Katerina's bookshelf: all en-US Tue, 01 Apr 2025 10:51:33 -0700 60 Katerina's bookshelf: all 144 41 /images/layout/goodreads_logo_144.jpg Ο γορίλλας του δολοφόνου 61113454 Το λιγοστό φως των φαναριών ίσα που καταφέρνει να διώχνει εδώ κι εκεί το σκοτάδι. Στις σκιές τρέχει ένας άντρας: αγωνίζεται για τη ζωή του.
Το όνομά του είναι Αλφόνς Μόρρο και κρύβει ένα μυστικό· ένα μυστικό που πανίσχυρες δυνάμεις θέλουν να κρατήσουν κρυφό με κάθε κόστος.
Ο διώκτης του τον πλησιάζει. Και το προλαβαίνει.
Όλα τελειώνουν πολύ γρήγορα.
Ο Μόρρο πέφτει απ' την προκυμαία και εξαφανίζεται στα σκοτεινά νερά του ποταμού Τάγου. Σύντομα το νέο μαθαίνεται· έγινε φόνος.
Αλλά μαζί κυκλοφορεί και μια φήμη τρομακτική: πως στα στενά και τα σοκάκια του λιμανιού κρύβεται κάποιος τρελός, διψασμένος για αίμα... ο γορίλλας του δολοφόνου. (Από την παρουσίαση στο οπισθόφυλλο του βιβλίου)]]> 600 Jakob Wegelius 9601692487 Katerina 5 WOW!! LOVED IT 4.31 2014 Ο γορίλλας του δολοφόνου
author: Jakob Wegelius
name: Katerina
average rating: 4.31
book published: 2014
rating: 5
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WOW!! LOVED IT
]]> Mr Salary 34234631 My love for him felt so total and so annihilating that it was often impossible for me to see him clearly at all.

Years ago, Sukie moved in with Nathan because her mother was dead and her father was difficult, and she had nowhere else to go. Now they are on the brink of the inevitable.

Sally Rooney is one of the most acclaimed young talents of recent years. With her minute attention to the power dynamics in everyday speech, she builds up sexual tension and throws a deceptively low-key glance at love and death.]]> 33 Sally Rooney 0571351956 Katerina 2 3.76 2016 Mr Salary
author: Sally Rooney
name: Katerina
average rating: 3.76
book published: 2016
rating: 2
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]]> <![CDATA[If He Had Been with Me (If He Had Been with Me, #1)]]> 44676678 A New York Times Bestseller

A heartbreaking and raw story of love, regret, and the life-altering impact of the relationships we hold closest to us, perfect for fans of Colleen Hoover.

If he had been with me, everything would have been different�

Autumn and Finn used to be inseparable. But then something changed. Or they changed. Now, they do their best to ignore each other.
Autumn has her boyfriend Jamie, and her close-knit group of friends. And Finn has become that boy at school, the one everyone wants to be around.
That still doesn't stop the way Autumn feels every time she and Finn cross paths, and the growing, nagging thought that maybe things could have been different. Maybe they should be together.
But come August, things will change forever. And as time passes, Autumn will be forced to confront how else life might have been different if they had never parted ways�
]]> 393 Laura Nowlin 1728205484 Katerina 5 3.84 2013 If He Had Been with Me (If He Had Been with Me, #1)
author: Laura Nowlin
name: Katerina
average rating: 3.84
book published: 2013
rating: 5
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]]> Το φθινόπωρο της μάγισσας 12476096
Αδυνατώντας να διαχειριστεί ένα χάρισμα που το βλέπει σαν κατάρα, το καταπιέζει και εντάσσεται στον κόσμο του πατέρα της. Πολλά χρόνια αργότερα, γυναίκα πια, επισκέπτεται για πρώτη φορά με το μνηστήρα της τον τόπο καταγωγής της για να τακτοποιήσει τις κληρονομικές της υποθέσεις. Κι εκεί γνωρίζει τον Στέφανο Βρεττό, έναν άντρα που ανατρέπει όλες τις βεβαιότητες της ζωής της.

Στη φθινοπωρινή Μακεδονία, ο διαισθητικός της εαυτός αφυπνίζεται έπειτα από ένα λήθαργο που κράτησε είκοσι χρόνια. Κι ενώ η Μυρσίνη παλεύει με τα χαώδη συναισθήματά της, ένας άγνωστος εχθρός επιβουλεύεται τη ζωή της...]]> 608 Καίτη Οικονόμου 9604538934 Katerina 5 4.24 2011 Το φθινόπωρο της μάγισσας
author: Καίτη Οικονόμου
name: Katerina
average rating: 4.24
book published: 2011
rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage]]> 41022133 New York Times#1 Bestseller
A New York Times and Washington Post notable book, and one of theFinancial Times, St. Louis Post-Dispatch,Slate,Mother Jones, The Daily Beast, and BookPage's best books of the year

Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimageis the long-awaited new novel—a book that sold more than a million copies the first week it went on sale in Japan—from the award-winning, internationally best-selling author Haruki Murakami.

Here he gives us the remarkable story of Tsukuru Tazaki, a young man haunted by a great loss; of dreams and nightmares that have unintended consequences for the world around us; and of a journey into the past that is necessary to mend the present. It is a story of love, friendship, and heartbreak for the ages.]]> 308 Haruki Murakami 0385352115 Katerina 4 3.93 2013 Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage
author: Haruki Murakami
name: Katerina
average rating: 3.93
book published: 2013
rating: 4
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]]> Happy Hour 54173267 With the verve and bite of My Year of Rest and Relaxation and the whip-smart, wisecracking sensibility of a golden-age Hollywood heroine, Marlowe Granados’s stunning début brilliantly captures a summer of striving in New York City.

Refreshing and wry in equal measure, Happy Hour is an intoxicating novel of youth well spent. Isa Epley is all of twenty-one years old, and already wise enough to understand that the purpose of life is the pursuit of pleasure. After a sojourn across the pond, she arrives in New York City for a summer of adventure with her best friend, one newly blond Gala Novak. They have little money, but that’s hardly going to stop them from having a good time.

In her diary, Isa describes a sweltering summer in the glittering city. By day, the girls sell clothes in a market stall, pinching pennies for their Bed-Stuy sublet and bodega lunches. By night, they weave from Brooklyn to the Upper East Side to the Hamptons among a rotating cast of celebrities, artists, Internet entrepreneurs, stuffy intellectuals, and bad-mannered grifters. Money runs ever tighter and the strain tests their friendship as they try to convert their social capital into something more lasting than their precarious gigs as au pairs, nightclub hostesses, paid audience members, and aspiring foot fetish models. Through it all, Isa’s bold, beguiling voice captures the precise thrill of cultivating a life of glamour and intrigue as she juggles paying her dues with skipping out on the bill.

Happy Hour announces a dazzling new talent in Marlowe Granados, whose exquisite wit recalls Anita Loos’s 1925 classic, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, updated to evoke a recent, golden period of hope and transformation—the summer of 2013. A cri de cœur for party girls and anyone who has ever felt entitled to an adventure of their own, Happy Hour is an effervescent tonic for the ails of contemporary life.]]> 280 Marlowe Granados 1989919006 Katerina 0 to-read 3.46 2020 Happy Hour
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average rating: 3.46
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]]> Happy Place 61718053
They broke up six months ago. And still haven’t told their best friends.

Which is how they find themselves sharing the largest bedroom at the Maine cottage that has been their friend group’s yearly getaway for the last decade. Their annual respite from the world, where for one vibrant, blue week they leave behind their daily lives; have copious amounts of cheese, wine, and seafood; and soak up the salty coastal air with the people who understand them most.

Only this year, Harriet and Wyn are lying through their teeth while trying not to notice how desperately they still want each other. Because the cottage is for sale and this is the last week they’ll all have together in this place. They can’t stand to break their friends� hearts, and so they’ll play their parts. Harriet will be the driven surgical resident who never starts a fight, and Wyn will be the laid-back charmer who never lets the cracks show. ’s a flawless plan (if you look at it from a great distance and through a pair of sunscreen-smeared sunglasses). After years of being in love, how hard can it be to fake it for one week� in front of those who know you best?

A couple who broke up months ago make a pact to pretend to still be together for their annual weeklong vacation with their best friends in this glittering and wise new novel from #1 New York Times bestselling author Emily Henry.]]> 400 Emily Henry 0593441273 Katerina 0 to-read 3.95 2023 Happy Place
author: Emily Henry
name: Katerina
average rating: 3.95
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]]> <![CDATA[Magnolia Parks (Magnolia Parks Universe, #1)]]> 58527403 423 Jessa Hastings 1737281198 Katerina 0 to-read 3.68 2021 Magnolia Parks (Magnolia Parks Universe, #1)
author: Jessa Hastings
name: Katerina
average rating: 3.68
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]]> <![CDATA[The Things We Leave Unfinished]]> 53137938
Noah is at the pinnacle of his career. With book and movie deals galore, there isn’t much the “golden boy� of modern fiction hasn’t accomplished. But he can’t walk away from what might be the best book of the century—the one his idol, Scarlett Stanton, left unfinished. Coming up with a fitting ending for the legendary author is one thing, but dealing with her beautiful, stubborn, cynical great-granddaughter, Georgia, is quite another.

But as they read Scarlett’s words in both the manuscript and her box of letters, they start to realize why Scarlett never finished the book—it’s based on her real-life romance with a World War II pilot, and the ending isn’t a happy one. Georgia knows all too well that love never works out, and while the chemistry and connection between her and Noah is undeniable, she’s as determined as ever to learn from her great-grandmother’s mistakes—even if it means destroying Noah’s career.]]> 400 Rebecca Yarros 1682815668 Katerina 0 to-read 4.26 2021 The Things We Leave Unfinished
author: Rebecca Yarros
name: Katerina
average rating: 4.26
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]]> Σας έχω βαρεθεί όλους! 216655108 Στην καθημερινότητά μου ξυπνάω στις τέσσερις τη νύχτα με κρίσεις πανικού, δαίμονες με κατατρέχουν, πνεύματα με συμβουλεύουν, γίνομαι κατάσκοπος και πράκτορας, κυνηγός υδραυλικού και τσαγκάρη, πέφτω θύμα σέξτινγκ, μαθαίνω το γκόστινγκ, εκπαιδεύομαι ως στόκερ και, το κυριότερο, τις λατρεμένες μου γόβες τις βρίσκω να κολυμπάνε στα νερά!
Έχω βαρεθεί η κ@&*ζωή να μου δίνει συνέχεια λεμόνια, λεμόνια, λεμόνια.
Μέχρι τη στιγμή που όλα αλλάζουν!
Η ζωή «το παίρνει αλλιώς» και με ρίχνει στις σαμπάνιες, στις φράουλες, στις επιτυχίες αλλά και� στην αμαρτία! Μου χαρίζει πέντε μέρες στο Παρίσι για να ζήσω τα πιο τρελά, ρομαντικά, αληθινά, γεμάτα πολυτέλεια, λάμψη και γοητεία� ερωτικά βράδια! Εγώ να τρέχω να τα προλάβω όλα και διάφοροι κούκλοι Γάλλοι –κα� όχι μόνο� να τρέχουν να προλάβουν εμένα! Ο πύργος του Άιφελ λάμπει και μου ψιθυρίζει συνωμοτικά: «Εσύ κι εγώ θα έχουμε πάντα το Παρίσι!»
Η Κατερίνα Μανανεδάκη στα καλύτερά της! Πετάει ψηλά στον αέρα τα κομμάτια της ζωής μας και μετά συνθέτει με απόλυτη μαεστρία το μωσαϊκό της ύπαρξής μας. Κι όλα αυτά εκεί όπου το τυχαίο συναντά το μαγικό! Στην Πόλη του Φωτός!]]> 312 Κατερίνα Μανανεδάκη 6180156972 Katerina 0 to-read 2.92 Σας έχω βαρεθεί όλους!
author: Κατερίνα Μανανεδάκη
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]]> The Seven Year Slip 62926938 An overworked book publicist with a perfectly planned future hits a snag when she falls in love with her temporary roommate…only to discover he lives seven years in the past, in this witty and wise new novel from the New York Times bestselling author of The Dead Romantics.

