But when strange events begin to take place around the theatre, Jenny wonders whether the rumours are true and fears that when the muse comes calling for payment, the cost will be too high. On stage, it's as though Lilith is possessed by the characters she plays, yet off stage she is as tragic as the muse who inspires her, and Jenny, sorry for her, befriends the troubled actress. What Jenny finds is a woman as astonishing in her performance as she is provocative in her nature. Suspicious of Lilith, the jealous wife of the theatre owner sends dresser Jenny to spy on her, and, desperate for the money to help her family, Jenny agrees. It is said that the lead actress Lilith has made a pact with Melpomene, the tragic muse of Greek mythology, to become the greatest actress to ever grace the stage. Be careful what you wish for it may just come true.Īt The Mercury Theatre in London's West End, rumours are circulating of a curse. From the Sunday Times bestselling author comes a gripping tale of obsession, superstition and ambition, set against the atmospheric backdrop of Victorian London.
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it doesn’t help that Catherine also intrudes in David’s writing and wants to change the narrative of his stories to reflect their life. Catherine then decides that she wants to change her gender and she does so by changing her hairstyle and wearing clothing associated with males (do remember the book was written in 1946) David, does not like this change and it creates a rift in their relationship. As my reads are chosen by picking titles out of a jar, I expected to read it well into 2024 but it came up so, well, I read it.ĭavid, an author and Catherine are newlyweds spending their ‘honeymoon’ in France. My reason for reading it was because later on this year Weatherglass Books will be publishing a novel based on Garden of Eden so I wanted to read the book beforehand. The garden of Eden is Ernest Hemingway’s last book published posthumously in 1986 thihs book surprised a lot of people for the reasons I’ll give below. I’ve listened to longer, but there’s always a commitment with books that are more than seven or eight hours. This audio book clocks out at just over 14 hours. To read Marc’s ebook review of Vespertine, click here. When they come face to face again, they must choose between the past’s lingering ghosts or the promise of a new future.īuy Links: Audible | Amazon | Add it to GoodReads Jasper and Nicky’s careers have ruled their lives since they parted as teens. When Vespertine is forced to get sober, Nicky returns home to where it all started. Numbed by drugs and fueled by simmering anger, Nicky feels completely alone. He and his bandmates have toured the world, lighting their fans on fire with their music. Respected, admired, and settled in his skin, Jasper has long ignored his loneliness.Īs Nico Blue, guitarist and songwriter for the band Vespertine, Nicky owns the hearts of millions. He’s determined to bring change to the church and the world. Today, Jasper pushes boundaries as an out, gay priest, working hard to help vulnerable LGBTQ youth. Left floundering, Nicky followed his own trajectory into rock stardom, but he never stopped looking back. They spent several idyllic months together until Jasper’s calling to the Catholic priesthood became impossible to ignore. Seventeen years ago, Jasper Hendricks and Nicholas Blumfeld’s childhood friendship turned into a secret, blissful love affair. Can a priest and a rock star obey love’s call? It seems as though only Darling’s daring to find the ghost will save the day–except Darling herself is widely out of favor! The rest of the castle isn’t buying it, and things turn sour as servant turns against servant and the princess becomes suspicious of everyone. This book takes on a more serious tone, as items begin to go missing in the castle, and Darling and her friend Roger believe it may be the work of a ghost. ReviewĪlthough Ghost of a Chance doesn’t have quite the same amount of whimsy and charm as the first book in the series, If the Magic Fits: 100 Dresses, I enjoyed continuing to read about the adventures of Darling Dimple, her magical wardrobe of dresses, and the secrets of the castle her ancestors helped build. Could the culprit be a spirit? Can Darling and Roger get to the bottom of it all? With the help of the one hundred dresses, there just might be a ghost of a chance. Then Darling and her friend Roger think they spot a ghost roaming the halls. A thief is on the loose! Someone is causing an uproar among the servants-moving things around, stealing clothes from the laundry, and even pocketing Princess Mariposa’s jewels. It turns out that Darling needs disguises. Inside an enchanted castle, there’s a closet-a closet with one hundred magical dresses that only Darling Dimple can wear. …It has more emotional ballast and is more skillfully written than what one customarily finds. Shapiro makes the radical, varied, and sometimes enigmatic world of abstract expressionism altogether human and accessible in her smart new historical thriller. Do they hold answers to the questions surrounding her missing aunt? And, some seventy years later, not her great-niece, Danielle Abrams, who while working at Christie’s auction house uncovers enigmatic paintings hidden behind works by those now-famous Abstract Expressionist artists. Not her close-knit group of friends, including Mark Rothko, Jackson Pollock, and Lee Krasner. Not her artistic patron and political compatriot, Eleanor Roosevelt. Not her Jewish family living in German-occupied France. When Alizée Benoit, an American painter working for the Works Progress Administration (WPA), vanishes in New York City in 1940, no one knows what happened to her. Now, she’s back with another thrilling tale from the art world.” - Entertainment Weekly Shapiro captivated us in 2012 with her ‘addictive’ novel The Art Forger. Like The Art Forger, this new story takes us into the heart of what it means to be an artist.” - The Washington Post Shapiro's new novel, Metropolis, available now! So when she receives a tender email from the typically monosyllabic hunk, she's not sure what to make of it.