![]() ![]() While seeking further clues, the girls' investigation in a ghost town ends in a near disaster when Nancy is trapped inside a building that is toppled by a rockslide - a rockslide which is deliberately caused. The first vital clue is found in an antique watch and sparks a series of clever deductions and dangerous developments. Suspecting that a treasure hidden by Valentine may be at the root of the Shadow Ranch mystery, Nancy undertakes a challenging search, aided by her friends Bess Marvin and George Fayne. Local people believe that the ghostly animal is carrying out the curse of Dirk Valentine, the romantic outlaw who was killed many years ago at Shadow Ranch, where he had gone to fulfill a promise to his sweetheart. The ranch is being haunted by a phantom horse and maliciously damaged by an unknown enemy. Nancy drew arrives in Phoenix, Arizona, eagerly looking forward to a fun-filled vacation at Shadow Ranch, but abruptly finds herself involved in a baffling mystery. ![]()
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![]() ![]() But time itself is her enemy, and every second brings her one step closer to disaster. ![]() Because this time, it will destroy her and everything she holds dear.Ĭaught in a cat-and-mouse game of lies, betrayal, and unseen foes, Matilda must fight to save the world from utter destruction. On the run, she must find a way to stop the repeat of the ancient time experiment that gifted her and the other galvanized with immortality. Matilda’s fight to protect the people she loves triggered a chaotic war between the Houses and shattered the world’s peace. And normal people don’t know that they’re going to die in a few days. ![]() Normal people’s bodies don’t hold the secret to immortality-something the powerful Houses will kill to possess. Normal people aren’t stitched together, inhumanly strong, and ageless, as she and the other galvanized are. But now, the treaty between them has been broken, and no one-not even the immortal galvanized-is safe. Return to national bestselling author Devon Monk's heartpounding House Immortal series, where eleven powerful Houses control the world and all its resources. ![]() ![]() A swallow, rather proud and flighty, and who has delayed his migration to Egypt for the love of a reed, rests on the statue’s plinth, only to be disturbed by a falling tear from the statue above. The protagonist of the story is a gilt and decorated statue of a prince, who stands on a tall column overlooking a city. The stories included in this collection are: The Happy Prince, The Nightingale and the Rose, The Selfish Giant, The Devoted Friend and The Remarkable Rocket. Together, they bring happiness to others, in life as well as in death. It is most famous for The Happy Prince, the short tale of a metal statue who befriends a migratory bird. ![]() ![]() The Happy Prince and Other Tales (also sometimes called The Happy Prince and Other Stories) is collection of stories for children by Oscar Wilde. His most famous works are: “Lady Windermere’s Fan”, “An Ideal Husband”, “The Picture of Dorian Gray” and the collections “The Happy Prince and Other Tales” and “A House of Pomegranates”. Several of his plays continue to be widely performed, especially The Importance of Being Earnest. Known for his biting wit, he became one of the most successful playwrights of the late Victorian era in London, and one of the greatest “celebrities” of his day. “The Happy Prince and Other Tales” -Oscar Wilde Oscar Fingal O’Flahertie Wills Wilde (16 October 1854 – 30 November 1900) was an Irish playwright, poet and author of numerous short stories and one novel. ![]() ![]() ![]() I think that it is pretty safe to say that I am under the spell of Helena Hunting’s Pucked series. I am actually more excited to read Lances story than I was any of the other ones ❤️ ![]() I have a feeling I won’t be as in love with Randy once I read Lances book. ![]() The last book he started working his way into my heart but this one he just shoved his way into my heart and he is there to stay. Lance, even though this book was not about him has definitely worked his way into my heart. Except it has never been to someone I knew personally. What happens, I have witnessed more than one time in my life and I know how scary it is. Something traumatic happens in this book and it had me bawling. The hopeless romantic in me loves how romantic he gets. I had to stop and read my husband some of the stuff she would say because it was things I have actually said before or still say □Īlex is so romantic and tough at the same time. They are so perfect for each other it is crazy!Īs if I could not love Violet anymore. Well as expected, Violet and Alex are my favorite couple again lol. ![]() ![]() ![]() Each day of the week before the loan comes due, he sends her pictures of her friends and family along with a note saying how many days are left. In this case, the rumors about Mount are that if you don’t do what he wants, he will kill all your friends and family. He owns her, in effect, for a certain amount of time. We, as readers, have seen this trope before where the billionaire gets the girl who is desperate for money or he says she owes him for something and will take her body as payment. He will take her in payment if she can’t come up with the money, and he knows she can’t. ![]() Mount tells Kiera that her late husband took out a loan with him for half a million dollars and it comes due in one week. ![]() He has Cartels, Mafia, Gangs, Cops, Feds, DEA, and all kinds of officials that jump to his bidding when it comes to doing business in the city. ![]() Mount is the “King of New Orleans”, make that the underworld of New Orleans. But just when she is starting to see a light at the end of the tunnel, she gets a visit from Lachlan Mount. The main premise in this story is that Kiera Kilgore is trying to save her struggling family whiskey distillery after mistakenly marrying a con man who recently died and left her in debt. This is a little steamier, the story has a nicer flow or stronger female characters, all combined to make things so much more exiting and fun to read. However, Meghan March just seems to do it a bit better. This book has a premise that has been done before though there are story differences of course. ![]() ![]() ![]() Has he, in trying to protect Sabina, forced her into the arms of the Prohibition agent bent on tearing her family apart? How can they rebuild what has so long been neglected and do it in the shadow of the dark empire of the Mafia? Despite his morals, he knows at the core he isn't so unlike his mafiosi father and brothers. But can she truly turn her back on her family?