5/24/2023 0 Comments A Scandalous Destiny by Ava StoneI spotted him behind Drury Lane one evening, in the middle of dealing with some cutpurse. “And Christian still shared his secret with you?” Gabe retrieved the decanter of whisky and splashed a healthy amount into the tumbler. “Why do you think I always tell the truth?” “You are an abysmal liar, by the way,” Gabe said as he started for the sideboard, knowing Christian had a very nice bottle of whisky in the mix. After encountering Sophie, there was no way he intended to remain sober tonight, even if he was drinking alone. Not that Chase would ever be confused with his souse of a cousin, and not that it mattered to Gabe one way or another, not really. “And end up on the same path as Gillingham? I’d better keep my wits about me going forward.” “Feel free to help yourself to a drink.”īut his friend shook his head. Then he gestured to a sideboard in the far corner. He led Chase from the foyer into the closest parlor and then lit a pair of lamps, casting a warm glow around the room. “With the hours he keeps, he certainly doesn’t make his staff wait up for him.” And as Gabe had been staying at Christian’s home, or rather his grandfather’s Mayfair home, for the last fortnight, his friend had thought that Gabe having a key to the place made the most sense. “ You have a key?” Chase whispered as Gabe let them into Weybourne House.
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5/24/2023 0 Comments Namesake by adrienne youngWelcome to a world made dangerous by the sea and by those who wish to profit from it. But the town has more than one reason to want August gone, and the emergence of deep betrayals and hidden promises spanning generations threaten to reveal the truth behind Lily’s mysterious death once and for all. When he returns to bury his mother’s ashes, he must confront the people who turned their backs on him and face the one wound from his past that has never healed-Emery. As a fire raged on at the Salt family orchard, Lily Morgan was found dead in the dark woods, shaking the bedrock of their tight-knit community and branding August a murderer. The morning she wakes to find that every single tree on Saoirse has turned color in a single night, August returns for the first time in fourteen years and unearths the past that the town has tried desperately to forget.Īugust knows he is not welcome on Saiorse, not after the night everything changed. But when the island, rooted in folklore and magic, begins to show signs of strange happenings, Emery knows that something is coming. Years later, she is doing what her teenage self swore she never would: living a quiet existence on the misty, remote shores of Saoirse Island and running the family’s business, Blackwood’s Tea Shoppe Herbal Tonics & Tea Leaf Readings. Emery Blackwood’s life changed forever the night her best friend was found dead and the love of her life, August Salt, was accused of murdering her. 5/24/2023 0 Comments Light from uncommon starsPasadena’s Naomi Hirahara explores treatment of Japanese Americans in ‘Clark and Division’.Anaheim author Yoon Choi says raising four children helped shape the stories in ‘Skinship’.How El Monte and the San Gabriel Valley inspire writer Carribean Fragoza’s writing.28, merges elements of folklore and science fiction as three women wrestle to balance tradition and modernity: Katrina Nguyen, a young transgender violinist fleeing an abusive home to start a new life Shizuka Satomi, a musical prodigy turned teacher with an ulterior motive Lan Tran, a donut shop owner and mother who used to captain a starship. The violin figures in the story as part of a nefarious bargain, a source of competition, and a tool for empowerment.Ī work of speculative fiction set in the San Gabriel Valley, “Light From Uncommon Stars,” which is in stores Sept. In Ryka Aoki’s novel “Light from Uncommon Stars,” an essential instrument of the plot is an actual instrument. 5/24/2023 0 Comments John henry by lester's Jim Bowden said the San Francisco Giants, who lost out on Sandoval, are arranging a meeting with the left-hander. Lester has already met with three teams-the Sox, Cubs and Atlanta Braves, and had trips planned to other clubs. "Obviously we're doing everything we can to sign a top-tier pitcher, Jon Lester,'' he said. Red Sox owner John Henry, seen here saying goodbye after Jon Lester was traded to the A's, said a large part of the team's presentation to the free agent focused on "finishing that legacy he started." Barry Chin/The Boston Globe/Getty Images The Sox owner left no doubt that the homegrown Lester remains the team's No. It would not overly affect us, but we're hopeful.'' "Again, for next year we have tremendous flexibility, so we could go through for one year. "The way it's structured, you can blow through one year,'' Henry said. Henry said Tuesday that the team remains "hopeful" of re-signing pitcher Jon Lester and indicated a willingness to exceed the $189 million luxury tax threshold as part of that pursuit. BOSTON - Boston Red Sox principal owner John W. Part 2: Sunday Night has Arthur realising at 24yo that carefree days are over, he's working on marrying a woman a few years younger than himself and coming to terms with routines of life when settling down. Most of the action takes place on Saturday nights when he goes pubbing, gets blindingly drunk, has affairs with married women, gets beat up by their husbands and gets into general mischief in the "yard" where he lives being a prankster and having a temper for revenge. He works in a bicycle factory is good at his job and gets paid well, spending his money on classy clothes. The majority of the book contains Part 1 Saturday Night and tells of Arthur's life as a man about the neighbourhood. Obviously somewhat biographical this short novel takes a couple of years in the life of young 21yo Arthur Seaton. This is sort of the British equivalent of the depressing Irish novels. 