![]() ![]() This debut fantasy, filled with blood magic and a cleric born to serves the gods (if this doesn’t give you D&D or role playing game vibes then I don’t know what will), blew me sky high and then some! From the lyrical writing to characters that captivate you with a strong pull, to the beautiful descriptions of the themes: this book sunk it’s talons into me and has found a place within my heart. Let me start this review off by saying how much this book took me by storm! This has been an anticipated book for so many people and I wasn’t expecting to become someone obsessed with this book, but here we are and now I feel like no other book can compare. Or you could rip them apart at the seams.” “You could be exactly what these countries need to stop their fighting. You can find my first review of this books on my GoodReads. ![]() Arc provided by Wednesday Books in exchange for an honest review.Ĭontent/Trigger Warning: War, death/murder, violence, fighting, self-harm (both for a magical system and talk of self-harm in the past), torture, parental abuse, abandonment, abduction, use of alcohol (possible alcohol addiction), gore, talk of human sacrifice, strong religious fighting. ![]()
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![]() Despite looking good visually, the casting just seemed off and even when advertised the writing seemed clunky. But when advertised I surprisingly didn't find myself desperate in seeing this, which is highly unusual for an Agatha Christie adaptation. The Tommy and Tuppence books/stories are entertaining reads, though none of them are among my favourites from Christie, and the 80s Partners in Crime series is not only true in details and spirit to the stories but charming, suspenseful, light-hearted entertainment in its own right. ![]() ![]() Although Agatha Christie is one of my favourite authors, adaptations of her work have always personally been judged on how good they are on their own merits, regardless of how good or bad an adaptation it is. ![]() ![]() ![]() The first season of Heartstopper was released on 22 April 2022. The cinematographic styles and colour grading were planned ahead to give the series atmospheric elegance, amplified by the use of traditional animation adapted from the source material. Various pre-existing songs were used as the series' soundtrack, in addition to an original score by Adiescar Chase. Filming took place from April to June that year, with teasers released throughout the timeframe. ![]() ![]() The television rights for the series were purchased by See-Saw Films in 2019, and Netflix acquired distribution rights in 2021. It also explores the lives of their friends Tao ( William Gao), Elle ( Yasmin Finney), Tara (Corinna Brown) and Darcy (Kizzy Edgell). Written by Oseman herself, the series primarily tells the story of Charlie Spring ( Joe Locke), a gay schoolboy who falls in love with classmate Nick Nelson ( Kit Connor), whom he sits next to in his new form. Heartstopper is a British coming-of-age romantic comedy- drama television series on Netflix, adapted from the webcomic and graphic novel of the same name by Alice Oseman. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() In Egypt, for example, the monsoons failed and the critical resulting annual Nile flood failed to occur. The causes of these deaths ranged from famine and drought, hypothermia and heat stroke, bronchitis, asthma, emphysema, and other respiratory ailments to fluorine poisoning and even more bizarre maladies such as suffocation by carbon dioxide. While the direct death toll in Iceland resulting from the eruption was only 9,300 poor souls, estimates of the number of fatalities world wide range as high as a staggering 6,000,000 deaths. ![]() With the aid of stratospheric weather and wind patterns over a period of eight months following Laki’s first eruption, a toxic cocktail of ash, fluorine, sulphur and other poisonous chemicals that had been propelled to the upper reaches of earth’s atmosphere, was spread over much of the northern hemisphere throughout the world. The 1783 eruption of Laki in Iceland is one of the world’s great unsung natural disasters. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Insightful and honest as only Anne Lamott can be, Help, Thanks, Wow is the everyday faith book that new Lamott readers will love and longtime Lamott fans will treasure. In Help, Thanks, Wow, Lamott recounts how she came to these insights, explains what they mean to her and how they have helped, and explores how others have embraced these same ideas. It is these three prayers - asking for assistance from a higher power, appreciating what we have that is good, and feeling awe at the world around us - that can get us through the day and can show us the way forward. And in her new book, Help, Thanks, Wow, she has coalesced everything she knows about prayer to these fundamentals. Readers of all ages have followed and cherished Anne Lamott's funny and perceptive writing about her own faith through decades of trial and error. ![]() In Help, Thanks, Wow, best-selling author Anne Lamott demystifies prayer, declaring that there are no rules-a higher power can be called anything, and people can believe in any religion theyd like (or none at all) and still pray. Start the new year with the New York Times bestseller from the author of Hallelujah Anyway, Bird by Bird, and Almost Everything Author Anne Lamott writes about the three