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To help her cousin, Abby agrees to work as a waitress in a nightclub, but leaves after being rude to a customer, who turns out to be her boss at her new job.]]> 199 Roberta Leigh 0373180055 Adriana 5 3.38 1993
author: Roberta Leigh
name: Adriana
average rating: 3.38
book published: 1993
rating: 5
read at: 2020/10/24
date added: 2024/07/06
shelves: 2020-reading-challenge, manga, re-reading, verified-owned
review:

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Since time immemorial, the Spires have sheltered humanity, towering for miles over the mist-shrouded surface of the world. Within their halls, aristocratic houses have ruled for generations, developing scientific marvels, fostering trade alliances, and building fleets of airships to keep the peace.

Captain Grimm commands the merchant ship, Predator. Fiercely loyal to Spire Albion, he has taken their side in the cold war with Spire Aurora, disrupting the enemy's shipping lines by attacking their cargo vessels. But when the Predator is severely damaged in combat, leaving captain and crew grounded, Grimm is offered a proposition from the Spirearch of Albion—to join a team of agents on a vital mission in exchange for fully restoring Predator to its fighting glory.

And even as Grimm undertakes this dangerous task, he will learn that the conflict between the Spires is merely a premonition of things to come. Humanity's ancient enemy, silent for more than ten thousand years, has begun to stir once more. And death will follow in its wake...]]> 17 Jim Butcher 0147519497 Adriana 5
Wish the second book was out]]> 4.00 2015
author: Jim Butcher
name: Adriana
average rating: 4.00
book published: 2015
rating: 5
read at: 2024/01/12
date added: 2024/01/13
shelves: audiobooks, 2016-reading-challenge, action-adventure, re-reading, 2024-reading-challenge, favorites
review:
4.5. Love the characters and action.

Wish the second book was out
]]> 15994514 A Christmas Carol Charles Dickens created a modern fairy tale and shaped our ideas of Christmas. The tale of the solitary miser Ebenezer Scrooge, who is taught the true meaning of the season by a series of ghostly visitors and given a second chance, was conjured up by Dickens during one of his London night walks, who "wept and laughed" as he composed it. Taken to readers' hearts for its humour, compassion and message of redemption, it remains its best-loved book.]]> 94 Charles Dickens 0141389478 Adriana 5 4.08 1843
author: Charles Dickens
name: Adriana
average rating: 4.08
book published: 1843
rating: 5
read at: 2023/12/25
date added: 2023/12/25
shelves: 2016-reading-challenge, re-reading, 2020-reading-challenge, 2021-reading-challenge, classics, paperback, verified-owned, 2023-reading-challenge
review:

]]> 23651632 After she is attacked on the street, Chiwa suspects that Hokuto’s ex-lover is behind it, so she decides to confront Misaki Shitara herself. Later, Hokuto and Chiwa visit his father in the hospital, and Hokuto comes to an important realization...

]]> 192 Maki EnjĹŤji 1421581469 Adriana 4 4.22 2012
author: Maki EnjĹŤji
name: Adriana
average rating: 4.22
book published: 2012
rating: 4
read at: 2018/07/23
date added: 2021/12/05
shelves: 2018-reading-challenge, manga, 2021-reading-challenge, paperback, re-reading, verified-owned
review:

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Final Volume!]]> 194 Maki EnjĹŤji 1421559439 Adriana 4 4.00 2012
author: Maki EnjĹŤji
name: Adriana
average rating: 4.00
book published: 2012
rating: 4
read at: 2021/11/28
date added: 2021/11/28
shelves: 2018-reading-challenge, manga, 2021-reading-challenge, paperback, re-reading, verified-owned
review:

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Hokuto resigns from Mamiya Commerce and takes on a failing company, risking everything to become heir in one year. Chiwa and Hokuto are closer than ever, so why is he saying they can’t be a true married couple?]]> 192 Maki Enjōji 1421559412 Adriana 4 3.90 2011
author: Maki EnjĹŤji
name: Adriana
average rating: 3.90
book published: 2011
rating: 4
read at: 2021/11/27
date added: 2021/11/27
shelves: 2018-reading-challenge, manga, 2021-reading-challenge, paperback, re-reading, verified-owned
review:

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Hokuto is working harder than ever after his promotion, and the couple rarely spends time together anymore.

