![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() WOW! What strength, devotion, and pure soulmate LOVE! We’ve devoured, fallen in love with, and rejoiced while reading every single book in this wonderful series (Netflix if you’re listening……YOU NEED TO BRING THIS STORY TO LIFE!), but this book was like a missing thread, a piece of the tapestry woven into the Royally Series, and we LOVED IT! The love between Prince Edward and Queen Lenora…. The only reason I was able to give love and joy to their lives…is because of you.” “The only reason I know how to love, the only reason there is joy in my life. We love nothing more than to look behind the scenes of our favourite shows/movies, and Royally Remembered was the reading equivalent of that as Emma Chase stripped back some of the precious moments touched on in previous books, showing us how certain events unfolded. “It’s so hard, Lenora,” I whisper into her neck, my face wet with grief. ** wipes buckets of tears off our Kindles** Emma Chase! What have you done to us? We’re sitting here in a flood of tears, after being moved from the first to the last page of this beautiful and highly emotional companion novella that EVERY fan of this series MUST READ! It’s an ESSENTIAL read, and it’s one you need to prepare your hearts for as we get a look behind the curtain of every heartbreaking moment that made the Royal Family of Wessco the compassionate, sweet, funny, and warm people we’ve come to know and love throughout the series. ‘I look up into her face – my beautiful little wife, my queen, the love of my entire existence. ![]()
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![]() Since graduation, she has honed her writing skills by dedicated practice and study of the writing craft. ![]() Purchase an e-copy on Amazon or order a paperback.Īmanda Tero began her love for words at a young age-reading anything she could get her hands on and penning short stories as young as age eight. ![]() Yet as the Valor launches into the depths of the Mediterranean, an inward quest also begins, taking Anath to depths he is not willing to face. I definitely recommend reading it!Īnath has spent three years preparing for the voyage that will end the threat of Leviathan. Along with that, the story had great themes and was completely clean. Since it was a short story, it’s hard to say much without spoiling anything, but it was definitely a fun, fast-paced read. The characters had great story arcs, there was plenty of action, and the story itself had a great message. Quest for Leviathan was based on Job 41, which provided a great basis for the story. ![]() This was such a good short story! I usually don’t read a lot of historical fiction, but I was really able to enjoy this story in spite of that. I’ll be posting the full schedule down below! But first, my review. It was such a fun historical fiction adventure! You can check out the book on Amazon and see more release tour happenings on Amanda Tero’s blog, along with a fun giveaway. Hullo, everyone! I’m so excited to be participating in the release tour for Amanda Tero’s new short story, Quest For Leviathan. ![]() ![]() The Land, like all the books in this award-winning series, is based on the experiences of the Taylor family, bringing historical truth and power to this awe-inspiring story. His story is filled with exciting, sometimes heart-breaking adventures, and what is most amazing, his dream of land-ownership, almost impossible for a black person to accomplish in the post–Civil War South, becomes reality. But at fourteen, Paul-Edward runs away to seek his fortune. ![]() Paul-Edward’s white father sees to it that he and his sister have many of the privileges their white half-brothers enjoy. Though not an unusual heritage, his upbringing is. Born during the Civil War, Paul-Edward is the son of a white plantation owner and a former slave. ![]() The story begins with Paul-Edward Logan, grandfather of Cassie Logan, the beloved protagonist of Newbery Medal–winning Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry. Taylor Narrated by: Allyson Johnson Length: 13 hrs and 5 mins 4.8 (161 ratings) Try for 0.00 Pick 1 title (2 titles for Prime members) from our collection of bestsellers and new releases. ![]() But where did this valuable legacy come from? Taylor - Audiobook - Browse Sample Let the Circle Be Unbroken By: Mildred D. Living in the South in the not-so-distant past, the Logans are the only black family to own farmland, while most of their black neighbors are sharecroppers on white-owned land. Millions of fans have followed the Logan family in their seven-book series. ![]() ![]() ![]() This story is well-written and adds comedy to the romance. And if it proves to be true, he has been ordered to hang her. He is attracted to her, but wonders if he'll live to consummate the marriage as the rumor is she killed her first husband. He is amazed to discover that Lady Ann is young, beautiful and full of fight. ![]() ![]() Their marriage ensures that he will gain control of her lands, but he doesn't want an old wife. He has never seen her and assumes because she is a widow, she is old and ugly. Sir Marcus cannot imagine why he is being forced to marry Lady Ann. Her wedding day starts with her cutting the man who was sent to get her for her wedding and goes downhill from there. Lady Ann is forced into a second marriage she doesn't want to a man she calls "The Beast." The only thing Lady Ann wants is to continue to guard her lands and feed her people when the King orders her to marry. Set in the romantic days of knights, ladies and kings, this story is all action and romance. ![]() ![]() ![]() His neighbor Doa Chana tells him that an ICE raid was conducted at. Twelve-year-old Efrn Nava’s world is turned upside down the day he comes back from school and his mother is nowhere to be found. A young boy must become an adult overnight when his mother is deported. Agent: Deborah Warren, East West Literary. by Ernesto Cisneros RELEASE DATE: March 31, 2020. (Efrén’s burnt-out history teacher shares cautionary tales of past exclusionary practices via Martin Niemöller’s “First they came for the socialists” poem.) If Efrén seems to shoulder burdens beyond his years with alarming maturity, he mirrors many children in this country who are forced to grow up fast. Cisneros layers in stories of other deportees, underlining the importance of taking part in change as he portrays a community rallying around its most vulnerable members. Cisneros tells this urgent story with focus and heart-wrenching realism, especially concerning the ripple effects of family separation, not just at the border but also among those in the U.S. But when his undocumented mother is deported after an ICE raid one afternoon, Efrén must care for his five-year-old siblings, one of whom has a learning disability, while his father works extra hours for funds to bring his mother back from Mexico. At the novel’s start, the Nava family lives a hardworking, loving existence-American-born Efrén, the seventh-grade narrator, is mostly concerned with the upcoming school election. ![]() ![]() immigration policies rip through one Southern California family. ![]() As affecting as it is timely, Cisneros’s debut depicts how draconian U.S. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() He received intensive tutoring and therapy for this from age eight to 16.ĭelany married poet Marilyn Hacker in 1961. Throughout his life, he has experienced extreme dyslexia affecting his writing but not his reading. He enrolled in the City College of New York but did not earn a degree. He was accepted to the Dalton School, an elite, primarily white prep school and later attended the Bronx High School of Science. When Samuel was five years old, his mother accompanied him to the Vassar Summer Institute for the Gifted. His paternal grandfather was Bishop Henry Beard Delany, the first black Bishop of the Episcopal Church. His mother, Margaret Carey Boyd Delany, was a Senior Clerk at the New York Public Library. ![]() His father, Samuel Ray Delany Sr., from Raleigh, North Carolina, owned the Levy & Delany Funeral Home. He has published over 40 works.ĭelany was born on Apin Manhattan, New York. He transformed the field in the 1960s and 1970s with daring and visionary novels. He is the first major African American science fiction writer as well as one of the most influential writers of this genre in the United States. ![]() Delany Jr., “Chip,” is an award-winning African American gay writer, editor, professor, and literary critic. ![]() ![]() To say that something exists means that it is perceived by some mind, whether it is the mind of a human being or of God. ![]() Since these ideas exist only when they are perceived, Berkeley argues, if the mind did not exist to perceive them, the objects-or ideas-would not exist either. ![]() The mind organizes these ideas in a familiar way and perceives something it recognizes. He asserts that first, human minds sense something-an object’s pleasant or unpleasant odor, its soft or prickly surface, its large or small size, and square or round shape. In his Treatise, Berkeley replaces the word “thing” with “idea” to be clear about the nature of its being. ![]() Empiricists believe that all knowledge comes through sensory experiences, and Berkeley takes this idea a step further to assert that when we perceive something, we are actually perceiving our own ideas about that thing. ![]() In Berkeley’s philosophy, a thing in the material world can never be understood in abstract terms because humans can only refer to their prior knowledge of the thing that they are perceiving. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Although, the pace will catch up at the second half of the book. Unfortunately, on the first half of this book, it was a little bit dragging and sometimes I can’t stop my eyelids from drooping because it made me sleepy. I, for one, is a fanatic of that book and that also fueled my desire to read Delirium. Plus, this has been stacked on my TBR list and since I hated cliffhangers, I decided to wait for the release of the last book, which is Requiem, before starting this one.Įxpectations. I have very high expectations for this book since some bloggers levelled it to Hunger Games. So I find it necessary to read so I’ll be able to understand or relate to the show once the series is shown. This has been getting a lot of buzz lately since it’s going to be adapted into a TV Series. ![]() This is a detailed review so read at your own risk. What will happen if they do the unthinkable and fall in love? Review She watched love destroy her mother and isn’t about to make the same mistake.īut with ninety-five days left until her treatment, Lena meets enigmatic Alex, a boy from the “Wilds” who lives under the government’s radar. Living with her aunt, uncle, and cousins in Portland, Maine, Lena Haloway is very much looking forward to being cured and living a safe, predictable life. In an alternate United States, love has been declared a dangerous disease, and the government forces everyone who reaches eighteen to have a procedure called the Cure. ![]() ![]() Im going to be honest, I wasnt really interested in the mystery plot (which didnt really develop until closer to the 60% mark) but I kept reading because the pack dynamics were interesting.Īnother thing that I want to talk about is the use, or lack thereof, of Indigenous folklore. Annas story is particularly heartbreaking but reading her come into her own and realize her own talents kept me going. Their dynamic was really interesting to me. That being said, I did really enjoy getting to know Charles and Anna. Its hard to even keep up with who were following, despite the fact that literally NOTHING is happening but our characters are cuddling in the cold. There are some parts where theres barely anything happening but the book changes POVs four times in one chapter. It felt like a slog to get through at some parts and usually I can churn through books like this in under a day this one took me three. However, all of that strong characterization done at the beginning pretty much falls flat when the plot moved at a snails pace in some parts. It was a very interesting and, I feel, effective way of characterization for the people at the forefront of the story. Were dropped right in the middle of life changing events at the start of the story and at first I really liked how the author created this very complicated web of people and interactions by just forcing the reader in the middle of it. ![]() This book felt like it was trying to do everything and yet nothing at the same time. ![]() ![]() ![]() This book was in my pile of “books I bought that haven’t got the time to read yet” for years. It brought me important reminders along with inspiring stories and ideas. ![]() Starting 2019 with this book was the right thing to do. I didn’t find the motivation I usually had for everything I had been working my whole life for. I won’t get in-depth on this now, but somehow by the end of 2018 I didn’t really know how to even be myself anymore. My mental health became a very evident obstacle, and although I was never really alone, I often felt lonely and like anything I could do in life would just be pointless. I only recommend items and services I've vetted or books I've read - I do not accept money for reviews (meaning I have not been paid to give a positive review).Ģ018 was a very weird year for me. make a purchase) after clicking one of the affiliate links, I'll probably earn a few bucks from it and get myself a coffee (at no extra cost to you!). ![]() There are items and services I use, like, and sometimes write about here at braeuNERD, where you can find affiliate links. ![]() |