V for Vendetta is considered one of the pinnacles of the comic medium and a defining work for authors Alan Moore and David Lloyd. It is a horrifying and compelling story about the loss of freedom and identity in a terrifyingly plausible totalitarian future.
This ground-breaking tale, which is set in an imagined future England that has fallen under fascism, portrays both the oppressive aspect of life in a totalitarian police state and the redemptive force of the human spirit that rebels against it. V for Vendetta’s brilliantly intelligent and clear writing gives its honest portrayal of tyranny and resistance an unmatched depth of personality and verisimilitude.
Best Quotes from this Book:
“People shouldn’t be afraid of their government. Governments should be afraid of their people.”
― Alan Moore, V for Vendetta
“Behind this mask, there is more than just flesh. Beneath this mask there is an idea… and ideas are bulletproof.”
― Alan Moore, V for Vendetta
“Everybody is special. Everybody. Everybody is a hero, a lover, a fool, a villain. Everybody. Everybody has their story to tell.”
― Alan Moore, V for Vendetta
“Artists use lies to tell the truth. Yes, I created a lie. But because you believed it, you found something true about yourself.”
― Alan Moore, V for Vendetta
“You wear a mask for so long, you forget who you were beneath it.”
― Alan Moore, V for Vendetta
The soap opera star Jasmine Lin Rodriguez had her face plastered all over the tabloids following a dramatic public breakup. When Jasmine returns to her native New York City to film the lead part in a bilingual romantic comedy for the top streaming service in the nation, she believes her new “Leading Lady Plan” should be simple to implement. That is until a casting change casts her alongside telenovela hunk Ashton Suárez.
Leading Ladies can be happy without a man. Ashton is concerned that his career is also over after his final telenovela character was killed off. He will get the chance to showcase his acting skills to American audiences and catch the attention of Hollywood casting directors by joining this different cast as a last-minute addition. He’ll need to create a smokin’ hot on-screen connection with Jasmine for it to work. It’s easier said than done, especially when a poor first impression extinguishes any sexual fire they may have had.
Leading Ladies don’t get back on track with their new coworkers. Jasmine and Ashton decide to practice behind closed doors because their careers are on the line. But kissing during a rehearsal leads to a behind-the-scenes romance fit for a soap show. While their on-screen chemistry gets better, Jasmine’s new image is soon in danger of being destroyed by the media’s attention, and Ashton’s best-kept secret is soon revealed.
Best Quotes from this Book:
“Sometimes the feeling of loss faded, more like a forgotten task nagging at his attention, or a misplaced item waiting to be found. But it never truly went away.”
― Alexis Daria, You Had Me at Hola
“Okay fine, you want a real answer? Look around.” Michelle waved her hands, encompassing their surroundings. “The men in this family get away with acting like a bunch of babies. They sit around eating and talking while the women do everything. The Latinx gender roles run deep. Is it any wonder our generation has made such sucky romantic choices? I don’t date.” She pointed at Ava. “She’s divorced. And you’re a serial monogamist.”
― Alexis Daria, You Had Me at Hola
“Jasmine tried not to take it personally, but taking things personally was one of her greatest skills.”
― Alexis Daria, You Had Me at Hola
“Jasmine did trust easily, and look where it had gotten her. She could see now it was a direct response to feeling ignored and misunderstood by her parents and siblings. It was why she’d readily given her heart to every semi-attractive man who’d even shown her an ounce of attention. She sought her parents’ love by securing romantic relationships, because, in her family, that was what made you a success. But that wasn’t healthy. And trust wasn’t meant to be given in one lump sum. It was earned, little by little.”
― Alexis Daria, You Had Me at Hola
“Forcing her into the position of authority, making her act like his mother. She hated when he did this, and his immaturity had ultimately led to the downfall of their marriage.”
― Alexis Daria, You Had Me at Hola
Trauma is a common occurrence. One in five Americans have experienced molestation; one in four people grew up around alcoholics, and one in three couples have physically abused one another. Veterans and their families also suffer from the devastating effects of combat. These encounters invariably leave their mark on our minds, emotions, and even biology. Tragically, trauma survivors frequently let their partners and kids feel their stress.
