ash 's bookshelf: all en-US Wed, 22 Jan 2025 06:54:34 -0800 60 ash 's bookshelf: all 144 41 /images/layout/goodreads_logo_144.jpg <![CDATA[Your Screenplay Sucks!: 100 Ways to Make It Great]]> 4121672 287 William M. Akers 1932907459 ash 0 to-read 4.13 2008 Your Screenplay Sucks!: 100 Ways to Make It Great
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]]> <![CDATA[Me Before You (Me Before You, #1)]]> 17347634 A newer edition of ISBN 978-0143124542 can be found here.

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

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

Louisa Clark is an ordinary girl living an exceedingly ordinary life¡ªsteady boyfriend, close family¡ªwho has barely been farther afield than their tiny village. She takes a badly needed job working for ex¨CMaster of the Universe Will Traynor, who is wheelchair bound after an accident. Will has always lived a huge life¡ªbig deals, extreme sports, worldwide travel¡ªand now he¡¯s pretty sure he cannot live the way he is.

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

A Love Story for this generation and perfect for fans of John Green¡¯s The Fault in Our Stars, Me Before You brings to life two people who couldn¡¯t have less in common¡ªa heartbreakingly romantic novel that asks, What do you do when making the person you love happy also means breaking your own heart?]]> 369 Jojo Moyes 0670026603 ash 0 to-read 4.26 2012 Me Before You (Me Before You, #1)
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]]> UnOrdinary, Season 1 30650183
The world is not perfect. Learning to deal with its flaws is just a normal part of life. But there comes a point where these imperfections spawn a crushing realization... that something needs to change...]]> 155 NOT A BOOK ash 0 to-read 4.36 2016 UnOrdinary, Season 1
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]]> Never Let Me Go 6334 288 Kazuo Ishiguro 1400078776 ash 0 for-school 3.85 2005 Never Let Me Go
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]]> <![CDATA[A Court of Frost and Starlight (A Court of Thorns and Roses, #3.5)]]> 31076583 229 Sarah J. Maas 168119631X ash 0 to-read 3.77 2019 A Court of Frost and Starlight (A Court of Thorns and Roses, #3.5)
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]]> <![CDATA[The Three-Body Problem (Remembrance of Earth¡¯s Past, #1)]]> 20518872 472 Liu Cixin ash 3 for-school 4.08 2006 The Three-Body Problem (Remembrance of Earth¡¯s Past, #1)
author: Liu Cixin
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average rating: 4.08
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rating: 3
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]]> I'll Give You the Sun 20820994
Years later, they are barely speaking. Something has happened to change the twins in different yet equally devastating ways... but then Jude meets an intriguing, irresistible boy and a mysterious new mentor. The early years are Noah's to tell; the later years are Jude's. But they each have only half the story, and if they can only find their way back to one another, they'll have a chance to remake their world.

This radiant, award-winning novel from the acclaimed author of The Sky Is Everywhere will leave you breathless and teary and laughing¡ªoften all at once.

Printz Award Winner Stonewall Honor Book.]]> 371 Jandy Nelson 0803734964 ash 0 to-read 4.14 2014 I'll Give You the Sun
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]]> Bad Feminist 18813642 Pink is my favorite color. I used to say my favorite color was black to be cool, but it is pink¡ªall shades of pink. If I have an accessory, it is probably pink. I read Vogue, and I¡¯m not doing it ironically, though it might seem that way. I once live-tweeted the September issue.

In these funny and insightful essays, Roxane Gay takes us through the journey of her evolution as a woman of color while also taking readers on a ride through culture of the last few years and commenting on the state of feminism today. The portrait that emerges is not only one of an incredibly insightful woman continually growing to understand herself and our society, but also one of our culture.

Bad Feminist is a sharp, funny, and spot-on look at the ways in which the culture we consume becomes who we are, and an inspiring call-to-arms of all the ways we still need to do better.

Feel me, see me, hear me, reach me --
Peculiar benefits --
Typical first year professor --
To scratch, claw or grope clumsily or frantically --
How to be friends with another woman --
Girls, girls, girls --
I once was Miss America --
Garish, glorious spectacles --
Not here to make friends --
How we all lose --
Reaching for catharsis : getting fat right (or wrong) and Diana Spechler's Skinny --
The smooth surfaces of idyll --
The careless language of sexual violence --
What we hunger for --
The illusion of safety/the safety of illusion --
The spectacle of broken men --
A tale of three coming out stories --
Beyond the measure of men --
Some jokes are funnier than others --
Dear young ladies who love Chris Brown --
So much they would let him beat them --
Blurred lines, indeed --
The trouble with Prince Charming, or, He who trespassed against us --
The solace of preparing fried foods and other quaint remembrances from 1960s Mississippi : thoughts on The help --
Surviving Django --
Beyond the struggle narrative --
The morality of Tyler Perry --
The last day of a young black man --
When less is more --
The politics of respectability --
When Twitter does what journalism cannot --
The alienable rights of women --
Holding out for a hero --
A tale of two profiles --
The racism we all carry --
Tragedy, call, compassion, response --
Bad feminist : take one --
Bad feminist : take two]]> 320 Roxane Gay 0062282719 ash 0 currently-reading 3.93 2014 Bad Feminist
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]]> <![CDATA[Last Night at the Telegraph Club]]> 35224992 A story of love and duty set in San Francisco's Chinatown during the Red Scare.

¡°That book. It was about two women, and they fell in love with each other.¡± And then Lily asked the question that had taken root in her, that was even now unfurling its leaves and demanding to be shown the sun: ¡°Have you ever heard of such a thing?¡±

Seventeen-year-old Lily Hu ³¦²¹²Ô¡¯³Ù remember exactly when the question took root, but the answer was in full bloom the moment she and Kathleen Miller walked under the flashing neon sign of a lesbian bar called the Telegraph Club.

America in 1954 is not a safe place for two girls to fall in love, especially not in Chinatown. Red-Scare paranoia threatens everyone, including Chinese Americans like Lily. With deportation looming over her father¡ªdespite his hard-won citizenship¡ªLily and Kath risk everything to let their love see the light of day.]]> 409 Malinda Lo 0525555250 ash 5 review to come! 4.21 2021 Last Night at the Telegraph Club
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]]> <![CDATA[The Priory of the Orange Tree (The Roots of Chaos, #1)]]> 40275288
The House of Berethnet has ruled Inys for a thousand years. Still unwed, Queen Sabran the Ninth must conceive a daughter to protect her realm from destruction ¨C but assassins are getting closer to her door.

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

Across the dark sea, Tan¨¦ has trained to be a dragonrider since she was a child, but is forced to make a choice that could see her life unravel.

Meanwhile, the divided East and West refuse to parley, and forces of chaos are rising from their sleep.]]> 845 Samantha Shannon 1408883457 ash 0 currently-reading 4.18 2019 The Priory of the Orange Tree (The Roots of Chaos, #1)
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]]> A Little Life 22822858
Over the decades, their relationships deepen and darken, tinged by addiction, success, and pride.?Yet their greatest challenge, each comes to realize, is Jude himself, by midlife a terrifyingly talented litigator yet an increasingly broken man, his mind and body scarred by an unspeakable childhood, and haunted by what he fears is a degree of trauma that he¡¯ll not only be unable to overcome¡ªbut that will define his life forever.]]> 720 Hanya Yanagihara 0385539258 ash 0 currently-reading 4.28 2015 A Little Life
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]]> If You Could See the Sun 60099660 actually invisible.
?
When her parents drop the news that they can no longer afford her tuition, even with the scholarship, Alice hatches a plan to monetize her strange new power¡ªshe¡¯ll discover the scandalous secrets her classmates want to know, for a price.
?
But as the tasks escalate from petty scandals to actual crimes, Alice must decide if it¡¯s worth losing her conscience¡ªor even her life.

In this genre-bending YA debut, a Chinese American girl monetizes her strange new invisibility powers by discovering and selling her wealthy classmates¡¯ most scandalous secrets.]]> 346 Ann Liang 1335915842 ash 0 to-read 4.01 2022 If You Could See the Sun
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]]> This Time It's Real 60759266 massive secret to keep.

Eliza made her essay up. She¡¯s never been in a relationship before, let alone in love. All good writing is lying, right?

Desperate to hide the truth, Eliza strikes a deal with the famous actor in her class, the charming but aloof Caz Song. She¡¯ll help him write his college applications if he poses as her boyfriend. Caz is a dream boyfriend -- he passes handwritten notes to her in class, makes her little sister laugh, and takes her out on motorcycle rides to the best snack stalls around the city.

But when her relationship with Caz starts feeling a little too convincing, all of Eliza¡¯s carefully laid plans are threatened. Can she still follow her dreams if it means breaking her own heart?

Get ready to fall in love in this hilarious romcom about a girl who begins a fake relationship with the famous actor in her class, perfect for fans of Meg Cabot and Jenny Han.]]> 352 Ann Liang 1338827111 ash 4 4.03 2023 This Time It's Real
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]]> I Hope This Doesn't Find You 124932739 I Hope This Doesn't Find You is Never Have I Ever meets To All the Boys if Lara Jean wrote hate emails instead of love letters.

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

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

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

Overnight, Sadie¡¯s carefully crafted, conflict-free life is turned upside down. It's her worst nightmare -- now everyone at school knows what she really thinks of them, and they're not afraid to tell her what they really think of her either. But amidst the chaos, there's one person growing to appreciate the "real" Sadie -- Julius, the only boy she's sworn to hate...]]> 320 Ann Liang 1338827154 ash 4 4.17 2024 I Hope This Doesn't Find You
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what can i say, i'm a sucker for a clich¨¦ romance
]]> <![CDATA[My Father's Eyes, My Mother's Rage]]> 202053725 245 Rose Brik ash 0 to-read 4.19 2023 My Father's Eyes, My Mother's Rage
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]]> Yellowface 62047984
So what if June edits Athena¡¯s novel and sends it to her agent as her own work? So what if she lets her new publisher rebrand her as Juniper Song¡ªcomplete with an ambiguously ethnic author photo? This piece of history deserve to be told, whoever the teller. That is what June believes, and The New York Times bestseller list agrees.

But June cannot escape Athena¡¯s shadow, and emerging evidence threatens her stolen success. As she races to protect her secret she discovers exactly how far she will go to keep what she thinks she deserves.]]> 319 R.F. Kuang 000853277X ash 4 3.69 2023 Yellowface
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average rating: 3.69
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]]> Happy Place 61718053
They broke up six months ago. And still haven¡¯t told their best friends.

