Not that he could complain about what critics and readers thought. Novels like “Julia” (1975) and “Ghost Story” (1979) helped revivify a once-creaking field, even though he insisted that his work transcended categorization and that he wrote how he wanted, only to watch readers and critics pigeonhole him as a horror novelist. Straub was both a master of his genre and an anxious occupant of it. His death, at Columbia University Irving Medical Center, was caused by complications after breaking a hip, his wife, Susan Straub, said. Peter Straub, whose literary novels of terror, mystery and the supernatural placed him in the top ranks of the horror-fiction boom of the 1970s and ’80s, alongside writers like Ira Levin, Anne Rice and his close friend and collaborator Stephen King, died on Sunday in Manhattan.
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I truly feel for her ghostwriter, Jon Warech. Here’s the deal: Jodie Sweetin obviously wrote very little of this book. Hers is not a story of success or defeat, but of facing your demons, finding yourself, and telling the whole truth- unSweetined. With resilience, charm, and humor, she writes candidly about taking each day at a time. Finally, becoming a mother gave her the determination and the courage to get sober. In this deeply personal, utterly raw, and ultimately inspiring memoir, Jodie comes clean about the double life she led-the crippling identity crisis, the hidden anguish of juggling a regular childhood with her Hollywood life, and the vicious cycle of abuse and recovery that led to a relapse even as she wrote this book. The harrowing battle she swore she had won was really just beginning. Even then, she kept a painful secret-one that could not be solved in thirty minutes with a hug, a stern talking-to, or a bowl of ice cream around the family table. Her ups and downs seemed not so different from our own, but more than a decade after the popular television show ended, the star publicly revealed her shocking recovery from methamphetamine addiction. Jodie Sweetin melted our hearts and made us laugh for eight years as cherub-faced, goody-two-shoes middle child Stephanie Tanner. Ever read the story of Adam and Eve? Or Noah and the flood? Or Moses and the Ten Commandments? If not, spare yourself about ten minutes and give it a go. The reason why Goodnight Moon prevails and persists even in the age of parody, ironic and vicious satire is the very same reason why the Old Testament has always been one of the best-selling books of all time. No, that’s not the answer although it does fit. What could possibly account for its almost semi-mystical appeal across generations, skin color, economic status and intellectual levels of its demographic? Simplicity itself. Such a phenomenon, in fact, that one need not even preface that assertion with the disclaimer, “for a work of children’s literature.” The small, colorful book is by this point as much a necessity for new parents as Dr. Love it or hate it or even if you have never heard of it, Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown is a certifiable publishing phenomenon. We are thankful for their contributions and encourage you to make your own. These notes were contributed by members of the GradeSaver community. For not all the Blood await her as a savior. But Jaenelle, the young girl prophecy spoke of, is haunted by the cruel battles fought over her future power. The Blood have waited centuries for the coming of Witch, the living embodiment of magic. And so begins a ruthless game of politics and intrigue, magic and betrayal, where the weapons are hate and love–and the prize could be terrible beyond imagining. And they know the power that hides behind the blue eyes of an innocent young girl. Whoever controls the Queen controls the Darkness. But she is still young, still open to influence–and corruption. Now the Dark Kingdom readies itself for the arrival of its Queen, a Witch who will wield more power than even the High Lord of Hell himself. Seven hundred years ago, a Black Widow witch saw an ancient prophecy come to life in her dazzling web of dreams and visions. **The characters in The Shadow Queen and Shalador’s Lady are connected to the main characters in The Invisible Ring. *The Invisible Ring is a standalone novel which could be read before or after the trilogy. Shalador’s Lady** (sequel to The Shadow Queen) The suggested reading order from Anne Bishop’s website: We are DARING YOU TO READ: The Black Jewels TrilogyĭONT FORGET OUR INTERVIEW WITH – ANNE BISHOP- Wednesday March 14, 2012 Friday March 9, 2012, The Reading Cafe begins a week long tribute to the fabulous author ANNE BISHOP. THE BLACK JEWELS TRILOGY by Anne Bishop-Daring You to ReadĮvery Thursday, Tynga at Tynga’s Reviews host DARING YOU TO READ. What did Ava see and what does she know? Why hasn’t she said anything to Goldie about the death? Worse-what did Ava do?īut asking questions offers no answers, only broken bonds of lifelong friendship, with hidden danger and betrayals deeper than Goldie ever imagined. She is the former op-ed editor at Cosmopolitan magazine, and was part of the 2017 team that won a National Magazine Award in personal service. She also knows that Ava was at the lake that same night. Jessica Goodman is the New York Times bestselling author of young adult thrillers They Wish they Were Us, They’ll Never Catch Us, The Counselors, and The Legacies. When a teen turns up dead in the lake late one night, she knows that the death couldn’t have been an accident. Because Goldie has a terrible dark secret she’s been keeping and she is more in need of the comfort than ever.īut Goldie’s not the only person at camp who has been lying. Goldie's one of them.Įven with her "townie" background, Goldie has never felt more at home at camp and now she’s back as a counselor, desperate for summer to start and her best friends, Ava and Imogen, to arrive. Few Roxwood locals, though, get to reap the rewards of living so close to the glam summer that camp, with its five-figure tuition and rich kids who have been dumped there for eight weeks by their powerful parents. Alpine Lake provides jobs, money and prestige to the region. The camp is the lifeline of Roxwood, the small town she lives in. She’s always had a special connection to the place, even before she was old enough to attend. From New York Times bestselling author Jessica Goodman comes a twisty new thriller about three best friends, one elite summer camp, and the dark secrets that lead to a body in the lake.