6/9/2023 0 Comments A storm of swords 1![]() In France, the decision was made to cut the novel into four separate editions.Ī Storm of Swords won the 2001 Locus Award and 2002 Geffen Award for Best Novel and was nominated for the 2002 Nebula Award for Best Novel. It was so long that in the UK its paperback edition was split in half, Part 1 being published as Steel and Snow in June 2001 (with the one-volume cover) and Part 2 as Blood and Gold in August 2001 (with a specially-commissioned new cover). To date, A Storm of Swords is the longest novel in the series. ![]() Its publication was preceded by a novella called Path of the Dragon, which collects some of the Daenerys Targaryen chapters from the novel into a single book. It was first published on Augin the United Kingdom, with an American edition following in November 2000. A Feast for Crows A Storm of Swords is the third of seven planned novels in A Song of Ice and Fire, an epic fantasy series by American author George R.R. ![]()
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![]() ![]() ![]() With the help of her best friend Penelope and a newcomer Hiro, Anne has to deal with everything from wizard bureaucrats and fireball-related transportation to robots, zombie-sharks and a literal card-carrying antagonist in order to compete her epic quest. It tells the story of a 13-year old orphan named Anne, who after spending her whole life at Saint Lupin's Institute for Perpetually Wicked and Hideously Unattractive Children waiting for an adventure, finds herself tasked with one bigger than she could have ever imagined. ![]() Wade Albert White has written simply one of the funniest, most addictive books I’ve read in a long while. Hell, this will probably be Wayside School for me now. I have a distinct feeling that The Adventurer's Guide to Successful Escapes and its sequels will be the Wayside School series for many kids. They were laugh-out-loud funny, no matter how many times I read them, and beneath the humor and the fantastic elements, they were written with a real affection for the characters and the world that always brought me back to spend more time with them. When I couldn’t find any new books that piqued my interest (and even when I did), I’d always be sure to grab any Wayside book sitting on the shelf. When I was in 1st grade and my parents took me to the library every week, Louis Sacher’s Wayside School series was my comfort read. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() And she takes great comfort in knowing that the villainous Vordan will soon be facing her father's justice. Still unfairly attractive and unexpectedly loyal, first mate Riden is a constant distraction, but now he's under her orders. Not only has she recovered all three pieces of the map to a legendary hidden treasure, but the pirates who originally took her captive are now prisoners on her ship. The capable, confident, and occasionally ruthless heroine of Daughter of the Pirate King is back in this action-packed audiobook sequel that promises rousing high seas adventures and the perfect dash of magic.Īlosa's mission is finally complete. ![]() "Marisa Calin's delivery of this audiobook is superbly executed.The enticing voice she gives Alosa will enrapture listeners and draw them deeper into the story's twists and turns." - AudioFile Magazine ![]() 6/8/2023 0 Comments A hellbound heart![]() ![]() If you would like to mask a potential spoiler, use the following format: (/spoiler)Īll times in ET (EST/EDT) unless otherwise noted. Spoiler tags are left to user discretion. Some rule violations may result in a temporary or permanent ban on the first strike. The story (source material for the Hellraiser films). We do ask that you help us keep a high level of discourse by avoiding image-only posts, blog spam, surveys, plugging your own unpublished or self-published fiction, and linking to fundraisers or items for sale. Barkers beautifully written Hellbound Heart reads like a fairy tale gone horribly, horribly wrong. No book is off-limits since horror is subjective. Here is your place to share your love or loathing for horror lit, but remember to be respectful.Ībusive comments and posts will get you banned but having a dissenting opinion is acceptable. ![]() 6/8/2023 0 Comments The 5th wave novel![]() ![]() It is this latter experience that always has a strange effect on me.īecause, when I read The 5th Wave, I enjoyed it immensely. Sometimes these books get read by a few people and disappear, and sometimes they take off and become huge, gaining ever more praise and criticism. I am an emotional reader and an emotional rater afterall. Sometimes I give them 4 or 5 star reviews, rated purely based on the emotional high I experienced. ![]() I haven't read any reviews before, so the first experience is entirely my own, as I find it.Īnd sometimes I love these books. ![]() Sometimes, I am lucky enough to get my hands on an ARC of a book and go into it with as close to no expectations as possible. “If aliens ever visit us, I think the outcome would be much as when Christopher Columbus first landed in America, which didn't turn out very well for the Native Americans.” - Stephen Hawking ![]() ![]() ![]() Adeline Foo, author of the bestselling series The Diary of Amos Lee "A thrilling kid's detective romp in the grand tradition of Famous Five, with a lovable robot and delicious Peranakan food " ![]() "A promising adventure series with Super Sleuth Sherlock Sam His insatiable appetite to sample Singapore's popular foods and never-give-up attitude to solving mysteries will keep readers glued till the last page." In Sherlock Sam and the Missing Heirloom in Katong, Auntie Kim Lian's precious Peranakan cookbook disappears, and Sherlock Sam cannot eat her delicious ayam buah keluak anymore Will Sherlock Sam be able to use his super detective powers to find this lost treasure? Praise: Sherlock Sam), Watson, his reluctant robot sidekick, and