Bridget's bookshelf: all en-US Wed, 09 Feb 2022 17:51:19 -0800 60 Bridget's bookshelf: all 144 41 /images/layout/goodreads_logo_144.jpg <![CDATA[The Gilded Ones (Deathless, #1)]]> 57237169
But on the day of the ceremony, her blood runs gold, the color of impurity--and Deka knows she will face a consequence worse than death.

Then a mysterious woman comes to her with a choice: stay in the village and submit to her fate, or leave to fight for the emperor in an army of girls just like her. They are called alaki--near-immortals with rare gifts. And they are the only ones who can stop the empire's greatest threat.

Knowing the dangers that lie ahead yet yearning for acceptance, Deka decides to leave the only life she's ever known. But as she journeys to the capital to train for the biggest battle of her life, she will discover that the great walled city holds many surprises. Nothing and no one are quite what they seem to be--not even Deka herself.]]> 419 Namina Forna 0593375483 Bridget 0 to-read 4.12 2020 The Gilded Ones (Deathless, #1)
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]]> <![CDATA[The Black Friend: On Being a Better White Person]]> 48589165 From the perspective of the friend everyone should have, Frederick Joseph offers an essential read for white people who want to be better about race—and people of color who long to see their experiences validated.

“We don’t see color.� “I didn’t know Black people liked Star Wars!� “What hood are you from?� For Frederick Joseph, life in a mostly white high school as a smart and increasingly popular transfer student was full of wince-worthy moments that he often simply let go. As he grew older, however, he saw these as missed opportunities not only to stand up for himself, but to spread awareness to the white friends and acquaintances who didn’t see the negative impact they were having and who would change if they knew how.

Speaking directly to the reader, The Black Friend calls up race-related anecdotes from the author’s past, weaving in his thoughts on why they were hurtful and how he might handle things differently now. Each chapter includes the voice of at least one artist or activist, including Tarell Alvin McCraney, screenwriter of Moonlight; April Reign, creator of #OscarsSoWhite; Angie Thomas, author of The Hate U Give; and eleven others. Touching on everything from cultural appropriation to power dynamics, “reverse racism� to white privilege, microaggressions to the tragic results of overt racism, this book serves as conversation starter, tool kit, and invaluable window into the life of a former “token Black kid� who now presents himself as the friend many of us need. Back matter includes an encyclopedia of racism, providing details on relevant historical events, terminology, and more.]]> 272 Frederick Joseph 1536217018 Bridget 0 to-read 4.45 2020 The Black Friend: On Being a Better White Person
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]]> <![CDATA[The Comfort Crisis: Embrace Discomfort To Reclaim Your Wild, Happy, Healthy Self]]> 55120630 304 Michael Easter 0593138767 Bridget 0 currently-reading 4.21 2021 The Comfort Crisis: Embrace Discomfort To Reclaim Your Wild, Happy, Healthy Self
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]]> <![CDATA[Suck Less: Where There's A Willam, There's A Way]]> 28935832
But this isn't all about me (for once). It's about you and how you can SUCK LESS at a variety of things drag queens are so much better at than the average person. I've got clap backs and life hacks and tips on classing up a simple grab-and-run lifting spree to the much more dignified act of larceny. Super-important life stuff with my own special, secret fag- swag sauce. So welcome to Willam's School of Bitchcraft and Wiggotry. Class is in session.

With a foreword from Neil Patrick Harris.]]> 223 Willam Belli 1455566195 Bridget 0 3.97 2016 Suck Less: Where There's A Willam, There's A Way
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]]> <![CDATA[Unfu*k Yourself: Get Out of Your Head and Into Your Life]]> 32738672 221 Gary John Bishop Bridget 0 3.84 2016 Unfu*k Yourself: Get Out of Your Head and Into Your Life
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]]> <![CDATA[Dune (Dune Chronicles, Book 1)]]> 53226353
A stunning blend of adventure and mysticism, environmentalism and politics, Dune won the first Nebula Award, shared the Hugo Award, and formed the basis of what is undoubtedly the grandest epic in science fiction.]]> 704 Frank Herbert Bridget 0 currently-reading 4.12 1965 Dune (Dune Chronicles, Book 1)
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]]> The Midnight Library 52578297
When Nora Seed finds herself in the Midnight Library, she has a chance to make things right. Up until now, her life has been full of misery and regret. She feels she has let everyone down, including herself. But things are about to change.

The books in the Midnight Library enable Nora to live as if she had done things differently. With the help of an old friend, she can now undo every one of her regrets as she tries to work out her perfect life. But things aren't always what she imagined they'd be, and soon her choices place the library and herself in extreme danger.

Before time runs out, she must answer the ultimate question: what is the best way to live?]]> 288 Matt Haig 0525559477 Bridget 0 to-read 3.96 2020 The Midnight Library
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]]> Pride and Prejudice 1885 Pride and Prejudice has remained one of the most popular novels in the English language. Jane Austen called this brilliant work "her own darling child" and its vivacious heroine, Elizabeth Bennet, "as delightful a creature as ever appeared in print." The romantic clash between the opinionated Elizabeth and her proud beau, Mr. Darcy, is a splendid performance of civilized sparring. And Jane Austen's radiant wit sparkles as her characters dance a delicate quadrille of flirtation and intrigue, making this book the most superb comedy of manners of Regency England.

Alternate cover edition of ISBN 9780679783268]]> 279 Jane Austen 1441341706 Bridget 0 to-read 4.28 1813 Pride and Prejudice
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]]> <![CDATA[Jurassic Park (Jurassic Park, #1)]]> 7677
Parque jurásico, la novela más célebre de Michael Crichton y una de las más leídas en los últimos años, fue adaptada al cine por Steven Spielberg en una película que se convirtió en el gran acontecimiento cinematográfico de 1993 y en el origen del fenómeno de masas llamado «dinomanía».]]> 467 Michael Crichton 030734813X Bridget 0 to-read 3.90 1990 Jurassic Park (Jurassic Park, #1)
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]]> The Lord of the Rings 33 One Ring to rule them all, One Ring to find them, One Ring to bring them all and in the darkness bind them

In ancient times the Rings of Power were crafted by the Elven-smiths, and Sauron, the Dark Lord, forged the One Ring, filling it with his own power so that he could rule all others. But the One Ring was taken from him, and though he sought it throughout Middle-earth, it remained lost to him. After many ages it fell by chance into the hands of the hobbit Bilbo Baggins.

From Sauron's fastness in the Dark Tower of Mordor, his power spread far and wide. Sauron gathered all the Great Rings to him, but always he searched for the One Ring that would complete his dominion.

When Bilbo reached his eleventy-first birthday he disappeared, bequeathing to his young cousin Frodo the Ruling Ring and a perilous quest: to journey across Middle-earth, deep into the shadow of the Dark Lord, and destroy the Ring by casting it into the Cracks of Doom.

The Lord of the Rings tells of the great quest undertaken by Frodo and the Fellowship of the Ring: Gandalf the Wizard; the hobbits Merry, Pippin, and Sam; Gimli the Dwarf; Legolas the Elf; Boromir of Gondor; and a tall, mysterious stranger called Strider.]]> 1216 J.R.R. Tolkien 0618640150 Bridget 0 to-read 4.52 1955 The Lord of the Rings
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]]> <![CDATA[The Hard Thing About Hard Things: Building a Business When There Are No Easy Answers―Straight Talk on the Challenges of Entrepreneurship]]> 18176747
In The Hard Thing About Hard Things, Ben Horowitz, cofounder of Andreessen Horowitz and one of Silicon Valley's most respected and experienced entrepreneurs, draws on his own story of founding, running, selling, buying, managing, and investing in technology companies to offer essential advice and practical wisdom for navigating the toughest problems business schools don't cover. His blog has garnered a devoted following of millions of readers who have come to rely on him to help them run their businesses. A lifelong rap fan, Horowitz amplifies business lessons with lyrics from his favorite songs and tells it straight about everything from firing friends to poaching competitors, from cultivating and sustaining a CEO mentality to knowing the right time to cash in.

His advice is grounded in anecdotes from his own hard-earned rise—from cofounding the early cloud service provider Loudcloud to building the phenomenally successful Andreessen Horowitz venture capital firm, both with fellow tech superstar Marc Andreessen (inventor of Mosaic, the Internet's first popular Web browser). This is no polished victory lap; he analyzes issues with no easy answers through his trials, including demoting (or firing) a loyal friend;
whether you should incorporate titles and promotions, and how to handle them;
if it's OK to hire people from your friend's company; how to manage your own psychology, while the whole company is relying on you; what to do when smart people are bad employees; why Andreessen Horowitz prefers founder CEOs, and how to become one; whether you should sell your company, and how to do it.

Filled with Horowitz's trademark humor and straight talk, and drawing from his personal and often humbling experiences, The Hard Thing About Hard Things is invaluable for veteran entrepreneurs as well as those aspiring to their own new ventures.]]> 304 Ben Horowitz 0062273205 Bridget 0 to-read 4.20 2014 The Hard Thing About Hard Things: Building a Business When There Are No Easy Answers―Straight Talk on the Challenges of Entrepreneurship
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]]> <![CDATA[The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business]]> 12609433
Marketers at Procter & Gamble study videos of people making their beds. They are desperately trying to figure out how to sell a new product called Febreze, on track to be one of the biggest flops in company history. Suddenly, one of them detects a nearly imperceptible pattern—and with a slight shift in advertising, Febreze goes on to earn a billion dollars a year.

An untested CEO takes over one of the largest companies in America. His first order of business is attacking a single pattern among his employees—how they approach worker safety—and soon the firm, Alcoa, becomes the top performer in the Dow Jones.

What do all these people have in common? They achieved success by focusing on the patterns that shape every aspect of our lives.

They succeeded by transforming habits.

