5/20/2023 0 Comments Soul taken book![]() ![]() ![]() I’m still very interested in the Alpha and Omega series and the goings-on in Mercy’s world criss-cross with that one, so I feel like I need to keep reading these. Hang on, let's cross the streams and have everyone chant we believe in magic and it will all be ok. The bad guy wasn't even all that scary and I still don't understand what sort of ex-Machina shit happened at the end that saved the day. There are all these awesome characters who AREN'T Mercy and Adam, and I would just love to read a book about any of them. It's like listening in on your parents having sex. Ok, maybe my grandma would find the stuff that Adam and Mercy say to each other funny or racy or interesting, but I just cannot with these two. Which means more of their god-awful mating bond and his protective instincts and her calming influence and his growly comments that are supposed to be sexy but. Instead of a book about a cool vampire, it's more of the cringy Adam & Mercy show. You find out a blurpy little snippet about his past that explains why he's batshit, but that's the extent of seeing him in the book. So basically, there's no Wulf in this book. Something has happened to him, and it's up to Mercy & Adam to find out what before the pack gets blamed and a war gets started with the vampires. He's this superstar vampire/witch/sorcerer with all kinds of powers, he's completely mental, and he's taken an interest in Mercy. ![]()
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5/20/2023 0 Comments Anne rice cry to heaven![]() ![]() ![]() you have surrendered to enchantment, as in a voluptuous dream.” - The Boston Globe “To read Anne Rice is to become giddy as if spinnning through the mind of time.” - San Francisco Chronicle ![]() Rice seems like nothing less than a magician: It is a pure and uncanny talent that can give a voice to monsters and angels both.” - The New York Times Book Review These men are revered as idols-and, at the same time, scorned for all they are not. This is the story of the castrati, the exquisite and otherworldly sopranos whose graceful bodies and glorious voices win the adulation of royal courts and grand opera houses throughout Europe. In a sweeping saga of music and vengeance, the acclaimed author of The Vampire Chronicles draws readers into eighteenth-century Italy, bringing to life the decadence beneath the shimmering surface of Venice, the wild frivolity of Naples, and the magnetic terror of its shadow, Vesuvius. ![]() 5/20/2023 0 Comments Song of the Nile by Stephanie Dray![]() ![]() Determined and resourceful, Selene must shield her loved ones from the emperor’s wrath, all while vying with ruthless rivals like King Herod. But when Augustus Caesar jealously demands that Selene’s children be given over to him to be fostered in Rome, she’s drawn back into the web of imperial plots and intrigues that she vowed to leave behind. With her husband, King Juba II and the magic of Isis that is her birthright, Selene brings prosperity and peace to a kingdom thirsty for both. No longer the pitiful orphaned daughter of the despised Egyptian Whore, the twenty year old is now the most powerful queen in the empire, ruling over the kingdom of Mauretania-an exotic land of enchanting possibility where she intends to revive her dynasty. After years of abuse as the emperor’s captive in Rome, Cleopatra Selene has found a safe harbor. ![]() ![]() This cemetery is located near the Malagueta and the Grand Hotel Miramar below the Gibralfaro. The English Cemetery of Malaga Last Sunday we decided to visit the English cemetery in Malaga. History of municipal markets Since the Middle Ages, towns and cities have held and exercised considerable authority over They are an ideal spot to discover the wide variety of fruits and vegetables, meat and fish offered in all these different stalls. ![]() ![]() The busy tale begins with the arrival in Cdiz of Caridad, an African slave from Cuba liberated but stranded by the shipboard death of her master. In the last years many of the municipal markets in Málaga have been renovated. Another historical epic from best-selling Falcones (The Hand of Fatima, 2011, etc.), this one set among Spain’s fiery gypsies. Information about municipal markets in Málaga. ![]() World heritage megalitic monuments: Menga Dolmen, Viera Dolmen and the Tholos of el Romeral The Antequera Dolmens Site is a serial property made up of three megalithic monuments: the Menga Dolmen, the Viera Dolmen and the Tholos of El Romeral, and two natural monuments, La Peña de los Enamorados and El Torcal de Antequera. ![]() 5/20/2023 0 Comments Lucille ball in color![]() Now this was supposed to happen - that she got right." But when she hit Lucy, it took the wind out of her. "I got into the vat with one, and she had been told that we would have a fight," Lucy said on "The Dick Cavett Show." She continued, "I slipped and, in slipping, I hit her accidentally and she took offense, until she hauled off and let me have it. A man that came with them told them in Italian what they were supposed to do, they agreed, and then they were on their own. They wanted to get a " little, short, real Italian ladies that spoke Italian" and were real grape stompers. And as funny as that iconic scene of a barefoot Lucy smashing grapes in a giant vat in Italy was, it was also one more physically challenging than it was meant to be, as it turned into a real wrestling match. ![]() ![]() ![]() When asked what her favorite "I Love Lucy" episode was, Ball would answer with a single word: grapes. The grape stomping scene turned into a real wrestling match. ![]() 5/20/2023 0 Comments Adultery by paulo coelho![]() ![]() How do we balance life’s routine with the desire for something new?” “ Adultery, the provocative new novel by internationally best-selling author Paulo Coelho, explores the question of what it really means to live fully and happily. ![]() His words are easy to understand, sure, but I guess I find them difficult to swallow whenever he speaks of insanity and depression (among Coelho’s books, Veronica Decides to Die, which also was about insanity and depression and a commentary on mental institutions, was my least favorite).