![]() ![]() We hear both sides of their first kiss, first breakup, first getting back together, the death of a father, marriage, international fame, world tours, mental illness, and discussions about having children. In this candid, soul-baring memoir, Joseph and Meg recount their first ten years together, each telling their story as they remember it, without having consulted the other. ![]() ![]() Within five years they were touring the world, performing on some of the world's greatest and not so great stages. Joseph and Meg's stories meet when they both find themselves selling tickets in a cramped box office. ![]() Meg Bashwiner, a 22-year-old aspiring performer and playwright, was living with her parents in New Jersey, working a desk job and commuting to her internship with that same East Village theater company. In 2009, 22-year-old Joseph Fink, newly arrived to New York City from the West Coast, was juggling odd jobs to pay the rent and volunteering with a theater company in the East Village so he could snag free tickets to their shows. A sometimes hilarious, occasionally heartbreaking, and always entertaining joint memoir by Joseph Fink, cocreator of Welcome to Night Vale, and his wife, writer and performer Meg Bashwiner, chronicling the first ten years of their relationship from both sides. ![]()
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![]() ![]() If you’re able to read more than one book in this span of time, read as many perspectives as possible - particularly if they are underrepresented perspectives even among the Black community. Read more than just books by gay authors or about urban life. Jesse stresses in their announcement that the most important part of this - particularly if you’re reading via the second and/or third options - is to read diversely across the Black experience and the queer experience. ![]() It’s your weekend, we’re just here to make it a little better. Read a bunch of new-to-you queer Black authors. Read Sorrowland and a few graphic novels. The most important part is that you’re reading it.Īnd of course, you can combine any of these methods to have an amazing Juneteenth weekend full of queer Blackness. Read books that highlight and elevate the queer Black experience, or just books by queer Black authors that are about any damn thing. There are so many other authors you could pick up that weekend. RM Virtues is a breakthrough new romance author who has made a huge splash in a small amount of time, and I look forward to seeing where he goes next (I hear there’s a Black retelling of The Mummy in our futures).Īnd obviously, these are just suggestions. Seize, bind me, drag me to the bloody bar. While it doesn’t have the magical elements, that pull towards the Underworld is just as strong. Of thee and thy poor child, can make amendsOh, yet look up and live Isa. There have been a lot of Hades and Persephone retellings this year, but if you’re only going to read one, this is it. ![]() ![]() ![]() I liked how the emotions rolled off the pages in massive amounts. “The plot of this story was a pretty good one. Together, Hannah and Jordan form a team to try to survive Los Angeles. Hannah reveals a great secret to Jordan and asks him for his promise to fulfill a wish. Despite his homelessness, he buys annual season tickets to the opera, much to the amusement of his friends. Jordan developed a love of opera during his time in law school. He lives part of the time in a homeless shelter and other times with Hannah. He has learned to survive using a variety of schemes to make or steal money. Jordan has recently walked away from the practice of law and has slowly slipped away from his prior life. The is the story of Jordan, a well educated homeless man who, by the result of a violent and unusual accident, meets an aging, exotic dancer named Hannah with whom he forms an extraordinary relationship. ![]() ![]() ![]() (And, speaking only for myself, I think I’d like it if people gathered by my eternal resting place to talk about books.) ![]() Is walking its echoey halls to get to a book talk just the tiniest bit strange? Sure, but with its stained glass windows, marble halls and quiet residents, it’s got more character than your typical hotel conference room. The newly rechristened LitFest in the Dena (formerly known as LitFest Pasadena) is back for a second year at Mountain View Mausoleum in Altadena this Saturday and Sunday, May 6-7, from 12:30 to 6 p.m.Īnd yes, mausoleum means what you think it does. ![]() Do you have book plans this weekend? Along with visiting some local shops for Free Comic Book Day, I’m planning to attend one of my favorite Southern California book festivals – one that’s held at a very unlikely locale. ![]() ![]() Told in alternating timelines, the story follows the narrative leading up to and succeeding Theo’s death. The two form a strange bond as they both try to cope with their deep loss. ![]() He can’t talk to his best friend Wade about it, and somehow Jackson seems to be the only one who understands. Griffin is left behind to figure out what to do with all of the pain. But, at the end of the day, Theo would return to Griffin. And yes, Theo had recently begun dating someone new, the kind-hearted Jackson. Sure, they broke up when Theo went across the country for college. ![]() The novel’s protagonist Griffin believed that he and his first love, Theo, were going to be together for ever. ‘History is All You Left Me’ by Adam SilveraĪdam Silvera is quickly becoming a YA powerhouse with his second book, History Is All You Left Me. ![]() ![]() If only she could resist their perfect beta, Leo, whose patience and determination to see her heal breaks down one wall after another.When the alpha who all but destroyed Lola tries to start a game of cat and mouse that?s all claws, the safest place for Lola may be the one she?s most Read More ⇒ By click link in above! wish you have good luck and enjoy reading your book. And Lola is only a beta, one who comes with deep scars and