Inspired by Carlo Collodi’s The Adventures of Pinocchio, and like Swiss Family Robinson meets Wall-E, In the Lives of Puppets is a masterful stand-alone fantasy adventure from the beloved author who brought you The House in the Cerulean Sea and Under the Whispering Door. So together, the rest of Vic’s assembled family must journey across an unforgiving and otherworldly country to rescue Gio from decommission, or worse, reprogramming.Īlong the way to save Gio, amid conflicted feelings of betrayal and affection for Hap, Vic must decide for himself: Can he accept love with strings attached? Gio is captured and taken back to his old laboratory in the City of Electric Dreams. When Hap unwittingly alerts robots from Gio’s former life to their whereabouts, the family is no longer hidden and safe. The day Vic salvages and repairs an unfamiliar android labelled “HAP,” he learns of a shared dark past between Hap and Gio–a past spent hunting humans. In a strange little home built into the branches of a grove of trees, live three robots-fatherly inventor android Giovanni Lawson, a pleasantly sadistic nurse machine, and a small vacuum desperate for love and attention. “An enchanting tale of Pinocchio in the end times.” -P. New York Times bestselling author TJ Klune invites you deep into the heart of a peculiar forest and on the extraordinary journey of a family assembled from spare parts.
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And along the way, Rosemary comes to realize that a crew is a family, and that family isn’t necessarily the worst thing in the universe. The phenomenal world-building and super-fantastic characters are perfect for the. The journey through the galaxy is full of excitement, adventure and mishaps for the Wayfarer team. A Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet is every meet the crew of a special spaceship space opera youve read. The descriptive writing thoroughly unfolds the sights, sounds and smells the characters encounter. Sure, they’ll earn enough money to live comfortably for years, but risking her life wasn’t part of the job description. That is, until the crew is offered the job of a lifetime: tunneling wormholes through space to a distant planet. And nothing could be further from what she’s known than the crew of the Wayfarer.įrom Sissix, the exotic reptilian pilot, to Kizzy and Jenks, the chatty engineers who keep the ship running, to the noble captain Ashby, life aboard is chaotic and crazy-exactly what Rosemary wants. The patched-up ship has seen better days, but it offers her everything she could possibly want: a spot to call home, a chance to explore the far-off corners of the galaxy and some distance from her past. When Rosemary Harper joins the crew of the Wayfarer, she isn’t expecting much. 127,235 Ratings 19,130 Reviews published 2014 65 editions Follow a motley crew on an exciting journey throug Want to Read Rate it: Book 2 A Closed and Common Orbit by Becky Chambers 4. A rollicking space adventure with a lot of heart Then Marcus sees Masha being kidnapped by the same government agents who detained and tortured Marcus years earlier. It's incendiary stuff―and if Masha goes missing, Marcus is supposed to release it to the world. Soon his former nemesis Masha emerges from the political underground to gift him with a thumbdrive containing a Wikileaks-style cable-dump of hard evidence of corporate and governmental perfidy. In Cory Doctorow's wildly successful Little Brother, young Marcus Yallow was arbitrarily detained and brutalized by the government in the wake of a terrorist attack on San Francisco―an experience that led him to become a leader of the whole movement of technologically clued-in teenagers, fighting back against the tyrannical security state.Ī few years later, California's economy collapses, but Marcus's hacktivist past lands him a job as webmaster for a crusading politician who promises reform. What drew you to Louis Zamperini's story?Ī. The Bulletin had a chance to talk with Hillenbrand about her inspiration, her method, and what her life is like after two decades of living with an often debilitating case of chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS). The story of survival and forgiveness is both gripping and inspiring. When his plane went down in the Pacific during a rescue mission, he and the pilot survived a record forty-seven days on a raft, fending off sharks and strafed by Japanese airfire, only to be captured by the Japanese Navy and subjected to unspeakable pain for the remainder of the war. Zamperini's legendary running career was interrupted by his World War II Army Air Forces service as a B-24 bombardier. Emerging from a delinquent childhood, Zamperini channeled his boundless energy into running, rising to world-class status and even gaining notice by Hitler during the 1936 Olympics in Berlin. Unbroken, Laura Hillenbrand's second book and worthy successor to her runaway hit Seabiscuit, tells the story of another '30s athlete, Louis Zamperini. Refreshingly, she goes and tells Kevin straight away and they then set about working out what relationship they will have as the pregnancy progresses. Then, she finds out that she’s pregnant – condoms aren’t 100% effective and they hit the jackpot. Kevin would happily have explored a relationship but Beth rabbits. He meets Beth, who gets the idea he’s a player, but in spite of that, they have a one night stand anyway – too much chemistry. Burned by a cheating spouse, he’s nevertheless ready to settle down. The books are all stand alone and even though they feature some recurring characters, I don’t think I missed anything by reading book 2 first. Anywho, it didn’t really matter that I started in the middle. It’s the second book, why, you may ask, did I list it first? Well, it’s because I read it first – I got confused which one was first and I went with the date it