It was very rewarding to do so, to come back to Red and Blue and their story. But the book kept nagging at me, lingering in the back of my mind so I bought a physical copy to read it a second time. I’d listened to the audiobook when it came out and enjoyed it, but didn’t love it. I’m always really excited when people love a book they wouldn’t have picked up themselves and it was great to hear that more than once during the evening.įor me, reading This is How You Lose the Time War was a reread. This is How You Lose the Time War clearly wasn’t a book for everyone in our book club, but for some this book was a new favorite. We had a good discussion on the worldbuilding, the point of the time war and whether or not this was ‘good’ science-fiction. A science-fiction time travel romance novel that wasn’t everyone’s cup of tea. We started 2021 with a book that was unlike many of the other ones we read.
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He was thought to have existed during the time of the Ancient Immortals. His cultivation base is around the Dao Sovereign level. This, coupled with his stubborn nature, set him on the path of a true hero. Patriarch Reliance is a giant demonic turtle that was sealed by the League of Demon Sealers to be the Dao Protector of the Ninth Generation Demon Sealer, which ended up being Meng Hao. And yet, he never forgets the Confucian and Daoist ideals that he grew up studying. In the Cultivation world, the strong prey on the weak, and the law of the jungle prevails. It is about a failed young scholar named Meng Hao who gets forcibly recruited into a Sect of Immortal Cultivators. I Shall Seal the Heavens is currently one of the most popular xianxia stories in China. If I don’t want something, the Heavens better not have it! Deathblade improved Synopsis: If I want something, the Heavens better have it. Overall, the story is not depressing like “Beseech the Devil (Qiu Mo 求魔),” but Meng Hao does have some of Wang Lin’s rebelliousness and Su Ming’s stubbornness. It tells the story of a scholar named Meng Hao, who enters the world of cultivation and slowly undergoes great change of character, eventually becoming an old eccentric. “I Shall Seal the Heavens” is a new novel from Qidian’s Er Gen. If I don’t want something, the Heavens better not have it! This is a story which originates between the eighth and ninth mountains, a world in which “My fate is to seal the Heavens like a demon!” I Shall Seal the Heavens Wo Yu Feng Tian (我欲封天) By Er Gen (耳根) "Steena Holmes has returned with another compelling page-turner. An exhilarating read, with an ending that will leave you gasping for breath." - Liz Fenton and Lisa Steinke "Steena Holmes dazzles in The Patient, an emotional thriller that takes readers on one hell of a roller coaster ride as a therapist desperately searches for a serial killer among her patients. This thriller invites readers into a world of mystery, murder and love that will hook them until the very last page." - Amber Cowie The Patient is a macabre fairy tale where fantasy is distorted by the unforgiving looking glass of reality. "Steena Holmes has created something eerily new and tantalizing using her characteristically captivating style and sharply honed craft. A brilliant psychological thriller that will mess with your mind." - Kimberly Belle Holmes starts with a bang, then builds the action steadily, a gradual unfolding of secrets and truths that will have you constantly rethinking who is the killer. "A therapist with a serial-killer patient is at the heart of Steena Holmes’ latest, The Patient. Qantas shares were down 2.4% on Tuesday against a broader market decline of 0.25%. Qantas Chairman Richard Goyder said Hudson's handling of the finance and treasury portfolio during the COVID crisis put her ahead of almost 40 candidates globally that the airline had short-listed for the job. But she will also need to fix a reputational crisis facing the flying kangaroo, as passengers are frustrated with delays, cancellations, lost baggage and staffing issues. Ms Hudson inherits an airline that is delivering record profits as travel rebounds. "I think that the experience that I've had, and also recently, in helping manage through COVID, places me in a great position to look forward in terms of all of the investments that are coming with new aircraft, but also continuing to invest in our customers," she said.Ī Qantas Airbus A380 arrives at Southern California Logistics Airport in Victorville, California. "I come with an understanding of this organisation that is very deep," Ms Hudson told reporters in her first news conference as CEO designate. Ms Hudson will be one of the few female executives leading a major company in Australia, although rival carrier Virgin Australia also has a woman as its CEO, Jayne Hrdlicka. He joined Qantas in 2000, having also worked at the now defunct Ansett Australia Mr Joyce was born in Dublin and studied at DIT and Trinity, beginning his career at Aer Lingus. We’ve learned that quiet isn’t always peace,”
