![]() ![]() ![]() Sequel The Mystery of the Jeweled Moth publishes simultaneously. The puzzles comprising the mystery are of varying quality: one is completely solvable by readers, while another is solved without giving readers their own chance. The Baron's involvement terrifies Joe-he'd never have gotten involved with the mystery crime lord if it weren't for the fact that, with a Russian grandad, he's not "a proper British lad" and has no other opportunities-but they have to help Sophie. These white, likable, far too thinly drawn teens begin as mere friends, but when the jeweled Clockwork Sparrow is stolen and Sophie is fired over suspicion for the crime, they band together to solve it themselves. Her co-workers are textbook mean girls, but Sophie soon makes unusual friends: Billy, the scruffy mystery-lover Lil, the cheerful store model and aspiring actress and Joe, the wounded boy who’s escaped a life working for the crime lord known as the Baron. She takes a job in London's first department store, and though she's proud of her position, she's beastly lonely. Sophie's been orphaned since her father died with a mysterious lack of a will, but she's determined to exhibit a stiff upper lip. An Edwardian shopgirl, accused of a theft she didn't commit, solves the dastardly deed with the help of her new friends. ![]()
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7/8/2023 0 Comments Heart of darkness cliff notes![]() The tzapame give them several strange leather amulets with feathers, animal teeth, bones, etc. To save her, the twins must attempt to descend through the nine layers of the Underworld along a path called the Black Road, a dangerous trek that could cost them their lives. One of them, a former human called Pingo, tells them the truth about their mother: she has been abducted by dark forces and taken into Mictlán, the Underworld. There they are approached by the tzapame, the Little People. They take turns keeping watch at night and discover that Johnny becomes a jaguar and Carol, a Mexican wolf.ĭrawn by various clues, the twins visit the García Caves in the nearby mountain El Fraile, in Cumbres de Monterrey National Park. They are in the early stages of nagualism, shifting unintentionally during their sleep. At the family’s ancestral home, the twins’ grandmother gives them their mother’s journal, and they learn the truth about themselves: they are naguales, shapeshifters. When school breaks for summer, their father packs them off for Monterrey, Mexico, to stay with their mother’s family while he seeks professional help for his deepening depression. This suspicion is made more sinister by the strange dreams and behavior that both Carol and Johnny begin to experience. ![]() ![]() Oscar Garza, a professor of history-is convinced she left him the twins suspect foul play of some sort. Shortly after their 12th birthday, their mother disappears. Carolina and Juan Ángel “Johnny” Garza are twins living in a small Texas town on the US-Mexican border. ![]() 7/8/2023 0 Comments Paul sheldon misery novels![]() In the 1987 psycho-thriller novel, best-selling Victorian romance author Paul Sheldon finds himself in a car wreck and is rescued by Wilkes, a nurse and his “number one fan.” A disturbed Wilkes finds fault with Sheldon’s literary choices, especially when it comes to Misery’s Child, and holds him captive and tortures him. Related: Master of Horror: 8 Best Stephen King Books So if he doesn’t exist, who exactly is Paul Sheldon? He’s the main character in Stephen King’s novel Misery, and this infuriated woman is actually channeling her inner Annie Wilkes, Kathy Bates’ character in the Misery film for which she won an Oscar. She then spells the author’s name out for the cashier, to no avail, and freaks out when he says he hasn’t heard of the nonexistent author she’s looking for. In the video, the woman becomes livid when she finds out that the store doesn’t have the book she wants, Misery’s Child by Paul Sheldon, in stock. Misery had made him rich she was the heroine of a string of bestsellers. But it just came across our screens again, and it’s as good as the first time. Paul Sheldon had just killed her - with relief, with joy. ![]() In 2015, a video of an angry and demanding woman walking up to a Barnes & Noble counter, known as ‘Crazy Chick Flips Out in Barnes & Noble,’ made the rounds on social media. ![]() 7/7/2023 0 Comments Crush tracy wolff![]() ![]() We then finally meet Hudson and I need to rant for a second. What I thought was