landed on my reader – which is actually quite different to publication date, as I got this from NetGalley (I bought it later also because I forgot I had it – but I don’t regret it which may tell you something). Undeniably Yours (Kowalskis #2) by Shannon Stacey – B- I know, I know. There were several sweet and funny moments that were written charmingly so despite the disappointments, I still enjoyed the short novel especially with that promising ending. It was frustrating a lot, but also inspiring and hopeful some. This is the core of the story, when two young people in love have to say goodbye. People do find love at a tender age and commitment becomes a challenge when they have to go their separate ways perhaps geographically, emotionally or professionally. SO WHEN YOU’RE 16, BE 16! PLAY JACKSTONES OR HOPSCOTCH, RUN AROUND WITH YOUR FRIENDS, CLIMB TREES (I’M A LATE BLOOMER, SORRY) AND READ A LOT OF BOOKS BECAUSE OTHERWISE, YOU MAY END UP WITH A FRUSTRATING STORY LIKE THAT OF THE CHARACTERS IN THIS NOVEL WHO SUFFERED PREMATURE HEARTACHES AND WASTED TIME OVER 12 HOURS WORTH OF PAINFUL AND DRAMATIC GOODBYES! ARGH!īut it happens. This is why I keep telling young people I know, timing is one of the key elements in a relationship that will 90 percent work and with timing, yes I also definitely mean the right age! That’s just a fact of life so when you’re too young, you may not easily understand that or be ready to take that leap just yet. The fights that ensue are so bitter that each time the door opens on one couple, it’s a relief to leave the other behind. While the married couple tries to fill uncomfortable silences with false cheer, Ellie’s excitement turns to horror when her date catfishes her with an ulterior motive for meeting her. Jo Marie’s guests are in even more awkward predicaments-Maggie and Roy Porter are trying to rekindle their romance after problems with infidelity, and young Ellie Reynolds has escaped from her overbearing mother to try to connect with a guy she met on a dating site. Her relationship with her dud of a handyman, Mark Taylor, has all the signs of going nowhere-he doesn’t open up about himself, and Jo Marie’s strained conversations with him as she tries to win him over with homemade cookies are painful to read-until she puts it together that he may be hiding a troubled past. Two years later, she’s still in mourning after receiving her soldier husband’s last letter, which he had written years ago in the event of his death. Jo Marie Rose was newly widowed and looking for a fresh start when she founded the Rose Harbor Inn in the Pacific Northwest town of Cedar Cove. The sounds of bickering permeate the walls of a bed-and-breakfast in the latest installment of the best-selling author’s Rose Harbor series. And since the books are shorter (100 pages or so?), its easier to finish. I would say it does, though of course its a matter of tastes. Subreddit Schedule & Eventsĭetails on past, current, and upcoming special events, author AMAs, and monthly reading challenges are listed in the schedule section of the subreddit wiki. Or try this link to use Google to search the subreddit. Find a Bookįind all-time favorites and popular recommendations on our subreddit resources page and check out our New Reader guide. No complaints about author identities or over-generalizing about author or reader gendersįor more detail on the rules, please click here.įor our guidelines on how to write a book request that follows the rules, please click here. Mark your spoilers and warn us about books without a HEA/HFN No discrimination, bigotry, or microaggressions towards marginalized groups Requests must be text posts and post titles must be specificīook requests must be specific and follow our guidelines A place to discuss M/M romance books, including book requests, reviews and recommendations, non-book media, and general discussions of the genre. Sharon Lee also has a contemporary Fae novel out I really liked called "Carousel Tides." You will also see some argument over there about whether this is a "romance" series or not I think it's less so-HIghlander, OTOH, is serious romance material, just IMO.įrieda Warrington has written a couple of really good books that are contemporary, with the Fae, one is called "Midsummer NIghts" or Midsummer EVe, something like that, and I can't recall the other, but I think you can find it under her name. There have been lots of threads dealing with your question in the paranormal and fantasy genre forums, but I can tell you, I read a lot in both genres, and Moning's series is head and shoulders above just about everything. I also LOVED the Fever series, but I absolutely could not read the Highlander books thought they were dreadful. Luckily I'd found a spot in the lot adjacent to the trendy shopping center the business was found in. With trembling fingers, I took the keys out of the ignition and slipped out of my car. It'd stripped me of what made me up pride, perseverance, and apparently, the ability to make good choices.īecause someone who made good choices wouldn't be taking a job from a man like Dex Locke. The knowledge that my bank account was bleeding a slow death had wrung me dry. Staying with Sonny.īeing broke had made me desperate. What in the hell were you thinking, Iris? My stomach churned at the same time nervous tears threatened to well up in my eyes. The white number on my dashboard clicked to 3:55. It wasn't going to be classy or snot-less, and I'd probably sound like a wheezing baboon. And exactly like my puking, it was going to be nasty. Nasty, projectile vomiting straight out of a horror movie.Īnd if that wasn’t bad enough, immediately after throwing up all over the dashboard of my twelve-year-old Ford Focus, I was going to burst into tears. Foreboding.Īnd it wasn't going to be a pretty puke like when you're a baby and even farting can be considered cute. |