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Everyday activities such as mealtimes, storytimes and bath times become ideal and fun opportunities to learn, communicate and develop skills! Someday may be coming sooner than later, as her father's cancer has returned. She’s worshipped him all her life, and lived her entire life the way he has wanted her to. She's studied what he wanted her to, dressed the way he thinks she should, even dated (or not dated) the men he deemed appropriate. Now she’s in love with her childhood best friend, Tim, whom her father loves as if he was his own son, and whose family is closely intertwined with theirs and the hotels. Logan Fowler is looking for justice against the guy that stole his birthright and ruined his family, he shows up in Pecan Gap, Texas in the 1880s to confront Zach Hamilton. This is the hardened criminal that is responsible for his father’s being killed. Instead of finding a single ruthless gambler, he finds a guy that isn’t much older than he is who has an odd family.

Books that are 50,000 words long

As an aspiring children’s literature writer, I’m pleasantly surprised and inspired to learn that Roald Dahl’s classic Charlie and the Chocolate Factory is only 30,644 words long. You can manage that in a month, for sure! It’s also interesting to note that James M. Cain’s noir novel Double Indemnity is only 30,072. And at 30,000 words, most of these novels fall into the novella length, which is generally between 17,500 and 40,000 words. The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe But when that day arrives, she realizes that she has been living her life to please her father instead of to please herself, and she learns a few things that may free her from taking the path her father has chosen for her. She has known her boyfriend Tim, since childhood, though they have only been "dating for eight months". It "makes sense" that they end up together...but is that enough? Nina's actions made little to no sense to me. One minute she wants nothing to do with the corporation and the next minute she's some kind of corporate wiz who exactly how to fix everything. One minute she needs time to figure herself out and 4 hours later she's in love. She was all over the place. With all the "struggles" Nina faces, she occasionally comes out as self centered. I know I'm supposed to feel sympathy for her or something, but I didn't. She seemed extremely one was to me, almost as though she was just "undergoing the process" with everything instead of an character that comes to life with soul and emotion. Maybe it was simply how the character was written.

More Than Words is a love story too and I highly enjoyed the romance in the book. I felt it was perfect for Nina's story and both of the men in this love triangle were very easy to love, which only made it that much more bittersweet since you knew that no matter who she chose or what happened that someone would get hurt. This is told in 3rd person from Nina's perspective. And for some reason this kept throwing me off. Since the entire story was purely from her perspective it almost felt like it should have been 1st person. This totally may be a just-me thing though! Author Karen Witermeyer grew up in California before moving to Texas to go to Abilene Christian University, where she got master’s and bachelor’s degrees in Psychology. While attending the school, she met and married a Texas hero of her own. The guy roped her in real good, as she has lived in Texas ever since. I felt Nina's angst as she is losing her father but her other decisions were met by little resistance, with the other characters being much more agreeable than I think they would be, in these situations, losing a bit of authenticity to me. If you have lost a parent you were very close to, or found yourself tempted by someone you work for, YOU may connect with this book more than her first, or more than I did.

As her world falls apart, Nina begins to question everything she thought she knew and to see the men in her life--her father, her boyfriend, and unexpectedly, her handsome and attentive boss, Rafael--in a new light. Soon Nina finds herself caught between the world she knows and loves, and a passion that could upend everything. Arno Schmidt, along with Hans Wollschläger, was tasked with translating the works of Edgar Allan Poe into German and, in the course of this, he decided to write a novel - about the problems of translating the works of Edgar Allan Poe into German. Well, they do say it’s always best to write about what you know. I loved the character of Nina and enjoyed watching her growth and development as I progressed in the book. She was smart, but cautious and I truly felt for her in all of her struggles. I can honestly say Santopolo is now officially a must read author for me (okay, she already was after Light) but I'm thrilled to share that her sophomore effort was just as much of a hit for me. Nina's also intensely drawn to Rafael in a way that's different than she feels for Tim, so her romantic life begins to complicate things. She starts to wonder if she has to be who and what she's always been told she must be--is following the life her dad mapped for her the only way? Or can Nina go her own way, follow her own passions, and be the person she wants to be even if that goes against everything she was ever taught?

More Than Meets the Eye” is the first novel in the “Patchwork Family” series, which was released in the year 2018. A lot of people believe Evangeline Hamilton is cursed. She was orphaned when she was young and possesses a pair of eyes that are mismatched, one is dark brown and one bright blue. Evangeline has fought hard to find her way through a world that is constantly rejecting her. The support of just one person is able to help overcome the judgments of the world, and now Evangeline has two, Zach and Seth. These are two fellow orphans that she now considers her brothers. Barry M. Prizant, Ph.D., CCC-SLP. Director, Childhood Communication Services, Cranston, RI. Adjunct Professor, Brown University Center for the Study of Human Development” Nina's life has not been perfect and has been marred by several tragedies. When another sudden tragedy strikes, she forces herself to confront her life and what she wants for her future. She also uncovers certain facts that cause her to question everything she has ever held dear. Will she take the comfortable path or will she take a chance and live her life to the fullest?

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This is a story of a woman who has the type of wealth and privilege most of us can only dream of and yet Nina Gregory doesn't feel completely satisfied with her life. When her world falls apart, she really starts to question if she is on the right path to happiness or if she needs to go in a different direction. So we dread to think how many people would be able to get through these monsters of prose; these titans of text. We list below the ten longest, most epic novels ever created. Nina is a woman whose life has always come naturally, her relationship with her father, college, work and Tim, her best friend since childhood and now, her boyfriend. Working as a speechwriter for a Mayoral Candidate, she loves her job. Someday soon however, she’ll be running the family company - sooner than she thinks as it turns out when tragedy befalls her dad, leaving her life in a spiral. More Than Words Can Say” is the second novel in the “Patchwork Family” series, which was released in the year 2019. Abby is railroaded by the city council. It means that she will need a man’s name to be on the deed to her bakery, and one that she can control. Not Zacharias, the stoic lumberman that seems to exude a silent confidence.