In The Power of Habit, award-winning New York Times business reporter Charles Duhigg takes us to the thrilling edge of scientific discoveries that explain why habits exist and how they can be changed. With penetrating intelligence and an ability to distill vast amounts of information into engrossing narratives, Duhigg brings to life a whole new understanding of human nature and its potential for transformation.

Along the way we learn why some people and companies struggle to change, despite years of trying, while others seem to remake themselves overnight. We visit laboratories where neuroscientists explore how habits work and where, exactly, they reside in our brains. We discover how the right habits were crucial to the success of Olympic swimmer Michael Phelps, Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz, and civil-rights hero Martin Luther King, Jr. We go inside Procter & Gamble, Target superstores, Rick Warren’s Saddleback Church, NFL locker rooms, and the nation’s largest hospitals and see how implementing so-called keystone habits can earn billions and mean the difference between failure and success, life and death.

At its core, The Power of Habit contains an exhilarating argument: The key to exercising regularly, losing weight, raising exceptional children, becoming more productive, building revolutionary companies and social movements, and achieving success is understanding how habits work.

Habits aren’t destiny. As Charles Duhigg shows, by harnessing this new science, we can transform our businesses, our communities, and our lives.]]> 375 Charles Duhigg 1400069289 Bridget 0 to-read 4.13 2012 The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business
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]]> <![CDATA[Summary of Girl, Wash Your Face by Rachel Hollis]]> 43670865 You can now buy the paper back version of this book at the current reduced price of $6.99 and get the kindle version at a discounted price of $1.99 instead of $3.99 using our Kindle Matchbook program cheers! In this fast guide you'll be taken by the hand through a summary and analysis of You can Finish this Snappy Book in an hour or less and get all the valuable information from the original book.]]> 40 Jessica Bridge 1950171256 Bridget 0 to-read 3.98 Summary of Girl, Wash Your Face by Rachel Hollis
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]]> <![CDATA[Girl, Wash Your Face / Girl, Stop Apologizing]]> 44334247 Girl, Wash Your Face: Stop Believing the Lies about Who You Are So You Can Become Who You Were Meant to Be

With wry wit and hard-earned wisdom, popular online personality and founder of TheChicSite.com founder Rachel Hollis helps readers break free from the lies keeping them from the joy-filled and exuberant life they are meant to have.

Founder of the lifestyle website TheChicSite.com and CEO of her own media company, Chic Media, Rachel Hollis has created an online fan base of hundreds of thousands of fans by sharing tips for living a better life while fearlessly revealing the messiness of her own. Now comes her highly anticipated first book featuring her signature combination of honesty, humor, and direct, no-nonsense advice.

Each chapter of Girl, Wash Your Face begins with a specific lie Hollis once believed that left her feeling overwhelmed, unworthy, or ready to give up. As a working mother, a former foster parent, and a woman who has dealt with insecurities about her body and relationships, she speaks with the insight and kindness of a BFF, helping women unpack the limiting mind-sets that destroy their self-confidence and keep them from moving forward.

From her temporary obsession with marrying Matt Damon to a daydream involving hypnotic iguanas to her son's request that she buy a necklace to "be like the other moms," Hollis holds nothing back. With unflinching faith and tenacity, Hollis spurs other women to live with passion and hustle and to awaken their slumbering goals.

Girl, Stop Apologizing: A Shame-Free Plan for Embracing and Achieving Your Goals

“I believe we can change the world. But first, we’ve got to stop living in fear of being judged for who we are.�

Rachel Hollis has seen it too often: women not living into their full potential. They feel a tugging on their hearts for something more, but they’re afraid of embarrassment, of falling short of perfection, of not being enough.

In Girl, Stop Apologizing, #1 New York Times bestselling author and founder of a multimillion-dollar media company, Rachel Hollis sounds a wake-up call. She knows that many women have been taught to define themselves in light of other people—whether as wife, mother, daughter, or employee—instead of learning how to own who they are and what they want. With a challenge to women everywhere to stop talking themselves out of their dreams, Hollis identifies the excuses to let go of, the behaviors to adopt, and the skills to acquire on the path to growth, confidence, and believing in yourself.]]> 240 Rachel Hollis 9123783559 Bridget 0 to-read 3.72 Girl, Wash Your Face / Girl, Stop Apologizing
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]]> <![CDATA[Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Harry Potter, #5)]]> 2
Harry has had enough. He is beginning to think he must do something, anything, to change his situation, when the summer holidays come to an end in a very dramatic fashion. What Harry is about to discover in his new year at Hogwarts will turn his world upside down...]]> 912 J.K. Rowling Bridget 5 4.50 2003 Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Harry Potter, #5)
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]]> <![CDATA[Art of Manipulation: How to Get What You Want Out of People in Business, in Your Personal Life, and in Your Love Life]]> 6963194 WHAT DO THESE MANIPULATORS KNOW THAT THE REST OF US DON'T?

A very well received 'how to' book on learning Street Smarts and what to look out for in avoiding scams.

With topics such as: Character Types to Watch Out For (TIPS THAT TELL YOU YOU'RE ABOUT TO BE TAKEN) � How to Make a Slave Out of a Person (WHAT MADE YOU THINK BEING GOOD TO PEOPLE ALL THE TIME WILL EVER GET YOU WHAT YOU WANT?) � The World Is Rife with Favoritism (HOW TO PUT IT TO WORK FOR YOU) � The Essence of Manipulation
("I DON'T NEED you. You NEED ME") � And the Meek Shall Manipulate the Earth (EVER KNOW MUCH, AND YOU'll. GET FURTHER) � How to Pick a Person Apart and Discover His Real Motives and Feelings � The Guernsey vs. the Brahma (WHY A "POSITIVE ATTITUDE" IS LIKE A GIGOLO) � How to Avoid Being Taken in Financial Dealings (WATCH WHERE THE MONEY IS) � Manipulating a Person's Thinking (KNOW WHOSE MIND YOU CAN CHANGE, AND WHEN IT'S BETTER TO SHUT UP) � Win Ninety-five Percent of Your Arguments! (RULE OF THUMB: LET SLEEPING DOGS LIE IF THEY DON'T AFFECT YOUR VITAL INTERESTS) � Manipulate a Person Against Their Will and Make Them Like It! (THE UNARGUE TECHNIQUE) � A Little Pressure Has Its Place-But Seldom � If All Else Fails, Try the Dirty Way. � How to Squelch Ingratitude Before It Starts. � What You Get Out of Using People for Your Own Selfish Ends?

Unsettling, candid, and very informative.]]> 181 R.B. Sparkman 0385270070 Bridget 0 to-read 3.95 1978 Art of Manipulation: How to Get What You Want Out of People in Business, in Your Personal Life, and in Your Love Life
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]]> <![CDATA[How to Get People to Do Stuff: Master the art and science of persuasion and motivation]]> 16248733
In this book you’ll learn the 7 drives that motivate The Desire For Mastery, The Need To Belong, The Power of Stories, Carrots and Sticks, Instincts, Habits, and Tricks Of The Mind. For each of the 7 drives behavioral psychologist Dr. Susan Weinschenk describes the research behind each drive, and then offers specific strategies to use. Here’s just a few things you will ]]> 216 Susan M. Weinschenk 0321884507 Bridget 0 to-read 3.85 2013 How to Get People to Do Stuff: Master the art and science of persuasion and motivation
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]]> <![CDATA[The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom]]> 35558933 The Four Agreements, don Miguel Ruiz reveals the source of self-limiting beliefs that rob us of joy and create needless suffering. Based on ancient Toltec wisdom, the Four Agreements offer a powerful code of conduct that can rapidly transform our lives to a new experience of freedom, true happiness, and love. The Four Agreements are: Be Impeccable With Your Word, Don't Take Anything Personally, Don't Make Assumptions, Always Do Your Best.]]> 153 Miguel Ruiz Bridget 0 4.26 1997 The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom
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]]> Empire of Storms 35340805
The long path to the throne has only just begun for Aelin Galathynius. Loyalties have been broken and bought, friends have been lost and gained, and those who possess magic find themselves at odds with those who don't.

With her heart sworn to the warrior-prince by her side, and her fealty pledged to the people she is determined to save, Aelin will delve into the depths of her power to protect those she loves. But as monsters emerge from the horrors of the past, and dark forces become poised to claim her world, the only chance for salvation will lie in a desperate quest that may mark the end of everything Aelin holds dear.

In this breathtaking fifth installment of the New York Times bestselling Throne of Glass series, Aelin will have to choose what--and who--to sacrifice if she's to keep the world of Erilea from breaking apart.]]> 720 Sarah J. Maas 0606405984 Bridget 0 to-read 4.64 2016 Empire of Storms
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]]> <![CDATA[The Rise of Kyoshi (The Kyoshi Novels, #1)]]> 41104164 442 F.C. Yee 1419735047 Bridget 0 to-read 4.43 2019 The Rise of Kyoshi (The Kyoshi Novels, #1)
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]]> <![CDATA[Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Harry Potter, #6)]]> 1 652 J.K. Rowling Bridget 0 to-read 4.57 2005 Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Harry Potter, #6)
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]]> <![CDATA[Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Harry Potter, #4)]]> 6 734 J.K. Rowling 0439139597 Bridget 5 4.56 2000 Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Harry Potter, #4)
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]]> <![CDATA[Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Harry Potter, #3)]]> 5 435 J.K. Rowling 043965548X Bridget 0 4.57 1999 Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Harry Potter, #3)
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]]> Hex Hall (Hex Hall, #1) 5287473 By the end of her first day among fellow freak-teens, Sophie has quite a scorecard: three powerful enemies who look like supermodels, a futile crush on a gorgeous warlock, a creepy tag-along ghost, and a new roommate who happens to be the most hated person and only vampire student on campus. Worse, Sophie soon learns that a mysterious predator has been attacking students, and her only friend is the number-one suspect.

