olivia's bookshelf: all en-US Mon, 07 Apr 2025 05:42:43 -0700 60 olivia's bookshelf: all 144 41 /images/layout/goodreads_logo_144.jpg <![CDATA[Chainsaw Man, Vol. 1: Dog and Chainsaw]]> 55575967 192 Tatsuki Fujimoto olivia 4 4.38 2019 Chainsaw Man, Vol. 1: Dog and Chainsaw
author: Tatsuki Fujimoto
name: olivia
average rating: 4.38
book published: 2019
rating: 4
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]]> Attack on Titan, Vol. 9 18077955 192 Hajime Isayama 1612625487 olivia 4 4.41 2012 Attack on Titan, Vol. 9
author: Hajime Isayama
name: olivia
average rating: 4.41
book published: 2012
rating: 4
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]]> Listen to Your Sister 218273199 A razor-sharp, breathlessly harrowing novel of siblings, the nightmares that haunt us, and the deep, powerful love that can tie a family together, perfect for fans of Grady Hendrix, Isabel Canas and T. Kingfisher.

Twenty-five year old Calla Williams is struggling since becoming guardian to her brother, Jamie. Calla is overwhelmed and tired of being the one who makes sacrifices to keep the family together. Jamie, full of good-natured sixteen-year-old recklessness, is usually off fighting for what matters to him or getting into mischief, often at the same time. Dre, their brother, promised he would help raise Jamie-but now the ink is dry on the paperwork and in classic middle-child fashion, he's off doing his own thing. And through it all, The Nightmare never stops haunting recurring images of her brothers dying that she is powerless to stop.

When Jamie's actions at a protest spiral out of control, the siblings must go on the run. Taking refuge in a remote cabin that looks like it belongs on a slasher movie poster rather than an AirBNB, the siblings now face a new threat where their lives-and reality-hang in the balance. Their sister always warned them about her nightmares. They really should have listened.]]> 352 Neena Viel 1835412823 olivia 2 it felt like it was too back and forth- a lot of information but not a lot of detail ]]> 3.50 2025 Listen to Your Sister
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average rating: 3.50
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i didn’t understand the novel honestly.
it felt like it was too back and forth- a lot of information but not a lot of detail
]]> The Woman in Me 63281117 The Woman in Me?is a brave and?astonishingly moving story about freedom, fame, motherhood, survival, faith, and hope. In June 2021, the whole world was listening as Britney Spears spoke in open court. The impact of sharing?her voice—her truth—was undeniable, and it changed the course of her life and the lives of countless others. The Woman in Me reveals for the first time her?incredible journey—and the strength at the core of one of the greatest performers in pop music history. ? Written with remarkable candor?and humor, Spears’s groundbreaking book illuminates the enduring power of music and love—and the?importance of a woman telling her own story, on her own terms, at last.? ?]]> 288 Britney Spears 1761107623 olivia 4 4.06 2023 The Woman in Me
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average rating: 4.06
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rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[Want: Sexual Fantasies by Anonymous]]> 209211397 What do you want, when no one is watching?
What do you want, when the lights are off?
What do you want, when you are anonymous?

When we talk about sex, we talk about womanhood and motherhood, infidelity and exploitation, consent and respect, fairness and egalitarianism, love and hate, pleasure and pain. And yet for many reasons – some complicated, some not – so many of us don't talk about it. Our deepest, most intimate fears and fantasies remain locked away inside of us, until someone comes along with the key. Here's the key. In this generation-defining book, Gillian Anderson collects and introduces the anonymous letters of hundreds of women from around the world (along with her own anonymous letter). Want reveals how women feel about sex when they have the freedom to be totally anonymous.]]> 392 Gillian Anderson 1526657899 olivia 3 3.55 2024 Want: Sexual Fantasies by Anonymous
author: Gillian Anderson
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average rating: 3.55
book published: 2024
rating: 3
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]]> Alone on the Beach at Night 25026384 'All nations, colors, barbarisms, civilizations, languages...'



A selection taken from Walt Whitman's Leaves of Grass



Introducing Little Black Classics: 80 books for Penguin's 80th birthday. Little Black Classics celebrate the huge range and diversity of Penguin Classics, with books from around the world and across many centuries. They take us from a balloon ride over Victorian London to a garden of blossom in Japan, from Tierra del Fuego to 16th century California and the Russian steppe. Here are stories lyrical and savage; poems epic and intimate; essays satirical and inspirational; and ideas that have shaped the lives of millions.



Walt Whitman (1819-1892). Whitman's works available in Penguin Classics are Leaves of Grass and The Complete Poems.

]]> 64 Walt Whitman 0141398248 olivia 3 3.18 1892 Alone on the Beach at Night
author: Walt Whitman
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average rating: 3.18
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rating: 3
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]]> Three Tang Dynasty Poets 25034272 'Can I bear to leave these blue hills?'

A generous selection from three of the greatest and most enjoyable of Chinese poets

Wang Wei (roughly 699-761). Li Po (701-762). Tu Fu (712-770).]]> 64 Wang Wei 0141398213 olivia 2 3.51 761 Three Tang Dynasty Poets
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]]> Weyward 127280850
2019: Under cover of darkness, Kate flees London for ramshackle Weyward Cottage, inherited from a great aunt she barely remembers. With its tumbling ivy and overgrown garden, the cottage is worlds away from the abusive partner who tormented Kate. But she begins to suspect that her great aunt had a secret. One that lurks in the bones of the cottage, hidden ever since the witch-hunts of the 17th century.

1619: Altha is awaiting trial for the murder of a local farmer who was stampeded to death by his herd. As a girl, Altha’s mother taught her their magic, a kind not rooted in spell casting but in a deep knowledge of the natural world. But unusual women have always been deemed dangerous, and as the evidence for witchcraft is set out against Altha, she knows it will take all of her powers to maintain her freedom.

1942: As World War II rages, Violet is trapped in her family's grand, crumbling estate. Straitjacketed by societal convention, she longs for the robust education her brother receives––and for her mother, long deceased, who was rumored to have gone mad before her death. The only traces Violet has of her are a locket bearing the initial W and the word weyward scratched into the baseboard of her bedroom.

Weaving together the stories of three extraordinary women across five centuries, Emilia Hart's Weyward is an enthralling novel of female resilience and the transformative power of the natural world.]]> 392 Emilia Hart 1250842727 olivia 2 i just wasn’t for me 4.02 2023 Weyward
author: Emilia Hart
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average rating: 4.02
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rating: 2
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i just wasn’t for me
]]> Attack on Titan, Vol. 8 18077954
The expedition outside the wall was Eren's chance to prove himself. But it failed, and the female Titan is free once more! With his squad dead, Eren faces a royal summons. Will Mikasa and Armin have to betray their king to save their friend? And can they discover the female Titan's identity before she kills again?

Chapters list :
31. Grin
32. Mercy
33. Wall
34. Soldiers Dance]]> 192 Hajime Isayama 1612625479 olivia 5 4.48 2012 Attack on Titan, Vol. 8
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average rating: 4.48
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rating: 5
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]]> Attack on Titan, Vol. 7 17568815 192 Hajime Isayama 1612622569 olivia 5 4.43 2012 Attack on Titan, Vol. 7
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average rating: 4.43
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]]> Attack on Titan, Vol. 6 17262714
On the way to Eren’s home, deep in Titan territory, the Survey Corps ranks are broken by a charge led by a female Titan! But this Abnormal is different – she kills not to eat but to protect herself, and she seems to be looking for someone. Armin comes to a shocking conclusion: She’s a human in a Titan’s body, just like Eren!

Chapters List:-
23.The Female Titan
24.The Titan Forest
25.Bite
26.The Easy Path]]> 192 Hajime Isayama 1612622550 olivia 5 4.51 2011 Attack on Titan, Vol. 6
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average rating: 4.51
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rating: 5
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]]> Men Without Women 36114337
Marked by the same wry humor that has defined his entire body of work, in this collection Murakami has crafted another contemporary classic]]> 228 Haruki Murakami 1784705373 olivia 4 2023
wonderful author. just poorly executed for me ?\_(ツ)_/?]]> 3.69 2014 Men Without Women
author: Haruki Murakami
name: olivia
average rating: 3.69
book published: 2014
rating: 4
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it still stands what i said previously - but i do understand this author more being a little older this time around.

wonderful author. just poorly executed for me ?\_(ツ)_/?
]]> <![CDATA[The Dark Mirror (The Bone Season #5)]]> 210884080 Everything is about to change.

Paige Mahoney is outside the Republic of Scion for the first time in more than a decade – but she has no idea how she got to the free world. Half a year has been wiped from her memory.

