![]() ![]() This was a Rockstar romance book that had a very different story than “Thoughtless”. I was first introduced to this book series sometime last summer 2012 and Goodreads recommended this book series after I read “ Thoughtless” by S.C. This book was awesome! I was so excited to find out what happens to Jake and Tru and I was not disappointed. ![]() But when a devastating crisis threatens to destroy everything they’ve fought for, the couple must face the hard truth: What if, this time, love is not enough? Making matters worse, Jake announces he doesn’t want kids, which just may be a deal breaker. Greedy music execs, merciless paparazzi, and Jake’s wild past are lurking around every corner. Even the bright California sun can’t whitewash the dark side of celebrity coupledom. Of course Tru misses London and her best friend, Simone, but living happily ever after with Jake in LA is going to be great…right? Now they’re busy planning a wedding and navigating their new life together in the US. ![]() Music journalist Tru Bennett has done the impossible: capture the heart of rock-star bad boy Jake Wethers. Read how it all started: “The Mighty Storm” (The Storm)īook trailer of “The Mighty Storm” Goodreads Blurb Wethering The Storm (The Storm Part 2) by Samantha Towle ![]()
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![]() Items in order will be sent via Express post as soon as they arrive in the warehouse. Order may come in multiple shipments, however you will only be charged a flat fee.Ģ-10 days after all items have arrived in the warehouse Items in order will be sent as soon as they arrive in the warehouse. ![]() But maybe fate has nothing to do with it. Two men, one love, brought together by a series of impossible circumstances and destined by fate for an entangled future. Radcliff, help Seven escape Sub-Floor? It wasn't the loss of a defective precog that bothered Stone, it was the fact Radcliff was willing to die to keep Stone from knowing why he did it. In order to elude those hunting him he can never have a home, never have friends.and love? It's nothing but a weakness that can be used against him. Seven has been running for his life ever since he escaped Sub-Floor. ![]() Chase knows better than to get involved with someone like that. ![]() He also seems to know what Chase is going to do or say before it happens, and talks about people named, Nine, Three, and Four. His new neighbor calls himself Seven, wears aluminum hats and carries around a ceramic rooster. After losing his job, Chase Sarim finds himself living in a shit hole apartment. ![]() ![]() ![]() The next essay is “The American Exception.” Smith discusses the way in which many Americans felt shocked at the coronavirus pandemic’s death toll. In a way, this pause in her chaotic routine foreshadowed the pause in most people’s lives when the coronavirus pandemic caused nations to go into lockdown. Smith, alongside a few other women, found herself drawn to the symbol of fertility and ponders the way the moment taught her to submit to the urge to stop and stare, and to submit to interruptions in her life. The first, titled “Peonies” recalls a moment near the beginning of the pandemic when Smith’s busy city life ground to a halt at the mere sight of some gaudy tulips in a park. ![]() Zadie Smith’s Intimations contains six essays. The following version of this book was used to create the guide: Smith, Zadie. ![]() ![]() ![]() Here is Plantinga's explanation of why if a maximally great being exists in some possible world it exists in every possible world. This looks like a "lame terms" redux of Plantinga's "victorious" ontological argument from The Nature of Necessity. One can say that a being that lives in all worlds is greater than a being that lives in one, but why is this always true? I'm having a hard time convincing myself. ![]() Why is it that a maximally great being must exist in every possible world. I found many arguments against this argument, but I could not find anything that explained the third premise. Therefore, a maximally great being exists.If a maximally great being exists in the actual world, then a maximally great being exists.If a maximally great being exists in every possible world, then it exists in the actual world.If a maximally great being exists in some possible world, then it exists in every possible world.If it is possible that a maximally great being exists, then a maximally great being exists in some possible world.It is possible that a maximally great being exists.I found the following version of the Ontological Argument online (I'm pretty certain its Plantinga's but I couldn't find an exact source). ![]() ![]() ![]() Original Fan art or art you found online (please mention original poster or artist).REMINDER: Please flair your posts AFTER submission and mark spoilers accordingly. Discussions, debates, civil disagreements, questions, epiphanies, theories, polls etc.It is updated upon every major release and a great list to decide what next to read. ![]() ![]()
