![]() "Entertaining, thought-provoking, and unsettling-in a good way." - Kirkus " Creedle's debut novel is rich and thoughtful." - Booklist " Readers will be moved by the sacrifices the teens make for each other, and the open-ended conclusion invites speculation while providing reassurance that the bonds formed between these characters won't easily be broken." - Publishers Weekly "A thought-provoking story to fill that empty space on YA shelves for tales of realistic fiction, romance, and humor."- School Library Journal "Creedle crafts Lily and Abelard's story with canny insight.Readers will fall in love with their love."- BCCB, "Entertaining, thought-provoking, and unsettling-in a good way." - Kirkus " Creedle's debut novel is rich and thoughtful." - Booklist " Readers will be moved by the sacrifices the teens make for each other, and the open-ended conclusion invites speculation while providing reassurance that the bonds formed between these characters won't easily be broken. ![]()
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![]() ![]() However… I was annoyed by this storyline. I found this in the young adult section, and thought it sounded like a cute read for my upcoming week of floating around in the Caribbean. ![]() I love reading books that sync with a vacation I’m on. Lindsay has never been on a cruise, but she knows exactly what she wants to do now that she is: climb a waterfall, snorkel, meet lots of cute guys, and look for one perfect guy for a summer fling.īut her to-do list isn't going according to plan, especially when she discovers that it's impossible to have a fling-when you're actually falling in love.Ībout a week before I was leaving on a cruise, I ran into the bookstore hoping to find cruise books. The perfect summer story of a girl, several boys, and a cruise ship full of possibilities. Published by HarperTEEN on April 15, 2004 ![]() ![]() ![]() I’m too much of a homebody to travel like she does, so it’s always great to get lost in a story of someone who lives life differently than I do. I loved living a life I could never through Poppy. I loved the relationship between Poppy and Alex – how they would banter, how they would support each other, and how they were on vacation. What didn’t I love would be the easier thing to answer. I kept turning pages to see what happened in the past that landed them in the situation they were in now, and where they would end up! In other books, I was not a fan of this style, but in this story I found that it works. ![]() But every summer isn’t as carefree and easy as it sounds.Īs the chapters transition in a non-linear format (for example, from present day to a vacation from the past, and back to the present, etc.) we learn about Alex and Poppy’s relationship and why they have not spoken for 2 years. They have been long-distance friends for 10 years, but every summer they make a point to get together for a vacation. ![]() This time around we meet Alex and Poppy while they are on vacation. Thank you to NetGalley and the UK publisher for a free copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. ![]() ![]() ![]() Praise for Jack Carr: 'This is seriously good. In his most visceral and heart-pounding thriller yet, Jack Carr explores the darkest instincts of humanity through the eyes of a man who has seen both the best and the worst of it. Unbeknown to them, the Russian mafia has set their sights on Reece in a deadly game of cat and mouse. ![]() Half a world away, James Reece is recovering from brain surgery in the Montana wilderness, slowly putting his life back together with the help of investigative journalist Katie Buranek and his longtime friend and SEAL teammate Raife Hastings. Loved it!' Chris Hauty, bestselling author of Deep State Deep in the wilds of Siberia, a woman is on the run, pursued by a man harboring secrets - a man intent on killing her. **SOON TO BE A TV SERIES STARRING CHRIS PRATT** 'Carr writes both from the gut and a seemingly infinite reservoir of knowledge in the methods of human combat. ![]() ![]() With just one glance, the girls are sure they can use the book to lure Jason back into Lainey's arms. Soccer star Lainey Mitchell is gearing up to spend an epic summer with her amazing boyfriend, Jason, when he suddenly breaks up with her-no reasons, no warnings, and in public no less! Lainey is more than crushed, but with help from her friend Bianca, she resolves to do whatever it takes to get Jason back.