![]() ![]() ![]() We adore books here at The Cornrow HQ, for reading, for sharing and for shelfie styling! We have given a lot of thought into curating the edit of books on our site. It will start a new and urgently needed conversation about what it really means to be a woman today. From encouraging her to choose a helicopter, and not only a doll, as a toy if she so desires having open conversations with her about clothes, makeup, and sexuality debunking the myth that women are somehow biologically arranged to be in the kitchen making dinner, and that men can "allow" women to have full careers, Dear Ijeawele goes right to the heart of sexual politics in the twenty-first century. Here are fifteen invaluable suggestions-compelling, direct, wryly funny, and perceptive-for how to empower a daughter to become a strong, independent woman. Dear Ijeawele is Adichie's letter of response. We were particularly moved by her advice to abandon the mantra that afro hair must always be neat and regimented!!Ĭhimamanda Ngozi Adichie received a letter from a dear friend from childhood, asking her how to raise her baby girl as a feminist. This is full of wonderfully well written advice from the intellect of Adichie on bringing up your daughters. Dear Ijeawele, or A feminist manifesto in fifteen suggestions / Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. Dear Ijeawele, or a Feminist Manifesto in Fifteen Suggestions by Chimamamanda Ngozi Adichie ![]()
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![]() ![]() ![]() In 2019, she published The Hunting Party, a psychological thriller set in a remote Scottish hunting lodge, which became a bestseller and was translated into multiple languages. Her debut novel, The Book of Lost and Found, was published in 2015, followed by The Invitation in 2016. She studied English Literature at Durham University and later obtained a master’s degree in Journalism from City University in London.įoley is best known for her crime and mystery novels. She was born in 1986 and grew up in Devon, England. Lucy Foley is a British author and journalist. ![]() ![]() ![]() We abide by the rules of the dream, but the rules are not set up with love and justice, so we often end up in cycles of self-abuse, virtually slaves of a system that we had very little part in creating. He goes in immediately explaining how the Toltecs understood that this reality we live in is merely a dream, co-created by all humanity. The author Don Miguel Ruiz turned out to be a master of Toltec philosophy, something I have adopted as the backbone to my own spiritual beliefs. The title sounded a little fruity to me, but I'm not afraid to explore those rose scented waters if I feel there might be some knowledge to glean, so I gave it a shot. This book was not at all what I expected it to be. ![]() Read If: You want to become aware and fully in control of the dream that is our reality.ĭo Not Read If: "You Can't Handle The Truth!" - Jack (from A Few Good Men) ![]() ![]() You won't be surprised to find out that Lorelei's book has spit scenes in it and Maggie's are MC books! We are nothing, if not predictable apparently. ![]() This week we discuss a book Lorelei has read and a series that Maggie has read. consider yourself warned*** Sometimes, we just don't read the same books and that's OK. TikTok video from TheWetSpotPod "***All of our episodes will contain spoilers & potential triggers. #wetspotpod #smuttok #smutpodcast #emmaslateauthor #tarnishedangelsmc our hearts are in it and that's all that matters. ![]() The Series of Maggie's we discuss is: Tarnished Angels MC Series by Emma Slate ***sidenote: we are not experts at explaining details in books, so don't come at us if/when we get details wrong. ![]() ***All of our episodes will contain spoilers & potential triggers. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The guy who has a proposition she should definitely refuse. The guy who is drunk and needs a ride home. Homecoming King (Three Kings, 1) By : Penny Reid READ BOOK NOW DOWNLOAD BOOK NOW Book Synopsis : Rex 'TW' McMurtrys perpetual single-hood wouldnt bother him so much if all his. except that one guy she's loved since preschool. Privy to all the sad stories of her customers, 'contentment over commitment' is her motto, and Abby is convinced no one on earth could ever entice her into a romantic relationship. Rex is sick of being the guy before the husband, and he's most definitely sick of being the best man at all their weddings.īartender Abigail McNerny is the gal-pal, the wing-woman, the she-BFF. He may be a pro-football defensive end for the Chicago Squalls, but the press only wants to talk about how he's always a groomsman and never a groom. ![]() ![]() Rex "TW" McMurtry's perpetual single-hood wouldn't bother him so much if all his ex-girlfriends didn't keep marrying the very next person they dated, especially when so many of those grooms are his closest friends. Most Popular Audio Between 5 and 10 Hours Long.Most Popular Audio Between 3 and 5 Hours Long.This novel is best listened to after Beard Science, Winston Brothers, book three. Popular "Always Available" eBooks - No Wait! Engagement and Espionage is the first book in the Solving for Pie: Cletus and Jenn Mysteries series, a full-length cozy mystery, and is a spin-off of Penny Reids Winston Brothers series. ![]() ![]() ![]() I found it funny that you had the future stepmother in as president. One minute you have the hot steamy parts and the next you have the funny parts that would make you fall over laughing. I have to say I found this on very entertaining. 60,000 words)! My review Secret: A Military Stepbrother Romance by Aubrey Irons ![]() 85,000 words) with a HEA NO CLIFFHANGER!