Fey's bookshelf: all en-US Sat, 01 Mar 2025 10:38:06 -0800 60 Fey's bookshelf: all 144 41 /images/layout/goodreads_logo_144.jpg <![CDATA[King of Thorns (Broken Empire #2)]]> 17999884 597 Mark Lawrence 0007439024 Fey 4 4.13 2012 King of Thorns (Broken Empire #2)
author: Mark Lawrence
name: Fey
average rating: 4.13
book published: 2012
rating: 4
read at: 2014/03/28
date added: 2025/03/01
shelves: utopia-dystopia, apocalyptic, fantasy, library, magic
review:

]]> <![CDATA[City of Dragons (Rain Wild Chronicles #3)]]> 11918442 425 Robin Hobb 0007273800 Fey 3 4.05 2011 City of Dragons (Rain Wild Chronicles #3)
author: Robin Hobb
name: Fey
average rating: 4.05
book published: 2011
rating: 3
read at: 2013/10/24
date added: 2025/02/27
shelves: fantasy, dragons, 2013-must-read, on-my-bookshelf, charity-shop-bought, second-hand
review:

]]> Naked Lunch 563798 Naked Lunch is the unnerving tale of a monumental descent into the hellish world of a narcotics addict as he travels from New York to Tangiers, then into Interzone, a nightmarish modern urban wasteland in which the forces of good and evil vie for control of the individual and all of humanity. By mixing the fantastic and the realistic with his own unmistakable vision and voice, Burroughs has created a unique masterpiece that is a classic of twentieth-century fiction.]]> 232 William S. Burroughs Fey 0 to-read, classics 3.29 1959 Naked Lunch
author: William S. Burroughs
name: Fey
average rating: 3.29
book published: 1959
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2025/01/31
shelves: to-read, classics
review:

]]> <![CDATA[The Book of Life (All Souls, #3)]]> 16054217 The #1 New York Times bestselling series finale and sequel to A Discovery of Witches and Shadow of Night

Bringing the magic and suspense of the All Souls Trilogy to a deeply satisfying conclusion, this highly anticipated finale went straight to #1 on the New York Times bestseller list. In The Book of Life, Diana and Matthew time-travel back from Elizabethan London to make a dramatic return to the present—facing new crises and old enemies. At Matthew’s ancestral home, Sept-Tours, they reunite with the beloved cast of characters from A Discovery of Witches—with one significant exception. But the real threat to their future has yet to be revealed, and when it is, the search for Ashmole 782 and its missing pages takes on even more urgency.]]> 561 Deborah Harkness 0670025593 Fey 0 4.15 2014 The Book of Life (All Souls, #3)
author: Deborah Harkness
name: Fey
average rating: 4.15
book published: 2014
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2025/01/17
shelves: to-read, goodreads-choice-2014
review:

]]> The Nag Hammadi Scriptures 3690088 The Nag Hammadi Scriptures, edited by Marvin Meyer, is the most complete, up-to-date, one-volume, English-language edition of the renowned library of Gnostic manuscripts discovered in Egypt in 1945, which rivaled the Dead Sea Scrolls find in significance. It includes the Gospel of Thomas, the Gospel of Mary, and the recently discovered Gospel of Judas, as well as other Gnostic gospels and sacred texts. This volume also includes introductory essays, notes, tables, glossary, index, etc. to help the reader understand the context and contemporary significance of these texts which have shed new light on early Christianity and ancient thought. The compilation of ancient manuscripts that constitute The Nag Hammadi Scriptures is a discovery that challenges everything we thought we knew about the early Christian church, ancient Judaism, and Greco-Roman religions.]]> 864 Marvin W. Meyer 0061626007 Fey 0 4.33 The Nag Hammadi Scriptures
author: Marvin W. Meyer
name: Fey
average rating: 4.33
book published:
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2024/11/16
shelves: to-read, religion, history, christianity
review:

]]> <![CDATA[Rosemary and Rue (October Daye, #1)]]> 8163827
The murder of Countess Evening Winterrose pulls Toby back into the fae world. Unable to resist Evening-s dying curse, which binds her to investigate, Toby must resume her former position as knight errant and renew old alliances. As she steps back into fae society, dealing with a cast of characters not entirely good or evil, she realizes that more than her own life will be forfeited if she cannot find Evening's killer.]]> 368 Seanan McGuire 1101140100 Fey 3 3.92 2009 Rosemary and Rue (October Daye, #1)
author: Seanan McGuire
name: Fey
average rating: 3.92
book published: 2009
rating: 3
read at: 2015/12/30
date added: 2024/09/29
shelves: urban-fantasy, series-to-catch-up-with, female-author
review:

]]> <![CDATA[Vision in Silver (The Others, #3)]]> 22456990 cassandra sangue  to protect the blood prophets from exploitation, not realizing their actions would have dire consequences. Now the fragile seers are in greater danger than ever before—both from their own weaknesses and from those who seek to control their divinations for wicked purposes. In desperate need of answers, Simon Wolfgard, a shape-shifter leader among the Others, has no choice but to enlist blood prophet Meg Corbyn’s help, regardless of the risks she faces by aiding him.