Sometimes, the worst day of your life happens, and you have to figure out how to live after it.

So Clementine forms a plan to keep her heart safe: work hard, find someone decent to love, and try to remember to chase the moon. The last one is silly and obviously metaphorical, but her aunt always told her that you needed at least one big dream to keep going. And for the last year, that plan has gone off without a hitch. Mostly. The love part is hard because she doesn’t want to get too close to anyone—she isn’t sure her heart can take it.

And then she finds a strange man standing in the kitchen of her late aunt’s apartment. A man with kind eyes and a Southern drawl and a taste for lemon pies. The kind of man that, before it all, she would’ve fallen head-over-heels for. And she might again.

Except, he exists in the past. Seven years ago, to be exact. And she, quite literally, lives seven years in his future.

Her aunt always said the apartment was a pinch in time, a place where moments blended together like watercolors. And Clementine knows that if she lets her heart fall, she’ll be doomed.

After all, love is never a matter of time—but a matter of timing.]]> 336 Ashley Poston Katerina 0 to-read 4.18 2023 The Seven Year Slip
author: Ashley Poston
name: Katerina
average rating: 4.18
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]]> Bobok 1462282 22 Fyodor Dostoevsky 141911042X Katerina 3 3.36 1873 Bobok
author: Fyodor Dostoevsky
name: Katerina
average rating: 3.36
book published: 1873
rating: 3
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]]> White Nights 1772910 82 Fyodor Dostoevsky Katerina 5 4.16 1848 White Nights
author: Fyodor Dostoevsky
name: Katerina
average rating: 4.16
book published: 1848
rating: 5
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]]> The Thorn Birds 3412
The central figures in this enthralling story are the indomitable Meggie, the only Cleary daughter, and the one man she truly loves, the stunningly handsome and ambitious priest Ralph de Bricassart. Ralph's course moves him a long way indeed, from a remote Outback parish to the halls of the Vatican; and Meggie's except for a brief and miserable marriage elsewhere, is fixed to the Drogheda that is part of her bones - but distance does not dim their feelings though it shapes their lives.

Wonderful characters people this book; strong and gentle, Paddy, hiding a private memory; dutiful Fiona, holding back love because it once betrayed her, violent, tormented Frank, and the other hardworking Cleary sons who give the boundless lands of Drogheda the energy and devotion most men save for women; Meggie; Ralph; and Meggie's children, Justine and Dane. And the land itself; stark, relentless in its demands, brilliant in its flowering, prey to gigantic cycles of drought and flood, rich when nature is bountiful, surreal like no other place on earth.

Alternate Cover Edition ISBN 0380018179 (ISBN13: 9780380018178)]]> 692 Colleen McCullough Katerina 0 to-read 4.24 1977 The Thorn Birds
author: Colleen McCullough
name: Katerina
average rating: 4.24
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]]> Great Expectations 2623
Pip must discover his true self, and his own set of values and priorities. Whether such values allow one to prosper in the complex world of early Victorian England is the major question posed by Great Expectations, one of Dickens's most fascinating, and disturbing, novels.

This edition includes the original, discarded ending, Dickens's brief working notes, and the serial instalments and chapter divisions in different editions. It also uses the definitive Clarendon text.]]> 544 Charles Dickens 0192833596 Katerina 0 to-read 3.78 1861 Great Expectations
author: Charles Dickens
name: Katerina
average rating: 3.78
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]]> Funny Story 194802722 A shimmering, joyful new novel about a pair of opposites with the wrong thing in common, from #1 New York Times bestselling author Emily Henry.

Daphne always loved the way her fiancé, Peter, told their story. How they met (on a blustery day), fell in love (over an errant hat), and moved back to his lakeside hometown to begin their life together. He really was good at telling it... right up until the moment he realized he was actually in love with his childhood best friend Petra.

Which is how Daphne begins her new story: stranded in beautiful Waning Bay, Michigan, without friends or family but with a dream job as a children’s librarian (that barely pays the bills), and proposing to be roommates with the only person who could possibly understand her predicament: Petra’s ex, Miles Nowak.

Scruffy and chaotic—with a penchant for taking solace in the sounds of heart break love ballads—Miles is exactly the opposite of practical, buttoned-up Daphne, whose coworkers know so little about her they have a running bet that she’s either FBI or in witness protection. The roommates mainly avoid one another, until one day, while drowning their sorrows, they form a tenuous friendship and a plan. If said plan also involves posting deliberately misleading photos of their summer adventures together, well, who could blame them?

But it’s all just for show, of course, because there’s no way Daphne would actually start her new chapter by falling in love with her ex-fiancé’s new fiancée’s ex... right?]]> 400 Emily Henry Katerina 0 to-read 4.21 2024 Funny Story
author: Emily Henry
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average rating: 4.21
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]]> Ghosted 36065344
She's a single mother, assistant manager at a grocery store, existing in monotony with her five-year-old daughter. Every day when she goes to work, lurid tabloids surround her, the face of a notorious bad boy haunting her from their covers.

A man and a woman, living vastly different lives, but that wasn't always the case. Once, they were just a boy and a girl who bonded over comic books and fell in love unexpectedly.

When Kennedy Garfield met Jonathan Cunningham back in high school, she knew he had all the makings of a tragic hero. With stars in his eyes, and her heart on her sleeve, the pair ran away together to follow their dreams.

But dreams, sometimes, turn into nightmares.

Now, years later, the only thing they share is a daughter—one who has no idea her father plays her favorite superhero. But Jonathan is desperate to make amends, and at the top of his list is the woman who gave up everything for him and the little girl he hasn't yet met.]]> 452 J.M. Darhower 1942206232 Katerina 0 to-read 3.95 2017 Ghosted
author: J.M. Darhower
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average rating: 3.95
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]]> The Silent Patient 40097951
Alicia’s refusal to talk, or give any kind of explanation, turns a domestic tragedy into something far grander, a mystery that captures the public imagination and casts Alicia into notoriety. The price of her art skyrockets, and she, the silent patient, is hidden away from the tabloids and spotlight at the Grove, a secure forensic unit in North London.

Theo Faber is a criminal psychotherapist who has waited a long time for the opportunity to work with Alicia. His determination to get her to talk and unravel the mystery of why she shot her husband takes him down a twisting path into his own motivations—a search for the truth that threatens to consume him....

The Silent Patient is a shocking psychological thriller of a woman’s act of violence against her husband—and of the therapist obsessed with uncovering her motive.]]> 336 Alex Michaelides 1250301696 Katerina 0 to-read 4.18 2019 The Silent Patient
author: Alex Michaelides
name: Katerina
average rating: 4.18
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]]> <![CDATA[Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Harry Potter, #4)]]> 6 734 J.K. Rowling 0439139597 Katerina 0 currently-reading 4.56 2000 Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Harry Potter, #4)
author: J.K. Rowling
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average rating: 4.56
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]]> Ο απροσδόκητος επισκέπτης 84834559
Νότια Ουαλία. Νύχτα πνιγμένη στην ομίχλη. Ένα διερχόμενο αυτοκίνητο πέφτει σε ένα χαντάκι και ο οδηγός του κατευθύνεται προς ένα απομονωμένο σπίτι για να αναζητήσει βοήθεια. Κι εκεί, αντικρίζει μια γυναίκα με ένα όπλο στο χέρι να στέκεται πάνω από το νεκρό σώμα του συζύγου της, ο οποίος είναι καθηλωμένος σε αναπηρικό καροτσάκι.
Η γυναίκα παραδέχεται ότι διέπραξε τον φόνο και ο απροσδόκητος επισκέπτης προσφέρεται να τη βοηθήσει να επινοήσει ένα άλλοθι.

Υπάρχει περίπτωση όμως να μη διέπραξε το έγκλημα η Λόρα Γουόργουικ; Κι αν είναι έτσι τα πράγματα, ποιον προσπαθεί να καλύψει; Το σπίτι φαίνεται γεμάτο πιθανούς υπόπτους…]]> 176 Charles Osborne 618014379X Katerina 4 4.36 1999 Ο απροσδόκητος επισκέπτης
author: Charles Osborne
name: Katerina
average rating: 4.36
book published: 1999
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Harry Potter, #3)]]> 5 435 J.K. Rowling 043965548X Katerina 5 4.57 1999 Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Harry Potter, #3)
author: J.K. Rowling
name: Katerina
average rating: 4.57
book published: 1999
rating: 5
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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 Katerina 5 4.42 1998 Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Harry Potter, #2)
author: J.K. Rowling
name: Katerina
average rating: 4.42
book published: 1998
rating: 5
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]]> Boy's Life 36505403 An Alabama boy’s innocence is shaken by murder and madness in the 1960s South in this novel by the New York Times–bestselling author of Swan Song.

’s 1964 in idyllic Zephyr, Alabama. People either work for the paper mill up the Tecumseh River, or for the local dairy. ’s a simple life, but it stirs the impressionable imagination of twelve-year-old aspiring writer Cory Mackenson. He’s certain he’s sensed spirits whispering in the churchyard. He’s heard of the weird bootleggers who lurk in the dark outside of town. He’s seen a flood leave Main Street crawling with snakes. Cory thrills to all of it as only a young boy can.

Then one morning, while accompanying his father on his milk route, he sees a car careen off the road and slowly sink into fathomless Saxon’s Lake. His father dives into the icy water to rescue the driver, and finds a beaten corpse, naked and handcuffed to the steering wheel—a copper wire tightened around the stranger’s neck. In time, the townsfolk seem to forget all about the unsolved murder. But Cory and his father can’t.

Their search for the truth is a journey into a world where innocence and evil collide. What lies before them is the stuff of fear and awe, magic and madness, fantasy and reality. As Cory wades into the deep end of Zephyr and all its mysteries, he’ll discover that while the pleasures of childish things fade away, growing up can be a strange and beautiful ride.

