![]() ![]() There’s little that offers hope, and many turn to the legends of Jackaroo - the masked outlaw hero who rides at night giving aid to the helpless and coin to the destitute - for solace. People don’t have enough to eat, and winter is upon them. ![]() In a distant time and far-off kingdom, life is hard. “False, they were all of them false, the stories as false as the stories of fairies dancing in moonlight glades on Midsummer Night.”īut they served a purpose. ![]() This month’s OSW Readalong pick is Jackaroo by Cynthia Voigt.įor every readalong book, we’ll structure this a little bit differently than our usual Joint Review fare – first, we’ll give our (brief!) opinions regarding the book, then we’ll tackle some discussion questions. In March 2013, we asked YOU for your favorite old school suggestions – and the response was so overwhelmingly awesome, we decided to compile a goodreads shelf, an ongoing database, AND a monthly readalong/book club. What better way to snap out of a reading fugue than to take a mini-vacation into the past? We came up with the idea towards the end of 2012, when both Ana and Thea were feeling exhausted from the never-ending inundation of New and Shiny (and often over-hyped) books. Old School Wednesdays is a weekly Book Smuggler feature. ![]()
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Professor Asimov is generally considered one of the most prolific writers of all time, having written or edited more than 500 books and an estimated 90,000 letters and postcards. Isaac Asimov was a Russian-born, American author, a professor of biochemistry, and a highly successful writer, best known for his works of science fiction and for his popular science books. ![]() ![]() ![]() Get Knockout at Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Kobo, or Apple Books, or in print from your local independent bookseller. 6.99 Read with Our Free App Mass Market Paperback 12.99 1 New from 12.99 New York Times bestselling author Sarah MacLean returns with the next Hell’s Belles novel about a chaotic bluestocking and the buttoned-up detective enlisted to keep her out of trouble (spoiler: She is the trouble). ![]() But some assignments are too explosive to pass up, and the gruff detective is soon caught up in Imogen’s world, full of her bold smiles and burning secrets…and a fiery passion that threatens to consume them both. He is a grown man with a proper job and no time for the lady’s incendiary chaos, no matter how lushly it is packaged. ![]() 'I will read anything Sarah MacLean writes' EMILY HENRY. 'Sarah MacLean's books are fierce' JULIA QUINN. Thomas wants nothing to do with guarding Imogen. New York Times bestselling author Sarah MacLean returns with the next Hell's Belles novel about a chaotic bluestocking and the buttoned-up detective enlisted to keep her out of trouble (spoiler: She is the trouble). When her powerful family discovers her late-night activities, they couldn’t agree more…and they know just the man for the task. The brilliant detective fought his way off the streets and into a promising career through sheer force of will and a keen ability to see things others miss, like the fact that Imogen isn’t peculiar…she’s pandemonium. With her headful of wild curls and wilder ideas and an unabashed love of experiments and explosives, Lady Imogen Loveless has been labeled peculiar by society, which doesn’t know she’s one of the Hell’s Belles-a group of vigilantes operating outside the notice of most of London. ![]() ![]() So far Thomas has done two posts about the book (first post, second post). ![]() VERY SCARCE! The book includes beautiful photos and artwork from the making of Walt Disney's "Sleeping Beauty." Bob Thomas’s classic long out-of-print 1958 book about Disney called The Art of Animation is a remarkable edition on the art of animation and the DisneyStudio's accomplishments in the field. Near fine copy with a good dust jacket considering this book was published in 1958. 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