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This book will appeal to tweens and young teens who enjoy the casual structure of journal writing. Did you know it was during the Devonian period that lobe-finned fish first evolved pelvic bones and the beginnings of legs? See? You learned something! Readers of Eliza’s Journal are treated to facts about different bones and fossils from prehistoric eras. She is a talented illustrator, and she takes a job drawing pictures of various fossils for an eccentric island resident. There is a “crush,” but it’s a side story instead of the main storyline.Ī particularly interesting aspect of this book is the focus on Eliza’s summer job. Instead of the bikini beach summer she expects, she is soon told to “get a job” and she struggles against an uncle who wants to protect her and control her choices. At fifteen years old, Eliza is sent to live with her aunt and uncle on Orcas Island for the summer. With hints of The Hardy Boys and Nancy Drew stories, and with just a dash of science fiction, Eliza’s Journal breaks the mold that “coming-of-age” stories have led us to expect. But this story of a girl getting her first summer job on a lush island far from home has a few twists and turns that will surprise even the most jaded teen or tween. The idea of a teenager writing about her summer away from home is nothing new. How Hannah comes to be married to Michael is no one's fault but her own. Although I don't necessarily agree with the idea that a woman in her 30's "needs" to be married, I can empathize with someone who reaches their 30's and wants a partner to share their lives with. What Fox delivers in the character of Hannah is a self pitying, self centered and clumsily dishonest 35 year old woman who consistently made decisions and judgments that I would have expected from a 20 year old, not a woman with some maturity and depth of character. I went into this book thinking that it would be the story of a woman who discovers that somehow she has found herself in an unsatisfying marriage. Or that "good enough" shouldn't be settled for because one or both of the people in the marriage is afraid of being alone. The premise of this book grabbed me and I was intrigued by how the author would develop the idea of not settling for "good enough" in a marriage.I thought maybe I would get to see a couple who decided that a comfortable relationship shouldn't be a substitute for a happy marriage. *I was provided a copy via Netgalley/Penner Media in exchange for an honest review* The first-person narration is smooth and believable. His father offers support to a boy on the team who is bullied at home, and he finds a way to let another talented player stay with the team. When Ba, as Peter calls his father, steps up to coach Peter’s team, Peter learns to his astonishment that not only does his father know the game, but he also has depths of courage and fairness Peter had not realized, even in the face of occasional, casual bigotry. Peter lets almost everything go, including school and friendships, until he grasps at something he believes he can offer his mother: baseball. Peter and younger sister Elaine are helpless before their mother’s silence and depression. But Nelson’s death turns everything upside down. It’s 1972, and his father had been hard on college-age Nelson, whose ideals occasionally clashed with those of his Chinese-born father. The last best day Peter can remember as a family, before his bright, athletic brother was killed in a car accident, was the occasion of Taiwan’s thrilling victory in the Little League World Series. Twelve-year-old Peter Lee hopes that baseball might help his grieving mother regain a measure of interest and happiness in life. For the next ten years, he worked for a variety of record companies, including London Records and Independiente. Or take him in and get him back on his feet?įor Alan, there’s no question – only natural that he’d want to see his old mate Craig off the streets, even if only for a few nights, and into some clean clothes.īut what if the successful life you’ve made for yourself – good job, happy marriage, lovely kids, grand Victorian house (you did well out of the property boom, thank you very much) – is one that that your old pal would quite like to have too?įollowing the divergent lives of two childhood friends, No Good Deed is a funny and painful examination of friendship, the strange currents of ambition, loathing, pity and affection that flow between people over the decades, and of men getting older as they fail and succeed.īorn in Irvine, Ayrshire, Niven read English Literature at Glasgow University, graduating in 1991 with First Class honours. Give him a wad of middle-class guilt money? How about when he turns out to be a friend you haven’t seen in twenty years?