“Strongly echoing the childhood-elegies of King and Bradbury, and every bit their equal,� Boy’s Life, a winner of both the Bram Stoker and World Fantasy Awards, represents a brilliant blend of mystery and rich atmosphere, the finest work of one of today’s most accomplished writers (Kirkus Reviews).]]> 625 Robert McCammon Katerina 0 currently-reading 4.47 1991 Boy's Life
author: Robert McCammon
name: Katerina
average rating: 4.47
book published: 1991
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]]> The Sun Is Also a Star 29876903
Daniel: I’ve always been the good son, the good student, living up to my parents� high expectations. Never the poet. Or the dreamer. But when I see her, I forget about all that. Something about Natasha makes me think that fate has something much more extraordinary in store—for both of us.

The Universe: Every moment in our lives has brought us to this single moment. A million futures lie before us. Which one will come true?]]> 384 Nicola Yoon 0553496719 Katerina 5 4.03 2016 The Sun Is Also a Star
author: Nicola Yoon
name: Katerina
average rating: 4.03
book published: 2016
rating: 5
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]]> The Alchemist 18144590 The Alchemist has become a modern classic, selling millions of copies around the world and transforming the lives of countless readers across generations.

Paulo Coelho's masterpiece tells the mystical story of Santiago, an Andalusian shepherd boy who yearns to travel in search of a worldly treasure. His quest will lead him to riches far different—and far more satisfying—than he ever imagined. Santiago's journey teaches us about the essential wisdom of listening to our hearts, recognizing opportunity and learning to read the omens strewn along life's path, and, most importantly, following our dreams.]]> 182 Paulo Coelho 0062315005 Katerina 4 4.01 1988 The Alchemist
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name: Katerina
average rating: 4.01
book published: 1988
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[The American Roommate Experiment (Love Deception, #2)]]> 60114057 From the author of the ŷ Choice Award winner The Spanish Love Deception, the eagerly anticipated follow-up featuring Rosie Graham and Lucas Martín, who are forced to share a New York apartment.

Rosie Graham has a problem. A few, actually. She just quit her well paid job to focus on her secret career as a romance writer. She hasn’t told her family and now has terrible writer’s block. Then, the ceiling of her New York apartment literally crumbles on her. Luckily she has her best friend Lina’s spare key while she’s out of town. But Rosie doesn’t know that Lina has already lent her apartment to her cousin Lucas, who Rosie has been stalking—for lack of a better word—on Instagram for the last few months. Lucas seems intent on coming to her rescue like a Spanish knight in shining armor. Only this one strolls around the place in a towel, has a distracting grin, and an irresistible accent. Oh, and he cooks.

Lucas offers to let Rosie stay with him, at least until she can find some affordable temporary housing. And then he proposes an outrageous experiment to bring back her literary muse and meet her deadline: He’ll take her on a series of experimental dates meant to jump-start her romantic inspiration. Rosie has nothing to lose. Her silly, online crush is totally under control—but Lucas’s time in New York has an expiration date, and six weeks may not be enough, for either her or her deadline.]]> 400 Elena Armas 1668002779 Katerina 5 3.78 2022 The American Roommate Experiment (Love Deception, #2)
author: Elena Armas
name: Katerina
average rating: 3.78
book published: 2022
rating: 5
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]]> Dead Poets Society 16692914 But the Dead Poets pledges soon realize that their newfound freedom can have tragic consequences. Can the club and the individuality it inspires survive the pressure from authorities determined to destroy their dreams? N. H. Kleinbaum, a graduate of the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University, is a former newspaper reporter and editor. Her other novelizations include the Bantam Starfire title "Growing Pains" and "D.A.R.Y.L." She lives in Mt. Kisco, New York, with her husband and three children.]]> 176 N.H. Kleinbaum 1401305598 Katerina 5 3.72 1988 Dead Poets Society
author: N.H. Kleinbaum
name: Katerina
average rating: 3.72
book published: 1988
rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[Shadow Kiss (Vampire Academy, #3)]]> 2802316
Lissa Dragomir is a Moroi princess: a mortal vampire with a rare gift for harnessing the earth's magic. She must be protected at all times from Strigoi; the fiercest vampires - the ones who never die. The powerful blend of human and vampire blood that flows through Rose Hathaway, Lissa's best friend, makes her a Dhampir. Rose is dedicated to a dangerous life of protecting Lissa from the Strigoi, who are hell-bent on making Lissa one of them.

Rose knows it is forbidden to love another guardian. Her best friend, Lissa - the last Dragomir princess - must always come first. Unfortunately, when it comes to gorgeous Dimitri Belikov, some rules are meant to be broken...

Then a strange darkness begins to grow in Rose's mind, and ghostly shadows warn of a terrible evil drawing nearer to the Academy's iron gates. The immortal undead are closing in, and they want vengeance for the lives Rose has stolen. In a heart-stopping battle to rival her worst nightmares, Rose will have to choose between life, love, and the two people who matter most... but will her choice mean that only one can survive?]]> 443 Richelle Mead 1595141979 Katerina 0 currently-reading 4.33 2008 Shadow Kiss (Vampire Academy, #3)
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name: Katerina
average rating: 4.33
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]]> <![CDATA[Frostbite (Vampire Academy, #2)]]> 2282133
’s winter break at St. Vladimir’s, but Rose is feeling anything but festive. A massive Strigoi attack has put the school on high alert, and now the Academy’s crawling with Guardians—including Rose’s hard-hitting mother, Janine Hathaway. And if hand-to-hand combat with her mom wasn’t bad enough, Rose’s tutor Dimitri has his eye on someone else, her friend Mason’s got a huge crush on her, and Rose keeps getting stuck in Lissa’s head while she’s making out with her boyfriend, Christian! The Strigoi are closing in, and the Academy’s not taking any risks.... This year, St. Vlad’s annual holiday ski trip is mandatory.

But the glittering winter landscape and the posh Idaho resort only create the illusion of safety. When three friends run away in an offensive move against the deadly Strigoi, Rose must join forces with Christian to rescue them. But heroism rarely comes without a price…]]> 327 Richelle Mead Katerina 5 4.26 2008 Frostbite (Vampire Academy, #2)
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name: Katerina
average rating: 4.26
book published: 2008
rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[Vampire Academy (Vampire Academy, #1)]]> 345627 Only a true best friend can protect you from your immortal enemies...

Lissa Dragomir is a Moroi princess: a mortal vampire with a rare gift for harnessing the earth's magic. She must be protected at all times from Strigoi; the fiercest vampires—the ones who never die. The powerful blend of human and vampire blood that flows through Rose Hathaway, Lissa's best friend, makes her a dhampir. Rose is dedicated to a dangerous life of protecting Lissa from the Strigoi, who are hell-bent on making Lissa one of them.

After two years of freedom, Rose and Lissa are caught and dragged back to St. Vladimir's Academy, a school for vampire royalty and their guardians-to-be, hidden in the deep forests of Montana. But inside the iron gates, life is even more fraught with danger... and the Strigoi are always close by.

Rose and Lissa must navigate their dangerous world, confront the temptations of forbidden love, and never once let their guard down, lest the evil undead make Lissa one of them forever...]]> 332 Richelle Mead 159514174X Katerina 5 4.12 2007 Vampire Academy (Vampire Academy, #1)
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name: Katerina
average rating: 4.12
book published: 2007
rating: 5
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]]> Αναζητώντας την Αλάσκα 23275659
Το Αναζητώντας την Αλάσκα καταγράφει με μοναδικό τρόπο την ανεξίτηλη επίδραση που μπορεί να ασκήσει μια ζωή πάνω σε μια άλλη. Έχοντας τιμηθεί με σειρά λογοτεχνικών βραβείων, αυτό το εκπληκτικό βιβλίο σηματοδότησε την άφιξη του Τζον Γκριν ως μιας ρηξικέλευθης νέας φωνής στο χώρο της σύγχρονης λογοτεχνίας.

Ήξερα να αναγνωρίζω με τη μία τα τελευταία λόγια που είχαν ιδιαίτερη βαρύτητα, οπότε έβαλα με το νου μου να εξασφαλίσω μια βιογραφία αυτού του τύπου, του Σιμόν Μπολίβαρ. Ήταν πολύ όμορφα τελευταία λόγια, αλλά δεν τα καταλάβαινα ακριβώς.

«Σε ποιο λαβύρινθο αναφέρεται;» θέλησα να μάθω.

Νομίζω πως τώρα είναι η κατάλληλη στιγμή να πω ότι η Αλάσκα ήταν πανέμορφη. Έτσι όπως καθόταν στο σκοτάδι δίπλα μου, μύριζε ιδρώτα και ήλιο και βανίλια, ενώ εκείνη τη νύχτα με το αδύναμο φεγγάρι μονάχα τη σιλουέτα της μπορούσα να ξεχωρίσω� Ακόμη και στο σκοτάδι όμως, μπορούσα να διακρίνω τα μάτια της � φωτεινά σμαράγδια. Είχε τέτοια μάτια, που σε προδιέθεταν να την υποστηρίξεις σε κάθε της προσπάθεια. Και δεν ήταν απλώς πανέμορφη, αλλά κουκλάρα...

Εκείνη ακριβώς τη στιγμή, το διάστημα που μεσολάβησε από τη στιγμή που τη ρώτησα για το λαβύρινθο μέχρι που μου απάντησε, συνειδητοποίησα την αξία που έχουν οι καμπύλες... Είχα παρατηρήσει καμπύλες κι άλλοτε φυσικά, όμως ποτέ ως τότε δεν είχα συλλάβει επακριβώς τη σημασία τους.]]> 288 John Green 9601428690 Katerina 5 3.60 2005 Αναζητώντας την Αλάσκα
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name: Katerina
average rating: 3.60
book published: 2005
rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[Better Than the Movies (Better Than the Movies, #1)]]> 55710822 In this rom-com about rom-coms, in the spirit of Kasie West and Jenn Bennett, a hopeless romantic teen attempts to secure a happily-ever-after moment with her forever crush, but finds herself reluctantly drawn to the boy next door.

Perpetual daydreamer Liz Buxbaum gave her heart to Michael a long time ago. But her cool, aloof forever crush never really saw her before he moved away. Now that he’s back in town, Liz will do whatever it takes to get on his radar - and maybe snag him as a prom date - even befriend Wes Bennet.

The annoyingly attractive next-door neighbor might seem like a prime candidate for romantic-comedy fantasies, but Wes has only been a pain in Liz’s butt since they were kids. Pranks involving frogs and decapitated lawn gnomes do not a potential boyfriend make. Yet, somehow, Wes and Michael are hitting it off, which means Wes is Liz’s in.

But as Liz and Wes scheme to get Liz noticed by Michael so she can have her magical prom moment, she’s shocked to discover that she likes being around Wes. And as they continue to grow closer, she must reexamine everything she thought she knew about love - and rethink her own ideas of what happily ever after should look like.]]> 356 Lynn Painter 1534467629 Katerina 5 4.28 2021 Better Than the Movies (Better Than the Movies, #1)
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name: Katerina
average rating: 4.28
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rating: 5
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]]> Check & Mate 60683957 done with chess. Every move counts nowadays. After the sport led to the destruction of her family four years earlier, Mallory's focus is on her mom, her sisters, and the dead-end job that keeps the lights on. That is, until she begrudgingly agrees to play in one last charity tournament and inadvertently wipes the board with notorious "Kingkiller" Nolan Sawyer: current world champion and reigning bad boy of chess.

