![]() ![]() ![]() Gleichstein is a quantum physicist – and as everyone knows by now, quantum physics is a little like ordinary physics, except that you spend a little more time looking for your eyebrows! Von Gleichstein, the famed quantum physicist seen in “The Time Saving Agency” (book 2 in the Quantum Series by Christina Engela) and his little dog, Vluffy… and some mutant cockroaches, violins and a few “ozzer sings”.ĭr. ![]()
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![]() ![]() ![]() The local church congregation, including Dellarobia’s mother-in-law, Hester, embraces the butterflies’ arrival as a sign of grace. The butterflies have landed in Tennessee because their usual winter habitat in Mexico has been flooded out. Soon after, Dellarobia leads her sweet if dim husband, Cub, to the butterflies, and they become public knowledge. She skips the tryst, but her life changes in unexpected ways. ![]() Now 27, feeling stifled by the responsibility of two young children she loves and a husband she tolerates, Dellarobia is heading to her first adulterous tryst when she happens upon a forested valley taken over by a host of brilliant orange butterflies that appear at first like a silent fire. A young woman discovers her rural Tennessee community has been invaded by monarch butterflies in this effective tear-jerker cum environmental jeremiad from Kingsolver ( The Lacuna, 2009, etc.).Īt 17, English honor student Dellarobia thought she would escape a future of grim rural poverty by attending college. ![]() ![]() ![]() They all should have had emergency supplies on hand, but, really, who does? How many people in L.A. Some worst-case-scenario food for thought:Īgain, you can't just blame Tony, or even the whole tech industry, for not being prepared. forgotten in the more immediate disaster relief efforts, their regular supply drones aren’t coming, and their romantic illusion of remote off-the-grid living becomes horrifyingly real. ![]() bigfoot doesn’t stand on ceremony.Įven before the bigfoot threat, the group of let’s call them ‘isolation tourists’ find themselves unprepared for being completely cut off from the rest of the world. these furry/feathery refugees include birds and squirrels and bunnies but also a number of rarely-glimpsed bipedal apex predators who are forced out of the shadows of legend and into the midst of a tiny community of people who have chosen to live away from civilization and its amenities, but will come to miss it very much when sasquatch comes knocking. meanwhile, far from the frenzy of damage control and rescue operations, a different kind of drama is unfolding unobserved, as the eruption causes the local wildlife to flee to safety. ![]() rainier erupts after having lain dormant since 1894, chaos ensues as waves of lava and walls of fire engulf the volcano’s surrounding cities. ![]() Oooh, goodreads choice awards finalist for best horror 2020! what will happen? ![]() ![]() ![]() There are likely other reasons, of course, but that is the one they give out the most to my aunt and uncle – most likely because it is the reason that is easiest for my aunt and uncle to swallow. ![]() When asked, they often cite cost of living it’s expensive raising a child in the United States, even though both of them are financially well-off and are in stable careers. The idea of having kids, at least for them, is more a nebulous idea: maybe they will, but more likely they won’t. I can point to my own cousin as an example she and her husband have been married for more than five years now, and neither of them has any plans to have children. People may marry, it is true, but just because people are married does not necessarily mean they want to have children. More and more these days, people are choosing not to have children. ![]() Trigger warnings for this book can be found at the very bottom of this review. ![]() ![]() ![]() Then the story made itself into one of its characters and went walking.Īs the head librarian of Hell’s Unwritten Wing, it was Claire’s job to keep stories on their pages. Felt it had a purpose beyond words on a page. Most of the time the two parts were united in the books filling the Unwritten Wing’s stacks, but now and then a book woke up. Its words – the twisting, changing text on the page – and its story. There were two parts to any unwritten book. Her job is to care for and protect books, especially the unwritten ones, and sometimes return characters to their pages: This book, which is one of several “library” themed fantasies out recently, involves Claire, the librarian in Hell. So even though I wasn’t crazy about this book and will explain why, I think some of you might enjoy it anyway. However, there’s no such thing as an unbiased review, and I struggled through this book during the worst possible time for me to be reading a book with complicated angst. ![]() ![]() My experience of The Library of the Unwritten was one of disappointment. ![]() ![]() ![]() One of my client’s videos in the music genre has had 1.7 million views of his video on TeacherĬheck out examples of book trailers we’ve commission or distributed below or visit the Westwind We’ve have had terrific success with book trailers with some obtaining 77,000 views in a matter Which are carefully selected to attract interest and drive more traffic to your web site or your Amazon ![]() ![]() ![]() The book trailer on YouTube becomes searchable by key words here’s the best part, we’llĪdd it to more than 100 additional video sites online for even greater exposure.