![]() A good line, yet I can’t help there’s a little something pointed at our fancy thespian. Every man is entitled to elect the time and manner of his own destruction”. Our protagonist is the actor Lorenzo, a man whose narrative voice is immediately appealing partially because of how strongly defined it is, and in part because you can’t help but suspect Heinlein is having a go at a certain class of refined folks who project erudition yet are facile beyond belief take the following quote, upon our protagonist observing a pair of new acquaintances almost come to blows: “I had no thought of interfering. His profession makes him feel like boss of all creation when he sets foot dirtside he is slumming among the peasants. If a man walks in dressed like a hick and acting as if he owned the place, he’s a spaceman. The first sci-fi novel I ever read by Robert A. ![]()
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![]() ![]() His book is replete with sharp insights and tellingly funny anecdotes about the tendency of Americans and Europeans to stumble over one anothers' cultures. Miller lived in Europe for many years, studying European culture and ultimately marrying a European. ![]() Importantly, in his observations on European differences, Miller also sheds light on the roots of American behavior. He offers a brief, insightful course in European history, showing how events of the distant as well as the recent past have shaped European thinking and behavior. In Understanding Europeans, Stuart Miller attempts to untangle the mystery of the Homo europus - the modern European. Europeans often seem rude and distant, or they seem offended by the outgoing, friendly nature of Americans. Many are perplexed by the way Europeans think and behave. Millions of Americans travel to Europe every year for business and pleasure. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Sir Roger formulates a plan that with the captured ship, he can take the entire village to France to win the war, and then liberate the Holy Land. The villagers and soldiers in Ansby storm the craft and kill all but one Wersgor, Branithar. However, the aliens, having forgotten hand-to-hand combat since it was made obsolete by their advanced technology, are caught off-guard by the angered Englishmen, who mistake the craft for a French trick. The Wersgorix attempt to take over Earth by testing the feasibility of its colonization. It is a scouting craft for the Wersgorix Empire, a brutal dominion light years from our solar system. Suddenly, an enormous silver spacecraft lands outside the town. It is 1345, and in the English town of Ansby (in northeastern Lincolnshire), Sir Roger, Baron de Tourneville, is recruiting a military force to assist king Edward III in the Hundred Years' War against France. This boardgame is based on that popular novel. The High Crusade is a science fiction novel by Poul Anderson about the consequences of an extraterrestrial scoutship landing in Medieval England. ![]() ![]() ![]() Lio slid his free hand around my waist and cupped my ass, and I realized someone had set a torch to my skin. Heat engulfed my body as if someone had set me on fire. Lio dug his fingers into my neck and moaned into my mouth as his tongue got in on the action too. His short beard rasped against my face, and I longed to feel the friction much lower on my body. ![]() ![]() Lio gasped, and I slid my tongue between his lips, getting my first taste of the man I’d wanted for so long. Lio pulled back as if that was all I was going to get, but I growled my frustration and recaptured his mouth before he could get away. It was just the barest brush of lips against mine, but it was enough to trip my circuits. Please join me in giving her a big welcome! She has also brought along a great giveaway. Aimee has come to talk to us about her latest release, Just Say When. Today I am so pleased to welcome Aimee Nicole Walker to Joyfully Jay. ![]() ![]() As they chat, Al playfully challenges Lou to show him the best of Milwaukee and she’s game-but only if they never discuss work, which Al readily agrees to. The day that Al’s mean-spirited review of Luella’s runs, the two cross paths in a pub: Lou drowning her sorrows, and Al celebrating his latest publication. The review practically writes itself: underdone fish, scorched sauce, distracted service-he unleashes his worst. When an anonymous tip sends him to Luella’s, little does he know he’s arrived on the worst day of the chef’s life. Witty yet gruff British transplant Al is keeping himself employed and entertained by writing scathing reviews of local restaurants in the Milwaukee newspaper under a pseudonym. She cheerfully balances her demanding business and even more demanding fiancé…until the morning she discovers him in the buff-with an intern. In downtown Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Lou works tirelessly to build her beloved yet struggling French restaurant, Luella’s, into a success. Y ou’ve Got Mail meets How to Eat a Cupcake in this delightful novel about a talented chef and the food critic who brings down her restaurant-whose chance meeting turns into a delectable romance of mistaken identities. ![]() ![]() ![]() And they had to know this performance would be received even more poorly than those. They knew readers didn’t appreciate the poor narration of the last two books they published by Riordan. What were the publishers thinking?! They knew the narration would be included in reviews. He is going to be slammed for the quality of the narration-sadly, deservedly so-and I feel certain he had no idea such a slap down was likely. Now I am actually angry with the publishers at Penguin/Random House/Listening Library for throwing this performer to the wolves without a second