As a series of blood-curdling mysteries starts to converge, Sophie prepares for the biggest threat of all: an ancient secret society determined to destroy all Prodigium, especially her.

]]> 323 Rachel Hawkins 1423121309 Bridget 0 to-read 3.93 2010 Hex Hall (Hex Hall, #1)
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]]> <![CDATA[The Witching Hour (Lives of the Mayfair Witches, #1)]]> 11901
Demonstrating, once again, her gift for spellbinding storytelling and the creation of legend, Anne Rice makes real for us a great dynasty of witches—a family given to poetry and to incest, to murder and to philosophy; a family that, over the ages, is itself haunted by a powerful, dangerous, and seductive being.

On the veranda of a great New Orleans house, now faded, a mute and fragile woman sits rocking... and The Witching Hour begins.

It begins in our time with a rescue at sea.Rowan Mayfair, a beautiful woman, a brilliant practitioner of neurosurgery—aware that she has special powers but unaware that she comes from an ancient line of witches—finds the drowned body of a man off the coast of California and brings him to life.He is Michael Curry, who was born in New Orleans and orphaned in childhood by fire on Christmas Eve, who pulled himself up from poverty, and who now, in his brief interval of death, has acquired a sensory power that mystifies and frightens him.

As these two, fiercely drawn to each other, fall in love and—in passionate alliance—set out to solve the mystery of her past and his unwelcome gift, the novel moves backward and forward in time from today's New Orleans and San Francisco to long-ago Amsterdam and a château in the France of Louis XIV.An intricate tale of evil unfolds—an evil unleashed in seventeenth-century Scotland, where the first "witch," Suzanne of the Mayfair, conjures up the spirit she names Lasher... a creation that spells her own destruction and torments each of her descendants in turn.

From the coffee plantations of Port au Prince, where the great Mayfair fortune is made and the legacy of their dark power is almost destroyed, to Civil War New Orleans, as Julien—the clan's only male to be endowed with occult powers—provides for the dynasty its foothold in America, the dark, luminous story encompasses dramas of seduction and death, episodes of tenderness and healing.And always—through peril and escape, tension and release—there swirl around us the echoes of eternal war: innocence versus the corruption of the spirit, sanity against madness, life against death.With a dreamlike power, the novel draws us, through circuitous, twilight paths, to the present and Rowan's increasingly inspired and risky moves in the merciless game that binds her to her heritage. And in New Orleans, on Christmas Eve, this strangest of family sagas is brought to its startling climax.]]> 1207 Anne Rice 0099471426 Bridget 0 to-read 4.11 1990 The Witching Hour (Lives of the Mayfair Witches, #1)
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]]> <![CDATA[Blood Magic (The Blood Journals, #1)]]> 8715032
Draw a circle... place a dead leaf in the center... sprinkle some salt... recite a little Latin... add a drop of blood...

Maybe that last part isn’t exactly simple. Yet somehow it feels right to Silla Kennicott. And nothing in her life has felt remotely right since her parents� horrific deaths. She’s willing to do anything to uncover the truth about her family—even try a few spells from the mysterious book that arrived on her doorstep ... and spill some blood.

The book isn’t the only recent arrival in Silla’s life. There’s Nick Pardee, the new guy next door who may have seen Silla casting a spell. She’s not sure what he saw and is afraid to find out. But as they spend more time together, Silla realizes this may not be Nick’s first encounter with Blood Magic. Brought together by a combination of fate and chemistry, Silla and Nick can’t deny their attraction. And they can’t ignore the dark presence lurking nearby—waiting to reclaim the book and all its power.]]> 405 Tessa Gratton 0375867333 Bridget 0 to-read 3.67 2011 Blood Magic (The Blood Journals, #1)
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]]> <![CDATA[The Bone Witch (The Bone Witch, #1)]]> 30095464 A story of scorned witches, sinister curses, and resurrection, The Bone Witch is the start of a dark fantasy trilogy.

When Tea accidentally resurrects her brother, Fox, from the dead, she learns she is different from the other witches in her family. Her gift for necromancy means that she’s a bone witch, a title that makes her feared and ostracized by her community. But Tea finds solace and guidance with an older, wiser bone witch, who takes Tea and her brother to another land for training.

In her new home, Tea puts all her energy into becoming an asha—one who can wield elemental magic. But dark forces are approaching quickly, and in the face of danger, Tea will have to overcome her obstacles…and make a powerful choice.


The Bone Witch Trilogy:

The Bone Witch (Book 1)

The Heart Forger (Book 2)

The Shadowglass (Book 3)

]]> 411 Rin Chupeco 1492635820 Bridget 0 to-read 3.67 2017 The Bone Witch (The Bone Witch, #1)
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]]> Onyx (Lux, #2) 13047090 BEING CONNECTED TO DAEMON BLACK SUCKS�

Thanks to his alien mojo, Daemon’s determined to prove what he feels for me is more than a product of our bizarro connection. So I’ve sworn him off, even though he’s running more hot than cold these days. But we’ve got bigger problems.

SOMETHING WORSE THAN ARUM HAS COME TO TOWN

The Department of Defense is here. If they ever find out what Daemon can do and that we’re linked, I’m a goner. So is he. And there’s this new boy in school who’s got a secret of his own. He knows what’s happened to me and he can help, but to do so, I have to lie to Daemon and stay away from him. Like that’s possible. Against all common sense, I’m falling for Daemon. Hard.

BUT THEN, EVERYTHING CHANGES

I’ve seen someone who shouldn’t be alive. And I have to tell Daemon, even though I know he’s never going to stop searching until he gets the truth. What happened to his brother? Who betrayed him? And what does the DOD want from them—from me?

NO ONE IS WHO THEY SEEM. AND NOT EVERYONE WILL SURVIVE THE LIES.]]> 421 Jennifer L. Armentrout Bridget 4 4.23 2012 Onyx (Lux, #2)
author: Jennifer L. Armentrout
name: Bridget
average rating: 4.23
book published: 2012
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[World of Warcraft Chronicle: Volume 3]]> 35693558
Like its predecessors, Volume III features beautiful full-color artwork by Peter Lee, Emily Chen, Stanton Feng, and other fan-favorite artists, as well as intricately detailed maps and spot art by Joseph Lacroix. Bolster your knowledge of Warcraft lore with this striking third volume!]]> 223 Blizzard Entertainment 1616558474 Bridget 0 to-read 4.39 2018 World of Warcraft Chronicle: Volume 3
author: Blizzard Entertainment
name: Bridget
average rating: 4.39
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]]> <![CDATA[World of Warcraft Chronicle: Volume 2]]> 31153818 202 Blizzard Entertainment 1616558466 Bridget 0 to-read 4.46 2017 World of Warcraft Chronicle: Volume 2
author: Blizzard Entertainment
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average rating: 4.46
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]]> <![CDATA[World of Warcraft Chronicle: Volume 1]]> 24464590 World of Warcraft: Chronicle Volume 1is a journey through an age of myth and legend, a time long before the Horde and the Alliance came to be. This definitive tome ofWarcrafthistory reveals untold stories about the birth of the cosmos, the rise of ancient empires, and the forces that shaped the world of Azeroth and its people.


This beautiful hardcover features twenty-five full-page paintings byWorld of Warcraftartist Peter Lee, as well as a cosmology chart, half a dozen maps charting changes through time, and other line art illustrations by Joseph Lacroix, and marks the first in a multipart series exploring theWarcraftuniverse; from the distant past to the modern era.




From the Hardcover edition.]]> 165 Blizzard Entertainment 1616558458 Bridget 0 to-read 4.48 2016 World of Warcraft Chronicle: Volume 1
author: Blizzard Entertainment
name: Bridget
average rating: 4.48
book published: 2016
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]]> <![CDATA[Dragon Age: The World of Thedas Volume 2]]> 22822933 Newcomers will appreciate how this volume covers everything they need to know about the world and characters of these smash-hit games! Dedicated fans will revel in the abundance of never-before-revealed secrets, the perfect companion to Dragon The World of Thedas Volume 1 ! From heroes to villains, to songs and food, and everything in between, this book puts the breath and depth of this inimitable fantasy at your fingertips.]]> 312 Ben Gelinas 1616555017 Bridget 0 to-read 4.59 2015 Dragon Age: The World of Thedas Volume 2
author: Ben Gelinas
name: Bridget
average rating: 4.59
book published: 2015
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[Dragonlance Chronicles (Dragonlance, #1-3)]]> 68380 1030 Margaret Weis 0880386525 Bridget 0 to-read 4.23 1985 Dragonlance Chronicles (Dragonlance, #1-3)
author: Margaret Weis
name: Bridget
average rating: 4.23
book published: 1985
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Harry Potter, #2)]]> 15881
And strike it does. For in Harry’s second year at Hogwarts, fresh torments and horrors arise, including an outrageously stuck-up new professor and a spirit who haunts the girls� bathroom. But then the real trouble begins � someone is turning Hogwarts students to stone. Could it be Draco Malfoy, a more poisonous rival than ever? Could it possibly be Hagrid, whose mysterious past is finally told? Or could it be the one everyone at Hogwarts most suspects� Harry Potter himself!]]> 352 J.K. Rowling Bridget 5 4.42 1998 Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Harry Potter, #2)
author: J.K. Rowling
name: Bridget
average rating: 4.42
book published: 1998
rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (Harry Potter, #1)]]> 3 309 J.K. Rowling 0439554934 Bridget 4 4.47 1997 Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (Harry Potter, #1)
author: J.K. Rowling
name: Bridget
average rating: 4.47
book published: 1997
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[Sky in the Deep (Sky and Sea, #1)]]> 34726469
Faced with her brother's betrayal, she must survive the winter in the mountains with the Riki, in a village where every neighbor is an enemy, every battle scar possibly one she delivered. But when the Riki village is raided by a ruthless clan thought to be a legend, Eelyn is even more desperate to get back to her beloved family.