Īside from my compulsion to buy every single Coelho book to be released, what made me want to buy Adultery immediately, without waiting for the smaller paperback version I collect to come out, was the synopsis on the back cover: I just finished reading my favorite author Paulo Coelho‘s latest novel, Adultery, and I must admit it wasn’t an easy read for me - or at least, not as easy as I thought it would be. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() NLS music patrons can receive braille and large-print music scores and instructional recordings through the NLS Music Section. Overseas ServiceĪmerican citizens living abroad may enroll and request delivery to foreign addresses by contacting the NLS Overseas Librarian by phone at 20 or by email at. Talking Book Topics is available online at and downloadable from BARD as a magazine or as a book. The entire collection, with hundreds of thousands of titles, is available at Select “Catalog Search” to view the collection. Talking Book Topics lists a selection of titles recently added to the NLS collection. Talking Book Topics is distributed free to people unable to read regular print and is available in an abridged form in braille. ![]() The free BARD Mobile app is available from the App Store, Google Play, and Amazon’s Appstore. To use BARD, contact your local cooperating library or visit for more information. Most books and magazines listed in Talking Book Topics are available to eligible readers for download on BARD (the NLS Braille and Audio Reading Download service). Call 888-NLS-READ (88) to be connected or use contact information found on the Find Your Library page. Need help? Your local cooperating library is always the place to start. Vaughns NLS Aspiring Leaders Internship Program 5/19/2023 0 Comments A prince on paper reluctant royals![]() ![]() Agent: Courtney Miller-Callihan, Handspun Literary. Cole includes just the right amount of sass, sex, and heart to satisfy romance readers. As Portia slowly begins to see herself as more than a flighty screw-up, she sets in motion events that change Tavis’s future-and that may just push her out of his life for good. Find many great new & used options and get the best deals for A Prince on Paper: Reluctant Royals - 0062685589, Alyssa Cole, paperback at the best online. But Portia’s talents soon prove to be exactly what Tavis’s business needs, and when Tavis admits there’s more to her than sexy good looks, the smoldering tension between them explodes with a fiery kiss. ![]() Tavis doesn’t want an apprentice, especially not one whose freckles and curves set his mind to wandering lustfully. However, “Project New Portia” takes a hit when she finds herself wrong-footed with her new boss, Tavis McKenzie, on the first day. ![]() ![]() When a royal referendum threatens his brother’s future, a fake engagement is the perfect way to keep the cameras on him. In Cole’s rollicking second Reluctant Royals contemporary (after A Princess in Theory), Portia Hobbs leaves New York for Scotland and a sword-making apprenticeship, determined to recreate herself and her life. For Johan von Braustein, the red-headed step-prince of Liechtienbourg, acting as paparazzi bait is a ruse that protects his brotherthe heir to the throneand his own heart. ![]() ![]() ![]() And how lucky am I to have met one person that has so much knowledge and held my hand as I walked through this treacherous journey. Writing a triad was a new challenge, a special one too. When I planned this book, I was so sure about one thing, it was the story about Matthew Decker. The use of these trademarks is not authorized with, or sponsored by the trademark owners.ĭedicated to everyone who pursues and fights for their rights to dream, to love, and to live their happily ever after The author acknowledges the trademarked status and trademark owners of various products, brands, and-or restaurants referenced in this work of fiction, which have been used without permission. 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Copy edited by Marion Archer, Making the Manuscript ![]() ![]() Left with a limp and a sinking feeling he will never again fit in with his friends, he's left not knowing who he is and in need of the help from the mysterious and quirky new girl Cassidy Thorpe.Īs a person who always has their head stuck in a book I'm ashamed to say that I often steer clear of romance books unless a supernatural creature like a vampire or angle is involved as for I'm often left feeling like I've missed the point but on this particular occasion I was proved wrong. The author, Robyn Schneider, tells the story of a typical high school jock Ezra, who experiences his own personal tragedy of a cheating girlfriend and a car crash that leaves his leg shattered and his sporting dreams in pieces. ![]() |