![]() Sarah's words strike the perfect chord of relatability and biting honesty. Dedicated to those who might be questioning their relationship with alcohol but scared that quitting drinking is an ending, Drinking Games illustrates how, for one woman, sobriety was just the beginning of the story. Whether it’s alcohol, food, exercise, or work, so many of us are grasping for control and struggling to keep our heads above water.Ĭandid, dynamic, Drinking Games speaks to the millennial experience of working hard, playing harder, and wanting everything to look perfect on social media. While many millennial women will see themselves in Sarah's words and story, Drinking Games is dedicated to anyone who feels like their private struggles are terminally unique. ![]() Sarah explores what our short-term choices about alcohol do to our long-term selves and how it challenges our ability to be vulnerable enough to discover what we really want in life. ![]() Drinking Games explores the rol Part memoir and part social critique, Drinking Games is about how one woman drank and lived - until sobriety freed her.ĭrinking Games explores the role alcohol has in our formative adult lives, and what it means to opt out of a culture completely enmeshed in drinking. Part memoir and part social critique, Drinking Games is about how one woman drank and lived - until sobriety freed her. ![]()
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![]() ![]() Consumed by their quest to avert Soviet domination across the globe, their fingerprints were all over some of the most sordid episodes of the Cold War: bringing down duly elected governments in Guatemala and Iran sowing the seeds of the Vietnam War assassinating Congolese leader Patrice Lumumba and attempting to overthrow Fidel Castro. Restrained from their most ambitious foreign adventures under the Truman administration, their fortunes changed when the next president, Dwight Eisenhower, appointed Foster to lead the State Department and Allen the CIA. But brotherly camaraderie is tangential here as Kinzer (Reset: Iran, Turkey, and America's Future), an award-winning journalist, focuses squarely on how the men became architects of the emerging superpower. Foster was a social misfit and one-woman man who memorized biblical passages, while his younger brother, Allen, was a libertine with a taste for servants and prone to fits of debauchery. The siblings were temperamental opposites. government with a virulent anti-communist bent that infused US foreign policy during the Cold War. Born into Eastern establishment privilege, these two men strode into the uppermost strata of the U.S. ![]() ![]() ![]() Varian’s puzzle mystery, The Parker Inheritance, has been called The Westing Game meets The Watsons Go To Birmingham-1963. ![]() They’ll want to reread immediately so they can admire the setup.” Kirkus praised the novel in a starred review, stating, “The elaborate bait and switch of this fast-paced, funny caper novel will surprise its readers as much as the victims. It was recently named a Publishers Weekly Best Summer Book of 2014. However, Varian also enjoyed English-especially creative writing.Īfter writing novels for older readers, Varian began writing middle grade novels. His caper novel, The Great Greene Heist, is his first work for younger readers. He was the typical high school “geek”-he played the baritone in marching band, was a member of the Wilson High School Academic Challenge Team, and he counted his Hewlett-Packard 48G calculator as one of his most prized possessions. Varian excelled in many subjects while growing up, specifically math and science. He has a twin brother and a younger sister, and his parents, unlike many of his characters, were actually pretty good in the parenting department. Varian was born in 1977, and grew up in the thriving metropolis of Florence, SC (population 30,248-2000 Census). ![]() ![]() Her characters, including Beezus and Ramona Quimby, Henry Huggins, and Ralph, the motorcycle-riding mouse, have delighted children for generations. Henshaw won the Newbery Medal, and Ramona Quimby, Age 8 and Ramona and Her Father have been named Newbery Honor Books. Cleary's books have earned her many prestigious awards, including the American Library Association's Laura Ingalls Wilder Award, presented to her in recognition of her lasting contribution to children's literature. And so, the Klickitat Street gang was born! She based her funny stories on her own neighborhood experiences and the sort of children she knew. ![]() When a young boy asked her, "Where are the books about kids like us?" she remembered her teacher's encouragement and was inspired to write the books she'd longed to read but couldn't find when she was younger. Before long, her school librarian was saying that she should write children's books when she grew up. But by third grade, after spending much time in her public library in Portland, Oregon, she found her skills had greatly improved. ![]() ![]() As a child, she struggled with reading and writing. ![]() Beverly Cleary is one of America's most beloved authors. ![]() ![]() ![]() First in a new trilogy by Irish author Celine Kiernan, this tale of family and forbidden magic charts a fresh path through the landscape of beloved fantasy tradition - and promises to bewitch any reader in search of stories to love. And even if she can save her dad, Mup’s not sure if anything will ever be the same again. ![]() In a world of rhyming crows, talking cats, and golden forests, it’s all Mup can do to keep her wits about her. But everything is odd in the strange, glittering Witches Borough, even Mam. Begone the Raggedy Witches (The Wild Magic Trilogy Series 1) by Celine Kiernan 4.0 Paperback (Reprint) 7.99 Hardcover 15.99 Paperback 7.99 eBook 6. When witches carry off her dad, Mup and her mam leave the mundane world to rescue him. Pale, cold, and relentless, the witches will do anything for the tyrannical