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

Only this year, Harriet and Wyn are lying through their teeth while trying not to notice how desperately they still want each other. Because the cottage is for sale and this is the last week they¡¯ll all have together in this place. They ³¦²¹²Ô¡¯³Ù stand to break their friends¡¯ hearts, and so they¡¯ll play their parts. Harriet will be the driven surgical resident who never starts a fight, and Wyn will be the laid-back charmer who never lets the cracks show. It¡¯s a flawless plan (if you look at it from a great distance and through a pair of sunscreen-smeared sunglasses). After years of being in love, how hard can it be to fake it for one week¡­ in front of those who know you best?

A couple who broke up months ago make a pact to pretend to still be together for their annual weeklong vacation with their best friends in this glittering and wise new novel from #1 New York Times bestselling author Emily Henry.]]> 400 Emily Henry 0593441273 ash 3 3.95 2023 Happy Place
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]]> The Grapes of Wrath 18114322
First published in 1939, Steinbeck¡¯s Pulitzer Prize-winning epic of the Great Depression chronicles the Dust Bowl migration of the 1930s and tells the story of one Oklahoma farm family, the Joads¡ªdriven from their homestead and forced to travel west to the promised land of California. Out of their trials and their repeated collisions against the hard realities of an America divided into Haves and Have-Nots evolves a drama that is intensely human yet majestic in its scale and moral vision, elemental yet plainspoken, tragic but ultimately stirring in its human dignity. A portrait of the conflict between the powerful and the powerless, of one man¡¯s fierce reaction to injustice, and of one woman¡¯s stoical strength, the novel captures the horrors of the Great Depression and probes into the very nature of equality and justice in America. At once a naturalistic epic, captivity narrative, road novel, and transcendental gospel, Steinbeck¡¯s powerful landmark novel is perhaps the most American of American Classics.]]> 496 John Steinbeck 067001690X ash 0 to-read 4.06 1939 The Grapes of Wrath
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]]> Crying in H Mart 54814676
In this exquisite story of family, food, grief, and endurance, Michelle Zauner proves herself far more than a dazzling singer, songwriter, and guitarist. With humour and heart, she tells of growing up the only Asian-American kid at her school in Eugene, Oregon; of struggling with her mother¡¯s particular, high expectations of her; of a painful adolescence; of treasured months spent in her grandmother¡¯s tiny apartment in Seoul, where she and her mother would bond, late at night, over heaping plates of food. As she grew up, moving to the east coast for college, finding work in the restaurant industry, performing gigs with her fledgling band ¨C and meeting the man who would become her husband ¨C her Koreanness began to feel ever more distant, even as she found the life she wanted to live.

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

Vivacious, lyrical and honest, Michelle Zauner¡¯s voice is as radiantly alive on the page as it is onstage. Rich with intimate anecdotes that will resonate widely, Crying in H Mart is a book to cherish, share, and reread.]]> 243 Michelle Zauner 0525657746 ash 0 dnf, to-read I LOST MY COPY *CRI* 4.25 2021 Crying in H Mart
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]]> <![CDATA[Seams Deadly (A Measure Twice Sewing Mystery, #1)]]> 75559696
Lydia Barnes is excited for a fresh start when she moves to the quaint mountain town of Peridot, Georgia. Her friend, Fran, offers her a job at the Measure Twice fabric store and even sets her up on a date with the handsome Brandon Ivey, who also happens to be Lydia¡¯s new next-door neighbor. Finally, things are looking up. But after a disaster first date that ends with a fist bump instead of a kiss, Lydia doesn¡¯t think her night can get any worse. She¡¯s soon proven wrong when she later stumbles upon Brandon¡¯s dead body.

Considered the prime suspect by the police, Lydia calls on her friends to help her hunt for the truth and prove her innocence. But when another body is soon found inside the Measure Twice store, Lydia knows that the killer must be close by, and that this town has more than its fair share of secrets. Who would want to frame the newest addition to Peridot for these terrible murders¡ªand why?

Lydia may discover that while sewing might have a pattern, killing rarely does. Will she be able to stitch together the clues and clear her own name before the killer strikes again?]]> 272 Maggie Bailey 1639104704 ash 0 to-read 3.55 2023 Seams Deadly (A Measure Twice Sewing Mystery, #1)
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]]> Severance 36348525
Candace won¡¯t be able to make it on her own forever, though. Enter a group of survivors, led by the power-hungry IT tech Bob. They¡¯re traveling to a place called the Facility, where, Bob promises, they will have everything they need to start society anew. But Candace is carrying a secret she knows Bob will exploit. Should she escape from her rescuers?

A send-up and takedown of the rituals, routines, and missed opportunities of contemporary life, Ling Ma¡¯s Severance is a quirky coming-of-adulthood tale and satire.]]> 291 Ling Ma 0374261598 ash 0 currently-reading 3.90 2018 Severance
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]]> Yellowface 59357120
So what if June edits Athena¡¯s novel and sends it to her agent as her own work? So what if she lets her new publisher rebrand her as Juniper Song¡ªcomplete with an ambiguously ethnic author photo? This piece of history deserve to be told, whoever the teller. That is what June believes, and The New York Times bestseller list agrees.

But June cannot escape Athena¡¯s shadow, and emerging evidence threatens her stolen success. As she races to protect her secret she discovers exactly how far she will go to keep what she thinks she deserves.]]> 329 R.F. Kuang ash 4 [review to come] 3.84 2023 Yellowface
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name: ash
average rating: 3.84
book published: 2023
rating: 4
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]]> East of Eden 4406
Adam Trask came to California from the East to farm and raise his family on the new rich land. But the birth of his twins, Cal and Aaron, brings his wife to the brink of madness, and Adam is left alone to raise his boys to manhood. One boy thrives nurtured by the love of all those around him; the other grows up in loneliness enveloped by a mysterious darkness.

First published in 1952, East of Eden is the work in which Steinbeck created his most mesmerizing characters and explored his most enduring themes: the mystery of identity, the inexplicability of love, and the murderous consequences of love's absence. A masterpiece of Steinbeck's later years, East of Eden is a powerful and vastly ambitious novel that is at once a family saga and a modern retelling of the Book of Genesis.]]> 601 John Steinbeck 0142000655 ash 0 to-read 4.41 1952 East of Eden
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]]> <![CDATA[Chicka Chicka ABC (Chicka Chicka Book, A)]]> 1574182
A told B,
and B told C,
"I'll meet you at the top of the coconut tree."

So begins the lively alphabet rhyme that children and their parents love to recite. Martin and Archambault's rhythmic chant and Caldecott Honor artist Lois Ehlert's bold, cheerful art make this rollicking story an ideal companion to Chicka Chicka Boom Boom .]]> 14 Bill Martin Jr. 067187893X ash 5 nostalgia 4.29 1993 Chicka Chicka ABC (Chicka Chicka Book, A)
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]]> <![CDATA[The Secret Lives of Country Gentlemen (The Doomsday Books, #1)]]> 57102663 Bridgerton meets Poldark in this sweeping LGBTQIA+ Regency romance from award-winning author KJ Charles

Abandoned by his father as a small child, Sir Gareth Inglis has grown up prickly, cold, and well-used to disappointment. Even so, he longs for a connection, falling headfirst into a passionate anonymous affair that's over almost as quickly as it began. Bitter at the sudden rejection, Gareth has little time to lick his wounds: his father has died, leaving him the family title, a rambling manor on the remote Romney Marsh...and the den of cutthroats and thieves that make its intricate waterways their home.

Joss Doomsday has run the Doomsday smuggling clan since he was a boy. His family is his life...which is why when the all-too-familiar new baronet testifies against Joss's sister for a hanging offense, Joss acts fast, blackmailing Gareth with the secret of their relationship to force him to recant. Their reunion is anything but happy and the path forward everything but smooth, yet after the dust settles, neither can stay away. It's a long road from there¡ªfull of danger and mysteries to be solved¡ªyet somehow, along the way, this well-mannered gentleman may at last find true love with the least likely of scoundrels.]]> 331 K.J. Charles 1728255856 ash 0 to-read 4.08 2023 The Secret Lives of Country Gentlemen (The Doomsday Books, #1)
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]]> The Fianc¨¦e Farce 59747519 Lambda Literary award winner and national bestselling author Alexandria Bellefleur returns with a steamy Sapphic rom-com about a quiet bookseller and a romance novel cover model who agree to a modern-day marriage-of-convenience...

Tansy Adams¡¯ greatest love is her family¡¯s bookstore, passed down from her late father. But when it comes to actual romance¡­ Tansy ³¦²¹²Ô¡¯³Ù get past the first chapter. Tired of her stepfamily¡¯s questions about her love life, Tansy invents Gemma, a fake girlfriend inspired by the stunning cover model on a bestselling book. They¡¯ll never actually meet, so what¡¯s the harm in a little fib? Yet when real-life Gemma crosses Tansy¡¯s path, her white lie nearly implodes.

Gemma van Dalen is a wild child, the outcast of her wealthy family, and now the latest heir to Van Dalen Publishing. But the title comes with one tiny condition: she must be married in order to inherit. When Gemma discovers a beautiful stranger has been pretending to date her for months, she decides to take the charade one step further¡ªand announces their engagement.

Gemma needs a wife to meet the terms of her grandfather¡¯s will and Tansy needs money to save her struggling bookstore. A marriage could be mutually beneficial, if they can fool everyone into thinking it¡¯s a love match. Unexpected sparks fly as Tansy and Gemma play the role of affectionate fianc¨¦es, and suddenly the line between convenient arrangement and real feelings begins to blur. But the scheming Van Dalen family won¡¯t give up the company without a fight, and Gemma and Tansy¡¯s newfound happiness might get caught in the fallout¡­]]> 384 Alexandria Bellefleur 0063258498 ash 0 to-read 3.96 2023 The Fianc¨¦e Farce
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]]> The Dead Romantics 58885776 Alternate cover edition of ISBN 9780593336489.

Florence Day is the ghostwriter for one of the most prolific romance authors in the industry, and she has a problem¡ªafter a terrible breakup, she no longer believes in love. It¡¯s as good as dead.

When her new editor, a too-handsome mountain of a man, won¡¯t give her an extension on her book deadline, Florence prepares to kiss her career goodbye. But then she gets a phone call she never wanted to receive, and she must return home for the first time in a decade to help her family bury her beloved father.

For ten years, she¡¯s run from the town that never understood her, and even though she misses the sound of a warm Southern night and her eccentric, loving family and their funeral parlor, she ³¦²¹²Ô¡¯³Ù bring herself to stay. Even with her father gone, it feels like nothing in this town has changed. And she hates it.

Until she finds a ghost standing at the funeral parlor¡¯s front door, just as broad and infuriatingly handsome as ever, and he¡¯s just as confused about why he¡¯s there as she is.