Īll his life, Lorenzo's family assumed he would become a priest, but he has different ideas-marrying Sabina and pursuing a career in the law. Maybe Lorenzo, the fiancé who barely paid her any attention in the last two years, has the right idea by planning to escape their world. ![]() Ambushes, bribes, murder, prostitution-all her life, her father sheltered her from his crimes, but now she can no longer turn away from the truth. Sabina Mancari never questioned her life as the daughter of Chicago's leading mob boss until bullets tear apart her world and the man she thought she loved turns out to be an undercover Prohibition agent. ![]() ![]() ![]() Doel, Judi Dench as his wife, and Mercedes Ruehl as Helene's neighbor. The film also has a wonderful cast with Anne Bancroft as Helene, Anthony Hopkins as the generous Frank P. The interaction between Helene and her British friends occurs only through letters, so rather than have the characters write a letter and then dub what is written, eventually, the characters just face the camera and say what they would have written, with the camera cutting back and forth for each others response at times as though we suddenly become the recipient of their conversations. And through their letters, they share experiences over the years, which the viewer witnesses through a juxtasposition of two different cultures: American and British. ![]() ![]() Through her letters, she not only becomes a frequent customer, but eventually, becomes quite close with all of the bookstore's employees. The movie begins during WWII as Helene, a writer, is searching for out-of-print books and, frustrated at the poor selection in the city's bookstores, starts writing letters to the Marx brother's bookstore in England. ![]() Based on the memoirs of Helene Hanff (the book contains the letters from which they read throughout the film), this is the story of a single New York woman named Helene Hanff (Anne Bancroft) who builds a forty-year friendship with some people who work in a bookstore in England. 84 Charing Cross Road is one of my favorite movies. ![]() ![]() The most noticeable difference is probably the belly. ![]() Jeremiah (Gavin Casalegno), Susannah’s other son, has always been the fun one, almost always smiling and looking to go for a swim or throw his Belly in the water, which he calls a “Belly Flop.” However, everything changed during the summer in question. She, her mother Laurel Park (Jackie Chung), and older brother Steven (Sean Kaufman) have always spent the summer at the beach house of Laurel’s best friend, Susannah Fisher (Rachel Blanchard) – and Belly has always been in love with Susannah’s oldest son, Conrad (Christopher Briney). The Summer I Turned Pretty follows Isabelle “Belly” Conklin, a 15-year-old girl, through one remarkable summer in her life (Lola Tung). While it is not a true, word-for-word adaptation of the book, this seven-part TV series is guaranteed to excite Han’s admirers, who will finally get to see her most famous love triangle play out on-screen. They’ll be delighted with how her most recent book-to-film endeavors have turned out, with The Summer I Turned Pretty releasing on Amazon Prime Video this week. ![]() After the success of the To All The Boys I’ve Loved Before trilogy on Netflix, fans of YA novelist Jenny Han have been clamoring for more of her novels to be adapted for the big screen. ![]() ![]() ![]() I could literally imagine the amazing ost in 12 parts and the bomb outfits Junu will be wearing in each episodes oof (should I put a look book together?) Jihoon sounds like someone that would live in jeans/sweats and hoodie all day long cause idk man he just gives me that vibe. ![]() This feels like a very intense K-drama in a book and I enjoyed it tremendously. Finished it in one sitting cause it kept making me wanting more and more and it was impossible to put the book down even though it was well past midnight. This book is so much more intense than Gumiho: Wicked Fox. With few options remaining, Junu has an idea but it might require the ultimate sacrifice and, let’s be honest, Junu isn’t known for his “generosity.” Meanwhile, the events at the end of Wicked Fox have upended the forces that govern life and death and there are supernatural entities lurking in the background that will stop at nothing to right their world. But Miyoung is getting sicker and sicker by the day and her friends don’t know how to save her. ![]() With the support of their friend Somin, and their frenemy, Junu, they might just have a shot at normalcy. Putnam’s Sons Books for Young ReadersĪs Vicious Spirits begins, Miyoung and Jihoon are picking up the pieces of their broken lives following the deaths of Miyoung’s mother, Yena, and Jihoon’s grandmother. ![]() ![]() ![]() Her eldest and heronly natural child is 19 and currently at university. Lynne always wanted a large family and has five children. Now, there are over 10 million ofher books in print worldwide. It took several attempts before she sold herfirst book in 1987 and the delight of seeing that first book for sale in thelocal newsagents has never been forgotten. She started writing again when she was athome with her first child. Lynne married after she completed adegree at Edinburgh University. At 15, she wrote her firstbook, but it was rejected everywhere. ![]() ![]() Lynne first met her husband when she was 14. She learnt to read at the age of 3, and haven't stopped since then. She grew up in a seaside village with herbrother. She has livedin Northern Ireland all her life. Lynne Graham was born on Jof Irish-Scottish parentage. Librarian Note: There is more than one author in the GoodReads database with this name. ![]() |