![]() ![]() Fans feared for her well-being until she re-emerged in 2012 to take their questions on Reddit, only to disappear again until the following spring, when she published more searingly precise essays. Shortly after the depression post and subsequent book deal, Brosh vanished from her popular blog. It also galvanized thousands of fans suffering from the illness they've described Brosh's pieces as the most relatable portrayal they'd ever seen of their own experiences. That post was hailed by critics and psychologists as one of the most insightful depictions of the disease to date. For four years, the 28-year-old has combined her rudimentary Paintbrush drawings with beyond-candid essays that draw from her childhood and from her current domestic life.īut it was a 2011 post titled "Adventures in Depression" that rocketed Brosh to serious virality, landing her a book deal. Brosh is the cartoonist and writer behind Hyberbole and a Half, a Web comic that now attracts five-million unique visitors a month. ![]()
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![]() ![]() rightValue priced with a great new cover, this combined edition will have readers (re)discovering Rachel Hawthorne. And Megan can resist her incredibly hot coworker. She also writes as New York Times bestselling author Lorraine Heath and as J. But surely true love can survive three months apart. Rachel Hawthorne believes in happy endings and adopting older rescue dogs. ![]() The only problem is she'll also be far away from her boyfriend. But when a fortune teller predicts she'll meet the man of her dreams on this trip, Dawn has to decide if she believes in the destiny of true love, or if she's just headed for another heartbreak.In Thrill Ride, Megan has landed the perfect summer job at an amusement park far away from home. (her cheating ex Drew, in particular) for the summer. ![]() Perfect for fans of Lauren Barnholdt and Susane Colasanti, this sun-soaked pairing of Rachel Hawthorne's beach reads Labor of Love and Thrill Ride brings a fresh feel to two summer favorites.In Labor of Love, Dawn joins a volunteer trip to New Orleans, hoping to forget about boys. One Perfect Summer: Labor of Love and Thrill Ride (Paperback) ![]() ![]() In fact, he’s the only reason the cat, New Name Every Day, has nine lives.Īll this is swell except for Portico’s other secret, his not-so-super secret. And behind those fifty doors live a bunch of different people who Stuntboy saves all the time. But a building with fifty doors just in the hallways is definitely a castle. ![]() His mom calls where they live an apartment building. He lives in the biggest house on the block, maybe in the whole city, which basically makes it a castle. No one in his civilian life knows he’s actually…Stuntboy!īut his regular Portico identity is pretty cool, too. ![]() Portico Reeves’s superpower is making sure all the other superheroes-like his parents and two best friends-stay super. A Schneider Family Award Honor Book for Middle Gradeįrom Newbery Medal honoree and #1 New York Times bestselling author Jason Reynolds comes a hilarious, hopeful, and action-packed middle grade novel about the greatest young superhero you’ve never heard of, filled with illustrations by Raúl the Third! ![]() ![]() We believe people are mature enough to decide for themselves when, how, and what content to view. We take action to enforce Reddit's sitewide rules and those voted upon by the community. R/Freefolk neither encourages nor discourages piracy. Decisions to stay on /r/all, or our community rules, are voted directly on by the community. ![]() We do not deliberately spoil other people, but we do not hide ourselves away either. Otherwise your post will be removed and you may be banned from posting again. That you want to promote? Please message the moderators beforehand and make sure it's ok. Have you gotten new merch or created something inspired by GoT/ASOIAF? Share it in the weekly Thenn Thursday thread!ĭo you have a subreddit, discord, YouTube channel, ect. Expanded rule examples can be found here. Rules added or removed by annual community vote. This is a wide open and minimally moderated subreddit to talk about the Game of Thrones/ASOIAF spoilers, leaks, books, and shows. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Monster is also now a major motion picture called All Rise starring Jennifer Hudson, Kelvin Harrison, Jr., Nas, and A$AP Rocky.įans of Monster and of the work of Walter Dean Myers-and even kids who think they don't like to read-will devour this graphic adaptation. ![]() Printz Award recipient, an ALA Best Book, a Coretta Scott King Honor selection, and a National Book Award finalist. 