Romance is most certainly dead... but so is her new editor, and his unfinished business will have her second-guessing everything she¡¯s ever known about love stories.

A disillusioned millennial ghostwriter who, quite literally, has some ghosts of her own, has to find her way back home in this sparkling adult debut from national bestselling author Ashley Poston.]]> 368 Ashley Poston ash 0 to-read 3.90 2022 The Dead Romantics
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]]> Glitterland (Spires, #1) 60754391 In the past, the universe is a glitterball I hold in the palm of my hand.

In the past, I am brilliant and I am happy and my every tomorrow is madness.

In the past, I am soaring, and falling, and breaking, and lost.

And now, there is only this.

Once the golden boy of the English literary scene, now a clinically depressed writer of pulp crime fiction, Ash Winters has given up on hope, happiness, and¨Dmost of all¨Dhimself. He lives his life between the cycles of his illness, haunted by the ghosts of other people's expectations.

Then a chance encounter throws him into the path of Essex-born Darian Taylor. Flashy and loud, radiant and full of life, Darian couldn't be more different...and yet he makes Ash laugh, reminding him of what it's like to step beyond the boundaries of his anxiety. But Ash has been living in his own shadow for so long that he can no longer see a way out. Can a man who doesn't trust himself ever trust in happiness? And how can someone who doesn't believe in happiness ever fight for his own?]]> 336 Alexis Hall 1728265282 ash 0 to-read 3.82 2013 Glitterland (Spires, #1)
author: Alexis Hall
name: ash
average rating: 3.82
book published: 2013
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[The Boyfriend Project (The Boyfriend Project, #1)]]> 52211784 If you love Jasmine Guillory, Abby Jimenez and Talia Hibbert, you'll LOVE Farrah Rochon!

What happens when three women discover , thanks to the live tweeting of a disastrous date, that they've all been duped by the same man? They become friends of course!

Samiah Brooks never thought she would be 'that' girl. But a live tweet of a horrific date just revealed the painful truth: she's been catfished by a three-timing jerk of a boyfriend. Suddenly Samiah - along with his two other 'girlfriends', London and Taylor - have gone viral online. Now the three new besties are making a pact to spend the next six months investing in themselves. No men, no dating, and no worrying about their relationship status...

For once Samiah is putting herself first, and that includes finally developing the app she's always dreamed of creating. Which is the exact moment she meets the deliciously sexy, honey-eyed Daniel Collins at work. What are the chances? When it comes to love, there's no such thing as a coincidence. But is Daniel really boyfriend material or is he maybe just a little too good to be true?

]]> 345 Farrah Rochon 1538716623 ash 0 to-read 3.55 2020 The Boyfriend Project (The Boyfriend Project, #1)
author: Farrah Rochon
name: ash
average rating: 3.55
book published: 2020
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]]> <![CDATA[Delilah Green Doesn't Care (Bright Falls, #1)]]> 54756850
Delilah Green swore she would never go back to Bright Falls¡ªnothing is there for her but memories of a lonely childhood where she was little more than a burden to her cold and distant stepfamily. Her life is in New York, with her photography career finally gaining steam and her bed never empty. Sure, it¡¯s a different woman every night, but that¡¯s just fine with her.
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When Delilah¡¯s estranged stepsister, Astrid, pressures her into photographing her wedding with a guilt trip and a five-figure check, Delilah finds herself back in the godforsaken town that she used to call home. She plans to breeze in and out, but then she sees Claire Sutherland, one of Astrid¡¯s stuck-up besties, and decides that maybe there¡¯s some fun (and a little retribution) to be had in Bright Falls, after all.
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Having raised her eleven-year-old daughter mostly on her own while dealing with her unreliable ex and running a bookstore, Claire Sutherland depends upon a life without surprises. And Delilah Green is an unwelcome surprise¡­at first. Though they¡¯ve known each other for years, they don¡¯t really know each other¡ªso Claire is unsettled when Delilah figures out exactly what buttons to push. When they¡¯re forced together during a gauntlet of wedding preparations¡ªincluding a plot to save Astrid from her horrible fianc¨¦¡ªClaire isn¡¯t sure she has the strength to resist Delilah¡¯s charms. Even worse, she¡¯s starting to think she doesn¡¯t want to...]]> 375 Ashley Herring Blake 0593336402 ash 0 to-read 4.06 2022 Delilah Green Doesn't Care (Bright Falls, #1)
author: Ashley Herring Blake
name: ash
average rating: 4.06
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]]> Better Than Fiction 60417459 Love isn't always by the books in this charming romantic comedy about a bookseller discovering how to be the main character in her story.

As a self-proclaimed book hater and a firm believer that the movie is always better, Drew Young didn't anticipate inheriting her grandma's bookstore, the Book Nook. She's in way over her head even before the shop's resident book club, comprising seven of the naughtiest old ladies ever, begin to do what they do best--meddle.

Bestselling author Jasper Williams is a hopeless romantic. When he meets Drew at his Book Nook signing event, he becomes determined to show her the beauty of reading. He curates a book bucket list in exchange for her help exploring the local Denver scene for his current manuscript. From river rafting to local restaurants, Drew begins to connect with Jasper in a way she only thought happened in fiction.

When messy family ties jeopardize the future of the Book Nook, Drew is caught between a bookshelf and a hard place. She's reminded that real life isn't always big dreams and sweeping romance. But Jasper is the plot twist she never saw coming and he's writing a happily ever after just for them.]]> 336 Alexa Martin 0593337220 ash 0 to-read 3.38 2022 Better Than Fiction
author: Alexa Martin
name: ash
average rating: 3.38
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]]> <![CDATA[When in Rome (When in Rome, #1)]]> 60092579 Opposites certainly attract for the stranded pop star and small-town baker in this charming slice of romance from the author of the TikTok sensation The Cheat Sheet.

Amelia Rose, known as Rae Rose to her adoring fans, is burned-out from years of maintaining her "princess of pop" image. Inspired by her favorite Audrey Hepburn film, Roman Holiday, she drives off in the middle of the night for a break in Rome . . . Rome, Kentucky, that is.

When Noah Walker finds Amelia on his front lawn in her broken-down car, he makes it clear he doesn't have the time or patience for celebrity problems. He's too busy running the pie shop his grandmother left him and reminding his nosy but lovable neighbors to mind their own damn business. Despite his better judgment, he lets her stay in his guest room¡ªbut only until her car is fixed¡ªthen she's on her own.

Then Noah starts to see a different side of Rae Rose¡ªshe's Amelia: kindhearted and goofy, yet lonely from years in the public eye. He can't help but get close to her. Soon she'll have to return to her glamorous life on tour, but until then, Noah will show Amelia all the charming small-town experiences she's been missing, and she'll help him open his heart to more.

Amelia can't resist falling for the cozy town and her grumpy tour guide, but even Audrey had to leave Rome eventually.]]> 320 Sarah Adams 0593500784 ash 0 to-read 3.88 2022 When in Rome (When in Rome, #1)
author: Sarah Adams
name: ash
average rating: 3.88
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]]> <![CDATA[Luck and Last Resorts (Love, Lists & Fancy Ships, #2)]]> 59754147 They have a second chance at love, but there are some rough seas ahead in the new contemporary romance from the acclaimed author of Love, Lists, and Fancy Ships.

Commitment-phobe Nina Lejeune lives by two rules:
1. Always have fun.
2. Don¡¯t rely on anyone but yourself.
The first rule is easy; the second, she¡¯s only broken once.

Ten years after fleeing home, Nina is the chief stewardess on the super yacht Serendipity, single by choice, and perfectly content with how life has turned out.

But Nina¡¯s ex-coworker and old flame, Irish chef Ollie Dunne, isn¡¯t so happy with the status quo. One year after leaving yachting, he¡¯s returned as the Serendipity¡¯s chef with an ultimatum: if Nina continues to deny she¡¯s in love with him by the end of this charter season, he¡¯ll go back to Ireland for good.

Nina and Ollie¡¯s shared secret from their past threatens to shipwreck not only their relationship, but the entire boat. But as their connection grows amidst chaotic guests and crew drama, could there be smooth sailing in their future?]]> 336 Sarah Grunder Ruiz 0593335449 ash 0 to-read 3.83 2022 Luck and Last Resorts (Love, Lists & Fancy Ships, #2)
author: Sarah Grunder Ruiz
name: ash
average rating: 3.83
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]]> <![CDATA[Yours Truly (Part of Your World, #2)]]> 61918816 A novel of terrible first impressions, hilarious second chances, and the joy in finding your perfect match.

Dr. Briana Ortiz¡¯s life is seriously flatlining. Her divorce is just about finalized, her brother¡¯s running out of time to find a kidney donor, and that promotion she wants? Oh, that¡¯s probably going to the new man-doctor who¡¯s already registering eighty-friggin¡¯-seven on Briana¡¯s ¡°pain in my ass¡± scale. But just when all systems are set to hate, Dr. Jacob Maddox completely flips the game . . . by sending Briana a letter.

And it¡¯s a really good letter. Like the kind that proves that Jacob isn¡¯t actually Satan. Worse, he might be this fantastically funny and subversively likeable guy who¡¯s terrible at first impressions. Because suddenly he and Bri are exchanging letters, sharing lunch dates in her ¡°sob closet,¡± and discussing the merits of freakishly tiny horses. But when Jacob decides to give Briana the best gift imaginable¡ªa kidney for her brother¡ªshe wonders just how she can resist this quietly sexy new doctor . . . especially when he calls in a favor she ³¦²¹²Ô¡¯³Ù refuse.]]> 416 Abby Jimenez 1538704390 ash 0 to-read 4.29 2023 Yours Truly (Part of Your World, #2)
author: Abby Jimenez
name: ash
average rating: 4.29
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]]> <![CDATA[Secretly Yours (A Vine Mess, #1)]]> 61109600 almost kissed in the dark vineyards of his family's winery. Now the prodigal hottie has returned to their small town. When Hallie is hired to revamp the gardens on the Vos estate, she wonders if she'll finally get that smooch. But the grumpy professor isn't the teenager she remembers and their polar opposite personalities clash spectacularly. One wine-fueled girls' night later, Hallie can't shake the sense that she did something reckless--and then she remembers the drunken secret admirer letter she left for Julian. Oh shit.

On sabbatical from his ivy league job, Julian plans write a novel. But having Hallie gardening right outside his window is the ultimate distraction. She's eccentric, chronically late, often literally covered in dirt--and so unbelievably beautiful, he can't focus on anything else. Until he finds an anonymous letter sent by a woman from his past. Even as Julian wonders about this admirer, he's sucked further into Hallie's orbit. Like the flowers she plants all over town, Hallie is a burst of color in Julian's gray-scale life. For a man who irons his socks and runs on tight schedules, her sunny chaotic energy makes zero sense. But there's something so familiar about her... and her very presence is turning his world upside down.

