![]() ![]() Provocative, startling, prophetic, The Handmaid's Tale has long been a global phenomenon. Now, her memories and her will to survive are acts of rebellion. But Offred remembers the years before Gilead, when she was an independent woman who had a job, a family, and a name of her own. ![]() She serves in the household of the Commander and his wife, and under the new social order she has only one purpose: once a month, she must lie on her back and pray that the Commander makes her pregnant, because in an age of declining births, Offred and the other Handmaids are valued only if they are fertile. Offred is a Handmaid in the Republic of Gilead, where women are prohibited from holding jobs, reading, and forming friendships. ![]() Everything Handmaids wear is red: the colour of blood, which defines us. ![]()
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![]() ![]() I’m going to simply list out the books in the Selection Series in order for you, then after all three ways to read we’ll dive into each individual book and novella. This is the reading order that millions of people used, including myself. The first way to read the Selection series in order is by publication date. The Selection Series Reading Orders #1 The Selection Series in Order by Publication ![]() We’ll start off our lists with The Selection Books in Order by Publication. There’s suspense, romance, and tension in this mesmerizing adventure that will surely keep you turning the pages in the night. She doesn’t want to go, in fact America opposes the idea completely, but as you can imagine she ends up in the competition and meets Prince Maxon who isn’t at all what she expected. Except that once a generation, a competition is held to find a suitor for the crown prince among the various women of the land, regardless of caste.Įveryone knows the competition is rigged, but any girls who participate receive a cash prize, and America’s family could really use the money. She’s a peasant and won’t ever be anything but. It’s is about a girl named America Singer who is a small hometown girl stuck in the caste system of a future fractured United States. Kiera Cass‘s Selection series has sold more than 11 million books worldwide. ![]() ![]() But the four teens are more alike than they might think, and the timing of their meeting isn't a coincidence. While Ro and fellow hostage Tima rage against their captors, Dol finds herself drawn to Lucas, the Ambassador's privileged son. When Dol and her best friend, Ro, are captured and taken to the Embassy, off the coast of the sprawling metropolis once known as the City of Angels, they find only more questions. Hiding from the one truth she can't avoid. Since then, Dol has lived a simple life in the countryside – safe from the shadow of the Icon and its terrifying power. The day Earth lost a war it didn't know it was fighting. ![]() Your heart beats only with their permission.Įverything changed on The Day. ![]() The first book in a breathtaking new series from Beautiful Creatures co-author Margaret Stohl ![]() ![]() ![]()
![]() ![]() ![]() I enjoyed the glimpses into his softer side that she brought out. But as he got to know Kiara, she started to change him. He was such a jackass at times that I wanted to reach in the book and slap him. The development was great, too – Carlos was a total prick in the beginning! He was childish and petty, cocky and surly – even worse than Alex was in the beginning of the first book. ![]() Kiara had a great family, and Tuck brought a lot of levity to the story. The secondary characters were just as good as the main ones were. It was easy to tell where one person ended and another began, so they felt very convincing and real. There was a clear change in voices and they had their own individual personalities. The POV switched back and forth, so as the reader I was able to get to know both Carlos and Kiara in depth. Elkeles has a great talent for creating realistic characters. ![]() ![]() ![]() Holmes tells stories of pioneers of inclusive design, many of whom were drawn to work on inclusion because of their own experiences of exclusion. Inclusive design methods-designing objects with rather than for excluded users-can create elegant solutions that work well and benefit all. In Mismatch, Kat Holmes describes how design can lead to exclusion, and how design can also remedy exclusion. These mismatches are the building blocks of exclusion. ![]() ![]() Something as simple as color choices can render a product unusable for millions. Sometimes designed objects reject their users: a computer mouse that doesn't work for left-handed people, for example, or a touchscreen payment system that only works for people who read English phrases, have 20/20 vision, and use a credit card. How inclusive methods can build elegant design solutions that work for all. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The heartbreaking journey Eleanor unfolds, the secrets she still holds back, and the mystery of a long-lost child, challenge everything the siblings thought they knew about their family, and themselves.Ĭan Byron and Benny reclaim their once-close relationship, piece together Eleanor's true history, and fulfill her final request to “share the black cake when the time is right?” Will their mother's revelations bring them back together or leave them feeling more lost than ever?