Khaila's bookshelf: all en-US Tue, 25 Feb 2025 11:41:01 -0800 60 Khaila's bookshelf: all 144 41 /images/layout/goodreads_logo_144.jpg <![CDATA[What You Are Looking For Is in the Library]]> 91274427 For fans of The Midnight Library and Before the Coffee Gets Cold, this charming Japanese novel shows how the perfect book recommendation can change a reader's life.

What are you looking for?

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

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

With heartwarming charm and wisdom, What You Are Looking For Is in the Library is a paean to the magic of libraries, friendship and community, perfect for anyone who has ever found themselves at an impasse in their life and in need of a little inspiration.]]> 304 Michiko Aoyama 1335005625 Khaila 4 4.07 2020 What You Are Looking For Is in the Library
author: Michiko Aoyama
name: Khaila
average rating: 4.07
book published: 2020
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[The Foxhole Court (All for the Game, #1)]]> 17259690
Signing a contract with the PSU Foxes is the last thing a guy like Neil should do. The team is high profile and he doesn't need sports crews broadcasting pictures of his face around the nation. His lies will hold up only so long under this kind of scrutiny and the truth will get him killed.

But Neil's not the only one with secrets on the team. One of Neil's new teammates is a friend from his old life, and Neil can't walk away from him a second time. Neil has survived the last eight years by running. Maybe he's finally found someone and something worth fighting for.]]> 237 Nora Sakavic 1301529044 Khaila 4 4.03 2013 The Foxhole Court (All for the Game, #1)
author: Nora Sakavic
name: Khaila
average rating: 4.03
book published: 2013
rating: 4
read at: 2025/02/24
date added: 2025/02/24
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Still confused on how this sport works but what the fuck was that ending
]]> <![CDATA[Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon, Vol. 1 (Pretty Soldier Sailor Moon Renewal Edition, #1)]]> 10862575
This new edition of Sailor Moon will feature:

- An entirely new, incredibly accurate translation!
- Japanese-style, right-to-left reading!
- New cover art never before seen in the U.S.!
- The original Japanese character names!
- Detailed translation notes!

This version of Sailor Moon will be completely true to original. Join us as Sailor Moon returns to the U.S. for the first time in years!]]> 240 Naoko Takeuchi 1935429744 Khaila 4 bookshelf-read, manga I relate to Usagi so much 4.29 2003 Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon, Vol. 1 (Pretty Soldier Sailor Moon Renewal Edition, #1)
author: Naoko Takeuchi
name: Khaila
average rating: 4.29
book published: 2003
rating: 4
read at: 2021/02/05
date added: 2025/01/25
shelves: bookshelf-read, manga
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I relate to Usagi so much
]]> House of Leaves 24800
Of course, neither Pulitzer Prize-winning photojournalist Will Navidson nor his companion Karen Green was prepared to face the consequences of that impossibility, until the day their two little children wandered off and their voices eerily began to return another story—of creature darkness, of an ever-growing abyss behind a closet door, and of that unholy growl which soon enough would tear through their walls and consume all their dreams.]]> 710 Mark Z. Danielewski Khaila 0 currently-reading 4.11 2000 House of Leaves
author: Mark Z. Danielewski
name: Khaila
average rating: 4.11
book published: 2000
rating: 0
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]]> Before We Were Innocent 61407616 A summer in Greece for three best friends ends in the unthinkable when only two return home in this new novel from Ella Berman. . . .

Ten years ago, after a sun-soaked summer spent in Greece, best friends Bess and Joni were cleared of having any involvement in their friend Evangeline’s death. But that didn’t stop the media from ripping apart their teenage lives like vultures.

While the girls were never convicted, Joni, ever the opportunist, capitalized on her newfound infamy to become a motivational speaker. Bess, on the other hand, resolved to make her life as small and controlled as possible so she wouldn’t risk losing everything all over again. And it almost worked. . . .

Except now Joni is tangled up in a crime eerily similar to that one fateful night in Greece. And when she asks Bess to come back to LA to support her, Bess has a decision to make.

Is it finally time to face up to what happened that night, exposing herself as the young woman she once was and maybe still is? And what happens if she doesn’t like what she finds?]]> 384 Ella Berman 0593099540 Khaila 0 currently-reading 3.36 2023 Before We Were Innocent
author: Ella Berman
name: Khaila
average rating: 3.36
book published: 2023
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[The Shapeless Unease: A Year of Not Sleeping]]> 52920818 Vulture Best Book of 2020

This genre-defying debut memoir by Betty Trask Prize winner, Samantha Harvey, weaves a tapestry of confessional anguish, flash fiction, cathartic poetry, and feverish observations on politics and psychology in a transcendent search for reality and truth.

In 2016, Samantha Harvey began to lose sleep. She tried everything to appease her wakefulness: from medication to therapy, changes in her diet to changes in her living arrangements. Nothing seemed to help.

The Shapeless Unease is Harvey's darkly funny and deeply intelligent anatomy of her insomnia, an immersive interior monologue of a year without one of the most basic human needs. Original and profound, and narrated with a lucid breathlessness, this is a startlingly insightful exploration of memory, writing and influence, death and the will to survive, from "this generation's Virginia Woolf" (Telegraph).]]> 192 Samantha Harvey 0802148824 Khaila 0 3.66 2020 The Shapeless Unease: A Year of Not Sleeping
author: Samantha Harvey
name: Khaila
average rating: 3.66
book published: 2020
rating: 0
read at: 2024/02/17
date added: 2024/02/18
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]]> The Last Housewife 59349100 From the author of the acclaimed In My Dreams I Hold a Knife comes a pitch-black thriller about a woman determined to destroy a powerful cult and avenge the deaths of the women taken in by it, no matter the cost.

While in college in upstate New York, Shay Evans and her best friends met a captivating man who seduced them with a web of lies about the way the world works, bringing them under his thrall. By senior year, Shay and her friend Laurel were the only ones who managed to escape. Now, eight years later, Shay's built a new life in a tiny Texas suburb. But when she hears the horrifying news of Laurel's death—delivered, of all ways, by her favorite true-crime podcast crusader—she begins to suspect that the past she thought she buried is still very much alive, and the predators more dangerous than ever.

Recruiting the help of the podcast host, Shay goes back to the place she vowed never to return to in search of answers. As she follows the threads of her friend's life, she's pulled into a dark, seductive world, where wealth and privilege shield brutal philosophies that feel all too familiar. When Shay's obsession with uncovering the truth becomes so consuming she can no longer separate her desire for justice from darker desires newly reawakened, she must confront the depths of her own complicity and conditioning. But in a world built for men to rule it—both inside the cult and outside of it—is justice even possible, and if so, how far will Shay go to get it?]]> 385 Ashley Winstead 172822991X Khaila 3 3.68 2022 The Last Housewife
author: Ashley Winstead
name: Khaila
average rating: 3.68
book published: 2022
rating: 3
read at: 2024/02/14
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it saved itself towards the end, and yk what I kinda enjoyed it. It was definitely out of my comfort zone though
]]> <![CDATA[When I Hit You: Or, A Portrait of the Writer as a Young Wife]]> 33905006
At once the chronicle of an abusive marriage and a celebration of the invincible power of art, When I Hit You is a smart, fierce and courageous take on traditional wedlock in modern India.]]> 249 Meena Kandasamy 1786491265 Khaila 3 4.08 2017 When I Hit You: Or, A Portrait of the Writer as a Young Wife
author: Meena Kandasamy
name: Khaila
average rating: 4.08
book published: 2017
rating: 3
read at: 2023/08/16
date added: 2024/01/05
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]]> Autobiography of Red 61049 Autobiography of Red, a stunning work that is both a novel and a poem, both an unconventional re-creation of an ancient Greek myth and a wholly original coming-of-age story set in the present.

Geryon, a young boy who is also a winged red monster, reveals the volcanic terrain of his fragile, tormented soul in an autobiography he begins at the age of five. As he grows older, Geryon escapes his abusive brother and affectionate but ineffectual mother, finding solace behind the lens of his camera and in the arms of a young man named Herakles, a cavalier drifter who leaves him at the peak of infatuation. When Herakles reappears years later, Geryon confronts again the pain of his desire and embarks on a journey that will unleash his creative imagination to its fullest extent. By turns whimsical and haunting, erudite and accessible, richly layered and deceptively simple, Autobiography of Red is a profoundly moving portrait of an artist coming to terms with the fantastic accident of who he is.

"A profound love story . . . sensuous and funny, poignant, musical and tender." -- The New York Times Book Review

"A deeply odd and immensely engaging book. . . . [Carson] exposes with passionate force the mythic underlying the explosive everyday."??-- The Village Voice

A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF THE YEAR

National book Critics Circle Award Finalist]]> 160 Anne Carson 037570129X Khaila 5 4.28 1998 Autobiography of Red
author: Anne Carson
name: Khaila
average rating: 4.28
book published: 1998
rating: 5
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Read it all in one sitting and it’s so beautifully written
]]> Cassandra 153482 Cassandra speaks to us in a pressing monologue whose inner focal points are patriarchy and war. In the four accompanying pieces, which take the form of travel reports, journal entries, and a letter, Wolf describes the novel's genesis. Incisive and intelligent, the entire volume represents an urgent call to examine the past in order to insure a future.
]]> 320 Christa Wolf 0374519048 Khaila 0 to-read 3.92 1983 Cassandra
author: Christa Wolf
name: Khaila
average rating: 3.92
book published: 1983
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[The First to Die at the End (Death-Cast, #0)]]> 62929213 They Both Die at the End, two new strangers spend a life-changing day together after Death-Cast first makes their fateful calls.

It’s the night before Death-Cast goes live, and there’s one question on everyone’s mind: Can Death-Cast actually predict when someone will die, or is it just an elaborate hoax?