Bessel van der Kolk, a renowned trauma expert, has spent more than three decades dealing with survivors. He revolutionizes our knowledge of severe stress in The Body Keeps the Score by demonstrating how it literally rewires some parts of the brain, including those responsible for pleasure, involvement, control, and trust. He demonstrates how cutting-edge therapies like neurofeedback, mindfulness practices, play, yoga, and other therapies can reawaken these areas. The Body Keeps the Score presents tried-and-true substitutes to medications and talk therapy—and a method to recover lives—based on Dr. van der Kolk’s own research and that of other eminent medical professionals.
Best Quotes from this Book:
“As long as you keep secrets and suppress information, you are fundamentally at war with yourself…The critical issue is allowing yourself to know what you know. That takes an enormous amount of courage.”
“Being able to feel safe with other people is probably the single most important aspect of mental health; safe connections are fundamental to meaningful and satisfying lives.”
“Neuroscience research shows that the only way we can change the way we feel is by becoming aware of our inner experience and learning to befriend what is going inside ourselves.”
“The greatest sources of our suffering are the lies we tell ourselves.”
“It takes enormous trust and courage to allow yourself to remember.”
A young woman with a big heart, an unquenchable spirit, and a few minor secrets, Emma Corrigan, please be our guest: Secrets from her boyfriend: Connor has always reminded me a little bit of Ken. as in Ken and Barbie. Secrets from her mother: While my parents were downstairs watching Ben-Hur, I lost my virginity to Danny Nussbaum in the spare bedroom. She has information that she won’t reveal to anyone in the world, including: I’m not sure what NATO stands for. or what it even is. Until she tells a lovely stranger on a plane everything. She assumed he was a stranger, at least. Up until Emma meets Jack Harper, the mysterious CEO of the corporation, a man who is well-aware of every humiliating aspect of her.
Best Quotes from this Book:
“Relationships are all about trust and equality. If one person shares, then the other person should share, too.”
“The truth is, some relationships are supposed to last forever, and some are only supposed to last a few days. That’s the way life is.”
“A real relationship is two-way.”
“If you can’t be honest with your friends and colleagues and loved ones, then what is life all about?”
“I’ve always had this deep-down conviction that I’m not like everybody else, and there’s an amazingly exciting new life waiting for me just around the corner.”
There’s an old joke that a lesbian, gay man, bisexual, or trans person should get a membership card and manual after “coming out.” THAT INSTRUCTION MANUAL IS THIS. Thank you very much. Everything you’ve ever wanted to know about sex, politics, hooking up, stereotypes, coming out, and more is answered inside. Along with true accounts from individuals on both ends of the gender and sexual spectrum, this open, witty, and unfiltered examination of sexuality and what it was like to grow up LGBT also has hilarious artwork.
You’ll enjoy yourself. You’ll be made aware. However you identify (or don’t) and whomever you love, you will most significantly realize that you are exceptional. You matter. Likewise, this book does.
Best Quotes from this Book:
“Living with stress and secrets is both stressful and secretive.”
“Frankly, if you want to identify as a carrot, I will march in the Carrot Pride parade with you.”
“People aren’t allowed to say what’s really on their minds for fear of upsetting people, we’ll end up never saying anything at all.”
“However you identify, be it lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, queer, asexual, curious, or carrot, we all have something in common—we are a minority, and we have made brave steps to identify as such; we have refused to hide and made a declaration of who we are.”
“When I visit schools, most now have at least one “gay couple” and, importantly, the rest of the school doesn’t seem to give a flying fig.”
Greg Heffley is suddenly thrown into a new year and a new school where short, frail kids share the halls with tall, mean kids who have already started shaving. Greg is glad to have his not exactly cool sidekick, Rowley, along for the voyage since he is eager to demonstrate his newly discovered maturity, which only going up a grade can provide.
However, when Rowley’s fame begins to grow, Greg tries to take advantage of it for himself. This test of Greg and Rowley’s friendship is chronicled in his diary along with humorous photographs and his own words, and the outcomes are entertaining.
Best Quotes from this Book:
“If there’s one thing I learned from Rodrick, it’s to set people’s expectations real low so you end up surprising them by practically doing nothing at all.”