She is given no choice but to trust Fiske, her brother’s friend, who sees her as a threat. They must do the impossible: unite the clans to fight together, or risk being slaughtered one by one. Driven by a love for her clan and her growing love for Fiske, Eelyn must confront her own definition of loyalty and family while daring to put her faith in the people she’s spent her life hating.

Part Wonder Woman, part Vikings—and all heart.]]> 340 Adrienne Young 1250168457 Bridget 0 to-read 3.91 2018 Sky in the Deep (Sky and Sea, #1)
author: Adrienne Young
name: Bridget
average rating: 3.91
book published: 2018
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[Scourged (The Iron Druid Chronicles, #10)]]> 16280691 Kevin Hearne creates the ultimate Atticus O’Sullivan adventure in the grand finale of the New York Times bestselling Iron Druid Chronicles: an epic battle royale against the Norse gods of Asgard.

Unchained from fate, the Norse gods Loki and Hel are ready to unleash Ragnarok, a.k.a. the Apocalypse, upon the earth. They’ve made allies on the darker side of many pantheons, and there’s a globe-spanning battle brewing that ancient Druid Atticus O’Sullivan will be hard-pressed to survive, much less win.

Granuaile MacTiernan must join immortals Sun Wukong and Erlang Shen in a fight against the Yama Kings in Taiwan, but she discovers that the stakes are much higher than she thought.

Meanwhile, Archdruid Owen Kennedy must put out both literal and metaphorical fires from Bavaria to Peru to keep the world safe for his apprentices and the future of Druidry.

And Atticus recruits the aid of a tyromancer, an Indian witch, and a trickster god in hopes that they’ll give him just enough leverage to both save Gaia and see another sunrise. There is a hound named Oberon who deserves a snack, after all.]]> 268 Kevin Hearne 034554854X Bridget 0 to-read 3.94 2018 Scourged (The Iron Druid Chronicles, #10)
author: Kevin Hearne
name: Bridget
average rating: 3.94
book published: 2018
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]]> Will Save the Galaxy for Food 34598109
Space travel just isn't what it used to be. With the invention of Quantum Teleportation, space heroes aren't needed anymore. When one particularly unlucky ex-adventurer masquerades as famous pilot and hate figure Jacques McKeown, he's sucked into an ever-deepening corporate and political intrigue. Between space pirates, adorable deadly creatures, and a missing fortune in royalties, saving the universe was never this difficult!

From the creator of Mogworld and Jam! Benjamin Richard "Yahtzee" Croshaw is a British Australian comedic writer, video game journalist, author, and video game developer. He is perhaps best known for his acerbic video game review series, Zero Punctuation, for The Escapist.]]> 10 Yahtzee Croshaw 1543601375 Bridget 0 to-read 3.89 2017 Will Save the Galaxy for Food
author: Yahtzee Croshaw
name: Bridget
average rating: 3.89
book published: 2017
rating: 0
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]]> Memoirs of a Geisha 929
In "Memoirs of a Geisha," we enter a world where appearances are paramount; where a girl's virginity is auctioned to the highest bidder; where women are trained to beguile the most powerful men; and where love is scorned as illusion. It is a unique and triumphant work of fiction - at once romantic, erotic, suspenseful - and completely unforgettable.]]> 503 Arthur Golden 1400096898 Bridget 0 to-read 4.31 1997 Memoirs of a Geisha
author: Arthur Golden
name: Bridget
average rating: 4.31
book published: 1997
rating: 0
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]]> The Martian 18007564
Now, he’s sure he’ll be the first person to die there.

After a dust storm nearly kills him and forces his crew to evacuate while thinking him dead, Mark finds himself stranded and completely alone with no way to even signal Earth that he’s alive—and even if he could get word out, his supplies would be gone long before a rescue could arrive.

Chances are, though, he won’t have time to starve to death. The damaged machinery, unforgiving environment, or plain-old “human error� are much more likely to kill him first.

But Mark isn’t ready to give up yet. Drawing on his ingenuity, his engineering skills � and a relentless, dogged refusal to quit � he steadfastly confronts one seemingly insurmountable obstacle after the next. Will his resourcefulness be enough to overcome the impossible odds against him?

]]> 384 Andy Weir 0804139024 Bridget 0 to-read 4.41 2011 The Martian
author: Andy Weir
name: Bridget
average rating: 4.41
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]]> <![CDATA[Quitter: Closing the Gap Between Your Day Job and Your Dream Job]]> 10836740
I have.

At first I thought I was the only one who felt that way, but then I started to talk to people and realized we're becoming the "I'm, but" generation. When we talk about what we do for a living we inevitably say, "I'm a teacher, but I want to be an artist." "I'm a CPA, but I'd love to start my own business."

"I'm a _____, but I want to be a ______."

All too often, we hear that dreaming big means you quit your day job, sell everything you own, and move to Guam. But what if there were a different way?

What if you could blow up your dream without blowing up your life?

What if you could go for broke without going broke?

What if you could start today?

What if you already have everything you need to begin?

From figuring out what your dream is to quitting in a way that exponentially increases your chance of success, Quitter is full of inspiring stories and actionable advice. This book is based on 12 years of cubicle living and my true story of cultivating a dream job that changed my life and the world in the process.

It's time to close the gap between your day job and your dream job.

It's time to be a Quitter.]]> 242 Jon Acuff 0982986270 Bridget 0 to-read 3.91 2011 Quitter: Closing the Gap Between Your Day Job and Your Dream Job
author: Jon Acuff
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average rating: 3.91
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]]> All the Bright Places 18460392 The Fault in Our Stars meets Eleanor and Park in this exhilarating and heart-wrenching love story about a girl who learns to live from a boy who intends to die.

Soon to be a major motion picture starring Elle Fanning!

Theodore Finch is fascinated by death, and he constantly thinks of ways he might kill himself. But each time, something good, no matter how small, stops him.

Violet Markey lives for the future, counting the days until graduation, when she can escape her Indiana town and her aching grief in the wake of her sister’s recent death.

When Finch and Violet meet on the ledge of the bell tower at school, it’s unclear who saves whom. And when they pair up on a project to discover the “natural wonders� of their state, both Finch and Violet make more important discoveries: It’s only with Violet that Finch can be himself—a weird, funny, live-out-loud guy who’s not such a freak after all. And it’s only with Finch that Violet can forget to count away the days and start living them. But as Violet’s world grows, Finch’s begins to shrink.

This is an intense, gripping novel perfect for fans of Jay Asher, Rainbow Rowell, John Green, Gayle Forman, and Jenny Downham from a talented new voice in YA, Jennifer Niven.]]> 388 Jennifer Niven 0385755880 Bridget 0 to-read 4.12 2015 All the Bright Places
author: Jennifer Niven
name: Bridget
average rating: 4.12
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]]> Opal (Lux, #3) 13362536 No one is like Daemon Black.

When he set out to prove his feelings for me, he wasn’t fooling around. Doubting him isn’t something I’ll do again, and now that we’ve made it through the rough patches, well� There’s a lot of spontaneous combustion going on.

But even he can’t protect his family from the danger of trying to free those they love.

After everything, I’m no longer the same Katy. I’m different� And I’m not sure what that will mean in the end. When each step we take in discovering the truth puts us in the path of the secret organization responsible for torturing and testing hybrids, the more I realize there is no end to what I’m capable. The death of someone close still lingers, help comes from the most unlikely source, and friends will become the deadliest of enemies, but we won’t turn back. Even if the outcome will shatter our worlds forever.

Together we’re stronger� and they know it.]]> 394 Jennifer L. Armentrout 1620610094 Bridget 0 4.24 2012 Opal (Lux, #3)
author: Jennifer L. Armentrout
name: Bridget
average rating: 4.24
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]]> <![CDATA[The Shattering: Prelude to Cataclysm (World of Warcraft, #8)]]> 20105391 357 Christie Golden Bridget 4 3.98 2010 The Shattering: Prelude to Cataclysm (World of Warcraft, #8)
author: Christie Golden
name: Bridget
average rating: 3.98
book published: 2010
rating: 4
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]]> The Barrow (The Barrow, #1) 18050226
To find the Sword, unearth the Barrow. To unearth the Barrow, follow the Map.

When a small crew of scoundrels, would-be heroes, deviants, and ruffians discover a map that they believe will lead them to a fabled sword buried in the barrow of a long-dead wizard, they think they've struck it rich. But their hopes are dashed when the map turns out to be cursed and then is destroyed in a magical ritual. The loss of the map leaves them dreaming of what might have been, until they rediscover the map in a most unusual and unexpected place.

Stjepan Black-Heart, suspected murderer and renegade royal cartographer; Erim, a young woman masquerading as a man; Gilgwyr, brothel owner extraordinaire; Leigh, an exiled magus under an ignominious cloud; Godewyn Red-Hand, mercenary and troublemaker; Arduin Orwain, scion of a noble family brought low by scandal; and Arduin's sister Annwyn, the beautiful cause of that scandal: together they form a cross-section of the Middle Kingdoms of the Known World, brought together by accident and dark design, on a quest that will either get them all in the history books, or get them all killed.]]> 587 Mark Smylie 1616148918 Bridget 0 to-read 3.42 2014 The Barrow (The Barrow, #1)
author: Mark Smylie
name: Bridget
average rating: 3.42
book published: 2014
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]]> <![CDATA[Fighting to Forgive (Fighting, #2)]]> 17449438 They’ve been running from the one thing that might save them�

Blake

Love and pain always go together. That’s why I like to keep my life easy. Simple.

Commitment free.

So, with my MMA career in full swing, and with an injury to overcome, stupid romantic distractions are the last thing I need.

And Layla has distraction written all over her.

She’s got enough emotional baggage to fill a 747. I don’t do baggage. I need to stay away.

