lydia's bookshelf: all en-US Mon, 23 Sep 2024 20:45:16 -0700 60 lydia's bookshelf: all 144 41 /images/layout/goodreads_logo_144.jpg Cool for the Summer 55307478
Except she’s haunted by a memory. A memory of a confusing, romantic, strangely perfect summer spent with a girl named Jasmine. A memory that becomes a confusing, disorienting present when Jasmine herself walks through the front doors of the school to see Lara and Chase chatting it up in front of the lockers.

Lara has everything she ever wanted: a tight-knit group of friends, a job that borders on cool, and Chase, the boy of her literal dreams. But if she's finally got the guy, why can't she stop thinking about the girl?

Cool for the Summer is a story of self-discovery and new love. It’s about the things we want and the things we need. And it’s about the people who will let us be who we are.]]> 262 Dahlia Adler 1250765838 lydia 0 to-read 4.00 2021 Cool for the Summer
author: Dahlia Adler
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average rating: 4.00
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]]> A Dowry of Blood 56215756 A Dowry of Blood is a story of desire, obsession, and emancipation.

Saved from the brink of death by a mysterious stranger, Constanta is transformed from a medieval peasant into a bride fit for an undying king. But when Dracula draws a cunning aristocrat and a starving artist into his web of passion and deceit, Constanta realizes that her beloved is capable of terrible things. Finding comfort in the arms of her rival consorts, she begins to unravel their husband's dark secrets.

With the lives of everyone she loves on the line, Constanta will have to choose between her own freedom and her love for her husband. But bonds forged by blood can only be broken by death.]]> 248 S.T. Gibson 1916366945 lydia 0 to-read 4.15 2021 A Dowry of Blood
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]]> City of Girls 51918871
Beloved author Elizabeth Gilbert returns to fiction with a unique love story set in the New York City theater world during the 1940s. Told from the perspective of an older woman as she looks back on her youth with both pleasure and regret (but mostly pleasure), City of Girls explores themes of female sexuality and promiscuity, as well as the idiosyncrasies of true love.

In 1940, nineteen-year-old Vivian Morris has just been kicked out of Vassar College, owing to her lackluster freshman-year performance. Her affluent parents send her to Manhattan to live with her Aunt Peg, who owns a flamboyant, crumbling midtown theater called the Lily Playhouse. There Vivian is introduced to an entire cosmos of unconventional and charismatic characters, from the fun-chasing showgirls to a sexy male actor, a grand-dame actress, a lady-killer writer, and no-nonsense stage manager. But when Vivian makes a personal mistake that results in professional scandal, it turns her new world upside down in ways that it will take her years to fully understand. Ultimately, though, it leads her to a new understanding of the kind of life she craves - and the kind of freedom it takes to pursue it. It will also lead to the love of her life, a love that stands out from all the rest.

Now ninety-five years old and telling her story at last, Vivian recalls how the events of those years altered the course of her life - and the gusto and autonomy with which she approached it. "At some point in a woman's life, she just gets tired of being ashamed all the time," she muses. "After that, she is free to become whoever she truly is." Written with a powerful wisdom about human desire and connection, City of Girls is a love story like no other.]]> 470 Elizabeth Gilbert 1594634742 lydia 0 currently-reading 4.01 2019 City of Girls
author: Elizabeth Gilbert
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average rating: 4.01
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]]> <![CDATA[FrĂĽhling, Sommer, Herbst und Tod]]> 1842130 620 Stephen King 3548263283 lydia 5 4.21 1982 FrĂĽhling, Sommer, Herbst und Tod
author: Stephen King
name: lydia
average rating: 4.21
book published: 1982
rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[Adam und Evas Tagebuch. Die erste Liebesgeschichte.]]> 549886 Adam has a lot to learn about Eve, and even more from her, as she names the animals, discovers fire, and introduces all manner of innovations to their garden home. Mark Twain's "translation" of the diaries of the first man and woman offers a humorous "he said/she said" narrative of biblical events. The great American storyteller found comfort and inspiration in the company of women, and his irreverent look at conventional religion is also a thoughtful -- and humorous -- argument for gender equality.]]> 64 Mark Twain 3746215978 lydia 5 3.57 1906 Adam und Evas Tagebuch. Die erste Liebesgeschichte.
author: Mark Twain
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average rating: 3.57
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rating: 5
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]]> Othello 12996 319 William Shakespeare lydia 5 3.89 1603 Othello
author: William Shakespeare
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average rating: 3.89
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rating: 5
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]]> Weiße Nächte 283209 109 Fyodor Dostoevsky 3458345345 lydia 5 4.04 1848 Weiße Nächte
author: Fyodor Dostoevsky
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average rating: 4.04
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rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[Basiswissen WeiĂźe Magie - Das Einmaleins der Hexenkunst]]> 25181214
Magische Amulette und Räucherwerk, Rituale mit Kerzen und Edelsteinen, die eigene Herstellung von Hexenbesen und Zauberstab: Hier findet die moderne Hexe alles, was sie für die weißmagische Praxis braucht. Eine praktische Anleitung für kreatives magisches Wirken � für gutes Gelingen in Liebe und Beruf, seelisches und körperliches Wohlbefinden sowie persönlichen Schutz und Wohlstand.

Das Einmaleins der weiĂźen Magie fĂĽr Einsteiger und Fortgeschrittene.

Aktualisiert und erweiterte Ausgabe.]]> 176 Hexe Claire 3453701615 lydia 0 3.98 2003 Basiswissen WeiĂźe Magie - Das Einmaleins der Hexenkunst
author: Hexe Claire
name: lydia
average rating: 3.98
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]]> Die Kreutzer Sonate 34513613 176 Leo Tolstoy lydia 4 3.45 1889 Die Kreutzer Sonate
author: Leo Tolstoy
name: lydia
average rating: 3.45
book published: 1889
rating: 4
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]]> Die Sonette an Orpheus 15989449 Die Sonette an Orpheus entstanden im Februar 1922 und sind der mit 19 Jahren verstorbenen Wera Ouckama Knoop gewidmet. Orpheus erscheint hier zugleich als der rühmende und der zu rühmende Grenzgänger zwischen den Welten � dem Reich der Lebenden und dem Reich der Toten.]]> 68 Rainer Maria Rilke 3458081151 lydia 0 to-read 4.02 1923 Die Sonette an Orpheus
author: Rainer Maria Rilke
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average rating: 4.02
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]]> Black Beauty 3685
Whether pulling an elegant carriage or a ramshackle cab, Black Beauty tries to live as best he can. This is his amazing story, told as only he could tell it.]]> 245 Anna Sewell 0439228905 lydia 0 to-read 3.99 1877 Black Beauty
author: Anna Sewell
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average rating: 3.99
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]]> <![CDATA[Alle drei Tage: Warum Männer Frauen töten und was wir dagegen tun müssen]]> 57280854
Jeden Tag versucht in Deutschland ein Mann, seine Frau umzubringen. Alle 3 Tage wird eine Frau von ihrem Partner oder Ex-Partner getötet. Hinzu kommen die Morde an Frauen durch ihnen unbekannte Täter. Diese Verbrechen sind keine Ehrenmorde oder Beziehungstaten, sondern Femizide: Morde, die an Frauen verübt werden, weil sie Frauen sind. Laura Backes und Margherita Bettoni zeigen in diesem aufrüttelnden Buch, dass die Tötung von Frauen aufgrund ihres Geschlechts auch bei uns ein ernsthaftes gesamtgesellschaftliches Problem ist. Als Familientragödien verharmlost, bleiben viele Frauenmorde verborgen und verdecken die patriarchalen Macht- und Gewaltmuster, die sich tief durch unsere Gesellschaft ziehen. Die beiden Journalistinnen haben mit Überlebenden gesprochen, Experten befragt, die Motive männlicher Gewalttäter untersucht und ihre grausamen Taten hier rekonstruiert. Ihre schockierende Analyse zeigt, dass Femizide uns alle angehen und warum wir jetzt handeln müssen.]]> 190 Laura Backes 3641271118 lydia 0 to-read 4.53 Alle drei Tage: Warum Männer Frauen töten und was wir dagegen tun müssen
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]]> <![CDATA[Die Erben Kains (Fackeln im Sturm, #1)]]> 3897961
Der Roman schildert eindringlich das gesellschaftliche Leben Mitte des 19. Jahrhunderts in den USA mit all seinen Problemen: religiöse Differenzen, das Gefälle zwischen Reichtum und Armut und natürlich vor allem die innere Zerrissenheit der Nation wegen der Frage der Sklaverei. Auch die politischen und geschichtlichen Entwicklungen kommen dabei nicht zu kurz.]]> 772 John Jakes 3404108671 lydia 0 to-read 4.19 1982 Die Erben Kains (Fackeln im Sturm, #1)
author: John Jakes
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average rating: 4.19
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]]> The Reluctant Empress 983942
This edition is a translation into English from the original German by Ruth Hein.]]> 439 Brigitte Hamann 3548354793 lydia 0 to-read 4.11 1982 The Reluctant Empress
author: Brigitte Hamann
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average rating: 4.11
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]]> Die Farbe Lila 405846 Das Buch erzählt, wie Celie es schafft, zu sich selbst zu finden, Stärke zu entwickeln und ihren eigenen Weg in ein neues Leben zu gehen.]]> 272 Alice Walker 340492133X lydia 5 4.27 1982 Die Farbe Lila
author: Alice Walker
name: lydia
average rating: 4.27
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rating: 5
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,,Die Jahre sind gekommen und gegangen ohne ein einziges Wort von Dir. Nur den Himmel über uns haben wir gemeinsam. Ich schaue ihn oft an, als würde ich eines Tages irgendwie, gespiegelt aus seiner Unendlichkeit, mich in Deine Augen schauend wiederfinden, Deine lieben, großen, klaren, schönen Augen.''
]]> <![CDATA[Mirabelle Has A Bad Day (Mirabelle, #3)]]> 58170557 128 Harriet Muncaster 0192777556 lydia 0 4.13 Mirabelle Has A Bad Day (Mirabelle, #3)
author: Harriet Muncaster
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]]> Wind & Weite (Loreley, #1) 58515404 Als jedoch nur ein Teil der Besatzung vom heimgekehrten Schiff steigt, wird ihr klar, dass die Seefahrt mehr Gefahren birgt, als ihr bisher bewusst war. Gemeinsam mit ihrem besten Freund aus Kindertagen tritt sie den Dienst an Bord der Ruby an. Sie will ihren Vater befreien, der mit anderen Besatzungsmitgliedern in den Darcosgewässern festgehalten wird. Doch schnell wird klar: nicht nur um die Gewässer selbst ranken sich Geheimnisse. Auch Jermaines Vater hat einiges verheimlicht � Entscheidungen, die ihn und seine gesamte Mannschaft das Leben kosten könnten.

