![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() If only I knew for sure what it is that he wants from me? īut the one he’s most threatening to, now, is me. And now it’s my job to keep his body working like a perfect machine, his taut muscles primed and ready to break the bones of his next opponents. When he’s near, I need to remind myself that I am strong–but he is stronger. I forget who I am, what I want, with just one look from him. He’s the star of the dangerous underground fighting circuit, and I’m drawn to him as I’ve never been drawn to anything in my life. Remington Tate is the strongest, most confusing man I’ve ever met in my life. One night was all it took, and I forgot everything and anything except the sexy fighter in the ring who sets my mind ablaze and my body on fire with wanting… Series Review: Is this series worth your time? Does it get better as the novels progress? Or does it get worse? Find out below: ![]()
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![]() ![]() And it all starts with what we eat-and don’t eat-for breakfast.Īs important as this subject is, this is not a book which will bring you any form of enlightenment. ![]() ![]() Only collective action will save our home and way of life. We have, he reveals, turned our planet into a farm for growing animal products, and the consequences are catastrophic. The task of saving the planet will involve a great reckoning with ourselves-with our all-too-human reluctance to sacrifice immediate comfort for the sake of the future. In We Are the Weather, Jonathan Safran Foer explores the central global dilemma of our time in a surprising, deeply personal, and urgent new way. Will future generations distinguish between those who didn’t believe in the science of global warming and those who said they accepted the science but failed to change their lives in response? But do those of us who accept the reality of human-caused climate change truly believe it? If we did, surely we would be roused to act on what we know. Some people reject the fact, overwhelmingly supported by scientists, that our planet is warming because of human activity. ![]() ![]() ![]() They would remain until the bark ran out, then travel north past the wolves’ territory and perhaps into the faerie lands of Prythian-where no mortals would dare go, not unless they had a death wish.Ī shudder skittered down my spine at the thought, and I shoved it away, focusing on my surroundings, on the task ahead. Here there were no telltale trees stripped of bark to mark the deer’s passing-they hadn’t yet moved on. I wiped my numb fingers over my eyes, brushing away the flakes clinging to my lashes. The animals had pulled in, going deeper into the woods than I could follow, leaving me to pick off stragglers one by one, praying they’d last until spring. Hunger had brought me farther from home than I usually risked, but winter was the hard time. ![]() The gusting wind blew thick flurries to sweep away my tracks, but buried along with them any signs of potential quarry. I’d been monitoring the parameters of the thicket for an hour, and my vantage point in the crook of a tree branch had turned useless. The forest had become a labyrinth of snow and ice. ![]() ![]() ![]() Relate a symbol to a central idea or theme of the story.What are some symbols in "The Gift of the Magi?" Is it telling that Jim gives up something material that can't be reclaimed while Della gives up something that will regrow?.How could the story be updated to be more contemporary without losing its central lessons of love and sacrifice? Henry uses in "The Gift of the Magi" seems a bit outdated, particularly his descriptions of Della and references to salary and prices in 1905. It would be difficult to find a reader of short American fiction who does not have at least an acquaintance with O. Why do we spend so much time getting to know Della in the story, while Jim is introduced only near the very end? Is her perspective more or less important than his? that stories such as The Gift of the Magi are carefully crafted, achieve the author’s intentions, and successfully speak to the audience for which they were written.List a metaphor or comparison in the story.What are some conflicts in the story? Are they internal or external?.What are some central ideas or themes of the story?.What is important about the title? Does it suggest that the story has a religious lesson, or just that Christmas will figure into the plot somehow?.'The Gift of the Magi' Discussion Questions ![]() ![]() ![]() Poppy and Casteel must consider the impossible-travel to the Lands of the Gods and wake the King himself. And they will stop at nothing to ensure that the crown never sits upon Poppy’s head.īut the greatest threat to them and to Atlantia is what awaits in the far west, where the Queen of Blood and Ash has her own plans, ones she has waited hundreds of years to carry out. But as the kingdoms’ dark sins and blood-drenched secrets finally unravel, a long-forgotten power rises to pose a genuine threat. Poppy has only ever wanted to control her own life, not the lives of others, but now she must choose to either forsake her birthright or seize the gilded crown and become the Queen of Flesh and Fire. By right the crown and the kingdom are hers. She carries the blood of the King of Gods within her. ![]() Because Poppy is the Chosen, the Blessed. It’s a dangerous mission and one with far-reaching consequences neither dreamed of. She wants to revel in her happiness but first they must free his brother and find hers. Poppy never dreamed she would find the love she’s found with Prince Casteel. Armentrout comes book three in her Blood and Ash series. ![]() Bow Before Your Queen Or Bleed Before Her.