![]() She agrees to do what Jennifer asked her and pretty soon she is in over her head. Jennifer escorts her, but if Carolyn wants Jennifer to keep this embarassing situation a secret, it will cost her. Carolyn has a fainting spell and has to be taken to the nurse. ![]() As Carolyn sits in gym on the first day, Jennifer gets back to her old games and begins teasing Carolyn. Of course they are in the same math class because they are both in honors and they have gym together since it is scheduled alphabetically. In the end she has to go of course and it appears Jennifer has not changed at all. As the first day of high school arrives, Carolyn doesn’t even want to go to school because she doesn’t want to deal with Jennifer. There is one girl, Jennifer Taylor, that has made Carolyn’s life hell all through middle school. ![]() ![]() She is far from popular, overweight and often times the brunt of jokes at school. If I could be Like Jennifer Taylor introduces us to freshmen student Carolyn Samuels. Not that I have anything against paranormal romance, it was just nice to have a change. ![]() Having read so many paranormal romance books recently, this one was a breath of fresh air. The other night I began reading If I Could be Like Jennifer Taylor by Barbara Ehrentreu. ![]()
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![]() ![]() ![]() (25% of all FARRAGO proceeds donated to the Motor Neurone Disease Association). quoted additional Shipping cost before commitment. Now protected with clear removable sleeve. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland 1 Jane Carruth, Lewis Carroll with Rene Cloke (Illustrator) 92 pages first pub 1865 ( editions) fiction childrens classics fantasy adventurous funny lighthearted fast-paced Description One day, a young girl named Alice is sitting on the riverbank with her sister, when she sees a curious-looking white rabbit. A few tiny foxing spots to fore-edge only. A tight bright clean copy with no markings or inscriptions and minimal evidence of use, in similarly neat unclipped (8/6d) dustwrapper which has minor rubbing/nicks/creases to edges. All artwork by Rene Cloke : cover design, 8 colour plates, and numerous additional drawings in black and white, each enhanced with additional single colour (red, blue, green, yellow). ![]() Differs only in the design of the boards (red with black titles), publishing and price revisions to dustwrapper, and slight rearrangement to prelims. * AS PICTURED - FIVE IMAGES * FIRST EDITION Thus, i.e.: Gawthorn immpression almost identical to its recent predecessor, the Waverley edition. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Men Explain Things to Me by Rebecca Solnit. …changed my mind about something:īecoming Ms. The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky. Lost Children Archive by Valeria Luiselli. ![]() Where the Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls. The book that: …made me miss my vacation:Įlena Ferrante’s Neapolitan novels-I couldn’t stop reading. Coming sooner is her role as honorary chair of National Library Week 2021 (April 4–10) with the theme of “Welcome to Your Library.” Check out her picks. soccer team she co-founded with a majority of female investors. Now living in L.A., she has two major projects in 2022: The release of Marvel movie Thor: Love and Thunder and the debut of Angel City FC, the L.A. ![]() The Jerusalem-born, New York-bred Oscar winner (for Black Swan) is a great fan of books: she made her Broadway debut at 16 in The Diary of Anne Frank posts what she’s reading on IG to her 7 million-plus followers with #nataliesbookclub made her directorial debut with A Tale of Love and Darkness, which she also adapted from Amos Oz’s memoir of the same name and starred in and executive produced and narrated the documentary Eating Animals based on Jonathan Safran Foer’s memoir. She says she wrote her debut picture book-three updated classic children’s stories that challenge gender stereotypes-to more accurately reflect the world we live in and inspire empathy in her two children. ![]() ![]() Here are some of the quotes from The Street by Ann Petry that I found to be the most thought-provoking, although they do capture the worst side of life in NYC. I won’t lie to you: after reading The Street, even I am feeling a bit more cynical about life in New York City and the odds of a poor black person achieving the American dream. Or maybe The Street is one of those books teachers avoid because it has the potential to break the spirits of students, just like the streets of Harlem broke Lutie Johnson’s spirit. You would think the story of an ambitious mid-twentieth century black woman whose struggle to escape her Harlem block leads her to question the viability of the American dream would be at the top of the reading list of any high school American literature class. Instead, I’m wondering how I never heard about this book sooner. ![]() But now that I’ve read it, I don’t regret choosing it. If I had known that The Street by Ann Petry was so bleak, would I have ever read it, let alone have chosen it as February’s pick for the NYC Nerds Book Club? Probably not. ![]() ![]() He gave me additional information about Werner Brähler that was not conducted in the book. He is the one in charge of the website and also an old friend of Brähler. Gräwe’s section.In Werner Brähler’s case, I had to contact Carsten Schmitt. Also, he gave me all the pictures used in this assignment which I use in this assignment in Mr. In Günter Gräwe´s case, I was lucky to meet him in person and to conduct several interviews in three days with him. Luckily, Werner Brähler had a website where I could easily engage with his biography. Brähler had already passed away, which lead me to just having one of them being interviewed by me. After doing some research on my topic I found these two very interesting people, but I also discovered that