Meg is still deep in the throes of her addiction to the euphoria she feels when she cuts and speaks prophecy. She knows each slice of her blade tempts death. But Others and humans alike need answers, and her visions may be Simon’s only hope of ending the conflict.

For the shadows of war are deepening across the Atlantik, and the prejudice of a fanatic faction is threatening to bring the battle right to Meg and Simon’s doorstep…]]> 407 Anne Bishop 1101635118 Fey 3 4.42 2015 Vision in Silver (The Others, #3)
author: Anne Bishop
name: Fey
average rating: 4.42
book published: 2015
rating: 3
read at: 2017/02/12
date added: 2024/09/27
shelves:
review:

]]> <![CDATA[Archangel's Kiss (Guild Hunter, #2)]]> 8255986 New York Times bestselling author Nalini Singh returns to her world of angelic rulers, vampiric servants, and the woman thrust into their darkly seductive world...  Vampire hunter Elena Deveraux wakes from a year-long coma to find herself changed - an angel with wings the colors of midnight and dawn - but her fragile body needs time to heal before she can take flight. Her lover, the stunningly dangerous archangel Raphael, is used to being in control - even when it comes to the woman he considers his own. But Elena has never done well with authority...They've barely begun to understand each other when Raphael receives an invitation to a ball from the archangel Lijuan. To refuse would be a sign of fatal weakness, so Raphael must ready Elena for the flight to Beijing - and to the nightmare that awaits them there. Ancient and without conscience, Lijuan holds a power that lies with the dead. And she has organized the most perfect and most vicious of welcomes for Elena...]]> 340 Nalini Singh 110118499X Fey 2 Elena has her wings, but she's still very weak, she's still growing into her immortality, and she has to begin the long painful process building her strength up and learning to fly, alongside dealing with her new addition to her hunter abilities, which seems to allow her to scent angels and not just vampires.
Archangel Raphael must make sure that Elena is ready in time for a visit with Lijuan, the oldest and most powerful of the archangels. Lijuan has lived so long that her power has sent her beyond anything considered sane or human, and Elena has to be ready for anything. And then at home at the eyrie Elena has become a target, many angels are jealous of the first angel created in centuries, or perhaps they're just power hungry, or simply out to kill, who knows with angels, they're not usually all that nice in these books.

I ended up rating the book low, because although I love the ideas in this book, I just became so bored several times in this novel. It was just so slow-moving in parts, and I guess I have a higher expectation of romance novels these days. The overall plot just moved at a glacial speed, interrupted so often by multiple flashbacks to Elena's past (which were totally OTT sickeningly emo), and frequent tiffs between Elena and Raphael (because Raphael is very possessive and domineering, but this can come across as irritatingly unatractive, 'alpha males' are overrated).

In so many places the author's writing was very clumsy and awkward, leading to having to re-read various scenes to figure out what exactly what went on, who stood where, how did he get in front of her, was that her left or right arm or a third arm...?? I think the book just has a dire lack of proper editing, too rushed.

It's a pity, because I would like to like this book, I remember liking the first one, and the mini prequel, but this was just uninspiring.

See my other reviews of the Guild Hunter series:
� | #3 Archangel's Consort (to read) �
(sorry, #1 not yet reviewed)]]> 4.18 2010 Archangel's Kiss (Guild Hunter, #2)
author: Nalini Singh
name: Fey
average rating: 4.18
book published: 2010
rating: 2
read at: 2011/03/02
date added: 2024/09/24
shelves: paranormal-romance, het, angels, reviewed
review:
Continuing straight on from book 1. Elena has recently awoken from her coma, after being saved from near death by Raphael's kiss; the kiss that started her transformation into an angel.
Elena has her wings, but she's still very weak, she's still growing into her immortality, and she has to begin the long painful process building her strength up and learning to fly, alongside dealing with her new addition to her hunter abilities, which seems to allow her to scent angels and not just vampires.
Archangel Raphael must make sure that Elena is ready in time for a visit with Lijuan, the oldest and most powerful of the archangels. Lijuan has lived so long that her power has sent her beyond anything considered sane or human, and Elena has to be ready for anything. And then at home at the eyrie Elena has become a target, many angels are jealous of the first angel created in centuries, or perhaps they're just power hungry, or simply out to kill, who knows with angels, they're not usually all that nice in these books.

