![]() No one dared enter, until…įebruary of 1988 – Ben Kellogg and Laura Hawks decide to collaborate on a book about the hellish legend of 1129 Ridge Avenue. What transpired in the hours that the elderly inventor and his acquaintance, Freddie Parlock, were in that house, changed both men immeasurably for the rest of their lives and unleashed a terrifying and demonic evil on the world. ![]() Edison entered the house on Ridge Avenue in order to test his newest invention: The Spirit Telephone. In the spring of 1920, esteemed inventor Thomas A. Brunrichter had disappeared, leaving behind him gruesome remnants of his multiple demented experiments in the reanimation of the dead. A year later, the horrific sounds of a woman screaming followed by a huge explosion, brought firefighters into a true ‘House of Horrors’: Dr. Brunrichter purchased the house in the early 1900s. For roughly 20 years, the house stood vacant until a reclusive doctor named Adolph C. Weeks later, Lyda Congelier brutally murdered Charles and Essie after discovering her philandering husband having an affair with Essie. Number 1129 Ridge Avenue – in the winter of 1871, Civil War profiteer Charles Wright Congelier, his wife Lyda and their young servant, Essie moved into the mansion after they bought it for a song. ![]() ![]() ![]() How long has it been on my TBR pile? Since 1 June 2009 Where did it come from? From a Library Book Sale ![]()
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![]() When Ettie attracts the eye of the Tiger-the ruthless lord of the Guild of Flesh-Nina is caught in a desperate race to keep the younger girl safe. Her vow takes her from the city's dark underbelly to the glittering court of Louis XVII. Nina's life is midnight robberies, avoiding her father's fists, and watching over her naïve adopted sister, Cosette (Ettie). In the violent urban jungle of an alternate 1828 Paris, the French Revolution has failed and the city is divided between merciless royalty and nine underworld criminal guilds, known as the Court of Miracles. Eponine (Nina) Thénardier is a talented cat burglar and member of the Thieves Guild. Les Misérables meets Six of Crows in this page-turning adventure as a young thief finds herself going head to head with leaders of Paris's criminal underground in the wake of the French Revolution. ![]() 7/6/2023 0 Comments Demon by Jack Younger![]() The girls feel different and have clear personalities and roles in the harem - The litRPG is used well and doesn't feel overwhelming but gives a framework for the interesting combat dynamics of the book - The narration The book’s weaknesses. New girl is hot and the most interesting girl so far. Narrator Voice diversity: Every character has their own voice that support their personality well Pacing and intonation: Erin Bateman is a great storyteller using pacing and intonation masterfully to engage and captivate the listener. ![]() Soon attacked from everywhere and hunted by demons, our hero must once again find a way to foil the plans of the foe he thought he defeated. Summary: A mysterious letter arrives and the MC and his powerful priestess heads south to meet the sender and find out why he is so mysteriously asked for assistance. Genre: VR Isekai ish LitRPG fantasy harem Power dynamics in harem: The girls follow the lead of the MC Explicit/adult material: Explicit and well done. ![]() At my request I received a copy of this audiobook in order to give a fair and unbiased review. ![]() 7/6/2023 0 Comments Virgin flyer lucy lennox![]() One of the two.”Īs our friends laughed around the crowded table, I hoped the dim lights of the bar hid my splotchy face. ![]() Or he’s got an embarrassing little problem in his pants. Any guy who claims to still be a virgin at our age is just lying to get into her pants quicker. “Who the hell is still a virgin at age twenty-six?”Ĭhris asked the question, gesturing with his overfull beer glass and sloshing some of the foam onto the sticky table below. But it was just a one-time thing, and I need to forget about him once and for all.Īt least I know I won’t ever see him again-until I board a flight and catch sight of a familiar profile in the cockpit just as the door closes. ![]() Now I can’t get the handsome stranger who greeted me with soft kisses and gentle touches out of my mind. ![]() The terms are simple: no talking, no names. So I decide to get it over with, play the V-card once and for all with an anonymous hook-up. And don’t be surprised if I’m gone in the morning.