From #1 New York Times bestselling author and TikTok favorite Tessa Bailey comes a steamy new rom-com about a starchy professor and the bubbly neighbor he clashes with at every turn...]]> 384 Tessa Bailey 0063239027 ash 0 to-read 3.35 2023 Secretly Yours (A Vine Mess, #1)
author: Tessa Bailey
name: ash
average rating: 3.35
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]]> Beach Read 52867387 A romance writer who no longer believes in love and a literary writer stuck in a rut engage in a summer-long challenge that may just upend everything they believe about happily ever afters.

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

They¡¯re polar opposites.

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

Until, one hazy evening, one thing leads to another and they strike a deal designed to force them out of their creative ruts: Augustus will spend the summer writing something happy, and January will pen the next Great American Novel. She¡¯ll take him on field trips worthy of any rom-com montage, and he¡¯ll take her to interview surviving members of a backwoods death cult (obviously). Everyone will finish a book and no-one will fall in love. Really.]]> 371 Emily Henry 1984806734 ash 2 dnf 3.99 2020 Beach Read
author: Emily Henry
name: ash
average rating: 3.99
book published: 2020
rating: 2
read at: 2023/02/19
date added: 2023/02/19
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]]> <![CDATA[Unbelievers(The Unbelievers Story, #1)]]> 54859315 fanfic AgnesBellex ash 4 4.55 2015 Unbelievers(The Unbelievers Story, #1)
author: AgnesBellex
name: ash
average rating: 4.55
book published: 2015
rating: 4
read at: 2021/01/01
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a bit too much smut imo [g l i t t e r - iykyk] but other than that the plot was great and I loved the characters and the fluffinessssss aaaa
]]> <![CDATA[The Charm Offensive (The Charm Offensive, #1)]]> 56898248 Ever After. As the most successful producer in the franchise¡¯s history, Dev always scripts the perfect love story for his contestants, even as his own love life crashes and burns. But then the show casts disgraced tech wunderkind Charlie Winshaw as its star.

Charlie is far from the romantic Prince Charming Ever After expects. He doesn¡¯t believe in true love, and only agreed to the show as a last-ditch effort to rehabilitate his image. In front of the cameras, he¡¯s a stiff, anxious mess with no idea how to date twenty women on national television. Behind the scenes, he¡¯s cold, awkward, and emotionally closed-off.

As Dev fights to get Charlie to connect with the contestants on a whirlwind, worldwide tour, they begin to open up to each other, and Charlie realizes he has better chemistry with Dev than with any of his female co-stars. But even reality TV has a script, and in order to find to happily ever after, they¡¯ll have to reconsider whose love story gets told.

In this witty and heartwarming romantic comedy¡ªreminiscent of Red, White & Royal Blue and One to Watch¡ªan awkward tech wunderkind on a reality dating show goes off-script when sparks fly with his producer.]]> 354 Alison Cochrun 1982170719 ash 0 to-read 4.11 2021 The Charm Offensive (The Charm Offensive, #1)
author: Alison Cochrun
name: ash
average rating: 4.11
book published: 2021
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]]> <![CDATA[The Diary of a Teenage Girl: An Account in Words and Pictures]]> 857125
The story unfolds in the libertine atmosphere of the 1970s San Francisco, but the significance of Minnie's effort to understand herself and her world is universal. This is the story of an adolescent troubled by the discontinuity between what she thinks and feels and what she observes in those around her. The Diary of a Teenage Girl offers a searing comment on adult society as seen though the eyes of a young woman on the verge of joining it.

In this unusual novel, artist and writer Phoebe Gloeckner presents a pivotal year in a girl's life, recounted in diary pages and illustrations, with full narrative sequences in comics form.]]> 312 Phoebe Gloeckner 1583940634 ash 0 to-read 3.97 2002 The Diary of a Teenage Girl: An Account in Words and Pictures
author: Phoebe Gloeckner
name: ash
average rating: 3.97
book published: 2002
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]]> Normal People 41057294
A year later, they¡¯re both studying at Trinity College in Dublin. Marianne has found her feet in a new social world while Connell hangs at the sidelines, shy and uncertain. Throughout their years in college, Marianne and Connell circle one another, straying toward other people and possibilities but always magnetically, irresistibly drawn back together. Then, as she veers into self-destruction and he begins to search for meaning elsewhere, each must confront how far they are willing to go to save the other.

Sally Rooney brings her brilliant psychological acuity and perfectly spare prose to a story that explores the subtleties of class, the electricity of first love, and the complex entanglements of family and friendship.]]> 273 Sally Rooney 1984822179 ash 2 dnf<br />did not enjoy 3.81 2018 Normal People
author: Sally Rooney
name: ash
average rating: 3.81
book published: 2018
rating: 2
read at: 2023/01/22
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dnf
did not enjoy
]]> <![CDATA[Four Aunties and a Wedding (Aunties, #2)]]> 58502675
Meddy realizes that is where their similarities end, however, when she overhears Staphanie talking about taking out a target. Horrified, Meddy can't believe Staphanie and her family aren't just like her own, they are The Family--actual mafia, and they're using Meddy's wedding as a chance to conduct shady business. Her aunties and mother won't let Meddy's wedding ceremony become a murder scene--over their dead bodies--and will do whatever it takes to save her special day, even if it means taking on the mafia.

The aunties are back, fiercer than ever and ready to handle any catastrophe--even the mafia--in this delightful and hilarious sequel by Jesse Q. Sutanto, author of Dial A for Aunties.
]]> 293 Jesse Q. Sutanto 0593333055 ash 3 dnf
didn't enjoy as much as the first one ]]> 3.42 2022 Four Aunties and a Wedding (Aunties, #2)
author: Jesse Q. Sutanto
name: ash
average rating: 3.42
book published: 2022
rating: 3
read at: 2023/01/22
date added: 2023/01/22
shelves: dnf
review:
dnf :/

didn't enjoy as much as the first one
]]> People We Meet on Vacation 54985743 Two best friends. Ten summer trips. One last chance to fall in love.

Poppy and Alex. Alex and Poppy. They have nothing in common. She¡¯s a wild child; he wears khakis. She has insatiable wanderlust; he prefers to stay home with a book. And somehow, ever since a fateful car share home from college many years ago, they are the very best of friends. For most of the year they live far apart¡ªshe¡¯s in New York City, and he¡¯s in their small hometown¡ªbut every summer, for a decade, they have taken one glorious week of vacation together.

Until two years ago, when they ruined everything. They haven¡¯t spoken since.

Poppy has everything she should want, but she¡¯s stuck in a rut. When someone asks when she was last truly happy, she knows, without a doubt, it was on that ill-fated, final trip with Alex. And so, she decides to convince her best friend to take one more vacation together¡ªlay everything on the table, make it all right. Miraculously, he agrees.

Now she has a week to fix everything. If only she can get around the one big truth that has always stood quietly in the middle of their seemingly perfect relationship. What could possibly go wrong?]]> 400 Emily Henry 1984806750 ash 4 loved &lt;3 3.85 2021 People We Meet on Vacation
author: Emily Henry
name: ash
average rating: 3.85
book published: 2021
rating: 4
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loved <3
]]> 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 ¨C 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 ash 0 to-read 3.49 2021 How to Kill Your Family
author: Bella Mackie
name: ash
average rating: 3.49
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]]> A Thousand Ships 53487148 This is the women¡¯s war, just as much as it is the men¡¯s. They have waited long enough for their turn . . .

This was never the story of one woman, or two. It was the story of them all . . .

In the middle of the night, a woman wakes to find her beloved city engulfed in flames. Ten seemingly endless years of conflict between the Greeks and the Trojans are over. Troy has fallen.

From the Trojan women whose fates now lie in the hands of the Greeks, to the Amazon princess who fought Achilles on their behalf, to Penelope awaiting the return of Odysseus, to the three goddesses whose feud started it all, these are the stories of the women whose lives, loves, and rivalries were forever altered by this long and tragic war.

A woman¡¯s epic, powerfully imbued with new life, A Thousand Ships puts the women, girls and goddesses at the center of the Western world¡¯s great tale ever told.]]> 368 Natalie Haynes 0063065398 ash 0 dnf dnf...... 4.05 2019 A Thousand Ships
author: Natalie Haynes
name: ash
average rating: 4.05
book published: 2019
rating: 0
read at: 2023/01/04
date added: 2023/01/04
shelves: dnf
review:
dnf......
]]> Book Lovers 58690308 One summer. Two rivals. A plot twist they didn't see coming....

Nora Stephens¡¯ life is books¡ªshe¡¯s read them all¡ªand she is not that type of heroine. Not the plucky one, not the laidback dream girl, and especially not the sweetheart. In fact, the only people Nora is a heroine for are her clients, for whom she lands enormous deals as a cutthroat literary agent, and her beloved little sister Libby.

Which is why she agrees to go to Sunshine Falls, North Carolina for the month of August when Libby begs her for a sisters¡¯ trip away¡ªwith visions of a small-town transformation for Nora, who she¡¯s convinced needs to become the heroine in her own story. But instead of picnics in meadows, or run-ins with a handsome country doctor or bulging-forearmed bartender, Nora keeps bumping into Charlie Lastra, a bookish brooding editor from back in the city. It would be a meet-cute if not for the fact that they¡¯ve met many times and it¡¯s never been cute.

If Nora knows she¡¯s not an ideal heroine, Charlie knows he¡¯s nobody¡¯s hero, but as they are thrown together again and again¡ªin a series of coincidences no editor worth their salt would allow¡ªwhat they discover might just unravel the carefully crafted stories they¡¯ve written about themselves.]]> 377 Emily Henry 0593334833 ash 5 feel good rom com :) 4.09 2022 Book Lovers
author: Emily Henry
name: ash
average rating: 4.09
book published: 2022
rating: 5
read at: 2023/01/04
date added: 2023/01/04
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feel good rom com :)
]]> One Last Stop 54860443
But then, there¡¯s this gorgeous girl on the train.

Jane. Dazzling, charming, mysterious, impossible Jane. Jane with her rough edges and swoopy hair and soft smile, showing up in a leather jacket to save August¡¯s day when she needed it most. August¡¯s subway crush becomes the best part of her day, but pretty soon, she discovers there¡¯s one big problem: Jane doesn¡¯t just look like an old school punk rocker. She¡¯s literally displaced in time from the 1970s, and August is going to have to use everything she tried to leave in her own past to help her. Maybe it¡¯s time to start believing in some things, after all.

