![]() There’s so much that I love about the series, from the music to the message, it really has had such an impact on me,” Sofia shared in a statement. My sister and I have been fans of My Little Pony for our entire lives and being a part of the Bridelwoodstock special is truly a dream fulfilled. “I am so excited and thankful to be joining the My Little Pony family as Ruby Jubilee. Throughout their quest they race to book Equestria’s best and brightest artists, reunite old legends, and grapple with the unicorn legend of voice stealing Troggles. In the upcoming special, we see the Mane 5 trying to stage a music festival during Bridlewood’s beautiful Lumi-Bloom, a gorgeous bioluminescent nature event that only happens once a year. The 19-year-old High School Musical: The Musical: The Series star will be portraying the new character, the musically talented pony Ruby Jubilee, for the upcoming new special, Bridlewoodstock. ![]() ![]() Sofia Wylie is joining the My Little Pony universe!! ![]()
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![]() ![]() ![]() We enter the book in the past, with Darius as a child taking on the role of a guardian responsible for killing anyone who enters through the portal in his palace. Just like how I really enjoy a movie when I go into the cinema with zero expectations about the film. I went into this book not expecting much which is perhaps why I got so much out of it. Now Grace’s life was in his hands, and Darius had to choose between his centuries-old vow and the woman who had slipped beneath his defenses and stolen the heart of Atlantis’s fiercest dragon. ![]() Searching for her missing brother, Grace Carlyle never dreamed she would discover a secret world populated by mythological monsters–or find herself facing a sword-wielding being whose looks put mortal men to shame.īut there he was, Darius en Kragin, one of a race of shape-shifting warriors bound to guard the gates of Atlantis, and kill all travelers who strayed within its borders. ![]() ![]() ![]() This classic and beloved story makes a wonderful gift and keepsake. And second of all, she’s not just any girl: she has bright red hair, a wild imagination, and can talk a mile a minute.īut she also has a sweet disposition and quick wit, and Anne (with an “e” of course-it’s so much more distinguished!) soon finds her place in Avonlea, making a friend in her neighbor Diana Barry and attending the local school, where she spurns the advances of the popular and handsome Gilbert Blythe when he commits the ultimate sin of making fun of her hair.Īnne has a temper as fiery as her hair and a knack for finding trouble, and she also has a big heart and a positive attitude that affects everyone she meets. When Anne Shirley arrives at Green Gables, she surprises everyone: first of all, she’s a girl, even though Marilla Cuthbert and her brother Matthew specifically asked for an orphan boy to help around the farm. Montgomery’s classic novel is as memorable as its heroine. Anne Shirley is unforgettable, and this beautifully packaged edition of L.M. ![]() ![]() It’s a book about our deeply polarized, occasionally inspiring political culture, written from inside the belly of the beast. Al Franken, Giant of the Senate is about what happens when the nation’s foremost progressive satirist gets a chance to serve in the U.S. The book chronicles an unlikely campaign that had an even more improbable ending: the closest outcome in history and an unprecedented eight-month recount saga. ![]() Senator from Minnesota and #1 New York Times bestselling author, is a book about an award-winning comedian who decided to run for office and then discovered why award-winning comedians tend not to do that. ![]() ![]() Al Franken, Giant of the Senate, by the U.S. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Maisie soon learns that Joe took a fatal fall onto a railway track, but the reader already knows, via the prologue, that he was bludgeoned to death. His son seemed different during their last visits, Phil tells her. When Joe’s family doesn’t hear from him for several days, his father, publican Phil Coombes, asks Maisie to trace the boy. ![]() Before the war, 15-year-old Joe Coombes worked as an apprentice for a painting and decorating company that the British government retained to paint RAF facilities with a new kind of fire-retardant. The possible disappearance of a teenage boy drives bestseller Winspear’s so-so novel set in 1940 Britain, her 14th featuring London investigator and psychologist Maisie Dobbs (after 2017’s In This Grave Hour). ![]() ![]() ![]() Starting from that place of wonder, the world begins to change: It is a practice that can transform a relationship, a community, a culture, even a nation. It enjoins us to see no stranger but instead look at others and say: You are part of me I do not yet know. How do we love in a time of rage? How do we fix a broken world while not breaking ourselves? Valarie Kaur-renowned Sikh activist, filmmaker, and civil rights lawyer-describes revolutionary love as the call of our time, a radical, joyful practice that extends in three directions: to others, to our opponents, and to ourselves. “In a world stricken with fear and turmoil, Valarie Kaur shows us how to summon our deepest wisdom.”