i matter's bookshelf: all en-US Sun, 02 Mar 2025 10:41:13 -0800 60 i matter's bookshelf: all 144 41 /images/layout/goodreads_logo_144.jpg Babel 57945316 From award-winning author R. F. Kuang comes Babel, a historical fantasy epic that grapples with student revolutions, colonial resistance, and the use of language and translation as the dominating tool of the British Empire

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

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

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

Can powerful institutions be changed from within, or does revolution always require violence?]]> 544 R.F. Kuang 0063021420 i matter 0 to-read 4.17 2022 Babel
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]]> They Bloom at Night 211003894
Now, Noon is stuck navigating the submerged town with her mom, who believes their dead family has reincarnated as sea creatures. Alone with the pain of what happened that night at the cove, Noon buries the truth: she is not the right shape.

When Mercy’s predatory leader demands Noon and her mom capture the creature drowning residents, she reluctantly finds an ally in his deadly hunter of a daughter and friends old and new. As the next storm approaches, Noon must confront the past and decide if it’s time to answer the monster itching at her skin.]]> 272 Trang Thanh Tran 1547611111 i matter 0 to-read 3.62 2025 They Bloom at Night
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]]> Animal Farm 170448 Librarian's note: There is an Alternate Cover Edition for this edition of this book here.

A farm is taken over by its overworked, mistreated animals. With flaming idealism and stirring slogans, they set out to create a paradise of progress, justice, and equality. Thus the stage is set for one of the most telling satiric fables ever penned –a razor-edged fairy tale for grown-ups that records the evolution from revolution against tyranny to a totalitarianism just as terrible.
When Animal Farm was first published, Stalinist Russia was seen as its target. Today it is devastatingly clear that wherever and whenever freedom is attacked, under whatever banner, the cutting clarity and savage comedy of George Orwell’s masterpiece have a meaning and message still ferociously fresh.]]> 141 George Orwell 0451526341 i matter 0 to-read 4.07 1945 Animal Farm
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]]> The Little Prince 157993
Few stories are as widely read and as universally cherished by children and adults alike as The Little Prince, presented here in a stunning new translation with carefully restored artwork. The definitive edition of a worldwide classic, it will capture the hearts of readers of all ages.]]> 96 Antoine de Saint-Exupéry 0152023984 i matter 5 “It's a little lonely in the desert…� “It is lonely when you're among people, too,�
Can't believe I can relate to a person that died a hundred years ago. This book is absolute timeless. They don't make book like this anymore. Where you can use ur imagination .I cried from these books, not from the story but the words itself.
Entrainment:5/5
Plot:5/5
Writing:5/5]]> 4.32 1943 The Little Prince
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This one of those that will make me think about it is. Make me remember how little my imagination is, and some of the words of the little prince hit me. What great knowledge a little boy had. What also hit was the fact who wrote,a man from the world 1 a pilot. So a lot the words had a double meaning it made me cry , about a innocent word can mean lot.
“It's a little lonely in the desert…� “It is lonely when you're among people, too,�
Can't believe I can relate to a person that died a hundred years ago. This book is absolute timeless. They don't make book like this anymore. Where you can use ur imagination .I cried from these books, not from the story but the words itself.
Entrainment:5/5
Plot:5/5
Writing:5/5
]]> Bride (Bride, #1) 181344829 A dangerous alliance between a Vampyre bride and an Alpha Werewolf becomes a love deep enough to sink your teeth into in this new paranormal romance.

Misery Lark, the only daughter of the most powerful Vampyre councilman of the Southwest, is an outcast—again. Her days of living in anonymity among the Humans are over: she has been called upon to uphold a historic peacekeeping alliance between the Vampyres and their mortal enemies, the Weres, and she sees little choice but to surrender herself in the exchange—again...

Weres are ruthless and unpredictable, and their Alpha, Lowe Moreland, is no exception. He rules his pack with absolute authority, but not without justice. And, unlike the Vampyre Council, not without feeling. It’s clear from the way he tracks Misery’s every movement that he doesn’t trust her. If only he knew how right he was�.

Because Misery has her own reasons to agree to this marriage of convenience, reasons that have nothing to do with politics or alliances, and everything to do with the only thing she's ever cared about. And she is willing to do whatever it takes to get back what’s hers, even if it means a life alone in Were territory…alone with the wolf.]]> 410 Ali Hazelwood i matter 0 3.98 2024 Bride (Bride, #1)
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]]> The Ghost Bride 16248223 A startlingly original voice makes her literary debut with this wondrous coming-of-age story infused with Chinese folklore, romantic intrigue, adventure, and fascinating, dreamlike twists.

'One evening, my father asked me whether I would like to become a ghost bride...'

Though ruled by British overlords, the Chinese of colonial Malaya still cling to ancient customs. And in the sleepy port town of Malacca, ghosts and superstitions abound.

Li Lan, the daughter of a genteel but bankrupt family, has few prospects. But fate intervenes when she receives an unusual proposal from the wealthy and powerful Lim family. They want her to become a ghost bride for the family's only son, who recently died under mysterious circumstances. Rarely practiced, traditional ghost marriages are used to placate restless spirits. Such a union would guarantee Li Lan a home for the rest of her days, but at a terrible price.

After an ominous visit to the opulent Lim mansion, Li Lan finds herself haunted not only by her ghostly would-be suitor, but also by her desire for the Lims' handsome new heir, Tian Bai. Night after night, she is drawn into the shadowy parallel world of the Chinese afterlife, with its ghost cities, paper funeral offerings, vengeful spirits, and monstrous bureaucracy—including the mysterious Er Lang, a charming but unpredictable guardian spirit. Li Lan must uncover the Lim family's darkest secrets—and the truth about her own family—before she is trapped in this ghostly world forever.]]> 368 Yangsze Choo 0062227327 i matter 3 3.79 2013 The Ghost Bride
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I like how diffrent the book was. It keept me me entatined good writing, but some part were hard to follow , for exampaple the Er lang I did not know he was a love interest, I thought that was a ramdom man. I dont know what I felt about this book.
]]> Meet Me in Mumbai 58719175 A novel in two acts—told eighteen years apart—gives voice to both mother (Ayesha) and daughter (Mira) after an unplanned teen pregnancy led Ayesha to place Mira up for adoption.

Seventeen-year-old Mira Fuller-Jensen was adopted by her moms at birth. All she knows about her biological mother is that she was a high-school student from India who returned to India after giving birth. Although Mira loves her moms, she's always felt out of place in her mostly white community.

So when Mira finds an old box with letters addressed to her from her birth mother, she sees a way to finally capture that feeling of belonging. Her mother writes that if Mira can forgive her for having to give her up, she should find a way to travel to India for her eighteenth birthday and meet her. Mira knows she'll always regret it if she doesn't go. But is she actually ready for what she will learn?]]> 352 Sabina Khan 1338749285 i matter 2 idk, muslimsbooks
I hate to be this person and judge her on this , but I feel this is realistic to some,but for me it was not realistic that she ditched her religion and started partying around, I felt that was not very realistic. I simply did not like how she portrayed our religion , though you can argue that she was in love that why she got pregnant, but again I am also younger and know nothing about love, I can't say much about how much love make you blind. Furthermore, I simply feel it is not very realistic for brown girl to party and make out, and get pregnant.]]> 3.82 2022 Meet Me in Mumbai
author: Sabina Khan
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average rating: 3.82
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I came to read a book that portrays right about Islam, but again a book says after ditch islam that how live happy life.I had mixed feelings about this book, I did not like I would certain thing she wrote about this book, but first off let tell you think I did like. I liked how beautifully written it was. Now what I did not like how the portrayed Islam. When she moved to the USA she forgot all the things(religion) she grew up with and just ditched it and got pregnant. I know the book tried to show a girl trying to fit in the so-called norm that the society portraits for a newcomer to have experience in white world.

I hate to be this person and judge her on this , but I feel this is realistic to some,but for me it was not realistic that she ditched her religion and started partying around, I felt that was not very realistic. I simply did not like how she portrayed our religion , though you can argue that she was in love that why she got pregnant, but again I am also younger and know nothing about love, I can't say much about how much love make you blind. Furthermore, I simply feel it is not very realistic for brown girl to party and make out, and get pregnant.
]]> <![CDATA[The Will of the Many (Hierarchy, #1)]]> 58416952 At the elite Catenan Academy, a young fugitive uncovers layered mysteries and world-changing secrets in this new fantasy series by internationally bestselling author of The Licanius Trilogy, James Islington.

AUDI. VIDE. TACE.

The Catenan Republic � the Hierarchy � may rule the world now, but they do not know everything.

I tell them my name is Vis Telimus. I tell them I was orphaned after a tragic accident three years ago, and that good fortune alone has led to my acceptance into their most prestigious school. I tell them that once I graduate, I will gladly join the rest of civilised society in allowing my strength, my drive and my focus � what they call Will � to be leeched away and added to the power of those above me, as millions already do. As all must eventually do.

I tell them that I belong, and they believe me.

But the truth is that I have been sent to the Academy to find answers. To solve a murder. To search for an ancient weapon. To uncover secrets that may tear the Republic apart.

And that I will never, ever cede my Will to the empire that executed my family.

To survive, though, I will still have to rise through the Academy’s ranks. I will have to smile, and make friends, and pretend to be one of them and win. Because if I cannot, then those who want to control me, who know my real name, will no longer have any use for me.

And if the Hierarchy finds out who I truly am, they will kill me.]]> 639 James Islington 1982141190 i matter 3 instering, charaterbuild 4.61 2023 The Will of the Many (Hierarchy, #1)
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average rating: 4.61
book published: 2023
rating: 3
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WHEW i did not think i could read a book this big after a long time, good book, I like the charater build, and the charater not being too op was nice, he had some downfalls but since he is the main charater still was advancing fast,loved lanistia she humble the main charater in the starting which he needed.
]]> <![CDATA[Somewhere Beyond the Sea (Cerulean Chronicles, #2)]]> 199347538 Somewhere Beyond the Sea is the hugely anticipated sequel to TJ Klune’s The House in the Cerulean Sea, one of the best-loved and best-selling fantasy novels of the past decade. Featuring gorgeous orange sprayed edges!

A magical house. A secret past. A summons that could change everything.

Arthur Parnassus lives a good life built on the ashes of a bad one.

He’s the master of a strange orphanage on a distant and peculiar island, and he hopes to soon be the adoptive father to the six dangerous and magical children who live there.

Arthur works hard and loves with his whole heart so none of the children ever feel the neglect and pain that he once felt as an orphan on that very same island so long ago. He is not alone: joining him is the love of his life, Linus Baker, a former caseworker in the Department In Charge of Magical Youth. And there’s the island’s sprite, Zoe Chapelwhite, and her girlfriend, Mayor Helen Webb. Together, they will do anything to protect the children.

But when Arthur is summoned to make a public statement about his dark past, he finds himself at the helm of a fight for the future that his family, and all magical people, deserve.

And when a new magical child hopes to join them on their island home—one who finds power in calling himself monster, a name that Arthur worked so hard to protect his children from—Arthur knows they’re at a breaking point: their family will either grow stronger than ever or fall apart.

Welcome back to Marsyas Island. This is Arthur’s story.

Somewhere Beyond the Sea is a story of resistance, lovingly told, about the daunting experience of fighting for the life you want to live and doing the work to keep it.]]> 416 T.J. Klune 125088120X i matter 0 to-read 4.17 2024 Somewhere Beyond the Sea (Cerulean Chronicles, #2)
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]]> <![CDATA[Lessons from Surah Yusuf (Pearls from the Qur'an)]]> 52084003 256 Abu Ammaar Yasir Qadhi 184774138X i matter 0 to-read 4.78 Lessons from Surah Yusuf (Pearls from the Qur'an)
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]]> <![CDATA[The Simple Seerah: The Story of Prophet Muhammad - Part One]]> 113474410
The Arabic word ‘Seerah� is the term used by many Muslims around the world when referring to the life of the last and final messenger of God, Muhammad (peace be upon him.) He lived an incredible life, filled with challenges and adventures, battles, miracles and so much more!

If someone didn’t tell you that everything inside this book was a true story, you’d think it was all made up. That’s how incredible The Seerah is.

The beautiful thing about the life of Muhammad (PBUH) is that it’s filled with many lessons that we can apply to our own lives today. As you listen through this book, you’ll reflect on your own life and how you can improve it and improve yourself.
We hope you enjoy this book and make The Simple Seerah a companion for the rest of your life.

5 hours and 56 minutes]]> 186 Asim Khan 1739909526 i matter 0 to-read 4.64 The Simple Seerah: The Story of Prophet Muhammad - Part One
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]]> <![CDATA[Lessons from Surah al-Kahf (Pearls from the Qur'an)]]> 49017387 The Qur’an is full of parables. Each one, when its meaning is unpacked and understood, offers wisdom and guidance. Surah Kahf, chapter 18 from the Qur’an, is particularly thought provoking, and Muslims are advised to read it at least once a week.

But why? And what can we gain from it?

In this book Yasir Qadhi leads us through Surah Kahf, unfolding the lines, stories and symbols that have inspired people for over a thousand years: the people of the cave, Prophet Musa’s momentous encounter with Khidr, the two men and their gardens, and Gog and Magog.

And surely We have explained matters in people in the Qur’an in diverse ways, using all manners of parables. (Qur’an 18:54)

Through Yasir Qadhi’s unmistakeable voice, modern Muslims may glimpse some of the Qur’an’s profound meaning.

Say: “If the sea were to become ink to record the Words of my Lord, indeed the sea would all be used up before the Words of my Lord are exhausted…� (Qur’an 18:109)

]]> 248 Abu Ammaar Yasir Qadhi 1847741339 i matter 0 to-read 4.79 Lessons from Surah al-Kahf (Pearls from the Qur'an)
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]]> <![CDATA[Where the Forest Meets the Stars]]> 40545956 In this gorgeously stunning debut, a mysterious child teaches two strangers how to love and trust again.

