6/30/2023 0 Comments The city of ladies![]() ![]() There is only one thing we really did while we were in town, and that was go on distillery tours. ![]() ![]() Another perk? Not a single cocktail I had while in town was over $12 dollars, making this a city that is both fun and incredibly affordable. Today, Louisville is a small but lively town with incredible restaurants, entertainment and classy lodging options. And with the advent of the steamboat in the 1800s, it quickly became the largest city in Kentucky. The city of Louisville was founded by George Rogers Clark in 1778. Louisville is the bourbon capital of the world and famous whiskey houses such as Angel’s Envy, Old Forrester, Jim Beam and Evan Williams - among many others - call this industrial city home. I convinced them all that this was a trip worth taking by using one very important word: bourbon. On its face Louisville doesn’t seem like the type of place for six 30-something women to spend a lively weekend. When I floated the idea of having a girlfriends’ trip in Louisville, everyone was immediately hesitant. In the past we’ve gone wine tasting in Napa, rung in the New Year in Times Square and celebrated Halloween in New Orleans. Every year my girlfriends and I try to make sure we escape together at least once. ![]()
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6/30/2023 0 Comments The wife upstairs rachel hawkins![]() ![]() We are given one shock in the beginning and made to believe a story and then there’s a 360-degree twist later that had me shook. Rachel Hawkins is the New York Times bestselling author of eleven books for young readers, and her work has been translated in over a dozen countries. The desperation of an orphan looking to deserve the luxuries of life and because of that her dual behavior of faking charm, but thinking bitchy felt appropriate.Īnother bit I liked about the book is the twists in the story. Rain has been pouring down all morning, making my drive from Center Point out here to Mountain Brook a nightmare, soaking the hem of my jeans as I get out of the car in the Reeds’ driveway, making my sneakers squelch on the marble floors of the foyer. I loved Jane for the fact that she was kept very raw, very real. JANE 1 FEBRUARY It is the absolute shittiest day for a walk. ![]() We understand each character's thinking very clearly and are also aware of related events that happened earlier that are relevant to what is happening now. This style of storytelling is perfect for thrillers, IMHO. And we are taken back and forth in the timeline between the present-day and the weeks after the accident. The story is narrated through the perspective of the three central characters. Quite a witty and refreshing domestic thriller. Karthigha my buddy for the read-along of this book enlightened me to the fact that this is a retelling of the Gothic classic Jane Eyre. A very twisted plot with twisted characters that kept me turning the pages. And now I am glad to have picked this book. To be honest I went in blind with this book. ![]() 6/30/2023 0 Comments My teacher flunked the planet![]() ![]() Peter Thompson, a typical seventh-grader, finds himself touring the planet with his friends Susan Simmons and Duncan Dougal, and three aliens in disguiseĪs the clock ticks away the hours before their meeting in space, the tour becomes weirder and weirder. ![]() Reading Level: 5.0 Interest Level: Middle Grades Point Value: 5.0 Review Citations: Ingram Children's Advance pg. Physical Information: 0.6" H x 5.1" W x 7.6" (0.35 lbs) 162 pagesįeatures: Ikids, Illustrated, Price on Product Juvenile Fiction | Action & Adventure - General Will his discovery save Earth, or isi it already too late to stop the aliens from destroying the planet?Ĭlick for more in this series: My Teacher (Paperback) Meanwhile Peter discovers a secret that was hidden for decades. The three friends come face-to-face with a plague of poots and "Big Julie" - the weirdest alien yet! ![]() Their mission? To file the final report that will determine Earth's future in the universe.Īs the clock ticks away the hours before their meeting in space, the tour becomes weirder and weirder. Peter Thompson, a typical seventh-grader, finds himself touring the planet with his friends Susan Simmons and Duncan Dougal, and three aliens in disguise! WE WILL NOT BE UNDERSOLD! Click here for our low price guaranteeīinding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions ![]() Contributor(s): Coville, Bruce (Author), Pierard, John (Illustrator) ![]() 6/30/2023 0 Comments The do over lynn painter paperback![]() ![]() Fitzpervert left a hair ball in my slipper, I burned my earlobe with the straightener, and when I opened the door to leave for school, I caught my next-door nemesis suspiciously sprawled across the hood of my car. “Nobody finds their soul mate when they’re ten. And as they continue to grow closer, she must reexamine everything she thought she knew about love-and rethink her own ideas of what Happily Ever After should look like. Yet, somehow, Wes and Michael are hitting it off, which means Wes is Liz’s in.īut as Liz and Wes scheme to get Liz noticed by Michael so she can have her magical prom moment, she’s shocked to discover that she likes being around Wes. Pranks involving frogs and decapitated lawn gnomes do not a potential boyfriend make. The annoyingly attractive next-door neighbor might seem like a prime candidate for romantic comedy fantasies, but Wes has only been a pain in Liz’s butt since they were kids. Now that he’s back in town, Liz will do whatever it takes to get on his radar-and maybe snag him as a prom date-even befriend Wes Bennet. ![]() But her cool, aloof forever crush never really saw her before he moved away. Perpetual daydreamer Liz Buxbaum gave her heart to Michael a long time ago. Perfect for fans of Kasie West and Jenn Bennett, this “sweet and funny” (Kerry Winfrey, author of Waiting for Tom Hanks) teen rom-com follows a hopelessly romantic teen girl and her cute yet obnoxious neighbor as they scheme to get her noticed by her untouchable crush. ![]() A USA TODAY and New York Times bestseller ![]() 6/28/2023 0 Comments Leonard cohen music![]() With that in mind, we’ve rounded up some of our favorite references to Leonard Cohen in song below. Save for maybe Bob Dylan, there’s no other artist whose name alone serves as shorthand for a certain type of tortured poet. Is all this recent love for the legendary singer-songwriter just a