Off campus the deal5/28/2023 TW: Rape (mentions throughout + flashback scene), domestic violence/abuse Updated my review because it was very long and I criticized things that in hindsight aren't as big a deal Now he just has to convince Hannah that the man she wants looks a lot like him. But when one unexpected kiss leads to the wildest sex of both their lives, it doesn't take long for Garrett to realize that pretend isn't going to cut it. If helping a sarcastic brunette make another guy jealous will help him secure his position on the team, he's all for it. even if it means tutoring the annoying, childish, cocky captain of the hockey team in exchange for a pretend date.Īll Garrett Graham has ever wanted is to play professional hockey after graduation, but his plummeting GPA is threatening everything he's worked so hard for. If she wants to get her crush's attention, she'll have to step out of her comfort zone and make him take notice. But while she might be confident in every other area of her life, she's carting around a full set of baggage when it comes to sex and seduction. Hannah Wells has finally found someone who turns her on. She's about to make a deal with the college bad boy. An alternative cover edition can be found here.
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Capitalist realism zero books5/28/2023 The lockdown measures instituted during the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic resulted in a moment of restricted human activity and mobility that researchers have called the ‘anthropause’. The commentary employs a posthumanist lens to critique the recent anthropocentric media coverage, highlighting the ways in which it reproduces the dualist logic of neoliberal capitalism and deflects attention to the human and nonhuman relations that have always existed in contexts of sport and human physicality. Such media discourses bypass an opportunity to consider the longstanding entanglements of human and nonhuman actors in sporting contexts, rethink sport through environmental and nonhuman perspectives, and, ultimately, advance more progressive, democratic politics. As a result, media consumers learn about human interest stories associated with consumer demand and industry adaptation: stories that renormalize, rather than question, the sports industry in its current and hegemonic form. unforeseen “hiatus” in the sports industry. The authors argued that the coverage promotes anthropocentric narratives by framing the pandemic as an external force causing a temporary and. This commentary highlights a recent trend of anthropocentrism (a focus on human-centered interests and activities) in the media coverage in the United States and Europe on the disruption of the contemporary sports industry caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. Goodbye things by fumio sasaki5/28/2023 The quintessential energy that drives us is the desire to be happy When you get down to it, we’re all just looking for happiness.Minimalist version of this book’s message: there’s happiness in having less, that’s why it’s time to say goodbye to all of our extra things.Doing away with excess so we can focus on the things that are truly important to us.
Douglas stuart mungo5/27/2023 Imbuing the everyday world of its characters with rich lyricism and giving full voice to people rarely acknowledged in literary fiction, Douglas Stuart's Young Mungo is a gripping and revealing story about the bounds of masculinity, the push and pull of family, the violence faced by so many queer people, and the dangers of loving someone too much. When Mungo's mother sends him on a fishing trip to a loch in Western Scotland with two strange men whose drunken banter belies murky pasts, he will need to summon all his inner strength and courage to get back to a place of safety, a place where he and James might still have a future. Stories in newyorker Manhattan, NY Joined February 2019 1,418 Following 27.2K Followers Replies Media Pinned Tweet Douglas Stuart DougDStuart Some news. But the threat of discovery is constant and the punishment unspeakable. Douglas Stuart (DougDStuart) / Twitter Follow Douglas Stuart DougDStuart YOUNG MUNGO // SHUGGIE BAIN. As they find themselves falling in love, they dream of escaping the grey city, and Mungo works especially hard to hide his true self from all those around him, especially from his elder brother Hamish, a local gang leader with a brutal reputation to uphold. They should be sworn enemies if they're to be seen as men at all, and yet they become best friends as they find a sanctuary in the pigeon dovecote that James has built for his prize racing birds. Born under different stars, Protestant Mungo and Catholic James live in the hyper-masculine and violently sectarian world of Glasgow's housing estates. From the Booker-prizewinning author of Shuggie Bain, Douglas Stuart, an extraordinary, page-turning second novel, a vivid portrayal of working-class life and a highly suspenseful story of the dangerous first love of two young men: Mungo and James. Book verity5/27/2023 She purposely took Crew and Harper out on a canoe, caused it to capsize and then only saved Crew. Verity then admits to murdering Harper six months later. Chastin and Harper had been at a sleepover together when it happened. When Chastin is 8, she ends up dead from her peanut allergy. Verity also admits to loving one of her daughters ( Chastin) more than the other ( Harper), and she has a dream that Harper will someday kill Chastin. In the manuscript, Verity describes resenting her daughters because Jeremy loves them more than her. In Verity's office, Lowen also discovers an autobiographical manuscript that Verity wrote that reveals Verity's dark nature. Lowen starts to read Verity's book series called The Noble Virtues, which are all written from an antagonist's point of view. Strange occurrences also make Lowen suspect that Verity is faking her medical condition. Lowen quickly finds herself attracted to and falling for Jeremy. Verity's husband, Jeremy, and young son Crew also live there. Lowen moves into the Crawford house to go over Verity's notes, where Verity is being cared for by her nurse, April. The