Liz's bookshelf: all en-US Thu, 05 Sep 2024 11:03:00 -0700 60 Liz's bookshelf: all 144 41 /images/layout/goodreads_logo_144.jpg <![CDATA[2666, Part 2: The Part About Amalfitano]]> 6486605 Roberto Bola単o 1433290855 Liz 0 currently-reading 4.15 2666, Part 2: The Part About Amalfitano
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]]> Mansfield Park 45032 488 Jane Austen Liz 4 3.86 1814 Mansfield Park
author: Jane Austen
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]]> <![CDATA[The Beekeeper's Apprentice (Mary Russell, #1)]]> 1024275 An Agatha Award Best Novel Nominee
Named One of the Century's Best 100 Mysteries by the Independent Mystery Booksellers Association

From New York Times bestselling author Laurie R. King comes the book that introduced us to the ingenious Mary RussellSherlock Holmes mysteries

In 1915, Sherlock Holmes is retired and quietly engaged in the study of honeybees in Sussex when a young woman literally stumbles into his lap on the Sussex downs. Fifteen years old, gawky, egotistical, and recently orphaned, the young Mary Russell displays an intellect to impress even Sherlock Holmes. Under his reluctant tutelage, this very modern twentieth-century woman proves a deft prot辿g辿e, and a fitting partner for the Victorian detective. This first book of the Mary RussellSherlock Holmes mysteries is full of brilliant deduction, disguises, and danger.]]> 346 Laurie R. King 0312427360 Liz 0 to-read 3.92 1994 The Beekeeper's Apprentice (Mary Russell, #1)
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]]> <![CDATA[A People's History of the United States]]> 37761175 Historian Howard Zinns A Peoples History of the United States chronicles American history from the bottom up, throwing out the official narrative taught in schoolswith its emphasis on great men in high placesto focus on the street, the home, and the workplace.

Known for its lively, clear prose as well as its scholarly research, it is the only volume to tell America's story from the point of view ofand in the words ofAmerica's women, factory workers, African-Americans, Native Americans, the working poor, and immigrant laborers. As Zinn shows, many of our country's greatest battlesthe fights for a fair wage, an eight-hour workday, child-labor laws, health and safety standards, universal suffrage, women's rights, racial equalitywere carried out at the grassroots level, against bloody resistance.

Covering Christopher Columbus's arrival through President Clinton's first term, A People's History of the United States features insightful analysis of the most important events in our history.This edition also includes an introduction by Anthony Arnove, who wrote, directed, and produced The People Speak with Zinn and who coauthored, with Zinn, Voices of a Peoples History of the United States.

]]> 764 Howard Zinn Liz 0 currently-reading 4.15 1980 A People's History of the United States
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]]> <![CDATA[We Set the Dark on Fire (We Set the Dark on Fire, #1)]]> 40690130
Mejia pens a compelling, gripping story that mirrors real world issues of immigration and equality.Buzzfeed

Five starred reviews!!

In this daring and romantic fantasy debut perfect for fans of The Handmaids Tale and Latinx authors Zoraida C坦rdova and Anna-Marie McLemore, society wife-in-training Dani has a great awakening after being recruited by rebel spies and falling for her biggest rival.

At the Medio School for Girls, distinguished young women are trained for one of two roles in their polarized society. Depending on her specialization, a graduate will one day run a husbands household or raise his children. Both paths promise a life of comfort and luxury, far from the frequent political uprisings of the lower class.

Daniela Vargas is the schools top student, but her pedigree is a lie. She must keep the truth hidden or be sent back to the fringes of society.

And school couldnt prepare her for the difficult choices she must make after graduation, especially when she is asked to spy for a resistance group desperately fighting to bring equality to Medio.

Will Dani cling to the privilege her parents fought to win for her, or will she give up everything shes strived for in pursuit of a free Medioand a chance at a forbidden love?]]> 389 Tehlor Kay Mejia Liz 0 currently-reading 3.89 2019 We Set the Dark on Fire (We Set the Dark on Fire, #1)
author: Tehlor Kay Mejia
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]]> A Very Austen Christmas 36557973
Robin Helm, Laura Hile, Wendi Sotis, and Barbara Cornthwaite revisit Pride and Prejudice, Emma, and Mansfield Park to deliver the uplifting holiday storytelling you're looking for.

Her Christmas Gift by Robin Helm
Elizabeth Bennet finds herself snowbound at Rosings with two rejected, but highly eligible, suitors. Does either man have a chance? Will her childhood friend, Merytons golden boy, win her affection, or will she accept the master of Pemberley? Perhaps she will refuse them both a second time. Her Christmas Gift deftly combines tension and emotion with humor and romance.

The Christmas Matchmaker by Laura Hile
Its raining; its pouring � and what could be better than a little Christmas matchmaking? So says Emma Woodhouse who is unexpectedly stranded at Netherfield Park. Mr. Darcy disagrees, for she has someone else in mind for adorable Elizabeth Bennet. Amid meddling, misunderstanding, and an unwelcome proposal or two, will True Love find a way?

No Better Gift by Wendi Sotis
On his way to Derbyshire to spend Christmas with his family, Mr. Fitzwilliam Darcy plans to retrieve an item he left behind during his rushed escape from Netherfieldand the country miss who touched his heart. Finding Meryton practically deserted, he fears the worst. What fate could have fallen upon this once-thriving village in only three weeks? More importantly, was Miss Elizabeth Bennet in danger?

Mistletoe at Thornton Lacey by Barbara Cornthwaite
When Edmund Bertram realizes that Fanny is the perfect wife for him, he wants to propose without delay. What better time than at Christmas? Ah, but the course of true love never does run smooth ...]]> 251 Robin M. Helm Liz 0 currently-reading 3.66 2017 A Very Austen Christmas
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]]> <![CDATA[The Angel's Game (The Cemetery of Forgotten Books, #2)]]> 5196764 The stunning new novel from the internationally bestselling author of The Shadow of the Wind.

In an abandoned mansion at the heart of Barcelona, a young man - David Martin - makes his living by writing sensationalist novels under a pseudonym. The survivor of a troubled childhood, he has taken refuge in the world of books, and spends his nights spinning baroque tales about the city's underworld. But perhaps his dark imaginings are not as strange as they seem, for in a locked room deep within the house letters hinting at the mysterious death of the previous owner. Like a slow poison, the history of the place seeps into his bones as he struggles with an impossible love.

Then David receives the offer of a lifetime: he is to write a book with the power to change hearts and minds. In return, he will receive a fortune, perhaps more. But as David begins the work, he realises that there is a connection between this haunting book and the shadows that surround his home...]]> 544 Carlos Ruiz Zaf坦n 0753826496 Liz 4 3.97 2008 The Angel's Game (The Cemetery of Forgotten Books, #2)
author: Carlos Ruiz Zaf坦n
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average rating: 3.97
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]]> <![CDATA[The Norton Anthology of American Literature, Shorter Version]]> 47160 2930 Nina Baym 0393979695 Liz 5 4.08 The Norton Anthology of American Literature, Shorter Version
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]]> <![CDATA[The Annotated Alice: The Definitive Edition]]> 176972 Annotated Alice, first published in 1959, has over half a million copies in print around the world and is beloved by both families and scholarsfor it was Gardner who first decoded many of the mathematical riddles and wordplay that lay ingeniously embedded in Carroll's two classic stories, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass.

Forty years after this groundbreaking publication, Norton is proud to publish the Definitive Edition of The Annotated Alice, a work that combines the notes of Gardner's 1959 edition with his 1990 volume, More Annotated Alice, as well as additional discoveries drawn from Gardner's encyclopedic knowledge of the texts. Illustrated with John Tenniel's classic, beloved artalong with many recently discovered Tenniel pencil sketches�The Annotated Alice will be Gardner's most beautiful and enduring tribute to Carroll's masterpieces yet.]]> 312 Lewis Carroll 0393048470 Liz 5 4.43 1871 The Annotated Alice: The Definitive Edition
author: Lewis Carroll
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]]> <![CDATA[The Prisoner of Heaven (The Cemetery of Forgotten Books, #3)]]> 13623012
Full of intrigue and emotion, The Prisoner of Heaven is a majestic novel in which the threads of The Shadow of the Wind and The Angel's Game converge under the spell of literature and bring us toward the enigma of the mystery hidden at the heart of the Cemetery of Forgotten Books, a collection of lost treasures known only to its few initiates and the very core of Carlos Ruiz Zaf坦n's enchanting fictional world.]]> 278 Carlos Ruiz Zaf坦n 0062206281 Liz 3 4.08 2011 The Prisoner of Heaven (The Cemetery of Forgotten Books, #3)
author: Carlos Ruiz Zaf坦n
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average rating: 4.08
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]]> <![CDATA[The Shadow of the Wind (The Cemetery of Forgotten Books, #1)]]> 1232 487 Carlos Ruiz Zaf坦n Liz 5 4.26 2001 The Shadow of the Wind (The Cemetery of Forgotten Books, #1)
author: Carlos Ruiz Zaf坦n
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average rating: 4.26
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]]> <![CDATA[Clockwork Angel (The Infernal Devices, #1)]]> 8719634 There is an alternate cover edition for this ASIN here.

In a time when Shadowhunters are barely winning the fight against the forces of darkness, one battle will change the course of history forever. Welcome to the Infernal Devices trilogy, a stunning and dangerous prequel to the New York Times bestselling Mortal Instruments series.