But for some reason…I can’t�

Layla

I’ll never let a man hurt me again.

I escaped my horrific marriage, and now I’m ready to be the best single mom I can be. Maybe I’ll even reclaim the pieces of myself I lost over the years.

There’s no way I’m letting Blake Daniels derail my fresh start.

Except…I want him with an intensity that triggers my deep, dark insecurities. I should walk away before I get in over my head.

But what if I’m already too late?

Fighting to Forgive, book 2 in the Fighting series, is an emotional, angsty, contemporary, steamy, older woman/younger man, sports romance with a guaranteed happily ever after. Download today and get ready to fall for Blake and Layla. ]]> 372 J.B. Salsbury Bridget 5 4.36 2013 Fighting to Forgive (Fighting, #2)
author: J.B. Salsbury
name: Bridget
average rating: 4.36
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rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[Through the Ever Night (Under the Never Sky, #2)]]> 13253276
Threatened by false friends and powerful temptations, Aria and Perry wonder, can their love survive through the ever night?]]> 341 Veronica Rossi 0062072064 Bridget 0 to-read 4.13 2013 Through the Ever Night (Under the Never Sky, #2)
author: Veronica Rossi
name: Bridget
average rating: 4.13
book published: 2013
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]]> Die for Me (Revenants, #1) 9462812
When Kate Mercier's parents die in a tragic car accident, she leaves her life--and memories--behind to live with her grandparents in Paris. For Kate, the only way to survive her pain is escaping into the world of books and Parisian art. Until she meets Vincent.

Mysterious, charming, and devastatingly handsome, Vincent threatens to melt the ice around Kate's guarded heart with just his smile. As she begins to fall in love with Vincent, Kate discovers that he's a revenant--an undead being whose fate forces him to sacrifice himself over and over again to save the lives of others. Vincent and those like him are bound in a centuries-old war against a group of evil revenants who exist only to murder and betray. Kate soon realizes that if she follows her heart, she may never be safe again.]]> 341 Amy Plum 0062004018 Bridget 2 3.98 2011 Die for Me (Revenants, #1)
author: Amy Plum
name: Bridget
average rating: 3.98
book published: 2011
rating: 2
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]]> Ghost Planet 13538863 A world in peril. A bond deeper than love.

Psychologist Elizabeth Cole prepared for the worst when she accepted a job on a newly discovered world - a world where every colonist is tethered to an alien who manifests in the form of a dead loved one. But she never expected she'd struggle with the requirement to shun these “ghosts.� She never expected to be so attracted to the charming Irishman assigned as her supervisor. And she certainly never expected to discover she died in a transport crash en route to the planet.

Reincarnated as a ghost, Elizabeth is symbiotically linked to her supervisor, Murphy - creator of the Ghost Protocol, which forbids him to acknowledge or interact with her. Confused and alone - oppressed by her ghost status and tormented by forbidden love - Elizabeth works to unlock the secrets of her own existence.

But her quest for answers lands her in a tug-of-war between powerful interests, and she soon finds herself a pawn in the struggle for control of the planet…a struggle that could separate her forever from the man she loves.]]> 342 Sharon Lynn Fisher 0765368978 Bridget 3 3.58 2012 Ghost Planet
author: Sharon Lynn Fisher
name: Bridget
average rating: 3.58
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rating: 3
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]]> Sweet Evil (Sweet, #1) 11808950
What if there were teens whose lives literally depended on being bad influences?

This is the reality for sons and daughters of fallen angels.
Tenderhearted Southern girl Anna Whitt was born with the sixth sense to see and feel emotions of other people. She's aware of a struggle within herself, an inexplicable pull toward danger, but it isn't until she turns sixteen and meets the alluring Kaidan Rowe that she discovers her terrifying heritage and her willpower is put to the test. He's the boy your daddy warned you about. If only someone had warned Anna.

Forced to face her destiny, will Anna embrace her halo or her horns?]]> 447 Wendy Higgins 0062085611 Bridget 3 4.08 2012 Sweet Evil (Sweet, #1)
author: Wendy Higgins
name: Bridget
average rating: 4.08
book published: 2012
rating: 3
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]]> <![CDATA[Catching Fire (The Hunger Games, #2)]]> 6148028 Sparks are igniting.
Flames are spreading.
And the Capitol wants revenge.

Against all odds, Katniss Everdeen has won the Hunger Games. She and fellow District 12 tribute Peeta Mellark are miraculously still alive. Katniss should be relieved, happy even. After all, she has returned to her family and her longtime friend, Gale. Yet nothing is the way Katniss wishes it to be. Gale holds her at an icy distance. Peeta has turned his back on her completely. And there are whispers of a rebellion against the Capitol—a rebellion that Katniss and Peeta may have helped create.

Much to her shock, Katniss has fueled an unrest that she's afraid she cannot stop. And what scares her even more is that she's not entirely convinced she should try. As time draws near for Katniss and Peeta to visit the districts on the Capitol's cruel Victory Tour, the stakes are higher than ever. If they can't prove, without a shadow of a doubt, that they are lost in their love for each other, the consequences will be horrifying.

In Catching Fire, the second novel of the Hunger Games trilogy, Suzanne Collins continues the story of Katniss Everdeen, testing her more than ever before . . . and surprising readers at every turn.]]> 391 Suzanne Collins 0439023491 Bridget 4 4.34 2009 Catching Fire (The Hunger Games, #2)
author: Suzanne Collins
name: Bridget
average rating: 4.34
book published: 2009
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[Avatar: The Last Airbender - The Lost Adventures]]> 10450750 Avatar: The Last Airbender. Ever since, fans have been hungry for more, and now their wait is finally over!

This volume collects the long-out-of-print, fan-favorite comics previously published in Nickelodeon Magazine and with the Airbender DVDs, plus over seventy brand-new comics pages. That's twenty-six stories set in Airbender continuity, by a host of top-notch talent, many of whom worked on the original animated series!

* A must-have for any Airbender fan!

* Twenty-six in-continuity stories, plus bonus content!

* The latest release in an ongoing partnership between Nickelodeon and Dark Horse, to bring you the very best in Airbender books!]]> 240 Bryan Konietzko 159582748X Bridget 5 4.37 2011 Avatar: The Last Airbender - The Lost Adventures
author: Bryan Konietzko
name: Bridget
average rating: 4.37
book published: 2011
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]]> Flashpoint 12307299
Collecting: Flashpoint 1-5]]> 168 Geoff Johns 1401233376 Bridget 5 4.04 2011 Flashpoint
author: Geoff Johns
name: Bridget
average rating: 4.04
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rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[Uncharted: The Fourth Labyrinth]]> 9939156
In the ancient world there was a myth about a king, a treasure, and a hellish labyrinth. Now the doors to that hell are open once again.

Nathan Drake, treasure hunter and risk taker, has been called to New York City by the man who taught him everything about the “antiquities acquisition business.� Victor Sullivan needs Drake’s help. Sully’s old friend, a world-famous archaeologist, has just been found murdered in Manhattan. Dodging assassins, Drake, Sully, and the dead man’s daughter, Jada Hzujak, race from New York to underground excavations in Egypt and Greece. Their to unravel an ancient myth of alchemy, look for three long-lost labyrinths, and find the astonishing discovery that got Jada’s father killed. It appears that a fourth labyrinth was built in another land and another culture—and within it lies a key to unmatched wealth and power. An army of terrifying lost warriors guards this underground maze. So does a monster. And what lies beyond—if Drake can live long enough to reach it—is both a treasure and a poison, a paradise and a hell.

Welcome to The Fourth Labyrinth.]]> 322 Christopher Golden 0345522176 Bridget 3 3.70 2011 Uncharted: The Fourth Labyrinth
author: Christopher Golden
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average rating: 3.70
book published: 2011
rating: 3
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]]> Uncharted 13227911 144 Joshua Williamson 1401232698 Bridget 0 to-read 3.70 2012 Uncharted
author: Joshua Williamson
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average rating: 3.70
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]]> <![CDATA[Fighting for Flight (Fighting, #1)]]> 17167042 What happens when in order to win, you’re forced to lose?

The only daughter of an infamous Las Vegas pimp, Raven Morretti grew up an outsider. Liberated from the neglectful home of her prostitute mother, she finds solace as a mechanic. With few friends, she’s content with the simple life. Flying under the radar is all she knows, and more than she expects.

Until she catches the eye of local celebrity, UFL playboy Jonah Slade.

Weeks away from his title fight, Jonah is determined to stay focused on everything he’s trained so hard to achieve. Undefeated in the octagon, he’s at the height of his career. But resisting Raven’s effortless allure and uncomplicated nature is a fight he can’t win.

Jonah trades in his bad-boy reputation and puts his heart on the line. But when her father contacts her, setting in motion the ugly truth of her destiny, Jonah must choose. In a high-stakes gamble where love and freedom hang in the balance, a war is waged where the price of losing is a fate worse than death.

Will the hotheaded Jonah be able to restrain his inner fighter to save the woman he loves?

Or will Raven be forced into a life she’s been desperate to avoid?]]> 449 J.B. Salsbury 1301120189 Bridget 5 4.13 2013 Fighting for Flight (Fighting, #1)
author: J.B. Salsbury
name: Bridget
average rating: 4.13
book published: 2013
rating: 5
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]]> Ever After (The Hollows, #11) 13241659
While saving the world is important, it isn't Rachel's only motivation. There's also the small fact that she caused the ley line to rip in the first place, setting off a chain reaction of unfortunate events. That little mistake has made her life forfeit unless she can fix it. It's also made her more than a few enemies, including the most powerful demon in the ever after—a terrifying entity who eats souls and now has an insatiable appetite for her. He's already kidnapped her friend and goddaughter to lure her out, and if Rachel doesn't give herself up soon, they'll die.