Eine Geschichte über starke Heldinnen, den Drang nach Freiheit und wie man über seine eigenen Vorbilder hinauswächst.]]> 366 Marleen S. Meri 9783969668 lydia 0 to-read 4.22 Wind & Weite (Loreley, #1)
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]]> <![CDATA[Blood and Ash (Liebe kennt keine Grenzen #1)]]> 55870473 672 Jennifer L. Armentrout 3453321413 lydia 0 currently-reading 4.30 2020 Blood and Ash (Liebe kennt keine Grenzen #1)
author: Jennifer L. Armentrout
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average rating: 4.30
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]]> Emil und die Detektive 63465
Erich Kästners erstes Kinderbuch ist gleichzeitig sein bekanntestes. Die Geschichte um Emil und seine Freunde wurde in Deutschland und im Ausland mehrmals mit großem Erfolg verfilmt, außerdem gibt es ein Musical, eine Theater- und eine Audiofassung zu dem zeitlosen Stoff.]]> 175 Erich Kästner 3791530127 lydia 0 to-read 3.93 1929 Emil und die Detektive
author: Erich Kästner
name: lydia
average rating: 3.93
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]]> Faust, First Part 14706
This authoritative edition, which offers Peter Salm’s wonderfully readable translation as well as the original German on facing pages, brings us Faust in a vital, rhythmic American idiom that carefully preserves the grandeur, integrity, and poetic immediacy of Goethe’s words.]]> 327 Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 0553213482 lydia 0 currently-reading 3.87 1808 Faust, First Part
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average rating: 3.87
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]]> Julián Is a Mermaid 26532714
While riding the subway home from the pool with his abuela one day, Julián notices three women spectacularly dressed up. Their hair billows in brilliant hues, their dresses end in fishtails, and their joy fills the train car. When Julián gets home, daydreaming of the magic he's seen, all he can think about is dressing up just like the ladies in his own fabulous mermaid costume: a butter-yellow curtain for his tail, the fronds of a potted fern for his headdress. But what will Abuela think about the mess he makes -- and even more importantly, what will she think about how Julián sees himself? Mesmerizing and full of heart, Jessica Love's author-illustrator debut is a jubilant picture of self-love and a radiant celebration of individuality.]]> 80 Jessica Love 0763690457 lydia 0 to-read 4.49 2018 Julián Is a Mermaid
author: Jessica Love
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average rating: 4.49
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]]> <![CDATA[Rumple Buttercup: A Story of Bananas, Belonging, and Being Yourself]]> 40909460
Rumple Buttercup has five crooked teeth, three strands of hair, green skin, and his left foot is slightly bigger than his right.

He is weird.

Join him and Candy Corn Carl (his imaginary friend made of trash) as they learn the joy of individuality as well as the magic of belonging.]]> 136 Matthew Gray Gubler 0525648445 lydia 0 4.66 2019 Rumple Buttercup: A Story of Bananas, Belonging, and Being Yourself
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average rating: 4.66
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]]> Sheets (Sheets, #1) 38958846
Wendell is a ghost. A boy who lost his life much too young, his daily routine features ineffective death therapy, a sheet-dependent identity, and a dangerous need to seek purpose in the forbidden human world.

When their worlds collide, Marjorie is confronted by unexplainable disasters as Wendell transforms Glatt’s Laundry into his midnight playground, appearing as a mere sheet during the day. While Wendell attempts to create a new afterlife for himself, he unknowingly sabotages the life that Marjorie is struggling to maintain.]]> 242 Brenna Thummler 194130267X lydia 0 to-read 3.84 2018 Sheets (Sheets, #1)
author: Brenna Thummler
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average rating: 3.84
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]]> <![CDATA[Crooked Kingdom (Six of Crows, #2)]]> 22299763
Kaz Brekker and his crew of deadly outcasts have just pulled off a heist so daring even they didn't think they'd survive. But instead of divvying up a fat reward, they're right back to fighting for their lives.

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

A war will be waged on the city's dark and twisting streets - a battle for revenge and redemption that will decide the fate of the Grisha world.]]> 561 Leigh Bardugo lydia 0 currently-reading 4.58 2016 Crooked Kingdom (Six of Crows, #2)
author: Leigh Bardugo
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average rating: 4.58
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]]> <![CDATA[Phantom Heart (Phantom Heart, #1)]]> 49024800
So when the very charming (and paranormal obsessed) Lucas Cheney takes an interest in both Stephanie and her notorious home, the supernatural and romantic activity escalates to an all-time high. And that doesn’t even take into account the dashing, British-accented eighteen-year-old boy, Erik, who’s taken up residence in Stephanie’s nightly dreams. A boy who may have something to do with the man in the mask, and the strange occurrences taking place at Moldavia.]]> 528 Kelly Creagh 0593116046 lydia 0 to-read 3.77 2021 Phantom Heart (Phantom Heart, #1)
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average rating: 3.77
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]]> Der Ursprung der Liebe 39300293 Dabei geht sie auch einer Reihe weiterer Fragen nach, wie: Was ist innerhalb einer Beziehung erlaubt und was nicht? War Ronald Reagans Frau Kommunistin? Und war Prinz Charles in Diana verliebt?

