![]() ![]() Elizabeth I loved the Earl of Leicester, but did she conspire to murder his wife? She called herself the Virgin Queen, but how chaste was she through dozens of liaisons? She never married-was her choice to remain single tied to the chilling fate of her mother, Anne Boleyn? An enthralling epic that is also an amazingly intimate portrait, "The Life of Elizabeth I" is a mesmerizing, stunning reading experience. Against a lavish backdrop of pageantry and passion, intrigue and war, Weir dispels the myths surrounding Elizabeth I and examines the contradictions of her character. Now, in this brilliantly researched, fascinating new book, acclaimed biographer Alison Weir shares provocative new interpretations and fresh insights on this enigmatic figure. "NEW YORK TIMES" BESTSELLER Perhaps the most influential sovereign England has ever known, Queen Elizabeth I remained an extremely private person throughout her reign, keeping her own counsel and sharing secrets with no one-not even her closest, most trusted advisers. ![]()
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![]() ![]() ![]() This was an enchanting and intriguing romantic fantasy about love, friendship, power, and grief. A better person would have been devastated." martins press/wednesday books for the ARC! it honestly wouldnt surprise me if some book subscriptions put this in their boxes this summer! i get that the author may have thought ‘finestra’ might sound like a lovely title to readers who dont know the translation, but i just couldnt get over it.īut all in all, this story is a pretty good time. also, the fact that everyone literally calls the MC ‘window’ is so cringey. the world-building relies very much on surface level info-dumps, the pacing is inconsistent at times, and the side characters are pretty generic. but im not complaining!Īnd even though i did enjoy reading this, i couldnt help but notice little things throughout that make it obvious this is a debut novel. its a pretty main focus so, while i was enjoying the chemistry between dante and alessa, the other parts of the story tended to all away. due to the way this is structured, i found myself more invested in the romance aspect of the story. What a fun story! its a unique blend of italian influences, god-given magic and demon enemies, slow-burn romance, and strong main characters. ![]() ![]() It’s a back-to-basics way of life, the sort we read about for our ancestors with them making tools by hand, growing their own food – a life devoid of television, or phones, cars and office life. Some survive – fast forward 100 years and you have read about the First Colony in California where people are secured in a compound. A virus which is mishandled by the government (what do you know, the government and military had a hand in this apocalyptic catastrophe) leading to a virtual wipe-out of our civilization. It’s life as we know it with stores, shopping, farms, social life, going to school and….everyday life. ![]() In the previous book you read about life before the virus. Saying that, you have to read The Passagefirst and this one will make sense. Cronin is so descriptive.įirst off, for anyone who isn’t familiar with Justin Cronin’s trilogy, this apocalyptic literature is not told in a linear fashion. This story needed to be told so it all could come together at the end. The Passage remains my favorite of the three. This is the middle book in the trilogy and while it wasn’t my favorite, it sure was good. ![]() ![]() The baking teams are put on the clock and rush to build a completely sensory world for the judges to explore, including ice sculptures and faux bloodied door arches. ![]() The newly shared Snoop & Martha’s Very Tasty Halloween trailer introduces viewers to the decked-out decorations at the duo’s Halloween party at Tasty Manor. The confectionery works, which call for the bakers to draw from the concept of fear, will be judged by Snoop and Martha alongside food content creator Alvin Zhou. The show takes the classic food competition arrangement to a new level as teams of three bakers go above and beyond to build an edible 12×12-foot project. Snoop & Martha’s Very Tasty Halloween begins streaming on October 21st via Peacock. In a move that seems to have been born in a meme generator, Snoop Dogg and Martha Stewart have teamed up with BuzzFeed Studios and Magical Elves for a Halloween-themed baking competition. ![]() ![]() I look forward to Brown’s next work, in which she might try - with the same refreshing conviction - to answer them. Nonetheless, Assembly is a smart novel that takes risks with the questions it raises. At times, Brown struggles to balance the narrative and the criticism, favoring the still interesting but classic analysis over the more complicated and powerful story. Vignettes are packed with detail and heavy doses of cultural criticism. At only 100 pages, the book moves at an almost dizzying speed. To support the Guardian order your copy at. But Assembly’s brevity only attests to Brown’s copious talent, as she says in about a hundred pages what most writers couldn’t say in a thousand. Assembly by Natasha Brown is published by Hamish Hamilton (£12.99). Brown’s rhythmic, economic prose renders the narrator’s experiences with breathless clarity, especially the steady, gnawing stream of racial and sexual harassment she faces. Assembly is a disarmingly short book, much like Citizen: An American Lyric by Claudia Rankine, which Brown cites at the end of her novel as an influence. ![]() Assembly becomes an elegiac examination of a Black woman’s life and an acerbic analysis of Britain’s racial landscape. ![]() Brown’s taut