As she makes her way back to the revolution, her journey takes her to Venice, where she learns a dangerous secret – one that could change the face of the war between humans and immortals. Before she can return to London, she must help the Domino Programme unravel the sinister Operation Ventriloquist.

And it soon becomes clear that the one person who could recover her memories – Arcturus Mesarthim – might also hold the key to saving Italy.

Lyrical, touching and action-packed, The Dark Mirror drives the Bone Season series forward, showing Samantha Shannon at the height of her powers.]]> 577 Samantha Shannon olivia 0 currently-reading 4.74 2025 The Dark Mirror (The Bone Season #5)
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]]> Daphnis and Chloe 27425327 'This only they knew, that the kiss had destroyed him and the bath had destroyed her.'

In this beautiful Ancient Greek tale, Daphnis and Chloe are the inexperienced goatherd and shepherd who must face pirates, rivals and the confusion of their own feelings to find true love.

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.

]]> 116 Longus olivia 5 4.05 150 Daphnis and Chloe
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]]> Onyx Storm (The Empyrean, #3) 210482168 THE STORM IS COMING . . .

Get ready to fly or die in the breathtaking follow-up to Fourth Wing and Iron Flame from #1 New York Times bestselling author Rebecca Yarros.]]> 779 Rebecca Yarros 0349443246 olivia 5 4.34 2025 Onyx Storm (The Empyrean, #3)
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average rating: 4.34
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]]> チェンソーマン 20 [Chainsaw Man 20] 228154070 192 Tatsuki Fujimoto 4088844718 olivia 0 to-read 4.19 2025 チェンソーマン 20 [Chainsaw Man 20]
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]]> The Dangers of Smoking in Bed 60446114
Thrumming with murderous intentions, family betrayals and morbid desires, these stories shine a light on a violent city gripped by urban madness; giving voice to the lost, the oppressed and the forgotten. Lucid and darkly poetic, unsettling and otherworldly, these tales of revenge, witchcraft and fetishes are a masterpiece of contemporary Gothic and a bewitching exploration of the dark inclinations that threaten to lead us over the edge.]]> 189 Mariana Enríquez 1783788216 olivia 4 2022 3.68 2009 The Dangers of Smoking in Bed
author: Mariana Enríquez
name: olivia
average rating: 3.68
book published: 2009
rating: 4
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gave me the heebeegeebees in some psrts of the novel. was a little graphic at times
]]> Lights Out 211200239
I want someone with a soul as black as night. Someone who would burn the world down for me and not lose a single minute of sleep over it.

Trauma nurse Aly Cappellucci doesn’t need any more kinks. She likes the one she’s landed on just fine. To her, nothing could top the masked men she follows online. Unless one of those men was shirtless, heavily tattooed, and waiting for her in her bedroom. She dreams about being hunted by one in particular, of him chasing her down and doing deliciously dark things to her willing body. She never could have guessed that by sending one drunken text, those dreams would become her new reality.

I want things most people don’t, craving darkness and depravity instead of light and love.

Josh Hammond has spent his life avoiding the limelight, but his online persona is another story. At night, he posts masked thirst traps for his millions of fans to drool over, but one follower has caught his eye: Aly. After reading a comment begging him to break into her house wearing a mask, he decides to take her up on her offer.

Together, Aly and Josh live out their darkest fantasies, unaware that Aly has captured the attention of someone else. Someone with far more sinister intentions than a little light stalking. As Josh turns from predator to protector and the stakes heighten, he must ask himself how far he’s willing to go for the woman he’s obsessed with.]]> 416 Navessa Allen 1638932239 olivia 4 4.22 2024 Lights Out
author: Navessa Allen
name: olivia
average rating: 4.22
book published: 2024
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[The Armor of Light (Kingsbridge, #4)]]> 81067992 The long-awaited sequel to A Column of Fire, The Armor of Light, heralds a new dawn for Kingsbridge, England, where progress clashes with tradition, class struggles push into every part of society, and war in Europe engulfs the entire continent and beyond.

The Spinning Jenny was invented in 1770, and with that, a new era of manufacturing and industry changed lives everywhere within a generation. A world filled with unrest wrestles for control over this new world order: A mother’s husband is killed in a work accident due to negligence; a young woman fights to fund her school for impoverished children; a well-intentioned young man unexpectedly inherits a failing business; one man ruthlessly protects his wealth no matter the cost, all the while war cries are heard from France, as Napoleon sets forth a violent master plan to become emperor of the world. As institutions are challenged and toppled in unprecedented fashion, ripples of change ricochet through our characters’ lives as they are left to reckon with the future and a world they must rebuild from the ashes of war.

Over thirty years ago, Ken Follett published his most popular novel, The Pillars of the Earth. Now, with this electrifying addition to the Kingsbridge series we are plunged into the battlefield between compassion and greed, love and hate, progress and tradition. It is through each character that we are given a new perspective to the seismic shifts that shook the world in nineteenth-century Europe.]]> 737 Ken Follett 0525954996 olivia 0 to-read 4.10 2023 The Armor of Light (Kingsbridge, #4)
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]]> <![CDATA[A Column of Fire (Kingsbridge, #3)]]> 33571713 As Europe erupts, can one young spy protect his queen? Ken Follett takes us deep into the treacherous world of powerful monarchs, intrigue, murder, and treason with his magnificent epic, A Column of Fire—the chronological latest in the Kingsbridge series, following The Pillars of the Earth, World Without End, and the prequel, The Evening and the Morning.

In 1558, the ancient stones of Kingsbridge Cathedral look down on a city torn apart by religious conflict. As power in England shifts precariously between Catholics and Protestants, royalty and commoners clash, testing friendship, loyalty, and love.

Ned Willard wants nothing more than to marry Margery Fitzgerald. But when the lovers find themselves on opposing sides of the religious conflict dividing the country, Ned goes to work for Princess Elizabeth. When she becomes queen, all Europe turns against England. The shrewd, determined young monarch sets up the country’s first secret service to give her early warning of assassination plots, rebellions, and invasion plans. Over a turbulent half century, the love between Ned and Margery seems doomed as extremism sparks violence from Edinburgh to Geneva. Elizabeth clings to her throne and her principles, protected by a small, dedicated group of resourceful spies and courageous secret agents.

The real enemies, then as now, are not the rival religions. The true battle pitches those who believe in tolerance and compromise against the tyrants who would impose their ideas on everyone else—no matter what the cost.

Exciting and ambitious, and set during one of the most turbulent and revolutionary times in history, A Column of Fire will delight longtime fans of the Kingsbridge series and serve as the perfect introduction for readers new to Ken Follett.]]> 916 Ken Follett 052595497X olivia 0 to-read 4.16 2017 A Column of Fire (Kingsbridge, #3)
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]]> <![CDATA[World Without End (Kingsbridge, #2)]]> 5064 Librarian's note: An alternate cover edition can be found here

World Without End takes place in the same town of Kingsbridge, two centuries after the townspeople finished building the exquisite Gothic cathedral that was at the heart of The Pillars of the Earth. The cathedral and the priory are again at the center of a web of love and hate, greed and pride, ambition and revenge, but this sequel stands on its own. This time the men and women of an extraordinary cast of characters find themselves at a crossroads of new ideas—about medicine, commerce, architecture, and justice. In a world where proponents of the old ways fiercely battle those with progressive minds, the intrigue and tension quickly reach a boiling point against the devastating backdrop of the greatest natural disaster ever to strike the human race—the Black Death.]]> 1237 Ken Follett olivia 0 to-read 4.30 2007 World Without End (Kingsbridge, #2)
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]]> <![CDATA[The Pillars of the Earth (Kingsbridge, #1)]]> 5043 Ken Follett is known worldwide as the master of split-second suspense, but his most beloved and bestselling book tells the magnificent tale of a twelfth-century monk driven to do the seemingly impossible: build the greatest Gothic cathedral the world has ever known.

Everything readers expect from Follett is here: intrigue, fast-paced action, and passionate romance. But what makes The Pillars of the Earth extraordinary is the time the twelfth century; the place feudal England; and the subject the building of a glorious cathedral. Follett has re-created the crude, flamboyant England of the Middle Ages in every detail. The vast forests, the walled towns, the castles, and the monasteries become a familiar landscape.

Against this richly imagined and intricately interwoven backdrop, filled with the ravages of war and the rhythms of daily life, the master storyteller draws the reader irresistibly into the intertwined lives of his characters into their dreams, their labors, and their loves: Tom, the master builder; Aliena, the ravishingly beautiful noblewoman; Philip, the prior of Kingsbridge; Jack, the artist in stone; and Ellen, the woman of the forest who casts a terrifying curse. From humble stonemason to imperious monarch, each character is brought vividly to life.

