![]() ![]() I found virtually unanimous admiration for ![]() Along that brick road paved with yellowed clippings and golden rules, I spoke to various people inside and outside the theater world to gauge the temperature of their interest in the subject and test the tenor of their perceptions. ![]() The person you meet at the end can't help being dwarfed by the reputation that precedes him in the form of controversy and celebration, Pulitzer Prizes and bad reviews. To interview Albee, as I recently did, is to encounter an icon of American culture, and preparing for the experience turns out to be a little bit like approaching the Wizard of Oz. I have never met anyone who has only one feeling about Edward Tiny Alice trumpets quotes from those who denounce the author as well as those who hail him as "the most distinguished playwright in the history of American theatre." For book jacket copy, this is a rare instance of truth-in-advertising. With a kind of perverse pride, the 1970 paperback edition of ![]()
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![]() ![]() ![]() Is Lucy at her wit's end? Or can it be that the Bodie Island Lighthouse really is haunted? Meanwhile, very strange things are happening at the library-haunted horses are materializing in the marsh, the lights seem to have an eerie life of their own, and the tiny crew of a model ship appears to move around when no one is watching. ![]() Now, it's up to Lucy Richardson and her fellow librarians to bone up on their detective skills and discover who is responsible for this wicked Halloween homicide. Unfortunately, while the library is hosting a lecture on ghostly legends, Jay becomes one of the dearly departed in the rare books section. Wealthy businessman Jay Ruddle is considering donating his extensive collection of North Carolina historical documents to the Bodie Island Lighthouse Library, but the competition for the collection is fierce. Halloween in North Carolina's Outer Banks becomes seriously tricky when librarian Lucy Richardson stumbles across something extra unusual in the rare books section: a dead body. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() "More engaging than any new fiction in years." " Knockemstiff is a powerful, remarkable, exceptional book." Donald Ray Pollock presents his characters and the sordid goings-on with a stern intelligence, a bracing absence of value judgments, and a refreshingly dark sense of bottom-dog humor. A psychotic rural recluse comes upon two siblings committing incest and feels compelled to take action. A father pumps his son full of steroids so he can vicariously relive his days as a perpetual runner-up body builder. Spanning a period from the mid-sixties to the late nineties, the linked stories that comprise Knockemstiff feature a cast of recurring characters who are irresistibly, undeniably real. Knockemstiff is a genuine entry into the literature of place. "More engaging than any new fiction in years." -Chuck Palahniuk An unforgettable work of fiction that peers into the soul of a tough Midwestern American town to reveal the sad, stunted but resilient lives of its residents. Pollock grabs by the throat and doesn't let go-"Kirkus." About the Book "A debut collection of terrifying, darkly funny stories concerning the drug-addled, beaten-down inhabitants of a southern Ohio holler called Knockemstiff. ![]() ![]() ![]() As my world burned down around me, he offered me a choice. ![]() ![]() One night, and my entire life went up in flames. Katee Robert is a master of story telling and without a doubt she’ll make you fall in love with the Devil himself. ![]() I am so beyond excited for more books in this series and all falling in love with villains I’m going to do. I couldn’t have predicted being so obsessed with a villain but here we are. I never imagined I’d actually be screaming for Jafar to win and take Jasmine all for himself. I knew I’d absolutely love her from page one but she earned all of my respect by the end of the story. Jasmine is my one true Queen and I’d lay myself down and ask her to walk all over me. I was left shocked to the bone because I didn’t fully process what happened but I always wanted to read more and more. Who knew I’d be this hot for Jafar and his twisted ways? Apparently, Katee did because she hit the nail right on the head with this outstanding story. No matter how exciting every prospect is with him, she is determined to earn her freedom at any cost. She lost to him and now she’ll pay the price. Jasmine gambled on her life with the most dangerous man she knew, Jafar. ![]() ![]() ![]() a high-energy series starter that's plenty of fun." -Booklist ![]() but spooky and with an Instagram-model-hot character for good measure."- Cosmopolitan ![]() And all before the parents get home.Ī New York Public Library Best Book of the Year Turns out, Esme and Cassandra have more in common than they think, and they're about to discover what being a babysitter really means: a heroic lineage of superpowers, magic rituals, and saving the innocent from seriously terrifying evil. The answer lies in a mysterious note Cassandra's mother left her: "Find the babysitters. So why is Cassandra willing to do anything, even take on a potty-training two-year-old, to join Esme's babysitters club? ![]() She's Instagram-model hot, dresses like she found her clothes in a dumpster, and has a rebellious streak as gnarly as the cafeteria cooking. Let's just say she owes some people a new tree.Įnter Cassandra Heaven. Besides, Esme likes babysitting, and she's good at it.