Lizzie's bookshelf: all en-US Tue, 29 Apr 2025 14:02:21 -0700 60 Lizzie's bookshelf: all 144 41 /images/layout/goodreads_logo_144.jpg Life After Life 231241315 114 Joshua Barkman 1738259137 Lizzie 0 currently-reading 4.76 Life After Life
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]]> Woven 212084596 71 Joshua Barkman 1738259110 Lizzie 5 4.88 Woven
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]]> Spores 144064568 88 Joshua Barkman Lizzie 5 4.77 Spores
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]]> Hop! 60476390 42 Joshua Barkman Lizzie 5 4.79 2021 Hop!
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]]> <![CDATA[The Road to Middle-earth: How J. R. R. Tolkien Created a New Mythology]]> 92007 The Road to Middle-Earth is an exploration of J.R.R.Tolkien’s creativity and the sources of his inspiration. Tom Shippey shows in detail how Tolkien’s professional background led him to write The Hobbit and how he created a work of timeless charm for millions of readers. He discusses the contribution of The Silmarillion and Unfinished Tales to Tolkien’s myth-cycle, showing how Tolkien’s more ‘complex� works can be read enjoyably and seriously by readers of his earlier books, and goes on to examine the 12-volume History of Middle-earth by Tolkien’s son and literary heir Christopher Tolkien, which traces the creative and technical processes through which Middle-earth evolved. The core of the book, however, concentrates on The Lord of the Rings as a linguistic and cultural map, as a twisted web of a story, and as a response to the inner meaning of myth and poetry.

By following the routes of Tolkien’s own obsessions � the poetry of languages and myth � The Road to Middle-earth shows how Beowulf, The Lord of the Rings, Grimm’s Fairy Tales, the Elder Edda and many other works form part of a live and continuing tradition of literature. It takes issue with many basic premises of orthodox criticism and offers a new approach to Tolkien, to fantasy, and to the importance of language in literature.

This new 2005 edition is revised and expanded, and includes unpublished Tolkien extracts and poetry. Beside this, it also includes a lengthy analysis of Peter Jackson’s film adaptations and their effect on Tolkien’s work.]]> 474 Tom Shippey 0261102753 Lizzie 4 4.27 1982 The Road to Middle-earth: How J. R. R. Tolkien Created a New Mythology
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]]> Written on the Dark 218153843 From the internationally bestselling author of Tigana, All the Seas of the World, and A Brightness Long Ago comes a majestic new novel of love and war that brilliantly evokes the drama and turbulence of medieval France.

Thierry Villar is a well-known--even notorious-- tavern poet, familiar with the rogues and shadows of that world, but not at all with courts and power. He is an unlikely person, despite his quickness, to be caught up in the deadly contests of ambitious royals, assassins, and invading armies.

But he is indeed drawn into all these things on a savagely cold night in his beloved city of Orane. And so Thierry must use all the intelligence and charm he can muster as political struggles merge with a decades-long war to bring his country to the brink of destruction.

As he does, he meets his poetic equal in an aristocratic woman and is drawn to more than one unsettling person with a connection to the world beyond this one. He also crosses paths with an extraordinary young woman driven by voices within to try to heal the ailing king--and help his forces in war. A wide and varied set of people from all walks of life take their places in the rich tapestry of this story.

A new masterwork from the internationally bestselling author of All the Seas of the World, A Brightness Long Ago, and Tigana, Written on the Dark is an elegant tour de force about power and ambition playing out amid the intense human need for art and beauty, and memories to be left behind.]]> 320 Guy Gavriel Kay 0593953983 Lizzie 0 to-read 4.47 2025 Written on the Dark
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]]> The Mushroom Garden 58059005 Written and Illustrated by Adam Oehlers

A surreal adventure story which takes you through the strange, beautiful and unpredictable world of 'The Mushroom Garden'.

Suitable for all ages.

'The Mushroom Garden' is a fully illustrated hardback book.
A4 in size, built of 64 illustrations that with the story run across 73 pages.
With Title Page, Dedication Page, Thank you Page and Note from the Author, the book is 86 pages in total.
The book also has a Deep green Bookmark Ribbon and illustrated end-sheets which are made up of my original studies of the various mushrooms which appear in the book.

'The Mushroom Garden' is printed by Generation Press and Self Published by Adam Oehlers.]]> 40 Adam Oehlers 1527281566 Lizzie 5 4.62 The Mushroom Garden
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]]> Chronicles, Volume One 14318 "I'd come from a long ways off and had started a long ways down. But now destiny was about to manifest itself. I felt like it was looking right at me and nobody else." So writes Bob Dylan in Chronicles: Volume One, his remarkable book exploring critical junctures in his life and career.

Through Dylan's eyes and open mind, we see Greenwich Village, circa 1961, when he first arrives in Manhattan. Dylan's New York is a magical city of possibilities -- smoky, nightlong parties; literary awakenings; transient loves and unbreakable friendships. Elegiac observations are punctuated by jabs of memories, penetrating and tough. With the book's side trips to New Orleans, Woodstock, Minnesota and points west, Chronicles: Volume One is an intimate and intensely personal recollection of extraordinary times.

By turns revealing, poetical, passionate and witty, Chronicles: Volume One is a mesmerizing window on Bob Dylan's thoughts and influences. Dylan's voice is distinctively American: generous of spirit, engaged, fanciful and rhythmic. Utilizing his unparalleled gifts of storytelling and the exquisite expressiveness that are the hallmarks of his music, Bob Dylan turns Chronicles: Volume One into a poignant reflection on life, and the people and places that helped shape the man and the art.]]> 320 Bob Dylan 0743244583 Lizzie 5 3.98 2004 Chronicles, Volume One
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]]> <![CDATA[The Tomb of Dragons (The Cemeteries of Amalo, #3)]]> 214948980
While his title may be gone, his duties are not. Celehar contends with a municipal cemetery with fifty years of secrets, the damage of a revethavar he’s terrified to remember, and a group of miners who are more than willing to trade Celehar’s life for a chance at what they feel they’re owed.

Celehar does not have to face these impossible tasks alone. Joining him are his mentee Velhiro Tomasaran, still finding her footing with the investigative nature of their job; Iäna Pel-Thenhior, his beloved opera director friend and avid supporter; and the valiant guard captain Hanu Olgarezh.

Amidst the backdrop of a murder and a brewing political uprising, Celehar must seek justice for those who cannot find it themselves under a tense political system. The repercussions of his quest are never as simple they seem, and Celehar’s own life and happiness hang in the balance.]]> 480 Katherine Addison 183786439X Lizzie 5 4.18 2025 The Tomb of Dragons (The Cemeteries of Amalo, #3)
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]]> The Angel of the Crows 52378874 This is not the story you think it is. These are not the characters you think they are. This is not the book you are expecting.

In an alternate 1880s London, angels inhabit every public building, and vampires and werewolves walk the streets with human beings under a well-regulated truce. A fantastic utopia, except for a few things: Angels can Fall, and that Fall is like a nuclear bomb in both the physical and metaphysical worlds. And human beings remain human, with all their kindness and greed and passions and murderous intent.

Jack the Ripper stalks the streets of this London too. But this London has an Angel. The Angel of the Crows.]]> 448 Katherine Addison 0765387395 Lizzie 4 3.5 rounded up 3.70 2020 The Angel of the Crows
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]]> <![CDATA[The Grief of Stones (The Cemeteries of Amalo, #2)]]> 60724923 In The Grief of Stones, Katherine Addison returns to the world of The Goblin Emperor with a direct sequel to The Witness For The Dead...

Celehar’s life as the Witness for the Dead of Amalo grows less isolated as his circle of friends grows larger. He has been given an apprentice to teach, and he has stumbled over a scandal of the city—the foundling girls. Orphans with no family to claim them and no funds to buy an apprenticeship. Foundling boys go to the Prelacies; foundling girls are sold into service, or worse.

At once touching and shattering, Celehar’s witnessing for one of these girls will lead him into the depths of his own losses. The love of his friends will lead him out again.]]> 320 Katherine Addison 1786187442 Lizzie 5 4.26 2022 The Grief of Stones (The Cemeteries of Amalo, #2)
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*edit on 2nd read - bumping this up to a 5 star and second time round it didn't feel disjointed at all, maybe because I came straight into it from Goblin and Witness for the Dead. Cannot wait for Tomb of Dragons!
]]> <![CDATA[The Witness for the Dead (The Cemeteries of Amalo #1)]]> 57503294 Katherine Addison returns to the glittering world she created for her beloved novel, 'The Goblin Emperor', in this stand-alone sequel.

When the young half-goblin emperor Maia sought to learn who had killed his father and half-brothers, he turned to an obscure resident of his Court, a Prelate of Ulis and a Witness for the Dead. Thara Celehar found the truth, though it did him no good to discover it. He lost his place as a retainer of his cousin the former Empress, and made far too many enemies among the many factions vying for power in the new Court. The favor of the Emperor is a dangerous coin.

Now Celehar lives in the city of Amalo, far from the Court though not exactly in exile. He has not escaped from politics, but his position gives him the ability to serve the common people of the city, which is his preference. He lives modestly, but his decency and fundamental honesty will not permit him to live quietly. As a Witness for the Dead, he can, sometimes, speak to the recently dead: see the last thing they saw, know the last thought they had, experience the last thing they felt. it is his duty to use that ability to resolve disputes, to ascertain the intent of the dead, to find the killers of the murdered.

Celehar's skills now lead him out of the quiet and into a morass of treachery, murder, and injustice. No matter his own background with the imperial house, Celehar will stand with the commoners, and possibly find a light in the darkness.]]> 320 Katherine Addison 1781089515 Lizzie 5 4.01 2021 The Witness for the Dead (The Cemeteries of Amalo #1)
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]]> <![CDATA[The Orb of Cairado (The Chronicles of Osreth, #1.1)]]> 221288099 The Goblin Emperor, The Orb of Cairado offers an unlikely hero in historian Ulcetha Zhorvena.

Five years ago, Ulcetha was studying at the University of Cairado, working his way toward becoming a scholar first-class in the Department of History. Then a prize artifact disappeared and Ulcetha, deftly framed, was kicked out. Now he works for a crooked importer, using his knowledge of elven history to write provenances for the fake artifacts Salathgarad sells.

When the airship Wisdom of Choharo explodes, killing the emperor and three of his four sons, it takes with it Ulcetha's best friend, Mara Lilana. But Mara leaves behind a puzzle--the one thing Ulcetha can't resist. And the puzzle leads Ulcetha back to the Department of History... and maybe the chance to clear his name.]]> 120 Katherine Addison 1645242137 Lizzie 0 to-read 4.09 2025 The Orb of Cairado (The Chronicles of Osreth, #1.1)
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]]> <![CDATA[The Goblin Emperor (The Chronicles of Osreth, #1)]]> 17910048 A lush tale of deadly court intrigue and a modern classic of fantasy by Locus award winner and Hugo, Nebula, and World Fantasy Award finalist Katherine Addison

The youngest, half-goblin son of the Emperor has lived his entire life in exile, distant from the Imperial Court and the deadly intrigue that suffuses it. But when his father and three half brothers in line for the throne are killed in an "accident," he has no choice but to take his place as the only surviving rightful heir.

Entirely unschooled in the art of court politics, he has no friends, no advisors, and the sure knowledge that whoever assassinated his father and brothers could make an attempt on his life at any moment.

