![]() Lia: I am a princess! I am rebellious! I am worthless! It is my wedding day and I'm going to run away because I can't bear to be trapped in a marriage that will secure the peace between the two nations and I think my future husband is going to be a hideous old douchebag!Ĭhorus: He probably smells, too!!! But what about the peace?! The Prince: the prince who got jilted by Lia when she runs away, he pursues her only to fall further in love with her! The Assassin: the fucking moron sent to kill Lia, who can't do his fucking job! Pauline: her devoted maidservant who is devoted to devoting her job and devoting her life to her princess Lia: a lovely young 17-year old Princess of a generic High Fantasy Kingdom Also, I'm at work, and even in my cubicle, they'd probably frown upon me wearing a bathrobe, however chill my boss is. Wearing a blanket over my head because I don't have a white bathrobe. It is not a high fantasy when the main character spends the entire fucking half of the book pretending to be a serving maid, daydreaming, and trying to decide which of two mysterious strangers she likes more.Įvery Greek play has a Chorus. ![]() The entire play can be set on one stage with almost no scenery changes because I swear to fucking god nothing fucking happens in this book. THAT'S RIGHT, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, WE HAVE A FUCKING LOVE TRIANGLE. A Dramedy, not to be confused with a dromedary, because a dromedary only has one hump. ![]() ![]() I present you a short version of the book: Kiss of Deception: A Greek Dramedy. ![]()
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There’s an extensive acknowledgement section and “exclusive content” at the end that is an interview Chambers conducted with her (mom) science consultant, Nikki Chambers, an astrobiology researcher and educator in Southern California, that makes up the rest of the advertised length. ![]() It was published 3 September 2019 by Harper Voyager/Hodder & Stoughton and is billed as 176 pages, but it looks more like 136 in the ebook. ![]() This science fiction novella is a finalist for the 2020 Hugo Awards, a stand-alone novel written in the universe of the Wayfarer series. ![]() ![]() ![]() Songs lightened the burden of poverty for the Ritchies and brought them joy and solace. Each song evokes a memory for Jean―hoeing corn, stirring off molasses, telling ghost stories, singing a dying baby to its eternal rest. Forty-two of the family's beloved songs are woven through Jean Ritchie's narrative, complete with words and often musical scores. Even in a region noted for its wealth of folksongs, the Ritchies' inheritance was exceptional. In the deceptively simple but picturesque language of rural Kentucky, Jean Ritchie tells of a way of life now nearly vanished and of a gentle, upright people shielded from the outside world by forbidding mountain ranges, preserving the traditions of their forebears.įoremost among those traditions were the British folksongs brought from England by James Ritchie in 1768. Singing Family of the Cumberlands is both an appealing account of family life and a treasury of American folklore and folksong. All the Ritchies sang―when they worked, when they prayed, when they rejoiced, even when tragedy struck. Jean, the youngest of the clan, grew up to be a world renowned folksinger. The "singing family" of which Jean Ritchie writes is that of her parents, Balis and Abigail Ritchie, and their fourteen children, all born and reared in Viper, Kentucky, deep in the Cumberland Mountains. ![]() ![]() ![]() Now and then, some feature of the landscape bore mention - a wind-twisted tree or fleeting specimen of wildlife - and the mention drew a laugh or a quiet response. Tomorrow they’d be back with others, in their everyday worlds. ![]() They sat and soaked it all in, the breeze and the warm foreign air flowing around them like vapor. In fact, it seemed that everything was cause for some kind of revelry, so copious had been the recent festivities. They’d noticed the island roads were strewn with carcasses, and even after a week, every sighting still seemed worthy of mention, every death averted a cause for minor celebration. As they passed a seventy-kilometer sign, she saw a low, oval critter skitter across the gray gravel road and vanish in the grass. 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Live The Life You Want and Change the World” – very apt because the book tells you how to do that using a combination of powerful personal stories, anecdotes and some solid advice on success and living a remarkable life. ![]() The book is sub-titled “ Set Your Own Rules. I am glad I did, because this book instantly made it to my favorite books in 2010 which also includes Seth Godin’s Linchpin. So when I heard about his new book “ The Art of Non-Conformity”, I could not wait to order it. I have been following Chris Guillebeau’s remarkable work via his blog since last couple of years. ![]() ![]() Each of the SAA books I have read in the past were delicious from the start and ended up being scrumptious and making me want seconds. I absolutely love Sarah Addison Allen and I really enjoy magical realism so I was looking forward to this book and sadly it disappointed me. Thank you Netgalley for the chance to read in exchange for my honest review! ![]() If you love a character heavy read with some magical components subtlety woven in to a sweet story, you also may love this one! I'm so glad I came back to this lovely book, what a treasure. I LOVED the characters and watching how they grew and changed. I fell in love with the allure and magical qualities of Mallow Island and The Dellawisp. I found that I devoured it the second time around. I decided to pick it back up after a friend read it and loved it. That's the lovely and funny thing about books! Sometimes you found the right book at the wrong time. I started this book once, months ago, and ended up putting it down as it didn't grab me and my TBR was calling. Thrown into the mix are the Dellawisp birds themselves - funny little turquoise birds known for stealing items from the residents ![]() She vows to make friends with the other residents, all whom have secrets from the past they carry deep within them. Zoey moves into her late mother's old condo at The Dellawisp in a lovely little island in South Carolina, known for it's marshmallow industry and tourism. ![]() Other Birds is a magical realism/supernatural story about friendships and second chances. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() *STARRED REVIEW* "All hail this worthier-than-ever, fresh, and affirming reincarnation of the legendary king and her round table of knights which dazzles with heroic flair, humor, and suspense." - Kirkus Their quest? Defeat the cruel, oppressive government and bring peace and equality to all humankind. 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