The year is 1878. Tessa Gray descends into Londons dark supernatural underworld in search of her missing brother. She soon discovers that her only allies are the demon-slaying Shadowhuntersincluding Will and Jem, the mysterious boys she is attracted to. Soon they find themselves up against the Pandemonium Club, a secret organization of vampires, demons, warlocks, and humans. Equipped with a magical army of unstoppable clockwork creatures, the Club is out to rule the British Empire, and only Tessa and her allies can stop them....]]> 497 Cassandra Clare Liz 0 currently-reading 4.28 2010 Clockwork Angel (The Infernal Devices, #1)
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]]> Hatchet (Brian's Saga, #1) 50
Brian had been distraught over his parents' impending divorce and the secret he carries about his mother, but now he is truly desolate and alone. Exhausted, terrified, and hungry, Brian struggles to find food and make a shelter for himself. He has no special knowledge of the woods, and he must find a new kind of awareness and patience as he meets each day's challenges. Is the water safe to drink? Are the berries he finds poisonous?

Slowly, Brian learns to turn adversity to his advantage--an invading porcupine unexpectedly shows him how to make fire, a devastating tornado shows him how to retrieve supplies from the submerged airplane. Most of all, Brian leaves behind the self-pity he has felt about his predicament as he summons the courage to stay alive.

A story of survival and of transformation, this riveting book has sparked many a reader's interest in venturing into the wild.]]> 208 Gary Paulsen 0689840926 Liz 4 3.77 1987 Hatchet (Brian's Saga, #1)
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]]> Lolita 18133 Lolita, Vladimir Nabokov's most famous and controversial novel, which tells the story of the aging Humbert Humbert's obsessive, devouring, and doomed passion for the nymphet Dolores Haze. Most of all, it is a meditation on lovelove as outrage and hallucination, madness and transformation.]]> 317 Vladimir Nabokov Liz 4 3.97 1955 Lolita
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]]> Poison Study (Study, #1) 60510 Choose: A quick death� or slow poison...

About to be executed for murder, Yelena is offered an extraordinary reprieve. She'll eat the best meals, have rooms in the palaceand risk assassination by anyone trying to kill the Commander of Ixia.

And so Yelena chooses to become a food taster. But the chief of security, leaving nothing to chance, deliberately feeds her Butterfly's Dustand only by appearing for her daily antidote will she delay an agonizing death from the poison.

As Yelena tries to escape her new dilemma, disasters keep mounting. Rebels plot to seize Ixia and Yelena develops magical powers she can't control. Her life is threatened again and choices must be made. But this time the outcomes aren't so clear...]]> 427 Maria V. Snyder 0778324338 Liz 2 4.09 2005 Poison Study (Study, #1)
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average rating: 4.09
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]]> Life of Pi 170453
The ship sinks. Pi finds himself alone in a lifeboat, his only companions a hyena, an orangutan, a wounded zebra, and Richard Parker, a 450-pound Bengal tiger. Soon the tiger has dispatched all but Pi, whose fear, knowledge, and cunning allow him to coexist with Richard Parker for 227 days while lost at sea.]]> 326 Yann Martel 0156027321 Liz 5 3.88 2001 Life of Pi
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]]> <![CDATA[4 Histoires Fantastiques Illustr辿es]]> 3698533 143 Edgar Allan Poe 2081633736 Liz 0 4.57 4 Histoires Fantastiques Illustr辿es
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]]> A Reliable Wife 7018208
With echoes of Wuthering Heights and Rebecca, Robert Goolrick's intoxicating debut novel delivers a classic tale of suspenseful seduction, set in a world that seems to have gone temporarily off its axis.
]]> 305 Robert Goolrick 1565129776 Liz 0 to-read 3.16 2009 A Reliable Wife
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]]> Out of the Dust 25346 227 Karen Hesse 0439771277 Liz 3 3.76 1997 Out of the Dust
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]]> Ten 11958033 Vengeance is mine. And things only get worse from there.

With a storm raging outside, the teens are cut off from the outside world . . . so when a mysterious killer begins picking them off one by one, theres no escape. As the deaths become more violent and the teens turn on one another, can Meg find the killer before more people die? Or is the killer closer to her than she could ever imagine?]]> 296 Gretchen McNeil 0062118781 Liz 0 teen 3.69 2012 Ten
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]]> <![CDATA[Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Harry Potter, #6)]]> 1 652 J.K. Rowling Liz 5 4.57 2005 Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Harry Potter, #6)
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]]> The Legend of Sleepy Hollow 421062 Is there a parent in the house?
Are the windows shut and locked? Double-check!

They HAVE to be if you are going to read this book, which is undoubtedly the scariest rendition of one of the greatest ghost stories ever The Legend of Sleepy Hollow.

While you may have heard of Ichabod Crane, Katrina Van Tassel, and the Headless Horseman, you've never SEEN them quite like this -- through the macabre imagination of the inimitable Gris Grimly.

So, take a deep breath and take a long look. And you may want to bring a flashlight to bed with you tonight....]]> 40 Gris Grimly 1416906258 Liz 5 4.01 The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
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]]> Venus in Furs 427354 Venus in Furs describes the obsessions of Severin von Kusiemski, a European nobleman who desires to be enslaved to a woman. Severin finds his ideal of voluptuous cruelty in the merciless Wanda von Dunajew. This is a passionate and powerful portrayal of one man's struggle to enlighten and instruct himself and others in the realm of desire. Published in 1870, the novel gained notoriety and a degree of immortality for its author when the word "masochism"derived from his nameentered the vocabulary of psychiatry. This remains a classic literary statement on sexual submission and control.]]> 160 Leopold von Sacher-Masoch 0140447814 Liz 0 to-read 3.66 1870 Venus in Furs
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]]> The Female Quixote 767478 464 Charlotte Lennox 0192835726 Liz 0 currently-reading 3.56 1752 The Female Quixote
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]]> Scent of Magic (Healer, #2) 12027429 Hunted, KilledSurvived?

As the last Healer in the Fifteen Realms, Avry of Kazan is in a unique position: in the minds of her friends and foes alike, she no longer exists. Despite her need to prevent the megalomanical King Tohon from winning control of the Realms, Avry is also determined to find her sister and repair their estrangement. And she must do it alone, as Kerrick, her partner and sole confident, returns to Alga to summon his country into battle.

Though she should be in hiding, Avry will do whatever she can to support Tohons opponents. Including infiltrating a holy army, evading magic sniffers, teaching forest skills to soldiers and figuring out how to stop Tohons most horrible creations yet; an army of the walking deadhuman and animal alike and nearly impossible to defeat.

War is coming and Avry is alone. Unless she figures out how to do the impossible ... again.]]> 414 Maria V. Snyder 0778314189 Liz 0 to-read 4.11 2012 Scent of Magic (Healer, #2)
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]]> <![CDATA[Taste of Darkness (Healer, #3)]]> 13617556
Avry knows hardship and trouble. She fought the plague and survived. She took on King Tohon and defeated him. But now her heart-mate, Kerrick, is missing, and Avry fears he's gone forever.

But there's a more immediate threat: The Skeleton King plots to claim the Fifteen Realms for his own. With armies in disarray and the dead not staying down, Avry's healing powers are needed now more than ever.

Torn between love and loyalty, Avry must choose her path carefully. For the future of her world depends on her decision.]]> 400 Maria V. Snyder 1460323726 Liz 0 to-read 4.06 2013 Taste of Darkness (Healer, #3)
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]]> Still Alice 2153405 Still Alice is a compelling debut novel about a 50-year-old woman's sudden descent into early onset Alzheimer's disease, written by first-time author Lisa Genova, who holds a Ph. D in neuroscience from Harvard University.

Alice Howland, happily married with three grown children and a house on the Cape, is a celebrated Harvard professor at the height of her career when she notices a forgetfulness creeping into her life. As confusion starts to cloud her thinking and her memory begins to fail her, she receives a devastating diagnosis: early onset Alzheimer's disease. Fiercely independent, Alice struggles to maintain her lifestyle and live in the moment, even as her sense of self is being stripped away. In turns heartbreaking, inspiring and terrifying, Still Alice captures in remarkable detail what's it's like to literally lose your mind...]]> 292 Lisa Genova 0595440096 Liz 0 to-read 4.32 2007 Still Alice
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]]> <![CDATA[The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman]]> 76527
Laurence Sterne's great masterpiece of bawdy humour and rich satire defies any attempt to categorize it, with a rich metafictional narrative that might classify it as the first 'postmodern' novel. Part novel, part digression, its gloriously disordered narrative interweaves the birth and life of the unfortunate 'hero' Tristram Shandy, the eccentric philosophy of his father Walter, the amours and military obsessions of Uncle Toby, and a host of other characters, including Dr Slop, Corporal Trim and the parson Yorick. A joyful celebration of the endless possibilities of the art of fiction, Tristram Shandy is also a wry demonstration of its limitations. The text and notes of this volume are based on the acclaimed Florida Edition, with a critical introduction by Melvyn New and Christopher Ricks's introductory essay from the first Penguin Classics edition.]]> 735 Laurence Sterne 0141439777 Liz 0 to-read 3.72 1767 The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman
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]]> <![CDATA[What We Talk About When We Talk About Love]]> 11438 Alternate-cover edition can be found here

In his second collection, Carver establishes his reputation as one of the most celebrated and beloved short-story writers in American literaturea haunting meditation on love, loss, and companionship, and finding ones way through the dark.]]> 159 Raymond Carver 0679723056 Liz 0 to-read 4.11 1981 What We Talk About When We Talk About Love
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]]> <![CDATA[The Treasure Keeper (Drakon, #4)]]> 3944722
The dr叩kon are at war, surrounded by an enemy they have every reason to fear. The sanf inimicus are no ordinary human beings but the most dangerous of hunters. Theyve sworn to exterminate the shape-shifters whose presence they now can detect, and theyve already claimed a prize Lord Rhys Langford.

Its a blow the dr叩kon clans feel from Darkfrith, England, all the way to the Carpathian Mountains of Transylvania. But it strikes no one harder than Zoe Cyprienne Lane. A mere seamstresss daughter, Zoe isnt even in the same league as Rhys. In fact, as an unwed male in the Alpha line, according to dr叩kon custom, he owns her. So nothing could be more outrageousor personally ruinousthan the mere notion that she might set out on her own to find her childhood friend...and first true love.