Surrounded by sycophants eager to curry favor with the naïve new emperor, and overwhelmed by the burdens of his new life, he can trust nobody. Amid the swirl of plots to depose him, offers of arranged marriages, and the specter of the unknown conspirators who lurk in the shadows, he must quickly adjust to life as the Goblin Emperor. All the while, he is alone, and trying to find even a single friend . . . and hoping for the possibility of romance, yet also vigilant against the unseen enemies that threaten him, lest he lose his throne–or his life.]]> 446 Katherine Addison 076532699X Lizzie 5 4.04 2014 The Goblin Emperor (The Chronicles of Osreth, #1)
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]]> The Bewitching 220458657 Three women in three different eras encounter danger and witchcraft in this eerie multigenerational horror saga from the New York Times bestselling author of Mexican Gothic.

“Back then, when I was a young woman, there were still witches�: That was how Nana Alba always began the stories she told her great-granddaughter Minerva—stories that have stayed with Minerva all her life. Perhaps that’s why Minerva has become a graduate student focused on the history of horror literature and is researching the life of Beatrice Tremblay, an obscure author of macabre tales.

In the course of assembling her thesis, Minerva uncovers information that reveals that Tremblay’s most famous novel, The Vanishing, was inspired by a true story: Decades earlier, during the Great Depression, Tremblay attended the same university where Minerva is now studying and became obsessed with her beautiful and otherworldly roommate, who then disappeared under mysterious circumstances.

As Minerva descends ever deeper into Tremblay’s manuscript, she begins to sense that the malign force that stalked Tremblay and the missing girl might still walk the halls of the campus. These disturbing events also echo the stories Nana Alba told about her girlhood in 1900s Mexico, where she had a terrifying encounter with a witch.

Minerva suspects that the same shadow that darkened the lives of her great-grandmother and Beatrice Tremblay is now threatening her own in 1990s Massachusetts. An academic career can be a punishing pursuit, but it might turn outright deadly when witchcraft is involved.]]> 368 Silvia Moreno-Garcia 0593874323 Lizzie 0 to-read 4.35 2025 The Bewitching
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]]> <![CDATA[The Hobbit & The Lord of the Rings Sketchbooks]]> 53009868
Sumptuously bound in full cloth, with a miniature colour image embossed into the front board, each large-format volume overflows with hundreds of delicate pencil drawings and conceptual sketches, and dozens of haunting watercolour paintings, including many brand-new Hobbit paintings and drawings that take us deeper into the magical world of Bilbo Baggins.

This very special set unlocks the secret of how Alan creates his own Middle-earth magic and provides a fascinating insight into the imagination of the man who breathed new life into Tolkien’s vision. It is limited to a worldwide printing of just 3,000 numbered copies and each copy of The Hobbit Sketchbook has been personally signed by the artist.]]> 384 Alan Lee 0008367434 Lizzie 5 4.65 The Hobbit & The Lord of the Rings Sketchbooks
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]]> <![CDATA[Jade Legacy (The Green Bone Saga, #3)]]> 57842903
The Kauls have been battered by war and tragedy. They are plagued by resentments and old wounds as their adversaries are on the ascent and their country is riven by dangerous factions and foreign interference that could destroy the Green Bone way of life altogether. As a new generation arises, the clan’s growing empire is in danger of coming apart.

The clan must discern allies from enemies, set aside bloody rivalries, and make terrible sacrifices� but even the unbreakable bonds of blood and loyalty may not be enough to ensure the survival of the Green Bone clans and the nation they are sworn to protect.]]> 736 Fonda Lee 0356510581 Lizzie 5 4.65 2021 Jade Legacy (The Green Bone Saga, #3)
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All the stars. This trilogy completely absorbed me for the last few months, and it's only taken me this long to finish because I had to keep taking little breaks to mentally absorb what had just happened!! I don't remember the last time I was this emotionally invested in a fictional family, if in fact ever. I think I will definitely re-read these books at some point.
]]> Snow, Glass, Apples 45303582
A not-so-evil queen is terrified of her monstrous stepdaughter and determined to repel this creature and save her kingdom from a world where happy endings aren't so happily ever after.

From the Hugo, Bram Stoker, Locus, World Fantasy, Nebula Award-winning and Sunday Times-bestselling writer Neil Gaiman (American Gods) comes this graphic novel adaptation by Colleen Doran (Troll Bridge).]]> 64 Neil Gaiman 1472262913 Lizzie 3
*EDIT 04/02/25. I don't want to jump on any bandwagons by saying that some of Neil Gaiman's content made me feel a bit uncomfortable even before we knew what we know now, but, well, it DID, so... there's that.]]> 4.01 2019 Snow, Glass, Apples
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I really don't know what to say about this, other than the artwork is absolutely gorgeous. The content was....um... Not quite what I was expecting?!

*EDIT 04/02/25. I don't want to jump on any bandwagons by saying that some of Neil Gaiman's content made me feel a bit uncomfortable even before we knew what we know now, but, well, it DID, so... there's that.
]]> <![CDATA[Jade Shards (The Green Bone Saga, #0.75)]]> 123362384 Green Bone Saga with four prequel short stories that delve into the personal histories of the Kaul and Ayt families.

The Witch and Her Friend. Before she was the ruthless leader of the Mountain clan, Ayt Mada was an orphan without friends at school except for one: Aun Ure, a teenage girl feared and renowned as an assassin but yearning for a simpler life.

Not Only Blood. Before he was the heir apparent of the No Peak clan, Kaul Lan challenged his grandfather and clan patriarch to help a boy who had lost everything.

Better Than Jade. Before they were married, Kaul Hilo and Maik Wen were a young couple facing long odds: the son of a top Green Bone clan in love with a stone-eye girl from a disreputable family.

Granddaughter Cormorant. Before she left and returned to Kekon, Kaul Shae was the apple of her grandfather’s eye…as well as a daring secret informer to a foreign country.

Contains an introduction and story notes by the author.]]> 136 Fonda Lee Lizzie 0 to-read 4.28 2023 Jade Shards (The Green Bone Saga, #0.75)
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]]> <![CDATA[The Jade Setter of Janloon (The Green Bone Saga, #0.5)]]> 57951331 Fonda Lee returns to the world of the Green Bone Saga with a new standalone novella.

The rapidly changing city of Janloon is ruled by jade, the rare and ancient substance that enhances the abilities and status of the trained Green Bone warriors who run the island’s powerful clans.

Pulo Oritono is not one of those warriors. He’s simply an apprentice jade setter with dreams of securing clan patronage and establishing a successful business. His hopes are dashed, however, when a priceless jade weapon is stolen from the shop where he works.

Now, Pulo has three days to hunt down the thief, find the jade, and return it to its rightful owner if he wants to save his future prospects, the people he cares about, and his very life. The desperate mission will lead Pulo to old vendettas, vast corruption, and questions about everything and everyone he thought he knew.]]> 144 Fonda Lee 1645240622 Lizzie 0 to-read 4.27 2022 The Jade Setter of Janloon (The Green Bone Saga, #0.5)
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]]> <![CDATA[Jade War (The Green Bone Saga, #2)]]> 41806382 The Kaul siblings' battle with rival clans reaches new heights in the heart-pounding continuation of the Green Bone Saga, anÌýepic trilogy about family, honor, and those who live and die by the ancient laws of blood and jade.On the island of Kekon, the Kaul family is locked in a violent feud for control of the capital city and the supply of magical jade that endows trained Green Bone warriors with supernatural powers they alone have possessed for hundreds of years.Beyond Kekon's borders, war is brewing. Powerful foreign governments and mercenary criminal kingpins alike turn their eyes on the island nation. Jade, Kekon's most prized resource, could make them rich - or give them the edge they'd need to topple their rivals.Faced with threats on all sides, the Kaul family is forced to form new and dangerous alliances, confront enemies in the darkest streets and the tallest office towers, and put honor aside in order to do whatever it takes to ensure their own survival—and that of all the Green Bones of Kekon.Praise for the Green Bone "A beautifully realized setting, a great cast of characters, and dramatic action scenes. What a fun, gripping read!" —Ann Leckie, Hugo, Nebula, and Arthur C. Clarke Award-winning author"Lee has upped her game in this novel, with deeper, more nail-biting intrigue and stunning, heart-pumping action scenes. Her character development is pitch-perfect."―Booklist"An instantly absorbing tale of blood, honor, family, and magic, spiced with unexpectedly tender character beats." —NPRThe Green Bone SagaJade CityJade WarJade Legacy]]> 608 Fonda Lee 0316440930 Lizzie 5 4.41 2019 Jade War (The Green Bone Saga, #2)
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]]> <![CDATA[The Fall of Gondolin (Middle-Earth Universe)]]> 39798828 The Fall of Gondolin are two of the greatest powers in the world. There is Morgoth of the uttermost evil, unseen in this story but ruling over a vast military power from his fortress of Angband. Deeply opposed to Morgoth is Ulmo, second in might only to Manwë, chief of the Valar: he is called the Lord of Waters, of all seas, lakes, and rivers under the sky. But he works in secret in Middle-earth to support the Noldor, the kindred of the Elves among whom were numbered Húrin and Túrin Turambar.
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Central to this enmity of the gods is the city of Gondolin, beautiful but undiscoverable. It was built and peopled by Noldorin Elves who, when they dwelt in Valinor, the land of the gods, rebelled against their rule and fled to Middle-earth. Turgon King of Gondolin is hated and feared above all his enemies by Morgoth, who seeks in vain to discover the marvellously hidden city, while the gods in Valinor in heated debate largely refuse to intervene in support of Ulmo’s desires and designs.
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Into this world comes Tuor, cousin of Túrin, the instrument of Ulmo’s designs. Guided unseen by him Tuor sets out from the land of his birth on the fearful journey to Gondolin, and in one of the most arresting moments in the history of Middle-earth the sea-god himself appears to him, rising out of the ocean in the midst of a storm. In Gondolin he becomes great; he is wedded to Idril, Turgon’s daughter, and their son is Eärendel, whose birth and profound importance in days to come is foreseen by Ulmo.
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At last comes the terrible ending. Morgoth learns through an act of supreme treachery all that he needs to mount a devastating attack on the city, with Balrogs and dragons and numberless Orcs. After a minutely observed account of the fall of Gondolin, the tale ends with the escape of Túrin and Idril, with the child Eärendel, looking back from a cleft in the mountains as they flee southward, at the blazing wreckage of their city. They were journeying into a new story, the Tale of Eärendel, which Tolkien never wrote, but which is sketched out in this book from other sources.
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Following his presentation of Beren and Lúthien Christopher Tolkien has used the same ‘history in sequence� mode in the writing of this edition of The Fall of Gondolin. In the words of J.R.R. Tolkien, it was ‘the first real story of this imaginary world� and, together with Beren and Lúthien and The Children of Húrin, he regarded it as one of the three ‘Great Tales� of the Elder Days.]]> 304 J.R.R. Tolkien 1328613046 Lizzie 0 currently-reading 4.11 2018 The Fall of Gondolin (Middle-Earth Universe)
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]]> <![CDATA[The Bone Shard Daughter (The Drowning Empire, #1)]]> 60642416 An alternative cover edition for this ASIN can be found here.


Magic. Revolution. Identity.

The Emperor's reign has lasted for decades, his mastery of bone shard magic powering the animal-like constructs that maintain law and order. But now his rule is failing, and revolution is sweeping across the Empire's many islands.

Lin is the Emperor's daughter and she spends her days trapped in a palace of locked doors and dark secrets. When her father refuses to recognise her as heir to the throne, she vows to prove her worth by mastering the forbidden art of bone shard magic.

