One Million Tiny Plays About Britain
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A Wonder Woman and bride-to-be finds herself worse for wear at the end of a hen night; a funeral...
Lyndsey Gollogly (2893 KP) rated A Madness of Sunshine in Books
May 22, 2020
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A Madness of Sunshine
By Nalini Singh
Golden Cove is a peaceful town.
That is until one fateful summer, when tragedy shatters the trust holding the community together. All that's left are whispers behind closed doors, broken friendships and a silent agreement to never look back. But they can't run from the past forever.
Eight years later, a young woman disappears without a trace, and the residents of Golden Cove wonder if their home shelters something far more dangerous than an unforgiving landscape.
The town's dark past and haunted present are about to collide . . . in a murder mystery that's been years in the making.
I’ve been a Nalini fan for a few years and I love her work, I’m not sure what I was expecting from this book as she stepped away from the paranormal romance. What I got was a very well written crime/thriller I really enjoyed reading it her characters were interesting and the plot was good. Her books always flow so well and this was no different I’m excited to see what else can come from this brilliant writer!
A House for Mr. Biswas
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With an introduction by author Teju Cole, A House for Mr Biswas is Nobel Prize in Literature winner...
The New Teen Titans: The Judas Contract
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They were Earth's teenage defenders - unbeatable and unstoppable. Riding high, they took an eighth...
The Giver of Stars
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England, late 1930s, and Alice Wright — restless, stifled — makes an impulsive decision to marry...
The Glitch
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Shelley Stone might be a little overwhelmed. She runs the company Conch, the manufacturer of a small...
When Rose Wakes
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Her terrifying dreams are nothing compared to the all-too-real nightmare that awaits. . . .Ever...
Brazen and the Beast
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The Lady’s Plan When Lady Henrietta Sedley declares her twenty-ninth year her own, she has...
Bob Mann (459 KP) rated Star Trek: Insurrection (1998) in Movies
Sep 28, 2021
That being said, and despite the heavyweight involvement of F. Murray Abraham and Anthony Zerbe. the “First Contact” magic is rather missing here. There’s a sense of desperation when a previously unknown ‘Captain’s Yacht’ hoves into view (as if!) and when the Enterprise’s “manual steering column” (a PS/2 joystick!) pops up!
So, will the TNG era end with a bang or a whimper?
ClareR (6144 KP) rated Tapestry of Treason in Books
Aug 26, 2019
Anyway, Constance was involved with her family in two plots against Henry V. York had been big supporters and cousins of Richard II, and were luckily also relatives of Henry V. So when Henry ousted Richard and imprisoned him, the Yorks were relatively safe. That was until they tried to reinstate Richard. Constance was fully a part of this plot: she’s portrayed as a strong-minded, confident woman who made her own mind up, and was loyal to her family. I do like female characters like this, and I like that Anne O’Brien didn’t make her into a caricature of a strident, bossy woman, as often happens in these cases.
I thought that the whole book was sensitively done. Henry isn’t made out to be a villain, in fact he’s always fair, and in some instances he may well have been thought of as too soft towards his York cousins (they were certainly dangerous to know).
I loved this book, actually. My mum has been pointing out Anne O’Brien books to me for ages, but I’ve avoided them because I knew I’d want to read everything once I started. Ah well, looks like I’ve started then (and always listen to your mum!).
Many thanks to The Pigeonhole for choosing yet another fabulous book, and to Anne O’Brien for reading along with the serialisation and answering questions. I had the best time!