![]() ![]() It wasn’t like he’d never thought about men - it’s just loving one doesn’t fit into his plans.įorest Ackerman certainly doesn’t need to be lusting after a straight cop, even if Connor Morgan is everywhere he looks, especially after Frank’s death. ![]() Instead, he finds a murdered man while on a drug raid and loses his heart comforting the man’s adopted son. No, Connor has everything worked out - a career in law enforcement, a nice house, and a family. His family depends on him to be like his father, a solid pillar of strength who’ll one day lead the Morgan clan. His life plan didn’t include one Forest Ackerman, a brown-eyed, blond drummer who’s as sexy as he is trouble. ![]() Lieutenant Connor Morgan of SFPD’s SWAT division wasn’t looking for love. ![]()
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![]() I spray the ray of light until the moth is dead on the floor. I’ve always hated them, so of course I have moth-killer spray on hand. Their erratic, unpredictable movements get me the hell anxious-I hate them. ![]() ![]() Moths disturb me, my peace and my flow, with their incessant fluttering. Cue a moth now dancing around the projector light, interrupting the visual perfection of Stranger Things. One night back in 2018, my friends complained that the smell of the onions I was chopping was too strong and opened up the window. I like TV, I like making burritos and I like my friends, so sometimes I combine all three by inviting friends over to make burritos and watch telly on my projector. I will do what I’m best at: tell stories, in the hope that you’ll be able to connect the dots, find threads to tie together. Thank you so much for picking up this book and peeling back the first page to discover its contents. ![]() ![]() But in the limelight, Lou begins to fear that she’s losing her identity-as an individual, as an artist, and as a person still in love with the girl she left behind.Ī sharply observed and intimate story of grief and healing, doubt and self-acceptance set against the hyper-image-conscious industry of modeling and high fashion, Body Grammar shines with the anxieties of finding your place in the world and the heartbreaking beauty of pursuing love. It’s a whirlwind of learning how to walk and how to command a body she’s never felt at ease in. Determined to find a purpose, Lou moves to New York and steps into the dizzying world of international fashion shows, haute couture, and editorial shoots. She prefers to take photographs, especially of Ivy, her close friend and secret crush.īut when a hike ends in a tragic accident, Lou finds herself lost and ridden with guilt. ![]() Lou has no interest in fashion or being in the spotlight. ![]() ![]() roiling with deep questions of identity and art, love, and the irrepressible need for meaning in life" (Jess Walter, bestselling author of The Cold Millions)īy the time Lou turns eighteen, modeling agents across Portland have scouted her for her striking androgynous look. ![]() A coming-of-age queer love story set in the glamorous but grueling world of international modeling-a "terrific debut. ![]() ![]() All the places in the story kind of bled into one big blob. It felt like we didn’t spend much time in each location. I had a similar issue with the settings of the story. I would’ve liked to get a more in-depth description of the animals on Eden, even if it was only a select few animals that were focused on. Most of the creatures on Eden were just briefly mentioned without giving much of a description and then not mentioned again (with a few exceptions). ![]() Unfortunately, I don’t feel like the world building was done well. I was really interested in this part of the story because I wanted to learn more about the Adamites. I will say, however, that the people who died were brought up quite a bit, so at least I got that reminder.Īfterward, the story takes place on Eden. Nyxia Unleashed doesn’t spend much time summarizing the events of the first book–which isn’t necessarily a bad thing on its own, but I always feel like a short summary can be helpful for people who have been waiting between books. Part of me wanted to enjoy the story, but part of me found it very difficult to push through the story. My feelings about the second installment of the Nyxia Triad series were kind of mixed. ![]() I received a free copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. As the descent begins, I hold on to one truth: I am more than what they would make of me. ![]() When Babel casts us out, it’s in fire and blood and steel. ❝ Fallen angels were cast down to Earth and became demons. ![]() ![]() Though there are characters whose stories are worth further exploration, the story of this book, and Coriolanus Snow's path to power, feels complete by the novel's end. Unlike The Hunger Games, Collins doesn't seem to have plotted out further installments. It doesn't seem likely that a second novel will follow. That has led to fans asking, will there be a sequel to The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes? Could this be a new trilogy? Warning: Spoilers for The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes follow. ![]() A decade later, author Suzanne Collins has released a new book, The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes, set decades before the original trilogy, and already planned as a major motion picture. The first Hunger Games novel arrived in September of 2008, Catching Fire one year later in 2009, and Mockingjay a scant 11 months after that, in August of 2010. ![]() When The Hunger Games novels came out, there were three of them, and they arrived in rapid succession. ![]() ![]() Marina Warner – whose new short book about fairy tales, Once Upon a Time, is just out – wrote her seminal work From the Beast to the Blonde in 1994. By the time Carter turned the form inside out with her own stories in The Bloody Chamber (1979), the historian