![]() ![]() Robb, also writes futuristic police procedurals, has written a hundred and eighty-two novels, in addition to short stories and novellas. One reader, a court reporter, confessed that she planned to “feign sickness for the next three to six days so I can lay in bed and reread all my NR yet again.”Īs a Quinn brother might say, it had better be one hell of a cold. The first time she read it, Wendell wrote, she laughed so hard that she fell out of her beach chair. Sometimes he’s going to be Pierre and live in a garret in Paris, but it’s the same thing. agent about the murder of an ex-lover who turns up dead in a local pond:Ĭ AM: Yeah, mostly. One reader nominated “Carnal Innocence,” in which the plantation heir Tucker Longstreet is questioned by an F.B.I. The runaway winner was Nora Roberts-La Nora, the Queen, or, simply, NR. ![]() My hot, harrowing desert and my cool, verdant Nile, infinitely lovely and unfathomable and sustaining”). ![]() There were nods to Georgette Heyer (“I remember every word you have spoken to me”) and Connie Brockway (“You are my country, Desdemona. Last summer, Sarah Wendell, an editor of the Web site Smart Bitches, Trashy Books, posed a question to her readers: “So what line of dialogue from a romance has rocked your socks to the point that, long after those socks were lost in the dryer, you still remember it?” Jane Austen got a few votes (“You pierce my soul. “I read to be entertained and to relax, and to go into another world, not because it’s good for me,” Roberts says. ![]()
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![]() Nir founded two tech companies since 2003 and has taught at the Stanford Graduate School of Business and the Hasso Plattner Institute of Design at Stanford. Technology Review dubbed Nir, “The Prophet of Habit-Forming Technology.” Nir Eyal writes, consults, and teaches about the intersection of psychology, technology, and business. Hooked: How to Build Habit-Forming Products.Indistractable: How to Control Your Attention and Choose Your Life.Podcast Consulting & Production with Jeff Sanders.In this week’s episode of The 5 AM Miracle Podcast I share one of my favorite interviews where I speak with Nir Eyal, author of Indistractable: How to Control Your Attention and Choose Your Life, about the many options we have to keep our eye on the prize. Sure, I love to cross finish lines and finish big projects - but on a daily basis I strive for focus in order to gain traction that is otherwise just an illusion. ![]() There is nothing I love more in the world of productivity than pure focus. Control Attention, Gain Traction, and Defeat Distraction ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() They never married but Elizabeth bore George Barker four children and their relationship provided the impassioned inspiration for one of the most moving and immediate chronicles of a love affair ever written – ‘By Grand Central Station I Sat Down and Wept’. ![]() Thus began one of the most extraordinary, intense and ultimately tragic love affairs of our time. Eventually they communicated directly and, as a result of Barker’s impecunious circumstances, Elizabeth Smart flew both him and his wife from Japan, where he was teaching, to join her in the United States. One day, while browsing in a London bookshop, Elizabeth Smart chanced upon a slim volume of poetry by George Barker – and fell passionately in love with him through the printed word. Elizabeth Smart’s passionate fictional account of her intense love-affair with the poet George Barker, described by Angela Carter as ‘Like MADAME BOVARY blasted by lightning … A masterpiece’. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() While it's a nice sentiment to believe feelings of loss, fear, the struggle to belong, etc. ![]() The loss and fear, the struggle to belong, the hopes for the future: that’s all part of the process, no matter where you’re from." (. I found an interview with Applegate addressing this where she responds with, "Although I did very specific research, it seemed to me that many aspects of the refugee experience are universal. While I found the book compelling, my big complaint about it is that the reader doesn't learn Kek is from Sudan until maybe about halfway through the book. For starters, I think I should start a tag called something like, "Books about refugees and/or people of color from war torn countries written by white women" because for some reason lately I have been coming across more and more books that would fall under this genre (The Breadwinner author, I'm looking at you). ![]() ![]() It had an interesting main character, a charming cast of characters and a romance that had my heart sighing all the while I was reading. ![]() I thought this book had everything that I love to read about in books. I read this book in one sitting, directly after I finished Mockingjay and to say that I enjoyed it, is putting it mildly. It just sounded like a cute book and I couldn’t wait to get my hands on a copy. When I first received the review request for this book, I was mighty excited because this was actually on my wish list. But is Jared truly what she needs? And if he’s not, she has to ask: What would Phoebe Lilywhite do? She falls head over heels in love, and when he He’s sweet, funny, everything she wants - and he has the family Bronwen has always wanted too. Bronwen knows she must have been switched at birth, and she can’t wait to get away from her “family” for good. That’s the only way to explain her image-obsessed mother a kind but distant stepfather and a brother with a small personality complex. Here Comes the Bride - If She Can Pass Chemistry.