Eva's bookshelf: all en-US Fri, 11 Apr 2025 07:01:59 -0700 60 Eva's bookshelf: all 144 41 /images/layout/goodreads_logo_144.jpg <![CDATA[A Holy Life: The Writings of St. Bernadette]]> 19059937 While the story of the apparitions of Our Lady to Bernadette Soubirous at Lourdes in 1858 are well known, relatively few people are familiar with the saint's own spiritual insights and profound holiness. For the first time in English, this book presents a wide selection of St. Bernadette's thoughts, advice, sayings, and prayers through the touching words of her spiritual diary, notes, and letters to friends and family.

After receiving the visions of Our Lady at the grotto in Lourdes, Bernadette eventually became a religious sister as a member of the Sisters of Charity. She lived a life of simplicity, charity, suffering and deep holiness, dying at the age of 35. When she was canonized a saint, her body was found to be incorrupt.

In these beautiful writings of St. Bernadette, we learn the secrets of her holiness and happiness. Though she suffered greatly throughout her life, the heroic response of this humble, self-effacing nun transformed excruciating suffering into spiritual fruitfulness. Her letters and writings serve as a model for others passing through their own trials. Her writings reveal and intimate and profound love for God and neighbor. Anyone pursuing a deeper spiritual life will appreciate knowing Bernadette as she truly was, and the inspiring spiritual works of wisdom she offers to us all.

]]> 223 Patricia A. McEachern 1681490102 Eva 0 currently-reading 4.27 2005 A Holy Life: The Writings of St. Bernadette
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]]> <![CDATA[Tales of the Celestial Kingdom (The Celestial Kingdom, #2.5)]]> 150351878 Sue Lynn Tan’s highly acclaimed, bestselling Celestial Kingdom duology is expanded with this new compilation of stories from before, during, and after the events in Daughter of the Moon Goddess and Heart of the Sun Warrior, all from the perspectives of beloved characters and illustrated by Kelly Chong.

Return to the Immortal Realm, a world of gods, magic, and legendary creatures—and embark upon new adventures of valor, danger, and love.

Tales from the Celestial Kingdom collects nine spellbinding stories—two previously published, seven original, including the epilogue to the duology—set in the enchanting world of Sue Lynn Tan’s stunning debut. Filled with magic and mythology, friendship and love, these stories intertwine through the past, present, and future of the two novels, told from the perspectives of multiple characters, including Chang’e, Shuxiao, Liwei, and Wenzhi.

With beautiful illustrations from Kelly Chong throughout, these wondrous tales make the perfect complement to Sue Lynn Tan’s breathtaking series.]]> 153 Sue Lynn Tan 0063326698 Eva 0 4.08 2024 Tales of the Celestial Kingdom (The Celestial Kingdom, #2.5)
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]]> The Nicomachean Ethics 19068 ‘One swallow does not make a summer; neither does one day. Similarly neither can one day, or a brief space of time, make a man blessed and happyâ€�

In the Nicomachean Ethics, Aristotle sets out to examine the nature of happiness. He argues that happiness consists in ‘activity of the soul in accordance with virtueâ€�, for example with moral virtues, such as courage, generosity and justice, and intellectual virtues, such as knowledge, wisdom and insight. The Ethics also discusses the nature of practical reasoning, the value and the objects of pleasure, the different forms of friendship, and the relationship between individual virtue, society and the State. Aristotle’s work has had a profound and lasting influence on all subsequent Western thought about ethical matters.

J. A. K. Thomson’s translation has been revised by Hugh Tredennick, and is accompanied by a new introduction by Jonathan Barnes. This edition also includes an updated list for further reading and a new chronology of Aristotle’s life and works.

Previously published as Ethics]]> 329 Aristotle 0140449493 Eva 0 currently-reading 4.00 -350 The Nicomachean Ethics
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]]> <![CDATA[The Light of All That Falls (The Licanius Trilogy, #3)]]> 36111098
The Boundary is whole once again, but it may be too late.

Banes now stalk Andarra, while in Ilin Illan, the political machinations of a generation come to a head as Wirr's newfound ability forces his family's old enemies into action.

Imprisoned and alone in a strange land, Davian is pitted against the remaining Venerate as they work tirelessly to undo Asha's sacrifice - even as he struggles with what he has learned about the friend he chose to set free.

And Caeden, now facing the consequences of his centuries-old plan, must finally confront its reality - heartbroken at how it began, and devastated by how it must end.]]> 864 James Islington Eva 4 4.39 2019 The Light of All That Falls (The Licanius Trilogy, #3)
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average rating: 4.39
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4.5 ⭐. Almost incredible. Provides lots of ground for meditation on certain theological concepts, takes itself seriously, but also features intricate battle scenes (loved Wirr and the Oathstone) and sentimental moments. The epilogue shattered me. If it weren’t for certain characters and plot points that seemed to be abandoned because the author couldn’t fit them in, it would be perfect. Also wish El had revealed himself somehow!
]]> True Devotion to Mary 71653 215 0895552795 Eva 0 4.52 1712 True Devotion to Mary
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]]> Cold Mountain 10920 Cold Mountain is a novel about a soldier’s perilous journey back to his beloved near the Civil War's end. At once a love story & a harrowing account of one man’s long walk home, Cold Mountain introduces a new talent in American literature.

Based on local history & family stories passed down by Frazier’s great-great-grandfather, Cold Mountain is the tale of a wounded Confederate soldier, Inman, who walks away from the ravages of the war & back home to his prewar sweetheart, Ada. His odyssey thru the devastated landscape of the soon-to-be-defeated South interweaves with Ada’s struggle to revive her father’s farm, with the help of an intrepid young drifter named Ruby. As their long-separated lives begin to converge at the close of the war, Inman & Ada confront the vastly transformed world they’ve been delivered.

Frazier reveals insight into human relations with the land & the dangers of solitude. He also shares with the great 19th century novelists a keen observation of a society undergoing change. Cold Mountain recreates a world gone by that speaks to our time.]]> 449 Charles Frazier 0802142842 Eva 5 3.89 1997 Cold Mountain
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Perfect. Will think of this book every time I walk in nature or work outside. I wonder if I would’ve liked it as much if it weren’t for the movie though (which I’m obsessed with) as it was playing in my head the whole time.
]]> <![CDATA[What I Talk About When I Talk About Running]]> 5982818 What I Talk About When I Talk About Running is rich and revelatory, both for fans of this masterful yet guardedly private writer and for the exploding population of athletes who find similar satisfaction in athletic pursuit.]]> 190 Haruki Murakami 0307389839 Eva 0 to-read 3.87 2007 What I Talk About When I Talk About Running
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]]> <![CDATA[The cries of Jesus from the Cross : An Anthology]]> 39794887 As death approaches, the human heart speaks its greatest words of love to those it holds most dear. So it was with Jesus who in His final hours gave us seven last "words" rich with spiritual meaning for every human soul.

For the first time ever, Archbishop Fulton Sheen's complete writings and reflections on Christ's last words have been compiled into this one book. Sheen shows how the seven words are, in fact, a full catechism on the spiritual life. From them, you'll learn the secrets to living the Beatitudes, ways to avoid the deadly vices of anger, envy, lust, and pride, and how to cultivate the heavenly virtues of fortitude, prudence, justice, and charity.

Few books are such an inspiring call to sanctity, and few books are such a spiritual powerhouse. With Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen as your guide, you'll also learn:

Why, during His Passion, Jesus never proclaimed his innocence. Why Jesus appealed to His Father to forgive, but did not Himself forgive directly. What Jesus' third word from the Cross says about lust. Why, like Jesus, the most innocent among us must suffer. Why darkness covered the earth after Jesus spoke his fourth word. The seven words spoken unto Jesus while He hung on the Cross "ơ€Ć�" and what they reveal about the impact of Christ's Passion on your soul. What the Passion says about judging others (and why it's an assault against hope). How the conversion of the good thief is the key to the conversion of our modern world. Why you and I can sin a thousand times and be forgiven, and the angels who have sinned but once are eternally unforgiven. How envy becomes the denial of all justice and love. The difference between the virtue of hope and the emotion of hope. ]]> 400 Fulton J. Sheen 1622826205 Eva 0 currently-reading 4.51 The cries of Jesus from the Cross : An Anthology
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]]> Confessions d'un masque 57468404
VĂ©ritable diamant brut, ce premier roman autobiographique de Mishima marque la naissance d’un grand Ă©crivain. À travers un style flamboyant et d’une grande justesse, l’auteur du Pavillon d’or interroge la normalitĂ© et l’immoralitĂ©, dĂ©taille les vertiges de l’adolescence et nous entraĂźne dans les tĂ©nĂšbres du dĂ©sir frustrĂ©.]]> 287 Yukio Mishima 2072883792 Eva 5 3.94 1949 Confessions d'un masque
author: Yukio Mishima
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average rating: 3.94
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Second reading - even better than the first. The second half of the book is wonderful. I’ve said this before but I just love the way Mishima writes about women and their quirks. He is so incredibly self aware that he can understand others perfectly, regardless of sex, as paradoxical as that sounds (in other words, Sonoko is literally me).
]]> The Swarm 209456046 From the bizarre and audacious imagination of horror author Andy Marino comes a harrowing tale of the insect that will herald the apocalypseâ€� It begins with cicadas. It will end with the swarm.Ìę When millions of insects appear unexpectedly, off the rhythm of their 17-year cycle, Detective Vicky Paterson is investigating a bizarre killing in her sleepy hometown. At the same time, a pair of hired guns work to free their client’s daughter from a shadowy cult. As these events intertwine, things begin to spiral out of control. When Vicky’s young daughter, Sadie, is attacked by the insects, it’s clear that the once-harmless creatures have invaded with a malevolent purpose. But this is only the first wave. Soon, the infestation is impossible to contain. As the world desperately works to unravel the mysteries of the swarm, and humanity rests on the knife’s edge of extinction, Vicky and a group of strangers will fight to uncover the shocking origins of the attack—and the terrible purpose behind it. This panoramic novel of insect apocalypse reaches back into the darkest recesses of the twentieth century and unleashes its horrors on our modern, interconnected world. Ìę]]> 500 Andy Marino 0316563994 Eva 3 3.5⭐ 3.45 2024 The Swarm
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3.5⭐
]]> <![CDATA[The Blade Itself (The First Law, #1)]]> 944073
Nobleman Captain Jezal dan Luthar, dashing officer, and paragon of selfishness, has nothing more dangerous in mind than fleecing his friends at cards and dreaming of glory in the fencing circle. But war is brewing, and on the battlefields of the frozen North they fight by altogether bloodier rules.

