![]() ![]() ![]() Tyson Hesse's (Amazing World of Gumball, Bravest Warriors) visually stunning graphic novel examines the importance of family, responsibility, and heroism, all set in a grand, new world! Includes the first 4 issues of Tyson Hesse's Diesel comic series, as well as over 80 pages of new, original content. Her greatest challenge will be to look beyond her family legacy and create a destiny of her own choosing. Tyson Hesse’s (Amazing World of Gumball, Bravest Warriors) visually stunning graphic novel examines the importance of family, responsibility, and heroism, all set in a grand, new world Includes the first 4 issues of Tyson Hesse's Diesel comic series, as well as over 80 pages of new, original content. With only her broken-down robot companion and a mysterious flying engine to help her, Dee is sent on a sky-bound journey that will take her from the darkest wastelands below the clouds to the brightest capital of her world. When a long-lost army suddenly appears from beneath the clouds, one impulsive decision made by Dee will change her destiny forever. Whats to Love: Weve been big fans of Tyson Hesse ever since we first discovered his webcomic Boxer Hockey. The first-ever original graphic novel spawning out of Tyson Hesse's Diesel, Hesse's popular "punk motif"-inspired, coming-of-age story about Diandra "Dee" Diesel, her mysterious flying engine, and the airship colony she lives on, Peacetowne. ![]()
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![]() This gets her the nickname ‘Bloody Jack’. She kills a plunderer who attempts to murder one of the crew-mates after boarding the ship. Soon, she becomes skilled as a sailor and manages to hide the fact that she is a girl. Faber also becomes quite good at fighting. As the ship pursues the deadly pirates, she adapts to the ways of the sea rather quickly. ![]() She hides her ability to read, hops aboard the ‘HMS Dolphin’, and embarks on a sea voyage. When its leader is murdered, she puts on his clothes, cuts her hair, and poses as a young boy. Yet, she has a strong liking for adventure and riches. As she has lost her parents because of the plague, she is no stranger to tragedy. ![]() She is portrayed as a charismatic young girl who is forced to be on her own after being orphaned. The series begins with Faber’s adventures on London’s mean streets. With the release of the first book, he was successful in reaching out to the young adult audience. Meyer had tried to present the book in a manner that was relatable as well as easily accessible. It gave readers a glimpse into the life of Mary Faber. This book series originally came out on the 6th of June 2012. The series became extremely popular among many readers and comprised a total of 12 books. The series chronicles her life on the sea and beyond as this young heroine gradually progresses into her adulthood. ![]() The setting of the series is 19th-century London. Meyer and falls within the young adult historical genre. The Bloody Jack series revolves around the character of an orphan named Mary Faber. ![]() ![]() ![]() He enrolls in the Stanford Prison Experiment, where he learns about how people act when given power over others. ![]() After several engagements, they finally get married.ĭouglas Pavlicek is orphaned as a teenager and needs money. She accepts but changes her mind soon after that engagement. ![]() They both act in a production of Macbeth, then Ray proposes to her. Ray Brinkman and Dorothy Cazaly begin dating. He had an interest in nature and eventually went on to study psychology at college. She grows up to be an engineer and travels the world because of her job, but she has trouble dealing with the aftermath of her father’s suicide.Īdam Appich grew up as a loner. Her father takes her and her sisters on trips to national parks in America, which helps them bond as a family. Mimi Ma is the daughter of a Chinese immigrant. The insurance money allows him to stay on the farm and create art pieces about the chestnut tree planted by his ancestors. The book won the Pulitzer Prize for fiction in 2019.Ī young man returns to his home for Christmas, only to find that his family had died in a gas leak. ![]() It tells the story of several environmentalists and their struggles to make people hear their message about saving the environment. The Overstory is a novel by Richard Powers. 1-Page Summary of The Overstory Overall Summary ![]() ![]() “Yours” is reprinted here by permission of the Wylie Agency. I was attracted to the format and thought it was pretty funny, but I couldnt quite grok what the author. His new novel, The Slippage, is out in May. I remember encountering Why Did I Ever when it was new. She lives in Gainesville, Florida, where she teaches at the writing program at the University of Florida.īen Greenman is an editor at The New Yorker and the author of several acclaimed books of fiction, including Superbad, Please Step Back, and What He’s Poised To Do. She has been a contributor to The New Yorker since 1977 and is the recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship, two Pushcart Prizes, the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Fiction and an O.Henry Award. Her most recent book, One D.O.A., One on the Way was a New York Times Notable Book. Mary Robison is the author of four story collections and three acclaimed novels. ![]() He was moving up and back in a cushioned glider, pushed by the ball of his slippered foot.Īllison lowered a big pumpkin and let it rest on the porch floor. She found Clark in the twilight on the twig- and leaf-littered porch, behind the house. ![]() ALLISON STRUGGLES AWAY FROM HER WHITE RENAULT, limping with the weight of the last of the pumpkins. ![]() ![]() The book features Charlie Muir, a young homosexual misfit that grew up in foster care being emotional, verbally, and physically mistreated-a past that leaves him feeling unwanted, unloved, and unappreciated. So this IS a Lambda winner! This is how it's doneįelice Stevens penned the brutality of denial of the heart and a person's true self in writing 'The Ghost and Charlie Muir'. I plan to explore the other works of both this author and this narrator. ![]() I couldn't imagine being such a big fan of LBGT paranormal romance but here I am, owning it. Love is love, and great writing is great writing. I should note that I am a straight, married woman and I freaking loved this book. ![]() ![]() I want to know that there will be some humor, natural-sounding dialog and story that makes sense. There's a level of trust that I need when I listen to a book. Second, I'm so excited that Felice Stevens is a great storyteller. He