![]() ![]() ![]() There is a certain entertainment value in watching slasher flicks with a jaded, cynical eye, but that's just buckets o'blood where we don't really care who lives and who dies. ![]() No possible escape from the elements, the infected.or one another.Ī good horror novel can't be just about blood and guts and scary monsters. One by one, the boys will do things no person could ever imagine.Īnd so it begins. Within his body is a bioengineered nightmare, a horror that spreads faster than fear. He is shockingly thin, disturbingly pale, and voraciously hungry - a man in unspeakable torment who exposes Tim and the boys to something far more frightening than any ghost story. An unexpected intruder, stumbling upon their campsite like a wild animal. But for some reason, he can't shake the feeling that something strange is in the air this year. For the most part, they all get along and are happy to be there - which makes Scoutmaster Tim's job a little easier. ![]() There's Kent, one of the most popular kids in school Ephraim and Max, also well-liked and easygoing then there's Newt the nerd and Shelley the odd duck. Once every year, Scoutmaster Tim Riggs leads a troop of boys into the Canadian wilderness for a weekend camping trip - a tradition as comforting and reliable as a good ghost story around a roaring bonfire. ![]()
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![]() A good example in Jersey isn't exactly the national ideal. Okay, so my mother was probably right, but I'm from Jersey and truth is, I have a hard time getting a grip on the good example thing. You have to exercise, eat good food, and be nice to old people.' 'You're famous now,' my mother said when the paper came out. I'd walk down the street and people would recognize me. I got my picture in the paper for that one. Like the time I accidentally burned down a funeral home. ![]() My name is Stephanie Plum, and I drop a lot of jelly globs, figuratively and literally. ![]() And then, just when you decide it's good, you drop a big glob of jelly on your best T-shirt. You don't really know what it's about until you bite into it. The way I see it, life is a jelly doughnut. Janet Evanovich - Ten Big Ones Copyright 2004 ![]() ![]() ![]() Universal Link The Romantic The Vers Podcast #2 ![]() Start the Series The Loner The Vers Podcast #1 The Realist is an age-gap, forced proximity romance with a bossy realist and a sunshiny flirt who has Marcus wrapped around his finger. Maybe this whole relationship thing wouldn’t be so bad…if he wasn’t nine years younger…and leaving Southern California soon…or if I had any idea what I was doing. It’s not long before I can’t resist him-a man who likes listening in the bedroom but is stubborn in other situations. Now he’s always around, wearing shorts that leave nothing to the imagination and saying he wants to take care of me because I’m always doing it for others. ![]() But, he’s too trusting and leaps before he thinks, so at least he won’t get taken advantage of if he’s with me. He’s a flirt who makes no secret about wanting in my bed…somewhere I’d like to have him if he wasn’t the employee of one of my closest friends. It’s why I have no business offering Kai Lewis a place to stay when he’s in need. If you asked The Vers guys, they’d tell you I’m a caretaker who’s always thinking of others, but they also give over-the-top hugs and don’t believe me when I say feelings are the worst. ![]() To listeners of The Vers, a queer podcast I host with my three best friends, I’m known as The Realist-I accept life the way it is, believe in honesty over sugarcoating, and okay, I can maybe be a little bossy. The Realist | Riley Hart The Vers Podcast #3 ![]() ![]() ![]() We also see the stark contrasts between private and public life, the effects of the war with Iraq, the anguish of exile, and the fall-out of the Revolution that began with such hope and ended in tyranny. Her mother - rebellious, brave - forced to dye her hair and wear dark glasses after being photographed without a veil. The loving grandmother who tried to guide Marjane without scaring her. ![]() The simple act of leaving the house became fraught.Īs Marjane’s story unfolds, we meet the other remarkable people in her life: The uncle who was a political prisoner and exile. She was separated from her male classmates. And the next, veils were required at school. One day, life was the ‘normal’ that she knew. Intelligent and outspoken, Marjane is both the author and our heroine - a fierce 10-year-old when the story opens, grappling with figuring out herself while the world outside her door explodes with violence. ![]() Her story strikes complex emotional chords, both terrible and sweet. This autobiographical graphic novel recounts the author’s experiences growing up in Iran during the 1978 revolution - by any measure, a challenging time to be coming of age. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() I always tell people that Texans tend to treat each other like exiles from a foreign country whenever they meet each other elsewhere: shared tastes, weird backstories, and a distinct skewed view of the world. Like any writing project there is slivers of autobiography in this book but the characters, the town, and the circumstances have very little to do with my childhood in Texas and my eventual migration to the Big Apple. Lickety Split is my first contemporary romance set outside of New York City and in some ways writing it gave me a chance to really think about all the things that brought me to Manhattan when I was 16 years old. While it’s true you “can’t ever go back home,” in a lot of ways romance gives us a chance to honor the good stuff and grapple with the rest. I dropped by today to talk about about homecomings and the ways that romance lets folks return to their roots and wrestle with all the messy problems that send us packing in the first place. ![]() Thanks so much to Lisa and the Novel Approach team for letting me come and visit with y’all today. He’s also offering the chance for one lucky reader to win some great prizes, so be sure to check out the Rafflecopter widget below to enter.