accident happened soon after the deaths of Verity's two twin daughters. The original author, Verity Crawford, was in an accident a short while ago and is now alive, but unresponsive. Lowen Ashleigh is offered a job completing the last three novels of a popular book series. With the release of Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. Many other projects, such as the return of Blade, the vampire hunter, are also in development. Not taking its foot off the gas, Marvel plans to release at least 20 more projects by the end of 2026, including two more Avengers outings. Films like Eternalsand Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madnessexpanded the universe even further and sent fans into theory madness, while Disney+ made space for more unorthodox heroes such as Moon Knight and a new Hawkeye to shine. Marvel, and witnessed the first billion-dollar film of the pandemic with Spider-Man: No Way Home. Marvel achieved its first Emmy-nominated series with WandaVision, welcomed its first Muslim superhero with Ms. It made perfect sense that Marvel's big return following pandemic-induced filming delays and the creation of Disney+'s streaming service would see the explosion of the multiverse-an endless realm of possibilities wherein the most popular experiments would pave the way forward for the future of the MCU. Changeling by william ritter5/27/2023 To renew it, goblins must perform an ancient ritual involving the rarest of their kinda newborn changeling. Adam Gidwitz, author of the New York Times bestseller A Tale Dark and Grimm** **The first book in an action-packed fantasy adventure series featuringwitches, shape-shifters, and other creatures of fairytale and folklore, including two brothersone human and one a goblin changelingon a life-changing quest into the Oddmire.įunny, exciting, and ultimately epic. Tinn and Cole are raised as human twins, neither knowing what. Too perfectly: Kull cannot tell them apart, so he leaves both babies behind. By the time he turns back, the changeling has already perfectly mimicked the human child. After laying the changeling in a human infant's crib, the goblin Kull is briefly distracted. But when the night arrives to trade a human baby for a goblin one, something goes terribly wrong. To renew it, goblins must perform an ancient ritual involving the rarest of their kind-a newborn changeling. A captivating series opener." -Booklist, starred review Magic is fading from the Wild Wood. I can't wait for the next one." -Adam Gidwitz, author of the New York Times bestseller A Tale Dark and Grimm"Set in a magical world filled with incredible creatures from folklore, this fast-paced fantasy will keep readers turning the pages. The book the wife upstairs5/27/2023 With delicious suspense, incisive wit, and a fresh, feminist sensibility, The Wife Upstairs flips the script on a timeless tale of forbidden romance, ill-advised attraction, and a wife who just won’t stay buried. How can she, plain Jane, ever measure up? And can she win Eddie’s heart before her past––or his––catches up to her? Yet as Jane and Eddie fall for each other, Jane is increasingly haunted by the legend of Bea, an ambitious beauty with a rags-to-riches origin story, who launched a wildly successful southern lifestyle brand. Jane can’t help but see an opportunity in Eddie––not only is he rich, brooding, and handsome, he could also offer her the kind of protection she’s always yearned for. His wife, Bea, drowned in a boating accident with her best friend, their bodies lost to the deep. Recently widowed, Eddie is Thornfield Estates’ most mysterious resident. Where no one will think to ask if Jane is her real name.īut her luck changes when she meets Eddie Rochester. The kind of place where no one will notice if Jane lifts the discarded tchotchkes and jewelry off the side tables of her well-heeled clients. Newly arrived to Birmingham, Alabama, Jane is a broke dog-walker in Thornfield Estates––a gated community full of McMansions, shiny SUVs, and bored housewives. A delicious twist on a Gothic classic, The Wife Upstairs pairs Southern charm with atmospheric domestic suspense, perfect for fans of B.A. A force that absolutely will not stop until she is dead. Sent by the darkest force in the universe. But no one can outrun their past, and the more lies that swirl around her-even from her new and trusted friends-the more disoriented she becomes, until she is confronted by a man who claims to have been sent to kill her. He stays close, and she almost feels safe with him around. Her saving grace comes in the form of a new friend she feels she can confide in and the fry cook, a devastatingly handsome man whose smile is breathtaking and touch is scalding. A force that wants to cause her harm, she is sure of it. Things they hide with lies and half-truths. Stranger still are the people entering her life. So when she is working at a diner and slowly begins to realize she can see dead people, she's more than a little taken aback. "In a small village in New York Charley Davidson is living as Jane Doe, a girl with no memory of who she is or where she came from. Captive jex lane read online5/27/2023 If it’s the Max/Bryan dynamic you’re after, then try A Beginner’s Guide to Wooing Your Mate. I started with (and loved) Treasure for Treasure, and I am so NOT a dragon shifter person. You’ll probably end up reading them all anyway. You do not have to read this series in order at all, just pick and choose whichever blurb interests you. Beautifully written with gentle HEAs, understated but lovely sex scenes. These books are so sweet and poignant, with prevailing themes of loneliness and cultural (usually human-to-fae) misunderstandings. (Cooper is slowly rolling out new and BETTER covers.) Please please please just ignore the horrible cover art. Ready? Love The San Andreas Shifters? Try… 1. In the interim, I’ve put together this list of authors I absolutely love who write m/m fantasy, urban fantasy, and paranormal romance. The second book, The Omega Objection is out now, with more to follow. If you have, as always, I’d adore a review. I’m hoping by now you’ve had a chance to read my latest book, The Sumage Solution. |