![]() ![]() So much in this world is just all your fault. If you can catch a grenade, you can take a punch! Ryan Seacrest ![]() Write one more song about how much you love women and how perfect they are, I dare you! Makes us all sick! The biggest goody-two-shoes in the industry can use a little toughening up. ![]() We miss her whipping her hair back and forth. If anything, give the spotlight back to Willow. This will not be a Simba and Mufasa story where you eventually become the king of Pride-Rock. You aren’t and never will be your father. Especially after all of her jokes fell flat at the Golden Globes, we've all wanted to give the little sh*t a nice left-hook. Where better to start? Her acting may be great, but there's something about her mousy off-screen personality that we just wanna pounce on. Here are 25 celebrities we'd love to punch in the face: Anne Hathaway Whether it's because of the stupid comments they make, the way they carry themselves, or just for no apparent reason at all - there are some celebrities today who we all would find great pleasure from punching their faces in. Every time you see them, you can't help but wish you could just wind back and rock them in the face. Some celebrities' faces are just so punchable, though. From Twitter, to entertainment news, to magazines and tabloids, we can't help but consume ourselves in everything celebrities do. We have become a society that idolizes celebrity and fame. ![]()
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![]() Jane herself is very much my style of character now when she has settled in her role as a rather bad-ass chick and, especially, that her “secret” of being a Skinwalker is out so that she is not tip-toeing around her friends as well as enemies any more trying to hide that she can do some serious ass-kicking. But the closer she draws to Molly, the closer she draws to a new enemy-one who is stranger and more powerful than any she has ever faced.īlack Arts is another enjoyable book in the Jane Yellowrock series. Her desperate search leads her deep into a web of black magic and betrayal and into the dark history between vampires and witches. Jane is ready to do whatever it takes to find her friend. But it seems like the witch made it to New Orleans and then disappeared without a trace. When Evan Trueblood blows into town looking for his wife, Molly, he’s convinced that she came to see her best friend, Jane. ![]() Jane Yellowrock is a shape-shifting skinwalker who always takes care of her own-no matter the cost…. Black Arts ( Jane Yellowrock #7) by Faith Hunter ![]() ![]() O, The Oprah Magazine Best Romance Novels of the year.Goodreads Choice Awards nominee - Best Romance, Best Debut."Your next rom-com to obsess and cry over." - Cosmopolitan The Friend Zone is that rare beach read with tons of heart that will make you laugh and cry in equal parts." -PopSugar The Friend Zone will have you laughing one moment and grabbing for tissues the next as it tackles the realities of infertility and loss with wit, heart, and a lot of sass. Kristen knows he'd be better off with someone else, but as their attraction grows, it's harder and harder to keep him at arm's length. ![]() ![]() The only catch: Josh wants a big family someday. He's funny, sexy, never offended by her mile-wide streak of sarcasm, and always one chicken enchilada ahead of her hangry. ![]() Planning her best friend's wedding is bittersweet for Kristen - especially when she meets the best man, Josh Copeland. She's also keeping a big secret: facing a medically necessary procedure that will make it impossible for her to have children. Kristen Peterson doesn't do drama, will fight to the death for her friends, and has no room in her life for guys who just don't get her. Fall in love with this hilarious and heartwarming USA Today bestselling romantic comedy that LJ Shen calls "an absolute treat." ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Agent: Jonny Geller, Curtis Brown (U.K.). An excellent mimic of Fleming's prose, Horowitz delivers an entertainment sure to please James Bond fans. ![]() The sturdy plot involves a suitably diabolical and grandiose scheme. (This section is based on original unpublished material written by Ian Fleming.) At the race, Bond encounters evil genius Sin Jai-Seong, a Korean multimillionaire meets Jeopardy Lane, who has her own reasons for pursuing Jai-Seong and discovers photos of an American rocket (the title refers to a "panic button" that can explode a malfunctioning rocket before it crashes). Meanwhile, Bond, who's living in London with Pussy Galore, of Goldfinger fame, travels to Germany to participate in an auto race, during which the Soviet SMERSH agency is planning to kill a British driver. sells secrets about a forthcoming American launch. At the start of this impressive James Bond pastiche from bestseller Horowitz (Moriarty) set in 1957 soon after the action of Goldfinger, a German rocket scientist working for the U.S. Trigger Mortis: A James Bond Novel £899 Total price: From the Publisher Product description Review The super spy is back, with a fresh injection from novelist and screenwriter extraordinaire, Anthony Horowitz. ![]() ![]() ![]() Hughes's script for his own funeral, which explicitly excluded religion, reflected his bitterness on the subject and his rival belief in the redemptive power of values rooted in the black world, including jazz and the blues. ![]() Threatened because of his harshly irreligious poems (notably “Goodbye Christ”) written especially in the 1930s, when he was a radical, Hughes later embraced religious themes as a writer less because of his faith than because he saw this posture as likely to bolster his position against right-wing leaders, such as Senator Joe McCarthy, who wanted to silence him. Growing up with a sense of personal abandonment, he experienced God as a power that promised much but delivered little or nothing. Langston Hughes published so much brilliant literature with a strongly religious flavor that many people, including academic critics, appear to assume that he was in some way ultimately a devout believer in God. This essay argues that while Hughes was fascinated and inspired by the dynamic role of religion in black American life, he himself, like so many writers black and white, was hostile to religion. The collection spans five decades, and is comprised of 868 poems (nearly 300 of which never before appeared