Die Politikwissenschaftlerin Liv Strömquist ist eine der bekanntesten Comickünstlerinnen und wichtigsten feministischen Stimmen Schwedens.]]> 136 Liv Strömquist 3945034892 lydia 0 to-read 4.46 2010 Der Ursprung der Liebe
author: Liv Strömquist
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average rating: 4.46
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]]> Jugend ohne Gott 1210286 Jugend ohne Gott in mehrere Sprachen übersetzt und machte Horváth international bekannt. Im selben Jahr wurde sie von Thomas Mann empfohlen, und Hermann Hesse schrieb über die Erzählung : »Die Erzählung ist großartig und schneidet quer durch den moralischen Weltzustand von heute.« Es geht in ihr, so Alfred Döblin, um »eine Schule, eine mehr oder weniger verrohte Jugend, an ihr ein Lehrer, der ein Gewissen hat, sich verleugnen muß und schließlich nicht mehr kann«.]]> 183 Ödön von Horváth 3518388746 lydia 5 3.85 1937 Jugend ohne Gott
author: Ödön von Horváth
name: lydia
average rating: 3.85
book published: 1937
rating: 5
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I thank God for this masterpiece - the best book i've ever read.
]]> Women Don't Owe You Pretty 52252715 WOMEN DON'T OWE YOU PRETTY will tell you to...
love sex, hate sexism,
protect your goddamn energy,
life is short, dump them,
And that you owe men nothing, least of all pretty.

Florence's debut book will explore all progressive corners of the feminist conversation; from insecurity projection and refusing to find comfort in other women's flaws, to deciding whether to date or dump them, all the way through to unpacking the male gaze and how it shapes our identity.

WOMEN DON'T OWE YOU PRETTY is an accessible leap into feminism, for people at all stages of their journey who are seeking to reshape and transform the way they view themselves. In a world that tells women we're either not enough or too much, it's time we stop directing our anger and insecurities onto ourselves, and start fighting back to re-shape the toxic structures of our patriarchal society.

Florence's book will help you to tackle and challenge the limiting narrative you have been bombarded with your whole life, and determine feminism on your own terms. After all, you are the love of your own life.

]]> 193 Florence Given 1788402278 lydia 5 3.71 2020 Women Don't Owe You Pretty
author: Florence Given
name: lydia
average rating: 3.71
book published: 2020
rating: 5
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this book changed my life so radical- it's just straight up beautiful
]]> <![CDATA[Violet Bent Backwards Over the Grass]]> 43554866 The highly anticipated spoken word poetry collection from Lana Del Rey, Violet Bent Backwards over the Grass

�'Violet Bent Backwards over the Grass' is the title poem of the book and the first poem I wrote of many. Some of which came to me in their entirety, which I dictated and then typed out, and some that I worked laboriously picking apart each word to make the perfect poem. They are eclectic and honest and not trying to be anything other than what they are and for that reason I’m proud of them, especially because the spirit in which they were written was very authentic.� (Lana Del Rey)

Lana Del Rey brings her breathtaking poetry to life in an unprecedented audiobook. In this stunning spoken word performance, Lana Del Rey reads 14 poems from her debut book Violet Bent Backwards over the Grass accompanied by music from Grammy Award-winning musician Jack Antonoff. Lana’s debut book solidifies her further as “the essential writer of her times� (The Atlantic). This audiobook features Lana reading select poems from the book, including "LA Who Am I to Love You?", "The Land of 1,000 Fires", "Past the Bushes Cypress Thriving", "Never to Heaven", "Tessa DiPietro", "Happy", and several others. The result is an extraordinary poetic landscape that reflects the unguarded spirit of its creator.]]> 1 Lana Del Rey lydia 4 4.03 2020 Violet Bent Backwards Over the Grass
author: Lana Del Rey
name: lydia
average rating: 4.03
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rating: 4
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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 lydia 0 4.43 2018 Heartstopper: Volume One (Heartstopper, #1)
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name: lydia
average rating: 4.43
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]]> Blue Ticket 52058372 In a world where women can't have it all, don't underestimate the relief of a decision being taken away from you.

Calla knows how the lottery works. Everyone does. On the day of your first bleed, you report to the station to learn what kind of woman you will be. A white ticket grants you marriage and children. A blue ticket grants you a career and freedom. You are relieved of the terrible burden of choice. And once you've taken your ticket, there is no going back. But what if the life you're given is the wrong one?

When Calla, a blue ticket woman, begins to question her fate, she must go on the run. But her survival will be dependent on the very qualities the lottery has taught her to question in herself and on the other women the system has pitted against her. Pregnant and desperate, Calla must contend with whether or not the lottery knows her better than she knows herself and what that might mean for her child.

An urgent inquiry into free will, social expectation, and the fraught space of motherhood, Blue Ticket is electrifying in its raw evocation and desire and riveting in its undeniable familiarity.]]> 304 Sophie Mackintosh 0385545630 lydia 4 3.18 2020 Blue Ticket
author: Sophie Mackintosh
name: lydia
average rating: 3.18
book published: 2020
rating: 4
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the most beautiful writing I have ever experienced in contemporary literature.
]]> Blue Horses 20821239
Herons, sparrows, owls, and kingfishers flit across the page in meditations on love, artistry, and impermanence. Whether considering a bird’s nest, the seeming patience of oak trees, or the artworks of Franz Marc, Oliver reminds us of the transformative power of attention and how much can be contained within the smallest moments.



At its heart, Blue Horses asks what it means to truly belong to this world, to live in it attuned to all its changes. Humorous, gentle, and always honest, Oliver is a visionary of the natural world.]]> 79 Mary Oliver 1594204799 lydia 0 to-read 4.28 2014 Blue Horses
author: Mary Oliver
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average rating: 4.28
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]]> Der Sandmann 680596 83 E.T.A. Hoffmann 3458326340 lydia 2 3.59 1816 Der Sandmann
author: E.T.A. Hoffmann
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average rating: 3.59
book published: 1816
rating: 2
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]]> I'm Thinking of Ending Things 40605223 Now a Netflix original movie, this deeply scary and intensely unnerving novel follows a couple in the midst of a twisted unraveling of the darkest unease. You will be scared. But you won’t know why�

I’m thinking of ending things. Once this thought arrives, it stays. It sticks. It lingers. It’s always there. Always.

Jake once said, “Sometimes a thought is closer to truth, to reality, than an action. You can say anything, you can do anything, but you can’t fake a thought.�

And here’s what I’m thinking: I don’t want to be here.

In this smart and intense literary suspense novel, Iain Reid explores the depths of the human psyche, questioning consciousness, free will, the value of relationships, fear, and the limitations of solitude. Tense, gripping, and atmospheric, I’m Thinking of Ending Things pulls you in from the very first page…and never lets you go.]]> 241 Iain Reid lydia 5 3.53 2016 I'm Thinking of Ending Things
author: Iain Reid
name: lydia
average rating: 3.53
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rating: 5
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]]> Putting Makeup on the Fat Boy 9757257
But the makeup artist world is competitive and cutthroat, and for Carlos to reach his dreams, he'll have to believe in himself more than ever.]]> 219 Bil Wright 1416939962 lydia 0 to-read 3.45 2011 Putting Makeup on the Fat Boy
author: Bil Wright
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average rating: 3.45
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]]> Luster 51541496
Razor-sharp, provocatively page-turning and surprisingly tender, Luster by Raven Leilani is a painfully funny debut about what it means to be young now.]]> 227 Raven Leilani 0374194327 lydia 0 to-read 3.51 2020 Luster
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]]> Malibu Rising 55404546 Four famous siblings throw an epic party to celebrate the end of the summer. But over the course of twenty-four hours, their lives will change forever.

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

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

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

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

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

Malibu Rising is a story about one unforgettable night in the life of a family: the night they each have to choose what they will keep from the people who made them... and what they will leave behind.]]> 369 Taylor Jenkins Reid 1524798657 lydia 0 to-read 4.02 2021 Malibu Rising
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]]> Don't Fall In Love, Sam 56501282
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'Don't Fall In Love, Sam' is a series of short personal essays, which takes the reader on a journey of a young, gay man's exploration of self, body/image, identity, sex, sexuality, and existing as a real person in the digital age. It resonates with the millennial, initially, but extends to the human experience of life, and love gained and lost. Morris' words are a truly emotional read for any queer person finding their way in this world.]]> 166 Sam Morris 1800491441 lydia 0 to-read 3.96 Don't Fall In Love, Sam
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]]> Pumpkinheads 40864790 In Pumpkinheads author Rainbow Rowell and artist Faith Erin Hicks have teamed up to create this tender and hilarious story about two irresistible teens discovering what it means to leave behind a place―and a person―with no regrets.

Deja and Josiah are seasonal best friends.