“I’ll be famous one day, but for now I’m stuck in middle school with a bunch of morons.” – Greg Heffley,”
“You can’t expect everyone to have the same dedication as you.”
“The best person I know is Myself.”
“It’s not easy to writing thank-you notes for the stuff you didn’t want in the first place.”
Rachel ought to be ecstatic on the night of her nuptials to Nicholas Young, the heir of one of Asia’s largest fortunes. She possesses a flawless JAR Asscher-cut diamond, a wedding gown she adores more than anything she could find in a Parisian salon, and a fiancé who is prepared to give up his entire inheritance in order to wed her. But Rachel still laments the absence of her birthfather, a man she never met, at the ceremony. Until: a startling revelation plunges Rachel into a Shanghai grandeur world she could never have imagined.
Here we meet Rachel’s father, the man she has waited her entire life to meet, as well as Carlton, a Ferrari-crashing bad guy with Prince Harry-like antics, Colette, a celebrity girlfriend being pursued by feverish paparazzi, and Carlton. Astrid Leong, Singapore’s It Girl, is astonished to learn that having a freshly minted tech billionaire spouse has drawbacks. China Rich Girlfriend is a frolic through the most exclusive clubs, auctioneers, and estates in Asia. It introduces us to a fascinating ensemble of individuals and gives us an inside look at what it’s like to be fabulously, insanely, China-rich.
Best Quotes from this Book:
“People are messy. Life gets messy. Things are not always going to work out perfectly just because you want them to.”
“I know the average outfit in your wardrobe costs more than a semester of tuition at Princeton, but it makes you look like a community college during summertime: NO CLASS.”
“What do you mean, ‘boundaries?’ You came out of my vagina. What kind of boundaries do we have?”
“Beauty fades, but wit will keep you on the invitation lists to all the most exclusive parties.”
“The larger the diamonds, the older the wife, the more the mistress.”
The brilliantly amusing debut book Crazy Rich Asians is about three affluent, distinguished Chinese families and the plotting, backstabbing, and gossip that ensues when the heir to one of Asia’s largest fortunes invites his ABC (American-born Chinese) fiancée to the wedding of the season.
Crazy Rich Asians is an inside look at the Asian JetSet, a perfect representation of the conflict between old money and new money, between Overseas Chinese and Mainland Chinese, and a fantastic novel about what it means to be young, in love, and gloriously, crazily rich. It is hilarious, addictive, and filled with jaw-dropping opulence.
Best Quotes from this Book:
“Doing nothing can sometimes be the most effective form of action.”
― Kevin Kwan, Crazy Rich Asians
“Remember, every treasure comes with a price.”
― Kevin Kwan, Crazy Rich Asians
“Eleanor had a long-held theory about men. She truly believed that for most men, all that talk of “being in love” or “finding the right one” was absolute nonsense. Marriage was purely a matter of timing, and whenever a man was finally done sowing his wild oats and ready to settle down, whichever girl happened to be there at the time would be the right one.”
― Kevin Kwan, Crazy Rich Asians
“Just because some people actually work for their money doesn’t mean they are beneath you.”
― Kevin Kwan, Crazy Rich Asians
“I hate to point out the obvious, but here’s this tiny bird that’s been trying to get through a huge bulletproof glass wall. A totally impossible situation. You tell me it’s been here every day pecking away persistently for ten minutes. Well, today the glass wall came down.”
― Kevin Kwan, Crazy Rich Asians
The world will end on a Saturday, according to The Nice and Correct Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch, the sole book of prophecy that is 100 percent accurate and was published in 1655, just before she burst. in fact, on Saturday next. not long before dinner.
Atlantis is rising, frogs are dropping, and tempers are escalating as a result of the gathering forces of Good and Evil. Everything seems to be proceeding as intended by the divine plan. But a fussy angel and a quick-tempered demon, who have both been living among Earth’s mortals since The Beginning and have become very fond of the way of life, aren’t really anticipating the Rapture. Additionally, it appears that the Antichrist has been lost.
