Bee and Nick connect by complete accident when Nick sends her a message meant for his latest freelance employer who hasn’t paid him. There’s obvious chemistry and so they arrange to meet at Euston (a London station) but it proves impossible and that’s your lot! This uplifting and challenging book will liberate believers from the despair and frustration of feeling that God asks us to do the impossible.

This unusual story will leave you with food for thought as the author looks at the ease with which we form online relationships while touching on all that is wrong with our world. We follow both characters as they navigate their lives and strike up an online friendship, after a misdirected e-mail, which very quickly for both becomes something more.Gardening, taken up as a hobby when all the laborious work can be done by a man, is delightful, but as a life’s work for a woman, it is almost an impossible thing. Alone with his thoughts for nearly two months in the vastness of the frozen continent—gripped by fear and doubt—he reflected on his past, seeking courage and inspiration in the relationships and experiences that had shaped his life.

Nestled in linen clamshell presentation cases, these books attract collectors, lovers of the printed page, and those who devour the culture of our time. And the inside story of how it happened may serve as a manual of how to – and occasionally how not to – do it. Along the way, it fought Establishment quangos, the courts, Parliament, the Speaker and the government – hammering the Conservatives so hard it forced the resignation of their Prime Minister – to win nearly twice as many seats as its nearest rival. I absolutely cannot stand it in books when a solution/villain/etc is (purposely) painfully clear to the readers, but not to the protagonists until a few chapters before the end.

Johannes must run faster, see better, and ultimately do more than run and see—he must liberate those he loves. It is about love in all its mysterious and wonderful forms – the romantic (big tick), but also the love between friends, parents and children, cranky neighbours and animals… even love for a cause and ultimately, for ourselves. The meeting under the clock reminded me of Time After Time where the two main characters from different timelines meet during Manhattanhenge. Prior to December 2018, no individual had ever crossed the landmass of Antarctica alone, without support and completely human powered. Yet, Colin O’Brady was determined to do just that, even if, ten years earlier, there was doubt that he’d ever walk again normally.

I mean, come on, how can you not love a book where the raccoons declare, ‘We only bite for justice’? One of the best, most original love stories I ever read’ JESSICA RYN --This text refers to an alternate kindle_edition edition. They get to know each other through their messages for about the first 25% of the book and that’s where the story really kicks in. Utterly delightful…Eggers touches on deep topics with a light hand, effortlessly building suspense and a wonderful sense of adventure. I would have loved for there to be a scene with Henrietta where she brings Nick somewhere as part of a study on parallel worlds.

I have no idea what about this book appealed to me, but I sure am glad that I added this one to my wishlist. A friend of mine, a middle school math teacher, likes to say, ‘If you can’t explain it to an 8-year-old, you don’t get it. Yet the blurbs on this new title were from folks I trust like Jon Klassen and Jon Scieszka and Annie Barrows. What Lucy has that no one else did, however, is a secret letter, and the love of her foster parents Soledad and Leo, and her oldest friend Zach. This is a clever, creative story that will leave you wondering about it days after you read the last page.

Yet I would bet every penny I’ve earned in my life that Dave Eggers wouldn’t touch a sequel to this book with a ten-foot-pole. A treasure trove… If we learn the lessons of this short, sharp, crisp little book, maybe we’ll pull it off again.Young readers will be drawn to the original thinking, wisdom, and sly humor of the animals, as they comment on the strange behaviors of people without seeming human themselves. I mean really, what would you do if you found the one, but were precluded by the laws of physics from realizing your dream? It reminds me of Richard Linklater’s School of Rock (2003) in that it is a great work that can be enjoyed – the full spectrum of enjoyment! We are continually working to minimize our impact on the planet by examining every business decision through a lens of sustainability.