Orion Pagan has waited years for someone to tell him that he’s going to die. He has a serious heart condition, and he signed up for Death-Cast so he could know what’s coming.

Valentino Prince is restarting his life in New York. He has a long and promising future ahead and he only registered for Death-Cast after his twin sister nearly died in a car accident.

Orion and Valentino cross paths in Times Square and immediately feel a deep connection. But when the first round of End Day calls goes out, their lives are changed forever—one of them receives a call, and the other doesn’t. Though neither boy is certain how the day will end, they know they want to spend it together…even if that means their goodbye will be heartbreaking.

Told with acclaimed author Adam Silvera’s signature bittersweet touch, this story celebrates the lasting impact that people have on each other and proves that life is always worth living to the fullest.]]> 571 Adam Silvera 1398519995 Khaila 0 currently-reading 4.08 2022 The First to Die at the End (Death-Cast, #0)
author: Adam Silvera
name: Khaila
average rating: 4.08
book published: 2022
rating: 0
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]]> The Summer We Ran Away 42360553 'You know you're in for a treat when you open a Jenny Oliver book' Debbie Johnson Julia’s perfect life is in crisis.

As the founder of the Cedar Terrace Whatsapp group, she’s constantly chivvying the neighbours to action, as well as dealing with a kitchen extension, leaning-in at work, and dealing with Imposter Syndrome and her family…

But when she accidentally Whatsapps her neighbours a secret letter to an agony aunt she inadvertently confesses to a secret crush. While she loves her husband, Adam, she spends most of her time fantasising about the married father-of-two who lives opposite, timing her evening runs to coincide with his dog walks, finding reasons to pop over and chat and sometimes she catches him looking in a way that suggests he might quite like her too.

Julia is horror-struck as the little blue ticks appear on the Whatsapp message. Then left dangling as it’s met with widespread silence and a couple of embarrassed emojis.

When the neighbours know exactly what you’re thinking, there’s only one thing to do. Run away.

It’s a summer that she’ll never forget… Another gorgeous escapist read from the bestselling Jenny Oliver.

]]> 336 Jenny Oliver 000829755X Khaila 0 currently-reading 3.76 The Summer We Ran Away
author: Jenny Oliver
name: Khaila
average rating: 3.76
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]]> <![CDATA[Punderworld Volume 1 (Punderworld, 1)]]> 58155191
The classic tale of Greek mythology, but 100% more awkwardly relatable. Hades is the officious, antisocial ruler of the Underworld; Persephone, daughter of Demeter, is an earth goddess of growth and renewal - they've been crushing on each other for the past two centuries. But when a festival (and a little liquid courage) present an opportunity to put an end to their olympian will-they-won't-they, a meddlesome pantheon and several titanic misassumptions threaten to give every god in the sky the wrong impression... and leave their romance dead before it can bloom.
]]> 176 Linda ?eji? 1534320725 Khaila 0 to-read 4.21 2021 Punderworld Volume 1 (Punderworld, 1)
author: Linda ?eji?
name: Khaila
average rating: 4.21
book published: 2021
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[A Touch of Darkness (Hades x Persephone Saga, #1)]]> 55215339
Hades, God of the Dead, has built a gambling empire in the mortal world and his favorite bets are rumored to be impossible.

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

The bet does more than expose Persephone’s failure as a goddess, however. As she struggles to sow the seeds of her freedom, love for the God of the Dead grows—and it’s forbidden.]]> 379 Scarlett St. Clair Khaila 0 to-read 3.77 2019 A Touch of Darkness (Hades x Persephone Saga, #1)
author: Scarlett St. Clair
name: Khaila
average rating: 3.77
book published: 2019
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[Welcome to Night Vale (Welcome to Night Vale, #1)]]> 23129410 Welcome to Night Vale podcast comes an imaginative mystery of appearances and disappearances that is also a poignant look at the ways in which we all struggle to find ourselves...no matter where we live.

Located in a nameless desert somewhere in the great American Southwest, Night Vale is a small town where ghosts, angels, aliens, and government conspiracies are all commonplace parts of everyday life. It is here that the lives of two women, with two mysteries, will converge.

Nineteen-year-old Night Vale pawn shop owner Jackie Fierro is given a paper marked "King City" by a mysterious man in a tan jacket holding a deer skin suitcase. Everything about him and his paper unsettles her, especially the fact that she can't seem to get the paper to leave her hand, and that no one who meets this man can remember anything about him. Jackie is determined to uncover the mystery of King City and the man in the tan jacket before she herself unravels.

Night Vale PTA treasurer Diane Crayton's son, Josh, is moody and also a shape shifter. And lately Diane's started to see her son's father everywhere she goes, looking the same as the day he left years earlier, when they were both teenagers. Josh, looking different every time Diane sees him, shows a stronger and stronger interest in his estranged father, leading to a disaster Diane can see coming, even as she is helpless to prevent it.

Diane's search to reconnect with her son and Jackie's search for her former routine life collide as they find themselves coming back to two words: "King City". It is King City that holds the key to both of their mysteries, and their futures...if they can ever find it.]]> 401 Joseph Fink 0062351427 Khaila 5 3.84 2015 Welcome to Night Vale (Welcome to Night Vale, #1)
author: Joseph Fink
name: Khaila
average rating: 3.84
book published: 2015
rating: 5
read at: 2023/04/10
date added: 2023/04/10
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]]> <![CDATA[Chainsaw Man, Vol. 1: Dog and Chainsaw]]> 55575967 192 Tatsuki Fujimoto Khaila 4 manga 4.38 2019 Chainsaw Man, Vol. 1: Dog and Chainsaw
author: Tatsuki Fujimoto
name: Khaila
average rating: 4.38
book published: 2019
rating: 4
read at: 2021/10/04
date added: 2023/04/08
shelves: manga
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]]> The Virgin Suicides 57932777
That girl didn’t want to die. She just wanted out of that house. She wanted out of that decorating scheme.

The five Lisbon sisters – beautiful, eccentric, and, now, gone –had always been a point of obsession for the entire neighborhood.

Although the boys that once loved them from afar have grown up, they remain determined to understand a tragedy that has defied explanation. The question persists – why did all five of the Lisbon girls take their own lives?

This lyrical and timeless tale of sex and suicide that transforms and mythologizes suburban middle-American life announced the arrival of one of the greatest American novelists of the last thirty years.

‘A flare from my own secret world, all the inchoate longings, and obsessions of being a teenager somehow rendered into book form’ Emma Cline, author of The Girls]]> 243 Jeffrey Eugenides 000848516X Khaila 3 3.56 1993 The Virgin Suicides
author: Jeffrey Eugenides
name: Khaila
average rating: 3.56
book published: 1993
rating: 3
read at: 2023/03/31
date added: 2023/03/31
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After thinking about it, I’ve decided to upgrade it to 3 stars. The more I think about it. This book is a perfect example of a male gaze. None of those boys care about those sisters, and you can see it in the way that they they describe and talk about them. I know the ending wasn’t very satisfying but I think that’s the point. They held the Lisbon sisters to such an an attainable standards, they didn’t really care about finding out why they did, the things that they did. It was more of a way to keep their collective idea of what they envisioned them alive. Idk putting my thoughts into words is not my strong suit.
]]> The Collective 59448602 The USA Today bestselling and Edgar Award–winning author of Never Look Back and If I Die Tonight plumbs the dark side of justice and the depths of diabolical revenge in this propulsive novel of psychological suspense that melds the driving narrative of Then She Was Gone with the breathtaking twists of The Chain and the violent fury of Kill Bill.

Just how far will a grieving mother go to right a tragic wrong?

Camille Gardner is a grieving—and angry—mother who, five years after her daughter’s death, is still obsessed with the privileged young man she believes to be responsible.

When her rash actions attract the attention of a secret group of women—the collective— Camille is drawn into a dark web where these mothers share their wildly different stories of loss as well as their desire for justice in a world where privilege denies accountability and perpetrators emerge unscathed. Fueled by mutual rage, these women orchestrate their own brand of justice through precise, anonymous, complexly plotted and perfectly executed revenge killings, with individual members completing a specific and integral task in each plan.

As Camille struggles to comprehend whether this is a role-playing exercise or terrifying reality, she must decide if these women are truly avenging angels or monsters. Becoming more deeply enmeshed in the group, Camille learns truths about the collective—and about herself—that she may not be able to survive.]]> Alison Gaylin 1409179087 Khaila 3 3.86 2021 The Collective
author: Alison Gaylin
name: Khaila
average rating: 3.86
book published: 2021
rating: 3
read at: 2023/03/28
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]]> No Longer Human 43909397 Mine has been a life of much shame. I can't even guess myself what it must be to live the life of a human being.

Plagued by a maddening anxiety, the terrible disconnect between his own concept of happiness and the joy of the rest of the world, Yozo Oba plays the clown in his dissolute life, holding up a mask for those around him as he spirals ever downward, locked arm-in-arm with death.

