![]() ![]() His sleeper only identifies him as an admiral, an honorary title according to MC so from the get-go there is a lot of distrust between him and the other characters. It’s on emergency power and the other three passengers that were in the sleepers are also awake. The only thing he knows is something is wrong with the ship. MC wakes up after his sleeper malfunctions. It adds to the suspense of the book and the characters’ situation. The main character (MC from here out as he never gives a name for himself) has a ton of secrets and as the story is told from his perspective I thought the reader would be included in his secrets. There was a ton of build-up and mystery and then it just ended in this massive info-dump. Instead I got a story that while it was good, even could be considered on-the-edge-of-your-seat good, it was also boring. ![]() Seriously, did you read that blurb?! I was expecting awesomeness. I was psyched to read it! I love a good sci-fi thriller and this promised to be just that. I really, really wanted to love Admiral by Sean Danker. ![]()
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![]() ![]() You do not need to have read the previous books in this series. Safeword: Quinacridone is a stand-alone book. The men do not know who is in the costume. Her face is completely covered excepting nose and mouth. She is bound into a position giving easy access to all three holes at a party. A woman is dressed in a full latex blow-up doll costume with durable latex 'pockets' stuffed into her orifices.The man about to penetrate her sees only female genitals available for use. A curtain drapes from a canopy above and puddles on the backs of her thighs. A woman is on her back at the edge of a tall bed with hands and feet bound together and restrained above her head.Regarding someone as a commodity considering them merely an instrument towards one's sexual pleasure.Treating a person as an object for use, with no regard for a person's personality or sentience.Join Cara and Travis on their journey to mesh their distinctive sexual tastes into a loving relationship with blow-your-mind kink. ![]() ![]() What happens when an introverted artist who only likes sex when it's a one-night stand meets a computer-geek-extraordinaire with his own sexy secrets? Objectification, romance, pain, adoration, lots of kinky toys, and oodles and oodles of wonderfully imaginative sex. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() His nearest neighbors were the Coast Guardsmen on the hill behind you.Īs the seasons unfolded, Beston recorded his encounters with the waves, the winds, and the wild creatures of the beach and dunes. Here he lived a solitary year in the company of the ocean. On the dunes about a mile and a half to your right he built a cottage with two rooms and a fireplace. ![]() It is in Eastham in Barnstable County Massachusetts Author and naturalist Henry Beston came to this shore in September 1927. This historical marker was erected by Cape Cod National Seashore. The house was washed away by storm tides in 1978. Even today Beston’s descriptions seem as enduring as the elements., Beston’s small cottage stood on one of the easternmost reaches of land in the United States, and was located at the end of Nauset Spit, hence the title, “The Outermost House.”, In 1964 it was named a National Literary Landmark. The resulting book, “The Outermost House,” has become a classic chronicle of the rhythms of nature on the outer Cape. His nearest neighbors were the Coast Guardsmen on the hill behind you., As the seasons unfolded, Beston recorded his encounters with the waves, the winds, and the wild creatures of the beach and dunes. ![]() Author and naturalist Henry Beston came to this shore in September 1927. ![]() ![]() ![]() The time travel love story reminded me of The Time Traveler’s Wife, by Audrey Niffenegger the writing style and plot progression was reminiscent of Sarah Dessen’s wonderful young adult novels and the nuanced symbols and metaphors reflected John Green. Time Between Us combines elements of other iconic books and authors, while creating something beautifully unique. This is just the simple premise of a much deeper, more intriguing book that won my interest, my emotions, and the day I spent captivated while reading it. However, with Bennett’s extraordinary gift comes secrets and choices, and Anna must decide if she is prepared to join him in his special yet challenging life. In Bennett, she finds not only a gateway to the world, but also a gateway to love. ![]() But Bennett can travel through space, time, or both, and when he arrives in Evanston in 1995, Anna has no idea he doesn’t belong.Īnna has never traveled outside of Illinois before. In his present, he should be in 2012, in San Francisco, California. But when Bennett Cooper appears in Anna Greene’s life from out of nowhere (so it seems), she can’t make herself push him away. ![]() ![]() ![]() Now, I wouldn’t even know where to start making my own tea, but I decided to translate this recipe into something more my speed - a baked good. The most oft-mentioned was Courage Tea, which "provided bravery and grit and was made of vanilla with currants and thyme." Much of Maria’s magic is shared in the form of tea and other similar concoctions. ![]() There was actually quite a lot of food in this story, some of it echoing what I previously made to pair with Practical Magic or exactly the cake I made to go with The Rules of Magic but much of it unique to Maria’s story. I would happily read a book about every single generation of this family. ![]() Hoffman is an incredible writer, particularly around the Owens women. I have read a few witch books this year, and this is the only