Chiwa continues working at Ai-Max with Asahina, a guy she dated in college. Asahina knows she's married to Hokuto, but he still has feelings for Chiwa.]]> 192 Maki EnjĹŤji 1421559404 Adriana 4 3.74 2011
author: Maki EnjĹŤji
name: Adriana
average rating: 3.74
book published: 2011
rating: 4
read at: 2021/11/26
date added: 2021/11/26
shelves: 2018-reading-challenge, manga, 2021-reading-challenge, paperback, re-reading, verified-owned
review:

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Reads R to L (Japanese Style) for mature audiences.]]> 192 Maki EnjĹŤji 142155934X Adriana 4 3.85 2009
author: Maki EnjĹŤji
name: Adriana
average rating: 3.85
book published: 2009
rating: 4
read at: 2021/11/14
date added: 2021/11/26
shelves: 2018-reading-challenge, manga, 2021-reading-challenge, paperback, re-reading, verified-owned
review:

]]> 17571365 192 Maki EnjĹŤji 1421559358 Adriana 4 3.87 2009
author: Maki EnjĹŤji
name: Adriana
average rating: 3.87
book published: 2009
rating: 4
read at: 2021/11/19
date added: 2021/11/26
shelves: 2018-reading-challenge, manga, 2021-reading-challenge, re-reading, verified-owned, paperback
review:

]]> 17571368 192 Maki EnjĹŤji 1421559366 Adriana 4 4.02 2010
author: Maki EnjĹŤji
name: Adriana
average rating: 4.02
book published: 2010
rating: 4
read at: 2021/11/20
date added: 2021/11/26
shelves: 2018-reading-challenge, manga, 2021-reading-challenge, re-reading, verified-owned, paperback
review:

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Rather than having her husband continue to support her feckless father, Chiwa accepts a job at Shinjo Sakuraba’s startup without telling Hokuto. Will Chiwa and Hokuto’s newfound wedded bliss last now that she’s working alongside her crush from college?


Reads R to L (Japanese Style) Rated M]]> 192 Maki EnjĹŤji 1421559382 Adriana 3 4.02 2011
author: Maki EnjĹŤji
name: Adriana
average rating: 4.02
book published: 2011
rating: 3
read at: 2021/11/21
date added: 2021/11/26
shelves: 2018-reading-challenge, manga, 2021-reading-challenge, re-reading, verified-owned, paperback
review:

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With her first attempt at making love with her husband foiled, Chiwa starts going out drinking every night with Yu Yagami. Hokuto blames himself for what happened, but how long will Chiwa allow her husband to keep her at a distance?


Reads R to L (Japanese Style) Rated M]]> 192 Maki EnjĹŤji 1421559374 Adriana 4 4.05 2010
author: Maki EnjĹŤji
name: Adriana
average rating: 4.05
book published: 2010
rating: 4
read at: 2021/11/21
date added: 2021/11/26
shelves: 2018-reading-challenge, manga, paperback, re-reading, verified-owned, 2021-reading-challenge
review:

]]> 18774932 192 Maki EnjĹŤji 1421559390 Adriana 4 3.92 2011
author: Maki EnjĹŤji
name: Adriana
average rating: 3.92
book published: 2011
rating: 4
read at: 2021/11/26
date added: 2021/11/26
shelves: 2018-reading-challenge, manga, 2021-reading-challenge, paperback, re-reading, verified-owned
review:

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Debut author Sarah Smith nails this fun and sexy multicultural romance where two office foes hammer out their differences to build a love that will last...

Emmie Echavarre is a professional faker. She has to be to survive as one of the few female employees at Nuts & Bolts, a power tool company staffed predominantly by gruff, burly men. From nine to five, Monday through Friday, she's tough as nails--the complete opposite of her easy-going real self.

One thing she doesn't have to fake? Her disdain for coworker Tate Rasmussen. Tate has been hostile to her since the day they met. Emmie's friendly greetings and repeated attempts to get to know him failed to garner anything more than scowls and terse one-word answers. Too bad she can't stop staring at his Thor-like biceps...

When Emmie and Tate are forced to work together on a charity construction project, things get...heated. Emmie's beginning to see that beneath Tate's chiseled exterior lies a soft heart, but it will take more than a few kind words to erase the past and convince her that what they have is real.]]> Sarah Smith Adriana 4 3.35 2019
author: Sarah Smith
name: Adriana
average rating: 3.35
book published: 2019
rating: 4
read at: 2021/07/08
date added: 2021/11/26
shelves: 2021-reading-challenge, audiobooks, contemporary-romance, re-reading, verified-owned
review:

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The Solaris Empire is one conquest away from uniting the continent, and the rare elemental magic sleeping in seventeen-year-old library apprentice Vhalla Yarl could shift the tides of war.

