Sadly, many of her older books are out of print. This woman is prolific! Not only does she work as a solicitor for Legal Aid during the day, she somehow fits in writing a lot of books, most of which require copious amounts of research. Of course Greenwood’s written more than the Phryne Fisher books – there are the Corinna Chapman books (a new one due out soon (with the publisher now, as at April 2018), the Delphic Women books (which I haven’t read), and a number of children’s & YA books. But this time I’d like to read them in order, rather than starting in the middle and hopping around randomly. With the introduction of Phryne Fisher to the television screens, of course my interest in re-reading the books returned. (First published in 2012, most recently updated 2023)
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Ill-considered connection to the colonial powers of Spain to explain Solimar’s “distinguished” royal heritage, the otherwise thoughtfully crafted protagonist and band of heroes display charisma and cleverness aplenty, and the narrative’s action sequences create an enthralling, well-paced narrative. But when a neighboring kingdom uses her father and brother’s absence to invade San Gregorio in a play for land, Solimar must use everything in her arsenal to save her kingdom and its beautiful oyamel fir forests from destruction. Solimar: The Sword of the Monarchs Pam Muoz Ryan 3.91 754 ratings193 reviews Middle-grade fans of Pam Muoz Ryan’s Esperanza Rising, will find a new Mexican heroine to love in Solimar and a fresh, magical story On the brink of her Quinceaera, and her official coronation, Solimar visits the oyamel forest to sit among the monarch butterflies. After the encounter leaves her rebozo, a long linen shawl, with a curious iridescence she can’t seem to remove, Solimar discovers that she has gained the ability to predict future events and been given a critical task: protecting young straggling monarchs until they can fly. In the kingdom of San Gregorio, soon-to-be 15-year-old Solimar Guadalupe (“more like a rough-and-tumble forest elf than a princess”) sneaks out of her palace to greet the first wave of migrating monarch butterflies in a nearby forest. Muñoz Ryan ( Mañanaland) nimbly wields fairy tale charm in this rousing fantasy about a young Mexican royal who must protect her home and its rich natural resources from invading forces just before her quinceañera and official coronation. “I’d kill and die for you, Jellybean,” Maggie tells Jared. He regularly helps his elderly neighbours, Mr and Mrs Jaks, who took him in when Maggie was sent for a stint in rehab and anger management for power-nailing her abusive ex-boyfriend David’s arms to the floor. Eye for an eye, bill for a bill” figures into this equation, too.). Optics aside, Jared is fundamentally a sweet, responsible kid who gets the rent and bills paid when his dad blows his disability cheque on Ox圜ontin, or his mother Maggie and her drug-dealing boyfriend, Richie, disappear on “business” (Maggie’s “Biblical sense of justice. Jared funds his bad habits by baking and selling homemade pot cookies to the kids at his Kitimat high school, who show their appreciation by dubbing him “the Cookie Dude.” As in her novels Blood Sport and her Giller Prize-shortlisted Monkey Beach, Robinson’s hero, Jared Martin, is a substance-abusing BC teen from a dysfunctional family of enablers. Most (though not all) of the spewing is drug- and alcohol-induced. Chances are you won’t read a novel in 2017 with more vomiting in it than Eden Robinson’s Son of a Trickster, the first instalment in a planned trilogy by the Haisla/Heiltsuk writer who first rose to prominence in the ’90s with a visceral book of short stories, Traplines. Now, to win the love of his “pretend” girlfriend, he needs a homerun–even it involves Used to giving the signals, not struggling to read them. But the next day Sam is back to her cool self. Wade is thrilled when the pretense turns into an unexpected night of hot passion. Night a year ago in a stuck elevator with too much scotch, the whole thing is an exercise in sexual tension. When Wade needs a date for a celebrity wedding, Sam steps up to the plate as his “girlfriend.” But given her secret crush on him and that one awkward His enforcer is the team’s publicist, the tough and sexy Samantha McNead. Wrist by management and ordered to improve his image. So, who’s going to read this book? Check out the blurb:Īfter a woman claims she’s pregnant with Wade O’Riley’s love child, Major League Baseball’s most celebrated catcher and ladies’ man is slapped on the Wade captured my attention in Pace’s book and I loved his flirty personality so I was really looking forward to getting to know more about him, add to that the chemistry that leaped off the pages between him and Sam and Shalvis had me hooked. I enjoyed the first book in this series, Double Play and was looking forward to this book because this book is Wade’s book. A brief search on The Old Bailey database (starting in 1881 when the story was published) revealed crime clustering around theft. These descriptions seem to match Booth’s harsh judgements under the “dark blue” poverty category on the map that surrounded Tottenham Court Road. The surrounding areas contain mostly pink, purple, and dark blue: “fairly comfortable, good ordinary earnings”,”some comfortable,others poor”, and “very poor.” Nearby Bedford Square is colored yellow, signifying an upper class area.