Nolan's loss to an unknown rook-ie shocks everyone—especially Mallory. What's even more confusing? His desire to cross pawns again. What kind of gambit is Nolan playing? The smart move would be to walk away. Resign. Game over. But Mallory's victory opens the door to sorely needed cash prizes and, despite everything, she can't help feeling drawn to the enigmatic strategist....

As she rockets up the ranks, Mallory struggles to keep her family safely separated from the game that wrecked it in the first place. And as her love for the sport she so desperately wanted to hate begins to rekindle, Mallory quickly realizes that the games aren't only on the board, the spotlight is hotter than she imagined, and the competition can be fierce(-ly attractive. And intelligent...and infuriating...)]]> 347 Ali Hazelwood 0593619919 Katerina 0 to-read 3.93 2023 Check & Mate
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]]> The Graveyard Book 2213661
There are dangers and adventures for Bod in the graveyard: the strange and terrible menace of the Sleer; a gravestone entrance to a desert that leads to the city of ghouls; friendship with a witch, and so much more.

But it is in the land of the living that real danger lurks, for it is there that the man Jack lives and he has already killed Bod's family.

A deliciously dark masterwork by bestselling author Neil Gaiman, with illustrations by award-winning Dave McKean.]]> 312 Neil Gaiman 0060530928 Katerina 5 4.15 2008 The Graveyard Book
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name: Katerina
average rating: 4.15
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rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[Before the Coffee Gets Cold (Before the Coffee Gets Cold, #1)]]> 44421460 What would you change if you could go back in time?

In a small back alley in Tokyo, there is a café which has been serving carefully brewed coffee for more than one hundred years. But this coffee shop offers its customers a unique experience: the chance to travel back in time.

In Before the Coffee Gets Cold, we meet four visitors, each of whom is hoping to make use of the café’s time-travelling offer, in order to: confront the man who left them, receive a letter from their husband whose memory has been taken by early onset Alzheimer's, to see their sister one last time, and to meet the daughter they never got the chance to know.

But the journey into the past does not come without risks: customers must sit in a particular seat, they cannot leave the café, and finally, they must return to the present before the coffee gets cold . . .

Toshikazu Kawaguchi’s beautiful, moving story explores the age-old question: what would you change if you could travel back in time? More importantly, who would you want to meet, maybe for one last time?]]> 213 Toshikazu Kawaguchi 1529029589 Katerina 0 to-read 3.67 2015 Before the Coffee Gets Cold (Before the Coffee Gets Cold, #1)
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]]> Babel 57945316 From award-winning author R. F. Kuang comes Babel, a historical fantasy epic that grapples with student revolutions, colonial resistance, and the use of language and translation as the dominating tool of the British Empire

Traduttore, traditore: An act of translation is always an act of betrayal.

1828. Robin Swift, orphaned by cholera in Canton, is brought to London by the mysterious Professor Lovell. There, he trains for years in Latin, Ancient Greek, and Chinese, all in preparation for the day he’ll enroll in Oxford University’s prestigious Royal Institute of Translation—also known as Babel. The tower and its students are the world's center for translation and, more importantly, magic. Silver-working—the art of manifesting the meaning lost in translation using enchanted silver bars—has made the British unparalleled in power, as the arcane craft serves the Empire's quest for colonization.

For Robin, Oxford is a utopia dedicated to the pursuit of knowledge. But knowledge obeys power, and as a Chinese boy raised in Britain, Robin realizes serving Babel means betraying his motherland. As his studies progress, Robin finds himself caught between Babel and the shadowy Hermes Society, an organization dedicated to stopping imperial expansion. When Britain pursues an unjust war with China over silver and opium, Robin must decide . . .

Can powerful institutions be changed from within, or does revolution always require violence?]]> 544 R.F. Kuang 0063021420 Katerina 0 to-read 4.17 2022 Babel
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]]> A Horse at Night: On Writing 60065627 A Room of One’s Own and William H. Gass’s On Being Blue.

“Without planning it, I wrote a diary of sorts. Lightly. A diary of fiction. Or is that not what this is?�

A series of essayistic inquiries come together to form a sustained meditation on writers and their works, on the spaces of reading and writing fiction, and how these spaces take shape inside a life. Driven by primary questions of authenticity and freedom in the shadow of ecological and social collapse, A Horse at Night: On Writing moves associatively through a personal canon of authors—including Marguerite Duras, Elena Ferrante, Renee Gladman, and Virginia Woolf—and topics as timely and various as female friendships, zazen meditation, neighborhood coyotes, landscape painting, book titles, and the politics of excess. Amina Cain’s first nonfiction book is an individual reckoning with the contemporary moment and a quietly brilliant contribution to the lineage of Woolf’s A Room of One’s Own or William H. Gass’s On Being Blue, books that are virtuosic arguments for—and beautiful demonstrations of—the essential unity of writing and life.]]> 136 Amina Cain 1948980134 Katerina 0 to-read 4.04 2022 A Horse at Night: On Writing
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]]> <![CDATA[Heartstopper: Volume Four (Heartstopper, #4)]]> 56060300 Boy meets boy. Boys become friends. Boys fall in love. The bestselling LGBTQ+ graphic novel about life, love, and everything that happens in between: this is the fourth volume of HEARTSTOPPER, for fans of The Art of Being Normal, Holly Bourne and Love, Simon.

Charlie didn't think Nick could ever like him back, but now they're officially boyfriends. Charlie's beginning to feel ready to say those three little words: I love you.

Nick's been feeling the same, but he's got a lot on his mind - not least coming out to his dad, and the fact that Charlie might have an eating disorder.

As summer turns to autumn and a new school year begins, Charlie and Nick are about to learn a lot about what love means.

Heartstopper is about love, friendship, loyalty and mental illness. It encompasses all the small stories of Nick and Charlie's lives that together make up something larger, which speaks to all of us.

This is the fourth volume of Heartstopper, which has now been optioned for television by See-Saw Films.]]> 384 Alice Oseman 1338617567 Katerina 5 4.57 2021 Heartstopper: Volume Four (Heartstopper, #4)
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average rating: 4.57
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]]> <![CDATA[Heartstopper: Volume Three (Heartstopper, #3)]]> 43449920
Meanwhile Tao and Elle will face their feelings for each other, Tara and Darcy share more about their relationship origin story, and the teachers supervising the trip seem� rather close�?]]> 384 Alice Oseman Katerina 5 4.55 2020 Heartstopper: Volume Three (Heartstopper, #3)
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average rating: 4.55
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]]> <![CDATA[Heartstopper: Volume Two (Heartstopper, #2)]]> 43307358
But love works in surprising ways, and Nick is discovering all kinds of things about his friends, his family ... and himself.]]> 320 Alice Oseman 1444951408 Katerina 5 4.52 2019 Heartstopper: Volume Two (Heartstopper, #2)
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average rating: 4.52
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]]> <![CDATA[Heartstopper: Volume One (Heartstopper, #1)]]> 40495957
Charlie Spring is in Year 10 at Truham Grammar School for Boys. The past year hasn't been too great, but at least he's not being bullied anymore. Nick Nelson is in Year 11 and on the school rugby team. He's heard a little about Charlie - the kid who was outed last year and bullied for a few months - but he's never had the opportunity to talk to him.

They quickly become friends, and soon Charlie is falling hard for Nick, even though he doesn't think he has a chance. But love works in surprising ways, and sometimes good things are waiting just around the corner...]]> 288 Alice Oseman 152722533X Katerina 5 4.43 2018 Heartstopper: Volume One (Heartstopper, #1)
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name: Katerina
average rating: 4.43
book published: 2018
rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[Tales from a Not-So-Best Friend Forever (Dork Diaries #14)]]> 38533093 Nikki Maxwell’s summer is packed with drama in this fourteenth installment of the #1 New York Times bestselling Dork Diaries series!

Nikki and her bandmates are looking forward to an AWESOME summer on tour as the opening act for the world famous Bad Boyz! Nikki is a little worried when her frenemy, MacKenzie Hollister, weasels her way into a social media intern position with the tour. But she has a total MELTDOWN when she learns that MacKenzie is her new roommate! Will Nikki survive her dream tour as it quickly goes from AWESOME to AWFUL?! The drama continues in Dork Diaries 14: Tales from a Not-So-Best Friend Forever!]]> 320 Rachel Renée Russell 1534427201 Katerina 0 4.12 Tales from a Not-So-Best Friend Forever (Dork Diaries #14)
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]]> <![CDATA[Tales from a Not-So-Happy Birthday (Dork Diaries, #13)]]> 36229963
Nikki and her BFFs Chloe and Zoey have been planning a birthday party of epic proportions! There’s just one problem—Nikki’s mom says no way to the budget they need to make it happen. Nikki’s ready to call the whole thing off, but some surprising twists might take that decision out of her hands, and help comes from the person Nikki would least expect. One way or another, this will be a birthday that Nikki will never forget!]]> 304 Rachel Renée Russell 1534426388 Katerina 0 4.18 2018 Tales from a Not-So-Happy Birthday (Dork Diaries, #13)
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average rating: 4.18
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]]> Ο θησαυρός της Βαγίας 17158700 152 Ζωρζ Σαρή 9602936797 Katerina 4 4.22 1969 Ο θησαυρός της Βαγίας
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average rating: 4.22
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rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[Tales from a Not-So-Secret Crush Catastrophe (Dork Diaries, #12)]]> 34228074 New York Times bestselling Dork Diaries series!

In Nikki Maxwell’s newest diary, it’s the countdown to the end of the school year, and Nikki’s juggling some big questions about how she’ll spend her summer. She’s also facing an unexpected crush catastrophe—there’s a new kid interested in Nikki, but the last thing she wants to do is accidentally hurt Brandon! It all comes down to a big decision Nikki has to make, and drama like she’s never faced before!]]> 272 Rachel Renée Russell 1534405607 Katerina 0 4.20 2017 Tales from a Not-So-Secret Crush Catastrophe (Dork Diaries, #12)
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average rating: 4.20
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]]> <![CDATA[Tales from a Not-So-Friendly Frenemy (Dork Diaries, #11)]]> 28953846
Nikki Maxwell has the worst luck. Of all the schools she could have been assigned to for the student exchange week program, she’s stuck at North Hampton Hills, her archnemesis MacKenzie Hollister’s new school. Even worse, there might just be someone at NHH who can out-MacKenzie MacKenzie!

Can the queen of dorks survive a week at the head CCP’s new school or will it be a dorky disaster?]]> 288 Rachel Renée Russell 1481479202 Katerina 0 4.24 2016 Tales from a Not-So-Friendly Frenemy (Dork Diaries, #11)
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average rating: 4.24
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]]> <![CDATA[Tales from a Not-So-Perfect Pet Sitter (Dork Diaries, #10)]]> 25074598
Nikki has to hide seven ADORKABLE puppies from two parents, one nosy little sister, an entire middle school, and…one mean girl out for revenge, MacKenzie Hollister. If anyone can do it, it’s Nikki…but not without some hilarious challenges along the way!]]> 320 Rachel Renée Russell 1481457047 Katerina 0 4.20 Tales from a Not-So-Perfect Pet Sitter (Dork Diaries, #10)
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These books were a big part of my childhood. I could get lost in Nikki’s world for hours. I have reread the books I own probably like a million times. But, recently, I came to the realisation that I never actually finished the series. So, I decided to do so. Better late than never!
]]> <![CDATA[Tales from a Not-So-Dorky Drama Queen (Dork Diaries, #9)]]> 21411911 New York Times bestselling Dork Diaries series!