one I truly loved. ![]() I don’t want to give much of it away because it just unfolded so brilliantly. It’s a story of much more than that, though there is the before and the long after. From reading the other novels, I knew going into this story that Maria casts the spell that ultimately brings death to any man who dares fall in love with an Owens woman, but it was interesting to find out how that came to be. Eventually she makes her way to Massachusetts - where the Owens women continue to reside in generations later - by following a man to Salem. Magic Lessons tells the story of Maria Owens, who is the first Owens woman, or the beginning of the Owens bloodline Hoffman writes about in all of these novels. ![]() ![]() Pre-teen girls and anyone who enjoys cliche, corny romances. This book wasn’t for you, but who do you think might enjoy it more? She must also decide whom to trust: Jeb, her gorgeous best friend and secret crush, or the sexy but suspicious Morpheus, her guide through Wonderland, who may have dark motives of his own. There, Alyssa must pass a series of tests, including draining an ocean of Alice’s tears, waking the slumbering tea party, and subduing a vicious bandersnatch, to fix Alice’s mistakes and save her family. The real Wonderland is a place far darker and more twisted than Lewis Carroll ever let on. When her mother’s mental health takes a turn for the worse, Alyssa learns that what she thought was fiction is based in terrifying reality. Alyssa might be crazy, but she manages to keep it together. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() This family curse stretches back to her ancestor Alice Liddell, the real-life inspiration for Lewis Carroll’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. Alyssa Gardner hears the whispers of bugs and flowers - precisely the affliction that landed her mother in a mental hospital years before. This stunning debut captures the grotesque madness of Underland, as well as a girl’s pangs of first love and independence. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() 'A landmark, bringing together a lifetime's work on Lewis Carroll by writer and mathematician Martin Gardner. He dazzles on Carroll's puzzles and games of logic and entertains on everything from Alice's influence on the Beat poet Jack Kerouac to howmercury in hat linings turned hatters mad.it is unsurpassed' - Jackie Wullschlager, Financial Times 'The indispensable guide to a classic of English literature.no one who has ever wondered about the meaning of 'Jabberwocky' sh. ![]() ![]() ![]() He is also a close friend of Alanna's and later her lover. Jonathan of Conté: Jonathan is the Crown Prince of Tortall.At eighteen, he becomes the youngest Master in known history. ![]() He shares her magical Gift but while Alanna fears the magic, Thom can't get enough of it. Thom of Trebond: Thom is Alanna's twin brother.Infamous for her temper and dislike of parties, she still brings glory to Tortall. She becomes the first female knight after centuries. Alanna of Trebond: Alanna is the heroine of the quartet.Duke Roger of Conté is back from the dead and trying to destroy Tortall. But even after she brings the Dominion Jewel home there is still danger for Tortall. On her way she meets the Shang Dragon Liam Ironarm as well as the Sarain Princess Thayet jian Wilima, who both return back to Tortall with her after her quest is complete. On trying to save an old friend of Halef Seif's, Alanna retrieved a map promising the Dominion Jewel which could help Tortall to prosper. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Following the Enabling Act which cemented Hitler's power, Isherwood fled Germany and returned to England. As Berlin's daily scenes featured "poverty, unemployment, political demonstrations and street fighting between the forces of the extreme left and the extreme right," Isherwood realised that he must flee the country. While Ross recovered from the abortion procedure, Germany's political situation deteriorated. ![]() The insouciant flapper Sally Bowles was based on teenage cabaret singer Jean Ross who became Isherwood's intimate friend during his sojourn and, after an unplanned pregnancy, she had a near-fatal abortion which the shy gay author facilitated. The novel recounts Isherwood's 1929–1932 sojourn as a pleasure-seeking British expatriate on the eve of Adolf Hitler's ascension as Chancellor of Germany and consists of a "series of sketches of disintegrating Berlin, its slums and nightclubs and comfortable villas, its odd maladapted types and its complacent burghers." The novel's plot recounts factual events in Isherwood's life, and the novel's characters were based upon actual persons. Goodbye to Berlin is a 1939 novel by Anglo-American writer Christopher Isherwood set during the waning days of the Weimar Republic. ![]() ![]() ![]() But to do so, they would first have to quit school. Maybe there's a way to escape their crushing debt, expose the bank and the scam, and make a few bucks in the process. ![]() And when they learn that their school is one of a chain owned by a shady New York hedge-fund operator who also happens to own a bank specializing in student loans, the three know they have been caught up in The Great Law School Scam. They all borrowed heavily to attend a third-tier, for-profit law school so mediocre that its graduates rarely pass the bar exam, let alone get good jobs. But now, as third-year students, these close friends realize they have been duped. Mark, Todd, and Zola came to law school to change the world, to make it a better place. #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * John Grisham's newest legal thriller takes you inside a law firm that's on shaky ground. ![]() |