![]() ![]() Knowing that her kindhearted uncle could never harm anyone, Katie starts her own investigation of the murder. When a witness says a man fitting Ben’s description was at the scene of the crime, the police make him the prime suspect. Just days before their grand opening, a woman is murdered just outside the bakery – a woman that Katie’s dear Uncle Ben had just argued with. The opportunity to work with her aunt and uncle in their new bakery is too good to pass up. Tired of her unfulfilling job in Ohio, Katie Lightfoot packs up her possessions and heads south to Savannah. With the help of handsome journalist Steve Dawes, charming firefighter Declan McCarthy, and a few spells, Katie and Aunt Lucy stir up some toil and trouble to clear Ben’s name and find the real killer. When a curmudgeonly customer is murdered outside the Honeybee Bakery, Uncle Ben becomes the prime suspect. Turns out these herbal enhancements aren’t just tasty-Aunt Lucy is a witch and her recipes are actually spells! ![]() While working at the Honeybee Bakery-named after Lucy’s cat-Katie notices that her aunt is adding mysterious herbs to her recipes. So when her aunt Lucy and uncle Ben open a bakery in Savannah’s quaint downtown district and ask Katie to join them, she enthusiastically agrees. ![]() ![]() Katie Lightfoot’s tired of loafing around as the assistant manager of an Ohio bakery. ![]()
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![]() Tabitha alone can help the shapeshifting duke, and with her by his side, the Wild Lion of Wales discovers he has something to live for, and to fight for, after all. Exiled to Lowell Hall, its denizens live in fear and suspicion of Alwyn-except for lady apothecary Tabitha Barrington. until they do.Īfter being captured and held captive in a traveling menagerie, lion Shapeshifter Alwyn Ap Lewin, Duke of Llewelyn, refuses to shift into essential self. He spent decades as a captive in a traveling menagerie, and he won’t risk being caged again. Neither intend to make the marriage a real one. Books Susanna Allen Writer The Shapeshifters of the Beau Monde A Duke at the Door Alwyn Ap Lewin, Duke of Llewellyn, swears he’ll never shift into his lion Shape for as long as he lives. ![]() Will Alfred risk the safety of his pack for true love?īear Shapeshifter Arthur, Duke of Osborn and Beatrice, the human widow of a feral lupine versipelles are forced to wed by George, Prince of Wales. There's only one problem: the Honourable Felicity Templeton is human and knows nothing of the versipelles in her midst. A DUKE AT THE DOOR From the Shapeshifters of the Beau Monde series, Vol. Wolf Shapeshifter Alfred, Duke of Lowell has finally found his vera amoris, or fated mate. ![]() Julia Quinn, New York Times bestselling author of the Bridgerton series ![]() ![]() Bronx Masquerade, Dial Books 2002 A novel written in 18 voices, this book celebrates the power of poetry, both as a means of self expression, and as a vehicle for shaping a more cohesive community. by Bryan Collier, S & S, 2008 A picture-book biography of our 44th president, from his childhood to his inauguration. Barack Obama: Son of Promise, Child of Hope, illus. At Jerusalem’s Gate, illustrated by David Frampton, Eerdmans, 2005 The Easter story comes to life in a new series of poems, exploring the story from multiple perspectives of those who were part of the Biblical account. At Break of Day, illustrated by Paul Morin, Eerdmans, 1999 A fresh retelling of the biblical creation story, portrayed as a joint act of Father and Son. ![]() Putnam’s Sons, 2010 In this tale about entitlement, Dyamonde learns the vast difference between want and need, and the importance of sharing what we have with others. ![]() NIKKI GRIMES: BOOK LIST presented in alphabetical order ![]() ![]() ![]() Science fiction, its fans and readers might argue, has been calling our attention to problems that are on the horizon for a long time. So any futures that we’re writing have to include this.” “This is not science fiction anymore this is now. “I had that thing that almost every science fiction writer who is writing something set in the future has to contend with,” says Okorafor by phone from Chicago, referring to how a frequent premise of science fiction - a pandemic - had become a reality. The award-winning author of the Binti trilogy, the Akata series and works such as “Lagoon” and “Who Fears Death,” Okorafor was finishing up edits on “Remote Control” during a COVID-19 lockdown. In her latest work, “Remote Control,” author Nnedi Okorafor notes the 2020 pandemic in passing, referring to it as a moment in history that’s being recalled years later in a fictional future. ![]() ![]() When the two meet in her father's laboratory, their growing bond slowly warms the chill that has settled in each other's hearts. Plus, her father's work as a scientist in the Soviet Space Program grows more secretive by the day. Her best friend has moved to America in a rush, leaving Nina to face the school bullies all by herself. ![]() Nina is a Cold Girl, lonely and full of questions. Distrustful of people, Laika tries to do everything she can to escape. Then, one winter night, she is plucked from her alley to become a starflyer, a dog trained to travel into space. ![]() Laika is a Cold Dog, a stray pup fighting for her life on the streets of Moscow. Based on an incredible true story, Carnegie Medal nominee and New York Times–bestselling author Megan Shepherd crafts a harrowing, propulsive girl-and-her-dog tale that will linger in your heart long after the last page. ![]() ![]() But really, if you want to know about a true math “curse,” you could live with someone, like I do, who watches videos on The WorldWide Center of Math everyday, and regularly comes out into the living room to try to explain to me differential equations or Euler’s formula. To quote the author, this book is “for ages > 6 and < 99.”