Every autumn, all through high school, they’ve worked together at the best pumpkin patch in the whole wide world. (Not many people know that the best pumpkin patch in the whole wide world is in Omaha, Nebraska, but it definitely is.) They say good-bye every Halloween, and they’re reunited every September 1.

But this Halloween is different—Josiah and Deja are finally seniors, and this is their last season at the pumpkin patch. Their last shift together. Their last good-bye.

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

What if their last shift was an adventure?]]> 209 Rainbow Rowell 125031285X lydia 0 to-read 4.01 2019 Pumpkinheads
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]]> The Raven 20424161
Edgar Allan Poe’s celebrated narrative poem now available as an ebook, including an extended excerpt from Mrs. Poe by Lynn Cullen, a vivid and compelling novel about a poet who becomes entangled in an affair with Edgar Allan Poe—at the same time that she becomes the unwilling confidante of his much-younger wife.]]> 46 Edgar Allan Poe lydia 5 4.27 1845 The Raven
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average rating: 4.27
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rating: 5
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]]> Fangs 50898148 Fangs chronicles the humor, sweetness, and awkwardness of meeting someone perfectly suited to you but also vastly different.]]> 100 Sarah Andersen 1524860670 lydia 0 to-read 4.28 2020 Fangs
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]]> Ein feiner dunkler Riss 20815312 351 Joe R. Lansdale 3518464973 lydia 0 to-read 4.08 2003 Ein feiner dunkler Riss
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]]> Melanie Raabe über Lady Gaga 57203148 Die Bestsellerautorin Melanie Raabe nimmt sich einen der größten lebenden Popstars zum Vorbild, um endlich das Leben zu leben, von dem sie so lange geträumt hat. Ein inspirierendes Buch über das Phänomen Lady Gaga, aber eben auch über das Phänomen Melanie Raabe. Lady Gaga kommt für Melanie Raabe genau zur richtigen Zeit. Eigentlich ein Indiemädchen, lässt sie sich auf den »überdrehten Plastikpop« ein und merkt: Die traut sich was. Melanie Raabe beschließt, das ewige Suchen und Finden im Leben hinter sich zu lassen und sich stattdessen � wie Lady Gaga � zu erfinden. Sie arbeitet als Journalistin in Köln, doch eigentlich will sie schon immer Schriftstellerin werden. Also los. Lady Gagas Musik hilft ihr dabei, die zu werden, die sie heute ist: eine erfolgreiche Künstlerin. Melanie Raabes Text über Lady Gaga ist ein Aufruf an jede*n, allen Mut zusammenzukratzen, um das zu werden, was man schon immer sein wollte. No more P-P-P-Poker Face!]]> 128 Melanie Raabe lydia 3 3.83 Melanie Raabe über Lady Gaga
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]]> Die Nachtigall 13504547 0 Hans Christian Andersen 1908478632 lydia 5 3.80 1970 Die Nachtigall
author: Hans Christian Andersen
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average rating: 3.80
book published: 1970
rating: 5
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,,Mein Gott, wie ist das schön!''
]]> Gossip Girl (Gossip Girl, #1) 22188
S is back from boarding school, and if we aren’t careful, she’s going to win over our teachers, wear that dress we couldn’t fit into, steal our boyfriends� hearts, and basically ruin our lives in a major way. I’ll be watching closely . . .

You know you love me,

gossip girl]]> 224 Cecily von Ziegesar 0316910333 lydia 0 to-read 3.52 2002 Gossip Girl (Gossip Girl, #1)
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average rating: 3.52
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]]> Der kleine Prinz 942177 91 Antoine de Saint-Exupéry 379200027X lydia 5 4.37 1943 Der kleine Prinz
author: Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
name: lydia
average rating: 4.37
book published: 1943
rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[Das Parfum: Die Geschichte eines Mörders]]> 2896 320 Patrick Süskind 3257228007 lydia 0 currently-reading 3.99 1985 Das Parfum: Die Geschichte eines Mörders
author: Patrick SĂĽskind
name: lydia
average rating: 3.99
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]]> Die Irrfahrten des Odysseus 17969803 Herakles
Die Irrfahrten des Odysseus
Ă„˛Ô±đ˛ą˛ő±Ő±Ő> 256 Gustav Schwab lydia 0 currently-reading 4.00 1955 Die Irrfahrten des Odysseus
author: Gustav Schwab
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average rating: 4.00
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]]> The Child Thief 6308379 not Neverland. Fourteen-year-old Nick would have been murdered by the drug dealers preying on his family had Peter not saved him. Now the irresistibly charismatic wild boy wants Nick to follow him to a secret place of great adventure, where magic is alive and you never grow old. Even though he is wary of Peter's crazy talk of faeries and monsters, Nick agrees. After all, New York City is no longer safe for him, and what more could he possibly lose?

There is always more to lose.

Accompanying Peter to a gray and ravished island that was once a lush, enchanted paradise, Nick finds himself unwittingly recruited for a war that has raged for centuries—one where he must learn to fight or die among the "Devils," Peter's savage tribe of lost and stolen children.

There, Peter's dark past is revealed: left to wolves as an infant, despised and hunted, Peter moves restlessly between the worlds of faerie and man. The Child Thief is a leader of bloodthirsty children, a brave friend, and a creature driven to do whatever he must to stop the "Flesh-eaters" and save the last, wild magic in this dying land.]]> 483 Brom 0061671339 lydia 0 currently-reading 4.08 2009 The Child Thief
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]]> <![CDATA[Six of Crows (Six of Crows, #1)]]> 23437156 Alternate cover of ISBN 9781627792127

Ketterdam: a bustling hub of international trade where anything can be had for the right price—and no one knows that better than criminal prodigy Kaz Brekker. Kaz is offered a chance at a deadly heist that could make him rich beyond his wildest dreams. But he can’t pull it off alone...

A convict with a thirst for revenge

A sharpshooter who can’t walk away from a wager

A runaway with a privileged past

A spy known as the Wraith

A Heartrender using her magic to survive the slums

A thief with a gift for unlikely escapes

Six dangerous outcasts. One impossible heist. Kaz’s crew is the only thing that might stand between the world and destruction—if they don’t kill each other first.]]> 480 Leigh Bardugo 1627792120 lydia 4 4.47 2015 Six of Crows (Six of Crows, #1)
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average rating: 4.47
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rating: 4
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]]> Reef 1357413 190 Romesh Gunesekera 0140140301 lydia 0 to-read 3.85 1994 Reef
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]]> They Called Us Enemy 42527866 A graphic memoir recounting actor/author/activist George Takei's childhood imprisoned within American concentration camps during World War II. Experience the forces that shaped an American icon -- and America itself.

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

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

They Called Us Enemy is Takei's firsthand account of those years behind barbed wire, the joys and terrors of growing up under legalized racism, his mother's hard choices, his father's faith in democracy, and the way those experiences planted the seeds for his astonishing future.]]> 204 George Takei 1603094504 lydia 0 to-read 4.40 2019 They Called Us Enemy
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]]> <![CDATA[You Will Get Through This Night]]> 53327621
A practical guide to taking control of your mental health for today, tomorrow, and the days after, from the #1 New York Times bestselling author and beloved entertainer. 

â€There’s a moment at the end of every day, where the world falls away and you are left alone with your thoughts. A reckoning, when the things you have been pushing to the background, come forward and demand your attention.â€�

Written by Daniel Howell, in consultation with a qualified psychologist, in an entertaining and personal way from the perspective of someone who has been through it all—this no-nonsense book gives you the tools to understand your mind so you can be in control and really live. Split into three chapters for each stage of the

This Night - how to get through your toughest moments and be prepared to face anything.

Tomorrow - small steps to change your thoughts and actions with a big impact on your life.

The Days After - help to look after yourself in the long term and not just survive, but thrive.

You will laugh and learn—but most of all, this book will assure you that even in your darkest times, there is always hope. 

You will get through this night.]]> 320 Daniel Howell 006305387X lydia 0 to-read 4.25 2021 You Will Get Through This Night
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]]> Body Politics 56822082 224 Melodie Michelberger lydia 3 4.03 Body Politics
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]]> We Should All Be Feminists 22738563 We Should All Be Feminists, a personal, eloquently-argued essay—adapted from her much-viewed TEDx talk of the same name—by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, the award-winning author of Americanah and Half of a Yellow Sun.

