5/13/2023 0 Comments All my puny little sorrows![]() Boo and I drove down early so that we could gather some supplies from a little grocer we like, and wander through the art gallery for a little while, looking at the Tracey Moffatt exhibition.īy one o’clock we’d gathered by the river. This month’s book club meeting convened on the banks of the Brisbane River, at the GOMA cafe. She chose Miriam Toews All My Puny Sorrows because she’d read and liked some of her earlier work, and because the author is, like M–, Canadian. This month, M– chose the book we would read (we take it, roughly, in turns). These are the women who hold me together whose lives I am honoured to share. ![]() Yes, it is that cheesy! Our book club, for me, is a little like that cheesy old movie about the ladies who do patchwork together. Women whose strength and love and friendship has kept me going when I could not have persisted on my own. ![]() The women in my book club are all dear friends of mine. To laugh and drink coffee and smile at each other. Have I told you that before? We get together once a month to talk about books and life. ![]() Also, the book (and my ramblings about reading it) includes discussions of suicide. You can safely read right up till the ‘spoiler alert’ graphic. SPOILER ALERT: This long ramble about Miriam Toews’ All My Puny Sorrows includes a discussion of the book’s ending. ![]()
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5/13/2023 0 Comments Spawn origins book 2![]() ![]() Illustrator: Greg Capullo Marc Silvestri Dan Panosian Art Thibert Mark Pennington Batt Billy Tan. Very minor shelf and edge wear to covers. Genres Comics Graphic Novels Horror Fiction Graphic Novels Comics Superheroes Fantasy. ![]() Book is in Near Fine Condition, by which we mean almost as if in its original new condition, but with only very minor marks of age and/or wear from light handling. Spawn Origins Volume 2 includes classic Spawn stories written by Alan Moore and Frank Miller, as well as the introduction of memorable characters into the Spawn universe. Spider-Man by Todd McFarlane Omnibus 18 copies. Spawn, Book 5: Death and Rebirth 18 copies. Spider man, tome 3 : Masques 18 copies, 2 reviews. Spider-Man: The Cosmic Adventures (Amazing Spectacular Web) (Illustrator) 21 copies. Comic Book Rebels: Conversations with the Creators of the New Comics. Greg Capullo Marc Silvestri Dan Panosian Art Thibert Mark Pennington Batt Billy Tan. Spawn: Origins Book 1 23 copies, 1 review. Independent Publishers (3) Kirby, Jack (2) Sim, Dave (2, 3) The Teenage Mutant. ![]() ![]() ![]() The slow burn aspect of the thriller plods instead of simmers with tension. ![]() This promising premise devolves with the plethora of characters introduced and tangential plot lines muddy the cohesiveness of the story. The clock is ticking and Jess needs to find him before she also finds herself in jeopardy. Ben’s investigation into a story lead has put him in real danger. No one seems to know where he is and no one seems to want to help find him.Īs Jess begins to ask questions and search, it becomes clear that something sinister is unfolding. Perpetually down on her luck Jess arrives there, the reluctant guest of her journalist brother Ben, only to find him missing. ![]() And the premise initially reeled me in: An atmospheric spooky apartment building in Montmarte with mysterious inhabitants who all seem to have secrets and underlying motives. "I have a fascination with the city of Paris after I was able to visit years ago and approached this novel with anticipation. ![]() ![]() The ensuing saga would feature the great world leaders of the day, popes, bandits and queens intrigue, conspiracy and cut-throat statecraft, as Mexico became the pivotal battleground in the global balance of power, between Old Europe and the burgeoning force of the New World: American imperialism. Instead, Maximilian walked into a bloody guerrilla war - and with a headful of impractical ideals and a penchant for pomp and butterflies, the so-called new emperor was singularly unequipped for the task. ![]() Keen to spread his own interests abroad, the French emperor promised Maximilian a hero's welcome, which he would ensure with his own mighty military support. He had been convinced to do so by a duplicitous Napoleon III. This is history's judgement on the events surrounding the ill-fated reign of Maximilian of Mexico, the young Austrian archduke who in 1864 crossed the Atlantic to assume a faraway throne. ' A madness without parallel since Don Quixote,' said a future French president. 'One of the most monstrous enterprises in the annals of international history,' said Karl Marx. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Urn:oclc:690906538 Republisher_date 20120309205441 Republisher_operator Scandate 20120308160513 Scanner . In this magical story filled with enchanting surprises, Lucinda will dance at the royal ball, fall under the Amaranth Witchs spell, avenge her parents death. O元139940W Page-progression lr Page_number_confidence 94.17 Pages 328 Ppi 514 Related-external-id urn:isbn:1599904497 Urn:lcp:amaranthenchantm00berr:epub:aac61b10-fc13-4ecb-866c-46cda78b40cf Extramarc University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (PZ) Foldoutcount 0 Identifier amaranthenchantm00berr Identifier-ark ark:/13960/t3hx2dw2x Isbn 9781599903347ġ599903342 Lccn 2008022354 Ocr ABBYY FineReader 8.0 Ocr_converted abbyy-to-hocr 1.1.20 Ocr_module_version 0.0.16 Openlibrary OL21836528M Openlibrary_edition ![]() Access-restricted-item true Addeddate 15:43:12 Bookplateleaf 0004 Boxid IA171801 Boxid_2 CH114901 Camera Canon EOS 5D Mark II City New York Donorīostonpubliclibrary Edition 1st U.S. /rebates/2fbook2f2500294322fThe-Amaranth-Enchantment&. ![]() 5/12/2023 0 Comments Long way down ritchie![]() ![]() With their lives on the line, Ryke & Daisy head towards the vast, wild unknown. As a professional free-solo climber, Ryke is no stranger to risk, but his next step with Daisy wagers more than just his health. Ones that Connor Cobalt wouldn't even take. To never abandon their love for each other.īut preserving their happiness also means adding more risks. Known as the most adventurous, fast-paced couple - their next step has always been elusive to the rabid media.īehind the scenes, heartbreaking troubles continue to test Ryke & Daisy's resilience and shape their future together. With a seven-year age difference, Ryke & Daisy have faced an uphill battle in the eyes of the world and their families. ![]() 5/12/2023 0 Comments Triple Shot by Ross Klavan![]() ![]() And finally in Twist of Fate, Charles Salzberg follows Trish Sullivan, an ambitious TV reporter working in a small, upstate New York market. Murder was never part of his business model. ![]() Now he’s playing with the big boys and finds the price of the game way over his head. Unfortunately, his latest shipment contained some illegal automatic weapons. When he forges a reluctant alliance with his ex-wife’s new lover, he realizes there’s lots of money to be made from the world’s number one smuggled legal product-cigarettes. Life was so much simpler for Tim O’Mara’s marijuana-selling narrator in Smoked when all he had to worry about was keeping his customers, now ex-wife, and daughter satisfied. Before the last shot is fired, everything they thought was certain proves to be a shadow and everything they trusted opens into a trap. ![]() cops to play out a deadly obsession that takes them from back alley payoffs to hard time in prison, then deep into the tunnel networks south of the border to a murderous town that’s only rumored to exist. ![]() Shadow towns, smugglers and secret notes-this trio of New York authors are a TRIPLE SHOT of twists and turns in three novellas Payback leads to an unmarked grave in Ross Klavan’s Thump Gun Hitched. ![]() 5/12/2023 0 Comments Love Strung by Jamie W. Matlock![]() ![]() After what I thought was the most stupid way of Kennedy to annoy a fellow woman (I mean there’s better ways to do so), I quite felt what she was dealing with. I have to be honest and say that at the beginning I was kind of lost because I couldn’t understand what Kennedy was doing and I almost DNF it, the prologue for me was pointless, but I keep reading and give it a chance. All those three that faced their story of their life with this tangled of lies and music. And we got Griff, a bitter man who always is there to clean the mess his brother left behind him. We got Mick, the reckless golden boy of country music who uses whoever is around him without giving it a second thought. ![]() We got Kennedy, a girl with lot of attitude who wants to be the next big country start, though her way hasn’t been quite good yet. Thought, I quite divide about how much I like it. A piece that features the pro and cons of love and choices. I like this story very much, I think that it’s very sweet and does show a tender way into the love. ![]() ![]() ![]() Driven to distraction (1994 edition) Open Library It looks like youre offline. 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Ratey, 1994, Pantheon Books edition, in English - 1st ed. ![]() Urn:lcp:driventodistract0000hall_h7a8:epub:e7c3ded8-d584-43ba-b3d9-99a3f70bbe53 Foldoutcount 0 Identifier driventodistract0000hall_h7a8 Identifier-ark ark:/13960/s2js6hgk3hs Invoice 1652 Isbn 0679421777 Lccn 93029536 Ocr tesseract 5.0.0-1-g862e Ocr_detected_lang en Ocr_detected_lang_conf 1.0000 Ocr_detected_script Latin Ocr_detected_script_conf 1.0000 Ocr_module_version 0.0.14 Ocr_parameters -l eng Old_pallet IA401404 Openlibrary_edition ![]() Access-restricted-item true Addeddate 16:14:14 Associated-names Ratey, John J., 1948- Bookplateleaf 0004 Boxid IA40308614 Camera Sony Alpha-A6300 (Control) Collection_set printdisabled External-identifier ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() “ Happiness can only come from inside of you and is the result of your love. How to finally accept and forgive ourselves and others.Why we hunt for love in others & how to capture the love inside us.The war of control that slowly destroys most relationships.Why “domestication” and the “image of perfection” lead to self-rejection.Using insightful stories to bring his message to life, Ruiz shows us how to heal our emotional wounds, recover the freedom and joy that are our birthright, and restore the spirit of playfulness that is vital to loving relationships. In The Mastery of Love, don Miguel Ruiz illuminates the fear-based beliefs and assumptions that undermine love and lead to suffering and drama in our relationships. ![]() |