įaire returns to Willow Creek, and Stacey comes face-to-face with the man with whom she’s exchanged hundreds of online messages over the past nine months. While Dex is easy on the eyes onstage with his band The Dueling Kilts, Stacey has never felt an emotional connection with him. When Stacey imagined "The One," it never occurred to her that her summertime Faire fling, Dex MacLean, might fit the bill. Stacey vows to have her life figured out by the time her friends get hitched at Faire next summer. She knew she was putting her life on hold when she stayed in Willow Creek to care for her sick mother, but it's been years now, and even though Stacey loves spending her summers pouring drinks and flirting with patrons at the local Renaissance Faire, she wants more out of life. Stacey is jolted when her friends Simon and Emily get engaged. I may be doing everything in my power to stay away from him, but there is no one in the world who can say no to the future King of France. I’m given strict orders not to talk to him, not to even look in his direction, but he makes this an impossible task. No reason at all to even think he was there. This time, there is no partying, no noise, no crowds. Like all the summers I’d been gone, Prince Elias is back, but this time with an incognito security detail and no friends. I hadn’t been home in years, but when I finally come back for the summer, I see that not much has changed. Anything to keep me away from the royals and their partying. If you had any ties to Marbella, it was impossible for you not to have heard the stories about Prince Elias and his debauchery.Įvery summer he arrived with his security detail and friends in tow and rented out a row of cottages near the water.Įach of those summers, my parents sent me away – summer camp and later, boarding school. Tepper was proof that it’s never too late to begin and it’s never too late to become a giant in the field. In 2015 she received a World Fantasy life achievement award. Over the years, they were shortlisted for a number of awards, including the Hugo, the Tiptree, the Locus, the Edgar, the Clarke, and the Campbell Memorial Awards. (Not to mention a number of pamphlets written for Planned Parenthood, including ‘So You Don’t Want to be a Sex Object’ and ‘So Your Happily Ever After Isn’t.’) Her works in mystery, horror, science fiction, and fantasy explored ecology, feminism, religion, family, and politics. She went on to publish more than thirty books, including novels, short story collections, children’s stories, and poetry. Tepper was also one of my favorite examples of ‘you don’t have to be published at twenty-five to be a success.’ Her first novel was published when she was 54. She was with Rocky Mountain Planned Parenthood for over twenty years, eventually taking up the Executive Director position before leaving to write full time. Tepper (19292016) is the award-winning author of A Plague of Angels, Sideshow, Beauty, Raising the Stones, Grass, The Gate to Women's Country, After Long Silence, and Shadow's End. As a young single mother she worked for international relief agency CARE. I’ve always admired Tepper’s work, but she was just as admirable a person as she was a writer. Losing a great writer is always difficult, but it’s even more heartbreaking when they’re an underappreciated master of their genre. Tepper passed away on October 22 at the age of 87. Locus Magazine recently shared that Sheri S. The recommended Goosebumps reading level is for Year 4/ 3rd Grade upwards, but plenty of adults and teens also love the books. The books are scary but not violent, with plenty of twists and lots of humour too, and so can be enjoyed by thrill-seeking readers aged 8+. There are now over 60 Goosebumps books in the original series, now largely out of print, several spin-off Goosebumps series, including the popular Tales to Give you Goosebumps, as well as two movies starring Jack Black as RL Stine.Įach tale of terror features a different child or children in a scary situation, often with supernatural characters or monsters to contend with. The books by RL Stine have sold hundreds of millions of copies since publication of the first Goosebumps book, Welcome to Dead House, in 1992. Goosebumps is a much-loved children’s horror series from the 1990s. It records the adventures of the amiable Parson Yorick, as he sets off on his travels through France and Italy, relishing his encounters with all manner of men and women-particularly the pretty ones. 'A Sentimental Journey' is a novel without a plot, a journey without a destination. Interweaving sharp wit with warm humour, irony with sentiment, A Sentimental Journey paints a captivating picture of an Englishman's adventures abroad. And as drama piles upon drama, anecdote, flirtation and digression, Yorick's destination takes second place to an exhilarating voyage of emotional and erotic exploration. Jolting along in his coach from Calais, through Paris, and on towards the Italian border, the amiable parson is blithely unconcerned by famous views or monuments, but he engages us with tales of his encounters with all manner of people, from counts and noblewomen to beggars and chambermaids. When Yorick, the roving narrator of Sterne's innovative final novel, sets off for France on a whim, he produces no ordinary travelogue. |