![]() Lavish salons, crumbling sidewalks, dusty attics, and train stations: all these places come alive in Lutes' masterful hand. The city itself is the central protagonist in this historical fiction. Lutes weaves these characters' lives into the larger fabric of a city slowly ripping apart. Berlin is an intricate look at the fall of the Weimar Republic through the eyes of its citizens-Marthe Müller, a young woman escaping the memory of a brother killed in World War I, Kurt Severing, an idealistic journalist losing faith in the printed word as fascism and extremism take hold the Brauns, a family torn apart by poverty and politics. Berlin is one of the high-water marks of the medium: rich in its well-researched historical detail, compassionate in its character studies, and as timely as ever in its depiction of a society slowly awakening to the stranglehold of fascism. ![]() ![]() an ending so electrifying that I gasped.- New York Times Book Review During the past two decades, Jason Lutes has quietly created one of the masterworks of the graphic novel golden age. ![]() ![]() Best of 2018 nods from the Washington Post, New York Public Library, Globe and Mail, the Guardian, and more! The magic in Berlin is in the way Lutes conjures, out of old newspapers and photographs, a city so remote from him in time and space. ![]()
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He must acquire Pieretta by any means necessary, and he doesn't mind plundering a ship to obtain her. He became a pirate unwillingly after his business partner tried to murder him. Thor has a score to settle, and Pieretta is the key to his revenge. Her grandpere is her guardian, and she must do what he says. Pieretta doesn't want to leave Charleston and the only home she has ever known. The comte insists that she travel to France to live with him. Will love intervene, altering both their courses? Pieretta Carlyle experienced the loss of her father, leaving her alone in the world except for her grandpere, Comte Renard Dubois. FOUR first in series books by DAWN BROWERA Flawed Jewel: Pieretta boards a ship, unaware that Thor is waiting to kidnap her for revenge against her grandfather. Pieretta boards a ship, unaware that Thor is waiting to kidnap her for revenge against her grandfather. ![]() ![]() This review was originally posted on May 17, 2008 And that her barely concealed…uh, attributes are the ones gracing the new interstate billboard.Īs if being taken for a blue movie queen isn't rattling enough, there's Johnny Walker, the local bad boy turned good-a man who tempts Emma to be just as wild and wicked as Joyful thinks she is.Įvery Thursday, we’ll be posting throwback reviews of our favorite and not-so-favorite books. ![]() Thanks to small-town gossip and citizens who clearly need to get a life, Joyful's residents think Emma Jean is the "famous star" building a strip club in town. When Emma Frasier returns home to Joyful, Georgia, she's greeted with the kinds of winks and lusty grins one might offer…an adult film star? 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Two childhood best friends wake up the morning after their twentieth high school reunion to discover that they've switched bodies in this hilarious and heartwarming debut by two childhood best friends. ![]() ![]() I’m not sure how this series crossed my radar I think I might have seen it on Kindle or perhaps Kobo recommended it to me. Publication Dates: July 2012 – December 2013 Genre: New Adult, Romance, Contemporary, Drama ![]() ![]() There are two novellas: #1.5 Avoiding Decisions & #2.5 Avoiding Intimacy # of Books: 3 (Avoiding Commitment, Avoiding Responsibility, Avoiding Temptation) SERIESous’ Top Picks: Fave New Adult Read 2016 ( Avoiding Commitment) Throw in Bekah’s hot brother who always seems to be in the right place at the right time, a past with more secrets to unravel than you can even imagine, and you get a recipe for disaster.įind out what happens to Lexi as she travels to Atlanta to get the closure she so desperately desires from Jack, and how the bumps of life seem to keep getting in the way. She can’t believe it.įollow Lexi in this heart wrenching drama as she relives her past relationship, or lack thereof, with Jack, and not just in her own mind, but to his fiance-to-be. ![]() Jack is calling now after everything they had been through because there is another woman. He unexpectedly asks her to convince the new girl, Bekah, that he’s ready to commit. After 2 years without speaking, she receives a phone call that changes everything. Jack and Lexi never had a typical relationship. ![]() Synopsis for Avoiding Commitment (from Goodreads): Series Review: Is this series worth your time? Does it get better as the novels progress? Or does it get worse? Find out below: ![]() |