Where does one begin when it comes to describing an author whose books constantly amaze you to the point you cannot easily put them down for any reason other than an emergency? Fredrik Backman has struck gold with the second book in the Beartown series, Us Against You. By the time the last game is finally played, a resident of Beartown will be dead, and the people of both towns will be forced to wonder if, after all they’ve been through, the game they love can ever return to something simple and innocent. But bringing this team together proves to be a challenge as old bonds are broken, new ones are formed, and the enmity with Hed grows more and more acute.Īs the big match approaches, the not-so-innocent pranks and incidents between the communities pile up and their mutual contempt grows deeper. Soon a new team starts to take shape around Amat, the fastest player you’ll ever see Benji, the intense lone wolf and Vidar, a born-to-be-bad troublemaker. Amidst the mounting tension between the two rivals, a surprising newcomer is handpicked to be Beartown’s new hockey coach. What makes it worse is the obvious satisfaction that all the former Beartown players, who now play for a rival team in Hed, take in that fact. After everything that the citizens of Beartown have gone through, they are struck yet another blow when they hear that their beloved local hockey team will soon be disbanded.
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As benevolent as he has been in a myriad of ways, God has remained aloof on this uncomplicated request.” ―Beth MooreĪll My Knotted-Up Life is a beautifully crafted portrait of resilience and survival, a poignant reminder of God’s enduring faithfulness, and proof positive that if we ever truly took the time to hear people’s full stories. I was just trying to make it here in the meantime. God could do what he wanted with eternity. I’ve wanted to know this about myself as much as anyone. All my knotted-up life I’ve longed for the sanity and simplicity of knowing who’s good and who’s bad. We go from knowing each other better than we know ourselves to barely sure if we know each other at all, to precisely sure that we don’t. “It’s a peculiar thing, this having lived long enough to take a good look back. An incredibly thoughtful, disarmingly funny, and intensely vulnerable glimpse into the life and ministry of a woman familiar to many but known by few. OL771561W Page-progression lr Page_number_confidence 97.33 Pages 716 Ppi 400 Related-external-id urn:isbn:0520081153 It is adult themed with lots of cussing, action/violence. Urn:lcp:civilizationcapi3brau:lcpdf:c88c111a-6f01-40de-bad1-bc895fed9225 This is the first shifter romance book in the Nightwind Pack series by Kele Moon and Laurann Dohner. Access-restricted-item true Addeddate 17:20:40 Bookplateleaf 0006 Boxid IA123108 Camera Canon 5D City New York DonorĪlibris Edition 1. It's no secret: although eugenics triumphed in its most despicable and murderous form in Nazi Germany, the Nazis were just carrying on to the next extreme what had been thought and done in the USA during the previous decades. History is not one faraway thing it is a continuum, an endless repeating cycle. There’s one final question: did you know from 2006-2010 in California, 148 mentally ill women were sterilized by state mental hospitals without their consent? In my state, in my lifetime, 148 women were violated by the state. After all, we aren’t in the 1960s.īut those who forget history are doomed to repeat it. All I want to say is this:ĭid you know that from 1930-1960 in America, 64,000 individuals were forcibly sterilized under state-sanctioned programs? That several mental health institutes purposefuly fed their prisoners toberculosis-infected milk upon admission, killing 40% of their patients? That these same eugenics programs served as inspiration for the Holocaust? That they were performed almost entirely on mentally ill women and women of color? These facts may seem painful. And when another group threatens their success-and their lives-four weeks for them to survive. Four weeks for the team to prove itself to the public. His last chance is to partner with Talon, an enhanced with deadly abilities who doesn’t trust regular humans with their secrets and wants Finn to fail.įour weeks to prove himself to the team. But his undiagnosed dyslexia stopped his aspirations dead in their tracks. Years later he gets a chance to set up a task force of enhanced to serve in the FBI, but with one proviso: each enhanced must partner with a regular human.įinn Mayer dreamed of joining the FBI from the time he was fourteen and made every possible sacrifice to make it happen, including living with his selfish mother and bullying, homophobic brother and never having a boyfriend. Reviled, mistrusted, and often locked away, the enhanced were viewed as monsters, despised by the public, and never trusted to serve in the military or any law enforcement agency. Talon Valdez knew when he transformed into an enhanced human, his life and his dreams were finished. I could almost imagine a Douglas Sirk era Rock Hudson playing our narrator. Zelazny captures some of Michael Moorcock’s trippy ambiance while also tapping into some distinctly American sensibilities. The mystery of memory loss in this ends up being much more strange than expected, and really does play into the greater whole. Elrod’s Vampire Files series, some random D&D novel, and more, it was like every other book I read started with someone waking up after some unknown trauma, not knowing where they were or why. Between this, To Your Scattered Bodies Go, P.N. No wonder two of my early written efforts started with characters suffering from memory loss. I recently acquired the complete series in a monster omnibus.