Mr. As well as I decided to compare two different solders that fought on two opposite fronts – west (Günter Gräwe) and east (Werner Brähler). ![]() Therefore, I decided, that I mainly wanted to focus on the USA and the USSR since they were the two superpowers after the war. ![]() With this quote, I want to start my introduction about my topic which is about two German World War II soldiers that were captured by the allies and held as Prisoners of War between 19. ![]() ![]() Omanson, Oliver, Prisoner of War Number 21860: The World War II Memoirs of Oliver Omanson ![]() ![]() ![]() It was when I read these books that I always knew I would have a kindred spirit in Meg Cabot. It never mattered that the size 12 was always the first to go off the rack & you could never find them, nope, I was still called big. I was always in my weight range for the BMI but people still always lumped me in with BIG & FAT because I wore double digits. ![]() As a tall girl (usually called BIG), I wore larger sizes. I have to be brutally honest here, it wasn’t the Princess Diaries series that got me, it was the Heather Wells Mystery Series (Size 12 is Not Fat Size 14 is Not Fat Either Big Boned). ![]() It was her writing that drew me to her, and now all of her books are an auto buy for me, no matter what the topic. I think Meg Cabot was my very first girl crush. TLC Book Tours Book Spotlight No Offense by Meg Cabot ![]() ![]() ![]() Summarily, Marian believes that one’s twenties ought to be spent on enjoyment and whimsical things because there is plenty of time to worry about more serious things like finance and real estate in the future. The novel teaches that humans alive must go through different stages in life and that each stage should be enjoyed as it comes because there is no going back.Īddressing the theme of aging in the novel, Marian advises Arthur to use his twenties to enjoy love, music, and poetry, to have lots of sex, and have his heart broken. ![]() Below are some of the themes in ‘ Less‘ by Andrew Sean Greer.Ī strong theme in the novel is the folly of being anxious about getting older. The novel explores various themes in different layers some are subtle, while others are more pronounced. ‘ Less‘ by Andrew Sean Greer is a lyrically pleasing comedy that plays on several literary devices and humor as it portrays both contemporary and age-long themes of love, anxiety, sexual identity, and many more. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The Hervey family gradually migrated east to Mobile, Alabama. Born into a family of hotel mongers in Beaumont, Texas at the dawn of the 20th century, as a boy Hervey possessed an early love for reading and an unrelenting imagination that would’ve been considered unwieldy had he been raised anywhere else but the American South. Lasting only 51 years, his existence was defined by wanderlust, a cycle of critical acclaim and destitution, repeated chameleoning to fit America’s shifting attitude about homosexuality, and a god-given knack for self-promotion. Harlan Greene’s biography is the first book to thoroughly assess Hervey’s early short fiction, novels, and the impromptu voyages to Asia that inspired them it is also the first to acknowledge his swishy influence on Golden Age screenwriting. The Damned Don’t Cry- They Just Disappear: The Life and Times of Harry Hervey lifts a forgotten Southern writer from the obscure archives where he’s been trapped for nearly seventy years, in dire need of a gossip column mention and a Singapore Sling. ![]() ![]() Parsons knew Ausiello (Ausiello works in tv and interviewed Parsons many times through the years) and when Parsons was reading the book, his husband walked in on him sobbing. Jim Parsons plays Michael and I didn’t have a problem with his acting but I did think he was too old for the part. Had I watched it first though, I think I would have liked it so much more because I wouldn’t be comparing it to anything! I loved the book so much, that when I watched the movie, it just didn’t pack as much of a punch as the book had. This is a movie I wish I would have watched first before the book. I went back and forth between reading the book and listening to the audiobook which Ausiello narrates and I highly recommend listening to it. This was a five-star read for me (quite a way to start 2023!) and I would highly recommend it. There were so many times I chuckled while reading this, but also so many times that I got choked up. It is funny, witty, heartfelt, sad, sweet, gut wrenching, and enduring. ![]() I loved how we jumped back and forth in time and the book as a whole is just so well written. I absolutely loved this memoir! Ausiello doesn’t tell the story chronologically but goes back and forth between the 11 months that Kit had cancer, and their dating years. ![]() As you can see by the title, Kit dies in the end of the book and movie. This is the true story of Michael and Kit’s 14-year relationship the last 11 months of which Kit was battling cancer. Spoiler Alert directed by Michael Showalter (2022) Spoiler Alert: The Hero Dies by Michael Ausiello (2017) ![]() ![]() ![]() "I don't even really drink!" she says, also throwing up her hands. I've only actually been drunk twice in my entire life, once at my sister's wedding and then prom weekend. "Drinking is fun!" I say, throwing up my hands. ![]() ![]() "You have a skewed perspective of the world, Maribel." "Think of it as helping out local business owners." She's neat, polite, and quiet without being boring. I think there must be something about the first few days of college that really make people bond together, because I feel like I've known Lea my entire life.Īnd I can already say unequivocally that she is a great roommate. "I'm going to get us fake IDs," I say to Lea as we walk to class on the first day of school.Įven though we've only been roommates for four days, I'm not surprised by her reaction. ![]() |