With humor and levity, here Adichie offers readers a unique definition of feminism for the twenty-first century—one rooted in inclusion and awareness. She shines a light not only on blatant discrimination, but also the more insidious, institutional behaviors that marginalize women around the world, in order to help readers of all walks of life better understand the often masked realities of sexual politics. Throughout, she draws extensively on her own experiences—in the U.S., in her native Nigeria, and abroad—offering an artfully nuanced explanation of why the gender divide is harmful for women and men, alike.

Argued in the same observant, witty and clever prose that has made Adichie a bestselling novelist, here is one remarkable author’s exploration of what it means to be a woman today—and an of-the-moment rallying cry for why we should all be feminists.]]> 52 Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie lydia 2 4.42 2012 We Should All Be Feminists
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]]> Und jetzt bin ich hier 52779565
Zwischen Uni und Nebenjob gibt sie sich in London dem Rausch der Großstadt hin, trifft sich mit Männern, tanzt die Nächte durch. Doch die Vergangenheit lässt sie nicht los: Die Trennung ihrer Eltern und die Herkunft aus der Working Class haben aus ihr einen vorsichtigen Menschen gemacht. Der pralle Alltag und die alles überstrahlende Euphorie fordern zudem ihren Tribut. Als Lucys Großvater stirbt, nutzt sie die Chance und steigt aus: In seinem Cottage an der irischen Küste betrachtet sie das Mosaik ihres Lebens und versucht herauszufinden, wo ihr Platz im Leben sein könnte.

Ein schillernder, sinnlicher und herzergreifend ehrlicher Roman ĂĽber eine junge Frau in einer Welt voller Erwartungen und Begehrlichkeiten.]]> 352 Jessica Andrews 3455008216 lydia 0 to-read 3.93 2019 Und jetzt bin ich hier
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]]> And Then There Were None 21068164
The tension escalates as the survivors realise the killer is not only among them but is preparing to strike again� and again…]]> 241 Agatha Christie 0007525303 lydia 0 to-read 4.35 1939 And Then There Were None
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]]> <![CDATA[Fearing the Black Body: The Racial Origins of Fat Phobia]]> 42129163
The work is divided into three sections. The two chapters in the first part consider how Renaissance white women and women of color were depicted as plump and feminine, separated by class, yet belonging to the same gender. The second part of the work charts the rise of modern racial ideologies that yoked feminine beauty to Protestant, Anglo-Saxon whiteness. Later chapters and the epilogue consider how Americans normalized the "scientific management" of white women's bodies for the purpose of racial uplift, a project that continued to situate black women as the embodied Other.

The author does not address fat from the angle of health or previous attitudes white Europeans held towards corpulence.]]> 296 Sabrina Strings 1479886750 lydia 0 to-read 4.26 2019 Fearing the Black Body: The Racial Origins of Fat Phobia
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]]> The Glass Castle 7445 THE #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

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

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

The Glass Castle is truly astonishing--a memoir permeated by the intense love of a peculiar but loyal family.]]> 288 Jeannette Walls 074324754X lydia 0 to-read 4.32 2005 The Glass Castle
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]]> Into the Trees 18627404 256 Robert Williams 0571308171 lydia 0 to-read 3.34 2014 Into the Trees
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average rating: 3.34
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]]> <![CDATA[Der Junge, der Träume schenkte]]> 11924346 783 Luca Di Fulvio 3404160614 lydia 0 to-read 4.12 2008 Der Junge, der Träume schenkte
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average rating: 4.12
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]]> <![CDATA["Welch ein Funkeln am Himmelszelt"]]> 49239544 143 Eberhard Scholing lydia 0 to-read 3.00 "Welch ein Funkeln am Himmelszelt"
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]]> <![CDATA[Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina]]> 20685495 Michaela DePrince was known as girl Number 27 at the orphanage, where she was abandoned at a young age and tormented as a "devil child" for a skin condition that makes her skin appear spotted. But it was at the orphanage that Michaela would find a picture of a beautiful ballerina en pointe that would help change the course of her life.
At the age of four, Michaela was adopted by an American family, who encouraged her love of dancing and enrolled her in classes. She went on to study at the Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis School at the American Ballet Theatre and is currently a member of the Dutch National Ballet’s junior company. She has appeared in the ballet documentary "First Position," as well as on "Dancing with the Stars, Good Morning America," and "Nightline."
In this engaging, moving, and unforgettable memoir, Michaela shares her dramatic journey from an orphan in West Africa to becoming one of ballet's most exciting rising stars.]]> 256 Michaela DePrince 0385755112 lydia 0 to-read 4.25 2014 Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina
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]]> Die bittere Gabe 35506789 448 Ellen Marie Wiseman lydia 0 to-read 3.86 2017 Die bittere Gabe
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]]> I Love You So Mochi 41473865
She's obsessed with transforming everyday ephemera into Kimi Originals: bold outfits that make her and her friends feel like the Ultimate versions of themselves. But her mother disapproves, and when they get into an explosive fight, Kimi's entire future seems on the verge of falling apart. So when a surprise letter comes in the mail from Kimi's estranged grandparents, inviting her to Kyoto for spring break, she seizes the opportunity to get away from the disaster of her life.

When she arrives in Japan, she's met with a culture both familiar and completely foreign to her. She loses herself in the city's outdoor markets, art installations, and cherry blossom festival -- and meets Akira, a cute aspiring med student who moonlights as a costumed mochi mascot. And what begins as a trip to escape her problems quickly becomes a way for Kimi to learn more about the mother she left behind, and to figure out where her own heart lies.

In I Love You So Mochi, author Sarah Kuhn has penned a delightfully sweet and irrepressibly funny novel that will make you squee at the cute, cringe at the awkward, and show that sometimes you have to lose yourself in something you love to find your Ultimate self.]]> 308 Sarah Kuhn 1338302884 lydia 0 to-read 3.79 2019 I Love You So Mochi
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]]> Neverwhere 23462649 Neverwhere tale, How the Marquis Got His Coat Back.

Published in 1997, Neil Gaiman’s darkly hypnotic first novel, Neverwhere, heralded the arrival of this major talent and became a touchstone of urban fantasy. Over the years, a number of versions were produced both in the U.S. and the U.K. Now, this author’s preferred edition of his classic novel reconciles these versions and reinstates a number of scenes cut from the original published books.

Neverwhere is the story of Richard Mayhew, a young London businessman with a good heart and an ordinary life, which is changed forever when he is plunged through the cracks of reality into a world of shadows and darkness—the Neverwhere. If he is ever to return to the London Above, Richard must join the battle to save this strange underworld kingdom from the malevolence that means to destroy it]]> 336 Neil Gaiman 0062371053 lydia 0 to-read 4.13 1996 Neverwhere
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]]> Frausein 54911096 128 Mely Kiyak 3446267468 lydia 0 4.25 2020 Frausein
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]]> <![CDATA[Art Matters: Because Your Imagination Can Change the World]]> 40090596
"The world always seems brighter when you've just made something that wasn't there before". (Neil Gaiman)

Drawn from Gaiman's trove of published speeches, poems and creative manifestos, 'ART MATTERS' is an embodiment of this remarkable multimedia artist's vision - an exploration of how reading, imagining, and creating can transform the world and our lives.

'ART MATTERS' brings together four of Gaiman's most beloved writings on creativity and artistry:

�1�
"CREDO", his remarkably concise and relevant manifesto on free expression, first delivered in the wake of the Charlie Hebdo shootings

�2�
"MAKE GOOD ART", his famous 2012 commencement address delivered at the Philadelphia University of the Arts

�3�
"MAKING A CHAIR", a poem about the joys of creating something, even when the words won't come

�4�
"ON LIBRARIES", an impassioned argument for libraries that illuminates their importance to our future and celebrates how they foster readers and daydreamers.

'ART MATTERS' is a stirring testament to the freedom of ideas that inspire us to make art in the face of adversity and dares us to choose to be bold.




RUNNING TIME � 49mins.

©2018 Neil Gaiman (P)2018 HarperCollins Publishers]]> 95 Neil Gaiman 1472260090 lydia 5 4.27 2018 Art Matters: Because Your Imagination Can Change the World
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you should definitely read this.
]]> Off the Record 53331354 The behind-the-scenes access of Almost Famous meets the searing revelations of #metoo in this story of a teen journalist who uncovers the scandal of the decade.

