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![]() ![]() In her spare time she’s the Hockey Mom for her kids hockey teams and is an active Girl Scout leader specially trained in outdoor education. She loves animals (she has two dogs – a labradoodle and a German Shepherd), kids (she also has two of those) and her family. ![]() She continued her education at Loyola University-Chicago where she received her Master’s of Science degree in Industrial Relations while working for a manufacturing company creating diversity programs for their employees. Simone went to the University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign and received her Bachelor’s of Science there in Psychology in 1992. Simone was born and raised in the suburbs of Chicago, where she still lives today. Simone is especially proud of the fact that the Illinois Association of Teachers of English named her Author of the Year. Simone also won the coveted RITA award from the Romance Writers of America for her book Perfect Chemistry. Simone’s books have won many awards including being YALSA Top Ten Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers, being named to the YALSA Popular Paperbacks and Teens Top Ten lists, and added to the Illinois “Read for a Lifetime” Reading List. ![]() Simone Elkeles is a New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of novels for teens. ![]() ![]() She lives on the moors of Wessex in the midst of a small collection of dwellings called Egdon Heath. “I like that Eustacia Vye.”Įustacia Vye is a young maid filled with longing for the city of Paris, for new experiences,fresh sights, sounds that have never rang her ears before, and a lover to fill her heart with dewy-eyed passion. ”I read a lot of classical books like The Return of the Native and all, and I like them,” says Holden Caulfield in The Catcher in the Rye. This became the archetypal - and literal - cliff-hanger of Victorian prose. In the novel, Hardy chose to leave one of his protagonists, Knight, literally hanging off a cliff staring into the stony eyes of a trilobite embedded in the rock that has been dead for millions of years. The term cliffhanger is considered to have originated with Thomas Hardy's serial novel A Pair of Blue Eyes in 1873. Hardy's poetry, first published in his 50s, has come to be as well regarded as his novels, especially after The Movement of the 1950s and 1960s. ![]() The bulk of his work, set mainly in the semi-fictional land of Wessex, delineates characters struggling against their passions and circumstances. He regarded himself primarily as a poet and composed novels mainly for financial gain. ![]() ![]() ![]() Thomas Hardy, OM, was an English author of the naturalist movement, although in several poems he displays elements of the previous romantic and enlightenment periods of literature, such as his fascination with the supernatural. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Do they honour their agreement? And if not, will they live to regret it? 'This sharp-elbowed satire is also a brusquely tender portrait of enduring love' Washington Postĭetermined to die with dignity, Kay and her husband Cyril - both healthy and vital medical professionals in their early fifties - make a pact: to commit suicide together once they've both turned eighty.Ī lot can change in thirty years, however.īy turns hilarious and touching, playful and grave, Should We Stay or Should We Go portrays twelve parallel universes, each exploring a possible future for Kay and Cyril. Shriver has the magic ability to make the reader invested in the fate - fates, I should say - of her characters' Daily Telegraph fun, smart and, perhaps because of their author's unconventional political views, unlike anything else you'll read' Financial Times A best fiction book of 2021 for The Times 'Witty and thought-provoking' Woman's Weekly With Should We Stay or Should We Go, she's added triumphantly to their number' The Times 'Shriver said that her favourite novels are those that pack both an intellectual and emotional punch. 'Thought-provoking, timely, and extremely funny' Metro Disgust expands and bursts into belly laughs. ![]() ![]() ![]() Paul and his mother join the Fremen, the Arrakis natives, who have learnt to live in this harsh and complex ecosystem. The Duke is poisoned, but his wife and her son Paul escape to the vast and arid deserts of Arrakis, which have given the planet its nickname of Dune. When Duke Atreides and his family take up court there, they fall into a trap set by the Duke's bitter rival, Baron Harkonnen. Herbert's evocative, epic tales are set on the desert planet Arrakis, the focus for a complex political and military struggle with galaxy-wide repercussions.