Vhalla has always been taught to fear the Tower of Sorcerers, a mysterious magic society, and has been happy in her quiet world of books. But after she unknowingly saves the life of one of the most powerful sorcerers of them all—the Crown Prince Aldrik—she finds herself enticed into his world. Now she must decide her future: Embrace her sorcery and leave the life she’s known, or eradicate her magic and remain as she’s always been. And with powerful forces lurking in the shadows, Vhalla’s indecision could cost her more than she ever imagined.]]> 9 Elise Kova Adriana 4 3.69 2015
author: Elise Kova
name: Adriana
average rating: 3.69
book published: 2015
rating: 4
read at: 2021/06/28
date added: 2021/10/18
shelves: 2021-reading-challenge, re-reading
review:

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If you are looking for a story about cheerful youngsters spending a jolly time at boarding school, look elsewhere. Violet, Klaus and Sunny Baudelaire are intelligent and resourceful children, and you might expect that they would do very well at school.

Don't.

For the Baudelaires, school turns out to be another miserable episode in their unlucky lives. Truth be told, within the chapters that make up this dreadful story, the children will face snapping crabs, strict punishments, dripping fungus, comprehensive exams, violin recitals. S.O.R.E., and the metric system.

It is my solemn duty to stay up all night reading my history of these three hapless youngsters into a microphone, but you may be more comfortable getting a good night's sleep. In that case, you should probably listen to something else.

With all due respect,

LEMONY SNICKET]]> 256 Lemony Snicket 1405266112 Adriana 0 4.02 2000
author: Lemony Snicket
name: Adriana
average rating: 4.02
book published: 2000
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2021/07/25
shelves: currently-reading, verified-owned, re-reading, paperback
review:

]]> 15942765 208 Lemony Snicket 1405266090 Adriana 4 3.75 2000
author: Lemony Snicket
name: Adriana
average rating: 3.75
book published: 2000
rating: 4
read at: 2021/05/23
date added: 2021/05/25
shelves: 2021-reading-challenge, re-reading, paperback, verified-owned
review:

]]> 2007307 144 Madeleine Ker 0373180039 Adriana 5 3.57 2006
author: Madeleine Ker
name: Adriana
average rating: 3.57
book published: 2006
rating: 5
read at: 2020/10/23
date added: 2020/10/24
shelves: 2020-reading-challenge, manga, verified-owned, paperback, re-reading
review:

]]> 811076 Matsuri Akino 0373180047 Adriana 5 3.52 2006
author: Matsuri Akino
name: Adriana
average rating: 3.52
book published: 2006
rating: 5
read at: 2020/10/23
date added: 2020/10/24
shelves: 2020-reading-challenge, manga, verified-owned, paperback, re-reading
review:

]]> 1962091 144 Hiromi Kobayashi 0373180063 Adriana 5 3.50 2006
author: Hiromi Kobayashi
name: Adriana
average rating: 3.50
book published: 2006
rating: 5
read at: 2020/10/23
date added: 2020/10/24
shelves: 2020-reading-challenge, manga, verified-owned, paperback, re-reading
review:

]]> 118613 144 Akemi Maki 0373180012 Adriana 5 3.58 1990
author: Akemi Maki
name: Adriana
average rating: 3.58
book published: 1990
rating: 5
read at: 2020/10/19
date added: 2020/10/24
shelves: 2020-reading-challenge, manga, verified-owned, paperback, re-reading
review:

]]> 2117056 144 Reiko Kishida 0373180020 Adriana 5 3.35 2006
author: Reiko Kishida
name: Adriana
average rating: 3.35
book published: 2006
rating: 5
read at: 2020/10/19
date added: 2020/10/24
shelves: 2020-reading-challenge, manga, paperback, verified-owned, re-reading
review:

]]> 696719 144 Yukino Hara 0373180004 Adriana 5 3.44 1987
author: Yukino Hara
name: Adriana
average rating: 3.44
book published: 1987
rating: 5
read at: 2020/10/19
date added: 2020/10/24
shelves: 2020-reading-challenge, manga, verified-owned, paperback, re-reading
review:

]]> 132658 144 Yohna 0373180071 Adriana 5 3.35 1991
author: Yohna
name: Adriana
average rating: 3.35
book published: 1991
rating: 5
read at: 2020/10/24
date added: 2020/10/24
shelves: 2020-reading-challenge, manga, re-reading, verified-owned
review:

]]> 23395680
The year is 2575, and two rival mega-corporations are at war over a planet that’s little more than a speck at the edge of the universe. Now with enemy fire raining down on them, Kady and Ezra � who are barely even talking to each other—are forced to evacuate with a hostile warship in hot pursuit.

