![]() But, it's so much more than just erotica. This book is beyond hot, it's so hot it should carry its own fire risk warning. Geeeeeze! I don't think anyone else can write a book in which there's a sex scene on almost every page and yet still imbue the narrative with a fully-fleshed out set of characters and a plotline which fits perfectly into the new world they've created quite like Roe Horvat can. It's a mind-blowing combination.Īt this point, I'm ready to shout: GIVE ME KNOTTING OR GIVE ME DEATH. Loving, caring guys but mixed with dirty talk that will burn your pants off. Of course, because it's Roe, this book is also incredibly sweet. How does he manage to slip in relationship development and real feeling in a book that is literally mostly sex? How?! And how does Roe manage to make ALL of the sex scenes still interesting?! I didn't skim a single one (in fact. ![]() Roe Horvat has an absolutely incredible way of writing a book that is almost continuous sex, but actually giving it a plot and a romance. ![]() I'm talking knotting, rimming, cum play, non-stop sex. Usually, alpha-beta-omega books are meh for me, but not Precious. ![]() I mean, it's like Precious reached into my mind and created the wank-a-lious book of my dreams. I don't know why I didn't anticipate the way that Roe Horvat writing an Omegaverse book would wreck me. Clear your schedule, clear your day, Precious is filthy, sweet, explicit candy, and you will NOT be able to stop reading (but hopefully not in public.). ![]()
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![]() "The place looked like Auschwitz," said Leslie Farney, 51, of Warwick, N.Y., who just adopted an 18-year-old border collie named Maddie. Shivering outside in the cold were 25 horses, 100 chickens, an assortment of goats, pigs and exotic birds. When the Utah-based Best Friends Animal Society was called to help, its members found 200 dogs, 60 of them confined to unlit, cramped rooms, as well as 200 roaming cats, many of them with heart conditions. ![]() knew the once-reputable sanctuary had quite literally gone to the dogs. No one - least of all those who financially supported the sprawling 80-acre facility in Middletown, N.Y. ![]() When the 64-year-old died of brain cancer in March, though, she left behind a shocking legacy: 600 sick and neglected animals were found locked in filthy kennels or wandering aimlessly in the cold. Ap— - Sara Whalen devoted her life to saving abandoned animals at her Pets Alive sanctuary just one hour outside New York City in the peaceful Catskill mountains. ![]() ![]() And while the remote country house began as a refuge for the group of friends, Lucas soon becomes obsessed by both his uncle’s death and the discovery of cine films from Stoneborough Manor thirty years ago which depicted a group of friends disturbingly similar to his own. Not dissimilar to Du Maurier’s Manderly is Whitehouse’s rolling Stoneborough Manor, left to Lucas by his eccentric late uncle following an untimely and mysterious death. ![]() ![]() Set deep in the rolling grounds of an Oxfordshire manor house, one balmy, stormy summer, the atmospheric setting of the novel is as prominent a character as any of the friends around which the tale revolves. The sort of tale that hooks its reader from the very first page, The House at Midnight is a gripping tale from the get go. ![]() ![]() On my last day of interning at Bloomsbury, I was told to help myself to books on my way out, a suggestion I took perhaps quite too literally as I soon found myself wandering through Soho with a stack of books piled under both arms, and one wedged under my neck for good measure.Īmongst the books I chose was Lucie Whitehouse’s debut offering – The House At Midnight, enticed by both the front cover (I’m a sucker for aesthetics) and the novel’s comparison’s to both Rebecca and The Secret History. ![]() ![]() In The Dirty Life, Kristin discovers the wrenching pleasures of physical work, learns that good food is at the center of a good life, falls deeply in love, and finally finds the engagement and commitment she craved in the form of a man, a small town, and a beautiful piece of land. Every Friday evening, all year round, over a hundred people travel to Essex Farm to pick up their weekly share of the “whole diet”-beef, pork, chicken, milk, eggs, maple syrup, grains, flours, dried beans, herbs, fruits, and forty different vegetables-produced by the farm. ![]() Kristin and Mark’s plan to grow everything needed to feed a community was an ambitious idea, and a bit romantic. The Dirty Life is the captivating chronicle of the couple’s first year on Essex Farm, from the cold North Country winter through their harvest-season wedding in the loft of the barn. On an impulse, she shed her city self and started a new farm with him on five hundred acres near Lake Champlain. When Kristin Kimball left New York City to interview a dynamic young farmer named Mark, her world changed. ![]() From a “graceful, luminous writer with an eye for detail” ( Minneapolis Star Tribune), this riveting memoir explores a year on a sustainable farm. ![]() ![]() ![]() While he would spend much of his adult life in New York City, the sense of place he got from his childhood years remained as he has gone on to set most of his works in the Midwest. In his early childhood and teenage years, he grew up in a house that bordered an expansive park and he spent much of his time exploring the grounds. From his father, he learned the art form known as nostalgia and this combined with the many experiences growing up in the countryside made for a rich palette to write his stories. Moreover, he got to enjoy the many tales told by his uncles, aunts, grandmother and the many men that gathered at the old gas station ran by his father. As a child, he was surrounded by elders of all ages as his mother was one of seven siblings