A certain member of the CCP girls Dork fans know all about has gotten her hands on Nikki’s diary and has decided to share some thoughts of her own…Find out what happens when Nikki’s worst nightmare becomes a reality. Welcome to MacKenzie’s world!!]]> Rachel Renée Russell 1442370246 Katerina 0 4.30 2015 Tales from a Not-So-Dorky Drama Queen (Dork Diaries, #9)
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]]> <![CDATA[Tales from a Not-So-Happily Ever After! (Dork Diaries, #8)]]> 20011917 ’s Diary of a Wimpy Kid for girls in this hilarious novel!


After a bump on the head in gym class on April Fool’s Day, Nikki has a wild dream in which she, her BFFs Chloe and Zoey, her crush Brandon, and mean girl Mackenzie all end up playing the roles of some familiar classic fairy tale characters. Of course, the stories don’t go quite as expected—because they each have a very special Dork Diaries spin!

]]> 304 Rachel Renée Russell Katerina 0 4.22 2013 Tales from a Not-So-Happily Ever After! (Dork Diaries, #8)
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]]> <![CDATA[Tales from a Not-So-Glam TV Star (Dork Diaries, #7)]]> 18689810 ’s Diary of a Wimpy Kid for girls in this hilarious novel!
Everyone’s been rooting for me and my crush, Brandon—and now I can FINALLY write all about what did � or didn’t � happen with our first kiss!
Sighhhhh. There’s a LOT happening right now! A reality TV crew is following me and my friends as we record our hit song together, plus there are voice lessons, dance practice, and my little sister Brianna’s latest wacky hijinks (they NEVER end).
I’m sure I’ve got this…but I hope all of this excitement won’t cause new problems for me and Brandon…eek!!

The Dork Diaries series has more than 13 million copies in print worldwide!]]> 352 Rachel Renée Russell 1442487674 Katerina 0 4.31 2014 Tales from a Not-So-Glam TV Star (Dork Diaries, #7)
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]]> <![CDATA[Tales from a Not-So-Happy Heartbreaker (Dork Diaries, #6)]]> 16074748 ’s Diary of a Wimpy Kid for girls in this hilarious novel!


’s the biggest dance of the year and I am HOPING my crush, Brandon, (shhhh!!) wants to be my date. But time is running out. What if he doesn’t say yes? Or worse . . . what if he’s waiting for MacKenzie?!!
’s time for me and my BFFs, Chloe and Zoey to tackle the topic of love, Dork Diaries style! SQUEEEE!!!!

]]> 368 Rachel Renée Russell 1442449632 Katerina 0 4.34 2013 Tales from a Not-So-Happy Heartbreaker (Dork Diaries, #6)
author: Rachel Renée Russell
name: Katerina
average rating: 4.34
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]]> <![CDATA[Tales from a Not-So-Smart Miss Know-It-All (Dork Diaries, #5)]]> 13547289
Nikki Maxwell develops a sudden interest in student journalism that may or may not (okay, definitely does) have to do with the fact that mean girl MacKenzie has started writing a gossip column. So Nikki joins the school newspaper staff—and ends up as an advice columnist! ’s fun at first, answering other kids� letters. But when Miss Know-It-All’s inbox is suddenly overflowing with pleas for guidance, Nikki feels in need of some help herself!]]> 368 Rachel Renée Russell 1442449616 Katerina 0 4.36 2012 Tales from a Not-So-Smart Miss Know-It-All (Dork Diaries, #5)
author: Rachel Renée Russell
name: Katerina
average rating: 4.36
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]]> <![CDATA[Tales from a Not-So-Graceful Ice Princess (Dork Diaries, #4)]]> 13545345 288 Rachel Renée Russell 085707685X Katerina 0 4.31 2012 Tales from a Not-So-Graceful Ice Princess (Dork Diaries, #4)
author: Rachel Renée Russell
name: Katerina
average rating: 4.31
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]]> <![CDATA[Tales from a Not-So-Talented Pop Star (Dork Diaries, #3)]]> 9635657 ’s Diary of a Wimpy Kid for girls in this hilarious novel!


Nikki’s Road to Stardom Checklist:
[Tick] Diva showdown
[Tick] BFF feud
[Tick] Talented entourage to back up VIP (Very Important Pop Star!)
Just when I was starting to get used to life at my new school, this talent competition could change everything!

]]> 335 Rachel Renée Russell Katerina 0 4.26 2011 Tales from a Not-So-Talented Pop Star (Dork Diaries, #3)
author: Rachel Renée Russell
name: Katerina
average rating: 4.26
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]]> <![CDATA[Tales from a Not-So-Popular Party Girl (Dork Diaries, #2)]]> 8274537 ’s Diary of a Wimpy Kid for girls in this hilarious novel!


Recipe for disaster: 4 parties. Add 2 friends and 1 crush. Divide by 1 mean girl out to RUIN Nikki. Mix well, put fingers over eyes, and CRINGE.
I thought it would NEVER happen, but my life is FINALLY going well for me.

I’m adjusting to my new school and hanging out with my BFFs Chloe and Zoey. And, get this! My crush, Brandon, has asked ME to be his lab partner—a seriously awesome development.

However, when I overhear mean girl MacKenzie bragging that Brandon’s taking HER to the Halloween dance, I’m totally BUMMED and sign-up instead to spend Halloween at a kid’s party with my bratty, little sister, Brianna.

Lucky for me, I find out Mackenzie is lying and my dream of going to the party with Brandon could actually become a reality! But, can I juggle TWO events at the exact same time and survive a wacky assortment of trials, tribulations and disasters?!! HELP!!!

]]> 288 Rachel Renée Russell 1416986561 Katerina 0 4.23 2010 Tales from a Not-So-Popular Party Girl (Dork Diaries, #2)
author: Rachel Renée Russell
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average rating: 4.23
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]]> <![CDATA[Tales from a Not-So-Fabulous Life (Dork Diaries, #1)]]> 6054449 327 Rachel Renée Russell 1416980067 Katerina 0 4.11 2009 Tales from a Not-So-Fabulous Life (Dork Diaries, #1)
author: Rachel Renée Russell
name: Katerina
average rating: 4.11
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]]> <![CDATA[The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life]]> 28257707 Alternate cover edition of ISBN 9780062457738

In this generation-defining self-help guide, a superstar blogger cuts through the crap to show us how to stop trying to be "positive" all the time so that we can truly become better, happier people.

For decades, we’ve been told that positive thinking is the key to a happy, rich life. "F**k positivity," Mark Manson says. "Let’s be honest, shit is f**ked and we have to live with it." In his wildly popular Internet blog, Manson doesn’t sugarcoat or equivocate. He tells it like it is—a dose of raw, refreshing, honest truth that is sorely lacking today. The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F**k is his antidote to the coddling, let’s-all-feel-good mindset that has infected American society and spoiled a generation, rewarding them with gold medals just for showing up.

Manson makes the argument, backed both by academic research and well-timed poop jokes, that improving our lives hinges not on our ability to turn lemons into lemonade, but on learning to stomach lemons better. Human beings are flawed and limited�"not everybody can be extraordinary, there are winners and losers in society, and some of it is not fair or your fault." Manson advises us to get to know our limitations and accept them. Once we embrace our fears, faults, and uncertainties, once we stop running and avoiding and start confronting painful truths, we can begin to find the courage, perseverance, honesty, responsibility, curiosity, and forgiveness we seek.

There are only so many things we can give a f**k about so we need to figure out which ones really matter, Manson makes clear. While money is nice, caring about what you do with your life is better, because true wealth is about experience. A much-needed grab-you-by-the-shoulders-and-look-you-in-the-eye moment of real-talk, filled with entertaining stories and profane, ruthless humor, The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F**k is a refreshing slap for a generation to help them lead contented, grounded lives.]]> 212 Mark Manson Katerina 0 currently-reading 3.88 2016 The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life
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average rating: 3.88
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]]> Beach Read 52867387 A romance writer who no longer believes in love and a literary writer stuck in a rut engage in a summer-long challenge that may just upend everything they believe about happily ever afters.

Augustus Everett is an acclaimed author of literary fiction. January Andrews writes bestselling romance. When she pens a happily ever after, he kills off his entire cast.

They’re polar opposites.

In fact, the only thing they have in common is that for the next three months, they’re living in neighboring beach houses, broke, and bogged down with writer’s block.

Until, one hazy evening, one thing leads to another and they strike a deal designed to force them out of their creative ruts: Augustus will spend the summer writing something happy, and January will pen the next Great American Novel. She’ll take him on field trips worthy of any rom-com montage, and he’ll take her to interview surviving members of a backwoods death cult (obviously). Everyone will finish a book and no-one will fall in love. Really.]]> 400 Emily Henry 1984806734 Katerina 5 3.99 2020 Beach Read
author: Emily Henry
name: Katerina
average rating: 3.99
book published: 2020
rating: 5
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]]> The Simplest Gift 59794618
The international bestseller

The relentless pace of the working day. Endless, unconquerable to-do lists. A constant sense of distraction and isolation despite countless online connections. In our increasingly complex world, true contentment has never felt further from reach.

The Simplest Gift is an essential antidote for our times. Over the course of 100 stories � each centred around a unique lesson � Stefanos Xenakis shares the transformative outlook through which he has found purpose and meaning in life’s everyday moments. From rising early to sharing generously and laughing readily, Xenakis proves that joy can be found in the simplest and least expected places.

Humane, compassionate, and profound, this charming collection offers holistic guidance for the body, mind, and soul.]]> 389 Stefanos Xenakis 000845566X Katerina 4 3.97 2018 The Simplest Gift
author: Stefanos Xenakis
name: Katerina
average rating: 3.97
book published: 2018
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[Το φινάλε (Νυχτερινό σχολείο, #5)]]> 25695814 Διακυβεύονται πολλά σε αυτή την ιστορία.
Τα πιόνια έχουν στηθεί για την τελική αναμέτρηση.
Ο χρόνος έχει τελειώσει.
Το φινάλε πλησιάζει.
Είναι πια ζήτημα ζωής και θανάτου."]]> 408 C.J. Daugherty 6180301913 Katerina 4 4.22 2015 Το φινάλε (Νυχτερινό σχολείο, #5)
author: C.J. Daugherty
name: Katerina
average rating: 4.22
book published: 2015
rating: 4
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]]> Έρωτας σαν βροχή 12178246
Χρόνια μετά, μόνη και κλεισμένη στον εαυτό της, ανάμεσα σε βράχια και σπασμένα όστρακα, εξακολουθεί να ζει παρέα με θύμησες που πληγώνουν και επιθυμίες που κοιμούνται. Μα ξαφνικά ένα μικρό κορίτσι μπαίνει στη ζωή της. Και... τι παράξενο... έχουν το ίδιο όνομα!

