Perhaps the most famous is Me Before You (2013), which follows the story of Louisa Clark and her relationship with a quadriplegic man, Will Traynor. Her stories are full of emotion and romance, making them perfect for readers who enjoy a good love story, and she has earned a legion of fans for her great characters and her ability to make readers laugh and cry.Īs mentioned, Jojo Moyes has produced a wide range of books, including 16 novels, several short stories, and nonfiction works. Jojo Moyes is best known for novels that focus on the lives of ordinary people, and her books often feature strong female protagonists. Besides being one of the most popular authors in the world today, her novel “Me Before You” was adapted into a Hollywood movie of the same title, starring Sam Claflin and Emilia Clarke – a move which skyrocketed Moyes to fame and drew greater attention to her books.
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Accidentally ending up in New York City, the chimp meets street actor Leon and together they cheat and trick their ways into staging an underground production of The Tempest. Interspecies love is not, however, allowed to happen without repercussions, and eventually Bruno, who for a series of dramatic events has become a fugitive, will have to make his own way into the human world. In brief, Bruno is adopted by the primatologist in charge of the project, with whom he promptly falls in love a sexual relationship between the two ensues. At a young age, he is selected as the subject of a project attempting to teach apes the human language. The novel tells us the story, as narrated by Bruno himself from his place of confinement some years later, of a young chimp born in a Chicago zoo. When the postman handed me the package and I physically felt the weight of the tome, I prayed to myself that I hadn’t made an error of judgement in committing my precious reading time to a talking chimp. TEoBL was released at the beginning of 2011 but I hadn’t heard of it until I received an email from the publishers, offering me a free copy of the book in exchange for a review. What would be a stranger idea than a novel about a chimp who has learnt to speak who directs Shakespearean plays? Arguably, the fact that such novel has apparently sunk without a ripple. A plan of almost unimaginable consequences is in motion, and Wells has no idea if he has discovered it in time. He finds what hes looking forbut also a great deal more. The attackers are Russian, and it is to Russia that Wells must follow the trail. Before the day is over, several people will be dead or severely injured, Exley among them, and Wells will be a man possessed. A pretty big coincidence, he thinks, beginning to get a bad feelinga feeling that only gets worse when he spots the red motorcycle zooming up between cars toward him. He and his colleagueand fiancéeJennifer Exley are driving into work when traffic comes to a standstill, due to accidents on both bridges into Washington. Nevertheless, Wells is not prepared for what is about to happen. He has made many enemies, and the world wont stay quiet for long. Wells is exhausted, and his nights filled with disturbing dreams. The undercover work in Afghanistan and Pakistan, the attack on the United States, the Chinese plot that could have led to war. Its been a rough few years for CIA agent John Wells. But if youre determined enough, anything is possible. It requires a great deal of money, coordination, ingenuity, and sleight-of-hand, and just a touch of luck. It isnt easy to steal warheads from the heart of Russias nuclear complex in Mayak. A collection of all five Oz graphic novels, Adventures in Oz, was issued by IDW Publishing in 2006, and subsequently as two volumes titled Little Adventures in Oz. Four more volumes in the series followed, the final one published by Dark Horse Comics in 1992. Frank Baum, The Enchanted Apples of Oz, was published by First Comics. In 1986 the first volume in Shanower's series of graphic novelsĬontinuing the Oz books by L. Professional comics assignment, lettering an issue of the comic book Warp, published by First Comics. On the day after graduation, he received his first After graduation from Novato (California) High School, heĪttended the Joe Kubert School of Cartoon and Graphic Art in Dover, He began with amateur efforts, producing several illustrated manuscripts during the next decade. Frank Baum (and others) and decided to continue the Oz series with his own books. The Shanower family subsequently lived in Monterey, California Laurel, Maryland Norfolk, Virginia Port Angeles, Washington Guantanamo Bay, Cuba and Novato, California.Įarly in life Eric showed interest in drawing and in creating stories.