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“这是一个女孩试图改变她的故事”(276)Mysti墨菲知道人们在她的家人——“一个颜料和厨师和从未离开过房子的人轻轻…有一份工作的人谁试图让每个人都离开家在一起…一个讨厌的小无知的人实践提高眉毛作为爱好…[和]一个女孩独自离开她的人就像每个人都靠窗的…”(7)——将使一个有趣的故事.  她奇怪的故事从一个故事中开始, 自从她来到这个世界，相信自己是个人物Read More →

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在一个讲故事的大师手中. That’s where I like to find myself. Where I can let go completely, feast on the imagery, devour the delicious characters, 然后神魂颠倒地坠入一个精致的世界.   Chock full of insights, life lessons, patient wisdom, and human truths, 一个真正的工匠(或女人)的作品为你提供了你最喜欢的甜点, allowing you to savor, wanting more, 让你最终得到难以置信的满足.  What a sublime treat, 然后, 在熟练的德博拉·怀尔斯大师手中度过了一段时间, 在她的纪实小说的第二部Read More →

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又开始了:他耳朵里的嗡嗡声, the crows following him everywhere, the cold sweats and paranoia, and the voice in his head.  两年前，迈尔斯在他旧金山家附近的海滩上患了精神分裂症，从那以后，他每天都在为给他的家庭带来的破坏而自责.  他应该通过混合药物和每周一次的谈话治疗来控制病情, but he knows it isn’t working, 他必须做点什么来修复他受伤的大脑和他受伤的家庭:“病了. 精神分裂症患者. 我觉得他们迟早会Read More →

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玩家玩电子游戏通常是为了游戏中的刺激感, 当他们从一个级别移动到另一个级别时，建立信任的奖励, 或者是为了有机会扮演英雄的角色.  Others play for the power, competition, 行动, 有时候暴力也会在游戏中出现. 虽然它不是在网上玩，但在现实生活中, Michael Grant的《皇冠登录welcome》描述了一场类似于大型多人在线游戏(MMOG)的冲突。.  格兰特的科幻惊悚片是BZRK三部曲的最后一部, and the stakes in this final battle are high; the fate of BZRK players is death or madness.  Sixteen-year-old Sadie McLure, akaRead More →

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In his last published work,On a Clear Day, 沃尔特·迪恩·迈尔斯想象了一个与我们今天生活的世界没有太大不同的世界:全球化使8个巨人成为可能, 跨国公司将接管我们生活的方方面面, entrenching people into rigid socio-economic classes with little hope of upward mobility; millions living on the edge of poverty turn towards racial and class violence as a means of survival; the food supply is heavily regulated and people are starving to death on a daily basis; terrorism is on the rise in all parts of the world; and the global education system has been dismantled in favor ofRead More →

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约翰·范斯坦将你置于游戏的中心.  就算在棒球场也没关系, the basketball court, or the football field, 当你打开他的书时, 你是在行动的中心与刺激, the agony, 以及在你周围旋转的运动的控制混乱.  Years of sports experience, finely honed descriptive skills, 加上讲故事的天赋，使得范斯坦的青少年小说引人入胜, 行动-oriented, 只要你能弄到一本，就值得一读. 在今年秋天Knopf出版的《welcome皇冠地址》中，我们见到了大一新生Alex Myers. His folksRead More →

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“我变得疯狂了，每隔很长一段时间就会有可怕的清醒。”——埃德加·爱伦·坡.  一个人生活的时代是怎样的, the circumstance of their life, their internal demons, weaknesses, and strengths, 所有的碰撞都让他(或她)变成了他(或她)变成的样子?  The darker, the more enigmatic, the better; and so I was delighted by Jessica Verday’s foray into the youth of a man whose torment we know all too well. 这是1826年费城一个漆黑的暴风雨之夜, 当安娜贝尔·李从一艘把她从暹罗带到一起生活的轮船上上岸时Read More →

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Cristina Moracho‘s debut, 蜀葵属植物 & 奥利弗，你的皮肤好像被撕掉了绷带.  下面的伤口需要暴露在空气中，但你害怕看到它，而且很疼.  So you pick around the edges, 但是创可贴很粘，粘在皮肤上, pulling the hair on your arm.  尝试是痛苦的，但你不顾一切地想把它脱下来，几乎到了令人发狂的不耐烦的地步.  然后, 到达了不归路的那一刻，伴随着一种痛苦, sharp tug, you rip off the bandaid and, despite the shock of sharp pain, you can exhale andRead More →

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迈克尔·格兰特擅长把读者带到你害怕的边缘(有时甚至超越), I mean deeply frightens you, 展示了滑向黑暗深处的斜坡, 黑暗的深处模糊了权利之间的界限, 错误的, and no-win situations, 当然，当你看着噩梦的脸时，那种准备吞噬你的疯狂是太多了. 随着他的科技惊悚系列BZRK逐渐没落, 格兰特将他的注意力转向内部，探索我们在日常生活中做出的选择及其后果. 能够(应该)影响他人的选择?) judged as good or evil.Read More →