The building of the cathedral, with the almost eerie artistry of the unschooled stonemasons, is the center of the drama. Around the site of the construction, Follett weaves a story of betrayal, revenge, and love, which begins with the public hanging of an innocent man and ends with the humiliation of a king.

For the TV tie-in edition with the same ISBN go to this Alternate Cover Edition
]]> 976 Ken Follett 045122213X olivia 0 to-read 4.34 1989 The Pillars of the Earth (Kingsbridge, #1)
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]]> <![CDATA[The Evening and the Morning (Kingsbridge, #0)]]> 49239093
It is 997 CE, the end of the Dark Ages. England is facing attacks from the Welsh in the west and the Vikings in the east. Those in power bend justice according to their will, regardless of ordinary people and often in conflict with the king. Without a clear rule of law, chaos reigns.

In these turbulent times, three characters find their lives intertwined. A young boatbuilder's life is turned upside down when his home is raided by Vikings, forcing him and his family to move and start their lives anew in a small hamlet where he does not fit in. . . . A Norman noblewoman marries for love, following her husband across the sea to a new land, but the customs of her husband's homeland are shockingly different, and it soon becomes clear to her that a single misstep could be catastrophic. . . . A monk dreams of transforming his humble abbey into a center of learning that will be admired throughout Europe. And each in turn comes into dangerous conflict with a clever and ruthless bishop who will do anything to increase his wealth and power.

Thirty years ago, Ken Follett published his most popular novel, The Pillars of the Earth. Now, Follett's masterful new prequel The Evening and the Morning takes us on an epic journey into a historical past rich with ambition and rivalry, death and birth, love and hate, that will end where The Pillars of the Earth begins.]]> 913 Ken Follett 0525954988 olivia 0 to-read 4.32 2020 The Evening and the Morning (Kingsbridge, #0)
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]]> Leave Me Behind 221287780
So what is she to do when she finds herself on a plane to California and on her way to a sure death sentence? A one-night stand. At least, that’s all it was supposed to be—one last night to be free. Only, she finds out too late that the dark and mysterious man she solely wanted as a fling is not only her new comrade but also the one she dreaded meeting most—her immediate superior and untouchable devil in the field. Bones.

He’s hell on earth—cruel and unforgiving, but most of all, he hates her, and he makes sure she knows it. And yet, she finds herself unwilling to leave his side when he’s unable to get to the evac point when their mission goes awry.

She stays behind with the devil and the secrets he keeps. They only have one another to trust when no faith is left.]]> 464 K.M. Moronova 1963474074 olivia 0 to-read 3.75 Leave Me Behind
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]]> Greek Lessons 147779009 A powerful novel of the saving grace of language and human connection, from the celebrated author of The Vegetarian.

'Breathtaking . . . She is simply my favourite living writer to read, and think with, and see the world with' Max Porter
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In a classroom in Seoul, a young woman watches her Greek language teacher at the blackboard. She tries to speak but has lost her voice. Her teacher finds himself drawn to the silent woman, for day by day he is losing his sight.

Soon they discover a deeper pain binds them. For her, in the space of just a few months, she has lost both her mother and the custody battle for her nine-year-old son. For him, it's the pain of growing up between Korea and Germany, being torn between two cultures and languages.

Greek Lessons is a tender love letter to human connection, a novel to awaken the senses, vividly conjuring the essence of what it means to be alive.

Translated by Deborah Smith and Emily Yae Won.
__________________

'Another stunning gem: quiet, sharply faceted, and devastating' Kirkus

'Han Kang's vivid and at times violent storytelling will wake up even the most jaded of literary palates' Independent

'Han Kang is a writer like no other. In a few lines, she seems to traverse the entirety of human experience' Katie Kitamura]]> 149 Han Kang 0241997062 olivia 3 2025 3.55 2011 Greek Lessons
author: Han Kang
name: olivia
average rating: 3.55
book published: 2011
rating: 3
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]]> The White Book 56133017 FROM HAN KANG, WINNER OF THE 2024 NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE

“[Han Kang writes in] intense poetic prose that . . . exposes the fragility of human life.”—from the Nobel Prize citation

SHORTLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE ? A “formally daring, emotionally devastating, and deeply political” (The New York Times Book Review) exploration of personal grief through the prism of the color white, from the internationally bestselling author of The Vegetarian

“Stunningly beautiful writing . . . delicate and gorgeous . . . one of the smartest reflections on what it means to remember those we’ve lost.”—NPR

While on a writer’s residency, a nameless narrator focuses on the color white to creatively channel her inner pain. Through lyrical, interconnected stories, she grapples with the tragedy that has haunted her family, attempting to make sense of her older sister’s death using the color white. From trying to imagine her mother’s first time producing breast milk to watching the snow fall and meditating on the impermanence of life, she weaves a poignant, heartfelt story of the omnipresence of grief and the ways we perceive the world around us.

In captivating, starkly beautiful language, The White Book offers a multilayered exploration of color and its absence, of the tenacity and fragility of the human spirit, and of our attempts to graft new life from the ashes of destruction.]]> 161 Han Kang olivia 4 2022, 2025 what it’s means to be a mother of loss and grief - but yet how to learn and grow in the deepest darkest moments.]]> 4.08 2016 The White Book
author: Han Kang
name: olivia
average rating: 4.08
book published: 2016
rating: 4
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a really moving novel, of life, death, and growth.
what it’s means to be a mother of loss and grief - but yet how to learn and grow in the deepest darkest moments.
]]> Iron Flame (The Empyrean, #2) 90202302 “The first year is when some of us lose our lives. The second year is when the rest of us lose our humanity.” —Xaden Riorson

Everyone expected Violet Sorrengail to die during her first year at Basgiath War College—Violet included. But Threshing was only the first impossible test meant to weed out the weak-willed, the unworthy, and the unlucky.

Now the real training begins, and Violet’s already wondering how she’ll get through. It’s not just that it’s grueling and maliciously brutal, or even that it’s designed to stretch the riders’ capacity for pain beyond endurance. It’s the new vice commandant, who’s made it his personal mission to teach Violet exactly how powerless she is–unless she betrays the man she loves.

Although Violet’s body might be weaker and frailer than everyone else’s, she still has her wits—and a will of iron. And leadership is forgetting the most important lesson Basgiath has taught her: Dragon riders make their own rules.

But a determination to survive won’t be enough this year.

Because Violet knows the real secret hidden for centuries at Basgiath War College—and nothing, not even dragon fire, may be enough to save them in the end.]]> 623 Rebecca Yarros 1649374178 olivia 5 2023, 2025 4.33 2023 Iron Flame (The Empyrean, #2)
author: Rebecca Yarros
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average rating: 4.33
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rating: 5
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]]> Orbital 221989152 Life on our planet as you've never seen it before.

Six astronauts rotate in their spacecraft above the earth. They are there to collect meteorological data and conduct scientific experiments. But mostly they observe. Together they watch our silent blue planet: endless shows of spectacular beauty witnessed in a single day.

Yet although separated from the world they cannot escape its constant pull. News reaches them of the death of a mother, and with it comes thoughts of returning home. The fragility of human life fills their conversations, their fears, their dreams.

So far from earth, they have never felt more part - or protective - of it. They begin to ask, what is life without earth? What is earth without humanity?]]> 137 Samantha Harvey 1529922933 olivia 4 2025 3.56 2023 Orbital
author: Samantha Harvey
name: olivia
average rating: 3.56
book published: 2023
rating: 4
read at: 2025/01/30
date added: 2025/02/05
shelves: 2025
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]]> <![CDATA[Fourth Wing (The Empyrean, #1)]]> 63219094 Enter the brutal and elite world of a war college for dragon riders from #1 New York Times bestselling author Rebecca Yarros.

Twenty-year-old Violet Sorrengail was supposed to enter the Scribe Quadrant, living a quiet life among books and history. Now, the commanding general—also known as her tough-as-talons mother—has ordered Violet to join the hundreds of candidates striving to become the elite of Navarre: dragon riders.

But when you’re smaller than everyone else and your body is brittle, death is only a heartbeat away...because dragons don’t bond to “fragile” humans. They incinerate them.

With fewer dragons willing to bond than cadets, most would kill Violet to better their own chances of success. The rest would kill her just for being her mother’s daughter—like Xaden Riorson, the most powerful and ruthless wingleader in the Riders Quadrant.

She’ll need every edge her wits can give her just to see the next sunrise.

Yet, with every day that passes, the war outside grows more deadly, the kingdom's protective wards are failing, and the death toll continues to rise. Even worse, Violet begins to suspect leadership is hiding a terrible secret.