Inquisitor Glokta, cripple turned torturer, would like nothing better than to see Jezal come home in a box. But then Glokta hates everyone: cutting treason out of the Union one confession at a time leaves little room for friendship. His latest trail of corpses may lead him right to the rotten heart of government, if he can stay alive long enough to follow it.

Enter the wizard, Bayaz. A bald old man with a terrible temper and a pathetic assistant, he could be the First of the Magi, he could be a spectacular fraud, but whatever he is, he's about to make the lives of Logen, Jezal, and Glokta a whole lot more difficult.

Murderous conspiracies rise to the surface, old scores are ready to be settled, and the line between hero and villain is sharp enough to draw blood.

]]> 515 Joe Abercrombie 0575079797 Eva 1 ]]> 4.21 2006 The Blade Itself (The First Law, #1)
author: Joe Abercrombie
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average rating: 4.21
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HOW does this book have the reputation it does. It wasn’t only passively bad as some books are, it was aggressively awful, through and through. I only made it to the end (actually 30 pages to the end, I couldn’t even bring myself to finish it) because I foolishly bought the box set and felt bad about wasting my money.

]]> <![CDATA[Pilgrim Tpb by Timothy Findley (August 28,2000)]]> 143174013 Titanic sank--a figure known only as Pilgrim tries to commit suicide by hanging himself from a tree. When he is found five hours later, his heart miraculously begins beating again. This isn't his first attempt to end his life, and it is decided that steps must be taken to prevent Pilgrim from doing himself further harm.

Escorted by his beloved friend, Lady Sybil Quartermaine, Pilgrim is admitted to the famous Burgholzi Psychiatric Clinic in Zurich, where he will begin a battle of psyche and soul with Carl Jung, the self-professed mystical scientist of the unconscious--who is also a slave to his own sexual appetites.

Hungry for intellectual and spiritual challenge, Jung is fascinated by this compelling and enigmatic patient who refuses to speak. Slowly, though, Jung coaxes him to reveal the astonishing story of his existence. Pilgrim claims to be ageless and sexless, having lived as both male and female for four thousand years. Asserting that he has witnessed the greatest events of human history, he recounts his involvement with numerous figures who have shaped world culture, including Leonardo da Vinci, Oscar Wilde, and Henry James.

For Jung, probing this patient's mind proves a challenge that is both frustrating and enlightening. Is Pilgrim delusional? Are his memories only dreams or something far more fantastic? Is it madness or a miracle? These interactions with Pilgrim have a profound and unexpected effect on the esteemed and controversial doctor's own life and sanity, for his dreams soon become entwined with those of his patient's, while the anchor of his soul, his marriage, begins to disintegrate. The puzzle called Pilgrim will seemingly lead either to Jung's salvation--or his damnation.

Beautifully written, deeply evocative, and filled with a fascinating cast of historical characters, Pilgrim is both a richly layered story of a man's search for his own destiny and an absorbing, mind-expanding novel that explores the timeless questions of humanity and consciousness.]]> 0 Timothy Findley Eva 4 4.00 1999 Pilgrim Tpb by Timothy Findley (August 28,2000)
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average rating: 4.00
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]]> <![CDATA[The Wreath (Kristin Lavransdatter, #1)]]> 6220

From the Trade Paperback edition.]]> 305 Sigrid Undset 0141180412 Eva 0 to-read 4.09 1920 The Wreath (Kristin Lavransdatter, #1)
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average rating: 4.09
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]]> <![CDATA[Le Seul et Vrai Paradis : Une histoire de l'idéologie du progrÚs et de ses critiques]]> 18044021 686 Christopher Lasch 2080801597 Eva 0 to-read 3.25 1991 Le Seul et Vrai Paradis : Une histoire de l'idéologie du progrÚs et de ses critiques
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]]> Immortal 211642122 A stunning, standalone romantic fantasy filled with dangerous secrets, forbidden magic, and passion, of a young ruler who fights to protect her kingdom, from bestselling author Sue Lynn Tan and set in the breathtaking world of Daughter of the Moon Goddess.

“What the gods did not give us, I would take.â€�

As the heir to Tianxia, Liyen knows she must ascend the throne and renew her kingdom’s pledge to serve the immortals who once protected them from a vicious enemy. But when she is poisoned, Liyen’s grandfather steals an enchanted lotus to save her life. Enraged at his betrayal, the immortal queen commands the powerful God of War to attack Tianxia.

Upon her grandfather’s death, Liyen ascends a precarious throne, vowing to end her kingdom’s obligation to the immortals. When she is summoned to the Immortal Realm, she seizes the opportunity to learn their secrets and to form a tenuous alliance to safeguard her people, all with the one she should fear and mistrust the most: the ruthless God of War. As they are drawn together, a treacherous attraction ignites between them—one she has to resist, to not endanger all she is fighting for.

But with darker forces closing in around them, and her kingdom plunged into peril, Liyen must risk everything to save her people from an unspeakable fate, even if it means forging a dangerous bond with the immortal� even if it means losing her heart.]]> 464 Sue Lynn Tan 0063267616 Eva 0 to-read 3.89 2025 Immortal
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]]> <![CDATA[La librairie des livres interdits]]> 220266810
Tous les héros ne portent pas de cape.
Certains ont des livres.


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Mitch, libraire passionnĂ©, est arrĂȘtĂ© un matin pour un crime impensable : il a transgressĂ© la loi en vendant des livres interdits.
AprĂšs cinq annĂ©es de prison, il n'a qu'un dĂ©sir, retrouver sa libertĂ© et sa librairie. Mais le destin en dĂ©cide autrement. Le mĂȘme jour, Mitch croise le procureur qui l'a fait condamner et rencontre Anna, une jeune chef qui pourrait bien ĂȘtre la femme de sa vie.
Que faire quand on est pris entre une irrĂ©pressible envie de vengeance et une irrĂ©sistible envie d'aimer ? Peut-on rĂȘver d'un avenir sans s'ĂȘtre acquittĂ© du passĂ© ?
Une comédie brillante et engagée qui donne le goût de lire et d'aimer.



Aimer. RĂ©sister. Vivre.








]]> 322 Marc Levy 2361324725 Eva 0 3.59 2024 La librairie des livres interdits
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Je refuse de donner une note parce qu’elle serait mauvaise et que j’aime trop Marc Levy pour lui faire ça
]]> Juliet 8261777
When Julie Jacobs leaves for Italy per the instructions of her late aunt's will, she never imagines that she'll be thrust into a centuries-old feud, not to mention one of the most legendary romances of all time. However, as she uncovers the story of her ancestor, Giulietta, whose love for a man named Romeo proved ill-fated, Julie finds herself increasingly under threat, and can't help but feel that the past and present are very much connected. Juliet is a gripping historical novel of great passion and scope from a remarkable debut author.]]> 444 Anne Fortier 1554684994 Eva 5 3.95 2010 Juliet
author: Anne Fortier
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average rating: 3.95
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I picked up this (signed copy!!) in a little free library years and years ago, and totally forgot about it. Randomly chose it as my first book of 2025 without knowing anything about the story and was quickly sucked in. Yes, it’s a bit silly at times, but it doesn’t pretend not to be. I loved the 1300s timeline and the use of modern buildings and people. I will probably daydream about visiting Siena for the next few weeks. <3
]]> <![CDATA[The Story of a Soul: The Autobiography of St. Therese of Lisieux with Additional Writings and Sayings of St. Therese]]> 19990870 364 ThérÚse of Lisieux 1479207470 Eva 5 4.41 1898 The Story of a Soul: The Autobiography of St. Therese of Lisieux with Additional Writings and Sayings of St. Therese
author: ThérÚse of Lisieux
name: Eva
average rating: 4.41
book published: 1898
rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[The Road to Bethlehem: Daily Meditations for Advent and Christmas]]> 189186097 Ìę
Few saints have written with such passion, depth, and simplicity on the incarnation and nativity of Christ as Saint Alphonsus Liguori. TAN Books is pleased to present this little work for the first time to join several other TAN works by St. Alphonsus, such asÌę The Glories of Mary ,Ìę Preparation for Death , andÌę Visits to the Blessed Sacrament . This book,Ìę The Road to Daily Meditations for Advent and Christmas , is taken from the original book entitledÌę T he Incarnation, Birth, and Infancy or the Mysteries of the Faith .]]> 186 Alfonso MarĂ­a de Liguori 1505132207 Eva 4 4.40 The Road to Bethlehem: Daily Meditations for Advent and Christmas
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(not actually finished, just hate to carry books over to the next year on here). Merry Christmas!
]]> <![CDATA[The Knight (The Wizard Knight #1)]]> 60212
Inside, however, Able remains a boy, and he must grow in every sense to survive the dangers and delights that lie ahead in encounters with giants, elves, wizards, and dragons. His adventure will conclude in the second volume of The Wizard Knight, The Wizard.

