![]() ![]() ![]() I’ve been reading quite a lot of high octane thrillers this year and was in a mood for a good crime mystery that was compelling. Raven Black by Ann Cleeves was an unexpected gem that I found at the library. Here’s to finding another new author that I like! Synopsis from hardcover book, 376 pages, copyright 2006 and published by MinotaurBooks.įind Ann Cleves: Website | Facebook | Twitter Review: For the first time in years, Catherine’s neighbors nervously lock their doors, while a killer lives on in their midst. But when detective Jimmy Perez and his colleagues from the mainland insist on opening out the investigation, a veil of suspicion and fear is thrown over the entire community. The locals on the quiet island stubbornly focus their gaze on one man- loner and simpleton Magnus Tait. It is the strangled body of her teenage neighbor, Catherine Ross. Trudging home, Fran Hunter’s eye is drawn to a splash of color on the frozen ground, ravens circling above. It is a cold January morning and Shetland lies beneath a deep layer of snow. ![]()
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![]() ![]() When a water drought brings humanity close to extinction, a message from another planet, also offers an answer for survival. ![]() Out of time and options, NASA turns to its last living astronaut - Commander Sally Jansen, who must lead a team of raw recruits on a mission to make First Contact.īut as the object reveals its secrets, Jansen and her crew find themselves in a desperate struggle for survival - against the cold vacuum of space, and something far, far worse. Abby the Last Astronaut is an enjoyable science fiction story for middle grade readers. breathless, compulsive reading' Christopher GoldenĪ huge alien object has entered the solar system and is now poised above the Earth. On her second mission, she oversaw research on the impact of low. It was intended to study the sun but malfunctioned. 'Timely and terrifying, The Last Astronaut propels us deep into the mysteries of space. On her first mission, Chawla used the arm to deploy a research satellite. 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NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY LIBRARY JOURNAL. ![]() ![]() Kay Thompson and Hilary Knight traveled to Paris to research the book, and the illustrations are dotted with the celebrities they knew there: Richard Avedon takes Eloises passport photograph Christian Dior prods her tummy, while his young assistant, Yves Saint Laurent, looks on Lena Horne sits at an outdoor caf.All four Eloise books by the late Kay Thompson and Hilary Knight -Eloise: The Absolutely Essential Edition, Eloise in Paris, Eloise at Christmastime,andEloise in Moscow -are now being reissued by Simon & Schuster. ![]() If you come to Paris with Eloise you will always be glad you did.Eloise in Pariswas first published in 1957, the second of the Eloise quartet, and an immediate bestseller. 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Over and Under the Snow, with author Kate Messner was praised for its "stunning retro-style illustrations" (New York Times), was a 2011 New York Times Editor's Choice and won an E.B. He illustrated the acclaimed picture books Over and Under the Snow and Lifetime, both of which explore the natural world. He has directed short animated videos for Kate Spade and Anthropologie and was awarded a medal from the Society of Illustrators for his work in motion graphics. She lives in Plattsburgh, New York.Ĭhristopher Silas Neal is an award-winning illustrator and author who regularly contributes to the New York Times, The New Yorker, and creates book covers for various publishers. White Award-winning The Brilliant Fall of Gianna Z. 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It was only after a friend personally testified to the impact of hooks, All About Love that I finally went online and paid full price.įrom the title, I expected introspective work on romantic love and self-love. ![]() ![]() I now believe that is a testament to her creating work that readers like to hold onto. As someone who was always digging through the crates at second-hand bookshops, I was surprised I never stumbled across her in the bins. Year after year I vowed I would add some of her work to my cart but somehow reached the ripe old age of twenty-seven and still hadn’t read any. As I got older my collection of what I considered serious Black woman literature was growing but bell hooks remained in my mental TBR pile. I spent a decent amount of time being embarrassed that I hadn’t read bell hooks. In actuality, when we love rightly we know that the healthy, loving response to cruelty and abuse is putting ourselves out of harm’s way.” ![]() “All too often women believe it is a sign of commitment, an expression of love, to endure unkindness or cruelty, to forgive and forget. All About Love: New Visions by bell hooks ![]() ![]() Can intelligence exist without consciousness, without self-awareness, and without the baggage that self-awareness carries? Watts’ thesis, backed by copious references at the back of the book, seems to say that human progress has been stunted by our consciousness and our continued struggle with self-doubt, second-guessing, and yearning for validation in nearly every endeavor we undertake or decision we make. Under the layers, it’s a treatise on the effects of consciousness, intelligence and instinct on the human condition, and those differences in the aliens we encounter. At its basic level, it’s a tale of humanity’s first contact with alien life, while at the same time aspiring to be so much more. It’s been an age since I’ve written a book review or any review for that matter, but as I’ve just finished Blindsight by Peter Watts it has compelled me to dust off the keyboard and pound fingers to plastic for a few hundred words. ![]() ![]() Blīndsīt / noun / the ability to respond to visual stimuli without consciously perceiving them. ![]() |