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Walter Dean Myers novel 'Monster' tells the story of Steve Harmon, a 16-year-old African American boy who is on trial for his alleged involvement in a robbery that resulted in a murder. ![]() ![]() ![]() Following the technique of Russian author Ivan Turgenev, James makes Isabel the axis around which the story revolves. The Portrait of a Lady is, above all, Isabel's story. Its heroine, Isabel Archer, is widely considered one of James's most powerful characters. ![]() Many scholars consider The Portrait of a Lady one of the greatest novels in modern literature. Both of these opinions have been affirmed as time has passed. Some reviewers recognized it immediately as James's most important novel thus far, and a few called it a masterpiece. The Portrait of a Lady was widely, and mostly favorably, reviewed. The first book edition was published in 1881. The novel was first published serially in 18, appearing in Macmillan's Magazine in England and in Atlantic in the United States. Henry James was an established author when The Portrait of a Lady was published. ![]() ![]() ![]() Throughout the book the author's focus is on the individual architect, and on the qualities that give outstanding buildings their lasting value.įor the third edition, the text has been radically revised and expanded, incorporating much new material and a fresh appreciation of regional identity and variety. Technical, economic, social and intellectual developments are brought together in a comprehensive narrative which provides a setting for the detailed examination of buildings. Worldwide in scope, it combines a clear historical outline with masterly analysis and interpretation. ![]() Since its first publication in 1982, Modern Architecture Since 1900 has become established as a contemporary classic. ![]() ![]() So Frank left the ship - along with his precious photographic plates.Īnd that’s how it happened that today, thanks to Frank Browne and his uncle Robert’s generosity, we have his rare, heartbreaking photographs of those first hours of the Titanic’s maiden voyage. But when he wired his religious order for permission to go, it was denied. Years later, Frank (of Father Frank Browne) recounted that at dinner the first night on board he was befriended by a rich American couple, who offered to pay his way for the entire voyage - all the way to New York. ![]() It would be the ship’s last stop before heading out onto open seas - and to the New World. On Thursday morning at around 11:30 a.m., the Titanic lowered her anchor two miles off Cobh harbor, at the Irish port of Queenstown (no w called Cobh), to pick up more passengers. ![]() Publisher/Date: Scholastic Press, an imprint of Scholastic Inc., c2012. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() What Chloe needs is a teacher, and she knows just the man for the job. Travel the world with nothing but hand luggage.īut it’s not easy being bad, even when you’ve written step-by-step guidelines on how to do it correctly.Have meaningless but thoroughly enjoyable sex.After almost-but not quite-dying, she’s come up with seven directives to help her “Get a Life”, and she’s already completed the first: finally moving out of her glamorous family’s mansion. You’d be surprised to find such amazing content and great writing, plus be able to support a minority in publishing whether it’s by buying a book or borrowing a book as I did.Ĭhloe Brown is a chronically ill computer geek with a goal, a plan, and a list. If you don’t tend to read very diversely and perhaps don’t know many black or bipoc authors, I’d sincerely urge you to widen your reading a little bit and look through the hundreds of black authored book recommendations on BookTube, the blogging community, Bookstagram and Book Twitter. It also felt fitting that I was able to read and review this book especially in the light of the recent and current events with the black lives matter movement. I am so glad that I know about this author now and that I finally got my hands on this book thanks to my local library. ![]() ![]() ![]() “I’m just like, ‘Oh my god, this book really, really, really prepared me for all this. “I read all these cyberpunk books that I thought were preparing me for the internet, but it turns out that the book that most prepared me for the internet as it stands today was A Fire Upon the Deep and its ‘net of a million lies,’ and its whole ‘groups of people trying to commit genocide because of something they read on the net of a million lies,'” he says. Buckell notes that the novel deftly captures the various ways in which such a system might be abused. The novel imagines a galaxy in which thousands of alien races are able to communicate with each other via short paragraphs of text. The amount of time and effort he put into thinking it through, I really admire that.” “Just plotwise it’s stunning, as well as creatively,” she says. Science fiction author Abby Goldsmith appreciated the book’s carefully crafted story. ![]() A Fire Upon the Deep juggles dozens of characters and plotlines without ever becoming confusing. ![]() |