en-US Wed, 04 Sep 2024 11:42:58 -0700 60 144 41 /images/layout/goodreads_logo_144.jpg 107550920 117 عطیه عطارزاده 6002298037 Sam 0 to-read 3.47 2015
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]]> 171534297 Sylvia Plath Sam 0 to-read, poetry 4.14 1981
author: Sylvia Plath
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average rating: 4.14
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]]> 154591 369 Abbas Maroufi Sam 0 to-read 4.08 1989
author: Abbas Maroufi
name: Sam
average rating: 4.08
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]]> 43451303 با این�� صحنه شگفت�� سال�� بلوا آغاز می‌شو��. داستانی�� که�� در آن�� همه�� چیز منظم�� است�� و منظم�� نیست‌�� داستانی�� که�� تاریخی�� است�� و تاریخی�� نیست‌�� داستانی�� که�� روایتش�� خطی�� است�� و در عین�� حال�� سیال�� است��. ماجرا عمدتاً از زبان�� دختری�� روایت�� می‌شو�� که�� پدرش�� سرهنگ�� است�� و در آرزوی�� صعود از پله‌های�� ترقی�� مدام�� سقوط�� می‌کن��. سرهنگ�� هرگز به�� پایتخت�� خوانده�� نمی‌شود�� دخترش�� نیز به�� جای�� آن�� که�� همسر ولیعهد و ملکه�� ایران�� شود، دل�� سپرده�� به�� عشق�� کوزه‌گری�� غریب�� به�� ناچار به�� همسری�� پزشکی�� در می‌آی�� که�� سرانجام�� قاتل�� اوست��. تصویر موشکافانه�� مظلومیت�� زن�� ایرانی‌�� مظلومیت�� مرد هنرمند ایرانی�� و تاریخ�� پرهراس�� یک�� سرزمین�� کهنسال‌�� از سال�� بلوا رمانی�� ساخته�� است�� که�� هرگز فراموش�� نمی‌شو��.]]> Abbas Maroufi Sam 0 to-read 4.01 1992
author: Abbas Maroufi
name: Sam
average rating: 4.01
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]]> 146943294 626 Chloe Walsh 1728299950 Sam 0 to-read 4.45 2018
author: Chloe Walsh
name: Sam
average rating: 4.45
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]]> 62058385
Charming, deadly, and smart enough to hide it, Christian Harper is a monster dressed in the perfectly tailored suits of a gentleman.

He has little use for morals and even less use for love, but he can't deny the strange pull he feels toward the woman living just one floor below him.

She's the object of his darkest desires, the only puzzle he can't solve. And when the opportunity to get closer to her arises, he breaks his own rules to offer her a deal she can't refuse.

Every monster has their weakness. She's his.

His obsession.

His addiction.

His only exception.

***

Sweet, shy, and introverted despite her social media fame, Stella Alonso is a romantic who keeps her heart in a cage.

Between her two jobs, she has little time or desire for a relationship.

But when a threat from her past drives her into the arms―and house―of the most dangerous man she's ever met, she's tempted to let herself feel something for the first time in a long time.

Because despite Christian's cold nature, he makes her feel everything when she's with him.

Passionate.

Protected.

Truly wanted.

Theirs is a love twisted with secrets and tainted by lies…and when the truths are finally revealed, they could shatter everything.]]> 560 Ana Huang 1728274893 Sam 5 �� 4.12 2022
author: Ana Huang
name: Sam
average rating: 4.12
book published: 2022
rating: 5
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]]> 62056935
The beautiful redhead has been a thorn in his side since they met, but she also consumes his thoughts in a way no woman ever has.

When their animosity explodes into one unforgettable night, he proposes a solution that’ll get her out of his system once and for all: an enemies with benefits arrangement with simple rules.

No jealousy.

No strings attached.

And absolutely no falling in love.

**

Outgoing and ambitious, Jules Ambrose is a former party girl who’s focused on one thing: passing the attorney’s bar exam.

The last thing she needs is to get involved with a doctor who puts the SUFFER in insufferable�� no matter how good-looking he is.

But the more she gets to know him, the more she realizes there’s more than meets the eye to the man she’s hated for so long.

Her best friend’s brother.

Her nemesis.

And her only salvation.


Theirs is a match made in hell, and when the demons from their past catch up with them, they’re faced with truths that could either save them�� or destroy everything they’ve worked for.

Twisted Hate is a steamy enemies with benefits/enemies to lovers romance. It's book three in the Twisted series but can be read as a standalone.

Warning: It contains explicit content and profanity. Recommended for 18+.]]> 500 Ana Huang 1728274885 Sam 3 �� 3.89 2022
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name: Sam
average rating: 3.89
book published: 2022
rating: 3
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]]> 58583724 She can never be his...but he's taking her anyway.

Stoic, broody, and arrogant, elite bodyguard Rhys Larsen has two rules:
1) Protect his clients at all costs
2) Do not become emotionally involved. Ever.

He has never once been tempted to break those rules...until her.

Bridget von Ascheberg. A princess with a stubborn streak that matches his own and a hidden fire that reduces his rules to ash. She's nothing he expected and everything he never knew he needed.

Day by day, inch by inch, she breaks down his defenses until he's faced with a truth he can no longer deny: he swore an oath to protect her, but all he wants is to ruin her. Take her.

Because she's his.
His princess.
His forbidden fruit.
His every depraved fantasy.

***

Regal, strong-willed, and bound by the chains of duty, Princess Bridget dreams of the freedom to live and love as she chooses.

But when her brother abdicates, she's suddenly faced with the prospect of a loveless, politically expedient marriage and a throne she never wanted.

And as she navigates the intricacies-and treacheries-of her new role, she must also hide her desire for a man she can't have.

Her bodyguard.
Her protector.
Her ultimate ruin.

Unexpected and forbidden, theirs is a love that could destroy a kingdom...and doom them both.]]> 454 Ana Huang 1087886651 Sam 4 �� 3.98 2021
author: Ana Huang
name: Sam
average rating: 3.98
book published: 2021
rating: 4
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]]> 57936251 He has a heart of ice...but for her, he'd burn the world.

Alex Volkov is a devil blessed with the face of an angel and cursed with a past he can't escape.

Driven by a tragedy that has haunted him for most of his life, his ruthless pursuits for success and vengeance leave little room for matters of the heart.

But when he's forced to look after his best friend's sister, he starts to feel something in his chest:

A crack.
A melt.
A fire that could end his world as he knew it.

***

Ava Chen is a free spirit trapped by nightmares of a childhood she can't remember.

But despite her broken past, she's never stopped seeing the beauty in the world...including the heart beneath the icy exterior of a man she shouldn't want.

Her brother's best friend.
Her neighbor.
Her savior and her downfall.

Theirs is a love that was never supposed to happen-but when it does, it unleashes secrets that could destroy them both...and everything they hold dear.]]> 358 Ana Huang 1087939275 Sam 4 �� 3.48 2021
author: Ana Huang
name: Sam
average rating: 3.48
book published: 2021
rating: 4
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]]> 112975158
Nathaniel is off limits—she knows this. A member of one of the biggest K-pop bands in the world and forbidden from dating, he isn’t any more of an option now than he was two years ago. Still, she can’t forget that their whirlwind romance was the last time she remembers being really happy. Or that his family welcomed her into their home when she needed it most...

So when Nathaniel finds himself rocked by scandal, Sori offers him a hideaway with her. And back in close quarters, it’s hard to deny their old feelings. But when Sori gets an opportunity to break free from her parent’s expectations, she will have to decide: Is her future worth sacrificing for a second chance at love?

New York Times bestselling author Axie Oh's ASAP is the much anticipated companion novel to beloved romance XOXO, following fan favorites Sori, the wealthy daughter of a K-pop company owner, and Nathaniel, her K-pop star ex-boyfriend, in a swoon-worthy second chance love story.]]> 343 Axie Oh 0063299305 Sam 0 to-read 3.90 2024
author: Axie Oh
name: Sam
average rating: 3.90
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]]> 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 Sam 0 to-read 3.98 2024
author: Ali Hazelwood
name: Sam
average rating: 3.98
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]]> 75581026 Bestselling and ŷ������ Choice Award-winning author Trista Mateer returns with another mythical approach to self-care in her newest poetry collection, Persephone Made Me Do It.

Following her previous work in this series, Mateer weaves together mythology, tarot, poetry, and conversation to reveal a new side of a very old story. Alternating between the perspectives of poet and goddess, Persephone's lore is explored, related to modern issues, and ultimately reclaimed.

"You want to talk about duality? You want to talk about love? Let us speak instead of chaos."

In this new collection of art and feminist verse from Trista Mateer, Persephone might have flowers in her hair—but she is out for blood.]]> 176 Trista Mateer Sam 0 to-read, poetry 4.19 2023
author: Trista Mateer
name: Sam
average rating: 4.19
book published: 2023
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]]> 1794575
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.]]> 419 Khaled Hosseini 074758589X Sam 0 to-read 4.50 2007
author: Khaled Hosseini
name: Sam
average rating: 4.50
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]]> 202788244 39 Avery Davis Sam 0 �� 4.18
author: Avery Davis
name: Sam
average rating: 4.18
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]]> 124932738 368 Ann Liang 1338827146 Sam 0 to-read 4.07 2023
author: Ann Liang
name: Sam
average rating: 4.07
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]]> 74862 چاپ اول مرداد ماه ۱۳۴۷
چاپ هفتم اسفند ماه ۱۳۵۲]]> 48 Samad Behrangi Sam 0 to-read 4.06 1968
author: Samad Behrangi
name: Sam
average rating: 4.06
book published: 1968
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]]> 34506912 Paris, at the dawn of the modern age:

Prince Sebastian is looking for a bride―or rather, his parents are looking for one for him. Sebastian is too busy hiding his secret life from everyone. At night he puts on daring dresses and takes Paris by storm as the fabulous Lady Crystallia―the hottest fashion icon in the world capital of fashion!