Μια ιστορία ρομαντική, όπως τα τρυφερά κοριτσίτσικα όνειρα. Μια γυναίκα που αναδύεται από το σκοτεινό πέλαγος του έρωτα, για να αντικρίσει, ώριμη πια, τον εκτυφλωτικό ήλιο της αγάπης!]]> 504 Lena Manta 9604535331 Katerina 5
«Πέρασα για αγάπη ένα πάθος και σε έδιωξα για μια ανοησία που νόμιζα ότι ήταν η ζωή μου…Κ� όταν το κατάλαβα, δεν είχα καν τη δύναμη να σε καλέσω πίσω»]]> 3.87 2009 Έρωτας σαν βροχή
author: Lena Manta
name: Katerina
average rating: 3.87
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Το πιο υπέροχο βιβλίο που έχω διαβάσει. Ο τροπος που έγραφε η συγγραφεας για την αγάπη ήταν μαγικος. Αυτό το βιβλίο με άγγιξε πάρα πολύ. Δεν μπορούσα να το αφήσω κάτω, θέλοντας να μάθω το τέλος της ιστορίας. Αγάπησα όλους τους χαρακτηρες και ιδιαίτερα την Κλαιλια και τον Παύλο. Μακάρι όλες οι γυναίκες να βρουν έναν Παύλο στην ζωή τους!

«Πέρασα για αγάπη ένα πάθος και σε έδιωξα για μια ανοησία που νόμιζα ότι ήταν η ζωή μου…Κ� όταν το κατάλαβα, δεν είχα καν τη δύναμη να σε καλέσω πίσω»
]]> Family of Liars 59586261 The prequel to We Were Liars takes readers back to the story of another summer, another generation, and the secrets that will haunt them for decades to come.

A windswept private island off the coast of Massachusetts.
A hungry ocean, churning with secrets and sorrow.
A fiery, addicted heiress. An irresistible, unpredictable boy.
A summer of unforgivable betrayal and terrible mistakes.

Welcome back to the Sinclair family.
They were always liars.]]> 299 E. Lockhart 059356880X Katerina 4 3.75 2022 Family of Liars
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name: Katerina
average rating: 3.75
book published: 2022
rating: 4
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]]> Το ψέμα 10620712 141 George Sari Katerina 4 4.02 1970 Το ψέμα
author: George Sari
name: Katerina
average rating: 4.02
book published: 1970
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[30 γυναίκες που άλλαξαν τον κόσμο και πώς μπορείς να τον αλλάξεις κι εσύ]]> 54481240 280 Στέλλα Κάσδαγλη 9601681884 Katerina 4 4.38 30 γυναίκες που άλλαξαν τον κόσμο και πώς μπορείς να τον αλλάξεις κι εσύ
author: Στέλλα Κάσδαγλη
name: Katerina
average rating: 4.38
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rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[We'll Always Have Summer (Summer #3)]]> 8680278 291 Jenny Han 1416995587 Katerina 4 3.79 2011 We'll Always Have Summer (Summer #3)
author: Jenny Han
name: Katerina
average rating: 3.79
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rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[It's Not Summer Without You (Summer, #2)]]> 45172404 An alternate cover edition for this ISBN can be found here.

Last year, all of Belly’s dreams came true and the thought of missing a summer in Cousins Beach was inconceivable. But like the rise and fall of the ocean tide, things can change-- just like that. Suddenly the time she's always looked forward to most is something she dreads. And when Jeremiah calls to say Conrad has disappeared, Belly must decide how she will spend this summer: chasing after the boy she loves, or finally letting him go.]]> 288 Jenny Han 0141330554 Katerina 4 4,5 ⭐️ 3.67 2010 It's Not Summer Without You (Summer, #2)
author: Jenny Han
name: Katerina
average rating: 3.67
book published: 2010
rating: 4
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4,5 ⭐️
]]> <![CDATA[It Ends with Us (It Ends with Us, #1)]]> 27362503
Lily hasn’t always had it easy, but that’s never stopped her from working hard for the life she wants. She’s come a long way from the small town in Maine where she grew up � she graduated from college, moved to Boston, and started her own business. So when she feels a spark with a gorgeous neurosurgeon named Ryle Kincaid, everything in Lily’s life suddenly seems almost too good to be true.

Ryle is assertive, stubborn, maybe even a little arrogant. He’s also sensitive, brilliant, and has a total soft spot for Lily. And the way he looks in scrubs certainly doesn’t hurt. Lily can’t get him out of her head. But Ryle’s complete aversion to relationships is disturbing. Even as Lily finds herself becoming the exception to his “no dating� rule, she can’t help but wonder what made him that way in the first place.

As questions about her new relationship overwhelm her, so do thoughts of Atlas Corrigan � her first love and a link to the past she left behind. He was her kindred spirit, her protector. When Atlas suddenly reappears, everything Lily has built with Ryle is threatened.]]> 386 Colleen Hoover 1668021048 Katerina 4 4.11 2016 It Ends with Us (It Ends with Us, #1)
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name: Katerina
average rating: 4.11
book published: 2016
rating: 4
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]]> Το τραγούδι του Αχιλλέα 20453110
Ο νεαρός Πάτροκλος απογοητεύει τον πατέρα του και εξορίζεται στην αυλή του βασιλιά της Φθίας. Εκεί μεγαλώνει στη σκιά του εκθαμβωτικού Αχιλλέα, ο οποίος έχει τη δύναμη να αλλάζει τις ζωές των γύρω του και σύμφωνα με τις προφητείες θα γίνει ο άριστος των Ελλήνων.

Τα δύο αγόρια γίνονται φίλοι και στέλνονται να μαθητεύσουν στη σπηλιά του θρυλικού δάσκαλου Χείρωνα. Εκεί η σχέση τους ανθίζει και ορκίζονται ότι θα μείνουν για πάντα μαζί, όμως οι Μοίρες έχουν υφάνει το δικό τους σχέδιο.

Ξέπνοοι αγγελιαφόροι φέρνουν το μήνυμα ότι ένας πρίγκιπας από την Τροία έκλεψε την ομορφότερη γυναίκα στον κόσμο. Πρέπει τώρα οι βασιλιάδες να ξεπλύνουν την ντροπή και για να γίνει αυτό χρειάζονται το δόρυ και την ασπίδα του Αχιλλέα.

Ο ήρωας γνωρίζει ότι για να κατακτήσει την αθανασία το τίμημα θα είναι βαρύ, αλλά πιστεύει ότι ένα τραγούδι μπορεί να ξεγελάσει ακόμα και τους θεούς. Η μεγαλύτερη ιστορία αγάπης έχει μόλις ξεκινήσει.]]> 494 Madeline Miller 9603645796 Katerina 4 4.23 2011 Το τραγούδι του Αχιλλέα
author: Madeline Miller
name: Katerina
average rating: 4.23
book published: 2011
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[The Cheat Sheet (The Cheat Sheet, #1)]]> 58100280 Is it ever too late to leave the friend-zone?

Hi, my name is Bree Camden, and I’m hopelessly in love with my best friend and star quarterback Nathan Donelson (so is half of America, judging by the tabloids and how much the guy dates). The first step is admitting, right? Except, I can never admit it to him because he clearly doesn’t see me that way, and the last thing I want is for things to get weird between us.

Nothing but good old-fashioned, no-touching-the-sexiest-man-alive, platonic friendship for us! Everything is exactly how I like it! Yes. Good. (I’m not crying, I’m just peeling an onion.)

Our friendship is going swimmingly until I accidentally spill my beans to a reporter over too much tequila, and now the world seems to think me and Nathan belong together. Oh, and did I mention we have to date publicly for three weeks until after the Super Bowl because we signed a contract with...oops, forgot I can’t tell anyone about that!

Bottom line is, now my best friend is smudging all the lines and acting very un-platonic, and I’m just trying to keep my body from bursting into flames every time he touches me.

How am I going to make it through three weeks of fake dating Nathan without anything changing between us? Especially when it almost-sort-a-kinda seems like he’s fighting for a completely different outcome?

Send help.
XO Bree]]> 306 Sarah Adams Katerina 5 3.71 2021 The Cheat Sheet (The Cheat Sheet, #1)
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name: Katerina
average rating: 3.71
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rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[Φόνοι με αλφαβητική σειρά (Hercule Poirot, #13)]]> 43198455
Ένας δολοφόνος τρομοκρατεί τη χώρα. Διαλέγει το ποιον και πού θα δολοφονήσει με αλφαβητική σειρά: Πρώτα μια ηλικιωμένη καπνοπώλισσα, ύστερα μια σερβιτόρα που της άρεσε να φλερτάρει, κατόπιν έναν πλούσιος άνδρα... Το μόνο κοινό τους είναι ότι ότι τα αρχικά των ονομάτων τους είναι διαδοχικά γράμματα.

Με κάθε φόνο δείχνει και πιο σίγουρος. Τόσο σίγουρος, που μπαίνει στον πειρασμό να περιπαίξει και να μπερδέψει τον μεγάλο ντετέκτιβ Ηρακλή Πουαρό. Αλλά αυτό ίσως να είναι το ένα –κα� το μοιραίο� λάθος του�

Ένα εξαιρετικά δομημένο μυθιστόρημα, από τα πρώτα της αστυνομικής λογοτεχνίας που έχουν θέμα έναν serial killer, προτού καν καθιερωθεί ο όρος.

(Παρουσίαση από το οπισθόφυλλο)]]> 280 Agatha Christie 618012809X Katerina 5 4.06 1936 Φόνοι με αλφαβητική σειρά (Hercule Poirot, #13)
author: Agatha Christie
name: Katerina
average rating: 4.06
book published: 1936
rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[Αντίσταση (Νυχτερινό σχολείο, #4)]]> 25788592 Ένας μυστικός εμφύλιος πόλεμος διχάζει την κοινωνικοπολιτική ελίτ της Μεγάλης Βρετανίας και η οικογένεια της Άλι παίζει ρόλο-κλειδί στις εξελίξεις. Και οι δύο πλευρές θέλουν την Άλι με το μέρος τους κι ο Ναθάνιελ θα χρησιμοποιήσει κάθε θεμιτό και αθέμιτο μέσο για να τα καταφέρει. Αλλά εκείνη είναι αποφασισμένη να τον πολεμήσει μέχρι τελικής πτώσεως. Οι φίλοι της είναι έτοιμοι να σταθούν στο πλευρό της � ακόμα και να χάσουν τη ζωή τους για χάρη της. Μόνο που, αν τους συμβεί κάτι, η Άλι δε θα το αντέξει.
Η αντίσταση αρχίζει εδώ. Τα πάντα διακυβεύονται. Ο νικητής τα παίρνει όλα…]]> 424 C.J. Daugherty 9605669714 Katerina 5 4.32 2014 Αντίσταση (Νυχτερινό σχολείο, #4)
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average rating: 4.32
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rating: 5
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]]> We Were Liars 16143347 A private island.
A brilliant, damaged girl; a passionate, political boy.
A group of four friends—the Liars—whose friendship turns destructive.
A revolution. An accident. A secret.
Lies upon lies.
True love.
The truth.

We Were Liars is a modern, sophisticated suspense novel from New York Times bestselling author, National Book Award finalist, and Printz Award honoree E. Lockhart.