But Rachel has more than a few impressive and frightening skills of her own, and she isn't going to hand over her soul and her life without one hell of a fight. She's also got a surprise: elven tycoon Trent Kalamack. With this unlikely ally beside her—a prospect both thrilling and unnerving—she's going to return to the ever after, kick some demon butt, rescue her loved ones... and prevent an apocalypse before it's too late. Or, at least that's the plan...]]> 435 Kim Harrison 0061957917 Bridget 0 to-read 4.45 2013 Ever After (The Hollows, #11)
author: Kim Harrison
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average rating: 4.45
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]]> <![CDATA[Cold Days (The Dresden Files, #14)]]> 12216302
He is now Harry Dresden, Winter Knight to Mab, the Queen of Air and Darkness. After Harry had no choice but to swear his fealty, Mab wasn’t about to let something as petty as death steal away the prize she had sought for so long. And now, her word is his command, no matter what she wants him to do, no matter where she wants him to go, and no matter who she wants him to kill.

Guess which Mab wants first?

Of course, it won’t be an ordinary, everyday assassination. Mab wants her newest minion to pull off the impossible: Kill an immortal. No problem there, right? And to make matters worse, there exists a growing threat to an unfathomable source of magic that could land Harry in the sort of trouble that will make death look like a holiday.

Beset by enemies new and old, Harry must gather his friends and allies, prevent the annihilation of countless innocents, and find a way out of his eternal subservience before his newfound powers claim the only thing he has left to call his own . . . his soul.]]> 515 Jim Butcher 0451464400 Bridget 0 to-read 4.47 2012 Cold Days (The Dresden Files, #14)
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]]> The Saints (Quarantine, #2) 16280108 A cross between the Gone series and Lord of the Flies, Quarantine #2: The Saints contunues this frenetically paced and scary young adult series that illustrates just how deadly high school can be.

Nothing was worse than being locked in—until they opened the door...

McKinley High has been a battle ground for eighteen months since a virus outbreak led to a military quarantine of the school. When the doors finally open, Will and Lucy will think their nightmare is finished. But they are gravely mistaken.

As a new group of teens enters the school and gains popularity, Will and Lucy join new gangs. An epic party on the quad full of real food and drinks, where kids hookup and actually interact with members of other gangs seemed to signal a new, easier existence. Soom after though, the world inside McKinley takes a startling turn for the worse, and Will and Lucy will have to fight harder than ever to survive.]]> 384 Lex Thomas 1606843362 Bridget 0 to-read 4.10 2013 The Saints (Quarantine, #2)
author: Lex Thomas
name: Bridget
average rating: 4.10
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]]> Fray 195806 216 Joss Whedon 1569717516 Bridget 0 to-read 4.07 2003 Fray
author: Joss Whedon
name: Bridget
average rating: 4.07
book published: 2003
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[Vol'jin: Shadows of the Horde (World of Warcraft, #12)]]> 15802977
Aided by the renowned brewmaster Chen Stormstout, Vol'jin takes refuge in a remote mountain monastery to recover from his wounds. His time there, however, is far from peaceful, as intense visions of the past assault the Darkspear chieftain, and the ancient Zandalari tribe mounts a series of attacks on Pandaria. In his struggle to make sense of what’s happening, Vol'jin must ultimately decide where his allegiances lay—a choice that could save or doom his people . . . and forever alter the fate of the Horde.]]> 320 Michael A. Stackpole 1416550674 Bridget 0 to-read 3.89 2013 Vol'jin: Shadows of the Horde (World of Warcraft, #12)
author: Michael A. Stackpole
name: Bridget
average rating: 3.89
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]]> Obsidian (Lux, #1) 12578077
When we moved to West Virginia right before my senior year, I’d pretty much resigned myself to thick accents, dodgy internet access, and a whole lot of boring� until I spotted my hot neighbor, with his looming height and eerie green eyes. Things were looking up.

And then he opened his mouth.

Daemon is infuriating. Arrogant. Stab-worthy. We do not get along. At all. But when a stranger attacks me and Daemon literally freezes time with a wave of his hand, well, something� unexpected happens.

The hot alien living next door marks me.

You heard me. Alien. Turns out Daemon and his sister have a galaxy of enemies wanting to steal their abilities, and Daemon’s touch has me lit up like the Vegas Strip. The only way I’m getting out of this alive is by sticking close to Daemon until my alien mojo fades.

If I don’t kill him first, that is.]]> 335 Jennifer L. Armentrout Bridget 4 4.14 2011 Obsidian (Lux, #1)
author: Jennifer L. Armentrout
name: Bridget
average rating: 4.14
book published: 2011
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[Poison Princess (The Arcana Chronicles, #1)]]> 13450339 An alternate cover edition for this ISBN13 can be found here.

She could save the world—or destroy it.

Sixteen-year-old Evangeline "Evie" Greene leads a charmed life, until she begins experiencing horrifying hallucinations. When an apocalyptic event decimates her Louisiana hometown, Evie realizes her hallucinations were actually visions of the future—and they're still happening. Fighting for her life and desperate for answers, she must turn to her wrong-side-of-the-bayou classmate: Jack Deveaux.

But she can't do either alone.

With his mile-long rap sheet, wicked grin, and bad attitude, Jack is like no boy Evie has ever known. Even though he once scorned her and everything she represented, he agrees to protect Evie on her quest. She knows she can't totally depend on Jack. If he ever cast that wicked grin her way, could she possibly resist him?

Who can Evie trust?

As Jack and Evie race to find the source of her visions, they meet others who have gotten the same call. An ancient prophesy is being played out, and Evie is not the only one with special powers. A group of twenty-two teens has been chosen to reenact the ultimate battle between good and evil. But it's not always clear who is on which side.]]> 369 Kresley Cole 1442436646 Bridget 0 to-read 4.13 2012 Poison Princess (The Arcana Chronicles, #1)
author: Kresley Cole
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average rating: 4.13
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]]> Daimon (Covenant, #0.5) 10860399 62 Jennifer L. Armentrout 098315726X Bridget 0 to-read 4.02 2011 Daimon (Covenant, #0.5)
author: Jennifer L. Armentrout
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average rating: 4.02
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]]> Pure (Covenant, #2) 9761771
Being destined to become some kind of supernatural electrical outlet isn't exactly awesome - especially when Alexandria's 'other half' is everywhere she goes. Seth's in her training room, outside her classes, and keeps showing up in her bedroom - so not cool. Their connection does have some benefits, like staving off her nightmares of the tragic showdown with her mother, but it has no effect on what Alex feels for the forbidden, pure-blooded Aiden. Or what he will do - and sacrifice - for her.

When daimons infiltrate the Covenants and attack students, the gods send furies - lesser gods determined to eradicate any threat to the Covenants and to the gods, and that includes the Apollyon... and Alex. And if that and hordes of aether-sucking monsters didn't blow bad enough, a mysterious threat seems willing to do anything to neutralize Seth, even if that means forcing Alex into servitude... or killing her. When the gods are involved, some decisions can never, ever be undone.

BONUS: Contains a bonus scene from Seth's point-of-view.]]> 329 Jennifer L. Armentrout 0983157227 Bridget 0 to-read 4.25 2012 Pure (Covenant, #2)
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average rating: 4.25
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]]> Sweet Peril (Sweet, #2) 15768191
Haunted by demon whisperers, Anna does whatever she can to survive, even if it means embracing her dark side and earning an unwanted reputation as her school’s party girl. Her life has never looked more bleak. And all the while there’s Kaidan Rowe, son of the Duke of Lust, plaguing her heart and mind.

When an unexpected lost message from the angels surfaces, Anna finds herself traveling the globe with Kopano, son of Wrath, in an attempt to gain support of fellow Nephilim and give them hope for the first time. It soon becomes clear that whatever freedoms Anna and the rest of the Neph are hoping to win will not be gained without a fight. Until then, Anna and Kaidan must put aside the issues between them, overcome the steamiest of temptations yet, and face the ultimate question: is loving someone worth risking their life?]]> 375 Wendy Higgins 0062265946 Bridget 0 to-read 4.24 2013 Sweet Peril (Sweet, #2)
author: Wendy Higgins
name: Bridget
average rating: 4.24
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]]> <![CDATA[My Soul to Take (Soul Screamers, #1)]]> 6315602 Literally.

Kaylee just wants to enjoy having caught the attention of the hottest guy in school. But a normal date is hard to come by when Nash seems to know more about her need to scream than she does. And when classmates start dropping dead for no apparent reason, only Kaylee knows who'll be next.]]> 279 Rachel Vincent 0373210035 Bridget 0 to-read 3.88 2009 My Soul to Take (Soul Screamers, #1)
author: Rachel Vincent
name: Bridget
average rating: 3.88
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]]> <![CDATA[Plague Town (Ashley Parker, #1)]]> 12730666
A terrifying virus appears, quickly becoming a pandemic that leaves its victims, not dead, but far worse. Attacked by zombies, Ashley discovers that she is a 'Wild-Card' -- immune to the virus -- and she is recruited to fight back and try to control the outbreak.

It's Buffy meets the Walking Dead in a rapid-fire zombie adventure!]]> 350 Dana Fredsti 0857686356 Bridget 0 to-read 3.80 2012 Plague Town (Ashley Parker, #1)
author: Dana Fredsti
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average rating: 3.80
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]]> The Calling (Dragon Age, #2) 6940494 444 David Gaider 0765324091 Bridget 0 to-read 3.85 2009 The Calling (Dragon Age, #2)
author: David Gaider
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average rating: 3.85
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]]> <![CDATA[Shifter's Wolf (Aralorn Novels)]]> 15808653 Includes her debut novel Masques and its sequel Wolfsbane—together in one volume

Before there was Mercy Thompson� In a world far removed from the Alpha and Omega werewolves� There was the shapeshifting mercenary Aralorn.

