![]() I love the mix of Egyptian mythology with all sorts of paranormal creatures. Who knew a gargoyle could be so big and sexy and lusty? This is a fun book to read and the hero and heroine are very hot together. Initial Thoughts: I absolutely love this series. As human and Gargoyle forge an unbreakable bond, Kat will discover that despite his intimidating strength and size, one thing Ahnvil does not possess is a heart of stone. ![]() ![]() and exposed herself to dark, powerful magic. And he will have to shield her-for by coming to his rescue, Kat has placed herself in the middle of a supernatural war. ![]() But as this bewitching woman nurses him back to health, arousing an almost uncontrollable hunger within him, he is possessed with the fierce impulse to protect her as well. With an irresistible Scottish brogue and a strange ability to harden his chiseled body like a statue, the stranger awakens a desire she is unable to resist-and a fascination about the intriguing world he exists in.Īs a proud Gargoyle, Ahnvil must safeguard the Nightwalker to whom he’s sworn fealty. But as Kat tends to his injuries, she quickly realizes that they’re the least of her worries. When Katrina Haynes discovers a large man lying wounded in the snow, she fears he is at death’s door. From New York Times, bestselling author Jacquelyn Frank comes to a seductive new paranormal romance set in the World of the Nightwalkers, as a battle-scarred bodyguard and a sensitive beauty risk their lives-and their hearts-in the face of evil. ![]()
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![]() Purchase here: Press inquiries for media tickets or a stream to Kathryn Musilek: Kirkman is an internationally touring stand-up comedian, New York Times Bestselling author, television writer and actor. What’s more dysfunctional than that? WHERE: On Location Live - via livestream WHEN: Friday, December 4th at 6pm PT / 9pm ET HOW: Tickets are $21-$42. WHAT: Join Jen Kirkman and her surprise guests for the variety show filled with comedy, stories, sketch, music and more that brings together both lovers and haters of the holiday season! The long-running Dysfunctional Christmas Show which traditionally was performed on stage in Los Angeles is now coming to you from Jen’s living room due to a global pandemic. Jen won a Writers Guild Award in 2018 for her work as a writer on Amazon’s The Marvelous Mrs. ![]() She's also written two books and is a NY Times Bestselling author. WHO: Jen Kirkman is back with her 9th Annual Jen Kirkman Dysfunctional Xmas Show! You know Jen from her critically acclaimed Netflix specials “I’m Gonna Die Alone” and “Just Keep Livin’?” as well as Chelsea Lately, Lights Out with David Spade, Drunk History, Conan, The Late Show with Stephen Colbert. ![]() ![]() R/horrorlit's TOP 10 GREATEST NON-SUPERNATURAL HORROR NOVELS OF ALL TIME!!! R/horrorlit's TOP 10 GREATEST HORROR SHORT STORIES OF ALL TIME!!! R/horrorlit's TOP 10 GREATEST HORROR NOVELS OF ALL TIME!!!! If you would like to mask a potential spoiler, use the following format: (/spoiler)Īll times in ET (EST/EDT) unless otherwise noted. Spoiler tags are left to user discretion. Some rule violations may result in a temporary or permanent ban on the first strike. We do ask that you help us keep a high level of discourse by avoiding image-only posts, blog spam, surveys, plugging your own unpublished or self-published fiction, and linking to fundraisers or items for sale. ![]() ![]() No book is off-limits since horror is subjective. Here is your place to share your love or loathing for horror lit, but remember to be respectful.Ībusive comments and posts will get you banned but having a dissenting opinion is acceptable. ![]() ![]() Along the way, she meets white people who confide in her about losing their homes, their dreams, and their shot at better jobs to the toxic mix of American racism and greed. McGhee embarks on a deeply personal journey across the country from Mississippi to California to Maine, tallying what we lose when we buy into the zero-sum paradigm-the idea that progress for some of us must come at the expense of others. ![]() But how did this happen? And is there a way out? It is the common denominator of our most vexing public problems, the core dysfunction of our democracy and constitutive of the spiritual and moral crises that grip us all. ![]() But not just in the most obvious indignities for people of color. ![]() From the financial crisis to rising student debt to collapsing public infrastructure, she found a common root problem: racism. Heather McGhee’s specialty is the American economy-and the mystery of why it so often fails the American public. ![]() ![]() She was elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1943. In later life, she experienced much negative criticism for her conservative politics and became reclusive, burning some of her letters and personal papers, including her last manuscript. She travelled widely and often spent summers in New Brunswick, Canada. In 1923 she was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for her novel, 'One of Ours' (1922), set during World War I. Her novels on frontier life brought her to national recognition. Because of this, she changed her major and graduated with a bachelor's degree in English.