![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The story also provides plenty of opportunities for discussing word construction, phonics, and rhyme, and the format would lend itself to a readers theater or other performance. The text, preponderantly dialogue in and out of speech balloons, has a goofy humor that makes this a readaloud bonanza, and kids will love both the silly wordplay and the smaller birds’ persistent flouting of the Crow’s authoritarianism. ![]() As the smaller birds continue their silliness (“‘Buppy,’ ‘Scruppy,’ ‘Huphup-’”), Crow creeps closer until even he contributes a “Wuppy!” From then on, all the neighborhood birds enjoy sharing in the linguistic lunacy, and even the local cat (“Shmoodle!”) and dog (“Skerpoodle!”) get into the act. Little Brown Bird’s subsequent vocal creativity inspires Cardinal and Dove to join in the linguistic fun, while Crow is quite put out by this phonetic flight of fancy, and leaves in a huff-but doesn’t fly too far away. Her playful exclamation of “Froodle sproodle!” sends propriety-minded Crow into a tizzy. A group of birds stick to their typical sounds at the beginning of this book, with Crow saying “caw,” Dove calling “coo,” Cardinal chirping “chip,” and Little Brown Bird uttering “peep,” until the day that Little Brown Bird decides to verbally branch out. ![]()
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![]() As the demand grew, so did the world of Wool. It’s an uncommon format for literature, but in the age of ebooks, they’re becoming more and more popular: Wool was initially available as a Kindle exclusive for 99 cents. While altogether the Wool series is about as long as any other sci-fi novel, the first novella only clocks in at around 60 pages. While the books and the series focus mainly on mechanic-turned-leader Juliet, the first part of the first book - and the pilot - barely feature her, instead focusing on the tragic tale of Sheriff Holsted and his wife Alison. ![]() They follow a dystopian world where the populace lives underground, and the discovery of a dark secret. Silo is based on Wool, a series of short novellas by Hugh Howey. ![]() Though the script for the episode was near-flawless, the true reason Silo’s pilot episode is so enthralling goes even deeper: the show’s very rare form of source material. people will just turn off,” it’s even more difficult.īut Silo, now streaming on Apple TV+, somehow took a completely new and original dystopia and established everything a viewer would need to know in one episode. ![]() It’s a tall order in any medium, but on Apple TV+, a streamer that has told directors that “if something doesn’t happen in the first 30 seconds. ![]() In less than an hour, the episode has to establish the rules of the world where the story takes place, the inciting incident of the series as a whole, and any pertinent characters. With a sci-fi series pilot, it’s an even finer art. ![]() ![]() ![]() But he wouldn’t be the greatest strategist of the Kingdom if he couldn’t claim this alluring bluestocking without the promise of a ring…or could he? He is looking for a wife of equal standing to secure the legacy he has worked so hard to rebuild, not an outspoken commoner who could never be his duchess. ![]() Sebastian is appalled to find a suffragist squad has infiltrated his ducal home, but the real threat is his impossible feelings for green-eyed beauty Annabelle. Her challenge: not to give in to the powerful attraction she can’t deny for the man who opposes everything she stands for. Her target: Sebastian Devereux, the cold and calculating Duke of Montgomery who steers Britain’s politics at the Queen’s command. Her charge: recruit men of influence to champion their cause. In return for her scholarship, she must support the rising women’s suffrage movement. England, 1879. Annabelle Archer, the brilliant but destitute daughter of a country vicar, has earned herself a place among the first cohort of female students at the renowned University of Oxford. ![]() ![]() By Alice Oseman, winner of the YA Book Prize, Heartstopper is about love, friendship, loyalty and mental illness. But love works in surprising ways, and Nick is more interested in Charlie than either of them realised. They quickly become friends, and soon Charlie is falling hard for Nick, even though he doesn't think he has a chance. until one day when they're made to sit together. ![]() I loved this book.' RAINBOW ROWELL, author of Carry OnĬharlie and Nick are at the same school, but they've never met. ![]() Heartstopper is the bestselling LGBTQ+ graphic novel: this new edition - with a cover including Alice Oseman's artwork and photographs showing characters from the Netflix show - also contains exclusive pages from Alice's original TV scripts. ![]() *Now a live-action Netflix series!* Boy meets boy. ![]() ![]() Today, Common Sense remains a landmark document in the struggle for freedom, distinguished not only by Paine's ideas but also by its clear and passionate presentation. Credited by George Washington as having changed the minds of many of his countrymen, the document sold over 500,000 copies within a few months. ![]() On January 10, 1776, he published his pamphlet Common Sense, a persuasive argument for the colonies' political and economic separation from Britain.