going to happen was there was going to be a mystery about what was happening with Grace but that ends at like 100 pages. Jaxon then decides to reveal that Hudson can control people and we found out that he is secretly controlling Grace. Grace tries to start things up like they were before but she is trying to learn her powers and starts watching up covered in blood. Also Hudson, who is Jaxon’s brother, who tried to kill him at the end of the last book has disappeared and no one has been able to find him. Once again people don’t give straight answers and it is annoying as hell but it is actually not the thing I hated most about this book. ![]() She finds out that she is gargoyle and is pretty freaked out. It’s pretty funny and gave me hope for what would come. She walks around and then people are like what the fuck you’re back. ![]() Grace wakes up a couple months of being stone and doesn’t know what happened and thinks its another day. I was actually excited for Crush because as I said the ending was really great and I was excited to see what came next…. it was weird and a bit all over the place but the characters were interesting and I thought that they were being creative in ways that I hadn’t seen before. ![]() Here’s a short recap of that: basically I didn’t love the book. I just reviewed Crave, and by just I mean it was one of the most recent posts. ![]() ![]() and that his people face extinction at the hands of the dreaded Fell! Now Moon must overcome a lifetime of conditioning in order to save himself. ![]() ![]() that his extraordinary lineage is crucial to the colony's survival. What this stranger doesn't tell Moon is that his presence will tip the balance of power. someone who seems to know exactly what he is, who promises that Moon will be welcomed into his community. Just as Moon is once again cast out by his adopted tribe, he discovers a shape-shifter like himself. An orphan with only vague memories of his own kind, Moon tries to fit in among the tribes of his river valley, with mixed success. "rrily ignores genre conventions as she spins an exciting adventure around an alien hero who anyone can identify with."-Publishers Weekly, Starred Review Moon has spent his life hiding what he is - a shape-shifter able to transform himself into a winged creature of flight. Nominated for the 2018 Hugo Award for Best Series. ![]() ![]() Any one would think that after thirty-five years’ affliction, and a variety of unhappy circumstances, which few men, if any, ever went through before, and after near seven years of peace and enjoyment in the fulness of all things grown old, and when, if ever, it might be allowed me to have had experience of every state of middle life, and to know which was most adapted to make a man completely happy I say, after all this, any one would have thought that the native propensity to rambling which I gave an account of in my first setting out in the world to have been so predominant in my thoughts, should be worn out, and I might, at sixty one years of age, have been a little inclined to stay at home, and have done venturing life and fortune any more. “That what is bred in the bone will not go out of the flesh,” was never more verified than in the story of my Life. ![]() That homely proverb, used on so many occasions in England, viz. THE FURTHER ADVENTURES OF ROBINSON CRUSOE ![]() 7/6/2023 0 Comments Fair Play by Josh Lanyon![]() ![]() See how Tucker and Elliot's relationship began in Fair Game. When the past comes back to play and everything both men had known to be true is questioned, their fragile relationship is left hanging in the balance. Tucker would do nearly anything for the man he loves, but he won't be used to gain Elliot access to the FBI's resources. Straight-laced Tucker has never agreed with radical Roland on much - "opposing political viewpoints" is an understatement - but they're united on this: Elliot needs to leave the case alone. Agent Tucker Lance is still working to find the serial killer who's obsessed with Elliot and can't bear the thought of his lover putting himself in additional danger. A knee injury may have forced Elliot out of the Bureau, but it's not going to stop him from bringing the man who wants his father dead to justice. ![]() When ex-FBI agent Elliot Mills is called out to examine the charred ruins of his childhood home, he quickly identifies the fire for what it is - arson. Now, someone is willing to kill to prevent him from publishing his memoirs. Fifty years ago, Roland Mills belonged to a violent activist group. ![]() ![]() When one of Nancy's closest friends suspects her guardians of trying to steal her inheritance, Nancy's search for clues leads her to an old, abandoned bungalow.