Friends, enemies, lovers. Everyone at Basgiath War College has an agenda—because once you enter, there are only two ways out: graduate or die.]]> 528 Rebecca Yarros olivia 5 2023, 2025 i am not okay 4.74 2023 Fourth Wing (The Empyrean, #1)
author: Rebecca Yarros
name: olivia
average rating: 4.74
book published: 2023
rating: 5
read at: 2025/01/26
date added: 2025/02/05
shelves: 2023, 2025
review:
i am not okay
]]> <![CDATA[The Book of Azrael (Gods and Monsters, #1)]]> 209093524
For a thousand years, the Etherworld has known peace.
Until now.

Many centuries ago, desperate to save her dying sister, Dianna made a deal with Kaden, a monster far worse than any nightmare. Locked in servitude to him, she is forced to hunt down an ancient relic held by her most dangerous enemies: an army led by Samkiel, the World Ender.

After the Gods War, Samkiel hid from everything, denying his crown and deserting his people. Now, an attack on those he loves sends him back to the realm he never wished to return to, and into the sights of an enemy he had hoped to forget.

With every world at stake, Dianna and Samkiel are forced to set aside their animosity and work together, before all is lost . . .

Don't miss the next book in this series, THE THRONE OF BROKEN GODS . . .]]> 22 Amber V. Nicole olivia 3 2025 3.90 2022 The Book of Azrael (Gods and Monsters, #1)
author: Amber V. Nicole
name: olivia
average rating: 3.90
book published: 2022
rating: 3
read at: 2025/01/23
date added: 2025/02/05
shelves: 2025
review:

]]> Attack on Titan, Vol. 5 16071864
Thanks to Eren, humanity has taken the town of Trost back from the Titans. Exhausted, Eren falls into a coma for three days – and wakes in shackles, staring at Erwin Smith, leader of the Survey Corps. Certain that Eren's father's research holds the key to the mystery of the Titans’ rise, Smith wants an expedition to retrieve it from the house where Eren grew up. But that’s deep in Titan territory, and to get there Eren will need to master a power he still doesn’t fully understand

Chapters list :
Side Story: Ilse's Notebook
19. Still Can't See
20. Special Operations Squad
21. Opening the Gate
22. Long-Distance Enemy Scouting Formation]]> 192 Hajime Isayama 1612622542 olivia 5 2025 4.48 2011 Attack on Titan, Vol. 5
author: Hajime Isayama
name: olivia
average rating: 4.48
book published: 2011
rating: 5
read at: 2025/01/21
date added: 2025/02/05
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]]> Stone Blind: Medusa's Story 62845087 Medusa – Schwester, Opfer, Monster?

Medusa w?chst bei ihren Schwestern auf und merkt schnell, dass sie anders ist – eine Sterbliche in einer Familie von G?ttern. Von ihrer Sch?nheit angezogen, bedr?ngt der Meeresgott Poseidon sie im Tempel der Athene. Die G?ttin w?hnt ihren Tempel entweiht und l?sst ihre Wut an der Unschuldigen aus: Medusa wird in ein Monster mit Schlangenhaaren verwandelt, das kein Lebewesen mehr ansehen kann, ohne es zu Stein erstarren zu lassen. Aus Rücksicht verdammt Medusa sich zu einem Leben in der Einsamkeit. Bis der junge Perseus sich aufmacht, das Haupt eines Ungeheuers zu erlangen...

Poetisch und klug erz?hlt Natalie Haynes die Geschichte einer Frau, die von anderen zum Monster gemacht wird – und sich doch selbst behauptet.]]> 384 Natalie Haynes 1761263463 olivia 2 2025 3.91 2022 Stone Blind: Medusa's Story
author: Natalie Haynes
name: olivia
average rating: 3.91
book published: 2022
rating: 2
read at: 2025/01/19
date added: 2025/02/05
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i would have rated this higher if it was actually about medusa
]]> Salt Slow 42870948
Teenagers develop ungodly appetites, a city becomes insomniac overnight, and bodies are diligently picked apart to make up better ones. The mundane worlds of schools and sleepy sea-side towns are invaded and transformed, creating a landscape which is constantly shifting to hold on to its inhabitants. Blurring the mythic and the gothic with the everyday, salt slow considers characters in motion – turning away, turning back or simply turning into something new entirely.

Winner of The White Review Short Story Prize, Armfield is a writer of sharp, lyrical prose and tilting dark humour – salt slow marks the arrival of an ambitious and singular new voice.]]> 193 Julia Armfield 1529012562 olivia 3 2025 3.99 2019 Salt Slow
author: Julia Armfield
name: olivia
average rating: 3.99
book published: 2019
rating: 3
read at: 2025/01/18
date added: 2025/02/05
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]]> Attack on Titan, Vol. 4 15798166 ?
The Survey Corps develop a risky gambit – have Eren in Titan form attempt to repair Wall Rose, reclaiming human territory from the monsters for the first time in a century. But Titan-Eren’s self-control is far from perfect, and when he goes on a rampage, not even Armin can stop him! With the survival of humanity on his massive shoulders, will Eren be able to return to his senses, or will he lose himself forever?


Chapters list :
14. Primitive Desire
15. One by One
16. Necessity
17. Delusions of Strength
18. What Should I Do Now?]]> 192 Hajime Isayama 1612622534 olivia 5 2025 4.43 2011 Attack on Titan, Vol. 4
author: Hajime Isayama
name: olivia
average rating: 4.43
book published: 2011
rating: 5
read at: 2025/01/14
date added: 2025/02/05
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]]> <![CDATA[Petals on the Wind (Dollanganger, #2)]]> 10442267
Of course mother had to pretend they didn't exist and grandmother was convinced they had the devil in them.

But that wasn't their fault. Was it?

Cathy knew what to do. She knew it was time to show her mother and grandmother that the pain and terror of the attic could not be forgotten...Show them. Show them -- once and for all.]]> 452 V.C. Andrews olivia 3 2025
i can’t finish this series - the brother x sister relationship gives me the ick ]]> 3.91 1980 Petals on the Wind (Dollanganger, #2)
author: V.C. Andrews
name: olivia
average rating: 3.91
book published: 1980
rating: 3
read at: 2025/01/14
date added: 2025/02/05
shelves: 2025
review:
2.5

i can’t finish this series - the brother x sister relationship gives me the ick
]]> Attack on Titan, Vol. 2 13531561 ?
The Colossal Titan has breached humanity’s first line of defense, Wall Maria. Mikasa, the 104th Training Corps’ ace and Eren’s best friend, may be the only one capable of defeating them, but beneath her calm exterior lurks a dark past. When all looks lost, a new Titan appears and begins to slaughter its fellow Titans. Could this new monster be a blessing in disguise, or is the truth something much more sinister?

This volume of Attack on Titan includes special extras after the story!


Chapters list :
5. A Dull Glow in the Midst of Despair
6. The World that the Girl Saw
7. Small Blade
8. Roar
9. The Beating of a Heart Can Be Heard]]> 189 Hajime Isayama 1612620256 olivia 5 2025 4.52 2010 Attack on Titan, Vol. 2
author: Hajime Isayama
name: olivia
average rating: 4.52
book published: 2010
rating: 5
read at: 2025/01/12
date added: 2025/02/05
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]]> Attack on Titan, Vol. 3 13536803 ?
The last thing Eren remembers before blacking out, a Titan had bitten off his arm and leg and was getting ready to eat him alive. Much to his surprise he wakes up without a scratch on him, with a crowd of angry soldiers screaming for his blood. What strange new power has he awakened, and what will happen when the boy devoted to destroying the Titans becomes one himself?

Includes special extras after the story!]]> 208 Hajime Isayama 1612620264 olivia 5 2025 4.46 2010 Attack on Titan, Vol. 3
author: Hajime Isayama
name: olivia
average rating: 4.46
book published: 2010
rating: 5
read at: 2025/01/14
date added: 2025/02/05
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]]> Attack on Titan, Vol. 1 13154150
For the past century, what's left of mankind has hidden in a giant, three-walled city, trapped in fear of the bizarre, giant humanoids known as the Titans. Little is known about where they came from or why they are bent on consuming humankind, but the sudden appearance of an enormous Titan is about to change everything...]]> 193 Hajime Isayama 1612620248 olivia 5 2025 4.48 2010 Attack on Titan, Vol. 1
author: Hajime Isayama
name: olivia
average rating: 4.48
book published: 2010
rating: 5
read at: 2025/01/11
date added: 2025/02/05
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]]> <![CDATA[Gild (The Plated Prisoner, #1)]]> 59112014
Gold.

Gold floors, gold walls, gold furniture, gold clothes. In Highbell, in the castle built into the frozen mountains, everything is made of gold.

Even me.

King Midas rescued me. Dug me out of the slums and placed me on a pedestal. I’m called his precious. His favored. I’m the woman he Gold-Touched to show everyone that I belong to him. To show how powerful he is. He gave me protection, and I gave him my heart. And even though I don’t leave the confines of the palace, I’m safe.

