![]() ![]() Its heroine, Flora 717, is born into the worker caste, destined for nothing but the basest drudgery. Set in a honeybee hive, the novel is a parable about the consequences of groupthink. ![]() Laline Paull’s transfixing first novel, “ The Bees,” isn’t explicitly about the real-world problems that threaten their survival, but the story’s inspired imagining of hive life compels one to wonder about the extraordinary complexity and sophistication of these insects - and to care about their fate. Now my thoughts are hovering around bees again, but for a less foreboding reason. Especially when walking (inevitably barefoot) through a particular Eastern Shore clover patch, I could focus on little else than trying to avoid their sting. Bees - which is to say, the fear of them - dominated many summers of my childhood. ![]()
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Our data on SARS-CoV-2 sequencing and variants is sourced from GISAID, a global science initiative that provides open-access to genomic data of SARS-CoV-2. ![]() ![]() ![]() It features an Indian protagonist who is incredibly feminist and her views on the world and the patriarchy are so refreshing, and sweet, and really lovely. There are some extremely important benefits to this book. Told through the letters Twinkle writes to her favorite female filmmakers, From Twinkle, with Love navigates big truths about friendship, family, and the unexpected places love can find you. ![]() ![]() Twinkle soon realizes that resistance is futile: The romance she's got is not the one she's scripted. ![]() The only slightly inconvenient problem is that, in the course of movie-making, she's fallen madly in love with the irresistibly adorkable Sahil. When mystery man N begins emailing her, Twinkle is sure it's Neil, finally ready to begin their happily-ever-after. Sahil's twin brother? Dream come true x 2. The fact that it gets her closer to her longtime crush, Neil Roy-a.k.a. The chance to publicly showcase her voice as a director? Dream come true. So when fellow film geek Sahil Roy approaches her to direct a movie for the upcoming Summer Festival, Twinkle is all over it. An aspiring teen filmmaker finds her voice and falls in love in this delightful romantic comedy from the New York Times bestselling author of When Dimple Met Rishi.Īspiring filmmaker and wallflower Twinkle Mehra has stories she wants to tell and universes she wants to explore, if only the world would listen. ![]() ![]() ![]() Wolff reaches convincingly beyond the quotidian in a sinuously plotted tale about three men (“Hunters in the Snow”) whose taunting horseplay whiplashes into an explosion of rage and violence, and an equally tense account of an underachieving career soldier whose screw-ups are echoed in varied relationships with his buddies, superior officers and married girlfriend (“Soldier’s Joy”). Troubled families are a recurring subject: “The Liar,” for example, concerns a teenaged boy whose compulsive prevarications are both defense mechanisms and strategies for achieving a necessary maturity, and the beautifully paced, Cheever-like “The Rich Brother” depicts the frustrating bond between two contrasting adult siblings. A number of the entries, Wolff notes, have been slightly revised for the purposes of the collection. ![]() The book features 21 previously published stories and ten new stories. An impressive range of contemporary experience is distilled into crisp, urgent little dramas in this story collection from Wolff ( Old School, 2003, etc.). ![]() ![]() ![]() Fleischman for having the backbone to write this and intend to recommend it to everyone I know - kid or adult. Taught in conjuction with other Holocaust books, would help children feel the power they can have - even in the face of evil - even in the face of death. A Jewish thing, too - quips the Dybbuk - I threw him both ends. He throws a drowning Nazi a rope - a Christian thing to do, The Great Freddie says. Owing to the uneasy way the two genres relate, I felt a disconnect as author Fleischman tried to unify what was - I fear - non unifiable. It's easy to separate the true from the adventurous fiction - and is sprinkled with humor from a "dummy" with a knife like an "icepick". On top of this deep tradition of sadness and loss that is the story of the Dybbuk, children's author Sid Fleischman had decided to posit a children's story. ![]() This book is satisfying for adults and children alike. ![]() It does include the "possession" of a 3rd-rate ventriquilist, but at no time do you feel an "evil" anywhere in the book except in the actions and plans of the Nazis. But this book is an amazing mix of the horror of the Holocaust with a 12-year-old victim who becomes the hero. Over the decades I've read Night, The Hiding Place, and seen a variety of museums, movies, and newsreels on the Holocaust. I read this book for a Master's class on Multi-Cultural Children's Lit. ![]() ![]() Should best friends get married? Will my past affect our relationship? Are my horrible dreams a warning? Will I ever find a dress? Could his sexiness be clouding my judgment? Am I going to ruin everything? Or is it just a case of cold feet?