Best Quotes from this Book:
“DON’T THINK OF IT AS DYING, said Death. JUST THINK OF IT AS LEAVING EARLY TO AVOID THE RUSH.”
“It may help to understand human affairs to be clear that most of the great triumphs and tragedies of history are caused, not by people being fundamentally good or fundamentally bad, but by people being fundamentally people.”
“She was beautiful, but she was beautiful in the way a forest fire was beautiful: something to be admired from a distance, not up close.”
“An Angel who did not so much Fall as Saunter Vaguely Downwards.”
“Anyway, if you stop tellin’ people it’s all sorted out afer they’re dead, they might try sorting it all out while they’re alive. ”
Laurie is devastated when her partner of more than ten years abruptly calls it quits, and not just because they both work at the same law company and she is required to see him every day. Her formerly ideal life is in ruins, and the idea of dating once more in the era of Tinder is absolutely awful. When she learns that her ex-girlfriend’s boyfriend is expecting, she can no longer choose to take the humiliation lying down. Then a fresh potential arises after an accidental encounter with the workplace playboy in a malfunctioning elevator.
Jamie Carter doesn’t believe in love, but in order to satisfy their bosses, he wants a respectable, reliable girlfriend. In order to give the gossip mill something new to talk about, Laurie wants to meet a hot new man. The ideal scenario is a manufactured fauxmance played out on social media with a set end date and well-prepared photos. With the plan in place, Laurie and Jamie start to brag about their relationship, much to their friends’ and coworkers’ surprise and enviously. But the line between acting like you’re in love and truly falling for your pleasant, attractive fictional partner is thin.
Best Quotes from this Book:
“Those who said family mattered above all else were wrong. People you love, who love you back, matter above all. Crap people you happen to be related to: you need to stop thinking you owe them a limitless number of chances to hurt you.”
“keep a close eye on the worst things that happened to you, they could turn out to be a doorway, a route to someplace else entirely, a map you couldn’t yet read.”
“God, whenever I forget why I hate men, one of them reminds me.”
“At some point, you have to give up wishing for your parents to be who you wanted them to be and accept them as they are,”
“This was a category error that too many people made – thinking untruths that didn’t add up were better than a hard truth.”
In disguise as a housemaid, Margaret Macy leaves London with a plan to marry her off to an unethical guy. She will inherit money and independence if she can avoid getting married until her next birthday. She had no intention of actually working as a servant, though. And definitely not in the house of Lewis and Nathaniel Upchurch, two past suitors.
When suspicions are raised and nosy onlookers arrive at Fairbourne Hall, Margaret struggles to conceal her identity while she stumbles through the first meaningful work of her life. Can she evade a trap that will draw her out of hiding? Big Stone Gap is a jewel of a book with a large heart, brimming with humor and sensible views of small-town life.
Best Quotes from this Book:
“Life is a mystery to be lived, not a problem to be solved”
“People have often told me that one of their strongest childhood memories is the scent of their grandmother’s house. I never knew my grandmothers, but I could always count of the Bookmobile.”
“Having a purpose is the little secret of the nonpretties. Something to do always beats something to look at.”
“Or maybe when she realized that he was never going to come and rescue her, she did what all strong women do. She found a way to save herself.”
“The best thing a father can do for his son is love his mother.”
The best season of the year is here. but, Maelyn Jones did not. She recently committed a romantic blunder of epic proportions, lives with her parents, despises her pointless job, and all of these things.
The fact that Mae will spend her final Christmas in her favorite spot in the entire world—the snowy Utah cabin where she and her family have celebrated every holiday since she was born—is maybe the saddest of all. Mae makes what she believes to be a straightforward request to the cosmos as she starts driving from the cabin for the last time: Please. Show me what will bring you joy.
The next thing she notices, everything is pitch-black as metal shatters and tires squeal. However, as Mae gasps awake… She is traveling by plane to Utah, where she will start the same vacation all over again. Mae must figure out how to escape the bizarre time loop—and eventually get her real love under the mistletoe—because each comic mishap is returning her back to the airport. This swoon-worthy love novel will inspire you to believe in the efficacy of wishes and the enchantment of the holidays thanks to its abundance of seasonal happiness, a memorable cast of characters, and antics in the style of Christina Lauren.
