![]() ![]() The only way to stay alive is to stay apart. If he so much as breathes on Stella she could lose her spot on the transplant list. Will’s exactly what Stella needs to stay away from. ![]() Soon, he’ll turn eighteen and then he’ll be able to unplug all these machines and actually go see the world, not just its hospitals. He couldn’t care less about his treatments or a fancy new clinical drug trial. The only thing Will Newman wants to be in control of is getting out of this hospital. At this point, what Stella needs to control most is keeping herself away from anyone or anything that might pass along an infection and jeopardize the possibility of a lung transplant. Synopsis: Stella Grant likes to be in control-even though her totally out of control lungs have sent her in and out of the hospital most of her life. It’s called Five Feet Apart by Rachael Lippincott. It gave me The Fault In Our Stars vibes and it was so cute. ![]() Oh My God! Guys, I read this book and it was absolutely fantastic. ![]()
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![]() ![]() ![]() I did always want to be an author – I have such tremendous reverence for all the great authors of all the literature I fell in love with that gave me hope and opened up my imagination and dared me to dream beyond what I was being spoon-fed. ![]() Sad as that sounds, it was true … and it was constant. So I had to come up with an exit-plan to save them before the shame ruined their chance at heaven. When I was a kid I couldn’t see past college, because I thought I’d have to kill myself because I grew up going to church in the south and the pervasive message was that I had this terrible secret that I liked men and consequently I would go to hell for it and ruin my family’s life. ![]() Speaking of superheroes, have you read his latest masterpiece, entitled HERO? If you haven’t, well, read on…Įqual4all: Did you ever think you’d be an out and proud producer and author? When was your first “I’ve truly made it” moment? We’re talking about Perry Moore! We were lucky enough to catch-up with this hunk and have him spill about what it was like on a major movie set and his all-time favorite superheroes. You may have heard of this man before he is the executive producer of the Narnia films, author, and yes, even avid surfer. ![]() ![]() ![]() The Pillars of the Earth (Kingsbridge Series #1) by Ken Follett.The Years of Rice and Salt by Kim Stanley Robinson. ![]() ![]()
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