![]() The episode leans into the show’s penchant for silliness and fun, even changing the music and lighting to set the stage for a martial arts showdown featuring Janelle and Mustafa. One wrong word and I’m in danger of catching frostbite in the living room. RAINEY: We’re on a little bit of thin ice, the two of us. Joe Taslim, who plays him, is well-trained in martial arts, making his fight scenes even more grounded in reality. The outing introduces Mustafa, Janelle’s ex-husband from Bali, as a worthy sparring partner for Janelle. ![]() ![]() That said, it’s certainly not light on the movement and choreography. “Karate Kiss” feels lighter on the humor than a standard Blindspottingepisode. It’s an episode that pushes Ashley to the brink, with Jasmine Cephas Jones, as always, rising to the occasion and then some. ![]() BlindspottingSeason 2 Episode 5, “Karate Kiss,” finds Ashley going out on the town with Treena for an unforgettable evening while Janelle receives a surprise visitor. ![]()
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![]() ![]() Lucas Vieira, Man of Mystery, some wag had once called him. ![]() His estate on the ocean, in the Hamptons, was walled the Caribbean island he'd bought last year was festooned with No Trespassing signs. His two-level penthouse on Fifth Avenue was accessible only via private elevator. How had the man gotten his number? It was private, as was the rest of Lucas's life. One taste, and he'd shoved the thing aside, flipped open his cell phone to check his messages and found one from the same fool of a reporter who'd been badgering him for an interview the past two weeks. ![]() Lucas had not even known there could be such a thing until his P.A.-his very temporary P.A.-had brewed a pot of something black, hot and oily and poured him a cup of it. It had started with a mug of burned coffee. Now, it was rapidly turning into catastrophe. ![]() ![]() The quiet, pining hero in a lab setting isn't new territory for Hazelwood, and readers may wonder if she pushes it in a new direction here. While the epistolary elements of the book, including tweets and direct messages, are novel, it often feels unnecessary. Since the accounts are both rooted in science and academia, Bee and Levi unknowingly frequent the same internet circles and have even developed an online friendship without knowing each other's identity. Adding an additional layer to Bee and Levi's rivalry is the fact that they run two very popular anonymous social media accounts. But when little things start to go wrong for Bee and her team, she begins to wonder if her co-lead isn't above sabotage. ![]() Their work on BLINK is an improvement though, as Levi doesn't immediately bail on the project. Her excitement is short-lived when she discovers she'll be co-leading the project with engineer Levi Ward, her grad school nemesis, whose cold, cutting behavior and outspoken inability to work with her on an assignment have stuck with her. The invitation to the team is enough to get Bee out of the funk she's been in since she discovered her fiance cheating and her engagement fell apart. ![]() A neuroscientist is forced to work with her academic nemesis on a career-changing project in this STEM-celebratory contemporary romance.īee Königswasser is over-the-moon excited when she's asked to lead BLINK, a joint project between NASA and the National Institutes of Health designed to build better technology for astronauts. ![]() ![]() Visit her at reading guides, writing tips, fun videos, and more.īefore we get to the interview, here’s a bit about the novel: She’s a popular speaker at schools, book festivals, and conferences. Her award-winners include Lily and Dunkin, Death by Toilet Paper, and As If Being 12-3/4 Isn’t Bad Enough, My Mother Is Running for President! The novel, which hit bookstores yesterday, received a star from S chool Library Journal, which called it, “A unique and compelling novel from a master storyteller.”ĭonna is known for writing middle-grade novels with loads of heart and humor. Today we’re thrilled to welcome Donna Gephart, author of several popular and critically acclaimed books, including her latest In Your Shoes (Delacorte Press/Penguin Random House). ![]()
![]() The fantastic works of Dean Koontz are sure to satisfy anyone who’s a fan of suspenseful thrillers, horror, and sci-fi/fantasy. This disturbing and imaginative twisted love story was the first of its kind in horror/sci-fi, and also inspired a movie starring Julie Christie. Then, he would inhabit the offspring with his own consciousness. And the solution for “him” to do this is to impregnate Susan with his spawn, which he biologically engineered. Proteus desires only one thing: to experience life as human beings do. Koontz’s first bestseller follows the life of wealthy divorcee Susan Harris, known as a recluse who is imprisoned in her home by an artificially intelligent computer called Proteus. Whether time travel is being used to wrap a mystery in an extra, innovative layer or is allowing readers to view humanity and history through a different lens, the theme is brilliantly done in the books that I’ve listed below. ![]() |