Best Quotes from this Book:
“I’ve essentially handed my heart over to the person who’s had it on reserve for half my life, and I’m terrified that he doesn’t realize what he’s holding.”
“It never occurred to me that you might be mine.”
“The only person whose expectations you have to live up to is yourself.”
“Maybe we should do things because we love them, not because we’ve always done them that way.”
“I was coming out here to ask why you were acting so weird, but I see I need to keep things present tense.”
“It’ll be okay. Things always look worse from the inside.”
Nate is aware that he was meant for greatness. THE BIGGEST stuff. But just because you’re wondering doesn’t mean life will always go your way. Despite the fact that trouble constantly does seem to find him, Nate maintains his composure. He is aware of his greatness. According to a fortune cookie. Here is BIG NATE, an unintentional troublemaker who is definitely NOT the teacher’s pet, for lovers of the amusing Diary of a Wimpy Kid series.
Best Quotes from this Book:
“Give a boy – ANY boy – enough time, and he WILL eventually pick his nose!”
“How come you’re always calling that TV weather guy?
Yeah you’re obsessed with him!”
“Take a look, kid! Everywhere around you, there are moments happening! They happen, and then they’re gone!”
Ben Mackenzie, the intimidating gatekeeper for one of DC’s most potent conservative senators, is the only thing standing between liberal Senate staffer Kate Adams and the approval of the historic legislation she has fought for all year. After a not-so-cute encounter between Kate and Ben, they make a promise to destroy one another at any cost.
She believes he is conceited and unworthy of those stunning green eyes. He believes she makes snap judgments (and is irresistibly distracting). Kate begins to question whether her feelings for Ben are more akin to infatuation than hostility as their never-ending game of one-upmanship becomes her favorite part of the day. Perhaps their fighting is flirting. Kate is forced to face her worst dread when she finds there is more to Ben than meets the eye: She might have found her ideal match in her sworn adversary.
Best Quotes from this Book:
“Praise for Meet You in the Middle “Sharp, clever repartee propels this irresistible, very modern, wonderfully warm and optimistic romance that asks the eternal question, Do opposites really attract?” —New York Times bestselling author Jayne Ann Krentz “Daniels has written one of those romantic”
In these amusing and perceptive pieces, Roxane Gay walks us through her development as a woman of color while simultaneously introducing readers to recent cultural trends and making observations about the state of feminism in the modern world. The picture that takes shape is not just of a highly perceptive lady who is always learning about herself and our culture, but also of our culture. A razor-sharp, hilarious, and dead-on examination of how the culture we consume shapes who we are, Bad Feminist is also an encouraging reminder of all the things we still need to do.
Best Quotes from this Book:
“I embrace the label of bad feminist because I am human. I am messy. I’m not trying to be an example. I am not trying to be perfect. I am not trying to say I have all the answers. I am not trying to say I’m right. I am just trying—trying to support what I believe in, trying to do some good in this world, trying to make some noise with my writing while also being myself.”
“I believe feminism is grounded in supporting the choices of women even if we wouldn’t make certain choices for ourselves.”
“It’s hard to be told to lighten up because if you lighten up any more, you’re going to float the fuck away.”
“I would rather be a bad feminist than no feminist at all.”
“When feminism falls short of our expectations, we decide the problem is with feminism rather than with the flawed people who act in the name of the movement.”
Act Your Age features the flightiest of the Brown sisters, Eve, who abruptly enters the life of a stiff B&B proprietor and actually sends him plummeting to the ground. Eve Brown is a hot disaster in every way. Her life consistently goes horribly wrong, no matter how hard she tries to do the right thing, so she has given up trying. However, her parents draw the line when her unique brand of chaos ruins a costly wedding (someone had to free those poor doves). Even though she is unsure of how Eve needs to mature and prove herself.
The power is with Jacob Wayne. Always. The proprietor of the bed and breakfast is determined to dominate the hospitality sector and demands nothing less than excellence. Therefore, when a woman with purple hair shows up unexpectedly for an interview for his open chef post, he tells her the truth: not a chance in hell. Then, ostensibly by mistake, she strikes him with her automobile. Right, I see. His B&B is currently understaffed, his arm is damaged, and the incredibly unpredictable Eve is flitting around, attempting to assist. She quickly gained access to his kitchen, office, and spare bedroom. Jacob despises every aspect of it.