After the loss of her mother and her own battle with breast cancer, Joanna Teale returns to her graduate research on nesting birds in rural Illinois, determined to prove that her recent hardships have not broken her. She throws herself into her work from dusk to dawn, until her solitary routine is disrupted by the appearance of a mysterious child who shows up at her cabin barefoot and covered in bruises.

The girl calls herself Ursa, and she claims to have been sent from the stars to witness five miracles. With concerns about the child’s home situation, Jo reluctantly agrees to let her stay―just until she learns more about Ursa’s past.

Jo enlists the help of her reclusive neighbor, Gabriel Nash, to solve the mystery of the charming child. But the more time they spend together, the more questions they have. How does a young girl not only read but understand Shakespeare? Why do good things keep happening in her presence? And why aren’t Jo and Gabe checking the missing children’s website anymore?

Though the three have formed an incredible bond, they know difficult choices must be made. As the summer nears an end and Ursa gets closer to her fifth miracle, her dangerous past closes in. When it finally catches up to them, all of their painful secrets will be forced into the open, and their fates will be left to the stars.]]> 332 Glendy Vanderah 154204006X i matter 4 cute 3.98 2019 Where the Forest Meets the Stars
author: Glendy Vanderah
name: i matter
average rating: 3.98
book published: 2019
rating: 4
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I like Glendy Vanderah writing. She describe the story as heartwarming book, genuily I would feel all the emotion the charater feel, the worry , the slowly love for ersa(child). It about a women , who found a nine year outside her door, and then women , jo let the child esra into her life, and slowy life turning into better life.
]]> <![CDATA[Fourth Wing (The Empyrean, #1)]]> 61431922 Enter the brutal and elite world of a war college for dragon riders...

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

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

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

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

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

Friends, enemies, lovers. Everyone at Basgiath War College has an agenda—because once you enter, there are only two ways out: graduate or die]]> 665 Rebecca Yarros 1649374046 i matter 3 4.56 2023 Fourth Wing (The Empyrean, #1)
author: Rebecca Yarros
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average rating: 4.56
book published: 2023
rating: 3
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Liked it , but it was not enough to keep wanted to read more , like the girl putting effort into becoming better, I felt this was too cildish for me , I would like in mid school without the scences ofc.
]]> Almond 52219386 This story is, in short, about a monster meeting another monster.Ìý

One of the monsters is me.

Yunjae was born with a brain condition called Alexithymia that makes it hard for him to feel emotions like fear or anger. He does not have friends—the two almond-shaped neurons located deep in his brain have seen to that—but his devoted mother and grandmother aren’t fazed by his condition. Their little home above his mother’s used bookstore is decorated with colorful post-it notes that remind him when to smile, when to say "thank you," and when to laugh. Yunjae grows up content, even happy, with his small family in this quiet, peaceful space.

Then on Christmas Eve—Yunjae’s sixteenth birthday—everything changes. A shocking act of random violence shatters his world, leaving him alone and on his own. Struggling to cope with his loss, Yunjae retreats into silent isolation, until troubled teenager Gon arrives at his school and begins to bully Yunjae.Ìý

Against all odds, tormentor and victim learn they have more in common than they realized. Gon is stumped by Yunjae’s impassive calm, while Yunjae thinks if he gets to know the hotheaded Gon, he might learn how to experience true feelings. Drawn by curiosity, the two strike up a surprising friendship. As Yunjae begins to open his life to new people—including a girl at school—something slowly changes inside him. And when Gon suddenly finds his life in danger, it is Yunjae who will step outside of every comfort zone he has created to perhaps become a most unlikely hero.Ìý

The Emissary meets The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime in this poignant and triumphant story about how love, friendship, and persistence can change a life forever.]]> 272 Sohn Won-Pyung 0062961373 i matter 0 to-read 4.16 2017 Almond
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]]> UnOrdinary, Season 1 30650183
The world is not perfect. Learning to deal with its flaws is just a normal part of life. But there comes a point where these imperfections spawn a crushing realization... that something needs to change...]]> 155 NOT A BOOK i matter 0 4.36 2016 UnOrdinary, Season 1
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]]> Educated 35133922
Her father forbade hospitals, so Tara never saw a doctor or nurse. Gashes and concussions, even burns from explosions, were all treated at home with herbalism. The family was so isolated from mainstream society that there was no one to ensure the children received an education and no one to intervene when one of Tara's older brothers became violent.

Then, lacking any formal education, Tara began to educate herself. She taught herself enough mathematics and grammar to be admitted to Brigham Young University, where she studied history, learning for the first time about important world events like the Holocaust and the civil rights movement. Her quest for knowledge transformed her, taking her over oceans and across continents, to Harvard and to Cambridge. Only then would she wonder if she'd traveled too far, if there was still a way home.

Educated is an account of the struggle for self-invention. It is a tale of fierce family loyalty and of the grief that comes with severing the closest of ties. With the acute insight that distinguishes all great writers, Westover has crafted a universal coming-of-age story that gets to the heart of what an education is and what it offers: the perspective to see one's life through new eyes and the will to change it.]]> 352 Tara Westover 0399590501 i matter 0 to-read 4.46 2018 Educated
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]]> <![CDATA[As Long as the Lemon Trees Grow]]> 57390604
Now Salama volunteers at a hospital in Homs, helping the wounded who flood through the doors daily. Secretly, though, she is desperate to find a way out of her beloved country before her sister-in-law, Layla, gives birth. So desperate, that she has manifested a physical embodiment of her fear in the form of her imagined companion, Khawf, who haunts her every move in an effort to keep her safe.

But even with Khawf pressing her to leave, Salama is torn between her loyalty to her country and her conviction to survive. Salama must contend with bullets and bombs, military assaults, and her shifting sense of morality before she might finally breathe free. And when she crosses paths with the boy she was supposed to meet one fateful day, she starts to doubt her resolve in leaving home at all.

Soon, Salama must learn to see the events around her for what they truly are—not a war, but a revolution—and decide how she, too, will cry for Syria’s freedom.]]> 417 Zoulfa Katouh 0316351377 i matter 4 muslimsbooks plot 7.5
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charater 9]]> 4.48 2022 As Long as the Lemon Trees Grow
author: Zoulfa Katouh
name: i matter
average rating: 4.48
book published: 2022
rating: 4
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It was good book, loved the writing and the twist and turn of the book, I kinda hoping it would make me cry but it didn't, so that kinda dissnapoint that part, but I wouuld understand whhy it would, it was a bitter-sweet book. Still my kinda read once start reading you would not want to put it down. I that she was realistic women, and did magically heal from her wonds, she still suffered from it.
plot 7.5
writing 8
charater 9
]]> <![CDATA[Perfume: The Story of a Murderer]]> 231565
In the slums of eighteenth-century France, the infant Jean-Baptiste Grenouille is born with one sublime gift—an absolute sense of smell. As a boy, he lives to decipher the odors of Paris, and apprentices himself to a prominent perfumer who teaches him the ancient art of mixing precious oils and herbs. But Grenouille’s genius is such that he is not satisfied to stop there, and he becomes obsessed with capturing the smells of objects such as brass doorknobs and fresh-cut wood. Then one day he catches a hint of a scent that will drive him on an ever-more-terrifying quest to create the “ultimate perfumeâ€â€”the scent of a beautiful young virgin. Told with dazzling narrative brilliance, Perfume is a hauntingly powerful tale of murder and sensual depravity.Ìý

Translated from the German by John E. Woods.]]> 255 Patrick Süskind 0375725849 i matter 0 to-read 3.88 1985 Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
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]]> The Women 127305853 From the celebrated author of The Nightingale and The Four Winds comes Kristin Hannah's The Women—at once an intimate portrait of coming of age in a dangerous time and an epic tale of a nation divided.

Women can be heroes. When twenty-year-old nursing student Frances “Frankie� McGrath hears these words, it is a revelation. Raised in the sun-drenched, idyllic world of Southern California and sheltered by her conservative parents, she has always prided herself on doing the right thing. But in 1965, the world is changing, and she suddenly dares to imagine a different future for herself. When her brother ships out to serve in Vietnam, she joins the Army Nurse Corps and follows his path.

As green and inexperienced as the men sent to Vietnam to fight, Frankie is over-whelmed by the chaos and destruction of war. Each day is a gamble of life and death, hope and betrayal; friendships run deep and can be shattered in an instant. In war, she meets—and becomes one of—the lucky, the brave, the broken, and the lost.

But war is just the beginning for Frankie and her veteran friends. The real battle lies in coming home to a changed and divided America, to angry protesters, and to a country that wants to forget Vietnam.

The Women is the story of one woman gone to war, but it shines a light on all women who put themselves in harm’s way and whose sacrifice and commitment to their country has too often been forgotten. A novel about deep friendships and bold patriotism, The Women is a richly drawn story with a memorable heroine whose idealism and courage under fire will come to define an era.]]> 471 Kristin Hannah 1250178630 i matter 0 to-read 4.59 2024 The Women
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]]> Rich Dad, Poor Dad 69571 195 Robert T. Kiyosaki 0751532711 i matter 3 4.10 1997 Rich Dad, Poor Dad
author: Robert T. Kiyosaki
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average rating: 4.10
book published: 1997
rating: 3
read at: 2024/08/23
date added: 2024/08/23
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review:
great finacance book, i feel that it was easy for 16 year for myself to undersand these concept, I more people my age read this book to get a fiance head start i life, the only thing I did not like was it repeated alot of concept, i mean repating is good but not too much
]]> <![CDATA[Hunting Adeline (Cat and Mouse, #2)]]> 59050133
The Diamond

Death walks alongside me,
But the reaper is no match for me.
I'm trapped in a world full of monsters dressed as men, and those who aren't as they seem.
They won't keep me forever.
I no longer recognize the person I've become,
And I'm fighting to find my way back to the beast who hunts me in the night.
They call me a diamond,
But they've only created an angel of death.

The Hunter

I was born a predator,
With ruthlessness ingrained in my bones.
When what's mine is stolen from me in the night,
Like a diamond hidden within a fortress,
I find that I can no longer contain the beast.
Blood will paint the ground as I tear apart this world to find her.
And bring her back to where she belongs.
No one will escape my wrath,
Especially not those who have betrayed me.

Warning: This is the second and final installment to the Duet. You must read Haunting Adeline first.]]> 702 H.D. Carlton i matter 0 to-read 4.05 2022 Hunting Adeline (Cat and Mouse, #2)
author: H.D. Carlton
name: i matter
average rating: 4.05
book published: 2022
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[Divine Rivals (Letters of Enchantment, #1)]]> 60784546 After centuries of sleep, the gods are warring again�

All eighteen-year-old Iris Winnow wants to do is hold her family together. With a brother on the frontline forced to fight on behalf of the Gods now missing from the frontline and a mother drowning her sorrows, Iris’s best bet is winning the columnist promotion at the Oath Gazette.

But when Iris’s letters to her brother fall into the wrong hands � that of the handsome but cold Roman Kitt, her rival at the paper � an unlikely magical connection forms.

Expelled into the middle of a mystical war, magical typewriters in tow, can their bond withstand the fight for the fate of mankind and, most importantly, love?

An epic enemies-to-lovers fantasy novel filled with hope and heartbreak, and the unparalleled power of love.]]> 357 Rebecca Ross 1250857430 i matter 3 book-i-liked, fantasty 4.14 2023 Divine Rivals (Letters of Enchantment, #1)
author: Rebecca Ross
name: i matter
average rating: 4.14
book published: 2023
rating: 3
read at: 2024/08/15
date added: 2024/08/15
shelves: book-i-liked, fantasty
review:
kept me hooked, it about two amazing writers, enimes-lovers, academic trope
]]> Noor 57632292 From Africanfuturist luminary Okorafor comes a new science fiction novel of intense action and thoughtful rumination on biotechnology, destiny, and humanity in a near-future Nigeria.

Anwuli Okwudili prefers to be called AO. To her, these initials have always stood for Artificial Organism. AO has never really felt...natural, and that's putting it lightly. Her parents spent most of the days before she was born praying for her peaceful passing because even in-utero she was wrong. But she lived. Then came the car accident years later that disabled her even further. Yet instead of viewing her strange body the way the world views it, as freakish, unnatural, even the work of the devil, AO embraces all that she is: A woman with a ton of major and necessary body augmentations. And then one day she goes to her local market and everything goes wrong.

Once on the run, she meets a Fulani herdsman named DNA and the race against time across the deserts of Northern Nigeria begins. In a world where all things are streamed, everyone is watching the reckoning of the murderess and the terrorist and the saga of the wicked woman and mad man unfold. This fast-paced, relentless journey of tribe, destiny, body, and the wonderland of technology revels in the fact that the future sometimes isn't so predictable. Expect the unaccepted.]]> 214 Nnedi Okorafor 0756416094 i matter 3 idk 3.77 2021 Noor
author: Nnedi Okorafor
name: i matter
average rating: 3.77
book published: 2021
rating: 3
read at: 2024/08/15
date added: 2024/08/15
shelves: idk
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]]> American Dirt 45046527
Lydia lives in Acapulco. She has a son, Luca, the love of her life, and a wonderful husband who is a journalist. And while cracks are beginning to show in Acapulco because of the cartels, Lydia’s life is, by and large, fairly comfortable. But after her husband’s tell-all profile of the newest drug lord is published, none of their lives will ever be the same.

Forced to flee, Lydia and Luca find themselves joining the countless people trying to reach the United States. Lydia soon sees that everyone is running from something. But what exactly are they running to?]]> 459 Jeanine Cummins i matter 0 to-read 4.32 2020 American Dirt
author: Jeanine Cummins
name: i matter
average rating: 4.32
book published: 2020
rating: 0
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date added: 2024/08/10
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]]> <![CDATA[Powerless (The Powerless Trilogy, #1)]]> 75513900 She is the very thing he’s spent his whole life hunting.
He is the very thing she’s spent her whole life pretending to be.

Only the extraordinary belong in the kingdom of Ilya—the exceptional, the empowered, the Elites.

The powers these Elites have possessed for decades were graciously gifted to them by the Plague, though not all were fortunate enough to both survive the sickness and reap the reward. Those born Ordinary are just that—ordinary. And when the king decreed that all Ordinaries be banished in order to preserve his Elite society, lacking an ability suddenly became a crime—making Paedyn Gray a felon by fate and a thief by necessity.

