![]() ![]() ![]() Check back with KRIS 6 News for updates.įor the latest local news updates click here, or download the KRIS 6 News App. KRIS 6 News has a crew headed to the scene to gather more information on the fire. The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality and CCFD are monitoring air quality, the release states. At this time, there is no community action needed," the alert states.Ĭit officials said in a release the Corpus Christi Fire Department (CCFD), the Refinery Terminal Fire Company (RTFC) and Valero emergency crews are on-scene. As a precaution, a portion of Up River Road is closed. Paranormal Romance Fiction At the tender age of seven, Jess Riley's parents were ripped out of her life by the Tear, a ripple of white light in the sky which randomly transports people from Earth to alternate realities and distant planets once a year. ![]() "Crews are currently responding to a fire within the Valero West Refinery. "The safety of our workers and community is our priority and we are coordinating with state and local authorities," Valero officials said.Ī fire has broken out at the Valero west refinery near Annaville, according to a reverse alert from the City of Corpus Christi. Valero officials said in a statement that air monitoring shows there are no offsite concerns, and there are no injuries from the fire. ![]()
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![]() ![]() But he didn’t know the feeling of home until Ivy entered his world. ![]() Jack knew plenty of hardship before the agency refined his rough edges, transforming him into the man who never misses. But it’s the hours she spends among the towering bookshelves in the library and stargazing on the roof with Agent Jack Vale that make her heart fly. Her education-from explosives to etiquette, sharpshooting to sabotage-is as far reaching as the organization’s missions. Then destiny thrusts her into the nest of a covert agency of assassins sworn to drive back the world’s darkness, and she acquires a new set of lethal skills. Washington, DC, 1914. Ivy Olwen knows how to survive on the streets without two coins to rub together. Amid the chaos of the Great War, two elite assassins learn precisely how dangerous it is to have something-or someone-worth losing. ![]() ![]() ![]() Caught in a downpour, he sees an open window, and in a moment of desperation to secure shelter from the drumming on his head he enters the house. ![]() The first by Robert Holt, a man who has fallen on hard times. I'm sure the Proustians among us can confirm or deny the validity of that occurrence. ![]() What I know about Proust it seems so improbable, but there you have it mentioned on a history timeline. I pulled up a time line to see what else of significance happened in 1897 and the one interesting literary tidbit that jumped out at me was it was the year that Marcel Proust fought a pistol duel with Jean Lorrain. Initially The Beetle outsold Dracula, but as word got around the Stoker book became the hit of the season. The Beetle was published in 1897 the same year as the Bram Stoker's classic book Dracula. Fingers were pressed into my cheeks, they were thrust into my mouth, they touched my staring eyes, shut my eyelids, then opened them again, and-horror of horrors!-the blubber lips were pressed to mine-the soul of something evil entered into me in the guise of a kiss." Then, whether I was dead or living, I said to myself that this could be nothing human,-nothing fashioned in God's image could wear such a shape as that. "A face looked into mine, and, in front of me, were those dreadful eyes. ![]() ![]() The very next day Scott meets enigmatic author Jennifer St. ![]() As he blows out the candles on his cake, he whispers a silent prayer to God for a wife. But on his 38th birthday, he realizes that even though hes blessed with family and friends and a great career… This newly edited version is a must read and back by popular demand! Scott is a successful businessman. But, did you know she also writes heartwarming romances? Originally published in 1998, The Marriage Wish is Dees first romance novel. from The Marriage Wish We all love Dee Hendersons thrilling romantic suspense novels. Jen, I cant take away the pain you are going through. I cant handle half a dozen flashbacks every day to a time when life was perfect. Jennifer, youre going to go through this, no matter how long you wait… ![]() Because of the memories? Because I dont want to get involved, she replied. ![]() He suspected this was heading somewhere he did not like. I think you chose the wrong time to get to know me, Scott… ![]() ![]() Not really sold on it, in any case it felt a little like going-through-the-motions, and I found the misdirection onto a particular character obvious and rather silly. It doesn’t sustain that through the book, though the later chapters are all from the perspective of the investigator. It is told in an interesting way, at least at first, with the opening chapters being different points of view on the early events of the story written by the characters, and that’s a sort of exercise in sketching out characters that’s pretty entertaining. In any case, it’s another case of Christmas in a dysfunctional family, with a controlling patriarch and issues of inheritance looming. The Santa Klaus Murder by author Mavis Doriel Hay is a classic British cozy with a Christmas theme. ![]() Discover the English Audiobook at Audible. ![]() The Santa Klaus Murder is a competent but (for me) uninspiring mystery I don’t know whether I’m just reading too many Golden Age crime novels at the moment, and should therefore stop - but then, I don’t think I absolutely loved the other book I read by Mavis Doriel Hay, so perhaps it’s just that. The Santa Klaus Murder as its meant to be heard, narrated by Gordon Griffin, Anne Dover. ![]() ![]() I know from reading another one of her other books Happy Endings Are All Alike that Sandra Scoppettone is not one to shy away from difficult topics