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![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() An audiobook preview will also be placed after the talk. This one is a long one, but I’ll leave it at that as we do speak on it in this discussion! I’m trying something new instead of name tags, Tim is going to be the bold text and I the regular. I recognize my privilege as a mixed race person of color but I felt, since I didn’t focus on race in this story, the audiobook role of Sam could go to any of the three categories, being black, mixed or white as long as they connected with the story of his queerness. I myself am biracial-black and white-so is Sam, I didn’t put that very intentionally because I wanted a person who connected with Sam’s coming out more than his race as it’s not a thing he deals with too much, everyone around him being rather accepting and diverse in at least that. Many of the voice actors on there didn’t have a photo and honestly, that was preferred as I didn’t specify what I wanted with the exception of Samael being a teen struggling with his sexuality. For some background, I held my auditions on ACX, the audiobook service for authors to find the voice for their narration. My guest for this talk is a member of the JUDD team, one of the many who’ve helped me achieve my dreams of being a published author, Tim Alexander. ![]() ![]() ![]() His constant bemusement and great great silliness comes off as cute, endearing and immensely amusing to me. The main character feels very real, even though everyone is rather cartoonishly over-done (despite this, there is a strong sense of realism even when the characters are all rather overdone). I’ve seen books that put mundane people in fantastic abilities and situations, but rarely ones that do it as well as this. 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Reading this book is like eating a big rich chocolate cake – that’s attached to the mains supply. ![]() ![]() ![]() Once he was representing the mother of 14 year old teenager who died in custody while being retrained by 3 officers. It is a book to inspire to refashion our understanding of our many selves and semblances and ultimately to find fresh ways to be free.ĭexter Diaz is a prominent human rights lawyer in the UK. Mixing cutting-edge neuroscience, social psychology and visceral true stories, The Ten Types of Human is at once a provocation and a roadmap of the hidden parts of us. It begins in a courtroom and journeys across four continents and through the lives of some exceptional people, in search of answers. It explores the frontiers of the human experience, excavating the forces that shape our thoughts and actions in extreme situations. It looks at the best and worst that human beings are capable of, and asks why. ![]() The Ten Types of Human is a pioneering examination of human nature. But who or what are these Types? Where do they come from? How did they get into our heads? The answer lies with the Ten Types of Human: the people we become when we are faced with life's most difficult decisions. But how can we be sure? What are our limits? Do we have limits? We want to believe that there are others we always would. We want to believe that there are some things we would never do. ![]() Who are they? What are they for? How did they get into your head? But you’re almost certainly unaware of their intervention. They inform and shape the most important decisions in your life. This book will introduce you to ten people. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Summer Heyward-Di Laurentis is sort of Elle Woods come to life, if Elle Woods were a bit more contemporary and a lot more sexed. Even more so when I found out that this, the first book, is available on Amazon for free. So when Janine told me there was a new series set at the same fictional university, Briar, featuring the school’s seemingly inexhaustible supply of hot hockey players, I was definitely interested. I read the original Off-Campus quartet back in 20 I gave the first book a B and the last three each got a B+. Jennie B+ Reviews / Book Reviews Briar U Series / College Hockey / New Adult / roommates / video games 2 Comments ![]() ![]() Fifteen years later, the Shenkmans have arrived in the neighborhood with their own difficulties, including how to guide their dreamy ten-year-old son, Waldo, who wanders Avalon at night tracking the stars on his iPad. ![]() A 1985 car accident upends the fortunes of the Wilf clan-prominent doctor Ben, wife Mimi, and two teenage children-as each family member’s role in the crash and its aftermath becomes a dark secret that haunts them as they struggle to move forward. Traversing the period between 19, this drama follows the intersecting lives of two families in Avalon, a tony New York suburb, where affluence and good intentions turn out to be flimsy guardrails against tragedy and private suffering. ![]() This week’s installment of Ten Questions features Dani Shapiro, whose new novel, Signal Fires, is out today from Knopf. ![]() ![]() and disaster follows!