Įvaluation: Like other books by this team, this one is both adorable and informative. Whimsical, cartoon-like illustrations by Lane Smith complement each page. ‘You know, you can think of almost everything as a science experiment….’” In the end, he finally gets free of the curse, only because math is suddenly no longer a “problem” for him.Īnd life is just great until science class, when Bonus: Can you spell Mississippi without any M&Ms?” Estimate how many M&Ms you would eat if you had to measure the Mississippi River with M&Ms.ģ. Estimate how many M&Ms it would take to measure the length of the Mississippi River.Ģ. ![]() ![]() How many yards in a neighborhood? Haw many inches in a pint? How many feet in my shoes?” Math Curse received Maines Student Book Award, The Texas Bluebonnet Award and New Hampshires The Great Stone Face Book Award in 1997. ![]() ![]() “I take the milk out for my cereal and wonder: Fibonacci tells her students, “You know, you can think of almost everything as a math problem.”Īnd that is exactly what the boy begins to do, in a way that always ends humorously. In this book, the young boy who narrates says he was “cursed” by his math teacher, “Mrs. He is so clever, and manages to turn topics like science and math into pure laugh-out-loud fun, all the while surreptitiously teaching something to his readers. ![]() ![]() ![]() The literary journal Nyugat (Hungarian for "West"), which played an invaluable role in the revitalization of Hungarian literature, was founded in 1908 and Kosztolányi was an early contributor, part of what is often called the "first Nyugat generation", publishing mainly in poetry. In 1936, he died from cancer of the palate. In 1910, his first volume of poems The Complaints of a Poor Little Child brought nationwide success and marked the beginning of a prolific period in which he published a book nearly every year. In 1908, he replaces the poet Endre Ady, who had left for Paris, as a reporter for a Budapest daily. Kosztolányi studied at the University of Budapest, where he met the poets Mihály Babits and Gyula Juhász, and then for a short time in Vienna before quitting and becoming a journalist-a profession he stayed with for the rest of his life. The city serves as a model for the fictional town of Sárszeg, in which he set his novel Skylark as well as The Golden Kite. ![]() Kosztolányi was born in Szabadka (Subotica) in 1885, then part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, but which now lies in northern Serbia. Dezső Kosztolányi was a famous Hungarian poet and prose-writer. ![]() ![]() Maomao isn’t thrilled to be in a higher paying position with more of her pay going back to the kidnappers, but quickly changes her tune when she realises the position means she has more free time to practise medicine again! ![]() Maomao lives her days peacefully, going about her duties, that is until she finds herself solving the mystery behind some of the consorts and their offspring falling ill.Īfterwards, she’s picked up by the head eunuch, Jinshi, who has noticed Maomao’s abilities with medicine and feels she would be better suited to working as a food taster under the Emperor’s favourite consort. The story follows Maomao, a young woman who is trained as an apothecary but is working as a servant in the inner court of the imperial palace (a place where the emperor’s consorts and servants live) after being kidnapped from her home. However things are starting to change for the better there and an early indicator is the new series The Apothecary Diaries, a new manga from Square Enix Manga based on a popular light novel series. When it comes to manga based on light novels it’s unusual to find any that aren’t rooted in the isekai genre. ![]() ![]() His best, in my view, is his first, The Southpaw. Bang the Drum Slowly is slightly sentimental as it concerns the dying catcher Bruce Pearson, a simpleton who calls Wiggen “Arthur” when everyone else calls him “Author” in recognition of his having written a book. To the end, Harris was best known for the 1973 film, Bang the Drum Slowly, for which he also wrote the script, but the reason it made a good and lasting movie (aside from the cast, which included Michael Moriarty, Robert De Niro, and Vincent Gardenia) is also the reason it’s not his best book. Harris wrote four novels from the persona of Henry Wiggen, a pitcher with the New York Mammoths, a team modeled - explicitly in the movies - on the Yankees. I don’t know much more about him, except that he was the second-best writer of baseball fiction ever, so consider him Ted Williams to Ring Lardner‘s Babe Ruth, a not-too-shabby comparison. Don’t be too sad: he was 84 and apparently lived a good life. Mark Harris died last week of complications from Alzheimer’s. Best of Chicago 2022: Sports & Recreation. ![]() ![]() Best of Chicago 2022: Music & Nightlife. ![]() ![]() While I was listening to Rachel I noticed that her advice, or her interviews with other leaders, we’re so much more universal which made it personal to me. I’m obviously not a woman, but I relate to women a lot more than I do to men. She is an advocate for women to unlock the better version of themselves. Rachel Hollis is an advocate for woman empowerment to become leaders. I downloaded a couple of episodes that sounded interesting to me and by the time I got to my parent’s house I was HOOKED! So I found myself just looking at the top podcasts and I found the “Rise” Podcast by Rachel Hollis. If anyone has done the “California to Arizona” drive then you know it is one of the most boring car rides ever. ![]() ![]() Fast forward to a couple of months ago, I was looking for some new podcasts to listen to on the 5 and a half hour drive to visit my parent's house in Arizona. ![]() |