while his grandma also had many sisters. He was born in Decatur, Illinois, which he believed was the epitome of Middle America. Richard Peck is an award winning young adult novelist that is famously a winner of the Newberry Medal. The Teacher's Funeral: A Comedy in Three Parts ![]() ![]() The novel was followed by The Sign of the Four, published in 1890. Although Conan Doyle wrote 56 short stories featuring Holmes, A Study in Scarlet is one of only four full-length novels in the original canon. Only 11 complete copies of the magazine in which the story first appeared, Beeton's Christmas Annual for 1887, are known to exist now and they have considerable value. ![]() The book's title derives from a speech given by Holmes, a consulting detective, to his friend and chronicler Watson on the nature of his work, in which he describes the story's murder investigation as his "study in scarlet": "There's the scarlet thread of murder running through the colourless skein of life, and our duty is to unravel it, and isolate it, and expose every inch of it." The story, and its main characters, attracted little public interest when it first appeared. Watson, who would become the most famous detective duo in literature. The story marks the first appearance of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. ![]() A Study in Scarlet is an 1887 detective novel written by Arthur Conan Doyle. Board edges and gilt on top page ridge lightly rubbed, ink name on front free endpaper. ![]() ![]() ![]() Because after all this, we’re still here. It is a morbid tendency, yes, but through it we honor our shared experience and cultural memory. ![]() We have a tendency to measure history in time between disasters. She tested the limits of what we could do for ourselves and for each other. This was a hurricane that left bodies in the streets. This wasn’t the beers-in-the-coolers-shingles-popping-off-the-roofs storms of the past. Katrina was paradigm-shifting because she reminded us what disaster really is and forever altered what it would be like to respond to disaster. Even when I could reach them, I wasn’t able to speak to my dad for nearly a six weeks because he was doing 60-80 hour a week unpaid work for FEMA. Memories of not being able to reach my parents, brother, and grandparents by phone. I can still call up those emotions quite easily. ![]() ![]() Although I now reside in dryest, land-lockiest Austin, Texas, I can still recall the anxiety and uncertainty I felt for my loved ones when Hurricane Katrina made landfall. My hometown is in southern Louisiana all my family and oldest friends still live there. This post comes from Jan, our second floor inventory manager and a Louisiana native.įor me, it’s hard to imagine that it’s been ten years since Hurricane Katrina battered the shores of Louisiana and nearby states. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() One of the most compelling fantasies I’ve ever read. Solid worldbuilding, interesting characters and just enough romance make this an enjoyable read. ![]() A cliff-hanger ending will have many readers exclaiming aloud their impatience at having to wait for the sequel. Hidden identities, allusions to environmental concerns, a clever heroine with a worthy potential love interest, and some monster-mashing fight scenes elevate this romantic series opener. Meadows delivers a powerful coming-of-age story. Mortain from Robin LaFevers’s “His Fair Assassin” series and other strong, vengeful female heroines will root for Wil. PRAISE FOR THE ORPHAN QUEEN: Fans of Katniss and the Sisters of St. If you haven’t read THE ORPHAN QUEEN, read it now.” - Amie Mechler-Hickson, Boswell Book Company Jodi Meadows knows how to write engrossing fantasy worlds with layered characters and the perfect amount of romantic intrigue. ![]() “This book was just as good as THE ORPHAN QUEEN, if not better. For those eager to continue the adventure, there are four digital novellas situated in this same world: The Hidden Prince, The Glowing Knight, The Burning Hand, and The Black Knife.” - Booklist “Tensions-both political and romantic-arise. PRAISE FOR MIRROR KING: “This story’s the perfect length, and though it’s hard to say goodbye to lovable, flawed, strong Wil, such a well-crafted, enjoyable, and immersive story helps ease the pain.” - Kirkus Reviews (starred review) ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() and every year, it comes as a complete surprise to me, because for some reason, i never think to check if she has a new book coming out, and i open the package and i SQUEAL with shock and delight to see MORE adorable squirrels caught on camera acting like people. It is a complete coincidence that i am reviewing this book on the eve of squirrel appreciation day, and i am super-stoked that it worked out that way!Įvery year, the amazing erica sends me a wonderful christmas package, and for the third time, a nancy rose squirrel book has been included. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Other noteworthy sites early in the tour include Pegasus Bridge, Sainte Mère-Église and Brécourt Manor. ![]() There, they will pay homage to the American troops who lost their lives by visiting the American Cemetery at Omaha Beach. Travelers will visit the D-Day headquarters in England where General Eisenhower ordered the start of the Allied assault, then travel to Normandy where they will retrace the greatest amphibious invasion in history. The tour follows the journey of American troops from England to the beaches of Normandy and through the Ardennes Forest. We are thrilled that Alex Kershaw, bestselling author of The Bedford Boys, The Longest Winter, The Few and Escape from the Deep, will be the featured historian for our two-part Victory in Europe tour, scheduled for May 30 – June 15, 2012. Posts Tagged ‘Alex Kershaw’ Victory in Europe Tour – Sneak Preview ![]() |