Sebastian’s secret weapon is his brilliant dressmaker, Frances―his best friend and one of only two people who know the truth: sometimes this boy wears dresses. But Frances dreams of greatness, and being someone’s secret weapon means being a secret. Forever. How long can Frances defer her dreams to protect her friend?

Jen Wang weaves an exuberantly romantic tale of identity, young love, art, and family. A fairy tale for any age, The Prince and the Dressmaker will steal your heart.]]> 277 Jen Wang 162672363X Sam 0 to-read 4.34 2018
author: Jen Wang
name: Sam
average rating: 4.34
book published: 2018
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]]> 34996810 220 روزبه معین (Rouzbeh Moein) 6003673141 Sam 0 to-read 2.75 2016
author: روزبه معین (Rouzbeh Moein)
name: Sam
average rating: 2.75
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]]> 39087512 53 Vincent K. Hunanyan Sam 5 poetry �� 3.37
author: Vincent K. Hunanyan
name: Sam
average rating: 3.37
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rating: 5
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date added: 2024/01/23
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]]> 184557253 144 Manuele Fior 1683969251 Sam 2 3.22 2022
author: Manuele Fior
name: Sam
average rating: 3.22
book published: 2022
rating: 2
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]]> 12070 The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch (the world's only completely accurate book of prophecies, written in 1655, before she exploded), the world will end on a Saturday. Next Saturday, in fact. Just before dinner.

So the armies of Good and Evil are amassing, Atlantis is rising, frogs are falling, tempers are flaring. Everything appears to be going according to Divine Plan. Except a somewhat fussy angel and a fast-living demon—both of whom have lived amongst Earth's mortals since The Beginning and have grown rather fond of the lifestyle—are not actually looking forward to the coming Rapture.

And someone seems to have misplaced the Antichrist . . .]]> 384 Terry Pratchett 0060853972 Sam 0 to-read 4.17 1990
author: Terry Pratchett
name: Sam
average rating: 4.17
book published: 1990
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]]> 201117121 The epic conclusion to the intensely romantic and beautifully written story that started in Divine Rivals.

Two weeks have passed since Iris returned home bruised and heartbroken from the front, but the war is far from over.

Roman is missing, lost behind enemy lines, with no memory of his past, or Iris. Hoping his memories return, he begins to write again �� but this time for the enemy.

When a strange letter arrives through his wardrobe door, he strikes up a correspondence with a penpal who seems at once mysterious�� and strangely familiar.

As their connection deepens, the two of them will risk their very hearts and futures to change the tides of the war.


Praise for Divine Rivals:
‘Rich and romantic �� if stories had scent, this one would smell like a mug of black tea, the ink ribbons of a typewriter, and that addictive spice called enemies to lovers��
Shelby Mahurin, New York Times bestselling author
of Serpent & Dove

‘A sweeping start to a beautiful and romantic new series. Ross weaves her stories in such a vulnerable and delicate way, truly with a style all her own. I adored this book��
Adalyn Grace, New York Times bestselling author of Belladonna

Readers love Iris and Roman:
‘The most tender rivals to lovers romance I’ve ever read.��
‘My heart by the end couldn't take anymore!��
‘Easily a top read for me and definitely a new favourite. I will never stop recommending this book.��
‘A truly moving story and very unlike anything I’ve read lately.’]]> 420 Rebecca Ross 0008588236 Sam 0 4.02 2023
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average rating: 4.02
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I will never forgive Rebecca Ross for making me sob real tears the way I did through chapter 51 to 53. Also for breaking my soul the way that she did with these two books
]]> 42969318 Following the events of the bestselling graphic novel Sheets, Delicates brings Brenna Thummler’s beloved characters, artwork, and charm back to life.

Marjorie Glatt’s life hasn’t been the same ever since she discovered a group of ghosts hiding in her family’s laundromat. Wendell, who died young and now must wander Earth as a ghost with nothing more than a sheet for a body, soon became one of Marjorie’s only friends. But when Marjorie finally gets accepted by the popular kids at school, she begins to worry that if anyone learns about her secret ghost friends, she’ll be labeled as a freak who sees dead people. With Marjorie’s insistence on keeping Wendell’s ghost identity a secret from her new friends, Wendell begins to feel even more invisible than he already is.

Eliza Duncan feels invisible too. She’s an avid photographer, and her zealous interest in finding and photographing ghosts gets her labeled as “different�� by all the other kids in school. Constantly feeling on the outside, Eliza begins to feel like a ghost herself. Marjorie must soon come to terms with the price she pays to be accepted by the popular kids. Is it worth losing Wendell? Is she partially to blame for the bullying Eliza endures?

Delicates��tells a powerful story about what it means to fit in, and those left on the outside. It shows what it’s like to feel invisible, and the importance of feeling seen. Above all, it is a story of asking for help when all seems dark, and bringing help and light to those who need it most.]]> 320 Brenna Thummler Sam 0 to-read 4.17 2021
author: Brenna Thummler
name: Sam
average rating: 4.17
book published: 2021
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]]> 176442469
Even the greatest poet was once a child. And so it was with Rumi. When he was young he was enchanted by birds and books. He later became a scholar, but it was the loss of his best friend, Shams, that inspired Rumi to his most important Love is in us and everywhere.

The Persian mystic and poet Rumi is one of the best known and most widely read poets in the world. The renowned illustrator Rashin Kheiriyeh herself comes from Iran. With this picture book she creates a touching memorial to Rumi's wisdom and warmth. The strong colors and ornamental details transport us to the Persian Empire in the 13th century. Yet Rumi's story and his poetry are timeless.

Written by award-winning Iranian-American artist Rashin Kheiriyeh,this narrative nonfiction picture book has been published to honor his life and the 750th anniversary of his death.

Includes backmatter on Rumi as well as an author's note.]]> 40 Rashin Kheiriyeh 0735845441 Sam 5 They called him ]]> 4.25
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“On September 30, 1207 a child was born on a crisp and colorful autumn day in Iran.
They called him
]]> 199020721 The bookworm and the basketball player are about to meet their match.

Kendall Holiday spends her Friday nights exactly where she wants to be: with her head buried in a spicy romance novel while she works the graveyard shift at her university's library. She knows she could join her friends for a weekend of drunken debauchery and college parties, but she likes her alone time, so she tells herself she isn't hiding when she gets lost in the pages of fictional love stories.

But that all changes when Vincent Knight, captain of the basketball team, turns up with an injured wrist, a sour mood, and a pressing need for poetry recommendations for a class he hates. Vincent is tall, smart-mouthed, and challenges Kendall like no one has before. Suddenly, she's falling headfirst into her very own romance novel—but it takes a lot more truth than tropes to get to a happy ever after in real life.

NIGHT SHIFT is a 75k-word sweet and spicy single-POV college romance perfect for fans of Emily Henry, Hannah Grace, and Elena Armas.]]> 283 Annie Crown Sam 0 to-read 3.53 2023
author: Annie Crown
name: Sam
average rating: 3.53
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]]> 203378764 64 Renee Chen 1959118552 Sam 4 Out of the 5 stories the first one really stand out to me, to have a twin separated from you must feel like having a piece of yourself ripped off which is just heartbreaking!!
This collection is a great choice if you’re looking to read something meaningful but yet not so time consuming!


•Thanks to ]]> 4.19
author: Renee Chen
name: Sam
average rating: 4.19
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Un-inquired was a beautiful collection of very moving short stories that will definitely tug at your feelings! 5 brief well-crafted stories of love and loss which also remind us of the unforgiving world we live in. I enjoyed the writing style very much; it was deep and intriguing, now to be honest there were times I found it hard to connect the dots together and I had to reread some parts to fully get a grasp on it but other than that things went smoothly!
Out of the 5 stories the first one really stand out to me, to have a twin separated from you must feel like having a piece of yourself ripped off which is just heartbreaking!!
This collection is a great choice if you’re looking to read something meaningful but yet not so time consuming!


•Thanks to
]]> 40097951
Alicia’s refusal to talk, or give any kind of explanation, turns a domestic tragedy into something far grander, a mystery that captures the public imagination and casts Alicia into notoriety. The price of her art skyrockets, and she, the silent patient, is hidden away from the tabloids and spotlight at the Grove, a secure forensic unit in North London.

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

The Silent Patient is a shocking psychological thriller of a woman’s act of violence against her husband—and of the therapist obsessed with uncovering her motive.]]> 336 Alex Michaelides 1250301696 Sam 0 to-read 4.18 2019
author: Alex Michaelides
name: Sam
average rating: 4.18
book published: 2019
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]]> 11296523 The perennial bestseller-now available as a sensational new graphic novel.

Since its publication in 2003, nearly 7 million readers have discovered The Kite Runner. Through Khaled Hosseini's brilliant writing, a previously unknown part of the world was brought to vivid life for readers. Now, in this beautifully illustrated graphic novel adaptation, Hosseini brings his compelling story to a new generation of readers.]]> 132 Khaled Hosseini 159448547X Sam 0 to-read 4.47 2011
author: Khaled Hosseini
name: Sam
average rating: 4.47
book published: 2011
rating: 0
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]]> 20893527
Anne, an eleven-year-old orphan, is sent by mistake to live with a lonely, middle-aged brother and sister on a Prince Edward Island farm and proceeds to make an indelible impression on everyone around her.]]> 427 L.M. Montgomery 0147514002 Sam 0 to-read 4.53 1908
author: L.M. Montgomery
name: Sam
average rating: 4.53
book published: 1908
rating: 0
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]]> 63899056 Heartstopper story set over a challenging holiday season...

Reuniting Tori Spring, her little brother Charlie, and Charlie's boyfriend Nick, this novella sees the Spring siblings brave a particularly difficult festive season.]]> 115 Alice Oseman 1338885138 Sam 0 to-read, physical 4.17 2015
author: Alice Oseman
name: Sam
average rating: 4.17
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]]> 53344030
Nick and Charlie are very much in love. They've finally said those three little words, and Charlie has almost persuaded his mum to let him sleep over at Nick's house ... But with Nick going off to university next year, is everything about to change?