But their problems are just getting started. A plague has broken out and is mutating with terrifying results; the fleet’s AI may actually be their enemy; and nobody in charge will say what’s really going on. As Kady hacks into a web of data to find the truth, it’s clear the only person who can help her is the ex-boyfriend she swore she’d never speak to again.

Told through a fascinating dossier of hacked documents � including emails, maps, files, IMs, medical reports, interviews, and more � Illuminae is the first book in a heart-stopping trilogy about lives interrupted, the price of truth, and the courage of everyday heroes.]]> 608 Amie Kaufman 0553499114 Adriana 5 4.23 2015
author: Amie Kaufman
name: Adriana
average rating: 4.23
book published: 2015
rating: 5
read at: 2018/01/30
date added: 2018/02/26
shelves: own, 2015-reading-challenge, action-adventure, favorites, 2018-reading-challenge, re-reading, young-adult, sci-fi, group-read
review:

]]> 25489584
In the Witchlands, there are almost as many types of magic as there are ways to get in trouble--as two desperate young women know all too well.

Safiya is a Truthwitch, able to discern truth from lie. It's a powerful magic that many would kill to have on their side, especially amongst the nobility to which Safi was born. So Safi must keep her gift hidden, lest she be used as a pawn in the struggle between empires.

Iseult, a Threadwitch, can see the invisible ties that bind and entangle the lives around her--but she cannot see the bonds that touch her own heart. Her unlikely friendship with Safi has taken her from life as an outcast into one of of reckless adventure, where she is a cool, wary balance to Safi's hotheaded impulsiveness.

Safi and Iseult just want to be free to live their own lives, but war is coming to the Witchlands. With the help of the cunning Prince Merik (a Windwitch and ship's captain) and the hindrance of a Bloodwitch bent on revenge, the friends must fight emperors, princes, and mercenaries alike, who will stop at nothing to get their hands on a Truthwitch.]]> Susan Dennard 0147523761 Adriana 4 3.50 2016
author: Susan Dennard
name: Adriana
average rating: 3.50
book published: 2016
rating: 4
read at: 2016/10/21
date added: 2017/10/25
shelves: audiobooks, young-adult, re-reading, 2016-reading-challenge, action-adventure, fantasy-magic
review:

]]> 17716 109 Samuel Beckett Adriana 4 3.85 1952
author: Samuel Beckett
name: Adriana
average rating: 3.85
book published: 1952
rating: 4
read at: 2017/05/29
date added: 2017/08/20
shelves: 2017-reading-challenge, re-reading
review:

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Sixteen-year-old tomboy Ito Miura has been chosen to play Romeo in Romeo and Juliet ! The problem? She doesn't want the male role!

So, who will be Juliet? The favorite for the part, beautiful and vain Tsugumi, must compete with the cute new transfer student, Makoto Amano. But Makoto has a secret, and if rival Tsugumi, or anyone in the school, finds out, it could ruin Makoto's life, dragging Ito down as well!]]> 184 Emura 1591165989 Adriana 5 4.11 1999
author: Emura
name: Adriana
average rating: 4.11
book published: 1999
rating: 5
read at: 2017/08/04
date added: 2017/08/04
shelves: 2017-reading-challenge, own, re-reading
review:

]]> 8130780 304 Victoria Laurie 1440619301 Adriana 5 4.09 2007
author: Victoria Laurie
name: Adriana
average rating: 4.09
book published: 2007
rating: 5
read at: 2013/10/28
date added: 2017/04/26
shelves: psychic-eye-series, victoria-laurie, 2013-reading-challenge, re-reading, mystery, divination
review:

]]> 8176410 329 Victoria Laurie 110113612X Adriana 5 4.13 2009
author: Victoria Laurie
name: Adriana
average rating: 4.13
book published: 2009
rating: 5
read at: 2013/10/18
date added: 2017/04/26
shelves: psychic-eye-series, victoria-laurie, favorites, 2013-reading-challenge, re-reading, mystery, divination
review:

]]> 8584387 Professional psychic Abigail Cooper is about to discover that some cold cases are better off dead... As the FBI's newest Civilian Profiler, Abby Cooper is using her powers of intuition to help solve a backlog of the bureau's cold cases. But when she's the only one who's convinced that several separate cold cases are related, she'll have to call on every intuitive bone in her body before she's the one put on ice...]]> 341 Victoria Laurie 1101188472 Adriana 5 4.26 2010
author: Victoria Laurie
name: Adriana
average rating: 4.26
book published: 2010
rating: 5
read at: 2013/09/01
date added: 2017/04/26
shelves: psychic-eye-series, victoria-laurie, favorites, 2013-reading-challenge, re-reading, mystery, divination
review:

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Abby Cooper is a P.I., psychic intuitive. But her insight failed her when she didn't foresee the death of one of her clients - or that the lead investigator for the case is the gorgeous blind date she just met. Now, with the police suspicious of her abilities and a killer on the loose, Abby's future looks more uncertain than ever.

