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![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() That is one of Sarina’s more interesting quirks. One wonders whether those sprinklings of farming life are responsible for all the farmers that Sarina has written about in her books. She has written a lot of books either set in the snow or on the hockey rink, this including a series that was set at an elite Connecticut College and revolving around a hockey team.īesides her family, life at Sarina’s home is made more interesting by the presence of eight chickens. And that is exactly what Sarina Bowen does. Most authors are encouraged to write what they know because that allows them to pour the most passion onto the page. That might explain why she has more skiing gear and even hockey equipment than she knows what to do with. Sarina loves to ski she might express her interest in espresso drinks and margaritas a little fervently, but skiing is where her true passion lies. Sarina has been dabbling in writing since she was a small child, though she wasn’t always certain that she would pursue the career. Sarina Bowen, if it wasn’t clear from her RITA Award, writes romance novels. However, her star is bound to shine even brighter as the years go by, especially when you account for the fact that she has won a RITA Award and those are not so easy to come by. ![]() Sarina Bowen isn’t exactly a household name today. She has written series like the Gravity Series and the Ivy Years Series. Sarina Bowen is an award-winning author of contemporary romance novels. ![]() ![]() ![]() “ Blood Heir is cinematic storytelling at its best. A stunning new voice in YA, Amélie Wen Zhao has drawn characters who are as complex and captivating as the fantastical world she’s built. GOODREADS | AMAZON | BARNES & NOBLE | TARGET | WALMART | BOOKS A MILLION | INDIEBOUND | OTHER RETAILERS Because in this story, the princess might be the most dangerous player of all. ![]() And there is only one person corrupt enough to help Ana get to its core: Ramson Quicktongue.Ī cunning crime lord of the Cyrilian underworld, Ramson has sinister plans-though he might have met his match in Ana. ![]() Corruption rules the land, and a greater conspiracy is at work-one that threatens the very balance of her world. But the Cyrilia beyond the palace walls is far different from the one she thought she knew. And to clear her name, she must find her father’s murderer on her own. Framed as his killer, Ana must flee the palace to save her life. When Ana’s father, the emperor, is murdered, her world is shattered. Her deadly Affinity to blood is her curse and the reason she has lived her life hidden behind palace walls. And Anastacya Mikhailov, the crown princess, has a terrifying secret. Their varied gifts to control the world around them are unnatural-dangerous. In the Cyrilian Empire, Affinites are reviled. ![]() ![]() ![]() Ellie Engle Saves Herself (43), The Mossheart's Promise (56), Rings of Solomon (60), Alex Wise vs. Book 1 Sing Me to Sleep by Gabi Burton 5. ![]() The Fiancee Farce (36), The Daughters of Izdihar (37), Iris Kelly Doesn't Date (49), The Death I Gave Him (57), Black Sails to Sunward (59), A Shot in the Dark (70), Feed Them Silence (73), Ten Things That Never Happened (74), Olympic Enemies (76), Old Enough (77), When London Snow Falls (89), Open Throat (91), Let the Dead Bury the Dead (95), Brother & Sister Enter the Forest (99), Such Pretty Flowers (102), The Dust of the Red Rose Knight (104), The Skin and Its Girl (127), and Fly With Me (131) are adult ![]() ![]() The appendices provide primary documents that help readers do what they are seldom encouraged to do: consider the experiences and perspectives of people who are not white. This edition engages the latest research on Harper’s life and work and offers ways to teach these major moments in United States history by centering the experiences of African Americans. ![]() Written by the foremost black woman activist of the nineteenth century, the novel sheds light on the movements for abolition, public education, and voting rights through a compelling narrative. ![]() Iola Leroy adopts and adapts three genres that commanded significant audiences in the nineteenth century: the sentimental romance, the slave narrative, and plantation fiction. ![]() Frances Harper’s fourth novel follows the life of the beautiful, light-skinned Iola Leroy to tell the story of black families in slavery, during the Civil War, and after Emancipation. ![]() ![]() What sites your reviews are posted on (B&N, Amazon, etc.) and whether you send digital (eBook, PDF, Word, etc.) or hard copies of your books to each other for review is up to you. Simply put, you agree to provide an honest review an author's book in exchange for the author doing the same for you. This author participates in the Readers' Favorite Book Review Exchange Program, which is open to all authors and is completely free. To begin, click the purple email icon to send this author a private email. You and the author will discuss what sites you will post your review to and what kind of copy