ĭespite warnings from a stranger, Nancy sets out for France to search for a flight of 99 steps that may help solve the mystery of a weird dream and a possible case of blackmail. ![]() Nancy Drew's keen mind is tested when she searches for a missing will in this mystery that started them all. The Best of Nancy Drew Classic Collection Volume 1 The first author to use the pseudonym was Mildred Wirt. Nancy gets suspicious and tries to see if she can see anything through the window. Aborn who heads into a shack with some things. ![]() ![]() Each collection features three bestselling, classic Nancy Drew mysteries. Carolyn Keene is a pen name used by a variety of authors for the classic Nancy Drew Mystery series. Follow the Author Carolyn Keene Nancy Drew 03: the Bungalow Mystery Hardcover Illustrated, by Carolyn Keene (Author) 647 ratings Book 3 of 163: Nancy Drew Mysteries Kindle Edition 8.99 Read with Our Free App Hardcover 13.85 63 Used from 2.00 19 New from 10.00 4 Collectible from 14.50 Paperback 13.97 6 Used from 7. Nancy returns to Melrose Place (where Lauren lives) and investigates. ![]() Nancy Drew, the classic mystery-solving heroine, returns in these special-issue omnibus editions. ![]() 7/6/2023 0 Comments Hurray for fish![]() ![]() This was one of my favourite books when I was little and I would use this with FS or year 1 children. ![]() Although it is not a direct theme of the book, the story could be used to promote discussions about inclusion and differences. I enjoyed reading this book to my own children, who got a laugh out of the twin fishes. Hooray for Fish Is a fun story about lots of different types of fish. ![]() Using rhyming words the usage of the fish throughout the story helps young children with early literacy. ![]() This is great for children, who are familiar with and still learning about opposites, numbers, similarities, sizes differentiation. Hooray for Fish Bundle by Teachers Telling Tales 9.00 8.10 Bundle A bundle of fishy fun Inspired by the favourite picture book, Hooray for FishPerfect for ocean and sea topics and exploring language, shape, pattern and colour.Includes mazes, dot-to-dots, tracing and colouring pages, Bingo and card games. The size of the typography is on the large side but it very easy to read. The typography looks handwritten and not a computer font, which gives it a more friendly feeling. And the Montage of fishes was an excellent over view of what fishes were mentioned as Little Fish friends. The double page spread really captures all the different fishes and the medium with the vibrant colors with the black borders help separate all the different fishes. The book is fairly large but the inside makes up for that because the illustrations are just amazing. But Little Fish favorite fish is introduced in the end of the story, can you guess who this special fish could be? Little Fish friends are all different, colors, shapes, appearances, sizes and there are some friends that are the same. In this story Little Fish takes you along to meet all his friends. ![]() ![]() ![]() This book really is a necessary read in understanding the impact of fast food on Black America, not even just health-wise, but economically. And, as we dig into with this book, that isn’t exactly the case. ![]() Black Americans were specifically targeted as franchise owners, and many were eager because they thought that they could get a leg up economically if they owned a McDonalds. It’s really sad, one of my mother’s coworkers would love this one drink but couldn’t find it anywhere because there’s no grocery store in the ghetto he lives in, and so my mother would buy it for him and take it to work.įranchise touches upon the themes of capitalism and race in contemporary American history, specifically when McDonalds began to popularize the concept of franchises. Many poorer neighborhoods in these parts don’t have access to fresh vegetables, so the people are addicted to the fast food that is only around them. Baltimore is a city known for its poverty, and something I often heard about was the concept of a food desert. ![]() I wanted to read it immediately due to its subject matter, as someone who grew up in Baltimore, Maryland. I discovered this book, like many other people, when it won the Pulitzer Prize in 2021. ![]() |