![]() If you're unable to outflank your opponent on your turn, you skip your turn. After your done with your turn, your opponent goes and places one of their tokens on the board to outflank one of your rows. When you outflank an opponent, you flip all of their tokens in between your 2 tokens on the end upside down so they're your color now. In order to place a token on the board, you must place it somewhere that outflanks your opponent, which means it sandwiches one of the horizontal, vertical, or diagonal rows of their tokens between two of your tokens, one on each end. ![]() On your turn, place one of your tokens on the board with your color facing up. Then, split the remaining tokens up equally between you and your opponent. Flip a coin to see who gets to be black, since black goes first. To set up the game, place 4 pieces in the center squares on the board so 2 of the pieces are white-side up and 2 of the pieces are black-side up, with the matching colors diagonal from each other. ![]() Othello, also known as Reversi, is a fun 2-player board game where players try to trap and collect more pieces than their opponent. ![]()
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We use cookies and similar tools that are necessary to enable you to make purchases, to enhance your shopping experiences and to provide our services, as detailed in our Cookie Notice. ![]() ![]() ![]() Imprisoned by her dictator brother, Malini spends her days in isolation in the Hirana: an ancient temple that was once the source of the powerful, magical deathless waters - but is now little more than a decaying ruin. ‘Author of Empire of Sand and Realm of Ash Tasha Suri’s The Jasmine Throne, beginning a new trilogy set in a world inspired by the history and epics of India, in which a captive princess and a maidservant in possession of forbidden magic become unlikely allies on a dark journey to save their empire from the princess’s traitor brother. ![]() Source: Physical ARC provided by the publisher (this in no way affects my review which is honest and unbiased) (Hardcover copy purchased by myself) Added bonus – morally grey main characters… another weak spot for me. I’m biased in a sense as I love sapphic stories, and The Jasmine Throne was no exception. ![]() Today’s review is for the second book featured in golden trifecta of sapphic excellence, following on from the first which was The Unbroken by C. ![]() ![]() ![]() Elie Weisel’s father gave his son his rations for a long time to keep the boy from being hungry in NIGHT. Romeo and Juliet also went to great lengths to be together and show each other love. Your question is how can this story be related to other stories? Well, for one, any story of great love and sacrifice is easily related to this one. Ironically, the gifts are useless to each other now, but they are a symbol of how much they love one another and to what lengths each would go to make the other happy. Jim sells his watch to buy her a lovely comb for her hair. ![]() Delia sells her hair to buy Jim a watch chain for his watch. They ultimate sacrifice they take is to sell the items most dear to them in order to buy the gifts each thinks the other deserves. The two items they have of which they are most proud are Jim’s heirloom watch, and Delia’s long, lustrous, beautiful hair. Delia and Jim are dealing with hard times, and neither has any money to celebrate their love for each other at Christmas. The story of “The Gift of the Magi” is one of unrelenting love and sacrifice. ![]() ![]() ![]() "Black Water" in Cat o' Nine Tales and Black Water "Beneath a Bloody Moon" in Cat o' Nine Tales "The Devil’s Left Boot" in Kicking It anthology (Dec 3, 2013) (Twins Cia and Liz) (number is guessed) "Golden Delicious" in An Apple for the Creature anthology, Cat o' Nine Tales (Sept 4, 2012) "Cajun With Fangs" in Cat o' Nine Tales, Have Stakes Will Travel ![]() "Blood, Fangs and Going Furry" in Cat o' Nine Tales, Cat Tales ![]() "Easy Pickings" (2011) ~ Faith Hunter, C.E. "Signatures of the Dead" in Strange Brew, Cat o' Nine Tales, Have Stakes Will Travel (July 7, 2009) "Haints" in Cat o' Nine Tales, Have Stakes Will Travel "Cat Tats" in Cat o' Nine Tales, Cat Tales "The Early Years" in Cat o' Nine Tales, Cat Tales "WeSa and the Lumber King" in Cat o' Nine Tales, Have Stakes Will Travel First person narrative told by Jane Yellowrock and Beast (a mountain lion who shares Jane's body), co-protagonists.Skinwalker, vampire, witch, were, and more. ![]() In this series, Jane works to unravel her past, understand her present, and make a future. Raised in a Christian children's home, she's now grown and is re-discovering her true self, going deeper than her love for motorcycles, weapons, and fine tea, her social awkwardness, and her job as a rogue vampire hunter. Jane stumbled naked out of the woods at age 12, with no language, no memory, and no family. She also shares her body with the soul of a mountain lion, Beast, as a result of accidental black magic when she was 5 years old. ✥ Jane Yellowrock is a Cherokee Skinwalker- one of the very last. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Violet can see strands of the future, which allowed her to save the Prince Cyrus’s life in the market one day when they were both kids. Perfect for fans of The Wicked Prince, this YA fantasy novel has a lying prophet and a smoldering enemies-to-lovers romance. And as the boundary between hatred and love grows ever thinner with the prince, Violet must untangle a wicked web of deceit in order to save herself and the kingdom-or doom them all. ![]() Violet’s wits may protect her in the cutthroat court, but they can’t change her fate. Violet faces her own choice: Seize an opportunity to gain control of her own destiny, no matter the cost, or give in to the ill-fated attraction that’s growing between her and Cyrus. Honesty is for suckers, like the oh-so- not charming Prince Cyrus, who plans to strip Violet of her official role once he’s crowned at the end of the summer-unless Violet does something about it.