Surviving in the slums as an Ordinary is no simple task, and Paedyn knows this better than most. Having been trained by her father to be overly observant since she was a child, Paedyn poses as a Psychic in the crowded city, blending in with the Elites as best she can in order to stay alive and out of trouble. Easier said than done.

When Paeydn unsuspectingly saves one of Ilyas princes, she finds herself thrown into the Purging Trials. The brutal competition exists to showcase the Elites� powers—the very thing Paedyn lacks. If the Trials and the opponents within them don’t kill her, the prince she’s fighting feelings for certainly will if he discovers what she is—completely Ordinary.]]> 523 Lauren Roberts i matter 0 to-read 4.17 2023 Powerless (The Powerless Trilogy, #1)
author: Lauren Roberts
name: i matter
average rating: 4.17
book published: 2023
rating: 0
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date added: 2024/08/09
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]]> Crying in H Mart 54814676
In this exquisite story of family, food, grief, and endurance, Michelle Zauner proves herself far more than a dazzling singer, songwriter, and guitarist. With humour and heart, she tells of growing up the only Asian-American kid at her school in Eugene, Oregon; of struggling with her mother’s particular, high expectations of her; of a painful adolescence; of treasured months spent in her grandmother’s tiny apartment in Seoul, where she and her mother would bond, late at night, over heaping plates of food. As she grew up, moving to the east coast for college, finding work in the restaurant industry, performing gigs with her fledgling band � and meeting the man who would become her husband � her Koreanness began to feel ever more distant, even as she found the life she wanted to live.

It was her mother’s diagnosis of terminal pancreatic cancer, when Michelle was twenty-five, that forced a reckoning with her identity and brought her to reclaim the gifts of taste, language, and history her mother had given her.

Vivacious, lyrical and honest, Michelle Zauner’s voice is as radiantly alive on the page as it is onstage. Rich with intimate anecdotes that will resonate widely, Crying in H Mart is a book to cherish, share, and reread.]]> 243 Michelle Zauner 0525657746 i matter 0 to-read 4.25 2021 Crying in H Mart
author: Michelle Zauner
name: i matter
average rating: 4.25
book published: 2021
rating: 0
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]]> Jane Eyre 10210 Alternate editions can be found here and here.

A gothic masterpiece of tempestuous passions and dark secrets, Charlotte Brontë's Jane Eyre is edited with an introduction and notes by Stevie Davis in Penguin Classics.

Charlotte Brontë tells the story of orphaned Jane Eyre, who grows up in the home of her heartless aunt, enduring loneliness and cruelty. This troubled childhood strengthens Jane's natural independence and spirit - which prove necessary when she finds employment as a governess to the young ward of Byronic, brooding Mr Rochester. As her feelings for Rochester develop, Jane gradually uncovers Thornfield Hall's terrible secret, forcing her to make a choice. Should she stay with Rochester and live with the consequences, or follow her convictions - even if it means leaving the man she loves? A novel of intense power and intrigue, Jane Eyre dazzled readers with its passionate depiction of a woman's search for equality and freedom.]]> 532 Charlotte Brontë 0142437204 i matter 3 classics
plot:7.5
entraintment : 6.5
overall mark :7]]> 4.14 1847 Jane Eyre
author: Charlotte Brontë
name: i matter
average rating: 4.14
book published: 1847
rating: 3
read at: 2022/12/05
date added: 2024/08/09
shelves: classics
review:
In a way it is good ,but kinda boring. The age gap kinda bothered me , but they were so cute. I did mind at the end becuase she became strong inpendtend women. Also it talked about femism in a way a never really talk about.Later she find a guy who is really handsome,sweet and smart ,but does not marry him because he think her as an object.

plot:7.5
entraintment : 6.5
overall mark :7
]]> The Secret Life of Bees 37435 The Secret Life of Bees tells the story of Lily Owens, whose life has been shaped around the blurred memory of the afternoon her mother was killed. When Lily's fierce-hearted black "stand-in mother," Rosaleen, insults three of the deepest racists in town, Lily decides to spring them both free. They escape to Tiburon, South Carolina--a town that holds the secret to her mother's past. Taken in by an eccentric trio of black beekeeping sisters, Lily is introduced to their mesmerizing world of bees and honey, and the Black Madonna. This is a remarkable novel about divine female power, a story women will share and pass on to their daughters for years to come.]]> 302 Sue Monk Kidd 0142001740 i matter 0 to-read 4.10 2001 The Secret Life of Bees
author: Sue Monk Kidd
name: i matter
average rating: 4.10
book published: 2001
rating: 0
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]]> Written in the Stars 22521951
Naila’s conservative immigrant parents have always said the same thing: She may choose what to study, how to wear her hair, and what to be when she grows up—but they will choose her husband. Following their cultural tradition, they will plan an arranged marriage for her. And until then, dating—even friendship with a boy—is forbidden.

When Naila breaks their rule by falling in love with Saif, her parents are livid. Convinced she has forgotten who she truly is, they travel to Pakistan to visit relatives and explore their roots. But Naila’s vacation turns into a nightmare when she learns that plans have changed—her parents have found her a husband and they want her to marry him, now! Despite her greatest efforts, Naila is aghast to find herself cut off from everything and everyone she once knew. Her only hope of escape is SaifÌý.Ìý.Ìý. if he can find her before it’s too late.]]> 277 Aisha Saeed 0399171703 i matter 0 to-read 3.94 2015 Written in the Stars
author: Aisha Saeed
name: i matter
average rating: 3.94
book published: 2015
rating: 0
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date added: 2024/08/08
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]]> A House Without Windows 27213250 A vivid, unforgettable story of an unlikely sisterhood—an emotionally powerful and haunting story of friendship that illuminates the plight of women in a traditional culture, from the author of the bestselling The Pearl That Broke Its Shell and When the Moon Is Low.

For two decades, Zeba was a loving wife, a patient mother, and a peaceful villager. But her quiet life is shattered when her husband, Kamal, is found brutally murdered with a hatchet in the courtyard of their home. Nearly catatonic with shock, Zeba is unable to account for her whereabouts at the time of his death. Her children swear their mother could not have committed such a heinous act. Kamal’s family is sure she did, and demands justice. Barely escaping a vengeful mob, Zeba is arrested and jailed.

Awaiting trial, she meets a group of women whose own misfortunes have led them to these bleak cells: eighteen-year-old Nafisa, imprisoned to protect her from an “honor killing�; twenty-five-year-old Latifa, a teen runaway who stays because it is safe shelter; twenty-year-old Mezghan, pregnant and unmarried, waiting for a court order to force her lover’s hand. Is Zeba a cold-blooded killer, these young women wonder, or has she been imprisoned, like them, for breaking some social rule? For these women, the prison is both a haven and a punishment; removed from the harsh and unforgiving world outside, they form a lively and indelible sisterhood.

Into this closed world comes Yusuf, Zeba’s Afghan-born, American-raised lawyer whose commitment to human rights and desire to help his homeland have brought him back. With the fate this seemingly ordinary housewife in his hands, Yusuf discovers that, like the Afghanistan itself, his client may not be at all what he imagines.

A moving look at the lives of modern Afghan women, The House with No Windows is astonishing, frightening, and triumphant.]]> 415 Nadia Hashimi 0062449680 i matter 0 to-read 3.94 2016 A House Without Windows
author: Nadia Hashimi
name: i matter
average rating: 3.94
book published: 2016
rating: 0
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]]> The Stationery Shop 42201995 A poignant, heartfelt new novel by the award-nominated author of Together Tea—extolled by the Wall Street Journal as a “moving tale of lost loveâ€� and by Shelf Awareness as “a powerful, heartbreaking storyâ€â€”explores loss, reconciliation, and the quirks of fate.

Roya, a dreamy, idealistic teenager living amid the political upheaval of 1953 Tehran, finds a literary oasis in kindly Mr. Fakhri’s neighborhood stationery shop, stocked with books and pens and bottles of jewel-colored ink.

Then Mr. Fakhri, with a keen instinct for a budding romance, introduces Roya to his other favorite customer—handsome Bahman, who has a burning passion for justice and a love for Rumi’s poetry—and she loses her heart at once. Their romance blossoms, and the little stationery shop remains their favorite place in all of Tehran.

A few short months later, on the eve of their marriage, Roya agrees to meet Bahman at the town square when violence erupts—a result of the coup d’etat that forever changes their country’s future. In the chaos, Bahman never shows. For weeks, Roya tries desperately to contact him, but her efforts are fruitless. With a sorrowful heart, she moves on—to college in California, to another man, to a life in New England—until, more than sixty years later, an accident of fate leads her back to Bahman and offers her a chance to ask him the questions that have haunted her for more than half a century: Why did you leave? Where did you go? How is it that you were able to forget me?]]> 312 Marjan Kamali 1982107480 i matter 0 to-read 4.22 2019 The Stationery Shop
author: Marjan Kamali
name: i matter
average rating: 4.22
book published: 2019
rating: 0
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]]> She Wore Red Trainers 18528169 256 Na'ima B. Robert 1847740650 i matter 4 muslimsbooks 3.96 2014 She Wore Red Trainers
author: Na'ima B. Robert
name: i matter
average rating: 3.96
book published: 2014
rating: 4
read at: 2024/08/08
date added: 2024/08/08
shelves: muslimsbooks
review:
love the ending. i love how the kept acaaulty halal, and realistic, cute. I would recommend
]]> Happy Place 61718053
They broke up six months ago. And still haven’t told their best friends.

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

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

A couple who broke up months ago make a pact to pretend to still be together for their annual weeklong vacation with their best friends in this glittering and wise new novel from #1 New York Times bestselling author Emily Henry.]]> 400 Emily Henry 0593441273 i matter 0 3.95 2023 Happy Place
author: Emily Henry
name: i matter
average rating: 3.95
book published: 2023
rating: 0
read at: 2024/01/01
date added: 2024/08/08
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]]> <![CDATA[Love from A to Z (A Coming-of-Age Romance)]]> 40148146 From William C. Morris Award Finalist S.K. Ali comes an unforgettable romance that is part The Sun Is Also a Star mixed with Anna and the French Kiss , following two Muslim teens who meet during a spring break trip.

A something you find amazing. Even ordinary-amazing. Like potatoes—because they make French fries happen. Like the perfect fries Adam and his mom used to make together.

An whatever gives you pause. Like the fact that there are hateful people in the world. Like Zayneb’s teacher, who won’t stop reminding the class how “bad� Muslims are.

But Zayneb, the only Muslim in class, isn’t bad. She’s angry.

When she gets suspended for confronting her teacher, and he begins investigating her activist friends, Zayneb heads to her aunt’s house in Doha, Qatar, for an early start to spring break.

Fueled by the guilt of getting her friends in trouble, she resolves to try out a newer, “nicer� version of herself in a place where no one knows her.

Then her path crosses with Adam’s.

Since he got diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in November, Adam’s stopped going to classes, intent, instead, on perfecting the making of things. Intent on keeping the memory of his mom alive for his little sister.

Adam’s also intent on keeping his diagnosis a secret from his grieving father.

Alone, Adam and Zayneb are playing roles for others, keeping their real thoughts locked away in their journals.

Until a marvel and an oddity occurs�

Adam and Zayneb meeting.

Adam and Zayneb meeting.]]> 358 S.K. Ali 153444274X i matter 3 muslimsbooks 4.11 2019 Love from A to Z (A Coming-of-Age Romance)
author: S.K. Ali
name: i matter
average rating: 4.11
book published: 2019
rating: 3
read at: 2024/07/31
date added: 2024/07/31
shelves: muslimsbooks
review:
finaly a Muslim book with halal romance nothing haram, not promoting anything bad about islam. Can be actual reality of young teen life. the story wa cute, for teenager reading this book.
]]> <![CDATA[The Pearl That Broke Its Shell]]> 18505784 The Pearl that Broke Its Shell is a searing tale of powerlessness, fate, and the freedom to control one's own fate that combines the cultural flavor and emotional resonance of the works of Khaled Hosseini, Jhumpa Lahiri, and Lisa See.

In Kabul, 2007, with a drug-addicted father and no brothers, Rahima and her sisters can only sporadically attend school, and can rarely leave the house. Their only hope lies in the ancient custom of bacha posh, which allows young Rahima to dress and be treated as a boy until she is of marriageable age. As a son, she can attend school, go to the market, and chaperone her older sisters.

But Rahima is not the first in her family to adopt this unusual custom. A century earlier, her great-aunt, Shekiba, left orphaned by an epidemic, saved herself and built a new life the same way.

Crisscrossing in time, The Pearl the Broke Its Shell interweaves the tales of these two women separated by a century who share similar destinies. But what will happen once Rahima is of marriageable age? Will Shekiba always live as a man? And if Rahima cannot adapt to life as a bride, how will she survive?]]> 452 Nadia Hashimi 0062244752 i matter 0 to-read 4.15 2014 The Pearl That Broke Its Shell
author: Nadia Hashimi
name: i matter
average rating: 4.15
book published: 2014
rating: 0
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date added: 2024/07/30
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]]> <![CDATA[City of Thorns: Nine Lives in the World's Largest Refugee Camp]]> 25659407
In City of Thorns, Rawlence interweaves the stories of nine individuals to show what life is like in the camp and to sketch the wider political forces that keep the refugees trapped there. Rawlence combines intimate storytelling with broad socio-political investigative journalism.]]> 384 Ben Rawlence 1250067634 i matter 0 to-read 4.00 2016 City of Thorns: Nine Lives in the World's Largest Refugee Camp
author: Ben Rawlence
name: i matter
average rating: 4.00
book published: 2016
rating: 0
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date added: 2024/07/30
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]]> And the Mountains Echoed 16115612 404 Khaled Hosseini 159463176X i matter 3 muslimsbooks 4.06 2012 And the Mountains Echoed
author: Khaled Hosseini
name: i matter
average rating: 4.06
book published: 2012
rating: 3
read at: 2022/09/28
date added: 2024/07/30
shelves: muslimsbooks
review:
This is kinda a disspointing for khaled hossien books. They had these amazing great pov but they kept on changing it. I wish they repeated the pov again. I did enjoy this book but this book kinda disspointed me for khalied hossien books.
]]> A Thousand Splendid Suns 128029
With the passing of time comes Taliban rule over Afghanistan, the streets of Kabul loud with the sound of gunfire and bombs, life a desperate struggle against starvation, brutality and fear, the women's endurance tested beyond their worst imaginings. Yet love can move people to act in unexpected ways, lead them to overcome the most daunting obstacles with a startling heroism. In the end it is love that triumphs over death and destruction.