Casey McQuiston¡¯s One Last Stop is a magical, sexy, big-hearted romance where the impossible becomes possible as August does everything in her power to save the girl lost in time.]]> 418 Casey McQuiston 1250244498 ash 3 dnf yikes. 3.90 2021 One Last Stop
author: Casey McQuiston
name: ash
average rating: 3.90
book published: 2021
rating: 3
read at: 2022/12/22
date added: 2022/12/22
shelves: dnf
review:
yikes.
]]> <![CDATA[The First to Die at the End (Death-Cast, #0)]]> 59723790
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¡ªone 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.]]> 550 Adam Silvera 0063240807 ash 3
and it turned out just mid ]]> 3.98 2022 The First to Die at the End (Death-Cast, #0)
author: Adam Silvera
name: ash
average rating: 3.98
book published: 2022
rating: 3
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I HAD SUCH HIGH EXPECTATIONS FOR THIS BOOK UGH

and it turned out just mid
]]> Klara and the Sun 54120408
In Klara and the Sun, Kazuo Ishiguro looks at our rapidly changing modern world through the eyes of an unforgettable narrator to explore a fundamental question: what does it mean to love?]]> 340 Kazuo Ishiguro 059331817X ash 3 dnf
i may just have no taste for good books, but i couldn't get myself to finish this :/ ]]> 3.71 2021 Klara and the Sun
author: Kazuo Ishiguro
name: ash
average rating: 3.71
book published: 2021
rating: 3
read at:
date added: 2022/12/22
shelves: dnf
review:
[DNF]

i may just have no taste for good books, but i couldn't get myself to finish this :/
]]> Milk and honey 23513349 Milk and Honey is a collection of poetry and prose about survival. About the experience of violence, abuse, love, loss, and femininity.

It is split into four chapters, with each chapter dealing with a different pain. Healing a different heartache. Milk and Honey takes readers through a journey of the most bitter moments in life and finds sweetness in them -- because there is sweetness everywhere if you are just willing to look.]]> 204 Rupi Kaur 1502784270 ash 5 &lt;3 3.97 2014 Milk and honey
author: Rupi Kaur
name: ash
average rating: 3.97
book published: 2014
rating: 5
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<3
]]> <![CDATA[It Ends with Us (It Ends with Us, #1)]]> 27362503
Lily hasn¡¯t always had it easy, but that¡¯s never stopped her from working hard for the life she wants. She¡¯s come a long way from the small town in Maine where she grew up ¡ª she graduated from college, moved to Boston, and started her own business. So when she feels a spark with a gorgeous neurosurgeon named Ryle Kincaid, everything in Lily¡¯s life suddenly seems almost too good to be true.

Ryle is assertive, stubborn, maybe even a little arrogant. He¡¯s also sensitive, brilliant, and has a total soft spot for Lily. And the way he looks in scrubs certainly doesn¡¯t hurt. Lily ³¦²¹²Ô¡¯³Ù get him out of her head. But Ryle¡¯s complete aversion to relationships is disturbing. Even as Lily finds herself becoming the exception to his ¡°no dating¡± rule, she ³¦²¹²Ô¡¯³Ù help but wonder what made him that way in the first place.

As questions about her new relationship overwhelm her, so do thoughts of Atlas Corrigan ¡ª her first love and a link to the past she left behind. He was her kindred spirit, her protector. When Atlas suddenly reappears, everything Lily has built with Ryle is threatened.]]> 386 Colleen Hoover 1668021048 ash 0 4.11 2016 It Ends with Us (It Ends with Us, #1)
author: Colleen Hoover
name: ash
average rating: 4.11
book published: 2016
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[Anne of Green Gables (Anne of Green Gables, #1)]]> 8127 Anne of Green Gables is also a wonderful portrait of a time, a place, a family¡­ and, most of all, love.

WITH AN AFTERWORD BY JENNIFER LEE CARELL]]> 320 L.M. Montgomery 0451528824 ash 0 to-read 4.30 1908 Anne of Green Gables (Anne of Green Gables, #1)
author: L.M. Montgomery
name: ash
average rating: 4.30
book published: 1908
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[Hani and Ishu¡¯s Guide to Fake Dating]]> 50266871
Despite their mutually beneficial pact, they start developing real feelings for each other. But relationships are complicated, and some people will do anything to stop two Bengali girls from achieving happily ever after.]]> 352 Adiba Jaigirdar ash 5 4.08 2021 Hani and Ishu¡¯s Guide to Fake Dating
author: Adiba Jaigirdar
name: ash
average rating: 4.08
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rating: 5
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did not dissapoint OH MY FUCKING GOD
]]> 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¡ªalso known as Babel. The tower and its students are the world's center for translation and, more importantly, magic. Silver-working¡ªthe art of manifesting the meaning lost in translation using enchanted silver bars¡ªhas 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 ash 0 to-read 4.17 2022 Babel
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]]> <![CDATA[The Christian Left: How Liberal Thought Has Hijacked the Church]]> 55376614
The Christian Left unveils how liberal thought has entered America's sanctuaries, exchanging the Trinity of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit for the trinity of diversity, acceptance, and social justice. This in-depth look at church history, world politics, and pop culture masterfully exposes the rise and agenda of the Christian Left.

Readers will learn how


Be equipped with a strong understanding of issues facing the church today and empowered to elevate God's truth, justice, and wisdom.]]> 192 Lucas Miles 1424562147 ash 1 please-burn-in-hell-d 3.73 The Christian Left: How Liberal Thought Has Hijacked the Church
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average rating: 3.73
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]]> <![CDATA[How to Read Literature Like a Professor: For Kids]]> 16065553 The go-to bestselling guide to help young people navigate from a middle school book report to English Comp 101

In How to Read Literature Like a Professor: For Kids, New York Times bestselling author and professor Thomas C. Foster gives tweens the tools they need to become thoughtful readers.

With funny insights and a conversational style, he explains the way writers use symbol, metaphor, characterization, setting, plot, and other key techniques to make a story come to life.

From that very first middle school book report to that first college course, kids need to be able to understand the layers of meaning in literature. Foster makes learning this important skill fun and exciting by using examples from How the Grinch Stole Christmas to The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, from short stories and poems to movie scripts.

This go-to guide unlocks all the hidden secrets to reading, making it entertaining and satisfying.]]> 176 Thomas C. Foster 0062200879 ash 2 for-school 3.59 How to Read Literature Like a Professor: For Kids
author: Thomas C. Foster
name: ash
average rating: 3.59
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]]> <![CDATA[The Lesbiana's Guide to Catholic School]]> 58842731 A debut novel about a queer Mexican American girl navigating Catholic school, while falling in love and learning to celebrate her true self.

Sixteen-year-old Yamilet Flores prefers to be known for her killer eyeliner, not for being one of the only Mexican kids at her new, mostly white, very rich Catholic school. But at least here no one knows she's gay, and Yami intends to keep it that way.

After being outed by her crush and ex-best friend before transferring to Slayton Catholic, Yami has new priorities: keep her brother out of trouble, make her mom proud, and, most importantly, don't fall in love. Granted, she's never been great at any of those things, but that's a problem for Future Yami.

The thing is, it's hard to fake being straight when Bo, the only openly queer girl at school, is so annoyingly perfect. And smart. And talented. And cute. So cute. Either way, Yami isn't going to make the same mistake again. If word got back to her mom, she could face a lot worse than rejection. So she'll have to start asking, WWSGD: What would a straight girl do?]]> 385 Sonora Reyes 006306023X ash 0 to-read 4.27 2022 The Lesbiana's Guide to Catholic School
author: Sonora Reyes
name: ash
average rating: 4.27
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]]> 2022 on Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ 58628750
For those of you who don't like to add titles, you haven't actually 'read', you can place 2022 on Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ on an 'exclusive' shelf. Exclusive shelves don't have to be listed under 'to read', 'currently reading', or 'read'. To create one, go to 'edit bookshelves' on your 'My Books' page, create a shelf name such as 'review-of-the year' and tick the 'exclusive' box. Your previous and future 'reviews of the year' can be collected together on this dedicated shelf.

Concept created by Fionnuala Lirsdottir in 2014
Description: Fionnuala Lirsdottir
Initial choice of Paul C¨¦zanne as cover artist for the entire series by Kalliope
Cover art for 2022: Paul C¨¦zanne, Tulips and Apples, 1894
Cover choice and graphics for 2022 by Jayson]]> Various ash 0 year-in-review 4.07 2022 2022 on Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ
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average rating: 4.07
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]]> <![CDATA[The Righteous (The Beautiful Quartet)]]> 60819284 In this latest installment of The New York Times bestselling series that began with The Beautiful, Pippa journeys to the treacherous and beguiling world of the fey in search of answers only to fall in love.

Following the explosive events of The Damned, Odette faces a vampire's final death. The Court of the Lions have done everything they can to save her but have failed. A healer from the Sylvan Vale could help her, but only Arjun Desai, as a half fey, can cross the boundary between realms. The Sylvan Vale is a world Arjun despises, and in return, it despises him. But knowing it could save Odette, he returns to the Vale with all haste, leaving the mirrored tare between the two worlds open and unwittingly setting the stage for both love and war.

It's mere days until Pippa Montrose is to wed Phoebus Devereux and become a member of his well-heeled family, offering salvation to her own. But Celine is missing. Pippa has no idea where her best friend has gone, but she's certain it's in the company of vampire S¨¦bastien Saint Germain and that Arjun can lead her to them. Pippa enjoins the help of Eloise, the daughter of a powerful sorceress, to discover the gateway Arjun uses to travel between worlds. Pippa, tired of hesitating in life, marches right through in search of her friend. But what she discovers on the other side is a dangerous, duplicitous world full of mischief and magic she doesn't understand, and most unexpectedly, she finds love.

Author of the New York Times bestselling duology The Wrath & The Dawn, Ren¨¦e Ahdieh is back. The Righteous is the can't-miss lead in to what will be a much-anticipated finale of a can't miss quartet.]]> 464 Ren¨¦e Ahdieh 1984812637 ash 0 to-read 3.98 2021 The Righteous (The Beautiful Quartet)
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name: ash
average rating: 3.98
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]]> <![CDATA[Friends Forever (Real Friends #3)]]> 55780540 Following up their mega-bestselling Real Friends and Best Friends graphic memoirs, Shannon Hale and LeUyen Pham are back with Friends Forever, a story about learning to love yourself exactly as you are.

Shannon is in eighth grade, and life is more complicated than ever. Everything keeps changing. Her classmates are starting to date each other (but nobody wants to date her!), and no matter how hard she tries, Shannon can never seem to just be happy.