Ĭommon Sense cites the evils of monarchy, accuses the British government of inflicting economic and social injustices upon the colonies, and points to the absurdity of an island attempting to rule a continent. In 1774, he emigrated to America where, for a time, he helped to edit the Pennsylvania Magazine. ![]() Among the most influential authors and reformers of his age, Thomas Paine (1737–1809) was born in England but went on to play an important role in both the American and French Revolutions. ![]() ![]() Published in 1998, this is the author's only book. I think what has stayed with me most from this book were the courtesies extended while eating - one would always choose the best bits and slip them into the other person's bowl and they would do the same for you. There was quite a bit of sex in the book, thrown in in a very casual manner nothing overtly blatant, but certainly not disguised. ![]() ![]() While he loved Ruby, she wasn't sure how she felt about him and didn't see any problem with going off for other sexual encounters at the same time. There was also a white boyfriend from Ruby's time at Columbia. Why? Bell just couldn't make the break from her husband, her life, even for a couple of weeks. Ruby wanted to take Bell away for a holiday in Florida, where her friends lived, and she worked as a temp to raise the funds, but the trip was continually postponed. Although Ruby loved her father, I don't think she liked him very much and she was certainly aware of how mean he was to Bell. ![]() She cared a great deal for her mother, Bell, whose uncaring husband treated her poorly. Although she didn't have much money in her bank account, I didn't get the feeling that her return was entirely a financial decision. Ruby is 21 when she graduates from university and goes home to live with her parents. This is very much a character driven book, very little actually happens, but we do get a feeling for life as a second generation Chinese girl in New York. ![]() ![]() ![]() In his teens he broke away from Christian beliefs, but, unlike many other writers and thinkers in his generation, he did not become vehemently critical of religious beliefs as such. ![]() He received a traditional religious education – he would later say, with little exaggeration, that he "had had the good fortune to grow up in a home where the only books known were the Bible and the Book of Hymns". As a moralist, he used religious motifs and figures from the Christian tradition without following the doctrines of a church. One of his central themes was the fundamental question of good and evil, which he examined through such figures as Barabbas, the man who was freed instead of Jesus, and Ahasuerus, the Wandering Jew. Lagerkvist wrote poetry, plays, novels, short stories, and essays of considerable expressive power and influence from his early 20s to his late 70s. Pär Fabian Lagerkvist ( – 11 July 1974) was a Swedish author who received the 1951 Nobel Prize in Literature. Poet, playwright, novelist, essayist, short story writer ![]() ![]() ![]() Perfect for fans of Victoria Aveyard, Kiera Cass, and Kendare Blake, Evermore is the high-stakes, star-crossed follow up to the New York Times bestselling Everless that fans have been waiting for. Now Jules must piece together the stories of her past lives to save the person who has captured her heart in this one. ![]() And Caro is intent on destroying Jules, who stole her heart twelve lifetimes ago. The whole kingdom believes that Jules is responsible for the murders, and a hefty bounty has been placed on her head. Listen to 'Evermore' on your iOS and Android device. Download or Stream instantly more than 55,000 audiobooks. But she has just learned the truth: She is the Alchemist, and Caro–a woman who single-handedly murdered the Queen and Jules’s first love, Roan, in cold blood–is the Sorceress. Evermore, Sara Holland, Eileen Stevens, Teen>Romance, Teen>Sci-Fi & Fantasy, >Teen, HarperCollins Publishers, 9. The New York Times bestselling series! Jules Ember confronts the girl who is both her oldest friend and greatest enemy in the highly anticipated sequel to Everless, praised by New York Times bestelling author Stephanie Garber as “an intoxicating blend of blood, secrets, and haunting mythology.” Jules Ember was raised hearing legends of the ancient magic of the wicked Alchemist and the good Sorceress. You can read this before Evermore (Everless, #2) PDF EPUB full Download at the bottom. Here is a quick description and cover image of book Evermore (Everless, #2) written by Sara Holland which was published in. Brief Summary of Book: Evermore (Everless, #2) by Sara Holland ![]() ![]() As the dark scandals of an industry bent on controlling and commodifying beautiful girls begin to bubble up, Rachel wonders if she’s strong enough to be a winner, or if she’ll end up crushed… Especially when she begins to develop feelings for K-pop star and DB golden boy Jason Lee. ![]() Six years ago, she was recruited by DB Entertainment-one of Seoul’s largest K-pop labels, known for churning out some of the world’s most popular stars. What would you give for a chance to live your dreams?įor seventeen-year-old Korean American Rachel Kim, the answer is almost everything. ![]() Crazy Rich Asians meets Gossip Girl by way of Jenny Han in this knock-out debut about a Korean American teen who is thrust into the competitive, technicolor world of K-pop, from Jessica Jung, K-pop legend and former lead singer of one of the most influential K-pop girl groups of all time, Girls’ Generation. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() I don’t think calling it “research” will get me out of this mess.īut it will make for one hell of a story.ĪNOTHER PERFECT ROM/COM FROM MEGHAN QUINNĪ really enjoyable, entertaining and easygoing listen that had it all. Until I mistakenly end up in the wrong hotel room, naked as the day I was born, with the sexiest human I have ever met staring me down, wondering what I'm doing taking a shower in his bathroom. ![]() ![]() Drinking some free champagne, basking in the love of two strangers, and tapping into my romantic side. It should be the easiest book research ever. No pressure, right? That's how I find myself flying across the country to crash a wedding in the name of research, dress and heels stuffed into my small suitcase. Normally, this wouldn’t be a problem - but I’m a writer on a serious deadline, and my editor is breathing down my neck for a romantic Nicholas Sparks-type love story. Except I haven't felt that feeling in forever there is nothing left inside of me. Or catching your breath when you first meet someone attractive. You know the kind of spark I’m talking about? Where butterflies take flight in your stomach from two hands innocently colliding. Well, that’s not entirely true, but I’m going to tell you a little secret: I’ve lost the spark. This laugh-out-loud and heartwarming romantic comedy from best-selling author Meghan Quinn will keep you up late at night as you fall in love with the second book in the Dating by Numbers series. A wild, sexy, and heart-filled adventure of two strangers who meet in the most unlikely of places. ![]() |