A Thousand Splendid Suns is a portrait of a wounded country and a story of family and friendship, of an unforgiving time, an unlikely bond, and an indestructible love.]]> 372 Khaled Hosseini 1594489505 i matter 5 book-i-love, muslimsbooks 4.44 2007 A Thousand Splendid Suns
author: Khaled Hosseini
name: i matter
average rating: 4.44
book published: 2007
rating: 5
read at: 2021/01/01
date added: 2024/07/30
shelves: book-i-love, muslimsbooks
review:
As much I don't want to agree with this fact it was a very realistic book. I experienced multiply emotions. It broke my heart. A beautifully written book.
]]> The Kite Runner 77203 371 Khaled Hosseini 159463193X i matter 4 Though what I felt get during the book.]]> 4.34 2003 The Kite Runner
author: Khaled Hosseini
name: i matter
average rating: 4.34
book published: 2003
rating: 4
read at: 2022/02/03
date added: 2024/07/30
shelves: classics, book-i-love, book-i-liked, muslimsbooks
review:
I balled my eyes out. Totally recommend.
Though what I felt get during the book.
]]> Hana Khan Carries On 53746115 From the author of Ayesha at Last comes a sparkling new rom-com for fans of “You’ve Got Mail�.

Hana Khan's family-run halal restaurant is on its last legs. So when a flashy competitor gets ready to open nearby, bringing their inevitable closure even closer, she turns to her anonymously-hosted podcast, and her lively and long-lasting relationship with one of her listeners, for advice.

But a hate-motivated attack on their neighbourhood complicates the situation further, as does Hana's growing attraction for Aydin, the young owner of the rival business. Who might not be a complete stranger after all...

A charmingly refreshing and modern love story, Uzma Jalaluddin's tale is humorously warm and filled with gorgeous characters you won't be able to forget. Now in development for film with Mindy Kaling and Amazon Studios.]]> 367 Uzma Jalaluddin 1443461474 i matter 0 to-read, muslimsbooks 3.93 2021 Hana Khan Carries On
author: Uzma Jalaluddin
name: i matter
average rating: 3.93
book published: 2021
rating: 0
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]]> All My Rage 57899793 Lahore, Pakistan. Then.
Misbah is a dreamer and storyteller, newly married to Toufiq in an arranged match. After their young life is shaken by tragedy, they come to the United States and open the Cloud’s Rest Inn Motel, hoping for a new start.

Juniper, California. Now.
Salahudin and Noor are more than best friends; they are family. Growing up as outcasts in the small desert town of Juniper, California, they understand each other the way no one else does. Until The Fight, which destroys their bond with the swift fury of a star exploding.

Now, Sal scrambles to run the family motel as his mother Misbah’s health fails and his grieving father loses himself to alcoholism. Noor, meanwhile, walks a harrowing tightrope: working at her wrathful uncle’s liquor store while hiding the fact that she’s applying to college so she can escape him—and Juniper—forever.

When Sal’s attempts to save the motel spiral out of control, he and Noor must ask themselves what friendship is worth—and what it takes to defeat the monsters in their pasts and the ones in their midst.

From one of today’s most cherished and bestselling young adult authors comes a breathtaking novel of young love, old regrets, and forgiveness—one that’s both tragic and poignant in its tender ferocity.]]> 376 Sabaa Tahir 0593202341 i matter 2 muslimsbooks 4.48 2022 All My Rage
author: Sabaa Tahir
name: i matter
average rating: 4.48
book published: 2022
rating: 2
read at: 2024/07/30
date added: 2024/07/30
shelves: muslimsbooks
review:
i liked the plot , but the Islam throughout this books was not accurate, for example the funeral, people dont wear black (they can but that just a culture thing white people do in funreals) they did not talk bout carrying the body, or the white wrap, or having see the face of your family memmeber before she dies, this was one of the example how islam was not accurate.
]]> <![CDATA[ì•…ì—­ì� ì—”ë”©ì€ ì£½ìŒë¿� 1 (Villains are Destined to Die, Vol. 1)]]> 57378184
재벌가ì� 사ìƒì•„ë¡œ 태어ë‚� 가족들ì—게 미움ë§� 받다가 겨우 탈출했는ë�, ì—°ì•  시뮬레ì´ì…� 게임 ì†� ì•…ì—­ ‘페넬로íŽ� ì—카르트’ì—ê²� ë¹™ì˜í•� 버렸ë‹�! 진짜 여주ì¸ê³µì� ëŒì•„오기 ì �, 다섯 ëª…ì˜ ë‚¨ìž ì£¼ì¸ê³� ì¤� í•� ëª…ì„ ê³µëžµí•˜ì§€ 못하면â€� 그녀ì—게 ë‚¨ì€ ì—”ë”©ì€ ì˜¤ì§ ì£½ìŒë¿�!

카카오페ì´ì§€ 역하ë � 로맨스íŒíƒ€ì§€ 웹툰 최다 추천작으ë¡� 꼽히ëŠ� ã€Œì•…ì—­ì˜ ì—”ë”©ì€ ì£½ìŒë¿ã€ì´ 단행본으ë¡� 출간ë˜ì—ˆë‹�. ë™ëª…ì� ì¸ê¸° 소설ì� 수월 ìž‘ê°€ì� 아름다운 ìž‘í™”ë¡� 화려하게 재탄ìƒì‹œí‚� 작품으로, 연재 시작ê³� ë™ì‹œì—� ì—´ë ¬í•� 팬ë¤ì� 형성하며 나날ì� ì¸ê¸°ë¥� ë”í•´ ê°€ê³� 있다.]]> 260 SUOL i matter 0 manwha 4.48 2021 ì•…ì—­ì˜ ì—”ë”©ì€ ì£½ìŒë¿ 1 (Villains are Destined to Die, Vol. 1)
author: SUOL
name: i matter
average rating: 4.48
book published: 2021
rating: 0
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shelves: manwha
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]]> <![CDATA[The Last Tale of the Flower Bride]]> 61150759
Once upon a time, a man who believed in fairy tales married a beautiful, mysterious woman named Indigo Maxwell-Casteñada. He was a scholar of myths. She was heiress to a fortune. They exchanged gifts and stories and believed they would live happily ever after—and in exchange for her love, Indigo extracted a promise: that her bridegroom would never pry into her past.

But when Indigo learns that her estranged aunt is dying and the couple is forced to return to her childhood home, the House of Dreams, the bridegroom will soon find himself unable to resist. For within the crumbling manor’s extravagant rooms and musty halls, there lurks the shadow of another girl: Azure, Indigo’s dearest childhood friend who suddenly disappeared. As the house slowly reveals his wife’s secrets, the bridegroom will be forced to choose between reality and fantasy, even if doing so threatens to destroy their marriage . . . or their lives.

Combining the lush, haunting atmosphere of Mexican Gothic with the dreamy enchantment of The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue, The Last Tale of the Flower Bride is a spellbinding and darkly romantic page-turner about love and lies, secrets and betrayal, and the stories we tell ourselves to survive.]]> 289 Roshani Chokshi i matter 3 idk, thiller 3.68 2023 The Last Tale of the Flower Bride
author: Roshani Chokshi
name: i matter
average rating: 3.68
book published: 2023
rating: 3
read at: 2024/07/27
date added: 2024/07/27
shelves: idk, thiller
review:
I thought this was a cute romance novel, but no, it is horror. It started off as something cute, like two girls playing a fantasy game which is cute and innocent and husband meeting this beautiful woman as wife. Then slowly turns into horror , this fantasy game becomes reality for the girls, where one of the girls starts to discover secret and promise that she finds hard to keep, and the husband find dark secrets about his wife.
]]> <![CDATA[One Dark Window (The Shepherd King, #1)]]> 58340706
Elspeth Spindle needs more than luck to stay safe in the eerie, mist-locked kingdom of Blunder—she needs a monster. She calls him the Nightmare, an ancient, mercurial spirit trapped in her head. He protects her. He keeps her secrets.

But nothing comes for free, especially magic.

When Elspeth meets a mysterious highwayman on the forest road, her life takes a drastic turn. Thrust into a world of shadow and deception, she joins a dangerous quest to cure Blunder from the dark magic infecting it. And the highwayman? He just so happens to be the King’s nephew, Captain of the most dangerous men in Blunder…and guilty of high treason.

Together they must gather twelve Providence Cards—the keys to the cure. But as the stakes heighten and their undeniable attraction intensifies, Elspeth is forced to face her darkest secret yet: the Nightmare is slowly taking over her mind. And she might not be able to stop him.]]> 399 Rachel Gillig 0316312487 i matter 4 4.26 2022 One Dark Window (The Shepherd King, #1)
author: Rachel Gillig
name: i matter
average rating: 4.26
book published: 2022
rating: 4
read at: 2024/07/24
date added: 2024/07/24
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I finished it in a day, it was I had very large reading slump it was nice to have a book to read over the summer. I like how it plot , for example the mist , and the card, and teensy bit romane , but more action.
]]> Girl in the Blue Coat 40726583
On a routine delivery, a client asks Hanneke for help. Expecting to hear that Mrs. Janssen wants meat or kerosene, Hanneke is shocked by the older woman's frantic plea to find a person - a Jewish teenager Mrs. Janssen had been hiding, who has vanished without a trace from a secret room. Hanneke initially wants nothing to do with such dangerous work, but is ultimately drawn into a web of mysteries and stunning revelations that lead her into the heart of the resistance, open her eyes to the horrors of the Nazi war machine, and compel her to take desperate action.

Beautifully written, intricately plotted, and meticulously researched, Girl in the Blue Coat is an extraordinary, gripping novel from a bright new voice.]]> 310 Monica Hesse 0316260649 i matter 0 4.02 2016 Girl in the Blue Coat
author: Monica Hesse
name: i matter
average rating: 4.02
book published: 2016
rating: 0
read at: 2024/07/18
date added: 2024/07/18
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]]> The English Wife 34945222 New York Times bestselling author, Lauren Willig, comes this scandalous New York Gilded Age novel full of family secrets, affairs, and even murder.

Annabelle and Bayard Van Duyvil live a charmed life: he’s the scion of an old Knickerbocker family, she grew up in a Tudor manor in England, they had a whirlwind romance in London, they have three year old twins on whom they dote, and he’s recreated her family home on the banks of the Hudson and renamed it Illyria. Yes, there are rumors that she’s having an affair with the architect, but rumors are rumors and people will gossip. But then Bayard is found dead with a knife in his chest on the night of their Twelfth Night Ball, Annabelle goes missing, presumed drowned, and the papers go mad. Bay’s sister, Janie, forms an unlikely alliance with a reporter to uncover the truth, convinced that Bay would never have killed his wife, that it must be a third party, but the more she learns about her brother and his wife, the more everything she thought she knew about them starts to unravel. Who were her brother and his wife, really? And why did her brother die with the name George on his lips?]]> 376 Lauren Willig 1250056276 i matter 3 instering 3.67 2018 The English Wife
author: Lauren Willig
name: i matter
average rating: 3.67
book published: 2018
rating: 3
read at: 2024/01/01
date added: 2024/03/16
shelves: instering
review:
Good twist and turns, more of a mystery novel than romance. Though I am not complaining that it is mystery. It has the perfect hint of romance and good amount of mystery. It about a girl that try to solve her brother's and his wife murder. There is for sure a lot of surprising twist.
]]> A Monster Calls 25480342 The bestselling novel about love, loss and hope from the twice Carnegie Medal-winning Patrick Ness.

Conor has the same dream every night, ever since his mother first fell ill, ever since she started the treatments that don't quite seem to be working. But tonight is different. Tonight, when he wakes, there's a visitor at his window. It's ancient, elemental, a force of nature. And it wants the most dangerous thing of all from Conor. It wants the truth.

Patrick Ness takes the final idea of the late, award-winning writer Siobhan Dowd and weaves an extraordinary and heartbreaking tale of mischief, healing and above all, the courage it takes to survive.]]> 237 Patrick Ness 1406361801 i matter 0 to-read 4.28 2011 A Monster Calls
author: Patrick Ness
name: i matter
average rating: 4.28
book published: 2011
rating: 0
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date added: 2024/03/15
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]]> <![CDATA[These Violent Delights (These Violent Delights, #1)]]> 50892212
A blood feud between two gangs runs the streets red, leaving the city helpless in the grip of chaos. At the heart of it all is eighteen-year-old Juliette Cai, a former flapper who has returned to assume her role as the proud heir of the Scarlet Gang—a network of criminals far above the law. Their only rivals in power are the White Flowers, who have fought the Scarlets for generations. And behind every move is their heir, Roma Montagov, Juliette’s first love…and first betrayal.

But when gangsters on both sides show signs of instability culminating in clawing their own throats out, the people start to whisper. Of a contagion, a madness. Of a monster in the shadows. As the deaths stack up, Juliette and Roma must set their guns—and grudges—aside and work together, for if they can’t stop this mayhem, then there will be no city left for either to rule.

Perfect for fans of The Last Magician and Descendant of the Crane, this heart-stopping debut is an imaginative Romeo and Juliet retelling set in 1920s Shanghai, with rival gangs and a monster in the depths of the Huangpu River.]]> 449 Chloe Gong 1534457690 i matter 2 3.82 2020 These Violent Delights (These Violent Delights, #1)
author: Chloe Gong
name: i matter
average rating: 3.82
book published: 2020
rating: 2
read at: 2021/12/20
date added: 2024/03/15
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]]> The Sowing Season 51268042
Fifteen-year-old Rae Walters has growing doubts and fears about The Plan--the detailed blueprint for high school that will help her follow in her lawyer father's footsteps. She's always been committed to The Plan, but now that the pressure to succeed is building, what was supposed to unite her family in purpose, may end up tearing it apart.