As she works through her insecurities and undiagnosed depression, she worries about disappointing all the people who care about her. Is something wrong with her? Can she be the person everyone expects her to be? And who does she actually want to be?

With their signature humor, warmth, and insight, Shannon Hale and LeUyen Pham have crafted another love letter to their younger selves and to readers everywhere, a reminder to us all that we are enough.]]> 304 Shannon Hale 1250317568 ash 5 4.22 2021 Friends Forever (Real Friends #3)
author: Shannon Hale
name: ash
average rating: 4.22
book published: 2021
rating: 5
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]]> From Lukov with Love 37683751
After seventeen years¡ªand countless broken bones and broken promises¡ªshe knows her window to compete in figure skating is coming to a close.

But when the offer of a lifetime comes in from an arrogant idiot she¡¯s spent the last decade dreaming about pushing in the way of a moving bus, Jasmine might have to reconsider everything.

Including Ivan Lukov.]]> 493 Mariana Zapata ash 0 to-read 4.19 2018 From Lukov with Love
author: Mariana Zapata
name: ash
average rating: 4.19
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]]> Red, White & Royal Blue 41150487
As President Claremont kicks off her reelection bid, Alex finds himself hurtling into a secret relationship with Henry that could derail the campaign and upend two nations. What is worth the sacrifice? How do you do all the good you can do? And, most importantly, how will history remember you?]]> 448 Casey McQuiston 1250316774 ash 5 would-die-for 4.06 2019 Red, White & Royal Blue
author: Casey McQuiston
name: ash
average rating: 4.06
book published: 2019
rating: 5
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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 ¨C 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 ¨C 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 ash 5 osemanverse 3.97 2014 Solitaire
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name: ash
average rating: 3.97
book published: 2014
rating: 5
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]]> We Were Liars 16143347 A private island.
A brilliant, damaged girl; a passionate, political boy.
A group of four friends¡ªthe Liars¡ªwhose friendship turns destructive.
A revolution. An accident. A secret.
Lies upon lies.
True love.
The truth.

We Were Liars is a modern, sophisticated suspense novel from New York Times bestselling author, National Book Award finalist, and Printz Award honoree E. Lockhart.

Read it.

And if anyone asks you how it ends, just LIE.]]> 242 E. Lockhart 0385741278 ash 4 3.66 2014 We Were Liars
author: E. Lockhart
name: ash
average rating: 3.66
book published: 2014
rating: 4
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]]> You, Me, and Our Heartstrings 58719217
Noah, a cello prodigy from a long line of musicians, wants to stick to tradition. Daisy, a fiercely independent disabled violinist, is used to fighting for what she wants and likes to take risks. But the two surprise each other when they play. They fall perfectly in tune.

After their performance goes viral, the rest of the country falls for them just as surely as they're falling for each other. But viral fame isn¡¯t all it¡¯s cracked up to be. No one seems to care about their talent or their music at all. People have rewritten their love story into one where Daisy is an inspiration for overcoming her cerebral palsy and Noah is a saint for seeing past it.

Daisy is tired of her disability being the only thing people see about her, and all of the attention sends Noah¡¯s anxiety disorder into high speed. They can see their dream coming closer than it¡¯s ever been before. But is the cost suddenly too high?]]> 303 Melissa See 1338790293 ash 0 to-read 3.62 2022 You, Me, and Our Heartstrings
author: Melissa See
name: ash
average rating: 3.62
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]]> She Gets the Girl 58437812 She¡¯s All That meets What If It¡¯s Us in this swoon-worthy hate-to-love YA romantic comedy from #1 New York Times bestselling coauthor of Five Feet Apart Rachael Lippincott and debut writer Alyson Derrick.

Alex Blackwood is a little bit headstrong, with a dash of chaos and a whole lot of flirt. She knows how to get the girl. Keeping her on the other hand¡­not so much. Molly Parker has everything in her life totally in control, except for her complete awkwardness with just about anyone besides her mom. She knows she¡¯s in love with the impossibly cool Cora Myers. She just¡­hasn¡¯t actually talked to her yet.

Alex and Molly don¡¯t belong on the same planet, let alone the same college campus. But when Alex, fresh off a bad (but hopefully not permanent) breakup, discovers Molly¡¯s hidden crush as their paths cross the night before classes start, they realize they might have a common interest after all. Because maybe if Alex volunteers to help Molly learn how to get her dream girl to fall for her, she can prove to her ex that she¡¯s not a selfish flirt. That she¡¯s ready for an actual commitment. And while Alex is the last person Molly would ever think she could trust, she ³¦²¹²Ô¡¯³Ù deny Alex knows what she¡¯s doing with girls, unlike her.

As the two embark on their five-step plans to get their girls to fall for them, though, they both begin to wonder if maybe they¡¯re the ones falling¡­for each other.]]> 384 Rachael Lippincott 1534493794 ash 5 favorites, would-die-for 4.09 2022 She Gets the Girl
author: Rachael Lippincott
name: ash
average rating: 4.09
book published: 2022
rating: 5
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DUDE I LOVED THIS BOOK OIWQHPTPOIWQEHPOTQW
]]> <![CDATA[Aristotle and Dante Dive into the Waters of the World (Aristotle and Dante, #2)]]> 56980548 Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe, two boys in a border town fell in love. Now, they must discover what it means to stay in love and build a relationship in a world that seems to challenge their very existence.

Ari has spent all of high school burying who he really is, staying silent and invisible. He expected his senior year to be the same. But something in him cracked open when he fell in love with Dante, and he ³¦²¹²Ô¡¯³Ù go back. Suddenly he finds himself reaching out to new friends, standing up to bullies of all kinds, and making his voice heard. And, always, there is Dante, dreamy, witty Dante, who can get on Ari¡¯s nerves and fill him with desire all at once.

The boys are determined to forge a path for themselves in a world that doesn¡¯t understand them. But when Ari is faced with a shocking loss, he¡¯ll have to fight like never before to create a life that is truthfully, joyfully his own.

The highly anticipated sequel to the critically acclaimed, multiple award-winning novel Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe is an achingly romantic, tender tale sure to captivate fans of Adam Silvera and Mary H.K. Choi.]]> 516 Benjamin Alire S¨¢enz 153449619X ash 3 dnf 4.11 2021 Aristotle and Dante Dive into the Waters of the World (Aristotle and Dante, #2)
author: Benjamin Alire S¨¢enz
name: ash
average rating: 4.11
book published: 2021
rating: 3
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]]> <![CDATA[Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe (Aristotle and Dante, #1)]]> 12000020
But against all odds, when Ari and Dante meet, they develop a special bond that will teach them the most important truths of their lives, and help define the people they want to be. But there are big hurdles in their way, and only by believing in each other¡ªand the power of their friendship¡ªcan Ari and Dante emerge stronger on the other side.]]> 390 Benjamin Alire S¨¢enz 1442408928 ash 5 would-die-for
this book was so beautiful and absolutely tore me apart.

i have so many books on my favorite shelf whoops wieophtqwpioehitowe

BUT YEAH PLEASE READ THIS I SERIOUSLY DONT KNOW HOW TO FORM WORDS AFTER THIS]]> 4.29 2012 Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe (Aristotle and Dante, #1)
author: Benjamin Alire S¨¢enz
name: ash
average rating: 4.29
book published: 2012
rating: 5
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date added: 2022/05/25
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oh my GAY.

this book was so beautiful and absolutely tore me apart.

i have so many books on my favorite shelf whoops wieophtqwpioehitowe

BUT YEAH PLEASE READ THIS I SERIOUSLY DONT KNOW HOW TO FORM WORDS AFTER THIS
]]> <![CDATA[Here's to Us (What If It's Us, #2)]]> 55424906
Arthur is in New York for a dream internship on Broadway, with a boyfriend back at home that he couldn't be happier with. But when he comes upon Ben cuddled up with a mystery boy, he starts to wonder if his feelings for Ben ever truly went away.

Even as the boys try to focus on their futures, they can't seem to help running into each other in the present. Is the universe forcing them to question if they¡¯re actually meant to be?

Possibly not. After all, things didn¡¯t work the first time around.
Possibly yes. After all, the sparks are still flying.
Sometimes you just have to take a leap of faith and raise a glass.

Here¡¯s to celebrating old friends!
Here¡¯s to embracing new beginnings!
Here¡¯s to believing in second chances!]]> 448 Becky Albertalli 0063071657 ash 4 I ATE THIS ISHT UP 4.01 2021 Here's to Us (What If It's Us, #2)
author: Becky Albertalli
name: ash
average rating: 4.01
book published: 2021
rating: 4
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I ATE THIS ISHT UP
]]> The Girl from the Sea 54776523 From the author of The Witch Boy trilogy comes a graphic novel about family, romance, and first love.

Fifteen-year-old Morgan has a secret: She can't wait to escape the perfect little island where she lives. She's desperate to finish high school and escape her sad divorced mom, her volatile little brother, and worst of all, her great group of friends...who don't understand Morgan at all. Because really, Morgan's biggest secret is that she has a lot of secrets, including the one about wanting to kiss another girl.

Then one night, Morgan is saved from drowning by a mysterious girl named Keltie. The two become friends and suddenly life on the island doesn't seem so stifling anymore.

But Keltie has some secrets of her own. And as the girls start to fall in love, everything they're each trying to hide will find its way to the surface...whether Morgan is ready or not.]]> 256 Molly Knox Ostertag 1338540580 ash 4 THE ENDING MADE ME CRY WTF 4.13 2021 The Girl from the Sea
author: Molly Knox Ostertag
name: ash
average rating: 4.13
book published: 2021
rating: 4
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THE ENDING MADE ME CRY WTF
]]> Daughter of the Deep 57094644
Ana's freshman year culminates with the class's weekend trial at sea, the details of which have been kept secret. She only hopes she has what it'll take to succeed. All her worries are blown out of the water when, on the bus ride to the ship, Ana and her schoolmates witness a terrible tragedy that will change the trajectory of their lives.

But wait, there's more. The professor accompanying them informs Ana that Harding-Pencroft has been fighting a cold war against its rival schoo, Land Institute, for 150 years. Now that cold war has been turned up to a full boil, and the freshmen are in danger of becoming fish food.

In a race against deadly enemies, Ana will make amazing friends and astounding discoveries about her heritage as she puts her leadership skills to the test for the first time.]]> 336 Rick Riordan 1368077927 ash 0 dnf 4.19 2021 Daughter of the Deep
author: Rick Riordan
name: ash
average rating: 4.19
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]]> This Winter (Solitaire, #0.5) 27264289 A short story, based on characters from Solitaire ¨C praised as ¡®The Catcher in the Rye for the digital age¡¯ ¡ª The Times

I used to think that difficult was better than boring, but I know better now ¡­

I¡¯m not going to think about the past few months, about Charlie and me, and all of the sad. I¡¯m going to block it all out. Just for today.

