![]() ![]() Telepathic bipedal/quadripedal feline aliens that create intimate mental and physical links… and a war with a strange feline xenophobic lizard species? Toss in a human colonist woman who was victimized by the lizard aliens and bonds with a male Sholan, the first interspecies bonding ever? A big favorite early on was Lisanne Norman’s Sholan Alliance worlds. ![]() From the first time I read about aliens, and alien worlds, I was hooked. The lure of science fiction has held me in its grasp for a long time. First off, let me thank Andy for inviting me to his blog again! This time I talk about my general love for science fiction! Don’t forget to leave a comment to be entered to win my contest! I’ll be offering a $10 Amazon gift card to one commenter! But don’t forget to leave your email, because if I can’t contact you, you can’t win! ![]()
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![]() ![]() He’ll board the Gorison Traveler with his crewmates, and fight the Ke’ters, but the longer he spends on the huge Earth vessel, the greater a distraction Vivian becomes. The attractive female who contacts him looks terrified, and needs his help. It’s all on her to try to rescue the crew.īrassi is a Veslor trader who picks up a distress signal from a nearby space vessel. Rushing from her quarters to get help from a control center, Vivian finds the station abandoned. The only way she gets a peek at the lizard-like race is when her brother opens a live camera feed during a meeting-a meeting that turns tragic when the Ke’ters attack the crew. The only problem? The commander won’t let her anywhere near the visiting Ke’ters aboard the ship. ![]() It’s the perfect job for someone who wants to learn everything about aliens. ![]() Vivian is a cultural specialist on the United Earth fleet ship Gorison Traveler. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() With worlds built just as fast as they crumble, love and war collide in an all-out battle that will leave no question unanswered and no heart untouched. In Josephine Angelini’s compelling conclusion to the masterfully woven Starcrossed trilogy, a goddess must rise above it all to change a destiny that’s been written in the stars. Still unsure whether she loves him or Orion, Helen is forced to make a terrifying decision, for war is coming to her shores. As the gods use the Scions against one another, Lucas’s life hangs in the balance. To make matters worse, the Oracle reveals that a diabolical Tyrant is lurking among them, which drives a wedge between the once-solid group of friends. But the gods are angry, and their thirst for blood already has a body count. ![]() After accidentally unleashing the gods from their captivity on Olympus, Helen must find a way to re-imprison them without starting a devastating war. ![]() ![]() May 2010: Sucks to Be Me by Kimberly Pauley.March 2015: My Secret Guide to Paris by Lisa Schroeder.March 2011: The Body Finder series by Kimberly Derting.March 2010: The Lonely Hearts Club by Elizabeth Eulberg. ![]()
![]() ![]() The Innocent is the first novel in David Baldacci's blockbuster Will Robie series. On the run from his own government and with everything on the line, does he need to change sides to save lives - including his own? In doing so, Robie finds himself becoming the target. Dispatched to kill a US government employee, he does the unthinkable when things don't add up - he refuses to pull the trigger. The odds were stacked against him, but that's never made a difference before.īut now he's facing the most difficult operation of his career. ![]() He's just returned from a covert assignment in Edinburgh to neutralize a growing threat, having drawn upon all his expertise to complete his mission and disappear without a trace. He never questions his orders, and he never misses his mark. Master assassin Will Robie is the man the US government call to eliminate their most ruthless enemies at home or abroad. HE COULD NO LONGER REMEMBER THE NAMES OF ALL THE PEOPLE WHOSE LIVES HE HAD ENDED. The Innocent is another action-packed thriller from David Baldacci, one of the world's most popular writers. Americas best hitman was hired to kill-but when a D.C. ![]() ![]() ![]() From page one, I was hooked and ready to dub History is All You Left Me (referred to as HISTORY moving forward) my fave read of the year. How do you even begin a review for a book that made you feel so much? It’s been a while since I’ve read something with tears in my eyes, so thank you, Adam Silvera, for making me feel human. My Thoughts: Adam Silvera is the king of realistic YA fiction. If Griffin is ever to rebuild his future, he must first confront his history, every last heartbreaking piece in the puzzle of his life. He’s losing himself in his obsessive compulsions and destructive choices, and the secrets he’s been keeping are tearing him apart. But no matter how much they open up to each other, Griffin’s downward spiral continues. To make things worse, the only person who truly understands his heartache is Jackson. ![]() ![]() ![]() But now, the future he’s been imagining for himself has gone far off course. Even though Theo had moved to California for college and started seeing Jackson, Griffin never doubted Theo would come back to him when the time was right. When Griffin’s first love and ex-boyfriend, Theo, dies in a drowning accident, his universe implodes. ![]() ![]() Her second novel Rest