Osamu Dazai’s immortal—and supposedly autobiographical—work of Japanese literature, is perfectly adapted here into a manga by Junji Ito. The imagery wrenches open the text of the novel one line at a time to sublimate Yozo’s mental landscape into something even more delicate and grotesque. This is the ultimate in art by Ito, proof that nothing can surpass the terror of the human psyche.]]> 616 Junji Ito 1974707091 Khaila 3 stalled 4.28 2019 No Longer Human
author: Junji Ito
name: Khaila
average rating: 4.28
book published: 2019
rating: 3
read at: 2023/02/18
date added: 2023/02/18
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]]> If We Were Villains 60816041
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.]]> 432 M.L. Rio 1803362111 Khaila 3 damn 4.40 2017 If We Were Villains
author: M.L. Rio
name: Khaila
average rating: 4.40
book published: 2017
rating: 3
read at: 2023/02/18
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damn
]]> Farenheit 451 56302573 208 Ray Bradbury Khaila 5 3.77 1953 Farenheit 451
author: Ray Bradbury
name: Khaila
average rating: 3.77
book published: 1953
rating: 5
read at: 2023/02/13
date added: 2023/02/13
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]]> <![CDATA[The Silence of the Girls (Women of Troy, #1)]]> 37969723
When Agamemnon, the brutal political leader of the Greek forces, demands Briseis for himself, she finds herself caught between the two most powerful of the Greeks. Achilles refuses to fight in protest, and the Greeks begin to lose ground to their Trojan opponents. Keenly observant and coolly unflinching about the daily horrors of war, Briseis finds herself in an unprecedented position, able to observe the two men driving the Greek army in what will become their final confrontation, deciding the fate not only of Briseis's people but also of the ancient world at large.

Briseis is just one among thousands of women living behind the scenes in this war—the slaves and prostitutes, the nurses, the women who lay out the dead—all of them erased by history. With breathtaking historical detail and luminous prose, Pat Barker brings the teeming world of the Greek camp to vivid life. She offers nuanced, complex portraits of characters and stories familiar from mythology, which, seen from Briseis's perspective, are rife with newfound revelations. Barker's latest builds on her decades-long study of war and its impact on individual lives—and it is nothing short of magnificent.]]> 325 Pat Barker Khaila 0 3.88 2018 The Silence of the Girls (Women of Troy, #1)
author: Pat Barker
name: Khaila
average rating: 3.88
book published: 2018
rating: 0
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]]> This Lie Will Kill You 42196242 Tell the truth. Or face the consequences.

Clue meets Riverdale in this page-turning thriller that exposes the lies five teens tell about a deadly night one year ago.

One year ago, there was a party.
At the party, someone died.
Five teens each played a part and up until now, no one has told the truth.

But tonight, the five survivors arrive at an isolated mansion in the hills, expecting to compete in a contest with a $50,000 grand prize. Of course…some things are too good to be true. They were each so desperate for the prize, they didn’t question the odd, rather exclusive invitation until it was too late.

Now, they realize they’ve been lured together by a person bent on revenge, a person who will stop at nothing to uncover what actually happened on that deadly night, one year ago.

Five arrived, but not all can leave. Will the truth set them free?
Or will their lies destroy them all?]]> 320 Chelsea Pitcher 1471181367 Khaila 1


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Killing Parker right at the end feels wrong, yeah I get we aren’t meant to like him but he’s still a helpless boy trapped in a building, fully conscious and about to die in a fire. His death is supposed to mirror Shane’s, and perhaps that’s why Pitcher silenced him at the end and made him so unlikable throughout the book. Cause is you really start to see him as a ‘real boy’ and not an absolute twat, then Ruby becomes just as bad as he is, and she’s supposed to be the sympathetic character.
]]> 3.13 2018 This Lie Will Kill You
author: Chelsea Pitcher
name: Khaila
average rating: 3.13
book published: 2018
rating: 1
read at: 2023/02/01
date added: 2023/02/01
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Parker reminds me of Nate Jacobs. Also surely the police would’ve uncovered the mystery of what really happened to the dead guy? So did we really need a murder mystery party to solve it for us???



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Killing Parker right at the end feels wrong, yeah I get we aren’t meant to like him but he’s still a helpless boy trapped in a building, fully conscious and about to die in a fire. His death is supposed to mirror Shane’s, and perhaps that’s why Pitcher silenced him at the end and made him so unlikable throughout the book. Cause is you really start to see him as a ‘real boy’ and not an absolute twat, then Ruby becomes just as bad as he is, and she’s supposed to be the sympathetic character.

]]> Galatea 18162954 An enchanting short story from Madeline Miller that boldly reimagines the myth of Galatea and Pygmalion.

In ancient Greece, a skilled marble sculptor has been blessed by a goddess who has given his masterpiece — the most beautiful woman the town has ever seen — the gift of life. Now his wife, he expects Galatea to please him, to be obedience and humility personified. But she has desires of her own and yearns for independence.

In a desperate bid by her obsessive husband to keep her under control, Galatea is locked away under the constant supervision of doctors and nurses. But with a daughter to rescue, she is determined to break free, whatever the cost...]]> 27 Madeline Miller 1408848147 Khaila 4 3.93 2013 Galatea
author: Madeline Miller
name: Khaila
average rating: 3.93
book published: 2013
rating: 4
read at: 2023/02/01
date added: 2023/02/01
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Madeline Miller could write a book about tax and you bet your ass I would read the whole thing
]]> <![CDATA[The Last Days of Judas Iscariot]]> 759844 From one of our most admired playwrights, "an ambitious, complicated and often laugh-out-loud religious debate" (Toby Zinman, The Philadelphia Inquirer)

Set in a time-bending, seriocomically imagined world between Heaven and Hell, The Last Days of Judas Iscariot is a philosophical meditation on the conflict between divine mercy and human free will that takes a close look at the eternal damnation of the Bible's most notorious sinner. This latest work from the author of Our Lady of 121st Street "shares many of the traits that have made Mr. Guirgis a playwright to reckon with in recent years: a fierce and questing mind that refuses to settle for glib answers, a gift for identifying with life's losers and an unforced eloquence that finds the poetry in lowdown street talk. [Guirgis brings to the play] a stirring sense of Christian existential pain, which wonders at the paradoxes of faith" (Ben Brantley, The New York Times).]]> 128 Stephen Adly Guirgis 0571211011 Khaila 0 to-read 4.22 2005 The Last Days of Judas Iscariot
author: Stephen Adly Guirgis
name: Khaila
average rating: 4.22
book published: 2005
rating: 0
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]]> How to Kill Your Family 50224049
When I think about what I actually did, I feel somewhat sad that nobody will ever know about the complex operation that I undertook. Getting away with it is highly preferable, of course, but perhaps when I’m long gone, someone will open an old safe and find this confession. The public would reel. After all, almost nobody else in the world can possibly understand how someone, by the tender age of 28, can have calmly killed six members of her family. And then happily got on with the rest of her life, never to regret a thing.

When Grace Bernard discovers her absentee millionaire father has rejected her dying mother’s pleas for help, she vows revenge, and sets about to kill every member of his family. Readers have a front row seat as Grace picks off the family one by one – and the result is as and gruesome as it is entertaining in this wickedly dark romp about class, family, love… and murder.

But then Grace is imprisoned for a murder she didn’t commit.

Outrageously funny, compulsive and subversive, perfect for fans of Killing Eve and My Sister, the Serial Killer.]]> 355 Bella Mackie Khaila 4 3.49 2021 How to Kill Your Family
author: Bella Mackie
name: Khaila
average rating: 3.49
book published: 2021
rating: 4
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firstly reading this in the lounge made my family give me weird looks ANYWAY my word what a rollercoaster of a book. The ending ??? The twists ???? Yes
]]> Tinder 18113422
Otto Hundebiss is tired of war, but when he defies Death he walks a dangerous path. A half beast half man gives him shoes and dice which will lead him deep into a web of dark magic and mystery. He meets the beautiful Safire - pure of heart and spirit, the scheming Mistress Jabber and the terrifying Lady of the Nail. He learns the powers of the tinderbox and the wolves whose master he becomes. But will all the riches in the world bring him the thing he most desires?

Fairy tales are often the cruellest stories of all; in this exquisite novel Sally Gardner writes about great love and great loss.]]> 270 Sally Gardner 1780621493 Khaila 0 to-read 3.88 2013 Tinder
author: Sally Gardner
name: Khaila
average rating: 3.88
book published: 2013
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[The A.B.C. Murders (Hercule Poirot, #13)]]> 43238766
There's a serial killer on the loose. His macabre calling card is to leave the ABC Railway guide beside each victim's body. But if A is for Alice Asher, bludgeoned to death in Andover; and B is for Betty Bernard, strangled with her belt on the beach at Bexhill; then who will Victim C be?]]> 266 Agatha Christie 0008308209 Khaila 4 3.94 1936 The A.B.C. Murders (Hercule Poirot, #13)
author: Agatha Christie
name: Khaila
average rating: 3.94
book published: 1936
rating: 4
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]]> Foul Smell 55199458 Goodguy Khaila 4 4.19 Foul Smell
author: Goodguy
name: Khaila
average rating: 4.19
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]]> The Atlas Six (The Atlas #1) 59807955
Enter the latest round of six: Libby Rhodes and Nico de Varona, unwilling halves of an unfathomable whole, who exert uncanny control over every element of physicality. Reina Mori, a naturalist, who can intuit the language of life itself. Parisa Kamali, a telepath who can traverse the depths of the subconscious, navigating worlds inside the human mind. Callum Nova, an empath easily mistaken for a manipulative illusionist, who can influence the intimate workings of a person’s inner self. Finally, there is Tristan Caine, who can see through illusions to a new structure of reality—an ability so rare that neither he nor his peers can fully grasp its implications.

When the candidates are recruited by the mysterious Atlas Blakely, they are told they will have one year to qualify for initiation, during which time they will be permitted preliminary access to the Society’s archives and judged based on their contributions to various subjects of impossibility: time and space, luck and thought, life and death. Five, they are told, will be initiated. One will be eliminated. The six potential initiates will fight to survive the next year of their lives, and if they can prove themselves to be the best among their rivals, most of them will.