Ever since seventeen-year-old Josie Wright can remember, writing has been her identity, the thing that grounds her when everything else is a garbage fire. So when she wins a contest to write a celebrity profile for Deep Focus magazine, she’s equal parts excited and scared, but also ready. She’s got this.

Soon Josie is jetting off on a multi-city tour, rubbing elbows with sparkly celebrities, frenetic handlers, stone-faced producers, and eccentric stylists. She even finds herself catching feelings for the subject of her profile, dazzling young newcomer Marius Canet. Josie’s world is expanding so rapidly, she doesn’t know whether she’s flying or falling. But when a young actress lets her in on a terrible secret, the answer is clear: she’s in over her head.

One woman’s account leads to another and another. Josie wants to expose the man responsible, but she’s reluctant to speak up, unsure if this is her story to tell. What if she lets down the women who have entrusted her with their stories? What if this ends her writing career before it even begins? There are so many reasons not to go ahead, but if Josie doesn’t step up, who will?

From the author of Full Disclosure, this is a moving testament to the #MeToo movement, and all the ways women stand up for each other.]]> 320 Camryn Garrett lydia 0 to-read 3.99 2021 Off the Record
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]]> Die Nacht brennt 28812131 288 Sarah Butler 3426304449 lydia 5 3.42 2015 Die Nacht brennt
author: Sarah Butler
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average rating: 3.42
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rating: 5
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]]> The God of Small Things 824362 The God of Small Things is an award-winning landmark that started for its author an esteemed career of fiction and political commentary that continues unabated.]]> 321 Arundhati Roy 0060977515 lydia 0 to-read 3.97 1997 The God of Small Things
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]]> Alice, wie Daniel sie sah 18809272 320 Sarah Butler 3426514095 lydia 0 to-read 3.09 2013 Alice, wie Daniel sie sah
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average rating: 3.09
book published: 2013
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]]> Circe 35959740
Threatened, Zeus banishes her to a deserted island, where she hones her occult craft, tames wild beasts, and crosses paths with many of the most famous figures in all of mythology, including the Minotaur, Daedalus and his doomed son Icarus, the murderous Medea, and, of course, wily Odysseus.

But there is danger, too, for a woman who stands alone, and Circe unwittingly draws the wrath of both men and gods, ultimately finding herself pitted against one of the most terrifying and vengeful of the Olympians. To protect what she loves most, Circe must summon all her strength and choose, once and for all, whether she belongs with the gods she is born from or with the mortals she has come to love.]]> 393 Madeline Miller 0316556343 lydia 0 summer-of-21-tbr 4.22 2018 Circe
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]]> Swimming in the Dark 49977811 Set in early 1980s Poland against the violent decline of communism, a tender and passionate story of first love between two young men who eventually find themselves on opposite sides of the political divide—a stunningly poetic and heartrending literary debut for fans of Andre Aciman, Garth Greenwell, and Alan Hollinghurst.

When university student Ludwik meets Janusz at a summer agricultural camp, he is fascinated yet wary of this handsome, carefree stranger. But a chance meeting by the river soon becomes an intense, exhilarating, and all-consuming affair. After their camp duties are fulfilled, the pair spend a dreamlike few weeks camping in the countryside, bonding over an illicit copy of James Baldwin’s Giovanni’s Room. Inhabiting a beautiful natural world removed from society and its constraints, Ludwik and Janusz fall deeply in love. But in their repressive communist and Catholic society, the passion they share is utterly unthinkable.

Once they return to Warsaw, the charismatic Janusz quickly rises in the political ranks of the party and is rewarded with a highly-coveted position in the ministry. Ludwik is drawn toward impulsive acts of protest, unable to ignore rising food prices and the stark economic disparity around them. Their secret love and personal and political differences slowly begin to tear them apart as both men struggle to survive in a regime on the brink of collapse.

Shifting from the intoxication of first love to the quiet melancholy of growing up and growing apart, Swimming in the Dark is a potent blend of romance, post-war politics, intrigue, and history. Lyrical and sensual, immersive and intense, Tomasz Jedrowski has crafted an indelible and thought-provoking literary debut that explores freedom and love in all its incarnations.]]> 191 Tomasz Jedrowski 006289000X lydia 0 to-read 4.25 2020 Swimming in the Dark
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]]> The Mermaid from Jeju 49050944 In the tradition of Yangsze Choo's Night Tiger and Min Jin Lee's Pachinko comes a magical saga that explores what it really means to love.

In the aftermath of World War II, Goh Junja is a girl just coming into her own. She is the latest successful deep sea diver in a family of strong haenyeo. Confident she is a woman now, Junja urges her mother to allow her to make the Goh family's annual trip to Mt. Halla, where they trade abalone and other sea delicacies for pork. Junja, a sea village girl, has never been to the mountains, where it smells like mushrooms and earth, and it is there she falls in love with a mountain boy Yang Suwol, who rescues her after a particularly harrowing journey. But when Junja returns one day later, it is just in time to see her mother take her last breath, beaten by the waves during a dive she was taking in Junja's place.

Spiraling in grief, Junja sees her younger siblings sent to live with their estranged father, Suwol is gone, the ghost of her mother haunts their home--from the meticulously tended herb garden that has now begun to sprout weeds, to the field where their bed sheets are beaten. She has only her grandmother and herself. But the world moves on without Junja.

The political climate is perilous. Still reeling from Japan's forced withdrawal from the peninsula, Korea is forced to accommodate the rapid establishment of US troops, and her grandmother, who lived through the Japanese invasion that led to Korea's occupation understands the signs of danger all too well. When Suwol is arrested for working with and harboring communists, and the perils of post-WWII overtake her homelands, Junja must learn to navigate a tumultuous world unlike anything she's ever known.]]> 304 Sumi Hahn lydia 0 to-read 3.83 2020 The Mermaid from Jeju
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]]> The Final Girl Support Group 55829194 In horror movies, the final girls are the ones left standing when the credits roll. They made it through the worst night of their lives…but what happens after?

Like his bestselling novel The Southern Book Club’s Guide to Slaying Vampires, Grady Hendrix’s latest is a fast-paced, frightening, and wickedly humorous thriller. From chain saws to summer camp slayers, The Final Girl Support Group pays tribute to and slyly subverts our most popular horror films—movies like The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, A Nightmare on Elm Street, and Scream.

Lynnette Tarkington is a real-life final girl who survived a massacre. For more than a decade, she’s been meeting with five other final girls and their therapist in a support group for those who survived the unthinkable, working to put their lives back together. Then one woman misses a meeting, and their worst fears are realized—someone knows about the group and is determined to rip their lives apart again, piece by piece.

But the thing about final girls is that no matter how bad the odds, how dark the night, how sharp the knife, they will never, ever give up.]]> 352 Grady Hendrix 059320123X lydia 0 to-read 3.50 2021 The Final Girl Support Group
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]]> The Siren 55277891 From Katherine St. John, author of The Lion's Den, comes another sublimely escapist thriller: When dangerously handsome megastar Cole Power hires his ex-wife, Stella Rivers, to act in his son's film, he sparks a firestorm on an isolated island that will unearth long-buried secrets -- and unravel years of lies.

In the midst of a sizzling hot summer, some of Hollywood's most notorious faces are assembled on the idyllic Caribbean island of St. Genesius to film The Siren, starring dangerously handsome megastar Cole Power playing opposite his ex-wife, Stella Rivers. The surefire blockbuster promises to entice audiences with its sultry storyline and intimately connected cast.

Three very different women arrive on set, each with her own motive. Stella, an infamously unstable actress, is struggling to reclaim the career she lost in the wake of multiple, very public breakdowns. Taylor, a fledgling producer, is anxious to work on a film she hopes will turn her career around after her last job ended in scandal. And Felicity, Stella's mysterious new assistant, harbors designs of her own that threaten to upend everyone's plans.

With a hurricane brewing offshore, each woman finds herself trapped on the island, united against a common enemy. But as deceptions come to light, misplaced trust may prove more perilous than the storm itself..]]> 416 Katherine St. John 1538733684 lydia 0 to-read 3.71 2021 The Siren
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]]> Der Astronaut 55598806 Der Marsianer".