īesides the immediate visual impact another big benefit of a book trailer is how is improves search engine Westwind Communications will then post that book trailer on YouTube and. A video book trailer brings the book to life and gives the potential reader a sneak peak at the contents. One very effective tactic to promote and publicize your book is to create a “Book Trailer.”Ī book trailer is like a movie trailer in that it allows someone to preview a book both visually and viaĪudio. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() All Avery wants is her own room - her own space to be alone and make art. But she's tired of feeling squished by her six siblings! They're noisy and chaotic and the younger kids love her a little too much. She loves her neighborhood, school, and the end-of-summer fair she always goes to with her two best friends. From the powerhouse duo behind the instant bestseller Allergic comes a spirited new graphic novel about finding your own space… especially when you're in a family of nine!Įleven-year-old Avery Lee loves living in Hickory Valley, Maryland. ![]() ![]() ![]() Loyal in Love offers an inside look at an unforgettable time in England’s history and at the life of a queen whose story of devotion and bravery has gone untold for too long. ![]() As the royal couple watch the fall of Thomas Wentworth, first Earl of Strafford, the rise of Puritanism, and Englishmen fight Englishmen, they are undeterred in their dedication to each other and in their belief in the divine rights of king and queen even as spies lurk in their very own household. ![]() ![]() Henrietta is passionate about her faith, however, and soon politically powerful people, namely Oliver Cromwell and his Puritans, turn her loyalty to her religion into a focal point for civil war. Yet her new husband is a man of principle and integrity, and Henrietta and Charles fall deeply in love. Sent abroad, she finds herself living in a Protestant country that views her own faith Catholicism with deep suspicion. The daughter of Henry IV of France, Princess Henrietta Maria, becomes a pawn in a political strategy to stabilize relations between two countries when her father marries her to Charles I of England. ![]() ![]() They gave each character their own voice and personality, you could hear their emotions projected into their performances. ![]() I listened to the Audible edition, Keira Stevens and Troy Duran are wonderful narrators and voice performers. Aurora Rose Reynolds thank you for another great story and the emotional rollercoaster ride. There is never a dull moment in this book, there is drama, angst and some sweet romance. Loved how she handled his ex, not letting her get under her skin and not interfering with the kids emotions. I liked how she was with his boys, accepting them with open arms and being so supportive to their needs. ![]() These two were great together and for each other. Thankfully he saw the error of his ways and did not let his past experiences hold him back, he liked what he saw in her and went after her. December Mayson, a grade school teacher and book lover is instantly attracted to Gareth Black but she almost blew her chance with him. ![]() I loved these characters, the main and the secondary, and listening to the other books in this series is definitely in my future. I have had the pleasure to enjoy several of Aurora Rose Reynolds’s book, but this is my first from her Until series, I jumped right in and had no problem enjoying it as a stand-alone. ![]() I loved this everything about this book, from the author’s writing style to storylines and characters she created and most of all the narration, which brought the story and the characters to life. Fantastic Story & Narration□ Heartfelt & Sweet ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Army Signal Corps promptly began recruiting them. Pershing needed telephone operators who could swiftly and accurately connect multiple calls, speak fluent French and English, remain steady under fire, and be utterly discreet, since the calls often conveyed classified information.Īt the time, nearly all well-trained American telephone operators were women-but women were not permitted to enlist, or even to vote in most states. He immediately found himself unable to communicate with troops in the field. In June 1917, General John Pershing arrived in France to establish American forces in Europe. Chiaverini weaves the intersecting threads of these brave women’s lives together, highlighting their deep sense of pride and duty.”- Kirkus Reviews ![]() “An eye-opening and detailed novel about remarkable female soldiers. Army Signal Corps, who broke down gender barriers in the military and battled a pandemic as they helped lead the Allies to victory. From New York Times bestselling author Jennifer Chiaverini, a bold, revelatory novel about one of the great untold stories of World War I-the women of the U.S. ![]() |
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