![]() ![]() From "New York Times" bestselling author Aimee Friedman comes an irresistible, inventive novel that takes readers around the world and back again, and asks us what matters more: the journey or the destination. In the end, it might just be the truth she needs the most. What may break her, though, is a terrible family secret, one she can't hide from anywhere. sort by Note: these are all the books on Goodreads for this author. shelved 79,181 times Showing 14 distinct works. ![]() In both summers, she will fall in love and discover new sides of herself. Books by Aimee Friedman (Author of Sea Change) Books by Aimee Friedman Aimee Friedman Average rating 3.59 ![]() In the other, she remains home, in her ordinary suburb, where she expects her ordinary life to continue but nothing is as it seems. In one, she travels to France, where she s dreamed of going: a land of chocolate croissants, handsome boys, and art museums. When Summer Everett makes a split-second decision, her summer divides into two parallel worlds. ANOTHER SUMMER in upstate New York, along familiar roads that lead to surprises. ONE SUMMER in the French countryside, among sun-kissed fields of lavender. ![]()
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![]() ![]() ![]() to keep looking, and to look in places where the FBI didn’t look. Marin understands that the case is growing cold, so she hires a P.I. A year after the kidnapping, she wakes up regularly contemplating suicide, her husband Derek is distant, and the FBI search for her son has yielded no results. Then her son was kidnapped, and the fairytale life came crashing down. ![]() She was a successful businesswoman who ran a well-known chain of salons, she worked on the hair of pop superstars, had married her handsome, caring, and very rich college sweetheart, and she had a lovely son named Sebastian. Her latest novel, Little Secrets, is a superbly written thriller in which these elements coalesce into a taut, heartbreaking narrative that possesses an incredibly tense atmosphere and enough anger to lead to murder. She creates narratives packed with beautiful writing about horrible things, she has an understanding of human nature and psychology that borders on academic, and she understands that in fiction, much as in real life, small things can turn into gigantic problems. The elements that make her one of the best are clear and present in every one of her novels. Jennifer Hillier is one of the best in the business. In Jennifer Hillier’s riveting new thriller, a woman desperately tries to save her marriage in the face of overwhelming tragedy. All it takes to unravel a life is one little secret… ![]() ![]() The topics are numbered, and we ask that you refer to them below by that number to help people find the conversations they are looking for. If you have any issues receiving the Zoom details, please contact us.)įor those of you returning or who might be joining in for #CannonBookClub for the first time (hello new friends!) all are welcome, you don’t have to be registered for CBR1 3. ( *Sign up for the CBR newsletter, Cannon Fodder, to get Zoom connection info. Each of our three books – J udy Blume’s Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing, Douglas Adams’ The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, and Claribel Ortega’s Ghost Squad – have their own Discussion Posts and don’t forget, we’ll be having our first ever Zoom* Book Club on Saturday May 22 at 7 pm EDT. ![]() ![]() Welcome to our Young at Heart book club! This go round we’ve selected three books that reminded us of childhood in order to hopefully have a bit of lighthearted nostalgia. ![]() ![]() Epic Collection: The New Republic Vol. ![]() ![]() Heir to the Empire: The 20th Anniversary Edition Ĭollected issues: The Thrawn Trilogy hardcover
![]() ![]() “Success is the product of daily habits-not once-in-a-lifetime transformations.” (Includes exercises not found in the post.)Ītomic Habits Summary Chapter 1: The Surprising Power of Tiny Habits Environment is the invisible hand that shapes human behavior.Įnter your email below, and I’ll send you a free PDF summary of Atomic Habits. ![]() They are (1) make it obvious, (2) make it attractive, (3) make it easy, and (4) make it satisfying. The Four Laws of Behavior Change are a simple set of rules we can use to build better habits.The most effective way to change your habits is to focus not on what you want to achieve, but on who you wish to become.If you want better results, then forget about setting goals.Habits are the compound interest of self-improvement.Changes that seem small and unimportant at first will compound into remarkable results if you’re willing to stick with them for years.Bad habits repeat themselves again and again not because you don’t want to change, but because you have the wrong system for change.An atomic habit is a regular practice or routine