the rest of the Supper Club (a "Scooby Doo gang," of sorts) as they prove that mysteries are best solved through teamwork. ![]() Set in iconic Singapore locations, the series follows the mystery-solving exploits of smart, observant, food-loving 10-year-old Samuel Tan Cher Lock (a.k.a. Low-a fresh, cross-cultural twist on the classic Sherlock Holmes stories, tailored for middle-grade readers. An exciting new update of the classic Sherlock Holmes detective stories in which Sherlock is a 10-year-old kid living in Singapore and Watson is his trusty robot companion Introducing the Sherlock Sam series by A.J. ![]() 6/8/2023 0 Comments The runaway bunny book![]() ![]() Mother Bunny appears as a fisherman, a mountain climber, a gardener, a tree, a cloud, a trapeze walker, and finally the mother herself. ![]() SynopsisĪ little bunny tells his mother that he is going to run away, becoming variously a fish, a rock on a mountain, a crocus in a hidden garden, a bird, a sailboat, a circus acrobat, and finally a little boy, until he resigns himself to stay where he is and remain her little bunny. The special is narrated by Tracee Ellis Ross. The three books have been published together as a collection titled Over the Moon.Īn animated special based on the book was released on HBO Max on March 25, 2021. A copy of The Runaway Bunny appears in Goodnight Moon, as does the illustration of the mother fishing for the bunny child. The picture of a cow jumping over the moon, which features prominently in Goodnight Moon, first appeared in The Runaway Bunny. Generations of readers have fallen in love with the gentle magic of its reassuring words and loving. This book is the first in Brown and Hurd's "classic series," which also includes Goodnight Moon and My World. The Runaway Bunny, first published in 1942 and never out of print, has indeed become a classic. His mother, however, tells him that "if you run away, I will run after you." The plot deals with a small rabbit, who wants to run away. ![]() ![]() 'The runaway bunny 60th anniversary'-Label on jacket Access-restricted-item true Addeddate 04:05:08 Associated-names Hurd, Clement, 1908-1988, ill. Audio An illustration of a 3.5' floppy disk. The Runaway Bunny is a 1942 picture book written by Margaret Wise Brown and illustrated by Clement Hurd. An illustration of two cells of a film strip. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() But sometimes miracles are right under your nose. ![]() ![]() But his tender manner stirred Althea's heart in ways she had never dreamed possible.It would take a miracle to find a husband in Marrying Stone. Sweet, gentle, Jess wasn't as smart as your average man. Yet the only one she felt truly comfortable with was Simple Jess. So, one autumn night they banded together and gave Althea a shocking ultimatum: She was to find herself a husband by Christmas.or the town would do it for her! Althea knew she had her choice of any single man in Marrying Stone, Arkansas. Unfortunately, her meddlesome mountain neighbors had other plans. Now, she presents an endearing story about what can happen when love turns up in the most unlikely place.The last thing widow Althea Winsloe wanted to do was remarry. Her novels, including Garters, Wild Oats and Something Shady, have won her rave reviews and loyal fans. Product DescriptionGiven an ultimatum by her interfering neighbors-to find a husband by Christmas or have one selected for her-reluctant widow Althea Winsloe searches for a possible mate and finds herself drawn to Simple Jess, a sweet and gentle man of less-than-average intelligence.Proclaimed "a refreshing new voice in romance" by Jude Deveraux, award-winning author Pamela Morsi has charmed millions with her touching stories of simple pleasures and heartfelt romances. ![]() 6/7/2023 0 Comments Maurice forster![]() Maurice is reading Classics, and there is an excruciating scene in which, as he is construing Plato, he is curtly told by his supervisor, Dean Cornwallis (Barry Foster), to “omit the unspeakable vice of the Greeks”. Hugh Grant and James Wilby give fine and intelligent performances as Clive Durham and Maurice Hall, two exquisitely beautiful young men up at Cambridge in the years before the first world war. It is not simply gay sex that is rejected, but sexual pleasure itself. But then they were required to endure decades of conformism and dreary work in – as here – stockbroking or a mediocre political career. Britain’s educated classes may be encouraged at the age of 19 or 20 to study classics and make a poignantly brief acquaintance with the ancient Greeks and their idea of love. It tells us much more about a certain kind of unformulated English discontent, suppressed hysteria and the idealised longing for beauty in the aftermath of the Oscar Wilde trial. Its fascination and power are even more intense 30 years on. ![]() ![]() ![]() The masterstroke which lifts this book form a reasonably cute/reasonably mundane to excellent is the illustrations. And we can hope that the dinosaur example will be taken on board. ![]() This in itself is a clever little idea, using the now seemingly permanent dinosaur mania amongst small children to provide them with a text about bedtime which they will certainly be able to empathise with. Publisher: Harper Collins Children's BooksĪ simple text (with a lot of rhythm and some rhyme) that asks the title question 'How Do Dinosaurs Say Good Night?' and proceeds to reassure us (and by us, I mean harassed parents, not unruly toddlers) that dinosaurs do not, indeed, throw teddy bears around nor they shout "I want one book more" nor they fall on the top of their covers and cry - when Mama or Papa come to say goodnight. Summary: Illustrations in this board book are fantastic, and the text and settings would appeal to parents struggling with children kicking up a fuss at bedtime while the dinosaur theme (with a twist) would appeal to the little 'uns. ![]() |