The Gene boasts anĮven more ambitious sweep of human endeavor than its predecessor: It's about nothing less than "the birth, growth, influence, and future of one of the most powerful and dangerous ideas in the history of science. His new book will confirm him as our era's preeminent popular historian of medicine. The Gene: An Intimate History Paperback Large Print, Apby Siddhartha Mukherjee (Author) 6,784 ratings Editors' pick Best History See all formats and editions Kindle 14.99 Read with Our Free App Audiobook 0.00 Free with your Audible trial Hardcover 19.99 119 Used from 3.46 32 New from 13.43 6 Collectible from 7. It was only fair to aįuture partner that I should come with a letter of warning."Ī cancer physician and an assistant professor of medicine at Columbia University, Mukherjee comes across as spectacularly sane, especially for a superachiever: He won a Pulitzer Prize in 2011 for The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer. Mukherjee writes frankly about how his family's misfortune has shadowed his own life: "When I met Sarah, now my wife, for the fourth or fifth time, I told her about the splintered minds of my cousin and two uncles. Siddhartha Mukherjee's new book, The Gene: An Intimate History (Scribner), gets intimate from page one, as the author reveals in graphic detail how his family has been scarred by recurrent mental illness-a collective trauma that has propelled his lifelong preoccupation with genetics and heritability. Every time I pick up one of these books it’s like I’m returning to one of my favorite places to visit old friends and I felt no different when I started reading Soul Taken. Urban fantasy has probably been my favorite subgenre for a while now and while I normally can’t pick a favorite book or series, it is really easy for me to say that the Mercy Thompson books have been my favorite urban fantasy series for a long time now. I need to figure out what’s going on before the next body on the ground is mine. The farther I follow Wulfe’s trail, the more twisted-and darker-the path becomes. Has the Harvester returned to the Tri-Cities, reaping souls with his cursed sickle? Or is he just a character from a B horror movie and our enemy is someone else? As alive as a vampire can be, anyway.īut Wulfe isn’t the only one who has disappeared. But, warned that his disappearance might bring down the carefully constructed alliances that keep our pack safe, my mate and I must find Wulfe-and hope he’s still alive. Since he’s deadly, possibly insane, and his current idea of “fun” is stalking me, some may see it as no great loss. Soul Taken (Mercy Thomson #13) by Patricia Briggs : A Review As an Amazon Associate I earn commission from qualyfing purchases. Hopefully, you can find a book on this list that scratches your omegaverse itch! Let me know if ya’ll are interested in part two as I said, this is a pretty popular theme.Īs always, images and descriptoins are from Amazon. Usually, I don’t put a disclaimer like this it just happens to be that I’ve read quite a few books on the list and didn’t just rely on the samples this week. Long story short, I’ve included books that I have read and didn’t love because the reviews are pretty positive, and I know we all have our individual tastes. BUT to each their own, I know this is a prevalent genre/trope, and I have read quite a few books with this theme that I adore. I dislike that excuse and sometimes feel it is an ‘easy’ way to ‘forge a connection quickly to move the plot forward. In some cases, I feel it veers too far into the “biology made me do it, I couldn’t stop myself” camp. I have a love/hate relationship with Omegaverse novels. Omegaverse, sometimes known as ABO, is a world built on the basic principle that alphas are the most prominent/strongest, betas are either the ‘normal’ ones or the seconds in a pack, and omegas are either weak, treasured, or vital for breeding. On the other hand, Sean is looking for something to lose, sulking about the memories from the past. Amidst the chaos, Saphy sets out to find her lost friend - to embark upon a quest for memories that are lost, a journey towards happiness. Yukti is left to face the most challenging part of her life. Įmma, Saphy, Ilesha, Yukti, and David are living peacefully under the same roof until a severe tragedy hits them. Emma, Saphy, Ilesha, Yukti, and David are living peacefully under the same roof until a severe tragedy hits them. It’s not surprising, and may not even be a coincidence, that the anniversary of Ray-Ray’s death is also the anniversary of the beginning of the Trail of Tears. The family is mired in profound grief and trauma, including trauma from the forced removal of their Cherokee ancestors to Oklahoma in the 19th century. Sonja is a restless loner, hooking up with and discarding younger men. Maria is patient and caring as Ernest sinks deeper into what everyone believes is Alzheimer’s disease. The remaining family consists of mother Maria her husband, Ernest their daughter, Sonja and surviving son, Edgar. Many years before, the teenage Ray-Ray was the victim of what’s called a “bad shoot” in police lingo. The story revolves around the Echota family of Quah, Oklahoma, as they prepare for a bonfire to commemorate the death of their son Ray-Ray. A word for such a story might be numinous, which ably describes Brandon Hobson’s splendid The Removed. The location may be a real place, like Oklahoma, but as you read, you’re not really sure if it’s set anywhere in particular. It may be set in the present, but its roots reach deep into the past. Once in a while, you come across a book that seems to exist in its own bubble of space-time. |