an unshakeable aversion to alphas and their powerful presences. Lola & the Millionaires: Part One Audible Audiobook Unabridged Kathryn Moon (Author, Publisher), & 2 more 4,154 ratings Audiobook £0. But that?s easier said than done when one stumbling incident after another leads Lola closer to an alluring pack of captivating men.These alphas are everything Lola dreamed of, but they already have an omega?a playful male model who won?t stop flirting with her. ![]() Armed with her dream job and her less than dreamy apartment, Lola is ready to start a new chapter of her life without alphas. No more hiding in her cousin?s apartment licking wounds that won?t heal. No more chasing alphas who abuse and toss away betas like her. Overview : Lola Barnes only wants one thing, to get her life under control. ![]() Download (EPUB) Lola & the Millionaires: Part One (Sweet Omegaverse, #2) Full Page ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() But Sab’s adventures across Manila reveal truths about her family more difficult than she ever anticipated, and get her into real trouble. So Sab and her best friend Pepper start spying on Ate Nadine and digging into their family’s past to determine why, exactly, Ate Nadine won’t speak to their father. If Sab’s going to get Ate Nadine and their father to reconcile, she’ll have to overcome her fears–of her sister’s anger, of leaving the bubble of her sheltered community, of her upcoming doom–and figure out the cause of their rift. But her sister, Ate Nadine, stopped speaking to their father one year ago, and Sab doesn’t even know why. Tough topics the brutal war on drugs in the Philippines, family. 'Villanuevas debut is a beautiful ownvoices middle-grade novel. She is the author of the upcoming LULU SINAGTALA AND THE TAGALOG GODS. Light and deep, smart and funny, crushing and hopeful all at the same time, My Fate According to the Butterfly will open your eyes to both the worlds potential for magic, and to its harsh realities. ![]() ![]() With her time running out, all she wants is to celebrate her birthday with her entire family. Villanueva is a Filipino writer and graphic artist based in the Philippines. My Fate According to the Butterfly (ARC) Author: Gail D. When superstitious Sab sees a giant black butterfly, an omen of death, she knows that she’s doomed!Īccording to legend, she has one week before her fate catches up with her–on her 11th birthday. NCSS-CBC Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People An Amazon Best Book of the Month Editor's Pick ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Despite the deep feeling, he taught her for books, Mortimer has never read a single line to his daughter. Mortimer is an expert bookbinder: as long as Meggie can remember, her father has always been fixing old volumes. It sold more than five million copies in the world and in 2008 it was released as a homonymous movie, directed by Iain Softley. Written by Cornelia Funke and published in 2003, Inkheart is the first book composing the Inkworld Trilogy. From her father Mortimer, Maggie learned the importance of books from a mysterious man who appeared out of their home, she will learn the importance of reading aloud. ![]() They are powerful arms, able to save or destroy lives. Words have great importance, which is clear to Meggie, even if she is only thirteen. Things start becoming real when pronounced aloud. Nothing can really exist, if there is no word to call it or describe it. ![]() ![]() ![]() On the contrary, the parts which deal with people are concise and sparring much like the personalities of those that worked the acrid land. The Midwestern prairie which the pioneers labor over is an essential part of character development and profound understanding of themselves, the land and life. As is with many other novels, the setting of the harsh and beautiful land is playing out as another character in the book. The scenery plays a major part in the novel, the lyrical episodes about the pastoral land are sprawling and majestic. The story tells of hard work, wide eyed innocence towards the future and opportunities abound as seen through the eyes of the immigrant class. ![]() The writing is outstanding and it has all the makings of the great American novel. O Pioneers! by Willa Cather is considered a classic and I can certainly understand why. I believe it was on some “top 100” list (who said they’re lame?) and figured I’ll give it a try. ![]() I’ve only been recently introduced to the writing of Willa Cather. ![]() The novel has many themes including isolation, love and feminism.īuy this book in paper or FREE in electronic format O Pioneers!By Willa Cather was written in 1913 and is considered the first novel of the Great Plains trilogy. DecemArticle first published as Book Review: O Pioneers! by Willa Cather on Blogcritics. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() We even have clear evidence that the difference in preferences between genders is primarily driven by stereotypes, such as interest in STEM-type activities as described in "Stereotype that girls aren’t interested in STEM subjects ingrained in kids as young as 6" by StudyFinds (archived at "https: // archive. ![]() So, if no gender stereotypes or gender discrimination existed, and toys/clothing manufacturers weren't so greedy for earning more money from different genders, we wouldn't have today's crazy segregation of children's toys and clothing! Gelukkig zijn er steeds meer prentenboeken die aandacht besteden aan ‘anders zijn’ voor zover er überhaupt een ‘normaal’ is natuurlijk. Joc Are you aware that "girls like pink" is entirely psychosocial? Just 2 or 3 centuries ago, all young children wore frilly dresses, and pink dresses for …more Are you aware that "girls like pink" is entirely psychosocial? Just 2 or 3 centuries ago, all young children wore frilly dresses, and pink dresses for boys were at least as common as for girls, and likewise blue for girls was at least as common as for boys. ![]() |