6/27/2023 0 Comments Dance with me by heidi cullinan![]() Also, I absolutely LOVE this cover so I was extremely excited to start it. First of all, I love everything Heidi Cullinan writes and I keep being recommended titles by Marie Sexton. Gitte: I couldn’t wait to get my hands on this one Jenny. Warning: This book deals with alcoholism, broken promises, and overbearing little sisters. It seems like a simple plan, until their “no-sex” night turns into the best date of their lives and forges a connection that complicates everything. Yet after one night of dancing cheek-to-cheek to the sultry strains of Coltrane, Trey finds himself wanting to help Vinnie figure things out-no promises, and no sex. ![]() ![]() Naturally, he runs smack into someone from the neighborhood.īetween working two jobs, going to school, taking care of his grandmother, and dealing with his mother’s ongoing substance abuse, Trey Giles has little time for fun, let alone dating someone who swears he’s straight. There’s only one way to settle it, once and for all-head for Chicago’s Boystown bars, far from anyone who knows him. ![]() Still, after three failed marriages, he can’t help but wonder if he’s been playing for the wrong team. If he is gay, it’ll be a problem for his big, fat Italian family. How does a man get to be forty without knowing whether he’s gay? That’s a question Vince Fierro is almost afraid to answer. ![]()
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6/26/2023 0 Comments Loyal creatures morris gleitzman![]() ![]() My horse Daisy looked up from the carrot patch she was chewing on and gave a few snorts. Bunch of the station hands were heading off to Sydney with their horses to volunteer for the fighting. ![]() Me and Dad were on Mindalee Station, rigging up some irrigation for their kitchen garden. Till then we’ll stay out of other dopey idiots’ wars.’ ‘You and me’ll be first in the trenches,’ he said, ‘if Germany invades New South Wales. You didn’t go round whacking your mates in the head with work utensils. ![]() Plus, since Mum died, me and Dad were a team. Hitting people with buckets wasn’t Dad’s style. When I told Dad I wanted to go, he tried to wallop me round the head with a canvas bucket. Who wouldn’t want to choof off to distant exotic places, give a pack of mongrel bullies what for and have the sort of experiences you just didn’t get in the Cudgegong district. ![]() 6/26/2023 0 Comments Go the Distance by Jen Calonita![]() ![]() The newest book to join the Disney Twisted Tale series is Go the Distance by Jan Calonita. Here are all the details on this latest Disney YA novel served with a twist and a couple of prizes you can win courtesy of Disney Book Group. ![]() We love these twisted tales for the familiar characters and story, but even more so for the new twists and turns that happen along the way. Follow #TwistedTale A Disney Twisted Tale Herculesīook #11 in the Disney Twisted Tale Series features one of our favorite Disney heroines, Megara, otherwise known as Meg. This book copy was gifted to us along with giveaway prizes in partnership with Disney Book Group. ![]() Pretty bent on keeping the love of her life, Meg embarks on a treacherous journey to prove she can go the distance. In this story Meg is tasked with becoming a god, that is if she wants to stay with Hercules. Just in time for some spring reading, the newest Disney Twisted Tale arrives! This one features Disney’s favorite feisty heroine from Hercules. ![]() 6/26/2023 0 Comments Black Beauty by Anna Sewell![]() ![]() Anna received her education at home from her mother, who as well as instilling in her a sense of duty and religion also filled the house with music, painting and poetry - she was herself an accomplished ballad-writer - and Anna soon proved a capable pianist and artist. She seemed to have a natural affinity with horses, and the great knowledge of horsemanship evident in Black Beauty was born from a lifetime's experience. From an early age she developed a strong love of animals and abhorred any form of cruelty towards them. Anna Sewell was a kind and generous woman whose great love for horses and desire to see them better treated resulted in the most celebrated animal story of the nineteenth century.īorn into a strict Quaker family who lived at Great Yarmouth in Norfolk, she was brought up to believe in the importance of self-reliance, moral responsibility and 'tender consideration for the Creatures of God'. ![]() 6/26/2023 0 Comments The hustler walter![]() ![]() ![]() There, he goes head to head with Minnesota Fats, whom he can beat on the table but perhaps not in a contest of character and wills. After building up a reputation and some cash that would buy him high-stakes games against the best, Fast Eddie arrives in Chicago and beelines to Bennington’s, home field for the best pool players in the country. THE HUSTLER delivers, though its protagonist Fast Eddie Felson isn’t as likeable as Beth is in THE QUEEN’S GAMBIT, and I just didn’t root for him the same way. After reading THE QUEEN’S GAMBIT, I grabbed Walter Tevis’s THE HUSTLER, which promised to do for pool what he’d done for chess, which is to say, lovingly portray it as a field of character, a personal test of wills, high-stakes drama, and a kind of violence. ![]() 6/26/2023 0 Comments Kenneth anger babylon![]() ![]() He remains as resistant to identity politics as he’s always been. Finch at one point asks whether Fireworks, the first film in Anger’s Magick Lantern Cycle, should be regarded as a pioneering