"Happy Christmas," I say.

The festive season isn't always happy for Tori and her brother Charlie. And this year's going to be harder than most.]]> 120 Alice Oseman 0008147884 ash 5 osemanverse 4.08 2015 This Winter (Solitaire, #0.5)
author: Alice Oseman
name: ash
average rating: 4.08
book published: 2015
rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[House of Salt and Sorrows (Sisters of the Salt, #1)]]> 39679076 In a manor by the sea, twelve sisters are cursed.

Annaleigh lives a sheltered life at Highmoor, a manor by the sea, with her sisters, their father, and stepmother. Once they were twelve, but loneliness fills the grand halls now that four of the girls' lives have been cut short. Each death was more tragic than the last¡ªthe plague, a plummeting fall, a drowning, a slippery plunge¡ªand there are whispers throughout the surrounding villages that the family is cursed by the gods.

Disturbed by a series of ghostly visions, Annaleigh becomes increasingly suspicious that the deaths were no accidents. Her sisters have been sneaking out every night to attend glittering balls, dancing until dawn in silk gowns and shimmering slippers, and Annaleigh isn't sure whether to try to stop them or to join their forbidden trysts. Because who¡ªor what¡ªare they really dancing with?

When Annaleigh's involvement with a mysterious stranger who has secrets of his own intensifies, it's a race to unravel the darkness that has fallen over her family¡ªbefore it claims her next.]]> 403 Erin A. Craig 1984831925 ash 0 to-read 3.89 2019 House of Salt and Sorrows (Sisters of the Salt, #1)
author: Erin A. Craig
name: ash
average rating: 3.89
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]]> SPY¡ÁFAMILY 1 52961491 212 Tatsuya Endo ash 0 to-read 4.45 2019 SPY¡ÁFAMILY 1
author: Tatsuya Endo
name: ash
average rating: 4.45
book published: 2019
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]]> <![CDATA[La princesse qui detestait les princes charmants]]> 18754946 90 Paul Thi¨¨s 2081648032 ash 5 3.50 2000 La princesse qui detestait les princes charmants
author: Paul Thi¨¨s
name: ash
average rating: 3.50
book published: 2000
rating: 5
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10/10 CL?MENTINE IS THE DEFINITION OF GIRLBOSS AND IS DEFO A BIT FRUITY
]]> Loveless 42115981 It was all sinking in. I¡¯d never had a crush on anyone. No boys, no girls, not a single person I had ever met. What did that mean?

Georgia has never been in love, never kissed anyone, never even had a crush ¨C but as a fanfic-obsessed romantic she¡¯s sure she¡¯ll find her person one day.

As she starts university with her best friends, Pip and Jason, in a whole new town far from home, Georgia¡¯s ready to find romance, and with her outgoing roommate on her side and a place in the Shakespeare Society, her ¡®teenage dream¡¯ is in sight.

But when her romance plan wreaks havoc amongst her friends, Georgia ends up in her own comedy of errors, and she starts to question why love seems so easy for other people but not for her. With new terms thrown at her ¨C asexual, aromantic ¨C Georgia is more uncertain about her feelings than ever.

Is she destined to remain loveless? Or has she been looking for the wrong thing all along?

This wise, warm and witty story of identity and self-acceptance sees Alice Oseman on towering form as Georgia and her friends discover that true love isn¡¯t limited to romance.]]> 433 Alice Oseman 000824412X ash 0 to-read, osemanverse 4.19 2020 Loveless
author: Alice Oseman
name: ash
average rating: 4.19
book published: 2020
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]]> <![CDATA[I Was Born for This (I Was Born for This, #1)]]> 34325090
Jimmy Kaga-Ricci owes everything to The Ark too. He¡¯s their frontman ¨C and playing in a band is all he¡¯s ever dreamed of doing. It¡¯s just a shame that recently everything in his life seems to have turned into a bit of a nightmare.

Because that¡¯s the problem with dreaming ¨C eventually, inevitably, real life arrives with a wake-up call. And when Angel and Jimmy are unexpectedly thrust together, they will discover just how strange and surprising facing up to reality can be.]]> 396 Alice Oseman 0008244103 ash 0 to-read, osemanverse 4.02 2018 I Was Born for This (I Was Born for This, #1)
author: Alice Oseman
name: ash
average rating: 4.02
book published: 2018
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]]> Radio Silence 25322449
What if everything you set yourself up to be was wrong?

Frances has been a study machine with one goal. Nothing will stand in her way; not friends, not a guilty secret ¨C not even the person she is on the inside. Then Frances meets Aled, and for the first time she's unafraid to be herself.

So when the fragile trust between them is broken, Frances is caught between who she was and who she longs to be. Now Frances knows that she has to confront her past. To confess why Carys disappeared¡­

Frances is going to need every bit of courage she has.

Engaging with themes of identity, diversity and the freedom to choose, Radio Silence is a tour de force by the most exciting writer of her generation.]]> 496 Alice Oseman ash 0 to-read, osemanverse 4.18 2016 Radio Silence
author: Alice Oseman
name: ash
average rating: 4.18
book published: 2016
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]]> Nick and Charlie 25793458
NICK: ¡°Things me and Charlie Spring do together include: Watch films. Sit in the same room on different laptops. Text each other from different rooms. Make out. Make food. Make drinks. Get drunk. Talk. Argue. Laugh. Maybe we're kind of boring. But that¡¯s fine with us.¡±

Everyone knows that Nick and Charlie are the perfect couple ¨C that they¡¯re inseparable. But now Nick is leaving for university, and Charlie will be left behind at Sixth Form. Everyone¡¯s asking if they¡¯re staying together, which is a stupid question ¨C they¡¯re ¡®Nick and Charlie¡¯, for God¡¯s sake!

But as the time to say goodbye gets inevitably closer, both Nick and Charlie question whether their love is strong enough to survive being apart. Or are they delaying the inevitable? Because everyone knows that first loves rarely last forever¡­]]> 120 Alice Oseman 0008147876 ash 0 to-read, osemanverse 4.15 2015 Nick and Charlie
author: Alice Oseman
name: ash
average rating: 4.15
book published: 2015
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[Heartstopper: Volume Four (Heartstopper, #4)]]> 56060300 Boy meets boy. Boys become friends. Boys fall in love. The bestselling LGBTQ+ graphic novel about life, love, and everything that happens in between: this is the fourth volume of HEARTSTOPPER, for fans of The Art of Being Normal, Holly Bourne and Love, Simon.

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

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

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

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

This is the fourth volume of Heartstopper, which has now been optioned for television by See-Saw Films.]]> 384 Alice Oseman 1338617567 ash 5 webtoon, would-die-for 4.57 2021 Heartstopper: Volume Four (Heartstopper, #4)
author: Alice Oseman
name: ash
average rating: 4.57
book published: 2021
rating: 5
read at: 2022/04/20
date added: 2022/04/20
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]]> Girl, Woman, Other 41081373
Girl, Woman, Other follows the lives and struggles of twelve very different characters. Mostly women, black and British, they tell the stories of their families, friends and lovers, across the country and through the years.

Joyfully polyphonic and vibrantly contemporary, this is a gloriously new kind of history, a novel of our times: celebratory, ever-dynamic and utterly irresistible.]]> 453 Bernardine Evaristo 0241364906 ash 0 to-read 4.27 2019 Girl, Woman, Other
author: Bernardine Evaristo
name: ash
average rating: 4.27
book published: 2019
rating: 0
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]]> Walk That Mile 36545354 Relationship: Harry Styles/Louis Tomlinson
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Harry stares at him, the line of his jaw standing out scarily. ¡°I wanted to get the most out of this trip so I planned it carefully.¡± His voice is low and steady and somehow that¡¯s worse than when he was yelling. ¡°So far, you¡¯ve put your sticky fingers on everything I¡¯ve tried to do.¡±

¡°Sticky fingers?¡± Louis repeats, offended. ¡°Are you saying it¡¯s my fault you got stung by a bee? Had you been alone you would have gotten halfway to the Dotty Diner and ran the car off the road because of an allergic reaction, so don¡¯t go blaming me.¡±

¡°Polk-A-Dot Drive In,¡± Harry spits before getting out of the car. He slams the door shut with a deafening reverb and Louis rolls his eyes.
-
A Route 66 AU where falling in love was never part of the plan.]]> 275 purpledaisy ash 3 4.42 Walk That Mile
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average rating: 4.42
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]]> <![CDATA[Heartstopper: Volume Three (Heartstopper, #3)]]> 43449920
Meanwhile Tao and Elle will face their feelings for each other, Tara and Darcy share more about their relationship origin story, and the teachers supervising the trip seem¡­ rather close¡­?]]> 384 Alice Oseman ash 5 webtoon, would-die-for 4.55 2020 Heartstopper: Volume Three (Heartstopper, #3)
author: Alice Oseman
name: ash
average rating: 4.55
book published: 2020
rating: 5
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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 ash 5 webtoon 4.52 2019 Heartstopper: Volume Two (Heartstopper, #2)
author: Alice Oseman
name: ash
average rating: 4.52
book published: 2019
rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[Heartstopper: Volume One (Heartstopper, #1)]]> 40495957
Charlie Spring is in Year 10 at Truham Grammar School for Boys. The past year hasn't been too great, but at least he's not being bullied anymore. Nick Nelson is in Year 11 and on the school rugby team. He's heard a little about Charlie - the kid who was outed last year and bullied for a few months - but he's never had the opportunity to talk to him.

They quickly become friends, and soon Charlie is falling hard for Nick, even though he doesn't think he has a chance. But love works in surprising ways, and sometimes good things are waiting just around the corner...]]> 288 Alice Oseman 152722533X ash 5 4.43 2018 Heartstopper: Volume One (Heartstopper, #1)
author: Alice Oseman
name: ash
average rating: 4.43
book published: 2018
rating: 5
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]]> The Book Thief 19063 Librarian's note: An alternate cover edition can be found here

It is 1939. Nazi Germany. The country is holding its breath. Death has never been busier, and will be busier still.

By her brother's graveside, Liesel's life is changed when she picks up a single object, partially hidden in the snow. It is The Gravedigger's Handbook, left behind there by accident, and it is her first act of book thievery. So begins a love affair with books and words, as Liesel, with the help of her accordian-playing foster father, learns to read. Soon she is stealing books from Nazi book-burnings, the mayor's wife's library, wherever there are books to be found.