and she did not disappoint with this, her earlier novel The Late Great Me. The subject matter is a tricky one and it was hard for me at times to empathize with Geri (probably because I grew up living with an alcoholic – not an easy thing to admit to but a necessary one to understand my viewpoint) but having the protagonist be the one with the problem was really a bold move – especially for a book that was first published in the 1970’s. This was not an easy book by any stretch of the imagination (it was downright difficult to get through at times actually) but it was definitely a worthwhile, thought-provoking read. ![]() I have wanted to read this book for a long time and I am really glad that I finally managed to get my hands on a copy. ![]() ![]() ![]() I really enjoyed some of the true historic events the author weaved into the story. As the generations pass, their lives – their triumphs, errors, losses and hopes – form a symphony about what it means to be human.įrom a woman covered with hair and another plagued with endless tears, to forbidden love affairs and fiery political ones, to homegrown technological marvels like Afronauts, microdrones and viral vaccines – this novel sweeps over the years and the globe.īritish colonialism vs African revolutionaries, 3rd world poverty vs high tech drones, beautiful powerful writing vs meaningless ramblings. This sets off a cycle of unwitting retribution between three Zambian families (black, white, brown) as they collide and converge over the course of the century, into the present and beyond. ![]() Clark, foggy with fever, makes a mistake that entangles the fates of an Italian hotelier and an African busboy. In 1904, in a smoky room at the hotel across the river, an Old Drifter named Percy M. Here begins the story of a small African nation, told by a swarm-like chorus that calls itself man’s greatest nemesis. ![]() ![]() On the banks of the Zambezi River, a few miles from the majestic Victoria Falls, there was once a colonial settlement called The Old Drift. A Zambian debut novel that follows three generations of three families, telling the story of a nation, and of the grand sweep of time ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The Light Fantastic is the second book in the Wizards series, (but you can read the Discworld novels in any order!). The Light Fantastic is Terry Pratchett’s second Discworld novel continues the story of the Colour of Magic – a hilarious romp around the Discworld! ![]() Like that book, this one is mostly episodic, meaning that the main characters arrive in a new locale, get into trouble, resolve the situation (or watch as someone else resolves it), and move on to the next location. ![]() This is based on the average reading speed of 250 Words per minute. The Light Fantastic does a great job of finishing what Pratchett began in The Color of Magic. It takes about 4 Hours and 27 minutes on average for a reader to read The Light Fantastic. Thankfully, geriatric barbarian Cohen is on hand with to help the quest to save the universe and unite the spell in Rincewind’s head with Discworld’s most powerful book of magic, the Octavo. Buy The Light Fantastic Mass Market Paperbound Book By: Terry Pratchett from as low as 7.64. What it doesn’t need is Rincewind, an inept and cowardly wizard who is still recovering from the trauma of falling off the edge of the world, or Twoflower, the well-meaning tourist whose luggage has a mind (and legs) of its own. The Discworld is in danger, heading towards a seemingly inevitable collision with a malevolent red star, its magic fading. Unfortunately, that hero happens to be the singularly inept wizard Rincewind. “The Octavo filled the room with a dull, sullen light, which wasn’t strictly light at all but the opposite of light darkness isn’t the opposite of light, it is simply its absence, and what was radiating from the book was the light that lies on the far side of darkness, the light fantastic.” ![]() ![]() ![]() Seol has a natural curiosity and learns quickly, becoming an asset to the inspector she works under, though, in a time when curiosity and agency are frowned upon in a woman, those same qualities tend to get her into trouble more often than not. She assists the inspector with his investigation in everything from being an errand girl to being used as an extension of their hands when there is a need to touch or move, a female body (men can’t touch women outside of their relatives). There was no romance in this like I thought there would be… that YA label, le sigh… I should know better by now than to assume. While this wasn’t the myth-based fantasy I was looking for – it’s more a historical (Joseon era) sleuth story and I don’t usually read straight-up historical (though I sure seem to be reading a ton of it lately) – I enjoyed it nonetheless. The cover was stunning and grabbed my attention immediately. ![]() I came across The Silence of Bones last year when I was looking for something along the lines of a Korean myth-based fantasy. ![]() ![]() ![]() What makes We revolutionary is that it foresaw the end result of every autocracy, regardless of supposed creed or ideology, and that’s what makes it relevant and still worth reading even (and perhaps especially) in our modern times. Originally created in 1921, We was the first work banned by the Soviet censorship board, but not for any deliberate parallels to the burgeoning autocracy that Lenin was building (and that Stalin would later finish). Greetings, readers, and may your fall be festive! It’s time for another book review, and this month we’re looking at a book which is most definitely not festive We by Russian novelist Yevgeny Zamyatin-one of the earliest modern dystopia stories written, and an inspiration for Brave New World and 1984. ![]() Yevgeny Zamyatin (a new translation by Bela Shayevich) Series: The Tales of Gorlen Vizenfirthe.Series: From the Lost Travelers’ Tour Guide. ![]() People of Colo(u)r Destroy Science Fiction!. ![]() |