![]() Buchanan was raised as a Black woman, who grew up hearing cherished stories of her multi-racial heritage, while simultaneously suffering from everything she (and the rest of her family) didn't know. Beautifully rendered and rippling with family dysfunction, secrets, deaths, drunks, and old resentments, Shonda Buchanan's memoir is an inspiring story that explores her family's legacy of being African Americans with American Indian roots and how they dealt with not just society's ostracization but the consequences of this dual inheritance. ![]() Black Indian, searing and raw, is Amy Tan's The Joy Luck Club and Alice Walker's The Color Purple meets Leslie Marmon Silko's Ceremony-only, this isn't fiction. ![]()
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![]() ![]() ![]() The scope of Lik-Rifa and Ulfrir in the cover arts is massive, and the realism looks downright stunning ![]() Orbit Books and Whinney has created another epic and distinctive cover seller. If you somehow haven’t seen the cover art of The Shadow of the Gods and The Hunger of the Gods, do it now. Before I talk about what worked so well for me in this continuation, it is mandatory for me to give my praises towards the publisher-Orbit Books-and the cover artist: Marcus Whinney. The Hunger of the Gods, the second book in The Bloodsworn Saga, is my second most anticipated books-the first one belongs to The Lost Metal by Brandon Sanderson-of 2022. The Shadow of the Gods was one of the best books released in 2021 for me. So here we are again, another year and another book by John Gwynne, one of my top favorite authors of all time. The Hunger of the Gods tempestuous final chapters have successfully prepared readers for the grand conclusion to come. Published: 14th April 2022 by Orbit (UK) and 12th April 2022 by Orbit (US) Genre: Fantasy, Epic Fantasy, High Fantasy Series: The Bloodsworn Saga (Book #2 of 3) ARC provided by the publisher-Orbit-in exchange for an honest review. ![]() ![]() Some days I still wonder if I’ve found me. Thora wants to perform with him, but when someone like Nikolai attracts the spotlight wherever he goes-Thora fears that she’s destined to be just background to his spellbinding show. But getting closer to Nik means diving deeper into sin city and into his dizzying world. For one, they may be partners in the future-acrobatic partners, that is. ![]() That’s what Nik calls their “non-existent” relationship. When Thora unknowingly walks into the crosshairs of Nikolai’s after-show, her audition process begins way too soon. 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Other notable works by this author include: “Crime and Punishment” (1866), “Notes from the Underground” (1864), and “The Idiot” (1869). Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky (1821 - 1881) was a Russian novelist essayist short story writer journalist and philosopher. Satirical and deeply humorous, this volume is not to be missed by fans and collectors of Dostoevsky's seminal work. “The Crocodile - An Extraordinary Incident” introduces the reader to Dostoevsky's silly side, with an absurd and surreal plot that will have you howling with laughter. ![]() A prolific writer, Dostoevsky produced 11 novels, three novellas, 17 short stories and numerous other works. His literature examines human psychology during the turbulent social, spiritual and political atmosphere of 19th-century Russia, and he is considered one of the greatest psychologists in world literature. 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With meticulous research, the authors have created a fictionalized, intimate portrait of the real-life Belle da Costa Greene, a person you’ve probably never heard of. This is the premise of the recently-published historical novel, “Personal Librarian,” by bestselling authors Marie Benedict and Victoria Christopher Murray. Imagine this young woman is a light-skinned Black American passing herself off as white. Morgan, to hire you as his personal librarian over candidates with stronger credentials. ![]() Imagine being a young woman in the early 1900s with the moxie to convince the American titan of industry and finance, J.P. ![]() Authors: Marie Benedict and Victoria Christopher Murray ![]() ![]() In the end, Nicholas has to decide who he is, but more importantly, who he wants to be: a King…or the man who gets to love Olivia forever. Nicholas grew up with the whole world watching, and now Marriage Watch is in full force. 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Only a handful of the original Greek gods remain, the rest replaced by the mortals who killed them and ascended.Īfter her family's sadistic murder by a rival bloodline, Lore escapes and vows to repay her parents' sacrifice by doing one thing - surviving. For centuries, Zeus has punished the gods with a game called the Agon, which turns them mortal for one week, and at the mercy of being hunted by those with godly ambitions. ![]() ![]() ![]() What is something unique/quirky about you? ![]() ![]() Dancing at Blood Auction Balls and kissing a donor in coat closets under the stairs has Aston confused between joining the uprising she hears rumors about or merely following the life her blood was meant to lead. Free to feel and free to love she is caught between Gannet, a kind facility technician, and Marcus, a sarcastic rebel like herself. 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