Īt six years of age he discovered the series of Oz books by L. The family soon moved to Hawaii, where they lived on the islands of Kauai-where Eric's sister, Elizabeth Edna Shanower, was born-and Oahu. ERIC JAMES SHANOWER was born in Key West, Florida, on October 23, to James Lowell Shanower and Karen Elizabeth Shanower (nee Hietanen). I like how Hemmingwood takes the time to let them get to know each other before delving into lust or love territory, which would not fit this storyline. There is attraction and a very slow building romance. That is, until she ends up at a ranch one day where she meets Robin, the owner’s daughter and resident psychologist. She deals with various forms of trauma, or maybe it’s better to say she doesn’t deal with it because she keeps moving around, never getting attached to anyone or anything. Seneca is an ex-army Sergeant who has a poignant and tragic back story. I don’t think this book is the most surprising in terms of storyline, but it’s a solid read. And yes, there are horses, cowgirls and general ranch work, which I generally like to read about, so this was a good read for me. It’s about healing, finding family, and a place to belong. The real Wonderland is a place far darker and more twisted than Lewis Carroll ever let on. When her mother’s mental health takes a turn for the worse, Alyssa learns that what she thought was fiction is based in terrifying reality. Alyssa might be crazy, but she manages to keep it together. This family curse stretches back to her ancestor Alice Liddell, the real-life inspiration for Lewis Carroll’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. This stunning debut captures the grotesque madness of a mystical under-land, as well as a girl’s pangs of first love and independence.Īlyssa Gardner hears the whispers of bugs and flowers-precisely the affliction that landed her mother in a mental hospital years before. She is held responsible for the creation of a new style of fiction writing called New Adult fiction. She named it as the Shattered Promises series.Īuthor Jessica Sorensen is regarded as a highly talented writer when it comes to writing young adult and romance stories. Jessica Sorensen also developed a re-imagining version of the Fallen Star books at the level of the New Adult genre. Eventually, she came up with the Fallen Souls series, which is the official spin-off of Fallen Star. Following the immense success of the books of this series, author Sorensen decided to write a spin-off series. But, they manage to overcome all the obstacles somehow and continue with their fantasy romance relationship. As the series progresses further, these two characters undergo the various ups and downs in their lives. Their youthful feelings enable them to indulge in a love affair and forces them to develop a relationship full of romance. Author Sorensen has created the main characters in the series in the roles of Gemma and Stephan. This series consists of 4 books in total, which were released between the years 20. It is written by a bestselling American novelist named Jessica Sorensen. The Fallen Star series is a very successful series of paranormal, fantasy, romance, vampire, and young adult novels. The pain subsides with time.įurthermore, there could be a "one TV show/series re-adaptation of a literary series per decade:" barring Netflix's take on Avatar's The Last Airbender, Netflix's A Series of Unfortunate Events aired in 2017 and concluded recently, with HBO's His Dark Materials (which suffered a number of delays during pre-production) airing later this year as somewhat an oddity. Every time they talk about it, the hunger comes back, so they ignore it. That is exactly why they won't talk about it at all. They will still keeping crying "wah wah wah" for that, and will continue to possibly harass the right-holders. Pittacus Lore has been clearly writing, so maybe there is hope.? :'(īut that doesn't mean you give up hope that the I Am Number Four will ever be redone or retooled as a TV series many are hoping for. I wanna see the casting for the other characters. I have all of them and my heart needs more live content. I really enjoyed the movie when I saw it, so when I found out it was a book series, every year after that I purchased one. I enjoy the Lorien Legacies series (the main one, I have not read the new generation), and I only know about it because of the movie. I would say give up, but I don't want to. Please avoid all-caps, especially in thread topics, as it is considered SHOUTING. 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Read moreĬhina is a genius who works for Cysnet which is a cutting edge tech company. For the first time ever, she'll have to follow her instincts, rather than logic, if she's going to survive. China suspects she's being followed and isn't sure whom she can trust. Quickly the Cysnet assignment becomes disconcerting-and then downright scary-as key staffers turn up dead. And then there's her sexy but oddly unsettling new neighbor, Clark… Her sixteen-year-old runaway niece suddenly arrives in town, begging to move in with China. A computer prodigy who landed a coveted programming job at the cutting-edge tech company Cysnet before even graduating from MIT, China is happiest when following her routine: shower before coffee, pizza only on Mondays, bedtime at ten thirty sharp.īut then things start to get a little…unpredictable.įirst Jackson Cooper-Cysnet's rich, gorgeous, genius CEO-assigns China to a dangerous and highly classified project for a government defense contractor. Brilliant, quirky twenty-three-year-old China Mack is totally satisfied with her carefully ordered, data-driven life. |