![]() ![]() For Blaine is an Image digger, one of an elite few blessed with the power to “dream” authentic images from the deep unconscious of foreign lands that are turned into alluring, computer-animated packages used by advertisers to sell their products.īut in a dusty Middle Eastern villa, something goes terribly wrong. And he does it all in the name of American capitalism. He drinks in the culture with his mind, body, and soul. ![]() ![]() He travels to foreign countries and lives like a native. That sent me on the hunt for his earlier novels, and over the last six months I’ve managed to track down most of them - including the highly regarded Tower of Dreams, which Jack Dann called “A powerful hallucinatory nightmare obsession from a writer who loves words and can turn them into the vital stuff of experience.”īlaine Ramsey has an unusual occupation. Tunnel Out of Death, as I noted at the time, had “one of the most original plot synopses I’ve read in the last year.” Earlier this year, I was delighted to write a new New Treasures piece on the latest novel by Jamil Nasir. ![]()
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![]() ![]() Salvage-chic weaponry sells for a pretty penny these days. I glance at the walls, where some of my finished products hang-the oiled bows and painted arrows barely visible in the darkness. ![]() There’s no way I’m falling back asleep, which means I can work on my latest commission or I can go scavenging. I set the lamp down on my workbench, shoving aside the feathers, glass arrowheads, and scraps of plastic that litter its surface. Briefly, it illuminates a picture of my family before I raise it high enough to see the time on the clock. Grabbing a nearby box of matches, I light an oil lamp. ![]() I disentangle myself and roll out of bed. I touch the scar at the base of my throat as I steady my breathing. I can hear my wall clock clicking away, the pendulum swinging back and forth, back and forth. The sunlight above me grows dim even as I struggle. I try to kick my way back up to the surface, but despite my efforts it moves farther and farther from reach. My bag is wrapped around my ankle and it’s dragging me down, down, down. The sharp bite of it nearly steals my breath. There’s water and fire and … and … and God the pain-the pain, the pain, the pain. The explosion roars through my ears, the force of it knocking me into the water. ![]() ![]() ![]() Having people not like you is a risk you have to take to be real, and I'll take that over being fake any day. That I don't always get along with everyone. Falling in love with the idea of a person, instead of the actual person. Some things are best left to the experts, and hair dye is one of them. At-home highlights and DIY hair extensions. So many moms and teenage daughters don't get along-we just have to realize it's nothing personal on either side. All those times I scrawled "I HATE MY MOM" in my journal. After her rise and fall from early childhood stardom, barely eking her way through high school, a brief stint as a Hooters waitress, going through thick and thin with her mom/manager, and resurrecting her acting career as Santana Lopez on Glee, Naya emerged from these experiences with some key life lessons: Whether it's with love and dating, career and ambition, friends, or gossip, Naya inspires us to follow our own destiny and step over-or plod through-all the crap along the way. Navigating through youth and young adulthood isn't easy, and in Sorry Not Sorry, Naya Rivera shows us that we're not alone in the highs, lows, and in-betweens. Funny and deeply personal, Sorry Not Sorry recounts Glee star Naya Rivera's successes and missteps, urging young women to pursue their dreams and to refuse to let past mistakes define them. ![]() ![]() The reader cannot help but care about these people and feel as though they are old friends.Įach word is chosen with almost delicate precision, such as the titular tale. With few words, Nogle gives them depth, realization, and life. There is no viewpoint character in any of Nogle’s works who is bland and devoid of personality. What sets Nogle apart is her blend of humanity to horror. Nogle dives into her head, showing us the life she has lived and the struggles she endures, coupled with her love for her children and her longing for a new life. The opening story, “Unschooled,” is told from the perspective of a young werewolf mother unsatisfied with her lot in life and wishing to depart with her children. She is a mix between Shirley Jackson and Robert Aickman, with a blend of fantastical premises married to human emotion. Nogle’s writing style is hard to quantify. ![]() The Best of Our Past, the Worst of Our Future collects some of her finest stories. A veteran of such prestigious publications as Vastarien: A Literary Journal and Pseudopod, Nogle excels in dread and slow build while having so much to say about the world we live in and the human condition. ![]() Christi Nogle’s first collection demonstrates why she is helping to define modern horror. ![]() ![]() ![]() Fever casts a brilliant light over the life of a figure once described as 'the most dangerous woman in America', and Mary Beth Keane's fictional account is as fiercely compelling as Typhoid Mary herself. Mary Beth Keane, named one of the 5 Under 35 by the National Book Foundation, has written a spectacularly bold and intriguing novel about the woman known as. Condemned by press and public alike, she is branded a murderer, but continues to fight for her freedom. Read more to understand her paradoxical situation. When she is imprisoned in complete isolation, despite being perfectly healthy herself, she refuses. She works her way up the ranks to cook for the wealthiest families in Manhattan, but leaves a trail of death and disease in her wake. Her newest book, The Half Moon, is a masterful novel about a. SOON TO BE A MAJOR BBC AMERICA SERIES, STARRING ELISABETH MOSS Typhoid Mary: a selfish monster, or a hounded innocent? Mary Mallon, an Irish immigrant in turn-of-the-century New York, is headstrong and brave, a woman who has battled fiercely to better her lot in life and keep her wayward lover Alfred on the straight and narrow. Mary Beth Keanes books have consistently