When their paths cross just as they each need a friend the most, Gerrit's and Rae's lives begin to change in unexpected ways. Can they discover together what really matters in life and learn it's never too late for a second chance?]]> 368 Katie Powner 0764237594 i matter 4 cute, book-i-liked, instering 4.28 2020 The Sowing Season
author: Katie Powner
name: i matter
average rating: 4.28
book published: 2020
rating: 4
read at: 2024/03/15
date added: 2024/03/15
shelves: cute, book-i-liked, instering
review:
I finished this in one sitting this is the biggest compliment I can give to a book especially right now. I had a huge reading slump this for very log time. This book has cute friendship between two neighbours (a 15 year old teenager and old man). This show of both aspects of problem of different stages in life;the struggle of teenager who is over achiever, a people pleaser who yet to fail in anything and discovering what she truly wants, it also shows the struggle of an old man who struggle to maintain his relationship, and truly discovers love again.
]]> <![CDATA[Marilyn: The Passion and the Paradox]]> 17332194 Marilyn is, at last, the nuanced biography Monroe fans have been waiting for.]]> 528 Lois W. Banner 1608197670 i matter 3 3.78 2012 Marilyn: The Passion and the Paradox
author: Lois W. Banner
name: i matter
average rating: 3.78
book published: 2012
rating: 3
read at: 2024/03/11
date added: 2024/03/11
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Her life was very inserting life. This was my first biography and think about biography you flip to any page and still understand what is going to happen.
]]> Icebreaker (UCMH, #1) 61767292
Nothing will stand in her way, not even the captain of the hockey team, Nate Hawkins.

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

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

Sparks fly, but Anastasia isn’t worried . . . because she could never like a hockey player, right?]]> 447 Hannah Grace i matter 2 3.75 2022 Icebreaker (UCMH, #1)
author: Hannah Grace
name: i matter
average rating: 3.75
book published: 2022
rating: 2
read at: 2024/01/01
date added: 2024/03/11
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I simply don't like book like these anymore. I feel like my taste developed over the years and these book don't intruded me anymore. I think five years ago I would have love this book.
]]> <![CDATA[Little Women (Little Women, #1)]]> 1934 This is an alternate cover edition of ISBN 9780451529305.

Generations of readers young and old, male and female, have fallen in love with the March sisters of Louisa May Alcott’s most popular and enduring novel, Little Women. Here are talented tomboy and author-to-be Jo, tragically frail Beth, beautiful Meg, and romantic, spoiled Amy, united in their devotion to each other and their struggles to survive in New England during the Civil War.

It is no secret that Alcott based Little Women on her own early life. While her father, the freethinking reformer and abolitionist Bronson Alcott, hobnobbed with such eminent male authors as Emerson, Thoreau, and Hawthorne, Louisa supported herself and her sisters with "woman’s work,� including sewing, doing laundry, and acting as a domestic servant. But she soon discovered she could make more money writing. Little Women brought her lasting fame and fortune, and far from being the "girl’s book� her publisher requested, it explores such timeless themes as love and death, war and peace, the conflict between personal ambition and family responsibilities, and the clash of cultures between Europe and America.

]]> 449 Louisa May Alcott i matter 3 classics 4.16 1868 Little Women (Little Women, #1)
author: Louisa May Alcott
name: i matter
average rating: 4.16
book published: 1868
rating: 3
read at: 2024/02/26
date added: 2024/02/26
shelves: classics
review:
Cute book and kept hooked but I just simply didn't have time to read anymore.
]]> <![CDATA[Bone Crier's Moon (Bone Grace, #1)]]> 46249012 From #1Ìý New York Times Ìýbestselling author Kathryn Purdie comes a high-stakes fantasy duology flush with doomed romance and macabre magic, perfect for fans of Stephanie Garber and Roshani Chokshi.

Bone Criers are the last descendants of an ancient famille charged with using the magic they draw from animal bones to shepherd the dead into the afterlife—lest they drain the light from the living.


Ailesse has been prepared since birth to become their matriarch, but first she must complete her rite of passage: to kill the boy she’s destined to love.

Bastien’s father was slain by a Bone Crier and he’s been seeking revenge ever since. Now his vengeance must wait, as Ailesse’s ritual has begun and their fates are entwined—in life and in death.]]> 480 Kathryn Purdie 0062798774 i matter 4 fantasty 3.63 2020 Bone Crier's Moon (Bone Grace, #1)
author: Kathryn Purdie
name: i matter
average rating: 3.63
book published: 2020
rating: 4
read at: 2021/01/01
date added: 2024/01/13
shelves: fantasty
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]]> <![CDATA[Haunting Adeline (Cat and Mouse, #1)]]> 58763686
I can manipulate the emotions of anyone who lets me.
I will make you hurt, make you cry, make you laugh and sigh.
But my words don't affect him. Especially not when I plead for him to leave.
He's always there, watching and waiting.
And I can never look away.
Not when I want him to come closer.


The Shadow

I didn't mean to fall in love.
But now that I have, I can't stay away.
I'm mesmerized by her smile, by her eyes, and the way she moves.
The way she undresses...
I'll keep watching and waiting. Until I can make her mine.
And once she is, I'll never let her go.
Not even when she begs me to.]]> 583 H.D. Carlton i matter 2 instering 3.95 2021 Haunting Adeline (Cat and Mouse, #1)
author: H.D. Carlton
name: i matter
average rating: 3.95
book published: 2021
rating: 2
read at: 2023/12/02
date added: 2024/01/02
shelves: instering
review:
I liked the start but the writing at the middle kinda got meh and lead no where I had to leave this book so many times.To be honest i didn’t find any part of zade’s questionable behavior attarive to me.
]]> The Bridge Home 40206380
Viji starts working with the boys scavenging in trash heaps while Rukku makes bead necklaces, and they buy food with what little money they earn. They are often hungry and scared but they have each other--and Kutti, the best dog ever. When the kids are forced from their safe haven on the bridge, they take shelter in a graveyard.

But it is now the rainy season and they are plagued by mosquitos, and Rukku and Muthu fall ill. As their symptoms worsen, Viji and Arul must decide whether to risk going for help--when most adults in their lives have proven themselves untrustworthy--or to continue holding on to their fragile, hard-fought freedom.]]> 208 Padma Venkatraman 1524738115 i matter 4 4.25 2019 The Bridge Home
author: Padma Venkatraman
name: i matter
average rating: 4.25
book published: 2019
rating: 4
read at: 2023/01/01
date added: 2024/01/02
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Cute book. Sometimes after read a long time of big book I need a break. This was a perfect book to get me out my reading slump. It was heartfealt book. The charaters all loveable.
]]> The Paris Library 52761909 Based on the true World War II story of the heroic librarians at the American Library in Paris, this is an unforgettable story of romance, friendship, family, and the power of literature to bring us together, perfect for fans of The Lilac Girls and The Paris Wife.

Paris, 1939: Young and ambitious Odile Souchet has it all: her handsome police officer beau and a dream job at the American Library in Paris. When the Nazis march into Paris, Odile stands to lose everything she holds dear, including her beloved library. Together with her fellow librarians, Odile joins the Resistance with the best weapons she has: books. But when the war finally ends, instead of freedom, Odile tastes the bitter sting of unspeakable betrayal.

Montana, 1983: Lily is a lonely teenager looking for adventure in small-town Montana. Her interest is piqued by her solitary, elderly neighbor. As Lily uncovers more about her neighbor’s mysterious past, she finds that they share a love of language, the same longings, and the same intense jealousy, never suspecting that a dark secret from the past connects them.

A powerful novel that explores the consequences of our choices and the relationships that make us who we are—family, friends, and favorite authors�The Paris Library shows that extraordinary heroism can sometimes be found in the quietest of places.]]> 368 Janet Skeslien Charles 1982134194 i matter 3 idk, book-i-liked Writing 3.8/5
Plot 3.9/5 the plot was not imprsive or surpising but i still liked it.
romance 3/5 it has romance but not too much which i liked. ]]> 4.00 2021 The Paris Library
author: Janet Skeslien Charles
name: i matter
average rating: 4.00
book published: 2021
rating: 3
read at: 2023/01/01
date added: 2023/12/31
shelves: idk, book-i-liked
review:
I liked the writing of this book . After a long tie book slump it finally nice to finsh a book It has two main point of views. A girl that no nothing about war and girl who knows everything about war. It talks about losing someone u love in both point views.
Writing 3.8/5
Plot 3.9/5 the plot was not imprsive or surpising but i still liked it.
romance 3/5 it has romance but not too much which i liked.
]]> Macbeth 8852
This shocking tragedy - a violent caution to those seeking power for its own sake - is, to this day, one of Shakespeare’s most popular and influential masterpieces.]]> 249 William Shakespeare 0743477103 i matter 3 3.90 1623 Macbeth
author: William Shakespeare
name: i matter
average rating: 3.90
book published: 1623
rating: 3
read at: 2023/12/26
date added: 2023/12/26
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It was good book. Nice to try something diffrent once in awell. Just not my vup tea probaly i had to english assigment on it.
]]> The Glass Castle 7445 THE #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

The Glass Castle is a remarkable memoir of resilience and redemption, and a revelatory look into a family at once deeply dysfunctional and uniquely vibrant. When sober, Jeannette's brilliant and charismatic father captured his children's imagination, teaching them physics, geology, and how to embrace life fearlessly. But when he drank, he was dishonest and destructive. Her mother was a free spirit who abhorred the idea of domesticity and didn't want the responsibility of raising a family.

The Walls children learned to take care of themselves. They fed, clothed, and protected one another, and eventually found their way to New York. Their parents followed them, choosing to be homeless even as their children prospered.

The Glass Castle is truly astonishing--a memoir permeated by the intense love of a peculiar but loyal family.]]> 288 Jeannette Walls 074324754X i matter 4 4.32 2005 The Glass Castle
author: Jeannette Walls
name: i matter
average rating: 4.32
book published: 2005
rating: 4
read at: 2023/12/07
date added: 2023/12/07
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]]> <![CDATA[RE: Trailer Trash: A Do-Over Story]]> 61236765
...Or does she?]]> 818 FortySixtyfour i matter 0 4.48 2022 RE: Trailer Trash: A Do-Over Story
author: FortySixtyfour
name: i matter
average rating: 4.48
book published: 2022
rating: 0
read at: 2023/11/16
date added: 2023/11/16
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]]> <![CDATA[Marilyn Monroe: A Life From Beginning to End (Biographies of Actors)]]> 36484938 * * *Download for FREE on Kindle Unlimited + Free BONUS Inside!* * * Read On Your Computer, MAC, Smartphone, Kindle Reader, iPad, or Tablet. She vigorously played the dumb-blonde stereotype in her movie roles, but there is nothing at all dumb about Marilyn Monroe. Born to a single mother who suffered from severe mental illness, the odds were stacked against the girl originally named Norma Jeane from the very beginning. She became a ward of the state and bounced around from foster home to foster home. The fact that she rose from such impoverished beginnings to become one of the top-billed acts in Hollywood speaks for itself.Inside you will read about...� From Foster Child to Movie Star � The Scene with the White Dress � Marilyn the Jew � Diagnosis of Paranoid Schizophrenia � Marilyn’s First Overdose � The Presidential Affair � Locked in the Psych Ward And much more! Discover the life and legend that is Marilyn Monroe.]]> 48 Hourly History i matter 0 to-read 3.97 Marilyn Monroe: A Life From Beginning to End (Biographies of Actors)
author: Hourly History
name: i matter
average rating: 3.97
book published:
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]]> Seven Days in Summer 31422844 Liv is looking forward to summer at the Beach Hut in Devon, even if she feels that she and Matt left things on a strange note. She’s sure it’s just that he’s too busy at work to join them on holiday, not that he wants time alone�

Baz loves having his family to stay by the sea, but when an unexpected guest arrives, he finds himself torn between the past and the future�

Still reeling from a break-up, all Sofia wants is a quiet seaside summer � until she meets Baz and her plans are turned upside down. She knows she’s rushing into things, but could this summer at the Beach Hut be the start of something new?

And back home, Matt might be missing Liv and his young family, but when an old friend appears he finds himself distracted... What does she know about his family’s past that she’s not letting on?

As summer tensions rise, the holiday at The Beach Hut begins to take an unexpected turn…]]> 262 Marcia Willett 0593076877 i matter 0 books-i-gave-up 3.64 2017 Seven Days in Summer
author: Marcia Willett
name: i matter
average rating: 3.64
book published: 2017
rating: 0
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date added: 2023/11/07
shelves: books-i-gave-up
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]]> <![CDATA[Me Before You (Me Before You, #1)]]> 17347634 A newer edition of ISBN 978-0143124542 can be found here.

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Giver of Stars, discover the love story that captured over 20 million hearts in Me Before You, After You, and Still Me.

They had nothing in common until love gave them everything to lose . . .

Louisa Clark is an ordinary girl living an exceedingly ordinary life—steady boyfriend, close family—who has barely been farther afield than their tiny village. She takes a badly needed job working for ex–Master of the Universe Will Traynor, who is wheelchair bound after an accident. Will has always lived a huge life—big deals, extreme sports, worldwide travel—and now he’s pretty sure he cannot live the way he is.

Will is acerbic, moody, bossy—but Lou refuses to treat him with kid gloves, and soon his happiness means more to her than she expected. When she learns that Will has shocking plans of his own, she sets out to show him that life is still worth living.