Most of them.]]> 375 Olivie Blake 1250854547 Khaila 0 to-read 3.48 2020 The Atlas Six (The Atlas #1)
author: Olivie Blake
name: Khaila
average rating: 3.48
book published: 2020
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]]> Babel 57945316 From award-winning author R. F. Kuang comes Babel, a historical fantasy epic that grapples with student revolutions, colonial resistance, and the use of language and translation as the dominating tool of the British Empire

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

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

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

Can powerful institutions be changed from within, or does revolution always require violence?]]> 544 R.F. Kuang 0063021420 Khaila 0 to-read 4.17 2022 Babel
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name: Khaila
average rating: 4.17
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]]> <![CDATA[The Housemaid (The Housemaid, #1)]]> 61991328 Alternate cover edition of ISBN 9781538742570.

Every day I clean the Winchesters’ beautiful house top to bottom. I collect their daughter from school. And I cook a delicious meal for the whole family before heading up to eat alone in my tiny room on the top floor.

I try to ignore how Nina makes a mess just to watch me clean it up. How she tells strange lies about her own daughter. And how her husband Andrew seems more broken every day. But as I look into Andrew’s handsome brown eyes, so full of pain, it’s hard not to imagine what it would be like to live Nina’s life. The walk-in closet, the fancy car, the perfect husband.

I only try on one of Nina’s pristine white dresses once. Just to see what it’s like. But she soon finds out… and by the time I realize my attic bedroom door only locks from the outside, it’s far too late.

But I reassure myself: the Winchesters don’t know who I really am.

They don’t know what I’m capable of…]]> 329 Freida McFadden Khaila 0 to-read 4.27 2022 The Housemaid (The Housemaid, #1)
author: Freida McFadden
name: Khaila
average rating: 4.27
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]]> Wrong Place Wrong Time 59947696
It is midnight on the morning of Halloween, and Jen anxiously waits up for her 18-year-old son, Todd, to return home. But worries about his broken curfew transform into something much more dangerous when Todd finally emerges from the darkness. As Jen watches through the window, she sees her funny, seemingly happy teenage son stab a total stranger.

She doesn’t know who the victim is, or why Todd has committed such a devastating act of violence. All she knows is that her life, and Todd’s, have been shattered.

After her son is taken into custody, Jen falls asleep in despair. But when she wakes up… it is yesterday. The murder has not happened yet—and there may be a chance to stop it. Each morning, when Jen wakes, she is further back in the past, first weeks, then years, before the murder. And Jen realizes that somewhere in the past lies the trigger for Todd’s terrible crime…and it is her mission to find it, and prevent it from taking place.]]> 416 Gillian McAllister 0063252341 Khaila 0 to-read 3.95 2022 Wrong Place Wrong Time
author: Gillian McAllister
name: Khaila
average rating: 3.95
book published: 2022
rating: 0
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]]> The Book of Cold Cases 58371432
Oregon, 2017. Shea Collins is a receptionist, but by night, she runs a true crime website, the Book of Cold Cases--a passion fueled by the attempted abduction she escaped as a child. When she meets Beth by chance, Shea asks her for an interview. To Shea's surprise, Beth says yes.

They meet regularly at Beth's mansion, though Shea is never comfortable there. Items move when she's not looking, and she could swear she's seen a girl outside the window. The allure of learning the truth about the case from the smart, charming Beth is too much to resist, but even as they grow closer, Shea senses something isn't right. Is she making friends with a manipulative murderer, or are there other dangers lurking in the darkness of the Greer house?

A true crime blogger gets more than she bargained for while interviewing the woman acquitted of two cold case slayings in this chilling new novel from the New York Times bestselling author of The Sun Down Motel.]]> 344 Simone St. James 0440000211 Khaila 0 to-read 3.76 2022 The Book of Cold Cases
author: Simone St. James
name: Khaila
average rating: 3.76
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rating: 0
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]]> The Paris Apartment 58468990 From the New York Times bestselling author of The Guest List comes a new locked room mystery, set in a Paris apartment building in which every resident has something to hide…

Jess needs a fresh start. She’s broke and alone, and she’s just left her job under less than ideal circumstances. Her half-brother Ben didn’t sound thrilled when she asked if she could crash with him for a bit, but he didn’t say no, and surely everything will look better from Paris. Only when she shows up – to find a very nice apartment, could Ben really have afforded this? – he’s not there.

The longer Ben stays missing, the more Jess starts to dig into her brother’s situation, and the more questions she has. Ben’s neighbors are an eclectic bunch, and not particularly friendly. Jess may have come to Paris to escape her past, but it’s starting to look like it’s Ben’s future that’s in question.

The socialite – The nice guy – The alcoholic – The girl on the verge – The concierge

Everyone’s a neighbor. Everyone’s a suspect. And everyone knows something they’re not telling.]]> 360 Lucy Foley 0063003058 Khaila 0 to-read 3.63 2022 The Paris Apartment
author: Lucy Foley
name: Khaila
average rating: 3.63
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]]> The Maid (Molly the Maid, #1) 55196813
Since Gran died a few months ago, twenty-five-year-old Molly has been navigating life's complexities all by herself. No matter—she throws herself with gusto into her work as a hotel maid. Her unique character, along with her obsessive love of cleaning and proper etiquette, make her an ideal fit for the job. She delights in donning her crisp uniform each morning, stocking her cart with miniature soaps and bottles, and returning guest rooms at the Regency Grand Hotel to a state of perfection.

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

A Clue-like, locked-room mystery and a heartwarming journey of the spirit, The Maid explores what it means to be the same as everyone else and yet entirely different—and reveals that all mysteries can be solved through connection to the human heart.]]> 304 Nita Prose 0593356152 Khaila 0 to-read 3.71 2022 The Maid (Molly the Maid, #1)
author: Nita Prose
name: Khaila
average rating: 3.71
book published: 2022
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]]> <![CDATA[Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow]]> 58784475 In this exhilarating novel, two friends—often in love, but never lovers—come together as creative partners in the world of video game design, where success brings them fame, joy, tragedy, duplicity, and, ultimately, a kind of immortality.

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

Spanning thirty years, from Cambridge, Massachusetts, to Venice Beach, California, and lands in between and far beyond, Gabrielle Zevin's Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow is a dazzling and intricately imagined novel that examines the multifarious nature of identity, disability, failure, the redemptive possibilities in play, and above all, our need to connect: to be loved and to love. Yes, it is a love story, but it is not one you have read before.]]> 401 Gabrielle Zevin 0735243344 Khaila 0 to-read 4.12 2022 Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow
author: Gabrielle Zevin
name: Khaila
average rating: 4.12
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]]> The Unheard 60000355 In this new heart-pounding standalone from the internationally bestselling author, a single mother suspects her young daughter has witnessed a horrible crime when she draws a disturbing picture--but the deadly path to unravel the truth could cost her everything.

Maybe Tess is overprotective, but passing her daughter off to her ex and his new young wife fills her with a sense of dread. It's not that Jason is a bad father--it just hurts to see him enjoying married life with someone else. Still, she owes it to her daughter Poppy to make this arrangement work.

But Poppy returns from the weekend tired and withdrawn. And when she shows Tess a crayon drawing--an image so simple and violent that Tess can hardly make sense of it----Poppy can only explain with the words, "He did kill her."

Something is horribly wrong. Tess is certain Poppy saw something--or something happened to her--that she's too young to understand. Jason insists the weekend went off without a hitch. Doctors advise that Poppy may be reacting to her parents' separation. And as the days go on, even Poppy's disturbing memory seems to fade. But a mother knows her daughter, and Tess is determined to discover the truth. Her search will set off an explosive tempest of dark secrets and buried crimes--and more than one life may be at stake.]]> 452 Nicci French 1398514470 Khaila 1 Well that was a hot mess 3.48 2021 The Unheard
author: Nicci French
name: Khaila
average rating: 3.48
book published: 2021
rating: 1
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Well that was a hot mess
]]> The Heartstopper Yearbook 60127475 A full-color companion book for fans of Alice Oseman's bestselling Heartstopper series. Soon to be streaming on Netflix!

The Heartstopper Yearbook is packed full of exclusive content from the Heartstopper universe: never-before-seen illustrations, an exclusive minicomic, character profiles, trivia, and insights into Alice Oseman's creative process, narrated by a cartoon version of Alice herself. In full-color for the first time, this companion book is perfect for fans of Heartstopper!]]> 288 Alice Oseman 1338853899 Khaila 3
Alice Oseman thank you for gracing us once again with heartstopper content ]]> 4.47 2022 The Heartstopper Yearbook
author: Alice Oseman
name: Khaila
average rating: 4.47
book published: 2022
rating: 3
read at: 2022/10/27
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3 1/2 stars ?? ?????

Alice Oseman thank you for gracing us once again with heartstopper content
]]> Heaven 56927764 From the bestselling author of Breasts and Eggs and international literary sensation Mieko Kawakami, comes a sharp and illuminating novel about a fourteen-year-old boy subjected to relentless bullying.

In Heaven, a fourteen-year old boy is tormented for having a lazy eye. Instead of resisting, he chooses to suffer in silence. The only person who understands what he is going through is a female classmate, Kojima, who experiences similar treatment at the hands of her bullies. Providing each other with immeasurable consolation at a time in their lives when they need it most, the two young friends grow closer than ever. But what, ultimately, is the nature of a friendship when your shared bond is terror?

Unflinching yet tender, sharply observed, intimate and multi-layered, this simple yet profound novel stands as yet another dazzling testament to Mieko Kawakami’s uncontainable talent. There can be little doubt that it has cemented her reputation as one of the most important young authors at work today.]]> 167 Mieko Kawakami 1509898247 Khaila 5 bookshelf-read, favorites 3.74 2009 Heaven
author: Mieko Kawakami
name: Khaila
average rating: 3.74
book published: 2009
rating: 5
read at: 2021/07/10
date added: 2022/10/16
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]]> <![CDATA[House of Earth and Blood (Crescent City, #1)]]> 44778083
Hunt Athalar is a notorious Fallen angel, now enslaved to the Archangels he once attempted to overthrow. His brutal skills and incredible strength have been set to one purpose-to assassinate his boss's enemies, no questions asked. But with a demon wreaking havoc in the city, he's offered an irresistible deal: help Bryce find the murderer, and his freedom will be within reach.