Until war comes to the kingdom and a deal is struck.

Suddenly, my trust is broken. My love is challenged. And I realize that everything I thought I knew about Midas might be wrong.

Because these bars I’m kept in, no matter how gilded, are still just a cage. But the monsters on the other side might make me wish I’d never left.

Author’s Note: This is a fantasy romance m/f story. There will be monarchs and magic and fae and steam and violence and all the feels. This book contains explicit content and mature language not intended for anyone under 18 years of age. This is book one of three in the series, so that means it won’t be tied up in a bow at the end. In fact, the bow is probably going to be tossed right off a cliff. But it’ll be worth the fall.]]> 10 Raven Kennedy olivia 2 2023, dnf-books, 2025

i started this days ago just forgot to update this.
but this is a big fat no from me ]]> 3.45 2020 Gild (The Plated Prisoner, #1)
author: Raven Kennedy
name: olivia
average rating: 3.45
book published: 2020
rating: 2
read at: 2025/01/09
date added: 2025/02/05
shelves: 2023, dnf-books, 2025
review:
tried to give this another shot- big no from me


i started this days ago just forgot to update this.
but this is a big fat no from me
]]> Skyshade (Lightlark, #3) 207003676 The pulse-pounding third novel in the #1 New York Times bestselling series, The Lightlark Saga, by acclaimed author and #BookTok sensation Alex Aster

Love kills kingdoms…

Back in Grim’s castle on Nightshade, Isla is reeling in the wake of a brutal battle and the devastating truths it exposed. Her future—and the fate of the world—now hinge on a heart split in two.

Past Isla, who fell in love with the ruler of Nightshade, fights to resist feelings she considers treasonous. The Isla of the present, who has seen the ruin her powers can cause, will do anything to save Lightlark and its king.

As the line between enemy and friend is tested, Isla is more desperate than ever to understand the oracle’s final prophecy and change her heartrending fate. But a storm is coming. And with it, a long-buried evil greater than anything the realms have faced before.

With the clock ticking on her destiny and the survival of two warring kingdoms hinging on her own shattered heart, Isla Crown will either save the world—or destroy it.]]> 384 Alex Aster 141977378X olivia 3 2025 was so over it by the end 3.62 2024 Skyshade (Lightlark, #3)
author: Alex Aster
name: olivia
average rating: 3.62
book published: 2024
rating: 3
read at: 2025/01/08
date added: 2025/02/05
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was so over it by the end
]]> Nightbane (Lightlark, #2) 58410355 The seductive and action-packed follow-up to Alex Aster’s instant #1 New York Times, #1 Wall Street Journal, and internationally bestselling novel, Lightlark

Isla Crown has secured the love of two powerful rulers and broken the curses that plagued the six realms for centuries, but few know the true origins of her powers.

Now, in the wake of a crushing betrayal, Isla finds herself struggling to win respect as the newly crowned leader of two separate realms. Worse, her fellow rulers haven’t ceded victory quietly, and there are others in Isla’s midst who don’t believe her ascent to power was earned.

As certain death races toward Lightlark and secrets from the past begin to unravel, Isla must weigh her responsibility to her people against the whims of the most dangerous traitor of all: her heart.

Alex Aster’s intricate world expands after the riveting culmination of the Centennial games, delving more deeply into Isla’s memories of her past, as her future hurtles toward two possible fates.]]> 432 Alex Aster olivia 3 2025 4.11 2023 Nightbane (Lightlark, #2)
author: Alex Aster
name: olivia
average rating: 4.11
book published: 2023
rating: 3
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]]> Lightlark (Lightlark, #1) 60310757 Welcome to the Centennial.

Every 100 years, the island of Lightlark appears to host the Centennial, a deadly game that only the rulers of six realms are invited to play. The invitation is a summons—a call to embrace victory and ruin, baubles and blood. The Centennial offers the six rulers one final chance to break the curses that have plagued their realms for centuries. Each ruler has something to hide. Each realm’s curse is uniquely wicked. To destroy the curses, one ruler must die.

Isla Crown is the young ruler of Wildling—a realm of temptresses cursed to kill anyone they fall in love with. They are feared and despised, and are counting on Isla to end their suffering by succeeding at the Centennial.

To survive, Isla must lie, cheat, and betray…even as love complicates everything.]]> 416 Alex Aster 1419760866 olivia 3 2025 3.84 2022 Lightlark (Lightlark, #1)
author: Alex Aster
name: olivia
average rating: 3.84
book published: 2022
rating: 3
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]]> <![CDATA[Flowers in the Attic (Dollanganger, #1)]]> 122990720
At the top of the stairs there are four secrets hidden. Blond, beautiful, innocent, and struggling to stay alive…

They were a perfect family, golden and carefree—until a heartbreaking tragedy shattered their happiness. Now, for the sake of an inheritance that will ensure their future, the children must be hidden away out of sight, as if they never existed. Kept on the top floor of their grandmother’s vast mansion, their loving mother assures them it will be just for a little while. But as brutal days swell into agonizing months and years, Cathy, Chris, and twins Cory and Carrie realize their survival is at the mercy of their cruel and superstitious grandmother…and this cramped and helpless world may be the only one they ever know.

Book One of the Dollanganger series, followed by Petals in the Wind, If There be Thorns, Seeds of Yesterday, and Garden of Shadows.]]> 418 V.C. Andrews olivia 3 2025 3.97 1979 Flowers in the Attic (Dollanganger, #1)
author: V.C. Andrews
name: olivia
average rating: 3.97
book published: 1979
rating: 3
read at: 2025/01/02
date added: 2025/02/05
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]]> Everything I Never Told You 18693763
Lydia is the favourite child of Marilyn and James Lee; a girl who inherited her mother's bright blue eyes and her father's jet-black hair. Her parents are determined that Lydia will fulfill the dreams they were unable to pursue - in Marilyn's case that her daughter become a doctor rather than a homemaker, in James's case that Lydia be popular at school, a girl with a busy social life and the centre of every party. But Lydia is under pressures that have nothing to do with growing up in 1970s small town Ohio. Her father is an American born of first-generation Chinese immigrants, and his ethnicity, and hers, make them conspicuous in any setting.

When Lydia's body is found in the local lake, James is consumed by guilt and sets out on a reckless path that may destroy his marriage. Marilyn, devastated and vengeful, is determined to make someone accountable, no matter what the cost. Lydia's older brother, Nathan, is convinced that local bad boy Jack is somehow involved. But it's the youngest in the family - Hannah - who observes far more than anyone realises and who may be the only one who knows what really happened.

Everything I Never Told You is a gripping page-turner, about secrets, love, longing, lies and race.

Librarian's note: There is an Alternate Cover Edition for this edition of this book here.]]> 297 Celeste Ng 159420571X olivia 0 to-read 3.81 2014 Everything I Never Told You
author: Celeste Ng
name: olivia
average rating: 3.81
book published: 2014
rating: 0
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]]> The Soulmate 127280964
Picture a lovely cottage on a cliff, with sloping lawns, walking paths, and beautiful flowers. It’s Gabe and Pippa Gerard’s dream home in a sleepy coastal town. But their perfect house hides something sinister. The tall cliffs have become a popular spot for people to end their lives. Over the past several months, Gabe comes to their rescue, literally talking them off the ledge.

Until one day, he doesn’t. When Pippa discovers Gabe knew the victim, the questions spiral. . . .Did the victim jump? Was she pushed? And would Gabe, the love of Pippa’s life, her soulmate . . . lie? As the perfect fa?ade of their marriage begins to crack, the deepest and darkest secrets begin to unravel. Because sometimes, the most convincing lies are the ones we tell ourselves.]]> 352 Sally Hepworth olivia 0 to-read 3.70 2022 The Soulmate
author: Sally Hepworth
name: olivia
average rating: 3.70
book published: 2022
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[Emily Wilde's Compendium of Lost Tales (Emily Wilde, #3)]]> 208841368 Encyclopaedia of Faeries. Now she is about to embark on her most dangerous academic project studying the inner workings of a faerie realm-as its queen.

Along with her former academic rival-now fiancé-the dashing and mercurial Wendell Bambleby, Emily is immediately thrust into the deadly intrigues of Faerie as the two of them seize the throne of Wendell's long-lost kingdom, which Emily finds a beautiful nightmare, filled with scholarly treasures.

