![]() I struggled to buy this actually happening in real life, and while normally in Kinsella's books this is charming in a makes-you-feel-good way, I just rolled my eyes. I wanted to see her actually learn a lesson, and not just have a pretty package handed to her. I also felt like the ending had too smooth of a resolution. However, when she did, this fell flat due to her selfishness, causing me to feel even more frustrated with her. Throughout most of this book, I just wanted Rebecca to get a job in retail-it was obvious that she could be very enthusiastic about products and prices. ![]() She was extremely hypocritical and though I could see that she was good with people, I didn't really like her. As I'm extremely frugal and save every single cent possible, I found it hard to relate to the retail theory she continued to give herself. I was really frustrated with Rebecca's character. While I've loved every other Kinsella book I've read, I didn't enjoy the plot of this book and found it to be rather superficial. ![]()
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![]() ![]() ![]() There wasn't much of a courtship at all, no real falling into love they were just suddenly there (and even then it seemed pretty mild). Even his 'soul revealing' moment at the very end of the book was just a sad, almost exact, retelling of the information we'd already gotten at the beginning. Also the man seemed quite unique at the start, and I was curious how he would play out, but he ended up just 'meh'. The rest of the book she seemed dissatisfied over one thing or another, even when she came from almost nothing and was just showered with nearly everything she ever wanted at every turn. I liked that the heroine didn't cower when she was placed in intimidating circumstances in the beginning, but that was about the last time I enjoyed her character. There wasn't anything horrid in it, just nothing that particularly engaged any care from me. I've quite liked several books from Balogh, but this one was a miss for me. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Harboring a desire, at heart, to change the Constitution itself. Attempting to institute voucher programs to "get out of the business of public education." Increasing corporatization of higher education. Decrying " socialized medicine." Trying to end Social Security using dishonest vocabulary like "strengthened." Lionizing Lenin. Obscuring census data to give "conservative districts more than their fair share of representation." Preventing access to the vote. We've addressed the issue in an Ombudsman column, which you can find here. 28: NPR is aware that questions were raised about Nancy MacLean's scholarship after the publication of Democracy in Chains. Your purchase helps support NPR programming. Close overlay Buy Featured Book Title Democracy in Chains Subtitle The Deep History of the Radical Right's Stealth Plan for America Author Nancy MacLean ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() She lives with her family in Carson City, Nevada, where she has founded Ventana Sierra, a nonprofit youth housing and resource initiative. Ellen Hopkins is the New York Times bestselling author of Crank, Burned, Impulse, Glass, Identical, Tricks, Fallout, Perfect, Triangles, Tilt, and Collateral. Ellen Hopkins is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of numerous young adult novels, as well as the adult novels such as Triangles, Collateral, and Love Lies Beneath. A neat way to work with ceramics and glass is to use glass beads, as the colors are strong and they are a good size and soft round shape. ![]() ![]() I was seriously captivated from page one – To Ride Pegasus hits the ground running and starts right at Henry’s car accident, and the quick pace continues throughout the book. The last two stories, Apple and A Bridle for Pegasus, continue with Dave’s excursions and the new Talents he finds. A Womanly Talent moves forward in time as Daffyd (Dave) op Owen, the director of the now-established East American Parapsychic Center, tries to get a bill passed in order to get professional immunity for Talents registered with the Center. They realize that there are probably other people in the world who have super powers too, so they set forth to establish the first Center for the Talented: the North American Parapsychic Center. ![]() ![]() By chance (or destiny?), both of them happen to be aware that they have mind-based super powers, which could be detected by the hospital’s “Goosegg”, the latest high-tech super-sensitive EEG machine. In the first story, To Ride Pegasus, Henry Darrow, an astrologer, meets Molly Mahony, a nurse at the hospital where Henry landed after getting into a car accident. ![]() To Ride Pegasus is a collection of four short stories that take place during the installment of the North and East American Parapsychic Centers. Category: ( Adult Fiction) Science Fiction ![]() ![]() The story centres on Alice, a young girl who falls asleep in a meadow and dreams that she follows the White Rabbit down a rabbit hole. ![]()