Masques
After an upbringing of proper behavior and oppressive expectations, Aralorn has fled her noble birthright for a life of adventure as a mercenary spy. Her latest mission involves gathering intelligence on the increasingly charismatic and dangerous sorcerer Geoffrey ae’Magi. But in a war against an adversary armed with the power of illusion, how do you know who the true enemy is—or where he will strike next?

Wolfsbane
For the last ten years, Aralorn has led a dangerous existence. Now she must return home, for her noble father, the Lyon of Lambshold, has passed away. But when Aralorn and her companion Wolf arrive, they find that not only is he not dead, but a darkness is very much alive within him…]]> 544 Patricia Briggs 0425264211 Bridget 0 to-read 3.99 2011 Shifter's Wolf (Aralorn Novels)
author: Patricia Briggs
name: Bridget
average rating: 3.99
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]]> <![CDATA[Garrett for Hire (Garrett Files, #7-9)]]> 15808453 Meet Garrett, P.I. He’s a hardboiled human detective who stands out in a crowd of elves, trolls, and other otherworldly denizens in the magical city of TunFaire. Garrett For Hire is “fantasy noir at its best"(Library Journal), collecting three novels from Glen Cook’s classic urban fantasy series.
Deadly Quicksilver Lies

A rich woman hires Garrett to find her missing daughter…or to act as her hitman. In TunFaire, sometimes it’s hard to tell the difference, leaving him no choice but to sift through the sex, intrigue, and murder to uncover the truth behind this case�


Petty Pewter Gods

With TunFaire real estate at a premium and prayer palaces at a minimum, the big gods on the block hold a contest: find the “key� to the one temple still available for worship. And when two rival pantheons try to hire Garrett to find it on their behalf, he finds himself facing the wrath of gods�
Faded Steel Heat

Riots between humans and non-humans have turned TunFaire into a war zone. And when a powerful gang of “human rightists� drag Garrett into the fray, he defends himself with a circle of friends no one would wish on their worst enemy…]]> 880 Glen Cook 0451464958 Bridget 0 to-read 4.29 2004 Garrett for Hire (Garrett Files, #7-9)
author: Glen Cook
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average rating: 4.29
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]]> <![CDATA[The Drowned Cities (Ship Breaker, #2)]]> 15790809
In a dark future America where violence, terror, and grief touch everyone, young refugees Mahlia and Mouse have managed to leave behind the war-torn lands of the Drowned Cities by escaping into the jungle outskirts. But when they discover a wounded half-man--a bioengineered war beast named Tool--who is being hunted by a vengeful band of soldiers, their fragile existence quickly collapses. One is taken prisoner by merciless soldier boys, and the other is faced with an impossible Risk everything to save a friend, or flee to a place where freedom might finally be possible.

This thrilling companion to Paolo Bacigalupi's highly acclaimed Ship Breaker is a haunting and powerful story of loyalty, survival, and heart-pounding adventure.]]> 464 Paolo Bacigalupi 0316056227 Bridget 0 to-read 4.05 2012 The Drowned Cities (Ship Breaker, #2)
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average rating: 4.05
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]]> Eona (Eon, #2) 11736997
Once she was Eon, a girl disguised as a boy, risking her life for the chance to become a Dragoneye apprentice. Now she is Eona, the Mirror Dragoneye, her country's savior - but she has an even more dangerous secret. She cannot control her power. Each time she tries, it twists into a killing force. And more destruction is on her trail - High Lord Sethon's army. She and her companions must find Kygo, the young Pearl Emperor, who needs Eona's power if he is to wrest back his throne. But to help him, she must drive a dark bargain with an old enemy, which could obliterate them all. Eona, with its pulse-pounding drama, unforgettable fight scenes, sizzling tension - and many surprises - brings to a close an epic story.]]> 637 Alison Goodman 014242093X Bridget 0 to-read 4.14 2011 Eona (Eon, #2)
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average rating: 4.14
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]]> The Elite (The Selection, #2) 16248068
America is desperate for more time. But the rest of the Elite know exactly what they want—and America's chance to choose is about to slip away.]]> 336 Kiera Cass 0062059963 Bridget 0 to-read 3.94 2013 The Elite (The Selection, #2)
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average rating: 3.94
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]]> Asunder (Dragon Age, #3) 11949576
A mystical killer stalks the halls of the White Spire, the heart of templar power in the mighty Orlesian Empire. To prove his innocence, Rhys reluctantly embarks on a journey into the western wastelands that will not only reveal much more than he bargained for but change the fate of his fellow mages forever.]]> 414 David Gaider 0765331179 Bridget 0 to-read 4.04 2011 Asunder (Dragon Age, #3)
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]]> <![CDATA[The Body Finder (The Body Finder, #1)]]> 6261522 and the imprints that attach to their killers.

Violet has never considered her strange talent to be a gift; it mostly just led her to find the dead birds her cat left for her. But now that a serial killer is terrorizing her small town, and the echoes of the local girls he's claimed haunt her daily, she realizes she might be the only person who can stop him.

Despite his fierce protectiveness over her, Jay reluctantly agrees to help Violet on her quest to find the murderer—and Violet is unnerved by her hope that Jay's intentions are much more than friendly. But even as she's falling intensely in love, Violet is getting closer and closer to discovering a killer... and becoming his prey herself.]]> 327 Kimberly Derting 0061779814 Bridget 4 3.95 2010 The Body Finder (The Body Finder, #1)
author: Kimberly Derting
name: Bridget
average rating: 3.95
book published: 2010
rating: 4
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I couldn't put it down I ended up reading it in a night
]]> <![CDATA[First Lord's Fury (Codex Alera, #6)]]> 6316821 465 Jim Butcher 044101769X Bridget 0 to-read 4.38 2009 First Lord's Fury (Codex Alera, #6)
author: Jim Butcher
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average rating: 4.38
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]]> <![CDATA[Captain's Fury (Codex Alera, #4)]]> 346087 451 Jim Butcher 0441015271 Bridget 0 to-read 4.36 2007 Captain's Fury (Codex Alera, #4)
author: Jim Butcher
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average rating: 4.36
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]]> <![CDATA[Princeps' Fury (Codex Alera, #5)]]> 2903736 From the New York Times bestselling author of Captain's Fury and the Dresden Files novels.

Tavi of Calderon, now recognized as Princeps Gaius Octavian and heir to the crown, has achieved a fragile alliance with Alera's oldest foes, the savage Canim. But when Tavi and his legions guide the Canim safely to their lands, his worst fears are realized.

The dreaded Vord - the enemy of Aleran and Cane alike - have spent the last three years laying waste to the Canim homeland. And when the Alerans are cut off from their ships, they find themselves with no choice but to fight shoulder to shoulder if they are to survive.

For a thousand years, Alera and her furies have withstood every enemy, and survived every foe.

The thousand years are over…]]> 386 Jim Butcher 0441016383 Bridget 0 to-read 4.37 2008 Princeps' Fury (Codex Alera, #5)
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average rating: 4.37
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]]> <![CDATA[Academ's Fury (Codex Alera, #2)]]> 133664
Tavi has escaped the Calderon Valley and the mysterious attack of the Marat on his homeland. But he is far from safe, as trying to keep up the illusion of being a student while secretly training as one of the First Lord's spies is a dangerous game. And he has not yet learned to use the furies, making him especially vulnerable.

When the attack comes it's on two fronts. A sudden strike threatens the First Lord's life and threatens to plunge the land into civil war. While in the Calderon Valley, the threat faced from the Marat is dwarfed by an ancient menace. And Tavi must learn to harness the furies if he has any chance of fighting the greatest threat Alera has ever known . . .]]> 702 Jim Butcher 0441013406 Bridget 0 to-read 4.26 2005 Academ's Fury (Codex Alera, #2)
author: Jim Butcher
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average rating: 4.26
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]]> <![CDATA[Cursor's Fury (Codex Alera, #3)]]> 29394 442 Jim Butcher 0441014348 Bridget 0 to-read 4.35 Cursor's Fury (Codex Alera, #3)
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]]> <![CDATA[Etiquette & Espionage (Finishing School, #1)]]> 10874177 It's one thing to learn to curtsy properly. It's quite another to learn to curtsy and throw a knife at the same time. Welcome to Finishing School.

Fourteen-year-old Sophronia is a great trial to her poor mother. Sophronia is more interested in dismantling clocks and climbing trees than proper manners--and the family can only hope that company never sees her atrocious curtsy. Mrs. Temminnick is desperate for her daughter to become a proper lady. So she enrolls Sophronia in Mademoiselle Geraldine's Finishing Academy for Young Ladies of Quality.

But Sophronia soon realizes the school is not quite what her mother might have hoped. At Mademoiselle Geraldine's, young ladies learn to finish...everything. Certainly, they learn the fine arts of dance, dress, and etiquette, but they also learn to deal out death, diversion, and espionage--in the politest possible ways, of course. Sophronia and her friends are in for a rousing first year's education.]]> 307 Gail Carriger 031619008X Bridget 0 to-read 3.82 2013 Etiquette & Espionage (Finishing School, #1)
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average rating: 3.82
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]]> <![CDATA[Timeless (Parasol Protectorate, #5)]]> 11324166 407 Gail Carriger 0748122680 Bridget 0 to-read 4.11 2012 Timeless (Parasol Protectorate, #5)
author: Gail Carriger
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average rating: 4.11
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]]> <![CDATA[Heartless (Parasol Protectorate, #4)]]> 8356487
Will Alexia manage to determine who is trying to kill Queen Victoria before it is too late? Is it the vampires again or is there a traitor lurking about in wolf's clothing? And what, exactly, has taken up residence in Lord Akeldama's second best closet?]]> 400 Gail Carriger 0316127191 Bridget 0 to-read 4.06 2011 Heartless (Parasol Protectorate, #4)
author: Gail Carriger
name: Bridget
average rating: 4.06
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]]> <![CDATA[Wither (The Chemical Garden, #1)]]> 8525590
When Rhine is kidnapped and sold as a bride, she vows to do all she can to escape. Her husband, Linden, is hopelessly in love with her, and Rhine can't bring herself to hate him as much as she'd like to. He opens her to a magical world of wealth and illusion she never thought existed, and it almost makes it possible to ignore the clock ticking away her short life. But Rhine quickly learns that not everything in her new husband's strange world is what it seems. Her father-in-law, an eccentric doctor bent on finding the antidote, is hoarding corpses in the basement. Her fellow sister wives are to be trusted one day and feared the next, and Rhine is desperate to communicate to her twin brother that she is safe and alive. Will Rhine be able to escape--before her time runs out?

