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The Mercies was published by Picador in February 2020, and debuted at number 1 on The Times Bestseller List, and number 5 on the Sunday Times Bestseller Chart. Her debut book for adults, The Mercies, previously titled Vardø, was subject to a 13-way auction and called ‘unquestionably the book of the 2018 London Book Fair’ by The Bookseller. Kiran’s first YA novel, The Deathless Girls, a reimagining of the origin stories of the so-called ‘brides of Dracula’, is now available, and was shortlisted for the YA Book Prize, and the Foyles Book of the Year 2019. Her books include The Girl of Ink & Stars, which was the winner of the Waterstones Children’s Book Prize 2017 The Island at the End of Everything, which was shortlisted for the Costa Children’s Book Award 2017 and The Way Past Winter, which won the Blackwell’s Children’s Book of the Year Award 2018. Guided by an instantly memorable, terminally self-aware protagonistand back in print featuring a new. Guided by an instantly memorable, terminally self-aware protagonist-and featuring a new afterword by the author- Nevada is the great American road novel flipped on its head for a new generation.Ī Macmillan Audio production from Farrar, Straus and Giroux. One of the most beloved cult novels of our time and a landmark of trans literature, Imogen Binnie’s Nevada is a blistering, heartfelt, and evergreen coming-of-age story, and a punk-smeared excavation of marginalized life under capitalism. One of the most beloved cult novels of our time and a landmark of trans literature, Imogen Binnie’s Nevada is a blistering, heartfelt, and evergreen coming-of-age story, and a punk-smeared excavation of marginalized life under capitalism. As Maria finds herself in the awkward position of trans role model, she realizes that she could become James’s savior-or his downfall. She ends up in the backwater town of Star City, Nevada, where she meets James, who is probably but not certainly trans, and who reminds Maria of her younger self. Everything is mostly fine until Maria and Steph break up, sending Maria into a tailspin, and then onto a cross-country trek in the car she steals from Steph. She takes random pills and drinks more than is good for her, but doesn’t inject anything except, when she remembers, estrogen, because she’s trans. She’s in love with her bike but not with her girlfriend, Steph. Maria Griffiths is almost thirty and works at a used bookstore in New York City while trying to stay true to her punk values. A beloved and blistering cult classic and finalist for the Lambda Literary Award for Transgender Fiction finally back in print, Nevada follows a disaffected trans woman as she embarks on a cross-country road trip. I would have loved more details, specifically with Jesse who is involved in a helicopter crash and goes missing for years, as well as Sam who is Emma’s new fiancé. The ending also felt rushed and wrapped up a little too quickly. I did feel the book was lacking to character development, specifically with the male characters. I enjoyed the love triangle saga and read the book in a matter of days. One True Loves is an entertaining love story about a woman, Emma Blair, who unexpectedly finds herself in a position to choose between the husband she thought was long dead, Jesse, and the fiancé, Sam, who has finally helped her to move on in her life.Īlthough the plot is different, I was reminded of the love triangle in Pearl Harbor (movie) and also got some Cast Away vibes from this book. The above statement is the first line of One True Loves, and let me tell you, I was hooked from the start! “I’m finishing up dinner with my family and my fiancé when my husband calls.” That being said the heat between the main characters was depicted well, and the main characters interested me. The manifestation of love when it came to Jocelyn’s feelings for the Duke felt far too quick, the development of this almost insta-love could have worked if the author had fleshed it out a bit more. He needs a son but he does not want love. Sebastian on meeting Jocelyn feels she is a perfect contrast to the vapid and shallow ladies that exist in the Ton, and so he decides she would make him the perfect bride/wife. The Duke finds himself surprised and somewhat amused by the bold beauty that so fiercely enters his life, he also sees someone who he wants and will fit into his plans nicely. The lady decides to hold a gun to the head of Sebastian, the Duke of Calydon, demanding satisfaction for what she states the Duke’s younger brother did. Lady Jocelyn Rathbourne is desperate, her father is impoverished and in danger of losing the family estate on top of which she has siblings with no decent future in sight unless she can do something to change their circumstances. Re-Read 4th Sep 2020 - note to self when a re-read has me frowning double check things on Goodreads. Meanwhile, Eli is on a mission to eradicate every other super-powered person that he can find-aside from his sidekick, an enigmatic woman with an unbreakable will. Ten years later, Victor breaks out of prison, determined to catch up to his old friend (now foe), aided by a young girl whose reserved nature obscures a stunning ability. But when their thesis moves from the academic to the experimental, things go horribly wrong. In their senior year, a shared research interest in adrenaline, near-death experiences, and