Emily has been obsessed with faerie stories her entire life, but at first she feels as ill-suited to Faerie as she did to the mortal world-how could an unassuming scholar like herself pass for a queen? Yet there is little time to settle in-Wendell's murderous stepmother has placed a deadly curse upon the land before vanishing without a trace. It will take all of Wendell's magic-and Emily's knowledge of stories-to unravel the mystery before they lose everything they hold dear.
]]> 368 Heather Fawcett 0356519198 olivia 0 to-read 4.17 2025 Emily Wilde's Compendium of Lost Tales (Emily Wilde, #3)
author: Heather Fawcett
name: olivia
average rating: 4.17
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]]> <![CDATA[Emily Wilde’s Map of the Otherlands (Emily Wilde, #2)]]> 134119076 When mysterious faeries from other realms appear at her university, curmudgeonly professor Emily Wilde must uncover their secrets before it’s too late, in this heartwarming, enchanting second installment of the Emily Wilde series.

Emily Wilde is a genius scholar of faerie folklore who just wrote the world’s first comprehensive encyclopaedia of faeries. She’s learned many of the secrets of the Hidden Ones on her adventures . . . and also from her fellow scholar and former rival Wendell Bambleby.

Because Bambleby is more than infuriatingly charming. He’s an exiled faerie king on the run from his murderous mother and in search of a door back to his realm. And despite Emily’s feelings for Bambleby, she’s not ready to accept his proposal of marriage: Loving one of the Fair Folk comes with secrets and dangers.

She also has a new project to focus on: a map of the realms of faerie. While she is preparing her research, Bambleby lands her in trouble yet again, when assassins sent by his mother invade Cambridge. Now Bambleby and Emily are on another adventure, this time to the picturesque Austrian Alps, where Emily believes they may find the door to Bambleby’s realm and the key to freeing him from his family’s dark plans.

But with new relationships for the prickly Emily to navigate and dangerous Folk lurking in every forest and hollow, Emily must unravel the mysterious workings of faerie doors and of her own heart.]]> 370 Heather Fawcett 0593500202 olivia 0 to-read 4.28 2024 Emily Wilde’s Map of the Otherlands (Emily Wilde, #2)
author: Heather Fawcett
name: olivia
average rating: 4.28
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]]> <![CDATA[Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries (Emily Wilde, #1)]]> 60657589
Cambridge professor Emily Wilde is good at many things: She is the foremost expert on the study of faeries. She is a genius scholar and a meticulous researcher who is writing the world's first encyclopaedia of faerie lore. But Emily Wilde is not good at people. She could never make small talk at a party--or even get invited to one. And she prefers the company of her books, her dog, and the Fair Folk.

So when she arrives in the hardscrabble village of Hrafnsvik, Emily has no intention of befriending the gruff townsfolk. Nor does she care to spend time with another new arrival: her dashing and insufferably handsome academic rival Wendell Bambleby, who manages to charm the townsfolk, get in the middle of Emily's research, and utterly confound and frustrate her.

But as Emily gets closer and closer to uncovering the secrets of the Hidden Ones--the most elusive of all faeries--lurking in the shadowy forest outside the town, she also finds herself on the trail of another mystery: Who is Wendell Bambleby, and what does he really want? To find the answer, she'll have to unlock the greatest mystery of all--her own heart.]]> 336 Heather Fawcett 059350013X olivia 0 to-read 3.99 2023 Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries (Emily Wilde, #1)
author: Heather Fawcett
name: olivia
average rating: 3.99
book published: 2023
rating: 0
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]]> チェンソーマン 19 [Chainsaw Man 19] 214983514 184 Tatsuki Fujimoto 4088843134 olivia 0 to-read 4.11 2024 チェンソーマン 19 [Chainsaw Man 19]
author: Tatsuki Fujimoto
name: olivia
average rating: 4.11
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]]> チェンソーマン 17 [Chainsaw Man 17] 206034344 184 Tatsuki Fujimoto 4088840356 olivia 0 to-read 4.09 2024 チェンソーマン 17 [Chainsaw Man 17]
author: Tatsuki Fujimoto
name: olivia
average rating: 4.09
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]]> チェンソーマン 18 [Chainsaw Man 18] 213599773 184 Tatsuki Fujimoto 4088841557 olivia 0 to-read 4.10 2024 チェンソーマン 18 [Chainsaw Man 18]
author: Tatsuki Fujimoto
name: olivia
average rating: 4.10
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]]> チェンソーマン 16 [Chainsaw Man 16] 201205137 184 Tatsuki Fujimoto 4088837010 olivia 0 to-read 4.02 2023 チェンソーマン 16 [Chainsaw Man 16]
author: Tatsuki Fujimoto
name: olivia
average rating: 4.02
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]]> チェンソーマン 14 [Chainsaw Man 14] 110252403 184 Tatsuki Fujimoto 408883464X olivia 0 to-read 4.30 2023 チェンソーマン 14 [Chainsaw Man 14]
author: Tatsuki Fujimoto
name: olivia
average rating: 4.30
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]]> チェンソーマン 15 [Chainsaw Man 15] 124938150 200 Tatsuki Fujimoto 4088835980 olivia 0 to-read 4.21 2023 チェンソーマン 15 [Chainsaw Man 15]
author: Tatsuki Fujimoto
name: olivia
average rating: 4.21
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]]> チェンソーマン 13 [Chainsaw Man 13] 62623101 184 Tatsuki Fujimoto 4088833163 olivia 0 to-read 4.26 2023 チェンソーマン 13 [Chainsaw Man 13]
author: Tatsuki Fujimoto
name: olivia
average rating: 4.26
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]]> チェンソーマン 11 [Chainsaw Man 11] 56269317 192 Tatsuki Fujimoto 4088825764 olivia 0 to-read 4.54 2021 チェンソーマン 11 [Chainsaw Man 11]
author: Tatsuki Fujimoto
name: olivia
average rating: 4.54
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]]> チェンソーマン 12 [Chainsaw Man 12] 61432185 192 Tatsuki Fujimoto 408883271X olivia 0 to-read 4.35 2022 チェンソーマン 12 [Chainsaw Man 12]
author: Tatsuki Fujimoto
name: olivia
average rating: 4.35
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]]> チェンソーマン 10 [Chainsaw Man 10] 55811132 192 Tatsuki Fujimoto 4088825276 olivia 0 to-read 4.52 2021 チェンソーマン 10 [Chainsaw Man 10]
author: Tatsuki Fujimoto
name: olivia
average rating: 4.52
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]]> チェンソーマン 9 [Chainsaw Man 9] 54702009 192 Tatsuki Fujimoto 4088824709 olivia 0 to-read 4.65 2020 チェンソーマン 9 [Chainsaw Man 9]
author: Tatsuki Fujimoto
name: olivia
average rating: 4.65
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]]> チェンソーマン 8 [Chainsaw Man 8] 53676978 192 Tatsuki Fujimoto 4088823761 olivia 0 to-read 4.44 2020 チェンソーマン 8 [Chainsaw Man 8]
author: Tatsuki Fujimoto
name: olivia
average rating: 4.44
book published: 2020
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]]> チェンソーマン 7 [Chainsaw Man 7] 52093297 200 Tatsuki Fujimoto 4088823281 olivia 0 to-read 4.40 2020 チェンソーマン 7 [Chainsaw Man 7]
author: Tatsuki Fujimoto
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]]> チェンソーマン 5 [Chainsaw Man 5] 52086563 200 Tatsuki Fujimoto 4088821718 olivia 0 to-read 4.40 2020 チェンソーマン 5 [Chainsaw Man 5]
author: Tatsuki Fujimoto
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]]> チェンソーマン 6 [Chainsaw Man 6] 49710028 192 Tatsuki Fujimoto 4088822242 olivia 0 to-read 4.46 2020 チェンソーマン 6 [Chainsaw Man 6]
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]]> チェンソーマン 4 [Chainsaw Man 4] 49966677 192 Tatsuki Fujimoto 4088820754 olivia 0 to-read 4.43 2019 チェンソーマン 4 [Chainsaw Man 4]
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]]> チェンソーマン 3 [Chainsaw Man 3] 46226780 192 Tatsuki Fujimoto 4088820169 olivia 0 to-read 4.36 2019 チェンソーマン 3 [Chainsaw Man 3]
author: Tatsuki Fujimoto
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]]> チェンソーマン 2 [Chainsaw Man 2] 45730625 192 Tatsuki Fujimoto 4088818318 olivia 0 to-read 4.34 2019 チェンソーマン 2 [Chainsaw Man 2]
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]]> <![CDATA[進撃の巨人 34 [Shingeki no Kyojin 34]]]> 56304131 「进撃の巨人」ついに完结。闭闭> 192 Hajime Isayama 4065234174 olivia 0 to-read 4.50 2021 進撃の巨人 34 [Shingeki no Kyojin 34]
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]]> <![CDATA[進撃の巨人 33 [Shingeki no Kyojin 33]]]> 54865124 进行を続けるエレン。ミカサやアルミン达は空からエレンを追いかけるため
飞行艇整备が可能なオディハを目指す。だがその代偿としてアニ、ライナーらの
家族が住む「レベリオ」を諦めることになり?????。闭闭> 192 Hajime Isayama 4065220297 olivia 0 to-read 4.64 2021 進撃の巨人 33 [Shingeki no Kyojin 33]
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]]> <![CDATA[進撃の巨人 31 [Shingeki no Kyojin 31]]]> 48722104 192 Hajime Isayama 4065186897 olivia 0 to-read 4.62 2020 進撃の巨人 31 [Shingeki no Kyojin 31]
author: Hajime Isayama
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]]> <![CDATA[進撃の巨人 32 [Shingeki no Kyojin 32]]]> 52431850 192 Hajime Isayama 4065203228 olivia 0 to-read 4.58 2020 進撃の巨人 32 [Shingeki no Kyojin 32]
author: Hajime Isayama
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]]> <![CDATA[進撃の巨人 30 [Shingeki no Kyojin 30]]]> 51065933 192 Hajime Isayama 4065175437 olivia 0 to-read 4.68 2019 進撃の巨人 30 [Shingeki no Kyojin 30]
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]]> <![CDATA[進撃の巨人 29 [Shingeki no Kyojin 29]]]> 44300262 192 Hajime Isayama 4065162246 olivia 0 to-read 4.58 2019 進撃の巨人 29 [Shingeki no Kyojin 29]
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]]> <![CDATA[進撃の巨人 28 [Shingeki no Kyojin 28]]]> 42747046
王家の血を引くジークを迎え入れ「地鸣らし」の発动条件を手に入れたエレン达。だが兵団は、エレンがジークに操られていた场合の危机を考虑し、二人を引き合わせることに踌躇。そしてマーレからの义勇兵を拘束してしまう。その事态に一部の兵士や民众が不満を溜める中、ついにエレンが単独行动を起こす。闭闭> 192 Hajime Isayama 4065148693 olivia 0 to-read 4.58 2019 進撃の巨人 28 [Shingeki no Kyojin 28]
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]]> <![CDATA[進撃の巨人 27 [Shingeki no Kyojin 27]]]> 40500209
マーレに潜入し、大打撃をもたらしたエレン。その目的はジークをエルディアへ连れ帰ることだった。王家の血を引くジークを迎え入れたことで、全世界に対抗する力「地鸣らし」の発动条件を手に入れたエレン达。だがそれは同时に、全面戦争へのカウントダウン开始の合図でもあった??????。闭闭> 192 Hajime Isayama 406513479X olivia 0 to-read 4.45 2018 進撃の巨人 27 [Shingeki no Kyojin 27]
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]]> <![CDATA[進撃の巨人 26 [Shingeki no Kyojin 26]]]> 36043596 192 Hajime Isayama 4065121833 olivia 0 to-read 4.59 2018 進撃の巨人 26 [Shingeki no Kyojin 26]
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]]> <![CDATA[進撃の巨人 25 [Shingeki no Kyojin 25]]]> 36043595 192 Hajime Isayama 406511201X olivia 0 to-read 4.63 2018 進撃の巨人 25 [Shingeki no Kyojin 25]
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]]> <![CDATA[進撃の巨人 24 [Shingeki no Kyojin 24]]]> 35709632 192 Hajime Isayama 406510548X olivia 0 to-read 4.47 2017 進撃の巨人 24 [Shingeki no Kyojin 24]
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]]> <![CDATA[進撃の巨人 22 [Shingeki no Kyojin 22]]]> 33123591 192 Hajime Isayama 4063959090 olivia 0 to-read 4.61 2017 進撃の巨人 22 [Shingeki no Kyojin 22]
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]]> <![CDATA[進撃の巨人 23 [Shingeki no Kyojin 23]]]> 34659868
第９１话　海の向こう侧
第９２话　マーレの戦士
第９３话　闇夜の列车
第９４话　壁の中の少年闭闭> 192 Hajime Isayama 406510100X olivia 0 to-read 4.40 2017 進撃の巨人 23 [Shingeki no Kyojin 23]
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]]> <![CDATA[進撃の巨人 21 [Shingeki no Kyojin 21]]]> 31395286 192 Hajime Isayama 4063958159 olivia 0 to-read 4.65 2016 進撃の巨人 21 [Shingeki no Kyojin 21]
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]]> <![CDATA[進撃の巨人 20 [Shingeki no Kyojin 20]]]> 18363261 192 Hajime Isayama 4063957209 olivia 0 to-read 4.68 2016 進撃の巨人 20 [Shingeki no Kyojin 20]
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]]> <![CDATA[進撃の巨人 19 [Shingeki no Kyojin 19]]]> 18363260 192 Hajime Isayama 4063956369 olivia 0 to-read 4.59 2016 進撃の巨人 19 [Shingeki no Kyojin 19]
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]]> <![CDATA[進撃の巨人 18 [Shingeki no Kyojin 18]]]> 18363258 192 Hajime Isayama 4063955494 olivia 0 to-read 4.57 2015 進撃の巨人 18 [Shingeki no Kyojin 18]
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]]> <![CDATA[進撃の巨人 17 [Shingeki no Kyojin 17]]]> 18363242 192 Hajime Isayama 4063954463 olivia 0 to-read 4.48 2015 進撃の巨人 17 [Shingeki no Kyojin 17]
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]]> <![CDATA[進撃の巨人 15 [Shingeki no Kyojin 15]]]> 18363232 192 Hajime Isayama 4063952533 olivia 0 to-read 4.50 2014 進撃の巨人 15 [Shingeki no Kyojin 15]
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]]> Attack on Titan, Vol. 16 24531650 192 Hajime Isayama 1612629806 olivia 0 to-read 4.55 2015 Attack on Titan, Vol. 16
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]]> Attack on Titan, Vol. 14 23546591 Erwin's Greatest Gamble