įrom #1 New York Times bestselling author Jennifer L. ![]() ![]() When more people vanish, pressure to solve the case skyrockets. As they investigate a series of mysterious deaths unlike anything they’ve seen, every bone in Cooper’s body is suspicious of his new partner-even when Park proves himself as competent as he is utterly captivating. But as far as Cooper’s concerned, it’s failing. Park is an agent of The Trust, a werewolf oversight organization working to ease escalating tensions with the BSI. A new case comes with a new partner: ruggedly sexy werewolf Oliver Park. ![]() Hunting for big bad wolves was never part of Agent Cooper Dayton’s plan, but a werewolf attack lands him in the carefully guarded Bureau of Special Investigations. A former FBI agent is partnered with the enemy in this suspenseful male/male shifter romance from debut author Charlie Adhara ![]() ![]() ![]() Her father goes to work, and he doesn't return until two weeks later. ![]() She's worried that her name does not match her face, for she thinks she is no 'Beauty.' When they start to get poor, they have no other choice but to sell all their belongings and move to a new home in the country. Now Belle must carve the Heartwood to save her father, and learn to see not with the eyes of her mind, but with the eyes of her heart. If carved by the right hands, the Heartwood will reveal the face of one's true love.During a fierce storm, Belle's father stumbles upon the mysterious Heartwood-and encounters a terrifying and lonely Beast. Secretly, Belle longs to find the fabled Heartwood Tree. So she withdraws from society, devoting her time to wood carving. Book Summary: Belle is convinced she has the wrong name, as she lacks her sisters' awe-inspiring beauty. ![]() ![]() ![]() However, by 1961 in her preface to the edition of the book which was released in that year, Carson had certainly realised the problem of what to do with nuclear waste, ‘…. The problems of plastic and microplastic accumulating in the oceans have more recently raised genuine alarm. As Sylvia Earle says, Carson could not have known of the existence of microscopic organisms such as archaea and prochlorococcus which are so small but so effective in generating most of the oxygen available for powering life in the sea. For instance, there are only three fleeting references to carbon dioxide and none at all to acidification. In the light of recent knowledge about the ocean and its plight, reading Rachel Carson’s book with its magnificent prose, makes the reader realise just how much more has been learned in the intervening 70 years. ![]() ‘ Since the publication in 1951 of Rachel Carson’s epic tribute to the ocean, more has been learned about the nature of the ocean and why it matters to the existence of life on Earth than had been learned in prior human history.’ So reads the opening paragraph of the introduction to the 2018 reprint of the book by Sylvia Earle, a marine biologist and Geographic Society Explorer in Residence with several books on the ocean to her name. National Parks & Wildlife Service – budget cutsįirst edition published 1951. ![]() ![]() The audio is fun, and I like the fantasy elements and the banter between characters. And it’s weird because there’s no romance! That’s another thing that makes it a very non-Jana book. Guys, I’ve binged the entire series since. ![]() ![]() It wads an Audible Daily Deal one day, and my friend sent it to me because he thought I might like it. This is adult urban fantasy, which I seriously never read. Three Mages and a Margarita by Annette Marie But it ended up being very fun! I’m actually reading the sequel right now, and it’s delightful. It’s a memoir and I’m super selective of which ones I read, so I wasn’t entirely sure it’d be a win for me. I went in to this thinking it’s bookish and it could be fun, but I didn’t have very high hopes. I don’t push myself much since I insist that reading be a fun and pleasurable experience for me, and not a growing or learning experience (at least not all the time) so I only have five picks this week.ġ. These books could be genres I’m not typically interested in, subject matter I’m not usually drawn to, etc. This week’s TTT topic is books I enjoyed that are outside of my comfort zone. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() In an email to NPR, a lawyer representing Trump said the former president would appeal the decision. This victory is not just for me but for every woman who has suffered because she was not believed," Carroll said in a statement. "Today, the world finally knows the truth. But they agreed that he "sexually abused" her and that he defamed her when he denied her story.Ĭarroll was awarded $5 million in total damages for both claims. The nine jurors, who deliberated for barely three hours before reaching their unanimous conclusion, did not find that Trump raped Carroll. Jean Carroll, who says he raped her in a Manhattan department store in the mid-1990s. NEW YORK - A federal jury has found former President Donald Trump liable for battery and defamation in the lawsuit brought by writer E. ![]() |