Find below 27 of the most powerful and real YA quotes about friendship. The Best YA Book Quotes About Friendship Maybe what matters is not so much the path as who walks beside you. —Stacey Lee, Under A Painted Sky Life is an awful, ugly place not to have a friend. —Sarah Dessen, Someone Like You Parents don’t get that, though. They don’t understand about the fragility of teen friendships....
The Buried Giant by Kazuo Ishiguro “[The Buried Giant] really is a love story,” said Kazuo Ishiguro when I saw him speak in 2015. “Most people think of love stories as meeting stories, courtship stories, of how they met…A real love story is about what happens after they declare their love for each other, the long slog of trying to keep that love, that flame, alive.” That stuck with me. This beautiful book is a fantasy that asks intriguing questions about memory: about what you need to selectively remember and forget to keep a relationship going into old age....
Emilia and her twin sister Vittoria are streghe - witches who live secretly among humans, avoiding notice and persecution. One night, Vittoria is murdered and her body desecrated beyond belief. Devastated, Emilia sets out to find her sister’s killer and to seek vengeance at any cost…even if it means using dark magic that’s been long forbidden. Then Emilia meets Wrath, one of the Wicked-princes of Hell she has been warned against....
Turtle Under Ice by Juleah del Rosario Ever since their mother died, sisters Rowena and Ariana have drifted apart, until they’re strangers in proximity. But when Rowena awakes once morning to discover that Ariana disappeared in the middle of the night—in the middle of a snowstorm—she must search for her sister, and also confront the painful reasons why Ariana is now gone, and how Rowena might have played a part in her disappearance....
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Here are five of the most romantic, and, in some cases heart-breaking, love poems to have graced the big screen. Have a favorite poem that features prominently in one of your favorite movies? I’m always looking for recommendations. Book Riot Live is coming! Join us for a two-day event full of books, authors, and an all around good time. It’s the convention for book lovers that we’ve always wanted to attend....
For example, some female scientists have had their work overlooked. One example of a book that discusses them is Hidden Figures: The American Dream and Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Race. Others have their achievements compared with those of men—as if they don’t hold their own merit. Well I say, no more! It’s important to recognize women that are game changers—scientists, politicians, singers, and more....
Seduction: A History From the Enlightenment to the Present, by Clement Knox (Pegasus Books, February 4) It’s February, so maybe you’re in the mood for this: an exploration of the “shifting cultural mores of courtship”. The Garden of Eden, Georgian London, the Jazz Age, the fight for women’s rights, online dating: it’s all here. From The Odyssey to #MeToo, Knox looks at the romance, cultural, and political implications of seduction....
These five books are each the first in series, setting you up for a great marathon read when you find a sleuth you enjoy following. Death Comes as Epiphany by Sharan Newman In 1139 France, young scholar Catherine LeVendeur arrives at a convent to conquer her sin of pride under the tutelage of famed Abbess Heloise. When an important manuscript goes missing, Catherine is tasked with tracking it down. This mystery weaves dark mystery and sparkling romance into a fascinating and richly detailed tapestry of everyday life in 12th century France....
Do you need more books to delve deeper into the topic? Here are last year’s “5 Great Books for Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month.” When Derek tries a dish that Lila herself offers him, he dies, and the Macapagals are blamed for it. Afraid of going to jail, Lila conducts her own investigation into what really happened. Arsenic and Adobo is a refreshing mix of romance and mystery. Readers will get a glimpse of the family-centered Filipino culture....
Although people today say that slavery is a thing of the past, the lingering traces of that history are still worth looking into. For a clearer picture than this article can afford you, there are plenty of slave narratives and documents about the atrocious institution that was American slavery. However, these five books, ranging from novels to poetry, bring us fresh perspectives on what it means for America to remember slavery today....
Full of action, suspense, and important discussions centered around heartbreaking Cuban diaspora woven into the narrative, here are five more reasons to pick up Chanel Cleeton’s latest release to read on a warm spring day! 1. When We Left Cuba is full of espionage What makes this novel stand out against its predecessor, Next Year in Havana, is that Beatriz is recruited by the CIA in a top-secret mission to assassinate Fidel Castro....
The Girl With The Red Balloon by Katherine Locke For fans of historical fiction, this book is sure to capture your heart with its unique story premise and heart-melting characters that you’ll want to bundle up and hug. The Girl with the Red Balloon is the first novel in Katherine Locke’s Balloonmaker series. This story follows Ellie who gets transported back in time via a magical red balloon and lands in 1988 East Berlin, where she teams up with a group of rebels helping others cross the wall with the use of magic and science....
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What Are Free Verse Poems? Free verse is here defined as a poem with no set meter or verse that mimics natural speech patterns. Free verse poems can be short or long, contain sporadic rhymes or none at all, and be conveyed in spoken or written mediums. Because a free verse poem isn’t tied to any specific form, poets generally have more room to experiment with structure than they would with other styles....
Now, the GL mythos is a sprawling and complicated one and host to some very good stories, but it has not always been kind to women. Though there are officially seven Earth-based Green Lantern leads in the main DCU—Alan and six official Corps members—only one of them is a woman, and it took 74 of those 80 years for her to get a ring. It was a Green Lantern comic that spawned the term “women in refrigerators,” coined by Gail Simone to describe the trope of women being killed or otherwise grievously harmed in order to cause angst for male characters, when Kyle Rayner’s girlfriend Alex was dismembered by a supervillain and left in Kyle’s refrigerator for him to find....
These lengthy books, ranging from just under 500 pages to a whopping 945 pages, are hefty enough to keep you occupied for long stretches of time. And the best part: While they might be significantly bigger than your average-sized paperback, they’re just as entertaining and engrossing as their shorter counterparts. And whether you prefer domestic dramas or fantasy adventures, there’s sure to be something that suits your taste. The Luminaries by Eleanor Catton Length: 848 pages After arriving in New Zealand during the gold rush of 1866, Edinburgh resident Walter Moody stumbles on a meeting between 12 local men puzzling over a series of unexplained events....
This set-up plays an important role in the history of mystery fiction, thanks to famed writers like Agatha Christie and John Dickson Carr. So if you are feeling nostalgic or just want to become more familiar with the iconic stories that helped make this premise so popular, why not pick up one of these beloved classics? Whether you’re reading them for the first time or the 15th, these good ol’ fashioned whodunits won’t ever disappoint....