Als Ryland Grace erwacht, muss er feststellen, dass er ganz allein ist. Er ist anscheinend der einzige Überlebende einer Raumfahrtmission, Millionen Kilometer von zu Hause entfernt, auf einem Flug ins Tau-Ceti-Sternsystem. Aber was erwartet ihn dort? Und warum sind alle anderen Besatzungsmitglieder tot? Nach und nach dämmert es Grace, dass von seinem Überleben nicht nur die Mission, sondern die Zukunft der gesamten Erdbevölkerung abhängt …]]> 560 Andy Weir 3453321340 lydia 0 to-read 4.48 2021 Der Astronaut
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]]> Almost American Girl 40030311 A powerful and timely teen graphic novel memoir—perfect for fans of American Born Chinese and Hey, Kiddo—about a Korean-born, non-English-speaking girl who is abruptly transplanted from Seoul to Huntsville, Alabama, and struggles with extreme culture shock and isolation, until she discovers her passion for comic arts.

For as long as she can remember, it’s been Robin and her mom against the world. Growing up in the 1990s as the only child of a single mother in Seoul, Korea, wasn’t always easy, but it has bonded them fiercely together.

So when a vacation to visit friends in Huntsville, Alabama, unexpectedly becomes a permanent relocation—following her mother’s announcement that she’s getting married—Robin is devastated. Overnight, her life changes. She is dropped into a new school where she doesn’t understand the language and struggles to keep up. She is completely cut off from her friends at home and has no access to her beloved comics. At home, she doesn’t fit in with her new stepfamily. And worst of all, she is furious with the one person she is closest to—her mother.

Then one day Robin’s mother enrolls her in a local comic drawing class, which opens the window to a future Robin could never have imagined.]]> 239 Robin Ha 0062685112 lydia 0 to-read 4.22 2020 Almost American Girl
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]]> <![CDATA[Radikale Zärtlichkeit. Warum Liebe politisch ist]]> 56593439
Seyda Kurt nimmt unsere allzu vertrauten Liebesnormen im Kraftfeld von Patriarchat, Rassismus und Kapitalismus auseinander - und erforscht am Beispiel ihrer eigenen Biografie, wie traditionelle Beziehungsmodelle in die Schieflage geraten, sobald sicher geglaubte Familienbande zerbrechen und hergebrachte Wahrheiten in Zweifel geraten. Denn Liebe existiert nicht im luftleeren Raum. Sie ist ein Spiegel unserer Gesellschaft. Und sie ist politisch.

Wie also wollen wir wirklich lieben? Wen und wie viele? Wie kann er aussehen, ein radikaler Neuentwurf der Liebe? Und wie können Menschen sich gemeinsam gegen die Ismen unserer Gesellschaft behaupten - als Partner*innen, Familie und Freund*innen? Scharfsinnig, witzig und mit einem feinen Gespür für die zahlreichen Fallstricke und Dimensionen der Liebe erzählt Seyda Kurt von ihrer Suche nach neuen Narrativen - und einer uns eigenen Sprache der Zärtlichkeit, in der wir mit überkommenden Beziehungsmodellen brechen und ein gerechteres Miteinander wagen können.]]> 223 Şeyda Kurt 3749901147 lydia 0 to-read 3.87 2021 Radikale Zärtlichkeit. Warum Liebe politisch ist
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]]> <![CDATA[Weiblich, ledig, glĂĽcklich - sucht nicht: Eine Streitschrift]]> 44581028 288 Gunda WindmĂĽller 3644405425 lydia 0 to-read 4.13 Weiblich, ledig, glĂĽcklich - sucht nicht: Eine Streitschrift
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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 can’t 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—despite his hard-won citizenship—Lily and Kath risk everything to let their love see the light of day.]]> 409 Malinda Lo 0525555250 lydia 0 to-read 4.21 2021 Last Night at the Telegraph Club
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]]> I Wanna Be Where You Are 40864798 A debut young adult rom-com about an African American ballerina who finds love on the road to an audition.

When Chloe Pierce’s mom forbids her to apply for a spot at the dance conservatory of her dreams, she devises a secret plan to drive two hundred miles to the nearest audition. But Chloe hits her first speed bump when her annoying neighbor Eli insists upon hitching a ride, threatening to tell Chloe’s mom if she leaves him and his smelly dog, Geezer, behind. So now Chloe’s chasing her ballet dreams down the east coast—two unwanted (but kinda cute) passengers in her car, butterflies in her stomach, and a really dope playlist on repeat.

Filled with roadside hijinks, heart-stirring romance, and a few broken rules, Kristina Forest's I Wanna Be Where You Are is a YA debut perfect for fans of Jenny Han and Sandhya Menon.]]> 272 Kristina Forest 1250294886 lydia 0 to-read 3.77 2019 I Wanna Be Where You Are
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]]> Befreit 41385156 448 Tara Westover 3462050125 lydia 0 to-read 4.38 2018 Befreit
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]]> <![CDATA[The Handmaid’s Tale (The Handmaid's Tale, #1)]]> 38447
Funny, unexpected, horrifying, and altogether convincing, The Handmaid's Tale is at once scathing satire, dire warning, and tour de force.]]> 311 Margaret Atwood 038549081X lydia 0 to-read 4.15 1985 The Handmaid’s Tale (The Handmaid's Tale, #1)
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]]> <![CDATA[Die Gedichte von Joachim Ringelnatz]]> 3315067
1060 Seiten

Gedichte
Kleine Wesen
EĂźlingen und MĂĽnchen (F. J. Schreiber) 1910.
Was Topf und Pfann' erzählen kann
Fürth in Bayern (G. Löwensohn) 1910.
Gedichte
MĂĽnchen, Leipzig (Hans Sachs-Verlag. Schmidt-Bertsch und Haist) 1910.
Die Schnupftabaksdose
MĂĽnchen (R. Piper) 1912.
Joachim Ringelnatzens Turngedichte
Berlin-Wilmersdorf (Alfred Richard Meyer) 1920.
Kuttel Daddeldu oder das schlĂĽpfrige Leid
Berlin-Wilmersdorf (Alfred Richard Meyer) 1920.
Die gebatikte Schusterpastete
Berlin-Wilmersdorf (Alfred Richard Meyer) 1921.
°Ő˛ą˛őł¦łó±đ˛Ô-°­°ůĂĽłľ±đ±ô
Berlin-Wilmersdorf (Alfred Richard Meyer) 1922.
Turngedichte
MĂĽnchen (Kurt Wolff) 1923.
Kuttel Daddeldu
MĂĽnchen (Kurt Wolff) 1923.
Geheimes Kinder-Spiel-Buch mit vielen Bildern
Potsdam (Gustav Kiepenheuer) 1924.
Reisebriefe eines Artisten
Berlin (Ernst Rowohlt) 1927.
Allerdings
Berlin (Ernst Rowohlt) 1928.
Flugzeuggedanken
Berlin (Ernst Rowohlt) 1929.
Kinder-Verwirr-Buch
Berlin (Ernst Rowohlt) 1931.
Gedichte dreier Jahre
Berlin (Ernst Rowohlt) 1932.
103 Gedichte
Berlin (Rowohlt) 1933 und 1934.
Verstreut Gedrucktes
Erstdruck in verschiedenen Zeitungen und Zeitschriften 1894 bis 1930. (Genauere bibliographische Angaben im Anhang)
Nachgelassene Gedichte

Reklameverse]]> 1003 Joachim Ringelnatz 3861505428 lydia 0 to-read 4.64 2005 Die Gedichte von Joachim Ringelnatz
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]]> Sommersommer 57608747
Es ist Juli, es sind Ferien, Aurie und Linus verbringen ihre Tage im Freibad und in tiefgrünen Sommerwäldern. Sie sind beste Freunde, seit sie denken können. Aber Linus ist in Aurie verliebt ... und auch Auries Herz schlägt jedes Mal höher, wenn Linus in der Nähe ist.
Alles könnte perfekt sein, als die beiden Jungen sich ihre Gefühle eingestehen � doch es ist verdammt schwer, eine Beziehung zu führen, wenn der eine in Tiefen aus Wut und Verzweiflung zu versinken droht und der andere ihm nicht helfen kann ...]]> 320 Finja Lundqvist 3967331741 lydia 0 summer-of-21-tbr 4.40 2021 Sommersommer
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]]> <![CDATA[Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West]]> 11797365 A New York Times bestseller, the shocking story of one of the few people born in a North Korean political prison to have escaped and survived.

