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But perhaps, having read it, the best thing to do would be just to think about what makes a perfect summer day for you. It's also a useful text for learning about present and past tense - the difference between 'It was a perfect day for Cat' and 'It WAS a perfect day for Cat'. Bear is big and hogs the images, just as he does the water, food and flowerbed, but this is no 'playground bully' story, it's just Bear being a bear, although the story could well encourage children to talk about when they have felt pushed out from something they've been enjoying. The illustrations, especially the entirely happy Bear in the flowerbed and the anxious faces peering out from the window, are wonderfully expressive. Bear eats Squirrel's corn cob and Bird's seeds, drinks Dog's paddling water and takes a nap in the flowerbed. It was a perfect day - and then bear appears and the emphasis shifts to it WAS a perfect day. Cat is sleeping in the flowerbed, enjoying the sun Dog is enjoying the cool water in the wading pool Bird is enjoying some birdseed and Squirrel a corn cob. What a simple but entirely clever story from Lane Smith, about a perfect summer day. Mensah-its former owner (protector? friend?)-submit evidence that could prevent Gra圜ris from destroying more colonists in its never-ending quest for profit.īut who's going to believe a SecUnit gone rogue?Īnd what will become of it when it's caught? Having traveled the width of the galaxy to unearth details of its own murderous transgressions, as well as those of the Gra圜ris Corporation, Murderbot is heading home to help Dr. So, its decision to help the only human who ever showed it respect must be a system glitch, right? The fourth part of the Murderbot Diaries series that began with All Systems Red. This is a 160 page novella, part of Tor.com's novella line. The Murderbot Diaries: Exit Strategy by Martha WellsĬover art by Jaime Jones, cover design by Christine Foltzer.īritish Science Fiction Association Award Finalist for Short Fiction You have until Thanksgiving to stop hanging out with Miles. She knows she has to tell him that she’s positive, especially if sex is a possibility, but she’s terrified of how he’ll react! And then she finds an anonymous note in her locker: I know you have HIV. As Simone and Miles start going out for real–shy kisses escalating into much more–she feels an uneasiness that goes beyond butterflies. Keeping her viral load under control is easy, but keeping her diagnosis under wraps is not so simple. The last thing she wants is for word to get out that she’s HIV-positive, because last time. She’s making real friends, making a name for herself as student director of Rent, and making a play for Miles, the guy who makes her melt every time he walks into a room. Simone Garcia-Hampton is starting over at a new school, and this time things will be different. Today we’re pleased to welcome Camryn Garrett to the WNDB blog to discuss her young adult novel Full Disclosure, out now! I had been out in Los Angeles for a few weeks, compiling the writers’ room for Broad City and gearing up to start Season 1. In February of 2013, I received a love letter from 1944. With some original illustrations by the author. In this collection of anecdotes, observations and reflections–all told in the sharp, wildly funny, and relatable voice that has endeared Abbi to critics and fans alike–readers will feel like they’re in the passenger seat on a fun and, ultimately, inspiring journey. As she spent time in each city and town on her way to Los Angeles, she mulled over the big questions - What do I really want? What is the worst possible scenario in which I could run into my ex? How has the decision to wear my shirts tucked in been pivotal in my adulthood? When Abbi Jacobson announced to friends and acquaintances that she planned to drive across the country alone, she was met with lots of questions and opinions: Why wasn’t she going with friends? Wouldn’t it be incredibly lonely? The North route is better! Was it safe for a woman? The Southern route is the way to go! You should bring mace! And a common one… why? But Abbi had always found comfort in solitude, and needed space to step back and hit the reset button. Over the course of one evening, as Adam and Mia traverse the city’s streets, they relive the four days Mia spent in the intensive care unit as well as her departure to Juilliard and from the life she knew. Adam buys a ticket, planning to slip in and out, but Mia spots him and for the first time in years they’re face-to-face with each other and their shared past. It happens to be the same evening that Mia, now well on her way to becoming a renowned cellist, is performing at Carnegie Hall. But then Adam, now the dissatisfied front man of popular LA-based band Collateral Damage, stops over in New York City for one night before kicking off the European leg of his tour. Amazon Best Books of the Month, April 2011: In the three years since the tragic accident