novel arrives at a time of heightened and anxious interest in stories about the realities of anti-Black racism. ![]() The narrator of this tightly conceived and distinctively written debut novel is perceptive, precise and unsparing with her words. If you've loved the recent works of Raven Leilani and Jenny Offill, this book needs to be on your TBR list. ![]() ![]() Garcia excels at cinematic, gripping ghost scenes and generating suspense (will Kennedy and Jared connect? Is Kennedy the final, fifth member of the Legion?). Collecting the Shift’s five pieces prompts encounters with blood-chilling ghosts fiercely guarding their parts of the puzzle in abandoned mansions and wells. Now she must use her special talent (an eidetic memory) to work with other gifted teens, members of an ancient Legion trying to assemble the Shift, a tool required to destroy the demon Andras. After twins Lukas and Jared arrive, saving her life with ghost-squelching liquid salt, Kennedy’s world rapidly turns surreal. ![]() ![]() Until a grave-jumping “vengeance spirit” inhabits her cat, Kennedy’s worst problem is that her dad abandoned her family. In a fast-paced series opener, Kennedy Waters encounters a ghost, loses her mother and meets a love interest-all in the first few pages. ![]() ![]() ![]() Book request titles must contain details about the kind of book you’re looking for.Inflammatory titles like Does Anyone Else, Unpopular Opinion, or similar are not allowed.Gush and critique posts should contain the book title/author if applicable. Reviews and screenshots of book excerpts must contain the book title/author in the post title.Book request titles must contain details about the kind of book you’re looking for and/or keywords that will inform future searches.Rules Post titles must be clear and informative For updated information regarding ongoing community features includings upcoming AMAs, please visit 'new' Reddit. Resource links will direct you to Wiki pages, which we are maintaining. Please be aware that the sidebar in 'old' Reddit is no longer being updated with informative links about Book Clubs, AMAs, etc. Home of the magic search button and endless book recommendations as well as discussions about tropes and characters, Author AMAs, book clubs, and more. ![]() R/RomanceBooks is a discussion sub for readers of romance novels. ![]() ![]() The first in a planned trilogy, “Half Bad” has already been sold in 42 countries and had movie rights optioned by Fox 2000. He ends up shackled in a cage, which tells you something about how those in power tolerate even mild opposition - and about the high-stakes role Nathan will play in the book’s escalating conflict. For years, Nathan practices a passive resistance. His mother, distraught, committed suicide not long after.Īnd so now Nathan must travel to London annually for an assessment, in which the ruthless Council subjects him to a battery of tests meant to determine whether he will ultimately be classified as White or Black. Half-sister Jessica tortures Nathan with stories about the circumstances of his birth: His father - Marcus Edge, the most powerful and most evil Black Witch alive - forced himself on his mother before murdering her husband, then vanished before Nathan was born. As a result, Black Witches have been hunted almost to extinction in Britain, where mere mortals (or “fains,” as they are known here) live blithely unaware of the sorcery in their midst. ![]() ![]() The child of mixed parentage, Nathan is “half code,” in a world in which the high Council of White Witches has declared war on their Black counterparts. ![]() Nathan, a young whet - or underage witch - is living with his grandmother and three half-siblings in the British countryside. ![]() ![]() ![]() Weaving together American history, dramatic family chronicle, and searing episodes of memoir, Annette Gordon-Reed’s On Juneteenth provides a historian’s view of the country’s long road to Juneteenth, recounting both its origins in Texas and the enormous hardships that African Americans have endured in the century since, from Reconstruction through Jim Crow and beyond.Īll too aware of the stories of cowboys, ranchers, and oilmen that have long dominated the lore of the Lone Star State, Gordon-Reed - herself a Texas native and the descendant of enslaved people brought to Texas as early as the 1820s - forges a new and profoundly truthful narrative of her home state, with implications for us all. The essential, sweeping story of Juneteenth’s integral importance to American history, as told by a Pulitzer Prize-winning historian and Texas native. ![]() ![]() ![]() More about Lost on the Water: A Ghost Storyįorced to leave the California beach behind to spend the summer with her grandma in rural Tennessee, Dannie is certain this will be the most boring summer of her life. Video recording, audio recording, and/or live-streaming during author appearances and signings is not possible without prior written permission from the publisher and Parnassus Books. By purchasing your book from Parnassus, you are not only supporting a locally owned, independent business, but you are also showing publishers that they should continue sending authors to Parnassus. To join the signing line and have books signed by the author at this event, please consider purchasing your copy of Lost on the Water from Parnassus Books. This event is free and open to the public. Read on for more information about the event, Lost on the Water, and the author! Driver to celebrate the launch of her new book, Lost on the Water: A Ghost Story. Parnassus Books is thrilled to welcome Nashville young adult author D.G. ![]() |