Īfter crushing on my best friend for years, I realize he’ll never want someone inexperienced like me. Hold me, make love to me, treat me like I’m the most important person in the world. ![]() Wanted: One night together, no strings attached. ![]() 7/5/2023 0 Comments The 90s chuck klosterman![]() ![]() ![]() um, so i'm just gonna do this as best i can and i hope the technology doesn't break down. it feels like it's going terrible because i've just talking to a picture of myself, but you know, that's all life is temporarily hopefully temporarily hopefully not forever. also if there were actually the people who are watching this now if you were in a room together, you know, i'm not really saying anything that hilarious but a few you might just kind of beittering and chuckling but there'd be a bunch of you right so would sound like it's going great right now. so they've created this narrative conceit where a guy talks to himself on his computer to explain what's going on. it seems like i'm in a really bad movie where there's a bunch of exposition they have to get into it. ![]() ![]() All copies of 2017 Hymnal content must retain attribution and copyright notices as provided, without alteration.Except for the above, you may not otherwise copy or distribute hymn content or other content from 2017 Hymnal pages in any format without written permission.You may download and play audio recordings for personal, non-commercial use and for the purpose of congregational singing, reviewing, and previewing hymns with your church congregation.You may download and print a sufficient number of copies of sheet music and hymn texts for the purpose of congregational singing, reviewing, and previewing hymns with your church congregation.You may download and print a copy of content for your personal, non-commercial use. ![]() As a user of 2017 Hymnal, you agree to be bound by the Terms and Privacy Policy of the Site, including the Permissions Page which contains the following specific use information about content (such as sheet music, audio recordings, hymn texts, notes and other text) found on 2017 Hymnal: Welcome to "2017 Hymnal," a part of Christian Science JSH-Online (the “Site”), owned and operated by The Christian Science Publishing Society. ![]() 7/5/2023 0 Comments Refuse by Elliott DeLine![]() ![]() The Tompkins County Public Library will host Ritch Savin-Williams at 4 p.m. ![]() He is also a speaker, artist and songwriter. Elliott was born and raised in Syracuse and now lives in Ithaca with his partner and family. His humorous and sobering writing on gender, sexuality, class, and struggle is eye-opening to outsiders and validating to those who share his experiences.ĭeline is a transgender fiction and memoir author of “Refuse,” “I Know Very Well How I Got My Name,” “Show Trans” and “No Poster Boy.” He and his writing have been featured publications such as in The New York Times, The Collection: Short Fiction from the Transgender Vanguard, QED, and The Advocate. The book is a collection of Deline’s essays on the subject of an underrepresented population: transgender men who are attracted to men. Author Elliott Deline will read from “No Poster Boy: Transgender Essays” at 5 p.m. ![]() 7/5/2023 0 Comments Blackberry picking poem pdf![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Plath recalls her early years fondly but, following her bereavement, represents her later childhood as laden with anxiety and parental tension. Thomas recalls blissful childhood sojourns in rhapsodic terms while Heaney, more explicitly, remembers a vigorous boyhood of warmth and family affection. Different attitudes to personal youthful situations are noticeable in the works of three twentieth century poets: Dylan Thomas, Seamus Heaney and Sylvia Plath. These are: delight versus anguish, family affection against family resentment, ‘adult’ voice vis-à-vis ‘child’ voice. Yet the principle of thematic binary distinction is valid so that three resulting contrasts invite meaningful analysis and are addressed within this paper. While the focus of most poetry of childhood recollection can either be allocated within a ‘positive’ or ‘negative’ pairing, such broad dualism can be overly simplistic. ![]() 7/5/2023 0 Comments Spoiler alert hero dies![]() I received an advanced reading copy of Spoiler Alert: The Hero Dies through NetGalley. For that reason, I generally try to avoid them.īut the pull of Ausiello’s writing, which has made me feel every emotion on the spectrum since I read my first-ever “Ask Ausiello” column way back when, was too great. Reading tragic stories - especially true ones - usually reduces me to a blubbery mess. When I heard he had a memoir coming out, one detailing the loss of his late husband to cancer, I was curious. That being said, it never occurred to me to take interest in his personal life. His love of Veronica Mars and championing of the show first put him on my radar over a decade ago. This trepidation had nothing to do with the author I’ve been a fan of Michael Ausiello for years. I have to be upfront: going into Spoiler Alert: The Hero Dies, I was weary. ![]() 7/5/2023 0 Comments Black betty mosley![]() ![]() The sound I did make was nothing more than So many layers that I couldn't get a sure knock. It was fabricated from many layers of wood. Mosley beats hell out of most of today's contenders for consideration as a top-ranking writerīoxing is called the sweet science Mr. Still seems slightly unsure, not of his capacity to endure the distance but rather of just how far to extend himself per round. Mosley, in his fourth novel about the black Los Angeles private eye Easy Rawlins, ![]() To go the full 12 rounds a good fighter has to pace himself, and Mr. N "Black Betty," Walter Mosley writes like a boxer who throughout his career has campaigned as a lightweight or welterweight and now,īecause he can no longer shed the necessary pounds, is forced to fight as a middleweight. ![]() |