![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Propulsive and poignant, Black Candle Women concocts an intoxicating potion of warmth, wisdom, and wonder. "For fans of intergenerational family dramas, this magical twist on the genre will prove refreshing." - Publishers Weekly "Brown deftly portrays an insular family of women in all of its complicated glory.The spiritual angle gives this powerful family drama a magical twist that will delight readers." - Booklist (starred review) And as new truths about the curse emerge, the family is set on a collision course dating back to a Voodoo shop in 1950s New Orleans's French Quarter-where a hidden story in a mysterious book may just hold the answers they seek in life and in love… Their surprise guest forces each woman to reckon with her own past choices and mistakes. For the other women have been withholding a secret from Nickie that will end her relationship before it's even begun: the decades-old family curse that any person they fall in love with dies. They keep to themselves, never venture far from home, and their collection of tinctures and spells is an unspoken bond between them.īut when seventeen-year-old Nickie Montrose brings home a boy for the first time, their quiet lives are thrown into disarray. Generations of Montrose women-Augusta, Victoria, Willow-have lived together in their quaint two-story bungalow in California for years. A Today Show #ReadWithJenna Book Club PickĪ warm and wry family drama with a magical twist about four generations of Black women living under one roof and the family curse that stems back to a Voodoo shop in 1950s New Orleans. ![]()
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![]() ![]() After she graduated from the University of Edinburgh, Samantha worked as a taxi dispatcher and a police administrator. But what most people are aware of is that Samantha was an irresponsive college student. In addition, Samantha Young has been listed as a USA Today, Wall Street Journal and USA Today best-selling author.Īt the moment, Samantha resides in Stirlingshire Scotland. Currently she has received two nominations Best Romance at the Good reads awards choice and the Best debut at the Good Reads Choice Awards. With a string of nominations already in her name, Samantha young is famously known for create authentic and life like romantic novels that most people can relate with. At the age of 27, Samantha has been able to accomplish what very few authors have been able to accomplish. If you have read any of her previous works, then you will definitely understand why Samantha Young is undoubtedly a master of the art. ![]() ![]() ![]() The overall effect is captivating, entertaining and informative, providing readers with an honest assessment of the strength of one's convictions and the effect a strict religious background can have on a person. ![]() Feldman juxtaposes painfully emotional moments in concentration camps and in European towns where evidence of Jewish settlers was practically erased with humorous, almost macabre playacting scenarios with a German lover, scenarios that only added to Feldman's confusion over her own identity. "One woman's search to understand herself and her Jewish heritage….Rich in details of Jewish life and the lives of her grandparents in the World War II era, sensitively portrays the inner struggles of accepting the pervasive feeling of survivor guilt and her own desires to understand the woman she was becoming. ![]() ![]() ![]() "The Moors" plots the increasingly elaborate digressions of a man as he trails a coworker to an office coffee machine, spiraling a mundane experience into a psychological death march, while "Watching Mysteries with My Mother" and "The Loyalty Protocol" parse the responsibilities of caring for aging parents. By turns hilarious and heartfelt, dark and illuminative, Ben Marcus’s Leaving the Sea is a ground breaking collection of stories from one of the single most vital, extraordinary, and unique writers of his generation.In the heartfelt I Can Say Many Nice Things, a washed-up writer toying with infidelity leads a creative writing workshop on board a cruise ship. The protagonists of most of the stories are men, and often their conflicts are flared by worried, overactive imaginations. Communication is important to the author, and throughout, characters employ unusual linguistic skills, renaming common tasks (sex becomes "lust applications") and speaking about common phrases as if they are alien ("These changes in temperatures were called moods and they had interesting foreign names, but I no longer recall them," the narrator in "First Love" muses). ![]() ![]() ![]() Split into six parts, the volume fluctuates between traditional narrative (the opener, "What Have You Done?," acts as a "stranger in a strange land" tale: a man reluctantly visits his family, only to learn his present self cannot erase memories of his younger, wilder past) and more experimental fare (the title story, for example, unspools in one breathless, exhilarating sentence). The second collection from Marcus (The Flame Alphabet) is a peculiar, funny, original analysis of the human psyche and modern language. Domestic dysfunction gets some techno-dystopian twists in Marcus’ third story collection (Leaving the Sea, 2014, etc.). ![]() ![]() ![]() The duo released a tape demo called Behind the Bucket, selling copies at two local shops. Background ĭownsyde was formed in Perth, Western Australia when MC Optamus (Scott Griffiths) and MC Dyna-mikes (Shahbaz Rind) were in Year 11 at Craigie Senior High School in 1996. Several tracks from the album received airplay from radio stations around Australia, including 4ZZZ ( Brisbane), FBi ( Sydney), 3RRR ( Melbourne) and RTRFM ( Perth). All tracks were recorded and mixed at various members' homes except for flutes on "Bring It All Black" and "Arabian Knights", which were recorded at Studio Couch in Fremantle, Western Australia.