Together with one of Linden's servants, Gabriel, Rhine attempts to escape just before her seventeenth birthday. But in a world that continues to spiral into anarchy, is there any hope for freedom?]]> 358 Lauren DeStefano 1442409053 Bridget 0 to-read 3.81 2011 Wither (The Chemical Garden, #1)
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average rating: 3.81
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]]> <![CDATA[The Lightning Thief (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, #1)]]> 28187 Alternate cover for this ISBN can be found here

Percy Jackson is a good kid, but he can't seem to focus on his schoolwork or control his temper. And lately, being away at boarding school is only getting worse - Percy could have sworn his pre-algebra teacher turned into a monster and tried to kill him. When Percy's mom finds out, she knows it's time that he knew the truth about where he came from, and that he go to the one place he'll be safe. She sends Percy to Camp Half Blood, a summer camp for demigods (on Long Island), where he learns that the father he never knew is Poseidon, God of the Sea. Soon a mystery unfolds and together with his friends—one a satyr and the other the demigod daughter of Athena - Percy sets out on a quest across the United States to reach the gates of the Underworld (located in a recording studio in Hollywood) and prevent a catastrophic war between the gods.]]> 377 Rick Riordan 0786838655 Bridget 0 to-read 4.31 2005 The Lightning Thief (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, #1)
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]]> <![CDATA[Dead of Night (Dead of Night, #1)]]> 10779721 358 Jonathan Maberry 031255219X Bridget 0 to-read 3.99 2011 Dead of Night (Dead of Night, #1)
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]]> <![CDATA[The Sevenfold Journey: Reclaiming Mind, Body and Spirit Through the Chakras]]> 961417
Visit the home pages of Anodea: and Selene: ]]> 304 Anodea Judith 0895945746 Bridget 0 to-read 4.22 1993 The Sevenfold Journey: Reclaiming Mind, Body and Spirit Through the Chakras
author: Anodea Judith
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average rating: 4.22
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]]> Children of Dune (Dune #3) 112 But there are those who think the Imperium does not need messiahs...]]> 408 Frank Herbert Bridget 0 to-read 3.92 1976 Children of Dune (Dune #3)
author: Frank Herbert
name: Bridget
average rating: 3.92
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]]> <![CDATA[Lord of the Shadows (Cirque Du Freak, #11)]]> 8949
Plagued by nightmares of what the future seems to hold, Darren feels uneasy revisiting the place where he was re-born as a child of the night, as though the universe (as though destiny) is plotting to throw something very nasty at him on the streets of his old home.]]> 220 Darren Shan 0316156280 Bridget 0 to-read 4.23 2005 Lord of the Shadows (Cirque Du Freak, #11)
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]]> <![CDATA[Killers of the Dawn (Cirque Du Freak, #9)]]> 8952 206 Darren Shan 0316016667 Bridget 0 to-read 4.23 2003 Killers of the Dawn (Cirque Du Freak, #9)
author: Darren Shan
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]]> <![CDATA[Hunters of the Dusk (Cirque Du Freak, #7)]]> 8963
Darren Shan, the Vampire Prince, leaves Vampire Mountain on a life or death mission.

As part of an elite force, Darren searches the world for the Vampaneze Lord. But the road ahead is long and dangerous - and lined with the bodies of the damned.]]> 256 Darren Shan 0316000981 Bridget 0 to-read 4.18 2002 Hunters of the Dusk (Cirque Du Freak, #7)
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]]> <![CDATA[Vampire Mountain (Cirque Du Freak, #4)]]> 8960
Will a meeting with the Vampire Princes restore Darren's human side, or turn him further toward the darkness? Only one thing is certain-Darren's initiation into the vampire clan is more deadly than he can ever have imagined.]]> 208 Darren Shan 0316905747 Bridget 0 to-read 4.18 2001 Vampire Mountain (Cirque Du Freak, #4)
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average rating: 4.18
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]]> <![CDATA[The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1)]]> 2767052
Winning means fame and fortune. Losing means certain death. The Hunger Games have begun. . . .

In the ruins of a place once known as North America lies the nation of Panem, a shining Capitol surrounded by twelve outlying districts. The Capitol is harsh and cruel and keeps the districts in line by forcing them all to send one boy and one girl between the ages of twelve and eighteen to participate in the annual Hunger Games, a fight to the death on live TV.

Sixteen-year-old Katniss Everdeen regards it as a death sentence when she steps forward to take her sister's place in the Games. But Katniss has been close to dead before-and survival, for her, is second nature. Without really meaning to, she becomes a contender. But if she is to win, she will have to start making choices that weigh survival against humanity and life against love.]]> 374 Suzanne Collins 0439023483 Bridget 3 4.34 2008 The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1)
author: Suzanne Collins
name: Bridget
average rating: 4.34
book published: 2008
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]]> <![CDATA[Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, #3)]]> 7260188 My name is Katniss Everdeen.
Why am I not dead?
I should be dead.

Katniss Everdeen, girl on fire, has survived, even though her home has been destroyed. Gale has escaped. Katniss's family is safe. Peeta has been captured by the Capitol. District 13 really does exist. There are rebels. There are new leaders. A revolution is unfolding.

It is by design that Katniss was rescued from the arena in the cruel and haunting Quarter Quell, and it is by design that she has long been part of the revolution without knowing it. District 13 has come out of the shadows and is plotting to overthrow the Capitol. Everyone, it seems, has had a hand in the carefully laid plans—except Katniss.

The success of the rebellion hinges on Katniss's willingness to be a pawn, to accept responsibility for countless lives, and to change the course of the future of Panem. To do this, she must put aside her feelings of anger and distrust. She must become the rebels' Mockingjay—no matter what the personal cost.]]> 390 Suzanne Collins 0439023513 Bridget 0 to-read 4.10 2010 Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, #3)
author: Suzanne Collins
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average rating: 4.10
book published: 2010
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]]> <![CDATA[Dead Silence (The Body Finder, #4)]]> 10468701
When someone close to Violet becomes a suspect in a horrific murder, she finds herself pulled into a deadly hunt for a madman with an army of devoted followers. Violet has survived dangerous situations before, but she quickly discovers that protecting those closest to her is far more difficult than protecting herself.]]> 389 Kimberly Derting 0062082221 Bridget 0 to-read 4.04 2013 Dead Silence (The Body Finder, #4)
author: Kimberly Derting
name: Bridget
average rating: 4.04
book published: 2013
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]]> <![CDATA[The Last Echo (The Body Finder, #3)]]> 11838803 IN THE END, ALL THAT'S LEFT IS AN ECHO.

Before, Violet's morbid ability to sense the dead led her to uncover dark murders and long-buried secrets in her small town. Now that she's working with a special investigative team, Violet hopes she can help even more people - whether by saving a life or catching a killer.

Although she's relieved to finally be honest about what she can do, her instant connection with her mysterious partner, Rafe, is both confusing and unsettling, and their unique bond creates tension with her boyfriend, Jay. When she discovers the body of a college student murdered by "the collector," Violet refuses to give up on the case. With her own relationship on the line, Violet doesn't realize that the serial killer is looking to add to his collection and that she may have caught his eye. Will the life Violet has to save be her own?]]> 358 Kimberly Derting 0062082191 Bridget 0 to-read 4.13 2012 The Last Echo (The Body Finder, #3)
author: Kimberly Derting
name: Bridget
average rating: 4.13
book published: 2012
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]]> <![CDATA[Desires of the Dead (The Body Finder, #2)]]> 7827221
As Violet works to keep her morbid ability a secret, she unwittingly becomes the object of a dangerous obsession. Normally, she'd turn to her best friend, Jay, except now that they are officially a couple, the rules of their relationship seem to have changed. And with Jay spending more and more time with his new friend Mike, Violet is left with too much time on her hands as she wonders where things went wrong. But when she fills the void by digging into Mike's tragic family history, she stumbles upon a dark truth that could put everyone in danger.]]> 355 Kimberly Derting 0061779849 Bridget 0 to-read 4.06 2011 Desires of the Dead (The Body Finder, #2)
author: Kimberly Derting
name: Bridget
average rating: 4.06
book published: 2011
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]]> Legend (Legend, #1) 9275658
From very different worlds, June and Day have no reason to cross paths—until the day June's brother, Metias, is murdered and Day becomes the prime suspect. Caught in the ultimate game of cat and mouse, Day is in a race for his family's survival, while June seeks to avenge Metias's death. But in a shocking turn of events, the two uncover the truth of what has really brought them together, and the sinister lengths their country will go to keep its secrets.

Alternate Cover edition for ISBN 9780399256752
]]> 305 Marie Lu Bridget 0 to-read 4.16 2011 Legend (Legend, #1)
author: Marie Lu
name: Bridget
average rating: 4.16
book published: 2011
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]]> <![CDATA[Bewitched & Betrayed (Raine Benares, #4)]]> 7150766 366 Lisa Shearin 0441018726 Bridget 0 to-read 4.07 2010 Bewitched & Betrayed (Raine Benares, #4)
author: Lisa Shearin
name: Bridget
average rating: 4.07
book published: 2010
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