Įighteen-year-old Bronwen Oliver has a secret: She’s really Phoebe, the lost daughter of the loving Lilywhite family. Main Characters: Bronwen Oliver, Jared Sondervan ![]() ![]() For more information on this awesome new author, make sure you head over to her website:, there’s all kinds of goodies over there. Erin McCahan is the author of I Now Pronounce You Someone Else and I think she’s got a great future of writing ahead of her. ![]() ![]() ![]() As Cosette grows up, young idealist Marius catches a glimpse of her and falls desperately in love. ![]() But Jean Valjean is unable to free himself from his previous life and is pursued to the end by ruthless policeman Javert. He takes in abandoned orphan Cosette and raises her as his own daughter. This edition has features an introduction by Paul Bailey.Įscaped convict Jean Valjean turns his back on his criminal past to build his fortunes as an honest man. These beautiful books make perfect gifts or a treat for any book lover. Part of the Macmillan Collector’s Library a series of stunning, clothbound, pocket sized classics with gold foiled edges and ribbon markers. Les Misérables is a magnificent, sweeping story of revolution, love and the will to survive set amidst the poverty stricken streets of nineteeth-century Paris. ![]() ![]() ![]() My life has been much easier since this, I'll give you that. Which is actually a very freeing thought. The thing about this book is that it stressed me out so much and made me so upset that I would legitimately rather live my entire life alone, perhaps on a deserted island of some kind, either of the proverbial or literal variety, than live a single day in the protagonist's life. Who is her one true love? What does it mean to love truly?Įmma knows she has to listen to her heart. With a husband and a fiancé, Emma has to now figure out who she is and what she wants, while trying to protect the ones she loves. He’s alive, and he’s been trying all these years to come home to her. ![]() When Emma and Sam get engaged, it feels like Emma’s second chance at happiness. Years later, now in her thirties, Emma runs into an old friend, Sam, and finds herself falling in love again. Just like that, Jesse is gone forever.Įmma quits her job and moves home in an effort to put her life back together. ![]() On their first wedding anniversary, Jesse is on a helicopter over the Pacific when it goes missing. They travel the world together, living life to the fullest and seizing every opportunity for adventure. ![]() They build a life for themselves, far away from the expectations of their parents and the people of their hometown in Massachusetts. In her twenties, Emma Blair marries her high school sweetheart, Jesse. ![]() ![]() ![]() Summary He may be a player, but this stud’s not shooting blanks.NICKI'm nobody's baby daddy.I don't care how many stunning women throw themselves at me,looking to turn one hot night into an eighteen-year paycheck.I've got way too much on the line to throw it away for one night of pleasure.Ball is life, and basketball is my first priority.I've got a championship to win.But when I see that familiar face shaking her pom-poms on the sidelines,I’m transported back to childhood,Back to the days before a fiery plane crash ripped us apart,forcing us to grow up overnight.Those were the days when Eden Evans stole my heart.This time, I might be ready to give it right back to her.EDENI have no interest in a man who comes with groupies.With a rock legend for a father, I’ve seen the toll fame takes on a marriage.The last thing I need is a guy with more Twitter followers than Justin Beiber.So when Nick Barnes dribbles his way back into my life,my heart and head go into battle.I can't fight my desire for the sexy baller with his eight-pack absand panty-dropping charm.And when that little stick shows an unmistakable plus sign,suddenly, everything is on the line.With a secret baby on the way, will Nick realize that having the home court advantage is what he's wanted all along?Note: This is a standalone romance novel with a HEA and no cliffhangers. ![]() ![]() ![]() READ Baller’s Secret Baby - A Sports Romance Normandie Alleman ![]() ![]() ![]() Several countries use this definition of civil twilight to make laws related to aviation, hunting, and the usage of headlights and street lamps. 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