Yet such power carries a great cost, and when the revolution reaches the gates of the palace, Lin must decide how far she is willing to go to claim her birthright - and save her people.

The Bone Shard Daughter is an unmissable fantasy debut - a captivating tale of magic, revolution and mystery, where a young woman's sense of identity will make or break an empire.]]> 466 Andrea Stewart 0356514927 Lizzie 0 to-read 4.18 2020 The Bone Shard Daughter (The Drowning Empire, #1)
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]]> Beneath the Rising 50861996
But when Johnny invents a clean reactor that could eliminate fossil fuels and change the world, she awakens the primal, evil Ancient Ones set on subjugating humanity. From the oldest library in the world to the ruins of Nineveh, hunted at every turn, they need to trust each other completely to survive…]]> 255 Premee Mohamed Lizzie 0 to-read 3.60 2020 Beneath the Rising
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]]> Beloved 23156181 354 Toni Morrison Lizzie 0 to-read 4.10 1987 Beloved
author: Toni Morrison
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average rating: 4.10
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]]> <![CDATA[Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds and Shape Our Futures]]> 50664430 The smash-hit Sunday Times bestseller that will transform your understanding of our planet and life itself.'Astonishing ... it seems somehow to tip the natural world upside down' Observer'Completely mind-blowing ... reads like an adventure story' Sunday Times*WINNER OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY BOOK PRIZE 2021**WINNER OF THE WAINWRIGHT PRIZE FOR CONSERVATION WRITING 2021*The more we learn about fungi, the less makes sense without them. They can change our minds, heal our bodies and even help us avoid environmental disaster; they are metabolic masters, earth-makers and key players in most of nature's processes. In Entangled Life, Merlin Sheldrake takes us on a mind-altering journey into their spectacular world, and reveals how these extraordinary organisms transform our understanding of our planet and life itself.'Dazzling, vibrant, vision-changing' Robert Macfarlane'Urgent, astounding and necessary' Helen Macdonald'Gorgeous!' Margaret Atwood (on Twitter)'Wonderful' Nigella Lawson'This book is like one surprise after another' David Byrne'Uplifting' Jeanette Winterson*SHORTLISTED FOR THE RATHBONES FOLIO PRIZE 2021**SHORTLISTED FOR THE BRITISH BOOK AWARDS BOOK OF THE YEAR 2021** A Sunday Times, Daily Telegraph, New Statesman, The Times, Evening Standard, Mail on Sunday, BBC Science Focus and Time Book of the Year *]]> 368 Merlin Sheldrake Lizzie 0 to-read 4.41 2020 Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds and Shape Our Futures
author: Merlin Sheldrake
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]]> <![CDATA[Sisters of Moonlight (Sisters of Shadow, #2)]]> 60152996 Each step was like an old familiar song�

Still recovering from the inferno that consumed Kelseth lighthouse, apothecary Lily Knight, powerful witch Alice Blackwell, and their newfound family find refuge in a mysterious mist-wreathed castle to regroup and draw up a plan of action.

Because the shadows are closing in and Hecate Winter, High Priestess of the notorious coven that almost cost Alice her life, is only getting stronger�

But there are murmurings of an even more sinister threat brewing on the horizon � and it has something to do with the castle.

When Alice’s nightmares begin to bleed into her daily reality, everything changes.

Can Lily pull her back from the edge or will she finally succumb to the darkness?]]> 278 Katherine Livesey 0008467714 Lizzie 0 to-read 3.77 Sisters of Moonlight (Sisters of Shadow, #2)
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]]> <![CDATA[Sisters of Shadow (Sisters of Shadow #1)]]> 58726607 Alice has lived in the forest on the fringes of Alder Vale ever since her parents abandoned her. Alone, exiled, feared by all. All except Lily.

But something is stirring beyond the mountains, whispers of spectres stalking the moors, women of unfathomable power luring children into a cult that has haunted local lore for a generation.

Then, in the dead of night, Alice receives a letter promising answers to the questions that have always tormented her. And so she meets Grace. The red-cloaked cultist pledged to protect her, a scarred warrior born of storm and sea, the girl who will steal her heart.

Anne of Green Gables meets His Dark Materials in this whimsical fantasy adventure following the unlikely alliance between an apothecary, a witch, a warrior, and a witch-hunter. Perfect for fans of Garth Nix, Natasha Ngan, and Diana Wynne Jones.]]> 368 Katherine Livesey 0008467692 Lizzie 0 to-read 3.63 2021 Sisters of Shadow (Sisters of Shadow #1)
author: Katherine Livesey
name: Lizzie
average rating: 3.63
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]]> <![CDATA[The Fall of Númenor: And Other Tales from the Second Age of Middle-earth]]> 61141847
J.R.R. Tolkien famously described the Second Age of Middle-earth as a "dark age, and not very much of its history is (or need be) told." And for many years readers would need to be content with the tantalizing glimpses of it found within the pages of The Lord of the Rings and its appendices, including the forging of the Rings of Power, the building of the Barad-dûr and the rise of Sauron.

It was not until Christopher Tolkien published The Silmarillion after his father’s death that a fuller story could be told. Although much of the book’s content concerned the First Age of Middle-earth, there were at its close two key works that revealed the tumultuous events concerning the rise and fall of the island of Númenor. Raised out of the Great Sea and gifted to the Men of Middle-earth as a reward for aiding the angelic Valar and the Elves in the defeat and capture of the Dark Lord Morgoth, the kingdom became a seat of influence and wealth; but as the Númenóreans� power increased, the seed of their downfall would inevitably be sown, culminating in the Last Alliance of Elves and Men.

Even greater insight into the Second Age would be revealed in subsequent publications, first in Unfinished Tales of Númenor and Middle-earth, then expanded upon in Christopher Tolkien’s magisterial twelve-volume The History of Middle-earth, in which he presented and discussed a wealth of further tales written by his father, many in draft form.

Now, adhering to the timeline of "The Tale of Years" in the appendices to The Lord of the Rings, editor Brian Sibley has assembled into one comprehensive volume a new chronicle of the Second Age of Middle-earth, told substantially in the words of Tolkien from the various published texts, with new illustrations in watercolor and pencil by the doyen of Tolkien art, Alan Lee.]]> 336 J.R.R. Tolkien Lizzie 0 currently-reading 4.26 2022 The Fall of Númenor: And Other Tales from the Second Age of Middle-earth
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]]> Mexican Gothic 52873094
Noemí is also an unlikely rescuer: She’s a glamorous debutante, and her chic gowns and perfect red lipstick are more suited for cocktail parties than amateur sleuthing. But she’s also tough and smart, with an indomitable will, and she is not afraid: Not of her cousin’s new husband, who is both menacing and alluring; not of his father, the ancient patriarch who seems to be fascinated by Noemí; and not even of the house itself, which begins to invade Noemi’s dreams with visions of blood and doom.

Her only ally in this inhospitable abode is the family’s youngest son. Shy and gentle, he seems to want to help Noemí, but might also be hiding dark knowledge of his family’s past. For there are many secrets behind the walls of High Place. The family’s once colossal wealth and faded mining empire kept them from prying eyes, but as Noemí digs deeper she unearths stories of violence and madness.

And Noemí, mesmerized by the terrifying yet seductive world of High Place, may soon find it impossible to ever leave this enigmatic house behind.]]> 304 Silvia Moreno-Garcia Lizzie 4 3.76 2020 Mexican Gothic
author: Silvia Moreno-Garcia
name: Lizzie
average rating: 3.76
book published: 2020
rating: 4
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Very weird, but very well written!
]]> <![CDATA[Jade City (The Green Bone Saga, #1)]]> 43587154 JADE CITY is a gripping Godfather-esque saga of intergenerational blood feuds, vicious politics, magic, and kungfu.

The Kaul family is one of two crime syndicates that control the island of Kekon. It's the only place in the world that produces rare magical jade, which grants those with the right training and heritage superhuman abilities.

The Green Bone clans of honorable jade-wearing warriors once protected the island from foreign invasion--but nowadays, in a bustling post-war metropolis full of fast cars and foreign money, Green Bone families like the Kauls are primarily involved in commerce, construction, and the everyday upkeep of the districts under their protection.

When the simmering tension between the Kauls and their greatest rivals erupts into open violence in the streets, the outcome of this clan war will determine the fate of all Green Bones and the future of Kekon itself.]]> 540 Fonda Lee 0316440884 Lizzie 5 4.06 2017 Jade City (The Green Bone Saga, #1)
author: Fonda Lee
name: Lizzie
average rating: 4.06
book published: 2017
rating: 5
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]]> The House at Pooh Corner 7889401 177 A.A. Milne Lizzie 5 4.47 1928 The House at Pooh Corner
author: A.A. Milne
name: Lizzie
average rating: 4.47
book published: 1928
rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[The Botanist (Washington Poe, #5)]]> 58341336
Detective Sergeant Washington Poe can count on one hand the number of friends he has. And he'd still have his thumb left. There's the insanely brilliant, guilelessly innocent civilian analyst, Tilly Bradshaw of course. He's known his beleaguered boss, Detective Inspector Stephanie Flynn for years as he has his nearest neighbour, full-time shepherd/part-time dog sitter, Victoria.

And then there's Estelle Doyle. It's true the caustic pathologist has never walked down the sunny side of the street but this time has she gone too far? Shot twice in the head, her father's murder appears to be an open and shut case. Estelle has firearms discharge residue on her hands, and, in a house surrounded by fresh snow, hers are the only footprints going in. Since her arrest she's only said three words: 'Tell Washington Poe.'

Meanwhile, a poisoner the press have dubbed the Botanist is sending high profile celebrities poems and pressed flowers. The killer seems to be able to walk through walls and, despite the advance notice he gives his victims, and regardless of the security measures the police take, he seems to be able to kill with impunity.

For a man who hates locked room mysteries, this is going to be the longest week of Washington Poe's life . . .]]> 448 M.W. Craven 0349135541 Lizzie 0 could-not-finish 4.52 2022 The Botanist (Washington Poe, #5)
author: M.W. Craven
name: Lizzie
average rating: 4.52
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]]> <![CDATA[Red Seas Under Red Skies (Gentleman Bastard, #2)]]> 11515876
No-one has ever taken even a single coin from the Sinspire that wasn't won on the tables or in the other games of chance on offer there.

But, as ever, the path of true crime rarely runs smooth and Locke and Jean soon find themselves co-opted into an attempt to bring the pirate fleet of the notorious Zamira Drakasha to justice. Fine work for thieves who don't know one end of galley from another.

And all the while the Bondsmagi are plotting their very necessary revenge against the one man who believes e has humiliated them and lived; Locke Lamora.]]> 644 Scott Lynch Lizzie 0 to-read 4.33 2007 Red Seas Under Red Skies (Gentleman Bastard, #2)
author: Scott Lynch
name: Lizzie
average rating: 4.33
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]]> <![CDATA[Legends & Lattes (Legends & Lattes, #1)]]> 60222807 A Novel of High Fantasy and Low Stakes.

After a lifetime of bounties and bloodshed, Viv is hanging up her sword for the last time.

The battle-weary orc aims to start fresh, opening the first ever coffee shop in the city of Thune. But old and new rivals stand in the way of success—not to mention the fact that no one has the faintest idea what coffee actually is.

If Viv wants to put the blade behind her and make her plans a reality, she won't be able to go it alone.