With this new series, Wolfe not only surpasses all the most popular genre writers of the last three decades, he takes on the legends of the past century, in a work that will be favorably compared with the best of J. R. R. Tolkien, E. R. Eddison, Mervyn Peake, and T. H. White. This is a book---and a series---for the ages, from perhaps the greatest living writer in (or outside) the fantasy genre.]]> 544 Gene Wolfe 0765347016 Eva 0 3.77 2004 The Knight (The Wizard Knight #1)
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average rating: 3.77
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I know it was good and true but like 95% went over my head.
]]> <![CDATA[A Dance to the Music of Time: 1st Movement (A Dance to the Music of Time, #1-3)]]> 16113 Time as "brilliant literary comedy as well as a brilliant sketch of the times," A Dance to the Music of Time opens just after World War I. Amid the fever of the 1920s and the first chill of the 1930s, Nick Jenkins and his friends confront sex, society, business, and art. In the second volume they move to London in a whirl of marriage and adulteries, fashions and frivolities, personal triumphs and failures. These books "provide an unsurpassed picture, at once gay and melancholy, of social and artistic life in Britain between the wars" (Arthur Schlesinger, Jr.). The third volume follows Nick into army life and evokes London during the blitz. In the climactic final volume, England has won the war and must now count the losses.

Four very different young men on the threshold of manhood dominate this opening volume of A Dance to the Music of Time. The narrator, Jenkins—a budding writer—shares a room with Templer, already a passionate womanizer, and Stringham, aristocratic and reckless. Widermerpool, as hopelessly awkward as he is intensely ambitious, lurks on the periphery of their world. Amid the fever of the 1920s and the first chill of the 1930s, these four gain their initiations into sex, society, business, and art. Considered a masterpiece of modern fiction, Powell's epic creates a rich panorama of life in England between the wars.

Includes these novels:
A Question of Upbringing
A Buyer's Market
The Acceptance World]]> 718 Anthony Powell 0226677141 Eva 0 to-read 3.94 1955 A Dance to the Music of Time: 1st Movement (A Dance to the Music of Time, #1-3)
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]]> Faust 406373 Faust reworks the late medieval myth of a brilliant scholar so disillusioned he resolves to make a contract with Mephistopheles. The devil will do all he asks on Earth and seeks to grant him a moment in life so glorious that he will wish it to last forever. But if Faust does bid the moment stay, he falls to Mephistopheles and must serve him after death. In this first part of Goethe’s great work, the embittered thinker and Mephistopheles enter into their agreement, and soon Faust is living a rejuvenated life and winning the love of the beautiful Gretchen. But in this compelling tragedy of arrogance, unfulfilled desire, and self-delusion, Faust heads inexorably toward an infernal destruction.]]> 503 Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 0385031149 Eva 0 to-read 3.90 1808 Faust
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]]> The Land Beyond the Sea 52371649 From critically acclaimed New York Times bestselling author Sharon Kay Penman comes the story of the reign of King Baldwin IV and the Kingdom of Jerusalem's defense against invaders during the Crusades.

The Kingdom of Jerusalem, also known as Outremer, is the land far beyond the sea. Baptized in blood when the men of the First Crusade captured Jerusalem from the Saracens in 1099, the kingdom defined an utterly new world, a place where enemies were neighbors and neighbors became enemies.

At the helm of this growing kingdom sits young Baldwin IV, an intelligent and courageous boy committed to the welfare and protection of his people. But despite Baldwin's dedication to his land, he is afflicted with leprosy at an early age, and the threats against his power and his health nearly outweigh the risk of battle. As political deception scours the halls of the royal court, the Muslim army, led by the first sultan of Egypt and Syria, Saladin, is never far from the kingdom's doorstep, and there are only a handful of people Baldwin can trust, including the legendary archbishop William of Tyre and Lord Balian d'Ibelin, a charismatic leader who has been one of the few to maintain the peace.

Filled with drama and battle, tragedy and romance, Sharon Kay Penman's latest novel brings a definitive period of history vividly alive with a tale of power and glory that will resonate with readers today.]]> 688 Sharon Kay Penman 0399165282 Eva 4 4.25 2020 The Land Beyond the Sea
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average rating: 4.25
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]]> <![CDATA[Heart of the Sun Warrior (The Celestial Kingdom, #2)]]> 60461898
Forced to flee her home once more, Xingyin and her companions venture to unexplored lands of the Immortal Realm, encountering legendary creatures and shrewd monarchs, beloved friends and bitter adversaries. With alliances shifting quicker than the tides, Xingyin has to overcome past grudges and enmities to forge a new path forward, seeking aid where she never imagined she would. As an unspeakable terror sweeps across the realm, Xingyin must uncover the truth of her heart and claw her way through devastation--to rise against this evil before it destroys everything she holds dear, and the worlds she has grown to love... even if doing so demands the greatest price of all.

The stunning sequel to Daughter of the Moon Goddess delves deeper into beloved Chinese mythology, concluding the epic story of Xingyin--the daughter of Chang'e and the mortal archer, Houyi--as she battles a grave new threat to the realm, in this powerful tale of love, sacrifice, and hope.]]> 466 Sue Lynn Tan 0063031361 Eva 4 4.00 2022 Heart of the Sun Warrior (The Celestial Kingdom, #2)
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average rating: 4.00
book published: 2022
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I read the one star reviews for kicks and giggles and found myself agreeing with pretty much everything that was brought up as a negative aspect. The heroine is annoying, the same events (the “betrayalsâ€�) are brought up over and over again, the writing is not so good (at all) etc. BUT there was just something about this story that made me unable to put it down as well as made me want to look into Chinese literature more. It felt like reading a Cdrama. The love triangle was on Edward vs Jacob level. I cried non stop for the last 100 pages and I never cry over books!!!! So I can’t lie and give it a poor review. I embarrassingly loved this and will read everything the author publishes in the future. Dang it. Wenzhi >>>>> btw
]]> My Ántonia 9684742 288 Willa Cather Eva 0 4.22 1918 My Ántonia
author: Willa Cather
name: Eva
average rating: 4.22
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]]> <![CDATA[Of Time and the River: A Legend of Man's Hunger in His Youth]]> 12451 The work of an exceptionally expressive writer of fertile imagination and startling emotional intensity, Of Time and the River illuminates universal truths about art and life, city and country, past and present. It is a novel that is majestic and enduring. As P. M. Jack observed in The New York Times, "It is a triumphant demonstration that Thomas Wolfe has the stamina to produce a magnificent epic of American life."
This edition, published in celebration of Wolfe's centennial anniversary, contains a new introduction by Pat Conroy.]]> 896 Thomas Wolfe 0684867850 Eva 0 to-read 4.24 1935 Of Time and the River: A Legend of Man's Hunger in His Youth
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]]> The Romanovs: 1613-1918 26545860 The acclaimed author of Young Stalin now gives us an accessible, lively, wholly revelatory account--based in part on new archival material--of the extraordinary men and women who ruled Russia for three centuries.

In this fascinating chronicle, Simon Sebag Montefiore focuses his gifts as historian and storyteller on the greatest and most complex of the emperors and empresses of the Romanov dynasty (1613-1917), on how their courts worked, and on the meeting of personality and power in each reign. Scouring archives that opened up only after the fall of the USSR, the author reveals the real world of the most storied and myth-shrouded rulers--Catherine the Great, Nicholas II and his wife Alexandra--and introduces readers to the lesser-known but even more scandalous Elizaveta (daughter of Peter the Great) and Alexander II (whose wild sexual passions were bestowed upon a teenage mistress). The author illuminates the eighteenth-century Age of the Imperial Petticoat; makes clear the full extent of the remarkable political-amorous partnership between Catherine the Great and Prince Potemkin; and uncovers a deep vein of decadence and stupidity underneath the accepted, romantic portrait usually presented of Nicholas II, the last of the Tsars. As with all of his previous and widely acclaimed works of history, Simon Sebag Montefiore gives an absolute scholarly and archival foundation to a book that is both exceptionally informative and dazzlingly entertaining from first to last.]]> 764 Simon Sebag Montefiore 1101946970 Eva 0 to-read 4.04 2016 The Romanovs: 1613-1918
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]]> Away 1400798 Away traces a family’s complex and layered past. The narrative unfolds with shimmering clarity, and takes us from the harsh northern Irish coast in the 1840s to the quarantine stations at Grosse Isle and the barely hospitable land of the Canadian Shield; from the flourishing town of Port Hope to the flooded streets of Montreal; from Ottawa at the time of Confederation to a large-windowed house at the edge of a Great Lake during the present day. Graceful and moving, Away unites the personal and the political as it explores the most private, often darkest corners of our emotions where the things that root us to ourselves endure. Powerful, intricate, lyrical, Away is an unforgettable novel.]]> 368 Jane Urquhart 0771086598 Eva 3
Some passages I did like a lot:
“What was it that lodged the homeland so permanently and so painfully in the heart of his father? What terrible power had that particular mix of rock and soil, sea, grass and sky that its sorrows could claim him and cause him to draw its image on a wall built in the centre of a forest thousands of miles away?â€�
“‘All stories,â€� her father had told her, ‘are born of sorrowsâ€�. She sensed her own story unfolding without her as she cooked or slept or built fires, trapped by winter in a house from which all action had fled. Powerless, she had not even the ownership of her sorrows, they being attached inexorably to that which was absent. She wanted the power, the collusion, the potential from tragedy.”]]> 3.70 1993 Away
author: Jane Urquhart
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average rating: 3.70
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rating: 3
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I really thought this book would be a 5 star for me. More like a 2.5. The problem is I have no idea what it was trying to say. Sure, some books are simply written to tell a fun story and nothing more, but the prose was just too poetic for the author not to have had some kind of intentions behind it, yknow? In the end, I wondered if the book was too arrogant for me to understand, or if *I* was too arrogant to *get* it.

