Phantoms by Dean Koontz6/10/2023 ![]() He went on and wrote several more works in his career, and fourteen of them made it at the top of the New York Times hardcover bestseller list, making him one of only a few writers ever to have achieved that milestone. His first novel, Star Quest, was published in 1968. After graduating, he went to work as an English teacher at Mechanicsburg High School in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania. His writing career sparked when he was a senior in college and won a fiction competition sponsored by Atlantic Monthly magazine. He said in one of his interviews in the later years that his experience greatly influenced his writing. Who Is Dean Koontz?īorn on July 9, 1945, in Everett, Pennsylvania, Dean Koontz suffered in his childhood years at the hands of his abusive and alcoholic father. ![]() ![]() Here is the complete list of books published by Dean Koontz, screenwriter, executive producer, and one of the most prolific writers in the genre of thrillers of the ’80s and ’90s.ĭean Koontz’s novels were often found on The New York Times Best Seller list, with 16 paperbacks and 14 hardcovers reaching the number-one spot. ![]()
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The becoming of noah shaw6/10/2023 ![]() ![]() I really enjoyed the first two books of that trilogy but then, the third was a disappointment. Writing: the writing of this was on par with the Mara Dyer trilogy. ![]() Hodkin grew up in Florida, went to college in New York, and studied law in Michigan, before finally settling in Brooklyn last year.Īctual rating: 2.25* (yes I'm getting very specific here) ![]() Additionally, The Retribution of Mara Dyer was selected as one of ’s Top 10 YA Books of 2014. Lev Grossman has called Hodkin “One of the greatest talents in Young Adult fiction.” The novels were praised by Romantic Times, MTV’s Hollywood Crush, and the Los Angeles Times, and books from the series appeared on several state reading lists. The trilogy, which includes The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer, The Evolution of Mara Dyer, and The Retribution of Mara Dyer, was described as “haunting and dreamlike” by Cassandra Clare and “darkly funny, deliciously creepy, and genuinely thoughtful” by Veronica Roth. Michelle Hodkin is the author of the Mara Dyer Trilogy, which was a New York Times, USA Today, and Publishers Weekly bestselling series. ![]() The unknown jw lynne6/9/2023 ![]() If you like fast-paced thrillers with intriguing mystery, captivating suspense, unexpected twists and turns, heartwarming friendship, a dash of romance, and surprising climaxes that bring everything together, don't miss this original new series! This was just as good, if not better than the first one! Lovedddd ittttt!" - Jessica, Goodreads ★★★★★ "I thought the sequel could never be as good as the first one because it seemed like their adventures were over but boy was I wrong. I certainly found a new author to follow in J.W. The ending definitely won't disappoint you. The second gives you a fabulous follow up. "I loved the ending of this duology! I fell in love with this group of kids in the first book. I couldn’t recommend enough." - Carly, Amazon ★★★★★ A truly amazing follow up book to The Unknown. A page-turner from start to finish that kept me guessing and on my toes. THE HAVEN is book two in a completed series of two full-length novels that tell the tale of eight kids, ages nine to seventeen, who are taken from their homes in the middle of the night and wake up after their kidnapping in a frightening and mysterious world full of secrets. ![]() NOW, THEY ARE ABOUT TO FACE THE GREATEST CHALLENGE OF THEIR LIVES.įrom the author of the heart-pounding mystery thriller THE UNKNOWN comes a riveting sequel that climaxes with a shocking twist you'll never see coming. ![]() NINE NIGHTS AGO, EIGHT CHILDREN WERE KIDNAPPED. Book #2 in the gripping new suspense series filled with twists and turns! ![]() David allen book getting things done6/9/2023 ![]() Lesson 2: Create a “next actions” list for all your projects to avoid thinking in the moment. ![]() Your brain will only get a feeling of relief from putting something in your collection bucket when it knows that whatever lands in there will be taken care of sooner rather than later. Of course this system is only good if you empty your collection bucket or buckets regularly, Allen suggests weekly. This lets you deflect interruptions as they occur and keeps your mind from derailing, while you’re on a productivity roll. Whatever lands in your brain or lap while you’re busy working ( for example during a Pomodoro time block), goes in there. It serves as a means to collect all interruptions, whether they come in the form of thoughts in your mind or to-do’s handed over to you by coworkers. Your collection bucket can be a simple piece of paper, a notebook or note inside Evernote, a note on your phone, or even a physical bucket in your office. “Buy milk, buy milk, buy milk, buy milk, buy milk, buy milk, buy milk, …” You can’t seem to un-remember it and it keeps nagging you, while all you’re trying to do is work. ![]() ![]() You know that horrible feeling you have once you remember you have to buy milk? There’s a reason it made #1 on this list. This one’s been a major game changer for me in 2015. If you want to save this summary for later, download the free PDF and read it whenever you want.ĭownload PDF Lesson 1: Use a “collection bucket” to store things outside your mind and stay focused. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Click ‘Customise Cookies’ to decline these cookies, make more detailed choices, or learn more. Third parties use cookies for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalised ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products. This includes using first- and third-party cookies, which store or access standard device information such as a unique identifier. If you agree, we’ll also use cookies to complement your shopping experience across the Amazon stores as described in our Cookie Notice. We also use these cookies to understand how customers use our services (for example, by measuring site visits) so we can make improvements. We use cookies and similar tools that are necessary to enable you to make purchases, to enhance your shopping experiences and to provide our services, as detailed in our Cookie Notice. ![]() Batman by Paul Dini6/9/2023 ![]() ![]() The comic received both a Harvey and Eisner Award, two of the comics industry's highest honors. A collection of mystery stories from DETECTIVE COMICS 821-826 written by Paul Dini (Batman: The Animated Series) The Dark Knight faces the Riddler. The work is the second in a series of collaborations between artist Alex Ross and writer Paul Dini, following Superman: Peace on Earth. Freeze's origin is similar to that of his DCAU counterpart, as told by Paul Dini in " Heart of Ice". Batman: War on Crime is a treasury giant prestige format graphic novel published by DC Comics in November 1999. ![]() The covers to all four issues interlock to form one composite image in the order (from left to right): Batman: Bane, Batman: Batgirl, this issue and Batman: Poison Ivy. This issue was released as one of four one-shot graphic novels to coincide with the release of the 1997 Batman and Robin movie. ![]()
Undermajordomo minor6/9/2023 ![]() But he soon discovers the place is full of dark secrets, including the whereabouts of its owner. The story centers around an aimless young man who becomes the assistant to the Majordomo of a remote castle. The synopsis of the novel is a far cry from what you’d expect to see in a Kelly Reichardt film. ![]() READ MORE: Kelly Reichardt Is One of the Best Filmmakers in America, and We Don’t Appreciate Her Enough ![]() According to her recent interview with The Los Angeles Times, the director reveals she’s working on an adaptation of Patrick DeWitt’s “Undermajordomo Minor.” Never one to play it safe, Reichardt is already planning her next film and it’s not one you’d necessarily associate with her naturalistic eye. Kelly Reichardt is coming off the biggest hit of her career thanks to “Certain Women,” which has grossed over $1 million at the box office and earned her an Indie Spirit Award nomination for Best Director. ![]() Moon-Bright Tides by RoAnna Sylver6/8/2023 ![]() Expect to see the occasional wedding related post!Īfter a little over a week of Hawaiian vacation bliss, it was rough coming back home and getting back into the swing of things (especially as I was rolling right into my second busy season at work). ![]() ![]() Now we have loads of wedding planning ahead of us (I have done pretty much nothing aside from buying a wedding planning binder and downloading The Knot wedding planning app) but come spring we will definitely have to kick the planning into high gear (though we’re not targeting a date until 2019). Max and I got engaged during our trip! Granted, it wasn’t really a surprise (when you’ve been with someone for ten years you expect to get engaged at some point) but it was a perfect combination of a birthday trip/engagement-moon (yes, I’m making that a thing). Is it just me, or did January feel like an EXTREMELY long month? Between work, my birthday, going on vacation, and settling into the new year, I feel like it’s already been 2018 for quite a while! We started out the year with a vacation to Hawaii and some other exciting news… ![]() Angel Fire by L.A. Weatherly6/8/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() She takes you for a romp through beautiful Mexico as an AK team trains and finds themselves in a action packed suspenseful event with the evil Angels that had my heart facing and had me excited from beginning to end. Lee has created word images so vivid that it is almost like watching a movie. You can defiantly see L.A Weatherly has done her research from the amount of detail to the amount pages. This skilfully craft novel contains some history, mysticism, mystery, intrigue, humor and romance in a neat package that is not just entertaining but challenges your mind and imagination. You expect nothing to come in their way of love but could it? Who could possibly be able too? That thought I had running through this entrancing novel from beginning to end. Willow and Alex are back! And even more in Love than before. Weatherly - review 'Angel Fire, the second book in an AMAZING trilogy (it's so much better than the first) IS NOW A MUST READ' XoXo, Bookworm98. So once again I opened the pages to Willow and Alexs world I fall in love with the story all over again. Review: I'm sure you all agree that we have been holding our breathe for this novel. As the power of the malevolent Church of Angels grows, now it's up to Alex and Willow to train a new team of Angel Killers. Unique, dazzling Willow has the beauty and power that comes with being half-angel. Gorgeous, charismatic Alex has the courage and skill of a trained Angel Killer. Angels will never be seen in the same way again. Summary: This is the thrilling second chapter in the electrifying "Angel Trilogy". ![]() Xiran jay zhao books6/8/2023 ![]() But now that Zetian has had a taste of power, she will not cower so easily. To tame her unnerving yet invaluable mental strength, she is paired up with Li Shimin, the strongest and most controversial male pilot in Huaxia. She is labeled an Iron Widow, a much-feared and much-silenced kind of female pilot who can sacrifice boys to power up Chrysalises instead. But she gets her vengeance in a way nobody expected-she kills him through the psychic link between pilots and emerges from the cockpit unscathed. When 18-year-old Zetian offers herself up as a concubine-pilot, it's to assassinate the ace male pilot responsible for her sister's death. It doesn't matter that the girls often die from the mental strain. The boys of Huaxia dream of pairing up with girls to pilot Chrysalises, giant transforming robots that can battle the mecha aliens that lurk beyond the Great Wall. ![]() ![]() In this blend of Chinese history and mecha science fiction for YA readers. ![]() |