![]() ![]() It was also, I think, one of the funnier chapters in the book, partly due to the dialogue and partly due to the shenanigans (one of which is featured on the cover art, which is actually a pretty gruesome scene for a children’s book). My second favorite part of this book was the trip back to King Arthur’s days and the glorious vocabulary that was spoken. That book is even mentioned in detail (and is full of spoilers, unfortunately, so watch out for that)! Although, I did find the magic in this one more entertaining (but much less beautiful than Castle’s), simply because of how complicated it got. ![]() Really, this entire book is an homage to The Enchanted Castle. What is half of twice a talking cat? Or to be half-again twice not-here? And how do you double your most heartfelt wish, the one you care about so much that it has to be perfect? My favorite part of this book was Eager fanboying about Edith Nesbit. ![]() Wishing for two times some things is a cinch, but other doubled wishes only cause twice as much trouble. ![]() It turns out the coin grants wishes-but only by half, so that you must wish for twice as much as you want. Jane finds the coin, and because she and her siblings are having the worst, most dreadfully boring summer ever, she idly wishes something exciting would happen. It all begins with a strange coin on a sun-warmed sidewalk. Half Magic, by Edward Eager, was first published in 1954 by Harcourt. ![]()
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![]() ![]() ![]() They’ve been running for the last ten years worried that Steph’s father will find them again. ![]() It follows Steph Taylor, a teenager whose been on the run with her mother from her estranged father. And yet, here we are with a book that I would have picked up years ago if I knew anything about it. I don’t think I’ve read anything set in the real world with real technology and a tiny tinge of fiction in there to make it all impossibly possible. I didn’t know what to expect from this YA sci-fi thriller. When a threat from Steph’s past catches up to her and ChesireCat’s existence is discovered by outsiders, it’s up to Steph and her friends, both online and IRL, to save her.įind it on Amazon | Find it on My thoughts What Steph doesn’t know is that the admin of the site, CheshireCat, is a sentient A.I. Her only constant is an online community called CatNet-a social media site where users upload cat pictures-a place she knows she is welcome. How much does the internet know about YOU?īecause her mom is always on the move, Steph hasn’t lived anyplace longer than six months. ![]() ![]() ![]() Both Kira and Leo yearn to shape their own future - but they are trapped in a communist state that claims the right to sacrifice individual lives for the sake of the collective. ![]() Kira Argounova, a university engineering student who wants a career building bridges, falls in love with Leo Kovalensky, son of a czarist hero. The setting is Soviet Russia, early 1920s.Will Hank and Dagny succeed in saving the country - and will they discover the answer to the question “Who is John Galt?”.Discover why, at every turn, they are met with public opposition and new government roadblocks, taxes and controls - and with the disappearance of the nation’s most competent men and women. Follow along as industrialist Hank Rearden and railroad executive Dagny Taggart struggle to keep the country afloat and unravel the mysteries that confront them.Atlas Shrugged “is a mystery story, not about the murder of a man’s body, but about the murder - and rebirth - of man’s spirit.”.What is happening to the world? Why does it seem to be in a state of decay? Can it be saved - and how?.The remnants of a brilliant invention are left as scrap in an abandoned factory. ![]() A philosopher-turned-pirate is rumored to roam the seas. A copper magnate becomes a worthless playboy.All vanish without explanation and without trace. The country’s top banker - a leading oil producer - a once-revered professor - an acclaimed composer - a distinguished judge. ![]() ![]() At stake in this investigation is control of China’s history and national pride, and even stability between China and the United States. ![]() ![]() Everyone-from the Chinese government, to a religious cult, to an unscrupulous American art collector-wants this relic, and some, it seems, may be willing to kill to get it. This artifact is not only an object of great monetary value but one that is emblematic of the very soul of China. As Hulan scrutinizes this death-or is it a murder?-David, on behalf of the National Relics Bureau, tries to discover who has stolen from the site an artifact that may prove to the world China’s claim that it is the oldest uninterrupted civilization on earth. ![]() When the body of an American archaeologist is found floating in the Yangzi River, Ministry of Public Security agent Liu Hulan and her husband, American attorney David Stark, are dispatched to Site 518 to investigate. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() When “Scythe” begins, two teens, Rowan Damisch and Citra Terranova, are chosen to apprentice for a highly respected scythe and are made to compete against one another for the chance to become a licensed death-bringer themselves. Not even to the Thunderhead, a giant supercomputer in this world that controls everything on the planet. These scythes are death-bringers who operate under their own terms and laws, and answer to no one. Set in a future world where society has conquered death, poverty, illness and any other global crisis you can think of, “scythes” are charged with curbing the population. Without giving too much away, here’s a quick synopsis about what to expect from this series. But none of these series comes close to what Neal Shusterman’s been able to accomplish with his Arc of a Scythe series. Before I begin, I’d like to issue a preemptive apology to those of you who love the “will they, won’t they” romance between Katniss and Peeta and the pound-pulsing action of books like the Maze Runner, because what I’m about to say can be considered controversial. ![]() ![]() ![]() As a way to sort of live out a fantasy (Robin was very involved in Adam's work, this was something that Adam really wanted to see happening in real life) This coupled with the fact that there are many unexplained/poorly explained deaths (Rainbow, Henry, Robin's mom, ) where Robin is involved, and the ending where Henry shows Robin as being kind of abnormal and a little crazy (add in the fact that Robin's version of what happened is completely different) and maybe we can say that Adam and Robin always planned on killing Amelia together. His work on 'rock, paper scissors' follows the same lines as his life story (more or less). ![]() But he acts as if he's never been there before. Initially we see that Adam is planning something nefarious and that he seems to be kind of familiar with the house. I've been looking at a couple of theories on the internet, and I've formed my view on some parts of the story which were just left out for interpretation. I feel that the author was so focused on not letting the reader predict the book, that they forgot to take care of the loose endings and make the characters believable. ![]() I just completed reading this very confusing book after a lot of great reviews, and I must say that I'm a little disappointed. ![]() ![]() ![]() World War I, that awful, gaping wound in the history of Europe, has long been an obsession of Jacques Tardi’s. Lewis George Orwell Mary Pope Osborne LeUyen Pham Dav Pilkey Roger Priddy Rick Riordan J. 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![]() ![]() ![]() This book is about the art of hip-hop and using it to give voice and life to a group of people who have had ENOUGH!! I guess I started with this book as it’s the most recent of her works. I am late to the party and I have missed the brilliance of Angie Thomas. ![]() On the come up was on my list for a while. It is the story of fighting for your dreams, even as the odds are stacked against you of the struggle to become who you are and not who everyone expects you to be and of the desperate realities of poor and working-class black families. ![]() On the Come Up is Angie Thomas’s homage to hip-hop, the art that sparked her passion for storytelling and continues to inspire her to this day. With bills piling up and homelessness staring her family down, Bri no longer just wants to make it-she has to make it. But now that her mom has unexpectedly lost her job, food banks and shutoff notices are as much a part of Bri’s life as beats and rhymes. As the daughter of an underground rap legend who died before he hit big, Bri’s got big shoes to fill. Or at least make it out of her neighborhood one day. Sixteen-year-old Bri wants to be one of the greatest rappers of all time. I’ve always had this theory that God is a sitcom writer who loves to put me in ridiculous situations. ![]() ![]() ![]() During his journey of discovery, he meets two remarkable women, Detective Beth Penrose and Mayflower descendant Emma Whitestone, both of whom change his life irrevocably. His investigations lead him into the lore, legends, and ancient secrets of northern Long Island - more deadly and more dangerous than he could ever have imagined. ![]() John Corey doesn't like mysteries, which is why he likes to solve them. The local police chief, Sylvester Maxwell, wants Corey's big-city expertise, but Maxwell gets more than he bargained for. Tom and Judy Gordon, a young, attractive couple Corey knows, have been found on their patio, each with a bullet in the head. ![]() Wounded in the line of duty, NYPD homicide detective John Corey convalesces in the Long Island township of Southold, home to farmers, fishermen - and at least one killer. CELEBRATING THE 20th ANNIVERSARY WITH A NEW FOREWORD BY THE AUTHOR ![]() ![]() ![]() My eyes are fixed on one of the piers lining the lakeshore, its waters glittering through the haze of morning smog. My bad leg dangles over the edge while I lean casually on my good one. This morning I’m perched on the balcony of a three-story, torn-up apartment complex that has all its windows boarded up. ![]() I live on the streets of Lake sector, a slum sitting along the shore of Los Angeles’s giant lake, and every day I manage to do just enough to survive.īut things could always be worse, yeah? At least I’m alive at least my mom and brothers are alive. I have an injured knee that might never heal. And sometimes you’re even happy, because at least you’ve got your family and your health and your arms and legs and a roof over your head.īut now I’m without most of those things. When you’ve been poor all your life, you never really think it could be any other way. ![]() My name used to be Daniel Altan Wing, younger brother to John, older brother to Eden, son to a mom and dad who lived in Los Angeles’s slum sectors. ![]() |