The betsy tacy series6/12/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() The 10 B-T books are actually a thinly-veiled autobiography of Lovelace’s own childhood and adolescence - with Betsy standing for Maud herself. Working mornings at a technical publishing company left Whalen’s afternoons free to delve into the Lovelace material at the Mankato Historical Society and Minnesota’s public libraries. “I was just out of college and looking for a job, and I thought the book would be it,” she said. the fictional Deep Valley of the books - on a visit to meet her future husband’s family. Whalen’s interest in things Betsy bloomed anew shortly after graduating from the University of Notre Dame. But Lovelace, who died in 1980, was too ill to answer much fan mail. When she was 14, she even wrote Lovelace, asking about her background. Whalen, a 34-year-old mother of three, read the books as a child in Royal Oaks, Mich. “One thing about Betsy-Tacy fans, you don’t really have to say much about yourself. ![]()
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Love's unending legacy janette oke6/12/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() Otherwise, it would have been the worst in the series, but still it is like the least satisfying film by far. The movie regained its strength because of what came forth. In this, the second half was so much better than the first. It was so wonderful to introduce some interesting characters, but did not capitalised with the fetchable scenes. But we can save Jacob." The first three films were so good in the series, but I kind of feeling it beginning to decline as the rest of the movies followed, especially since the previous one. Until one day an orphan girl joins them and changes the course of the narration in a new direction. The mother and son rent a small house and settles down with enough earnings to support themselves. Missie decline's her parents offer to help her financially. It is a changed town now, less opportunities and more competitive for everything. After losing the husband, Willie, in the line of duty, Missie and her son Mattie moves back to be near with her parents and to start afresh life. It was a little letdown, especially in the first half. ![]() ![]() I remembered last time I said the movie was better than what others thought about it, but this time it was not the same case. Once again the story skips to a couple of years forward. The fifth one in the Hallmark's 'Love Comes Softly' movie series. ![]() Throw out fifty things by gail blanke6/12/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() Blanke also cautions us to look for our self-criticizing habits, habits which often contribute to our accumulations of “stuff.” Best yet, she teaches some ways to replace those destructive habits with positive ones. The minute you step forward, the minute you declare your decision, the minute you say, 'This is how it's going to go,' courage comes. Blanke challenges us, with humor and patience, to examine our physical, mental and emotional clutter. And suggests, gently, that we examine how easily emotional, mental, and physical clutter become intertwined. She offers simple coaching to ease us into letting go of or cleaning up items which are causing us stress. Ms. Gail Blanke, Throw Out Fifty Things: Clear the Clutter, Find Your Life tags: acceptance, inspirational 14 likes Like Courage comes with action. Blanke, from her book cover, is “a world-class motivator, a former columnist for Real Simple magazine, and the president and chief executive of Lifedesigns, a company whose vision is to empower men and women to live truly exceptional lives.” I don’t usually start book reviews with the author’s biography, but, in this case, her biography helps explain the book. Some of the materials reminded me of this book: Throw Out Fifty Things: Clear the Clutter, Find Your Life, authored by Gail Blanke and published in 2009. I attended a conference on hoarding disorder yesterday. ![]() MJ-12 by Michael J. Martinez6/12/2023 ![]() ![]() MJ-12: Shadows is a paranormal Cold War thriller novel from Mike Martinez, the sequel to MJ-12: Inception. The year is 1949, and we are in the midst of an alternate history, a history where the end of the Second World War and the start of the Cold War was marked by the emergence of paranormally gifted individuals, individuals who are scooped up by the espionage apparatuses of the United States and the Soviet Union, as the game of espionage takes a fantastic turn. Good people trapped in a horrible situation that there seems no way out of, and everything even the United States tries to do just makes it all worse.Ī novel detailing the modern-day tragedy there? Sadly, no. The government there is on the edge of collapse, as outside agencies and internal struggles threaten to destroy Syria entirely. Violence, political chaos, powers outside the region meddling and backing various factions and individuals, only enflaming and extending the conflict. Syria, in the Middle East, is full of turmoil. ![]() Glyndon king rina kent6/12/2023 ![]() Glyndon King is familiar with someone like Killian. Like the prey trying to escape the hunter he loves the chase, the struggle and especially the color red or should I say blood. He also becomes fixated on certain things, becoming obsessive about them to the point of destruction and right now his current fixation has become Glyndon King. He has no empathy for others or remorse for his actions. ![]() ![]() ![]() Killian Carson doesn’t process emotions like the rest of the world. I have a feeling this entire series is going to involve lots of book hangovers. It’s a wild ride and one I’m still in complete awe over even hours after finishing the book. Characters we’ve already fallen in love with, or for some readers they may never have met, either way, this world is brand new and the perfect place to meet brand new characters who are unapologetic for who they are and a place for us to fall in love with all the dark romance that their actions take us on. The Legacy of Gods series is a new world that brings us the children from the