Psy listen to more Psychic Eye mysteries.
©2004 Victoria Laurie (P)2009 Audible, Inc.]]> 295 Victoria Laurie 0451213637 Adriana 5 I have to say that I am not an avid reader. I didn't really care much for it, but thanks to this book I realized how much I was missing.

Abby Cooper is a psychic intuitive who is accidentally involved in the death of one of her clients. She feels guilty that she was unable to prevent the death that she tries to solve the mystery herself with the help of Dutch Rivers, a Royal Oak detective and skeptic. Abby will not rest until the killer is found.

I loved this book so much that this is the second time I've read it and it still kept me at the edge of my seat anxious to see what would happen next.]]> 3.94 2004
author: Victoria Laurie
name: Adriana
average rating: 3.94
book published: 2004
rating: 5
read at: 2016/06/19
date added: 2017/04/26
shelves: psychic-eye-series, victoria-laurie, favorites, 2016-reading-challenge, re-reading, mystery, divination
review:
Abby Cooper Psychic Eye.
I have to say that I am not an avid reader. I didn't really care much for it, but thanks to this book I realized how much I was missing.

Abby Cooper is a psychic intuitive who is accidentally involved in the death of one of her clients. She feels guilty that she was unable to prevent the death that she tries to solve the mystery herself with the help of Dutch Rivers, a Royal Oak detective and skeptic. Abby will not rest until the killer is found.

I loved this book so much that this is the second time I've read it and it still kept me at the edge of my seat anxious to see what would happen next.
]]> 15729854
The truth may be he's just not that into you.

Based on a popular episode of Sex & the City, He's Just Not That Into You educates otherwise smart women on how to tell when a guy just doesn't like them enough, so they can stop wasting time making excuses for a dead-end relationship.]]> 187 Greg Behrendt Adriana 4 3.92 2004
author: Greg Behrendt
name: Adriana
average rating: 3.92
book published: 2004
rating: 4
read at: 2017/04/23
date added: 2017/04/23
shelves: 2017-reading-challenge, contemporary-romance, own, re-reading
review:

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Struggling LA shoe designer, Maddie Springer, lives her life by three Fashion. Fashion. Fashion. But when her boyfriend suddenly disappears--along with $20 million in embezzled funds--her life takes an unexpected turn from Manolos to murder. Now her every move is under scrutiny by the LAPD's sexiest cop, dead bodies are dropping around her faster than last season's trends, and the deeper she digs the more she realizes maybe she didn't know her man as well as she thought. With the help of her post-menopausal bridezilla of a mother, a Venice Beach psychic, and her wanna-be actress best friend, Maddie finds herself stepping out of her stilettos and onto the trail of a murderer. But can she catch a killer before the killer catches up to her... 

 This story does not contain any graphic violence, language, or sexual encounters. Its rating would be similar to PG-13 or what you would find on a Hallmark Channel movie or TV series. 

High Heels  
#1 Spying in High Heels 
#2 Killer in High Heels 
#3 Undercover in High Heels 
#3.5 Christmas in High Heels (short story) 
#4 Alibi in High Heels 
#5 Mayhem in High Heels 
#5.5 Honeymoon in High Heels (short story) 
#5.75 Sweetheart in High Heels (novella) 
#6 Fearless in High Heels 
#7 Danger in High Heels 
#8 Homicide in High Heels 
#9 Deadly in High Heels 
#10 Suspect in High Heels 

What critics are saying about  Spying in High Heels : 

"A saucy combination of romance and suspense that is simply irresistible." 
~  Chicago Tribune 

"Stylish... nonstop action...guaranteed to keep chick lit and mystery fans happy!" 
~  Publishers' Weekly , starred review 

"Smart, funny and snappy,  Spying in High Heels  is the perfect beach read!" 
~  Fresh Fiction 

" Spying in High Heels  is a roller coaster ride full of fun and excitement!" 
~  Romance Reviews Today ]]> 324 Gemma Halliday 0843957352 Adriana 5 3.55 2006
author: Gemma Halliday
name: Adriana
average rating: 3.55
book published: 2006
rating: 5
read at: 2015/02/02
date added: 2017/01/07
shelves: re-reading, 2015-reading-challenge
review:

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