īooth’s journal notes from walks with Constables around District 3 (which included Tottenham Court Road) in 1898 include descriptions of prostitutes, drunkenness, crime, and broken windows. My designated area to study was Tottenham Court Road, which is briefly referred to in “A Case of Identity.” Tottenham Court Road, modern view Tottenham Court Road, Victorian viewĪccording to the Charles Booth Archive map, Tottenham Court Road itself was mostly red/middle class, or well to do. 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Focusing on Section 9 agents in their daily battle against technocrime, Human-Error Processor has all the mind-twisting cybermadness you’ve come to expect from Ghost in the Shell but set in a more police-procedural context with action and suspense galore. Ghost in the Shell 1.5: Human-Error Processor presents for the first time in America the “lost” Ghost in the Shell stories, created by Shirow Masamune after completing work on the original Ghost in the Shell manga and prior to his tour-de-force, Ghost in the Shell 2: Man-Machine Interface, but never collected until now. I REALLY liked the original volume, but I didn't really care much for volume 2 (man-machine interface), to the point where I couldn't even be bothered to finish it as I thought it was super convoluted and not much substance. Whether dealing with remote-controlled corpses, lethally malfunctioning micromachines, or cop-killer cyborgs, Section 9 is determined to serve and protect…and reboot some cybercrook butt! I am looking to possibly buy Ghost in the Shell 1.5: Human-Error Processor. In this rapidly converging technoscape, the cover-ops agents of Section 9 are charged to track and crack the most dangerous terrorists, cybercriminals, and ghost hackers the digital future has to offer. Deep into the 21st century, the line between man and machine has been inexorably blurred as humans rely on the enhancement of mechanical implants, and robots are upgraded with human tissue. What disappointed you about Captive in the Dark? WARNING: This book contains very disturbing situations, dubious consent, strong language, and graphic violence. Although she is frightened by the strong, sadistic, and arrogant man who holds her prisoner, what keeps Olivia awake in the dark is her unwelcome attraction to him. She has a dark sensuality that cannot be hidden or denied, though she tries to accomplish both. Olivia is young, beautiful, naïve and willful to a fault. His name is Caleb, though he demands to be called Master. Blindfolded and bound, there is only a calm male voice to welcome her. If Caleb is to get close enough to strike, he must become the very thing he abhors and kidnap a beautiful girl to train her to be all that he once was.Įighteen-year-old Olivia Ruiz has just woken up in a strange place. Finally, the architect of his suffering has emerged with a new identity, but not a new nature. For 12 years he has immersed himself in the world of pleasure slaves searching for the one man he holds ultimately responsible. Kidnapped as a young boy and sold into slavery by a power-hungry mobster, he has thought of nothing but vengeance. Caleb is a man with a singular interest in revenge. She's good at playing a hot assassin she definitely looked great in that swimsuit. It was also cool seeing Tia Carrire whom I think is a bit of an underrated actress. And yeah part of what really drew me to this episode was the actor Ernie and I was a kid from the 80's decades so I actually did see the show it's a real shame he didn't become a action star. was in one which was the TV show "Sidekicks" which I feel is an under the radar gem. I really love the back and forth between both MacGyver and Luke, in a way by it's nature this episode is almost more of a buddy cop story ironic I mention that since the actor Ernie Reyes Jr. The plot line isn't anything too special it's really more in it's constant moving suspense, action, setting, but most importantly duo dynamic that makes this episode stand out. This is one of my personal favorite episodes of the show, I just can watch it so many times and never get bored. I know this will get me in trouble, as I am going against the grain. This book is also well written, but I can only wish you used a different narrator. They are great stories and well narrated. Ms Sinclair you are a great story teller and have enjoyed both your other book on audible. Impressive writer but NOT impressed by narrator just so long as they don't do anything totally ridiculous. With their lives in chaos, every day brings a new challenge bigger than the last. This single, shocking moment throws boss and assistant together into an intimacy neither could have imagined. Her life is about power, success, and dominance-not a baby! When the unthinkable happens, Vivian's regimented world is turned upside-down. She might be smack in the middle of a messy divorce, but you have to make sacrifices to be the best. Vivian Carlisle helms the internationally revered fashion publication Du Jour. It's a tough job, but her ice queen boss won't settle for less than perfection. Jules Moretti is newly single, an aspiring writer, and the hyper-competent assistant to the most powerful woman in fashion. What happens when the world's fiercest fashion editor learns she's pregnant-and her distracting assistant is the only one she can turn to? This wildly popular age-gap lesbian romance mixes humor and chaos with self-discovery. |