Thrown into an unlikely alliance, chasing a ghost through parties, break-ins, puzzles, and secrets revealed on monogrammed stationery, Chloe starts to suspect there might be more to this small town than she thought. It'll be worth it, if Chloe can drag Shara back before graduation to beat her fair and square. The three have nothing in common except Shara and the annoyingly cryptic notes she left behind, but together they must untangle Shara's trail of clues and find her. There's also Smith, Shara's longtime quarterback sweetheart, and Rory, Shara's bad boy neighbor with a crush. On a furious hunt for answers, Chloe discovers she's not the only one Shara kissed. Her only rival: prom queen Shara Wheeler, the principal's perfect progeny.īut a month before graduation, Shara kisses Chloe and vanishes. The thing that's kept her going: winning valedictorian. After her moms moved her from SoCal to Alabama for high school, she's spent the past four years dodging gossipy classmates and the puritanical administration of Willowgrove Christian Academy. From the New York Times bestselling author of One Last Stop and Red, White & Royal Blue comes a romantic comedy about chasing down what you want, only to find what you need.Ĭhloe Green is so close to winning.
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We thank all of our partners on the task force for their support. One Read is generously underwritten by the Friends of the Columbia Public Library and made possible by organizations in our community. The other title considered this year was the nonfiction book “ Why Fish Don’t Exist: A Story of Loss, Love, and the Hidden Order of Life” by Lulu Miller. Always-available ebooks and audiobooks of “When Two Feathers Fell From the Sky” are available through the library’s online streaming service hoopla. The library offers the book in large print, as an eBook and in downloadable and streaming audiobook formats as well. This is the same country that was so well portrayed in Willa Cathers novels and masterfully mapped by William Least Heat-Moon in PrairyErth. Read more about the book and the author here.Īs in past years, the Friends of the Columbia Public Library will fund the purchase of multiple copies of the One Read title for people to check out so anyone wanting to read it will be able to before September. The landscape of Kent Harufs Plainsong is flat, sandy, full of wheat and corn, and out in the open country, between the small towns, stands of trees surround lonely farmhouses. Read the book this summer in preparation for events, including book discussions, a writing contest, an art competition and a visit from the author, in September. The community has voted to read “ When Two Feathers Fell From the Sky” by Margaret Verble for the 2023 One Read program. It's a beautifully illustrated journey into worlds where anything could happen it fills you with wonder, and it hurts to leave.Īs a storyteller, Bong Redila can be profound, whimsical, hilarious, heartbreaking, and nostalgic all at the same time. As a fellow creator and artist, I'm deeply, deeply inspired. Wonderfully creative, visually inventive. Drawn in a spidery, cross-hatched pen-and-ink style reminiscent of Edward Gorey, this charming collection will transport readers of all ages. Originally published in the Philippines, where it is an award-winning bestseller, Meläg: Town of Fables marks the English language debut of Filipino American illustrator and author B. Travel on a train with singing, blob-like beings, spy a shack that floats above the treetops because of a “borrowed” magical broomstick, romp with futuristic creatures on a playdate, roam a carnival with two goofy boys, dance the father-daughter dance at a wedding with a robot, and cry with two lost souls who come together as friends in the rain. Redila’s childhood hometown in the Philippines and where love, joy, and heartbreak hold hands. Welcome to Meläg, an eerily fantastic town located somewhere between dreamland and the real world of B. This haunting, nostalgic collection of short comics by Filipino American illustrator and author Bong Redila is at once an homage to childhood and a simple wish that tomorrow everything will be fine. She is an adventuress, capable of brilliant improvisation when intrigue and sharp wit fail her in her materialistic designs, she does not hesitate to throw in her reserves of feminine charm and facile use of her sex. The story centres on the entertaining little minx, Becky Sharp, one of the great strong women in literature. It lampoons the foolishness of the higher echelons of society in Regency England that had grown fat and corrupt on easy prosperity. Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackeray (1811- 1863) is a rumbustious extravaganza of a novel, surreal, and satirical, providing an insightful view of life and manners in the Georgian Age. ‘The philosophy inherent in the novel and what I call the yogic question Thackeray posed-‘Which of us is happy in this world? Which of us has his desire? or, having it, is satisfied?’-is a timeless one, as much of a mystery today as it was in 1848.’ – Julian Fellowes, who adapted the novel for the screen in 2004. Vanity Fair David Stuart Davies looks at the latest TV adaptation of Thackeray’s classic novel. Along the way he meets one fascinating character after another, each of whom unlocks his long-dormant spirit and sense of promise. Still in his yachting shoes and light coat, Harold embarks on his urgent quest across the countryside. Harold Fry is determined to walk six hundred miles from Kingsbridge to the hospice in Berwick-upon-Tweed because, he believes, as long as he walks, Queenie Hennessey will live. And thus begins the unlikely pilgrimage at the heart of Rachel Joyce’s remarkable debut. But then, as happens in the very best works of fiction, Harold has a chance encounter, one that convinces him that he absolutely must deliver his message to Queenie in person. Harold pens a quick reply and, leaving Maureen to her chores, heads to the corner mailbox. Queenie Hennessy is in hospice and is writing to say goodbye. Then one morning the mail arrives, and within the stack of quotidian minutiae is a letter addressed to Harold in a shaky scrawl from a woman he hasn’t seen or heard from in twenty years. Little differentiates one day from the next. He lives in a small English village with his wife, Maureen, who seems irritated by almost everything he does, even down to how he butters his toast. The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry Synopsis: Say a student is writing a paper about the individual part of the ship, they can flip to the "On the bridge" section of the book and get a detailed illustration of the titanic with labels and arrows to each specific part of the ship. Having each topic on its own set of 2 pages makes it really easy for readers to find exactly what they're looking for. I only named a few of the topics in the book but the cool part of the organization of the book is that each topic gets its own page. The interesting thing about this book is that it not only tells you the story of how the ship sunk but gives factual information on things like overseas travel, building the titanic, the captain and crew, first-class travel on the ship, the lifeboats, the rescue, and almost every person that was involved with the ship. I'm sure almost everyone knows about the Titanic and how it was supposed to be the "unsinkable ship" yet sank after hitting an iceberg. The book is extremely descriptive in the information that it gives on every and any thing related to the Titanic. I gave the book a four star rating because of its extensive detail, diagrams, and real life photos from the very historic ship, Titanic. I had mixed feelings about this book after reading it. The relationships just didnt play out where it made sense to me and I was tired of reading how much sex the guys were having and there she is a virgin just waiting for them. I just wasnt into this book but still love pen Douglas and will download any book she writes as soon as it releases. So he just wants her because he wants her which to me kind of cheapened the relationship. I mean if he was a lonely mountain man who was grieving over his first love I could see it but he is getting it on the regular and doesnt love her like pike in birthday girl. And he is constantly getting it from a young girl but he still pursues his 17 year old niece. Also her uncle seems to like young girls. And she doesnt end up doing anything about it. So he can bang anything but she is a slut for sleeping with one of them. When she finally starts having sex with one of the men another one holds her down and spits in her face and writes slut on her forehead. She literally hears and sees them constantly having sex and then has no problem letting them have sex with her. I think what bugged me the most is its the same old situation. In some ways it was but she does end up with just one in the end. I honestly thought it might be a reverse harem situation. I was really looking forward to this book from all the teasers. With social media’s help, it didn’t take long for the novel to be declared a New York bestseller. TikTok played a large role in the novel gaining recognition throughout the year 2021 which resulted in the book being on the bestseller list for the past 90 weeks. Sparks immediately fly between her and neurosurgeon Ryle, but his ‘complete aversion to relationships is disturbing” Ever since its publication in 2016, it has slowly gained popularity throughout many different social media platforms. The synopsis follows “small-town girl Lily, who moves to Boston to start her own business. The novel was related to Hoover’s relationship with her mother and father. Many people have read or at least heard of the book titled “ It Ends With Us” written by famous author, Colleen Hoover. And as humans, we can’t expect to shoulder all of our pain.” Residing in Kent, Russell is one of a surprisingly large number of distinguished comic book and strip artists that hail from the Buckeye state including Winsor McCay, Milton Caniff, Paul Pope, and Jeff Smith to name only a few. Strange, Killraven, Sandman, Conan, and Batman he has received his greatest acclaim for fantastic adaptations of more classic fare including Mozart’s The Magic Flute, Wagner’s The Ring of the Nibelung, and Oscar Wilde’s fairy tales to name just a handful. While he has left his own indelible stamp on familiar characters such as Dr. Craig Russell might be most familiar to younger readers for this graphic novel adaptation of Neil Gaiman’s Coraline – the source material for the recent hit 3D animated film.īut more knowledgeable comic fans know Russell for his incredibly rich and diverse body of work turned out over the past 35 years. Due to frequent solar flare activity, communications can be a bit dicey, but when she’s unable to contact Rinc for several days and the pod she’s been studying mysteriously disappears, she decides to risk the multi-day trek back herself. The amount available is limited as well, as it’s harvested from the teeth of leviathans, large sea animals, by a group of highly skilled and athletic people called wave riders.Īnja is a scientist sent to a remote outpost to study one pod of leviathans. Ground up druk has the ability to repel space debris, making it a highly in-demand substance for coating spaceships. The small moon of Fynian has only one city, Rinc, but has a larger than you’d expect impact on the economy of the Verdant String planets as the only source of druk. A scientist and what sounds like a surfer dude running from bad guys? Sounds like my kind of thing! This is fifth in a series, but I read it as a standalone.įirst off, a little background. I’d read and enjoyed one book by this author before (the first in her Class 5 series) so I jumped on the chance to try out this one. CBR13Bingo: The Wilds (I mean, it’s alien wilds, but seriously this entire book is mostly set outdoors) |