By Alice Oseman, winner of the YA Book Prize, Heartstopper encompasses all the small moments of Nick and Charlie's lives that together make up something larger, which speaks to all of us.

Contains discussions around mental health and eating disorders, and sexual references.]]> 336 Alice Oseman 1444957651 Sam 0 to-read, physical 4.47 2023
author: Alice Oseman
name: Sam
average rating: 4.47
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rating: 0
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]]> 9517 Persepolis, heralded by the Los Angeles Times as "one of the freshest and most original memoirs of our day," Marjane Satrapi dazzled us with her heartrending memoir-in-comic-strips about growing up in Iran during the Islamic Revolution. Here is the continuation of her fascinating story. In 1984, Marjane flees fundamentalism and the war with Iraq to begin a new life in Vienna. Once there, she faces the trials of adolescence far from her friends and family, and while she soon carves out a place for herself among a group of fellow outsiders, she continues to struggle for a sense of belonging.

Finding that she misses her home more than she can stand, Marjane returns to Iran after graduation. Her difficult homecoming forces her to confront the changes both she and her country have undergone in her absence and her shame at what she perceives as her failure in Austria. Marjane allows her past to weigh heavily on her until she finds some like-minded friends, falls in love, and begins studying art at a university. However, the repression and state-sanctioned chauvinism eventually lead her to question whether she can have a future in Iran.

As funny and poignant as its predecessor, Persepolis 2 is another clear-eyed and searing condemnation of the human cost of fundamentalism. In its depiction of the struggles of growing up--here compounded by Marjane's status as an outsider both abroad and at home--it is raw, honest, and incredibly illuminating.]]> 187 Marjane Satrapi 0375714669 Sam 0 to-read, physical 4.22 2001
author: Marjane Satrapi
name: Sam
average rating: 4.22
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]]> 9516
Persepolis paints an unforgettable portrait of daily life in Iran and of the bewildering contradictions between home life and public life. Marjane’s child’s-eye view of dethroned emperors, state-sanctioned whippings, and heroes of the revolution allows us to learn as she does the history of this fascinating country and of her own extraordinary family. Intensely personal, profoundly political, and wholly original, Persepolis is at once a story of growing up and a reminder of the human cost of war and political repression. It shows how we carry on, with laughter and tears, in the face of absurdity. And, finally, it introduces us to an irresistible little girl with whom we cannot help but fall in love.]]> 153 Marjane Satrapi 037571457X Sam 0 to-read, physical 4.27 2003
author: Marjane Satrapi
name: Sam
average rating: 4.27
book published: 2003
rating: 0
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]]> 181350367 For fans of Knives Out and The Thursday Murder Club, an enormously fun mystery about a woman who spends her entire life trying to prevent her foretold murder only to be proven right sixty years later, when she is found dead in her sprawling country estate.... Now it's up to her great-niece to catch the killer.

It’s 1965 and teenage Frances Adams is at an English country fair with her two best friends. But Frances’s night takes a hairpin turn when a fortune-teller makes a bone-chilling prediction: One day, Frances will be murdered. Frances spends a lifetime trying to solve a crime that hasn’t happened yet, compiling dirt on every person who crosses her path in an effort to prevent her own demise. For decades, no one takes Frances seriously, until nearly sixty years later, when Frances is found murdered, like she always said she would be.

In the present day, Annie Adams has been summoned to a meeting at the sprawling country estate of her wealthy and reclusive great-aunt Frances. But by the time Annie arrives in the quaint English village of Castle Knoll, Frances is already dead. Annie is determined to catch the killer, but thanks to Frances’s lifelong habit of digging up secrets and lies, it seems every endearing and eccentric villager might just have a motive for her murder. Can Annie safely unravel the dark mystery at the heart of Castle Knoll, or will dredging up the past throw her into the path of a killer?

As Annie gets closer to the truth, and closer to the danger, she starts to fear she might inherit her aunt’s fate instead of her fortune.]]> 358 Kristen Perrin 0593474015 Sam 0 to-read 3.76 2024
author: Kristen Perrin
name: Sam
average rating: 3.76
book published: 2024
rating: 0
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]]> 29081916 60 Oscar Wilde Sam 0 to-read 3.97 2016
author: Oscar Wilde
name: Sam
average rating: 3.97
book published: 2016
rating: 0
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]]> 204578889
What makes love stick? Is it the irresistible spark when you lock eyes across a piazza in Rome? Is it feeling the earth move under your feet? (Wait—that was an actual earthquake.) In these six serendipitous short stories, bestselling authors turn improbable first encounters into hopelessly romantic happy ever afters.

The Exception to the Rule by Christina Lauren
On February 14, an accidental email to a stranger opens the door to an unexpected relationship in a captivating short story by the New York Times bestselling authors of The Unhoneymooners.

Worst Wingman Ever by Abby Jimenez
They’re falling in love, yet they’ve never met. Maybe fate can intervene in a heartwarming “what-if�� short story about new beginnings by the New York Times bestselling author of Yours Truly.

Rosie and the Dreamboat by Sally Thorne
For a hopeful and hopeless romantic, it’s love at first sight—with a little twist—in a hilarious short story about finding Mr. Right by the USA Today bestselling author of The Hating Game.

Drop, Cover, and Hold on by Jasmine Guillory
It takes nothing less than a fateful natural disaster to throw two opposites together in a ground-shakingly charming short story by the New York Times bestselling author of Drunk on Love.

With Any Luck by Ashley Poston
Every person she kisses finds their true love, and it’s never her—until now, in this funny and magically romantic short story by the New York Times bestselling author of The Dead Romantics.

Royal Valentine by Sariah Wilson
Valentine’s Day becomes a Roman holiday for a princess in disguise in a dizzyingly romantic short story about making wishes come true by the USA Today bestselling author of The Chemistry of Love.]]> 360 Abby Jimenez 1501225995 Sam 0 to-read 3.78 2024
author: Abby Jimenez
name: Sam
average rating: 3.78
book published: 2024
rating: 0
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]]> 124932739 I Hope This Doesn't Find You is Never Have I Ever meets To All the Boys if Lara Jean wrote hate emails instead of love letters.

Sadie Wen is perfect on paper: school captain, valedictorian, and a "pleasure to have in class." It’s not easy, but she has a trick to keep her model-student smile plastered on her face at all times: she channels all her frustrations into her email drafts. She'd never send them of course -- she'd rather die than hurt anyone's feelings -- but it's a relief to let loose on her power-hungry English teacher or a freeloading classmate taking credit for Sadie's work.

All her most vehemently worded emails are directed at her infuriating cocaptain, Julius Gong, whose arrogance and competitive streak have irked Sadie since they were kids. "You're attention starved and self-obsessed and unbearably vain . . . I really hope your comb breaks and you run out of whatever expensive hair products you've been using to make your hair appear deceptively soft..."

Sadie doesn't have to hold back in her emails, because nobody will ever read them... that is, until they're accidentally sent out.

Overnight, Sadie’s carefully crafted, conflict-free life is turned upside down. It's her worst nightmare -- now everyone at school knows what she really thinks of them, and they're not afraid to tell her what they really think of her either. But amidst the chaos, there's one person growing to appreciate the "real" Sadie -- Julius, the only boy she's sworn to hate...]]> 320 Ann Liang 1338827154 Sam 0 to-read 4.17 2024
author: Ann Liang
name: Sam
average rating: 4.17
book published: 2024
rating: 0
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]]> 150310141
There is a cat. A cat that couldn’t be bothered to do anything �� anything at all. His friends ask him if he wants to play but he doesn’t feel like it. They invite him on adventures to far-off places, but he would rather stay at home. Until one day, a friend asks how he is doing, and the true reason why he’d rather do nothing is revealed. He is feeling sad.
��
This is a story about feelings, friendship, and the importance of speaking to someone when you don’t feel right. This beautiful socially aware
��

Both children and adults will love the quirky and hilarious cat’s refusal to take part in anything, and the sweet and important message behind this story.
It’s never been more important to introduce kids to the importance of mental health. This bright children’s book is an easy way to talk about feelings and looking out for others. It provides an excellent jumping-off point for at-home and classroom discussions about emotional wellbeing and caring for others.]]> 40 Jack Kurland 0711287457 Sam 5 4.26
author: Jack Kurland
name: Sam
average rating: 4.26
book published:
rating: 5
read at: 2023/12/30
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“It’s not that I can’t be bothered�� I’m just feeling sad at the moment. All I want to do is
]]> 36893848 150 Makenzie Campbell 1537186752 Sam 3 poetry
This book was fine! There were a few poems that I did like and connect with, they where at points very relatable and maybe you could say deep but nothing truly stuck with me. To be specific it didn’t shake things up within me like I wanted it to!
But I guess it is still worth a read. In my opinion, even the most imperfect poetries still have something to say, if only for one poem; they’re a piece of the authors mind and heart which’s precious.

Here’s some quotes I liked:

“You are the sand that doesn’t stick when I am dry and sad.��

“The monsters don’t live in my closet or under my bed.
They are the collection of thoughts inside my head��

“I believe we are destined for one person on this earth.
But the sad truth is, we do not always end up finding them.��

“You took the light parts of me and turned them dark��

“The necessity to be desired eats away at us.��

“You are a map I want to discover
every destination on.��

“In a world so doused in guilt
and hate
and sins,
Innocence is so attractive.”]]> 3.76
author: Makenzie Campbell
name: Sam
average rating: 3.76
book published:
rating: 3
read at: 2023/12/28
date added: 2023/12/29
shelves: poetry
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2.75 stars!

