![]() ![]() ![]() Sea of Tranquility will be Mandel's sixth novel. Her most recent, The Glass Hotel, was a finalist for the Scotiabank Giller Prize and selected by President Barack Obama as a favourite book of 2020. "There is also an author living on a moon colony who visits Earth on a book tour." "There is, of course, a time traveller in it," said Mandel. The novel traverses time, space and reality, introducing a wide range of characters living in British Columbia in 1912 and on the moon in 2401. "This is the kind of book that happens when you're working in a soundscape of constant ambulance sirens," said Mandel in a press release.Īccording to the book's publisher, HarperCollins Canada, Sea of Tranquility "is a remarkable feat of storytelling that delves into themes that will be familiar to Mandel's many readers - time, art, love, wilderness, what makes the world real - and introduces readers to a remarkable cast of characters." Mandel wrote the book over the course of the pandemic, trapped in New York City for the entirety of 2020. ![]()
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Her sixth Bella novel, Out of Love, won the Lambda Literary Award for Women’s Romance and the Golden Crown Award in Lesbian Romance. In 2005, she signed with Bella Books, which published the Golden Crown finalist Just This Once. Evenings brought out her creative side, all rising from her infatuation with Xena: Warrior Princess fan fiction. As a pollster and market research consultant, KG MacGregor’s workday was filled with statistical and qualitative analysis. ![]() ![]() But we've also got some fabulous new and classic fiction books about pals whose bond will warm your heart, thrillers in which friends get each other out of a scary situation and even stories about romance because we all know that if our besties don't get along with our partners, that's a huge red flag. 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That's part of why book clubs are so much fun: the opportunity to share that experience makes it that much richer. ![]() One of the best parts of finishing a great book is calling up your bookworm friends to talk about it. ![]() ![]() ![]() Now, my daughter is 11, and she’s read more graphic novels in her lifetime than I have.” Then you’re starting to hit the end of things you could push on mainstream audiences. ![]() ![]() “I remember growing up in the Eighties you’d hear people say ‘comics have grown up,’” he recalls to me, talking from his home in Los Angeles, over video chat. ( Saga, the series most fans would describe as his opus, has sold around 7 million copies to date, in various forms.) He’s had enough industry awards thrown at him to furnish a pretty sizable trophy room – among them 14 Eisner Awards, 14 Harvey Awards, and a Hugo – and has built a wide and passionate fan following. Over the past couple of decades, the Ohio-born comic-book writer has helped transform and vivify the artform through works such as the post-apocalyptic Y: The Last Man (with Pia Guerra), coming-of-age sci-fi Paper Girls (with Cliff Chiang), and the ongoing Saga (with Fiona Staples), a hugely popular space opera about childhood, parenthood and pacifism. ![]() “They have never been more spectacular than they are now.” He doesn’t mention it – prudently, perhaps – but Vaughan himself is an integral part of this “golden age”. Creatively, we’re in the golden age of comic books,” says Brian K Vaughan. ![]() ![]() ![]() (And ofc, any mistakes are my own.)Īnd with that, I am disappearing from Goodreads! Happy reading, y'all.ġ1/22: Hi friends! This book is still in revisions right now, but before ARCs go out I'll be posting content warnings here as well as on my website, where I also plan to add a more detailed CW list that will contain spoilers. I can't recommend their services highly enough. This book deals with some heavy topics and I want everyone to be able to read safely.Īlso, since acknowledgments didn't make it into the ARC copies, I want to give a shoutout and a huge thank-you to the sensitivity readers and the rest of the team at Salt & Sage Books for working with me on Weaver from the very first draft. ![]() If you have read Weaver and think that additional content warnings are required, or if the above link needs further details added, please DO NOT HESITATE to reach out to me using the contact form on my website or a DM on Instagram. Mention of sexual assault (not depicted on-screen)Īlso, here is an expanded list of content warnings that also contains spoilers for the book. Mention of child death (not depicted on-screen) ![]() ![]() 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 starsģ/23: Content Warnings! Please be advised that The Weaver and the Witch Queen contains instances of: - Death - Violence - Gore - Sex - Abuse by a parent - Misogyny - Self-mutilation - Death of a parent and sibling - Mention of child death (not depicted on-scr 3/23: Content Warnings! Please be advised that The Weaver and the Witch Queen contains instances of: ![]() ![]() ![]() This book is, quite frankly, an insult to all the victims, direct and indirect, of school shootings. Nijkamp portrays the events thoughtfully, recounting fifty-four intense minutes of bravery, love, and loss." -BookRiot ![]() "A compelling, brutal story of an unfortunately all-too familiar situation: a school shooting. 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The Passion and Obsession between two lovers, between two people, is as necessary as the breath of Life, itself. The ‘theme’ may be the same, but the pathways traveled, have taken several turns some to enlightenment, and some to chaos. ![]() It is between Life and Twilight between beauty and pain. ![]() Of Magick, Masks, and Masquerades, is a continuation of Poems of Love and Light, a continuing journey, a recurring motif, between the Muse, and that great Theme of Love. ![]() ![]() ![]() Its foundations conceal a dark history that has been waiting to reveal itself.and to set in motion a chain of events that could destroy Iraden forever. And in seeking to help Mawat reclaim his city, Eolo discovers that the Raven's Tower holds a secret. It is into this unrest that the warrior Eolo - aide to Mawat, the true Lease - arrives. And they have made their own alliances with other gods. The kingdom borders are tested by invaders who long for the prosperity that Vastai boasts. Author: Lara Elena Donnelly Title: Armistice Series: The Amberlough Dossier 2 Genre: Fiction, LGBT Literature Pages: 400 Rate: 4/5 Goodreads The more you read. And under the Raven's watch, the city flourishes.īut the power of the Raven is weakening. ![]() ![]() His magic is sustained via the blood sacrifice that every Lease must offer. With Sweet Van Loan, Jonathan Flanders, Emery Welsh, William Alexander. His will is enacted through the Raven's Lease, a human ruler chosen by the god himself. The Raven Series: Created by Sweet Van Loan. He watches over his territory from atop a tower in the powerful port of Vastai. Clarke Awards.įor centuries, the kingdom of Iraden has been protected by the god known as the Raven. Gods meddle in the fates of men, men play with the fates of gods, and a pretender must be cast down from the throne in this breathtaking first fantasy novel from Ann Leckie, New York Times bestselling author and winner of the Hugo, Nebula, and Arthur C. ![]() |