Some passages I did like a lot:
“What was it that lodged the homeland so permanently and so painfully in the heart of his father? What terrible power had that particular mix of rock and soil, sea, grass and sky that its sorrows could claim him and cause him to draw its image on a wall built in the centre of a forest thousands of miles away?â€�
“‘All stories,â€� her father had told her, ‘are born of sorrowsâ€�. She sensed her own story unfolding without her as she cooked or slept or built fires, trapped by winter in a house from which all action had fled. Powerless, she had not even the ownership of her sorrows, they being attached inexorably to that which was absent. She wanted the power, the collusion, the potential from tragedy.â€�
]]> <![CDATA[Le mythe de l'éternel retour: Archétypes et répétitions]]> 1010770 Eliade étudie plus particuliÚrement la révolte des sociétés traditionnelles contre le temps historique et leur nostalgie d'un retour périodique au temps mythique des origines.]]> 192 Mircea Eliade 2070325121 Eva 0 to-read 3.98 1949 Le mythe de l'éternel retour: Archétypes et répétitions
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average rating: 3.98
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]]> The Troop 18265936
Part Lord of the Flies, part 28 Days Later—and all-consuming—this tightly written, edge-of-your-seat thriller takes you deep into the heart of darkness, where fear feeds on sanity
and terror hungers for more.]]> 520 Nick Cutter 1476717729 Eva 0 3.85 2014 The Troop
author: Nick Cutter
name: Eva
average rating: 3.85
book published: 2014
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]]> Brideshead Revisited 14781321
Through the story of Charles Ryder's entanglement with the Flytes, a great Catholic family, Evelyn Waugh charts the passing of the privileged world he knew in his own youth and vividly recalls the sensuous pleasures denied him by wartime austerities.

At once romantic, sensuous, comic, and somber, Brideshead Revisited transcends Waugh's early satiric explorations and reveals him to be an elegiac, lyrical novelist of the utmost feeling and lucidity.

"A genuine literary masterpiece." --Time
"Heartbreakingly beautiful...The twentieth century's finest English novel." --Los Angeles Times

Selected by Modern Library as one of the 100 best novels of the century and called "Evelyn Waugh's finest achievement" by the New York Times, Brideshead Revisited is a stunning exploration of desire, duty, and memory.]]> 402 Evelyn Waugh 0316216453 Eva 5

(2024 reread) Reading this again as a slightly more experienced Catholic I wonder if I even understood anything the first time. It read like a totally new book: I was 18 and just converting then and I’m 21 now - only a three year difference, but in those three years I’ve been Julia again and again, I’ve received my first communion and confirmation, I have for two years now tried to be devout, and I’ve had countless conversations with Charles (plural) - so it’s been a lifetime, really. I *understand* now. And maybe I don’t. We’ll see on my next reread. I love God!]]> 3.99 1945 Brideshead Revisited
author: Evelyn Waugh
name: Eva
average rating: 3.99
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rating: 5
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Spoiler alert, God wins in the end. (2021)


(2024 reread) Reading this again as a slightly more experienced Catholic I wonder if I even understood anything the first time. It read like a totally new book: I was 18 and just converting then and I’m 21 now - only a three year difference, but in those three years I’ve been Julia again and again, I’ve received my first communion and confirmation, I have for two years now tried to be devout, and I’ve had countless conversations with Charles (plural) - so it’s been a lifetime, really. I *understand* now. And maybe I don’t. We’ll see on my next reread. I love God!
]]> <![CDATA[Daughter of the Moon Goddess (The Celestial Kingdom, #1)]]> 57789637
“Epic, romantic, and enthralling from start to finish.”—Stephanie Garber, #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Caraval series

“An all-consuming work of literary fantasy that is breathtaking both for its beauty and its suspense."—BookPage, starred review

A captivating and romantic debut epic fantasy inspired by the legend of the Chinese moon goddess, Chang’e, in which a young woman’s quest to free her mother pits her against the most powerful immortal in the realm.

Growing up on the moon, Xingyin is accustomed to solitude, unaware that she is being hidden from the feared Celestial Emperor who exiled her mother for stealing his elixir of immortality. But when Xingyin’s magic flares and her existence is discovered, she is forced to flee her home, leaving her mother behind.

Alone, powerless, and afraid, she makes her way to the Celestial Kingdom, a land of wonder and secrets. Disguising her identity, she seizes an opportunity to learn alongside the emperor’s son, mastering archery and magic, even as passion flames between her and the prince.

To save her mother, Xingyin embarks on a perilous quest, confronting legendary creatures and vicious enemies. But when treachery looms and forbidden magic threatens the kingdom, she must challenge the ruthless Celestial Emperor for her dream—striking a dangerous bargain in which she is torn between losing all she loves or plunging the realm into chaos.

Daughter of the Moon Goddess begins an enchanting duology which weaves ancient Chinese mythology into a sweeping adventure of immortals and magic, of loss and sacrifice—where love vies with honor, dreams are fraught with betrayal, and hope emerges triumphant.]]> 503 Sue Lynn Tan 0063031302 Eva 0 4.08 2022 Daughter of the Moon Goddess (The Celestial Kingdom, #1)
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average rating: 4.08
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]]> <![CDATA[We and Our Children: How to Make a Catholic Home]]> 15902867 286 Mary Reed Newland 1887593330 Eva 0 to-read 4.45 1954 We and Our Children: How to Make a Catholic Home
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name: Eva
average rating: 4.45
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]]> <![CDATA[Consoling Thoughts on Trials of an Interior Life]]> 20516777
In this masterful collection, St. Francis speaks to every soul on the riches to be gained from suffering trials and temptations, the advantages we can draw from our own defects, and how to choose and carry the best crosses. Also included are uplifting passages on suffering sadness, or what we would now call depression.

Readers of Consoling Thoughts on Trials of an Interior Life will experience firsthand why St. Francis de Sales (1567-1622) is known to history as the Gentle Saint. St. Francis was Bishop of Geneva and a tireless preacher, who yet made time to correspond with numerous souls who wrote him for his insight and guidance. His Consoling Thoughts are compiled from these letters as well as from his other spiritual works.]]> 198 Francis de Sales 1618901443 Eva 5 4.90 2013 Consoling Thoughts on Trials of an Interior Life
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Lire St Francis de Sales est comme recevoir un baume sur le cƓur
]]> <![CDATA[An Echo of Things to Come (The Licanius Trilogy, #2)]]> 32498052
The second book in a glorious new fantasy trilogy by the next major force in commercial epic fantasy.

In the wake of the devastating attack on Ilin Illan, an amnesty has been declared for all Augurs - finally allowing them to emerge from hiding and openly oppose the dark forces massing against Andarra. However as Davian and his new allies hurry north toward the ever-weakening Boundary, fresh horrors along their path suggest that their reprieve may have come far too late.
In the capital, Wirr is forced to contend with assassins and an increasingly hostile Administration as he controversially assumes the mantle of Northwarden, uncovering a mystery that draws into question everything commonly believed about the rebellion his father led twenty years ago. Meanwhile, Asha begins a secret investigation into the disappearance of the Shadows, determined to discover not only where they went but the origin of the Vessels that created them - and, ultimately, a cure.
And with time against him as he races to fulfill the treacherous bargain with the Lyth, Caeden continues to wrestle with the impossibly heavy burdens of his past. Yet as more and more of his memories return, he begins to realise that the motivations of the two sides in this ancient war may not be as clear-cut as they first seemed...
The Licanius TrilogyThe Shadow of What Was LostAn Echo of Things to Come]]> 752 James Islington 0316274119 Eva 4 4.21 2017 An Echo of Things to Come (The Licanius Trilogy, #2)
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name: Eva
average rating: 4.21
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rating: 4
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Not quite as a good as the first one, I think? That epilogue nearly changed my mind it has me wanting to pick up the third one asap. Can’t wait to know what’s actually going on with El
]]> Pearls and Pebbles 1549424 Pearls & Pebbles by the noted chronicler of pioneer life, Catharine Parr Traill. Published in 1894, Pearls & Pebbles is an unusual book with a lasting charm, in which the author's broad focus ranges from the Canadian natural environment to early settlement of Upper Canada. Through Traill's eyes, we see the life of the pioneer woman, the disappearance of the forest, and the corresponding changes in the life of the Native Canadians who have inhabited that forest.

Editor Elizabeth Thompson reminds us of the significance of the writings by Traill, the aged author/naturalist, who felt that the hours spent gathering the pebbles and pearls from her notebooks and journals written in the backwoods of Canada was not time wasted.]]> 240 Catharine Parr Traill 1896219594 Eva 0 3.11 1999 Pearls and Pebbles
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average rating: 3.11
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]]> <![CDATA[The Shadow of What Was Lost (The Licanius Trilogy, #1)]]> 31176818 "Will appeal not only to The Wheel of Time readers, but to anybody looking for a coming-of-age fantasy tale with likeable characters and strong worldbuilding." - Fantasy Faction

It has been twenty years since the god-like Augurs were overthrown and killed. Now, those who once served them - the Gifted - are spared only because they have accepted the rebellion's Four Tenets, vastly limiting their own powers.
As a young Gifted, Davian suffers the consequences of a war lost before he was even born. He and his friends are despised beyond their school walls for the magical power they wield: a power that Davian, despite his best efforts, cannot seem to control. Worse, with his final test approaching and the consequences of failure severe, time to overcome his struggles is fast running out.
But when Davian discovers he wields the forbidden power of the Augurs, he unwittingly sets in motion a chain of events that will change his life - and shake the entire world.]]> 604 James Islington 0316552747 Eva 4 4.23 2014 The Shadow of What Was Lost (The Licanius Trilogy, #1)
author: James Islington
name: Eva
average rating: 4.23
book published: 2014
rating: 4
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So this was my first book in my quest to find out if I actually might like fantasyâ€� and I’m pissed at how much I enjoyed this now I must read the rest of the trilogy and am eyeing tons of others series!! I loved the time concept (very close to Catholicism, I believe the author is reformed Presbyterian?) and the old religion/pagan deities dynamic. Not the best prose but apparently it gets better. 4 stars because I’m certain there’s better out there but this was really fun
]]> <![CDATA[The Shadow of the Torturer (The Book of the New Sun, #1)]]> 60211 262 Gene Wolfe 0671540661 Eva 0 to-read 3.86 1980 The Shadow of the Torturer (The Book of the New Sun, #1)
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average rating: 3.86
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]]> The Populist Delusion 60832788
This book explodes that delusion. Beginning with the Italian elite school, Parvini shows the top-down and elite driven nature of politics by explicating one thinker per chapter: Mosca, Pareto, Michels, Schmitt, Jouvenel, Burnham, Francis, and Gottfried. The sobering picture that emerges is that the interests of the people have only ever been advanced by a tightly organized minority. Just as fire drives out fire, so an elite is only ever driven out by another elite.