North Korea is isolated and hungry, bankrupt and belligerent. It is also armed with nuclear weapons. Between 150,000 and 200,000 people are being held in its political prison camps, which have existed twice as long as Stalin's Soviet gulags and twelve times as long as the Nazi concentration camps. Very few born and raised in these camps have escaped. But Shin Donghyuk did.

In Escape from Camp 14, acclaimed journalist Blaine Harden tells the story of Shin Dong-hyuk and through the lens of Shin's life unlocks the secrets of the world's most repressive totalitarian state. Shin knew nothing of civilized existence-he saw his mother as a competitor for food, guards raised him to be a snitch, and he witnessed the execution of his own family. Through Harden's harrowing narrative of Shin's life and remarkable escape, he offers an unequaled inside account of one of the world's darkest nations and a riveting tale of endurance, courage, and survival.]]> 205 Blaine Harden 0670023329 lydia 0 to-read 3.99 2012 Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West
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]]> Ministerium der Träume 55949502
»Ministerium der Träume« ist ein Roman über Wahl- und Zwangsfamilie, ein Debüt über den bedingungslosen Zusammenhalt unter Geschwistern, das auch in die dunklen Ecken deutscher Gegenwart vordringt.]]> 384 Hengameh Yaghoobifarah 3351050879 lydia 0 to-read 3.92 Ministerium der Träume
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]]> Neverland 24809194
But when she meets the mysterious and illusive Meyer she is drawn into a world of adventure, a world where questions abound.

Is she ready to live life without her sister? Or more importantly, is she brave enough to love again?

In this modern reimagining of Peter Pan, will Livy lose herself to Neverland or will she find what she’s been searching for?]]> 358 Shari Arnold 1508846480 lydia 0 to-read 4.01 2015 Neverland
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]]> Water for Elephants 43641
Beautifully written, Water for Elephants is illuminated by a wonderful sense of time and place. It tells a story of a love between two people that overcomes incredible odds in a world in which even love is a luxury that few can afford.]]> 368 Sara Gruen 1565125606 lydia 0 to-read 4.11 2006 Water for Elephants
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]]> Die Sommer 54756474 285 Ronya Othmann 3446267603 lydia 0 to-read 4.40 Die Sommer
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]]> Eat, and Love Yourself 51252946
In pursuit of the perfect body, Mindy buys the low-fat diet products and the glossy magazines which promise the secret to losing weight. One night, while perusing the aisles of the neighborhood convenience store for a midnight snack, she finds a new product. A chocolate bar called “Eat and Love Yourself�. On a whim, Mindy buys the curious candy, not knowing that with every piece of chocolate she eats, she will be brought back to a specific moment of her past -- helping her to look at herself honestly, learn to love her body the way it is, and accepting love. Perhaps, she will even realize that her long lost high school best friend, Elliot, was more than just a friend…]]> 160 Sweeney Boo 1684155061 lydia 0 to-read 3.76 2020 Eat, and Love Yourself
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]]> <![CDATA[This Poison Heart (This Poison Heart, #1)]]> 54860241
Briseis has a gift: she can grow plants from tiny seeds to rich blooms with a single touch.

When Briseis's aunt dies and wills her a dilapidated estate in rural New York, Bri and her parents decide to leave Brooklyn behind for the summer. Hopefully there, surrounded by plants and flowers, Bri will finally learn to control her gift. But their new home is sinister in ways they could never have imagined--it comes with a specific set of instructions, an old-school apothecary, and a walled garden filled with the deadliest botanicals in the world that can only be entered by those who share Bri's unique family lineage.

When strangers begin to arrive on their doorstep, asking for tinctures and elixirs, Bri learns she has a surprising talent for creating them. One of the visitors is Marie, a mysterious young woman who Bri befriends, only to find that Marie is keeping dark secrets about the history of the estate and its surrounding community. There is more to Bri's sudden inheritance than she could have imagined, and she is determined to uncover it . . . until a nefarious group comes after her in search of a rare and dangerous immortality elixir. Up against a centuries-old curse and the deadliest plant on earth, Bri must harness her gift to protect herself and her family.

From the bestselling author of Cinderella Is Dead comes another inspiring and deeply compelling story about a young woman with the power to conquer the dark forces descending around her.]]> 384 Kalynn Bayron 1547603909 lydia 0 to-read 4.10 2021 This Poison Heart (This Poison Heart, #1)
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]]> Dichterinnen & Denkerinnen 52506973 Die Illustratorin Tanja Kischel hat jede Dichterin originell in Szene gesetzt. Herausgekommen sind einzigartige Porträts, die die außergewöhnlichen Frauen in unsere Gegenwart holen.

Mit Porträts von Luise Gottsched, Sophie von La Roche, Caroline Auguste Fischer, Johanna Schopenhauer, Rahel Varnhagen, Karoline von Günderrode, Annette von Droste-Hülshoff, Louise Aston, Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach, Helene Böhlau, Lou Andreas-Salomé, Ricarda Huch, Else Lasker-Schüler, Franziska zu Reventlow, Vicki Baum, Nelly Sachs, Gertrud Kolmar, Anna Seghers, Marieluise Fleißer und Mascha Kaléko.]]> 237 Katharina Herrmann lydia 0 to-read 4.12 Dichterinnen & Denkerinnen
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]]> Der Sänger 45457767 287 Lukas Hartmann 3257070527 lydia 0 to-read 3.78 2019 Der Sänger
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]]> Farm der Tiere 1476642
Dem Roman liegt die Ăśberzeugung zugrunde, daĂź alle Revolutionen letzten Endes nur eine Verschiebung im Kaleidoskop der Macht herbeifĂĽhren, daĂź die Grunstrukturder Gesellschaft aber immer die gleiche bleibe. Dieser Pessimismus zeigt, daĂź die Farm der Tiere mehr ist als nur eine Satire auf die kommunistische Revolution in SowjetruĂźland. Die Satire zielt nicht nur auf den einmaligen historischen Tatbestand, sondern auf jede Revolution ĂĽberhaupt, deren Ursachen und Antriebe, deren Versagen und endliche Verkehrung ins Gegenteil Orwell an einem animalischen Staatswesen demonstriert.]]> 148 George Orwell 3257201184 lydia 5 4.23 1945 Farm der Tiere
author: George Orwell
name: lydia
average rating: 4.23
book published: 1945
rating: 5
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Stephen who? This shit is scary
]]> <![CDATA[Meine Real Life Story: und die Sache mit Gott]]> 55106192
Das ist meine Geschichte. Meine Real Life Story hinter der Kamera. Nicht beschönigt, nicht geschnitten. Die Geschichte, wie ich als Kind ultrastrenggläubiger Eltern aufgewachsen bin und mit dem frommen Zeug absolut nichts zu tun haben wollte. Wie ich gemeinsam mit meinem Zwillingsbruder und einer Badewanne als "The Real Life Guys" auf YouTube bekannt wurde. Wie ich Krebs bekam und Gott meine ganz schön dreiste Challenge annahm: "Wenn es dich gibt, dann mach mich gesund!" Wie unsere Schwester bei einem Flugzeugabsturz starb und wir das irgendwie überstanden. Und wie ich endlich raffte, dass tausend "Zufälle" keine Zufälle waren.

Wenn du denkst, dass es Gott nicht gibt oder dass es langweilig oder irgendwie crazy ist, an ihn zu glauben, solltest du dieses Buch besser nicht in die Hand nehmen. Oder vielleicht erst recht.]]> 224 Philipp Mickenbecker 3863342836 lydia 5 4.28 Meine Real Life Story: und die Sache mit Gott
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]]> The German Girl 56790230 384 Ulrike Sterblich lydia 0 to-read 3.82 The German Girl
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]]> <![CDATA[Das kurze Leben der Sophie Scholl]]> 57590981 Hermann Vinke lydia 5 Die Gedanken sind frei! 4.64 Das kurze Leben der Sophie Scholl
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Die Gedanken sind frei!
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