īut when the king asks her to falsely prophesy Cyrus’s love story for an upcoming ball, Violet awakens a dreaded curse, one that will end in either damnation or salvation for the kingdom-all depending on the prince’s choice of future bride. ![]() Violet is a prophet and a liar, influencing the royal court with her cleverly phrased-and not always true-divinations. A darkly enchanting fantasy debut about a morally gray witch, a cursed prince, and a prophecy that ignites their fate-twisted destinies-perfect for fans of The Cruel Prince and Serpent & Dove. ![]() ![]() It could be the long-distance dating disaster of the century - or Drew and Alexa could be just a flight away from what each of them truly wants. ![]() Too bad they can't stop thinking about each other. But Drew's proposal proves hard to resist.Īfter their wedding date turns into a whole weekend of fun in San Francisco, Drew and Alexa return to their all-consuming careers - his in LA and hers in Berkeley. ![]() Until a power outage strands him with the perfect candidate for a fake girlfriend.Īgreeing to go to a wedding with a guy she gets stuck with in an elevator is not something Alexa Monroe would normally do. On the eve of his ex's wedding festivities, Drew Nichols is minus a plus one. A groomsman and his last-minute guest are about to discover if a fake date can go the distance in this "charming, warm, sexy gem of a novel" (Roxane Gay). One of Cosmopolitan's 33 Books to Get Excited About in 2018!Ī feel-good romance to warm your heart, for fans of Jo Watson, Sarah Morgan and Holly Martin. ![]() From the author of The Proposal, a Reese Witherspoon x Hello Sunshine Book Club Pick! A groomsman and his last-minute guest are about to discover if a fake date can go the distance in this fun and flirty multicultural romance. ![]() ![]() ![]() Revealing the 15 "beats" (plot points) that comprise a successful story-from the opening image to the finale-this book lays out the Ten Story Genres (Monster in the House Whydunit Dude with a Problem) alongside quirky, original insights (Save the Cat Shard of Glass) to help novelists craft a plot that will captivate-and a novel that will sell. Learn to prep, plot, and craft your novel in this 9-hour webinar with Jessica Brody, author of the best-selling Save the Cat Writes a Novel. The first novel-writing guide from the best-selling Save the Cat! story-structure series, which reveals the 15 essential plot points needed to make any novel a success.Novelist Jessica Brody presents a comprehensive story-structure guide for novelists that applies the famed Save the Cat! screenwriting methodology to the world of novel writing. Jessica Brody is the author of more than 20 novels for teens, tweens, and adults including The Geography of Lost Things, The Chaos of Standing Still, Amelia Gray is Almost Okay, A Week of Mondays, 52 Reasons to Hate My Father, the Unremembered trilogy, and the System Divine trilogy which is a sci-fi reimagining of Victor Hugo's Les Misrables. ![]() ![]() In recent weeks, element by giant element, it was hoisted by cranes onto the cathedral’s gusty rooftop, a bravura ballet performed 180 feet in the air. The 80-ton support, known as the tabouret, or stool, was built in the town of Briey by carpenters employing centuries-old woodworking craftsmanship as well as modern-day methods such as 3-D modeling and laser measurement. That target date is now December of that year.īut setting in place the spire’s cross-shaped base - a complex operation that took place after the enormous wooden trestle was constructed and then deconstructed at a sprawling work site 200 miles to the northeast - marked an important symbolic milestone in Notre Dame’s rebirth. The French government had hoped to reopen Notre Dame to worshipers and visitors in time for the Summer Olympics in 2024, when Paris will be a focus of worldwide attention and tourists will crowd the city. On Monday, news broke that Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris had caught on fire. World & Nation Five things to know about Notre Dame Cathedral ![]() ![]() ![]() But Project Osiris and its enforcers, the Purple People Eaters, are hot on their trail. The clues mount to reveal a shocking discovery, linking their ideal community to some of the greatest criminal masterminds ever known.Īmazon Barnes and Noble Indigo IndieBoundįollow Eli, Tori, Malik, and Amber as they try to discover the truth of their origins and carve a life for themselves in an outside world that is unfamiliar, baffling, and dangerous. Eli convinces his friends to help him investigate further, and it soon becomes clear that nothing is as it seems in Serenity. They know it’s a short leap from that to the awful problems of other, less fortunate places.Įli has never left Serenity … until, one day, he bikes to the edge of the city limits and something so crazy and unexpected happens that it changes everything. The thirty kids who live there never lie. ![]() Honesty and integrity are valued above all else. ![]() Eli Frieden lives in the most perfect town in the world: Serenity, New Mexico. ![]() |