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![]() But what does surprise me is just how far he wants to take the total servitude thing once he’s got that collar on… and how fucking hot it turns out to be when he insists that anything goes.ĪNYTHING GOES is a 103,000-word dirty AF gay college romance between a cocky (not-so) straight boy who likes to call the shots, and his ride-or-die, babbling little mess of an adoring bestie, who may or may not have been pining for him all along. I mean, come on now, who wouldn’t be down with winning the rights to a little Master-slave action? Assuming, of course, that I end up “Master” in that scenario.īut instead of it being the hot chick I’d had my eye on who’s wearing the slave collar for me at the end of the night, turns out it’s my best friend, Noah.ĭrunk off his ass and total shit at poker even when sober? Yeah, not really a shocker when Noah loses. Poker night in the freshman dorms is always a good time, but when someone tosses a collar in the pot, the game suddenly gets a little more interesting. ![]() ![]() ![]() Ironically Disabled Artist: Christy was afflicted with cerebral palsy since birth.Handy Feet: Christy has no choice but to use his left foot as a hand.Genius Cripple: The main character could only move his left foot due to cerebral palsy, but still wrote several poetry books and became very famous in Irish literary circles.Flashback: The way in which the story is told.Extremity Extremist: The protagonist, an almost-total tetraplegic who is carried around in a wheelbarrow, uses his only working appendage - guess which one - to do some damage in a Bar Brawl.Patricia Sheehan, who had played a very important role in Christy's development, was very much against the portrayal of Eileen Cole in the film. In fact, he proofread Christy's first book and contacted the publishers for him - the lot. Robert Collis was his mentor in every way - in his education and physical development but, more than that, he encouraged him to paint and write. She was supposed to represent an amalgam of several people who helped Christy. Composite Character: In the film version, the character Dr.It all goes downhill from there, and is most likely the start of Christy's alcoholism (before, he would just drink socially)."You meant Platonic love, didn't you? I've had Platonic love all me life, and you know what I say? FUCK PLATO! And fuck any love that isn't a hundred percent commitment!" ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Aidy Bryant stars as Annie, a journalist on the up in Portland, Oregon, who picks unhappily at a plastic container filled with “thin menu” slabs of things that are supposed to be pancakes, but look more like courtroom sketches of them. Shrill is a comedy in the way that The Bisexual is a comedy, or Barry is a comedy, or Russian Doll is a comedy: you will end up laughing, but not very much, and not all that often, although that is not necessarily to its detriment. This is a show worth investing in, rather than an instant fix. But there is much to enjoy everywhere, in ways that slowly reveal themselves. ![]() This sneakily affecting comedy is a loose adaptation of Lindy West’s memoir, Shrill: Notes from a Loud Woman audiences familiar with her journalism, particularly her astonishing segment for the podcast This American Life about meeting her online troll, will find pleasure in spotting the bits borrowed from real life. A lthough it aired in the US in March, and a trailer for its second season is already online, the first season of Shrill (BBC Three) has only just made its way to the UK. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() I eventually bit the bullet and bought it a couple of weeks ago and I read it over the course of the past weekend. I’ve been wanting to read this book of essays by Samantha Irby for quite a while because I’ve read so many reviews and book lists declaring it hilarious. ![]() Whether talking about how her difficult childhood has led to a problem in making “adult” budgets, explaining why she should be the new Bachelorette–she’s “35-ish, but could easily pass for 60-something”–detailing a disastrous pilgrimage-slash-romantic-vacation to Nashville to scatter her estranged father’s ashes, sharing awkward sexual encounters, or dispensing advice on how to navigate friendships with former drinking buddies who are now suburban moms–hang in there for the Costco loot–she’s as deft at poking fun at the ghosts of her past self as she is at capturing powerful emotional truths. With We Are Never Meeting in Real Life., “bitches gotta eat” blogger and comedian Samantha Irby turns the serio-comic essay into an art form. ![]() ![]() ![]() The single mom, the newly recruited teacher on a bike, makes friends with native women and her contact and relationship with them lead her to get glimpses of the not-so-obvious conflicts that threaten life in the country. Set against the backdrop of a powerful political landscape The Kurdish Bike offers a stunning social, political, and cultural commentary of what it is like to live in a third world country torn apart by war. Can her voice be heard? What does it take to replace structures of oppression? What hope do the marginalized have vis-à-vis the cultural divide and the harsh political landscape? Alesa Lightbourne’s debut explores such critical issues and a lot, lot more. Now, thrown in an unknown world, she has to reconcile with new