Royal Elite and Mafia World villain’s and their queens. Step into a brand new world that is dark and full of monsters and the princesses caught in their sights. ![]() Have you ever wondered what happens when the villain and their queen have children? Wonder no more. Review Rating: 5 Gold Stars Review/Synopsis: Genre/Tropes: Antihero/Secret Society/Dark Romance/New Adult ![]() ![]() ![]() Seuss's bestselling books, including such perennial favourites as The Cat in the Hat, Green Eggs and Ham and Fox in Socks. As part of a major rebrand programme, HarperCollins is relaunching Dr. Creator of the wonderfully anarchic Cat in the Hat, and ranking among the UK's top ten favourite children's authors, Seuss is firmly established as a global best-seller, with over 600 million books sold worldwide. Seuss has been delighting young children and helping them learn to read for over fifty years. ![]() With his unique combination of hilarious stories, zany pictures and riotous rhymes, Dr. Seuss and let your imagination run wild in this classic story to encourage the most out-there thinkers! Think left and think right, think low and think high! Learn to explore the fantasy world of the imagination with a little help from Dr. ![]() ![]() Brandt.įor more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. This edition also includes an introduction by preeminent London scholar, Earle Labor, as well as a comprehensive biographical note on London's life and works by scholar and executive coordinator of the Jack London Society, Kenneth K. ![]() London’s narratives in this volume focus on issues of continuing relevance to contemporary readers, including the value of the wilderness, animal rights, socioeconomic oppression, and gender inequity. This volume of London’s famed Northland novels also includes an early feminist story “The Night-Born,” and a pro-labor story “South of the Slot.” These works echo and enrich the themes of The Call of the Wild and White Fang with their unique emphases on the primordial, the instinctual, and the quest for social justice. White Fang, set in the frozen tundra and boreal forests of Canada’s Yukon territory, is the story of a wolf-dog hybrid struggling to survive in a human society every bit as brutal as the natural world. ![]() ![]() The Call of the Wild, London’s elemental masterpiece about a dog learning to survive in the wilderness, sees pampered pet Buck snatched from his home and set to work as a sled-dog during the Klondike Gold Rush. A bold mix of realism, allegory, adventure, and progressive politics, this collection features Jack London’s most profound and moving literary works ![]() Edge of Reality by Andrei Livadny6/11/2023 ![]() ![]() Heinlein's The Orphans of the Sky that decided his choice of future occupation. But it was the Russian translation of Robert A. Born on in the city of Pskov, he was an avid reader from an early age. ![]() Andrei has created several unique Andrei Livadny is a popular Russian science fiction author. Since then, he has penned over 90 books that have enjoyed a total of 153 editions. In 1998, Andrei debuted in Russia's leading publishing house EKSMO with his novella The Island of Hope. ![]() His passion for science fiction has gradually become his career. Since then, he's never stopped working on new books. Andrei wrote his first book at the age of eight. The story has become a pivotal moment in the boy's life, leaving a lasting impression on him. Andrei Livadny is a popular Russian science fiction author. ![]() The blade itself amazon6/11/2023 ![]() ![]() The Blade Itself was my first entry into a grimdark fantasy novel that I highly enjoyed on this reread, I loved it even more. I have a Booktube channel now! Subscribe here: Murderous conspiracies rise to the surface, old scores are ready to be settled, and the line between hero and villain is sharp enough to draw blood. A bald old man with a terrible temper and a pathetic assistant, he could be the First of the Magi, he could be a spectacular fraud, but whatever he is, he's about to make the lives of Logen, Jezal, and Glokta a whole lot more difficult. ![]() His latest trail of corpses may lead him right to the rotten heart of government, if he can stay alive long enough to follow it.Įnter the wizard, Bayaz. But then Glokta hates everyone: cutting treason out of the Union one confession at a time leaves little room for friendship. Inquisitor Glokta, cripple turned torturer, would like nothing better than to see Jezal come home in a box. But war is brewing, and on the battlefields of the frozen North they fight by altogether bloodier rules. Nobleman Captain Jezal dan Luthar, dashing officer, and paragon of selfishness, has nothing more dangerous in mind than fleecing his friends at cards and dreaming of glory in the fencing circle. ![]() Caught in one feud too many, he’s on the verge of becoming a dead barbarian – leaving nothing behind him but bad songs, dead friends, and a lot of happy enemies. Logen Ninefingers, infamous barbarian, has finally run out of luck. ![]() Some Assembly Required by Arin Andrews6/10/2023 ![]() ![]() Arin also writes about the thrill of meeting and dating a young transgender woman named Katie Rain Hill-and the heartache that followed after they broke up. In his captivatingly witty, honest voice, Arin reveals the challenges he faced as a girl, the humiliation and anger he felt after getting kicked out of his private school, and all the changes-both mental and physical-he experienced once his transition began. In this revolutionary memoir, Arin details the journey that led him to make the life-transforming decision to undergo gender reassignment as a high school junior. He had been born in the body of a girl and there seemed to be no relief in sight. We’ve all felt uncomfortable in our own skin at some point, and we’ve all been told that “it’s just a part of growing up.” But for Arin Andrews, it wasn’t a phase that would pass. Seventeen-year-old Arin Andrews shares all the hilarious, painful, and poignant details of undergoing gender reassignment as a high school student in this winning memoir. ![]() |