![]() ![]() The author tries to write as if Junie is talking/thinking, so it jumps around quite a bit, as an easily distracted five-year-old would. ![]() Or either that, the particular 7 year old I am with is a better reader than most. Along the way we get a lot of cute antics from the independent and talkative five year old.īut I must say, I'm surprised/impressed kids can read this and do well with it. Junie gets a fancy mushy valentine from a secret admirer and then sets out to solve the mystery of who sent it. I of course knew the ending well before the end, but that's probably because I'm 28 and not 7. I eagerly accepted, having heard good things about them and wanting to know what all the fuss was about. Jones books with her, and asked if I'd like to read one. One of the little girls who I brought to the zoo on Saturday had two Junie B. ![]()
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The White Album covers the revolutionary politics and the “contemporary wasteland” of the late sixties and early seventies, in pieces on the Manson family, the Black Panthers, and Hollywood. ![]() Slouching Towards Bethlehem captures the counterculture of the sixties, its mood and lifestyle, as symbolized by California, Joan Baez, Haight-Ashbury. ![]() Now the seven books of nonfiction that appeared between 19 have been brought together into one thrilling collection. Joan Didion’s incomparable and distinctive essays and journalism are admired for their acute, incisive observations and their spare, elegant style. ![]() ![]() ![]() So how does a writer with a talent for the literary make a reader laugh, cry, and reconsider both their impact on the planet and the way we look at novel genres? 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Kira Jane Buxton’s Hollow Kingdom (Grand Central Publishing, August 2019) is making big waves in the literary world. ![]() ![]() Sarrantonio paints portraits with words and imagery as well as anyone writing today. Clark gracing the cover, it's an attractive piece, indeed. ![]() Hardcover, artistic interior design, the stirring art of Alan M. Reviews and Praise: "Cemetery Dance's signed, limited hardcover edition of the final chapter in Sarrantonio's Orangefield odyssey, 'Halloweenland', is a worthy addition to any collector's stash. And where Detective Grant, in the end, will find the strangest of allies. The trail will lead from Orangefield to Ireland, the ancient home of Samhain, Lord of the Dead, and back to Halloweenland-where, on what may be the last Halloween ever, the ultimate confrontation between Death and Life will take place. Orangefield is also the home of Detective Bill Grant, who has seen it all, and who is on the track of a strange little girl who holds the fate of the Universe in her hands. For this year, Orangefield, already the pumpkin capital of the world, is the new home to Halloweenland, a holiday carnival extraordinaire run by the mysterious Mr. ![]() In Orangefield, Halloween is never normal, and this year is no exception. Halloweenland by Al Sarrantonio A new full-length Orangefield Halloween novel from Al Sarrantonio! On a fallow pumpkin patch a carnival springs to life, bringing Death in its wake. ![]() ![]() “Christian Science proves that loving your enemy is not only possible, it is natural.”īut how can we learn to lead with love, instead of hate and hurt feelings? Tetreau will disclose in her talk how answering Christ Jesus’ call to “love your enemies,” combined with the study of Christian Science, enables anyone to “replace anger, hurt, and injustice with forgiveness, freedom, and peace.” “Loving others, including those who may feel like enemies, can sometimes feel impossible,” explains Tetreau. Saturday, May 20, at Ed Hales Park in downtown Redlands. But the Holy Bible, especially the life and teachings of Christ Jesus, show us a way out of hateful and angry emotions.Ĭhristian Science practitioner Giulia Nesi Tetreau will address this important topic in her upcoming talk, “Learning to Love Your Enemies,” which will be held at 2 p.m. ![]() Is someone in your life hard to love? If honest, most of us will respond regretfully that we can’t help our negative feelings. ![]() ![]() He works the carrot out and stashes the slippery, filthy thing in the dirty clothes under his bed.Īfter dinner, he goes to find the carrot and it’s gone. Then this kid, his mom yells it’s suppertime. He slathers it with grease and grinds his ass down on it. Like he’s going home to stick a carrot cake up his butt.Īt home, he whittles the carrot into a blunt tool. So, my friend, he buys milk and eggs and sugar and a carrot, all the ingredients for a carrot cake. ![]() Everyone seeing the big evening he has planned. All the shoppers waiting in line, watching. Then he pictures how it’s going to look at the supermarket checkstand, the lonely carrot and petroleum jelly rolling down the conveyor belt toward the grocery-store cashier. He goes out to buy a carrot and some petroleum jelly. He’s always jonesing for a better way to get his rocks off. At that age, this friend’s a little sex maniac. Stimulate the prostate gland hard enough, and the rumor is you can have explosive hands-free orgasms. So listen as fast as you can.Ī friend of mine, when he was thirteen years old he heard about “pegging.” This is when a guy gets banged up the butt with a dildo. ![]() This story should last about as long as you can hold your breath, and then just a little bit longer. Excerpt from “Haunted” by Chuck Palahniuk ![]() ![]() Can Abby trust her, or does Miss Winters have something wicked planned for the young witches of Willow Cove? PRAISE FOR THE WITCHES OF WILLOW COVE ![]() Miss Winters, herself a witch, even offers to teach Abby and the others everything she knows about witchcraft.īut as Abby learns more about Miss Winters’ past, she begins to suspect her new mentor is keeping secrets of her own. ![]() Things only begin to make sense when a stranger named Miss Winters reveals that Abby isn’t the only young witch in town-and that Willow Cove is home to a secret past that connects them all. Her best friend suddenly keeping secrets and telling lies. ![]() Giant snakes slithering around the middle school gym. Green slime bubbling to life in science class. Seventh grader Abby Shepherd is just getting the hang of it when weird stuff starts happening all around her hometown of Willow Cove. He is currently at work on the second book in the Willow Cove series, THE CURSE OF WILLOW COVE. Josh writes for an upper-middle grade audience, exploring themes of friendship, family, loss, and loyalty against a backdrop of spooky supernatural mystery and adventure. 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