įunny enough, when I read it, it was like I couldn’t get away from amnesia-based stories. Fast forward 30+ years and I find myself rereading the first book without ever having read further. I was very much looking forward to reading the second book in the ten book series (I think book 10 had just come out). Once upon a time, when I was in…high school maybe? Junior High? I read Roger Zelazny’s Nine Princes in Amber and really liked it. Sabine’s sadness does not kill the young queen. But Sabine mistakenly sends Elodie away not with the poison she requests, but with a vial of her tears. Just a single tear added to one of her mother’s potions enhances the brew tenfold. Desperate, Elodie slips away to the Midnight Market to purchase poison from an apothecary. To do so, she must eliminate the Third Daughter – her own sister. The only way to preserve her mother’s legacy is to retake the throne. When her mother unexpectedly passes and her young sister takes the throne, Elodie’s future in Velle is threatened by a vindictive chaplain and a church wielding ultimate power. When the fabled child is finally born to Velle’s reigning queen, the only citizen who does not rejoice is Elodie: the queen’s eldest daughter who has lost her claim to the crown. The prophecy tells not when, but how she will appear: as the third daughter of a third daughter. ‘Subtly vicious and achingly tender’ Allison SaftĪ sweeping YA fantasy about legacy, betrayal, sisterhood, and deadly quests for power, with a stunning, slow-burn sapphic romance.įor centuries, the country of Velle has waited for their highest deity, the New Maiden, to return. Interactions should not primarily be for personal benefit. Interact with the community in good faith. Respect for members and creators shall extend to every interaction. Visionīuild a reputation for inclusive, welcoming dialogue where creators and fans of all types of speculative fiction mingle. We reserve the right to remove discussion that does not fulfill the mission of /r/Fantasy. We welcome respectful dialogue related to speculative fiction in literature, games, film, and the wider world. r/Fantasy is the internet’s largest discussion forum for the greater Speculative Fiction genre. For updated information regarding ongoing community features, please visit 'new' Reddit. Resource links will direct you to Wiki pages, which we are maintaining. Please be aware that the sidebar in 'old' Reddit is no longer being updated with information about Book Clubs and AMAs as of October 2018. He sets his plan to get revenge, but that plan doesn’t include Isabail Keith, a fiery lass that fights with the clan and has captured his attention. He trains hard with them and proves himself, earning himself a place within the clan that destroyed his home. He lacks the fighting skills though and seeks out the Ludus Caledonia-a mysterious fight guild that turns men into warriors. The story begins when Lor Careston’s Highland village is attacked and burned, which sets him out on a quest for revenge. Highland Gladiator is the first book in the Scots and Swords series. If You Like Kathryn Le Veque Books, You’ll Love… The Sea Rover's Curse (By: Katherine Bone) No Rest for the Wicked (By: Lauren Smith)Īlways the High Seas (By: Emily E.K. The Pirate's Bluestocking (By: Chasity Bowlin) The Rebellious Red (By: Rosamund Winchester)Ĭaptured by the Mercenary (By: Brenna Ash) Seduced by the Pirate (By: Maggi Andersen) The Beast of Blades (By: Rosamund Winchester) The de Wolfe of Wharf Street (By: Elizabeth Ellen Carter) The Savage Sabre (By: Rosamund Winchester) The Righteous Side of Wicked (By: Jennifer Bray-Weber) The Pirate's Temptation (By: Tara Kingston) The Ravishing Rees (By: Rosamund Winchester) The Duke's Scandalous Kiss (By: Aileen Fish) The Defender and the Dove (By: Rosamund Winchester) The Duke She Left Behind (By: Aileen Fish) Heart of the Sea Wolfe (By: Danelle Harmon)ĭe Wolfe in Disguise (By: Jennifer Siddoway) Sparks leaped from the hearth and settled onto my fingers, heat drawn to heat, and glittered like molten gems against my skin. But she has no idea just how hot her fire will burn…Ĭareful not to freeze over while you’re reading the first chapter of Frostblood below: But with alliances between flame and ice strictly forbidden, is Arcus friend or foe? Ruby will only have one chance to destroy the maniacal ruler who took everything from her. She’s spent her whole life in hiding – until the day Frostblood soldiers raid her village and kill her mother. She swears to avenge her people and travel deep into the heart of the enemy, to the court of the Frost King, with only the mysterious warrior Arcus – a Frostblood rebel – by her side. In a land ruled by frost, her very existence is a crime. Enter a world where fire and ice are mortal enemies…Įlly Blake’s debut is the first book in her three-book Frostblood saga, featuring rogue heroine, Ruby. Ruby is a Fireblood. |