The Populist Delusion is the remedy for a self-defeating folk politics that has done the people a great disservice.]]> 174 Neema Parvini 1922602442 Eva 0 to-read 4.32 The Populist Delusion
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]]> <![CDATA[Mishima, Aesthetic Terrorist: An Intellectual Portrait]]> 37862093


In Mishima, Aesthetic Terrorist, Andrew Rankin sets out to challenge this perception by demonstrating the intelligence and seriousness of Mishima's work and thought. Each chapter of the book examines one of the central ideas that Mishima develops in his writings: life as art, beauty as evil, culture as myth, eroticism as transgression, the artist as tragic hero, narcissism as the death drive. Along with fresh readings of major works of fiction such as The Temple of the Golden Pavilion and "Patriotism," the book introduces less familiar works in different genres. Special prominence is given to Mishima's essays, which contain some of his most brilliant writing. Mishima is concerned with such problems as the loss of certainties and absolute values that characterizes modernity, and the decline of strong identities in a world of increasing uniformity and globalization. In his cultural criticism Mishima makes an impassioned defense of free speech, and he rails against all forms of authoritarianism and censorship.

Rankin reads Mishima's artistic project, up to and including his spectacular death, as a single, sustained lyric, an aggressive piece of performance art unfolding in multiple media. For all his rebellious energies, Mishima's work is suffused with a sense of ending--the end of art, the end of eroticism, the end of culture, the end of the world--and it is governed by a decadent aestheticism which holds that beautiful things radiate their most intense beauty on the cusp of their destruction. Erudite and authoritative, yet written in clear, accessible prose, Mishima, Aesthetic Terrorist is essential reading for all those who seek a deeper understanding of this radical and provocative figure.]]> 212 Andrew Rankin 0824873742 Eva 0 to-read 4.44 2018 Mishima, Aesthetic Terrorist: An Intellectual Portrait
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]]> <![CDATA[Wolf Hall (Thomas Cromwell, #1)]]> 14759918 670 Hilary Mantel 1554687780 Eva 4
You can tell Mantel was on the Protestant side (can’t figure out from the internet if she was even a Christian at all..?), but not in an overly preachy way. It’s like, some character will ask “muh where is purgatory in Bibleâ€� and you can almost picture her nodding approvingly, but she won’t try to convince you. She would’ve annoyed me in real life for sure but I wasn’t too bothered by it while reading. Anyways. She was obviously a good writer and I loved the atmosphere. Would read the rest of the trilogy!]]> 3.92 2009 Wolf Hall (Thomas Cromwell, #1)
author: Hilary Mantel
name: Eva
average rating: 3.92
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rating: 4
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Despite having been a history student (ok only for one year but still) I never had a Tudor phase, as many do. Wolf Hall made me realize how little I actually know about the era and how I’d probably love to learn more about it. Was Henry really an adult baby? Was Anne this icky? Was More this awesome? I need to know.

You can tell Mantel was on the Protestant side (can’t figure out from the internet if she was even a Christian at all..?), but not in an overly preachy way. It’s like, some character will ask “muh where is purgatory in Bibleâ€� and you can almost picture her nodding approvingly, but she won’t try to convince you. She would’ve annoyed me in real life for sure but I wasn’t too bothered by it while reading. Anyways. She was obviously a good writer and I loved the atmosphere. Would read the rest of the trilogy!
]]> <![CDATA[The Three Ages Of The Interior Life: Prelude of Eternal Life]]> 880507 1166 RĂ©ginald Garrigou-Lagrange 0895556545 Eva 0 to-read 4.64 1938 The Three Ages Of The Interior Life: Prelude of Eternal Life
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name: Eva
average rating: 4.64
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]]> Growth of the Soil 342049 435 Knut Hamsun 0394717813 Eva 0 to-read 4.27 1917 Growth of the Soil
author: Knut Hamsun
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]]> The Lions of Al-Rassan 104101
Meanwhile, in the north, the conquered Jaddites' most celebrated � and feared � military leader, Rodrigo Belmonte, driven into exile, leads his mercenary company south.

In the dangerous lands of Al-Rassan, these two men from different worlds meet and serve � for a time � the same master. Sharing their interwoven fate � and increasingly torn by her feelings � is Jehane, the accomplished court physician, whose own skills play an increasing role as Al-Rassan is swept to the brink of holy war, and beyond.

Hauntingly evocative of medieval Spain, The Lions of Al-Rassan is both a brilliant adventure and a deeply compelling story of love, divided loyalties, and what happens to men and women when hardening beliefs begin to remake � or destroy � a world.]]> 528 Guy Gavriel Kay 0060733497 Eva 0 to-read 4.29 1995 The Lions of Al-Rassan
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average rating: 4.29
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]]> If I Had Your Face 52696537 If I Had Your Face plunges us into the mesmerising world of contemporary Seoul - a place where extreme plastic surgery is as routine as getting a haircut, where women compete for spots in secret 'room salons' to entertain wealthy businessmen after hours, where K-Pop stars are the object of all-consuming obsession and ruthless social hierarchies dictate your every move.

Navigating this cutthroat city are four young women balancing on the razor edge of survival: Kyuri, an exquisitely beautiful woman whose hard-won status at an exclusive 'room salon' is threatened by an impulsive mistake with a client; her flatmate, Miho, an orphan who wins a scholarship to a prestigious art school in New York, where her life becomes tragically enmeshed with the super-wealthy offspring of the Korean elite; Wonna, their neighbour, pregnant with a child that she and her husband have no idea how they will afford to raise in a fiercely competitive economy; and Ara, a hair stylist living down the hall, whose infatuation with a fresh-faced K-Pop star drives her to violent extremes.]]> 288 Frances Cha 0593129466 Eva 0 3.74 2020 If I Had Your Face
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average rating: 3.74
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Don’t know what to rate this one. It terms of entertainment (“what comes nextâ€�) it was good. As social commentary, it fell flat. Someone said it felt like a checklist, and yeah. It made the characters unlikeable too, as they all seemed to be dumping their various problems on you all the time. I’m trying to be less of a snob and give contemporary fiction books more of a chance, especially between more difficult works so I don’t get into reading slumps, but they’re so hit or miss.
]]> <![CDATA[Life of St. Catherine of Siena: The Classic on Her Life and Accomplishments as Recorded by Her Spiritual Director]]> 25440347 374 Raymond of Capua 1505100496 Eva 4
I hesitate to give a “life of the saintsâ€� book less than 5 stars, I gave 4 simply because I found it to be tedious to get through towards the end and not because the content isn’t good enough. So it’s more of a me problem.]]> 4.45 2015 Life of St. Catherine of Siena: The Classic on Her Life and Accomplishments as Recorded by Her Spiritual Director
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average rating: 4.45
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The back cover says that ‘this book will put the reader in awe of the extraordinary things that can happen to a person who takes Our Lord’s message seriously, loves him ardently, follows His law faithfully, and surrenders himself completely to the Holy Will of God.â€� I found this to be very true. This book is better read as a story of God’s grace working trough us when we let Him, rather than the narrative of St Catherine’s life.

I hesitate to give a “life of the saintsâ€� book less than 5 stars, I gave 4 simply because I found it to be tedious to get through towards the end and not because the content isn’t good enough. So it’s more of a me problem.
]]> Tender Is the Flesh 49090884
His wife has left him, his father is sinking into dementia, and Marcos tries not to think too hard about how he makes a living. After all, it happened so quickly. First, it was reported that an infectious virus has made all animal meat poisonous to humans. Then governments initiated the “Transition.â€� Now, eating human meat—“special meat”—is legal. Marcos tries to stick to numbers, consignments, processing.

Then one day he’s given a a live specimen of the finest quality. Though he’s aware that any form of personal contact is forbidden on pain of death, little by little he starts to treat her like a human being. And soon, he becomes tortured by what has been lost—and what might still be saved.]]> 209 Agustina Bazterrica 1982150920 Eva 2 3.76 2017 Tender Is the Flesh
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Have these people never heard of tofu
]]> The Burnout Society 25490360
]]> 60 Byung-Chul Han 0804795096 Eva 0 to-read 3.88 2010 The Burnout Society
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average rating: 3.88
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]]> Bread and Wine 129063789 translated from Italian 284 Ignazio Silone Eva 4 4.00 1937 Bread and Wine
author: Ignazio Silone
name: Eva
average rating: 4.00
book published: 1937
rating: 4
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]]> Temporal and Eternal 2023346 190 Charles PĂ©guy 0865973229 Eva 0 to-read 4.22 2001 Temporal and Eternal
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name: Eva
average rating: 4.22
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]]> L'Oiseau de paradis 9692453 278 Sandra Paretti 2714418627 Eva 3 3.00 L'Oiseau de paradis
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name: Eva
average rating: 3.00
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]]> Sacajawea 264778 1424 Anna Lee Waldo 0380842939 Eva 0 to-read 4.25 1978 Sacajawea
author: Anna Lee Waldo
name: Eva
average rating: 4.25
book published: 1978
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]]> The Enchanted April 3077
The women at the center of The Enchanted April are alike only in their dissatisfaction with their everyday lives. They find each other—and the castle of their dreams—through a classified ad in a London newspaper one rainy February afternoon. The ladies expect a pleasant holiday, but they don’t anticipate that the month they spend in Portofino will reintroduce them to their true natures and reacquaint them with joy. Now, if the same transformation can be worked on their husbands and lovers, the enchantment will be complete.

