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Kane needs Aideen, and what Kane needs, Kane takes. Everybody in Kane’s life is threatened, and with his body fighting against him, he doesn’t know if the luck of the Irish is enough to keep his family safe and his demons at bay. They hide their need behind arguments, and banter, but when Kane drops his guard for all to see, and succumbs to an illness within his body, it’s Aideen who steps up to the plate to take care of him.Īn illness is the least of their worries when a devil from Kane’s past comes back to play with him. They can’t stand each other, but they want each other. He knows her deepest, and darkest secrets. Her family consists of her four brothers, her father, and her group of wild friends. She is outspoken and tough as nails, but she has to be after growing up in a house full of men. Kane is the only man who can see right through Aideen’s tough exterior. KANE (Slater Brothers Book 3) Kindle Edition. Aideen is the only woman who stands up to Kane and throws his bullshit back at him without fear of hurting him. He likes his circle limited to his brothers and their girlfriends, but a thorn from an Irish rose is dug deep into Kane’s side, and her name is Aideen Collins.Īideen and Kane don’t get along… at all. He relishes in their fear because people who fear you, won’t want to know you. He is misunderstood by people, even feared by them thanks to the scars that mar his face and body. Aideen is protective of her family, there is not a lot she wouldn’t do to keep them safe. The whole romance with Shelby and Miles was so awkward, not well-written and ain old shit. To be blunt with you, dearest, it really was not good. Let's go over your first story in this little four-story headache extravaganza. Be expecting the medical bill from the hospital either also inclosed inside this envelope or as a later package a couple of days after. Your lawn mower never even got off the ground it kind of wobbled off into the air just a little bit, but when you had your excerpt of Rapture in there it just exploded into a fiery blaze. Sad to say that you tried, and you failed. I think that the lawn mower really makes the scene. You were trying to follow that old saying: Passion was the worst book of this series to date before this book was published, in my honest opinion, and I believe that Fallen In Love was your honest attempt at rectifying the train wreck that your last book was. I regret to inform you that your writing has gone all-out bipolar on us all, and this book is prime evidence of that fact. My dearest Lauren Kate my honey-bun, my up-and-downer my peach, I feel as if we have grown.so much closer over this series. Post-review: I feel like, after reading almost all of this series, now, including the in-between book that I was in no way obligated to read, I am allowed to write a letter. Sörgel apparently thought the project, concieved after World War I, would unite European nations in common purpose and ease post-war tensions. Lambrechts writes that the German public and media loved the idea, though the Nazis rejected it. The result wouldn't have been entirely dry land between the continents, but a tremendous amount of hydroelectric power and plenty of new land to cultivate. As if that were not enough, a third dam would stretch out between Sicily and Tunisia, cutting the Mediterranean in two, with different water levels on either side. A second dam would block the Dardanelles and shut off the Black Sea. The biggest barrage would be built across the Straights of Gibraltar between Spain and Morocco, separating the Mediterranean from the Atlantic Ocean. Not hampered by any sense of reality or modesty, Sörgel's Atlantropa design envisioned three gigantic dams which dwarf contemporary superstructures like China’s Three Gorges Dam. Account icon An icon in the shape of a person's head and shoulders. Oxfam’s west Africa regional director Aboubacry Tall said the partial failure of the 2014 rainy season had left between 300,000 and 400,000 people in the Sahel without access to a secure food supply. Scaife said the current parched conditions combined with further warming and drying from El Niño would be a “double whammy”. During this event, drying from El Niño tipped the region into full blown drought. In west Africa, Scaife said conditions were aligning in a similar way to the massive 1972 drought that devastated the Sahel with famine. That is exacerbated this year by some conditions cooling of the North Atlantic,” he said. “ place that’s really important to stress is west Africa, where there is increased risk of drought during El Niño. The two to seven year cycle plays havoc with weather across the world. El Niño is caused by a reversal of trade winds in the Pacific that allow warm water to spread east, across the ocean. (And with gratitude to Split This Rock’s The Quarry: A Social Justice Poetry Databasefor graciously allowing the sharing of Gay’s performance.) Drink in his words and let them soothe you like a cup of honeyed tea. I was an emotional hot mess by the end of the poem. For life, for death, for all the sweet and short and momentous and mundane in between.) Ross’s reading? LOVED IT. I admit, I’d read the poem, and yes I liked it, but having the book, I found myself flipping the pages in search of something with more “instant gratification.” (Ironically, this poem is all about gratification … gratitude. It’s one of those poems that is even better performed. The bottom line seemed to be “it depends” … (doesn’t it always?).