Īt the J Award of 2005, the album was nominated for Australian Album of the Year. It was produced by band members Optamus, Dazastah, Cheeky and Armee. When the Dust Settles is the third full-length album from Australian hip hop group, Downsyde and was released in December 2004 through Obese Records. ![]() ![]() ![]() 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. #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER CELEBRATING THE 20th ANNIVERSARY WITH A NEW FOREWORD BY THE AUTHOR 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. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() As provocative and powerful now as when it was first published. What she discovers will change her life forever. Irresistibly, Lou is led along a path of emotional and sexual self-awakening, as she explores the limits of her own animal nature. Lou’s imagination is soon overtaken by the island’s past occupants, whose deep fascination with bears gradually becomes her own. The winner of the Governor Generals Literary Award for Fiction, Marian Engels most famous and most controversial novel tells the unforgettable. A librarian is called to a remote Canadian island to inventory the estate o. Eager to investigate the estate’s curious history, she is shocked to discover that the island has one other inhabitant: a bear. Read 1,094 reviews from the worlds largest community for readers. When an unusual field assignment comes her way, she jumps at the chance to travel to a remote island in northern Ontario, where she will spend the summer cataloguing a library that belonged to an eccentric nineteenth-century colonel. Lou is a lonely librarian who spends her days in the dusty archives of the Historical Institute. 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars. First Printing, First Edition, Paperback, 128 pages. The winner of the Governor General’s Literary Award for Fiction, Marian Engel’s most famous – and most controversial – novel tells the unforgettable story of a woman transformed by a primal, erotic relationship. Bear (Nonpareil Books) Published October 1st 2002 by David R. ![]() ![]() I’m excited to listen to this book because the fiction books that I’ve gotten personal recommendations from have been amazing so far. ![]() ![]() This book was recommended by a fellow book reader Jeremy Silva. I appreciate every donation as it goes directly to the maintenance costs of my blog and creation of new content. ~If you enjoy my summary, please consider buying me a coffee via my Ko-Fi link (click the button below) or support this blog in one of several ways! □ □ Taylor’s hilarious novel sets the stage for the magnificent performance of Ray Porter, who revels in the brave new world of corpsicles, artificial intelligence, interstellar space probes, and space colonization in tantalizing detail.” -Audible Bob and his clones are on a mission to find new homes for humanity and boldly go where no Bob has gone before.ĭennis E. Waking up 117 years later, Bob discovers his mind has been uploaded into a sentient space probe with the ability to replicate itself. Then he gets himself killed crossing the street. On an urge to splurge, he signs up to have his head cryogenically preserved in case of death. ![]() The first item on his to-do list: spending his newfound windfall. “There’s a reason We Are Legion, We Are Bob was named Audible’s Best Science Fiction Book of 2016: its irresistibly irreverent wit! Bob Johansson has just sold his software company for a small fortune and is looking forward to a life of leisure. Get the audiobook on Audible □ (affiliate link) ![]() ![]() ![]() © 1985 by Scott Cunningham, and 2000 by the Scott Cunningham estate.Īll rights reserved. ![]() CUNNINGHAM’s ENCYCLOPEDIA of MAGICAL HERBS SCOTT CUNNINGHAMĬunningham’s Encyclopedia of Magical Herbs. ![]() He passed from this life on March 28, 1993, after a long illness. Scott’s books reflect a broad range of interests within the New Age sphere, where he was highly regarded. He was the author of more than thirty books, both fiction and non-fiction, the majority of them published by Llewellyn Publications. Scott Cunningham practiced elemental magic for over twenty years. ![]() ![]() ![]() Read it if: you can’t get any holidays for a long time. ![]() ![]() Once again, Palin can easily transport the reader to the time and place with interesting facts about the country as well as a great insight into the people. The cracked and fissured ice-pack offers no comfortable reassurance - no. I haven’t seen the series in its entirety but I think it would be interesting particularly from a retrospective point of view – there have been big changes in Europe (especially the Ukraine and Estonia) and Africa (eg. 1 bestseller Michael Palins epic journey from the North Pole to the South Pole. As always, the trip is not without its problems (digestive issues appear to occur quite often) and there are witch doctors, African animals and strange living quarters. This takes them through Greenland, Finland, Estonia, the Ukraine (both part of the USSR at the time), Turkey, Egypt, Sudan, Ethiopia, Tanzania, Zimbabwe and South Africa with an unexpected detour to Chile and finally, Antarctica. Set in the early 1990s (just before the fall of the USSR), Palin and the regular crew (including Basil and Clem) start at the North Pole with the aim of reaching the South Pole following the same longitude as closely as possible. ![]() Traveling from the North Pole to the South Pole he experiences every extreme the globe has to offer. (I still need to track down a copy of Hemingway Adventures in the future, but I may watch the series first as I’m not really into Hemingway). In Pole to Pole we join Michael Palin on the second of his epic journeys. Pole to Pole is the last of Michael Palin’s travel books that I have to read. ![]() |