![]() ![]() One of the most striking aspects of Station Eleven is Mandel’s ability to create fully realized characters, with their own fears, hopes, and flaws. ![]() The plot unfolds like a puzzle, with each character’s story fitting into a larger mosaic of human resilience and survival. ![]() The novel then jumps back and forth in time, tracing the lives of several interconnected characters before and after the pandemic, including Arthur’s ex-wives, his best friend, a paparazzo-turned-paramedic, and a traveling Shakespearean troupe. On the same night, a deadly flu virus begins its global rampage, wiping out most of the world’s population within weeks. The story begins on a winter night in Toronto, where the famous actor Arthur Leander collapses and dies while performing the role of King Lear on stage. The novel, published in 2014, many years before Covid, has been widely praised for its lyrical prose, rich characterization, and imaginative exploration of the human experience. John Mandel is a novel that effortlessly weaves together different stories and timelines to create a gripping and thought-provoking tale of survival and hope in the face of a catastrophic global pandemic. ![]()
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Temur, grandson of the Great Khan, is walking from a battlefield where he was left for dead. ![]() ![]() ![]() Covering themes including authenticity, surrender, gratitude, and love, this unique poetry collection provides an uplifting salve for our collective burnout and inspires a hopeful outlook despite the overwhelming uncertainty of these times. ![]() In The Shift, Godfred again uses a dual style, this time using her poetry pairs to reframe how listeners move through a brave, new, post-pandemic world. In Self Love Poetry, Melody introduces her signature style of dual poetry, with each pair of poems speaking to left brain thinkers and right brain feelers, and takes listeners on a self-love journey that activates not just the left and right brain, but the heart, body, and soul. 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The various animals at the hotel are all varied and have different talents and interests. ![]() Children will be amused by the delightful world within this Hotel, as well as the many life lessons that Mona learns and teaches others along the way. Being homeless, she is offered a warm place to stay in exchange for work. Heartwood Hotel, hidden in a tree, provides refuge for lost woodland creatures, safety as well as participation in several conventions and festivals, all within its cozy branches. She stumbles upon a large tree and when she rubs her hand over the heart carved in the trunk, the hidden door opens. ![]() ![]() Mona accidentally finds the hotel when her house is flooded and she ends up getting washed down a river. ![]() It's the story of Mona, a mouse, and an animal hotel in the woods. 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She studied communications at a large Midwestern university, and after graduation, Aven worked as a reporter for a community newspaper, followed by a stint at a public relations agency.īut writing about city council meetings and restaurant franchises was not as much fun as writing for young women trying to figure out their careers and potential boyfriends. Aven Ellis has been writing fiction since she was sixteen. Buy Link: Mexican Heat Authors: Laura Baumbach and Josh Lanyon Publisher: Samhain Length: Novel Rating: 4.5 out of 5 Mexican Heat follows San Francisco PD. ![]() ![]() ![]() And Minder Evans, a Civil War veteran who considers cowardice his greatest sin. Then there's Grace Foote, who hides secrets and scandal that belie her genteel fa ade. Joe Cobb, Swandyke's only black resident, whose love for his daughter forces him to flee Alabama. Meet the residents whose lives this tragedy touches: Lucy and Dolly Patch, two sisters long estranged by a shocking betrayal. 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Let’s face it, the whole amnesia angle has been used a lot lately in psychological thrillers and this element on its own isn’t all that original anymore. ![]() Thank you! ***īasically this book has been on my radar ever since I first found out about it, and I couldn’t believe my eyes when my Netgalley request was actually approved. *** A copy of this book was kindly provided to me by Netgalley and Arrow in exchange for an honest review. But the one story he really needs to know is buried somewhere so deep inside him he’s scared he’ll never get to it.” 2023 Netgalley And Edelweiss Reading Challenge.2017 Netgalley And Edelweiss Reading Challenge. ![]() ![]() He takes a hard look at the system that is meant to safeguard its citizen’s rights but has become a cruel way to mistreat vulnerable members of society. So how about we hear some real, hands-on experiences from someone who actually has worked as a lawyer inside America’s prisons and courtrooms? In Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption, Bryan Stevenson gives us exactly that. Your average person may not know it, but there are actually a lot of injustices happening there. But maybe not so shockingly, the real-life criminal justice system is pretty different. Maybe you feel like you know a lot about America’s criminal justice system because you love shows like Law & Order. ![]() Listen to the audio of this summary with a free reading.fm account*: ![]() ![]() ![]() We're gonna pull all the all stars from the Intrepid group of actors and some great new faces and we're just gonna f***ing jam. Usher gradually makes clear that his twin sister Madeline has been placed in the family vault not quite dead. The Fall of the House of Usher is narrated by a man who has been invited to visit his childhood friend Roderick Usher. It is as aggressive and rock 'n roll and over the top and just violent and insane and horrific as anything I have ever done. 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