thought. Furthermore, he likely didn’t know what audiobook readers expect and how demanding we are… but the publishers knew. ![]() ![]() This appears to be the narrators first attempt at audio narration and he obviously had no idea what the art of narration required. Then I found myself becoming angry-not at the narrator, at the audiobook publishers. As I continued to listen I became incredulous as to just how poor the narration was-stilted reading of the text, unconvincing character voices, atrocious attempts at accents. First I was disappointed, then I was angryĪs I began listening to this book I was rather disappointed in the narration. ![]() ![]() I cannot tell you any more than that until the deal is announced. I think it’s the best idea I’ve ever had, and I had more fun writing it than I could possibly explain. NOVEMBER, 2020, plus or minus a few months: a SUPER SECRET PROJECT that I have already written. It involves a secret society of Southern Belles, cliff-jumping, a summer at the lake, three generations of high society secrets, complicated family relationships, four mysteries, and one dead body. Right now, I have three more books scheduled to come out: But I have also been an author long enough to know that sales are not always what I want them to be and that no sequel is guaranteed, so I ended THE LOVELY AND THE LOST in such a way that I was satisfied with the ending, even if I never get to return to those characters and that world. I sold THE LOVELY AND THE LOST in a one-book deal, which means that I wrote it to stand alone, but have series potential, meaning that if sales were good enough that my publisher wanted me to write a sequel, I would be totally excited to do so and have some ideas about where it might go, the new characters you might meet (including NEW DOGS), and so on. Do you think you'll write a sequal or make it a series some day? ![]() ![]() ![]() At the end, it seems like you left a lot of openings/threads for a second book. Tenuous-grace asked: I finished The Lovely and the Lost in less than a day and I loved it! <3<3<3 You're right about it feeling like the perfect marraige of Raised by Wolves and Naturals. ![]() ![]() “The Haunting of Hounds Hollow” by Jeffrey SalaneĪ little bit more on the scary side of things, this book is great if you have a penchant for ghost animals, as it features a pack of ghost dogs haunting a property that’s the inheritance of one unlucky family. ![]() Though taking place in the modern day, there’s a bit of am old-fashioned tinge to this story that makes it feel safe and cozy. ![]() Through some sleuthing, the pair work to find out who Edgar was when alive and how to put him to rest. ![]() Henry confides in Barbara Anne that he is being haunted by a ghost named Edgar, who makes a few scary-ish appearances throughout the book. Henry is new to the neighborhood and is standing out because of how pale and small he is. “Haunting of Henry Davis” is told from the point of view of Barbara Anne, while it’s the secondary character, Henry Davis, who is being haunted. If you’re looking for a ghost story that isn’t too scary, you can pick up this book by Kathryn Siebel. “The Haunting of Henry Davis” by Kathryn Siebel The nice thing about all of these books is that (spoiler alert) all of the spectral hauntings are resolved rather peacefully. As autumn approaches, I find myself leaning toward spooky or fall-themed books to make recommendations attuned to the season. ![]() ![]() ![]() I want nothing more than to be free of my husband. Worse, I can’t stop myself from plotting to get her back. But there’s no looking away from the woman who wrecked me. The second she showed with her pompous, prick of a husband, I should have gotten up and walked. Yet he’s filled with untamed fury and thirsting for vengeance against the husband I hate.Īster Costa is everything I never should have wanted. Years ago, he sealed my fate and condemned me to a life I didn’t want to lead. Logan Lawson won me in a bet.The second I saw him sitting at the illegal card table, I knew I was in trouble. Jackson comes an enemies-to-lovers, close-proximity, second-chance romance… 29, 2022įrom NYT and USA Today bestselling author A.L. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review. Jackson in exchange for an honest review. New Releases, Reviews New Release: Never Look Back by A.L. ![]() ![]() ![]() It is his duty use that ability to resolve disputes, to ascertain the intent of the dead, to find the killers of the murdered. As a Witness for the Dead, he can, sometimes, speak to the recently dead: see the last thing they saw, know the last thought they had, experience the last thing they felt. He lives modestly, but his decency and fundamental honesty will not permit him to live quietly. He has not escaped from politics, but his position gives him the ability to serve the common people of the city, which is his preference. Now Celehar lives in the city of Amalo, far from the Court though not exactly in exile. The favor of the Emperor is a dangerous coin. ![]() He lost his place as a retainer of his cousin the former Empress, and made far too many enemies among the many factions vying for power in the new Court. ![]() Thara Celehar found the truth, though it did him no good to discover it. When the young half-goblin emperor Maia sought to learn who had set the bombs that killed his father and half-brothers, he turned to an obscure resident of his father’s Court, a Prelate of Ulis and a Witness for the Dead. All opinions my own.Ĭontent warnings: Death features heavily, including murder, violent death, poisoning, and sickness discussion of abusive relationships. Ownership: Review copy sent free of charge by Solaris Books. Book: The Witness for the Dead by Katherine Addison ![]() |