does two different men's voices with enough distinction that there was never any question as to who was speaking. I feel so fortunate to have discovered Matt Haynes as one of my favorite new narrators. If the narrator is not completely committed (and talented), I don't care how great the book is - I'm out. I'm such a picky reader/listener, and I'm thrilled to have discovered this fantastic book. ![]() This book is a romance novel between two men that gets a little spicy at times, with a paranormal twist. ![]() ![]() ![]() Williamson is a 1979 graduate of Pacific High School in San Leandro, California, and played trumpet in its jazz band. ![]() On his book, East Bay Grease, a journalist at the New York Times wrote, the "prose cuts loose in torrid rhythms that evoke the peril and exuberance of jazz." His style in this book has also led the work to be called "an internal combustion novel." Personal life Williamson is currently Professor of Creative Writing at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley and was previously an associate professor of English at the Central Missouri State University.Ī former student of the fiction writer Donald Barthelme, Williamson has met critical success as a novelist. Eric Miles Williamson (born June 20, 1961) is an American novelist and literary critic, former member of the Board of Directors of the National Book Critics Circle, and former editor of American Book Review, Boulevard, and Texas Review. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The Unexpected Everything by Morgan MatsonĪ Court of Mist and Fury by Sarah J. The Fate of the Tearling by Erika Johansen The Upside of Unrequited by Becky AlbertalliĪ Court of Wings and Ruin by Sarah J. ![]() MaasĬhildren of Blood and Bone by Tomi AdeyemiĪ Court of Frost and Starlight by Sarah J. Kingdom of Ash (Throne of Glass #7) by Sarah J. The Wicked King (Folk of the Air #2) by Holly Black King of Scars (Nikolai Duology #1) by Leigh Bardugo The Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon Sakavic knows how to write scenes that had me shaking and feeling ill and finally relieved. Red, White and Royal Blue by Casey McQusiton The King's Men (2000) by Nora Sakavic (Favorite Author) 4.44 of 5 Votes: 4 languge English genre Romance series All for the Game review 1: The most action packed of the All For The Game Series and possibly the most emotionally wrenching. ![]() You Should See Me in a Crown by Leah JohnsonĪurora Rising by Jay Kristoff & Amie Kaufman Need help remembering the events in a book? The folks at Recaptains and Book Series Recaps can help!Īny post with a spoiler in the title will be removed.Īny comment with a spoiler that doesn't use the spoiler code will be removed.Īny user with an extensive history of spoiling books will be banned. Book suggestions, discussions, and questions are definitely encouraged! January Book Club Discussion: A Sky Beyond the Storm (An Ember in the Ashes #4) by Sabaa Tahir Young Adult literature isn't exclusive to only young adults, so here's a place for both the young and the young at heart to discuss books, news, movies based on books, and everything else related to YA. ![]() ![]() ![]() "It speaks to us in extremis," says Sean Mathias, director of the new UK production. There is no drama more stripped down and essential than Godot, whose mysteries Beckett refused to elucidate beyond "the laughter and the tears". It is a moment for introspection and stripping down to bare essentials. Consumerism is on the retreat, and the acquisition of material objects is a dead end. Where there was certainty, there is now doubt and angst. Another towering human structure, capitalism, is trembling at the foundations. "The light gleams an instant, then it's night once more." But it is also funny and poetic, and reveals humanity's talents for stoicism, companionship and keeping going. As a modernist existential meditation it can at first appear bleak: "They give birth astride of a grave," says Pozzo. ![]() Waiting for Godot seems to have a unique resonance during times of social and political crisis. Man on Wire, the Oscar-winning documentary about Philippe Petit's high-wire walk between New York's Twin Towers in 1974, has been described as the most powerful 9/11 film yet made, precisely because it does not mention 9/11. ![]() But often the most eloquent response is the most indirect. Does theatre have a purpose when the world's financial system is in downturn, or rather recession, or rather depression? There may be a play to come that will dissect the avarice, incompetence and structural causes of the malaise. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Thanks to Glee clips on TikTok and the series’ current streaming status on Hulu, viewers are either discovering her or falling in love with her all over again.īut the actress’s current CV extends far beyond the realm of nostalgia. She’s had a successful string of acting roles in recent years, starting with 2020’s cult favorite, Shiva Baby, which sparked a wave of creativity for Agron and simultaneously introduced her to a whole new audience. As Quinn Fabray, the blonde head cheerleader with a husky contralto singing voice, Dianna Agron turned a character that could have been a one-dimensional mean girl into a sympathetic, layered human being-and left a lasting impression on a generation of television viewers.Īt 37, Agron is stepping into the spotlight again-not that she ever left. Ryan Murphy’s campy, high school musical dramedy Glee permanently altered the face of pop culture when it first aired on Fox in 2009. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Salinger's Holden Caulfield.A darn good book." "The most authentic young voice since J.D. Jim DeRogatis, pop music critic, Chicago Sun-Times From the opening sentence to the very last word, Hairstyles of the Damned held me in his grip." "Joe Meno writes with the energy, honesty, and emotional impact of the best punk rock. "Captures both the sweetness and sting of adolescence with unflinching honesty." "Captures the loose, fun, recklessness of midwestern punk." "A funny, hard-rocking first-person tale of teenage angst and discovery." "Meno gives his proverbial coming-of-age tale a punk-rock edge, as seventeen-year-old Chicagoan Brian Oswald tries to land his first girlfriend.Meno ably explores Brian's emotional uncertainty and his poignant youthful search for meaning.His gabby, heartfelt, and utterly believable take on adolescence strikes a winning chord." Included in MTV.com's "These 17 Music-Themed YA Books Could Be Your Life"Ī selection of the Barnes & Noble Discover Great New Writers Program. ![]() |