I ended up rating the book low, because although I love the ideas in this book, I just became so bored several times in this novel. It was just so slow-moving in parts, and I guess I have a higher expectation of romance novels these days. The overall plot just moved at a glacial speed, interrupted so often by multiple flashbacks to Elena's past (which were totally OTT sickeningly emo), and frequent tiffs between Elena and Raphael (because Raphael is very possessive and domineering, but this can come across as irritatingly unatractive, 'alpha males' are overrated).

In so many places the author's writing was very clumsy and awkward, leading to having to re-read various scenes to figure out what exactly what went on, who stood where, how did he get in front of her, was that her left or right arm or a third arm...?? I think the book just has a dire lack of proper editing, too rushed.

It's a pity, because I would like to like this book, I remember liking the first one, and the mini prequel, but this was just uninspiring.

See my other reviews of the Guild Hunter series:
� | #3 Archangel's Consort (to read) �
(sorry, #1 not yet reviewed)
]]> <![CDATA[Santa Olivia (Santa Olivia, #1)]]> 6676040 Lushly written with rich and vivid characters, Santa Olivia is Jacqueline Carey's take on comic book superheroes and the classic werewolf myth. Loup Garron was born and raised in Santa Olivia, an isolated, disenfranchised town next to a US military base inside a DMZ buffer zone between Texas and Mexico. A fugitive "Wolf-Man" who had a love affair with a local woman, Loup's father was one of a group of men genetically-manipulated and used by the US government as a weapon. The "Wolf-Men" were engineered to have superhuman strength, speed, sensory capability, stamina, and a total lack of fear, and Loup, named for and sharing her father's wolf-like qualities, is marked as an outsider. After her mother dies, Loup goes to live among the misfit orphans at the parish church, where they seethe from the injustices visited upon the locals by the soldiers. Eventually, the orphans find an outlet for their They form a vigilante group to support Loup Garron who, costumed as their patron saint, Santa Olivia, uses her special abilities to avenge the town. Aware that she could lose her freedom, and possibly her life, Loup is determined to fight to redress the wrongs her community has suffered. And like the reincarnation of their patron saint, she will bring hope to all of Santa Olivia.]]> 354 Jacqueline Carey 0446551414 Fey 3 4.02 2009 Santa Olivia (Santa Olivia, #1)
author: Jacqueline Carey
name: Fey
average rating: 4.02
book published: 2009
rating: 3
read at: 2014/06/06
date added: 2024/09/23
shelves: paranormal-romance, urban-fantasy, f-f, 2014-must-read, series-to-catch-up-with
review:

]]> <![CDATA[Dark Currents (Agent of Hel, #1)]]> 16069105
The Midwestern resort town of Pemkowet boasts a diverse eccentric locals, wealthy summer people, and tourists by the busload; not to mention fairies, sprites, vampires, naiads, ogres and a whole host of eldritch folk, presided over by Hel, a reclusive Norse goddess.

To Daisy Johanssen, fathered by an incubus and raised by a single mother, it’s home. And as Hel’s enforcer and the designated liaison to the Pemkowet Police Department, it’s up to her to ensure relations between the mundane and eldritch communities run smoothly.

But when a young man from a nearby college drowns—and signs point to eldritch involvement—the town’s booming paranormal tourism trade is at stake. Teamed up with her childhood crush, Officer Cody Fairfax, a sexy werewolf on the down-low, Daisy must solve the crime—and keep a tight rein on the darker side of her nature. For if she’s ever tempted to invoke her demonic birthright, it could accidentally unleash nothing less than Armageddon.]]> 368 Jacqueline Carey 1101615400 Fey 4 3.89 2012 Dark Currents (Agent of Hel, #1)
author: Jacqueline Carey
name: Fey
average rating: 3.89
book published: 2012
rating: 4
read at: 2014/12/28
date added: 2024/09/21
shelves: urban-fantasy, paranormal, paranormal-romance, vampires, werewolves, magic, mystery, 2014-must-read
review:

]]> The Iron Duke (Iron Seas, #1) 9447554
But when Mina uncovers the victim's identity, she stumbles upon a conspiracy that threatens the lives of everyone in England. To save them, Mina and Rhys must race across zombie-infested wastelands and treacherous oceans-and Mina discovers the danger is not only to her countrymen, as she finds herself tempted to give up everything to the Iron Duke.]]> 404 Meljean Brook 1101444088 Fey 3 steampunk, fantasy, soon 3.99 2010 The Iron Duke (Iron Seas, #1)
author: Meljean Brook
name: Fey
average rating: 3.99
book published: 2010
rating: 3
read at: 2017/09/12
date added: 2024/09/21
shelves: steampunk, fantasy, soon
review:

]]> <![CDATA[A Breath of Snow and Ashes (Outlander, #6)]]> 5442166
This sixth novel in Diana Gabaldon’s bestselling Outlander saga is a masterpiece of historical fiction from one of the most popular authors of our time. A Breath of Snow and Ashes continues the extraordinary story of 18th-century Scotsman Jamie Fraser and his 20th-century wife, Claire.

The year is 1772, and on the eve of the American Revolution, the long fuse of rebellion has already been lit. Men lie dead in the streets of Boston, and in the backwoods of North Carolina, isolated cabins burn in the forest.

With chaos brewing, the governor calls upon Jamie Fraser to unite the backcountry and safeguard the colony for King and Crown. But from his wife Jamie knows that three years hence the shot heard round the world will be fired, and the result will be independence—with those loyal to the King either dead or in exile. And there is also the matter of a tiny clipping from The Wilmington Gazette, dated 1776, which reports Jamie’s death, along with his kin. For once, he hopes, his time-traveling family may be wrong about the future.]]> 1488 Diana Gabaldon 0440335655 Fey 4 4.61 2005 A Breath of Snow and Ashes (Outlander, #6)
author: Diana Gabaldon
name: Fey
average rating: 4.61
book published: 2005
rating: 4
read at: 2012/03/19
date added: 2024/09/17
shelves: historical-fiction, historical-romance, time-travel, het, series-to-catch-up-with
review:

]]> <![CDATA[The Yellow Wallpaper and Other Stories]]> 99300
Written from a feminist perspective, often focusing on the inferior status accorded to women by society, the tales include "turned," an ironic story with a startling twist, in which a husband seduces and impregnates a naĂŻve servant; "Cottagette," concerning the romance of a young artist and a man who's apparently too good to be true; "Mr. Peebles' Heart," a liberating tale of a fiftyish shopkeeper whose sister-in-law, a doctor, persuades him to take a solo trip to Europe, with revivifying results; "The Yellow Wallpaper"; and three other outstanding stories.

These charming tales are not only highly readable and full of humor and invention, but also offer ample food for thought about the social, economic, and personal relationship of men and women � and how they might be improved.

Collects:
—The Yellow Wallpaper
—Three Thanksgivings
—The Cottagette
—TłÜ°ů˛Ô±đ»ĺ
—Making a Change
—If I Were a Man
—Mr. Peebles' Heart]]> 129 Charlotte Perkins Gilman 0486298574 Fey 0 4.05 1892 The Yellow Wallpaper and Other Stories
author: Charlotte Perkins Gilman
name: Fey
average rating: 4.05
book published: 1892
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2024/09/06
shelves: to-read, 69-feminist-books, female-author, feminist
review:

]]> <![CDATA[Around the World in Eighty Days]]> 54479 252 Jules Verne 014044906X Fey 2 classics 3.95 1872 Around the World in Eighty Days
author: Jules Verne
name: Fey
average rating: 3.95
book published: 1872
rating: 2
read at: 1996/01/01
date added: 2024/08/07
shelves: classics
review:

]]> <![CDATA[The Warlord Wants Forever (Immortals After Dark, #0.5)]]> 6388558
She eludes him for five years, but he has finally chased her to ground and stolen the jewel which commands her, giving him absolute power over her. While he possesses it, he can make her do anything, and he plans to in order for her to experience firsthand the agonizing, unending lust she'd purposely subjected him to for half a decade. Yet when Wroth realizes he wants more from her and frees her, will she come.