**įor a limited time, this edition of Secret also includes a FREE BONUS BOOK - Heat: A Soldiers of Fortune Romance (approx. This is about to be a true state of emergency a national catastrophe. I’ve got a scandal that could rock the entire world a dirty, illicit, forbidden secret that could bring the most powerful country in the world to its knees. Oh, right, and it’s worth mentioning that I already slept with him – once, before I knew who he was.įorget John and Marilyn. Which means besides being my new security detail, that arrogant, insufferable man is my new stepbrother You see, my mother just became the first female President of the United States, and now she’s about to marry her Secretary of State – Hunter’s father. I’d normally have nothing to do with Washington D.C.’s biggest playboy Secret Service agent, except things just got slightly complicated. Oh, and he thinks he’s God’s gift to women – mostly because of his… endowments. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The characters are so cute you want to put them in your pocket. If one word can be used to describe this novel, it would be fun. Before long, Amy’s ability to keep the two aspects of her life apart is sorely tested. However, when she and her sister Phin are called upon to ranch-sit for their aunt Hyacinth, Amy finds herself caught up in family feuds and ancient ghosts while entangling herself in the life of her handsome, yet preternaturally cranky, neighbor, Ben McCulloch. Amy, as the one person in her family with no apparent supernatural talent, seeks to bridge the gap and keep the “real world” and the Goodnights from mingling too much–to both sides’ benefit. The Goodnights have long delved into the paranormal, from hedge magic to clairvoyance and all points in between. ![]() Rosemary-Clement Moore not only gives the form a distinctly Texan twist, but infuses it a great deal of fun.Īmy Goodnight considers herself the gatekeeper between her eccentric family and the rest of the world. With Texas Gothic, brooding heroes are replaced by cranky cowboys, shadowed moors by the Hill Country of central Texas, and all are haunted by unruly ghosts and unsettled secrets. When something is termed “Gothic”, many classic tropes spring to mind. Texas Gothicby Rosemary Clement-Moore (2011) : ISBN 9780375898105 ( Random House) ![]() ![]() An unexpected message arrives, begging her to travel to the remote and mysterious Nowhere House to teach three young witches how to control their magic. She thinks no one will take it seriously.īut someone does. ![]() And as an orphan who lost her parents at a young age and was raised by strangers, she’s used to being alone and she follows the rules.with one exception: an online account, where she posts videos "pretending" to be a witch. “This is one of my coziest reads of the last year, and I find myself thinking about its enchanted setting all the time.” - Emily Henry, #1 New York Times bestselling authorĪ warm and uplifting novel about an isolated witch whose opportunity to embrace a quirky new family-and a new love-changes the course of her life.Īs one of the few witches in Britain, Mika Moon knows she has to hide her magic, keep her head down, and stay away from other witches so their powers don’t mingle and draw attention. ![]() ![]() ![]() I wanted the cover to show how someone might occupy themselves at a bullshit job. “ a great title and a simple but fascinating premise: the rise of useless, meaningless jobs and an argument against them. The rejected covers start on the left and the final versions are on the right.Ĭover Design by David Litman for Simon & Schuster Bullshit Jobs: A Theory by David Graeber These designers shared their rejected work with Electric Literature and elucidated on how the final cover best encapsulated the essence of the book. I asked ten book cover designers about the evolution of their design process. Using color, typography, and artwork, a cover has to be bold enough to attract attention and evoke the message and tone of the book at the same time. A proposed cover can be killed for a myriad of reasons: too gendered, too messy, too simple, too cliched and the list goes on. ![]() The book cover is the first thing a prospective buyer sees and a cover can go through multiple iterations before reaching the shelves of your local Barnes & Nobles. I remember walking into the Strand bookstore and immediately gravitating towards Stephanie Danler’s Sweetbitter because the (now iconic) millennial pink cover stood out in a sea of paperbacks. ![]() Have you ever bought a book just because the cover caught your eye? I have. Sign up for our newsletter to get submission announcements and stay on top of our best work. ![]() ![]() ![]() Read individually, or in sequence, Barbara Sleigh's fantastic and fantastical trilogy casts an unforgettable spell. ![]() This third and final volume of the Carbonel series is as full of enchantment and adventure as its predecessors, Carbonel and The Kingdom of Carbonel. With all this going on, it's just a matter of time before Carbonel's old nemesis Grisana-accompanied by her slyboots daughter Melissa-hatches a plan to take control of Carbonel's kingdom once and for all. Even worse, Calidor has apprenticed himself to the witch-in-training Mrs. It seems that his son Calidor has rejected his princely status for the love of a streetwise cat named Wellingtonia (also known as Dumpsie). And it's a lucky thing, too, because Carbonel needs Rosemary and John's help. ![]() ![]() Sure enough, Carbonel's human friends Rosemary and John soon encounter magic in the form of a ring set with a fiery red stone that grants wishes to whoever wears it. The third and final book in the Carbonel trilogy "There are many kinds of magic.and once magic is in your blood it attracts more magic," says the royal cat Carbonel at the start of Carbonel and Calidor. ![]() |