of the book you would like to receive (eBook, PDF, Word, paperback, etc.). The author will provide you with a free copy of their book in exchange for an honest review. ![]() ![]() This author participates in the Readers' Favorite Free Book Program, which is open to all readers and is completely free. ![]() ![]() ![]() Even now, fifteen years on, we are still groping in the dark when it comes to investigating our oceans. (Eventually Michael Ironside showed up, which is fantastic for him, but the show wasn’t the same.) And say what you will about the show itself, the concept is brilliant. I seem to remember the first season, especially, focused on the scientific parts of such exploration. ![]() I was captivated by the idea of a tricked-out submarine exploring the deeps of the ocean on our own planet Earth. (I was alive when it first broadcast, but it was in re-runs by the time I started paying attention.) I never watched the series regularly, but I’d happily sit in front of an episode if it happened to be on. When I was a child, I remember tuning into re-runs of seaQuest DSV on the Space channel in Canada. ![]() ![]() ![]() King’s take on a time-travel story is unique because its method of venturing into the past (a supernatural tear in the fabric of reality) is so imprecise. It’s also about toxic masculinity, long before that term became widely used. Like most of King’s best, there is a lot more happening beneath the eerie premise. In this case, it’s a candy apple red 1958 Plymouth Fury with a mind of its own, the ability to heal itself from damage, and a love of doo-wop and vengeance. This 1983 book is prototypical King: the Haunted. Let’s start the countdown with the luckiest number of all. ![]() These ground rules may infuriate some Constant Readers, but I want to focus on the longer-form King tales, where his imagination runs so far away that we race to keep up despite the fear of what awaits the next page. I’m also going to leave out the short story collections, but keep the novellas. Let’s also set aside his collaborations, such as The Talisman and Black House with Peter Straub, Sleeping Beauties with his son Owen King, and Gwendy’s Button Box with Richard Chizmar. The real debate over the Best of King begins once you move past those classic novels, his near-perfect memoir On Writing, and the serialized Dark Tower books, the best of which ( The Drawing of the Three and The Waste Land) frankly feel inscrutable without the others. ![]() ![]() ![]() Maneesha Jaswal is a Movie/TV Features Writer for Screen Rant, turning her passion for all things popular culture into interesting and informative articles. So, for those who want to enrich the stories depicted in Virgin River, or for those who can’t wait to find out what happens next, here’s how to read the Virgin River books in order. The 22 books take the story far beyond what’s seen in the show. Netflix’s successful Virgin River adaptation helped grow readership of the book series, which established itself worldwide after its first release, Virgin River, was published in 2007. Related: Is Netflix's Subscriber Loss Really That Bad? ![]() ![]() While creative liberties are taken, the series still captures the drama and feel-good essence of the books it's loosely based on. It’s worth noting, however, that many of Virgin River’s critical moments are written specifically for the show. Show-runner Sue Tenney adapted the novels for television, hand-picking storylines and characters to include in the Netflix series. Like the books, the series begins by following Melinda “Mel” (Alexandra Breckenridge) and Jack (Martin Henderson)’s on-and-off romance set in the fictitional Northern Californian town of Virgin River, where secrets never last long. ![]() ![]() ![]() Thyon Nero I couldn’t stand at first but the longer I read, the more I was losing hold of the thread of hatred I felt towards him. She was a layered character whom I sometimes despised for her cruelty and sometimes felt sorry for the reasons of that made her like this. She was overbearing and angry but she had valid reasons to be so. Even this murderous, nearly villainous character crept up to my heart and took a place there. ![]() I wish she stood up to Minya a little bit more though. Sarai was a little meek and bland, but I cared about her nonetheless. And Lazlo is a great example of how you can be respectful, humble and confident at the same time. Humility is something I admire greatly in any character and his character is truly a contrast to today’s norm of making characters conceited, entitled and vain in order to make them “strong” and “confident” (*cough* Feyre and Rhysand *cough*). ![]() ![]() So soft hearted, so humble – in a world full of narcissistic, rude character types Lazlo is a pure gem. Lazlo Strange – the main protagonist of this book is a pure, sweet soul. And Laini Taylor’s characters ticked that box for me. Realistic and consistent characterization in a book is one of the most, if not the most, important criteria for my enjoyment of a book. What can I say about the characters except that I loved all of them dearly? ![]() |