Book a well behaved woman5/23/2023 ![]() ![]() Denied abox at the Academy of Music, Alva founds The Met. She does have a knack for getting all she tries for: the costume ball-no mere amusement-wrests acceptance from doyenne Caroline Astor. Marrying into the newly rich but socially scorned Vanderbilt clan, a union contrived by Alva's bestfriend and now-Duchess of Manchester, saved the Smiths-and elevated the Vanderbilts.įrom outside, Alva seems to have it all and want more. costume ball-a coup for the former Alva Smith, who not long before was destitute, her family's good name useless on its own. In 1883, the New York Times prints a lengthy rave of Alva Vanderbilt's Fifth Ave. A novel of a family as they rule Gilded-Age New York, ![]()
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The monstrumologist5/23/2023 ![]() Ultimately, Yancey decided against law school and began teaching English classes as well as acting and directing in local community theatres. After graduation, Yancey planned on attending law school. After a year at Florida Southern College, Yancey transferred to Florida State University and ultimately graduated from Roosevelt University with a B.A. After graduating from Lakeland Senior High School, he was accepted to Florida Southern College and majored in Communications. Yancey wrote his first short story in seventh grade while attending Crystal Lake Junior High School in Florida. ![]() Rick Yancey was born in a Miami suburb, Florida. ![]() Richard Yancey (born November 4, 1962) is an American author who writes works of suspense, fantasy, and science fiction aimed at young adults. ![]() Sally nicholls ways to live forever5/22/2023 ![]() Youngsters beginning to ask questions like Sam’s could do worse than watch him seek the answers. The screenplay struggles to make room for his shamefully underwritten mother, though his father enjoys a nicely nuanced arc from stiff denial to just-in-time acceptance.įilmed in a gently clouded English suburb, “Ways to Live Forever” contemplates the grave with quirky intelligence. Brief bursts of animation jolly things along as Sam records a video diary of last-minute wishes (ride in an airship behave like a teenager) and last-call concerns (how do you know when you’ve died?). Unsentimental but never callous, this British-Spanish production gingerly addresses terminal illness in ways that won’t traumatize your tween. ![]() ![]() ![]() To Sam, the end of life is a mystery he’s compelled to solve. Rather, everyone involved, from Sam’s attentive but far from clingy parents (Emilia Fox and Ben Chaplin) to his sensible best friend (Alex Etel) to his cheerfully punkish district nurse (Natalia Tena), seems incapable of being maudlin. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading Ways To Live Forever. ![]() Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Ron (working from the novel by Sally Nicholls) infuses the story with forced uplift. Ways To Live Forever - Kindle edition by Nicholls, Sally. A little wan but a lot likable, Gustavo Ron’s “Ways to Live Forever” is a forthright and surprisingly buoyant drama about facing death before you have really lived.Īnd not just because Sam (Robbie Kay), a 12-year-old with leukemia, is determined to make the most of his final months. ![]() Killer Crabs by Guy N. Smith5/22/2023 ![]() The director is Hernan Cardenas, who is no master craftsman, but adequately puts the story through its paces. It's co-written by Ricou Browning, who gained his fame playing the Creature from the Black Lagoon in underwater scenes 26 years previous. ![]() Roger Cormans' "Attack of the Crab Monsters" gets updated (sort-of) for the 1980s in this enjoyably cheesy thriller. The stage is now set for scores of angry crabs to launch attacks on the natives - and for one mammoth crab that wreaks havoc on the town. As the film opens, an accident has occurred at a nearby nuclear reactor. ![]() ![]() A marine research lab on an island off the coast of Florida is playing with fire as they fool around with crustacean DNA. The screenwriters here go with a standard "recipe for disaster" scenario. ![]() Who fears death novel5/22/2023 ![]() She is Ewu-a child of rape who is expected to live a life of violence, a half-breed rejected by her community. It doesn't take long for Onye to understand that she is physically and socially marked by the circumstances of her conception. Gripped by the certainty that her daughter is different- special-she names her Onyesonwu, which means "Who fears death?" in an ancient language. Instead, she gives birth to an angry baby girl with hair and skin the color of sand. A woman who has survived the annihilation of her village and a terrible rape by an enemy general wanders into the desert, hoping to die. ![]() In a post-apocalyptic Africa, the world has changed in many ways yet in one region genocide between tribes still bloodies the land. ![]() Martin!