I’ve read Peter Cabot and am finishing up the Sedgewicks. Which I love.Īlso she just sold a romance set in 1950s journalism, to which I’m already making grabby hands. But she carves out these little pockets to allow her characters to be soft. She doesn’t dismiss that the world is hard and scary and dangerous. In her spare time she acquires too many houseplants and. Cat Sebastian Biography Cat writes queer historical romance. But I think it is the overlap between these two concepts that I’m reacting so strongly to in Sedgewicks and Cabots. The Missing Page (Page & Sommers Book 2) by Cat Sebastian (Author) 4.6 out of 5 stars (685) England, 1948. These two points aren’t the same thing - you can certainly have plotty hopeful books (which from what I’ve heard is her Kit Webb?) and have vibes/low-conflict bleak books. I’ve seen her talk recently about “writing stories about queer hope set during bleak times” and “conflict is only one part of plot and plot is only one element of story”. And I’m all in for the quiet tender vibes of it all. We’re just along for the ride, watching these guys slowly learn to trust and love each other. Not much is happening, but I don’t mind that in the slightest. Sebastian has a way with writing characters who are prickly, but so damn soft for each other. I started Two Rogues Make a Right last night and ADORE it so far. I’m trying to parcel out my Cat Sebastian reading, not run through her backlist too quickly.
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This is a tale of family and friendship, loneliness and anguish. Will this little family's newfound joy together be wrenched away? This story is as earthy, bittersweet, and gut-wrenching as life itself. The long, winding road along their journey to acceptance and ultimate love is threatened by forces beyond their control, through new territory in the South Pacific with the war against Japan, circling back to a deception repeating the past. Forced together by necessity in order to survive, the two are grudging companions at first, then gradually open their hearts to one another. A lone drifter in the 1940s, attempting to put his past and greatest mistake behind him, resorts to the last job available to reprobates such as himself in yet another small town: as hired help to "crazy Elly", a young, reclusive widow with two young children and another on the way. I was riveted all the way through this charming and heart-wrenching story, drawn to return to the twists and bends of the story as a bee is to honey, completely mesmerized until the compelling conclusion. Spencer's books, until I came across this jewel. Her descriptive prose draws one into the worlds of her making, evoking emotions and images as if one were the main characters experiencing every event for oneself, whether male or female. LaVyrle Spencer is, in this humble professor's opinion, the most estimable of historical romance writers. Nimoy put his own spin on the traditional gesture by holding up just one hand (instead of both) and changing up the verbal blessing slightly. In the Jewish blessing, the position of the fingers forms the Hebrew letter “Shin,” which represents the name “Shaddai” (Almighty God). The Vulcan greeting and the finger-separating hand gesture that accompanies it first appeared in the second season of Star Trek: The Original Series, during an episode titled “Amok Time.” Spock himself (actor Leonard Nimoy) has made no secret of the fact that the gesture and phrase were his idea, and that he based them on Orthodox Jewish blessings he remembered from his childhood. Here are 11 of the most notable Star Trek catchphrases, as well as a little more information about their origins. Few franchises have had the cultural impact of the various Star Trek television series and movies, and nowhere is that more evident than in the snippets of dialogue that have become a part of the American vernacular-and in some cases, found their way abroad, too. The tradition is world-wide and of the greatest antiquity. Foul are his ravages gruesome and seemingly barbaric are the ancient and approved methods by which folk rid themselves of this hideous pest. Klinger, editor, The New Annotated Dracula “Summers’s extensive albeit curious research on vampires has long been a classic in the field, and it’s exciting to see it being rescued from oblivion, as well as framed by such a renowned yet diverse group of scholars.” -Katherine Ramsland, The Science of Vampires “This new edition cannot be recommended too highly to anyone with the faintest interest in Montague Summers or the origin of vampires.” -Nigel Suckling, Book of the Vampire In all the dark pages of the supernatural there is no more terrible tradition than that of the Vampire, a pariah even among demons. Browning’s critical edition, with commentary by leading vampirologists and rich biographical material, is a treasure-trove for students and scholars alike!” -Leslie S. "“Although published too late to help Professor Van Helsing defeat Dracula, every modern vampire-hunter needs Summers’s seminal compendium of folklore and mythology. The obstacles to their love are simple but real: curvy Joan doesn’t know how to love her body or dress to flatter it, and Tristan’s unhappy family life gives him good reasons to fear marriage. With less chaperoning, Joan and Tristan become closer, letting attraction take its course. Of course, that’s before her parents have to leave town and her scandalous Aunt Evangeline comes to “chaperone.” Linden somehow makes the Regency romance feel new again with this warm, likeable novel. When