![]() ![]() I read and reviewed Airhead, the first book in the series, in 2010 (you can find my review at the bottom of this post). Whenever I start reviewing a series on the blog, I feel that I need to review the following books too (if I don’t drop the series, of course!) Which is why today I decided to feature books 2 and 3 in the Airhead series for Retro Friday. Series : Book 2 & 3 in the Airhead series Genre : YA, Fiction with a touch of science-fiction ![]() Everyone is welcome to join in at any time! This can be an old favorite, an under-the-radar book you think deserves more attention, something woefully out of print, etc. ![]() Retro Friday is a meme hosted at Angieville and focuses on reviewing books from the past. Posted by Kay on 2:32 pm in 3 stars reads, 3.5 stars reads | 2 comments Home » 3 stars reads » Retro Friday Review : Being Nikki & Runaway Retro Friday Review : Being Nikki & Runaway ![]() ![]() ![]() But the last person the thirty-year-old librarian expects to see staying next door is her ex-husband, Boyz, along with his wife, Autumn, and stepdaughter, Willow.ĭarcy must also navigate the highs and lows of a new romantic relationship with local carpenter Nash Forester even as she becomes smitten with handsome vacationer Clive Rush, a musicologist in town to write a book and visit family. It’s also Darcy’s chance to hit the beach and meet her new summertime neighbors. ![]() ![]() For year-round resident Darcy Cotterill, it means late-night stargazing in the backyard of the beautiful house she grew up in and inherited from her beloved grandmother. Memorial Day weekend means that seasonal visitors have descended on the glamorous island of Nantucket. “The queen of beach books” ( The Star-Ledger) returns to the shores of Nantucket in a novel about one memorable summer when flirtations flourish, family dramas play out, and scandalous secrets surface. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() I collaborated with him to write a book about his adventurers on Earth. For those of you who don't believe in UFOs and extraterrestrials, I had the privilege a while back of meeting Appleton the alien from the Omega Star Cluster. 'GREETINGS EARTHLINGS, My name is Appleton and I come from the planet Reginta.' (youtube promo videos: bit.ly/1CET50n, bit.ly/1Jtk8DB) It's a 'what if' story of Queen Elizabeth II having a son born in 1950 instead of a daughter, and he is later kidnapped and then found almost 50 years later (one tiny little spoiler: he eventually meets his mother the Queen, and she finds out he works for an organized crime mob!). ![]() My previous book, 'The Royal Kidnapping', is my first attempt at a mystery thriller. ![]() (youtube promo videos: bit.ly/1BLw0Os, bit.ly/1LO6ZCu) My latest book, 'NSA Wormhole Project' is a new book involving wormhole travel and discoveries involving both medieval people and a mysterious race living on a far away planet. It's about a person who survives 50,000 years and wakes up in the future. (youtube promo videos: bit.ly/1dnGkR4, bit.ly/1HnuYKW) I would love to know what life would be like in the future, so I wrote: I have written mostly science fiction books in the past, and I write about things I'm passionate about. ![]() ![]() ![]() Summoning the same iron will it has taken to dig this company out of the trenches, I grasp the handle, yank the door open, and fling myself inside, attempting the element of surprise. My dead husband’s ghost better not be inside, or heaven help me, I’ll kill Brett again myself. I repeat that truth like a chant until my heart slows to a semi-normal pace. It’s barely hanging on, even after four generations of clinging to life making Irish whiskey in New Orleans. And my parents are seven hundred miles away in Florida, living it up as retirees on the monthly payments I send them from the dismal profits of the distillery. I freeze outside the door to my locked office and stare at the handle like it’s tainted with anthrax. Ruthless King is the first book in the Mount Trilogy. ![]() Keira Kilgore, you’re now the property of Lachlan Mount. She doesn’t know she caught my attention. ![]() I don’t need to lend money to a failing family distillery, but it amuses me to have them in my debt. My reach knows no bounds, and my demands are always met. You don’t know my name, but I control everything you see-and all the things you don’t. ![]() |