Jack Zipes was at work on his many unearthings of fairy tale history. ![]() The psychoanalyst Bruno Bettelheim – who had survived two concentration camps – wrote his influential study The Uses of Enchantment in 1976 Angela Carter was translating Charles Perrault from French then too, and she compiled two volumes of fairy tales from all over the world for Virago. ![]() ![]() After the war, radical German writers objected, for obvious historical reasons, to the conservative groundwork they felt had been laid by the Grimms. ![]() ![]() The reality of the narrator’s experiences is often called into question, as some of them may simply be dreams or hallucinations, and others may be metaphysical or transcendent events that are taking place outside the “real” world. The story itself has a disjointed and often elliptical feel, as it was originally published in serial form and is intended to convey the mystical associations and interests that the author himself was exploring at the time. ![]() The Golem, though rarely seen, is central to the novel as a representative of the ghetto’s own spirit and consciousness, brought to life by the suffering and misery that its inhabitants have endured over the centuries. ![]() While the novel is generally focused on Pernath’s own musings and adventures, it also chronicles the lives, the characters, and the interactions of his friends and neighbors. ![]() This dream was perhaps induced because he inadvertently swapped his hat with the real (old) Pernath’s. But his story is experienced by an anonymous narrator, who, during a visionary dream, assumes Pernath’s identity thirty years before. ![]() The novel centers on the life of Athanasius Pernath, a jeweler and art restorer who lives in the ghetto of Prague. The Golem (original German title: Der Golem) is a novel written by Gustav Meyrink between 19. Printed on 115 g wood-free, age-resistant Cream paper ![]() ![]() ![]() Kendi’s Stamped, progressive marketing professional, activist, and philanthropist Joseph offers his own experiences in a text that aims to “provide teaching moments, cultural history, and context for white people.” Why the singular focus? The author notes that “the world needs to be better, and because of the power that white people hold in our society, much of that change needs to start with white people.” Joseph invites contributions from YA author Angie Thomas, Academy Award-winning playwright and actor Tarell Alvin McCraney, and sports journalist Jemele Hill, among notable others. Part memoir, part guidebook, this title explores scenarios of interpersonal and institutional struggle to introduce the next generation of White youth to anti-racism.įollowing well-received 2020 releases for young people, including Tiffany Jewell’s This Book Is Anti-Racist and Jason Reynolds and Ibram X. ![]() ![]() ![]() They were shocked when they were met with hostility instead. Caribbean arrivals had been told that they’d be welcomed as heroes. What was this Britain?īut this wasn’t the only surprise. Imagine their surprise, then, when they first saw a white man sweeping the street. The only white people many Caribbean subjects had seen before coming to England were members of the imperial elite. Out in the colonies, whiteness had been a sign of power and wealth. They quickly realized that stories they’d been told about the mother country weren’t true.īritain, for one thing, was full of poor white people. The key message here is: Caribbeans arriving in Britain were met with a racist backlash.īetween the late 1940s and 1960s, around half a million Caribbeans arrived in Britain, among them Akala’s grandparents. ![]() They saw themselves as equal citizens who had come to help rebuild the war-shattered “mother country.” But that wasn’t how white Britain saw them. This was the “Windrush generation,” a reference to the name of the ship that brought many Caribbeans to Britain. With the encouragement of the government, Caribbean subjects bearing British passports began landing at Tilbury, a port near London. This gave anyone born in a British colony the right to settle in Britain. In 1948, it passed the British Nationality Act. To get back on its feet, it needed workers.ĭespite its wartime losses, Britain still possessed a vast empire. ![]() At the end of the Second World War, Britain was exhausted, indebted, and in physical ruins. ![]() ![]() Profiting off the impending collapse of the subprime market fit perfectly into their theory of how the financial world worked. Charlie Ledley and Jamie Mai had established their (admittedly short) financial careers by betting big on events that Wall Street seemed certain wouldn‘t happen. Two young, obscure start-up investors, however, heeded the call and saw the opportunity of a lifetime staring them in the face. Too many investors, it seemed, were leery about the idea of taking a short position against an asset that major players like Goldman Sachs, Deutsche Bank, and Merrill Lynch seemed so sure about. Origin Stories: Charlie Ledley and Jamie Maiīy fall 2006, Gregg Lippman’s proposal to short the housing market through credit default swaps had made the rounds in the financial world. We’ll cover how Charlie Ledley and Jamie Mai got their start in investing and how they went from second-class citizens in the financial world to major Wall Street players. ![]() They shorted the housing market before the 2008 financial crisis and were featured in the book and movie The Big Short. Who are Charlie Ledley and Jamie Mai? And how did they turn $110,000 into $80 million?Ĭharlie Ledley and Jamie Mai are the founders of Cornwall Capital, a New York City investment corporation. ![]() ![]() Like this article? Sign up for a free trial here. ![]() Shortform has the world's best summaries of books you should be reading. This article is an excerpt from the Shortform summary of "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis. ![]() |