Echo pam munoz ryan review5/30/2023 ![]() It is also loved how this is historical fiction but also has magical realism. As a musician, I loved this story because I was able to understand what music meant to each of them, but this story is so well told and beautiful that you don’t have to play an instrument to be touched by the story. All these stories are tied together with the harmonica. This book faces hard issues like why the all the Japanese Americans in California were put into internment camps, but also what family means and what we are willing to do for family. It takes place in the 1930’s and is about a German boy in Nazi Germany who doesn’t understand the changes that is happening in his country, two orphaned brothers in Pennsylvania just trying to stay together, and a little girl with brown skin in California trying to understand what it means to support the country when the country doesn’t support her. It is a story that starts off with a story needing to be written and follows a harmonica on its journey to touch people’s lives. ![]() I absolutely loved this book! Echo by Pam Muñoz Ryan is an amazing book. ![]()
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The thief turner5/30/2023 ![]() ![]() Wild, ugly, regal, untested, or shrewd, the Queen of Eddis is seen many different ways by those around her. Power, control, friendship, love… who’s to say what will win out? ![]() They both have an interest in the mountain kingdom of Eddis, though for two *very* different reasons. ![]() Up along the coast in Sounis, the King and his nephew/heir, Sophos, are struggling to bring their kingdom back to its former glory. The King is known equally for the loyalty and the hatred he inspires in those around him, and while the Queen might be known for her beauty, it’s her quiet schemes that you have to watch out for. Of course, what everyone else sees is another matter entirely. What they do to each other will make you gasp, and what they do for each other is the stuff of legends. These two rule the southern tip of the peninsula and are famous for their cunning. However, everything seems to come back to these few people… There are a lot of characters in these books, and the politics, adventure, and epic love involve everyone from royals to guards to citizens and thieves. You should check out this gorgeous map of the Queen’s Thief world. On the Little Peninsula are our main players: the kingdoms of Attolia, Sounis, and Eddis. Most of the story takes place on the Little Peninsula (or, the one that looks bigger on the map so that you can see all the kingdoms and intricate details). ![]() The fire starter sessions5/30/2023 ![]() ![]() Like the turn of a kaleidoscope, Danielle’s words move the big picture of our lives and give us a whole new view. The pradical (practical + radical) advice in Fire Starter Sessions gives you the tools to stand it something wonderful. How good can you stand it? That’s a question a good friend asked me a few years ago and it’s rattled around in my brain ever since. Like the marrow that runs through all our bones, she cuts to the core & gets to the essence of what it means to be successful. Think Tank leader, & personal audience with the Dali Lama) & distilled them with a razor’s edge & a poet’s flare. ![]() She’s taken a lifetime of incredibly diverse experiences (D.C. ![]() She is sassy with an uncommon wisdom & depth. She’s not about standing still or the status quo. Not already receiving our free monthly newsletters? Whatsamatter you? Sign up here.ĭanielle LaPorte, author of Fire Starter Sessions – a soulful practical guide to creating success on your own terms, is a change cheerleader. Read the entire newsletter here or download a hard copy of the article. Stay tuned for the next two blog posts where I’ll share some resources related to the book’s theme of success. In this month’s ’ newsletter I review Danielle LaPorte’s hot new book. ![]() ![]() But maybe its possible to have the best of both worlds: keep the one relationship I cant live without and indulge in an attraction I cant deny. And the more time we spend together in close quarters, the harder itll be to resist the spark of attraction Ive always felt. Friend (With Benefits) Zone Laura Brown (Auteur) Paru en juin 2017 (ebook (ePub)) en anglais. Des milliers de livres avec la livraison chez vous en 1 jour ou en magasin avec -5 de réduction. I know Devon would do anything for me, but Im afraid what I want to happen will ruin our friendship forever. Friend (With Benefits) Zone, Laura Brown, Avon Impulse. Weve had about a million sleepovers since we met in the kindergarten Deaf program, but this time its different because I cant stop thinking about his hard body covering mine, every single night. When my best friend Devon shows up at my door and uses his stubborn charm (emphasis on stubborn) to get me to move in with him, I give in. ![]() ![]() After dealing with the constant manhandling that comes with being a cocktail waitress at a dive bar and surviving a date from hell, I see an eviction notice slapped on the door of my sketchy basement apartment. ![]() Im ridiculously attracted to my best friend. ![]() David allen time management5/30/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() Allen posits that instead of using our brain to constantly triage the decisions of our life, we use simple systems to allow our mind to be free of unnecessary worry and angst. Allen’s 2001 personal improvement book brings decades of proven leadership consultation experience to the pages and its concepts stay relevant 14 years after publication, almost appearing timeless.