Tower of babel senlin6/7/2023 ![]() Soon after arriving for his honeymoon at the Tower, the mild-mannered headmaster of a small village school, Thomas Senlin, gets separated from his wife, Marya, in the overwhelming swarm of tourists, residents, and miscreants. ![]() It is a world of geniuses and tyrants, of luxury and menace, of unusual animals and mysterious machines. Immense as a mountain, the ancient Tower holds unnumbered ringdoms, warring and peaceful, stacked one on the other like the layers of a cake. One of my favorite books of all time - Mark Lawrence The Tower of Babel is the greatest marvel in the world. Book Synopsis The first book in the word-of-mouth phenomenon debut fantasy series about one mans dangerous journey through a labyrinthine world. ![]() ![]() About the Book Includes an interview with the author and an excerpt from the authors Arm of the sphinx and David Mealings Soul of the world. ![]()
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Day by day armageddon6/7/2023 ![]() While Books 1 and 2 were basically told as a journal from the hero’s perspective - which played a huge role in making those books endearing to the reader - that style has been basically removed from Book 3. ![]() Shattered Hourglass takes a radical departure from the previous two books of the Day by Day Armageddon series, in terms of storytelling. ![]() ![]() military troops and transferred to a fast-attack submarine, our hero speeds away to China with a new mission: To find and retrieve Patient Zero and hopefully end this fast-spreading pandemic. Our hero is an unnamed Naval officer who is referred to as Kil, short for Kilroy. Having enhanced agility, speed and cognitive function, the Zombies were practically unstoppable… and now they’re filled with radiation! Will there be any survivors living happily ever after or has an ancient alien abducted a promising franchise?ĭay by Day Armageddon: Shattered Hourglass is Book 3 in Bourne’s overall storyline, immediately picking up where Book 2, Beyond Exile, ended.Īfter an unknown anomaly turned once-living human beings into an undead terror that quickly spread throughout the planet, the United States government nuked multiple high-density areas, hoping to destroy them. Bourne attempts to wrap up the Zombie Apocalypse and somehow add extraterrestrial beings into the mix, as well. ![]() In this book of the Day by Day Armageddon series, J. ![]() This Night So Dark by Amie Kaufman6/7/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() You’ve been stealing the blankets again.” “Stop trying to distract me. Are you okay? Do you want to talk about it?” “Mmm. I’m right here.” “What? I-sorry, beautiful. ISBN 978-1-4847-2419-4ĬONTENTS Title Page Copyright Page One Two Three Four Five Six Seven Epilogue Letter from the Authors Preview of These Broken Stars Preview of This Shattered World For information address Hyperion, 125 West End Avenue, New York, New York 10023. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without written permission from the publisher. Published by Hyperion, an imprint of Disney Book Group. Excerpt from This Shattered World copyright © 2014 by Amie Kaufman and Meagan Spooner. Copyright © 2014 by Amie Kaufman and Meagan Spooner Excerpt from These Broken Stars copyright © 2013 by Amie Kaufman and Meagan Spooner. ![]() Neuromancer by William Gibson6/7/2023 ![]() ![]() Case was the best of the best, capable of navigating cyberspace like few others could ever dream… until a job led him to crossing the wrong people. This new world turns out to be a ripe breeding ground for a new type of criminal: the data-thief. ![]() The story which essentially kick-started the genre begins by presenting a vision of the future which we’re already familiar with to an extent: a world dominated by the digital world and the rapid development of new technologies, including artificial intelligence. The cyberpunk genre, most notably, has spread through all facets of the modern entertainment industry, but it can trace its roots all the way back to 1984, when William Gibson published Neuromancer, the first entry in the Sprawl Trilogy. The alarmingly growing rate of technological development has invariably popularized fiction which touches on the topic of the dark alleyways it could lead humanity down. ![]() ![]() ![]() I love that they are both from the same world and time period. Nine Rules to Break When Romancing A Rake (or 9 Rules for short) is the first ever adult romance novel I have ever read and I think Sarah MacLean may have just led me to a whole new genre to explore! After having read her Young Adult title (and first book), The Season I knew I would read anything else she wrote and this book took my breath away! Coming to 9 Rules from The Season was very natural and just ramped up everything a little bit more. If she's not careful, she'll break the most important rule of all-the one that says that pleasure-seekers should never fall hopelessly, desperately in love. John, the Marquess of Ralston-charming and devastatingly handsome, his wicked reputation matched only by his sinful smile. Someone who knows everything about rule-breaking. And so she's vowed to break the rules and live the life of pleasure she's been missing.īut to dance every dance, to steal a midnight kiss-to do those things, Callie will need a willing partner. Lady Calpurnia Hartwell has always followed the rules, rules that have left her unmarried-and more than a little unsatisfied. ![]() She does not fire a pistol, and she never gambles at a gentlemen's club. ![]() ![]() Olivia leaves her family home in New London, Connecticut, to move to his family's mansion, Foxworth Hall, in Charlottesville, Virginia. Malcolm, taken by her forthright manner and impressed with her intelligence, proposes after only two days' acquaintance. She thinks she has found "the one" since he is the first man to ever show interest in her. Tall, plain Olivia Winfield is rescued from spinsterhood by the smart and handsome Malcolm Foxworth. ( February 2012) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message) Please help improve it by removing unnecessary details and making it more concise. This section's plot summary may be too long or excessively detailed. It is the fifth novel of the Flowers in the Attic series but considered the prequel, as the story told takes place prior to the events of the first book. The novel explains the origin of Olivia Winfield (the grandmother in Flowers in the Attic), the events that cause her to become the cold, domineering mistress of Foxworth Hall, and Corinne's childhood and eventual betrayal. This is the fifth novel of the Dollanganger series. There is some dispute over whether this particular novel was written in part by Andrews before she died, or whether it was written entirely by Neiderman. ![]() Andrews died in 1986, and her estate commissioned ghostwriter Andrew Neiderman to continue writing novels under her name developed from plot outlines originally written by Andrews. ![]() The past is red catherynne m valente6/6/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() Having managed to survive this strange and bizarre world, finding beauty in stories and looking for leftovers from the previous world before everything was covered in water, she became known as Tetley. Once upon a time a young girl, was born in Candlehole in a place known as Garbagetown. Valente has managed to write a story that on the face of it appears hopeless and yet she infuses this with her own whimsical style and instead of creating something bleak and full of doom comes up with a character who is so supremely hopeful, who sees the beauty in this strange world that is all she’s ever known and gives us a feeling that perhaps things could be better. ![]() I want more because I can’t get enough of this character, this world, the words on the page, the emotional depth and the hope that is delivered in the final pages. I will start this review by saying short stories are not usually my thing, in fact I tend to avoid them because I know I’ll be left wanting more – and strangely enough, I want more of Tetley Abednego, but in this instance it’s not a criticism. My Five Word TL:DR Review : A modern day fairy tale ![]() Dirty Secret by Emma Hart6/6/2023 ![]() ![]() The charged push and pull between the two characters was entirely addictive. I had so much fun reading this book! It was sexy, funny, romantic and really angsty. My first foray into reading author Emma Hart was a wholly enjoyable experience. Only one thing is certain: Sofie’s daughter will change everything. Their present is rocky, their future unknown. But with her brother in Afghanistan, she has no choice but to return and sort out her father’s house, even if it means facing the boy she fell in love with and revealing the reason she left.Ĭonner has questions, and when his broken heart and her guilty one collide, Sofie has to start answering them. Sofie Callahan has spent the months since her father’s death avoiding anything to do with her hometown. Now, though, she’s back in their hometown of Shelton Bay, South Carolina, at the same time Conner’s band Dirty B. Where she’s been for the last two and half years is a mystery, and so is the reason she left in the first place. Related Posts: Music Lovers | Rock Star RomancesĬonner Burke never expected Sofie Callahan to come back. ![]() will surely continue to keep my attention! A sexy, romantic, angsty story that was so fun to read. ![]() Goodbye vitamin by rachel khong6/6/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() Ruth and Linus had quite different experiences growing up: When Ruth went to college, their father began drinking heavily and had an affair with a colleague at the college where he taught. ![]() Ruth tries to convince her younger brother, Linus, to come home as well, but he refuses. Ruth’s diary entries are interspersed with entries from her father’s diary, which he kept when Ruth was a child and includes letters to her. At her mother Annie’s urging, Ruth decides to live at home for the next year to support her father and alleviate some of her mother’s responsibility for his care. Feeling lost, Ruth returns home and finds that her father, Howard, has discovered he has Alzheimer’s disease after a series of escalating memory-lapse incidents. Normally, she spends the Christmas season with her fiancé, Joel, and his family, but Joel recently ended their engagement after he revealed that he was cheating on her. Ruth Young, 30, is home for the holidays for the first time in a few years. ![]() Goodbye, Vitamin is written as a series of diary entries over the course of a year, beginning at Christmastime. This study guide refers to the 2017 Picador paperback edition. It was a finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize and won the California Book Award for First Fiction. Published in 2017, Goodbye, Vitamin received positive reviews and was named one of the year’s best books by outlets like NPR, Vogue, and O, The Oprah Magazine. ![]() Lockdown by Samie Sands6/5/2023 ![]() ![]() Samie Sands Samie Sands Author Published Jul 2, When Leah, her best friend Michelle, and Jake decide to break out from the lockdown. ![]() Most people are quarantined in their homes, but Leah, Jake, and Leah’s best friend Michelle are some of the unlucky few who are stuck at work when the Lockdown occurs5(8).
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