Commander Erwin has finally come to a Putting their own wealth and position ahead of the survival of humanity, the royal government is no longer fit to lead. To execute their leader's most audacious plan yet, Eren and Krista will have to put themselves in peril yet again, and Armin, Mikasa, and the rest of the Survey Corps will have to turn from humanity's guardians into traitors. If they fail this time, they'll face not a Titan's gaping mouth, but the gallows...]]> 193 Hajime Isayama 1612626874 olivia 0 to-read 4.49 2014 Attack on Titan, Vol. 14
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]]> Attack on Titan, Vol. 13 19336279
Chapters list :
51. Squad Levi
52. Krista Lenz
53. Smoke Signal
54. Location of the Counterattack]]> 192 Hajime Isayama 1612626793 olivia 0 to-read 4.42 2014 Attack on Titan, Vol. 13
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]]> Attack on Titan, Vol. 11 18077957 Thanks to Eren's timely arrival, the 104th has managed to turn the tide at Wall Rose. But this momentary victory forces two more traitors into a corner – and the identity of the Titans who have been destroying the walls is revealed! What can Eren do against the two most dangerous monsters humanity has ever faced? And who else might be an enemy in disguise?
?

Chapters list :
43. The Armored Titan
44. Strike, Throw, Submit
45. The Hunters
46. Opening]]> 192 Hajime Isayama 1612626777 olivia 0 to-read 4.53 2013 Attack on Titan, Vol. 11
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]]> Attack on Titan, Vol. 12 21895563
Erwin and the Survey Corps desperately mount a rescue operation to take Eren back from the Colossus Titan and Armored Titan. But without the numbers to form up properly outside the walls, how can the humans catch up before they're all slaughtered? Just whose side is Ymir on? And will Eren ever see his friends again? PRAISE FOR THE HIT ANIME "A visceral and fantastically intense action/horror story." - Anime News Network "Japan's equivalent of The Walking Dead." - io9

Chapter List:

47. Children
48. Someone
49. Charge
50. Scream]]> 192 Hajime Isayama olivia 0 to-read 4.57 2013 Attack on Titan, Vol. 12
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]]> <![CDATA[進撃の巨人 10 [Shingeki no Kyojin 10]]]> 17883512 192 Hajime Isayama 4063848396 olivia 0 to-read 4.57 2013 進撃の巨人 10 [Shingeki no Kyojin 10]
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]]> <![CDATA[The Wrath of the Fallen (Gods & Monsters, #4)]]> 214183001 WHEN GODS DANCE WITH MONSTERS, THE WORLD WILL TREMBLE . . .

Dianna and Samkiel were born immortal enemies. He is an ancient god, with the reluctant power to the end the world, and she is a monster, a member from the ancient race of ig’Morruthren; an ancient dragon shifter who drinks human blood. But despite the feuds between their kinds, their love could not be stopped.

After defeating the death queen Nismera, Samkiel and Dianna have journeyed to a new world in search of peace. They’ve built a city, and welcomed the suffering and displaced souls left behind from Nismera’s reign of destruction.