Best Quotes from this Book:
“I told you before, that there are different ways to fail. Imperfection is inevitable. That’s life. But it doesn’t sound to me like you failed at all, Eve. It sounds like your dream broke, and you’ve been picking up shattered pieces, and blaming yourself when your hands bleed.”
“Your abilities lie in the places people usually overlook, so you’ve been convinced you don’t have any at all. But you’re smart, and you’re capable, and if people struggle to see that, it’s their problem, not yours.”
“You’re not just my sunshine; you’re the sun.”
“Sometimes, being convenient instead of real was exhausting. So maybe from now on, she’d stop.”
“You won’t get your head out of your ass? Aren’t you concerned about potential suffocation?”
Hello, my name is Bree Camden, and my best friend and star quarterback Nathan Donelson and I are over heels in love. Admitting is the first step, right? But I can never tell him since I know he doesn’t view me that way and I don’t want things to grow awkward between us.
Nothing except good ol’ fashioned platonic friendship between us, no touching the hottest man alive, please! Everything is just the way I prefer it to be! Yes. Good. (I’m simply peeling an onion; I’m not sobbing.) How am I supposed to pretend to date Nathan for three weeks without anything altering between us? Particularly when it almost-sort-of-sorta seems like he’s battling for an entirely different result?
Send aid.
Bree, XO
Best Quotes from this Book:
“Bree is everything I aspire to be, everything I love, everything I desire. She holds my heart, and, with all that I am, I hope she never gives it back.”
“Your soul is my favorite in this entire world,”
“I think some things are worth waiting for, no matter how long it takes.”
“I love you too,” he whispers over and over again. “I love you, Bree. I love you. I always have.”
“Bree, hope is healthy. Even if you prepare yourself for the worst in life, it will never make the fall hurt less.”
They have the same voice as the bad guys, the same appearance, and even the same smell. However, all of that is about to change thanks to Mr. Wolf, Mr. Piranha, Mr. Snake, and Mr. Shark! For the Bad Guys’ initial good deed, Mr. Wolf has an audacious scheme. 200 canines will be stolen by the gang from the Maximum Security City Dog Pound. How well will Operation Dog Pound go? Will the Evil Doers change into the Good Doers? And might Mr. Snake spit out Mr. Piranha, please?
Henley Evans, a marketing manager, hardly has any free time left after working long hours at a cruise company and attending night school for her MBA. But all of her sacrifices seem to have been worthwhile once she gets selected for the advancement of her dreams.
The sole issue? The person who is the thorn of her existence and the distant social media manager, Graeme Crawford-Collins, is also applying for the job. Despite never having met in person, their spectacular email exchanges have become the stuff of office lore. Their boss assigns each of them the responsibility of creating a plan on how to increase reservations in the Galápagos; the promotion goes to the best proposal. The only caveat is that they must all travel together on a business cruise to the Galápagos Islands.
Henley is horrified to find that the actual Graeme is really nothing like she had envisioned when the two finally meet aboard the ship. She quickly discovers that the difference between hating and enjoying him is as tiny as a postcard as they tour the Islands together. With her career goals in sight and a growing fascination with the rivalry, Henley starts to second-guess her decisions. Because if you never genuinely live, what good is working constantly? Shipped is a new and captivating rom-com that celebrates the enchantment of fresh starts and the strength of second chances, making it ideal for lovers of Christina Lauren and Sally Thorne.
Best Quotes from this Book:
“People are the problem. But they can also be the solution.”
“But life is what you make it. It’s a balancing act. If all you do is work, you’ll wake up one day—ten, twenty, fifty years from now—utterly exhausted. Then you’ll be dead.”
“Life doesn’t give you many of these opportunities. My advice? Seize it, mold it, and make it everything you want it to be.”
“It’s amazin’ how a first impression of someone can completely change once you get to know them.”
“His voice is deep and rich and husky, like a lumberjack dipped in a chocolate fountain.”