Sunshine: A Novel

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I have the worst touch pad in the world on my computer, which just erased an entire review. So here's the short version: However, there are some words that may be harder for younger kids to understand, and the subject matter can be a bit tough at times, so I’d recommend it mostly for young teens and above. It really shone a light on how families can be dealing with difficult issues that you might not be able to tell from the outside, which made it a thought-provoking read. Well I guess if they aren't tempted they go home, faithful to their wives, unlike every other man in the world according to the author who warns that a man will even slip out of a hotel while his wife is sleeping for half an hour at a strip club, avoiding the too heavily scented or made up girls! Naturally, like the prostitute books I have read, she trots out that she is keeping the streets safe from girls being assaulted and raped as they get their jollies in the clubs. I have never bought this one. Strippers have long been a target of certain serial killers as well. Surprisingly, many things that annoyed readers of this book, didn't bother me. The cinnamon rolls - the bakery business was interesting to me, I thought it added a nice dimension to Sunshine's personality.

And Philip and Lizzie seem to have some skeletons in their past as well. Although Philip retired due to health issues, Lizzie seems to believe there is more to his story than he is telling her which breaks her heart that he feels he needs to keep secrets from her. I liked Sunshine because she’s really pretty flawed: she’s got no real ambition other than to continue baking at her stepfather’s coffee house, she doesn’t want to do anything heroic, she’s not precisely warm, friendly, or social, and she freely admits that she’s not a brave person,and that at times, she’s a huge bitch for no real reason. And she’s really not interested in much of anything outside the coffeehouse or books. So what about shelves that call it YA? Why didn't I also do the same? Because she's apparently a quarter of a century old. Long out of HS and working happily in a bakery. That *might* be called a tiny tiny sliver of the new-adult market, but there's a LOT of dark stuff going on here with complicated emotions and reactions. It's definitely not simple and its often beautifully adult. :) Moira is a retired DCI, who moved from London to Florida to start enjoying an early retirement in a rather luxurious and, supposedly, incredibly safe community. But The Homestead is not the paradise it promises to be in the brochures. As Moira discovers when one morning she comes across the body of a woman floating in a pool. The local police force doesn’t seem to be in a hurry to investigate so Moira and three other residents of The Homestead, also former law enforcement, take matters into their own hands. Klein's prose--or Helton's memoirs, as it isn't especially clear how much is one and how much is the other--is surprisingly raw and painful as she recounts her turbulent love life, piles of hospital visits, and the joy of seeing her daughter grow. She knows there's no way she'll live long enough to see baby Jill become teenage Jill, or even elementary-schooler Jill, but she has hope that her daughter will live a good life, helped along by her recorded memoirs. The book doesn't shy away from the pain of dying or the anger that goes with the knowledge that death is coming early; in fact, it snipes at Love Story for its passive, resigned victim. This is a book for raging against the dying of the light, as long as it's possible to do so.ATOL protected. If you do receive an ATOL Certificate but all the parts of your trip are not listed on it, Told in alternating POV’s between the four main characters, this cozy mystery struggles to gain its footing for a very long time. Character development is slow and immature. Sure, some key items are clearly being reserved for future volumes but there was barely enough information to manage relationships between the primaries and provide structure. My mind kept wandering and I even fell asleep a few times! That being said, it didn't quite have enough scriptural references for me to call it a devotional. It felt like more of a self-help book. However, I actually think it may have worked for it. Some of the days did provide more than just the beginning Bible verse, but a lot of them were just advice. It's good advice, don't get me wrong. I just would have liked to see a bit more Scripture and focus on God. Each day (devotion/chapter) includes a key Bible verse, a personal inspiring story by Tanya or Raquelle, a prayer, and practical tips on how to apply the help on the topic to one’s daily life. They touch upon many important issues in ways that are easy to understand and are relatable. Great insight - especially for young women. Thank you to bookish and the publisher for sending me this free copy of The Sunshine Mind. I was pleasantly surprised to get a hardcover, The book is so beautiful.

