![]() ![]() Read Elizabeth’s review in its entirety here. I think readers will either be charmed by him, or very, very tired of him - and since the book is entirely from his POV, there is even time for both. He’s the best friend in the world, the smartest person in the room, the sparkliest snowflake in the blizzard, and the star of every show. He’s kooky and quirky, whimsical and wacky. ![]() He’s an elfin, beautiful twink with constant foot-in-mouth disease. Rex is the manic pixie dream boy of everyone’s dreams (or nightmares). It’s a 500 page look into Rex’s life, rather than being a book about being a superhero, which means you’re going to get an earful (eyeful) of everything Rexley Xander Nova is. It’s an interesting mix that isn’t fully explored in this book, which is 90% exposition and character building, 5% plot, and 5% world building. This is the first book in the Liquid Onyx series, which has both superheroes and supervillains (though the only supervillain in this book is Rex’s dead father), government agencies and agents, as well as witches and magic. ![]()
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![]() ![]() When Mishka can no longer bear the cruelty of the street gangs and the police, Lucky, a large stray dog, finds him. In apt comparison to his situation, Mishka often thinks of a fairytale he used to read with his mother, The Little Match Girl. When they want him to steal, though, something his mother has forbidden, his dilemma is painfully real: Must he, in order to live? Mishka’s hunger, not only physical but emotional, is raw. Petersburg confuses Mishka, so he is at first grateful when a tribe of children adopts him. ![]() When Mishka runs, his life as one of millions of street urchins in Russia begins. In a terrible, largely off-stage scene, this man kills Mishka’s mother, then drags Mishka to the city to deposit him in an orphanage. His mother cannot cope, begins drinking, and introduces an abusive boyfriend into the home. Although a stark lesson in human-failing, this story, based on an actual event, is unexpectedly uplifting.Īs the book opens, Mishka’s Babushka, with whom he and his mother have been living, dies. Readers will be riveted by five-year-old Ivan’s tragic transformation from Mishka, his mother’s little bear, into Malchik, dog boy, a member of a pack of feral dogs trying to survive on the streets of St. ![]() ![]() Catt saw that suffrage at the state level could help strengthen the movement for a Constitutional amendment - and where complete state suffrage could not be enacted, Catt would settle for a partial solution. ![]() After reassuming leadership of NAWSA in 1915, she clashed with the faction led by the far more combative Alice Paul, who wanted to work for a constitutional amendment only at the federal level. ![]() Her relentless campaigning won Woodrow Wilson's respect and support, and ultimately led to passage of the Nineteenth Amendment granting women the right to vote. Dicker: first wave, Carrie Chapman Catt - president of NAWSA in 1915 and gave " Winning Plan", no children, radical Alice Paul - radical, influenced by suffrage movements in Europe, more radical than Catt, went on hunger strike that resulted in her being force fed A dynamic speaker and tenacious organizer, Carrie Chapman Catt was a powerful force in the women�s suffrage movement. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() That means the 11 teams that finished at the bottom of the standings - all the way down to Vancouver (3 percent) - will have a shot to pick No. Thanks to changes instituted with the 2021 draft, a team can now jump 10 spots via the lottery. to have a process that is full of drama for as many clubs as possibleįrom 2001-14, the most a club could move up in the lottery was four spots, so only the five worst clubs in the league had a chance to pick No.to establish a process that is equitable but not a guarantee, with the hopes that clubs won’t “tank” - lose intentionally - to guarantee a certain draft pick.to reward the clubs at the bottom of the league’s standings with the best shot at drafting the next wave of talent. ![]() The NHL has changed its lottery format several times through the years in its attempt to fulfill three different objectives: The Columbus Blue Jackets (13.5 percent) are next, followed by the Chicago Blackhawks (11.5), San Jose Sharks (9.5) and Montreal Canadiens (8.5). The Anaheim Ducks, by virtue of finishing with the league’s worst record, have the best chance, out of the 11 eligible non-playoff teams, to land Bedard at 25.5 percent. ![]() ![]() ![]() “But what if it’s true? Is it cocky then?” Her mouth widens-those lips are so damn enticing-and she points at me. ![]() “And if we’d seen each other that night, you would have been…most satisfied.” I’d like to tell him I was most dissatisfied to learn of the mix-up.” “I’d like to find that person and give him a piece of my mind. “And I’d like to know who the hell thought it was a good idea to have two Janes.” While I haven’t been pining for her for the last year-honestly, that would make me a pathetic twit-I am ridiculously pleased that our friends are friends. Her chocolate-brown eyes are warm and inviting, and her black glasses intrigue me. Her dark hair curls over her shoulders in thick waves. “Damn, I wish we’d gone to the same Jane.” Finally, I can enjoy a close-up view of the lovely lady who caught my interest, and the view is worth the wait. “Because a woman that bold, a woman who took pictures, a woman who shouted bravo, is a woman who’s going to show.”Ī smile crosses her pretty pink lips. Unless she wants me to be one in bed, and we’re not there yet.įor now, the gentleman is up, and the caveman is standing down. ![]() I have half a mind to toss her on my shoulder and walk out of here right now.