Read it.

And if anyone asks you how it ends, just LIE.]]> 242 E. Lockhart 0385741278 Katerina 5 3.66 2014 We Were Liars
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name: Katerina
average rating: 3.66
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rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[Το ράγισμα (Νυχτερινό σχολείο, #3)]]> 22885319 424 C.J. Daugherty Katerina 5 4.12 2013 Το ράγισμα (Νυχτερινό σχολείο, #3)
author: C.J. Daugherty
name: Katerina
average rating: 4.12
book published: 2013
rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[Έρωτας και θάνατος στη σκιά της ποίησης]]> 27860743 288 Kostas Karyotakis 9604555472 Katerina 4 4.52 Έρωτας και θάνατος στη σκιά της ποίησης
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average rating: 4.52
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rating: 4
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]]> Η αθέατη ζωή της Άντι Λαρί 59731732 688 Victoria E. Schwab 6185049953 Katerina 5 4.05 2020 Η αθέατη ζωή της Άντι Λαρί
author: Victoria E. Schwab
name: Katerina
average rating: 4.05
book published: 2020
rating: 5
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]]> Yellowface 59357120
So what if June edits Athena’s novel and sends it to her agent as her own work? So what if she lets her new publisher rebrand her as Juniper Song—complete with an ambiguously ethnic author photo? This piece of history deserve to be told, whoever the teller. That is what June believes, and The New York Times bestseller list agrees.

But June cannot escape Athena’s shadow, and emerging evidence threatens her stolen success. As she races to protect her secret she discovers exactly how far she will go to keep what she thinks she deserves.]]> 329 R.F. Kuang Katerina 0 to-read 3.84 2023 Yellowface
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name: Katerina
average rating: 3.84
book published: 2023
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[Κληρονομιά (Νυχτερινό σχολείο, #2)]]> 18214018 Τον τελευταίο χρόνο η Άλι αντιμετώπισε τρεις συλλήψεις, τη δολοφονία μιας φίλης, τη διάλυση της οικογένειάς της. Μέσα σε όλ� αυτά, έπαψε να πιστεύει στον εαυτό της. Το μόνο φωτεινό σημείο ήταν πλέον η νέα της ζωή στην Κιμμέρια Ακαδημία. Το μοναδικό μέρος όπου ένιωθε ότι ανήκε. Το μέρος που έφερε κοντά της νέους φίλους, όπως και τον υπέροχο Κάρτερ Ουέστ. Οι τοίχοι της Κιμμέριας Ακαδημίας όμως δεν περικλείουν έναν ονειρεμένο παράδεισο, αλλά κινδύνους και απειλές πέρα από κάθε φαντασία. Η ζωή μαθητών και καθηγητών κρέμεται από μια κλωστή και η οικογένεια της Άλι –από τη μυστηριώδη γιαγιά της μέχρι τον εξαφανισμένο αδελφό της� βρίσκεται στο επίκεντρο των εξελίξεων. Και αυτή τη φορά κανένας δεν πρόκειται να σώσει την Άλι. Αυτή τη φορά θα πρέπει να σωθεί μόνη της…]]> 440 C.J. Daugherty 9605662310 Katerina 5 4.04 2012 Κληρονομιά (Νυχτερινό σχολείο, #2)
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average rating: 4.04
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]]> <![CDATA[Νυχτερινό σχολείο (Νυχτερινό σχολείο, #1)]]> 17665121 Η Άλι Σέρινταν είναι ένα μπερδεμένο κορίτσι της μεσαίας τάξης. Η ζωή της βγήκε εκτός ελέγχου όταν ο αδελφός της το έσκασε από το σπίτι. Οι γονείς της δε νοιάζονται καθόλου για κείνη � ούτε και για τίποτε άλλο βέβαια. Και η αστυνομία μόλις τη συνέλαβε. Πάλι. Όταν τη στέλνουν εσώκλειστη στην Κιμμέρια Ακαδημία, η Άλι νομίζει ότι βρίσκεται απλώς σε κάποιο αυστηρό αριστοκρατικό σχολείο, σαν αναμορφωτήριο. Και ότι αρκεί να προσαρμοστεί για ένα διάστημα, ώσπου να ξεθυμάνει η ιστορία. Μεγάλο λάθος. Η Κιμμέρια Ακαδημία δεν είναι ένα συνηθισμένο σχολείο. Οι κανόνες εκεί είναι αλλόκοτοι και αρχαϊκοί. Δεν επιτρέπονται υπολογιστές ούτε τηλέφωνα. Οι μαθητές αποτελούν ένα παράξενο μείγμα ανθρώπων χαρισματικών, σκληρών και προνομιούχων. Κι ύστερα, υπάρχει το μυστικό Νυχτερινό Σχολείο, μια κρυφή αδελφότητα γύρω από την οποία τηρείται άκρα μυστικότητα. Μετά τον θάνατο ενός συμμαθητή της στην καλοκαιρινή γιορτή, η Άλι αρχίζει ν� ανακαλύπτει ότι το σχολείο και η οικογένειά της εμπλέκονται σε κάτι πολύ πιο σκοτεινό απ� ό,τι θα μπορούσε ποτέ της να φανταστεί. Άραγε, γιατί της είπαν ψέματα οι γονείς της; Ποιοι είναι οι εχθροί της; Τι συμβαίνει, στ� αλήθεια, στην Κιμμέρια Ακαδημία;]]> 502 C.J. Daugherty 9605660342 Katerina 5 4.17 2012 Νυχτερινό σχολείο (Νυχτερινό σχολείο, #1)
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]]> <![CDATA[Pretty Little Liars (Pretty Little Liars, #1)]]> 9651457 Debut author Sara Shepard's shamelessly addictive blend of Desperate Housewives and I Know What You Did Last Summer is absolutely delicious. Her infusion of mystery and murder breathes new life into the tired genre of high society chick lit, and will give fans of Gossip Girl and The A-List something new to dig their French-manicured nails into. A cliff-hanging ending will leave readers craving the second title in the planned four-part series. --Jennifer Hubert

]]> 244 Sara Shepard 1907410716 Katerina 5 3.69 2006 Pretty Little Liars (Pretty Little Liars, #1)
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average rating: 3.69
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]]> Les Misérables 24280 1463 Victor Hugo 0451525264 Katerina 0 to-read 4.19 1862 Les Misérables
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]]> <![CDATA[The Perks of Being a Wallflower]]> 22628 offers a unique perspective. But there comes a time to see
what it looks like from the dance floor.

This haunting novel about the dilemma of passivity vs. passion marks the stunning debut of a provocative new voice in contemporary fiction: The Perks of Being A WALLFLOWER

This is the story of what it's like to grow up in high school. More intimate than a diary, Charlie's letters are singular and unique, hilarious and devastating. We may not know where he lives. We may not know to whom he is writing. All we know is the world he shares. Caught between trying to live his life and trying to run from it puts him on a strange course through uncharted territory. The world of first dates and mixed tapes, family dramas and new friends. The world of sex, drugs, and The Rocky Horror Picture Show, when all one requires is that the perfect song on that perfect drive to feel infinite.

Through Charlie, Stephen Chbosky has created a deeply affecting coming-of-age story, a powerful novel that will spirit you back to those wild and poignant roller coaster days known as growing up.

(back cover)]]> 213 Stephen Chbosky Katerina 5 I’m hurting 4.24 1999 The Perks of Being a Wallflower
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average rating: 4.24
book published: 1999
rating: 5
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I’m hurting
]]> The Little Prince 157993
Few stories are as widely read and as universally cherished by children and adults alike as The Little Prince, presented here in a stunning new translation with carefully restored artwork. The definitive edition of a worldwide classic, it will capture the hearts of readers of all ages.]]> 96 Antoine de Saint-Exupéry 0152023984 Katerina 5 4.32 1943 The Little Prince
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name: Katerina
average rating: 4.32
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rating: 5
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]]> The Secret History 29044 559 Donna Tartt 1400031702 Katerina 0 to-read 4.17 1992 The Secret History
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]]> If We Were Villains 34369803
As a young actor at an elite conservatory, Oliver noticed that his talented classmates seem to play the same characters onstage and off � villain, hero, temptress � though he was always a supporting role. But when the teachers change the casting, a good-natured rivalry turns ugly, and the plays spill dangerously over into real life.

When tragedy strikes, one of the seven friends is found dead. The rest face their greatest acting challenge yet: convincing the police, and themselves, that they are blameless...]]> 422 M.L. Rio 1785656473 Katerina 0 to-read 4.29 2017 If We Were Villains
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]]> I'm Glad My Mom Died 59364173
Jennette McCurdy was six years old when she had her first acting audition. Her mother’s dream was for her only daughter to become a star, and Jennette would do anything to make her mother happy. So she went along with what Mom called “calorie restriction,� eating little and weighing herself five times a day. She endured extensive at-home makeovers while Mom chided, “Your eyelashes are invisible, okay? You think Dakota Fanning doesn’t tint hers?� She was even showered by Mom until age sixteen while sharing her diaries, email, and all her income.

In I’m Glad My Mom Died, Jennette recounts all this in unflinching detail—just as she chronicles what happens when the dream finally comes true. Cast in a new Nickelodeon series called iCarly , she is thrust into fame. Though Mom is ecstatic, emailing fan club moderators and getting on a first-name basis with the paparazzi (“Hi Gale!�), Jennette is riddled with anxiety, shame, and self-loathing, which manifest into eating disorders, addiction, and a series of unhealthy relationships. These issues only get worse when, soon after taking the lead in the iCarly spinoff Sam & Cat alongside Ariana Grande, her mother dies of cancer. Finally, after discovering therapy and quitting acting, Jennette embarks on recovery and decides for the first time in her life what she really wants.

Told with refreshing candor and dark humor, I’m Glad My Mom Died is an inspiring story of resilience, independence, and the joy of shampooing your own hair.]]> 320 Jennette McCurdy Katerina 0 to-read 4.45 2022 I'm Glad My Mom Died
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]]> The Waves 46114 The Waves introduces six characters—three men and three women—who are grappling with the death of a beloved friend, Percival. Instead of describing their outward expressions of grief, Virginia Woolf draws her characters from the inside, revealing them through their thoughts and interior soliloquies. As their understanding of nature’s trials grows, the chorus of narrative voices blends together in miraculous harmony, remarking not only on the inevitable death of individuals but on the eternal connection of everyone. The novel that most epitomizes Virginia Woolf’s theories of fiction in the working form, The Waves is an amazing book very much ahead of its time. It is a poetic dreamscape, visual, experimental, and thrilling.]]> 297 Virginia Woolf 0156949601 Katerina 0 to-read 4.17 1931 The Waves
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]]> <![CDATA[Beyond the Wand: The Magic & Mayhem of Growing Up a Wizard]]> 61062194 From the magical moments on set as Draco Malfoy to the challenges of growing up in the spotlight, get a backstage pass into Tom Felton’s life on and off the big screen in this #1 New York Times bestseller.