Īnd then I have to decide. Which totally freaks me out and makes me question everything I know. And forever starts to sound like a really long time. ![]() My best friend says I’m going to ruin everything. An old boyfriend asks me to run away with him. His parents say I haven’t dealt with my past. My happily ever after.īut then our pastor starts asking lots of questions. 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Operating out of a base in Scotland, this secret team of young agents working for the British Secret Intelligence Service’s MI6 division have honed their unique skills, such as sleight of hand, breaking and entering, observation, and explosives. After thwarting a notorious villain at an eco-summit in Paris, the City Spies are gearing up for their next mission. In this second installment in the New York Times bestselling series from Edgar Award winner James Ponti, the young group of spies returns for another international adventure perfect for fans of Spy School and Mrs. ![]() ![]() ![]() There have always been hilarious and successful comediennes, but for a long time, funny women were fighting an uphill battle against public and corporate perception. So if she’s so funny and successful, why do I feel the need to even give this resumé? Because comedy, until recently, belonged to the boys. ![]() Amy Poehler is as good as it gets in the world of comedy. She hosted the Golden Globes twice with her partner in crime, Tina Fey. She left Saturday Night Live and, rather than fading into obscurity or making a string of middlingly funny and predictable comedy movies like most SNL alumni, developed and starred in one of the most creative and beloved television sitcoms of the current century with Parks and Recreation. She starred on Saturday Night Live for years, even serving for a stretch as one half of the only all-female Weekend Update anchor team the show has ever had. She co-founded the Upright Citizens Brigade. Poehler’s comedy resumé is awfully impressive. ![]() ![]() ![]() Getting involved with the boss wasn’t the smartest choice. What I wasn’t prepared for was that there would be other things I’d enjoy doing to Merrick Crawford. It was a little thing I dubbed the boss project. But I figured maybe I’d enjoy proving him wrong. I didn’t really want to work in a place where my boss expected me to fail. It seemed his board was making him fill the position, against his wishes. Turned out, Merrick only wanted to hire me because I was the least competent candidate. ![]() I needed to know why I was even in consideration after our disastrous start. But somehow an invitation to a second interview arrived in my inbox. I obviously didn’t expect to get the job. In my defense, I’d been stuck on a hot train for two hours and wanted to make sure I didn’t smell. Okay, so maybe I hadn’t exactly been changing when he walked in on me. Or so I thought… Until we wound up bickering again during my interview and he told me to go sniff my armpit. As you might imagine, I was freaked out when I discovered that the rude guy was my potential new boss. After an argument while standing in my bra, I proceeded to smash the door into the gorgeous jerk, trying to yank it shut. Well, technically, I’d met him twenty minutes earlier when he’d barged into a fitting room a few doors down from my appointment. The first time I met Merrick Crawford was during my job interview. A new, sexy standalone from #1 New York Times Bestseller, Vi Keeland. ![]() ![]() He has nothing to lose, so he starts the car intending to drive the car into the lake. ![]() ![]() ![]() And then as nobody is watching, Clayton sidles to their car and gets into it. Enid urges him to kill him, but Jeremy hesitates, saying he has never killed someone point-blank. Terry confronts him and there is a a fight which ends up with Terry fallen on the ground and Jeremy pointed at him with his gun. Cynthia and Grace are tied inside the car, and Jeremy is planning to push them into the lake. So they drive there, and Clayton is right. Then Clayton thinks that since the lake where Patricia and Todd were thrown is close, it is likely that it could be the place where to find Cynthia. Terry thinks that the logical place to meet would be the McDonald’s, and when he asks around, he is told that Jeremy and Enid were there but they went. ![]() It is Cynthia, who tells him that her brother has called and wants to see her, and they have arranged to meet in Winsted, which is exactly where Terry and Clayton are. When Terry and Clayton stop briefly at a petrol station, Terry realises that he has a missed call. I have enjoyed the novel, but I am not so crazy about the ending. ![]() |