įriends, this is one of those poems that simply could not be delivered by any other than the poet– Ross Gay. Recently, some of us discussed via comments whether or not the poet is always the best spoken “performer” of their poems. Love and health to you and yours, and thank you, every day, Christy) I’m excited about both, and I hope you are too! Details soon. plus a surprise host returns from the past to help share and comment with you. I’ll be sharing a few reposts as I prepare new material for you (including a new guest book/community sharing page -so start thinking of a favorite poem or how you stumbled upon Words here or what drew you to poetry or a favorite cookie recipe…. I encourage you to watch the spoken piece it’s phenomenal. Originally posted 2/25/18, but much needed today. Syntiha and Ryder both change a lot in this book. If the land and Danu not bless the babes, they’re going to die and that means the world and hope dies with them. Synthia delivers the babies and she must ensure Feary accepts them. So of course there happens a lot in this book. They even share forces with someone so powerful that even Ryder can’t defeat him. They want to destroy Feary and they’re going to do everything they can to make that happen. Then there are the mages who are looking for war with Ryder and his elite guard. Yes he is still a bad boy, but he accepts Synthia as his equal. But when the story continues Ryder changes, like a lot. He didn’t propose to her despite he broke of the engagement. In the beginning Synthia still doesn’t know where she stands with Ryder while she’s heavily pregnant with his babes. No, he is the father of my children and with the babies on the way, the land dying and the Mages closing in alliances will have to be formed if we are all to make it through the war that is coming to our front door.īetween warring Gods and Goddesses, how are any of us supposed to win? (For the most part)Īnd the sex-on-a-stick-gorgeous-Fae? He isn’t really the Dark Prince. Things have changed so much I barely recognize myself anymore. Less than six months ago my life was twisted and flipped on its side. (psst, THE PRINCE OF SECRETS was published in 2019). Oh, and that it’s published in the year before the award is given – so works published in 2019 are eligible for the 2020 awards. The main eligibility criteria is that the work is by a NZ citizen or resident. On the brighter side, the same reviews do think it predicted aspects of the future accurately, so that’s sort of cool?Įr…moving on. I haven’t read it for myself, but reviews suggest it’s unfortunately not a very good book. He is credited with writing New Zealand’s first speculative fiction novel Anno Domini 2000, or, Woman’s Destiny in 1889. The awards are named after Sir Julius Vogel, an early prime minister of New Zealand. Why are they called Sir Julius Vogel Awards? There are lots of categories, from short stories to best novel to services to fandom. The awards recognise achievements in NZ science fiction, fantasy, or horror. It’s a metallic, pointy trophy that looks like this: Sir Julius Vogel Award. Judging from the number of blank looks I get when I mention the awards to other New Zealanders who are readers but not writers, I don’t think this is at all an atypical experience. I only became aware of the SJVs when I started getting into New Zealand’s publishing / writing scene, despite being a big fantasy reader for many years before that. Never heard of the SJVs or Sir Julius Vogel? Fear not, I’m here to meet all your long-winded explanation needs! This is a special year for New Zealand’s speculative fiction awards, the Sir Julius Vogel (SJV) awards. (Maybe the sadness of the city finally crept in through their windows.) The day Soraya stopped singing, in the middle of a line, as if someone had thrown a switch, Haroun guessed there was trouble brewing. To his wife, Soraya, Rashid was for many years as loving a husband as anyone could wish for, and during these years Haroun grew up in a home in which, instead of misery and frowns, he had his father’s ready laughter and his mother’s sweet voice raised in song. While Iff initially looks out primarily for himself, his love of the Ocean and guilt over neglecting the Old Zone in particular cause him to fully join forces with Haroun to defeat Khattam-Shud and save the Ocean. As the hero climbs the tower to rescue the princess, he turns into a spider and princess hacks away at him until he falls to the ground. Haroun drinks it and then finds himself looking through the eyes of a hero in a Princess Rescue story. To his admirers he was Rashid the Ocean of Notions, as stuffed with cheery stories as the sea was full of glumfish but to his jealous rivals he was the Shah of Blah. A Water Genie first tasked with disconnecting Rashid 's Story Water supply, but thwarted when Haroun steals his Disconnecting Tool. Iff then gives Haroun a cup of water from the Sea that contains a story. “And in the depths of the city, beyond an old zone of ruined buildings that looked like broken hearts, there lived a happy young fellow by the name of Haroun, the only child of the storyteller Rashid Khalifa, whose cheerfulness was famous throughout that unhappy metropolis, and whose never-ending stream of tall, short and winding tales had earned him not one but two nicknames. The book was written in 1987 and holds up well, save for some outdated views of weight loss. It is at once the tale of two women, Idgie and Ruth, who run the Whistle Stop Café and become the beating heart of their small town, and the story of Evelyn, who is suffering mid-life woes and gains inspiration from a much older woman who knew Idgie and Ruth and shares their story with Evelyn. The novel is set in Alabama in the 1930s and the 1980s. Over the years, I have read this book several times-it is often my ‘easing into summer’ book. But it’s also just a wonderful story with a cast of the most charming characters, an equally charming setting, and a perfect mix of comedy, heartache, and mystery. It’s possible that, at the time, the sweet tale of two women sharing a life together spoke to a part of me that had yet to come fully to the surface. I’m not sure how I happened upon it, but I fell in love with it immediately. The first time I read Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Café by Fannie Flagg, I was in high school. So, given that it’s the end of the school year, which means it’s also almost summer, I’m offering a review from my heart and soul (rather than from my brain) of a book that is one of my favorite summer reads and simply one of my favorite books of all time. It’s the end of the school year and while I have been reading for pleasure, I’m not sure I have the capacity to write an intellectually stimulating review that will do justice to any of the books I’ve just read. |