seemingly supernatural events reveals an intriguing possibility: that under the right conditions, someone could develop extraordinary abilities. Add it: Goodreads Goodreads Summary: Victor and Eli started out as college roommates-brilliant, arrogant, lonely boys who recognized the same sharpness and ambition in each other. The only girl that kept coming to mind for me was Ariana Grande. She needs to be someone who could play beautiful but doesn’t know it. Ella needs to be someone who can pull off shy and with a guy she likes but also stubborn, outspoken witty and feisty at the same time. I couldn’t find anyone with the blue eyes, but I did find someone who I think looks like she could play Ella. Add to that her bright blue eyes and well… impossible. Starting with our stars… Ariana Grande as EllaĮlla was hard because she’s half Latina, which cuts my options down significantly. But alas, I shall try to get as close to my idea of them as I can, because hey, who doesn’t like to gossip about celebrities? CLICK HERE TO SUPPORT CINDER & ELLA ON IFLIST It’s hard for me to put an actor to them. By the time I’ve written a book, I know the characters so well that they are their own people in my mind. I get asked the casting question with every book I write and it’s always the hardest one for me to answer. Or had it been a four-day storm? Time was increasingly elastic in this world without clocks or calendars.Īs the morning sunlight comforted and warmed them, the fishermen hoisted the two-metre-long wooden plank from the floor, laid it across two benches that crossed the boat like central ribs and prepared a bed. Taking stock of their tools and supplies was disturbingly quick: a long wooden plank, one grey bucket with some clothes, a battered fishing knife with a cracked handle, a trusty machete, a wooden club, the empty icebox (with lid), a pile of bleach bottles, a small pile of nylon rope, the useless motor and one red onion found wedged under a seat after the five-day tumult. Nearly all the fishing gear was floating in the sea kilometres away and their fouled communications gear now lay at the bottom of the ocean. The Yamaha motor lacked cover and cord it looked naked. Puddles of seawater sloshed at their ankles, a reminder that despite non-stop bailing, the two men had never fully emptied the boat of water. Like a traveller lost in a desert, the men had no certainty that what they saw or heard actually existed. Objects 30 metres deep were magnified and distorted by the water. A Styrofoam block just a kilometre away could be distorted into looking like an aircraft carrier on the horizon. As Alvarenga and Córdoba scanned the horizon, the lack of waves distorted their depth perception. A chart showing where the men went missing and the area of the initial search. Together they discover that Monsieur Merlot's circus has closed down, but that the Frenchman lives nearby with the lion.īertie marries Millie and brings the lion back to England, where they live happily for many years. Millie, who has become a nurse in the hopes of finding Bertie, reads about him in a newspaper and the two are reunited. Later, when fighting in France in the First World War, he saves two men's lives and is given a Victoria Cross. When the pair leave school, they continue to write until war breaks out, and a letter arrives from Bertie informing Millie that he has joined the army. He tells Millie all about his life in South Africa, and his white lion cub. As a boy, Bertie had found an orphaned white lion cub, but was eventually forced to send the lion away to the circus and leave South Africa to attend boarding school in Wiltshire, England.īertie escapes from his school and meets Millie, and the two become fast friends, flying kites together. She tells him about a boy named Bertie who lived in South Africa. Plot summary Ī young boy named Michael runs away from a boarding school and meets an old lady living in a big cottage. The book was adapted into a stage play by Daniel Buckroyd of the Mercury Theatre, Colchester, which toured the UK in 2014. It was first published in Great Britain by Collins in 1996, and won the 1996 Smarties book prize. The Butterfly Lion is a children's novel by Michael Morpurgo. Beverly Hills Teens (1987) (writer, developer).Pinocchio and the Emperor of the Night (1987) (writer).He currently resides in Los Angeles, with his wife and two children. Īside from writing for television, O’Brien co-wrote Jerry Bruckheimer’s Kangaroo Jack, and two junior novels. O’Brien’s biggest hit is Disney’s Hannah Montana, a concept he successfully pitched based on the premise of an incredibly famous teenager-with-a-double-life, an idea conceived during a tenure on Nickelodeon’s television series All That, where the (then) teenage American pop singer Britney Spears featured as a guest. He attended Terra Linda High School, before joining Santa Clara University on a football scholarship, studying business and finance. Cooper, Judging Amy, and CSI: Miami.īarry O’Brien was born in San Francisco, California, to a large Irish Catholic family. His credits include Happy Days, Perfect Strangers, Hangin' with Mr. Terra Linda High School, Santa Clara UniversityĬhildren's books, suspense, crime fiction, action, adventure, humourīarry O'Brien (born 1957) is an American television writer and producer best known as the co-creator of Disney Channel Original Series Hannah Montana. |