But the true rewards of the uncharted path are the travelers you meet along the way. And whether drawn together by ancient magic, flaky pastry, or a freshly brewed cup, they may become partners, family, and something deeper than she ever could have dreamed.]]> 296 Travis Baldree Lizzie 0 to-read 4.33 2022 Legends & Lattes (Legends & Lattes, #1)
author: Travis Baldree
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average rating: 4.33
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]]> Far from the Light of Heaven 58351465 Arthur C. Clarke Award winner Tade Thompson makes a triumphant return to science fiction with this unforgettable vision of humanity's future in the chilling emptiness of space.

The colony ship Ragtime docks in the Lagos system, having travelled light years from home to bring one thousand sleeping souls to safety among the stars.

Some of the sleepers, however, will never wake - and a profound and sinister mystery unfolds aboard the gigantic vessel. Its skeleton crew are forced to make decisions that will have repercussions for all of humanity's settlements - from the scheming politicians of Lagos station, to the colony planet of Bloodroot, to other far flung systems and indeed Earth itself.]]> 399 Tade Thompson Lizzie 0 to-read 3.78 2021 Far from the Light of Heaven
author: Tade Thompson
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average rating: 3.78
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]]> <![CDATA[The Republic of Thieves (Gentleman Bastard, #3)]]> 18164449
It is a fall-out that will pit both men against Locke's own long lost love. Sabetha is Locke's childhood sweetheart, the love of Locke's life and now it is time for them to meet again. Employed on different sides of a vicious dispute between factions of the Bonds Sabetha has just one goal - to destroy Locke for ever.

The Gentleman Bastard sequence has become a literary sensation in fantasy circles and now, with the third book, Scott Lynch is set to seal that success.]]> 608 Scott Lynch Lizzie 0 to-read 4.30 2013 The Republic of Thieves (Gentleman Bastard, #3)
author: Scott Lynch
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average rating: 4.30
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]]> Cytonic (Skyward, #3) 58167223
She proved herself one of the best starfighters in the human enclave of Detritus and she saved her people from extermination at the hands of the Krell - the enigmatic alien species that has been holding them captive for decades. What's more, she travelled light-years from home as a spy to infiltrate the Superiority, where she learned of the galaxy beyond her small, desolate planet home. Now, the Superiority - the governing galactic alliance bent on dominating all human life - has started a galaxy-wide war. And Spensa has seen the weapons they plan to use to end it: the Delvers. Ancient, mysterious alien forces that can wipe out entire planetary systems in an instant.

Spensa knows that no matter how many pilots the DDF has, there is no defeating this predator.

Except that Spensa is Cytonic. She faced down a Delver and saw something eerily familiar about it. And maybe, if she's able to figure out what she is, she could be more than just another pilot in this unfolding war. She could save the galaxy. The only way she can discover what she really is, though, is to leave behind all she knows and enter the Nowhere. A place from which few ever return.

To have courage means facing fear. And this mission is terrifying.]]> 439 Brandon Sanderson 1473217962 Lizzie 0 to-read 4.23 2021 Cytonic (Skyward, #3)
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average rating: 4.23
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]]> <![CDATA[A Good Girl's Guide to Murder (A Good Girl's Guide to Murder, #1)]]> 43969445 The New York Times No.1 bestselling YA crime thriller that everyone is talking about!

THE WINNER OF THE BRITISH BOOK AWARD'S CHILDREN'S BOOK OF THE YEAR 2020

SHORTLISTED FOR THE WATERSTONES CHILDREN'S BOOK PRIZE 2020

The case is closed. Five years ago, schoolgirl Andie Bell was murdered by Sal Singh. The police know he did it. Everyone in town knows he did it.

But having grown up in the same small town that was consumed by the crime, Pippa Fitz-Amobi isn't so sure. When she chooses the case as the topic for her final project, she starts to uncover secrets that someone in town desperately wants to stay hidden. And if the real killer is still out there, how far will they go to keep Pip from the truth � ?

Perfect for fans of One of Us Is Lying, Gone Girl, We Were Liars and Riverdale]]> 348 Holly Jackson Lizzie 0 to-read 4.29 2019 A Good Girl's Guide to Murder (A Good Girl's Guide to Murder, #1)
author: Holly Jackson
name: Lizzie
average rating: 4.29
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]]> <![CDATA[Moon Witch, Spider King (The Dark Star Trilogy #2)]]> 59777774 The second novel in Marlon James's revolutionary DARK STAR TRILOGY is here

In this mighty follow-up to his Number 1 bestseller Black Leopard, Red Wolf, Man Booker-winner Marlon James once again draws on a rich tradition of African mythology, fantasy and history to imagine a mythic world, a lost child, a 177-year-old witch, a deadly regal chancellor, and a mystery with many answers...

Part adventure tale, part chronicle of an indomitable woman - the witch Sogolon - who bows to no man, this is an unforgettable exploration of power, personality, and the places where they overlap, set in a world at once ancient and startlingly modern.

In the words of Neil Gaiman, James has created 'a fantasy world as well realized as anything Tolkien made, with language as powerful as Angela Carter's'.]]> 621 Marlon James 0241981786 Lizzie 0 to-read 4.23 2022 Moon Witch, Spider King (The Dark Star Trilogy #2)
author: Marlon James
name: Lizzie
average rating: 4.23
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]]> <![CDATA[Eyes of the Void (The Final Architecture, #2)]]> 59573814 What waits in the shadows as we fight our greatest foe?

After one great battle, the Architects disappeared. Yet humanity’s fragile peace is brief. For, forty years later, the galaxy’s greatest alien enemy has returned. This time, the artefacts that preserved entire worlds from destruction are ineffective. And no planet is safe.

The Human Colony worlds are in turmoil as they face extinction. Some believe alliances with other species can save them. Others insist humanity must fight alone. But no one has the firepower or technology to ensure victory, as the Architects loom ever closer.

Idris spent decades running from the last war’s horrors. Yet as an Intermediary, altered to navigate deep space, he’s one of humanity’s only weapons. He’s therefore forced back into action. With a handful of allies, Idris must find something � anything � to stop the Architects� pitiless advance. But to do so, he must return to the nightmare of unspace, where his mind was broken and remade. What he discovers there will change everything.]]> 596 Adrian Tchaikovsky 1529051967 Lizzie 0 to-read 4.32 2022 Eyes of the Void (The Final Architecture, #2)
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]]> The Book of Accidents 57111893
Long ago, Maddie was a little girl making dolls in her bedroom when she saw something she shouldn’t have—and is trying to remember that lost trauma by making haunting sculptures.

Long ago, something sinister, something hungry, walked in the tunnels and the mountains and the coal mines of their hometown in rural Pennsylvania.

Now, Nate and Maddie Graves are married, and they have moved back to their hometown with their son, Oliver.

And now what happened long ago is happening again . . . and it is happening to Oliver. He meets a strange boy who becomes his best friend, a boy with secrets of his own and a taste for dark magic.

This dark magic puts them at the heart of a battle of good versus evil and a fight for the soul of the family—and perhaps for all of the world. But the Graves family has a secret weapon in this battle: their love for one another.]]> 530 Chuck Wendig Lizzie 0 to-read 3.83 2021 The Book of Accidents
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average rating: 3.83
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]]> <![CDATA[The Rivan Codex: Ancient Texts of the Belgariad and the Malloreon]]> 40779115 The Rivan Codex was published to answer the many letters David and Leigh Eddings have received from students, teachers, and aspiring writers. It's a companion to the 12-book fantasy series comprised of The Belgariad (five books), The Malloreon (five books), Belgarath the Sorcerer and Polgara the Sorceress. In David Eddings's words, The Rivan Codex "may give the student of our genre some insights into the creative process--something on the order of 'connect wire A to wire B. Warning! Do not connect wire A to wire C, because that will cause the whole thing to blow up in your face." This is a collection of the groundwork David and Leigh Eddings laid for the Belgariad and Malloreon series. On this firm foundation they imagined and built their world in book after book.

There's a fascinating introduction, a personal history of Belgarath the sorcerer, Holy Books, Gospels, Histories, King Anheg's diary, and an afterword. Footnotes tell how the authors used and changed these materials in writing the books. And of course, there are plenty of maps (the starting point for all epic fantasies). --Nona Vero

]]> 482 David Eddings Lizzie 4 3.90 1998 The Rivan Codex: Ancient Texts of the Belgariad and the Malloreon
author: David Eddings
name: Lizzie
average rating: 3.90
book published: 1998
rating: 4
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Interesting to dip into as a fan of this world
]]> <![CDATA[Fairy Art: Artists and Inspirations]]> 1946381 200 Iain Zaczek 1844513270 Lizzie 5 Lovely 4.26 2005 Fairy Art: Artists and Inspirations
author: Iain Zaczek
name: Lizzie
average rating: 4.26
book published: 2005
rating: 5
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Lovely
]]> The Outsider 36124936
An eleven-year-old boy’s violated corpse is found in a town park. Eyewitnesses and fingerprints point unmistakably to one of Flint City’s most popular citizens. He is Terry Maitland, Little League coach, English teacher, husband, and father of two girls. Detective Ralph Anderson, whose son Maitland once coached, orders a quick and very public arrest. Maitland has an alibi, but Anderson and the district attorney soon add DNA evidence to go with the fingerprints and witnesses. Their case seems ironclad.

As the investigation expands and horrifying answers begin to emerge, King’s propulsive story kicks into high gear, generating strong tension and almost unbearable suspense. Terry Maitland seems like a nice guy, but is he wearing another face? When the answer comes, it will shock you as only Stephen King can.]]> 561 Stephen King 1501180983 Lizzie 4 3.98 2018 The Outsider
author: Stephen King
name: Lizzie
average rating: 3.98
book published: 2018
rating: 4
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This is actually a re-read but I struggle with the Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ app
]]> <![CDATA[Harrow County, Vol. 1: Countless Haints]]> 25486101 A southern gothic fairy tale from the creator of smash hit The Sixth Gun, beautifully and hauntingly realized by B.P.R.D.'s Tyler Crook!

Collecting: Harrow County 1-4]]> 144 Cullen Bunn 161655780X Lizzie 4 4.04 2015 Harrow County, Vol. 1: Countless Haints
author: Cullen Bunn
name: Lizzie
average rating: 4.04
book published: 2015
rating: 4
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I wish I'd taken the plunge and got the library edition now, so that I had the next one to read straight away!
]]> <![CDATA[Finders Keepers (Bill Hodges Trilogy, #2)]]> 29343944 Wake up, genius.

The genius is John Rothstein, an iconic author who created a famous character, Jimmy Gold, but who hasn’t published a book for decades. Morris Bellamy is livid, not just because Rothstein has stopped providing books, but because the nonconformist Jimmy Gold has sold out for a career in advertising. Morris kills Rothstein and empties his safe of cash, yes, but the real treasure is a trove of notebooks containing at least one more Gold novel.

Morris hides the money and the notebooks, and then he is locked away for another crime. Decades later, a boy named Pete Saubers finds the treasure, and now it is Pete and his family that Bill Hodges, Holly Gibney, and Jerome Robinson must rescue from the ever-more deranged and vengeful Morris when he’s released from prison after thirty-five years.]]> 385 Stephen King Lizzie 4 3.96 2015 Finders Keepers (Bill Hodges Trilogy, #2)
author: Stephen King
name: Lizzie
average rating: 3.96
book published: 2015
rating: 4
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]]> Holly 65916344 Holly Gibney, one of Stephen King’s most compelling and ingeniously resourceful characters, returns in this thrilling novel to solve the gruesome truth behind multiple disappearances in a midwestern town.