Tom Felton’s adolescence was anything but ordinary. His early rise to fame in beloved films like The Borrowers catapulted him into the limelight, but nothing could prepare him for what was to come after he landed the iconic role of the Draco Malfoy, the bleached blonde villain of the Harry Potter movies. For the next ten years, he was at the center of a huge pop culture phenomenon and yet, in between filming, he would go back to being a normal teenager trying to fit into a normal school.

Speaking with great candor and his signature humor, Tom shares his experience growing up as part of the wizarding world while also trying to navigate the muggle world. He tells stories from his early days in the business like his first acting gig where he was mistaken for fellow blonde child actor Macaulay Culkin and his Harry Potter audition where, in a very Draco-like move, he fudged how well he knew the books the series was based on (not at all). He reflects on his experiences working with cinematic greats such as Alan Rickman, Sir Michael Gambon, Dame Maggie Smith, and Ralph Fiennes (including that awkward Voldemort hug). And, perhaps most poignantly, he discusses the lasting relationships he made over that decade of filming, including with Emma Watson, who started out as a pesky nine-year-old whom he mocked for not knowing what a boom mic was but who soon grew into one of his dearest friends. Then, of course, there are the highs and lows of fame and navigating life after such a momentous and life-changing experience.

Tom Felton’s Beyond the Wand is an entertaining, funny, and poignant must-read for any Harry Potter fan. Prepare to meet a real-life wizard.]]> 288 Tom Felton 1538741369 Katerina 0 to-read 4.28 2022 Beyond the Wand: The Magic & Mayhem of Growing Up a Wizard
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]]> <![CDATA[The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse: Inspiring Conversations on Hope, Love and Personal Growth]]> 45449855 From the revered British illustrator, a modern fable for all ages that explores life’s universal lessons, featuring 100 color and black-and-white drawings.

“What do you want to be when you grow up?� asked the mole.

“Kind,� said the boy.

Charlie Mackesy offers inspiration and hope in uncertain times in this beautiful book based on his famous quartet of characters. The Boy, the Mole, the Fox, and the Horseexplores their unlikely friendship and the poignant, universal lessons they learn together.

Radiant with Mackesy’s warmth and gentle wit, The Boy, the Mole, the Fox, and the Horse blends hand-written narrative with dozens of drawings, including some of his best-loved illustrations (including “Help,� which has been shared over one million times) and new, never-before-seen material. A modern classic in the vein of The Tao of Pooh, The Alchemist, and The Giving Tree, this charmingly designed keepsake will be treasured for generations to come.]]> 128 Charlie Mackesy 0062976583 Katerina 0 to-read 4.68 2019 The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse: Inspiring Conversations on Hope, Love and Personal Growth
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]]> <![CDATA[Genius and Ink: Virginia Woolf on How to Read]]> 46061743 FOREWORD BY ALI SMITH

WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY FRANCESCA WADE

Who better to serve as a guide to great books and their authors than Virginia Woolf?

In the early years of its existence, the Times Literary Supplement published some of the finest writers in English: T. S. Eliot, Henry James and E. M. Forster among them. But one of the paper’s defining voices was Virginia Woolf, who produced a string of superb essays between the two World Wars.

The weirdness of Elizabethan plays, the pleasure of revisiting favourite novels, the supreme examples of Charlotte Brontë, George Eliot and Henry James, Thomas Hardy and Joseph Conrad: all are here, in anonymously published pieces, in which may be glimpsed the thinking behind Woolf’s works of fiction and the enquiring, feminist spirit of A Room of One’s Own.

Here is Woolf the critical essayist, offering, at one moment, a playful hypothesis and, at another, a judgement laid down with the authority of a twentieth-century Dr Johnson. Here is Woolf working out precisely what’s great about Hardy, and how Elizabeth Barrett Browning made books a “substitute for living� because she was “forbidden to scamper on the grass�. Above all, here is Virginia Woolf the reader, whose enthusiasm for great literature remains palpable and inspirational today.]]> 256 Virginia Woolf 000835572X Katerina 0 to-read 3.85 2019 Genius and Ink: Virginia Woolf on How to Read
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]]> Once 1045757 Once by Morris Gleitzman is the story of a young Jewish boy who is determined to escape the orphanage he lives in to save his Jewish parents from the Nazis in the occupied Poland of the Second World War.

Everybody deserves to have something good in their life. At least Once.

Once I escaped from an orphanage to find Mum and Dad.

Once I saved a girl called Zelda from a burning house.

Once I made a Nazi with a toothache laugh.

My name is Felix. This is my story.

Once is the first in a series of children's novels about Felix, a Jewish orphan caught in the middle of the Holocaust, from Australian author Morris Gleitzman - author of Bumface and Boy Overboard. The next books in the series Then, Now and After are also available from Puffin.]]> 160 Morris Gleitzman 014132063X Katerina 0 to-read 4.23 2005 Once
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]]> The Gifts 62985051 It will take something extraordinary to show four women who they truly are . . .

October 1840. A young woman staggers alone through a forest in the English countryside as a huge pair of impossible wings rip themselves from her shoulders.

In London, rumors of a "fallen angel" cause a frenzy across the city, and a surgeon desperate for fame and fortune finds himself in the grips of a dangerous obsession, one that will place the women he seeks in the most terrible danger . . .

The Gifts is an astonishing novel, a spellbinding tale told through five different perspectives and set against the luminous backdrop of nineteenth century London, it explores science, nature and religion, enlightenment, the role of women in society and the dark danger of ambition.]]> 448 Liz Hyder 1728271703 Katerina 0 to-read 3.60 2022 The Gifts
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]]> Icebreaker (UCMH, #1) 61767292
Nothing will stand in her way, not even the captain of the hockey team, Nate Hawkins.

Nate’s focus as team captain is on keeping his team on the ice. Which is tricky when a facilities mishap means they are forced to share a rink with the figure skating team—including Anastasia, who clearly can’t stand him.

But when Anastasia’s skating partner faces an uncertain future, she may have to look to Nate to take her shot.

Sparks fly, but Anastasia isn’t worried . . . because she could never like a hockey player, right?]]> 447 Hannah Grace Katerina 0 to-read 3.76 2022 Icebreaker (UCMH, #1)
author: Hannah Grace
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]]> Why I Am so Clever 29456614 'Why do I know a few more things? Why am I so clever altogether?'

Self-celebrating and self-mocking autobiographical writings from Ecce Homo, the last work iconoclastic German philosopher Nietzsche wrote before his descent into madness.

One of 46 new books in the bestselling Little Black Classics series, to celebrate the first ever Penguin Classic in 1946. Each book gives readers a taste of the Classics' huge range and diversity, with works from around the world and across the centuries - including fables, decadence, heartbreak, tall tales, satire, ghosts, battles and elephants.

]]> 52 Friedrich Nietzsche 0241251850 Katerina 0 to-read 3.17 1888 Why I Am so Clever
author: Friedrich Nietzsche
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]]> <![CDATA[Murder in the Age of Enlightenment: Essential Stories]]> 52958130
These are short stories from an unparalleled master of the form. Sublimely crafted and stylishly original, Akutagawa's writing is shot through with a fantastical sensibility. This collection, in a vivid new translation by Bryan Karetnyk, brings together the most essential work from this iconic Japanese writer.]]> 206 Ryūnosuke Akutagawa 178227555X Katerina 0 to-read 3.88 2020 Murder in the Age of Enlightenment: Essential Stories
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]]> White Bird 42859886 A powerful, unforgettable graphic novel from the world of Wonder, by globally bestselling and award-winning author R J Palacio.

To the millions of readers who fell in love with R J Palacio's Wonder, Julian is best-known as Auggie Pullman's classroom bully. White Bird reveals a new side to Julian's story, as Julian discovers the moving and powerful tale of his grandmother, who was hidden from the Nazis as a young Jewish girl in occupied France during the Second World War.

An unforgettable, unputdownable story about strength, courage and the power of kindness to change hearts, build bridges, and even save lives, from the globally bestselling author of Wonder.]]> 224 R.J. Palacio 0525645535 Katerina 0 to-read 4.60 2019 White Bird
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]]> <![CDATA[Frost in May (Frost in May #1)]]> 1280771 221 Antonia White 0860680495 Katerina 0 to-read 3.88 1933 Frost in May (Frost in May #1)
author: Antonia White
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average rating: 3.88
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]]> A Room of One’s Own 18521 A Room of One's Own is an extended essay by Virginia Woolf. First published on the 24th of October, 1929, the essay was based on a series of lectures she delivered at Newnham College and Girton College, two women's colleges at Cambridge University in October 1928. While this extended essay in fact employs a fictional narrator and narrative to explore women both as writers and characters in fiction, the manuscript for the delivery of the series of lectures, titled Women and Fiction, and hence the essay, are considered nonfiction. The essay is seen as a feminist text, and is noted in its argument for both a literal and figural space for women writers within a literary tradition dominated by patriarchy.]]> 112 Virginia Woolf Katerina 0 to-read 4.21 1929 A Room of One’s Own
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]]> <![CDATA[The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks]]> 1629601
Frankie Landau-Banks at age 15: A knockout figure. A sharp tongue. A chip on her shoulder. And a gorgeous new senior boyfriend: the supremely goofy, word-obsessed Matthew Livingston.

Frankie Landau-Banks, at age 16: No longer the kind of girl to take "no" for an answer and possibly a criminal mastermind. This is the story of how she got that way.

Frankie Landau-Banks. No longer the kind of girl to take "no" for an answer. Especially when "no" means she's excluded from her boyfriend's all-male secret society. Not when her ex-boyfriend shows up in the strangest of places. Not when she knows she's smarter than any of them. When she knows Matthew's lying to her. And when there are so many, many pranks to be done.]]> 345 E. Lockhart 0786838183 Katerina 0 to-read 3.81 2008 The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks
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]]> <![CDATA[My Name Is Mina (Skellig, #0.5)]]> 8526585
And so Mina writes and writes in her journal, and through her stories and poems there grows an opus of her life - her lessons, her loves, her beliefs, her mum, her dad, her thoughts and her dreams.

In this stunningly designed book, David Almond revisits Mina before she has met Michael, before she has met Skellig, in what is a thought-provoking and extraordinary prequel to his best-selling debut novel, Skellig.

From the winner of the Whitbread Children's Book Award the Carnegie Medal and the 2010 Hans Christian Andersen Award comes the extraordinary prequel to the award-winning Skellig.]]> 320 David Almond 0340997257 Katerina 0 to-read 3.91 2010 My Name Is Mina (Skellig, #0.5)
author: David Almond
name: Katerina
average rating: 3.91
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]]> <![CDATA[Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man, a Young Man, and Life's Greatest Lesson]]> 6900
Maybe, like Mitch, you lost track of this mentor as you made your way, and the insights faded. Wouldn't you like to see that person again, ask the bigger questions that still haunt you?

Mitch Albom had that second chance. He rediscovered Morrie in the last months of the older man's life. Knowing he was dying of ALS - or motor neurone disease - Mitch visited Morrie in his study every Tuesday, just as they used to back in college. Their rekindled relationship turned into one final 'class': lessons in how to live.]]> 210 Mitch Albom Katerina 0 to-read 4.19 1997 Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man, a Young Man, and Life's Greatest Lesson
author: Mitch Albom
name: Katerina
average rating: 4.19
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