Īnd that's when Lainey and Bianca stumble across a copy of The Art of War. But is getting him back really what she wants? ![]() Perfect for fans of Stephanie Perkins, Sarah Dessen, and Susane Colasanti, The Art of Lainey tells the story of how, with the help of The Art of War, Lainey plots the perfect plan to get her boyfriend back. ![]() ![]() By the time the Memoirs appeared in 1970, the Paris of the early 1920s had become the stuff of legend, and Glassco could comfortably supplement his experiences with legends of his own. ![]() Styling himself a world-weary aesthete with a sparkling past, Glassco was in fact a literary late-bloomer who did not write and publish seriously until the late 1960s. Composed between 19, his letters chronicle a full and interesting life, and culminate in an outlook that is mature, yet dignified rather than dull. ![]() John Glassco described Memoirs of Montparnasse, the book for which he is best known, as a record of “the years in which really lived-before the onset of death or the inevitable dullness of a mature outlook.” The reader of this collection may beg to differ. ![]() ![]() Divided into three sections, the book addresses the major themes that have consistently occupied Mohanty's writings: decolonizing feminism demystifying capitalism and reorienting feminism. Mohanty argues the case for a materialist analysis that addresses issues of identity, agency, community, home, and nation within the context of the institutions of the global political economy. The second is the deepening of consumerist and corporatist values, fuelling a rise of "neo-liberal" and "free market" feminism, concerned only with "women's advancement up the corporate and nation-state ladder." Last is the "narrowing of feminist politics and theory," which she defines to be a result of the "critique of essentialist identity politics and the hegemony of postmodern skepticism about identity" (6). In this book, Mohanty identifies three "problematic directions within U.S.-based feminisms." The first is the growing, largely class-based rift between activist feminism and university-based feminist theorizing, the latter being susceptible to careerism and a narrow professionalism. The essay, which quickly became part of the Women's Studies canon, is reprinted in Mohanty's latest book, Feminism without Borders: Decolonizing Theory, Practicing Solidarity. The publication of Chandra Talpade Mohanty's germinal essay, "Under Western Eyes: Feminist Scholarship and Colonial Discourses," made her a much admired and respected scholar, deeply influencing the thinking of many feminists, including myself. ![]() ![]() ![]() Most of us have a view of life in which it is more or less the same for everyone. ” Life is the period between one’s birth and death. When speaking of Our Town he said, “It is an attempt to find value above all price, for the smallest events in our daily life. It is not the grand and fine things in life, but the minor everyday things in life that truly make life worth living. Through death, we learn what life really is, and what life has to offer us. In Our Town, he exemplified his view of life and what it truly means by not only reflecting upon life, but also, death. ![]() ![]() What is the purpose of life? Is it to obtain wealth, fortune, or become famous? Or do the trivial things in life, occurring everyday, make life grand and give life its purpose? Thornton Wilder attempted to answer this very intricate question, a question which plays with each of our minds once in a while, through his play, Our Town. Review of the Play “Our Town” by Thornton Wilder ![]() ![]() ![]() The near-perfect human that emerges is beautiful, strong, and smart-and a love triangle soon forms. With Miranda's assistance, he codesigns Adam's personality. When Charlie comes into money, he buys Adam, one of the first generation of synthetic humans. Charlie, drifting through life and dodging full-time employment, is in love with Miranda, a bright student who lives with a terrible secret. Set in an uncanny alternative 1982 London-where Britain has lost the Falklands War, Margaret Thatcher battles Tony Benn for power, and Alan Turing achieves a breakthrough in artificial intelligence- Machines Like Me powerfully portrays two lovers who will be tested beyond their understanding. From the Booker Prize winner and bestselling author of Atonement-”a sharply intelligent novel of ideas” ( The New York Times) that asks whether a machine can understand the human heart, or whether we are the ones who lack understanding. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() This essay will examine Wyrd Sisters and Macbeth from today¿s angle, where gender and genderfluidity are a hotly discussed topic. Set in the framework of Shakespeare¿s Macbeth, where witches have beards and women want to be ¿unsexed¿, the witches in Wyrd Sisters show astonishingly few traits of character and behavior that would be seen as typically female or expectable in a witch. One of the many examples is the way the author mocks gender roles and plays with certain stereotypes that are often criticized in the genre. ![]() This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Seminar paper from the year 2022 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Literature, grade: 1,2, University of Heidelberg, language: English, abstract: Terry Pratchett¿s Wyrd Sisters is one of the few Fantasy novels in which nothing is as the reader would suspect when picking it up for the first time. ![]() |