The unsolicited origin story of renowned chocolatier, Willy Wonka. Turns out he isn’t a completely unhinged cynical hater of children… which is disappointing to be honest. Instead he is an innovative imagineer who will trust and befriend anyone just so he can make his mom proud.
Book 3 of 3.
Lada and Radu couldn’t be further apart. Politically, spiritually, and physically. Lada has taken a throne by force and isn’t playing by any rules. She’s found her taste for blood and will spill it whenever she can. It’s a tactic that has earned her a spot on the wrong side of her former lover, Mehmed. And even though his loyalties still lie with Mehmed, Radu fears for his sister. He’s not sure if she can still be saved, or if she has indeed fallen too far from grace.
Book 2 of 3.
Lada is still pursuing a throne of her own with little success. Meanwhile her brother, Radu, has been sent on a mission to Constantinople. His sultan and friend, Mehmed, needs Radu to play double-agent to help the Ottomans secure the city. A dangerous task in its own right, but as Radu lives among the enemy, he learns that they really aren’t so different after all. Especially, the warm and trusting Cyprian who could be the only man that would cure Radu of his unrequited love for Mehmed.
A pseudo-retelling of Vlad the Impaler. If he was *gasp* a girl! Book 1 of 3.
Lada and her brother Radu are used as pawns in a game of thrones from a very young age. Determined never to be used by anyone ever again, she sets out to make a name for herself. Consequences be damned. Radu takes a different approach. Where his sister is all brute force, Radu believes information is more valuable. Personalities collide when they both end up falling for their childhood friend, now sultan, Mehmed.
Detroit-native, Cecilia, travels to Italy to serve as a nun in a hospital-ish convent assisting elderly nuns who are… on their way out. But she quickly learns that’s not the most macabre thing happening at this very secluded convent.
As disturbing as every single scene was, I think the most unsettling was hearing some Sister Act hits slowed down and sung by creepy nuns.
Don’t read this. Don’t ask about it. And for the love of God, don’t look at me. I had to read this for reasons that I don’t need to tell you about. So just leave me alone.
Please.
I cannot be persuaded that this is a timeless classic. Nor will I accept that this is a superior Austen novel than that of Pride and Prejudice.
Persuasion feels like you got stuck in a corner with Chatty Kathy who innocently asked “Did you hear about Anne and Fred?!” And trying to be polite, you engage. Then she spends the next several hours talking nonstop about conversations she overheard from people you don’t know. By the end you’ll both have forgotten the original question and if there was any point to the ‘conversation’ and to top it all off… you desperately have to pee.
Looking for a story to wrap you up in a too-warm scratchy blanket that will stay with you for too long? Then look no further than They Went Left. Zofia was separated from her entire family during the Holocaust. After the war ends, Zofia is determined to find her younger brother even though it’s been three years since they last saw one another. 1945 saw the end of the war, but not the heartache and suffering. I’m still not fully onboard with this ending, but it is what it is.
A rare occasion where you don’t feel like you’ve been watching the same story for three hours.
Stone’s thorough research plays out in a series of dramatized scenarios that poke holes in every “official” account of the events surrounding John F. Kennedy’s assassination. New Orleans District Attorney, Jim Garrison, tries to put the pieces together despite of multiple groups working against him.
High-school senior, Daunis, is navigating life as a biracial Ojibwe girl near a reservation. As if her family tragedies hadn’t piled on enough, more death infiltrates her life and she is forced to help a secret investigation. Now she’s undercover and overwhelmed. Can she find the killer–and herself–before another victim is claimed?
Asshole Warning: This is just 21 Jump Street on a Res with the overt humor stripped away. You know I’m right!
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