“Sometimes the universe throws you a rope.� � BILL HODGES

Stephen King’s Holly marks the triumphant return of beloved King character Holly Gibney. Readers have witnessed Holly’s gradual transformation from a shy (but also brave and ethical) recluse in Mr. Mercedes to Bill Hodges’s partner in Finders Keepers to a full-fledged, smart, and occasionally tough private detective in The Outsider. In King’s new novel, Holly is on her own, and up against a pair of unimaginably depraved and brilliantly disguised adversaries.

When Penny Dahl calls the Finders Keepers detective agency hoping for help locating her missing daughter, Holly is reluctant to accept the case. Her partner, Pete, has Covid. Her (very complicated) mother has just died. And Holly is meant to be on leave. But something in Penny Dahl’s desperate voice makes it impossible for Holly to turn her down.

Mere blocks from where Bonnie Dahl disappeared live Professors Rodney and Emily Harris. They are the picture of bourgeois respectability: married octogenarians, devoted to each other, and semi-retired lifelong academics. But they are harboring an unholy secret in the basement of their well-kept, book-lined home, one that may be related to Bonnie’s disappearance. And it will prove nearly impossible to discover what they are up to: they are savvy, they are patient, and they are ruthless.

Holly must summon all her formidable talents to outthink and outmaneuver the shockingly twisted professors in this chilling new masterwork from Stephen King.]]> 449 Stephen King 1668016133 Lizzie 5 4.01 2023 Holly
author: Stephen King
name: Lizzie
average rating: 4.01
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rating: 5
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]]> Tales from the Perilous Realm 4653703 ‘The Hobbit�, fully corrected and reset for this edition and all beautifully illustrated in pencil by the award-winning artist, Alan Lee.

The five tales are written with the same skill, quality and charm that made The Hobbit a classic. Largely overlooked because of their short lengths, they are finally together in a volume which reaffirms Tolkien's place as a master storyteller for readers young and old.

� Roverandom is a toy dog who, enchanted by a sand sorcerer, gets to explore the world and encounter strange and fabulous creatures.
� Farmer Giles of Ham is fat and unheroic, but - having unwittingly managed to scare off a short-sighted giant - is called upon to do battle when a dragon comes to town;
� The Adventures of Tom Bombadil tells in verse of Tom's many adventures with hobbits, princesses, dwarves and trolls;
� Leaf by Niggle recounts the strange adventures of the painter Niggle who sets out to paint the perfect tree;
� Smith of Wootton Major journeys to the Land of Faery thanks to the magical ingredients of the Great Cake of the Feast of Good Children.

This new collection is fully illustrated throughout by Oscar-winning artist, Alan Lee, who provides a wealth of pencil drawings to bring the stories to life as he did so memorably for The Hobbit and The Children of Húrin. Alan also provides an Afterword, in which he opens the door into illustrating Tolkien's world.

World-renowned Tolkien author and expert, Tom Shippey, takes the reader through the hidden links in the tales to Tolkien's Middle-earth in his Introduction, and recounts their history and themes.

Lastly, included as an appendix is Tolkien's most famous essay, "On Fairy-stories", in which he brilliantly discusses fairy-stories and their relationship to fantasy.

Taken together, this rich collection of new and unknown work from the author of The Children of Húrin will provide the reader with a fascinating journey into lands as wild and strange as Middle-earth.]]> 403 J.R.R. Tolkien 0007280599 Lizzie 3 4.08 1997 Tales from the Perilous Realm
author: J.R.R. Tolkien
name: Lizzie
average rating: 4.08
book published: 1997
rating: 3
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]]> <![CDATA[False Knees: An Illustrated Guide to Animal Behavior]]> 52182651 False Knees fans will find old favorites along with an abundance of all-new material. Featuring creatures found in the author’s native Ontario, this always sharp, sometimes head-scratchingly bizarre collection of comics offers a view into the secret, surprisingly insightful world of blue jays, squirrels, geese, wolves, and rabbits.
Ìý]]> 144 Joshua Barkman 1524859060 Lizzie 5 4.48 2019 False Knees: An Illustrated Guide to Animal Behavior
author: Joshua Barkman
name: Lizzie
average rating: 4.48
book published: 2019
rating: 5
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This is one of my favourite books!
]]> <![CDATA[Rendezvous with Rama (Rama, #1)]]> 16114995 246 Arthur C. Clarke 0575088001 Lizzie 0 to-read 4.29 1973 Rendezvous with Rama (Rama, #1)
author: Arthur C. Clarke
name: Lizzie
average rating: 4.29
book published: 1973
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[Children of Memory (Children of Time, #3)]]> 61030535
Earth failed. In a desperate bid to escape, the spaceshipÌý Enkidu Ìýand its captain, Heorest Holt, carried its precious human cargo to a potential new paradise. Generations later, this fragile colony has managed to survive, eking out a hardy existence. Yet life is tough, and much technological knowledge has been lost.

Then strangers appear. They possess unparalleled knowledge and thrilling technology â€� and they've arrived from anotherÌýworld to help humanity’s colonies. But not all is as it seems, and the price of the strangers' help may be the colony itself.

Children of Memory Ìýby Arthur C. Clarke Award-winning author Adrian Tchaikovsky is a far-reaching space opera spanning generations, species and galaxies.]]> 480 Adrian Tchaikovsky 0316466409 Lizzie 4 Mind-bending. 3.99 2022 Children of Memory (Children of Time, #3)
author: Adrian Tchaikovsky
name: Lizzie
average rating: 3.99
book published: 2022
rating: 4
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Mind-bending.
]]> Slade House 30840877 Keep your eyes peeled for a small black iron door.

Down the road from a working-class British pub, along the brick wall of a narrow alley, if the conditions are exactly right, you’ll find the entrance to Slade House. A stranger will greet you by name and invite you inside. At first, you won’t want to leave. Later, you’ll find that you can’t. Every nine years, the house’s residents � an odd brother and sister � extend a unique invitation to someone who’s different or a precocious teenager, a recently divorced policeman, a shy college student. But what really goes on inside Slade House? For those who find out, it’s already too late...

Spanning five decades, from the last days of the 1970s to the present, leaping genres, and barreling toward an astonishing conclusion, this intricately woven novel will pull you into a reality-warping new vision of the haunted house story—as only David Mitchell could imagine it.]]> 233 David Mitchell 1473626838 Lizzie 4 3.79 2015 Slade House
author: David Mitchell
name: Lizzie
average rating: 3.79
book published: 2015
rating: 4
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]]> The Master and Margarita 198428 445 Mikhail Bulgakov 0099448696 Lizzie 5 4.22 1967 The Master and Margarita
author: Mikhail Bulgakov
name: Lizzie
average rating: 4.22
book published: 1967
rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[World After (Penryn & the End of Days, #2)]]> 17849112 Angelfall, the survivors of the angel apocalypse begin to scrape back together what's left of the modern world. When a group of people capture Penryn's sister Paige, thinking she's a monster, the situation ends in a massacre. Paige disappears. Humans are terrified. Mom is heartbroken.

Penryn drives through the streets of San Francisco looking for Paige. Why are the streets so empty? Where is everybody? Her search leads her into the heart of the angels' secret plans, where she catches a glimpse of their motivations, and learns the horrifying extent to which the angels are willing to go.

Meanwhile, Raffe hunts for his wings. Without them, he can't rejoin the angels, can't take his rightful place as one of their leaders. When faced with recapturing his wings or helping Penryn survive, which will he choose?

]]> 320 Susan Ee 1477867287 Lizzie 0 to-read 4.09 2013 World After (Penryn & the End of Days, #2)
author: Susan Ee
name: Lizzie
average rating: 4.09
book published: 2013
rating: 0
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]]> Brambles 51925121
She betrayed her own.

Yet, the truth hides another story, one of honor and honesty, of a princess gambling her own life for another's. It's a tale of courage and consequences, and a choice that can never be undone.

A short story prequel to her multi-starred fantasy, Thorn, Intisar Khanani's "Brambles" gives Alyrra's account of what really happened all those years ago, and how a few critical days turned her life into a daily fight for survival.]]> 42 Intisar Khanani 1948448009 Lizzie 5
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I love everything Intisar Khanani writes, so I am definitely biased, but wow! So much emotion condensed into such a short space, and not a word is wasted. A really great addition to the main story of Thorn.]]> 4.06 2020 Brambles
author: Intisar Khanani
name: Lizzie
average rating: 4.06
book published: 2020
rating: 5
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I love everything Intisar Khanani writes, so I am definitely biased, but wow! So much emotion condensed into such a short space, and not a word is wasted. A really great addition to the main story of Thorn.

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I love everything Intisar Khanani writes, so I am definitely biased, but wow! So much emotion condensed into such a short space, and not a word is wasted. A really great addition to the main story of Thorn.
]]> Fight Club 825840 218 Chuck Palahniuk 0099765217 Lizzie 4 4.11 1996 Fight Club
author: Chuck Palahniuk
name: Lizzie
average rating: 4.11
book published: 1996
rating: 4
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]]> The Forgotten Beasts of Eld 25448310 Almost destroyed because of a man's fear and greed, Sybel, a beautiful young sorceress, embarks on a quest for revenge that proves equally destructive.

Sybel, the heiress of powerful wizards, needs the company of no-one outside her gates. In her exquisite stone mansion, she is attended by exotic, magical Riddle-master Cyrin the boar; the treasure-starved dragon Gyld; Gules the Lyon, tawny master of the Southern Deserts; Ter, the fiercely vengeful falcon; Moriah, feline Lady of the Night. Sybel only lacks the exquisite and mysterious Liralen, which continues to elude her most powerful enchantments.

But when a soldier bearing an infant arrives, Sybel discovers that the world of man and magic is full of both love and deceit, and the possibility of more power than she can possibly imagine.

Winner of the World Fantasy award, this exquisitely written story has something for almost every reader: adventure, romance and a resonant mythology that reveals powerful truths about human nature.]]> 200 Patricia A. McKillip 1473212030 Lizzie 5 3.96 1974 The Forgotten Beasts of Eld
author: Patricia A. McKillip
name: Lizzie
average rating: 3.96
book published: 1974
rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[To Gaze Upon Wicked Gods (Gods Beyond the Skies, #1)]]> 186872482
Heroes die, cowards live. Daughter of a conquered world, Ruying hates the invaders who descended from the heavens long before she was born and defeated the magic of her people with technologies unlike anything her world had ever seen.

Blessed by Death, born with the ability to pull the life right out of mortal bodies, Ruying shouldn’t have to fear these foreign invaders, but she does. Especially because she wants to keep herself and her family safe.

When Ruying’s Gift is discovered by an enemy prince, he offers her an impossible deal: If she becomes his private assassin and eliminates his political rivals—whose deaths he swears would be for the good of both their worlds and would protect her people from further brutalization—her family will never starve or suffer harm again. But to accept this bargain, she must use the powers she has always feared, powers that will shave years off her own existence.