ĭo you treat him to a hot meal and see him on his way? What do you do when a homeless man knows your name? The viciously funny novel by John Niven, bestselling author of Kill Your Friends and Straight White Male. ***Now available for preorder: KILL 'EM ALL, the stunning sequel to KILL YOUR FRIENDS*** I have to assume the emotional distance is intentional. Red Clocks would be a horror story for many women, including myself, and yet I felt so emotionally-distanced from the story and all four (or you could say five) perspectives. It is such a painfully cerebral read, and it feels to me like a book of this kind has the greatest impact when you are pulled deep into the lives and horrors of the characters, not viewing them through a distant lens. But, unfortunately, the amount of "literary" frills in Red Clocks made it almost impossible to enjoy (maybe that isn't the right word, but you know what I'm saying). and the fervor of pro-life advocates, it is not a particularly implausible scenario. The Canadian government assist by erecting a figurative "Pink Wall" across the U.S.-Canadian border, meaning that they will capture and return any woman suspected of crossing the border for an abortion or IVF. Here, Zumas imagines a United States where the Personhood Amendment gives rights to unborn embryos, outlawing abortion and IVF (because said embryos cannot give consent). Between this and the superhero-movie-turned-superhero-book trend, you can pretty much predict the new book trends based on what's popular on the big and small screens. I guess we can probably expect more of these weird feminist(?) dystopias in the wake of The Handmaid's Tale's Hulu series. The Runestaff was safe now and they had no need of Hawkmoon's help. He had called to them for their help in the darkness of the nights, but they had not come. "There again, the messengers of the Runestaff - The Warrior in Jet and Gold, Orland Fank or even the mysterious Jehamia Cohnalias, who had not claimed to be human - might have helped him. In Champion of Garathorm there is the following intimation: Jehamia Cohnalias was present when the Runestaff was summoned, and didn't he claim to be the spirit of the Runestaff. Who, I have been asked, was the traveller in question? I don't think that's ever been revealed, has it? Hawkmoon had this with him when I travelled with him to the Dark Empire.'" The traveller was right in assuming he had the means to stop the tower from vanishing, but he did not have time to use it before Voilodion had slain him.' Jhary picked up a small staff coloured a dull ochre. 'He killed the traveller who brought this with him. 'What do you mean?' asked the Prince in the Scarlet Robe. In his pride Voilodion showed me his possessions, but he did not know the value of all of them.' In 'The Sleeping Sorceress'/ 'The Vanishing Tower', whilst in the tower itself: " Jhary-a-Conel crossed swiftly to the far side of the vault. I think, therefore, that there isn't one, but let's see if anyone can say otherwise. Someone's just posed a question I find myself unable to answer. Those of you who know me, and/or know my occasional contributions to this site, will know that I'm seldom (if ever) stumped by questions of Moorcockian minutiae. And now, on the planet Altair, in a small mining colony on the western mountain range, a new Prime existed, a three-year-old girl - trapped in a giant mud slide that had wiped out the rest of the Rowan mining community.Įvery Altarian who was even mildly talented could 'hear' the child crying for help, but no one knew where she was buried. On the Primes rested the entire economic wealth and communications systems of the civilised worlds.īut Primes were scarce - only very rarely was a new one born. Their gifts were many and varied, ranging from the gently telepathic, to the rare and extremely valued Primes. The Talents were the elite of the Nine Star League. 'Fabulous from beginning to end' - ***** Reader review 'Thrilling and exciting' - ***** Reader review 'Marvellous from the beginning to the end, believable, spellbinding, mind-bending, truly magnificent' - ***** Reader review 'Anne McCaffrey, one of the queens of science fiction, knows exactly how to give her public what it wants' - THE TIMES Perfect for fans of David Eddings, Brandon Sanderson and Douglas Adams. Let Anne McCaffrey, storyteller extraordinare and New York Times and Sunday Times bestselling author, open your mind to new worlds and new concepts: alien nations, psychic powers, telepathy and planetary systems. 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I want to give special thanks to Layton, Eric, Andy, Zach, Ricco, JD, and above all my patient husband Ian for all the great insights you have offered me. This book is intended for mature readers only, as it contains a few graphic scenes and some inappropriate language.Īll characters are fictional and any likeness to a living person or organization is coincidental.Īs a female author writing books where I’m often portraying things through the eyes of a male character, it’s inevitable that I end up with questions.įortunately, I have male friends in my life who like me (or tolerate me) enough to take one for the team and answer my often weird and sometimes very intimate questions. To be alerted for new book releases, sign up to my list and receive a free e-book as a welcome gift. The Men of the North series can be read as stand alone books – but for the best reading experience and to avoid spoilers this is the recommended order to read them in. 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