Īn award-winning literary author enters the world of magical realism with her World Fantasy Award-winning novel of a remarkable woman in post-apocalyptic Africa. Now optioned as a TV series for HBO, with executive producer George R. ![]() The pull of the stars book5/22/2023 ![]() ![]() Birdie risked her life just to help these women and died as a result of catching the flu. ![]() ![]() This book really highlights just how hard nurses work and deserve a lot of recognition because of it. The nurses in both cases have put their lives on the line to look after others and to have survived even a day during one of these shifts is incredible. Although the story takes places over a 100 years ago, there are so many similarities to the Coronavirus. ![]() This book could not be more relevant to what is happening in society today. From the blood from the birth of a baby to the black of death in the last, these were all ingenious. Each chapter is a named a different colour depending on the stage of the flu but the fact that each colour is referenced in each chapter is brilliantly done too. The name of each chapter was a brilliant use too. The book is extremely fast paced and to have had shorter chapters would have made the book less gripping. I usually struggle with books that have long chapters where I can’t put the book down but the way it is laid out is so clever and works so well. The book is divided into four sections, each a stage of the Spanish Flu. ![]() ![]() ![]() This book is Criminal Minds fanfiction, for the under-15 crowd. Caught in a lethal game of cat and mouse with a killer, the Naturals are going to have to use all of their gifts just to survive. And when a new killer strikes, danger looms closer than Cassie could ever have imagined. ![]() Soon, it becomes clear that no one in the Naturals program is what they seem. Brooding Dean shares Cassie’s gift for profiling, but keeps her at arm’s length. Sarcastic, privileged Michael has a knack for reading emotions, which he uses to get inside Cassie’s head-and under her skin. What Cassie doesn’t realize is that there’s more at risk than a few unsolved homicides-especially when she’s sent to live with a group of teens whose gifts are as unusual as her own. ![]() That is, until the FBI come knocking: they’ve begun a classified program that uses exceptional teenagers to crack infamous cold cases, and they need Cassie. But it’s not a skill that she’s ever taken seriously. Piecing together the tiniest details, she can tell you who you are and what you want. Seventeen-year-old Cassie is a natural at reading people. ![]() Heartstoppers tapas5/22/2023 ![]() ![]() Heartstopper follows two teenage boys, Nick and Charlie, as they meet at a British grammar school, quickly become friends and fall in love. ![]() The Heartstopper series has inspired an outpouring of love since it first published in 2019, with one million print copies sold worldwide to date, sell-out nationwide book tours, and a live-action Netflix adaptation hitting screens on 22nd April 2022, starring Kit Connor (Rocketman, His Dark Materials) and newcomer Joe Locke as the beloved Nick and Charlie, produced by See-Saw Films. ![]() Since then, Hachette Children’s Group have published a further two volumes and a colouring book. Hachette Children’s Group published Heartstopper Volume One more widely in Spring 2019, followed by Volume Two in July of the same year. Alice Oseman crowd-funded a limited print-run edition, meeting her funding goal in less than two hours. Originally a webcomic on Tumblr and Tapas, Heartstopper has amassed an enormous online fanbase with over 52.1 million views to date. ![]() Age of myth sullivan5/22/2023 ![]() ![]() However, if you are faced with a character you simply do not like, no length of time is the right amount of time. Sullivan has a gift for being able to keep you in a single character's’ point of view for just the right amount of time, before moving you along the chain. The characters are the same, which allows us to not only experience the growth and exploration of the first book’s lead characters, but we are also now able to step into the minds of a few characters who had been smaller in stature in the first book. The second book in Sullivan’s The Legends of the First Empire series, Age of Swords follows on quite quickly after the series’ first book, Age of Myth. I received Age of Swords a little later, for one reason or another, but when it finally arrived on my doorstep I was eager to dive right in. ![]() While spots at the top of my ‘list’ are hard to secure, Sullivan’s ability to craft an engaging and captivating fantasy world surpasses most any other fantasy author out there, and puts him alongside names like Sanderson and Jordan. I think it is probably safe to say at this point that Michael J. ![]() Tash hearts tolstoy español5/22/2023 ![]() ![]() Not so much the pressure to deliver the best web series ever.Īnd when Unhappy Families is nominated for a Golden Tuba award, Tash's cyber-flirtation with a fellow award nominee suddenly has the potential to become something IRL-if she can figure out how to tell said crush that she's romantic asexual. Tash is a fan of the 40,000 new subscribers, their gushing tweets, and flashy Tumblr gifs. After a shout-out from one of the Internets superstar vloggers, Natasha Tash Zelenka suddenly finds herself. ![]() Her show is a modern adaption of Anna Karenina-written by Tash's literary love Count Lev Nikolayevich "Leo" Tolstoy. From the author of Lucky Few comes a quirky teen novel about Internet fame, peer pressure, and remembering not to step on the little people on your way to the top!Īfter a shout-out from one of the Internet's superstar vloggers, Natasha "Tash" Zelenka suddenly finds herself and her obscure, amateur web series, Unhappy Families, thrust in the limelight: She's gone viral. From the author of Lucky Few comes a refreshing (Booklist, starred review) teen novel about Internet fame, peer pressure, and remembering not to step on. ![]() |