piece of gay cinema Anger’s says he’s happy if people take it that way but says little else about its evident homoerotic atmosphere. ![]() Some of that proselytising impulse can be found in Kenneth Anger’s Hollywood Babylon (1991), an hour-long documentary which alternates the life and work of the filmmaker with readings and enactments of the lurid episodes recounted in Anger’s scandal anthologies, Hollywood Babylon and Hollywood Babylon II. The films he directed himself-among them studies of Robert Mapplethorpe’s photography, and a history of the Chelsea Hotel in New York-gave him an opportunity to push some gay content into the TV schedules at a time when Britain’s gay population were seen as enough of a public threat to be legislated against. Nigel Finch was a key member of the team of producers and directors working on the BBC’s Arena arts documentaries throughout their golden run during the 1980s and 1990s. ![]() ![]() ![]() While reading the book, I got the feeling that he was going to play a more major role in the events and details about him would be revealed that would be more important to the story. I am disappointed that more did not happen with Midnight. While many of Winter's major flaws are made obvious, I still find myself sympathizing with her. I think the author points out Winter's flaws and the flaws of her environment through the spoiled, mistaken girl's praises. What do you think of the narrator, Winter Santiaga? I enjoyed reading a story narrated by a character who I and presumably the author find immature and maybe even annoying. ![]() Please note, this thread will contain spoilers, so read the book before reading this thread. ![]() Please use this thread to discuss the June book of the month, which is The Coldest Winter Ever by Sister Souljah. ![]() 6/25/2023 0 Comments Reynolds naylor![]() ![]() He was placed on injured reserve on Septemafter suffering a pectoral injury. On March 9, 2017, Reynolds signed a one-year contract extension with the Falcons. In the Super Bowl, the Falcons fell in a 34–28 overtime defeat. In the 2016 season, Reynolds and the Falcons reached Super Bowl LI, where they faced the New England Patriots on February 5, 2017. On March 16, 2016, Reynolds signed with the Atlanta Falcons. On September 29, 2015, Reynolds signed with the Chicago Bears. Reynolds was suspended by the NFL on Novemfor four games for violating the NFL policy on performance-enhancing substances. ![]() ![]() Professional career Jacksonville Jaguars Īfter going undrafted, Reynolds made the Jacksonville Jaguars' final roster on August 30, 2013. He played college football at the University of Virginia.Īfter attending Matthew Fontaine Maury High School in Virginia, Reynolds played college football for the University of Virginia Cavaliers. He was signed by the Jacksonville Jaguars as an undrafted free agent after the 2013 NFL Draft. LaRoy Reynolds (born November 3, 1990) is an American football linebacker who is a free agent. ![]() * Offseason and/or practice squad member only Reynolds with the Jacksonville Jaguars in 2014 ![]() 6/25/2023 0 Comments Squished by megan wagner lloyd![]() And when Avery finds out that her family might move across the country, things get even more complicated. So she's furious when Theo, her grumpy older brother, gets his own room instead, and her wild baby brother, Max, moves into the room she already shares with her clinging sister Pearl! Avery hatches a plan to finally get her own room, all while trying to get Max to sleep at night, navigating changes in her friendships, and working on an art entry for the fair. All Avery wants is her own room - her own space to be alone and make art. ![]() But she's tired of feeling squished by her six siblings! They're noisy and chaotic and the younger kids love her a little too much. She loves her neighborhood, school, and the end-of-summer fair she always goes to with her two best friends. ![]() especially when you're in a family of nine!Įleven-year-old Avery Lee loves living in Hickory Valley, Maryland. ![]() From the Eisner-nominated duo behind the instant bestseller Allergic comes a fun new graphic novel about finding your own space. ![]() 6/25/2023 0 Comments Anna todd after series![]() ![]() The following day Steph persuades Tessa to attend a party where she meets Steph's other friends: Zed, Molly, and Jace, and meets Hardin for the second time. The day after, Tessa shares a brief encounter with Steph's friend, Hardin Scott. During this process she meets her new roommate Steph and Steph's girlfriend Tristan. Tessa Young begins her freshman year of college by moving into her dorm room with the help of her mother, Carol, and her boyfriend, Noah. Despite largely negative reviews from critics, who criticized its screenplay and narrative glamorized abusive relationships, it was a commercial success, grossing $69.5 million worldwide against its $14 million budget. The cast includes Selma Blair, Inanna Sarkis, Shane Paul McGhie, Pia Mia, Khadijha Red Thunder, Dylan Arnold, Samuel Larsen, Jennifer Beals and Peter Gallagher in supporting roles.Īfter premiered at The Grove in Los Angeles on April 8, 2019. ![]() The film stars Josephine Langford and Hero Fiennes Tiffin and follows an inexperienced teenage girl who begins to romance a mysterious student during her first months of college. After is a 2019 American romantic drama film directed by Jenny Gage and written by Gage, Susan McMartin and Tamara Chestna, based on the 2014 novel of the same name by Anna Todd. ![]() |