N THE WITCHER (SEASON 2)
Netflix
December 17
Convinced Yennefer’s life was lost at the
Battle of Sodden, Geralt of Rivia brings
Princess Cirilla to the safest place he knows,
his childhood home of Kaer Morhen. While
the Continent’s kings, elves, humans and
demons strive for supremacy outside its
walls, he must protect the girl from something
far more dangerous: the mysterious power
she possesses inside.
N DIARY OF A WIMPY KID
Disney +
December 3
The first book in Jeff Kinney’s worldwide
bestselling series comes to Disney+ in the allnew
animated adventure “Diary of a Wimpy
Kid.” Greg Heffley is a scrawny but ambitious
kid with an active imagination and big plans
to be rich and famous – he just has to survive
middle school first. To make matters worse,
Greg’s lovable best friend Rowley seems to
coast through life and succeed at everything
without even trying! As details of his hilarious
– and often disastrous – attempts to fit in
fill the pages of his journal, Greg learns to
appreciate true friends and the satisfaction
that comes from standing up for what is right.
BOOKS
NCALL US WHAT WE CARRY
By Amanda Gorman
December 7
The breakout poetry collection by #1
New York Times bestselling author and
presidential inaugural poet Amanda
Gorman. Gorman’s remarkable new
collection reveals an energizing and
unforgettable voice in American
poetry. Formerly titled “The Hill We
Climb and Other Poems,” the luminous
poetry collection captures a shipwrecked
moment in time and transforms it into
a lyric of hope and healing. In “Call Us
What We Carry,” Gorman explores history,
language, identity and erasure through
an imaginative and intimate collage.
Harnessing the collective grief of a global
pandemic, these poems shine a light on
a moment of reckoning and reveal that
Gorman has become our messenger from
the past, our voice for the future.
N BEAST OF A LITTLE LAND
By Juhea Kim
December 7
An epic story of love, war and redemption
set against the backdrop of the Korean
independence movement, following the
intertwined fates of a young girl sold to
a courtesan school and the penniless
son of a hunter. In 1917, deep in the
snowy mountains of occupied Korea, an
impoverished local hunter on the brink of
starvation saves a young Japanese officer
from an attacking tiger. In an instant,
their fates are connected—and from this
encounter unfolds a saga that spans half
a century.
In the aftermath, a young girl named
Jade is sold by her family to Miss Silver’s
courtesan school, an act of desperation
that will cement her place in the lowest
social status. When she befriends an
orphan boy named JungHo, who scrapes
together a living begging on the streets
of Seoul, they form a deep friendship. As
they come of age, JungHo is swept up in
the revolutionary fight for independence,
and Jade becomes a sought-after
performer with a new romantic prospect
of noble birth. Soon Jade must decide
whether she will risk everything for the
one who would do the same for her.
N HOMECOMING KING
(THREE KINGS BOOK 1)
By Penny Reid
December 14
Rex “TW” McMurtry’s perpetual singlehood
wouldn’t bother him so much if all
his ex-girlfriends didn’t keep marrying the
very next person they dated, especially
when so many of those grooms are his
closest friends. He may be a pro-football
defensive end for the Chicago Squalls, but
the press only wants to talk about how he’s
always a groomsman and never a groom. Rex
is sick of being the guy before the husband,
and he’s most definitely sick of being the best
man at all their weddings.
Bartender Abigail McNerny is the gal-pal,
the wing-woman, the she-BFF. She’s dated.
Once. And once was more than enough.
Privy to all the sad stories of her customers,
‘contentment over commitment’ is her motto,
and Abby is convinced no one on earth could
ever entice her into a romantic relationship
. . . except that one guy she’s loved since
preschool. The guy who just walked into her
bar.
DECEMBER 2021 | COBB LIFE 55