![]() I must first say that I have been enthralled with Steely Dan since the first time I heard their music. With an introduction by Hoskyns and an obituary for Walter Becker by David Cavanagh, Major Dudes is essential reading for any rock afficionado. Major Dudes collects some of the smartest and most revealing interviews Becker and Fagen have ever given, along with intelligent reviews of-and commentary on-their extraordinary songs.Ĭompiled by leading music critic Barney Hoskyns, Major Dudes features contributions from the likes of Sylvie Simmons, Fred Schruers, and the late Robert Palmer plus rare interviews and reviews of Steely Dan’s early albums from Disc, Melody Maker, and Rolling Stone. ![]() It recorded several of the cleverest and best-produced albums of the 1970s, making them one of the most successful bands to be inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. ![]() A “thoughtful, loving, and thorough portrait” of the pioneering musicians behind Steely Dan, featuring interviews, essays, reviews and more (PopMatters).Īt its core, Steely Dan is a creative marriage between guitarist Donald Fagen and keyboardist Walter Becker. ![]() ![]() ![]() Her quest is more than she anticipated with evading Queen Amelia’s guards, traveling with the one man she shouldn’t be with, and having to bargain with the ancient dragon guarding the enchanted cup. Yet, Eira’s claim to the crown falls into jeopardy when her father, King Brennus, is poisoned and fated to a sleep of living death and Eira is next on the assassin’s hit list – who happens to be her stepmother, Queen Amelia.Īfter Eira escapes Queen Amelia’s clutches she journeys to the northern Paravian mountains in search of an enchanted cup to save her father. ![]() As much as she loves her goddess and kingdom, she’s searched the kingdoms for another way to rule as queen someday while also choosing her own husband. Fated to marry.Ī quest to save her family, kingdom, and heart.įor the past five years Princess Eira has run from her impending wedding. Genres: Adult, Fairy Tales, Retelling, RomanceĬhosen of the Moon Goddess. ![]() ![]() ![]() Drawing on previously unknown sources, from police reports and newspaper exposes to personal letters, diaries, and the first queer guidebook ever written, Houlbrook here explores the relationship between queer sexualities and modern urban culture that we take for granted today. ![]() Cyril's story is Matt Houlbrook's point of entry into the queer worlds of early twentieth-century London. But his freedom was limite: he was soon arrested, simply for being in a club frequented by queer men. He wrote, "I have only been queer since I came to London about two years ago, before then I knew nothing about it." London, for Cyril, meant boundless opportunities to explore his newfound sexuality. wrote to his friend Billy about all the exciting men he had met, the swinging nightclubs he had visited, and the vibrant new life he had forged for himself in the big city. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Everything in Libby’s life is about to change. She soon learns not only the identity of her birth parents, but also that she is the sole inheritor of their abandoned mansion on the banks of the Thames in London’s fashionable Chelsea neighborhood, worth millions. She rips it open with one driving thought: I am finally going to know who I am. ![]() Soon after her twenty-fifth birthday, Libby Jones returns home from work to find the letter she’s been waiting for her entire life. “A haunting, atmospheric, stay-up-way-too-late read.” -Megan Miranda, New York Times bestselling authorįrom the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Then She Was Gone comes another page-turning look inside one family’s past as buried secrets threaten to come to light. “Rich, dark, and intricately twisted, this enthralling whodunit mixes family saga with domestic noir to brilliantly chilling effect.” -Ruth Ware, New York Times bestselling author A GOOD MORNING AMERICA COVER TO COVER BOOK CLUB PICK ![]() ![]() Struggling to pay for Areum’s medical bills, the family goes on a TV show which documents people with rare medical conditions, raising money through donations. Areum tells stories of his parents’ old friends coming to visit, seeing the newfound age in Daesu and Mira’s faces. He and Mira are thrust into parenthood and, as the water rises, their childhood is left drowning in the now-flooded village. We learn of their first encounter at sixteen years old, their infatuation and their unexpected pregnancy.ĭaesu finds work for a construction company expanding the nearby river to promote tourism. He begins by telling us how his mom, Mira, and his dad, Daesu, met. Areum narrates in verse, “Is sixteen the right age to become a parent? / Is thirty-two the right age to lose a child?” But the gravity of these lines is soon exchanged for a light curiosity as Areum is introduced. The reader knows from the first page how this story will end. ![]() |