This book was fine! There were a few poems that I did like and connect with, they where at points very relatable and maybe you could say deep but nothing truly stuck with me. To be specific it didn’t shake things up within me like I wanted it to!
But I guess it is still worth a read. In my opinion, even the most imperfect poetries still have something to say, if only for one poem; they’re a piece of the authors mind and heart which’s precious.

Here’s some quotes I liked:

“You are the sand that doesn’t stick when I am dry and sad.��

“The monsters don’t live in my closet or under my bed.
They are the collection of thoughts inside my head��

“I believe we are destined for one person on this earth.
But the sad truth is, we do not always end up finding them.��

“You took the light parts of me and turned them dark��

“The necessity to be desired eats away at us.��

“You are a map I want to discover
every destination on.��

“In a world so doused in guilt
and hate
and sins,
Innocence is so attractive.��
]]> 44279110
Our narrator should be happy, shouldn’t she? She’s young, thin, pretty, a recent Columbia graduate, works an easy job at a hip art gallery, lives in an apartment on the Upper East Side of Manhattan paid for, like the rest of her needs, by her inheritance. But there is a dark and vacuous hole in her heart, and it isn’t just the loss of her parents, or the way her Wall Street boyfriend treats her, or her sadomasochistic relationship with her best friend, Reva. It’s the year 2000 in a city aglitter with wealth and possibility; what could be so terribly wrong?

My Year of Rest and Relaxation is a powerful answer to that question. Through the story of a year spent under the influence of a truly mad combination of drugs designed to heal our heroine from her alienation from this world, Moshfegh shows us how reasonable, even necessary, alienation can be. Both tender and blackly funny, merciless and compassionate, it is a showcase for the gifts of one of our major writers working at the height of her powers.]]> 289 Ottessa Moshfegh 0525522131 Sam 0 to-read 3.62 2018
author: Ottessa Moshfegh
name: Sam
average rating: 3.62
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rating: 0
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]]> 199276876
When Leo unexpectedly bumps into the captivating Riley at the airport, he's both amused and intrigued by her assumption that he's his renowned brother. Embracing his mischievous side, Leo decides to play along, relishing in their flirty banter and clever exchanges.

But as fate would have it, their flight gets canceled, and Leo seizes the opportunity to spend more time with Riley. With a devilish glint in his eye, he invites her to spend the night at his penthouse. With an intriguing woman, his best friend Jace, and a whole night of possibilities ahead of them, Leo has all the ingredients for what promises to be a memorable Christmas Eve.

In "Trick Shot," a spicy MMF Christmas novella, Leo, Riley, and Jace embark on a passionate and unconventional romance that challenges societal norms. As they navigate their desires and explore the boundaries of their connection, they discover that love knows no bounds, especially during the enchanting holiday season.

So snuggle up with a cozy blanket, indulge in a cup of steaming hot cocoa, and allow the magic of Christmas to transport you into this sexy novella.]]> 189 Kayla Grosse Sam 4 3.71 2023
author: Kayla Grosse
name: Sam
average rating: 3.71
book published: 2023
rating: 4
read at: 2023/12/23
date added: 2023/12/25
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“An unexpected gift in an overcrowded airport, and I want to unwrap her in more ways than one��
]]> 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 Sam 5 This was my first ever fantasy book. I’m not a fantasy girl, but somehow this book’s magic just captivated me. I didn’t have a clue what it was about but ,coming from experience, when I get a good vibe from a book at first sight it turns out to become one of my favorites, ]]> 4.14 2023
author: Rebecca Ross
name: Sam
average rating: 4.14
book published: 2023
rating: 5
read at: 2023/11/28
date added: 2023/12/24
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GOD I have so much to say about this book so please just bear with me!
This was my first ever fantasy book. I’m not a fantasy girl, but somehow this book’s magic just captivated me. I didn’t have a clue what it was about but ,coming from experience, when I get a good vibe from a book at first sight it turns out to become one of my favorites,
]]> 36206545 The story of the heart can never be unwritten.

Macy Sorensen is settling into an ambitious if emotionally tepid routine: work hard as a new pediatrics resident, plan her wedding to an older, financially secure man, keep her head down and heart tucked away.

But when she runs into Elliot Petropoulos—the first and only love of her life—the careful bubble she’s constructed begins to dissolve. Once upon a time, Elliot was Macy’s entire world—growing from her gangly bookish friend into the man who coaxed her heart open again after the loss of her mother...only to break it on the very night he declared his love for her.

Told in alternating timelines between Then and Now, teenage Elliot and Macy grow from friends to much more—spending weekends and lazy summers together in a house outside of San Francisco devouring books, sharing favorite words, and talking through their growing pains and triumphs. As adults, they have become strangers to one another until their chance reunion. Although their memories are obscured by the agony of what happened that night so many years ago, Elliot will come to understand the truth behind Macy’s decade-long silence, and will have to overcome the past and himself to revive her faith in the possibility of an all-consuming love.

Love, loss, friendship, and the betrayals of the past all collide in this first fiction novel from New York Times and #1 international bestselling author Christina Lauren (Autoboyography, Dating You / Hating You).]]> 432 Christina Lauren 1501128019 Sam 0 to-read 4.28 2018
author: Christina Lauren
name: Sam
average rating: 4.28
book published: 2018
rating: 0
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]]> 78299277
Sometimes it takes a stranger to bring you back to yourself.

Ever since a car accident tore her family apart, Holly has been part of a lonely-hearts holiday letter–writing club. Each December, she writes to a stranger who is also spending Christmas alone, and receives a letter from another lonely person in return.��

Usually, the letters go unanswered. That’s the point—the letters are anonymous, and the senders write whatever is in their heart. But this year, the letter Holly receives is different; not only is the letter full of a grief she knows all too well, but its writer, Emma, mentions a place that Holly has visited. When she realizes that she might actually be able to find the letter’s author, Holly becomes determined to reunite Emma with the estranged grandson, Jack, with whom Emma is desperate to reconnect.

When Holly finally tracks him down, she remembers that she’s met Jack once before . . . and the connection was electric. The spark between the two of them is still there—until a misunderstanding risks their burgeoning romance and his strained relationship with Emma, too. But Holly is determined; if she can fix Emma’s family, she might also be able to fix her own. Though as it turns out, Holly might have less time to put things right than she thought.]]> 370 Emily Stone 0593722116 Sam 0 to-read 3.85 2023
author: Emily Stone
name: Sam
average rating: 3.85
book published: 2023
rating: 0
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]]> 53642699 250 Brianna Wiest Sam 0 to-read 4.08 2020
author: Brianna Wiest
name: Sam
average rating: 4.08
book published: 2020
rating: 0
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]]> 36977692 171 Brianna Wiest 1945796758 Sam 0 to-read 3.93 2017
author: Brianna Wiest
name: Sam
average rating: 3.93
book published: 2017
rating: 0
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]]> 198248008 She thought she’d never be able to find a lover, but he’s been in her bed for years.

Anime obsessed Anne might be a fictophiliac, or she might just hate touch so much she’ll never have sex. She doesn’t really care about the difference as long as she has her favorite pillow to grind against when she needs physical relief.

Anne’s favorite pillow is more than just a feather-filled cotton sack--he’s alive but no one knows it. Hot, pulsing magic weaves between his fibers each time she touches him. All he wants is to be the man Anne needs.

Soft. Moldable. And ready to cater to her every desire.

But when he has enough magic to become a man, will Anne accept his eager touch? Can flesh and fabric come together in erotic bliss? Will more than one of them end up fully stuffed?

Stuffed is a MF living pillow romance best suited for ages 18 and up. Detailed content notes are available on the author's website.]]> 87 Sylvia Morrow Sam 1
This was way worst than the door one cause that actually had a decent writing, and if it’s going downhill like this Idek wth the second book is lol. I did die laughing out of cringe tho, not a total loss ig.

But I like the idea of the ‘diy-boyfriend�� lmao, imagine if that was actually possible]]> 2.50
author: Sylvia Morrow
name: Sam
average rating: 2.50
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rating: 1
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date added: 2023/12/19
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I got a? featherophobia? Is that it? I don’t even know.

This was way worst than the door one cause that actually had a decent writing, and if it’s going downhill like this Idek wth the second book is lol. I did die laughing out of cringe tho, not a total loss ig.

But I like the idea of the ‘diy-boyfriend�� lmao, imagine if that was actually possible
]]> 63210179
When I’m forced to spend the holidays at home with my family in Strawberry Hollow, I have no idea how I’m even going to survive the week, let alone make it through my least favorite holiday�� Christmas.

That is until I run into my childhood crush, and my brother’s best friend, Parker Grant.
Now, he’s the sexy, off-limits doctor in our small town, and nothing like the man I left behind six years ago.

While I hate the holidays, there is nothing that he loves more.
Well, other than a good bet.
Which is exactly what happens when we end up together under the mistletoe.
A bet that changes everything.

He asks for the next seven days to change my mind about Christmas.
But seven days alone with Parker is more than either of us bargained for.
Now, there’s much more at stake than a silly mistletoe bet.


The Mistletoe Bet is a complete standalone Christmas novella with lots of banter, even more laughter and a heartwarming HEA.]]> 131 Maren Moore Sam 0 to-read 3.61 2021
author: Maren Moore
name: Sam
average rating: 3.61
book published: 2021
rating: 0
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]]> 187684551
Someone’s been watching Tana closely, but he’s a lot closer than she realizes. From intimate moments to lazy afternoons on the couch, he’s secretly seen it all - and fallen for her along the way. The problem is that someone else is watching too, and his obsession with Tana is a lot more dangerous. When a man claiming to be her front door enters her dreams to warn her about an imminent threat to her life, Tana initially chalks it up to her weird late-night snacks. But she rethinks things when her earnest visitor insists he’s also ready to protect her - in exchange for one hell of a favor. When Tana trades her best line of defense for an unlikely supernatural ally, the threat lurking beyond her apartment hallway starts getting desperate as the law closes in. Can her inhuman companion save her from the worst of humanity, or is it too late for both of them?

