It would be just another day in the life of Stephanie Plum, except that she becomes the target of a gang-and of an even scarier, more dangerous force that comes to Trenton. A robbery leads to an explosion, which leads to the destruction of yet another car. But Stephanie Plum and her partner, Lula, are clearly in the wrong place at the wrong time. It begins as an innocent trip to the deli-mart, on a quest for nachos. She's Stephanie Plum, and she kicks butt for a living (well, she thinks it sounds good to put it that way.). Her mother's convinced she'll end up dead. She's a target for every psycho and miscreant this side of the Jersey Turnpike. #1 Publishers Weekly She's accidentally destroyed a dozen cars. Janet Evanovich is the hottest author in America, and her Stephanie Plum novels have taken the nation by storm! #1 New York Times There's a contract issued for her head and a California-based killer looking to fill that contract. The fun shifts into fear when Plum is the lone witness to a gang-executed robbery and cop shooting. About the Book From the #1 "New York Times" bestselling author comes the latest Stephanie Plum adventure.
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Thank you to NetGalley & Bonnier Books for providing me with an ebook arc. I could smell the leather from that old sofa in the library, I could even picture the day I went back to check out Lirael and Abhorsen. The nostalgia of reading Terciel and Elinor was wonderful. I remember that rush of feeling I had from realising after only a few chapters I couldn’t put the book down! I have been a huge fan of The Old Kingdom Series, ever since I discovered a well read copy of Sabriel at my local library around 15 years ago! I remember starting it, and sitting on one of the old leather reading sofas in the library. Publisher: Hot Key Books Published date: 2nd November 2021Īuthor’s Website: UK kindle cover for Terciel & Elinor Review: She does not know that she is deeply connected to the Old Kingdom until destiny places her on a path of magic, romance and a fight against the Dead who will not stay dead. But when destiny intervenes, she finds herself on a path to love, danger, and an adventure into the dominion of the dead… In a land where the dead will not stay dead, eighteen-year-old orphan Terciel is learning to wield a mighty and terrible power: necromancy.įor he is the Abhorsen-in-Waiting, the latest in a ancient line of necromancers tasked with protecting the Old Kingdom and preventing the Dead from crossing over to the realm of the living.Īcross the Wall in Ancelstierre, where magic does not usually work, Elinor, nineteen, lives a secluded life. For libraries where the series is popular. “Fans of Diesen and Hanna’s well-loved character will be happy to see yet another outing for the goggle-eyed fish, his aquatic friends, and a warm message in a snappy refrain. Fish finds himself in offer some chuckles. His sea creatures are wonderfully expressive, and the situations Mr. Fish as he explores new places and meets new friends in THE POUT-POUT FISH, FAR, FAR FROM HOME. 15 2019 by Deborah Diesen (Author), Dan Hanna (Illustrator) 4. Hanna has some fun with the illustrations. The Pout-Pout Fish, Far, Far from Home Board book Illustrated, Jan. Fish learns a lot on a vacation adventure, especially about life. The Pout-Pout Fish, Far, Far from Home (A Pout-Pout Fish Adventure) Hardcover Picture Book, Apby Deborah Diesen (Author), Dan Hanna (Illustrator) 616 ratings Part of: A Pout-Pout Fish Adventure (10 books) See all formats and editions Kindle 9.99 Read with Our Free App Audiobook 0. Deborah Diesen and Dan Hanna are back with everyone's favorite grumpy fish, to show that love doesn’t have to be packed, it travels with you always. He might just learn that a few bumps along the way are all part of the journey. Fish as he explores new places and meets new friends in THE POUT-POUT FISH, FAR, FAR FROM HOME. An exciting new adventure starring the New York Times-Bestselling Pout-Pout Fish! As Tad tries to fend off the terror that comes to him at night from his bedroom closet, and as Vic and Donna face their own nightmare of a marriage on the rocks, there is no way they can know that a monster, infinitely sinister, waits in the daylight. They are seeking peace and quiet, but life in this small town is not what it seems. Meanwhile, Vic and Donna Trenton, and their young son Tad, move to Maine. One day, Cujo chases a rabbit into a cave inhabited by sick bats and emerges as something new altogether. Cujo is a two-hundred-pound Saint Bernard, the best friend Brett Camber has ever had. Outside a peaceful town in central Maine, a monster is waiting. Get ready to meet the most hideous menace ever to terrorize the town of Castle Rock, Maine. The #1 New York Times bestseller, Cujo “hits the jugular” ( The New York Times) with the story of a friendly Saint Bernard that is bitten by a bat. And while her parents always insisted that Neo was nothing more than a figment of her overactive imagination, Trivia realizes that she might be a larger part of her than she ever could have guessed. As an uncertain alliance slowly turns into a true partnership, Trivia finally begins to grasp the freedom that she had always longed for. But things change after a chance encounter with the young Roman Torchwick, a criminal on the run trying to make a name for himself before his mistakes have a chance to catch up to him. No one, that is, other than Neopolitan, her best and only friend. Locked away and pushed into the shadows, Trivia had no one to keep her company. Before she was a criminal wrapped up in the end of the world, Trivia Vanilla was the daughter of disappointed parents who wanted nothing more than for her to be normal. About the Book Just like every story, every friendship has a beginning. Carrier and his friends all wear Canadiens' sweaters with Richard's number 9 on the back. The story is based on a real experience Carrier had as a child in Sainte-Justine, Quebec, in 1946 as a fan of the Montreal Canadiens hockey team and its star player, Maurice Richard. It was adapted into an animated short called The Sweater ( Le Chandail) by the National Film Board of Canada (NFB) in 1980 and illustrated by Sheldon Cohen. It was originally published in 1979 under the title " Une abominable feuille d'érable sur la glace" ("An abominable maple leaf on the ice"). The Hockey Sweater ( Le chandail de hockey in the original French) is a short story by Canadian author Roch Carrier and translated to English by Sheila Fischman. The two sides have different geographic and ethnic origins. The struggle is over power, money, personal ambition, and institutional rivalry tinged with ethnocentrism. 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This tour is being hosted by TBR and Beyond Tours.įrom the author of The Best Liars in Riverview comes a subtle exploration of gender identity, family, and the personal ghosts that haunt us all, perfect for fans of Kyle Lukoff and Ashley Herring Blake.Įleven-year-old Simon and his siblings, Talia and Rose, are staying the week at Nanaleen’s century-old house. Welcome to my stop on the blog tour for The House That Whispers by Lin Thompson. In Find Me, Aciman shows us Elio’s father, Samuel, on a trip from Florence to Rome to visit Elio, who has become a gifted classical pianist. Nearly three quarters of a million copies have been sold, and the book became a much-loved, Academy Award–winning film starring Timothée Chalamet as the young Elio and Armie Hammer as Oliver, the graduate student with whom he falls in love. an exceptionally beautiful book” (Stacey D’Erasmo, The New York Times Book Review). First published in 2007, it was hailed as “a love letter, an invocation. No novel in recent memory has spoken more movingly to contemporary readers about the nature of love than André Aciman’s haunting Call Me by Your Name. In this spellbinding exploration of the varieties of love, the author of the worldwide bestseller Call Me by Your Name revisits its complex and beguiling characters decades after their first meeting. |