Can Ruying trust this prince, whose promises of a better world make her heart ache and whose smiles make her pulse beat faster? Are the evils of this agreement really in the service of a much greater good? Or will she betray her entire nation by protecting those she loves the most?]]> 368 Molly X. Chang 0593722248 Lizzie 2 3.40 2024 To Gaze Upon Wicked Gods (Gods Beyond the Skies, #1)
author: Molly X. Chang
name: Lizzie
average rating: 3.40
book published: 2024
rating: 2
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]]> Polgara the Sorceress 937949 807 David Eddings 0586213147 Lizzie 3 3.94 1997 Polgara the Sorceress
author: David Eddings
name: Lizzie
average rating: 3.94
book published: 1997
rating: 3
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I feel slightly disloyal saying this, but this honestly felt like a very long slog... Probably best suited for real die hard fans.
]]> William Gibson's Alien 3 44088476 This is the official adaptation of the original screenplay for Alien 3, written by William Gibson, the award-winning science fiction author of the cyberpunk cult classic Neuromancer. You'll see familiar characters and places--but not all is the same in this horrifying Cold War thriller!After the deadly events of the film Aliens, the spaceship Sulaco carrying the sleeping bodies of Ripley, Hicks, Newt, and Bishop are intercepted by the Union of Progressive Peoples. What the U.P.P forces don't expect is another deadly passenger that is about to unleash chaos between two governmental titans intent on developing the ultimate cold war weapon of mass destruction. Collects William Gibson's Alien 3 #1-5.]]> 136 William Gibson 1506708552 Lizzie 3 3.50 William Gibson's Alien 3
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name: Lizzie
average rating: 3.50
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I liked it, and I thought the artwork was great, and I also thought it was a good premise, but overall I was just left feeling a bit disappointed. I would have liked it to be a bit longer, with more explanation to help it be less confusing. I had to keep re-reading the previous chapter to keep track of what was going on (I actually read it in 5 instalments instead of the anthology, but didn't want to add five separate books to this year's list).
]]> The Lost Bookshop 65137920 The Keeper of Stories meets The Lost Apothecary in this evocative and charming novel full of mystery and secrets.

‘The thing about books,� she said ‘is that they help you to imagine a life bigger and better than you could ever dream of.�

On a quiet street in Dublin, a lost bookshop is waiting to be found�

For too long, Opaline, Martha and Henry have been the side characters in their own lives.

But when a vanishing bookshop casts its spell, these three unsuspecting strangers will discover that their own stories are every bit as extraordinary as the ones found in the pages of their beloved books. And by unlocking the secrets of the shelves, they find themselves transported to a world of wonder� where nothing is as it seems.]]> 432 Evie Woods 0008609209 Lizzie 0 to-read 4.03 2023 The Lost Bookshop
author: Evie Woods
name: Lizzie
average rating: 4.03
book published: 2023
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]]> <![CDATA[Belgarath the Sorcerer (Belgarian Prequels)]]> 953177
When the world was young and Gods still walked among their mortal children, a headstrong orphan boy set out to explore the world. Thus began the extraordinary adventures that would mold that youthful vagabond into a man, and the man into the finely honed instrument of Prophecy known to all the world as Belgarath the Sorcerer.

Then came the dark day when the Dark God Torak split the world asunder, and the God Aldur and his disciples began their monumental labor to set Destiny aright. Foremost among their number was Belgarath. His ceaseless devotion was foredoomed to cost him that which he held most dear - even as his loyal service would extend through echoing centuries of loss, of struggle, and of ultimate triumph.]]> 840 David Eddings 0586213155 Lizzie 4 4.01 1995 Belgarath the Sorcerer (Belgarian Prequels)
author: David Eddings
name: Lizzie
average rating: 4.01
book published: 1995
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[The Umbrella Academy, Vol. 1: Apocalypse Suite]]> 2795053
These seven children form the Umbrella Academy, a dysfunctional family of superheroes with bizarre powers. Their first adventure at the age of ten pits them against an erratic and deadly Eiffel Tower, piloted by the fearsome zombie-robot Gustave Eiffel. Nearly a decade later, the team disbands, but when Hargreeves unexpectedly dies, these disgruntled siblings reunite just in time to save the world once again.

Collecting: The Umbrella Academy: Apocalypse Suite 1-6, as well as out-of-print short stories and an expanded sketchbook section featuring work by Gabriel Bá, James Jean, and Gerard Way]]> 184 Gerard Way Lizzie 0 could-not-finish 3.87 2007 The Umbrella Academy, Vol. 1: Apocalypse Suite
author: Gerard Way
name: Lizzie
average rating: 3.87
book published: 2007
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[Realms of Tolkien: Images of Middle-earth]]> 23619 144 J.R.R. Tolkien 0061055328 Lizzie 4 4.25 1996 Realms of Tolkien: Images of Middle-earth
author: J.R.R. Tolkien
name: Lizzie
average rating: 4.25
book published: 1996
rating: 4
read at: 2016/02/08
date added: 2024/04/20
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]]> <![CDATA[The Seeress of Kell (The Malloreon, #5)]]> 959190 432 david-eddings 0593015657 Lizzie 5 4.04 1991 The Seeress of Kell (The Malloreon, #5)
author: david-eddings
name: Lizzie
average rating: 4.04
book published: 1991
rating: 5
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]]> Preacher, Book 1 5428776
After merging with a bizarre spiritual force called Genesis, Texan preacher Jesse Custer has become completely disillusioned with the beliefs to which he had dedicated his entire life. Now possessing the power of "the word," an ability to make people do whatever he utters, Custer begins a violent and riotous journey across the country. Joined by his gun-toting girlfriend Tulip and the hard-drinking Irish vampire Cassidy, Custer loses faith in both God and man as he witnesses dark atrocities and improbable calamities during his exploration of America.

This new collected edition features an all-new introduction by series writer Garth Ennis.]]> 335 Garth Ennis 140122279X Lizzie 5 4.41 2009 Preacher, Book 1
author: Garth Ennis
name: Lizzie
average rating: 4.41
book published: 2009
rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[Sorceress of Darshiva (The Malloreon, #4)]]> 429844 David Eddings 0593015649 Lizzie 4 3.80 1989 Sorceress of Darshiva (The Malloreon, #4)
author: David Eddings
name: Lizzie
average rating: 3.80
book published: 1989
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[Demon Lord of Karanda (The Malloreon, #3)]]> 17192145 Captives of His Imperial Majesty...

Zandramas had stolen King Garion's infant son and fled to use the child in some ritual that would make the Dark Destiny supreme. Garion and his friends had followed, but now they were captives of Zakath, Emperor of Mallorea, who, while friendly, stubbornly refused to let them leave.

Meanwhile, a horde of demons was ravaging the cities through which they must travel. Zandramas was escaping further toward her goal. And the Seeress of Kell revealed that they must be at the anient palace of Ashaba within a matter of days or Zandramas would win by default. Then a horrible, fatal plague struck the city of Mal Zeth. closing it against all traffic in or out.]]> 399 David Eddings Lizzie 4 3.78 1988 Demon Lord of Karanda (The Malloreon, #3)
author: David Eddings
name: Lizzie
average rating: 3.78
book published: 1988
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[King of the Murgos (The Malloreon, #2)]]> 17192139
Garion knows that it is the mysterious figure Zandramas who is responsible for the abduction of his infant son, and he and his companions journey many miles and encounter many strange beings in their search for him.

Their way leads through the foul swamps of Nyissa, ruled over by the Snake-Queen, and on into the dark kingdom of the Murgos, where human sacrifices are still made to the dead god Torak. Further on, however, even beyond those forbidding lands, they must face the ultimate danger - not only to themselves but to all mankind...

THUS CONTINUES BOOK TWO OF THE MALLOREON]]> 444 David Eddings Lizzie 4 3.96 1988 King of the Murgos (The Malloreon, #2)
author: David Eddings
name: Lizzie
average rating: 3.96
book published: 1988
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[Guardians of the West (The Malloreon, #1)]]> 429882 Warned by the prophecy that a new and greater danger threatens the lands of the west, Garion, Belgarath and Polgara must begin another quest to save the lands from great evil...

Eleven years have passed since Garion's killing of the evil God Torak and his marriage to Ce'Nedra. He is now Overlord of the West, slowly learning how to cope with the duties of a king and to overcome the difficulties within his marriage.

When the Orb of Aldur warns Garion to 'Beware Zandramus!' the Voice of Prophecy revals that somewhere in the unknown land of the East the Dark Prophecy still exists and that great new dangers threaten.

While Belgarath and Garion seek to uncover the nature of this threat, Garion's son is kidnapped. All evidence points to the loathsome Bear-cult, which has gained power once more, and Garion leads an army bent on its destruction. But there are even more sinister foces at work, and Garion and his followers must look towards that malign and mysterious evil of Zandramas. Their quest must begin again.]]> 429 David Eddings 0552130176 Lizzie 4 3.91 1987 Guardians of the West (The Malloreon, #1)
author: David Eddings
name: Lizzie
average rating: 3.91
book published: 1987
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[Enchanters' End Game (The Belgariad, #5)]]> 17192150 373 David Eddings Lizzie 5 4.16 1984 Enchanters' End Game (The Belgariad, #5)
author: David Eddings
name: Lizzie
average rating: 4.16
book published: 1984
rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[Castle of Wizardry (The Belgariad, #4)]]> 17192163 374 David Eddings Lizzie 4 4.17 1984 Castle of Wizardry (The Belgariad, #4)
author: David Eddings
name: Lizzie
average rating: 4.17
book published: 1984
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[Magician's Gambit (The Belgariad, #3)]]> 17192178 alternate cover for 055212382x / 9780552123822

Ce'Nedra, Imperial Princess of Tolnedra, is confused. Everyone knows the tales of the Orb protecting the West from the evil god Torak are just silly legends. But here she is, forced to join a dangerous quest to recover that stolen Orb. No one believes in sorcery, but Garion's aunt and grandfather seem to be the fabled sorcerers Polgara and Belgarath, who would have to be thousands of years old.

Even young Garion is learning to do sorcery. He's just a farm boy, totally unsuitable for an Imperial Princess. Yet for some reason, she has the urge to teach him, brush back his tangled hair, and comfort him. But he is going to a strange tower in the center of all he believes evil, to face some horrible, powerful magician, and she can't be there to watch over him. She may never see him again!

Thus continues The Belgariad, an epic prophecy still unfolding.]]> 305 David Eddings Lizzie 4 4.08 1983 Magician's Gambit (The Belgariad, #3)
author: David Eddings
name: Lizzie
average rating: 4.08
book published: 1983
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[Queen of Sorcery (The Belgariad, #2)]]> 17192170 327 David Eddings Lizzie 4 4.16 1982 Queen of Sorcery (The Belgariad, #2)
author: David Eddings
name: Lizzie
average rating: 4.16
book published: 1982
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[Pawn of Prophecy (The Belgariad, #1)]]> 17192197 BOOK 1 OF THE BELGARIAD, the worldwide bestselling fantasy series by master storyteller David Eddings. Discover the epic story that inspired thousands - from Raymond Feist's The Riftwar Cycle series to George R. R. Martin's A Game of Thrones.

A battle is coming...

...And in that battle shall be decided

the fate of the world

Myths tell of the ancient wars of Gods and men, and a powerful object - the Orb - that ended the bloodshed. As long as it was held by the line of Riva, it would assure the peace.

But a dark force has stolen the Orb, and the prophecies tell of war.

Young farm boy Garion knows nothing of myth or fate. But then the mysterious Old Storyteller visits his aunt, and they embark on a sudden journey. Pursued by evil forces, with only a small band of companions they can trust, Garion begins to doubt all he thought he knew...]]> 258 David Eddings 055212284X Lizzie 4 4.13 1982 Pawn of Prophecy (The Belgariad, #1)
author: David Eddings
name: Lizzie
average rating: 4.13
book published: 1982
rating: 4
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Honestly I'm tempted to bump my rating up to 5 stars purely on nostalgia and for how absolutely page-turningly READABLE this is! I love it, I can definitely see its quirks and foibles, but it feels like sitting down with an old friend
]]> <![CDATA[A Day of Fallen Night (The Roots of Chaos, #0)]]> 60766189 A Day of Fallen Night, Samantha Shannon sweeps readers back to the universe of Priory of the Orange Tree and into the lives of four women, showing us a course of events that shaped their world for generations to come.

