![]() ![]() ![]() She dug into her closet for something to wear. Beige and gray, gray and beige, her neutral, non-commital go-tos she surely wouldn’t find the lift she was looking for in there. She needed to cut loose! Be bold for a change! Red! Allison suddenly thought, taking in her dreary wardrobe. That’s what she needed to put some life in her life. And not just any red. A daring-Hester Prynne-where-are-you?-scarlet red. A magical, click-three-times-and-I’m-home-Judy Garland-ruby-red. Emboldened, she set out for the mall. Nor was staring at the window in her pjs, this fine spring morning. Was it being passed over at work, a gain? A date who didn’t call back, again? One thing was certain: Allison was in a funk, and neither her new juicer nor the spin class everyone had raved about was able to pry her out of it. ![]()
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![]() It was a quiet, night-time valley which I crept into, with mud and moths in my hair… It was cool air, with the sea’s breath. "Before it was bloodied, or snow-thick, Glencoe was lit by moon. ![]() This is where some of the most beautiful descriptions of the Scottish Highlands can be found. She falls in love with the highlands and with a powerful member of the clan. Here she uses her knowledge of nature and herbs to help and heal. Corrag is forced to flee alone to the Scottish Highlands where she settles near and befriends the MacDonald clan. I’ve never turned into a bird, skimmed a night-time loch, or settled on ships to make them drown… I’ve not summoned anything… I pray – not in church and with no Bible, but otherwise I reckon it’s probably like how you pray, which is with the heart’s voice talking, not the mouth’s." Misunderstood, misjudged, and persecuted, Corrag, her mother and her grandmother are called “witch” due to their differences and strengths as unattached women. I’ve never plucked out gizzards or howled at moons. “What townsfolk say we do and what we truly do are very different things. ![]() Susan Fletcher tells this story with gorgeous, poetical and vivid prose. It is about learning to truly understand the people we encounter in our lives. ![]() Alternately titled The Highland Witch or Witch Light, Corrag is a magical story about opening your heart to the beauty of your surroundings. Haunting and beautiful, Corrag drew me in and transported me to the Scottish Highlands of the seventeenth century. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Nina has been an Associate Faculty member at Antioch University, and a Visiting Professor at Cornell University, Occidental College, and Pitzer College. She now works in philanthropy, as part of a comprehensive effort to improve economic mobility for low-income children and their families. By 1964, he is living in complete obscurity, until a young writer, Nick Bellinger, tracks. But the book’s real luminary is Los Angeles old Hollywood in particulara place where big dreams and big business rubbed shoulders. Until recently, Nina was executive vice president and chief operating officer of a affected by violence and poverty in Los Angeles. In 1960s L.A., a Japanese American former silent film star investigates a mystery from his dark past in this novel by the author of Southland.Jun Nakayama was a silent film star in the early days of Hollywood. The star of Nina Revoyr’s third novel, The Age of Dreaming, is ostensibly Jun Nakayama, a silent-film-era Hollywood heartthrob. It was a Booklist Editors Choice for 2011 and an O: Oprah Magazine's "Book to Watch For," and has won an Indie Booksellers Choice Award and the Midwest Booksellers Choice Award. Nina's fourth novel, "Wingshooters," was published in 2011. ![]() Nina's third book, "The Age of Dreaming," was a finalist for the 2008 Los Angeles Times Book Prize. She is the author of five novels, most recently "A Student of History." Her second novel, "Southland," was a Los Angeles Times bestseller and "Best Book of 2003," a Book Sense 76 pick, an Edgar Award finalist, and the winner of the Ferro Grumley Award and the Lambda Literary Award. Nina Revoyr was born in Japan to a Japanese mother and a white American father, and grew up in Tokyo, Wisconsin, and Los Angeles. ![]() ![]() ![]() Who knows if I'm going to pop my teeth out or break my jaw or rip my lip open. ![]() Like her hands in that ill-fated fight, her guard is down. She speaks slowly, letting each word hurt. Sad is all she can feel since her knockout loss to Holly Holm at UFC 193 on Nov. Her voice is so soft you have to lean in to hear her. 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Rating Seller Rating: Book Description Hardcover. Teaching, A conventional view of teaching holds that it requires no more than Mark Hopkins, a boy, and a log. How the Stars Fell into the Sky Jerrie Oughton. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Although the dialogue in the first few chapters feels choppy and stereotypical (particularly for Selena), this resolves as Selena’s characterization deepens, and Cottingham succeeds in crafting a truly inventive, gruesome horror story that fans of blood and gore will relish. ![]() As Finch and Selena uncover more disturbing information about Nerosi’s origins and ultimate plans, they realize that they will need to band together to stop her. During a tunnel party one night, Finch, Selena, and Selena’s cadre of popular friends accidentally free Nerosi, a translucent spirit who initially grants them wishes and seems benevolent, but quickly turns sinister and cannibalistic. Finch eventually forms a friendship with her roommate, Sumera, and a prickly connection to quintessential mean girl Selena St. ![]() Now attending the prestigious Ulalume Academy, Finch is haunted by ominous portents: shimmering pockets of air, sightings of an eight-eyed stag, and an insistent pull coming from the sewer tunnels near the school. Gr 9 Up–Teen music prodigy Finch is the sole survivor of a brutal car accident that drowned both of her parents and left her with a shock of white hair and lingering questions about how she survived. ![]() ![]() As the narrative vulnerably tackles difficult subjects such as intolerant religious institutions and living with mental illness, Yami’s sardonic voice adds levity and heart. Reyes’s hopeful debut excels in its honest depiction of family dynamics, highlighting Yami’s sense of responsibility for Cesar and her loving but tense relationship with her mother. But if Yami wants to maintain her relationship with her mother, getting to know another lesbian, let alone dating one, isn’t an option. ![]() Slayton’s only bright spot is outspoken Chinese American lesbian Bo Taylor, the only openly queer person at school. Yami prefers to be known for her killer eyeliner, not for being one of the only Mexican kids at her new. ![]() ![]() Until, uh oh, shes falling in love again. But Slayton Catholic presents new problems: her mother expects Yami to watch over her younger brother Cesar, who is navigating depression the student body is overwhelmingly white and it’s difficult to keep her re-closeted mouth shut around the homophobia that’s seemingly baked into the curriculum. No one knows Yami is gay, least of all her mum, and Yami intends to keep it that way. Luckily, her mother didn’t find out, and since no one at her new school knows she’s queer, Yami plans to keep it that way. Transferring to a new school should mean a fresh start for 16-year-old Mexican American lesbian Yamilet Flores, one that she desperately needs after being outed at her old school by her crush and ex-best-friend. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The series has also spawned anime, audio drama, and manga adaptations, art books, and a supplemental guide book.Īll of the official publications in the series were originally published by Asahi Sonorama under the Sonorama Bunko label. To date, over 35 novels have been published in the main series, with some novels comprising as many as four volumes including the supplemental volume, Dark Nocturne, over 50 individual volumes have been published. Known simply as the Vampire Hunter ( 吸血鬼ハンター, Banpaia Hantā) series in Japan, the first novel, Vampire Hunter "D", was written by Hideyuki Kikuchi and published in 1983. ![]() ![]() ![]() I think a big part of this lies in the fact that there aren’t as many characters in this book, but nonetheless, I was happy to have it be a feature of this book. Again, with many SFF stories I often find that the plot and the worldbuilding far overtakes character identity and development, but this book also features heavy insight into the characters themselves. I also found The Space Between Worlds to be very balanced between its storyline and its characters. I really liked the balance of this, as I’ve noticed in many sci-fi worlds that the advancement of the world is either far for the better or far for the worse. And I really enjoyed the speculative nature of what this future looked like – while there were some improvements in this world and its society, there were many aspects that were deteriorated. You have this exploration of a future where parallel worlds can be explored, given that the travelers’ counterpart is no longer alive. Sometimes I grow hesitant with SFF books that are on the shorter side, but I was amazed at how much is packed into this book. ![]() Now that I’ve read it, I can say that the book itself is just as great as the premise! I’ve heard amazing things about the book and I loved the premise. ![]() The Space Between Worlds has been on my radar since it came out last August, and I finally picked up a copy of it. ![]() ![]() ![]() He also valued traits such as kindness, common sense, and ingenuity. Taking his stories as an indicator of his opinions, he seemed to have held Muggles in higher esteem than most of his contemporaries. Beedle wrote in ancient runes, which were later translated to English. At some point in his life he wrote The Tales of Beedle the Bard. ![]() ![]() 15th century) was an English wizard and author of wizarding fairytales. Rowling regarding Beedle īeedle the Bard (fl. The heroes and heroines who triumph in his stories are not those with the most powerful magic, but rather those who demonstrate the most kindness, common sense, and ingenuity." - J. The tales were originally written in ancient runes and included such memorable stories as The Tale of the Three Brothers, Babbity Rabbity and Her Cackling Stump, The Wizard’s Hairy Heart, and The Fountain of Fair Fortune. " If his stories accurately reflect his opinions, he rather liked Muggles, whom he regarded as ignorant rather than malevolent he mistrusted Dark Magic, and he believed that the worst excesses of wizardkind sprang from the all-too-human traits of cruelty, apathy or arrogant misapplication of their own talents. The Tales of Beedle the Bard is a 15th-century collection of bedtime stories written for young wizards and witches. ![]() |