As Bryce and Hunt dig deep into Crescent City's underbelly, they discover a dark power that threatens everything and everyone they hold dear, and they find, in each other, a blazing passion-one that could set them both free, if they'd only let it.

With unforgettable characters, sizzling romance, and page-turning suspense, this richly inventive new fantasy series by #1 New York Times bestselling author Sarah J. Maas delves into the heartache of loss, the price of freedom-and the power of love.]]> 803 Sarah J. Maas 1635574048 Khaila 2 4.43 2020 House of Earth and Blood (Crescent City, #1)
author: Sarah J. Maas
name: Khaila
average rating: 4.43
book published: 2020
rating: 2
read at: 2022/10/09
date added: 2022/10/09
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God gave me eyes and I continue to abuse them
]]> Some Girls Do 56692357 Hot Dog Girl, an openly gay track star falls for a closeted, bisexual teen beauty queen with a penchant for fixing up old cars.

Morgan, an elite track athlete, is forced to transfer high schools late in her senior year after it turns out being queer is against her private Catholic school's code of conduct. There, she meets Ruby, who has two hobbies: tinkering with her baby blue 1970 Ford Torino and competing in local beauty pageants, the latter to live out the dreams of her overbearing mother. The two are drawn to each other and can't deny their growing feelings. But while Morgan—out and proud, and determined to have a fresh start—doesn't want to have to keep their budding relationship a secret, Ruby isn't ready to come out yet. With each girl on a different path toward living her truth, can they go the distance together?]]> 336 Jennifer Dugan Khaila 0 to-read 3.70 2021 Some Girls Do
author: Jennifer Dugan
name: Khaila
average rating: 3.70
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rating: 0
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]]> Lola Rose 1482396 304 Jacqueline Wilson Khaila 3 3.87 2003 Lola Rose
author: Jacqueline Wilson
name: Khaila
average rating: 3.87
book published: 2003
rating: 3
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]]> Midnight 1527187 229 Jacqueline Wilson 0385606052 Khaila 4 3.70 2003 Midnight
author: Jacqueline Wilson
name: Khaila
average rating: 3.70
book published: 2003
rating: 4
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]]> The Illustrated Mum 3290700
In The Illustrated Mum, Wilson introduces us to Dolphin, a young girl living in the wake of her tattooed mother Marigold's manic depression. With her older sister, Star, on the brink of adulthood and facing the traumas of adolescence and her mum sinking further and further into her illness, Dol has no-one to turn to. The constant bullying at school causes her to withdraw into her own world and she begins to cope by fantasising that she is a witch.

Far from being depressing or overwhelming, The Illustrated Mum features another of Wilson's classic heroines. Dol deals with the extraordinary circumstances of her life with a mixture of humour and quiet intelligence that blossoms as the situation reaches its inevitable climax. The story is suitable for ages nine and above and the running time is six hours and 25 minutes. --Susan Harrison]]> 223 Jacqueline Wilson 044086545X Khaila 4 3.93 1999 The Illustrated Mum
author: Jacqueline Wilson
name: Khaila
average rating: 3.93
book published: 1999
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[One of Us Is Lying (One of Us is Lying, #1)]]> 58679358 On Monday afternoon, five students at Bayview High walk into detention.
Bronwyn, the brain, is Yale-bound and never breaks a rule.
Addy, the beauty, is the picture-perfect homecoming princess.
Nate, the criminal, is already on probation for dealing.
Cooper, the athlete, is the all-star baseball pitcher.
And Simon, the outcast, is the creator of Bayview High's notorious gossip app.

Only, Simon never makes it out of that classroom. Before the end of detention Simon's dead. And according to investigators, his death wasn't an accident. On Monday, he died. But on Tuesday, he'd planned to post juicy reveals about all four of his high-profile classmates, which makes all four of them suspects in his murder. Or are they the perfect patsies for a killer who's still on the loose?

Everyone has secrets, right? What really matters is how far you would go to protect them.]]> 416 Karen M. McManus 0593565371 Khaila 3 3.87 2017 One of Us Is Lying (One of Us is Lying, #1)
author: Karen M. McManus
name: Khaila
average rating: 3.87
book published: 2017
rating: 3
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]]> Solitaire 20618110 Alternate cover of ISBN 9780007559220

In case you’re wondering, this is not a love story.

My name is Tori Spring. I like to sleep and I like to blog. Last year – before all that stuff with Charlie and before I had to face the harsh realities of A-Levels and university applications and the fact that one day I really will have to start talking to people – I had friends. Things were very different, I guess, but that’s all over now.

Now there’s Solitaire. And Michael Holden.

I don’t know what Solitaire are trying to do, and I don’t care about Michael Holden.
I really don’t.

This incredible debut novel by outstanding young author Alice Oseman is perfect for fans of John Green, Rainbow Rowell and all unflinchingly honest writers.]]> 392 Alice Oseman Khaila 3 3.97 2014 Solitaire
author: Alice Oseman
name: Khaila
average rating: 3.97
book published: 2014
rating: 3
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]]> The Taking of Jake Livingston 39085455 Get Out meets Danielle Vega in this YA horror where survival is not a guarantee.

Jake Livingston is one of the only Black kids at St. Clair Prep, one of the others being his infinitely more popular older brother. It’s hard enough fitting in but to make matters worse and definitely more complicated, Jake can see the dead. In fact he sees the dead around him all the time. Most are harmless. Stuck in their death loops as they relive their deaths over and over again, they don’t interact often with people. But then Jake meets Sawyer. A troubled teen who shot and killed six kids at a local high school last year before taking his own life. Now a powerful, vengeful ghost, he has plans for his afterlife–plans that include Jake. Suddenly, everything Jake knows about ghosts and the rules to life itself go out the window as Sawyer begins haunting him and bodies turn up in his neighborhood. High school soon becomes a survival game–one Jake is not sure he’s going to win.]]> 246 Ryan Douglass 198481253X Khaila 3 3.42 2021 The Taking of Jake Livingston
author: Ryan Douglass
name: Khaila
average rating: 3.42
book published: 2021
rating: 3
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]]> Ugly Love 17788401
Never ask about the past.
Don’t expect a future.

They think they can handle it, but realize almost immediately they can’t handle it at all.

Hearts get infiltrated.
Promises get broken.
Rules get shattered.
Love gets ugly.]]> 330 Colleen Hoover Khaila 0 4.01 2014 Ugly Love
author: Colleen Hoover
name: Khaila
average rating: 4.01
book published: 2014
rating: 0
read at: 2022/08/15
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I mean, yeah it was something. I have no idea where my rating lies but what I do know is that was a cute ending.
]]> <![CDATA[默读 [Mo Du] The Light in the Night]]> 54661282
We keep reviewing and seeking out the motives of criminals, exploring the subtlest emotions driving them. It’s not to put ourselves in their shoes and sympathize, or even forgive them; it’s not to find some reasons to exculpate their crimes; it’s not to kneel down before the so-called “complexity of human nature”; nor to introspect social conflicts, much less to alienate ourselves into monsters.

We just want to have a fair trial – for ourselves and for those who still have hope for the world.]]> 1530 Priest Khaila 0 to-read 4.54 默读 [Mo Du] The Light in the Night
author: Priest
name: Khaila
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]]> Carry On (Simon Snow, #1) 50189344 A #1 New York Times-bestseller

Simon Snow is the worst Chosen One who's ever been chosen.

That's what his roommate, Baz, says. And Baz might be evil and a vampire and a complete git, but he's probably right.

Half the time, Simon can't even make his wand work, and the other half, he starts something on fire. His mentor's avoiding him, his girlfriend broke up with him, and there's a magic-eating monster running around, wearing Simon's face. Baz would be having a field day with all this, if he were here — it's their last year at the Watford School of Magicks, and Simon's infuriating nemesis didn't even bother to show up.

Carry On - The Rise and Fall of Simon Snow is a ghost story, a love story and a mystery. It has just as much kissing and talking as you'd expect from a Rainbow Rowell story - but far, far more monsters.

]]> 517 Rainbow Rowell 1529013003 Khaila 0 bookshelf-read 4.25 2015 Carry On (Simon Snow, #1)
author: Rainbow Rowell
name: Khaila
average rating: 4.25
book published: 2015
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[Bombshells: United, Vol. 1: American Soil]]> 37489649 The DC Bombshells unite in this collection BOMBSHELLS UNITED VOL. 1, continuing the hit franchise!

Author Marguerite Bennett (DC BOMBSHELLS, BATWOMAN) unites the women of DC BOMBSHELLS in an alternate history tale with Wonder Woman on the front lines of battle.

The Bombshells are back in an all-new series! As our new tale begins, the year is 1943 during WWII, and Wonder Woman is called to Arizona for help by two young girls named Cassie Sandsmark and Donna Troy! The girls' friends and families are being displaced from their homes and forced into internment camps! To save them, can Wonder Woman fight against the same people she once fought alongside?