her brother’s cheerfully disreputable friend Tristan Burke becomes his houseguest, Tristan and Joan strike up a flirtation that neither of them expects to go anywhere. She’s also addicted to a not-so-respectable publication called 50 Ways To Sin. Joan Bennet is a respectable young lady worried that she’ll never find a husband. In this hugely anticipated book, that expert, the award-winning neuroscientist and psychologist Ethan Kross, reveals the sheer power of the inner voice, and shows us that we all possess a set of tools for harnessing it. These are the questions one of the world’s leading experts on the conscious mind set out to answer twenty years ago, when he started on an audacious mission - to study the conversations we have with ourselves. How does this source of wisdom turn into our biggest critic? And how can we take back control? But it can also be our biggest enemy, chewing over painful emotions and replaying embarrassments, hijacking our thoughts to run amok with ‘chatter’. It helps us focus, achieve our goals and reflect on life’s most joyful moments. Turn your inner voice from critic to coachĪs humans, we all have a special ability that is unique to our species: an inner voice. Major big idea book based on breakthrough research: the natural successor to Quiet, Thinking Fast and Slow and The Chimp Paradox The narrator, we soon learn, is the newborn. This is where the story opens, quite literally with the child's birth.The story is told through narration. In this long and bloodied war, two members of the opposing forces fall in love and have a child. We were on the topic of Saga when he remembered the store had just gotten this copy in, so I grabbed it.The world is a beautiful blend of sci-fi and fantasy two different alien factions at war with one another, one led by robotic royalty, the other a group of horn-headed magic users. This has been on my list for some time, and I picked up this used copy of the first collected volume while talking about it with Jake, owner of my favorite local comic shop. Vaughan being one of my favorite modern comic writers, I'll give anything with his name on it a shot. I've been meaning to check out Saga for a while. He takes a gig as a sort of semi-official night patrolman and finds he rather likes the place. The novel opens with Tim Jamieson, an ex-cop (he was forced to resign from the Sarasota, Fla., police department after an episode he describes as a “Rube Goldberg” bungle) wandering north to South Carolina, hitchhiking and working odd jobs until he lands in DuPray, a podunk railway depot town with shuttered storefronts and a rundown motel. Innocent children are tormented in “The Institute,” but the people who do it are much like you and me. It has no ghosts, no vampires, no metamorphosing diabolical entities or invaders from other dimensions intent on tormenting innocent children. King’s latest novel, “The Institute,” belongs to this second category, and is as consummately honed and enthralling as the very best of his work. We can see something of ourselves in these characters, and recognize in them our own capacity for evil. ” But as scary as those supernatural bad guys can be, King’s most unsettling antagonists are human-size: the blocked writer sliding into delusions of grandeur and domestic violence, the fan possessed to the point of madness by someone else’s fiction, the bullied teenager made homicidal by the cruelty of her peers. Stephen King’s protagonists have been hunted by all sorts of malevolent beings, from the demonic clown of “It” to the fiendish cowboy Randall Flagg in “ The Stand. The God Emperor has been in complete control of the known universe with his powers of foresight, his control over the supernatural spice melange, and his army of devoted female soldiers. No matter what occurs in the book it is all in relation to the God Emperor and this gives the book a more streamlined narrative that is easier to follow. In the previous books, the quotations were from a variety of sources and about a variety of topics but in God Emperor of Dune, all of the quotes are from Leto's lost journals that were obviously found by someone. This is signified by the quotes that begin each chapter. While there are other characters and we get to listen in on their endeavors the book has a much more singular vision than any of the books that came before. Leto II, son of Paul Muad Dib, has transformed into a mostly giant, mostly immortal sandworm that has only the face of the boy that became a god remaining. In this book, there is only one character with power and they have had it for over 3500 years. Its predecessors were stories about a myriad of characters that were all vying for power. God Emperor of Dune is the fourth book in the Dune series by Frank Herbert and it takes a different track than the previous stories. Throughout the series, Tavi is thrown into the midst of political intrigue and warfare as he becomes embroiled in a battle to save Alera from various external and internal threats. However, Tavi's lack of magical talent is compensated for by his intelligence, quick wit, and cunning. Set in the world of Alera, the series follows the story of Tavi, a young boy who is believed to have no magical ability in a world where magical talent is the norm. The series consists of six books: Furies of Calderon, Academ's Fury, Cursor's Fury, Captain's Fury, Princeps' Fury, and First Lord's Fury. The Codex Alera book series by Jim Butcher is a thrilling and action-packed fantasy series that takes place in a world filled with magic and politics. |