īut, there’s the little issue of not being a caveman. My little mermaid has swum back into my waters. ![]() ![]() ![]() Ken Jennings was a map nerd from a young age himself, you will not be surprised to learn, even sleeping with a bulky Hammond atlas at the side of his pillow, in lieu of the traditional Teddy bear. Some even draw thousands of their own imaginary maps, lovingly detailing worlds that never were. Some pore over million-dollar collections of the rarest maps of the past others embrace the future by hunting real-world cartographic treasures like "geocaches" or "degree confluences" with GPS device in hand. ![]() counties, for example, or all 936 UNESCO World Heritage Sites. ![]() Some crisscross the map working an endless geographic checklist: visiting all 3,143 U.S. In a world where geography only makes the headlines when college students are (endlessly) discovered to be bad at it, these hardy souls somehow thrive. Much as Brainiac offered a behind-the-scenes look at the little-known demimonde of competitive trivia buffs, Maphead finally gives equal time to that other downtrodden underclass: America's map nerds. Maphead: Charting the Wide, Weird World of Geography Wonks is Ken's followup to his 2005 best-seller Brainiac. ![]() ![]() “Action-packed and with more than a few satisfying emotional payoffs.Patricia Briggs at the top of her game.”-The Speculative Herald “The best new urban fantasy series I’ve read in years.”-Kelley Armstrong, #1 New York Times bestselling author ![]() “An excellent read with plenty of twists and turns…It left me wanting more.”-Kim Harrison, #1 New York Times bestselling author “I love these books.”-Charlaine Harris, #1 New York Times bestselling author More Praise for the Mercy Thompson Novels Hamilton and Charlaine Harris will thoroughly enjoy.”-The Best Reviews “A compelling and fascinating supernatural tale that fans of Laurell K. “Briggs has created a believable alternative world populated with strong dynamite characters, deadly adversaries and cunningly laid plots that leave the reader looking for more.”-Monsters and Critics “In the increasingly crowded field of kick-ass supernatural heroines, Mercy stands out as one of the best.”- Locus “A full bore action adventure with heart.be prepared to read in one sitting because once you get going there is no good place to stop until tomorrow.”-SFRevu ![]() ![]() ![]() A goopy and gnarled dome became a sickly face. The gooey surface boiled and foamed as if a prehistoric substance. The vapor wafting from the stagnant pool smelled like the rancid rot from inside a carcass. Everything is connected-from the bricks in the walls to the hearts beating in their chests, all the secrets of Fountain Dead are finally unearthed. ![]() As romantic entanglements intensify, the paranormal activity escalates. Of course, Mark keeps his ghostly encounters to himself, all the while sinking deeper into the house’s dark, alluring, and ultimately terrifying history. Busy with the relocation and fitting in, Mark’s parents don’t see what’s unfolding around them-the way rooms and left behind objects seem alive with a haunted past. Mark is uprooted from his home and high school in the Twin Cities and forced to move with his family into a Victorian in Nowhere-ville. I LOVE this cover and I’m thrilled to host this reveal today, and tell you all about Theresa Braun’s first full-length novel, Fountain Dead! Theresa is also giving away a $25 Amazon Gift Card, so be sure to enter at the bottom! ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Clay Wilson, Gilbert Shelton and the rest of the Zap Comix crew. She was born and brought up in South Los Angeles and was a feminist figure in the underground comics movement of the 1970s, along with Crumb, S. To be fair, Farmer is more of a reemerging voice in comics. “Nobody else will ever do anything like that again.” “It’s a completely unique work,” he says. Her debut book, the 208-page illustrated memoir “Special Exits,” chronicling the slow, freaky decline and ultimate death of her elderly parents, comes out this monthfrom Fantagraphics carrying the enthusiastic endorsement of no less than R. The gentle, white-haired 71-year-old, whom you’d half expect to greet you at the door with a pan of steaming muffins, recently has emerged as one of the most provocative voices in the comics and graphic literature landscape. ![]() LOS ANGELES - Joyce Farmer is a surprise. ![]() ![]() Well, four of them anyway, which seems like a lot to me. What she has to say specifically about the music and the text is sharp, accurate, and telling she hears what takes place musically with unusual sensitivity.-The New York Review of Books"Īlthough I was an English major in college, and my primary mode of artistic connection has always been literature, I somehow ended up with a surprising number of musicologist friends. All music-lovers should read it, and cheer.OCO The WomenOCOs Review of BooksMcClary writes with a racy, vigorous, and consistently entertaining style. ![]() No review can do justice to the wealth of ideas and possibilities book presents. Exciting reading for adventurous students and staid professionals.OCO ChoiceOC Feminine Endings, a provocative OCysexual politicsOCO of Western classical or art music, rocks conservative musicology at its core. achievement borders on the miraculous.OCO The Village VoiceOC No one will read these essays without thinking about and hearing music in new and interesting ways. ![]() ![]() A groundbreaking collection of essays in feminist music criticism, this book addresses problems of gender and sexuality in repertoires ranging from the early seventeenth century to rock and performance art. ![]() |