![]() But it’s not just meant to garner laughs – “when the word ‘penis’ is considered taboo in the conservative Punjabi community, are going to seek out substitutes.” As the women were always in the kitchen, it made sense to use vegetables.Ĥ. ![]() Her favourite sexual euphemism in the book? The aubergine. As the women open up about their lives and their sexuality, Nikki uncovers a more sinister secret about a group of men in the Southall community.ģ. Protagonist Nikki takes on a creative writing class for elderly women at the local temple in London, but soon finds out that these widows are more interested in telling erotic tales. Don’t be too quick to dismiss it as a steamy bodice ripper. When Erotic Stories clinched a book deal with British publishing giant Harper Collins (the book ignited a bidding war), Balli became the darling of Singapore’s literary scene.Ģ. If you’re still not convinced, here’s a quick lowdown.ġ. ![]()
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![]() ![]() And of course, the whole thing looks absolutely, spectacularly beautiful, with Templer’s art just a lush mix of pinks, greens, oranges, and more. And damn, it was everything you want from this sort of fabulous sci-fi – it’s got heart, it’s got style, it’s got huge mech-knight gladiatorial fights, it’s got a political message, and it’s absolutely queer-positive. Next thing you know, Pan is off-world, on the run, and has signed up to the idea of bringing the system down. ![]() ![]() And Pan’s world would have stayed small were it not for two rogue Comsoknights fighting against the patriarchal foundations of their worlds, hiding their sex and their relationship, Cass and Bee, literally showing up on her doorstep asking for help. Pan and Tara in happier times, from Cosmoknights Book 1 None of this would have affected Pan were it not for her friendship with Tara, Princess Tara, who Pan helps to escape her fate, escape being married off to a man she doesn’t even know, and escape into space to who knows where… leaving Pan behind, heartbroken, and hated by her world. The futurism of spaceships and hoverboards that we see in the early pages is in stark contrast to the ancient patriarchal idea of each world’s ruling Royal family offering up their Princesses to other Royals through the Cosmoknights tournaments. ![]() The first book of the series introduced us to the world of Pan, whose small-town life on a backwater planet in this wonderfully realised futuristic meets neo-medieval system of planets. ![]() ![]() ![]() The old view of a woman’s role in the world is instilled into girls from very childhood, it narrows the choices and forces a view that women must only raise children, have a family and devote as much time to it as possible. ![]() It is true because the world is infiltrated with a system that is running on a mechanism that was started and made some time ago, having outdated views and conclusions about women’s role in the family and society. Their individual wants and needs are diminished from the very beginning destroying even the possibility of them achieving something on a personal level. ![]() The paper starts out by saying that it was and is a prevalently male-dominated society, where women are misrepresented in the structure of societal make-up. ![]() ![]() ![]() They were absolutely amazing with THE UNDERSTATEMENT OF THE YEAR, which remains one of my favourite audio books ever, so 5 stars for the audio even though it was a little slow to get going, just like the story was. ![]() With the wonderful Christian Fox and Teddy Hamilton narrating as Keaton and Luke respectively, how can this audio fail really.unless you didn't like the story to start with of course □. Yet another great narration from these two. ![]() Q: Is this story MM? Or is it a MMF / MFM / menage? Q: Have we met these characters before in another book?Ī: No! These guys are brand new, and we can’t wait for you to meet them. LobsterShorts: Now wouldn’t that be life-changing. Right? Just promise you won’t fall in love with me. It’s not like we’ll ever have to see each other again. LobsterShorts: Tell that to my control-freak father. SinnerThree: Hey, nothing wrong with pushing your boundaries. LobsterShorts: I might want it a little more than I’m willing to admit. ![]() Oh, and I live next door to the most annoying dude in the world. LobsterShorts: Have you done this sort of thing before? With another guy? SinnerThree: Then you’ve come to the right hookup app. For her birthday, my girlfriend wants…a threesome. Best-selling authors Sarina Bowen & Elle Kennedy return with their first Male/Male romance in 3 years. ![]() ![]() ![]() But, in the meantime, we need a way to reduce emissions now in order to avoid catastrophic climate change," says Naomi Swickard, the chief program officer at Verra. "Companies should set and work towards a net-zero target diligently and we should all hold them to those goals. Others, however, see it as better than nothing. It is worth noting that some criticize the idea of carbon offsets as a convenient stop-gap for more permanent solutions. Carbon dioxide is the used as a point of reference because it is the most common greehhouse gas in the atmosphere and "remains in the climate system for a very long time," Thiel says. Specifically, a "carbon offset represents a reduction or removal of one metric ton of carbon dioxide (CO 2) from the atmosphere," says Anne Thiel, the Communications Manager for Verra, a Washington, DC-based non-profit. ![]() It can be made from any number of raw materials including cooking oil, plant oils, municipal waste, waste gases and agricultural residues, IATA says.įor Gates' non-aviation emissions, he writes that he is "buying offsets through a company that runs a facility that removes carbon dioxide from the air."Ī carbon offset is a reduction in carbon emissions to compensate for emissions produced elsewhere. ![]() ![]() Sustainable jet fuel is not made from fossil fuels, according to the International Air Transport Association (IATA), the trade association for the world's airlines. ![]() ![]() ![]() Not only did it blaze the path for railroads that would connect the east and west coasts of the continent, it doubled the size of America. It was fifteen years before the American Civil War and changed America forever. ![]() When the trek was first made by Americans seeking the promise of a new life on the west coast, four hundred thousand people traveled those two thousand miles. It cuts through six states, starting in Missouri and ending in-as the name suggests-Oregon. The journey had not been made like this in a century when Rinker Buck decided to traverse the trail that spans two thousand miles. The Oregon Trail: A New American Journey by Rinker Buck is a work of nonfiction about traveling the entire length of the Oregon Trail as it was first traveled by the American settlers moving west-in covered wagons pulled by mules. ![]() ![]() We’re two cars speeding on the highway of this night, and we slam into each other, crawl across the hoods, and kiss like crazy. ![]() There’s no inch-by-slow-sensual-inch pull. ![]() Stir that with some bad news on the business front, and top it with the cherry of Natalie’s hit-me-over-the-head-with-a-stick comment that left no question as to what she wanted…and here I am. Add in two mojitos for her, two beers for me, and a couple vodka tonics. How did we get from not kissing to kissing? What was that turning point? Did she lean into me? Did I move closer to her? Details matter. I don’t know how to keep my hands off my soon-to-be ex-wife.Įxcerpt Well Hung (Big Rock #3) by Lauren Blakely We’ll just untie the knot in the morning, right? And before I can make her say “Oh God right there YES!” one more time, we’re both saying yes–the big yes–at a roadside chapel in front of a guy in press-on sideburns and a shiny gold leisure suit. Behind the Titanic slot machine at the Flamingo (don’t ask). Bad news on the business front, drowning our sorrows in a few too many Harvey Wallbangers, and then I’m having her. I do my best to stay far away from the kind of temptation she brings to work. Even better if he’s loyal and hard-working. ![]() Here’s what you need to know about me - I’m well-off, well-endowed and quick with a joke. ![]() Well Hung (Big Rock #3) by Lauren BlakelyĪ hot and hilarious office romance meets accidentally-married-in-Vegas story in the #1 New York Times Bestselling Big Rock series! ![]() ![]() I would love to see Lara Jean in 10-15 years, the woman she grows to be and the kind of man she. By the end I was really worried it wouldn't end how I wanted, because it was SO rushed, but the ending was lovely and I am 100% BEGGING for an epilogue. I was not expecting a new love interest, so that totally caught me off guard - but then I found myself (yet again, like the first book) not really sure who's "team" to be for. I absolutely adored the conversation she had with her sister about how maybe Lara Jean just loves love. I was hooked on the Summer novels and ended up reading the first 2 of this. ![]() ![]() This is not some epic love story, but just a girl in highschool navigating her first loves. This book pulled on my heart strings the entire time. All of the things that bugged me (especially about Lara Jean) in the first book, were better - AND the author really drove home that she is only 16, and she's making 16 year old choices, which are sometimes hard to grasp especially for me as a 25 year old reader. Right after Lara Jean makes up with Gen, she goes to Belleview Retirement Home for the Star Ball that she and John Ambrose have been planning. I really enjoyed this! I gave "To All The Boys I've Loved Before" a 3.5 but this one I'm giving a 4 out of 5 to. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() I didn’t.Īnd then, after a year, there was a knock on my door. How do you turn down what seems like free money, when you’re desperate? You don’t. Let me keep my baby brother in school and Mom’s hospice care paid for. ![]() It let me pay the bills without going into debt. It too contained a single word: “belong.”Ī third check, the next month. The next month, I received another check, again from VRI Incorporated. If you receive a mysterious check, for enough money to erase all your worries, would you cash it? No mention of repayment, interest, nothing…except a single word, on the notes line: “You.” Just those three letters. ![]() No hint of identity or reason for the check or anything. There was no name on the check, just “VRI Inc.,” and a post office box address for somewhere in the city. Enough to pay the bills and leave me some left over to live on until I found a job. Inside was a check, made out to me, in the amount of ten thousand dollars. And then, just when I thought all hope was lost, I found an envelope in the mail. There was no hope, no money in my account, no work to be found. Bills were piling up, adding up to more money than I could ever make. The first time it happened, it seemed like an impossible miracle. ![]() ![]() She eagerly agrees to keep up the charade if Elise will pose as her assistant. To Elise’s surprise, Veronica Wilde has been taking credit for Viking Moon for years. Now, horrified to learn she is expected on set of the television pilot based on her novels, Elise tracks down her anonymous stand-in. Elise sent the randomly Googled photo to her editor following a minor panic attack. Fans are obsessed with Elise’s Viking Moon series and its author-a striking girl with zero resemblance to Elise who appears on the back covers. She is shocked when her coping mechanism turns into a career as a phenomenal bestselling novelist. Can she really hide in the shadows forever? This clever, coming-of-age debut is for anyone who has ever felt unsure in her own skin.Īfter a freak childhood accident leaves her deaf and physically scarred, nineteen-year-old Elise Jameson retreats into a world of vibrant characters she creates on her laptop. But when a stranger poses as Elise, the painfully shy, deaf nineteen-year-old starts to see how much she’s missing. Elise Jameson is the secret author behind the bestselling, cult hit Viking Moon series. ![]() |