Īfter graduation in 1894, she worked in Pittsburgh as writer for various publications and as a school teacher for approximately 13 years, thereafter moving to New York City for the remainder of her life. She then attended the University of Nebraska, initially planning to become a physician, but after writing an article for the Nebraska State Journal, she became a regular contributor to this journal. Wilella Sibert Cather was born in Back Creek Valley (Gore), Virginia, in December 7, 1873. ![]() ![]() ![]() The next award of the ceremony, the Nipper, the award for emerging talent, went to Shelterbelts by Jonathan Dyck (published by Conundrum Press). The second award of the ceremony, the Pigskin Peters Award, honouring the best small-press or micro-press book, went to Ivana Filipovich for her self-published comic Where Have You Been? The first award of the ceremony, the Egghead, honouring the best kids book, went to Cory Silverberg and Fiona Smyth for You Know, Sex, published by Triangle Square. It’s a near-perfect summary of Valium and his work. If you haven’t already, I would highly recommend you read the feature Marc Tessier wrote about Valium over at The Comics Journal. Valium was a multidisciplinary artist from Montreal whose eclectic alternative comics work was a pillar of the Montreal Comix scene who unfortunately passed much too young. ![]() This year’s Giants of the North inductee is Henriette Valium (1959–2021), a comic book artist and painter, and the winner of the 2017 Pigskin Peters award, for his book The Palace of Champions and the winner of the 2018 Albert-Chartier award, for his contribution to the field of comic book in Quebec. The show presented four awards and added a new inductee the Giant of the North Hall of Fame. That’s “Wright”, The Doug Wright Awards celebrating and honouring Canadian cartoonists were presented at the Toronto Comic Arts Festival (or more commonly known as TCAF) in Toronto on Saturday, April 29 2023. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() In this classic summation of half a lifetime spent playing, watching and writing about the sport, he recounts the story of his overriding passion and tells us of the players whom he knew and loved, exploring the game's psychology and aesthetics, and the issues of class, race and politics that surround it. All are true' Sunday TimesĬ L R James, one of the foremost thinkers of the twentieth century, was devoted to the game of cricket. 'Great claims have been made for since its first appearance in 1963: that it is the greatest sports book ever written that it brings the outsider a privileged insight into West Indian culture that it is a severe examination of the colonial condition. 'To say "the best cricket book ever written" is piffingly inadequate praise' Guardian Beyond a Boundary was published a year after the West Indies Federation collapsed and Jamaica and Trinidad became independent in the last section of the book, James thinks through West Indian identity as colonial rule fades, and how cricket expresses that identity at a pivotal moment in Caribbean history. ![]() ![]() The Prince rapes Beauty while she is unconscious. But I do have a problem with rape presented as being okay and even sexy. ![]() I've mentioned before that I have zero problem with any sexual activity that however many consenting adults engage in. And 'boring' is definitely not the word that any erotica book should be described as, right? Right? A drinking game with taking a shot every time spanking is mentioned would not last long (that is, unless you have truly remarkable alcohol-digesting enzymes and a stomach made of steel).Īnd since there are only so many ways to spank somebody (and this book quickly explores ALL the possibilities), the book quickly becomes quite repetitive and incredibly boring. Which is repeated so many times it almost does not look like a real word anymore. Public service notice: This book has been brought to you thanks to the generous sponsorship by the word 'spanking'. ![]() No, I'm not a prude (I'm a gynecologist, I've seen and heard EVERYTHING). I want to bleach my brain after reading this. ![]() ![]() ![]() This is a short, fast-reading book published in 1992 that I’ve had for many years. In our Reading with Kids adventures, the next book to come up is The Enchanted Horse by Magdalen Nabb. Her first book, Josie Smith, was runner-up for the Guardian Children's Fiction Award in 1989, and in l99l, Josie Smith and Eileen was winner of the prestigious Smarties Book Prize for the 6-8 age group. Magdalen Nabb also writes the immensely successful Josie Smith books, set in her native Lancashire, which form the basis of the Granada children's TV series, Josie Smith, scripted by the author. It's a problem the Marshal comes up against all the time.' ![]() Walk down any residential street and you have no idea what is going on behind those blank walls. She has written fourteen crime novels featuring Marshal Guarnaccia of the carabinieri, all set in Florence, which she describes as 'a very secret city. She has lived there ever since, and pursues a dual career as crime writer and children's author. In 1975 she abandoned pottery, sold her home and her car, and came to Florence with her son, knowing nobody and speaking no Italian. MAGDALEN NABB was born in Lancashire in 1947 and trained as a potter. ![]() ![]() Of course, the wandering Israelites, those people of fragile faith - as Exodus tells it - do not have patience for Moses’ long, often months-long retreats speaking with God. There, the Ten Commandments are etched in stone. As the Israelites are traveling through the desert following their exodus from Egypt, Moses converses with God on Mt. Most of the readers of this blog are intimately familiar with this prohibition from the Hebrew Bible. “You shall not make for yourself an idol, whether in the form of anything that is in heaven above, or that is on the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth.” - The Second Commandment, Exodus 20:4 ![]() |