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Intoxicating onley james5/22/2023 Her stories are filled with nuanced and emotionally-charged dialogues that bring her characters to life. She has a gift for creating characters that evoke strong emotions and connections with readers. It is also her ability to create believable, relatable characters and protagonists that has established such a strong trademark style through her writing. Her skillful writing imbues her stories with incredible depth and insight. Her stories are filled with compelling narratives and engaging plotlines. She creates stories that are entertaining, funny and heart-warming. She is renowned for her skill in crafting dynamic characters and protagonists. Martina McAtee, going under the pen-name of Onley James, is a highly-acclaimed American contemporary romance Young Adult author.
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Undercover princess5/22/2023 But, like these cartoons aimed at a younger demographic, Undercover Princess was rife with clichés, hanging plots, poor world-building, uninspired villains, lazy writing and absolute cringe. It really felt like I was watching Barbie Princess Charm School, but without the magic. Undercover Princess was entertaining, don’t get me wrong. Minor spoilers ahead~! Undercover Princess: Princesses, Castles, Evil Villains Oh My! And I feel really bad that I have to rate this so low. So, when I got a chance to review an ARC through the Kuala Lumpur Book Appreciation Club (KLBAC) on Facebook, I jumped immediately (it’s always a race to get YA arcs cause everyone wants them). Hi, book fam! Months ago, I requested an e-galley from Netgalley for Undercover Princess and was a little upset that I didn’t get a copy. You can always write a princess story but still be smart, unique and to use the most clichéd word on earth, interesting. But Avery, the title literally says princess and look at that synopsis, how could you have been fooled? Well, folks, I was. Take Barbie movies, throw in some Naughtiest Girl in School, a little bit of Gossip Girl, some Harry Potter, a sprinkle of Disney’s Descendants, some good old-fashioned Disney princesses and that’s what you get with Undercover Princess.
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Blood on the forge by william attaway5/22/2023 He died in Los Angeles while working on a script. Attaway moved to New York, published his first novel, 'Let Me Breathe Thunder' (1939), the story of two white vagrants traveling with a young Mexican boy, and quickly followed it with 'Blood on the Forge' (1941), about the fate of three African-American brothers in the Great Migration to the North.Īttaway never produced another novel, but went on to prosper as a writer of radio and television scripts, screenplays, and numerous songs, including the “Banana Boat Song (Day-O),” which was a hit for his friend Harry Belafonte.Ī resident for many years of Barbados, Attaway returned to the United States toward the end of his life. He then worked variously as a seaman, a salesman, a union organizer, and as part of the Federal Writers’ Project, where he made friends with Richard Wright. Rebelling against his middle-class origins, Attaway dropped out of the University of Illinois and spent some time as a hobo before returning to complete his college degree in 1936. William Attaway (1911–1986) was born in Mississippi, the son of a physician who moved his family to Chicago to escape the segregated South.Īttaway was an indifferent student in high school, but after hearing a Langston Hughes poem read in class and discovering that Hughes was black, he was inspired with an urgent ambition to write.
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The duty of genius ray monk5/22/2023 Then Robert began to sob." His mother then knocked the door: "Let me in Inez? Why won't you let me in? I know Robert is in there." Shortly afterwards Inez left for Italy with Robert's parting gift – a copy of Dostoevsky's The Idiot. "There they lay, tremulous with cold, afraid to do anything," wrote Fergusson. Back in Cambridge, Robert did his best to court Inez, which led to them both sharing a bed. His parents had brought along an old classmate from New York, Inez Pollak, as a putative cure for his depression. At the time he was studying with the Nobel-winning physicist Ernest Rutherford at the Cavendish Laboratory in Cambridge, but was horribly frustrated: the brilliant Harvard graduate was expected to attend undergraduate lectures and to learn basic lab skills instead of pursuing, as he ardently wanted, original research into the new physics captivating Europe's best minds. Oppenheimer was on his way to meet his parents, Julius and Ella, who had travelled from New York to meet their son because they were worried about his mental health.
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SBF Seeking by La Toya Hankins5/22/2023 James showcases triumph over tribulation and the will to continue forward with expressions of love we choose to continue expressing love and all its many forms no matter our past experiences. The dichotomy presented between loss and gain is something we all experience as people who are capable of loving. La Toya Hankins- Author of SBF Seeking and K-Rho: The Sweet Taste of Sisterhood"ĭonovan James' latest book, "The Endless In-Between", is a deeply personal collection of works with a narrative held together by themes of heartbreak and healing. A worthwhile reading experience from an exceptional talent." James's willingness to mine his life for prose that soar elevate this collection. His turns of phrases captures universal experience of unappreciated love and awakening acknowledgement of the value of claiming your worth without waiting to be given permission by others. "James takes the reader on a lyrical ride of self-appreciation that challenges the reader's senses.
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Reckless friend of the devil5/22/2023 This discovery leads Ethan down a dangerous path. While watching movies at Ethan’s movie theatre, his new love sees her long missing step sister in an old B movie. Having been numbed by life’s circumstances, this new relationship opens him up. In this newest novel, he meets a woman while investigating a possibly faked death. Having once worked for the FBI, he now lives in an old movie theatre given to him by a client. With the most recent Reckless book, they tell a story of a time and place so specifically, the reader is practically transported to 1985 California.Įthan Reckless is a private detective of sorts. While they’ve swung from pulp superhero stories to Western tales to supernatural stories, they weave in their particular strain of noir storytelling. Each time one of their collaborations are announced, you know you are in for a solid tale. With Reckless: Friend Of The Devil, Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips continue to cement their place as a premiere creative team.
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Michael rowbotham the suspect5/22/2023 I especially liked how he portrayed the Scottish friend who had designs on our hero's wife. The narrator, Cripsin Redman does an excellent job with the voices for the various characters. In the process, there are enough twists in this book to keep mystery fans engaged. It is refreshing to join along with Mr O'Loughlin who has a credible background in something different than detective science as he attempts to unravel the strands of a perplexing murder. Although imperfect, this psychologist is capable of some deep insights into human nature giving us a different perspective than the traditional hard ass cop protagonist. He makes some bad choices and they come back to haunt him tenfold in this mystery/thriller set in England. (I'm following a few of those) Instead we have Joseph O'Loughlin who is a flawed psychologist. The good news is that there are eight more books to look forward to in this series that is not driven by another flawed detective. This was a rewarding accidental discovery for me.
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Insurrections by Rion Amilcar Scott5/22/2023 In Insurrections, Rion Amilcar Scott's lyrical prose authentically portrays individuals growing up and growing old in an African American community. Raw, edgy, and unrelenting yet infused with forgiveness, redemption, and humor, the stories in this collection explore characters suffering the quiet tragedies of everyday life and fighting for survival. The white pieces go first so they got an advantage over the black pieces." These are just a few glimpses into the world of the residents of the fictional town of Cross River, Maryland, a largely black settlement founded in 1807 after the only successful slave revolt in the United States. A chess match between a girl and her father turns into a master class about life, self-realization, and pride: "Now hold on little girl. A man seeking to save his estranged, drug-addicted brother from the city's underbelly confronts his own mortality. A suicidal father looks to an older neighbor-and the Cookie Monster-for salvation and sanctuary as his life begins to unravel.
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Slowly slowly sloth5/22/2023 In 2002, Eric and his wife, Barbara, cofounded The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art (in Amherst, Massachusetts, a 40,000-square-foot space dedicated to the celebration of picture books and picture book illustrations from around the world, underscoring the cultural, historical, and artistic significance of picture books and their art form. In 2003, Carle received the Laura Ingalls Wilder Award (now called the Children’s Literature Legacy Award) for lifetime achievement in children's literature. Carle illustrated more than seventy books, many best sellers, most of which he also wrote, and more than 170 million copies of his books have sold around the world. His best-known work, The Very Hungry Caterpillar, has been translated into 70 languages and sold over 55 million copies. Eric Carle is acclaimed and beloved as the creator of brilliantly illustrated and innovatively designed picture books for very young children.
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The dog stars by peter heller5/22/2023 Stepping into seventeenth-century England, Julia becomes Mariana, a beautiful young woman struggling against danger and treachery, and battling a forbidden love for Richard de Mornay, handsome forebear of the present squire of Crofton Hall. As if Greywethers were a portal between worlds, she finds herself abruptly transported back in time. But Julia soon begins to suspect that more than coincidence has brought her there. Now, twenty-five years later, by some strange chance, she has just become the new owner of the sixteenth-century Wilshire farmhouse. The first time Julia Beckett saw Greywethers she was only five, but she knew at once that it was her house. From the winner of the Catherine Cookson Fiction Prize, this mesmerizing, suspenseful, and richly atmospheric tale of time travel draws us into the heart of a heroine we won't soon forget. |