Since then reading and bookcrossing has taken a bit of a backseat, but I'm still trying to do both as much as I can. In 20 I became the proud mother of our two girls and I must admit that I've lived together with my boyfriend in my hometown of Antwerp for five years and we have recently moved to a small village, where life moves at a different speed altogether. I like a lot of different music, but my favourite Teaching does tend to take up a lot of your time and energy. I have very few hobbies apart from reading and travelling! And even those hobbies I can't practise as much as I would like to. I can teach Dutch, English and History, although I've also taught Technology. If you like any of the books on my AVL shelf, please feel free to contact me! If you would like to surprise me (thank you) with a book from my wishlist (thank you, thank you), I am on ! :D "Not a shred of evidence exists in favour of the idea that life is serious."
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Starting out on the Omaha World-Herald where she was an ad copywriter and long-running columnist, she put her talents in writing and English to use straight away, gaining experience on the job between the years of 19. This was all going to help her in her adult career as a writer, a journey that would take her to becoming a fully fledged author of highly successful novels reaching audiences on a global scale. Creating deep and intricate inner worlds, she always had a strong and complex imagination, whilst simultaneously she was able to easily pinpoint what made people, and ultimately her characters, tick. She knows exactly what her readers are looking for, providing them with characters that are easy to relate to, whilst creating dialogue that’s both natural and flows easily off the page.īorn in 1973 on the 24th of February, Rainbow Rowell grew up in Nebraska, America, as she started to develop a life-long passion for both reading and literature, as she built upon her love for the written word. With novels such as ‘Fangirl’ she’s got a clear and articulate voice that’s adept and understanding of her audience, all of whom await each release with eager anticipation and excitement. Coming from Omaha, Nebraska in the United States, the American author Rainbow Rowell has been writing for a number of years now, having produced her long line of well received and unique brand of young adult and contemporary adult fiction. The Aru Shah series was originally intended to be four books long, but later discussions between Chokshi and the imprint led to the series being extended to end with fifth book, that was released in 2022. In April 2018, it was announced that Paramount Pictures won the movie rights, at auction, for Aru Shah and the End of Time. Her middle grade debut, Aru Shah and the End of Time, was the first title to launch under author Rick Riordan's Disney-Hyperion imprint, Rick Riordan Presents, in 2018. Her second young adult novel, A Crown of Wishes, is set in the same world and was published in 2017.Īll of Chokshi's first novels in her series debuted on the New York Times bestseller list. Career Ĭhokshi's first young adult novel, novel The Star-Touched Queen, was published by St. She cites Neil Gaiman as one of her influences to pursue a writing career. Her first novel sold while she attended law school at University of Georgia, and she ultimately dropped out to pursue writing. Chokshi was raised on Hindu mythology, which she often draws on in her novels. She grew up speaking English, rather than her parents' native languages, Tagalog and Gujarati. Personal life Ĭhokshi's mother is Filipino and her father is Indian, both immigrants to the United States. Roshani Chokshi (born February 14, 1991) is an American children's book author and a New York Times bestselling author. The Star-Touched Queen, Aru Shah and the End of Time “It’s sunstroke, right? Tell me it’s sunstroke. “Arnie, you’re having me on, aren’t you?” I said. He tried the back door on the passenger side, and it came open with a scream. He was running around the car like a man possessed. “Look at her lines, Dennis!” Arnie whispered. There was an old and sun-faded FOR SALE sign propped on the right side of the windshield-the side that was not cracked. Worst of all, there was a dark puddle of oil under the engine block.Īrnie had fallen in love with a 1958 Plymouth Fury, one of the long ones with the big fins. The others were bald enough to show the canvas cording. It looked as if someone had worked on the upholstery with a knife. The back bumper was askew, the trunk-lid was ajar, and upholstery was bleeding out through several long tears in the seat covers, both front and back. The right rear deck was bashed in, and an ugly nest of rust had grown in the paint-scraped valley. The left side of her windshield was a snarled spiderweb of cracks. She was a bad joke, and what Arnie saw in her that day I’ll never know. I went back, thinking that it was maybe one of Arnie’s subtle little jokes. His eyes were bulging from behind his steel-rimmed glasses, he had plastered one hand over his face so that his palm was partially cupping his mouth, and his neck could have been on ball-bearings the way he was craning back over his shoulder. “Oh my God!” my friend Arnie Cunningham cried out suddenly. |