A Love Story for this generation and perfect for fans of John Green’s The Fault in Our Stars, Me Before You brings to life two people who couldn’t have less in common—a heartbreakingly romantic novel that asks, What do you do when making the person you love happy also means breaking your own heart?]]> 369 Jojo Moyes 0670026603 i matter 0 books-i-gave-up, idk 4.26 2012 Me Before You (Me Before You, #1)
author: Jojo Moyes
name: i matter
average rating: 4.26
book published: 2012
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2023/11/07
shelves: books-i-gave-up, idk
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]]> I Fell in Love With Hope 61713106
Since then, I've sworn never to love anyone again. With three exceptions: My friends, Sony, Neo, and Coeur, a little gang of rebellious, dying kids. Sony leads the charge with the air of freedom and only one lung to breathe it. Neo, a bad-tempered and wheel-chaired writer, keeps track of our great deeds from stealing to terrorizing our nurse. Coeur is the beautiful boy, the muscle, the gentle giant with a failing heart.

Before death inevitably knocks down our doors, my thieves and I have one last heist planned. A great escape that will take us far from abusive parents, crippling loss, and the realities of our diseases. So what happens when someone else walks through the door? What happens when a girl joins our party and renders me speechless with her mischievous smile? What happens when she has suns in her eyes, and as terrified as I am to lose again, I start to fall?

Trigger warnings found in foreword

Written By Lancali]]> 402 Lancali i matter 3 3.86 2022 I Fell in Love With Hope
author: Lancali
name: i matter
average rating: 3.86
book published: 2022
rating: 3
read at: 2023/11/07
date added: 2023/11/07
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I thought it was cute. It was a group of kids living their lives. It was cute,but took me too long time to read. I am right now in read slump.
]]> <![CDATA[Death Is My Bff (Rewritten Death Chronicles, #1)]]> 53342034
Death was once God’s second favorite, below Lucifer, until he broke all of the Seven Deadly Sins and fell from Heaven. Now, his identity is masked by a curse and he is forced to collect souls.

Faith Williams is not entirely human and Death will find out that she has an unimaginable amount of power. He will discover this by manipulating her dreams, her mind, her heart, and bringing her darkest fears to life.

There are no sparkling heroes in this story or damsels in distress. For the first time, you will be able to put a face to both Death and the Devil. For the first time, the villain might win.]]> Katarina E. Tonks i matter 3 Not my type of book 4.44 2011 Death Is My Bff (Rewritten Death Chronicles, #1)
author: Katarina E. Tonks
name: i matter
average rating: 4.44
book published: 2011
rating: 3
read at: 2021/01/01
date added: 2023/10/18
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review:
Not my type of book
]]> <![CDATA[A Fort of Nine Towers: An Afghan Family Story]]> 16071710 Ìý
Qais Akbar Omar was born in Kabul in a time of relative peace. Until he was 7, he lived with his father, a high school physics teacher, and mother, a bank manager, in the spacious, garden-filled compound his grandfather had built. Noisy with the laughter of his cousins (with whom they lived in the typical Afghan style), fragrant with the scent of roses and apple blossoms, and rich in shady, tucked-away spots where Qais and his grandfather sat and read, home was the idyllic centre of their quiet, comfortable life.
Ìý
But in the wake of the Russian withdrawal and the bloody civil conflict that erupted, his family was forced to flee and take refuge in the legendary Fort of Nine Towers, a centuries-old palace in the hills on the far side of Kabul. On a perilous trip home, Omar and his father were kidnapped, narrowly escaping, and the family fled again, his parents leading their 6 children on a remarkable, sometimes wondrous journey. Hiding inside the famous giant Bamiyan Buddhas sculpture, and among Kurchi herders, Omar cobbles together an education, learning the beautiful art of carpet-weaving from a deaf mute girl, which will become the family's means of support. Against a backdrop of uncertainty, violence and absurdity, young Qais Omar weaves together a story--and a self--that is complex, colourful, and profound.]]> 416 Qais Akbar Omar 030736268X i matter 3 muslimsbooks 4.43 2013 A Fort of Nine Towers: An Afghan Family Story
author: Qais Akbar Omar
name: i matter
average rating: 4.43
book published: 2013
rating: 3
read at: 2023/10/06
date added: 2023/10/06
shelves: muslimsbooks
review:
I read this in my reading slump. It was greatly good written book. This book is about a rich young boy that his life changed after afgan war. This shows the perpective young boy to a tenager to an adult. I love how the writing change it's tone for each phase of the boy.
]]> <![CDATA[The Claiming of Sleeping Beauty (Sleeping Beauty, #1)]]> 26582 253 A.N. Roquelaure i matter 0 to-read 3.25 1983 The Claiming of Sleeping Beauty (Sleeping Beauty, #1)
author: A.N. Roquelaure
name: i matter
average rating: 3.25
book published: 1983
rating: 0
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date added: 2023/09/14
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]]> <![CDATA[Charming As Hell (Charming, #3)]]> 125157689
After nearly a decade of possessing humans to survive, Mara is looking for answers and she won’t stop until she has the full picture. Despite her paranoia, she manages the loyalty of three very attractive demons. Whether she’ll use this army for war or for her own personal pleasure is yet to be seen.

The one thing for certain is that there’s no stopping this formidable demon from getting what she wants, even if she doesn’t seem to know what her own end game is.

This is the third book in the Charming series. It’s recommended to read in release order, however, this can be read as a standalone.]]> 356 Sarah Blue i matter 0 to-read 3.97 2023 Charming As Hell (Charming, #3)
author: Sarah Blue
name: i matter
average rating: 3.97
book published: 2023
rating: 0
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date added: 2023/09/07
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]]> <![CDATA[Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow]]> 58784475 In this exhilarating novel, two friends—often in love, but never lovers—come together as creative partners in the world of video game design, where success brings them fame, joy, tragedy, duplicity, and, ultimately, a kind of immortality.

On a bitter-cold day, in the December of his junior year at Harvard, Sam Masur exits a subway car and sees, amid the hordes of people waiting on the platform, Sadie Green. He calls her name. For a moment, she pretends she hasn't heard him, but then, she turns, and a game begins: a legendary collaboration that will launch them to stardom. These friends, intimates since childhood, borrow money, beg favors, and, before even graduating college, they have created their first blockbuster, Ichigo. Overnight, the world is theirs. Not even twenty-five years old, Sam and Sadie are brilliant, successful, and rich, but these qualities won't protect them from their own creative ambitions or the betrayals of their hearts.

Spanning thirty years, from Cambridge, Massachusetts, to Venice Beach, California, and lands in between and far beyond, Gabrielle Zevin's Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow is a dazzling and intricately imagined novel that examines the multifarious nature of identity, disability, failure, the redemptive possibilities in play, and above all, our need to connect: to be loved and to love. Yes, it is a love story, but it is not one you have read before.]]> 401 Gabrielle Zevin 0735243344 i matter 0 books-i-gave-up 4.12 2022 Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow
author: Gabrielle Zevin
name: i matter
average rating: 4.12
book published: 2022
rating: 0
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]]> The Maid's Diary 60588456
When homicide cop Mallory Van Alst is called to a scene at a luxury waterfront home known as the Glass House, she’s confronted with evidence of a violent attack so bloody it’s improbable the victim is alive. But there’s no body. The homeowners are gone. And their maid is missing. The only witness is the elderly woman next door, who woke to screams in the night. The neighbor was also the last person to see Kit Darling alive.

As Mal begins to uncover the secret that has sent the lives of everyone involved on a devious and inescapable collision course, she realizes that nothing is quite as it seems.

And no one escapes their past.]]> 376 Loreth Anne White i matter 0 to-read 4.23 2023 The Maid's Diary
author: Loreth Anne White
name: i matter
average rating: 4.23
book published: 2023
rating: 0
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]]> Lone Women 60460704
Adelaide Henry carries an enormous steamer trunk with her wherever she goes. It’s locked at all times. Because when the trunk opens, people around Adelaide start to disappear.

The year is 1915, and Adelaide is in trouble. Her secret sin killed her parents, forcing her to flee California in a hellfire rush and make her way to Montana as a homesteader. Dragging the trunk with her at every stop, she will become one of the “lone women� taking advantage of the government’s offer of free land for those who can tame it—except that Adelaide isn’t alone. And the secret she’s tried so desperately to lock away might be the only thing that will help her survive the harsh territory.

Crafted by a modern master of magical suspense, Lone Women blends shimmering prose, an unforgettable cast of adventurers who find horror and sisterhood in a brutal landscape, and a portrait of early-twentieth-century America like you’ve never seen. And at its heart is the gripping story of a woman desperate to bury her past—or redeem it.]]> 275 Victor LaValle 052551208X i matter 0 to-read 3.68 2023 Lone Women
author: Victor LaValle
name: i matter
average rating: 3.68
book published: 2023
rating: 0
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]]> The Great Alone 34912895 Unpredictable. Unforgiving. Untamed.
For a family in crisis, the ultimate test of survival.

Ernt Allbright, a former POW, comes home from the Vietnam war a changed and volatile man. When he loses yet another job, he makes an impulsive decision: he will move his family north, to Alaska, where they will live off the grid in America’s last true frontier.

Thirteen-year-old Leni, a girl coming of age in a tumultuous time, caught in the riptide of her parents� passionate, stormy relationship, dares to hope that a new land will lead to a better future for her family. She is desperate for a place to belong. Her mother, Cora, will do anything and go anywhere for the man she loves, even if it means following him into the unknown.

At first, Alaska seems to be the answer to their prayers. In a wild, remote corner of the state, they find a fiercely independent community of strong men and even stronger women. The long, sunlit days and the generosity of the locals make up for the Allbrights� lack of preparation and dwindling resources.

But as winter approaches and darkness descends on Alaska, Ernt’s fragile mental state deteriorates and the family begins to fracture. Soon the perils outside pale in comparison to threats from within. In their small cabin, covered in snow, blanketed in eighteen hours of night, Leni and her mother learn the terrible truth: they are on their own. In the wild, there is no one to save them but themselves.

In this unforgettable portrait of human frailty and resilience, Kristin Hannah reveals the indomitable character of the modern American pioneer and the spirit of a vanishing Alaska―a place of incomparable beauty and danger. The Great Alone is a daring, beautiful, stay-up-all-night story about love and loss, the fight for survival, and the wildness that lives in both man and nature.]]> 435 Kristin Hannah i matter 0 to-read 4.44 2018 The Great Alone
author: Kristin Hannah
name: i matter
average rating: 4.44
book published: 2018
rating: 0
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]]> Lessons in Chemistry 58065033 390 Bonnie Garmus i matter 0 to-read 4.23 2022 Lessons in Chemistry
author: Bonnie Garmus
name: i matter
average rating: 4.23
book published: 2022
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]]> Scythe (Arc of a Scythe, #1) 28954189 Thou shalt kill.

A world with no hunger, no disease, no war, no misery. Humanity has conquered all those things, and has even conquered death. Now scythes are the only ones who can end life—and they are commanded to do so, in order to keep the size of the population under control.

Citra and Rowan are chosen to apprentice to a scythe—a role that neither wants. These teens must master the “art� of taking life, knowing that the consequence of failure could mean losing their own.

An alternate cover edition of ISBN: 9781442472426]]> 435 Neal Shusterman i matter 0 to-read 4.32 2016 Scythe (Arc of a Scythe, #1)
author: Neal Shusterman
name: i matter
average rating: 4.32
book published: 2016
rating: 0
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]]> A Man Called Ove 18774964
Meet Ove. He's a curmudgeon, the kind of man who points at people he dislikes as if they were burglars caught outside his bedroom window. He has staunch principles, strict routines, and a short fuse. People call him the bitter neighbor from hell, but must Ove be bitter just because he doesn't walk around with a smile plastered to his face all the time?

Behind the cranky exterior there is a story and a sadness. So when one November morning a chatty young couple with two chatty young daughters move in next door and accidentally flatten Ove's mailbox, it is the lead-in to a comical and heartwarming tale of unkempt cats, unexpected friendship, and the ancient art of backing up a U-Haul. All of which will change one cranky old man and a local residents' association to their very foundations.]]> 337 Fredrik Backman 1476738017 i matter 3 ]]> 4.35 2012 A Man Called Ove
author: Fredrik Backman
name: i matter
average rating: 4.35
book published: 2012
rating: 3
read at: 2023/08/10
date added: 2023/08/10
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It was a okay book. Cute

]]> The House Is on Fire 61273814 The author of Florence Adler Swims Forever returns with a masterful work of historical fiction about an incendiary tragedy that shocked a young nation and tore apart a community in a single night—told from the perspectives of four people whose actions during the inferno changed the course of history.

Richmond, Virginia 1811. It’s the height of the winter social season. The General Assembly is in session, and many of Virginia’s gentleman planters, along with their wives and children, have made the long and arduous journey to the capital in hopes of whiling away the darkest days of the year. At the city’s only theater, the Charleston-based Placide & Green Company puts on two plays a night to meet the demand of a populace that’s done looking for enlightenment in a church.

On the night after Christmas, the theater is packed with more than six hundred holiday revelers. In the third-floor boxes, sits newly widowed Sally Henry Campbell, who is glad for any opportunity to relive the happy times she shared with her husband. One floor away, in the colored gallery, Cecily Patterson doesn’t give a whit about the play but is grateful for a four-hour reprieve from a life that has recently gone from bad to worse. Backstage, young stagehand Jack Gibson hopes that, if he can impress the theater’s managers, he’ll be offered a permanent job with the company. And on the other side of town, blacksmith Gilbert Hunt dreams of one day being able to bring his wife to the theater, but he’ll have to buy her freedom first.

When the theater goes up in flames in the middle of the performance, Sally, Cecily, Jack, and Gilbert make a series of split-second decisions that will not only affect their own lives but those of countless others. And in the days following the fire, as news of the disaster spreads across the United States, the paths of these four people will become forever intertwined.

Based on the true story of Richmond’s theater fire, The House Is on Fire offers proof that sometimes, in the midst of great tragedy, we are offered our most precious—and fleeting—chances at redemption.]]> 376 Rachel Beanland 1982186143 i matter 0 to-read 4.07 2023 The House Is on Fire
author: Rachel Beanland
name: i matter
average rating: 4.07
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]]> Poverty, by America 61358638 Reimagining the debate on poverty, making a new and bracing argument about why it persists in America: because the rest of us benefit from it.