Content Unhinged is a paranormal romance story that involves a human woman getting it on with her front door, which later turns into a guy. This story contains...a lot of stuff that would probably land me on the naughty list with bots from our benevolent overlords if I went into detail in this blurb. Please peek at the look inside for a better idea of what to expect, cool? ;)]]> 71 Vera Valentine Sam 2 Raising my rating by one star cause after reading that pillow book I realized this one deserves more.
don’t judge me lmao

Dec 10th:
WELLP *shakes head in regret*

Guess I’m breaking down every damn door in the house. No amount of holly water mixed with ten gallons of bleach could ever wash this off my brain, gotta go get Alzheimer now]]> 3.00 2023
author: Vera Valentine
name: Sam
average rating: 3.00
book published: 2023
rating: 2
read at: 2023/12/10
date added: 2023/12/19
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Dec 20th:
Raising my rating by one star cause after reading that pillow book I realized this one deserves more.
don’t judge me lmao

Dec 10th:
WELLP *shakes head in regret*

Guess I’m breaking down every damn door in the house. No amount of holly water mixed with ten gallons of bleach could ever wash this off my brain, gotta go get Alzheimer now
]]> 56060300 Boy meets boy. Boys become friends. Boys fall in love. The bestselling LGBTQ+ graphic novel about life, love, and everything that happens in between: this is the fourth volume of HEARTSTOPPER, for fans of The Art of Being Normal, Holly Bourne and Love, Simon.

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

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

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

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

This is the fourth volume of Heartstopper, which has now been optioned for television by See-Saw Films.]]> 384 Alice Oseman 1338617567 Sam 5
And If your interpretation of Heartstopper is that it’s here to just be a romance story between a bunch of high school kids and it’s all cute and fluffy and cuddles and kisses, then i think you should give this a read ,or a reread, with a different and deeper perspective in mind cause I believe it’s been looked at very superficially.

Aside from being those things, Heartstopper is also here to point out so many serious issues and struggles in a teenager’s life, that I’m sure all of us have gone through at least one of them once in our lives. weather it’s about sexuality, relationships, friendships, life decisions, most importantly mental health difficulties that don’t get talked about enough and also the importance of communication.

And Alice Oseman has done ,as she always does, an absolutely great work with portraying all of the matters at hand in the most beautiful and gentle way possible.
This whole series is so precious to me I adore it infinitely. it’ll always have a special place in my heart!!

I love you endlessly for this Alice Oseman!]]> 4.57 2021
author: Alice Oseman
name: Sam
average rating: 4.57
book published: 2021
rating: 5
read at: 2023/10/17
date added: 2023/12/18
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I think this is my absolute favorite volume so far, I love it! It touched my soul in a different way. I cried, I laughed, I got upset, I felt joy but I also learned a good deal from it.

And If your interpretation of Heartstopper is that it’s here to just be a romance story between a bunch of high school kids and it’s all cute and fluffy and cuddles and kisses, then i think you should give this a read ,or a reread, with a different and deeper perspective in mind cause I believe it’s been looked at very superficially.

Aside from being those things, Heartstopper is also here to point out so many serious issues and struggles in a teenager’s life, that I’m sure all of us have gone through at least one of them once in our lives. weather it’s about sexuality, relationships, friendships, life decisions, most importantly mental health difficulties that don’t get talked about enough and also the importance of communication.

And Alice Oseman has done ,as she always does, an absolutely great work with portraying all of the matters at hand in the most beautiful and gentle way possible.
This whole series is so precious to me I adore it infinitely. it’ll always have a special place in my heart!!

I love you endlessly for this Alice Oseman!
]]> 23341894 If you could read my mind, you wouldn't be smiling.

Samantha McAllister looks just like the rest of the popular girls in her junior class. But hidden beneath the straightened hair and expertly applied makeup is a secret that her friends would never understand: Sam has Purely-Obsessional OCD and is consumed by a stream of dark thoughts and worries that she can't turn off.

Second-guessing every move, thought, and word makes daily life a struggle, and it doesn't help that her lifelong friends will turn toxic at the first sign of a wrong outfit, wrong lunch, or wrong crush. Yet Sam knows she'd be truly crazy to leave the protection of the most popular girls in school. So when Sam meets Caroline, she has to keep her new friend with a refreshing sense of humor and no style a secret, right up there with Sam's weekly visits to her psychiatrist.

Caroline introduces Sam to Poet's Corner, a hidden room and a tight-knit group of misfits who have been ignored by the school at large. Sam is drawn to them immediately, especially a guitar-playing guy with a talent for verse, and starts to discover a whole new side of herself. Slowly, she begins to feel more "normal" than she ever has as part of the popular crowd . . . until she finds a new reason to question her sanity and all she holds dear.]]> 358 Tamara Ireland Stone 1484705270 Sam 0 to-read 4.21 2015
author: Tamara Ireland Stone
name: Sam
average rating: 4.21
book published: 2015
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]]> 11016 A newer edition is here. An older one can be found here.

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

Orphaned Jane Eyre grows up in the home of her heartless aunt, where she endures loneliness and cruelty, and at a charity school with a harsh regime. 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.]]> 578 Charlotte Brontë Sam 0 to-read 4.23 1847
author: Charlotte Brontë
name: Sam
average rating: 4.23
book published: 1847
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]]> 56925511
This specific cover art is by Tilly Beavon]]> 411 MsKingBean89 Sam 0 to-read 4.68 2017
author: MsKingBean89
name: Sam
average rating: 4.68
book published: 2017
rating: 0
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]]> 198667110
But when she arrives at the Christmas tree farm and ranch he grew up on, she meets his father—the crazy tall, built, golden retriever cowboy who tells her girls all about the magic of the stupid elf on a shelf.

Of course, when she later corners him and tells him thanks a lot for nothing and that she’s way too overwhelmed to have to deal with yet another responsibility, he feels terrible.

So terrible, he finds himself driving two hours every night just to deliver an elf, move him about, and create some Christmas magic for her girls.

But what happens when he decides meeting her the way he did was some kind of Christmas miracle, and he needs to convince Shae to give him a shot?]]> 294 Morgan Elizabeth Sam 0 to-read 4.04 2023
author: Morgan Elizabeth
name: Sam
average rating: 4.04
book published: 2023
rating: 0
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]]> 59613368
This book is a compilation of thoughts and lessons learned throughout the journey of "wanting more in life" �� expressed in the form of modern poetry and short quotes. Each chapter is categorised into a "phase" in life, and together, the whole book further emphasises the life motto, "no idea what I'm doing but f*ck it".]]> 137 Ron Lim Sam 2 poetry 4.07
author: Ron Lim
name: Sam
average rating: 4.07
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date added: 2023/12/17
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But then, there’s this gorgeous girl on the train.

Jane. Dazzling, charming, mysterious, impossible Jane. Jane with her rough edges and swoopy hair and soft smile, showing up in a leather jacket to save August’s day when she needed it most. August’s subway crush becomes the best part of her day, but pretty soon, she discovers there’s one big problem: Jane doesn’t just look like an old school punk rocker. She’s literally displaced in time from the 1970s, and August is going to have to use everything she tried to leave in her own past to help her. Maybe it’s time to start believing in some things, after all.

Casey McQuiston’s One Last Stop is a magical, sexy, big-hearted romance where the impossible becomes possible as August does everything in her power to save the girl lost in time.]]> 418 Casey McQuiston 1250244498 Sam 5 from the second I laid eyes on this book I fell in love with it and just had to buy it knowing nothing of it. but reading it, I fell in love all over again and fell so hard I didn't want to finish the book and literally cried my eyes out on the last 4 chapters. the book is just simply so beautiful and warm like a hug yet shocks you with it’s twists when you least expect it and I adore it for that.

I'd be honest August being a virgo:)) in love with NY curvy and so many other things about her made me have a strong connection with her, But also the struggles of being a 23yo girl trying to find herself, have a place to feel like she belongs to, to find love and search for proof that she's lovable and worthy ,for she wasn't made sure of it from her parent, it's all just so relatable to me.

I really enjoyed reading this book, loved every character and the friendships between them, loved the humor and also fell in absolute fuck-off, life-ruining love with Jane. Iykyk :)
I'm forever touched by this book and would definitely gladly read it all over again!!!

Thank you Casey McQuiston so much for creating this lovely heartwarming story!!]]> 3.90 2021
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average rating: 3.90
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rating: 5
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ABSOLUTELY LOVED IT!!!!
from the second I laid eyes on this book I fell in love with it and just had to buy it knowing nothing of it. but reading it, I fell in love all over again and fell so hard I didn't want to finish the book and literally cried my eyes out on the last 4 chapters. the book is just simply so beautiful and warm like a hug yet shocks you with it’s twists when you least expect it and I adore it for that.

I'd be honest August being a virgo:)) in love with NY curvy and so many other things about her made me have a strong connection with her, But also the struggles of being a 23yo girl trying to find herself, have a place to feel like she belongs to, to find love and search for proof that she's lovable and worthy ,for she wasn't made sure of it from her parent, it's all just so relatable to me.

I really enjoyed reading this book, loved every character and the friendships between them, loved the humor and also fell in absolute fuck-off, life-ruining love with Jane. Iykyk :)
I'm forever touched by this book and would definitely gladly read it all over again!!!

Thank you Casey McQuiston so much for creating this lovely heartwarming story!!
]]> 16068905 A coming-of-age tale of fanfiction, family, and first love.

Cath is a Simon Snow fan. Okay, the whole world is a Simon Snow fan.... But for Cath, being a fan is her life—and she's really good at it. She and her twin, Wren, ensconced themselves in the Simon Snow series when they were just kids; it's what got them through their mother leaving.

Reading. Rereading. Hanging out in Simon Snow forums, writing Simon Snow fanfiction, dressing up like the characters for every movie premiere. Cath's sister has mostly grown away from fandom, but Cath can't let go. She doesn't want to.