queen who has outlawed most magic and enforces her laws with terror and cruelty - and who happens to be Mup’s grandmother. On the night that Aunty dies, the raggedy witches come for Mup’s family. Begone the Raggedy Witches (The Wild Magic Trilogy, Book One) ![]() ![]() In Daughter of the Siren Queen, Tricia Levenseller brings together the perfect mix of thrilling action, tense battle scenes, and a heart-pounding romance. Despite the danger, Alosa knows they will recover the treasure first.after all, she is the daughter of the Siren Queen. When Vordan exposes a secret her father has kept for years, Alosa and her crew find themselves in a deadly race with the feared Pirate King. And she takes great comfort in knowing that the villainous Vordan will soon be facing her father's justice. ![]() Still unfairly attractive and unexpectedly loyal, first mate Riden is a constant distraction, but now he's under her orders. Not only has she recovered all three pieces of the map to a legendary hidden treasure, but the pirates who originally took her captive are now prisoners on her ship. ![]() Praise for Daughter of the Siren Queen: 'Deadly sirens join the ranks of strong, smart females in this book, giving it a definite feminist edge.' Booklist. ![]() The capable, confident, and occasionally ruthless heroine of Daughter of the Pirate King is back in this action-packed audiobook sequel that promises rousing high seas adventures and the perfect dash of magic.Īlosa's mission is finally complete. In Daughter of the Siren Queen, Tricia Levenseller brings together the perfect mix of thrilling action, tense battle scenes, and a heart-pounding romance. ![]() ![]() ![]() Doc is based off of Steinbeck’s close, real life friend Ed Ricketts, a notable marine biologist during his life and whose work is still widely respected today. The most notable character, and the one to most closely resemble the real life individual they were based off of is Doc, the “kind, bohemian hero” of Cannery Row (Levy 2). To create the characters in Cannery Row Steinbeck also drew heavy inspiration from individuals that he encountered in Ocean View Avenue. ![]() After the stellar success of Cannery Row, “Ocean View Avenue was renamed Cannery Row in 1953” and has grown into a successful commercial district, due largely to the fame that Cannery Row brought to the area (Blake 8). While Cannery Row is classified as a work of fiction, it is loosely based off of Ocean View Avenue, a street of canneries located near Steinbeck’s childhood home in Monterey, California. First published in 1945 by Viking Press Inc., Cannery Row is one of John Steinbeck’s most beloved works. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() I also enjoyed squad dynamics and I think Albertalli has created a whole bunch of compelling characters-often YA books focus on two or three best friends, but this is a group. I thought her mixture of insecurity and confidence and her conflicted decision making and the way she would get angry for no reason and hate herself for it was really done. I think her books are fun and fluffy and relatable and the best of young adult contemporary fiction. The Homo Sapiens Agenda and possibly liked The Upside of Unrequited even better. ![]() ![]() On one side, Albertalli is a YA fiction superstar. I don’t really know how to feel about it. I finished the last 25 minutes of this audiobook in 2019, so technically it’s the first book I read this year. Themes: Sexuality, growing up, university, musical theatre in high school Hey readers! How is your week going? I’m back with this a review of a book that kind of disappointed me yet I also enjoyed a lot. ![]() ![]() These measures promise cascading benefits to human health, security, prosperity, and well-being-giving us every reason to see this planetary crisis as an opportunity to create a just and livable world"- of cover. If deployed collectively on a global scale over the next thirty years, they represent a credible path forward, not just to slow the earth's warming but to reach drawdown, that point in time when greenhouse gases in the atmosphere peak and begin to decline. The solutions exist, are economically viable, and communities throughout the world are currently enacting them with skill and determination. They range from clean energy to educating girls in lower-income countries to land use practices that pull carbon out of the air. One hundred techniques and practices are described here-some are well known some you may have never heard of. ![]() ![]() "In the face of widespread fear and apathy, an international coalition of researchers, professionals, and scientists have come together to offer a set of realistic and bold solutions to climate change. ![]() ![]() It was super uncomfortable to read, but it felt accurate, and the heroine's responses mostly did, too. ![]() I thought it was super brutal and portrayed how much privileged guys think that they can get away with when they're held up by a town. I actually did like the beginning of this book. ![]() Unfortunately, most of them aren't positive, but some of those reasons are a me-thing and not an author-thing. I have a lot of thoughts about UNTOUCHABLE. (Thank you, Heather, for reading this book with me.) ![]() But UNTOUCHABLE is popular enough (hello, Hype Week!) that I figured one negative review wouldn't make a difference or not, and I really like the author as a person, so I figured, why not? After all, it seemed like something I would love. I don't usually read author friends' books unless I'm sure I'll like them because I refuse to lie about how good or bad I find something, and since I've lost friends over this in the past, it's just easier to not read anything by buddies unless they're already a fave so I don't have to deal with fallout. I'm friends with the author, which is why I didn't touch this book for so long. So before I dive into this review, a quick disclaimer. ![]() |