The United States, the richest country on earth, has more poverty than any other advanced democracy. Why? Why does this land of plenty allow one in every eight of its children to go without basic necessities, permit scores of its citizens to live and die on the streets, and authorize its corporations to pay poverty wages?

In this landmark book, acclaimed sociologist Matthew Desmond draws on history, research, and original reporting to show how affluent Americans knowingly and unknowingly keep poor people poor. Those of us who are financially secure exploit the poor, driving down their wages while forcing them to overpay for housing and access to cash and credit. We prioritize the subsidization of our wealth over the alleviation of poverty, designing a welfare state that gives the most to those who need the least. And we stockpile opportunity in exclusive communities, creating zones of concentrated riches alongside those of concentrated despair. Some lives are made small so that others may grow.

Elegantly written and fiercely argued, this compassionate book gives us new ways of thinking about a morally urgent problem. It also helps us imagine solutions. Desmond builds a startlingly original and ambitious case for ending poverty. He calls on us all to become poverty abolitionists, engaged in a politics of collective belonging to usher in a new age of shared prosperity and, at last, true freedom.]]> 304 Matthew Desmond 0593239911 i matter 0 to-read 4.27 2023 Poverty, by America
author: Matthew Desmond
name: i matter
average rating: 4.27
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]]> Malibu Rising 55404546 Four famous siblings throw an epic party to celebrate the end of the summer. But over the course of twenty-four hours, their lives will change forever.

Malibu: August, 1983. It’s the day of Nina Riva’s annual end-of-summer party, and anticipation is at a fever pitch. Everyone wants to be around the famous Rivas: Nina, the talented surfer and supermodel; brothers Jay and Hud, one a championship surfer, the other a renowned photographer; and their adored baby sister, Kit. Together, the siblings are a source of fascination in Malibu and the world over—especially as the offspring of the legendary singer, Mick Riva.

The only person not looking forward to the party of the year is Nina herself, who never wanted to be the center of attention, and who has also just been very publicly abandoned by her pro tennis player husband. Oh, and maybe Hud—because it is long past time to confess something to the brother from whom he’s been inseparable since birth.

Jay, on the other hand, is counting the minutes until nightfall, when the girl he can’t stop thinking about promised she’ll be there.

And Kit has a couple secrets of her own—including a guest she invited without consulting anyone.

By midnight the party will be completely out of control. By morning, the Riva mansion will have gone up in flames. But before that first spark in the early hours before dawn, the alcohol will flow, the music will play, and the loves and secrets that shaped this family’s generations will all come bubbling to the surface.

Malibu Rising is a story about one unforgettable night in the life of a family: the night they each have to choose what they will keep from the people who made them... and what they will leave behind.]]> 369 Taylor Jenkins Reid 1524798657 i matter 0 to-read 4.02 2021 Malibu Rising
author: Taylor Jenkins Reid
name: i matter
average rating: 4.02
book published: 2021
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[The Ballad of Never After (Once Upon a Broken Heart, #2)]]> 59808071 Not every love is meant to be.

After Jacks, the Prince of Hearts, betrays her, Evangeline Fox swears she'll never trust him again. Now that she’s discovered her own magic, Evangeline believes she can use it to restore the chance at happily ever after that Jacks stole away.

But when a new terrifying curse is revealed, Evangeline finds herself entering into a tenuous partnership with the Prince of Hearts again. Only this time, the rules have changed. Jacks isn’t the only force Evangeline needs to be wary of. In fact, he might be the only one she can trust, despite her desire to despise him.

Instead of a love spell wreaking havoc on Evangeline’s life, a murderous spell has been cast. To break it, Evangeline and Jacks will have to do battle with old friends, new foes, and a magic that plays with heads and hearts. Evangeline has always trusted her heart, but this time she’s not sure she can...]]> 416 Stephanie Garber 1250268427 i matter 4 I am probaly read spoliers for the next book because I ca't wait to know wa happens next.
plot:10/10
charters9/10]]> 4.49 2022 The Ballad of Never After (Once Upon a Broken Heart, #2)
author: Stephanie Garber
name: i matter
average rating: 4.49
book published: 2022
rating: 4
read at: 2023/01/01
date added: 2023/08/04
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I love it this booked kept me hooked throughout. I couldn't wait to read the next page.
I am probaly read spoliers for the next book because I ca't wait to know wa happens next.
plot:10/10
charters9/10
]]> <![CDATA[Once Upon a Broken Heart (Once Upon a Broken Heart, #1)]]> 55987278 How far would you go for happily ever after?

For as long as she can remember, Evangeline Fox has believed in true love and happy endings... until she learns that the love of her life will marry another.

Desperate to stop the wedding and to heal her wounded heart, Evangeline strikes a deal with the charismatic but wicked Prince of Hearts. In exchange for his help, he asks for three kisses, to be given at the time and place of his choosing.

But after Evangeline’s first promised kiss, she learns that bargaining with an immortal is a dangerous game—and that the Prince of Hearts wants far more from her than she’d pledged. He has plans for Evangeline, plans that will either end in the greatest happily ever after or the most exquisite tragedy...]]> 408 Stephanie Garber 1250268397 i matter 3 book-i-liked, instering It was a good book 4.06 2021 Once Upon a Broken Heart (Once Upon a Broken Heart, #1)
author: Stephanie Garber
name: i matter
average rating: 4.06
book published: 2021
rating: 3
read at: 2023/08/04
date added: 2023/08/04
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review:
It was a good book
]]> <![CDATA[In Charm's Way (The Witches of Thistle Grove, #4)]]> 63876586 A witch struggling to regain what she has lost casts a forbidden spell—only to discover much more than she expected, in this enchanting new rom-com by New York Times bestselling author Lana Harper.

Six months after having been hit by a power surge that nearly obliterated her memory, Delilah Harlow is still picking up the pieces. Her once diamond-sharp mind has become shaky and unreliable, and bristly, self-sufficient Delilah is forced to rely on friends, family, and her raven familiar for help. In an effort to reclaim her wits and former independence, she casts a dangerous blood spell meant to harness power with healing capacities.

While the spell does restore clarity, it also unexpectedly turns Delilah into an irresistible beacon for the kind of malevolent supernatural creatures that have never before ventured into Thistle Grove. One night—just as things are about to go terribly sideways with a rogue succubus—a mysterious stranger appears in the nick of time to save Delilah's soul.

Gorgeous, sultry, and as dangerous as the knives she carries, Catriona Quinn is a hunter of monsters—and half-human, half-fae herself, she is the kind of sly and morally gray creature Delilah would normally find horrifying. Though Delilah balks at the idea of a partnership, she has no choice but to roll the dice on their collaboration. As the two delve deeper into the power that underlies Thistle Grove, they uncover not only the town's hidden history but also a risky attraction that could upend Delilah's entire life.]]> 304 Lana Harper 0593637968 i matter 0 to-read 3.53 2023 In Charm's Way (The Witches of Thistle Grove, #4)
author: Lana Harper
name: i matter
average rating: 3.53
book published: 2023
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[The Witch Is Back (Toil and Trouble, #1)]]> 63095134
There’s nothing wrong with being a wallflower. Not to Emmaline Bluewater, anyway. Emma may have been born into witch society, but her days of trying to fit in where she doesn’t belong are over—they ended seven years ago, when the man she’d hoped to marry left town without a word. She’s much happier now, living a delightfully mundane human life in Chicago and running her bar, Toil and Trouble.

Until Bastian Truenote walks through the door and announces that he wants her back.

Bastian had his reasons for leaving—even if he can’t tell Emma what they are. Now, to win Emma’s heart, he’s got to face down an adorably goofy dog familiar, a best friend who’s all too eager to hit him with a carefully aimed hex, and a woman who’s far from the meek witch he remembers.

Magical contracts aren’t easily broken, but as far as Emma’s concerned, not even a marriage of convenience will have her falling under Bastian’s spell again…]]> 384 Sophie H. Morgan 1335476040 i matter 0 to-read 3.50 2023 The Witch Is Back (Toil and Trouble, #1)
author: Sophie H. Morgan
name: i matter
average rating: 3.50
book published: 2023
rating: 0
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]]> Knockout (Hell's Belles, #3) 63874598 New York Times bestselling author Sarah MacLean returns with the next Hell’s Belles novel about a chaotic bluestocking and the buttoned-up detective enlisted to keep her out of trouble (spoiler: She is the trouble).

With her headful of wild curls and wilder ideas and an unabashed love of experiments and explosives, society has labeled Lady Imogen Loveless peculiar…and doesn’t know she’s one of the Hell’s Belles—a group of vigilantes operating outside the notice of most of London.

Thomas Peck is not most of London. The brilliant detective fought his way off the streets and into a promising career through sheer force of will and a keen ability to see things others miss, like the fact that Imogen isn’t peculiar…she’s pandemonium. If you ask him, she requires a keeper. When her powerful family discovers her late-night activities, they couldn’t agree more…and they know just the man for the task.

Thomas wants nothing to do with guarding Imogen. He is a grown man with a proper job and no time for the lady’s incendiary chaos, no matter how lushly it is packaged. But some assignments are too explosive to pass up, and the gruff detective is soon caught up in Imogen’s world, full of her bold smiles and burning secrets…and a fiery passion that threatens to consume them both.]]> 404 Sarah MacLean 0063056798 i matter 0 to-read 4.15 2023 Knockout (Hell's Belles, #3)
author: Sarah MacLean
name: i matter
average rating: 4.15
book published: 2023
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[Cruel Seduction (Dark Olympus, #5)]]> 63065383
And the one man I swore by all Olympus I would destroy.

Aphrodite has never flinched at getting her perfectly manicured hands dirty, and she's not about to start now—even if that means marrying Olympus's enemy number one, the new Hephaestus. She has a wicked plan to keep her deadly new husband off-balance, seducing the one person he seems to care about most in this world: Pandora, a woman as beautiful as she is sweet.

Two can play the seduction game, however, and Hephaestus is all too happy to put his new wife in her place. Her ex, Adonis, seems like he'll do the trick. It doesn't hurt that he's gorgeous in the way of fallen angels, either.

The only problem with using seduction as a weapon? Hearts are all too quick to get involved. With Hephaestus and Aphrodite trading venomous strikes that feel a whole lot like foreplay, lines become blurred and emotions entangled. But a broken heart may be the least of their worries. With unrest in Olympus reaching new heights, these bedroom games may have deadly consequences for themselves, their city, and everyone they've come to love.]]> 384 Katee Robert 1728262763 i matter 0 to-read 3.68 2023 Cruel Seduction (Dark Olympus, #5)
author: Katee Robert
name: i matter
average rating: 3.68
book published: 2023
rating: 0
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]]> Crossed (Never After, #5) 86176149 From bestselling author Emily McIntire comes a dark and delicious fractured fairy tale reimagining of The Hunchback of Notre Dame.

He is righteousness. She is sin.

Father Cade Frédéric is a holy man. Brought up in the streets of Paris, he has dedicated his life to the church. But there’s a monster that lingers just beneath the surface. A sickness. One that bleeds darkness and feeds on the damned. When he’s tasked to become the priest in Festivalé, Vermont, a town both beautiful in architecture and riddled with despair, his sickness sings, demanding he rid the place of evil.

Amaya Paquette is Festivalé’s beautiful mystery. She spends her days caring for her younger brother and her nights transforming into Esmeralda, dancing for greedy eyes and shameless lips. Although she longs for love, she shies away from companionship, afraid of being abandoned again.

When Father Cade lays eyes on Amaya, he finds himself ensnared, convinced she’s using witchcraft to lure him to her. He can’t eat. Can’t breathe. Can’t think unless it’s of her.

And temptation is a devastating mistress.

She’s his weakness, so he decides he’ll be her demise…even if it means killing the only woman he might ever love.

***

*CROSSED is a dark, contemporary romance (not fantasy or a literal retelling) and the fifth complete standalone in the Never After series: fractured fairy tales inspired by our favorite villains. It features mature themes and content that may not be suitable for all readers. READER DISCRETION IS ADVISED. Detailed TW can be found on the author's website. This series can be enjoyed in any order.* ]]> 416 Emily McIntire 1728275857 i matter 0 romance-5-star, to-read 3.81 2023 Crossed (Never After, #5)
author: Emily McIntire
name: i matter
average rating: 3.81
book published: 2023
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[The Blonde Identity (Blonde Identity, #1)]]> 63310912
It's the middle of the night in the middle of Paris and a woman just woke up with no memory.

She only knows three things for certain:

1. She has a splitting headache.

2. The hottest guy she has (probably) ever seen is standing over her, telling her to run.

And oh yeah...

3. People keep trying to kill her.

She doesn't know who. Or why. But when she sees footage of herself fighting off a dozen men there's only one explanation: obviously. . . she's a spy!

Except, according to Mr. Hot Guy, she's not. She's a spy's identical twin sister.

Too bad the only person who knows she's not the woman they're looking for is this very grouchy, very sexy, very secret agent who (reluctantly) agrees to help her disappear.

That's easier said than done when a criminal organization wants you dead and every intelligence service in the world wants you caught. Luckily, no one is looking for a pair of lovesick newlyweds on their honeymoon. And soon they're lying their way across Europe--dodging bullets and faking kisses as they race to unravel a deadly conspiracy and clear her sister's name.

But with every secret they uncover, the truth shifts, until she no longer knows who to trust: the twin she can't remember or the mysterious man she can't let herself forget...]]> 304 Ally Carter 006327664X i matter 0 to-read, romance-5-star 3.73 2023 The Blonde Identity (Blonde Identity, #1)
author: Ally Carter
name: i matter
average rating: 3.73
book published: 2023
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[Walk the Edge (Thunder Road, #2)]]> 17928147 426 Katie McGarry 0373211627 i matter 3 4.23 2016 Walk the Edge (Thunder Road, #2)
author: Katie McGarry
name: i matter
average rating: 4.23
book published: 2016
rating: 3
read at: 2020/01/01
date added: 2023/07/30
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]]> <![CDATA[Untouchable (Untouchables, #1)]]> 40660802 The bully isn't supposed to win.