in book form) with annotations by Arnold Rampersad. Langston Hughes published so much brilliant literature with a strongly religious flavor that many people, including academic critics, appear to assume that he was in some way ultimately a devout believer in God. ![]() ![]() In conservative Victorian London society, he was also notorious for several semi-public homosexual relationships and encounters. He was famous for his magnetic personality, sharp wit, and bizarre fashion sense. After graduating, he wrote many direct and indirect defenses of aestheticism in his poetry, journalism, and dramatic works. Wilde became one of its most famous members. This controversial group of Oxford students disavowed traditionally masculine pursuits and conventional manners and sought to make daily life approximate a work of art. Wilde studied classics at Trinity College in Dublin and then at Magdalen College, Oxford, where he became deeply involved with the aesthetic movement. ![]() She introduced Wilde to Irish poetry and neo-classical painting and sculpture at an early age. His father was a surgeon and folklorist, and his mother was a devoted Irish nationalist and well-known poet. ![]() Oscar Wilde grew up in an artistic and intellectual Anglo-Irish household. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() However, once that 100 page mark came and went, and more of the taken and replaced joined up again, the story really exploded! We got some badass-power-wielding Kyra, some deceptions and twists, and some swoony romance - all the elements that made me love this series so much in the first place! The first third of The Countdown was a tad forgettable because it was mostly recap and slow buildup. For a while, Kyra is on her own, her father and Tyler are desperately trying to find Kyra, and the rest of the Blackwater Ranch crew who made it through the attack are trying to locate Kyra and any other potential survivors. She’s jumped and drugged by an unknown blonde assailant. The trio has been bouncing from campground to campground - never staying more than one night in one place in order to stay off the NSA’s radar.Įarly on, Kyra is separated from her father and Tyler. ![]() When The Countdown begins, Kyra, Kyra’s father, and Tyler are hiding out at a campground. After the NSA attacked Blackwater Ranch in the previous book, all the returnedand replaced scattered to find safety. The Countdown is the final book in the Taking t rilogy. Here are my reviews for Book 1, The Taking, and Book 2, The Replaced, in the Taking trilogy. ![]() ![]() ![]() Seven year old Lou was walking with her parents and ended up in the crossfire. Ten years ago, the prez of The Fallen, Zeus's uncle, turned against the brothers and an intense gunfight broke out in a church parking lot. Although I still think King was delicious, Zeus showed me exactly where all that deliciousness came from. I was told I'd like it better than Lessons in Corruption and I did. □ everything that was great about this story!! He tried to take a bullet for a little girl he didn't know. □ Prez of The Fallen and he takes his role seriously □ great father, great friend, great brother This is Daddy Zeus Garro's story from Lessons In Corruption. Only, I didn't know that Zeus Garro was the President of The Fallen MC and when you made a deal with a man who is worse than the devil, there was no going back. So, when I finally ran into the man I'd been writing to since he saved my life as a little girl and he offered to show me the dark side of life before I left it for good, I said yes. I was a seventeen-year-old paradigm of virtue and I was tired of it. What the hell kind of reward was that for a boring life well lived? I ate my vegetables, volunteered at the local autism centre and sat in the front pew of church every Sunday. Welcome to the Dark Side by Giana Darling He controlled me but only to love me, to make me understand how I could love myself better than I already did. ![]() I couldn’t breathe because he held my breath, couldn’t think because he’d rewritten my thoughts into ones of his own making. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() James Albert Michener is best known for his sweeping multi-generation historical fiction sagas, usually focusing on and titled after a particular geographical region. a superb biography of a people."-Houston Chronicle ![]() mammoth epic of the islands."-The Baltimore Sun "One novel you must not miss! A tremendous work from every point of view-thrilling, exciting, lusty, vivid, stupendous."-Chicago Tribune "From Michener's devotion to the islands, he has written a monumental chronicle of Hawaii, an extraordinary and fascinating novel."-Saturday Review "Memorable. Based on exhaustive research and told in Michener's immersive prose, Hawaii is the story of disparate peoples struggling to keep their identity, live in harmony, and, ultimately, join together. Then, in the early nineteenth century, American missionaries arrive, bringing with them a new creed and a new way of life. As the volcanic Hawaiian Islands sprout from the ocean floor, the land remains untouched for centuries-until, little more than a thousand years ago, Polynesian seafarers make the perilous journey across the Pacific, flourishing in this tropical paradise according to their ancient traditions. Michener brings Hawaii's epic history vividly to life in a classic saga that has captivated readers since its initial publication in 1959. ![]() ![]() The love story is really sweet, for half the novel they barely kiss, and that was right considering Carter is claiming to be old fashioned, and for his sex involves commitment, and Isaac is almost a virgin, his only previous experience being with a schoolmate. Actually the only time it felt a little awkward, like the author highlighted in bright yellow a sentence, was when Mark, Carter's best friend, was involved, but in a way I think the author did it to prove that others could feel discomfort, but not Carter. ![]() In this case I think the author found the right balance, for most of the novel, she highlighted the obvious fact that Isaac was blind, but that wasn't the reason why Carter fell for him, and at the same time it wasn't neither a reason for Carter to double think his feelings. ![]() Elisa_rolle It's always interesting to see how an author deals with a love story involving a character with disability, you can belittle it or overdo. ![]() |