![]() ![]() Frances and Louis have heavy psychological burdens, but Leno ( The Half Life of Molly Pierce), alternating between the teens’ perspectives, uses their optimism and sense of humor to bring lightness to the story. (Frances has lost her parents-one to jail, one to a mental institution-while Louis feels responsible for the accident that cost his sister her legs.) After Louis gets a tennis scholarship and a letter from Frances’s late mother reveals shocking (and probably untrue) details about Frances’s “real” father, the two make plans to meet each other in Texas and answer burning questions about their identities and futures. Frances and Louis live on opposite sides of the U.S., but they have been in touch for years through an online chat group for those coping with trauma. ![]()
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![]() Could Walker be the safe haven Ashton missed out on as a child? Could they be falling in love for real? But when Ashton uncovers a painful mistake in Walker's past, it hits too close to home. And if Walker wants Ashton to pretend to be his boyfriend for his sister's Christmas-themed wedding? Awesome, amazing. If it turns out Walker's also a secret softy with a tender side and a hot body beneath his endless parade of golf shirts? Great, good, cool. Walker's a fuddy-duddy with no sense of fun, but he does have a safe, warm home with four adorable dogs and delicious food on the table. ![]() Cue his business partner begrudgingly taking him in. ![]() Opposites attract as frosty business partners become fake boyfriends in this Christmas gay romance! After an emergency forces Ashton Sellers from his apartment, all he wants for Christmas is new lipgloss, zero contact from his abusive family, and a place to stay for the holidays. If it turns out Walker's also a secret softy with a. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() “Father, why are we digging up Auld Man Conyngham?” ![]() “I was coopering plus farming my own fields at your age.” His words puffed steam into the night. “Grown so big he canny buckle his breeks, yet feared of a graveyard.” He pulled harder, grunting, then stood up to rub his back. “Nearly a man,” his father mumbled, hauling again on the tussock. Henry stepped onto the grave, gritted his teeth, then sank the spade into the earth. ![]() The sooner ye sink that spade in, the sooner we can get oot of this godforsaken graveyard.” Henry took the spade and tried to dig from afar if Auld Man Conyngham’s bony fingers groped from the grave, they would not find Henry McConnell’s ankles within reach. Now take this spade, dig into the roots, and lift while I pull.” “But I’d have to stand on his grave to do it, and Auld Man Conyngham-” ![]() ![]() ![]() Graphically, nothing here is phenomenal but it's a strong remaster of the old levels' basic geometry. It’s one of the best local multiplayer modes of all time, and it turns out ‘trick greed’ is a great leveller. You can still change the word to whatever you like, so you either get called a horse, or much worse. Local multiplayer is exemplary too, with a smooth-running split screen mode and a wealth of game types including the riotous H-O-R-S-E, where you’re given a letter each time you lose to your buddy in a one-shot combo test. (Image credit: Activision) You're a horse There’s frequent joy in discovery as you open a hidden area, fun set pieces to watch and even occasionally some ‘judged’ sessions, where score can be affected by bailing, so it isn’t always just about the mega combos. The game is simple enough that anyone can have fun on their first go (because even bailing spectacularly down the school steps is fun), yet has sufficient depth to keep you playing for weeks. ![]() Then there’s the multitude of gaps to jump, special tricks to learn and stats to upgrade. ![]() But if this does well, perhaps we’ll get a remaster of THPS3 too. (No, stop that-don’t say ‘let’s go’-that was THPS3. It’s weird that ‘finding the secret tape’ doesn’t actually unlock any of the secret tapes, but hey ho. These come up on the right hand side whenever you go back to the main menu, and beating them unlocks new apparel, decks and videos to watch. For those who want to squeeze every last drop from the package, there are loads of challenges to tick off. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() If the Erlking succeeds, it could change the mortal realm forever.Ĭan Serilda find a way to use her storytelling gifts for good–once and for all? And can Serilda and Gild break the spells that tether their spirits to the castle before the Endless Moon finds them truly cursed? He also seeks vengeance against the seven gods who have long trapped the Dark Ones behind the veil. ![]() Meanwhile, Serilda is determined to work with Gild to help him solve the mystery of his forgotten name and past.īut soon it becomes clear that the Erlking doesn’t only want to use Serilda to bring back his one true love. #1 New York Times bestselling author Marissa Meyer brings the haunting fairytale-inspired Gilded duology to a thrilling conclusion that will have fans-old and new-spinning.įollowing a shocking turn of events, Serilda finds herself ensnared in a deadly game of make-believe with the Erlking, who is determined to propel her deeper into the castle’s lies. Be still now, and I will tell you a tale. ![]() ![]() Pace is a decent leading man, but not one who’ll stand out in my memory after a few months. It was neat to see how her conversations influence what she writes and how she struggles to write about people she comes to care about. Blog reporter Holly Hutchins is determined to find out the team’s secrets, starting with the delectable Pace. ![]() In Double Play, Santa Barbara Pacific Heat pitcher Pace Martin is trying to hide a shoulder injury and looking for something more in life now that he realizes he can’t play baseball forever. (One of the awesome things about e-books is how easy it is to find older books, not that these are that old.)