I pretty much do the same succession of poses every time, each one a hint that another clothing item is about to come off. The talent is in the build-up. You want to leave the nudity to the last song, otherwise it gets really difficult and boring as you try to entertain them with something more than the main event: a view of vagina. The strippers favourite customers are Americans, nice polite men who spend money like water. Let me try to tell you about the kind of excitement a US Navy ship brings to a small city. The troops are everywhere you look: perfect specimens with flawless bodies and faces that rival those of Calvin Klein models. They have money to wipe their arses with. They are unfailingly polite and charming. They say things like, ‘May I have the honour of a hundred-dollar lap dance, ma’am?’ rather than the Australian mantra of ‘Show me ya gash for a twenty?’ Not that she would want to work in the US, as she says that The best thing about stage dances is that you get to keep all the tips, without paying any commission to the club. Stage dances add up: you can sometimes make a few hundred from them by the end of the night. Australia has it quite good in this sense, at least compared to the US; as I learned when I worked there, they follow a stupid tradition of tipping one dollar bill at a time. Reading this book, I can't be sure it's not fiction. Every chapter ends on a cliff-hanger as it were. The ending with the knight in shining armour called Orion is forseeable from very early on, although she doesn't actually date him until almost the end. Strangely I do know a psychiatrist in Australia who fits the physical description she gives called Orion! His parents used to live on the island on a boat. I personally feel like i'm talking to the author, like having a women's bible study in my own home. They share personal experiences share a scripture that fits with that days challenge and outline how you can put things into line to achieve what makes you happy in your life. Get your highlighters out and get a spare copy to give to someone who could use a little sunshine in their life! 5 stars

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This middle grade story of Sunshine Simpson and her larger than life Granddad made my heart sing. It combines, love, laughter and heart-wrenching teenage moments that EVERYONE will connect with. I needed that! I needed this whole book. If you are finding your way with god, needing some guidance, or maybe you’ve been a believer for a really long time, I recommend this book. I already know I’m buying a copy for my mother in law. But instead of the shadow of death, Jarrett found something else at Camp Sunshine: the hope and determination that gets people through the most troubled of times. Not only was he subject to some of the usual rituals that come with being a camp counselor (wilderness challenges, spooky campfire stories, an extremely stinky mascot costume), but he also got a chance to meet some extraordinary kids facing extraordinary circumstances. He learned about the captivity of illness, for sure but he also learned about the freedom a safe space can bring.

Thank you to Bookishfirst, Zondervan, Tanya Rad, and Raquelle Stevens for sending me this book in exchange for an honest review. this is totally different from high or epic fantasy, which i gather is pretty misogynistic and rapey.) When the orzo’s ready, stir it into everything else and season to taste. Top with the coriander sprigs and serve with the lime slices or wedges. Where can I buy Slimming World recipe books? Yes this book may not be for everyone it does have a target audience. For me it is what i needed and i can think of many people that can benefit from this book.

About the Book and Author / Artist

Very hard to believe that this book was released in 2020 given how badly it stinks of internalised misogyny & lateral whorephobia. If the repetitive and uninspired ‘quips’ handed out by the narrator weren’t embarrassing enough, xenophobia is heavily relied upon to prop up the lame aphorisms found the whole way through. So you have a baker who finds herself chained up in a room with a vampire and they escape their captors due to some spoilery magic stuff. Over the course of the book they awkwardly bond and perhaps even grow to have a romantic relationship at some point. I'm completely unsure about that last part because while she is apparently attracted to him at times, she describes him as ugly. Usually, if you're interested in someone romantically, you don't personally find them repulsive. Just saying. Her other novels include the Lori Anderson bounty-hunter series and the Starke/Bell psychological police-procedural books (writing as Stephanie Marland). Her books have been shortlisted for the eDunnit eBook of the Year Award, the ITW Best First Novel Award, the Dead Good Reader Awards for Fearless Female Character and Most Exceptional Debut, and longlisted for the Guardian Not The Booker Prize. The managers, always two, wherever she works, are equally intent on getting as much as possible off the girls who have to pay a fee to work in the club or a percentage of their earnings which makes the girls self-employed, but it is the managers who call the shots, make the rotas etc. A customer asked a manager why he looked bored with so many naked women around him. The managers said that 'it was on a par with viewing the same porno over and over, and as sexually appealing as masturbating with sandpaper.'

I liked the interchanged of characters driving and revealing the story as each chapter is written from a difference person’s perspective. The author also maintains a degree of uncertainty as the mystery unfolds. She holds in tension many of the secrets some of the main protagonists have and despite the solving of the crime we have the prospect of future books where more truth needs to be revealed.It seems like the writer was aiming for some sort of “sassy”, “empowered” adventure but instead landed closer to the kind of self-absorbed, heteronormative drivel you'd expect from an old episode of Sex And The City, even whose writers had the good sense to at least attempt a culturally relevant reboot around the same time this book was released.