Tunuva Melim is a sister of the Priory. For fifty years, she has trained to slay wyrms � but none have appeared since the Nameless One, and the younger generation is starting to question the Priory's purpose.

To the north, in the Queendom of Inys, Sabran the Ambitious has married the new King of Hróth, narrowly saving both realms from ruin. Their daughter, Glorian, trails in their shadow � exactly where she wants to be.

The dragons of the East have slept for centuries. Dumai has spent her life in a Seiikinese mountain temple, trying to wake the gods from their long slumber. Now someone from her mother's past is coming to upend her fate.

When the Dreadmount erupts, bringing with it an age of terror and violence, these women must find the strength to protect humankind from a devastating threat.]]> 868 Samantha Shannon 1635577926 Lizzie 0 on-hiatus 4.34 2023 A Day of Fallen Night (The Roots of Chaos, #0)
author: Samantha Shannon
name: Lizzie
average rating: 4.34
book published: 2023
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]]> The Lost Metal (Mistborn, #7) 59797676 Return to #1 New York Times bestseller Brandon Sanderson's Mistborn world of Scadrial as its second era, which began with The Alloy of Law, comes to its earth-shattering conclusion in The Lost Metal.

For years, frontier lawman turned big-city senator Waxillium Ladrian has hunted the shadowy organization the Set—with his late uncle and his sister among their leaders—since they started kidnapping people with the power of Allomancy in their bloodlines. When Detective Marasi Colms and her partner, Wayne, find stockpiled weapons bound for the Outer City of Bilming, this opens a new lead. Conflict between the capital, Elendel, and the Outer Cities only favors the Set, and their tendrils now reach to the Elendel Senate—whose corruption Wax and his wife, Steris, have sought to expose—and Bilming is even more entangled.

After Wax discovers a new type of explosive that can unleash unprecedented destruction and realizes that the Set must already have it, an immortal kandra serving Scadrial's god, Harmony, reveals that Bilming has fallen under the influence of another god: Trell, worshipped by the Set. And Trell isn't the only factor at play from the larger Cosmere—Marasi is recruited by offworlders with strange abilities who claim their goal is to protect Scadrial . . . at any cost.

Wax must choose whether to set aside his rocky relationship with God and once again become the Sword that Harmony has groomed him to be. If no one steps forward to be the hero Scadrial needs, the planet and its millions of people will come to a sudden and calamitous ruin.]]> 507 Brandon Sanderson 1473215293 Lizzie 0 to-read 4.55 2022 The Lost Metal (Mistborn, #7)
author: Brandon Sanderson
name: Lizzie
average rating: 4.55
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]]> Ghost Of Thomas Kempe 39705609 256 Penelope Lively 1405288744 Lizzie 3 3.86 1973 Ghost Of Thomas Kempe
author: Penelope Lively
name: Lizzie
average rating: 3.86
book published: 1973
rating: 3
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]]> American Gods: Shadows #1 34564139
Shadow Moon just got out of jail, only to discover his wife is dead. Defeated, broke, and uncertain as to where to go from here, he meets the mysterious Mr. Wednesday, who employs him to serve as his bodyguard—thrusting Shadow into a deadly world of the supernatural, where ghosts of the past come back from the dead, and a brewing war between old and new gods hits a boiling point.

The Hugo, Bram Stoker, Locus, World Fantasy, and Nebula award–winning novel and upcoming Starz television series by Neil Gaiman is adapted as a comic series for the first time!

NEIL GAIMAN! P. CRAIG RUSSELL! SCOTT HAMPTON!]]> 37 Neil Gaiman Lizzie 3 4.05 American Gods: Shadows #1
author: Neil Gaiman
name: Lizzie
average rating: 4.05
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]]> The Singer's Gun 23589299 From the New York Times bestselling author of Station Eleven

After shaking off an increasingly dangerous venture with his cousin, Anton Waker has spent years constructing an honest life for himself. But then a routine security check brings his past crashing back towards him. His marriage and career in ruins, Anton finds himself in Italy with one last job from his cousin. But there is someone on his tail and they are getting closer . . .

The Singer's Gun follows Anton, Alex Broden - a detective on the trail of a people trafficker, and Elena, caught up in the investigation against her will. Taut and thrilling, it is a novel about identity and loyalty, and the things we are willing to sacrifice for love.

]]> 304 Emily St. John Mandel 1447280059 Lizzie 2 3.69 2010 The Singer's Gun
author: Emily St. John Mandel
name: Lizzie
average rating: 3.69
book published: 2010
rating: 2
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This was confirmation for me that I don't like books about sad people making bad decisions and absolutely nothing magical or fantastical or otherworldly happening.
]]> The Lola Quartet 23589309 How far would you go for someone you love?

The Lola Quartet: Jack, Daniel, Sasha and Gavin, four talented musicians at the end of their high school careers. On the dream-like night of their last concert, Gavin's girlfriend Anna disappears. Ten years later Gavin sees a photograph of a little girl who looks uncannily like him and who shares Anna's surname, and suddenly he finds himself catapulted back to a secretive past he didn't realise he'd left behind.

But that photo has set off a cascade of dangerous consequences and, as one by one the members of the Lola Quartet are reunited, a terrifying story emerges: of innocent mistakes, of secrecy and of a life lived on the run.

Filled with love, music and thwarted dreams, Emily St. John Mandel's The Lola Quartet is a thrilling novel about how the errors of the past can threaten the future.

]]> 288 Emily St. John Mandel 1447280075 Lizzie 0 could-not-finish 3.58 2012 The Lola Quartet
author: Emily St. John Mandel
name: Lizzie
average rating: 3.58
book published: 2012
rating: 0
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Honestly, I'm DNF'ing this at page 73, hence no rating, but I need it for my reading challenge
]]> How to Sell a Haunted House 59414094 Grady Hendrix takes on the haunted house in a thrilling new novel that explores the way your past—and your family—can haunt you like nothing else.

When Louise finds out her parents have died, she dreads going home. She doesn’t want to leave her daughter with her ex and fly to Charleston. She doesn’t want to deal with her family home, stuffed to the rafters with the remnants of her father’s academic career and her mother’s lifelong obsession with puppets and dolls. She doesn’t want to learn how to live without the two people who knew and loved her best in the world.

Most of all, she doesn’t want to deal with her brother, Mark, who never left their hometown, gets fired from one job after another, and resents her success. Unfortunately, she’ll need his help to get the house ready for sale because it’ll take more than some new paint on the walls and clearing out a lifetime of memories to get this place on the market.

But some houses don’t want to be sold, and their home has other plans for both of them…]]> 419 Grady Hendrix 0593201264 Lizzie 0 to-read 3.65 2023 How to Sell a Haunted House
author: Grady Hendrix
name: Lizzie
average rating: 3.65
book published: 2023
rating: 0
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]]> Last Night in Montreal 23589288 Lilia has been leaving people behind her entire life. Haunted by her inability to remember her early childhood, and by a mysterious shadow that seems to dog her wherever she goes, Lilia moves restlessly from city to city, abandoning lovers and friends along the way. But then she meets Eli, and he's not ready to let her go, not without a fight.

Gorgeously written, charged with tension and foreboding, Emily St. John Mandel's Last Night in Montreal is the story of a life spent at the centre of a criminal investigation. It is a novel about identity, love and amnesia, the depths and limits of family bonds and - ultimately - about the nature of obsession.

]]> 230 Emily St. John Mandel 1447280024 Lizzie 3 3.71 2009 Last Night in Montreal
author: Emily St. John Mandel
name: Lizzie
average rating: 3.71
book published: 2009
rating: 3
read at: 2023/12/07
date added: 2023/12/07
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Hard to rate. Not entirely sure whether I actually liked this or not.
]]> <![CDATA[Night of Cake and Puppets (Daughter of Smoke & Bone, #1.5)]]> 36162553 In this stand-alone companion to the New York Times bestselling Daughter of Smoke & Bone series comes the story of Mik and Zuzana's fantastical first date—as a gorgeously illustrated gift edition with bonus content included.

Petite though she may be, Zuzana is not known for timidity. Her best friend, Karou, calls her "rabid fairy," her "voodoo eyes" are said to freeze blood, and even her older brother fears her wrath. But when it comes to the simple matter of talking to Mik, or "Violin Boy," her courage deserts her. Now, enough is enough. Zuzana is determined to make the first move, and she has a fistful of magic and a plan. It's a wonderfully elaborate treasure hunt of a plan that will take Mik all over Prague on a cold winter's night before leading him to the treasure: herself! Violin Boy is not going to know what hit him.

New York Times bestselling author Laini Taylor brings to life a night only hinted at in the Daughter of Smoke & Bone trilogy—the magical first date of fan-favorites Zuzana and Mik. Originally published as an ebook, this new print edition will include breathtaking black and white illustrations, plus bonus content in a gorgeous package perfect for new and current fans of the series.]]> 256 Laini Taylor 1473675537 Lizzie 5 4.34 2013 Night of Cake and Puppets (Daughter of Smoke & Bone, #1.5)
author: Laini Taylor
name: Lizzie
average rating: 4.34
book published: 2013
rating: 5
read at: 2022/12/20
date added: 2023/11/29
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]]> Raybearer (Raybearer, #1) 49655295 Nothing is more important than loyalty.
But what if you’ve sworn to protect the one you were born to destroy?

Tarisai has always longed for the warmth of a family. She was raised in isolation by a mysterious, often absent mother known only as The Lady. The Lady sends her to the capital of the global empire of Aritsar to compete with other children to be chosen as one of the Crown Prince’s Council of 11. If she’s picked, she’ll be joined with the other Council members through the Ray, a bond deeper than blood. That closeness is irresistible to Tarisai, who has always wanted to belong somewhere. But The Lady has other ideas, including a magical wish that Tarisai is compelled to Kill the Crown Prince once she gains his trust. Tarisai won’t stand by and become someone’s pawn—but is she strong enough to choose a different path for herself?]]> 368 Jordan Ifueko 1471409287 Lizzie 0 to-read 4.34 2020 Raybearer (Raybearer, #1)
author: Jordan Ifueko
name: Lizzie
average rating: 4.34
book published: 2020
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[What You Are Looking For Is in the Library]]> 91274427 For fans of The Midnight Library and Before the Coffee Gets Cold, this charming Japanese novel shows how the perfect book recommendation can change a reader's life.

What are you looking for?

This is the famous question routinely asked by Tokyo’s most enigmatic librarian, Sayuri Komachi. Like most librarians, Komachi has read every book lining her shelves—but she also has the unique ability to read the souls of her library guests. For anyone who walks through her door, Komachi can sense exactly what they’re looking for in life and provide just the book recommendation they never knew they needed to help them find it.

Each visitor comes to her library from a different juncture in their careers and dreams, from the restless sales attendant who feels stuck at her job to the struggling working mother who longs to be a magazineÌýeditor. The conversation that they have with Sayuri Komachi—and the surprise book she lends each of them—will have life-altering consequences.