Īnd lately Esme needs all the cash she can get, because it seems like destruction follows her wherever she goes. She knows it's kinda lame, but what else is she supposed to do? Get a job? Gross. Seventeen-year-old Esme Pearl has a babysitters club. The Babysitter's Club meets Buffy the Vampire Slayer in this funny, action-packed novel about a coven of witchy babysitters who realize their calling to protect the innocent and save the world from an onslaught of evil. For Better or Cursed (The Babysitters Coven #2) – BookaliciousMY ![]() ![]() ![]() Holder, his twin Lesslie and Sky knew each other when they were kids, but when Sky was five, she was kidnapped, and had never been found. ![]() After some initial hurdles, they’re in a steady relationship.īut one horrible day, Sky uncovers things that Holder has hidden from her. Her best friend Six leaves to Italy on a student exchange program, she joins high school in senior year and finds out that its just as horrible as everyone said it was, meets Breckin who becomes a great friend… And Holder enters her life. The year she turns 17 is a year of a lot of changes. When she was five, Karen adopted her, and other than the slight but negligible inconvenience of being raised by a technophobe and a health nut, and having virtually no friends (she was homeschooled), it’s been a pretty great life. Sky has lived an unusual but very happy life. If you can’t remember what happened in Hopeless and you need a refresher, then you’re in the right place. Read a full summary of Hopeless by Colleen Hoover below. ![]() ![]() ![]() In December 1999, the Italian activists who had launched the Luther Blissett Project in 1994 decided to discontinue usage of the name by committing symbolic ritual suicide, or seppuku. Sporadic appearances of Luther Blissett have been also noted in Canada, the United States, Finland, and Brazil.įor reasons that remain unknown, though according to one former member the decision was based purely on the perceived comic value of the name, the pseudonym was borrowed from a real-life Luther Blissett, a notable association football player, who played for A.C. From Bologna the multiple-use name spread to other European cities, such as Rome and London, as well as countries such as Germany, Spain, and Slovenia. ![]() ![]() ![]() The pseudonym first appeared in Bologna, Italy, in mid-1994, when a number of cultural activists began using it for staging a series of urban and media pranks and to experiment with new forms of authorship and identity. Luther Blissett is a multiple-use name, an " open pop star" informally adopted and shared by hundreds of artists and activists all over Europe and the Americas since 1994. Collective pseudonym used by cultural activists ![]() ![]() ![]() It’s not even past.” For Leonardo Gemetti, one of the novel’s central characters, his past as a Fascist participant is never forgotten by Lunetto’s residents, and when his return is revealed publicly, physical and emotional consequences ensue. His work has been widely translated and anthologized, and he has taught at Columbia University, Manhattanville College, and The State University of New York.Īs I read The Swallows of Lunetto, I couldn’t help but think of Faulkner’s often-quoted phrase, “The past is never dead. His honors include the Cider Press Review Book Award, the Rattle Poetry Prize, and a nomination for the Poets’ Prize, “awarded annually for the best book of verse published by a living American poet two years prior to the award year.” His first album of original songs, The Wind that Knows the Way, was released in 2022. His novels include The Swallows of Lunetto (Maudlin House, 2022) and The Dark Heart of Every Wild Thing (Platypus Press, 2020). ![]() ![]() His books of poetry include The Crossing (Cider Press Review, 2018), Vincent (2015), Inheritance (2014), and Fugue for Other Hands (2013). Joseph Fasano is an American poet, novelist, and songwriter. ![]() ![]() While at odds over the use of their powers, they are both hunted by an immortal queen even older and more dangerous than themselves. Former lovers Ramses and Cleopatra have been resurrected by the same ancient elixir. The sequel and the original novel combine elements of the adventure, horror, supernatural thriller, historical romance, and erotica. A third jointly-authored novel in this series, Ramses the Damned: The Reign of Osiris, was released on February 1, 2022, two months after Anne Rice's death. It a sequel to Anne Rice's 1989 novel The Mummy, or Ramses the Damned. ![]() Ramses the Damned: The Passion of Cleopatra is a historical horror novel by American writers Anne Rice and her son Christopher Rice, published by Anchor Books on November 21, 2017. Ramses the Damned: The Passion of Cleopatra ![]() ![]() ![]() In the lead up to their grandparents' wedding, Crystal discovers there’s a soft heart under Scott’s muscled exterior. But after a series of escalating jabs, the last thing they expect is to run into each other at their grandparents' engagement party. Sparks fly as these ultra-competitive foes battle for gym domination. After her recent breakup, she has little stamina left for men, instead finding solace in the gym – her place of power and positivity.Įnter firefighter Scott Ritchie, the smug new gym patron who routinely steals her favorite squat rack. SheReads' Best Romance Books Coming in 2022Ī gym nemesis pushes a fitness influencer to the max in Amy Lea’s steamy debut romantic comedy.Ĭurvy fitness influencer Crystal Chen built her career shattering gym stereotypes and mostly ignoring the trolls. ![]() |