Īllen begins by acknowledging that the demands of our day-to-day life has exceeded our brain’s capacity to manage them effectively, and while our brains are more stimulated than ever before, we also have more tools at our disposal to help manage these demands. In Getting Things Done, David Allen has woven together a thoughtful, relevant, and action-oriented plan to meet maximum productivity while eliminating unnecessary stress and toil. ![]() Neon Pilgrim by Lisa Dempster5/30/2023 ![]() ![]() However, one woman a week continues to die in Australia due to domestic violence. As a result of her becoming Australian of the Year and publicity of her story, a royal commission was held and evidently changes are being made regarding domestic violence. ![]() This is not a genre I would read often but I thought the information on how communities, in this case the state of Victoria, handled her case. There were bad decisions Rosie made, there was incredible miscommunication between the agencies that should have been able to help her. There were also so many sliding door moments for Lucy. The story is a sad one but what I thought the book pointed out was how the system fails people in domestic violent relationships. ![]() We know from the outset Luke’s father kills him when he is 11 years old. She was in an extremely on again/off again relationship with Greg, whom she never really loved, but it resulted in her son, Luke’s birth. If you google her you can learn much more about her. Rosie Batty was Australia’s Person of the Year in 2015 as a domestic violence campaigner and advocate for the work she has done regarding domestic violence. I finished Rosie Batty‘s book, A Mother’s Story in no time. ![]() Married by Monday by Catherine Bybee5/30/2023 ![]() ![]() This being Romancelandia, some of those carefully matched couples can’t help falling in love in spite of the rules, of course, and that’s part of the fun of the series. ![]() On the other hand, I do like the central premise of the series as a whole: a matchmaking service that places couples together on entirely non-romantic criteria. The first book in particular made some glaringly wrong assumptions about the British aristocracy and inheritance laws, most of which could have been quickly fixed by Googling (My review copies of the first two books were the self-published versions and I noticed that the errors had been fixed in the third and fourth books, so maybe the republished first two have had the same fixes applied). I really shouldn’t have enjoyed this series as much as I did. ![]() Stevie’s Duckies Do Series review of The Weekday Brides Series by Catherine BybeeĬontemporary Romance published by Montlake Romance ![]() The Unwritten, Vol. 1 by Mike Carey5/29/2023 ![]() ![]() Now, to protect his own life and discover the truth behind his origins, Tom will travel the world, eventually finding himself at locations all featured on a very special map-one kept by the deadly group that charts places throughout world history where fictions have impacted and tangibly shaped reality, those stories ranging from famous literary works to folktales to pop culture. When an enormous scandal reveals that Tom might really be a boy-wizard made flesh, Tom comes into contact with a very mysterious, very deadly group that's secretly kept tabs on him all his life. In the final novel, it's even implied that the fictional Tommy will cross over into the real world, giving delusional fans more excuses to harass Tom. The problem is Dad modeled the fictional epic so closely on Tom's real life that fans are constantly comparing him to his fictional counterpart, turning him into the lamest variety of Z-level celebrity. ![]() His father created the Tommy Taylor fantasy series, boy-wizard novels with popularity on par with Harry Potter. Tom Taylor's life was screwed from the get go. ![]() Christmas Cole by B.G. Thomas5/29/2023 ![]() ![]() Adventure, romantic comedy, science fiction, and more, but with gay characters. FINALLY, a way to write the stories he always wanted to write. Then through a few friends, he discovered the growing market of M/M Romance and was thrilled beyond words. In the 90’s, he wrote for gay magazines, but stopped because they wanted him to cut out story and romance, and write only sex. He has written all his life, it is where he finds his joy. He is a “Star Trek” and Joss Whedon fan from way back! ![]() He loves science fiction & fantasy, horror, romance and more, has gone to SF&F conventions his entire adult life, and been lucky enough to meet many of his favorite writers. He sees his wonderful daughter just often enough to miss her when she isn't there! He has a romantic soul and is extraordinarily lucky to have many friends. Ehey have a fabulous little dog, Sarah Jane. Thomas lives in Kansas City with his husband for nearly fifteen years and was legally married in 2014. ![]() Troubled waters by sharon shinn5/29/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() She must return to the palace, not as an unwilling bride for the king, but a woman with power in her own right. It’s there that Zoe realizes she is a coru prime ruled by the elemental sign of water. Forced to go to the royal city, she manages to slip away and hide on the shores of the mighty river. Zoe Ardelay receives astonishing and unwelcome news: she has been chosen to become the king’s fifth wife. And despite the tiny print crammed onto 400 pages, I zoomed through the novel in two days. I’m so used to the go-go-go! of YA, that the slower moving, deeper world-building of an adult book made it hard at first.īut by page 20, I was hooked. It had been quite a long time since I sank into an adult fantasy, and I’ll be honest: I had some trouble at first. ![]() I picked up Sharon Shinn’s Troubled Waters at the suggestion of Sarah Maas. ![]() AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |