![]() Pillow talk and shared secrets lead to a closeness neither was expecting, but when pack relations reach an all-time low, any future for them seems out of the question. Sex is a good way for shifters to let off steam, and while their packs attack each other with accusations and lies, Alec and Mark work out their frustrations in bed. Despite growing suspicions that all is not well, Mark tries hard to do better, but constant criticism leaves him desperate for a stress outlet. Lately he’s had more than his fair share, and not for the right reasons. With the anniversary drawing near, Alec needs a distraction.Īs a lowly member of the Primrose Hill pack, Mark Appleton isn’t used to having his alpha’s attention. Ghosts from his past keep him alone and angry, any hope of a relationship impossible while guilt from the pack wars still haunts him. Have they come together only to be forced apart?Īlec Knight, a beta in the Regent’s Park pack, guards his heart carefully. Publisher: Self-Published/Kindle UnlimitedĬategory: Urban Fantasy, Contemporary, ShiftersĪt a Glance: I’ve enjoyed every single book so far in the Regent’s Park Pack series, but this book is my hands down favorite yet.īlurb: Two lovers from rival packs. Title: Bitten by Desire (Regent’s Park Pack: Book Three) ![]()
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![]() With all the science books out there, why choose Mack’s book? Mack has something in her style that is unique. There are plenty of books on quantum mechanics, relativity, and cosmology for those interested in science but without the mathematical background. It’s much the same way one can operate, understand, and repair a gasoline engine without knowing all the engineering mathematics that had gone into its creation. Math provides the proof for the writing, but if the reader is willing to trust that the author did all the math, it’s all good. Not that I had anything against math, but I wanted to read for pleasure as well as to learn. It was the first of its kind for me - Hard science without the math. ![]() In the early 1980s, I read Taking the Quantum Leap: The New Physics for Nonscientists by Fred Allan Wolf. ![]() ![]() Popular science books are a growing market. Her research investigates dark matter, vacuum decay, and the epoch of reionization. Mack is a theoretical cosmologist and Assistant Professor at North Carolina State University. The End of Everything (Astrophysically Speaking) by Katie Mack is a look at the end of the Universe as well as its history. ![]() ― Douglas Adams, The Restaurant at the End of the Universe There is another theory which states that this has already happened. “There is a theory which states that if ever anyone discovers exactly what the Universe is for and why it is here, it will instantly disappear and be replaced by something even more bizarre and inexplicable. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Humbert Humbert famously declares as Nabokov's novel opens: "You can always count on a murderer for a fancy prose style. Tampa resembles Lolita superficially at best: both are about compulsive paedophiles, but the similarity ends there. Tampa arrives flanked by quotations that liken it to Lolita, an inevitable comparison that doesn't do it any favours. When Celeste isn't having spectacular sex with boys, she is masturbating or submitting to sex she finds nauseating with her husband or other adult men. What comes in between is sex, lots of it, explicit and raw, a pornographic parody of the teacher in loco parentis ("I rinsed and patted him dry before I started giving him his very first rim job"). Eventually the secret comes out, and predictable consequences ensue. ![]() They proceed to have sex constantly – in the classroom, his house, her car. She is driven by a sexual obsession so all-consuming that it determines her every thought and action: all she wants is sex with pubescent boys, all the time.Because she is beautiful and not unintelligent, selecting her prey with care (requirements include disengaged parents and an unwillingness to boast), she easily seduces a boy named Jack. In reality, however, the only education Celeste cares about is carnal. She has chosen to devote her life to the education of 14-year-old boys, ostensibly teaching English. T he plot of Tampa, a debut novel by Alissa Nutting, is simple: Celeste Price – 26 years old, married, affluent, gorgeous – has just been hired as a schoolteacher in suburban Tampa, Florida. ![]() ![]() ![]() These are short, but powerful stories of torture and transformation, true horror with a freakish, monstrous feel. That's a minor quibble, however, and not a criticism of the stories themselves. With the opening story suggesting a Books of Blood feel to the collection, I would have loved to see a new story at the other end to tie it all together. We're introduced to Tom Requiem and the freaks of his Infernal Parade, but we never get to see them brought together. In putting the collection together, however, I feel like there's a missed opportunity here - one that would have made this collection truly memorable. What that means for fans is that we get an all-too-rare serving of vintage Barker, with stories written during the very early days of Abarat, long before his 2012 brush with death. That means they were designed to serve as stand-alone stories, connected, but not necessarily forming a linear narrative. In reading Clive Barker's Infernal Parade, it's important to remember that these stories were originally published and packaged ( much like the Tortured Souls collection from 2015) with the McFarlane toy line. ![]() ![]() ![]() Try some of these nonfiction titles:Ī book about the magical relationship between people and dogs that can defy death and return from the grave. Resting Place by Camilla Sten (March 2022) Under Lock and Skeleton Key by Gigi Pandian (March 2022) These books are not yet published, but we’re waiting with delicious anticipation: Fiction sure to make you jump at any creak or strange noise in the night. I prefer my hauntings to be found between the pages of a book!Įnter these haunted houses … if you dare. The previous owner died in the house, but I’ve never seen (or felt) a ghostly presence. ![]() I live in a little house built in the 1940s. ![]() It’s October, so I want to read darker, scarier, books. As the days get shorter and the weather gets cooler (please, let it get cooler!) I want to spend even more time nested in at home reading. ![]() ![]() ![]() But it does get better as you age and the things you value change. Really, the best marriages are third and fourth marriages, when everybody’s too tired. I’m not sure I ever appreciated stability when I was younger. First of all, you’ve made your peace with a lot of things, you’ve experienced a lot of things, and you’re in a position to appreciate stability. You’re not really meant to be married until you’re over 50, because when you’re young, you’re jumpy and you want to taste everything, so it’s very hard to be married. The whole fantasy of marriage is a sick trick on women. Women really think that it’s all about the ring and a $10,000 wedding dress by Carolina Herrera or Vera Wang. If you want to see them played out, just go read one of those marriage magazines. In Erica Jong’s Fear of Flying, published 42 years ago, Isadora Wing invented the notion of zipless sex, that is to say, no-strings sex with a near stranger. Jong: We all have tremendous fantasies about marriage. And you expected your husband not to desire any other women. ![]() … You expected not to desire any other men after marriage. ![]() … What about all those other longings, which after a while marriage did nothing much to appease. Wing: What is marriage anyway? Even if you loved your husband, there came that inevitable year when fucking him turned bland. ![]() ![]() She was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 2006 for March, which examines Little Women from a different point of view. ![]() It is in development to become a film starring Andrew Lincoln. ![]() Brooks’ first novel, Year of Wonders was an international bestseller and was translated into more than 25 languages. Her most recent book, The Secret Chord, is based on the life of King David, and was published to great critical acclaim in October 2015. Geraldine Brooks spoke at Winter Words in 2012 and in 2016, sharing the stage with her husband, nonfiction writer and former journalist Tony Horwitz.Īustralian-born Geraldine Brooks is a Pulitzer Prize-winning historical novelist. BRUCE BERGER FACULTY CHAIR – ENDOWMENT CAMPAIGN.Aspen Institute Event Health & Safety Standards. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The Atlantic - The Huffington Post - Men's Journal - MSN (U.K.) - Kirkus Reviews - Publishers Weekly You will never look at a nutrition label the same way again. Just as millions of “heavy users” are addicted to salt, sugar, and fat, so too are the companies that peddle them. ![]() He takes us into labs where scientists calculate the “bliss point” of sugary beverages, unearths marketing techniques taken straight from tobacco company playbooks, and talks to concerned insiders who make startling confessions. Featuring examples from Kraft, Coca-Cola, Lunchables, Frito-Lay, Nestlé, Oreos, Capri Sun, and many more, Moss’s explosive, empowering narrative is grounded in meticulous, eye-opening research. ![]() In Salt Sugar Fat, Pulitzer Prize–winning investigative reporter Michael Moss shows how we ended up here. It comes from processed food, an industry that hauls in $1 trillion in annual sales. Every day, we ingest 8,500 milligrams of salt, double the recommended amount, almost none of which comes from the shakers on our table. NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BYĮvery year, the average American eats thirty-three pounds of cheese and seventy pounds of sugar. ![]() ![]() ![]() In the first book we were introduced to Atretes as he became a Roman captive and forced to be a gladiator. This book is all about Atretes and his journey back to his homeland. So he seeks out John the Baptist, who is the key to finding the custodian of his son, and brings his war-weary soul closer to redemption. Atretes, who holds fast to his dreams of revenge for the slaughter of his people, wants his son back. For her faith, Hadassah now languishes in condemnation, awaiting death in a dungeon beneath the arena. She has saved the life of the scorned child of a disreputable Roman woman and the Germanic gladiator, Atretes. This review will have slight spoilers.įollowing A Voice in the Wind and An Echo in the Darkness, As Sure as the Dawn continues the chronicles of Hadassah, a Christian slave woman living during the height of the Roman Empire. ![]() ![]() I’ll give you the synopsis and then my thoughts. I’ve reviewed the first book, A Voice in the Wind, and the second, An Echo in the Darkness, and I recommend reading those first. As Sure as the Dawn is the third and final book in the Mark of the Lion trilogy by Francine Rivers. ![]() ![]() This unsurprising quality is not bad, just different. There’s a story about a troll who wants to “eat the life” of a victim, which essentially means … well, I’ll let you guess. Smoke and Mirrors is rife with examples like this: “Snow, Glass, Apples” reimagines Snow White as a vampire child and the Queen as a heroine protecting her realm-it all ends poorly for her, still. ![]() When there are twists, you can often see them coming. Gaiman is a writer who loves to play with and subvert tropes, but he does it in very obvious ways. ![]() I have to say that the more I read Gaiman’s stories the less unexpected or surprising they seem, if you know what I mean. Unlike the other collection, Smoke and Mirrors’ introduction also comes with a bonus short story embedded. ![]() As with Fragile Things this earlier collection has a description of each story’s origin in the introduction. Now that I own copies of Neil Gaiman’s three short story anthologies, I re-read Fragile Things and then tackled this one, Smoke and Mirrors. ![]() |