-Elizabeth Gilbert, author of Eat Pray Love.An urgent manifesto and a dramatic memoir of awakening, this is the story of revolutionary love.įinalist for the Dayton Literary Peace Prize ![]() ![]() ![]() It’s obvious from the start that the two narratives – from Aimee the actress and 5 year old Aimee – are going to be closely related and I enjoyed the semantic links Feeney made between the two narratives at the ends and opening of chapters. Her written style is a strength: lots of dialogue to move things forward quickly, and plenty of telling details sprinkled over the course of a highly engaging story. Feeney uses short chapters and puzzling / shocking revelations to good effect. Twisty and compelling, this is a narrative that pulls you forward. Is Aimee’s past about to destroy her? What’s it like? When Aimee’s husband goes missing, it’s obvious to the police that she’s hiding something from them, but is it what they think?Īimee has a secret she’s never shared, but it seems someone knows. People recognise her, though they’re not quite sure from where, but one person knows more than anyone else: they know who Aimee used to be. What’s it about?Īimee Sinclair is an actress who is just beginning to make her mark. Would it live up to the twisty masterpiece of her first book? The short answer is, not quite, but it is very good – until a deeply divisive ending. Having read and LOVED Alice Feeney’s debut novel, ‘Sometimes I Lie’, I was delighted to spot her second book, ‘I know who you are’, at Crimefest this year. ![]() ![]() ![]() With this gesture the lives of all four protagonists move toward their destinies. ![]() ![]() Numbed by the hysterical atmosphere and drawn into their rage, he too throws stones at the face of the condemned woman buried up to her waist. Desperate, exhausted Mohsen wanders through Kabul when he is surrounded by a crowd about to stone an adulterous woman. Intersecting their world is Atiq, a prison keeper, a man who has sincerely adopted the Taliban ideology and struggles to keep his faith, and his wife, Musarrat, who once rescued Atiq and is now dying of sickness and despair. Summary: Set in Kabul under the rule of the Taliban, this extraordinary novel takes readers into the lives of two couples: Mohsen, who comes from a family of wealthy shopkeepers whom the Taliban has destroyed Zunaira, his wife, exceedingly beautiful, who was once a brilliant teacher and is now no longer allowed to leave her home without an escort or covering her face. ![]() ![]() Here’s an example of how the annotations help to understand some of the historical context: **Even though I think most anyone at all interested in Jane Austen probably already knows the plot of Pride & Prejudice (at the very least from the movies), I will still advise: Plot spoilers below.** That’s not a difference I realized before reading this edition.Īlso, occasionally the annotations reference Jane Austen’s letters, which help to understand her opinions of love, marriage, and social situations of the time. ![]() For example, many times Jane Austen refers to a character’s “mind” – which in her time meant their personal character/disposition, rather than the current way we think of “mind” – as referring to one’s intellect or brain. The word definitions were interesting, even though I’m pretty comfortable with Jane Austen’s writing, because it points out situations where the exact definition of a word has changed since the early 1800s. I found the annotations generally fit into three categories: word definitions, plot analysis, and explanations of historical context. It took me more than twice as long as just reading the novel only, but the annotations provided a lot of extra helpful and interesting information and it was very worth the extra time. Yesterday I finished re-reading Pride and Prejudice, using David M. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Historical romances between men set in the eighteenth century are often steeped in religious guilt and secrecy and Christmas Angel doesn’t break that general rule. When John meets Alec not once, but twice, due to the mysterious angel figurine, for the first time he hankers to actually pursue a relationship with the waifish man and sets out to woo him to his side. She convinces him to go on with life-despite his pain and sadness. Interestingly, theirs was not a physical relationship, but rather one of deep affection-something the naïve Alec agreed to and cherished.Īs the story opens, it is this break up that finds Alec paused to hurl himself off a bridge to his death, only to be stopped by a beautiful woman-an angel who he later immortalizes in the wood he loves to carve. That someone happened to be a man who threw Alec aside in order to marry as was his duty and then tossed the gift Alec had given him to remember him by as well. They cross paths when John finds a carved angle floating in the river and discovers it was made by Alec and he had given it as a gift to someone. One, Alec Allston, is a sculptor used to dealing with the upper echelon of society and the other, John Trent, is effectively a detective for the magistrate known as a Bow Street runner. Set in the late 1700s, it covers the lives of two very different men. ![]() Eli Easton’s offering from The Christmas Angel collection is entitled Christmas Angel. ![]() |