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They can change. I’d had four years to stew on what Daria Followhill did to me, and now my heart was completely iced. They say revenge is a dish best served cold. Shen comes an intense, high school enemies-to-lovers romance with a twist. From USA Today and Washington Post bestselling author L.J. ![]() ![]() No matter how separated we are by what we think and believe, we are part of the same spiritual story.We’re connected by love and the human spirit. We’re connected by something greater than group membership, politics, and Ideology.Belonging to ourselves means being called to stand alone-to brave the wilderness of uncertainty, vulnerability, and criticism.Our sense of belonging can never be greater than our level of self- acceptance.True belonging only happens when we present our authentic, imperfect selves to the world. ![]() It’s our fear of the dark that casts our joy into the shadows.” - Brené Brown Braving the Wilderness The dark does not destroy the light it defines it. ![]() ![]() ![]() Restaurants on this map must be open for at least six months. Some of D.C.’s most cherished restaurants that weathered the pandemic through takeout are finally able to show off their best sit-down spreads and prix fixe menus in person. ![]() The Eater 38 offers a selection of defining culinary destinations that showcase the diversity of D.C. restaurant industry bouncing back from a lengthy pandemic, going out to eat now comes with a semblance of normality. ![]() ![]() ![]() I received a bound arc in October and was so excited, but the printer was off, and the text was so small and so light, that even with glasses I couldn’t read it. No Duke Goes Unpunished the third book in the Rules of Scoundrels by Sarah MacLean was one of my most anticipated books. and to keep from putting himself on the line for love. It will take every bit of his strength to resist the pull of this mysterious, maddening woman who seems willing to risk everything for honor. It’s a fine trade, until Temple realizes that the lady-and her past-are more than they seem. Mara planned never to return to the world from which she’d run, but when her brother falls deep into debt at Temple’s exclusive casino, she has no choice but to offer Temple a trade that ends in her returning to society and proving to the world what only she knows. ![]() Until one night, Mara resurfaces, offering the one thing he’s dreamed of. ![]() With no memory of that fateful night, Temple has reigned over the darkest of London’s corners for twelve years, wealthy and powerful, but beyond redemption. He is the Killer Duke, accused of murdering Mara Lowe on the eve of her wedding. ![]() ![]() While he's making new friends and meeting a new guy, his beloved and deceased uncle's bee farm is being foreclosed on, and Torrey will do anything to stop that from happening. What it's about: Now that Torrey's made it out of his stifling neighborhood and into freshman year at college, he can finally breathe. Get it from Bookshop or your local bookstore via Indiebound here. 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What it's about: Though Choi's novels are published as YA, all three of them (beginning with Emergency Contact) are fantastic examples of books that perfectly capture the shift from adolescence into adulthood (with characters of an age to match), and many of the issues that come with it. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Jewish people were simply Danish people, and an attack on any of them was simply an attack on Danish citizens. " The point is that the political will of Danish Society precluded any action against the Jewish minority. That is hard to find when the entire society denies the right of the stronger. Lidegaard argues that it was difficult for the Nazis to act against the Danish Jews because "few felt it was necessary, fewer that it was right. If so, we would have to reject it outright following their protection under the constitution." The king agreed that he would reject any such demands, adding "If the request was made, the right attitude would be for all of us to wear the star of David." A concern was raised: "Considering the inhuman treatment of the Jews not only in Germany but also in other countries under German occupation, one could not help but worry that one day this request would also be presented to us. ![]() In early 1941, the acting Danish Prime Minister was in conversation with the aging King Christian X about the situation in their country. In the author's note at the start of the book, Lidegaard tells the story of the birth of a myth that encapsulates the whole story. Using previously unpublished diaries, Bo Lidegaard recounts what took place in Denmark during the period in September and October 1943 when the Nazi occupying forces tried to enact a mass deportation. The account of how the Jewish people of Denmark were protected by their fellow Danish citizens during the Second World War is an inspiring and challenging story. ![]() ![]() ![]() Because they are messy individuals and you know what? Life is messy. ![]() ![]() Can their miscommunication be frustrating? Sure, but while that usually is a huge pet peeve of mine, it worked in favor of their particular story. They had their fair share of hardships and most of their decisions – whether you agree with them or not – make sense for who they are. I’ll be frank with you, Sadie and Sam aren’t always the most likable characters. My brain really went “MYTHIC QUEST!” when I started reading, so inevitably I could only think of Ian and Poppy when I pictured Sadie and Sam, even though they look nothing alike… Halt and Catch Fire, Mythic Quest and The Social Network – basically a lot of stuff with start ups and gaming/tech), but once I stopped comparing it to other things I’ve consumed in the past and just let myself get engrossed in the story, it really started to shine. At first, it reminded me of a lot of shows and movies that I love (e.g. Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow is a book that crept up on me slowly and then I simply couldn’t put it down. CW: grief, depression, injuries, chronic pain, amputation, sexism, loss of a loved one, questionable consent to sexual abuse, mention of racism, alcoholism, drug use and suicide ![]() ![]() That rending conflict wired his debut – How the Soldier Repairs the Gramophone – with a crackling tragi-comic current of rage and sorrow, nostalgia and grief. ![]() This is the second novel by Saša Stanišić, born in Bosnia in 1978 and a teenage refugee from the civil war in former Yugoslavia. And so the little backwater of Fürstenfelde banks another tale in the treasury of stories that braid its people together. Fantasy, folklore, or history: who gets to decide? Back in the present, another young Anna manages to disarm a depressed retired soldier who harbours suicidal, or maybe murderous, thoughts. ![]() "Who writes the old stories? Who takes that job on?" In one of the swift dives into the past that punctuate this fictional portrait of a small town in eastern Germany, a girl named Anna stands on the walls with a crossbow to defend her home against the "marauding Soldiery" of the Thirty Years War. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The poem, The Rose that Grew from the Concrete, is about a rose that grows from a crack in the concrete. What does the rose symbolize in the rose that grew from concrete? The rose learnt to walk without having feet. What is surprising about the rose? The rose grew from a crack in the concrete. What is surprising about the rose the rose that grew from concrete? Shakur renamed his publishing company « Joshua’s Dream » in honor of a terminally ill boy whose dying wish was to meet him. What was the name of Tupac’s publishing company? Lines 6-7 show bravery and loneliness by saying when no one else ever cared and long live the rose. I know that because of lines 6-7 which read » Long live the rose that grew from the concrete, when no one else ever cared ». The tone of the poem is brave and lonely. « Long live the rose that grew from concrete when no one else even cared. » What is the tone of the rose that grew from concrete? The Rose That Grew from Concrete1999 Can a rose grow in concrete? When was the rose that grew from concrete written? ![]() |