Ĭomplete with hieroglyphics, sparkling jewels and an ingenious mechanical device built into the back of the book, here is a cautionary tale set amongst the wonders of an ancient world, from the bestselling and highly acclaimed author of such classics as Animalia, The Eleventh Hourand The Legend of the Golden Snail. ![]() Jackal and Ibis are not very clever and ignore the Cat Pharaoh’s words, taking a few extra treasures for themselves. ‘Do not take anything else while you are in Karnak. In a merciful moment, the Pharaoh decides to give the two friends one last chance: they must journey up the River Nile to the temple of Karnak and bring back something that has been taken from her – a beautiful and precious Jewel Fish. Far away in Ancient Egypt, Jackal and Ibis are brought before the Cat Pharaoh to be punished for stealing from the town market. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Petty before but you bet your buns I will be now. Before they were mortal enemies, they were much more. The truth very well might drive them apart. And after this case, Mori may never trust Lock again. Check out Lock & Mori In modern-day London, two brilliant high school students, one Sherlock Holmes and a Miss James Mori Moriarty, meet. ![]() ![]() OBSERVATION: Sometimes you can’t trust the people closest to you with matters of the heart. Challenge accepted.įACT: Despite agreeing to Lock’s one rule–they must share every clue with each other–Mori is keeping secrets. which was the only part of the story that had intrigued me, and his mother had Lock & Mori Lock & Mori somehow talked the headmaster 2 2 Heather W. Instead, they are out crashing a crime scene.įACT: Lock has challenged Mori to solve the case before he does. The police have no leads.įACT: Miss James “Mori”Moriarty and Sherlock “Lock” Holmes should be hitting the books on a school night. You guys, this book is awesome Heather Petty has made her mark among other fabulous. The truth very well might drive them apart.īefore they were mortal enemies, they were much more.įACT: Someone has been murdered in London’s Regent’s Park. In modern-day London, two brilliant high school students, one Sherlock Holmes and a Miss James “Mori” Moriarty, meet. I’m a huge fan of Sherlock Holmes, so I was beyond excited to hear about a YA novel coming to a bookshelf near you! Have you heard of an upcoming YA book called Lock & Mori? I practically fainted when I heard about this book. ![]() ![]() ![]() And, yes, some WILL die! And with the clock ticking on the first class of recruits, get ready to meet the next batch! Including new Marvels, old Marvels, at least one SKRULL and.THE ![]() And when it’s all over, nothing will ever be the same! No, really, we mean it! Whedon and Cassaday prove they are more than Astonishing: They are unstoppable! Collecting ASTONISHING X-MEN #19-24 and GIANT-SIZE ASTONISHING X-MEN #1.ĪVENGERS: THE INITIATIVE VOL. ![]() Strap yourselves in, folks! It’s Joss Whedon and John Cassaday’s final arc on Astonishing X-Men! After the shocking and brain-smashing events of recent issues, the X-Men are off to protect the Earth from its destruction at the hands of the Breakworld. Resting place of the Master Vampires truly is? Where is Jean-Claude? And most important, who is behind the Vampire Murders? What’s next for Anita Blake, you ask? The answers to all of those questions are here! Collecting ANITA BLAKE, VAMPIRE HUNTER:ĪSTONISHING X-MEN VOL. Hamilton’s Anita Blake series continues! What price will Anita pay in order to save her friend’s life and solve the Vampire Murders? Will she actually kiss Phillip? How far will Edward go in order to find out where the daytime ANITA BLAKE, VAMPIRE HUNTER: GUILTY PLEASURES VOL. ![]() ![]() ![]() She questions why the Western take on yoga so often misses-or misuses-the tradition’s spiritual dimension. She calls out an American yoga complex that prefers debating the merits of cotton versus polyblend leggings rather than owning up to its overwhelming Whiteness. In a series of deeply honest, funny autobiographical essays, Jessamyn explores everything from imposter syndrome to cannabis to why it’s a full-time job loving yourself, all through the lens of yoke. ![]() This larger idea of “yoke” is what Jessamyn Stanley calls the yoga of the everyday-a yoga that is not just about perfecting your downward dog but about applying the hard lessons learned on the mat to the even harder daily project of living. In Sanskrit, yoga means to “yoke.” To yoke mind and body, movement and breath, light and dark, the good and the bad. Finding self-acceptance both on and off the mat. ![]() |