The Enchanted April was a best-seller in both England and the United States, where it was a Book-of-the-Month Club selection, and set off a craze for tourism to Portofino. More recently, the novel has been the inspiration for a major film and a Broadway play.]]> 232 Elizabeth von Arnim Eva 0 to-read 3.90 1922 The Enchanted April
author: Elizabeth von Arnim
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]]> The Makioka Sisters 34449
Tsuruko, the eldest sister, clings obstinately to the prestige of her family name even as her husband prepares to move their household to Tokyo, where that name means nothing. Sachiko compromises valiantly to secure the future of her younger sisters. The unmarried Yukiko is a hostage to her family’s exacting standards, while the spirited Taeko rebels by flinging herself into scandalous romantic alliances. Filled with vignettes of upper-class Japanese life and capturing both the decorum and the heartache of its protagonist, The Makioka Sisters is a classic of international literature.]]> 530 Jun'ichirƍ Tanizaki 0679761640 Eva 0 to-read 4.03 1948 The Makioka Sisters
author: Jun'ichirƍ Tanizaki
name: Eva
average rating: 4.03
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]]> <![CDATA[Our Lives in His Hands: An Ordinary Couple's Path to Holiness]]> 41807747 204 Olga Emily Marlin 1594173176 Eva 0 4.61 Our Lives in His Hands: An Ordinary Couple's Path to Holiness
author: Olga Emily Marlin
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I was recommended this book by an Opus Dei member I met on the plane (!!) back from a discernment retreat (!!). Unfortunately it was out of stock. A week or two later a lady was handing out some of her books at an Opus Dei recollection I attended (!!), so of course I had to borrow it. I will for sure remember TĂłmas and Paquita if I marry. The book was just okay though, lol.
]]> Sense and Sensibility 31850559 365 Jane Austen 1785996355 Eva 5 LOOOVED this book 3.83 1811 Sense and Sensibility
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average rating: 3.83
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rating: 5
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LOOOVED this book
]]> The Obscene Bird of Night 382975
The story is like a great puzzle . . . invested with a vibrant, almost tangible reality.
—The New York Times

Although many of the other “boomâ€� writers may have received more attention—especially Fuentes and Vargas Llosa—Donoso and his masterpiece may be the most lasting, visionary, strangest of the books from this time period. Seriously, it’s a novel about the last member of an aristocratic family, a monstrous mutant, who is surrounded by other freaks so as to not feel out of place.
—Publishers Weekly

Nicola Barker has said:

"I'm no expert on the topic of South American literature (in fact I'm a dunce), but I have reason to believe (after diligently scouring the internet) that Chile's Jose Donoso, while a very highly regarded author on home turf, is little known on this side of the Atlantic. His masterpiece is the fabulously entitled The Obscene Bird of Night. It would be a crass understatement to say that this book is a challenging read; it's totally and unapologetically psychotic. It's also insanely gothic, brilliantly engaging, exquisitely written, filthy, sick, terrifying, supremely perplexing, and somehow connives to make the brave reader feel like a tiny, sleeping gnat being sucked down a fabulously kaleidoscopic dream plughole."]]> 438 José Donoso 1567920462 Eva 0 to-read 4.16 1970 The Obscene Bird of Night
author: José Donoso
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]]> <![CDATA[Made for Happiness: Discovering the Meaning of Life with Aristotle]]> 881331 The book uncovers useful links between psychology, spirituality, and psychology helps readers face their fears and limitations; spirituality gives them strength; and morality helps them to choose the best actions - those that will increase their happiness, and thus their humanity. The combination of these paths to knowledge and wisdom gives meaning to people's lives and allows them to make the best use of their freedom on their way to that most elusive but always obtainable quality—happiness.]]> 224 Jean Vanier 0887846696 Eva 3 3.75 2000 Made for Happiness: Discovering the Meaning of Life with Aristotle
author: Jean Vanier
name: Eva
average rating: 3.75
book published: 2000
rating: 3
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]]> <![CDATA[Way of Perfection for the Laity: A Detailed Explanation of the Discalced Carmelite Third Secular Order Rule]]> 18828374 334 Father Kevin Odc 1483933059 Eva 0 to-read 5.00 2013 Way of Perfection for the Laity: A Detailed Explanation of the Discalced Carmelite Third Secular Order Rule
author: Father Kevin Odc
name: Eva
average rating: 5.00
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]]> Europe and the Faith 743414 191 Hilaire Belloc 089555464X Eva 0 to-read 4.04 1920 Europe and the Faith
author: Hilaire Belloc
name: Eva
average rating: 4.04
book published: 1920
rating: 0
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]]> The Birth of Nobility 1117707 384 David Crouch 0582369819 Eva 0 to-read 3.95 2005 The Birth of Nobility
author: David Crouch
name: Eva
average rating: 3.95
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]]> La prochaine fois 182671 Le quatriĂšme roman de Marc Levy entraĂźne ses lecteurs de Saint-PĂ©tersbourg Ă  Boston, de Londres Ă  Florence et Paris, dans une histoire oĂč amours et Ă©nigmes dĂ©fient le temps.]]> 259 Marc Levy 2266147722 Eva 5 3.75 2004 La prochaine fois
author: Marc Levy
name: Eva
average rating: 3.75
book published: 2004
rating: 5
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Plus un rating sentimental qu’objectif. Ma deuxiĂšme lecture, la premiĂšre Ă©tant il y a quelques annĂ©es, toujours le meilleur Marc Levy
]]> Sharp Objects 18045891
Librarian's Note: this is an alternate cover edition - ISBN 10: 0307341550 (ISBN 13: 9780307341556)]]> 254 Gillian Flynn 0297851535 Eva 3 4.05 2006 Sharp Objects
author: Gillian Flynn
name: Eva
average rating: 4.05
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rating: 3
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Read this hoping to be entertained and instead lost all will to live. Insufferable main character, very strange vulgar moments I had to skip over. Weirded out by the author. Nonetheless the plot was intriguing and I wasn’t ever bored.
]]> Kafka on the Shore 4929 Kafka on the Shore, a tour de force of metaphysical reality, is powered by two remarkable characters: a teenage boy, Kafka Tamura, who runs away from home either to escape a gruesome oedipal prophecy or to search for his long-missing mother and sister; and an aging simpleton called Nakata, who never recovered from a wartime affliction and now is drawn toward Kafka for reasons that, like the most basic activities of daily life, he cannot fathom. Their odyssey, as mysterious to them as it is to us, is enriched throughout by vivid accomplices and mesmerizing events. Cats and people carry on conversations, a ghostlike pimp employs a Hegel-quoting prostitute, a forest harbors soldiers apparently unaged since World War II, and rainstorms of fish (and worse) fall from the sky. There is a brutal murder, with the identity of both victim and perpetrator a riddle—yet this, along with everything else, is eventually answered, just as the entwined destinies of Kafka and Nakata are gradually revealed, with one escaping his fate entirely and the other given a fresh start on his own.]]> 467 Haruki Murakami 1400079276 Eva 4 4.14 2002 Kafka on the Shore
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average rating: 4.14
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rating: 4
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I’m glad I gave Murakami a second chance, this was enjoyable :3
]]> Kafka on the Shore 212426882 Kafka on the Shore is powered by two remarkable characters: a teenage boy, Kafka Tamura, who runs away from home either to escape a gruesome oedipal prophecy or to search for his long-missing mother and sister; and an aging simpleton called Nakata, who never recovered from a wartime affliction and now is drawn toward Kafka for reasons that, like the most basic activities of daily life, he cannot fathom.

As their paths converge, and the reasons for that convergence become clear, Haruki Murakami enfolds readers in a world where cats talk, fish fall from the sky, and spirits slip out of their bodies to make love or commit murder. Kafka on the Shore displays one of the world’s great storytellers at the peak of his powers.]]> 468 Haruki Murakami Eva 4 4.04 2002 Kafka on the Shore
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I’m glad I gave Murakami a second chance, this was enjoyable :3
]]> In Praise of Shadows 34473 56 Jun'ichirƍ Tanizaki Eva 0 to-read 4.06 1933 In Praise of Shadows
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name: Eva
average rating: 4.06
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]]> <![CDATA[The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea]]> 19572121 Librarian's Note: this is an alternate cover edition - ISBN 13: 9780679750154

Thirteen-year-old Noboru is a member of a gang of highly philosophical teenage boys who reject the tenets of the adult world â€� to them, adult life is illusory, hypocritical, and sentimental. When Noboru’s widowed mother is romanced by Ryuji, a sailor, Noboru is thrilled. He idolizes this rugged man of the sea as a hero. But his admiration soon turns to hatred, as Ryuji forsakes life onboard the ship for marriage, rejecting everything Noboru holds sacred. Upset and appalled, he and his friends respond to this apparent betrayal with a terrible ferocity.]]> 181 Yukio Mishima Eva 4
â€� ‘Please talk some more!â€� Fusako begged, and he knew it would be all right to kiss her.â€� ]]> 3.92 1963 The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea
author: Yukio Mishima
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average rating: 3.92
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rating: 4
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4.5⭐ I mourn for men because they can’t read Mishima as a woman. Truly there are few experiences like it; it’s almost like a game. Just when I think I understand what Ryuji means in one of his monologues on glory, he loses me. I try to envision him as a real man and think of what my answer to him would be. Most times, Fusako reacted exactly like I would’ve. There is beauty in not really understanding the opposite sex.