Ĭharmaine Wilkerson's debut novel is a story of how the inheritance of betrayals, secrets, memories, and even names, can shape relationships and history. ![]() In her message, Eleanor shares a tumultuous story about a headstrong young swimmer who escapes her island home under suspicion of murder. In present-day California, Eleanor Bennett's death leaves behind a puzzling inheritance for her two children, Byron and Benny: a traditional Caribbean black cake, made from a family recipe with a long history, and a voice recording. Two estranged siblings delve into their mother’s hidden past-and how it all connects to her traditional Caribbean black cake-in this immersive family saga, “a character-driven, multigenerational story that’s meant to be savored” ( Time). Fiction - Family Life - Sagas - Coming of Age ![]() ![]() ![]() “The essential survival guide for the twenty-first century.”-Jim Mulvaney, Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist Read more Building a makeshift toilet & composting the results.How to create alternative lighting options. ![]() Heating or cooling without conventional power.When All Hell Breaks Loose provides solutions on how to survive a catastrophe. Watch naturalist Cody Lundin in Dual Survival on The Discovery Channel as he uses many of the same skills and techniques taught in his books. Lundin also addresses basic first aid and hygiene skills and makes recommendations for survival kit items for the home, office, and car. Relevant quotes and tips are placed throughout the pages to help readers remember important survival strategies while under stress and anxiety. According to the book, living through an emergency scenario is 90 percent psychology, and 10 percent methodology and gear. Entertaining and informative, When All Hell Breaks Loose describes how to maximize a survival mindset necessary for self-reliance. This is not your father's scout manual or a sterile FEMA handout. A survival expert’s guide for every family to prepare and educate themselves about the skills and mentality necessary to survive a disaster anywhere. ![]() ![]() ![]() Like many readers, I prefer authors to show the reader what is happening in their story instead of telling them Craig managed to do some of both in an effective way that held my interest. However, she soon becomes entangled in the ghostly secrets surrounding her family and finds out that circumstances are not quite what they seem. Having lost four sisters already, with the help of her childhood friend, her remaining sisters, and the captivating son of a seafaring captain, Annaleigh embarks on a mission to solve the suspicious death of her most recent sister. As the second-born daughter of a duke of her people, The People of The Salt, she is tasked with many duties, including helping her new stepmother grow accustomed to the strange mourning customs of the province and her Highmoor household. House of Salt and Sorrows follows 18-year-old Annaleigh and the mystery of the death that constantly surrounds her. ![]() While there are many elements of the gothic genre in this novel, there is also fantasy and mythology, so I guess this book would fall in the young adult fantasy/horror/gothic/romance/fairytale-spinoff genre? I had never read the original tale of “The Twelve Dancing Princesses”, but I think this was a very captivating read with many twists and turns that is bound to keep the reader on edge. ![]() ![]() For one, I didn’t even catch that it was supposed to be a fairytale spinoff until I read the back flap while I was half-way through the story. This book was definitely different from what I thought it’d be. ![]() ![]() ![]() “An easy and agreeable read, never seeming discursive or unwieldy, despite the vast amount of ground it covers. Foodies and readers fond of quirky cultural histories will enjoy this book.” - The Plain Dealer (Cleveland) Standage's writing flows like water: crisp, clear, and deceptively simple. “A clever, tight retelling of human history. Standage stirs up a fun and engaging romp without spilling a drop.” - Wired “Spirited arguments-mixed with more than a splash of historical evidence-present a cogent case for how civilization has evolved through millennia of sippage. ![]() the author underpins provocative cultural commentary with solid economic and political information.” - Wendy Smith, Los Angeles Times In breezy, but unfailingly intelligent prose. There aren't many books this entertaining that also provide a cogent crash course in ancient, classical and modern history. “Tom Standage's highly enjoyable chronicle of six beverages that have shaped human destiny is as refreshing as a cool glass of beer on a hot day and as stimulating as that first cup of coffee in the morning. ![]() uses something mundane and everyday to tell vivid and accessible stories about the changing textures of human life.” - Steven Shapin, The New Yorker Incisive, illuminating and swift.” - Janet Maslin, New York Times His book is loaded with the kind of data that get talked about at the figurative water cooler. “Standage's bright idea really is bright: a book that divides world history into beer, wine, spirits, coffee, tea and Coca-Cola Ages. ![]() |