Now that they're going to college, Wren has told Cath she doesn't want to be roommates. Cath is on her own, completely outside of her comfort zone. She's got a surly roommate with a charming, always-around boyfriend; a fiction-writing professor who thinks fanfiction is the end of the civilized world; a handsome classmate who only wants to talk about words... and she can't stop worrying about her dad, who's loving and fragile and has never really been alone.

For Cath, the question is: Can she do this? Can she make it without Wren holding her hand? Is she ready to start living her own life? And does she even want to move on if it means leaving Simon Snow behind?]]> 483 Rainbow Rowell Sam 5 3.93 2013
author: Rainbow Rowell
name: Sam
average rating: 3.93
book published: 2013
rating: 5
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]]> 55700840 219 Sam Maggs 1974718093 Sam 5 4.39 2022
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average rating: 4.39
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rating: 5
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I mean the book was cute and all and I LOVE it, but this manga!?! It’s something else. As if i didn’t love that Levi boy enough already, I’m swooning falling for him all over again!! Cause the illustrations are just
]]> 29540307
Willow loves the woods near her house. They’re calm and quiet, so different from her own turbulent emotions, which she keeps locked away. When her emotions get the better of her one day, she decides to run away into the woods.

There, she meets Pilu, a lost tree spirit who can’t find her way back home—which turns out to be the magnolia grove Willow’s mom used to take her to. Willow offers to help Pilu, and the two quickly become friends.

But the journey is long, and Pilu isn’t sure she’s ready to return home yet—which infuriates Willow, who’s determined to make up for her own mistakes by getting Pilu back safely. As a storm rages and Willow’s emotions bubble to the surface, they suddenly take on a physical form, putting both girls in danger�� and forcing Willow to confront her inner feelings once and for all.]]> 151 Mai K. Nguyen 1620105632 Sam 0 to-read 4.22 2019
author: Mai K. Nguyen
name: Sam
average rating: 4.22
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]]> 198471299 Reese's Book Club Summer YA Pick '24

"YA is a feeling. It's a warm summer day reading in the sun, lots of nostalgia, gushing together over the characters in Twelfth Knight."—Reese Witherspoon

From the New York Times bestselling author of The Atlas Six (under the penname Olivie Blake) comes Twelfth Knight, a YA romantic comedy and coming of age story about taking up space in the world and learning what it means to let others in.

Viola Reyes is annoyed.

Her painstakingly crafted tabletop game campaign was shot down, her best friend is suggesting she try being more “likable,�� and her school's star running back Jack Orsino is the most lackadaisical Student Body President she’s ever seen, which makes her job as VP that much harder. Vi’s favorite escape from the world is the MMORPG Twelfth Knight, but online spaces aren’t exactly kind to girls like her—girls who are extremely competent and have the swagger to prove it. So Vi creates a masculine alter ego, choosing to play as a knight named Cesario to create a safe haven for herself.

But when a football injury leads Jack Orsino to the world of Twelfth Knight, Vi is alarmed to discover their online alter egos—Cesario and Duke Orsino—are surprisingly well-matched.

As the long nights of game-play turn into discussions about life and love, Vi and Jack soon realise they’ve become more than just weapon-wielding characters in an online game. But Vi has been concealing her true identity from Jack, and Jack might just be falling for her offline��

At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.]]> 304 Alexene Farol Follmuth Sam 0 to-read 3.91 2024
author: Alexene Farol Follmuth
name: Sam
average rating: 3.91
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]]> 60683957 done with chess. Every move counts nowadays. After the sport led to the destruction of her family four years earlier, Mallory's focus is on her mom, her sisters, and the dead-end job that keeps the lights on. That is, until she begrudgingly agrees to play in one last charity tournament and inadvertently wipes the board with notorious "Kingkiller" Nolan Sawyer: current world champion and reigning bad boy of chess.

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

As she rockets up the ranks, Mallory struggles to keep her family safely separated from the game that wrecked it in the first place. And as her love for the sport she so desperately wanted to hate begins to rekindle, Mallory quickly realizes that the games aren't only on the board, the spotlight is hotter than she imagined, and the competition can be fierce(-ly attractive. And intelligent...and infuriating...)]]> 347 Ali Hazelwood 0593619919 Sam 0 to-read 3.93 2023
author: Ali Hazelwood
name: Sam
average rating: 3.93
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]]> 72303173 422 Becky Albertalli 0063325268 Sam 0 to-read 4.33 2023
author: Becky Albertalli
name: Sam
average rating: 4.33
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]]> 17690 The Trial is the terrifying tale of Josef K., a respectable bank officer who is suddenly and inexplicably arrested and must defend himself against a charge about which he can get no information. Whether read as an existential tale, a parable, or a prophecy of the excesses of modern bureaucracy wedded to the madness of totalitarianism, The Trial has resonated with chilling truth for generations of readers.]]> 255 Franz Kafka Sam 0 to-read 4.00 1925
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]]> 485894 Alternate cover edition of ISBN 0553213695 / 9780553213690

"As Gregor Samsa awoke one morning from uneasy dreams he found himself transformed in his bed into a gigantic insect. He was laying on his hard, as it were armor-plated, back and when he lifted his head a little he could see his domelike brown belly divided into stiff arched segments on top of which the bed quilt could hardly keep in position and was about to slide off completely. His numerous legs, which were pitifully thin compared to the rest of his bulk, waved helplessly before his eyes."

With it's startling, bizarre, yet surprisingly funny first opening, Kafka begins his masterpiece, The Metamorphosis. It is the story of a young man who, transformed overnight into a giant beetle-like insect, becomes an object of disgrace to his family, an outsider in his own home, a quintessentially alienated man. A harrowing—though absurdly comic—meditation on human feelings of inadequacy, guilt, and isolation, The Metamorphosis has taken its place as one of the most widely read and influential works of twentieth-century fiction. As W.H. Auden wrote, "Kafka is important to us because his predicament is the predicament of modern man."]]> 201 Franz Kafka 0553213695 Sam 0 to-read 3.90 1915
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]]> 61904310
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]]> 420 Lancali Sam 3
3 stars
Hm hm hm lord have mercy, this book DRAINED ME!!
It took me 7days but thank god it finally came to an end! This was not at all what I imagined it would be, it was neither entirely bad nor was it as good as I wanted it to be. but I need some time to gather all my thoughts on it so I’ll eventually write a review once I’m fully recharged]]> 3.97 2022
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3 stars
Hm hm hm lord have mercy, this book DRAINED ME!!
It took me 7days but thank god it finally came to an end! This was not at all what I imagined it would be, it was neither entirely bad nor was it as good as I wanted it to be. but I need some time to gather all my thoughts on it so I’ll eventually write a review once I’m fully recharged
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مجموعه داستان شامل: سه قطره خون، گرداب، داش آکل، آیینهٔ شکسته، طلب آمرزش، لاله، صورتک‌ها�� چنگال، مردی که نفسش را کشت، محلّل، گجسته دژ]]> 200 Sadegh Hedayat 9643620344 Sam 0 to-read 3.89 1932
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]]> 56511082 تاریخی که هیتلرش هم اکنون با سروسبیل تراشیده، در روستایی سرسبز، در جنوب ویسبادن، صبح ها خمیرگیر است و عصرها در چشمه های آب معدنی دلاکی می کند و تن رنجور بی خانمان های جنگ را مشت و مال می دهد تا از دلشان دربیاورد...
تاریخی که فتحعلی شاه قاجارش لحظه پذیرش ترکمنچای درحالی که از مطربان خواسته آواز محزون بخوانند، تاجش را بر زمین می کوبد و به عموی دیوانه آدمکشش فحش های ناموسی ناجور می دهد... تاریخی که ناپلئون را از سنت هلن به بعدش تعریف می کند...
خلاصه تاریخی که با قلم های شکسته و لرزان نوشته اند؛ آن قدر کمرنگ و بی رمق که کسی حوصلۀ خواندنش را ندارد؛ گرچه بخوانند هم دردی از دردهای بشریت دوا نمی کند. حتی در اغلب موارد خدشه ای به نتیجه نیز وارد نمی دارد و فقط به کار معاشرت پای منقل می آید.]]> 77 امیرعلی نبویان 6227425265 Sam 0 to-read 3.60 2020
author: امیرعلی نبویان
name: Sam
average rating: 3.60
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]]> 54208009
Everything else, however, is slightly different.

Both obsessive, eccentric personalities, Aldo Damiani and Charlotte Regan struggle to be without each other from the moment they meet. The truth—that he is a clinically depressed, anti-social theoretician and she is a manipulative liar with a history of self-sabotage—means the deeper they fall in love, the more troubling their reliance on each other becomes.

An intimate study of time and space, ALONE WITH YOU IN THE ETHER is a fantasy writer's magicless glimpse into the nature of love, what it means to be unwell, and how to face the fractures of yourself and still love as if you're not broken.]]> 248 Olivie Blake Sam 0 to-read 4.00 2020
author: Olivie Blake
name: Sam
average rating: 4.00
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]]> 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 Sam 0 to-read 4.48 2022
author: Zoulfa Katouh
name: Sam
average rating: 4.48
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]]> 182728511
Destiny takes the wheel, steering Kamari into Thiago’s orbit, but her open disdain and closely guarded heart warn her to stay away. Enchanted by her charms, Thiago is intent on melting her freezing barriers and tearing down the walls shielding her heart.

When Kamari agrees to help him save his future by being his fake girlfriend, the unexpected happens, triggered by a game of lies, secrets and desire.