â€� ‘Please talk some more!â€� Fusako begged, and he knew it would be all right to kiss her.â€�
]]> The Portugal Of Salazar 43807536 172 Michael Derrick 1376201593 Eva 4 4.67 2011 The Portugal Of Salazar
author: Michael Derrick
name: Eva
average rating: 4.67
book published: 2011
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[Francis: The Journey and the Dream]]> 1205556 119 Murray Bodo O.F.M. 0867161167 Eva 5 4.14 1988 Francis: The Journey and the Dream
author: Murray Bodo O.F.M.
name: Eva
average rating: 4.14
book published: 1988
rating: 5
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Drop what you are doing and read this!! While not a biography by any means, the short chapters make for good meditations on different aspects of the life of Francis (and Christ). I loved the prose. Mouah
]]> <![CDATA[The Pilgrim's Progress: One Man's Search for Eternal Life]]> 1223880 396 John Bunyan 0800786602 Eva 2 4.38 1678 The Pilgrim's Progress: One Man's Search for Eternal Life
author: John Bunyan
name: Eva
average rating: 4.38
book published: 1678
rating: 2
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Can’t do this anymore, dfn but I’m counting it as read because it at least owes me that
]]> <![CDATA[Personal Prayer: A Guide for Receiving the Father's Love]]> 51936119 392 Thomas Acklin 1645850234 Eva 0 4.64 Personal Prayer: A Guide for Receiving the Father's Love
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Some chapters were amazing and some felt a bit flat, or like they were trying to be “relatableâ€� in a way that will quickly feel dated. But great insights and great selection of quotes overall!
]]> <![CDATA[The Pillars of the Earth (Kingsbridge, #1)]]> 5043 Ken Follett is known worldwide as the master of split-second suspense, but his most beloved and bestselling book tells the magnificent tale of a twelfth-century monk driven to do the seemingly impossible: build the greatest Gothic cathedral the world has ever known.

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

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

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

For the TV tie-in edition with the same ISBN go to this Alternate Cover Edition
]]> 976 Ken Follett 045122213X Eva 0 to-read 4.34 1989 The Pillars of the Earth (Kingsbridge, #1)
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]]> <![CDATA[The Cross and the Beatitudes: Lessons on Love and Forgiveness]]> 1101021 96 Fulton J. Sheen 0764805924 Eva 5 4.46 1937 The Cross and the Beatitudes: Lessons on Love and Forgiveness
author: Fulton J. Sheen
name: Eva
average rating: 4.46
book published: 1937
rating: 5
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]]> The Book of Confidence 29807927 religious book 80 1877905461 Eva 0 4.60 1989 The Book of Confidence
author: Raymond de Thomas de Saint-Laurent
name: Eva
average rating: 4.60
book published: 1989
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[No Greater Love: A Biblical Walk Through Christ's Passion]]> 44156031 238 Edward Sri Eva 4 4.70 No Greater Love: A Biblical Walk Through Christ's Passion
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average rating: 4.70
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]]> The Forest Passage 19167350
"In a strikingly poetic political statement written soon after the Second World War, Ernst JĂŒnger rejects the two reigning ideologies, democracy and communism, in favor of an individualistic stance anticipating what we now call libertarianism. The ideal that JĂŒnger projects for us is a metaphorical 'passage through the forest' in which we remain constantly put to the test, with the result that we emerge self-sufficient, rebellious, heroic."
--Herbert Lindenberger, Stanford University

"The Forest Rebel says no to power, outwardly unobtrusive but inwardly rebellious and martial, spiritually, politically, and intellectually, an anarch as opposed to an anarchist. Many of the ideas here reflect Germany's geopolitical situation in the Cold War, powerless against the occupiers of East and West. But the treatise transcends the context in which it was born and manifests JĂŒnger's sharp analysis of trends and problems that are as relevant today as ever. Particularly in the age of the mass plebiscite called the internet and as the marriage of the state and technology has given government unprecedented power over its citizens, a book about how to resist modern forms of tyranny is timely and much needed."
--Elliot Neaman, University of San Francisco

"In the Anglophone world the intellectual and writer Ernst JĂŒnger has been overshadowed by the image of the fierce World War I warrior and the radical right-wing ideologue of the 1920s. The result has been an uneven and one-sided public reception that has severely underestimated the significance and complexity of JĂŒnger's literary oeuvre. Especially his late work has barely been noticed. A critical revision of old approaches is definitely overdue. Therefore the publication of The Forest Passage is a truly important step in the right direction."
--Peter Uwe Hohendahl, Cornell University

"This fascinating work seeks out a place of inner subjective freedom where the besieged citizen of the modern world may withhold consent and refuse participation in the hellish tyranny of administrative totalitarianism. JĂŒnger invites his reader to become a passenger in this forest of thoughtful reflection beyond the reach of political coercion and conformism."
--Robert Harrison, Stanford University]]> 120 Ernst JĂŒnger 0914386492 Eva 5
“Yet the suffering passes and is transfigured into poetry.â€� ]]> 4.18 1951 The Forest Passage
author: Ernst JĂŒnger
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A deeply Christian work. The very first few chapters were honestly not as interesting as the rest of the book but I understand why they had to be written. I love God more now, thank you JĂŒnger.

“Yet the suffering passes and is transfigured into poetry.â€�
]]> <![CDATA[Hamlet (Modern Library Classics)]]> 3831482 238 William Shakespeare 081296909X Eva 4 4.21 1601 Hamlet (Modern Library Classics)
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name: Eva
average rating: 4.21
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rating: 4
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(rating based on my enjoyment not the quality of the play) Justice for Ophelia she was such a babe
]]> Vile Bodies 19037064 “A wickedly witty and iridescent novelâ€� satirizes the generation of Bright Young Things that dominated London high society in the 1920s (Time).

In the years following the First World War a new generation emerged, wistful and vulnerable beneath the glitter. The Bright Young Things of 1920s London, with their paradoxical mix of innocence and sophistication, exercised their inventive minds and vile bodies in every kind of capricious escapade. In these pages a vivid assortment of characters, among them the struggling writer Adam Fenwick-Symes and the glamorous, aristocratic Nina Blount, hunt fast and furiously for ever greater sensations and the hedonistic fulfillment of their desires. Evelyn Waugh's acidly funny satire reveals the darkness and vulnerability beneath the sparkling surface of the high life.

“Vile Bodies may shock you, but it will make you laugh.â€� â€�New York Times

]]> 302 Evelyn Waugh Eva 4 3.49 1930 Vile Bodies
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name: Eva
average rating: 3.49
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rating: 4
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The most Waugh book out of all the Waugh books I’ve personally read
]]> The Soul of the World 18730696
Drawing on art, architecture, music, and literature, Scruton suggests that the highest forms of human experience and expression tell the story of our religious need, and of our quest for the being who might answer it, and that this search for the sacred endows the world with a soul. Evolution cannot explain our conception of the sacred; neuroscience is irrelevant to our interpersonal relationships, which provide a model for our posture toward God; and scientific understanding has nothing to say about the experience of beauty, which provides a God s-eye perspective on reality.

Ultimately, a world without the sacred would be a completely different world one in which we humans are not truly at home. Yet despite the shrinking place for the sacred in today s world, Scruton says, the paths to transcendence remain open."]]> 216 Roger Scruton 0691161577 Eva 0 to-read 3.98 2014 The Soul of the World
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average rating: 3.98
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]]> Pachinko 35099568
Richly told and profoundly moving, Pachinko is a story of love, sacrifice, ambition, and loyalty. From bustling street markets to the halls of Japan's finest universities to the pachinko parlors of the criminal underworld, Lee's complex and passionate characters--strong, stubborn women, devoted sisters and sons, fathers shaken by moral crisis--survive and thrive against the indifferent arc of history.]]> 484 Min Jin Lee 1455563927 Eva 4 4.34 2017 Pachinko
author: Min Jin Lee
name: Eva
average rating: 4.34
book published: 2017
rating: 4
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Surprisingly good, but I feel like it should’ve been double the length. 4 generations in one book and it’s not at least 800 pages? I would’ve liked to know more about every single character, and wouldn’t have minded some closure regarding certain events.
]]> <![CDATA[The Portrait of a Lady (Signet Classics)]]> 1399800
The heroine of this powerful novel, often considered James’s greatest work, is the vivacious young American Isabel Archer. Blessed by nature and fortune, she journeys to Europe to seek the full realization of her potential—or in modern terms, “to find herself”—but what awaits her there may prove to be her undoing.

During her journey, wooers vie for her attentions, including an English aristocrat, a perfect American gentleman, and a sensitive expatriate. But it is only after the ingenue falls prey to the schemes of an infinitely sophisticated older woman that her life takes on its true form. With its brilliant interplay of tensions and characters, The Portrait of a Lady is a timeless and essential American novel.
Ìę
With an Introduction by Regina Barreca
and an Afterword by Colm TĂłibĂ­n]]> 617 Henry James 0451530527 Eva 0 to-read 3.71 1881 The Portrait of a Lady (Signet Classics)
author: Henry James
name: Eva
average rating: 3.71
book published: 1881
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]]> Le DĂ©sespĂ©rĂ© 31398299 306 LĂ©on Bloy 1326736361 Eva 5 Merde c’était tellement bon 5.00 1887 Le DĂ©sespĂ©rĂ©
author: LĂ©on Bloy
name: Eva
average rating: 5.00
book published: 1887
rating: 5
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Merde c’était tellement bon
]]> <![CDATA[Edith Stein: The Life of a Philosopher and Carmelite]]> 21207675
Having been out of print for half a century, the original text is here re-edited and enhanced by scholarly perspectives and updated and corrected in the light of knowledge which was not available to the author at the time.

