015 starring Nat Wolff and Cara Delevingne, and directed by Jake Schreier. ![]() It is taught in many high school and college curricular, often in conjunction with Whitman’s Leaves of Grass, which is an important text within the novel. Paper Towns debuted at #5 on the New York Times bestseller list and won the 2009 Edgar Award for Best Young Adult Mystery. Urged down a disconnected path, the closer he gets, the less Q sees of the girl he thought he knew. But Q soon learns that there are clues–and they’re for him. After their all-nighter ends and a new day breaks, Q arrives at school to discover that Margo, always an enigma, has now become a mystery. So when she cracks open a window and climbs back into his life–dressed like a ninja and summoning him for an ingenious campaign of revenge–he follows. Quentin Jacobsen has spent a lifetime loving the magnificently adventurous Margo Roth Spiegelman from afar. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Water first manifests in this genealogy as Wainuiātea – the great expanse of water, the gathering of all waters – who was the first partner of Ranginui, the Sky Father. Our world, Te Ao Māori, is a whakapapa – one vast genealogical chart that connects us as siblings, mutually dependent upon all that surrounds us in this time, and across time. ![]() Māori narratives of water are as diverse as they are rich – and so while I acknowledge the commonalities that carry across not just iwi, but also across many Indigenous peoples, I also honour the distinctiveness of my knowing, just as we should honour the distinctiveness of each waterway, and offer this as my own. ‘Waiora’ relates to a sense of well-being across our physical, spiritual, emotional, communal and environmental dimensions, while ‘Wairangi’ describes a state of emotional and mental upheaval. This linguistic relationship can also help us to understand our traditional perspectives, and the central role that water has played in our sense of identity and well-being. When I speak to wai I speak to myself – and that is not only to acknowledge the inherent understanding that many Māori carry, which is ‘Ko wai mātou – we are water’ – but also that my knowing of wai has been developed through my own distinct exposure to elders, experts and experience. In this excerpt from the new book Mountains to Sea: Solving New Zealand’s Freshwater Crisis, Tina Ngata talks about the whakapapa of life-giving freshwater. ![]() ![]() ![]() She has stayed hidden ever since, running from forces she knows are too powerful to overcome. When he disappeared under mysterious circumstances, she took her first chance to run and never looked back. Their affair was passionate and intense, but also fraught with danger. Even as she began to believe their employer was hiding something sinister, she was drawn to him like a moth to a flame. Steven Reasor was bad for her, but she also saw a side of the man that no one else knew. Now his world is in chaos and his only path to finally uncover the truth and atone for his sins leads to Veronica Croft. A desperate attempt to force him to remember the truth almost cost him his life. The idea that he could have been involved in the terrible experiments that cost his “brothers” everything crushed him. He believed his nightmare was over when he was liberated by the men and women of McKay-Taggart, until he heard the name Steven Reasor. ![]() Used in a doctor’s evil experiments, his memories and identity were erased, and his freedom taken. The only thing Tucker remembers of his past is pain. ![]() |