But strange dreams begin to plague Dianna. An ancient danger has found them, and it wants Dianna for its own. Samkiel desperately searches for answers to protect the woman he loves, but the solution will mean a dangerous voyage to the Otherworld. Meanwhile, Umemri, the King of the Underworld has a debt that needs to be paid. And Nismera’s orphaned Armada is seeking revenge.

With danger at every turn threatening the peace they have built. Can Dianna and Samkiel overcome their enemies and finally find happiness?]]> 0 Amber V. Nicole 1035414600 olivia 0 to-read 4.31 2025 The Wrath of the Fallen (Gods & Monsters, #4)
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]]> <![CDATA[The Throne of Broken Gods (Gods and Monsters, #2)]]> 141275671 619 Amber V. Nicole olivia 0 to-read 4.21 2023 The Throne of Broken Gods (Gods and Monsters, #2)
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]]> <![CDATA[The Dawn of the Cursed Queen (Gods and Monsters, #3)]]> 203748904 Nismera and her legions rule the realms as Samkiel’s power fills the sky. With him gone, she strives to solidify her spot on the throne, no matter the cost.

Dianna struggles beneath the weight of half-truths, lies, and deceptions. After overcoming what she thought was her hardest battle, she soon learns she is at risk of losing everything.

Samkiel strives to heal, but he has more on his plate than ever before. The Hand is dismantled, the realms are in turmoil, and the one person he can trust keeps him at arm’s length. Can the two work out their differences, or will they both fall to the blade of the Goddess of War?

The one true king returns, but is it the king or queen who shall rule them all?]]> 581 Amber V. Nicole olivia 0 to-read 4.28 2024 The Dawn of the Cursed Queen (Gods and Monsters, #3)
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]]> <![CDATA[The Wise Man's Fear (The Kingkiller Chronicle, #2)]]> 1215032 There are three things all wise men fear: the sea in storm, a night with no moon, and the anger of a gentle man.”

My name is Kvothe.
I have stolen princesses back from sleeping barrow kings. I burned down the town of Trebon. I have spent the night with Felurian and left with both my sanity and my life. I was expelled from the University at a younger age than most people are allowed in. I tread paths by moonlight that others fear to speak of during day. I have talked to Gods, loved women, and written songs that make the minstrels weep.
You may have heard of me.

So begins the tale of a hero told from his own point of view — a story unequaled in fantasy literature. Now in The Wise Man's Fear, an escalating rivalry with a powerful member of the nobility forces Kvothe to leave the University and seek his fortune abroad. Adrift, penniless, and alone, he travels to Vintas, where he quickly becomes entangled in the politics of courtly society. While attempting to curry favor with a powerful noble, Kvothe uncovers an assassination attempt, comes into conflict with a rival arcanist, and leads a group of mercenaries into the wild, in an attempt to solve the mystery of who (or what) is waylaying travelers on the King's Road.

All the while, Kvothe searches for answers, attempting to uncover the truth about the mysterious Amyr, the Chandrian, and the death of his parents. Along the way, Kvothe is put on trial by the legendary Adem mercenaries, is forced to reclaim the honor of the Edema Ruh, and travels into the Fae realm. There he meets Felurian, the faerie woman no man can resist, and who no man has ever survived ... until Kvothe.

In The Wise Man's Fear, Kvothe takes his first steps on the path of the hero and learns how difficult life can be when a man becomes a legend in his own time.

]]> 994 Patrick Rothfuss 0756404738 olivia 0 to-read 4.55 2011 The Wise Man's Fear (The Kingkiller Chronicle, #2)
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]]> <![CDATA[The Name of the Wind (The Kingkiller Chronicle, #1)]]> 186074
The intimate narrative of his childhood in a troupe of traveling players, his years spent as a near-feral orphan in a crime-ridden city, his daringly brazen yet successful bid to enter a legendary school of magic, and his life as a fugitive after the murder of a king form a gripping coming-of-age story unrivaled in recent literature.

A high-action story written with a poet's hand, The Name of the Wind is a masterpiece that will transport readers into the body and mind of a wizard.]]> 662 Patrick Rothfuss 075640407X olivia 0 to-read 4.52 2007 The Name of the Wind (The Kingkiller Chronicle, #1)
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]]> The Two Lives of Lydia Bird 46225061
But she was wrong. On her twenty-eighth birthday, Freddie died in a car accident.

So now it's just Lydia, and all she wants to do is hide indoors and sob until her eyes fall out. But Lydia knows that Freddie would want her to try to live fully, happily, even without him. So, enlisting the help of his best friend, Jonah, and her sister, Elle, she takes her first tentative steps into the world, open to life--and perhaps even love--again.

But then something inexplicable happens that gives her another chance at her old life with Freddie. A life where none of the tragic events of the past few months have happened.

Lydia is pulled again and again across the doorway of her past, living two lives, impossibly, at once. But there's an emotional toll to returning to a world where Freddie, alive, still owns her heart. Because there's someone in her new life, her real life, who wants her to stay.

Written with Josie Silver's trademark warmth and wit, The Two Lives of Lydia Bird is a powerful and thrilling love story about the what-ifs that arise at life's crossroads, and what happens when one woman is given a miraculous chance to answer them.]]> 369 Josie Silver 0593135237 olivia 0 to-read 3.71 2020 The Two Lives of Lydia Bird
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]]> <![CDATA[Survivor: The Definitive Edition]]> 199246215
Heralded by readers, critics, and historians as a seminal work of extreme horror, SURVIVOR by J. F. Gonzalez is back in print for a new generation. This definitive edition includes two bonus tie-in short stories by the author, an essay by Gonzalez on the creation of the novel, a second nearly 10,000-word essay by Gonzalez on the history of Splatterpunk and Extreme Horror, and an Introduction by Brian Keene.

SURVIVOR by J. F. Gonzalez... What Would You Do To Survive?

"This novel's moral compass holds steady even during the worst moments... It is easy to feel repulsed by this novel. yet it's hard to resist; it pushes your eyes off the page and then pulls them back, forcing the kind of visceral relationship between writer and reader that the best horror fiction can produce." -- The New York Times

"...filled with the most disgusting and vile things you can imagine two humans doing to one another." -- Dread Central

"A work of nihilistic brilliance..." -- Hellnotes]]> 440 J. F. Gonzalez olivia 4
not my normal pick - but i enjoyed it nonetheless

absolutely fuxked novel though ]]> 4.21 Survivor: The Definitive Edition
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3.75

not my normal pick - but i enjoyed it nonetheless

absolutely fuxked novel though
]]> <![CDATA[The Anthropocene Reviewed: Essays on a Human-Centered Planet]]> 55145261 A deeply moving and mind-expanding collection of personal essays in the first ever work of non-fiction from #1 internationally bestselling author John Green

The Anthropocene is the current geological age, in which human activity has profoundly shaped the planet and its biodiversity. In this remarkable symphony of essays adapted and expanded from his ground-breaking, critically acclaimed podcast, John Green reviews different facets of the human-centered planet - from the QWERTY keyboard and Halley's Comet to Penguins of Madagascar - on a five-star scale.

Complex and rich with detail, the Anthropocene's reviews have been praised as 'observations that double as exercises in memoiristic empathy', with over 10 million lifetime downloads. John Green's gift for storytelling shines throughout this artfully curated collection about the shared human experience; it includes beloved essays along with six all-new pieces exclusive to the book.]]> 304 John Green 0525555218 olivia 4 2022 4.37 2021 The Anthropocene Reviewed: Essays on a Human-Centered Planet
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]]> <![CDATA[A Storm of Swords: Steel and Snow (A Song of Ice and Fire, #3, Part 1 of 2)]]> 53133053 An alternate cover edition of this ISBN can be found here and here.

HBO's hit series A GAME OF THRONES is based on George R R Martin's internationally bestselling series A SONG OF ICE AND FIRE, the greatest fantasy epic of the modern age. A STORM OF SWORDS: STEEL AND SNOW is the FIRST part of the third volume in the series. Winter approaches Westeros like an angry beast. The Seven Kingdoms are divided by revolt and blood feud. In the northern wastes, a horde of hungry, savage people steeped in the dark magic of the wilderness is poised to invade the Kingdom of the North where Robb Stark wears his new-forged crown. And Robb's defences are ranged against the South, the land of the cunning and cruel Lannisters, who have his younger sisters in their power. Throughout Westeros, the war for the Iron Throne rages more fiercely than ever, but if the Wall is breached, no king will live to claim it.]]> 688 George R.R. Martin 0007447841 olivia 4 2021 4.47 2000 A Storm of Swords: Steel and Snow (A Song of Ice and Fire, #3, Part 1 of 2)
author: George R.R. Martin
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