To make matters worse, Clayface has infiltrated the camp and is disguised as loved ones to throw Wonder Woman off. Collects issues #1-6.]]> 144 Marguerite Bennett 1401280234 Khaila 1 3.61 2018 Bombshells: United, Vol. 1: American Soil
author: Marguerite Bennett
name: Khaila
average rating: 3.61
book published: 2018
rating: 1
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I really gotta be more selective with what I read cause clearly reading books with pretty covers never ends well
]]> <![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 Khaila 2 4.08 2022 Daughter of the Moon Goddess (The Celestial Kingdom, #1)
author: Sue Lynn Tan
name: Khaila
average rating: 4.08
book published: 2022
rating: 2
read at: 2022/08/10
date added: 2022/08/10
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it didn’t give what it was meant to give
]]> Elektra 58254061
Clytemnestra
The sister of Helen, wife of Agamemnon - her hopes of averting the curse are dashed when her sister is taken to Troy by the feckless Paris. Her husband raises a great army against them, and determines to win, whatever the cost.

Cassandra
Princess of Troy, and cursed by Apollo to see the future but never to be believed when she speaks of it. She is powerless in her knowledge that the city will fall.

Elektra
The youngest daughter of Clytemnestra and Agamemnon, Elektra is horrified by the bloodletting of her kin. But, can she escape the curse, or is her own destiny also bound by violence?]]> 341 Jennifer Saint 1472273915 Khaila 3
This is the first time I’ve been introduced to Elekta’s character and my god if I knew this is what she was like, I would not have read the book lmao. The last few chapters of her povs were painful to read and so I skimmed them. Bestie had two ‘major’ interactions with her father and is now dedicated to defending his honour. Even if that means justifying him killing her sister and raping Bresis and Cassandra ….

Anywho positives were definitely the portrayal of Clytemnestra whose grief towards the murder Iphigenia was palpable ( elektra ]]> 3.76 2022 Elektra
author: Jennifer Saint
name: Khaila
average rating: 3.76
book published: 2022
rating: 3
read at: 2022/06/23
date added: 2022/06/23
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3 1/2 stars ??

This is the first time I’ve been introduced to Elekta’s character and my god if I knew this is what she was like, I would not have read the book lmao. The last few chapters of her povs were painful to read and so I skimmed them. Bestie had two ‘major’ interactions with her father and is now dedicated to defending his honour. Even if that means justifying him killing her sister and raping Bresis and Cassandra ….

Anywho positives were definitely the portrayal of Clytemnestra whose grief towards the murder Iphigenia was palpable ( elektra
]]> <![CDATA[A Deal with the Elf King (Married to Magic, #1)]]> 55285911 The elves come for two things: war and wives. In both cases, they come for death.

Three-thousand years ago, humans were hunted by powerful races with wild magic until the treaty was formed. Now, for centuries, the elves have taken a young woman from Luella's village to be their Human Queen.

To be chosen is seen as a mark of death by the townsfolk. A mark nineteen-year-old Luella is grateful to have escaped as a girl. Instead, she's dedicated her life to studying herbology and becoming the town's only healer.

That is, until the Elf King unexpectedly arrives... for her.

Everything Luella had thought she'd known about her life, and herself, was a lie. Taken to a land filled with wild magic, Luella is forced to be the new queen to a cold yet blisteringly handsome Elf King. Once there, she learns about a dying world that only she can save.

The magical land of Midscape pulls on one corner of her heart, her home and people tug on another... but what will truly break her is a passion she never wanted.

A Deal with the Elf King is a complete, stand-alone novel, inspired by the tales of Hades and Persephone, as well as Beauty and the Beast, with a "happily ever after" ending. It's perfect for fantasy romance fans looking for just the right amount of steam and their next slow-burn and swoon-worthy couple. ]]> 317 Elise Kova 1949694283 Khaila 4 bookshelf-tbr, fantasy I am such a sucker for elves 3.62 2020 A Deal with the Elf King (Married to Magic, #1)
author: Elise Kova
name: Khaila
average rating: 3.62
book published: 2020
rating: 4
read at: 2022/06/21
date added: 2022/06/21
shelves: bookshelf-tbr, fantasy
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I am such a sucker for elves
]]> <![CDATA[The Fall of the West: The Death of the Roman Superpower]]> 6969452 531 Adrian Goldsworthy 0753826925 Khaila 4 4.08 2009 The Fall of the West: The Death of the Roman Superpower
author: Adrian Goldsworthy
name: Khaila
average rating: 4.08
book published: 2009
rating: 4
read at: 2022/06/20
date added: 2022/06/20
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]]> <![CDATA[The Phone Booth at the Edge of the World]]> 54776222 The international bestselling novel sold in 21 countries, about grief, mourning, and the joy of survival, inspired by a real phone booth in Japan with its disconnected “wind” phone, a place of pilgrimage and solace since the 2011 tsunami

When Yui loses both her mother and her daughter in the tsunami, she begins to mark the passage of time from that date onward: Everything is relative to March 11, 2011, the day the tsunami tore Japan apart, and when grief took hold of her life. Yui struggles to continue on, alone with her pain.
Then, one day she hears about a man who has an old disused telephone booth in his garden. There, those who have lost loved ones find the strength to speak to them and begin to come to terms with their grief. As news of the phone booth spreads, people travel to it from miles around.
Soon Yui makes her own pilgrimage to the phone booth, too. But once there she cannot bring herself to speak into the receiver. Instead she finds Takeshi, a bereaved husband whose own daughter has stopped talking in the wake of her mother’s death.
Simultaneously heartbreaking and heartwarming, The Phone Booth at the Edge of the World is the signpost pointing to the healing that can come after.

?]]> 416 Laura Imai Messina 1419754300 Khaila 0 to-read 3.95 2020 The Phone Booth at the Edge of the World
author: Laura Imai Messina
name: Khaila
average rating: 3.95
book published: 2020
rating: 0
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date added: 2022/06/01
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]]> 呪術廻戦 18 [Jujutsu Kaisen 18] 58219311 192 Gege Akutami 4088828488 Khaila 4 4.37 2021 呪術廻戦 18 [Jujutsu Kaisen 18]
author: Gege Akutami
name: Khaila
average rating: 4.37
book published: 2021
rating: 4
read at: 2022/05/15
date added: 2022/05/15
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genuinely have no idea what is happening rn
]]> 呪術廻戦 19 [Jujutsu Kaisen 19] 58219312 208 Gege Akutami 4088830687 Khaila 4 4.45 2022 呪術廻戦 19 [Jujutsu Kaisen 19]
author: Gege Akutami
name: Khaila
average rating: 4.45
book published: 2022
rating: 4
read at: 2022/05/15
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one day i will understand how cursed energy and domain expansion work, that day is not today however
]]> Greek Myths: A New Retelling 56246237 Charlotte Higgins reinterprets some of the most enduring stories of all time in this beautifully produced, spellbinding new collection, featuring original artworks by Chris Ofili.

Here are myths of the creation, of Heracles and Theseus and Perseus, the Trojan war and its origins and aftermaths, tales of Thebes and Argos and Athens. There are stories of love and desire, adventure and magic, destructive gods, helpless humans, fantastical creatures, resourceful witches and the origins of birds and animals. This is a world of extremes, and one that resonates deeply with our own: mysterious diseases devastate cities; environmental disasters tear lives apart; women habitually suffer violence at the hands of men.

Unlike in many previous collected myths, female characters take centre stage - Athena, Helen, Circe, Penelope and others weave these stories into elaborate imagined tapestries. In Charlotte Higgins's thrilling new interpretation, their tales combine to form a dazzling, sweeping epic of storytelling, and a magnificent work of scholarship and imagination.

'Startlingly fresh... This excellent book should delight many generations of story lovers to come.' Guardian]]> 336 Charlotte Higgins 1787331652 Khaila 0 3.83 2021 Greek Myths: A New Retelling
author: Charlotte Higgins
name: Khaila
average rating: 3.83
book published: 2021
rating: 0
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]]> Ariadne 54860614
When Theseus, the Prince of Athens, arrives to vanquish the beast, Ariadne sees in his green eyes not a threat but an escape. Defying the gods, betraying her family and country, and risking everything for love, Ariadne helps Theseus kill the Minotaur. But will Ariadne's decision ensure her happy ending? And what of Phaedra, the beloved younger sister she leaves behind?

Hypnotic, propulsive, and utterly transporting, Jennifer Saint's Ariadne forges a new epic, one that puts the forgotten women of Greek mythology back at the heart of the story, as they strive for a better world.]]> 308 Jennifer Saint 125077358X Khaila 0 3.77 2021 Ariadne
author: Jennifer Saint
name: Khaila
average rating: 3.77
book published: 2021
rating: 0
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]]> An Enchantment of Ravens 30969741 Every enchantment has a price.

With a flick of her paintbrush, Isobel creates stunning portraits for a dangerous set of clients: the fair folk. These immortal creatures cannot bake bread or put a pen to paper without crumbling to dust. They crave human Craft with a terrible thirst, and they trade valuable enchantments for Isobel’s paintings. But when she receives her first royal patron—Rook, the autumn prince—Isobel makes a deadly mistake. She paints mortal sorrow in his eyes, a weakness that could cost him his throne, and even his life.

Furious, Rook spirits Isobel away to his kingdom to stand trial for her crime. But something is seriously amiss in his world, and they are attacked from every side. With Isobel and Rook depending upon each other for survival, their alliance blossoms into trust, perhaps even love . . . a forbidden emotion that would violate the fair folks’ ruthless laws, rendering both their lives forfeit. What force could Isobel's paintings conjure that is powerful enough to defy the ancient malice of the fairy courts?

Isobel and Rook journey along a knife-edge in a lush world where beauty masks corruption and the cost of survival might be more frightening than death itself.]]> 304 Margaret Rogerson 1481497588 Khaila 0 3.64 2017 An Enchantment of Ravens
author: Margaret Rogerson
name: Khaila
average rating: 3.64
book published: 2017
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[Crooked Kingdom (Six of Crows, #2)]]> 22299763
Kaz Brekker and his crew of deadly outcasts have just pulled off a heist so daring even they didn't think they'd survive. But instead of divvying up a fat reward, they're right back to fighting for their lives.