As they plunge towards the finish line, the race veers offtrack and neither of them are ready to fall off the cliff.]]> 486 Kanitha P. Sam 0 to-read 3.88
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name: Sam
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]]> 53414230
At once an achingly beautiful love story and a potent insight into race and masculinity, Open Water asks what it means to be a person in a world that sees you only as a Black body, to be vulnerable when you are only respected for strength, to find safety in love, only to lose it. With gorgeous, soulful intensity, Caleb Azumah Nelson has written the most essential British debut of recent years.]]> 145 Caleb Azumah Nelson 0241448778 Sam 0 to-read 4.03 2021
author: Caleb Azumah Nelson
name: Sam
average rating: 4.03
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]]> 1772910 82 Fyodor Dostoevsky Sam 0 to-read, physical 4.16 1848
author: Fyodor Dostoevsky
name: Sam
average rating: 4.16
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]]> 1294681 112 Maya Angelou 0860687570 Sam 0 to-read, poetry 4.31 1978
author: Maya Angelou
name: Sam
average rating: 4.31
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]]> 56732449
That man is none other than Adam Carlsen, a young hotshot professor--and well-known ass. Which is why Olive is positively floored when Stanford's reigning lab tyrant agrees to keep her charade a secret and be her fake boyfriend. But when a big science conference goes haywire, putting Olive's career on the Bunsen burner, Adam surprises her again with his unyielding support and even more unyielding... six-pack abs.

Suddenly their little experiment feels dangerously close to combustion. And Olive discovers that the only thing more complicated than a hypothesis on love is putting her own heart under the microscope.]]> 356 Ali Hazelwood 0593336828 Sam 0 to-read 4.11 2021
author: Ali Hazelwood
name: Sam
average rating: 4.11
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]]> 61326735
Honestly, it’s a pretty sweet gig—until her carefully constructed Elsie-verse comes crashing down. Because Jack Smith, the annoyingly attractive and broody older brother of her favorite client, turns out to be the cold-hearted experimental physicist who ruined her mentor’s career and undermined the reputation of theorists everywhere. And that same Jack who now sits on the hiring committee at MIT, right between Elsie and her dream job.

Elsie is prepared for an all-out war of scholarly sabotage but…those long, penetrating looks? Not having to be anything other than her true self when she’s with him? Will falling into an experimentalist’s orbit finally tempt her to put her most guarded theories on love into practice?]]> 389 Ali Hazelwood 1408725797 Sam 0 to-read 4.07 2023
author: Ali Hazelwood
name: Sam
average rating: 4.07
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]]> 62047992 The moving international sensation about new beginnings, human connection, and the joy of reading.

Hidden in Jimbocho, Tokyo, is a booklover's paradise. On a quiet corner in an old wooden building lies a shop filled with hundreds of second-hand books.

Twenty-five-year-old Takako has never liked reading, although the Morisaki bookshop has been in her family for three generations. It is the pride and joy of her uncle Satoru, who has devoted his life to the bookshop since his wife Momoko left him five years earlier.

When Takako's boyfriend reveals he's marrying someone else, she reluctantly accepts her eccentric uncle's offer to live rent-free in the tiny room above the shop. Hoping to nurse her broken heart in peace, Takako is surprised to encounter new worlds within the stacks of books lining the Morisaki bookshop.

As summer fades to autumn, Satoru and Takako discover they have more in common than they first thought. The Morisaki bookshop has something to teach them both about life, love, and the healing power of books.]]> 150 Satoshi Yagisawa 0063278677 Sam 0 to-read 3.67 2010
author: Satoshi Yagisawa
name: Sam
average rating: 3.67
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]]> 62926942 From New York Times bestselling author J.C. Cervantes comes a sparkling, unforgettable YA romance, perfect for fans of You've Reached Sam.

Best friends and soul mates since they were kids, Hart Augusto and Ruby Armenta were poised to take on senior year together when Hart tragically drowns in a boating accident. Absolutely shattered, Ruby struggles to move on from the person she knows was her forever love.

Hart can't let go of Ruby either.... Due to some divine intervention, he's offered a second chance. Only it won't be as simple as bringing him back to life--instead, Hart's soul is transferred to the body of local bad boy.

When Hart returns to town as Jameson, he realizes that winning Ruby back will be more challenging than he'd imagined. For one, he's forbidden from telling Ruby the truth. And with each day he spends as Jameson, memories of his life as Hart begin to fade away.

Though Ruby still mourns Hart, she can't deny that something is drawing her to Jameson. As much as she doesn't understand the sudden pull, it can't be ignored. And why does he remind her so much of Hart? Desperate to see if the connection she feels is real, Ruby begins to open her heart to Jameson--but will their love be enough to bridge the distance between them?]]> 384 J.C. Cervantes 0593404483 Sam 0 to-read 3.97 2023
author: J.C. Cervantes
name: Sam
average rating: 3.97
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]]> 6533687 Simon Tofield's animations have taken YouTube by storm. Now, the feline Internet phenomenon makes his way onto the page in this first-ever book based on the popular animated series. Simon's Cat depicts and exaggerates the hilarious relationship between a man and his cat. The daily escapades of this adorable pet, which always involve demanding more food, and his exasperated but doting owner come to life through Tofield's charming and hilarious illustrations.]]> 240 Simon Tofield 0446560065 Sam 0 to-read 4.30 2009
author: Simon Tofield
name: Sam
average rating: 4.30
book published: 2009
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]]> 61942327
They broke up six months ago. And they still haven't told anyone.

Which is how they end up sharing a bedroom at the cottage that has been their yearly getaway with their best friends for the past decade. For one glorious week they leave behind their lives, drink far too much wine and soak up the sea air with their favourite people.

Only this year, Harriet and Wyn are lying through their teeth. The cottage is for sale so this is the last time they'll all be together here and they can't bear to break their friends' hearts. So, they'll fake it for one more week.

It's a flawless plan (if you look at it through a pair of sunscreen-smeared sunglasses).

But how can you pretend to be in love with someone - and get away with it - in front of the people who know you best?

Brimming with characters you can't help but fall for and off-the-charts chemistry, HAPPY PLACE is Emily Henry's best novel yet.]]> 400 Emily Henry 024199537X Sam 0 to-read 3.94 2023
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]]> 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 Sam 0 to-read 4.17 2023
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name: Sam
average rating: 4.17
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]]> 53205888 Welcome to Charon's Crossing.
The tea is hot, the scones are fresh, and the dead are just passing through.

When a reaper comes to collect Wallace from his own funeral, Wallace begins to suspect he might be dead.

And when Hugo, the owner of a peculiar tea shop, promises to help him cross over, Wallace decides he’s definitely dead.

But even in death he’s not ready to abandon the life he barely lived, so when Wallace is given one week to cross over, he sets about living a lifetime in seven days.

Hilarious, haunting, and kind, Under the Whispering Door is an uplifting story about a life spent at the office and a death spent building a home.]]> 376 T.J. Klune 1250217342 Sam 0 to-read, physical 4.11 2021
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name: Sam
average rating: 4.11
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]]> 40119231 Fangirl. This is an utterly captivating and authentic new teen novel from the author of Solitaire.

Frances Janvier spends most of her time studying. Everyone knows Aled Last as that quiet boy who gets straight As. You probably think that they are going to fall in love or something. Since he is a boy and she is a girl. They don’t. They make a podcast. In a world determined to shut them up, knock them down, and set them on a cookie cutter life path, Frances and Aled struggle to find their voices over the course of one life-changing year.

Will they have the courage to show everyone who they really are? Or will they be met with radio silence?]]> 403 Alice Oseman 0007559240 Sam 0 to-read, physical 4.26 2016
author: Alice Oseman
name: Sam
average rating: 4.26
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]]> 13623848 Alternate cover edition of ISBN 9780062060624.

Achilles, "the best of all the Greeks," son of the cruel sea goddess Thetis and the legendary king Peleus, is strong, swift, and beautiful, irresistible to all who meet him. Patroclus is an awkward young prince, exiled from his homeland after an act of shocking violence. Brought together by chance, they forge an inseparable bond, despite risking the gods' wrath.

They are trained by the centaur Chiron in the arts of war and medicine, but when word comes that Helen of Sparta has been kidnapped, all the heroes of Greece are called upon to lay siege to Troy in her name. Seduced by the promise of a glorious destiny, Achilles joins their cause, and torn between love and fear for his friend, Patroclus follows. Little do they know that the cruel Fates will test them both as never before and demand a terrible sacrifice.]]> 408 Madeline Miller Sam 0 to-read, physical 4.30 2011
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]]> 55825273 The new uplifting book from Matt Haig, the New York Times bestselling author of The Midnight Library, for anyone in search of hope, looking for a path to a more meaningful life, or in need of a little encouragement.

“It is a strange paradox, that many of the clearest, most comforting life lessons are learnt while we are at our lowest. But then we never think about food more than when we are hungry and we never think about life rafts more than when we are thrown overboard.��

The Comfort Book is Haig’s life raft: it’s a collection of notes, lists, and stories written over a span of several years that originally served as gentle reminders to Haig’s future self that things are not always as dark as they may seem. Incorporating a diverse array of sources from across the world, history, science, and his own experiences, Haig offers warmth and reassurance, reminding us to slow down and appreciate the beauty and unpredictability of existence.]]> 272 Matt Haig 0143136666 Sam 0 to-read, physical 4.07 2021
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Three months later, when Jenny and her mother arrive in South Korea to take care of her ailing grandmother, she’s shocked to discover that Jaewoo is a student at the same elite arts academy where she’s enrolled for the semester. And he’s not just any student. He’s a member of one of the biggest K-pop bands in the world—and he’s strictly forbidden from dating.

When a relationship means throwing Jenny’s life off the path she’s spent years mapping out, she’ll have to decide once and for all just how much she’s willing to risk for love.]]> 352 Axie Oh 0063025019 Sam 0 to-read, physical 3.79 2021
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But behind the scenes, a fierce competition is underway—a duel between two young magicians, Celia and Marco, who have been trained since childhood expressly for this purpose by their mercurial instructors. Unbeknownst to them, this is a game in which only one can be left standing, and the circus is but the stage for a remarkable battle of imagination and will. Despite themselves, however, Celia and Marco tumble headfirst into love—a deep, magical love that makes the lights flicker and the room grow warm whenever they so much as brush hands.