Ĭamp Alpine Lake is the only place where Goldie Easton feels safe. "A must-read for anyone seeking to navigate the fault lines of our polarized moment" Ward's experience and reflections will resonate with many readers who grew up in the evangelical movement as well as all those who have an interest in the health of the church and its impact on American life. He shares his search for a faith that embodies the values he was taught as a child. He recounts his growing alarm and grief over the last several years as evangelical conservatives attacked truth, rejected personal character, and embraced authoritarianism and conspiracism. Ward sheds light on the evangelical movement's troubling political and cultural dimensions, tracing the ways in which the Jesus People movement was seduced by materialism and other factors to become politically captive rather than prophetic.Ī respected journalist, Ward asks uncomfortable but necessary questions, calling those inside and outside conservative Christian circles to embrace truth, complexity, and nuance. In Testimony, Ward tells the engaging story of his upbringing in, and eventual break from, an influential evangelical church in the 1980s and 1990s. Jon Ward's life is divided in half: two decades inside the evangelical Christian bubble and two decades outside of it. "Ward is consistently clear-sighted and perceptive as he charts a genuinely fascinating personal and spiritual evolution."- Publishers Weekly Logos Research Subscription for Schools. For seventeen years the Guild of Saint Peter has done its best to hide orphan Rose, a key player in the centuries-old Heart Blade prophecy. Now, pressured to make her first kill and seal her demon nature forever, she flees her pack and forges a dangerous partnership with young angel-blood Ash.īut Del isn’t the only one on the run from the demons. Teenage half-demon Del Raven wears a promise in scarred letters upon her skin. It hurt every bit as much as she thought it would, but she gritted her teeth and kept carving. Working frantically, she dug the knife into her arm. “Not this time,” the demon answered from the shadows that pooled between one streetlight and another. She came to a dead end and the demon laughed. Behind her, the demon advanced, never hurrying, steady, sure of its prey. She ran along the dark alley, heart thumping and feet scuffing the ground. Heart Blade will be released on February 14 th, 2017. Heart Blade, Book 1 of the Blade Hunt Chronicles, is the debut young adult novel by Juliana Spink Mills. That is, until a new boy moves in next door and makes her realize there may be more to her small sleepy town than anyone realizes. She is living with her father, making music with her two best friends, and trying to ignore that past that still haunts her. “The energy flows over me, fills me, and none of it feels tainted, contaminated by the darkness of my mother’s mistakes.”Īngie Dovage lives in a small town in southwest Pennsylvania and is counting down the days of her senior year of high school, so she can finally graduate and escape the small town that won’t let her forget her childhood. (And I mean that mashup in the best way possible!) □□: And check out the rest of the reviews, interviews, and more from this blog tour Here!īlack Bird of the Gallows is a debut standalone paranormal YA romance that reads like a mixture of Candyman meets The Birds meets Twilight. □□: Three people can also win a Black Bird of the Gallows canvas tote bag (11“x14”) which includes a custom made crow pendant and ball chain, bookmark and stickers, $10 Amazon Gift Card (INT) Enter to win Here! □□: You can win an exclusive Book Nerd T-Shirt by being one of the first 100 people to leave a review of Black Bird of the Gallows by Meg Kassel on Amazon! Enter to win Here! ARC provided by the publisher via Netgalley in exchange for an honest review. To put the figure of 1.7 million into perspective, consider that it is roughly equal to the population of Houston, Texas, the fourth-largest city in the nation, and more than twice that of San Francisco. Adding in local jails brings the total to nearly 1.7 million. The prison population, in short, has nearly sextupled in the course of twenty-five years. By the end of 1996 we were approaching 1.2 million. In 1971 there were fewer than 200,000 inmates in our state and federal prisons. But what we have witnessed in the past quarter century is nothing less than a revolution in our justice system-a transformation unprecedented in our own history, or in that of any other industrial democracy. A huge and constantly expanding penal system seems to us like a normal and inevitable feature of modem life. Just as violent crime has become part of the accepted backdrop of life in the United States, so too has the growth of the system we’ve established to contain it. Morris hides the money and the notebooks, and then he is locked away for another crime. Morris kills Rothstein and empties his safe of cash, yes, but the real treasure is a trove of notebooks containing at least one more Gold novel. Morris Bellamy is livid, not just because Rothstein has stopped providing books, but because the nonconformist Jimmy Gold has sold out for a career in advertising. The genius is John Rothstein, an iconic author who created a famous character, Jimmy Gold, but who hasn’t published a book for decades. So begins Stephen’s megasuspenseful story about a vengeful reader. Mercedes, winner of the 2015 Edgar Award for Best Novel. Starring the same trio of unlikely and winning heroes Stephen introduced in Mr. A masterful, intensely suspenseful novel about a reader whose obsession with a reclusive writer goes far too far - a book about the power of storytelling from a master storyteller. |