Double-crossed and badly weakened, the crew is low on resources, allies, and hope. As powerful forces from around the world descend on Ketterdam to root out the secrets of the dangerous drug known as jurda parem, old rivals and new enemies emerge to challenge Kaz's cunning and test the team's fragile loyalties.

A war will be waged on the city's dark and twisting streets - a battle for revenge and redemption that will decide the fate of the Grisha world.]]> 561 Leigh Bardugo Khaila 0 4.58 2016 Crooked Kingdom (Six of Crows, #2)
author: Leigh Bardugo
name: Khaila
average rating: 4.58
book published: 2016
rating: 0
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]]> Bloom 39073387
Writer Kevin Panetta and artist Savanna Ganucheau concoct a delicious recipe of intricately illustrated baking scenes and blushing young love, in which the choices we make can have terrible consequences, but the people who love us can help us grow.]]> 368 Kevin Panetta 1626726418 Khaila 0 3.91 2019 Bloom
author: Kevin Panetta
name: Khaila
average rating: 3.91
book published: 2019
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[Heartstopper: Volume Four (Heartstopper, #4)]]> 51574372
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.]]> 384 Alice Oseman 144495279X Khaila 4 4.67 2021 Heartstopper: Volume Four (Heartstopper, #4)
author: Alice Oseman
name: Khaila
average rating: 4.67
book published: 2021
rating: 4
read at: 2021/05/08
date added: 2022/02/18
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]]> <![CDATA[Heartstopper: Volume Three (Heartstopper, #3)]]> 44779280
But coming out isn’t just something that happens once – there’s Nick’s older brother, and a school trip to Paris, not to mention all the other friends and family – and life can be hard, even with someone who loves you by your side. As their feelings get more serious, Charlie and Nick will need each other more than ever before.]]> 380 Alice Oseman 1444952773 Khaila 0 4.59 2020 Heartstopper: Volume Three (Heartstopper, #3)
author: Alice Oseman
name: Khaila
average rating: 4.59
book published: 2020
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[Heartstopper: Volume Two (Heartstopper, #2)]]> 43307358
But love works in surprising ways, and Nick is discovering all kinds of things about his friends, his family ... and himself.]]> 320 Alice Oseman 1444951408 Khaila 0 4.52 2019 Heartstopper: Volume Two (Heartstopper, #2)
author: Alice Oseman
name: Khaila
average rating: 4.52
book published: 2019
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[Heartstopper: Volume One (Heartstopper, #1)]]> 42189109
But love works in surprising ways, and Nick is more interested in Charlie than either of them realised.

By Alice Oseman, winner of the YA Book Prize, 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.]]> 263 Alice Oseman 1444951386 Khaila 0 4.51 2018 Heartstopper: Volume One (Heartstopper, #1)
author: Alice Oseman
name: Khaila
average rating: 4.51
book published: 2018
rating: 0
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]]> Pumpkinheads 44306231
Every autumn, all through high school, they’ve worked together at the best pumpkin patch in the whole wide world. (Not many people know that the best pumpkin patch in the whole wide world is in Omaha, Nebraska, but it definitely is.) They say good-bye every Halloween, and they’re reunited every September 1.
But this Halloween is different?Josiah and Deja are finally seniors, and this is their last season at the pumpkin patch. Their last shift together. Their last good-bye.

Josiah’s ready to spend the whole night feeling melancholy about it. Deja isn’t ready to let him. She’s got a plan: What if instead of moping they went out with a bang? They could see all the sights! Taste all the snacks! And Josiah could finally talk to that cute girl he’s been mooning over for three years . . .

What if their last shift was an adventure?]]> 219 Rainbow Rowell 1529008638 Khaila 0 4.02 2019 Pumpkinheads
author: Rainbow Rowell
name: Khaila
average rating: 4.02
book published: 2019
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[Our Dreams at Dusk: Shimanami Tasogare, Vol. 4]]> 43263394 A SECRET EXPOSED

Tchaiko has always been an enigma, but when he goes to visit his partner in the hospital, his story is finally revealed. Meanwhile, Saki’s biggest secret is thrust out in the open―despite her desperate attempts to keep it under wraps. The emotional final volume of Yuhki Kamatani’s tale of gender, sexuality, and self discovery!]]> 241 Yuhki Kamatani 1642750638 Khaila 4 lgbt, manga 4.57 2018 Our Dreams at Dusk: Shimanami Tasogare, Vol. 4
author: Yuhki Kamatani
name: Khaila
average rating: 4.57
book published: 2018
rating: 4
read at: 2021/03/15
date added: 2022/02/18
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]]> <![CDATA[Our Dreams at Dusk: Shimanami Tasogare, Vol. 3]]> 43263519 AN UNEXPECTED VISITOR

When Tasuku attends a workshop organized by Cat Clutter, the last person he is expecting to see there shows up: his crush, Tsubaki! Is this the beginning of a dream come true?]]> 170 Yuhki Kamatani 164275062X Khaila 4 lgbt, manga 4.36 2017 Our Dreams at Dusk: Shimanami Tasogare, Vol. 3
author: Yuhki Kamatani
name: Khaila
average rating: 4.36
book published: 2017
rating: 4
read at: 2021/03/15
date added: 2022/02/18
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]]> <![CDATA[Our Dreams at Dusk: Shimanami Tasogare, Vol. 2]]> 41085084 HELP OR HINDRANCE?

Tasuku is starting to feel at home at the drop-in center―just in time for him to help a younger student who also hangs out there. Misora Shuji likes to wear girls’ clothing but is unsure about their gender identity. Will Tasuku’s guidance offer Shuji some clarity or just make things harder?]]> 166 Yuhki Kamatani 1642750611 Khaila 4 lgbt, manga 4.32 2016 Our Dreams at Dusk: Shimanami Tasogare, Vol. 2
author: Yuhki Kamatani
name: Khaila
average rating: 4.32
book published: 2016
rating: 4
read at: 2021/03/15
date added: 2022/02/18
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]]> <![CDATA[Our Dreams at Dusk: Shimanami Tasogare, Vol. 1]]> 41085077 A beautiful tale of coming-out and coming-of-age.

Not only is high schooler Tasuku Kaname the new kid in town, he is also terrified that he has been outed as gay. Just as he’s contemplating doing the unthinkable, Tasuku meets a mysterious woman who leads him to a group of people dealing with problems not so different from his own. In this realistic, heartfelt depiction of LGBT+ characters from different backgrounds finding their place in the world, a search for inner peace proves to be the most universal experience of all.]]> 178 Yuhki Kamatani 1642750603 Khaila 4 lgbt, manga 4.29 2015 Our Dreams at Dusk: Shimanami Tasogare, Vol. 1
author: Yuhki Kamatani
name: Khaila
average rating: 4.29
book published: 2015
rating: 4
read at: 2021/03/15
date added: 2022/02/18
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]]> <![CDATA[My Lesbian Experience with Loneliness]]> 33113683
My Lesbian Experience with Loneliness is an honest and heartfelt look at one young woman’s exploration of her sexuality, mental well-being, and growing up in our modern age. Told using expressive artwork that invokes both laughter and tears, this moving and highly entertaining single volume depicts not only the artist’s burgeoning sexuality, but many other personal aspects of her life that will resonate with readers.]]> 144 Kabi Nagata 1626926034 Khaila 0 lgbt, manga 4.11 2016 My Lesbian Experience with Loneliness
author: Kabi Nagata
name: Khaila
average rating: 4.11
book published: 2016
rating: 0
read at: 2021/05/08
date added: 2022/02/18
shelves: lgbt, manga
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]]> The Prince and the Dressmaker 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 Khaila 4 lgbt, graphic-novels 4.34 2018 The Prince and the Dressmaker
author: Jen Wang
name: Khaila
average rating: 4.34
book published: 2018
rating: 4
read at: 2021/11/13
date added: 2022/02/18
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]]> <![CDATA[Something is Killing the Children #15]]> 56662676 26 James Tynion IV 1646683986 Khaila 0 graphic-novels 4.28 2021 Something is Killing the Children #15
author: James Tynion IV
name: Khaila
average rating: 4.28
book published: 2021
rating: 0
read at: 2021/04/18
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]]> <![CDATA[Something is Killing the Children #14]]> 56662675 24 James Tynion IV 1646683838 Khaila 0 graphic-novels 4.31 2021 Something is Killing the Children #14
author: James Tynion IV
name: Khaila
average rating: 4.31
book published: 2021
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[Something is Killing the Children #13]]> 56332616 21 James Tynion IV 1646683676 Khaila 0 graphic-novels 4.23 2020 Something is Killing the Children #13
author: James Tynion IV
name: Khaila
average rating: 4.23
book published: 2020
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[Something is Killing the Children #12]]> 55927700 22 James Tynion IV 1646683447 Khaila 0 graphic-novels 4.26 2020 Something is Killing the Children #12
author: James Tynion IV
name: Khaila
average rating: 4.26
book published: 2020
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[Something is Killing the Children #11]]> 55742016 21 James Tynion IV 1646683064 Khaila 0 graphic-novels 4.17 2020 Something is Killing the Children #11
author: James Tynion IV
name: Khaila
average rating: 4.17
book published: 2020
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[Something is Killing the Children #10]]> 55234829 25 James Tynion IV 1646682793 Khaila 0 graphic-novels 4.34 2020 Something is Killing the Children #10
author: James Tynion IV
name: Khaila
average rating: 4.34
book published: 2020
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[Something is Killing the Children #9]]> 54893687 25 James Tynion IV 1646682610 Khaila 0 graphic-novels 4.28 2020 Something is Killing the Children #9
author: James Tynion IV
name: Khaila
average rating: 4.28
book published: 2020
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[Something is Killing the Children #8]]> 54435946 23 James Tynion IV 1646682165 Khaila 0 graphic-novels 4.14 2020 Something is Killing the Children #8
author: James Tynion IV
name: Khaila
average rating: 4.14
book published: 2020
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[Something is Killing the Children #7]]> 53706531 23 James Tynion IV 1646681959 Khaila 0 graphic-novels 4.06 2020 Something is Killing the Children #7
author: James Tynion IV
name: Khaila
average rating: 4.06
book published: 2020
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[Something is Killing the Children #6]]> 52492476 23 James Tynion IV 1646681754 Khaila 0 graphic-novels 4.15 2020 Something is Killing the Children #6
author: James Tynion IV
name: Khaila
average rating: 4.15
book published: 2020
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[Something is Killing the Children #5]]> 50528846 26 James Tynion IV 1646681150 Khaila 0 graphic-novels 4.36 2020 Something is Killing the Children #5
author: James Tynion IV
name: Khaila
average rating: 4.36
book published: 2020
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[Something is Killing the Children #4]]> 49195546 25 James Tynion IV 1646680812 Khaila 0 graphic-novels 4.26 2019 Something is Killing the Children #4
author: James Tynion IV
name: Khaila
average rating: 4.26
book published: 2019
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[Something is Killing the Children #3]]> 48896220 23 James Tynion IV 1646680650 Khaila 0 graphic-novels 4.09 2019 Something is Killing the Children #3
author: James Tynion IV
name: Khaila
average rating: 4.09
book published: 2019
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[Something is Killing the Children #2]]> 52948297 24 James Tynion IV 1646689798 Khaila 0 graphic-novels 4.12 2019 Something is Killing the Children #2
author: James Tynion IV
name: Khaila
average rating: 4.12
book published: 2019
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[Something is Killing the Children #1]]> 52771664 Memetic, Batman: Detective Comics) teams with artist Werther Dell’Edera (Briggs Land) for an all-new limited series about staring into the abyss to find your worst fears staring back. When the children of Archer's Peak begin to go missing, everything seems hopeless. Most children never return, but the ones that do have terrible stories—impossible stories of terrifying creatures that live in the shadows. Their only hope of finding and eliminating the threat is the arrival of a mysterious stranger, one who believes the children and claims to see what they can see. Her name is Erica Slaughter. She kills monsters. That is all she does, and she bears the cost because it MUST be done.]]> 31 James Tynion IV 1646689925 Khaila 0 graphic-novels 4.08 2019 Something is Killing the Children #1
author: James Tynion IV
name: Khaila
average rating: 4.08
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]]> The Gods Lie 26025704 214 Kaori Ozaki 1942993366 Khaila 4 manga 4.02 2013 The Gods Lie
author: Kaori Ozaki
name: Khaila
average rating: 4.02
book published: 2013
rating: 4
read at: 2021/05/25
date added: 2022/02/18
shelves: manga
review:
I’m not crying...I’m just chopping onions
]]> They Called Us Enemy 42527866 A graphic memoir recounting actor/author/activist George Takei's childhood imprisoned within American concentration camps during World War II. Experience the forces that shaped an American icon -- and America itself.