coincidence, or part of a growing trend? The truth is, loving Leonard Cohen never really fell out of fashion artists of all stripes have been name-dropping him in songs for decades, and his influence remains massive. Last Friday, Lana Del Rey dropped Did You Know That There’s a Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd, which includes a nod to the Cohen song on “Kitsugi.” Now boygenius have finally put out their debut full-length album (aptly titled The Album), which features a quote from the same track on “Leonard Cohen.” His first album, Songs of Leonard Cohen (1967), was followed by three more albums of folk music: Songs from a Room (1969), Songs of Love and Hate (1971) and New Skin for the Old Ceremony (1974). ![]() ![]() Today, for the second time in two weeks, we find ourselves listening to a highly anticipated new album that happens to include a lyrical reference to Leonard Cohen’s 1992 song “Anthem” and its most memorable line. Leonard Norman Cohen Hallelujah (1984) Everybody Knows (1988) Suzanne (1967) Who by Fire (1974) Lady Midnight (1969) The Partisan (1969) Bird on the Wire. ![]() 6/28/2023 0 Comments Torn trylle trilogy![]() ![]() addictive Guardian on Switched, 'Drew me in and kept me hooked.cracking pace' Sunday Express on Switched Rowling New York Times, A fast-paced romance. Generated an excitement not felt in the industry since Stephenie Meyer or perhaps even J. It s time to make a choice can she put aside her personal feelings for the sake of her country? Torn between duty and love she must make a choice that could destroy her one chance at true happiness. With the help of the dangerously attractive Loki, she escapes back to the safety of Förening only to be confronted by a new threat. And those things she d taken for granted may have been lies all along. Kidnapped and imprisoned by her true family s enemies, Wendy soon learns that the lines between good and evil aren t as defined as she thought. But the world she s left behind won t let her go that easily. ![]() Leaving behind the mysterious country of her birth, she is determined to fit back into normal life. But a new world and new family is a hard for any girl to accept easily. Acknowledging that she was different from everyone else wasn t difficult for Wendy Everly she d always felt like an outsider. ![]() 6/28/2023 0 Comments The lost apothecary goodreads![]() ![]() ![]() Meanwhile in present-day London, aspiring historian Caroline Parcewell spends her tenth wedding anniversary alone, running from her own demons. But the apothecary’s fate is jeopardized when her newest patron, a precocious twelve-year-old, makes a fatal mistake, sparking a string of consequences that echo through the centuries. Women across the city whisper of a mysterious figure named Nella who sells well-disguised poisons to use against the oppressive men in their lives. Hidden in the depths of eighteenth-century London, a secret apothecary shop caters to an unusual kind of clientele. Pitched as Kate Morton meets The Miniaturist, The Lost Apothecary is a bold work of historical fiction with a rebellious twist that heralds the coming of an explosive new talent.Ī forgotten history. In this addictive and spectacularly imagined debut, a female apothecary secretly dispenses poisons to liberate women from the men who have wronged them-setting three lives across centuries on a dangerous collision course. ![]() 6/28/2023 0 Comments Ozma in oz![]() Ozma is the daughter of the former King Pastoria of Oz. Neill, she fit this description however, in most subsequent Oz books, Ozma's hair became darker. All adown her back floated tresses of ruddy gold, with a slender jeweled circlet confining them at the brow." As originally illustrated by John R. She is the rightful ruler of Oz, and Baum indicated that she would reign in the fairyland forever, being immortal.īaum described her physical appearance in detail, in The Marvelous Land of Oz: "Her eyes sparkled as two diamonds, and her lips were tinted like a tourmaline. She appears in every book of the Oz series except the first, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1900). ![]() Princess Ozma is a fictional character from the Land of Oz, created by American author L. Frank Baum said she descends from a long line of fairy Queens ![]() N/A, though Jack Pumpkinhead thinks of himself as her son. Illustration from The Lost Princess of Oz by John R. ![]() 6/27/2023 0 Comments The inner fish![]() ![]() What’s more, these great revolutions in the history of life, and others like them, could never have happened otherwise. Feathers did not arise during the evolution of flight, nor did lungs and limbs originate during the transition to land. Extending this message, Shubin states “biological innovations never come about during the great transition they are associated with. Fish were breathing air with lungs well before animals ever stepped onto terra firma.” (p. Shubin follows: “Lungs aren’t some invention that abruptly came about as creatures evolved to walk. Lungfish, Shubin notes, have lungs in addition to gills. ![]() Shubin provides several examples of this gradual change with change of function beginning with lungs in fish and feathers in the ancestors of birds. The key insight is that the function that the nascent characters provide often is distinct from the function they provide the organism when fully formed. Darwin responded in the sixth edition of The Origin of Species that characters change gradually, “often accompanied by a change of function”, a phrase that Shubin highlights (p. ![]() 6/27/2023 0 Comments Shelby foote on the civil war![]() ![]() Gallie, and Morton White, argued the intellectual validity of historical narrative. ![]() Vann Woodward observed in a review of Foote’s book, not only honor “the analytical urge” while tending to dismiss “the narrative impulse” they ignore “the strictly martial, guns-and-battle aspect of war, the most essential aspect.” During Foote’s Gibbonian labor of 20 years, however, a number of theorists of historiography, notably Leo Braudy, W. ![]() His challenge to the preferences of academic historians is the greater in that he wrote what is often deprecated as “mere” military history. In posting the bald phrase “A Narrative” as the subtitle of his history, The Civil War, Shelby Foote, previously known as a novelist, advanced a claim for literary sensibility and art in a field where the palms were going to analysis and schemes of quantification. ![]() |