With heartwarming charm and wisdom, What You Are Looking For Is in the Library is a paean to the magic of libraries, friendship and community, perfect for anyone who has ever found themselves at an impasse in their life and in need of a little inspiration.]]> 304 Michiko Aoyama 1335005625 Lizzie 0 to-read 4.07 2020 What You Are Looking For Is in the Library
author: Michiko Aoyama
name: Lizzie
average rating: 4.07
book published: 2020
rating: 0
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]]> The Maid 58484331
Since Gran died a few months ago, twenty-five-year-old Molly has been navigating life's complexities all by herself. No matter--she throws herself with gusto into her work as a hotel maid. Her unique character, along with her obsessive love of cleaning and proper etiquette, make her an ideal fit for the job. She delights in donning her crisp uniform each morning, stocking her cart with miniature soaps and bottles, and returning guest rooms at the Regency Grand Hotel to a state of perfection.

But Molly's orderly life is upended the day she enters the suite of the infamous and wealthy Charles Black, only to find it in a state of disarray and Mr. Black himself dead in his bed. Before she knows what's happening, Molly's unusual demeanor has the police targeting her as their lead suspect. She quickly finds herself caught in a web of deception, one she has no idea how to untangle. Fortunately for Molly, friends she never knew she had unite with her in a search for clues to what really happened to Mr. Black--but will they be able to find the real killer before it's too late?

A Clue-like, locked-room mystery and a heartwarming journey of the spirit, The Maid explores what it means to be the same as everyone else and yet entirely different--and reveals that all mysteries can be solved through connection to the human heart.]]> 352 Nita Prose Lizzie 4 3.42 2022 The Maid
author: Nita Prose
name: Lizzie
average rating: 3.42
book published: 2022
rating: 4
read at: 2023/09/13
date added: 2023/09/13
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]]> <![CDATA[The Priory of the Orange Tree (The Roots of Chaos, #1)]]> 29774026 A world divided.
A queendom without an heir.
An ancient enemy awakens.

The House of Berethnet has ruled Inys for a thousand years. Still unwed, Queen Sabran the Ninth must conceive a daughter to protect her realm from destruction—but assassins are getting closer to her door.

Ead Duryan is an outsider at court. Though she has risen to the position of lady-in-waiting, she is loyal to a hidden society of mages. Ead keeps a watchful eye on Sabran, secretly protecting her with forbidden magic.

Across the dark sea, Tané has trained all her life to be a dragonrider, but is forced to make a choice that could see her life unravel.

Meanwhile, the divided East and West refuse to parley, and forces of chaos are rising from their sleep.]]> 848 Samantha Shannon Lizzie 4 4.15 2019 The Priory of the Orange Tree (The Roots of Chaos, #1)
author: Samantha Shannon
name: Lizzie
average rating: 4.15
book published: 2019
rating: 4
read at: 2023/09/05
date added: 2023/09/05
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This was a really great book, and I enjoyed it very much indeed - 4.5
]]> The Last Unicorn 8890606 167 Peter B. Gillis 1600108512 Lizzie 4 4.36 2011 The Last Unicorn
author: Peter B. Gillis
name: Lizzie
average rating: 4.36
book published: 2011
rating: 4
read at: 2018/06/24
date added: 2023/07/31
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]]> <![CDATA[Monstress, Volume 1: Awakening]]> 55883882
Collects MONSTRESS #1-6

About the Creators:

New York Times bestselling and award-winning writer Marjorie Liu is best known for her fiction and comic books. She teaches comic book writing at MIT, and leads a class on Popular Fiction at the Voices of Our Nation (VONA) workshop. Ms. Liu's extensive work includes the bestselling "Astonishing X-Men" for Marvel Comics, which featured the gay wedding of X-Man Northstar and was subsequently nominated for a GLAAD Media Award for outstanding media images of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community. Prior to writing full-time, Liu was a lawyer. She currently resides in Boston.

Sana Takeda is an illustrator and comic book artist who was born in Niigata, and now resides in Tokyo, Japan. At age 20 she started out as a 3D CGI designer for SEGA, a Japanese video game company, and became a freelance artist when she was 25. She is still an artist, and has worked on titles such as "X-23" and "Ms. Marvel" for Marvel Comics, and is an illustrator for trading card games in Japan.]]> 192 Marjorie M. Liu 1632157098 Lizzie 3 3.96 2016 Monstress, Volume 1: Awakening
author: Marjorie M. Liu
name: Lizzie
average rating: 3.96
book published: 2016
rating: 3
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]]> <![CDATA[The Return of the King (The Lord of the Rings, #3)]]> 15923742
--back cover]]> 570 J.R.R. Tolkien 0007488343 Lizzie 5 favorites 4.56 1955 The Return of the King (The Lord of the Rings, #3)
author: J.R.R. Tolkien
name: Lizzie
average rating: 4.56
book published: 1955
rating: 5
read at: 2023/06/28
date added: 2023/06/28
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]]> Daredevil: Born Again 20878196 231 Frank Miller 1302369989 Lizzie 4 4.31 1986 Daredevil: Born Again
author: Frank Miller
name: Lizzie
average rating: 4.31
book published: 1986
rating: 4
read at: 2018/11/30
date added: 2023/06/15
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]]> <![CDATA[The Two Towers (The Lord of the Rings, #2)]]> 15923740
Thus continues J.R.R. Tolkien's classic tale of adventure, THE LORD OF THE RINGS, begun in The Fellowship of the Ring and which reaches its awesome climax in The Return of the King.]]> 464 J.R.R. Tolkien 0007488327 Lizzie 5 favorites 4.45 1954 The Two Towers (The Lord of the Rings, #2)
author: J.R.R. Tolkien
name: Lizzie
average rating: 4.45
book published: 1954
rating: 5
read at: 2023/06/08
date added: 2023/06/08
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]]> <![CDATA[The Fellowship of the Ring (The Lord of the Rings, #1)]]> 15923738

Sauron, the Dark Lord, has gathered to him all the Rings of Power � the means by which he intends to rule Middle-earth. All he lacks in his plans for dominion is the One Ring � the ring that rules them all � which has fallen into the hands of the hobbit, Bilbo Baggins.


In a sleepy village in the Shire, young Frodo Baggins finds himself faced with an immense task, as his elderly cousin Bilbo entrusts the Ring to his care. Frodo must leave his home and make a perilous journey across Middle-earth to the Cracks of Doom, there to destroy the Ring and foil the Dark Lord in his evil purpose.


To celebrate the release of the first of Peter Jackson’s two-part film adaptation of The Hobbit, THE HOBBIT: AN UNEXPECTED JOURNEY, this first part of The Lord of the Rings is available for a limited time with an exclusive cover image from Peter Jackson’s award-winning trilogy.]]> 531 J.R.R. Tolkien 0007488300 Lizzie 5 favorites 4.37 1954 The Fellowship of the Ring (The Lord of the Rings, #1)
author: J.R.R. Tolkien
name: Lizzie
average rating: 4.37
book published: 1954
rating: 5
read at: 2023/05/15
date added: 2023/05/15
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]]> <![CDATA[Something Wicked This Way Comes (Green Town, #2)]]> 25742786
And as two boys trembling on the brink of manhood set out to explore the mysteries of the dark carnival's smoke, mazes and mirrors, they will also discover the true price of innermost wishes . . .]]> 276 Ray Bradbury 1473212049 Lizzie 4 3.80 1962 Something Wicked This Way Comes (Green Town, #2)
author: Ray Bradbury
name: Lizzie
average rating: 3.80
book published: 1962
rating: 4
read at: 2023/04/26
date added: 2023/04/27
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]]> Daisy Jones & The Six 44800895 Daisy Jones and The Six split up. Together, they had redefined the 70’s music scene, creating an iconic sound that rocked the world. Apart, they baffled a world that had hung on their every verse.

This book is an attempt to piece together a clear portrait of the band’s rise to fame and their abrupt and infamous split. The following oral history is a compilation of interviews, emails, transcripts, and lyrics, all pertaining to the personal and professional lives of the members of the band The Six and singer Daisy Jones.

While I have aimed for a comprehensive and exhaustive approach, I must acknowledge that full and complete accounts from all parties involved has proved impossible. Some people were easier to track down than others, some were more willing to talk than others, and some, unfortunately, have passed on.

All of which is to say that while this is the first and only authorised account from all represented perspectives, it should be noted that, in matters both big and small, reasonable people disagree.

The truth often lies, unclaimed, in the middle.]]> 351 Taylor Jenkins Reid 1786331519 Lizzie 5 Loved it � 4.17 2019 Daisy Jones & The Six
author: Taylor Jenkins Reid
name: Lizzie
average rating: 4.17
book published: 2019
rating: 5
read at: 2023/04/24
date added: 2023/04/25
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Loved it �
]]> Needful Things 10493548
Leland Gaunt opens a new shop in Castle Rock called Needful Things. Anyone who enters his store finds the object of his or her lifelong dreams and desires: a prized baseball card, a healing amulet. In addition to a token payment, Gaunt requests that each person perform a little "deed," usually a seemingly innocent prank played on someone else from town. These practical jokes cascade out of control and soon the entire town is doing battle with itself. Only Sheriff Alan Pangborn suspects that Gaunt is behind the population's increasingly violent behavior.]]> 933 Stephen King Lizzie 3 3.97 1991 Needful Things
author: Stephen King
name: Lizzie
average rating: 3.97
book published: 1991
rating: 3
read at: 2023/04/02
date added: 2023/04/06
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It's a strong 3.5 but I'm deducting half rather than rounding up because I feel like it could have been about 200-300 pages shorter and still achieved the same results.
]]> The Crow 12452215 272 James O'Barr 0857687956 Lizzie 2 4.42 1989 The Crow
author: James O'Barr
name: Lizzie
average rating: 4.42
book published: 1989
rating: 2
read at: 2023/04/04
date added: 2023/04/05
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This rating is not a reflection on the quality of the novel, but more about my personal response to it. I think it's made me realise that I'm just not that goth, when it comes down to it.
]]> <![CDATA[Dreams of Gods & Monsters (Daughter of Smoke & Bone, #3)]]> 55467912 The 10th anniversary edition of the breathtaking final instalment in Laini Taylor’s unmissable Sunday Times bestselling series

By way of a staggering deception, Karou has taken control of the chimaera rebellion and is intent on steering its course away from dead-end vengeance. The future rests on her, if there can even be a future for the chimaera in war-ravaged Eretz.

Common enemy, common cause.

When Jael’s brutal seraph army trespasses into the human world, the unthinkable becomes essential, and Karou and Akiva must ally their enemy armies against the threat. It is a twisted version of their long-ago dream, and they begin to hope that it might forge a way forward for their people.

And, perhaps, for themselves. Toward a new way of living . . . and maybe even love.

But there are bigger threats than Jael in the offing. A vicious queen is hunting Akiva, and, in the skies of Eretz, something is happening. Massive stains are spreading like bruises from horizon to horizon; the great winged stormhunters are gathering as if summoned, ceaselessly circling, and a deep sense of wrong pervades the world.

What power can bruise the sky?

From the streets of Rome to the caves of the Kirin and beyond, humans, chimaera and seraphim will fight, strive, love, and die in an epic theater that transcends good and evil, right and wrong, friend and enemy. At the very barriers of space and time, what do gods and monsters dream of?]]> 637 Laini Taylor 1529353998 Lizzie 5
I absolutely loved this world and these characters! Such a great story, I feel like I want to start again straight away from the beginning!]]> 3.93 2014 Dreams of Gods & Monsters (Daughter of Smoke & Bone, #3)
author: Laini Taylor
name: Lizzie
average rating: 3.93
book published: 2014
rating: 5
read at: 2023/02/18
date added: 2023/02/18
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*re-read review : this is an absolute masterpiece. So much more than "YA". It's held up to a second reading so well.

I absolutely loved this world and these characters! Such a great story, I feel like I want to start again straight away from the beginning!
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