![]() ![]() She has pinned all her hopes on him and waits patiently for him to finally admit that she’s the one for him. Now, fourteen years later, Emmie is hiding the fact that she’s desperately in love with Lucas. ![]() Weeks later, on a beach in France, Lucas Moreau discovered the balloon and immediately emailed the attached address, sparking an intense friendship between the two teens. Attached was her name, her email address…and a secret she desperately wanted to be free of. But fourteen years later, everything Emmie has planned is up in the air.Īt sixteen, Emmie Blue stood in the fields of her school and released a red balloon into the sky. In this charming and poignant novel that “oozes charm and wit and speaks beautifully about friendship and love, and the differences between the two” (Laura Pearson, author of I Wanted You to Know ), teenager Emmie Blue releases a balloon with her email address and a big secret into the sky, only to fall head-over-heels for the boy who finds it. ![]()
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![]() ![]() ![]() Newly translated, The Red-Haired Woman spans within its fast-paced, wide-angled 250-odd pages (almost a short story, by his expansive standards) the generational war between fathers and sons, the hidden affinities linking the religious, conservative and secular, liberal sides of Turkish life, the simultaneous appeal of both “Eastern” and “Western” archetypes to people raised on this great civilisational fault-line, and the uncanny way that “The things you hear in old myths and folk-tales always end up happening in real life”.īut, inevitably, the transformation of Istanbul’s fabric and ambience still looms large. So much else happens in Pamuk’s novels beyond the obliteration of decaying Ottoman mansions, misty winding lanes and quaint artisan shops by high-rise towers, urban freeways and shopping malls. These days, he sometimes feels annoyed when critics harp on about the ineffable melancholy and nostalgia ( hüzün is the Turkish word) that haunts his depictions of the picturesque old imperial capital that has mushroomed into a hyper-modern metropolis at such breakneck speed. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Details beyond just a trope, like a specific occupation or uncommon type of scene.An acceptable book request includes at least one of the following: Low-effort book requests will be removed. ![]() Book requests must be specific and request something that cannot be found with a simple search of the sub.“What was that book called” posts are exempt from this rule, as they are unlikely to show up in future searchesīook requests must be specific and contain detail.Book request titles must contain details about the kind of book you’re looking for.Inflammatory titles like Does Anyone Else, Unpopular Opinion, or similar are not allowed.Gush and critique posts should contain the book title/author if applicable. Reviews and screenshots of book excerpts must contain the book title/author in the post title. ![]()
![]() ![]() That Michael Crichton gets on any lists is a bad sign: the best review I’ve seen of his wildly popular and equally wildly uneven, and usually bad, work is in Martin Amis’ The War Against Cliché, when he praises Crichton at his best as “a blend of Stephen Jay Gould and Agatha Christie” and then discusses what’s wrong in the context of The Lost World, but it could be transposed to most of his Crichton’s novels: But most of Crichton’s work doesn’t get there, and I agree with Martin Amis’ comment: ![]() ![]() I answered, “probably,” but noted that a book needs to reach some baseline level of linguistic and literary skill before I could enjoy it. I know this isn’t great literature, but because I know that, and don’t expect it to be, I can enjoy it for what it is. Reading Crichton came in part for reasons mentioned in “ On books, taste, and distaste,” where Jason Fisher asked:ĭo you do any reading purely for non-intellectual pleasure, I wonder? I, for instance, read Palahniuk novels, Crichton novels too, and pulpy fantasy and science fiction, and so on. ![]() Curiosity and recommendations inspired me to read Michael Crichton, if one can really call that activity reading, because he isn’t a very good author as far as I can tell, his one claim to literary style or merit is Eaters of the Dead, a decent novel with a structure that compensates for Crichton’s weaknesses. ![]() ![]() Regine Abel is the author of this beautiful novel. This classified and adventurous novel is loaded with desertion, absolution, and recovery. It brings well-organized in a way that is easy to follow and easy to incorporate into a daily or weekly schtick. I Married A Lizardman is one of the finest novels that construe an enormous record for proofreaders of all minority. Collateral Refined Mite About I Married A Lizardman by Regine Abel ![]() ![]() No part of this book may be reproduced in any form or by any electronic or mechanical means. All the humor and story depicted in this novel are defined in the majestic way used as gratifying. The author explains the story of the novel in a persuasive way that creates the reader’s interest in every instant of chapters as soon as possible will going to move in next chapter. There are very few authors who hit as powerfully as you have! The highly enriching, mysterious, and marvelous read in which the author has shaped each character beautifully. It’s almost like you are a superhero and your special power is writing words that will bleed ALL emotion out of all who read it. ![]() I Married A Lizardman beyond perfect, Colleen met to your amazing talent to form words in a way that will leave a very permanent imprint in crowd souls. ![]() |