Enriched by a broader range of contemporary literature about the philosopher, educator, spiritual writer, and victim of the catastrophe that engulfed her as part of her Jewish people, this new presentation of the biography everyone cites so frequently brings the reader closer to the real Edith Stein.

The editors have avoided weighing down this engaging life story with intrusive scholarly notes and commentaries. Instead they have relegated such material to a separate section of “Gleanings.â€� This gives the reader the option of enjoying the biography unencumbered by supplementary matter or delving into the Gleanings when desired.

The three editors/translators are close to the Stein family as well as to her Carmelite family which she entered in 1933. Susanne Batzdorff is Edith Stein’s niece, who has known her in person. Josephine Koeppel and John Sullivan are both Carmelites who have occupied themselves with the life and work of the saint and have talked with several Carmelite religious who lived with Edith Stein. Complementing their notes and comments that deepen the
knowledge of the famous phenomenologist and Carmelite is an insightful “Forewordâ€� contributed by Sr. Amata Neyer, O.C.D., who knew Posselt personally. She has served as prioress of the Cologne Carmel and as archivist for its Edith Stein Archive.]]> 394 Teresia Renata Posselt Eva 5 4.50 2005 Edith Stein: The Life of a Philosopher and Carmelite
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name: Eva
average rating: 4.50
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]]> Lorenzaccio 18283408 Alfred de Musset 2761615743 Eva 3 3.5⭐ 3.00 1834 Lorenzaccio
author: Alfred de Musset
name: Eva
average rating: 3.00
book published: 1834
rating: 3
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3.5⭐
]]> Lolita 762819 Le matin, elle était Lo, simplement Lo, avec son mÚtre quarante-six et son unique chaussette. Elle était Lola en pantalon. Elle était Dolly à l'école. Elle était DolorÚs sur les pointillés. Mais dans mes bras, elle était toujours Lolita."

Lolita a été porté à l'écran par Stanley Kubrick (1962), avec Peter Sellers, Shelley Winters et Sue Lyon, puis par Adrian Lyne (1997), avec Jeremy Irons, Melanie Griffith et Dominique Swain.
Traduction nouvelle révisée en 2005]]> 544 Vladimir Nabokov 2070412083 Eva 0 3.87 1955 Lolita
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name: Eva
average rating: 3.87
book published: 1955
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[A Canticle for Leibowitz (St. Leibowitz, #1)]]> 164154 334 Walter M. Miller Jr. 0060892994 Eva 0 to-read 3.99 1959 A Canticle for Leibowitz (St. Leibowitz, #1)
author: Walter M. Miller Jr.
name: Eva
average rating: 3.99
book published: 1959
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[Shirt of Flame: A Year with St. Therese of Lisieux]]> 12068862 196 Heather King 1557258082 Eva 3 3.99 2011 Shirt of Flame: A Year with St. Therese of Lisieux
author: Heather King
name: Eva
average rating: 3.99
book published: 2011
rating: 3
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]]> <![CDATA[Les révélations humaines: Mort, sexualité et salut au tournant des LumiÚres (French Edition)]]> 9225193 281 François-Emmanuel Boucher 3039106112 Eva 0 0.0 2005 Les révélations humaines: Mort, sexualité et salut au tournant des LumiÚres (French Edition)
author: François-Emmanuel Boucher
name: Eva
average rating: 0.0
book published: 2005
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]]> <![CDATA[Paroles d''un Croyant: Essai sur l''Indifférence en MatiÚre de Religion (Fragments) (Classic Reprint)]]> 39114632
Le quatriÚme volume, qui parut en 1824, est employé sur tout ÃÌę démontrer que la perpétuité est un signe distinctif de la religion chrétienne.]]> 215 FĂ©licitĂ© Robert de Lamennais 0259326739 Eva 0 to-read 5.00 Paroles d''un Croyant: Essai sur l''IndiffĂ©rence en MatiĂšre de Religion (Fragments) (Classic Reprint)
author: Félicité Robert de Lamennais
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]]> <![CDATA[The Genius of Christianity ; or, The Spirit and Beauty of the Christian Religion]]> 42582494
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]]> Crime and Punishment 29779253 Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky from Coterie Classics
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Crime and Punishment is Fyodor Dostoevsky’s novel about the nature of law and morality, told through the eyes of a murderer and his internal conflict.

“Pain and suffering are always inevitable for a large intelligence and a deep heart. The really great men must, I think, have great sadness on earth.â€� â€� Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Crime and Punishment]]> 532 Fyodor Dostoevsky 1784871974 Eva 0 4.27 1866 Crime and Punishment
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]]> Wise Blood 25744644 This is an alternate-cover edition for ISBN 9780374530631)

The American short story master Flannery O'Connor's haunting first novel of faith, false prophets, and redemptive wisdom.

Wise Blood, Flannery O'Connor's astonishing and haunting first novel, is a classic of twentieth-century literature. It is the story of Hazel Motes, a twenty-two-year-old caught in an unending struggle against his inborn, desperate fate. He falls under the spell of a "blind" street preacher named Asa Hawks and his degenerate fifteen-year-old daughter, Sabbath Lily. In an ironic, malicious gesture of his own non-faith, and to prove himself a greater cynic than Hawks, Motes founds the Church Without Christ, but is still thwarted in his efforts to lose God. He meets Enoch Emery, a young man with "wise blood," who leads him to a mummified holy child and whose crazy maneuvers are a manifestation of Motes's existential struggles.

This tale of redemption, retribution, false prophets, blindness, blindings, and wisdom gives us one of the most riveting characters in American fiction.]]> 236 Flannery O'Connor Eva 3 3.74 1952 Wise Blood
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]]> The Complete Essays 30735 The Complete Essays is translated from the French and edited with an introduction and notes by M.A. Screech.

In 1572 Montaigne retired to his estates in order to devote himself to leisure, reading and reflection. There he wrote his constantly expanding 'assays', inspired by the ideas he found in books contained in his library and from his own experience. He discusses subjects as diverse as war-horses and cannibals, poetry and politics, sex and religion, love and friendship, ecstasy and experience. But, above all, Montaigne studied himself as a way of drawing out his own inner nature and that of men and women in general. The Essays are among the most idiosyncratic and personal works in all literature and provide an engaging insight into a wise Renaissance mind, continuing to give pleasure and enlightenment to modern readers.

With its extensive introduction and notes, M.A. Screech's edition of Montaigne is widely regarded as the most distinguished of recent times.

Michel de Montaigne (1533-1586) studied law and spent a number of years working as a counsellor before devoting his life to reading, writing and reflection.

If you enjoyed The Complete Essays, you might like Francois Rabelais's Gargantua and Pantagruel, also available in Penguin Classics.

'Screech's fine version ... must surely serve as the definitive English Montaigne'
A.C. Grayling, Financial Times

'A superb edition'
Nicholas Wollaston, Observer]]> 1344 Michel de Montaigne 0140446044 Eva 0 to-read 4.24 1580 The Complete Essays
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]]> <![CDATA[Histoire de la folie Ă  l'Ăąge classique]]> 581799 700 Michel Foucault Eva 0 to-read 4.24 1961 Histoire de la folie Ă  l'Ăąge classique
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]]> Comrades of War 25438194 316 Sven Hassel 0552113778 Eva 2 3.40 1958 Comrades of War
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I’m so pissed I wrote a super long review on why this booked sucked and goodreads crashed before I could save itâ€�. Not spending another second on this trash so you’re just gonna have to trust my word on this one. Yes I know the other reviews are good but don’t listen to them, I’m right and they’re wrong
]]> PoussiÚre sur la ville 2237640 PoussiÚre sur la ville établit un brillant parallÚle entre la réalité du Québec de la Grande Noirceur et un drame conjugal. Cette histoire tragique a été portée au grand écran par Arthur Lamothe. Malgré la différence des lieux, ce roman a plusieurs forts parallÚles avec 'Madame Bovary' de Gustave Flaubert.]]> 213 André Langevin 2890518434 Eva 0 to-read 3.30 1953 PoussiÚre sur la ville
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]]> <![CDATA[Le Trumpisme: Contribution Ă  l'analyse rhĂ©torique du discours national-populiste (HR.PUL.HORS COL) (French Edition)]]> 83893262 Ainsi commence cette histoire rocambolesque : si le 45e prĂ©sident amĂ©ricain a Ă©tĂ© Ă©lu, c’est prĂ©cisĂ©ment parce qu’il n’est pas prĂ©sidentiable et que son argumentation est hors norme. Sa vulgaritĂ©, son arrogance pharaonique et son mĂ©pris pour le dĂ©corum sont bel et bien indissociables de sa gloire politique.]]> 149 François-Emmanuel Boucher Eva 0 0.0 Le Trumpisme: Contribution Ă  l'analyse rhĂ©torique du discours national-populiste (HR.PUL.HORS COL) (French Edition)
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]]> Gilles 35172624 621 Pierre Drieu la Rochelle 9722508407 Eva 0 to-read 3.50 1939 Gilles
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]]> ±Ê±đČÔČőĂ©±đČő 449407 334 Blaise Pascal Eva 0 to-read 3.97 1670 ±Ê±đČÔČőĂ©±đČő
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]]> <![CDATA[The Theological Origins of Modernity]]> 3419409 368 Michael Allen Gillespie 0226293459 Eva 0 to-read 4.27 2008 The Theological Origins of Modernity
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