and Be Thankful will be published by Bloomsbury. ![]() Her debut novel Peach was published by Bloomsbury in 2018, has been translated into seven languages and was long-listed for the International Dylan Thomas Prize. ![]() Agent: Niki Chang, The Good Literary Agency. Emma Glass was born in Wales in 1987 and is now based in London, where she writes and works as a children's nurse. The novel is visceral, and readers will keep turning the pages in fascinated dread. On long, quiet shifts, she and her colleagues, clad in their different shades of blue, care for sick babies, handling their exquisitely frangible bodies, carefully calibrating the mysterious machines that keep. Glass’s prose perfectly elicits the restless waking torment that drapes over Laura. In semi-waking moments, Laura begins seeing a haunting figure from her dreams: “in the pitch black her face shines sickly white, picked out by a shard of moonlight.” When Laura starts seeing the figure in the hospital whenever a death occurs on the ward, she worries she is going mad. You are drowning out the world with loud sounds and whisky,” Laura narrates in a second-person passage addressed to him). When Laura is not working in the ward, she is at home with her partner, a man who seems to not love her or want her near (“The television is blaring. While working night shifts in a neonatal ward in London, Laura and her colleagues swaddle infants, care for them in their first moments of life, and watch as sick babies die from incurable ailments. Glass ( Peach) delivers a slim, dreamy sophomore novel about a sleep-deprived nurse. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Order may come in multiple shipments, however you will only be charged a flat fee.Ģ-10 days after all items have arrived in the warehouse Items in order will be sent as soon as they arrive in the warehouse. Welcome to the world of Aadilor, where lords and ladies can be murderers and thieves, and the most alluring notes are often the deadliest. Larkyra and Darius must learn to trust each other if there is to be any hope of saving the people of Lachlan-and themselves. Soon she suspects Darius has his own motivations for ridding Lachlan of the corrupt duke. But her plans grow complicated when she finds herself drawn to Lord Darius Mekenna, Lachlan's rightful heir. Eager to prove herself, Larkyra accepts by posing as the duke's potential bride. ![]() ![]() When it's discovered the Duke of Lachlan is siphoning a poisonous drug from the Thief Kingdom and using it to abuse his tenants, Larkyra is offered her first solo mission to stop the duke. Larkyra Bassette may be the youngest of the Mousai, but when she sings her voice has the power to slay monsters. There, the mysterious Thief King reigns supreme with the help of the Mousai, a trio of revered and feared sorceresses. Many whisper of its existence, but few have found this place, where magic and pleasure abound. The Thief Kingdom is a place hidden within the world of Aadlior. From the award-winning author of the Dreamland series comes a new dark romantic fantasy about a young woman finding hope in her powers of destruction. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() When Esperanza and her family flee to California for a better life, they find themselves smack in the middle of the Great Depression, a staggering financial crisis that affected the entire globe, and whose effects in America resulted in the displacement of countless individuals as they fought one another for opportunities at farms and work camps across the nation. Esperanza’s wealthy rancher father’s death in an attack by “bandits,” then, is alluded to as a politically-motivated attack symbolically suggesting the hatred, jealousy, and anger that was directed at landowners at the time. The events of Esperanza Rising straddle two major historical moments of the 20th century, the first being the late years and fallout of the Mexican Revolution, which broke out in 1910 and introduced a period of rebellion, civil war, and struggle between the wealthy landowners and the impoverished masses of Mexico. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() In 1958, she won the Hans Christian Andersen Medal, the highest international award in childrens literature. Lindgren had a long, prolific career, writing more than 100 picture books, poems, short stories, plays, screenplays, and novels. It was followed by two sequels, Pippi Goes on Board and Pippi in the South Seas. Astrid Lindgren is best-known for her childrens book about the independent, strong, redheaded Pippi Longstocking. Her most famous and beloved book, Pippi Longstocking, was originally published in Swedish in 1950 and was later translated into many other languages. After college, she worked in a newspaper office and a Swedish publishing house. The New York Times About the Author Astrid Lindgren (1907-2002) was born in Sweden. But will Pippi and her friends really want to live on the island forever, never to return to Villa Villekulla? Any reappearance of the irrepressible Pippi Longstocking is cause for celebration. The island is fantastic and Pippi has one crazy adventure after another! Pippi is even made a princess-Princess Pippilotta. Book Synopsis When Pippis father, the king, sends for her, she decides to take her best friends Tommy and Annika with her to Kurrekurredutt Island. About the Book Translation of: Pippi Langstrump i Soderhavet. ![]() |