Īrrakis is the source of spice, a mind-enhancing drug which makes interstellar travel possible it is the most valuable substance in the galaxy. ![]() 'I know nothing comparable to it except The Lord of the Rings' Arthur C Clarke 'An astonishing science fiction phenomenon' WASHINGTON POST Three of the greatest SF novels in the world in one bumper omnibus ![]() ![]() ![]() The middle of the book slowed a bit for me, but not for long - soon after it was back on track and I was lost in its pages again. It also had an equal balance between Fin and Ash, switching back at forth at such a reasonable pace, so as I didn't get bored from reading from the perspective of one character. It moves fast, too, not lingering on one scene for longer than necessary. The book itself flows smoothly, like.well, water, which I guess is fitting. When I book grips you so strongly to where your eyes linger on the page, that's when you know you have a great book. That's what made Everblue a 5/5 stars book. ![]() When I put the book down, I immediately wanted to pick it up again and keep reading. I would open the book up, telling myself I would only read one - maybe two - chapters, only to look down at the page number and see I'd read over a hundred. Everblue by Brenda Pandos has such an addicting, mesmerizing quality to it. ![]() ![]() After a nuclear World War III has destroyed most of the globe, the few remaining survivors in southern Australia await the radioactive cloud that is heading their way and bringing certain death to everyone in its path. ![]() Nevil Shute' s most powerful novel-a bestseller for decades after its 1957 publication-is an unforgettable vision of a post-apocalyptic world. ![]() Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability. Then a faint Morse code signal is picked up, transmitting from the United States and the submarine must set sail through the bleak ocean to search for signs of life.On the Beach is Nevil Shute's most powerful novel. Both gripping and intensely moving, its impact is unforgettable. ![]() Despite his memories of his wife, he becomes close to a young woman struggling to accept the harsh realities of their situation. ![]() An American submarine captain is among the survivors left sheltering in Australia, preparing with the locals for the inevitable. After the war is over, a radioactive cloud begins to sweep southwards on the winds, gradually poisoning everything in its path. ![]() ![]() ![]() Then, in the trademark finish, David offers up an apology, “Yes! It was me!” ready to take the heat, “I’m sorry,” his head taking up both pages, before he murmurs, “I love you, Mom.” Disarming as he always is-what a blessing he lives on the page and not in our lives. As usual, the adults are seen only in pieces, David is clearly the focal point, beginning with the title page, Mom seen only from the chest down, hands on hips, one foot tapping. ![]() Shannon’s double-paged spreads are active in mood, color, and sight gags as David unfurls one excuse after another: “I was hungry,” as he chows a dog biscuit “I couldn’t help it,” as he cracks a crazy face for the class photo “But Dad says it,” with a bar of soap sticking out of his mouth. David has learned the fine art of excuse-making: I didn’t mean to, it was an accident, I forgot, the dog ate it (as the dog peers through the classroom window, homework in his mouth, giving David’s excuses a two-edged appeal). “No,” ever a part of David’s elder’s vocabulary, is now part of David’s. Shannon’s potatohead ( No, David, 1998 David Goes to School, 1999), born to be trouble, is back. ![]() ![]() So we double back to learn that Jay is a man who refrains from hugging and has never told his five children that he loves them. In lesser hands, this sort of parallelism would seem gimmicky, but not here. Likewise, Daniel discovers that the classroom becomes a way to better understand his cantankerous father. The Odyssey’s initial focus is on Telemachus, now 20, searching for the father he has never known. Thus we are made to see parallels between Homer’s epic and the Mendelsohn family story. But Daniel the author makes things easier for us by breaking up the narrative in a way similar to Homer himself, with so-called “ring composition” that circles back and forth over time and allows for plentiful asides. ![]() ![]() So readers must be willing to follow these occasional deep dives. To guide his students through the poem, Daniel the professor requires close readings of the text. By clicking Sign up, you agree to our privacy policy. ![]() ![]() The books spawned five movies, which grossed $3.4 billion worldwide, according to IMDB’s Box Office Mojo.Īnd it all started with “a very vivid dream” one hot summer night in Arizona. The series became an international bestseller, with more than 160 million copies sold as of 2021, according to Publishers Weekly. 5, 2005 “New Moon,” “Eclipse” and “Breaking Dawn” were released in quick succession over the next three years. Her debut novel, “Twilight,” was published on Oct. Over the course of three months, in between shuttling her sons to their summer activities, a then-unknown Stephenie Meyer - a Chaparral High School and Brigham Young University graduate who’d grown up in Phoenix - wrote the story of how those two characters fall in love despite the bloodlust that consumes Edward Cullen, an immortal 17-year-old who was attending high school in Forks, Washington, where Bella Swan had moved to live with her father.ĭespite Meyer’s doubts about the story ever seeing the light of day, book publishers and moviemakers alike quickly saw the potential in this fantasy love story: In December 2003, Meyer signed an unprecedented book deal with Little, Brown Children’s Books. Nearly 20 years ago, a mom of three living in Glendale, Arizona, woke up from a dream about an average teenage girl and a “fantastically beautiful” vampire boy talking about their budding romance in a meadow. ![]() View Gallery: 'Twilight' timeline: From Arizona mom's debut novel to blockbuster ![]() |