been favorites of both Watermark staff and customers. ![]() ![]() A bold, mesmerizingly told story about the woman known as 'Typhoid Mary' and once described as 'the most dangerous woman in America'. ![]() ![]() ![]() The narrator is amazing, I am glad they have continued to use the same one since the first book and hope they continue to keep her. ![]() ![]() There were several times I would yell out loud when she was being unreasonable and naïve to voices of reason. They're toxic and the writer writes a 17 year old, perfectly.naïve, hard headed and insufferable. Honestly, I hope they don't and they get what should come to them, but I'm sure that's not gonna happen. I am not rooting for the two mains to get together. It's a roller coaster.or a trainwreck where you can't take your eyes away. The spice is pretty good as always, we get more character development from the main 2 and a lot more secrets come out. Overall, I am enjoying this series, despite all the toxicity and 's like a horrible reality show where you just gotta know what happens next. Overall, Pretty good, but main girl is annoying. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() How did the girls get away from Ines' house without them finding out who they really were? They bought every paper and shoved them in the trunk What happens to prevent the girls from driving all the way to their grandmother's house? There is a mechanical problem with the car. In Chapter 14 who do the sisters see? They see a boy named Cresencio Aguilar. In Chapter 13 what could be a Theme when the sister have to stick together? Alone, you can do so little but together, you can do so much more. How does Odilia finally realize that something is wrong about Cecilia and her house? She wakes up in the middle of the night and she hears "una mal voz" when she walks. The girls realize their mother is in trouble because of them leaving and decide they need to Grandma's house. Odilia sees that their disappearance made front-page news so they leave the house. Like a ghostly apparition, she vanished into the surreal light of the fading sunset." Who is being described? La llorona Summary of chapter 7 The Garza girls stay at Ines house for the night. "One minute her long white dress was billowing against her legs, and the next she was gone. ![]() They realized that the little people in the picture were all grown up now. They brought the body to this house that was having a quinceañera. Summary of chapter 6 Basically they passed the border completely. ![]() ![]() ![]() The only problem is that the instructor and all the students think she’s a girl named Kay Nakamura-and Yumi doesn’t correct them.Īs this case of mistaken identity unravels, Yumi must decide to stand up and reveal the truth or risk losing her dreams and disappointing everyone she cares about. On the inside, Yumi is ready for her Netflix stand-up special. On the outside, Yumi Chung suffers from shygirlproblems, a perm-gone-wrong, and kids calling her 'Yu-MEAT' because she smells like her familys Korean barbecue restaurant. ![]() One day after class, Yumi stumbles on an opportunity that will change her life: a comedy camp for kids taught by one of her favorite YouTube stars. One lie snowballs into a full-blown double life in this irresistible story about an aspiring stand-up comedian. Instead of spending the summer studying her favorite YouTube comedians, Yumi is enrolled in test-prep tutoring to qualify for a private school scholarship, which will help in a time of hardship at the restaurant. Her notebook is filled with mortifying memories that she’s reworked into comedy gold. ![]() ![]() On the outside, Yumi Chung suffers from #shygirlproblems, a perm-gone-wrong, and kids calling her “Yu-MEAT” because she smells like her family’s Korean barbecue restaurant. One lie snowballs into a full-blown double life in this irresistible story about an aspiring stand-up comedian. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() “Don’t shout.” His voice was quiet and firm. Suddenly, Gabe was running towards the pasture from the equipment barn, and seconds later, he was stepping in front of me, barricading me from the cows. “No! Stop!” My voice sharpened desperately. “Come here, girls! Come on! That’s a good cow!” ![]() “Get back here!” I whistled, trying to keep my balance on the slippery, mud-riddled ground. I broke into a run, waving my arms at the cows still heading for the gate, hoping I might be able to corral them to keep them from getting out, too. And-oh no!-at least twenty cows had escaped through the gate and into the creamery parking lot! Open! The gate! I’d forgotten to latch it behind me when I’d walked into the pasture. I gulped, my pulse ratcheting into my chest. ![]() I glanced up just in time to see three Holsteins trotting past me, making a beeline for the open pasture gate. I was halfway through signing my name when a chorus of elated “Moos,” much too close for comfort, sounded to my right. Careful not to move the phone from its position lest I lose the reception, I texted Leila. Keeping my eyes trained on the phone, at last, I saw one bar flicker to life on its screen. There were several dozen cows grazing a few hundred feet away, but they didn’t even glance up at me. ![]() ![]() Kenzie had to grow up fast when her mom died soon after the birth of triplets. The opportunity for change comes when he’s approached to try out for a new reality show called Marooned (think Survivor), and the timing could not have been more perfect. Sure it was fun for a while, but wouldn’t it be nice to be someone’s first choice for a change? He begins to question himself and his partying ways and realizes that he just wants more. But the realization the women hanging around backstage might only want to be with him because they couldn’t be with his rock star brother make him think. Sure, he gets to hang out with his famous brother, travel the world, party like a rockstar, and enjoy all the other perks that lifestyle would bring. From the outside looking in, you’d think that Kyle had it made. ![]() ![]() ![]() Kyle is the younger brother of Jake, featured in book one. BengtssonĪfter finishing the first book in this series, I immediately picked up book two. ![]() |