Senior year was off to a rough start: lube in my locker, panties on my front porch, unimaginative name-calling. See, I got a player suspended from the football team for harassing me, and in my small Texas town, you don’t mess with the football players—even if they mess with you first.

I didn’t care if it was an unpopular thing to do; I stood up for myself� and in doing so, opened Pandora’s Box.

I never dreamed I would attract the attention of locally worshipped star quarterback, Carter Mahoney. Never imagined his coveted attention would turn out to be such a nightmare. Beneath his carefully constructed façade lurks a monster, a predator looking for the perfect prey to play with. Now, since I’m the girl no one likes or believes, I guess I’m the perfect target for his dark games and twisted desires.

After surviving my first encounter with his casual depravity, all I really want is for Carter to leave me alone.

But all he seems to want is me.


Warning: This book is provocative. It is categorized as DARK ROMANCE for a reason. It will not be for everyone. If you are a reader with certain triggers or sensitivities common to the dark romance genre, please heed the author’s note at the beginning of this book.]]> 494 Sam Mariano i matter 0 to-read 3.94 2018 Untouchable (Untouchables, #1)
author: Sam Mariano
name: i matter
average rating: 3.94
book published: 2018
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[A Touch of Darkness (Hades x Persephone Saga, #1)]]> 55215339
Hades, God of the Dead, has built a gambling empire in the mortal world and his favorite bets are rumored to be impossible.

After a chance encounter with Hades, Persephone finds herself in a contract with the God of the Dead and the terms are impossible: Persephone must create life in the Underworld or lose her freedom forever.

The bet does more than expose Persephone’s failure as a goddess, however. As she struggles to sow the seeds of her freedom, love for the God of the Dead grows—and it’s forbidden.]]> 379 Scarlett St. Clair i matter 0 to-read 3.78 2019 A Touch of Darkness (Hades x Persephone Saga, #1)
author: Scarlett St. Clair
name: i matter
average rating: 3.78
book published: 2019
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[Daughter of No Worlds (The War of Lost Hearts, #1)]]> 49826643
Ripped from a forgotten homeland as a child, Tisaanah learned how to survive with nothing but a sharp wit and a touch of magic. But the night she tries to buy her freedom, she barely escapes with her life.

Desperate to save the best friend she left behind, Tisaanah journeys to the Orders, the most powerful organizations of magic Wielders in the world. But to join their ranks, she must complete an apprenticeship with Maxantarius Farlione, a handsome and reclusive fire wielder who despises the Orders.

The Orders� intentions are cryptic, and Tisaanah must prove herself under the threat of looming war. But even more dangerous are her growing feelings for Maxantarius. The bloody past he wants to forget may be the key to her future� or the downfall of them both.

But Tisaanah will stop at nothing to save those she abandoned. Even if it means gambling in the Orders� deadly games. Even if it means sacrificing her heart.

Even if it means wielding death itself.

Fans of epic romantic fantasy like Sarah J. Maas and Raven Kennedy will devour this tale of dark magic, passionate romance, vengeance, and redemption.]]> 520 Carissa Broadbent i matter 0 to-read 4.03 2020 Daughter of No Worlds (The War of Lost Hearts, #1)
author: Carissa Broadbent
name: i matter
average rating: 4.03
book published: 2020
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[A Curse for True Love (Once Upon a Broken Heart, #3)]]> 62816044 Two villains, one girl, and a deadly battle for happily ever after.

Evangeline Fox ventured to the Magnificent North in search of her happy ending, and it seems as if she has it. She’s married to a handsome prince and lives in a legendary castle. But Evangeline has no idea of the devastating price she’s paid for this fairytale. She doesn’t know what she has lost, and her husband is determined to make sure she never finds out . . . but first he must kill Jacks, the Prince of Hearts.

Blood will be shed, hearts will be stolen, and true love will be put to the test in A Curse for True Love, the breathlessly anticipated conclusion to the Once Upon A Broken Heart trilogy.]]> 386 Stephanie Garber 1250851203 i matter 0 to-read 4.14 2023 A Curse for True Love (Once Upon a Broken Heart, #3)
author: Stephanie Garber
name: i matter
average rating: 4.14
book published: 2023
rating: 0
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date added: 2023/07/27
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]]> <![CDATA[Spice Road (The Spice Road Trilogy, #1)]]> 51939798
In the hidden desert city of Qalia, secret spice magic awakens affinities in those who drink the misra tea. With an affinity for iron, seventeen-year-old Imani wields a dagger like no other warrior, garnering her the reputation as the next greatest Shield for battling the dangerous djinn, ghouls, and other monsters that lurk in the sands beyond city limits.

Her reputation has been overshadowed, however, by her brother who tarnished the family name after he was discovered stealing their nation's coveted spice - a tell-tale sign of magical obsession. He disappeared soon after, believed to have died beyond the Forbidden Wastes, and leaving Imani reeling with both betrayal and grief.

But when Imani uncovers evidence her brother may be alive and spreading their nation's magic beyond the desert, she strikes a deal with the Council to find him and bring him back to Qalia before he can reveal the city's location. Accompanied by Qayn, a roguish but handsome djinni, and Taha, a powerful beastseer whose magical talents are matched only by his arrogance, they set out on their mission.

Imani will soon discover there are many secrets that lie beyond the Forbidden Wastes - and in her own heart - but will she find her brother before his betrayals endanger the fate of all of Qalia?

In this epic and action-packed fantasy, one young heroine navigates the treacherous road between protecting the ones you love and staying loyal to the place you call home.]]> 411 Maiya Ibrahim i matter 0 to-read 3.70 2023 Spice Road (The Spice Road Trilogy, #1)
author: Maiya Ibrahim
name: i matter
average rating: 3.70
book published: 2023
rating: 0
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]]> The Alchemist 18144590 The Alchemist has become a modern classic, selling millions of copies around the world and transforming the lives of countless readers across generations.

Paulo Coelho's masterpiece tells the mystical story of Santiago, an Andalusian shepherd boy who yearns to travel in search of a worldly treasure. His quest will lead him to riches far different—and far more satisfying—than he ever imagined. Santiago's journey teaches us about the essential wisdom of listening to our hearts, recognizing opportunity and learning to read the omens strewn along life's path, and, most importantly, following our dreams.]]> 182 Paulo Coelho 0062315005 i matter 0 to-read 4.01 1988 The Alchemist
author: Paulo Coelho
name: i matter
average rating: 4.01
book published: 1988
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue]]> 50623864
Thus begins the extraordinary life of Addie LaRue, and a dazzling adventure that will play out across centuries and continents, across history and art, as a young woman learns how far she will go to leave her mark on the world.

But everything changes when, after nearly 300 years, Addie stumbles across a young man in a hidden bookstore and he remembers her name.]]> 448 Victoria E. Schwab 0765387565 i matter 0 to-read 4.16 2020 The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue
author: Victoria E. Schwab
name: i matter
average rating: 4.16
book published: 2020
rating: 0
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date added: 2023/07/26
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]]> The Lovely Bones 12232938
So begins the story of Susie Salmon, who is adjusting to her new home in heaven, a place that is not at all what she expected, even as she is watching life on earth continue without her -- her friends trading rumors about her disappearance, her killer trying to cover his tracks, her grief-stricken family unraveling. Out of unspeakable tragedy and loss, The Lovely Bones succeeds, miraculously, in building a tale filled with hope, humor, suspense, even joy.]]> 372 Alice Sebold 0316166685 i matter 0 to-read 3.87 2002 The Lovely Bones
author: Alice Sebold
name: i matter
average rating: 3.87
book published: 2002
rating: 0
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]]> Beach Read 52867387 A romance writer who no longer believes in love and a literary writer stuck in a rut engage in a summer-long challenge that may just upend everything they believe about happily ever afters.

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

They’re polar opposites.

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

Until, one hazy evening, one thing leads to another and they strike a deal designed to force them out of their creative ruts: Augustus will spend the summer writing something happy, and January will pen the next Great American Novel. She’ll take him on field trips worthy of any rom-com montage, and he’ll take her to interview surviving members of a backwoods death cult (obviously). Everyone will finish a book and no-one will fall in love. Really.]]> 400 Emily Henry 1984806734 i matter 0 to-read 3.99 2020 Beach Read
author: Emily Henry
name: i matter
average rating: 3.99
book published: 2020
rating: 0
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]]> Daisy Jones & The Six 40597810 Everyone knows DAISY JONES & THE SIX, but nobody knows the reason behind their split at the absolute height of their popularity . . . until now.

Daisy is a girl coming of age in L.A. in the late sixties, sneaking into clubs on the Sunset Strip, sleeping with rock stars, and dreaming of singing at the Whisky a Go Go. The sex and drugs are thrilling, but it’s the rock ’n� roll she loves most. By the time she’s twenty, her voice is getting noticed, and she has the kind of heedless beauty that makes people do crazy things.

Also getting noticed is The Six, a band led by the brooding Billy Dunne. On the eve of their first tour, his girlfriend Camila finds out she’s pregnant, and with the pressure of impending fatherhood and fame, Billy goes a little wild on the road.

Daisy and Billy cross paths when a producer realizes that the key to supercharged success is to put the two together. What happens next will become the stuff of legend.

The making of that legend is chronicled in this riveting and unforgettable novel, written as an oral history of one of the biggest bands of the seventies. Taylor Jenkins Reid is a talented writer who takes her work to a new level with Daisy Jones & The Six, brilliantly capturing a place and time in an utterly distinctive voice.]]> 368 Taylor Jenkins Reid 1524798622 i matter 0 to-read 4.20 2019 Daisy Jones & The Six
author: Taylor Jenkins Reid
name: i matter
average rating: 4.20
book published: 2019
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[These Infinite Threads (This Woven Kingdom #2)]]> 61085925
Alizeh, the heir to the Jinn throne, is destined to free her people from the half-lives they’ve been forced to live under human rule. When Kamran, the heir to the human throne, falls in love with her, he’s forced to question everything he’s been taught about Jinn.

Kamran’s grandfather lays dead at the hand of Cyrus, ruler of the neighboring kingdom of Tulan. Cyrus has stolen Alizeh away to his homeland and plans to marry her there, giving her everything she needs to become the Jinn queen—and when she assumes the throne he will have fulfilled his own bargain with the devil.

Alizeh wants nothing to do with Cyrus’s deal or the devil. But without a way to escape Tulan, and with the fulfillment of her own destiny tantalizingly close, she’ll have to decide whether she can set aside her emotions to become the queen her people need.

Kamran, meanwhile, is picking up the pieces in Ardunia. Facing betrayal at every turn, all he knows is that he must go to Tulan to avenge his grandfather. He can only hope that Alizeh will be waiting for him there—and that she hasn’t yet become the queen of Tulan.

Full of explosive magic, searing romance, and heartbreaking betrayal, this breathtaking sequel to This Woven Kingdom is from the award-winning and bestselling author of the Shatter Me series and is perfect for fans of Leigh Bardugo, Sabaa Tahir, and Tomi Adeyemi.]]> 416 Tahereh Mafi 0062972499 i matter 4 4.09 2023 These Infinite Threads (This Woven Kingdom #2)
author: Tahereh Mafi
name: i matter
average rating: 4.09
book published: 2023
rating: 4
read at: 2023/07/26
date added: 2023/07/26
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I acaulty i enjoyed after my long reading slump this was a fun book to read. I am excited for the next book. I had not liked the shatter me series , i had swore to not read this author ,but this series proven me wrong.
]]> <![CDATA[This Woven Kingdom (This Woven Kingdom #1)]]> 56554281 Clashing empires, forbidden romance, and a long-forgotten queen destined to save her people—Tahereh Mafi’s first in an epic, romantic trilogy inspired by Persian mythology.

To all the world, Alizeh is a disposable servant, not the long-lost heir to an ancient Jinn kingdom forced to hide in plain sight.

The crown prince, Kamran, has heard the prophecies foretelling the death of his king. But he could never have imagined that the servant girl with the strange eyes, the girl he can’t put out of his mind, would one day soon uproot his kingdom—and the world.

Perfect for fans of Leigh Bardugo, Tomi Adeyemi, and Sabaa Tahir, this is the explosive first book in a new fantasy trilogy from the New York Times bestselling and National Book Award-nominated author Tahereh Mafi.]]> 512 Tahereh Mafi 0062972464 i matter 3 idk 3.95 2022 This Woven Kingdom (This Woven Kingdom #1)
author: Tahereh Mafi
name: i matter
average rating: 3.95
book published: 2022
rating: 3
read at: 2023/07/25
date added: 2023/07/25
shelves: idk
review:
I honestly din't hate it. The shatter me was terrbilbe expeirnce but this but was not bad.
]]> <![CDATA[Beautiful Bastard (Beautiful Bastard, #1)]]> 16102004 An ambitious intern. A perfectionist executive. And a whole lot of name calling.

Whip-smart, hardworking, and on her way to an MBA, Chloe Mills has only one problem: her boss, Bennett Ryan. He's exacting, blunt, inconsiderate—and completely irresistible. A Beautiful Bastard.

Bennett has returned to Chicago from France to take a vital role in his family's massive media business. He never expected that the assistant who'd been helping him from abroad was the gorgeous, innocently provocative—completely infuriating—creature he now has to see every day. Despite the rumors, he's never been one for a workplace hookup. But Chloe's so tempting he's willing to bend the rules—or outright smash them—if it means he can have her. All over the office.

As their appetites for one another increase to a breaking point, Bennett and Chloe must decide exactly what they're willing to lose in order to win each other.

Originally only available online as The Office by tby789 � and garnering over 2 million reads on fanfiction sites � Beautiful Bastard has been extensively updated for re-release.]]> 271 Christina Lauren 1476730105 i matter 1

plot:0/10
scenes 1/10
charaters -10/10]]> 3.91 2013 Beautiful Bastard (Beautiful Bastard, #1)
author: Christina Lauren
name: i matter
average rating: 3.91
book published: 2013
rating: 1
read at: 2023/07/11
date added: 2023/07/11
shelves: romance-5-star, did-not-like-it
review:
The plot was boring. the scenes were meh. The charater were annoying .


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