5/24/2023 0 Comments History of debt david graeberAfter sharing some lines over text message from a piece he was writing for this publication about the upcoming election, his last and final note to me read: “No idea of time, time is being reinvented.” It turned out to be a trip from which he would never return. He told me he was going to Venice, and that he’d be there until September 7, but that we’d make time. And delay I did until last week, the end of August, when David and I finally decided to set a date. I was supposed to talk to David this past week, the beginning of September, and record a conversation for this magazine. We were going to reflect on a few recurring themes of our friendship: the still-evolving legacy of Occupy Wall Street, the politics of debt (especially given the current economic calamity), how leftists should engage with and push beyond electoral politics, and the prospects of small-d democracy. The conversation was something I’d been looking forward to and meaning to arrange for months, but the pandemic gave me plenty of reasons to delay. The New York Review, to which he began contributing last year, is collecting tributes from his friends and colleagues. David Graeber, the anthropologist and activist, died aged fifty-nine on September 2, 2020. And their CEO suspects someone is sabotaging his office furniture. Their biggest client, a high-end dog food company, is in the midst of recalling a bad batch of food that’s allegedly poisoning Pomeranians nationwide. Meanwhile, Gerald’s colleagues have PR catastrophes of their own to handle in the real world. But the longer Gerald stays in the void, the more alluring and absurd his reality becomes. His colleagues assume it’s an elaborate gag to exploit the new work-from home policy, but now that Gerald’s productivity is through the roof, his bosses are only too happy to let him work from…wherever he says he is.įaced with the looming abyss of a disembodied life online, Gerald enlists his co-worker Pradeep to help him escape, and to find out what happened to his body. Gerald, a mid-level employee of a New York–based public relations firm has been uploaded into the company’s internal Slack channels-at least his consciousness has. Told entirely through clever and captivating Slack messages, this irresistible, relatable satire of both virtual work and contemporary life is The Office for a new world. “An absurd, hilarious romp through the haunted house of late-stage capitalism.”-Carmen Maria Machado, author of In the Dream House A work-from-home comedy where WFH meets WTF. 5/22/2023 0 Comments Orc Stain, Vol. 1 by James StokoeIn any case, the formula here is pretty straightforward.Įngineer Wasclyweski is alone aboard a disabled Weyland-Yutani station as he does his best to hold the busted thing together. I thought I had read Dead Orbit, but I might have only read the first chapter? Which is weird, because I pulled the whole thing. Collects issues #1-#4 of the thrilling and claustrophobic Aliens story Dead Orbit, penned by Orc Stain creator James Stokoe!’īrendan Allen : This week’s going to go a little differently. ‘After a horrific accident strikes a space station, an engineering officer must use all available tools–a timer, utility kit, and his wits–to survive an attack from the deadliest creature known to man. Here’s what Dark Horse says about the book: This week, Brendan introduces Tony to Dark Horse Comics’ Aliens: Dead Orbit, by James Stokoe. 5/22/2023 0 Comments Agatha christie ten littleThe recent owner of the island is also killed, but on the mainland and before the story begins. Each of the ten victims – eight guests plus the island’s two caretakers – is killed in a manner which reflects one of the lines of the rhyme. The plot is structured around the ten lines of the children’s counting rhyme. The novel has been listed as the sixth best-selling title (any language, including reference works). The text blocks are clean throughout, though with one small mark to the top. The internals are clean, however, though there is a small previous owners signature in pencil to the front fly. The spine tips are bumped and there are handling marks to the rear panel. The soft covers are toned and lightly marked throughout. Henry Waggoner lived on the trashiest plot of land on the outskirts of Bluebonnet, in a double-wide that was so torn up it had holes in the floor. “Said he wanted you to go by and visit your dad. Grant casually added, “Your brother, Marlin, stopped by a few hours ago.” And their little fling had been built on a foundation of solid lies-all his. If she never brought it up again, he wouldn’t, either, and no one need know the truth.īeth Ann had said she couldn’t have a relationship that wasn’t built on trust, after all. Good thing she’d only wanted a one-night stand. It was just a matter of time before someone pointed out the flaws in his story and knew that he’d deliberately detained Beth Ann-though not originally for the reason they’d think.Īnd then she’d be furious at him. You lucky dog,” Grant said with a grin, and swigged his drink. “I don’t know the area half as well as you and Dane, but even I know the river doesn’t come anywhere near the road, dumbass.” “Bullshit,” Grant said, kicking the side of his chair with a grin. “River washed out the way back,” Colt said after a moment, but even the lie tasted bad on his lips. “Out in the woods all weekend?” Grant shook his head. He forced himself to give a light, careless shrug. |