Long before George Takei braved new frontiers in Star Trek, he woke up as a four-year-old boy to find his own birth country at war with his father's -- and their entire family forced from their home into an uncertain future.

In 1942, at the order of President Franklin D. Roosevelt, every person of Japanese descent on the west coast was rounded up and shipped to one of ten "relocation centers," hundreds or thousands of miles from home, where they would be held for years under armed guard.

They Called Us Enemy is Takei's firsthand account of those years behind barbed wire, the joys and terrors of growing up under legalized racism, his mother's hard choices, his father's faith in democracy, and the way those experiences planted the seeds for his astonishing future.]]> 204 George Takei 1603094504 Khaila 4 graphic-novels 4.40 2019 They Called Us Enemy
author: George Takei
name: Khaila
average rating: 4.40
book published: 2019
rating: 4
read at: 2021/05/09
date added: 2022/02/18
shelves: graphic-novels
review:

]]> Saga, Volume 1 15704307
Collects: Saga #1-6.]]> 160 Brian K. Vaughan 1607066017 Khaila 0 graphic-novels, not-for-me 4.16 2012 Saga, Volume 1
author: Brian K. Vaughan
name: Khaila
average rating: 4.16
book published: 2012
rating: 0
read at: 2021/05/09
date added: 2022/02/18
shelves: graphic-novels, not-for-me
review:

]]> <![CDATA[Blue Phobia (Blue Phobia, #1 Blue Phobia, #2)]]> 50545232 400 Eri Tsuruyoshi 2344037187 Khaila 3 manga 3.87 Blue Phobia (Blue Phobia, #1 Blue Phobia, #2)
author: Eri Tsuruyoshi
name: Khaila
average rating: 3.87
book published:
rating: 3
read at: 2021/12/21
date added: 2022/02/18
shelves: manga
review:

]]> <![CDATA[とつくにの少女 4 [Totsukuni no shōjo 4]]]> 34705699 化物と化したおばを连れ帰ってきた先生が
彼女から闻いた言叶は、俄には信じがたい事実だった……。
年端もいかぬ幼い少女に课された
运命の重さに苦悩する先生、
その一方で外の者となったおばにも変化が――。

これは朝と夜――
その深い断絶の宵に佇む、
ふたりの御伽话……。闭闭> 176 Nagabe 4800007208 Khaila 0 manga 4.34 2017 とつくにの少女 4 [Totsukuni no shōjo 4]
author: Nagabe
name: Khaila
average rating: 4.34
book published: 2017
rating: 0
read at: 2021/07/05
date added: 2022/02/18
shelves: manga
review:

]]> <![CDATA[The Girl from the Other Side: Siúil, A Rún, Vol. 3 (The Girl from the Other Side, #3)]]> 33946221 Homecoming

Shiva's aunt has come to the Outside to bring her home, with several soldiers in tow. Alarmed at this show of force, Teacher tries to protect Shiva, but to no avail. Meanwhile, chaos threatens to engulf the small hamlet on the Inside. Where does Shiva truly belong?]]> 180 Nagabe 1626925585 Khaila 4 manga 4.34 2017 The Girl from the Other Side: Siúil, A Rún, Vol. 3 (The Girl from the Other Side, #3)
author: Nagabe
name: Khaila
average rating: 4.34
book published: 2017
rating: 4
read at: 2021/07/04
date added: 2022/02/18
shelves: manga
review:

]]> <![CDATA[The Girl from the Other Side: Siúil, A Rún, Vol. 2 (The Girl from the Other Side, #2)]]> 31949122 Untouchable

To be touched by an Outsider is to become an Outsider. A clawed, black hand reaches out to touch Shiva's cheek in her sleep. The hand does not belong to Teacher. Who is this strange new Outsider, and what do its creepy murmurings about "mother" portend?

Enter a fantasy realm shrouded in mystery, in a dark fairy tale-like setting for fans of The Ancient Magus' Bride.]]> 174 Nagabe 1626925232 Khaila 4 manga 4.22 2016 The Girl from the Other Side: Siúil, A Rún, Vol. 2 (The Girl from the Other Side, #2)
author: Nagabe
name: Khaila
average rating: 4.22
book published: 2016
rating: 4
read at: 2021/07/04
date added: 2022/02/18
shelves: manga
review:

]]> <![CDATA[Siúil, a Rún: The Girl From the Other Side, Vol. 1 (The Girl from the Other Side, #1)]]> 30139736 Once upon a time...

In a land far away, there were two kingdoms: the Outside, where twisted beasts roamed that could curse with a touch, and the Inside, where humans lived in safety and peace. The girl and the beast should never have met, but when they do, a quiet fairytale begins.

This is a story of two people - one human, one inhuman - who linger in the hazy twilight that separates night from day.]]> 177 Nagabe 1626924678 Khaila 4 manga 4.23 2016 Siúil, a Rún: The Girl From the Other Side, Vol. 1 (The Girl from the Other Side, #1)
author: Nagabe
name: Khaila
average rating: 4.23
book published: 2016
rating: 4
read at: 2021/07/04
date added: 2022/02/18
shelves: manga
review:

]]> Platinum End, Vol. 1 (1) 29632245
As his classmates celebrate their middle school graduation, troubled Mirai is mired in darkness. But his battle is just beginning when he receives some salvation from above in the form of an angel. Now Mirai is pitted against 12 other chosen humans in a battle in which the winner becomes the next god of the world. Mirai has an angel in his corner, but he may need to become a devil to survive.

Mirai's once-great life turned to hell after his family was killed in a mysterious accident. But now that an angel is on his side, things might be looking up. With his newly received angelic powers, can Mirai get over his tragic past and find true happiness…?]]> 176 Tsugumi Ohba 1421590638 Khaila 3 manga 3.91 2016 Platinum End, Vol. 1 (1)
author: Tsugumi Ohba
name: Khaila
average rating: 3.91
book published: 2016
rating: 3
read at: 2021/12/20
date added: 2022/02/18
shelves: manga
review:

]]> <![CDATA[進撃の巨人 33 [Shingeki no Kyojin 33]]]> 54865124 进行を続けるエレン。ミカサやアルミン达は空からエレンを追いかけるため
飞行艇整备が可能なオディハを目指す。だがその代偿としてアニ、ライナーらの
家族が住む「レベリオ」を諦めることになり?????。闭闭> 192 Hajime Isayama 4065220297 Khaila 0 4.64 2021 進撃の巨人 33 [Shingeki no Kyojin 33]
author: Hajime Isayama
name: Khaila
average rating: 4.64
book published: 2021
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2022/02/18
shelves: to-read, bookshelf-read, manga
review:

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