But the unexpected is exactly what Zoe intends to do. For years shes been hiding two extraordinary Gifts that have set her apart from other dr叩kon the power to become invisible and the power to feel others� emotions. Now, guided by a link to Rhyshis presence and touch as electric as if he were beside her in the fleshZoe uses both Gifts to infiltrate the sanf inimicus . And for Rhys, whose time is running out, Zoe is his last lifeline to a worldand a lovehe never thought hed regain. Only together again, hunter and huntress, can they save the dr叩kon from the traitor in their midst who would destroy them all.]]> 311 Shana Abe 0553806858 Liz 3 3.71 2009 The Treasure Keeper (Drakon, #4)
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]]> The Time Weaver (Drakon, #5) 6787083 From the highly acclaimed author of The Treasure Keeper and Queen of Dragons comes this mesmerizing new novel of the dr叩kon, a supersensual race of shapeshifters whose world exists side by side with our own. In The Time Weaver, a young dr叩kon woman discovers she possesses a unique gift, one that brings her closer to her destined love--at the cost of their very lives.

Honor Carlisle may have been born into the dr叩kon clan but shes always felt like a stranger to her kin. Its an intuition that proves true when she receives a mysterious letter--a letter sent by her future self. Honor learns she is a Time Weaver: a creature with the extraordinary ability to transport herself into the past or future.

But the letter contains a dire warning. If Honor remains in her home at Darkfrith, she is certain to be killed. Fleeing for sanctuary among old friends in Spain, she practices her Weaving and unknowingly draws closer to an even more immediate danger. For on one of her Weaves into the future, Honor encounters the very man she should most avoid: the prince of a rival tribe of dr叩kon.

Drawn to Prince Alexandru of Zaharen, Honor is unable to resist the temptation of Weaving to him again and again across time. As they surrender to a desire that brings the present and future ever closer, they realize they are true soulmates. But they also risk fulfilling a terrible prophecy--for their union is destined to wreak havoc. Now Honor and Sandu must place their trust--and their lives--in each others hands, and their faith in a magical love that could restore order to the dr叩kon universe--or destroy it forever.]]> 327 Shana Abe 0553806866 Liz 2 3.59 2010 The Time Weaver (Drakon, #5)
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]]> The Truelove Bride: A Novel 28427 The curse will last one hundred full years...

A notoriously fierce soldier, Marcus Kincardine wears his clan's tartan as a symbol of his heritageand a reminder of the curse that haunts his kin. To rid them of this evil, the legend says, Marcus must wed a fabled warrior maiden with hair like an angel's halo, eyes the color of the rarest heather, and an extraordinary gift that makes her more formidable than any army. But first he must win the most desperate battle of his life...the one for her mind, her body, and her heart.

Lady Avalon d'Farouche can't deny she bears the telltale marks of the Kincardine legend, nor can she disown the strange, mystical intuition that allows her to see things others cannot. Yet Avalon believes she alone holds the key to her destinya future in which no man will own her. So when Marcus Kincardine seizes her for his own purposes, she never expects him to ignite a fiery passion within her. Still, she refuses to sacrifice her soul and fulfill the legend by surrendering to desire. But how long can she deny him...and how long will he let her?]]> 357 Shana Abe 055358054X Liz 0 to-read 3.69 1999 The Truelove Bride: A Novel
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]]> Intimate Enemies 28425 From Shana Ab辿 comes this exquisitely emotional, beautifully written novel about two warring clans on a Scottish isle united by a fragile pact...and the hearts of two unforgettable lovers.

Lauren MacRae is only a woman. But her father's death has left her the leader of the Clan MacRae. Now it is up to her to defend her beloved Isle of Shot from the invading Northmen, even if it means going to her clan's sworn enemy, the powerful English overlord, Arion du Morgan, for help. But Arion's raven hair, green eyes, and smoldering sensuality soon make Lauren forget just why she turned to himas he awakens within her a wayward desire.

Like Lauren, Arion risks the mutiny of his soldiers by forming this risky alliance. But he was brought up to believe that the Isle of Shot belongs not to the Clan MacRae, but to Englandand he will defend it to his dying breath. Once, when they were children, Arion saved Lauren from a tortuous fate. Now, the copper-haired beauty has somehow found a way to banish the emptiness in his soul. And as they join forces to fight for the land they both love, he will risk everythingeven his very lifeto claim what is his.]]> 390 Shana Abe 0553581996 Liz 0 to-read 3.79 2000 Intimate Enemies
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]]> The Secret Swan 28428
At fifteen Lady Amiranth St. Clare became the bride of Tristan Geraint. She thought all of her dreams had come true � until she learned on her wedding day that Tristan had married her only for her bloodline.

A week later Tristan deserted her for the glories of battle. Heartbroken, Amiranth felt she'd been abandoned, not knowing that Tristan had become a prisoner of war � nor that he would one day return to the life he didn't know he wanted until it was taken away.

Eight long years pass before Tristan finally comes home. A beautiful woman greets him in the garden, claiming to be Amiranth's cousin. Yet somehow she seems hauntingly familiar, with an ethereal radiance that stirs him deep within his heart. Is she really his wife, grown into a lady of breathtaking beauty � or another woman who has awakened within him a passion he has never known?

To discover the truth, Tristan must reveal the secrets of what happened those years he was away � and find the love that was closer than he ever imagined....]]> 393 Shana Abe 0553582003 Liz 0 to-read 3.68 2001 The Secret Swan
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]]> <![CDATA[The Sweetest Dark (The Sweetest Dark, #1)]]> 13257637 With every fiber of my being, I yearned to be normal. To glide through my days at Iverson without incident. But Id have to face the fact that my life was about to unfold in a very, very different way than Id ever envisioned. Normal would become forever out of reach.

Lora Jones has always known that shes different. On the outside, she appears to be an ordinary sixteen-year-old girl. Yet Loras been keeping a heartful of secrets: She hears songs that no one else can hear, dreams vividly of smoke and flight, and lives with a mysterious voice inside her that insists shes far more than what she seems.

England, 1915. Raised in an orphanage in a rough corner of London, Lora quickly learns to hide her unique abilities and avoid attention. Then, much to her surprise, she is selected as the new charity student at Iverson, an elite boarding school on Englands southern coast. Iversons eerie, gothic castle is like nothing Lora has ever seen. And the two boys she meets there will open her eyes and forever change her destiny.

Jesse is the schools groundskeeper � a beautiful boy who recognizes Lora for who and what she truly is. Armand is a darkly handsome and arrogant aristocrat who harbors a few closely guarded secrets of his own. Both hold the answers to her past. One is the key to her future. And both will aim to win her heart. As danger descends upon Iverson, Lora must harness the powers shes only just begun to understand, or else lose everything she dearly loves.

Filled with lush atmosphere, thrilling romance, and ancient magic, The Sweetest Dark brilliantly captures a rich historical era while unfolding an enchanting love story that defies time.]]> 352 Shana Abe 0345531701 Liz 0 to-read 3.80 2012 The Sweetest Dark (The Sweetest Dark, #1)
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]]> <![CDATA[The Snake and Fox (SomnAgent Chronicles, volume 1)]]> 17465899 510 Erik Alan Nelson 1481086073 Liz 5 5.00 2012 The Snake and Fox (SomnAgent Chronicles, volume 1)
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What a great first book! If you like The Way of Shadows books, you'll love this book. I cannot wait for the continuation of this trilogy. Totally Recommend it!
]]> <![CDATA[Autobiography / Poor Richard / Later Writings]]> 52315 Writings was collected in one large volume; later, it was published as two separate volumes.

"Writing has been of Great Use to me in the Course of my Life," Benjamin Franklin said in his famous Autobiography. With characteristically calculated understatement, he attributed his enormous and varied successes to my having learnt a little to scribble.�

This Library of America collection of Franklins works begins with letters sent from London (1757�1775) describing the events and diplomacy preceding the Revolutionary War. The volume also contains political satires, bagatelles, pamphlets, and letters written in Paris (1776�1785), where he represented the revolutionary United States at the court of Louis XVI, as well as his speeches given in the Constitutional Convention and other works written in Philadelphia (1785�1790), including his last published article, a searing satire against slavery.

Also included are the delightfully shrewd prefaces to Poor Richards Almanack (1733�1758) and their worldly, pungent maxims that have entered our American culture. Finally, the classic Autobiography, Franklins last word on his greatest literary creationhis own invented personalityis presented here in a new edition, completely faithful to Franklins manuscript.

A companion volume includes the complete Silence Dogood� series, Busy-Body� essays, and a generous selection of his early writings, including letters to the press, satires, and pamphlets.]]> 816 Benjamin Franklin 1883011531 Liz 4 4.16 2005 Autobiography / Poor Richard / Later Writings
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Makes you feel really unaccomplished and stupid.
]]> Yonnondio: From the Thirties 230865 196 Tillie Olsen 080328621X Liz 4 3.59 1974 Yonnondio: From the Thirties
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]]> In Our Time 4652
"In Our Time" provides key insights into Hemingway's later works.]]> 156 Ernest Hemingway Liz 4 3.74 1924 In Our Time
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]]> Such a Rush 12989112 A sexy and poignant romantic tale of a young daredevil pilot caught between two brothers.

When I was fourteen, I made a decision. If I was doomed to live in a trailer park next to an airport, I could complain about the smell of the jet fuel like my mom, I could drink myself to death over the noise like everybody else, or I could learn to fly.

Heaven Beach, South Carolina, is anything but, if you live at the low-rent end of town. All her life, Leah Jones has been the grown-up in her family, while her mother moves from boyfriend to boyfriend, letting any available money slip out of her hands. At school, they may diss Leah as trash, but shes the one who negotiates with the landlord when the rents not paid. At fourteen, shes the one who gets a job at the nearby airstrip.

But theres one way Leah can escape reality. Saving every penny she can, she begs quiet Mr. Hall, who runs an aerial banner-advertising business at the airstrip and also offers flight lessons, to take her up just once. Leaving the trailer park far beneath her and swooping out over the sea is a rush greater than anything shes ever experienced, and when Mr. Hall offers to give her cut-rate flight lessons, she feels ready to touch the sky.

By the time shes a high school senior, Leah has become a good enough pilot that Mr. Hall offers her a job flying a banner plane. It seems like a dream come true... but turns out to be just as fleeting as any dream. Mr. Hall dies suddenly, leaving everything he owned in the hands of his teenage sons: golden boy Alec and adrenaline junkie Grayson. And theyre determined to keep the banner planes flying.

Though Leah has crushed on Grayson for years, shes leery of getting involved in what now seems like a doomed businessuntil Grayson betrays her by digging up her most damning secret. Holding it over her head, he forces her to fly for secret reasons of his own, reasons involving Alec. Now Leah finds herself drawn into a battle between brothersand the consequences could be deadly.]]> 325 Jennifer Echols 145165801X Liz 4 teen ]]> 3.84 2012 Such a Rush
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I gave this book 4 stars because it honestly surprised me. It had pretty great character development with a strong and realistic female lead. The relationships between the characters were very well represented without overly analyzing them emotionally or psychologically. Nothing was overly dramatic especially for a teen book. The plot, although not ground-breaking, was original in its own way. I didn't give it 5 stars because those are reserved for the truly exquisite and there were certain word choices that irked me a tad. Compared to what's out there for Teen fiction this was really good (I work for the kids/teen section for a leading national bookstore chain so I read a lot of subpar Teen ARC's) and indeed a "goodread" :). Well done Echols!

]]> The Casual Vacancy 13497818 A BIG NOVEL ABOUT A SMALL TOWN�

When Barry Fairbrother dies unexpectedly in his early forties, the little town of Pagford is left in shock. Pagford appears to be an English idyllwith a cobbled market square and an ancient abbeybut behind its charming fa巽ade lies a town at war. The rich clash with the poor, teenagers battle their parents, wives contend with their husbands, and teachers struggle with their pupils. Pagford is far from what it seems.

The empty seat Barry leaves on the town council becomes the catalyst for the fiercest conflict the town has ever seen. The election to fill his seat is fraught with passion, duplicity, and unexpected revelations. Who will triumph in this battle of wills?

Blackly comic, thought-provoking, and constantly surprising, The Casual Vacancy is J.K. Rowlings first novel for adults.]]> 503 J.K. Rowling 0316228532 Liz 0 to-read 3.28 2012 The Casual Vacancy
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]]> <![CDATA[I Was Vermeer: The Rise and Fall of the Twentieth Century's Greatest Forger]]> 142493 I Was Vermeer is an utterly gripping real-life mystery, capturing both the life of the consummate art forger, phenomenally skilled and yet necessarily unrecognized, and the equally fascinating work of the experts who identify forgeries and track down their perpetrators. Wry, amoral, irreverent, and plotted like a thriller, it is the first major book in forty years on this astonishing episode in history.]]> 288 Frank Wynne 1582345937 Liz 0 to-read 3.89 2006 I Was Vermeer: The Rise and Fall of the Twentieth Century's Greatest Forger
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]]> Touch of Power (Healer, #1) 10445208
Stressed and tired from hiding, Avry is abducted by a band of rogues who, shockingly, value her gift above the golden bounty offered for her capture. Their leader an enigmatic captor-protector with powers of his own is unequivocal in his demands: Avry must heal a plague-stricken prince, the leader of a campaign against her people.

As they traverse the daunting Nine Mountains, beset by mercenaries and magical dangers, Avry must decide who is worth healing and what is worth dying for.]]> 390 Maria V. Snyder 0778313077 Liz 0 to-read 4.13 2011 Touch of Power (Healer, #1)
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]]> <![CDATA[The Amber Spyglass (His Dark Materials, #3)]]> 18122
But how can he go looking for Lord Asriel when Lyra is gone? Only with her help can he fathom the myriad plots and intrigues that beset him.

The two great powers of the many worlds are lining up for war, and Will must find Lyra, for together they are on their way to battle, an inevitable journey that will even take them to the world of the dead...]]> 465 Philip Pullman 0440238153 Liz 5 4.11 2000 The Amber Spyglass (His Dark Materials, #3)
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]]> The Moonstone 6138
This Modern Library Paperback Classic is set from the definitive 1871 edition.]]> 528 Wilkie Collins 0375757856 Liz 5 3.90 1868 The Moonstone
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This is a fascinating read! Considered by many as the first true detective novel the author takes us through the investigation of the lost diamond through many accounts and perspectives. You'll encounter some characters that you will never forget and some that you are incredibly happy you did (Miss Clack). Readers of Agatha Christie and Conan Doyle will highly enjoy this intriguing read.
]]> <![CDATA[Wonderful Adventures of Mrs. Seacole in Many Lands (The ^ASchomburg Library of Nineteenth-Century Black Women Writers)]]> 709969 256 Mary Seacole 0195066723 Liz 4 3.40 1857 Wonderful Adventures of Mrs. Seacole in Many Lands (The ^ASchomburg Library of Nineteenth-Century Black Women Writers)
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Often overlooked by history because of her Creole background, Mrs. Seacole made many contributions to the war effort and tells a fascinating story about her own life. Throughout the book she is witty and funny. I highly recommend this book to gain a clear picture of nurses within the Victorian era and no, Florence Nightingale wasn't the only one lol. It's interesting to read about Victorian society through "the Other's" perspective and see that even though you might be a minority you have perpetuations of certain stereotypes of other races as well.
]]> Wuthering Heights 6185 You can find the redesigned cover of this edition HERE.

At the centre of this novel is the passionate love between Catherine Earnshaw and Heathcliff - recounted with such emotional intensity that a plain tale of the Yorkshire moors acquires the depth and simplicity of ancient tragedy.

This best-selling Norton Critical Edition is based on the 1847 first edition of the novel. For the Fourth Edition, the editor has collated the 1847 text with several modern editions and has corrected a number of variants, including accidentals. The text is accompanied by entirely new explanatory annotations.

New to the fourth Edition are twelve of Emily Bronte's letters regarding the publication of the 1847 edition of Wuthering Heights as well as the evolution of the 1850 edition, prose and poetry selections by the author, four reviews of the novel, and poetry selections by the author, four reviews of the novel, and Edward Chitham's insightful and informative chronology of the creative process behind the beloved work.

Five major critical interpretations of Wuthering Heights are included, three of them new to the Fourth Edition. A Stuart Daley considers the importance of chronology in the novel. J. Hillis Miller examines Wuthering Heights's problems of genre and critical reputation. Sandra M. Gilbert assesses the role of Victorian Christianity plays in the novel, while Martha Nussbaum traces the novel's romanticism. Finally, Lin Haire-Sargeant scrutinizes the role of Heathcliff in film adaptations of Wuthering Heights.

A Chronology and updated Selected Bibliography are also included.]]> 464 Emily Bront谷 Liz 5 3.89 1847 Wuthering Heights
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]]> The Mill on the Floss 20564 'If life had no love in it, what else was there for Maggie?'

Brought up at Dorlcote Mill, Maggie Tulliver worships her brother Tom and is desperate to win the approval of her parents, but her passionate, wayward nature and her fierce intelligence bring her into constant conflict with her family. As she reaches adulthood, the clash between their expectations and her desires is painfully played out as she finds herself torn between her relationships with three very different men: her proud and stubborn brother, a close friend who is also the son of her family's worst enemy, and a charismatic but dangerous suitor. With its poignant portrayal of sibling relationships, The Mill on the Floss is considered George Eliot's most autobiographical novel; it is also one of her most powerful and moving.

In this edition writer and critic A.S. Byatt provides full explanatory notes and an introduction relating Mill on the Floss to George Eliot's own life and times.

Edited with an introduction and notes by A.S. BYATT]]> 579 George Eliot 0141439629 Liz 4 3.82 1860 The Mill on the Floss
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]]> Water for Elephants 85609
An atmospheric, gritty, and compelling novel of star-crossed lovers, set in the circus world circa 1932, by the bestselling author of Riding Lessons.

When Jacob Jankowski, recently orphaned and suddenly adrift, jumps onto a passing train, he enters a world of freaks, drifters, and misfits, a second-rate circus struggling to survive during the Great Depression, making one-night stands in town after endless town. A veterinary student who almost earned his degree, Jacob is put in charge of caring for the circus menagerie. It is there that he meets Marlena, the beautiful young star of the equestrian act, who is married to August, the charismatic but twisted animal trainer. He also meets Rosie, an elephant who seems untrainable until he discovers a way to reach her.

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.]]> 335 Sara Gruen 1565124995 Liz 5 4.08 2006 Water for Elephants
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]]> <![CDATA[Bitterblue (Graceling Realm, #3)]]> 12680907
But the influence of her father, a violent psychopath with mind-altering abilities, lives on. Her advisers, who have run the country on her behalf since Leck's death, believe in a forward-thinking plan: to pardon all of those who committed terrible acts during Leck's reign; and to forget every dark event that ever happened. Monsea's past has become shrouded in mystery, and it's only when Bitterblue begins sneaking out of her castle - curious, disguised and alone - to walk the streets of her own city, that she begins to realise the truth. Her kingdom has been under the thirty-five-year long spell of a madman, and now their only chance to move forward is to revisit the past.

Whatever that past holds.

Two thieves, who have sworn only to steal what has already been stolen, change her life forever. They hold a key to the truth of Leck's reign. And one of them, who possesses an unidentified Grace, may also hold a key to her heart . . .]]> 576 Kristin Cashore 0803734735 Liz 0 to-read 3.99 2012 Bitterblue (Graceling Realm, #3)
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]]> One Hundred Years of Solitude 320 417 Gabriel Garc鱈a M叩rquez Liz 5 4.10 1967 One Hundred Years of Solitude
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]]> The Tales of Beedle the Bard 4020390
Additional notes for each story penned by Professor Albus Dumbledore will be enjoyed by Muggles and wizards alike, as the Professor muses on the morals illuminated by the tales, and reveals snippets of information about life at Hogwarts.

A uniquely magical volume, with illustrations by the author, J. K. Rowling, that will be treasured for years to come.]]> 111 J.K. Rowling 0545128285 Liz 4 3.94 2008 The Tales of Beedle the Bard
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average rating: 3.94
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rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[The Handmaids 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 Liz 4 4.15 1985 The Handmaids Tale (The Handmaid's Tale, #1)
author: Margaret Atwood
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average rating: 4.15
book published: 1985
rating: 4
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]]> Watchmen 472331 Watchmen, the groundbreaking series from award-winning author Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons, presents a world where the mere presence of American superheroes changed historythe U.S. won the Vietnam War, Nixon is still president, and the Cold War is in full effect.

Considered the greatest graphic novel in the history of the medium, the Hugo Award-winning story chronicles the fall from grace of a group of superheroes plagued by all-too-human failings. Along the way, the concept of the superhero is dissected as an unknown assassin stalks the erstwhile heroes.]]> 416 Alan Moore 0930289234 Liz 5 4.38 1987 Watchmen
author: Alan Moore
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average rating: 4.38
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]]> <![CDATA[Enders Game (Ender's Saga, #1)]]> 375802
But Ender is not the only result of the experiment. The war with the Buggers has been raging for a hundred years, and the quest for the perfect general has been underway almost as long. Ender's two older siblings, Peter and Valentine, are every bit as unusual as he is, but in very different ways. While Peter was too uncontrollably violent, Valentine very nearly lacks the capability for violence altogether. Neither was found suitable for the military's purpose. But they are driven by their jealousy of Ender, and by their inbred drive for power. Peter seeks to control the political process, to become a ruler. Valentine's abilities turn more toward the subtle control of the beliefs of commoner and elite alike, through powerfully convincing essays. Hiding their youth and identities behind the anonymity of the computer networks, these two begin working together to shape the destiny of Earth-an Earth that has no future at all if their brother Ender fails.]]> 324 Orson Scott Card 0812550706 Liz 5 4.31 1985 Enders Game (Ender's Saga, #1)
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]]> Dune (Dune, #1) 234225 Dune is the story of the boy Paul Atreides, heir to a noble family tasked with ruling an inhospitable world where the only thing of value is the "spice" melange, a drug capable of extending life and enhancing consciousness. Coveted across the known universe, melange is a prize worth killing for...

When House Atreides is betrayed, the destruction of Paul's family will set the boy on a journey toward a destiny greater than he could ever have imagined. And as he evolves into the mysterious man known as Muad'Dib, he will bring to fruition humankind's most ancient and unattainable dream.

A stunning blend of adventure and mysticism, environmentalism and politics, Dune won the first Nebula Award, shared the Hugo Award, and formed the basis of what is undoubtedly the grandest epic in science fiction.]]> 604 Frank Herbert 0340839937 Liz 4 4.21 1965 Dune (Dune, #1)
author: Frank Herbert
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]]> <![CDATA[Herland, The Yellow Wall-Paper, and Selected Writings]]> 86502
Charlotte Perkins Gilman was a turn-of-the-century American feminist and socialist thinker. In her works of fiction, Gilman sought to illustrate her ideas about the way American society squandered the talents and economic contributions of women. Based on the nervous breakdown she suffered during her own disastrous first marriage, The Yellow Wall-Paper is her classic story about a woman who goes mad when the rest-cure treatment she undergoes forbids her any kind of work.

Herland , Gilman's most famous novel, is a feminist utopian comedy in which three men stumble upon a society of women that has banished men. Also included in this Penguin Twentieth-Century Classics edition is a selection of Gilman's poetry and other short fiction. Gilman scholar Denise D. Knight has written an enlightening Introduction that explores Gilman's use of the utopian form, satire, and fantasy to provide a critique of women's place in society and to propose creative solutions.]]> 353 Charlotte Perkins Gilman 0141180625 Liz 4 3.90 1915 Herland, The Yellow Wall-Paper, and Selected Writings
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]]> Utopia 18414 Utopia, Thomas More imagines a perfect island nation where thousands live in peace and harmony, men and women are both educated, and all property is communal. Through dialogue and correspondence between the protagonist Raphael Hythloday and his friends and contemporaries, More explores the theories behind war, political disagreements, social quarrels, and wealth distribution and imagines the day-to-day lives of those citizens enjoying freedom from fear, oppression, violence, and suffering. Originally written in Latin, this vision of an ideal world is also a scathing satire of Europe in the sixteenth century and has been hugely influential since publication, shaping utopian fiction even today.]]> 113 Thomas More 0140449108 Liz 5 3.53 1516 Utopia
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]]> The War of the Worlds 8909
Inspiring films, radio dramas, comic-book adaptations, television series and sequels,The War of the Worlds is a prototypical work of science fiction which has influenced every alien story that has come since, and is unsurpassed in its ability to thrill, well over a century since it was first published.]]> 192 H.G. Wells 0375759239 Liz 0 3.84 1898 The War of the Worlds
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]]> Brave New World 5129 Brave New World is a searching vision of an unequal, technologically-advanced future where humans are genetically bred, socially indoctrinated, and pharmaceutically anesthetized to passively uphold an authoritarian ruling orderall at the cost of our freedom, full humanity, and perhaps also our souls. A genius [who] who spent his life decrying the onward march of the Machine� (The New Yorker), Huxley was a man of incomparable talents: equally an artist, a spiritual seeker, and one of historys keenest observers of human nature and civilization. Brave New World, his masterpiece, has enthralled and terrified millions of readers, and retains its urgent relevance to this day as both a warning to be heeded as we head into tomorrow and as thought-provoking, satisfying work of literature. Written in the shadow of the rise of fascism during the 1930s, Brave New Worldd likewise speaks to a 21st-century world dominated by mass-entertainment, technology, medicine and pharmaceuticals, the arts of persuasion, and the hidden influence of elites.

"Aldous Huxley is the greatest 20th century writer in English." Chicago Tribune]]> 268 Aldous Huxley 0060929871 Liz 4 3.99 1932 Brave New World
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]]> The Left Hand of Darkness 18423 The Left Hand of Darkness tells the story of a lone human emissary to Winter, an alien world whose inhabitants spend most of their time without a gender. His goal is to facilitate Winter's inclusion in a growing intergalactic civilization. But to do so he must bridge the gulf between his own views and those of the completely dissimilar culture that he encounters.

Embracing the aspects of psychology, society, and human emotion on an alien world, The Left Hand of Darkness stands as a landmark achievement in the annals of intellectual science fiction.]]> 304 Ursula K. Le Guin Liz 4 4.11 1969 The Left Hand of Darkness
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]]> <![CDATA[Watership Down (Watership Down, #1)]]> 76620 Librarian's note: See alternate cover edition of ISBN13 9780380395866 here.

Set in England's Downs, a once idyllic rural landscape, this stirring tale of adventure, courage and survival follows a band of very special creatures on their flight from the intrusion of man and the certain destruction of their home. Led by a stouthearted pair of friends, they journey forth from their native Sandleford Warren through the harrowing trials posed by predators and adversaries, to a mysterious promised land and a more perfect society.]]> 478 Richard Adams 038039586X Liz 4 4.08 1972 Watership Down (Watership Down, #1)
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rating: 4
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]]> The Invention of Hugo Cabret 9673436 534 Brian Selznick Liz 5 4.22 2007 The Invention of Hugo Cabret
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]]> <![CDATA[Beautiful Chaos (Caster Chronicles, #3)]]> 10757833 strange and impossible have taken on new meanings. Swarms of locusts, record-breaking heat, and devastating storms ravage Gatlin as Ethan and Lena struggle to understand the impact of Lena's Claiming. Even Lena's family of powerful Supernaturals is affected - and their abilities begin to dangerously misfire. As time passes, one question becomes clear: What � or who � will need to be sacrificed to save Gatlin?

For Ethan, the chaos is a frightening but welcome distraction. He's being haunted in his dreams again, but this time it isn't by Lena - and whatever is haunting him is following him out of his dreams and into his everyday life. Even worse, Ethan is gradually losing pieces of himself � forgetting names, phone numbers, even memories. He doesn't know why, and most days he's too afraid to ask.

Sometimes there isn't just one answer or one choice. Sometimes there's no going back. And this time there won't be a happy ending.]]> 516 Kami Garcia 0316123528 Liz 0 to-read 3.93 2011 Beautiful Chaos (Caster Chronicles, #3)
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]]> Splendor 891740
He was a dangerous target. His notoriety, extravagances, and indulgent disregard for social convention fuel Carolyn's outrage. Nicholas has moved through the balls and soirees of high society effortlessly, a natural target of gossip, envy, and desire. But Nicholas is furious to find himself lampooned by Copperville, and quickly discovers Carolyn's dearly held secret. Now, as the two spar, a new game begins-- a game of deception and pride, of longing and chance.

And they played for the ultimate prize... As Nicholas sweeps Carolyn from the teeming streets and gala balls of Regency London to the splendor and majesty of St. Petersburg, against all odds the unlikely lovers embark upon a whirlwind of passion and peril until there is no turning back-- for the stakes have changed, demanding no less of them than the unwavering courage to claim the love of a lifetime.
]]> 486 Brenda Joyce 031299883X Liz 0 currently-reading 3.84 1997 Splendor
author: Brenda Joyce
name: Liz
average rating: 3.84
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]]> <![CDATA[ArchEnemy (The Looking Glass Wars, #3)]]> 6178354 Imagine this...
The power of imagination has been lost!

Now it's all about the artillery as AD52s, crystal shooters, spikejack tumblers, and orb cannons are unleashed in a war of weapons and brute force.

As Alyss searches wildly for the solution to the disaster that has engulfed her queendom, Arch declares himself King of Wonderland. The moment is desperate enough for Alyss to travel back to London for answers, where Arch's assassins are threatening Alice Liddell and her family. But after coming to the Liddells' assistance, Alyss discovers herself trapped in a conundrum of evaporating puddles. The shimmering portals that exist to transport her home through the Pool of Tears are disappearing!

What is happening in Wonderland? Deep within the Valley of Mushroom the Caterpillar Oracles issue this prophecy: "Action shall be taken to ensure the safety of the Heart Crystal. For Everqueen." But who is Everqueen?

As the metamorphosis of Wonderland unfolds, enemies become allies, bitter rivals face off, and Queen Alyss and Redd Heart must both confront their pasts in this thrilling, no-holds-barred conclusion to the New York Times bestselling series.]]> 370 Frank Beddor 0803731566 Liz 0 currently-reading 3.90 2009 ArchEnemy (The Looking Glass Wars, #3)
author: Frank Beddor
name: Liz
average rating: 3.90
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]]> <![CDATA[Seeing Redd (The Looking Glass Wars, #2)]]> 289695
Alyss' life is a challenging mix of duty, love, and tough decisions, and then a series of phantom sightings set fire to an urban myth of Her Imperial Viciousness' return and have everyone... seeing Redd.

Has Redd somehow freed herself and her chief assassin, The Cat, from the confines of the Heart Crystal? If not, then who has resurrected Redd's brutal foot soldiers the Glass Eyes and set them loose to attack Wonderland on all sides?

Battles rage, looking glasses explode, and the Alyssians once again unite to defend White Imagination in this fast-paced follow-up to the New York Times best-selling The Looking Glass Wars.]]> 371 Frank Beddor 0803731558 Liz 0 currently-reading 3.86 2007 Seeing Redd (The Looking Glass Wars, #2)
author: Frank Beddor
name: Liz
average rating: 3.86
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]]> <![CDATA[The Looking Glass Wars (The Looking Glass Wars, #1)]]> 44170 Alyss of Wonderland?
When Alyss Heart, newly orphaned heir to the Wonderland throne, flees through the Pool of Tears to escape her murderous Aunt Redd, she finds herself lost and alone in Victorian London. Befriended by an aspiring author named Lewis Carrol, Alyss tells the violent, heartbreaking story of her young life. Alyss trusts this author to tell the truth so that someone, somewhere will find her and bring her home. But he gets the story all wrong. He even spells her name incorrectly!

Fortunately, Royal Bodyguard Hatter Madigan knows all too well the awful truth of Alyss' story - and he's searching every corner of our world to find the lost princess and return her to Wonderland, to battle Redd for her rightful place as the Queen of Hearts.

The Looking Glass Wars unabashedly challenges our Wonderland assumptions of mad tea parties, grinning Cheshire cats, and a curious little blond girl to reveal an epic battle in the endless war for Imagination.]]> 384 Frank Beddor 0803731531 Liz 0 currently-reading 3.94 2004 The Looking Glass Wars (The Looking Glass Wars, #1)
author: Frank Beddor
name: Liz
average rating: 3.94
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]]> <![CDATA[Ballad: A Gathering of Faerie (Books of Faerie, #2)]]> 6076413 Lament: The Faerie Queen's Deception, music prodigy James Morgan and his best friend, Deirdre, join a private conservatory for musicians. James' musical talent attracts Nuala, a soul-snatching faerie muse who fosters and feeds on the creative energies of exceptional humans until they die. Composing beautiful music together unexpectedly leads to mutual admiration and love. Haunted by fiery visions of death, James realizes that Deirdre and Nuala are being hunted by the Fey and plunges into a soul-scorching battle with the Queen of the Fey to save their lives.]]> 352 Maggie Stiefvater 0738714844 Liz 0 currently-reading 3.79 2009 Ballad: A Gathering of Faerie (Books of Faerie, #2)
author: Maggie Stiefvater
name: Liz
average rating: 3.79
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]]> <![CDATA[Lament: The Faerie Queen's Deception (Books of Faerie, #1)]]> 3112850
Lament is a dark faerie fantasy that features authentic Celtic faerie lore, plus cover art and interior illustrations by acclaimed faerie artist Julia Jeffrey.]]> 325 Maggie Stiefvater 0738713708 Liz 0 currently-reading 3.69 2008 Lament: The Faerie Queen's Deception (Books of Faerie, #1)
author: Maggie Stiefvater
name: Liz
average rating: 3.69
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]]> <![CDATA[Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, #3)]]> 7260188 My name is Katniss Everdeen.
Why am I not dead?
I should be dead.

Katniss Everdeen, girl on fire, has survived, even though her home has been destroyed. Gale has escaped. Katniss's family is safe. Peeta has been captured by the Capitol. District 13 really does exist. There are rebels. There are new leaders. A revolution is unfolding.

It is by design that Katniss was rescued from the arena in the cruel and haunting Quarter Quell, and it is by design that she has long been part of the revolution without knowing it. District 13 has come out of the shadows and is plotting to overthrow the Capitol. Everyone, it seems, has had a hand in the carefully laid plansexcept Katniss.

The success of the rebellion hinges on Katniss's willingness to be a pawn, to accept responsibility for countless lives, and to change the course of the future of Panem. To do this, she must put aside her feelings of anger and distrust. She must become the rebels' Mockingjayno matter what the personal cost.]]> 390 Suzanne Collins 0439023513 Liz 4 4.10 2010 Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, #3)
author: Suzanne Collins
name: Liz
average rating: 4.10
book published: 2010
rating: 4
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]]> Freedom 8474899
But now, in the new millennium, the Berglunds have become a mystery. Why has their teenage son moved in with the aggressively Republican family next door? Why has Walter taken a job working with Big Coal? What exactly is Richard Katzoutr辿 rocker and Walter's college best friend and rivalstill doing in the picture? Most of all, what has happened to Patty? Why has the bright star of Barrier Street become "a very different kind of neighbor," an implacable Fury coming unhinged before the street's attentive eyes?

In his first novel since The Corrections, Jonathan Franzen has given us an epic of contemporary love and marriage. Freedom comically and tragically captures the temptations and burdens of the thrills of teenage lust, the shaken compromises of middle age, the wages of suburban sprawl, the heavy weight of empire. In charting the mistakes and joys of Freedom's characters as they struggle to learn how to live in an ever more confusing world, Franzen has produced an indelible and deeply moving portrait of our time.]]> 608 Jonathan Franzen 1429979437 Liz 0 to-read 3.86 2010 Freedom
author: Jonathan Franzen
name: Liz
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]]> <![CDATA[Catching Fire (The Hunger Games, #2)]]> 6148028 Sparks are igniting.
Flames are spreading.
And the Capitol wants revenge.

Against all odds, Katniss Everdeen has won the Hunger Games. She and fellow District 12 tribute Peeta Mellark are miraculously still alive. Katniss should be relieved, happy even. After all, she has returned to her family and her longtime friend, Gale. Yet nothing is the way Katniss wishes it to be. Gale holds her at an icy distance. Peeta has turned his back on her completely. And there are whispers of a rebellion against the Capitola rebellion that Katniss and Peeta may have helped create.

Much to her shock, Katniss has fueled an unrest that she's afraid she cannot stop. And what scares her even more is that she's not entirely convinced she should try. As time draws near for Katniss and Peeta to visit the districts on the Capitol's cruel Victory Tour, the stakes are higher than ever. If they can't prove, without a shadow of a doubt, that they are lost in their love for each other, the consequences will be horrifying.

In Catching Fire, the second novel of the Hunger Games trilogy, Suzanne Collins continues the story of Katniss Everdeen, testing her more than ever before . . . and surprising readers at every turn.]]> 391 Suzanne Collins 0439023491 Liz 5 4.34 2009 Catching Fire (The Hunger Games, #2)
author: Suzanne Collins
name: Liz
average rating: 4.34
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I really liked this sequel to the Hunger Games. It was better than the first book in my opinion. I still feel like I don't know who Gale is. And what makes him so great that Peeta can't compare according to Katniss. Maybe we'll find out the answer in Mockingjay?
]]> The Replacement 7507908
Mackie would give anything to live among us, to practice on his bass or spend time with his crush, Tate. But when Tate's baby sister goes missing, Mackie is drawn irrevocably into the underworld of Gentry, known as Mayhem. He must face the dark creatures of the Slag Heaps and find his rightful place, in our world, or theirs.]]> 343 Brenna Yovanoff 1595143378 Liz 0 to-read 3.60 2010 The Replacement
author: Brenna Yovanoff
name: Liz
average rating: 3.60
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]]> <![CDATA[Beautiful Redemption (Caster Chronicles, #4)]]> 7930335
Ethan Wate has spent most of his life longing to escape the stiflingly small Southern town of Gatlin. He never thought he would meet the girl of his dreams, Lena Duchannes, who unveiled a secretive, powerful, and cursed side of Gatlin, hidden in plain sight. And he never could have expected that he would be forced to leave behind everyone and everything he cares about. So when Ethan awakes after the chilling events of the Eighteenth Moon, he has only one goal: to find a way to return to Lena and the ones he loves.

Back in Gatlin, Lena is making her own bargains for Ethan's return, vowing to do whatever it takes -- even if that means trusting old enemies or risking the lives of the family and friends Ethan left to protect.

Worlds apart, Ethan and Lena must once again work together to rewrite their fate, in this stunning finale to the Beautiful Creatures series.]]> 456 Kami Garcia 0316123536 Liz 0 to-read 3.92 2012 Beautiful Redemption (Caster Chronicles, #4)
author: Kami Garcia
name: Liz
average rating: 3.92
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]]> <![CDATA[Beautiful Darkness (Caster Chronicles, #2)]]> 7842288 503 Kami Garcia 0316077054 Liz 4 3.84 2010 Beautiful Darkness (Caster Chronicles, #2)
author: Kami Garcia
name: Liz
average rating: 3.84
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rating: 4
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I didn't like it in the beginning at all. I felt Ethan was moping too much. However, after page 100 when he decided to be proactive and do something about it things got a LOT more interesting. There were parts and elements at the end of the book that reminded a bit of Harry Potter but I guess that's because that's what I unintentionally measure every fantasy book against. Solid piece of work and I can't wait for the third installment.
]]> Outside In (Insider, #2) 8901953
A leader?

Okay, I did prove that there's more to Inside than we knew.

That a whole world exists beyond this cube we live in. And finding that led to a major rebellionbetween worker scrubs like me and the snobby uppers who rule our world. Make that ruled. Because of me, we're free. I thought that meant I was off the hook, and could go off on my own againwhile still touching base with Riley, of course. He's the one upper I think I can trust. But then we learned that there's outside and then there is Outside.

And something from Outside wants In.]]> 328 Maria V. Snyder 0373210116 Liz 0 to-read 3.82 2011 Outside In (Insider, #2)
author: Maria V. Snyder
name: Liz
average rating: 3.82
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]]> Matched (Matched, #1) 7735333
Cassia has always trusted their choices. Its hardly any price to pay for a long life, the perfect job, the ideal mate. So when her best friend appears on the Matching screen, Cassia knows with complete certainty that he is the oneuntil she sees another face flash for an instant before the screen fades to black. Now Cassia is faced with impossible choices: between Xander and Ky, between the only life shes known and a path no one else has ever dared followbetween perfection and passion.

Matched is a story for right now and storytelling with the resonance of a classic.]]> 369 Ally Condie 0525423648 Liz 0 to-read 3.62 2010 Matched (Matched, #1)
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name: Liz
average rating: 3.62
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]]> Warbreaker 1268479
Their world is one in which those who die in glory return as gods to live confined to a pantheon in Hallandren's capital city and where a power known as BioChromatic magic is based on an essence known as breath that can only be collected one unit at a time from individual people.

By using breath and drawing upon the color in everyday objects, all manner of miracles and mischief can be accomplished. It will take considerable quantities of each to resolve all the challenges facing Vivenna and Siri, princesses of Idris; Susebron the God King; Lightsong, reluctant god of bravery, and mysterious Vasher, the Warbreaker.]]> 688 Brandon Sanderson Liz 0 to-read 4.29 2009 Warbreaker
author: Brandon Sanderson
name: Liz
average rating: 4.29
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]]> Covet (Fallen Angels, #1) 6289920 Seven deadly sins. Seven souls to save. This is the first battle between a savior who doesn't believe and a demon with nothing to lose!

Redemption isn't a word Jim Heron knows much abouthis specialty is revenge, and to him, sin is all relative. But everything changes when he becomes a fallen angel and is charged with saving the souls of seven people from the seven deadly sins. And failure is not an option.

Vin DiPietro long ago sold his soul to his business, and he's good with that-until fate intervenes in the form of a tough-talking, Harley-riding, self-professed savior. And then he meets a woman who will make him question his destiny, his sanity, and his heartand he has to work with a fallen angel to win her over and redeem his own soul.]]> 474 J.R. Ward 0451228219 Liz 0 to-read 3.91 2009 Covet (Fallen Angels, #1)
author: J.R. Ward
name: Liz
average rating: 3.91
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]]> <![CDATA[A Spy in the House (The Agency, #1)]]> 6698199
Rescued from the gallows in 1850s London, young orphan (and thief) Mary Quinn is surprised to be offered a singular education, instruction in fine manners � and an unusual vocation. Miss Scrimshaws Academy for Girls is a cover for an all-female investigative unit called The Agency, and at seventeen, Mary is about to put her training to the test. Assuming the guise of a ladys companion, she must infiltrate a rich merchants home in hopes of tracing his missing cargo ships. But the household is full of dangerous deceptions, and there is no one to trust � or is there? Packed with action and suspense, banter and romance, and evoking the gritty backstreets of Victorian London, this breezy mystery debuts a daring young detective who lives by her wits while uncovering secrets � including those of her own past.]]> 335 Y.S. Lee 0763640670 Liz 0 to-read 3.79 2009 A Spy in the House (The Agency, #1)
author: Y.S. Lee
name: Liz
average rating: 3.79
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]]> <![CDATA[When You Are Engulfed in Flames]]> 1044355 When You Are Engulfed in Flames confirms once again that David Sedaris is a master of mystery and suspense.

Or how about...

when set on fire, most of us either fumble for our wallets or waste valuable time feeling sorry for ourselves. David Sedaris has studied this phenomenon, and his resulting insights may very well save your life. Author of the national bestsellers Should You Be Attacked By Snakes and If You Are Surrounded by Mean Ghosts, David Sedaris, with When You Are Engulfed in Flames, is clearly at the top of his game.

Oh, all right...

David Sedaris has written yet another book of essays (his sixth). Subjects include a parasitic worm that once lived in his mother-in-law's leg, an encounter with a dingo, and the recreational use of an external catheter. Also recounted is the buying of a human skeleton and the author's attempt to quit smoking In Tokyo.

Master of nothing, at the dead center of his game, Sedaris proves that when you play with matches, you sometimes light the whole pack on fire.
(front flap)]]> 323 David Sedaris 0316143472 Liz 0 to-read 4.08 2005 When You Are Engulfed in Flames
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name: Liz
average rating: 4.08
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]]> <![CDATA[The Disappearing Spoon: And Other True Tales of Madness, Love, and the History of the World from the Periodic Table of the Elements]]> 7247854
The periodic table is a crowning scientific achievement, but it's also a treasure trove of adventure, betrayal, and obsession. These fascinating tales follow every element on the table as they play out their parts in human history, finance, mythology, conflict, the arts, medicine, and in the lives of the (frequently) mad scientists who discovered them. "The Disappearing Spoon" masterfully fuses science with the classic lore of invention, investigation, discovery, and alchemy, from the big bang through the end of time.


* Though solid at room temperature, gallium is a moldable metal that melts at 84 degrees Fahrenheit. A classic science prank is to mold gallium spoons, serve them with tea, and watch guests recoil as their utensils disappear.]]> 394 Sam Kean 0316051640 Liz 0 to-read 3.92 2010 The Disappearing Spoon: And Other True Tales of Madness, Love, and the History of the World from the Periodic Table of the Elements
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name: Liz
average rating: 3.92
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]]> <![CDATA[The Iron Queen (The Iron Fey, #3)]]> 8685612
I thought it was over. That my time with the fey, the impossible choices I had to make, the sacrifices of those I loved, was behind me. But a storm is approaching, an army of Iron fey that will drag me back, kicking and screaming. Drag me away from the banished prince who's sworn to stand by my side. Drag me into the core of conflict so powerful, I'm not sure anyone can survive it.

This time, there will be no turning back.

]]> 384 Julie Kagawa 0373210183 Liz 0 to-read 4.19 2011 The Iron Queen (The Iron Fey, #3)
author: Julie Kagawa
name: Liz
average rating: 4.19
book published: 2011
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]]> <![CDATA[Winter's Passage (Iron Fey, #1.5)]]> 8070049 Meghan Chase used to be an ordinary girl..until she discovered that she is really a faery princess. After escaping from the clutches of the deadly Iron fey, Meghan must follow through on her promise to return to the equally dangerous Winter Court with her forbidden love, Prince Ash. But first, Meghan has one request: that they visit Puck--Meghan's best friend and servant of her father, King Oberon--who was gravely injured defending Meghan from the Iron Fey.

Yet Meghan and Ash's detour does not go unnoticed. They have caught the attention of an ancient, powerful hunter--a foe that even Ash may not be able to defeat....

An eBook exclusive story from Julie Kagawa's Iron Fey series.

]]> 59 Julie Kagawa 1426858329 Liz 0 to-read 3.93 2010 Winter's Passage (Iron Fey, #1.5)
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]]> <![CDATA[The Iron Daughter (The Iron Fey, #2)]]> 7747064
Worse, Meghan's own fey powers have been cut off. She's stuck in Faery with only her wits for help. Trusting anyone would be foolish. Trusting a seeming traitor could be deadly. But even as she grows a backbone of iron, Meghan can't help but hear the whispers of longing in her all-too-human heart.]]> 359 Julie Kagawa 0373210132 Liz 0 to-read 4.08 2010 The Iron Daughter (The Iron Fey, #2)
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average rating: 4.08
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]]> Suite Fran巽aise 5497778 Suite Fran巽aise tells the remarkable story of men and women thrown together in circumstances beyond their control. As Parisians flee the city, human folly surfaces in every imaginable way: a wealthy mother searches for sweets in a town without food; a couple is terrified at the thought of losing their jobs, even as their world begins to fall apart. Moving on to a provincial village now occupied by German soldiers, the locals must learn to coexist with the enemyin their town, their homes, even in their hearts.

When Ir竪ne N辿mirovsky began working on Suite Fran巽aise, she was already a highly successful writer living in Paris. But she was also a Jew, and in 1942 she was arrested and deported to Auschwitz, where she died. For sixty-four years, this novel remained hidden and unknown.]]> 448 Ir竪ne N辿mirovsky 0307264750 Liz 0 to-read 3.92 2004 Suite Fran巽aise
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name: Liz
average rating: 3.92
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]]> <![CDATA[Twilight (The Twilight Saga, #1)]]> 41865
First, Edward was a vampire.

Second, there was a part of him - and I didn't know how dominant that part might be - that thirsted for my blood.

And third, I was unconditionally and irrevocably in love with him.

Deeply seductive and extraordinarily suspenseful, Twilight is a love story with bite.]]> 498 Stephenie Meyer 0316015849 Liz 3 3.66 2005 Twilight (The Twilight Saga, #1)
author: Stephenie Meyer
name: Liz
average rating: 3.66
book published: 2005
rating: 3
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]]> <![CDATA[The Search for the Red Dragon (The Chronicles of the Imaginarium Geographica, #2)]]> 613939
"There's an old myth in the Archipelago," he went on softly, shaking his head. "A legend, really...I recall it mentioned a Crusade, but those events happened seven centuries ago. We always thought it was only a story."

It has been nine years since John, Jack, and Charles had their great adventure in the Archipelago of Dreams and became the Caretakers of the Imaginarium Geographica. Now they have been brought together again to solve a Someone is kidnapping the children of the Archipelago. And their only clue is a mysterious message delivered by a strange girl with artificial "The Crusade has begun." Worse, they discover that all of the legendary Dragonships have disappeared as well.

The only chance they have to save the world from a centuries-old plot is to seek out the last of the Dragonships -- the Red Dragon -- in a spectacular journey that takes them from Sir James Barrie's Kensington Gardens to the Underneath of the Greek Titans of myth. With friends both familiar and new, they will travel through an extraordinary landscape where history, myth, and fable blend together to tell the oldest story in the world. And along the way, the Caretakers of the Geographica will discover that great deeds alone do not make heroes, and that growing up may be unavoidable...but growing old doesn't have to be.]]> 384 James A. Owen 1416948503 Liz 0 to-read 4.06 2008 The Search for the Red Dragon (The Chronicles of the Imaginarium Geographica, #2)
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average rating: 4.06
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]]> <![CDATA[Here, There Be Dragons (Chronicles of the Imaginarium Geographica, #1)]]> 34908 The Imaginarium Geographica

"What is it?" John asked.
The little man blinked and arched an eyebrow.
"It is the world, my boy," he said. "All the world, in ink and blood, vellum and parchment, leather and hide. It is the world, and it is yours to save or lose."

An unusual murder brings together three strangers, John, Jack, and Charles, on a rainy night in London during the first World War. An eccentric little man called Bert tells them that they are now the caretakers of the Imaginarium Geographica -- an atlas of all the lands that have ever existed in myth and legend, fable and fairy tale. These lands, Bert claims, can be traveled to in his ship the Indigo Dragon, one of only seven vessels that is able to cross the Frontier between worlds into the Archipelago of Dreams.

Pursued by strange and terrifying creatures, the companions flee London aboard the Dragonship. Traveling to the very realm of the imagination itself, they must learn to overcome their fears and trust in one another if they are to defeat the dark forces that threaten the destiny of two worlds.

An extraordinary journey of myth, magic, and mystery, Here, There Be Dragons introduces James A. Owen as a formidable new talent.]]> 326 James A. Owen 1416912274 Liz 0 to-read 3.87 2006 Here, There Be Dragons (Chronicles of the Imaginarium Geographica, #1)
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average rating: 3.87
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]]> <![CDATA[The Body at the Tower (The Agency, #2)]]> 7507889
A suspenseful and evocative window into a fascinating moment in history, The Body at the Tower is the much-anticipated second outing with a daring young detective.]]> 337 Y.S. Lee 0763649686 Liz 0 to-read 3.99 2010 The Body at the Tower (The Agency, #2)
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average rating: 3.99
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]]> <![CDATA[Gregor and the Code of Claw (Underland Chronicles, #5)]]> 537070 412 Suzanne Collins 043979143X Liz 0 to-read 4.30 2007 Gregor and the Code of Claw (Underland Chronicles, #5)
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average rating: 4.30
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]]> <![CDATA[Gregor and the Marks of Secret (Underland Chronicles, #4)]]> 319644 In Book 4 of the bestselling Underland Chronicles, Gregor is drawn ever deeper into a brewing crisis. For generations, rats have run the mice out of whatever lands they've claimed, keeping them constantly on the move. But now the mice are disappearing and the young queen Luxa is determined to find out why.

Gregor and Boots join Luxa on a simple fact-finding mission. But when the true fate of the mice is revealed, it is something far more sinister than they had imagined -- and it points the way to the final prophecy Gregor has yet to fulfill. His abilities are put to the test in this suspenseful, action-packed penultimate installment of Suzanne Collins's thrilling Underland Chronicles.]]> 343 Suzanne Collins 0439791464 Liz 0 to-read 4.25 2006 Gregor and the Marks of Secret (Underland Chronicles, #4)
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]]> <![CDATA[Gregor and the Curse of the Warmbloods (Underland Chronicles, #3)]]> 385706 Gregor's adventures continue in Book 3 of the New York Times bestselling series by author Suzanne Collins.

With two prophecies fulfilled, Gregor is now focused on the Prophecy of Blood, which calls for Gregor and Boots to return to the Underland to help ward off a plague. But this time, his mother refuses to let him go . . . unless she is allowed to travel with them.

When they arrive in the subterranean city, the plague is spreading -- and it claims one of Gregor's closest companions. Only then does Gregor start to understand how the illness plays with the fate of all warm-blooded creatures. But how can he help combat it?]]> 358 Suzanne Collins 0439656249 Liz 0 to-read 4.23 2005 Gregor and the Curse of the Warmbloods (Underland Chronicles, #3)
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]]> <![CDATA[Gregor and the Prophecy of Bane (Underland Chronicles, #2)]]> 385742 Gregor swears he will never return to the Underland, that strange world below New York City. But he is a key player in another prophecy, this one about an ominous white rat called the Bane. The Underlanders know there is only one way to lure Gregor back to their world: by kidnapping his little sister, Boots.
Now Gregor's quest reunites him with his bat, Ares, and the rebellious princess Luxa. They descend into the dangerous Waterway in search of the Bane. If Gregor does not fulfill the prophecy, his life, and the Underland, will never be the same.]]> 312 Suzanne Collins 0439650763 Liz 0 to-read 4.21 2004 Gregor and the Prophecy of Bane (Underland Chronicles, #2)
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]]> <![CDATA[Gregor the Overlander (Underland Chronicles, #1)]]> 262430 The story of a boy who embarks on a dangerous quest in order to fulfill his destiny -- and find his father -- in a strange world beneath New York City.
When Gregor falls through a grate in the laundry room of his apartment building, he hurtles into the dark Underland, where spiders, rats, cockroaches coexist uneasily with humans. This world is on the brink of war, and Gregor's arrival is no accident. A prophecy foretells that Gregor has a role to play in the Underland's uncertain future. Gregor wants no part of it -- until he realizes it's the only way to solve the mystery of his father's disappearance. Reluctantly, Gregor embarks on a dangerous adventure that will change both him and the Underland forever.]]> 326 Suzanne Collins 043977134X Liz 0 to-read 4.04 2003 Gregor the Overlander (Underland Chronicles, #1)
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]]> <![CDATA[The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1)]]> 2767052
Winning means fame and fortune. Losing means certain death. The Hunger Games have begun. . . .

In the ruins of a place once known as North America lies the nation of Panem, a shining Capitol surrounded by twelve outlying districts. The Capitol is harsh and cruel and keeps the districts in line by forcing them all to send one boy and one girl between the ages of twelve and eighteen to participate in the annual Hunger Games, a fight to the death on live TV.

Sixteen-year-old Katniss Everdeen regards it as a death sentence when she steps forward to take her sister's place in the Games. But Katniss has been close to dead before-and survival, for her, is second nature. Without really meaning to, she becomes a contender. But if she is to win, she will have to start making choices that weigh survival against humanity and life against love.]]> 374 Suzanne Collins Liz 4 4.34 2008 The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1)
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]]> Never Let Me Go 6334 288 Kazuo Ishiguro 1400078776 Liz 0 to-read 3.85 2005 Never Let Me Go
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]]> <![CDATA[Johannes Cabal the Necromancer (Johannes Cabal, #1)]]> 5750628
Johannes Cabal, a brilliant scientist and notorious snob, is single-mindedly obsessed in heart and soul with raising the dead. Well, perhaps not "soul" . . . He hastily sold his years ago in order to learn the laws of necromancy. But now, tormented by a dark secret, he travels to the fiery pits of Hell to retrieve it. Satan, who is incredibly bored these days, proposes a little wager: Johannes has one year to persuade one hundred people to sign over their souls or he will be damned forever.

To make the bet even more interesting, Satan throws in that diabolical engine of deceit, seduction, and corruption known as a "traveling circus" to aid in the evil bidding. What better place exists to rob poor sad saps of their souls than the traveling carnivals historically run by hucksters and legendary con men?

With little time to lose, Johannes raises a motley crew from the dead and enlists his brother, Horst, a charismatic vampire (an unfortunate side effect of Johannes's early experiments with necromancy), to be the carnival's barker. On the road through the pastoral English countryside, this team of reprobates wields their black magic with masterful ease, resulting in mayhem at every turn.

Johannes may have the moral conscience of anthrax, but are his tricks sinful enough to beat the Devil at his own game? You'll never guess, and that's a promise!

Brilliantly written and wickedly funny, "Johannes Cabal the Necromancer" combines the chills and thrills of old-fashioned gothic tales like "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow," the mischievous humor of "Wicked," and the sophisticated charms of" Jonathan Strange &Mr. Norrell "and spins the Faustian legend into a fresh, irreverent, and irresistible new adventure.]]> 291 Jonathan L. Howard 0385528086 Liz 0 to-read 3.93 2009 Johannes Cabal the Necromancer (Johannes Cabal, #1)
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]]> Tethered 3301314
It changes even more when Detective Mike Sullivan starts questioning her again about a body she prepared three years ago, an unidentified girl found murdered in a nearby strip of woods. Unclaimed by family, the community christened her Precious Doe. When Clara and Mike learn Trecie may be involved with the same people who killed Precious Doe, Clara must choose between the steadfast existence of loneliness and the perils of binding ones life to another.]]> 272 Amy MacKinnon 0307408965 Liz 0 to-read 3.54 2008 Tethered
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