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BUNHEADS by Sophie Flack

In a crowd of beautiful and talented dancers, how can one girl stand out? An irresistible debut novel about life at one of the world's best ballet companies.

On-stage beauty. Backstage drama.As a dancer with the ultra-prestigious Manhattan Ballet Company, nineteen-year-old Hannah Ward juggles intense rehearsals, dazzling performances and complicated backstage relationships.
Up until now, Hannah has happily devoted her entire life to ballet. But when she meets a handsome musician named Jacob...

THE WALKING DEAD, Vol. 15: We Find Ourselves by Robert Kirkman and Charlie Adlard

The events of No Way Out have affected everyone in the Community, and not everyone has survived to pick up the pieces.
The fifteenth volume of The Walking Dead includes issues 85-90, and slows the pace a little.

After the large herd of zombies ravaged through the closed-off community and Carl was shot, Rick has an epiphany. He realises that what they have here is worth saving. No more running, no more risking everyone, no more looking for a better place. This is their place now and he comes...

TRUE BLOOD, Vol. 1: All Together Now by Alan Ball, David Tischman, Mariah Huehner, David Messina

Blood and sex mix on a hot rainy night at Merlotte's, when Sookie and her friends are trapped by a vengeful spirit who feeds on shame. People die and dirty secrets are revealed as Sookie, Bill, Eric, Sam, Tara, Jason, and Lafayette and are all coerced to dig deep and tell painful memories from their past....those things we all have locked within us that we never tell another living soul Bon Temps, Louisiana has never been stranger, or more twisted, in a story co-plotted by True Blood series...

A MONSTER CALLS by Patrick Ness (from an original idea by Siobhan Dowd)

At seven minutes past midnight, thirteen-year-old Conor wakes to find a monster outside his bedroom window. But it isn't the monster Conor's been expecting — he's been expecting the one from his nightmare, the nightmare he's had nearly every night since his mother started her treatments.

The monster in his backyard is different. It's ancient. And wild. And it wants something from Conor. Something terrible and dangerous. It wants the truth.

From the final idea of award-winning author Siobhan...

HOLLOW PIKE by James Dawson

Something wicked this way comes...She thought she'd be safe in the country, but you can't escape your own nightmares and Lis London dreams repeatedly that someone is trying to kill her.Lis thinks she's being paranoid - after all who would want to murder her? She doesn't believe in the local legends of witchcraft. She doesn't believe that anything bad will really happen to her. You never do, do you? Not until you're alone in the woods, after dark - and a twig snaps...Hollow Pike - where...

THE WALKING DEAD, Vol 14: No Way Out by Robert Kirkman and Charlie Adlard

As the Eisner Award-winning series continues, no one in The Community is safefrom what happens within its walls.


The fourteenth volume of The Walking Dead includes issues 79-84, and everything they've fought so hard to escape finally catches up with them...

The secure community this group of survivors is now living in--or is that pretending to be happy living in?--slowly falls apart when the walking dead break through the fences and invade their streets. They try to secure the breach, but...

THE WALKING DEAD, Vol. 13: Too Far Gone by Robert Kirkman and Charlie Adlard

For survivors of the zombie apocalypse, hopes are not lifting. As others try to keep their mind on practicalities, former policeman Rick Grimes seems increasingly on edge. As his behavior grows more and more conspicuously eccentric, other group members worry that he is putting them all in mortal danger.

The thirteenth volume of The Walking Dead includes issues 73-78 and shows that even after finding a secure refuge, the survivors of this zombie apocalypse still have much to fear.

Rick is...

Some mornings...

So, this is another one of those MakeME dolls that my daughter likes to make on her iPad. This is Katniss. So darn cute, right?
The day didn't get off to a great start. Well, it was great because I received my final copies of A PATCH OF DARKNESS, but then I found out some asshole had hacked my email account and sent out some bogus crappy message to all my contacts! I feel so violated, and pissed off. I mean, how dare anyone do this to someone else? What makes them think it's okay?
I think I...

THE WALKING DEAD, Vol. 12: Life Among Them by Robert Kirkman and Charlie Adlard

At long last, the survivors of Robert Kirkman and Charlie Adlard's acclaimed post-apocalyptic survival adventure find the hope they've longed look for. Can a town not yet ravaged by the horrors unleashed on Earth possibly be all it's hoped for? Is there a far more sinister secret behind their newfound safe haven? Even worse, can people forever changed by the worst in humanity ever hope to get back to their old selves? The next chapter of The Walking Dead is primed to change everything.



The...

THE WALKING DEAD, Vol. 11: Fear The Hunters by Robert Kirkman and Charlie Adlard

No one is safe in the aftermath of the most shocking Walking Dead storyline yet! The remaining survivors continue the road to Washington DC, but not everyone will make it out alive!


The eleventh volume of The Walking Dead includes issues 61-66 and leads the gang to more danger.

They're still moving, camping out where they can, but when Father Gabriel approaches them, they take shelter in his church. However, there's someone stalking them in the shadows. And I'm not talking about the zombies...