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In this whimsical but underwhelming interdimensional adventure through an endless furniture store, two retail workers face myriad otherworldly obstacles as well as the specter of their own recently ended relationship. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() And a few more miles down the road, a pair of elderly, feuding neighbors tend their respective farms and wrangle about God, pesticides, and the complexities of a world neither of them expected. ![]() On a farm several miles down the mountain, another web of lives unfolds as Lusa Maluf Landowski, a bookish city girl turned farmer's wife, finds herself unexpectedly marooned in a strange place where she must declare or lose her attachment to the land. Deanna Wolfe, a reclusive wildlife biologist, watches the forest from her outpost in an isolated mountain cabin where she is caught off-guard by Eddie Bondo, a young hunter who comes to invade her most private spaces and confound her self-assured, solitary life. 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If all of this is a bit plotless for the most likely young audience, youngsters will snap to attention when, toward the end, TJ tosses his ball into the air and something else comes smashing down on him. And with TJ we enter the dark, "real weird" apartment of old Miss Beanpole who sends him to the store. (The message is, she drinks a lot.) We meet TJ's friends WT, seven, and Blinky, a girl of eight with shining eyeglasses. Man the janitor-"a real, real, real nice man"-and, later, his wife Miss Lee who has a beautiful smile but sometimes doesn't even see you. 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It is our intent and purpose to foster and encourage in-depth discussion about all things related to books, authors, genres or publishing in a safe, supportive environment. ![]() Subreddit Rules - Message the mods - Related Subs AMA Info The FAQ The Wiki Join in the Weekly "What Are You Reading?" Thread!. ![]() Check out the Weekly Recommendation Thread.New Release: Graceland by Nancy Crochiere. ![]() ![]() ![]() After living briefly in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, she moved back to her hometown to write. I stare at the young man and he looks suspiciously like the man on the cover!ĭanielle DeVor spent her early years fantasizing about vampires and watching “Salem’s Lot” way too many times. A figure of a stunning young man sitting on the wharf next to Emma, Jo and Frank’s sixteen year old daughter, holding her hand and whispering something in her ear. But then something catches my eye over on the wharf next to mine. ![]() ![]() I hear a voice and tear myself from the book to see who was talking only to see nothing. I’ve been meaning to finish the latest Danielle DeVor novel, Constructing Marcus, a wonderful tale about the spirits that live beyond our realm. I take the rare solitude to catch up on my reading. The shed has fallen into some disrepair and the b’ys decide to spend the day fixing ‘er up. It’s a lazy Sunday and all is quiet on the wharf. ![]() ![]() Determined to finish the fight once and for all, Quell works with New Republic Intelligence’s contentious Caern Adan and the legendary General Hera Syndulla to prepare the riskiest gambit of her starfighting career-a trap for Shadow Wing that could finish the chase once and for all.īut in the darkness, their enemy has evolved. Yrica Quell’s ragtag Alphabet Squadron still leads the search for Shadow Wing, but they’re no closer to their goal-and the pressure to find their quarry before it’s too late has begun to shake them apart. And none are more dangerous than Shadow Wing. ![]() But some old ghosts are harder to banish than others. In its wake, the capital ships of the newly legitimized galactic government journey to the farthest stars, seeking out and crushing the remnants of imperial tyranny. ![]() News of the New Republic’s victory still reverberates through the galaxy. Alphabet Squadron’s hunt for the deadliest TIE fighters in the galaxy continues in this Star Wars adventure! ![]() |