cultural values and witness the aftermath of war and its implications on culture and lifestyle. ![]() When Theresa answers the ad to teach at a Kurdish school, she has no idea of the challenges that lie ahead. ![]() ![]() The Kurdish Bike is a gripping story of one woman’s immersion into a not-so-comfortable world,where she struggles to make sense of critical issues, like violence, lack of respect for women, poverty, and the general sense of the absurd characteristic of war-ridden areas. ![]() ![]() ![]() As a parent of young children, I spend no time driving to stores for diapers, I can shop late at night, I can get things cheap. The Everything Store will be the revealing, definitive biography of the company that placed one of the first and largest bets on the Internet and forever changed the way we shop and read.ĭid you know how bad it is to work for Amazon? ![]() But he stands out for his restless pursuit of new markets, leading Amazon into risky new ventures like the Kindle and cloud computing, and transforming retail in the same way Henry Ford revolutionized manufacturing. Compared to tech's other elite innovators - Jobs, Gates, Zuckerberg - Bezos is a private man. Until now.īrad Stone enjoyed unprecedented access to current and former Amazon employees and Bezos family members, giving listeners the first in-depth, fly-on-the-wall account of life at Amazon. To do so, he developed a corporate culture of relentless ambition and secrecy that's never been cracked. ![]() He wanted Amazon to become the everything store, offering limitless selection and seductive convenience at disruptively low prices. But its visionary founder, Jeff Bezos, wasn't content with being a bookseller. The definitive story of, one of the most successful companies in the world, and of its driven, brilliant founder, Jeff Bezos.Ī started off delivering books through the mail. Audie Award Finalist, Business/Educational, 2014 ![]() ![]() ![]() A helpful and/or enlightening book that is extremely well rounded, has many strengths and no shortcomings worth mentioning.Ĩ – Very good. Often an instant classic and must-read for everyone.ĩ – Superb. A helpful and/or enlightening book that, in addition to meeting the highest standards in all pertinent aspects, stands out even among the best. Here's what the ratings mean:ġ0 – Brilliant. Books we rate below 5 won’t be summarized. Our rating helps you sort the titles on your reading list from solid (5) to brilliant (10). We rate each piece of content on a scale of 1–10 with regard to these two core criteria. Helpful – You’ll take-away practical advice that will help you get better at what you do. Whatever we select for our library has to excel in one or the other of these two core criteria:Įnlightening – You’ll learn things that will inform and improve your decisions. At getAbstract, we summarize books* that help people understand the world and make it better. ![]() ![]() ![]() An all-nighter. Sharp characters stitch your eye to the page. And neither Moore nor Rizzoli can protect Cordell from a ruthless hunter who somehow understands-and savors-the secret fears of every woman he kills. With every new murder he seems to be taunting her, cutting ever closer, from her hospital to her home. Now this new killer is re-creating, with chilling accuracy, the details of Cordell's ordeal. Catherine Cordell fought back and filled an attacker before he could complete his assault. ![]() The precision of his methods suggests that he is a deranged man of medicine, prompting the Boston newspapers to dub him "The Surgeon." Led by Detectives Thomas Moore and Jane Rizzoli, the cops must consult the victim of a nearly identical crime: Two years ago, Dr. Tess Gerritsen gives chilling new meaning to the phrase 'under the knife' in her latest thriller, THE SURGEON. He slips into homes at night and walks silently into bedrooms where women lie sleeping, about to awaken to a living nightmare. Tess Gerritsen left a successful practice as an internist to raise her children and concentrate on her writing. NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER "A briskly paced, terrifically suspenseful work that steadily builds toward a tense and terrifying climax." -People (Page-turner of the week) ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Like all the books in the Chronicles of Ancient Darkness, Outcast explores the complexities of an ancient world filled with good and evil.A HarperAudio production. Tormented by secrets and broken trust, he uncovers a deception that will turn his world upside down.Outcast is a thrilling story of friendship, survival, and the need to belong. ![]() Cast out from the clans, he is alone and on the run – cut off from his best friend, Renn, and his beloved pack-brother, Wolf.In the haunted reed-beds of Lake Axehead he is hunted by the Otter Clan and taunted by the Hidden People and, as soul-sickness claims him, falls prey to an even greater menace. He bears the mark of the Soul-Eater and must pay the price. Ghost Hunter is the final book in Michelle’s Chronicles of Ancient Darkness series and the book that won her Britain’s most prestigious children’s writing prize, the Guardian Children’s Fiction Prize. Torak crouched on a beach of black sand, his clothes in tatters, his face wild and hopeless as he lashed out with a flaming brand – lashed out at Wolf.For two moons, Torak has hidden a terrible secret – and now it is revealed. ![]() |