But these are dangerous times. When Liesel's foster family hides a Jew in their basement, Liesel's world is both opened up, and closed down.

In superbly crafted writing that burns with intensity, award-winning author Markus Zusak has given us one of the most enduring stories of our time.

(Note: this title was not published as YA fiction)]]> 592 Markus Zusak ash 0 to-read 4.38 2005 The Book Thief
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name: ash
average rating: 4.38
book published: 2005
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]]> Sick Kids in Love 39897323 It's easier--
It's safer--
It's better--
--for the other person.
She's got issues. She's got secrets. She's got rheumatoid arthritis.
But then she meets another sick kid.
He's got a chronic illness Isabel's never heard of, something she can't even pronounce. He understands what it means to be sick. He understands her more than her healthy friends. He understands her more than her own father who's a doctor.
He's gorgeous, fun, and foul-mouthed. And totally into her.
Isabel has one rule: no dating.
It's complicated--
It's dangerous--
It's never felt better--
--to consider breaking that rule for him.]]> 300 Hannah Moskowitz ash 0 to-read 4.09 2019 Sick Kids in Love
author: Hannah Moskowitz
name: ash
average rating: 4.09
book published: 2019
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]]> Vicious (Villains, #1) 40874032 A masterful tale of ambition, jealousy, desire, and superpowers.

Victor and Eli started out as college roommates¡ªbrilliant, arrogant, lonely boys who recognized the same sharpness and ambition in each other. In their senior year, a shared research interest in adrenaline, near-death experiences, and seemingly supernatural events reveals an intriguing possibility: that under the right conditions, someone could develop extraordinary abilities. But when their thesis moves from the academic to the experimental, things go horribly wrong.

Ten years later, Victor breaks out of prison, determined to catch up to his old friend (now foe), aided by a young girl whose reserved nature obscures a stunning ability. Meanwhile, Eli is on a mission to eradicate every other super-powered person that he can find¡ªaside from his sidekick, an enigmatic woman with an unbreakable will. Armed with terrible power on both sides, driven by the memory of betrayal and loss, the archnemeses have set a course for revenge¡ªbut who will be left alive at the end?

In Vicious, V. E. Schwab brings to life a gritty comic-book-style world in vivid prose: a world where gaining superpowers doesn't automatically lead to heroism, and a time when allegiances are called into question.]]> 402 Victoria E. Schwab ash 0 to-read 4.17 2013 Vicious (Villains, #1)
author: Victoria E. Schwab
name: ash
average rating: 4.17
book published: 2013
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]]> <![CDATA[Toxic Charity: How Churches and Charities Hurt Those They Help (And How to Reverse It)]]> 11869727 208 Robert D. Lupton 0062076205 ash 4 for-school 3.89 2011 Toxic Charity: How Churches and Charities Hurt Those They Help (And How to Reverse It)
author: Robert D. Lupton
name: ash
average rating: 3.89
book published: 2011
rating: 4
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date added: 2022/04/14
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]]> <![CDATA[Les Mis¨¦rables: Children's Edition]]> 37857540
Available in paperback or kindle format.]]> 233 Matt Larsen 1973545691 ash 5 for-school 4.52 Les Mis¨¦rables: Children's Edition
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average rating: 4.52
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]]> Tired Tired Sea 50840680
Words: 113303]]> 224 MediaWhore ash 5 4.72 Tired Tired Sea
author: MediaWhore
name: ash
average rating: 4.72
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]]> <![CDATA[Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet]]> 265650
The story has been told "many times by many different people in many different languages," notes Michael Rosen. Now the acclaimed author of HIS WORK AND HIS WORLD presents the Bard's best-loved play ¡ª perhaps of all time ¡ª in a beautiful picture book for children. Michael Rosen retells ROMEO AND JULIET scene by scene in a simple, lively style that incorporates the most celebrated passages in their original form, while a border on each spread offers act and scene references and a glossary of difficult words. Exquisite illustrations by Jane Ray complete the production, making this an edition to enthrall the eye as well as the ear.]]> 80 Michael Rosen 0763622583 ash 2 overhyped 4.13 2003 Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet
author: Michael Rosen
name: ash
average rating: 4.13
book published: 2003
rating: 2
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overhyped
]]> So This Is Ever After 55545191 Carry On meets Arthurian legend in this funny, subversive young adult fantasy about what happens after the chosen one wins the kingdom and has to get married to keep it¡­and to stay alive.

Arek hadn¡¯t thought much about what would happen after he completed the prophecy that said he was destined to save the Kingdom of Ere from its evil ruler. So now that he¡¯s finally managed to (somewhat clumsily) behead the evil king (turns out magical swords yanked from bogs don¡¯t come pre-sharpened), he and his rag-tag group of quest companions are at a bit of a loss for what to do next.

As a temporary safeguard, Arek¡¯s best friend and mage, Matt, convinces him to assume the throne until the true heir can be rescued from her tower. Except that she¡¯s dead. Now Arek is stuck as king, a role that comes with a magical catch: choose a spouse by your eighteenth birthday, or wither away into nothing.

With his eighteenth birthday only three months away, and only Matt in on the secret, Arek embarks on a desperate bid to find a spouse to save his life¡ªstarting with his quest companions. But his attempts at wooing his friends go painfully and hilariously wrong¡­until he discovers that love might have been in front of him all along.]]> 352 F.T. Lukens ash 0 to-read 3.92 2022 So This Is Ever After
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]]> Araby 8332752 ¡°Our shouts echoed in the silent street. The career of our play brought us through the dark muddy lanes behind the houses where we ran the gauntlet of the rough tribes from the cottages, to the back doors of the dark dripping gardens where odours arose from the ashpits, to the dark odorous stables where a coachman smoothed and combed the horse or shook music from the buckled harness.]]> 25 James Joyce ash 5 for-school 3.66 1914 Araby
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name: ash
average rating: 3.66
book published: 1914
rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[The Family Romanov: Murder, Rebellion, and the Fall of Imperial Russia]]> 18691014 304 Candace Fleming 0375867821 ash 4 for-school, dnf I got bored el oh el 4.14 2014 The Family Romanov: Murder, Rebellion, and the Fall of Imperial Russia
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name: ash
average rating: 4.14
book published: 2014
rating: 4
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I got bored el oh el
]]> Escapade 26195066 579 dolce_piccante ash 4 4.50 2015 Escapade
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name: ash
average rating: 4.50
book published: 2015
rating: 4
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]]> The Secret Life of Bees 37435 The Secret Life of Bees tells the story of Lily Owens, whose life has been shaped around the blurred memory of the afternoon her mother was killed. When Lily's fierce-hearted black "stand-in mother," Rosaleen, insults three of the deepest racists in town, Lily decides to spring them both free. They escape to Tiburon, South Carolina--a town that holds the secret to her mother's past. Taken in by an eccentric trio of black beekeeping sisters, Lily is introduced to their mesmerizing world of bees and honey, and the Black Madonna. This is a remarkable novel about divine female power, a story women will share and pass on to their daughters for years to come.]]> 302 Sue Monk Kidd 0142001740 ash 0 to-read 4.10 2001 The Secret Life of Bees
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name: ash
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]]> In the Ravenous Dark 54017941 A pansexual bloodmage reluctantly teams up with an undead spirit to start a rebellion among the living and the dead.

In Thanopolis, those gifted with magic are assigned undead spirits to guard them¡ªand control them. Ever since Rovan¡¯s father died trying to keep her from this fate, she¡¯s hidden her magic. But when she accidentally reveals her powers, she¡¯s bound to a spirit and thrust into a world of palace intrigue and deception.

Desperate to escape, Rovan finds herself falling for two people she ³¦²¹²Ô¡¯³Ù fully trust: Lydea, a beguiling, rebellious princess; and Ivrilos, the handsome spirit with the ability to control Rovan, body and soul.

Together, they uncover a secret that will destroy Thanopolis. To save them all, Rovan will have to start a rebellion in both the mortal world and the underworld, and find a way to trust the princess and spirit battling for her heart¡ªif she doesn¡¯t betray them first.]]> 390 A.M. Strickland 1250776600 ash 0 to-read 3.76 2021 In the Ravenous Dark
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name: ash
average rating: 3.76
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]]> Young & Beautiful 22029330 443 Velvetoscar ash 5 favorites 4.64 2014 Young & Beautiful
author: Velvetoscar
name: ash
average rating: 4.64
book published: 2014
rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[These Violent Delights (These Violent Delights, #1)]]> 50892212
A blood feud between two gangs runs the streets red, leaving the city helpless in the grip of chaos. At the heart of it all is eighteen-year-old Juliette Cai, a former flapper who has returned to assume her role as the proud heir of the Scarlet Gang¡ªa network of criminals far above the law. Their only rivals in power are the White Flowers, who have fought the Scarlets for generations. And behind every move is their heir, Roma Montagov, Juliette¡¯s first love¡­and first betrayal.

But when gangsters on both sides show signs of instability culminating in clawing their own throats out, the people start to whisper. Of a contagion, a madness. Of a monster in the shadows. As the deaths stack up, Juliette and Roma must set their guns¡ªand grudges¡ªaside and work together, for if they ³¦²¹²Ô¡¯³Ù stop this mayhem, then there will be no city left for either to rule.

Perfect for fans of The Last Magician and Descendant of the Crane, this heart-stopping debut is an imaginative Romeo and Juliet retelling set in 1920s Shanghai, with rival gangs and a monster in the depths of the Huangpu River.]]> 449 Chloe Gong 1534457690 ash 4 RTC 3.82 2020 These Violent Delights (These Violent Delights, #1)
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name: ash
average rating: 3.82
book published: 2020
rating: 4
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]]> Flightless Bird 50771625 334 AudreyHornesHeart ash 5 would-die-for

CRYING SCREAMING THROWING UP I LOVE THIS BOOK

TO SAY THIS WAS A MASTERPIECE WOULD BE PUTTING IT TO SHAME
IT WAS SO MUCH MORE THAN THAT
UGHIOTEHWIOPTHEWQPIOTIWQPO
I WILL NEVER NOT GET TIRED OF THIS]]> 4.59 2016 Flightless Bird
author: AudreyHornesHeart
name: ash
average rating: 4.59
book published: 2016
rating: 5
read at: 2022/01/01
date added: 2022/02/28
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CRYING SCREAMING THROWING UP I LOVE THIS BOOK

TO SAY THIS WAS A MASTERPIECE WOULD BE PUTTING IT TO SHAME
IT WAS SO MUCH MORE THAN THAT
UGHIOTEHWIOPTHEWQPIOTIWQPO
I WILL NEVER NOT GET TIRED OF THIS
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