![]() Here’s a sample some fun romantic or sexy (not too serious) books with main characters that straddle the divides that I do not – so to speak. ![]() I will keep writing lots of queer characters, I promise, but in the meantime… I’m doing my best but even I can’t catch them all, as it were. I don’t feel like they are trivialized or diminished by this, I feel like this is what makes fiction magic.Īnd now… Miss Gail where are your Ace or Grey or Demi or Other Queer Characters? How about a disabled characters? What about Pan or Poly? How about neurodiversity ? Where is your OCD lesbian gender-fluid butch jaguar gynecologist from Peru, on a motorcycle? You should take from them whatever solace you need. I don’t write my books for me, I write them for you. ![]() ![]() If you see yourself in one of my characters, that character is for you. ![]()
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![]() ![]() Lighthouse design never appealed to Stevenson, though, and he began studying law instead. Lighthouse design was his father's and his family's profession, and so at the age 17, Stevenson enrolled at Edinburgh University to study engineering, with the goal of following his father in the family business. Robert Louis Balfour Stevenson was born in Edinburgh, Scotland, on November 13, 1850, to Thomas and Margaret Stevenson. Publishing his first volume at the age of 28, Stevenson became a literary celebrity during his life when works such as Treasure Island, Kidnapped and Strange Case of Dr. He was often abroad, usually for health reasons, and his journeys led to some of his early literary works. Stevenson developed a desire to write early in life, having no interest in the family business of lighthouse engineering. ![]() Novelist Robert Louis Stevenson traveled often, and his global wanderings lent themselves well to his brand of fiction. (1850-1894) Who Was Robert Louis Stevenson? ![]() ![]() Meanwhile, Aquitainus Attis, who has been named First Lord in Octavian’s absence, has given the order to salt the earth between Riva and the Vord, slowing the insect’s approach.Īfter making landfall outside of the city of Antillus, Octavian begins preparations for his march to Riva. ![]() ![]() Octavian and his troops have landed on the northern edge and need to find a way to meet up with the other Aleran nobles in Riva. Most of the Aleran resistance is based in the city of Riva, on the far eastern end of the continent. Returning from the ruined continent of Canea, Gaius Octavian, his girlfriend Kitai, the Canim warmaster Varg, and their legions find that most of the Aleran Empire has been destroyed or besieged by the insect-like Vord, a monstrous race led by a single sentient Queen that consumes everything they come across. ![]() ![]() Then Alice’s husband, John, goes missing, and Alice starts to question everything around her: her relationship with her enigmatic friend, her decision to ever come to Tangier, and her very own state of mind. But soon a familiar feeling starts to overtake Alice-she feels controlled and stifled by Lucy at every turn. ![]() Lucy-always fearless and independent-helps Alice emerge from her flat and explore the country. Published in 2018 and the debut novel for Christine Mangan, Tangerine is the story of two friends and once inseparable roommates - Alice Shipley and Lucy Mason who meet again in Tangier, Morocco. The hot dusty winds, souks and riads and the Sahara Desert have inspired countless movies and trips, including my own journey there in 2014, when I spent a very chilly New Year’s Eve in the Sahara Desert. What is it about Morocco that we love so much? Having spent several weeks in Morocco, and more recently in southern Spain, I admit to a breathless fascination with all things Moorish. Previous book club picks have included Alice Morrison’s “Morocco to Timbuktu” (May 2021) and Vendela Vida’s “The Diver’s Clothes Lie Empty” which focused on Casablanca (September 2022). ![]() This isn’t our first book on Morocco - in fact, it’s our third. Our March book of the month, Tangerine, is a gripping psychological literary thriller set in 1950s Tangier, Morocco. ![]() ![]() ![]() I am reading this after reading about 5 David Irving irritating books, and Albert Speer's DIShonorable autobiography, an\d the hero Leon Degrelle's great autobiography. ![]() Very good book, thus far.\r I am reading this after reading about 5 David Irving irritating books, and Albert Speer's DIShonorable autobiography, and the hero Leon Degrelle's great au\tobiography.\r 4March2021.\r Jim Laffrey.)/CreationDate(D:20210304122958-05'00')/F 28/M(D:20210304123238-05'00')/NM(f9b62ae7-8c06-4c2f-94b9-7cfcb3a80ea2)/Name/Comment/P 128 0 R/Popup 949 0 R/RC(Īt this comes my second LOL \(laugh out loud\) in this book, already. ���U8Ou>�QW >/C/Contents(At this comes my second LOL \(laugh out loud\) in this book, already. ![]() ![]() So he wrote a suburban Jewish novel, based loosely on the building of Temple Israel in Swampscott, where we belonged." And he was appalled by the politics of suburban synagogue life. They didn't appreciate their tradition, didn't understand the wisdom of the Talmud, which fascinated him. "Harry was concerned that Jews in the suburbs didn't have the Jewish education he got growing up in a Yiddish-speaking household in Roxbury. ![]() He also wrote novels, including one called The Building of a Temple. ![]() Harry supported his young family by managing the real estate, running the hardware store, and writing detective mysteries for the monthly Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine. ![]() The couple moved from Brighton to Marblehead in 1947. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() "We're pleased that schools will have another way to engage children with World Book Day, even if they're at home, and that retailers are offering an extended redemption period too." ![]() ![]() "The lockdown has presented us with a unique set of challenges for World Book Day this year, but working together with bookshops, retailers, publishers, schools and National Book Tokens, we want to make sure that children across the country still have the opportunity to enjoy their £1 books," said WBD21 CEO Cassie Chadderton. WBD's £1 books will be stocked in major supermarkets, as well as bookshop chains and selected independent booksellers. The initiative also includes a new single-use digital version of the £1 token, to be printed at home or shown to booksellers on a phone or tablet screen. WBD will continue to work with schools and nurseries to distribute the tokens. World Book Day celebrations are set for March 4 "despite lockdown restrictions, with a range of new measures in place," the Bookseller reported, noting that participants will be able to use their £1 (about $1.35) book tokens in lockdown or save them for when bookshops re-open. ![]() ![]() ![]() “A world you'll want to inhabit forever!”-Alexandra Bracken on Windwitch It’s so good it’s intimidating."-Victoria Aveyard, #1 New York Timesbestselling author of Red Queen Iseult could embrace this power and heal the land, but first she must choose on which side of the shadows her destiny will lie. And Vivia-rightful queen of Nubrevna-finds herself without a crown or home.Īs villains from legend reawaken across the Witchlands, only the mythical Cahr Awen can stop the gathering war. Meanwhile, the Bloodwitch Aeduan is beset by forces he cannot understand. And though Iseult has plans to save her friend, they will require her to summon magic more dangerous than anything she has ever faced before. For Iseult to stay alive, she must flee Cartorra while Safi remains. ![]() Iseult has found her heartsister Safi at last, but their reunion is brief. Susan Dennard's New York Times bestselling, young adult epic fantasy Witchlands series continues with Witchshadow, the story of the Threadwitch Iseult. ![]() ![]() ![]() See, our books are tagged “thrillers” so there’s this pressure to grab the reader by the throat early. ![]() I remember when we were writing this book, Kelly and I were concerned about its slow opening. You know the bromide about putting a body in the first chapter? This is the first dead body in our book and it comes at the end of chapter eight. Her hair.long, blond and thick with blood. Arms hanging limp, shreds of dark wet leaves stuck to them. Charlie’s long fingers pressed into her thighs. Kris wrote back with the results, introducing her findings with an excerpt from the page:Īs Charlie Oberon staggered closer into the light, everything came into focus. I invited them to put the novel to the " page 69 test." Parrish is actually the nom de plume of the sisters Kristy Montee and Kelly Montee. Parrish's latest "Louis Kincaid" mystery. ![]() ![]() ![]() The story is set in the frontiers town Bennett sometime around the 3rd and 4th book of the Others series. The Wild Country book tells a harrowing tale of how little control the humans have left in a world ruled by the Others. This has not impacted my review which is unbiased and honest.) (Disclaimer: I received this book from Netgalley. And the arrival of the Blackstone Clan, outlaws and gamblers all, will uncover secrets…or bury them. And a couple with four foster children-one of whom is a blood prophet-hope to find acceptance.īut as they reopen the stores and the professional offices and start to make lives for themselves, the town of Bennett attracts the attention of other humans looking for profit. A deadly type of Other wants to run a human-style saloon. A young female police officer has been hired as the deputy to a Wolfgard sheriff. Now efforts are being made to resettle Bennett as a community where humans and Others live and work together. ![]() One of those places is Bennett, a town at the northern end of the Elder Hills-a town surrounded by the wild country. There are ghost towns in the world-places where the humans were annihilated in retaliation for the slaughter of the shape-shifting Others. One of their favorite book series is the Anne Bishop “Other’s” series and so when the opportunity to read The Wild Country came up, I knew I had to get their thoughts! Summary Today is another guest post from my resident fantasy fan. ![]() |