5/29/2023 0 Comments Bethan roberts books![]() ![]() Omg, why I did read this? No, seriously why? I guess I wanted to read something queer that wasn’t explicitly m/m. My Policeman is a deeply heartfelt story of love's passionate endurance, and the devastation wrought by a repressive society. Forster had with a policeman, Bob Buckingham, and his wife. In this evocative portrait of midcentury England, Bethan Roberts reimagines the real life relationship the novelist E. The two lovers must share him, until one of them breaks and three lives are destroyed. Tom is their policeman, and in this age it is safer for him to marry Marion and meet Patrick in secret. Patrick is besotted, and opens Tom's eyes to a glamorous, sophisticated new world of art, travel, and beauty. A few years later near the Brighton Museum, Patrick meets Tom. He teaches her to swim, gently guiding her through the water in the shadow of the city's famous pier and Marion is smitten-determined her love alone will be enough for them both. ![]() ![]() It is in 1950's Brighton that Marion first catches sight of Tom. Soon to be a motion picture starring Harry Styles and Emma Corrin, an exquisitely told, tragic tale of thwarted love. ![]()
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It’s the kind of slow-churn vice grip you’d expect from a show based on Megan Abbott’s novel of the same name, in which Addy Hanlon relates the circumstances surrounding a shocking event that rumbles the foundation of her Midwestern town.Ībbott’s book was told through Addy’s eyes and ears. Watching these aerial maneuvers against a sea of psychological chaos is the contrast that not only gives this USA series its anxiety, but its artistry. Its main characters are members and leaders of a high school cheerleading squad, and whenever they or one of their cohorts go flying through the air, a safe landing is never guaranteed. ![]() Even before the blood starts flowing, “ Dare Me” is a show dripping with the anxiety of potential danger. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() I’ve never read toast described in such detail before! There was a paragraph that described toast, which made me crave it. There was so much delicious food described in this book! This is definitely not a book to read when you’re hungry. It takes a serious accident for her to rethink her life choices. The diary ends up turning into a journal where she talks about everything in her life. A nurse gives her a food diary to keep track of her diet. ![]() This story was both hilarious and heartbreaking.īluebelle is told that she is obese and needs to lose weight after a serious asthma attack. As for the food diary, though, BB doesn’t just document what she’s eating, she documents what she’s feeling–and she has a lot to say! Review: Suddenly, losing weight and moving more are the least of her worries. Then a tragedy occurs in the family, and things get seriously complicated. To get out of this immediate health crisis, she agrees to make an effort. There, she is told that she is overweight (no surprise) and prediabetic (big surprise) and must lose weight, move more, and keep a food diary. When BB has a worse-than-usual asthma attack, her mom insists she go to the doctor. Sixteen-year-old Bluebelle, also known as BB or Big Bones, lives her life unapologetically. This honest, laugh-out-loud novel brimming with body positivity, bite-sized nuggets of feminism, and commentary on eating will have readers rooting for sixteen-year-old BB as she navigates her world while maintaining her plucky zest for life even in the most trying of times. ![]() ![]() Shot over the course of seven years, Army of Lovers, or Revolt of the Perverts traces the development - and splintering - of the American gay rights movement from the Mattachine Society through the end of the 1970s. Rosa von Praunheim, 1979, Germany, 108min Spanning the late 1970s through the mid-1990s, these six films offer a changing portrait of queer sex and sensibility, addressing respectability, popular culture, and the radical efforts of AIDS activists across a shifting political landscape.ĪRMY OF LOVERS, OR REVOLT OF THE PERVERTSĭir. Following the horrifying success of last year's SEX DEMON, historian and archivist Elizabeth Purchell returns to Spectacle for a program of incendiary and exciting documentaries by German filmmaker and writer Rosa von Praunheim. ![]() 5/29/2023 0 Comments Jenny han ashes to ashes![]() ![]() ![]() Shug was published in 2006 and is about Annemarie Wilcox, a twelve-year-old trying to navigate the perils of junior high school. ![]() Han wrote her first book, the children's novel Shug, while she was in college. Han has never been married and has no children, she resides in Brooklyn, New York. In 2006, she received her Master of Fine Arts in creative writing at The New School. She graduated from Governor's School for Government and International Studies in 1998, then attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Han was born and raised in Richmond, Virginia, to Korean-American parents. She is best known for writing the To All the Boys series and The Summer I Turned Pretty trilogy, which were adapted into a film series and TV series, respectively. Jenny Han is an American author of young adult fiction and children's fiction. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (BFA) ![]() 5/28/2023 0 Comments Shadow and bone series![]() ![]() In Ravka, Grishas are separated into three orders: Corporalki (The Order of The Living and The Dead), Etherealki (The Order of The Summoners), and Materialki (The Order of Fabrikators). out of nothing in reality, they are manipulating the matter around them. Therefore, while it appears that the Grishas are creating fire, water, wind, etc. ![]() Creating things that don't exist is called Merzost - and it has great prices for those who attempt doing it, as seen in season two of Shadow and Bone. This is called Small Science it is not magic, it follows the physical laws. The Grishaverse is named after the Grishas, people who can manipulate matter on a fundamental level. How they interact with each other makes these differences clash, and these interactions are not always without war in mind. They have their politics, cultures, and even different religions. Every country on the map is inspired by places and cities that indeed exist, such as the fictional Ketterdam and the real Amsterdam. It is a fantasy fictional world that has its own map and constitutes two main continents separated by The True Sea. ![]() ![]() Leigh Bardugo wrote 10 books that constitute the Grishaverse, a world quickly influenced by tsarist Russia. ![]() 5/28/2023 0 Comments Fear of dying erica jong![]() ![]() Wildly funny and searingly honest, this is a book for everyone who has ever been shaken and changed by love. Hilarious and heart wrenching, Fear of Dying is a daring and delightful look at what it really takes to be human and female in the 21st century. Fear of Dying is a daring and delightful look at what it really takes to be human and female in the 21st century. ![]() With the help and counsel of her best friend, Isadora Wing, Vanessa weeds out the lovers from the losers and liars, and starts to question if what she's looking for might be close at hand after all. So she places an ad for sex on a site called and the life she knew begins to unravel. Although Vanessa considers herself 'a happily married woman', the lack of sex in her life makes her feel as if she's losing something too valuable to ignore. Vanessa Wonderman is a former actress in her 60s who finds herself balancing between her dying parents, her aging husband and her beloved, pregnant daughter. Now she mixes her trademark sharp, clever prose with poetic poignancy to bring us the story of a woman who never wants to give in to fear. The new novel from the author of the iconic international bestseller Fear of Flying.įour decades ago, Erica Jong changed the way we looked at love, marriage, and especially sex in her revolutionary bestseller, Fear of Flying. ![]() 5/28/2023 0 Comments Pet by akwaeke emezi![]() I also wanted to write a book that wasn't about black trans people dying, because I feel like that's so much of when people pay attention to black trans women. 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With Jam, what does it look like for a black trans girl to have this really wholesome, protective friendship with a black cis boy. exist now, but the world that they are living in is different. ![]() In terms of the world that was built, that was more futuristic, so it's not actually what the world is like today. ![]() TV: When you were building out the friendship of Jam and Redemption, how did you want to portray that connection?ĪE: I wanted them to have a super wholesome friendship. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Combining the best elements of nineteenth century gothic fiction with contemporary Steampunk, adventure, romance and the supernatural, Liesel Schwarz has crafted a truly exceptional debut, the first book in The Chronicles of Light and Shadow trilogy. When an unusual cargo drags airship-pilot Elle Chance into the affairs of the mysterious Mr Marsh, she must confront her destiny and do everything in her power to stop the Alchemists from unleashing a magical apocalypse. In a Golden Age where spark reactors power the airways, and creatures of Light and Shadow walk openly among us, a deadly game of Alchemists and Warlocks has begun. Combining the best elements of nineteenth century gothic fiction with contemporary Steampunk, adventure, romance and the supernatural. Discover more authors you’ll love listening to on Audible. ![]() When an unusual cargo drags airship-pilot Elle Chance into the affairs of the mysterious Mr Marsh, she must confront her destiny and do everything in her power to stop the Alchemists from unleashing a magical apocalypse. Browse Liesel Schwarz’s best-selling audiobooks and newest titles. A Conspiracy of Alchemists follows Elle Chance, female dirigible pilot in an alternate early 20th century. ![]() In a Golden Age where spark reactors power the airways, and creatures of Light and Shadow walk openly among us, a deadly game of Alchemists and Warlocks has begun. All Editions of A Conspiracy of Alchemists 2015, MP3 format ISBN-13: 9781511333320 2014, Audiobook CD ISBN-13: 9781480537705 2013, Mass-market paperback ISBN-13: 9780345548269 2013, Hardcover ISBN-13: 9780345545077 Books by Liesel Schwarz A Clockwork Heart Starting at 1.45 Starting at 3.68 Haunted Futures Starting at 2. ![]() |
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