that is not only small and easy to do but is also the source of incredible power a component of the system of compound growth. ![]() ![]() ![]() Those journeys culminate this week with the release of True Norwegian Black Metal, a large-format coffee-table book of Beste’s photos, released by Vice Books. Houston-born Peter Beste, though, has taken it seriously for the last six years, making several trips to Norway to document the black-metal scene from the point of view of both photojournalist and fan. They take themselves so seriously that my nature prevents me from doing the same. ![]() And while the current crop of musicians has thankfully toned it down, many still engage in Satanism, self-mutilation, and the examination of incredibly dark subject matter. ![]() In the early ’90s, the group nabbed its fair share of headlines with grisly tales of violence, church burnings, suicide, and murder. Little wonder, then, that it was the anti-Christian cultural misfits of that country that fully realized the potential of black metal-the most sinister subculture of an already grim genre. Norway offers seasonal stretches of little to no sunlight stark, rocky landscapes and a religious bent that until a few years ago immediately delivered its newly born citizens into the church. ![]() ![]() ![]() Then a raging storm descends, the power goes out-and the real terror begins…Īmazon | Barnes & Noble | Google Play | Kobo | Apple Books | Indiebound | Indigo | Audible | Goodreads Discussion Questions And one troubling shadow hanging over Claire’s otherwise blissful relationship-the strange mystery surrounding Jack’s first wife. There are other, newer disturbances, too. In the majestic cliff-top villa owned by the wealthy Compton family, up-and-coming artist Claire Hunter will marry handsome, charming Jack Compton, surrounded by close family, intimate friends…and a host of dark secrets.įrom the moment Claire sets foot on the island, something seems amiss. ![]() Jutting from sparkling turquoise waters off the Italian coast, Isle Isola is an idyllic setting for a wedding. Ellison’s breathtaking new novel invites you to a wedding none will forget-and some won’t survive. Fast-paced and brilliantly unpredictable, J.T. ![]() ![]() ![]() You will be addressed in the second person, in keeping with the conventions of the choose-your-adventure form, blending you with the narrator, and conferring upon you a god-like omnipotence. ![]() After steamily copulating with Mephistopheles, the narrator receives a magic pair of sparkly red high heels that will take her anywhere she likes, with a note: “Their owner was a witch, but she is long dead.” She wakes to find herself in New York City, about to board a plane to Berlin or Amsterdam or Zagreb. ![]() And what a debut it is: an ingenious choose-your-own-adventure challenge, it is at least five books in one, a series of forking paths as imagined by Leibniz, Borges or Deleuze. The Wandering is the Indonesian writer Intan Paramaditha’s first novel (her first story collection to appear in English, Apple & Knife, came out in 2018). ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Her friends are troubled, from warrior Ryko’s fear that Eona can now control his mind to Lady Dela’s anguish that the needs of the rebellion are forcing her to travel disguised as a man, growing a beard in her hated male body. Now Eona must learn to manage her own dragon, and she can't do it without help from power-mad Ido. In Eon (2008), ten of the twelve Dragoneyes were killed, leaving only Eon and evil Lord Ido controlling spirit dragons that protect the empire. Eona, now openly living as a girl, has joined the rebellion to put the rightful emperor on the throne. Eona the Dragoneye must save the world by controlling her spirit dragon, resisting evil impulses and making sure she doesn't fall for the wrong guy. ![]() It's always nice to see fantasylands outside the usual Western Europe–inspired model, and this dulogy’s faux-China is no exception (despite the white girl on the U.S. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Deathstroke, Blackout (Farooq) (Introduction), FREDDY Freeman, Hawkman, David Singh, Godiva, Canterbury Cricket, Batman (Bruce Wayne), Darla Dudley, Outsider (Michael Desai), Aquaman, Batman (Thomas Wayne), Outsider, Impulse (Iris West), Ocean Master, Enchantress, Flash (Wally West), Wonder Woman (Diana Prince), Secret Seven, Forrest, Hector, Tawky Tawny, Abin Sur, Clayface, Green Lantern (Hal Jordan), Nora Allen (Also in Flashback), Martian Manhunter, Reverse-Flash Professor Zoom, Eugene, Lois Lane, Reverse-Flash, Kal-El, Mary Batson, Citizen Cold, MAX Mercury, Pied Piper, Electric Eel, Mera, Eugene Choi, Darla, James Forrest, Shade the Changing Man, Yo-Yo (Introduction), Captain Marvel, Element Woman (Emily Sung), Steve Trevor, Pedro Peña, Superman (Clark Kent), Blackout (Farooq Amar), Flash, Mrs. ![]() |