![]() ![]() Quick lightning round! Tell us the first book you ever remember reading, the one that made you want to become an author, and one that you can’t stop thinking about!įirst book: I was a late reader. I finished my first “practice novel” (which will never see the light of day!) when I was a senior in high school. There was a brief period of time when I was five that I wanted to be a veterinarian, but from first grade on, I always wanted to be a writer. When did you first discover your love for writing? On the academic side of things, my area of research is the psychology of fiction, the imagination, and fandom. I wrote my first published novel when I was nineteen and haven’t stopped since. The Hawthorne Legacy is novel number twenty-two for me. I’m a psychology professor by day and a writer by night. ![]() We had the pleasure of speaking with Jennifer Lynn Barnes about The Hawthorne Legacy, which is the sequel to The Inheritance Games, along with writing, what’s next for her, and more! Hi, Jennifer! Can you tell our readers a bit about yourself? ![]() ![]() Intrigue, riches, and romance abound in this thrilling sequel to the New York Times bestselling The Inheritance Games perfect for fans of Karen McManus and Holly Jackson. ![]()
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![]() There seem to be different spectrums of minimalism, and Sasaki is more of an extreme minimalist than most others I’m familiar with. Read About Why Moms Need Minimalism.Īccording to Sasaki, minimalism has allowed him to have freedom, satisfaction, and experiences he may not have had when he was buried under his belongings. ![]() There are many benefits to minimalism, especially for moms (and I’m not being sexist here, studies have shown that women are more affected by clutter and mess than men). Minimalism is having fewer possessions and being intentional with the items you have. You’re probably familiar with the concept of minimalism. ![]() Would his thoughts and ideas still be valid for me? I wasn’t sure. ![]() There’s just no way my family and I could ever live in a 215 square foot apartment with a mattress on the floor. Right off the bat, I struggled to relate to Sasaki. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() If you haven’t yet read Shanessa Gluhm, you need to put her on your to-be-read list.”-Allen Eskens, USA Today bestselling author of The Life We Bury Just when you think you know where the story is headed, she reveals another thread. “In A River of Crows, Shanessa Gluhm spins a complex web of murder and family revelation that propels the reader forward at a breakneck pace. What she discovers will shock her small community and turn her family upside down.Ī River of Crows is a tale of family secrets, deception, and revenge perfect for fans of Julia Heaberlin and Jennifer Hillier. When the body of another boy is found, Sloan begins to question what really happened to her brother all those years ago. ![]() There, she is shocked to hear a crow muttering the same syllable over and over: Ridge, Ridge, Ridge. Overwhelmed by memories and unanswered questions, Sloan returns to the last place her brother was seen all those years ago: Crow’s Nest Creek. In the middle of a bitter divorce, she’s forced to return to her rural Texas hometown when her mother is discharged from a mental health facility. Now, twenty years later, Sloan’s life is unraveling. Ridge’s body was never recovered, and Sloan’s mother-a brilliant ornithologist-slowly descended into madness, insisting her son was still alive. Their father, a good-natured Vietnam veteran prone to violent outbursts, was arrested and charged with murder. In 1988, Sloan Hadfield’s brother Ridge went fishing with their father and never came home. ![]() ![]() ![]() Oh, and Johnny has woken up with a new ability: he can touch people and read them, almost, telling them something about their future. ![]() When he wakes up, nothing is like it was: Sarah is married, his father has been praying he'd die, his mother has found a cult-like branch of Christianity to join, and the world has moved on. Long story short, there's a car crash, and Johnny ends up in a coma for the next five years. They have a potential future together – it's tentative but brewing – until they go to a fair one day, and Johnny wins a lot of money playing Wheel of Fortune. Johnny Smith is a teacher, dating a fellow teacher called Sarah. Not that it's any the worse for that, mind you … (Into the dead zone?) Why? Maybe because, structurally, it's easily the strangest book King had, until this point, attempted to write and maybe because, unlike other King (not Bachman) novels of the time, it doesn't really have a bad guy to focus on and drive the narrative. ![]() I had read it, though – I still have the original copy to prove it – but it had slipped from my mind almost completely. ![]() It's the first book that is totally different to my memories of it to the point where I even doubted that I had read it, and hadn't just watched the (admittedly excellent) David Cronenberg movie adaptation too much. The Dead Zone was the strangest experience of my rereading experiment thus far. ![]() ![]() ![]() Language: English Words: 3,366 Chapters: 2/2 Comments: 6 Kudos: 30 Bookmarks: 3 Hits: 263īookworm45 Fandoms: Sands of Arawiya - Hafsah Faizal Or, Altair being a good brother to Nasir, because there is so much potential for a brotherly relationship between those two. That he is a traumatized boy instead of a cold-hearted murderer. and especially so little centered around altair and nasirįor those who know how to look, there are a lot of signs Nasir has been abused.it is deplorable that there aren’t more fics for this series.I have never wanted to write something so badly in my life before.I don’t know how I managed to restrain myself until after I finished the two books.I have been yearning to write this since halfway through the first book.nasir is traumatized and trying to cope with it.Iriswords Fandoms: Sands of Arawiya - Hafsah Faizal ![]() ![]() I was lucky that my editor, Susan Chang, asked for my input on the cover. ![]() ![]() I do LOVE the cover and yes, it fits the story perfectly! There are things on that cover that someone picking it up the first time won’t recognize as important, but later as you read, you can flip back and go ‘oh yeah, I didn’t notice that before.’ Those are my favorite kinds of covers. Do you think the cover fits the story perfectly and is it even better than you imagined? I loved the cover of the book, it’s definitely a favorite. I also love the idea of unseen worlds intersecting with our own and the ramifications when different motivations and desires collide.Ģ. Of possessing powers beyond the five sense that all humans have. I love the idea of unlimited possibilities. What was it about her stories that made you want to write something magical like The Faerie Ring? I read that JK Rowling inspired you to write, I’m a huge fan of Harry Potter too. Hi Cynthia! Thanks so much for having me over and for being part of the blog tour!!ġ. I love Faerie books and a historical one, even better!!! Hi Kiki thanks so much for the interview, I’m really excited to read The Faerie Ring soon. ![]() ![]() Always so sweet and nice, please welcome her on the blog and show her some love! I’m so excited to have Kiki Hamilton on the blog today!! She’s the author of The Faerie Ring, her debut YA novel, and one of my favorite people. ![]() ![]() Now, Nagorski has studied recently declassified documents from Soviet archives and includes interviews with many survivors-including the son of the man in charge of removing Lenin's body from the besieged city-to provide the fullest view yet of this key battle. This was the beginning of the Allied wartime alliance and Stalin's push for a postwar empire, which ended in the cold war.īecause Stalin suppressed records of his near-fatal mistakes in this battle, its story has never been fully told. And, although America was not yet in the war, President Roosevelt realized the importance of supporting the Russian war effort. Historically, this was the first time the German blitzkrieg was halted in Europe, shattering Hitler's dream of a swift victory over the Soviet Union. And, while Stalin's army was barely armed, Hitler's soldiers had no winter clothing during the Russian winter. 1.0 out of 5 stars The book didnt arrive. Nagorski’s ‘The Greatest Battle’ is a brilliant but inconclusive contribution to that debate. ![]() He served two tours as Moscow bureau chief. ![]() The greatest battle the fight for Moscow 1941-42 Paperback ed. Andrew Nagorski is a senor editor at Newsweek International. Stalin and Hitler squandered the lives of their own soldiers by second-guessing their generals. The Greatest Battle by Andrew Nagorski, 2008, Aurum edition, in English - Paperback ed. Based on previously secret documents and eyewitness testimony, this is the shocking account of the most massive and deadliest battle of World War II, which ended in Hitler's defeat and changed the course of the war.Īndrew Nagorski, Newsweek's former Moscow bureau chief, reveals that 2.5 million of the battle's 7 million troops were killed, taken prisoner, or severely wounded. ![]() ![]() ![]() Can't you just hear those bells jingling across the snow, under the stars? We think these lines give a really vivid sense of a particular moment and a specific sound.The silver bells "tinkle, tinkle, tinkle" in the cold night air. This poem is full of repeated words, and here's the first set.How they tinkle, tinkle, tinkle, In the icy air of night! The poem is starting out in an unusually light and happy mood for Poe.Their melody is filled with the promise of fun ("merriment"). ![]() These are definitely happy bells, and they make a cheerful sound.What a world of merriment their melody foretells! (Need a reminder of what sleigh bells sound like? Click here.).In this case, the bells are made of silver, and they are hanging on "sledges" (that's another word for a sleigh). Poe starts every section of the poem this way, with a different kind of bell every time.It also tells us what they are used for and what they are made of. The first line asks us to listen to the bells.Hear the sledges with the bells- Silver bells! ![]() ![]() ![]() My thanks to the publishers and authors for the following review copies received, and be sure to click the links to their Goodreads pages for more details and full descriptions! ![]() Mostly it also serves as a recap post, so sometimes I’ll throw in stuff like reading challenge progress reports, book lists, and other random bookish thoughts or announcements. Mogsy’s Bookshelf Roundup: Stacking the Shelves & Recent Readsīookshelf Roundup is a feature I do every other weekend which fills the role of several blog memes, like Stacking the Shelves where I talk about the new books I’ve added to my library or received for review, as well as It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? where I round up what I’ve read since the last update and what I’m planning to read soon. ![]() ![]() ![]() 2023 The freezing air has already hit some areas of the country with vengeance, at times transforming temperatures in a matter of minutes. 2023 Just look at Miu Miu’s layered T-shirts or Peter Do’s, Alaïa’s, or Valentino’s oversize, reimagined button-downs: The most classic of wardrobe staples are coming back into style with a subversive vengeance. ![]() 2023 Is Rina’s character Akira going to come back at some point too and get her vengeance? - Marlow Stern, Rolling Stone, 25 Mar. ![]() Recent Examples on the Web With the onset of Art Basel Hong Kong and opening of borders, travellers and art lovers have flocked to the city (with a vengeance) to experience again what the most important art week of Asia was like pre-covid. ![]() |