Mia barely survived in If I Stay, she and high school ex-boyfriend Adam have lived separate lives on opposite coasts. Recognising the author as the one that wrote The Invisible Library that you’ve been meaning to get to for a while. Excited about the idea of The Untold Story. What happens if you mix a book blogger with ADHD, a TBR house, a penchant for stories about stories and a rapid response to a PR email? Genevieve Cogman’s hobbies include patchwork, beading, knitting and gaming, and she lives in the north of England Although The Invisible Library is her debut novel, she has also previously worked as a freelance roleplaying game writer. But on a perhaps more prosaic note, she has an MSC in Statistics with Medical Applications and has wielded this in an assortment of jobs: clinical coder, data analyst and classifications specialist. Genevieve Cogman got started on Tolkien and Sherlock Holmes at an early age, and has never looked back. With her allies endangered and her strongest loyalties under threat, she’ll have to trace his past across multiple worlds and into the depths of mythology and folklore, to find the truth at the heart of the Library, and why the Library was first created. But when the Library orders her to kill him, and then Alberich himself offers to sign a truce, she has to discover why he originally betrayed the Library. Irene is trying to learn the truth about Alberich-and the possibility that he’s her father. In this thrilling historical fantasy, time-traveling Librarian spy Irene will need to delve deep into a tangled web of loyalty and power to keep her friends safe. She masterminded a massacre years ago that killed most of the other gangsters in the area (I think, the book gets confusing at times). But whatever, let’s dive in.Ģ3-year-old Hades (birth name Hayden, fake name Daria) is the most powerful, vicious, and feared gang leader in the area. Also, I want to add here that you never meet Hades in MK’s series, so the cliffhanger at the end where Madison reacts with shock at the identity revelation is extra mean. Yes, heroine – not a spoiler, you find out pretty much on page one that she’s the woman on the cover, even though the MK series led you to believe she was male. Hades is probably the most genuinely badass heroine I’ve encountered in a while. THIS is the heroine I wanted Madison Kate to be. I’m called Hades for a reason, after all. So, what do I do, when it’s my own weakness that places us all in danger? When I let sex cloud my judgment, and my people pay the price? I’ll do anything to keep my empire safe and thriving. Now, I live, eat, sleep and breathe Timberwolves. We changed, we grew, we evolved and came out stronger than ever. To the general public, the Tri-State Timberwolves were extinct.īut that couldn’t have been further from the truth. My new recruits eagerly proved themselves in spreading false news, in covering our tracks. I let the media twist and distort the story. The streets outside the Wolves HQ ran red with the blood of the old guard, and not one of those members loyal to my father were spared mercy. Five years ago, I masterminded the infamous massacre of the Tri-state Timberwolves. Rose's maternal loyalty to the suicide pact (p.249) She felt responsibility move in her breasts she wouldn't let him go into that darkness alone. Opening of chapter in which Spicer has been killed (p.132) The Boy looked down at the body, spread-eagled like Prometheus, at the bottom of Frank's stairs. Ida's fickle character If somebody had said to her then 'Fred Hale', she would hardly have recognised the name (Ida p.164) God didn't mind a bit of human nature - what he minded - and her brain switched away from Phil in pants to her mission Pinkie confides in Dallow before wedding (p.181) When I was a kid, I swore I'd be a priest. The police have great confidence in Colleoni. Brighton police are definitely corrupt (p.175) He likes things done properly. Pinkie as the troubled teen - in his death scene (p.264) he was whisked back towards the unhappy playground. As each story gives up its magic, the books transport Aleisha from the painful realities she's facing at home. Intrigued, and a little bored with her slow job at the checkout desk, she impulsively decides to read every book on the list, one after the other. It's a list of novels that she's never heard of before. He shops every Wednesday, goes to Temple, and worries about his granddaughter, Priya, who hides in her room reading while he spends his evenings watching nature documentaries.Īleisha is a bright but anxious teenager working at the local library for the summer when she discovers a crumpled-up piece of paper in the back of To Kill a Mockingbird. Widower Mukesh lives a quiet life in the London Borough of Ealing after losing his beloved wife. An unforgettable and heartwarming debut about how a chance encounter and a list of library books helps forge an unlikely friendship between two very different people-a lonely London widower and a troubled teenager. |