Īnyway, I’d never read a Shalvis book before, and I was pleased by her engaging story-telling and her well-thought-out characters. ![]() I recently came across a pair of baseball books by Jill Shalvis, Double Play (July 2009) and Slow Heat (February 2010). So, it probably goes without saying that I love sports books too – Seabiscuit, Friday Night Lights, Susan Elizabeth Phillips’ Chicago Stars’ series. There’s just something about that kind of overcoming-all-the-odds plot that reminds me of – yes I’m going to say it – romance novels and their happy endings. ![]() If my husband has a game on (of any sport), I’ll watch, but I don’t go out of my way to. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() 100 Scariest Things on the Planet by Anna Claybourne.100 Most Feared Creatures on the Planet by Anna Claybourne.100 Most Destructive Natural Disasters Ever by Anna Claybourne.100 Deadliest Things on the Planet by Anna Claybourne.10 True Tales: Young Civil Rights Heroes by Allan Zullo.10 True Tales: World War II Heroes by Allan Zullo.10 True Tales: War Heroes From Iraq by Allan Zullo.10 True Tales: Surviving Sharks by Allan Zullo.10 True Tales: Secret Agent by Allan Zullo.10 True Tales: Heroes of Pearl Harbor by Allan Zullo.10 True Tales: Heroes of Hurricane Katrina by Allan Zullo.10 True Tales: Heroes of 9/11 by Allan Zullo.10 True Tales: FBI Heroes by Allan Zullo.10 True Tales: Crime Scene Investigators by Allan Zullo.10 True Tales: Battle Heroes by Allan Zullo.'Twas the Night Before Thanksgiving written and illustrated by Dav Pilkey.'Cause I Love You by Jan Carr, illustrated by Daniel Howarth.#Presidents: Follow the Leaders by John Bailey Owen.#prehistoric: Follow the Dinosaurs by John Bailey Owen. ![]() ![]() ![]() Short horror fiction has a parallel but distinct history that would require a survey all of its own. ![]() It’s worth noting that we have confined our choices to novels. We have, however, tried to celebrate the breadth of horror-to highlight those books that establish something about the genre or push it forward into new realms. With such a weight of contention, any attempt at a list of ‘best’ horror novels is doomed to disagreement. It was an era dominated by brand-name authors, with epic sales and matching page-lengths. Contemporary readers may look no further than the horror ‘boom’ of the 1970s, 1980s and early 1990s. Jekyll–these figures emerged from a culture in crisis, when twin anxieties about masculinity and modernity birthed urban nightmares. ![]() Others locate the genre’s origins in a slate of late-Victorian novels and their roster of horror icons. Scholars trace the legacy of literary horror back to the British Gothic fictions of the eighteenth century, when castles were haunted, monks were evil, and anywhere beyond the edges of Protestant England was tinged sinister. This is before we even attempt a historical context. For others it hinges on atmosphere and tone. Definitions abound.įor some, horror is a genre founded on trope and convention: a checklist of blighted houses and monstrous secrets, men in masks and women in white nightgowns. ![]() ![]() The two hit it off straight away and the rest was romantic history.īush previously dated Panamanian painter Miky Fabrega. He also created, wrote and directed an original Funny or Die series, Ask Play, that’s in post-production,” People Magazine previously reported.Ĭoyne was set up with Bush on a blind date. The Vanderbilt University graduate “has sold a live-action half-hour program to Comedy Central called ‘Doin’ Good,’ according to his agent’s website. like Look at Me and The Showtown Murders. ![]() He starred in Jarhead, and a couple of independent films. ![]() This served as her “something borrowed.”Ĭoyne is an actor and a writer. The bride wore a Vera Wang gown and her twin sister, Jenna, served as her Matron of Honor.īush also wore a bracelet that her grandfather, George Bush, gave his late wife, Barbara, on their 70th wedding anniversary, according to Today. Bush and her husband, Craig Coyne, tied the knot in a very small ceremony held in Maine. ![]() ![]() ![]() Valerie Solanas was a radical feminist playwright and social propagandist who was arrested in 1968 after her attempted assassination of Andy Warhol. This is an update of the essential AK Press edition, with a new foreword. Shifting fluidly between the worlds of satire and straightforward critique, this no-holds-barred classic is a call to action - a radical feminist vision for a different world. "First circulated on the streets of Greenwich Village in 1967, the SCUM Manifesto is a searing indictment of patriarchal culture in all its forms. ![]() ![]() In fact, the work has indisputable prescience, not only as a radical feminist analysis light-years ahead of its time predicting artificial insemination, ATMs, a feminist uprising against under-representation in the arts but also as a stunning testament to the rage of an abused and destitute woman But the Manifesto, for all its vitriol, is impossible to dismiss as just the rantings of a lesbian lunatic. ![]() Valerie Solanas, the woman who shot Andy Warhol, self-published this work just before her rampage against the king of Pop Art made her a household name and resulted in her confinement to a mental institution. SCUM Manifesto was considered one of the most outrageous, violent and certifiably crazy tracts when it first appeared in 1968. ![]() |