Ĭoming Home: on escaping Texas and why cowboy romances take me back the best way He’s here to introduce his upcoming cowboy romance, Lickety Split, available March 13th from Dreamspinner Press. Hi, everyone, I hope you’ll help us welcome author Damon Suede to TNA today. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() They are cold, ruthless and will stop at nothing to achieve their twisted ends. Then an old terror appears from Levi's past–a serial killer everyone had believed was dead. The whole thing is like a bad dream–and Piper knows all about them since she's a Nightmare, a demon with the ability to trap people in their worse memories forever. The next sizzling paranormal romance in Suzanne Wrights globally bestselling The Dark in You series Falling in love can be a nightmare. Neither Piper nor Levi are used to needing anyone, the crackling attraction between them is making both their demons crazy and to make matters worse, Piper's narcissistic stepsister is Levi's ex–and she's not ok with the situation. But it's not until her psyche brushes his in an unguarded moment that they both realise: they are anchors. With his broad, muscular frame and gunmetal grey gaze he makes a statement without saying a word. He's the kind of man who it's impossible to ignore. ![]() ![]() ![]() While fighting a Hollow, an evil spirit that preys on humans who display psychic energy, Rukia attempts to lend Ichigo some of her powers so that he can save his family but much to her surprise, Ichigo absorbs every last drop of her energy. ![]() Ichigo Kurosaki has always been able to see ghosts, but this ability doesn’t change his life nearly as much as his close encounter with Rukia Kuchiki, a Soul Reaper and member of the mysterious Soul Society. Find out why Tite Kubo’s Bleach has become an international manga smash-hit!Ĭelebrate 20 years of Bleach with this exclusive volume featuring cover art from the series launch on Augin Weekly Shonen Jump magazine! When his family is attacked by a Hollow-a malevolent lost soul-Ichigo becomes a Soul Reaper, dedicating his life to protecting the innocent and helping the tortured spirits themselves find peace. Ichigo Kurosaki never asked for the ability to see ghosts-he was born with the gift. Celebrate the 20th anniversary of international smash-hit Bleach with this exclusive edition of volume 1! ![]() ![]() ![]() The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by VE Schwabĭaughter of Smoke and Bone by Laini Taylor The Time Traveller’s Wife by Audrey Niffenegger Her favourite books of all time that she recommends to everyone are: Her favourite authors include V.E.Schwab, Julia Quinn, Maggie O’Farrell, Ann Patchett, Marian Keyes and Sarah J Maas. She lives in London and is currently writing her second novel.Īs a fan of both books and lists, Christina is a devoted Goodreads user. The film rights have sold to a major Hollywood studio. Her favourite books of all time that she recommends to everyone are: The Time Traveller’s Wife by Audrey Niffenegger The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by VE Schwab World War Z by Max Brooks The Dutch House by Ann Patchett Red Clocks by Leni Zumas Throne of Glass series by Sarah J Maas Finding Audrey by Sophie Kinsella Ballet Shoes by Noel Streat Christina is the author of THE END OF MEN, her debut novel, which is being published in 17 languages. As a fan of both books and lists, Christina is a devoted Goodreads user. ![]() ![]() She lives in London and is currently writing her second novel. ![]() Christina is the author of THE END OF MEN, her debut novel, which is being published in 17 languages. ![]() ![]() ![]() The English translation by Ken Liu was published by Tor Books in 2014. By 2015, a Chinese film adaptation of the same name was in production. In 2006 it received the Yinhe Award for Chinese science fiction, and in 2012 was described as one of the genre's most successful novels of the previous two decades. The Three-Body Problem was originally serialized in Science Fiction World in 2006 and published as a standalone book in 2008. The title refers to the three-body problem in orbital mechanics. The series portrays a fictional past, present and future where, in the first book, Earth encounters an alien civilization in a nearby star system that consists of three sun-like stars orbiting each other in an unstable system. The trilogy's second and third novels are The Dark Forest and Death's End, respectively. It is the first novel of the Remembrance of Earth's Past ( Chinese: 地球往事) trilogy, but the whole series is often referred to as Three-Body. 'Three-Body') is a science fiction novel written by the Chinese writer Liu Cixin. The Three-Body Problem ( Chinese: 三体 lit. Kurd-Laßwitz-Preis for Best Foreign Work (2017) ![]() ![]() ![]() Knowing the dangers that lie ahead yet yearning for acceptance, Deka decides to leave the only life she’s ever known. And they are the only ones who can stop the empire’s greatest threat. They are called alaki–near-immortals with rare gifts. ![]() Then a mysterious woman comes to her with a choice: stay in the village and submit to her fate, or leave to fight for the emperor in an army of girls just like her. Already different from everyone else because of her unnatural intuition, Deka prays for red blood so she can finally feel like she belongs.īut on the day of the ceremony, her blood runs gold, the color of impurity–and Deka knows she will face a consequence worse than death. Sixteen-year-old Deka lives in fear and anticipation of the blood ceremony that will determine whether she will become a member of her village. ![]() |