simple prayers essential to coming through tough times, difficult days and the hardships of daily life. Discover how the three essential prayers help us endure difficult times and continue to move ahead. ![]() ![]() ![]() On the way there, her grandfather becomes sickly and is accused of having yellow fever. Reluctantly, Mattie and her grandfather begin the journey to stay with family friends, the Ludingtons, in the countryside. Mattie does the best she can to care for her mother, but both her mother and the doctor who is treating her recommend that she be sent away to avoid contagion. ![]() However, before a decision can be reached, Mattie's mother falls seriously ill. Many people have different opinions on the best way to control the epidemic, and within Mattie's family, there are debates about whether she should be sent to the country for her own safety. Amidst the intense summer heat, residents of Philadelphia begin to sicken and die from a strange disease that is eventually identified as yellow fever. Mattie Cook is a 14-year-old girl who lives with her mother and grandfather and helps them to run a thriving coffeehouse business. The novel begins in August 1793, in the city of Philadelphia. ![]() ![]() ![]() Chloe is his fated mate, he is drawn to and disgusted by her simultaneously. The werewolf hero, Uilliam, has childhood sexual abuse trauma associated with an exploitative succubus (which is apparently not a redundant statement), so he hates the entire species. She got very sick about two-thirds of the way through the book. If the ejaculate comes from an unwilling male, she will sicken and die as it changes into “venom”. Chloe is a succubus who feeds on ejaculate. ![]() You read those words correctly and in the right order. The heroine, Chloe, thinks she is a human, but learns she is actually transforming into an immortal succubus whose sustenance comes from ejaculate. I read it to see what could be so bad on the “Kresley Cole Is Atrocious” scale that my friend said it was best left unread. I read about 50% of MacRieve, but you’ll see why I’m counting the experience as a whole book, maybe two. ![]() ![]() ![]() This isn’t a problem as any extra holes would be hidden under griptape and under the baseplates…until you take a board appart you’d never know.įor trucks look at Indy 169s, Tracker Six Tracks or Shiner 9.125″ for a cheaper option.įor wheels both Powell Peralta and Santa Cruz now do lots of re-issues Rat Bones, Mini Cubics, G-bones, Slime Balls, Bigballs, OJ teamriders, OJ Combos, etc. but now drilled for modern trucks so if you want to fit original 80s ones you’ll have to drill a couple of extra holes. Just like the originals his one has mellow concave, a steep tail & a flat nose.Īll pretty much as the original same shape, concave, size, tail, etc. Probably the most iconic shaped skateboard deck of all time. This was the 1st pro deck I owned back in around 1985.That one was put out by Santa Cruz boards…think there was an earlier one on Skull Skates too? Brand new, re-issued Hosoi “Hammerhead” original version from the very late early 80s.Ĭlassic and iconic board from Christian’s own company…great to see him back in the industry. ![]() ![]() Clifford has witnessed this transformation first-hand and has unrivalled access to the full range of the city's society, from student protestors to billionaire businessmen and senior government officials. As China continues to expand its global influence, Hong Kong serves as a chilling preview of how dissenters could be treated in regions that fall under the emerging superpower's control.Ī Hong Kong resident from 1992 to 2021, Mark L. Universal suffrage and free elections have not been instituted and activists have been jailed en masse following the decree of a sweeping national security law by Beijing. ![]() Now, at the halfway mark, it is clear that China has not kept its word. ![]() When the territory was handed over to China in 1997, the Communist Party promised that Hong Kong would remain highly autonomous for fifty years. Click here to purchase from Rakuten Kobo A gripping history of China's deteriorating relationship with Hong Kong, and its implications for the rest of the world.įor the 150 years that Hong Kong was a British colony, people, money and technology flowed freely, while Hong Kong residents enjoyed freedoms that simply did not exist in mainland China. ![]() ![]() ![]() Then, in May 2014 TAMED (Tangled Series Book #3) will be released in ebook and paperback! TAMED goes back in time to the Tangled days. ![]() HOLY FRIGGING MATRIMONY takes place about a year after Tangled’s end and is from Drew’s POV. That same month, the short story HOLY FRIGGING MATRIMONY (Tangled Series #1.5) will also be released in ebook AND – for those who love their paperbacks – MATRIMONY will be bound into the paperback of TWISTED. TWISTED picks up two years after Tangled’s end, and is told from Kate’s POV. Because just two short months after Tangled’s re-launch, in March 2014, TWISTED (Tangled Series Book #2) will be published in ebook and paperback. ![]() This may seem like a long time to wait, BUT, I promise it will be worth it. The ebook is still available and Gallery will be reissuing the paperback in January 2014. ![]() At last the wait is over! For anyone who’s wanted to know the details about the rest of the books in the Tangled Series – today is the day!!Īs you know Gallery won the auction last month for Tangled. ![]() |