True love or not, the game must play out, and the fates of everyone involved, from the cast of extraordinary circus performers to the patrons, hang in the balance, suspended as precariously as the daring acrobats overhead.

Written in rich, seductive prose, this spell-casting novel is a feast for the senses and the heart.]]> 506 Erin Morgenstern Sam 0 to-read 4.00 2011
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]]> 35887567 An alternate cover edition for ISBN 9780062498564 can be found here.

Sixteen-year-old Bri wants to be one of the greatest rappers of all time. Or at least make it out of her neighborhood one day. As the daughter of an underground rap legend who died before he hit big, Bri’s got big shoes to fill. But now that her mom has unexpectedly lost her job, food banks and shutoff notices are as much a part of Bri’s life as beats and rhymes. With bills piling up and homelessness staring her family down, Bri no longer just wants to make it—she has to make it.

On the Come Up is Angie Thomas’s homage to hip-hop, the art that sparked her passion for storytelling and continues to inspire her to this day. It is the story of fighting for your dreams, even as the odds are stacked against you; of the struggle to become who you are and not who everyone expects you to be; and of the desperate realities of poor and working-class black families.]]> 464 Angie Thomas Sam 4 4.25 2019
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]]> 122496395 Two best friends fake date to reach their holiday happily ever after in this first romantic comedy in the Lovelight series.

A pasture of dead trees. A hostile takeover of the Santa barn by a family of raccoons. And shipments that have mysteriously gone missing. Lovelight Farms is not the magical winter wonderland of Stella Bloom’s dreams.

In an effort to save the Christmas tree farm she’s loved since she was a kid, Stella enters a contest with Instagram-famous influencer Evelyn St. James. With the added publicity and the $100,000 cash prize, Stella might just be able to save the farm from its financial woes. There’s just one problem. To make the farm seem like a romantic destination for the holidays, she lied on her application and said she owns Lovelight Farms with her boyfriend. Only…there is no boyfriend.

Enter best friend Luka Peters. He just stopped by for some hot chocolate and somehow got a farm and a serious girlfriend in the process. But fake dating his best friend might be the best Christmas present he’s ever received.]]> 336 B.K. Borison 0593641116 Sam 0 to-read 3.90 2021
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]]> 67238 166 N.H. Kleinbaum 0553282980 Sam 0 physical, to-read 4.19 1988
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]]> 52871061 What happens when an unstoppable force meets an immovable object in the field of death?

In the dark underbelly of the mob, Tristan Caine has been an anomaly. As the only non-blooded member in the high circle of the Tenebrae Outfit, he is an enigma to all - his skills unparalleled, his morality questionable, and his motives unknown. He is lethal and he knows it.

As does Morana Vitalio, the genius extraordinaire daughter of the rival family. What Caine does with weapons, Morana does with computers. When a twenty-year old mystery resurfaces, Morana infiltrates Caine's house, intent on killing him, unaware of a tie that binds them together. Hate, heat, and history clash together with unexpected sparks.

But something bigger, something worse is happening in their world. And despite their animosity, only they can fight it down.]]> 318 RuNyx Sam 0 to-read 3.98 2020
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]]> 52128695 An engaging exploration of what it means to be asexual in a world that's obsessed with sexual attraction, and what we can all learn about desire and identity by using an ace lens to see the world

What exactly is sexual attraction and what is it like to go through the world not experiencing it? What does asexuality reveal about consent, about compromise, about the structures of society? This exceedingly accessible guide to asexuality shows that the issues that aces face—confusion around sexual activity, the intersection of sexuality and identity, navigating different needs in relationships—are conflicts that all of us need to address as we move through the world.

Through interviews, cultural criticism, and memoir, ACE invites all readers to consider big-picture issues through the lens of asexuality, because every place that sexuality touches our world, asexuality does too.

Journalist Angela Chen uses her own journey of self-discovery as an asexual person to unpretentiously educate and vulnerably connect with readers, effortlessly weaving analysis of sexuality and societally imposed norms with interviews of ace people. Among those included are the woman who had blood tests done because she was convinced that "not wanting sex" was a sign of serious illness, and the man who grew up in an evangelical household and did everything "right," only to realize after marriage that his experience of sexuality had never been the same as that of others. Also represented are disabled aces, aces of color, non-gender-conforming aces questioning whether their asexuality is a reaction against stereotypes, and aces who don't want romantic relationships asking how our society can make room for them.]]> 210 Angela Chen 080701379X Sam 0 to-read 4.35 2020
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Her second chance? That appears on her last night in Portland in the form of a gorgeous attendee at the holiday party where she's bartending. Lingering glances turn into a chemistry-filled exchange, and by the end of the night Claire knows exactly what she wants: one night and no strings with Connor Stella. It'll be one last hot memory to close her chapter in this city.

But the weather has other plans: a winter storm grounds all flights for the weekend, Claire's included, and suddenly one night turns into an entire weekend. It would be a true inconvenience if Claire and Connor weren't already forging an electric connection. Instead, three nights cooped up in Connor's apartment together is the gift that keeps on giving. The only real inconvenience is that she's starting to get attached to the gorgeous stranger who feels more familiar than anyone she's ever met.

Claire's new adventure is on the other side of PDX's de-iced runways, but her biggest—and most worth—risk might be opening her heart up to the man she's leaving behind.]]> 78 Jessica Joyce Sam 0 to-read 4.06 2023
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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 Sam 0 to-read 4.25 2021
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]]> 59567857 From the author of THE BERGMAN BROTHERS series comes a slow-burn, enemies-to-lovers holiday romance, perfect for fans of THE HATING GAME and YOU'VE GOT MAIL.

He loathes the holidays. She loves them. She’s full of festive cheer. He’s brimming with Bah, Humbugs. Besides unreasonably seasonable names, the only thing Jonathan Frost and Gabriella Di Natale have in common is a healthy dose of mutual contempt. Well, that and the same place of employment at the city’s most beloved independent bookstore, Bailey’s Bookshop. But when the store’s owners confess its dire financial state, Jonathan and Gabby discover another unfortunate commonality: the imminent threat of unemployment.

With the Baileys�� requests to minimize expenses, win new customers, and make record sales dancing in their heads, Jonathan and Gabby conclude—barring a financial Christmas miracle—one of them will soon be cut from the payroll. Neither are willing to step down from their position, so they strike a bargain: whoever has more sales in December gets to stay on in the new year; the loser will resign. With a lifetime's worth of festive tricks up her sleeve, Gabby should easily outsell her nemesis, except the unreadable Mr. Frost’s every move seems purely designed to throw her off her game.

As if that wasn’t bad enough, Gabby's deceptive ex won't quit pursuing her, and her anonymous online friend suggests they take a break. Worst of all, as the pressure mounts to save the bookshop and her job, Gabby meets a new, tender side of Jonathan. Is this the same man she's called her cold-hearted enemy?

Maybe he’s got a motive she just can’t figure out—or maybe Jonathan Frost isn’t as chilly as she once thought. Maybe Jonathan and Gabby already know—and love—each other in ways they never thought possible.

This is an #OwnVoices story for its portrayal of autism by an autistic author.]]> 185 Chloe Liese 1774536781 Sam 0 to-read 3.78 2021
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As one of seven young actors studying Shakespeare at an elite arts college, Oliver and his friends play the same roles onstage and off: hero, villain, tyrant, temptress, ingenue, extra. But when the casting changes, and the secondary characters usurp the stars, the plays spill dangerously over into life, and one of them is found dead. The rest face their greatest acting challenge yet: convincing the police, and themselves, that they are blameless.]]> 354 M.L. Rio 1250095298 Sam 0 to-read 4.21 2017
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When Ning hears of a competition to find the kingdom's greatest shennong-shi—masters of the ancient and magical art of tea-making—she travels to the imperial city to compete. The winner will receive a favor from the princess, which may be Ning's only chance to save her sister's life.

But between the backstabbing competitors, bloody court politics, and a mysterious (and handsome) boy with a shocking secret, Ning might actually be the one in more danger.]]> 374 Judy I. Lin 1250767083 Sam 0 to-read 3.81 2022
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It couldn’t save their marriage.

Yasmen wasn’t prepared for how her life fell apart, but she is finally starting to find joy again. She and Josiah have found a new rhythm, co-parenting their two kids and running a thriving business together. Yet like magnets, they’re always drawn back to each other, and now they’re beginning to wonder if they’re truly ready to let go of everything they once had.

Soon, one stolen kiss leads to another…and then more. It's hot. It's illicit. It's all good—until old wounds reopen. Is it too late for them to find forever? Or could they even be better, the second time around?

Award-winning and bestselling "powerhouse" author Kennedy Ryan is at her absolute best in this compelling, scorching novel about hope and healing, and what it truly means to love for a lifetime (USA Today).]]> 391 Kennedy Ryan 1538706792 Sam 0 to-read 4.32 2022
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As Jack and Adaira reluctantly work together, they find they make better allies than rivals as their partnership turns into something more. But with each passing song, it becomes apparent the trouble with the spirits is far more sinister than they first expected, and an older, darker secret about Cadence lurks beneath the surface, threatening to undo them all.]]> 480 Rebecca Ross 0063055988 Sam 0 to-read 4.06 2022
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]]> 31373633 A little book with a big heart!

From the New York Times bestselling author of A Man Called Ove, My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She’s Sorry, and Britt-Marie Was Here comes an exquisitely moving portrait of an elderly man’s struggle to hold on to his most precious memories, and his family’s efforts to care for him even as they must find a way to let go.

With all the same charm of his bestselling full-length novels, here Fredrik Backman once again reveals his unrivaled understanding of human nature and deep compassion for people in difficult circumstances. This is a tiny gem with a message you’ll treasure for a lifetime.]]> 97 Fredrik Backman 1501160575 Sam 0 to-read 4.34 2015
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