![]() ![]() ![]() Whether it be looking for a new read or perhaps starting your Christmas shopping, we’ve found some great new Fantasy & Science Fiction books coming out this month!įrom another fantasy masterpiece by the popular Brandon Sanderson to a new novel by Andy Weir, the very author who wrote the best-selling novel turned film, The Martian. Also coming out this November is the sequel in Joe Zieja’s brilliant sci-fi spoof series, a collection of stories with a twist on classics such as The Wizard of Oz, and a magical tale where a djinn warrior is accidentally summoned.Ĭheck out our picks and tell us in the comments below if you will be adding one of these reads to your booklist or if you have enjoyed reading one of them! Into The Rolling Deep by Mira Grant, Communication Failure by Joe Zieja, Jade City by Fonda Lee, Oathbringer by Brandon Sanderson Into The Rolling Deep by Mira Grant | Goodreads ![]()
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Yet when, after bearing five children, she could bear no more, he prepared to take another wife Sultana fought this, as she had fought every other injustice and indignity her culture inflicted on her. Sultana, the family's rebel, had the luck to marry a man who valued her spirit and intelligence. One sister, wed to a 62-year-old sexual sadist, attempted suicide. Her older sister was circumcised before a ``modern'' doctor intervened on behalf of Sultana and her eight other sisters their father treated all 10 as breeding animals, useless until old enough to be married off and to produce sons for their husbands. Her father had four wives and a palace for each of them. The pseudonymous Sultana is a niece of King Faisal. In this consistently gripping work, the American-born Sasson ( The Rape of Kuwait ) recounts the life story of a Saudi princess she met while living in Saudi Arabia. ![]() ![]() ![]() But all of these seem like minor concerns when someone starts turning Hogwarts students to stone: an evildoer said to be the fearsome Heir of Salazar Slytherin, on of the founders of the school. ![]() Harry is also shocked to discover that he can speak Parseltongue, the language of snakes - a rare ability that Lord Voldemort also possessed - and that anti-Muggle prejudice exists in the Wizarding world, even affecting Harry's friend Hermione. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Scholastic illustrated edition cover, illustrated by Jim Kay of Credit: Bloomsbury Harry Potter and the Chambers of Secrets, Bloomsbury U.K. Soon other worries accumulate: the outrageously stuck-up new professor Gilderoy Lockhart a ghost named Moaning Myrtle, who haunts the girls' bathroom the strange behavior of Ron's little sister, Ginny Weasley rumors about the "Chamber of Secrets," a cavern buried deep below Hogwarts and a magical diary owned by Tom Riddle, a Hogwarts student of long ago. Harry and Ron miss the Hogwarts Express, so they fly to school in a blue Ford Anglia, crash landing in the notorious Whomping Willow. Rowling, Thomas Taylor hardcover9 June 2022 32.99 or 4 payments of 8.25 with Learn more ADD TO CART Booklovers earn 1. ![]() But just as he's packing his bags to return to school, a creature named Dobby the house-elf announces that if Harry goes back to Hogwarts, disaster will strike. 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Now, as the supernatural population starts turning on itself, a newly mortal Georgina must rescue her boss and figure out who's been playing them-or all hell will break loose. One bright spot: with her life-sucking ability gone, there's nothing to keep Georgina from getting down and dirty with Seth-nothing apart from his girlfriend that is. Then Jerome is kidnapped, and all immortals under his control mysteriously lose their powers. Being exiled to the frozen north-okay, Vancouver-and leaving Seth in the cozy clutches of his new girlfriend is unpleasant enough. But lately, thanks to her foul mood over breaking up with bestselling writer Seth Mortensen, she's been so wicked that Seattle's über-demon Jerome, decides to "outsource" Georgina to a rival-and have her spy for him in the process. Georgina Kincaid has been a bad, bad succubus.which should be a good thing. ![]() ![]() ![]() Consequently, these impressive characteristics percolate in political deliberations. This wonderful trait is exhibited daily, throughout the world, in multiple activities. ![]() Pignanelli: ”I don’t think you can overstate how offensive the GOP’s unabashed embrace of Donald Trump (and all that entailed) was to a lot of Latter-day Saints, especially younger ones.” - McKay Coppins, The AtlanticĪn absolute rock-solid currency is the decency inherent in church members. Is such a shift occurring, and what are the ramifications? Other experts provide similar conclusions. He believes the data documents that younger church members are significantly less conservative than older adherents. A section of respondents were members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Ryan Burge, a professor of political science at Eastern Illinois University, conducted an exhaustive survey of Americans’ political preferences. We offer commentary on a few trends that various experts believe are occurring in the state. In some ways, it’s unlike anywhere else in the country or world. 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