Note: First published in the 2006 anthology, Playing Easy to Get.]]> 163 Kresley Cole Fey 4 4.04 2006 The Warlord Wants Forever (Immortals After Dark, #0.5)
author: Kresley Cole
name: Fey
average rating: 4.04
book published: 2006
rating: 4
read at: 2010/06/01
date added: 2024/08/07
shelves: paranormal-romance, immortals-after-dark, het, mythology, vampires, urban-fantasy, romance, fated-mates
review:

]]> Mansfield Park 45032 488 Jane Austen Fey 3 3.86 1814 Mansfield Park
author: Jane Austen
name: Fey
average rating: 3.86
book published: 1814
rating: 3
read at: 2012/01/11
date added: 2024/08/07
shelves: classics, 2012-must-read, on-my-bookshelf, charity-shop-bought, second-hand, romance, to-review, regency
review:

]]> <![CDATA[Rivers of London: Body Work, #1]]> 23387877

Peter Grant is one of only two members of a very special branch of London's Metropolitan Police. He is, in fact, pretty much a wizard and it's his job to investigate those shadowy crimes that involve urban vampires, weird folk in the underground and, in this case, why cars are suddenly taking on lives of their own and killing innocent folk!

Written by Doctor Who writer Ben Aaronovitch (Remembrance of the Daleks) and set in the world of his own bestselling novels, with Doctor Who showrunner Andrew Cartmel!

Rivers of London novels have sold over 1,000,000 copies worldwide to date!

In continuity with the novels � not an adaptation, this is an all-new story set between books 4 and 5!

]]> Ben Aaronovitch Fey 0 3.90 2016 Rivers of London: Body Work, #1
author: Ben Aaronovitch
name: Fey
average rating: 3.90
book published: 2016
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2024/08/06
shelves: to-read, graphic-novel, fantasy
review:

]]> <![CDATA[Partners in Crime (Partners in Crime #1)]]> 6084562 225 Josh Lanyon 1596326131 Fey 4 mystery, m-m 4.10 2007 Partners in Crime (Partners in Crime #1)
author: Josh Lanyon
name: Fey
average rating: 4.10
book published: 2007
rating: 4
read at: 2010/08/15
date added: 2024/07/29
shelves: mystery, m-m
review:

]]> And Then There Were None 181133 317 page edition

First, there were ten—a curious assortment of strangers summoned as weekend guests to a little private island off the coast of Devon. Their host, an eccentric millionaire unknown to all of them, is nowhere to be found. All that the guests have in common is a wicked past they're unwilling to reveal—and a secret that will seal their fate. For each has been marked for murder. A famous nursery rhyme is framed and hung in every room of the mansion:

"Ten little boys went out to dine; One choked his little self and then there were nine. Nine little boys sat up very late; One overslept himself and then there were eight. Eight little boys traveling in Devon; One said he'd stay there then there were seven. Seven little boys chopping up sticks; One chopped himself in half and then there were six. Six little boys playing with a hive; A bumblebee stung one and then there were five. Five little boys going in for law; One got in Chancery and then there were four. Four little boys going out to sea; A red herring swallowed one and then there were three. Three little boys walking in the zoo; A big bear hugged one and then there were two. Two little boys sitting in the sun; One got frizzled up and then there was one. One little boy left all alone; He went out and hanged himself and then there were none."

When they realize that murders are occurring as described in the rhyme, terror mounts. One by one they fall prey. Before the weekend is out, there will be none. Who has choreographed this dastardly scheme? And who will be left to tell the tale? Only the dead are above suspicion.]]> 250 Agatha Christie Fey 4 4.31 1939 And Then There Were None
author: Agatha Christie
name: Fey
average rating: 4.31
book published: 1939
rating: 4
read at: 2014/07/27
date added: 2024/07/01
shelves: mystery, jezebels-75, classics, on-my-bookshelf, second-hand
review:

]]> The Gargoyle 6011275 A young man is fighting for his life.
Into his room walks a bewitching woman who believes she can save him.
Their journey will have you believing in the impossible.

The nameless and beautiful narrator of The Gargoyle is driving along a dark road when he is distracted by what seems to be a flight of arrows. He crashes into a ravine and wakes up in a burns ward, undergoing the tortures of the damned. His life is over - he is now a monster.

But in fact it is only just beginning. One day, Marianne Engel, a wild and compelling sculptress of gargoyles, enters his life and tells him that they were once lovers in medieval Germany. In her telling, he was a badly burned mercenary and she was a nun and a scribe who nursed him back to health in the famed monastery of Engelthal. As she spins her tale, Scheherazade fashion, and relates equally mesmerising stories of deathless love in Japan, Greenland, Italy and England, he finds himself drawn back to life - and, finally, to love.]]> 499 Andrew Davidson 1847671691 Fey 5 3.90 2008 The Gargoyle
author: Andrew Davidson
name: Fey
average rating: 3.90
book published: 2008
rating: 5
read at: 2012/03/10
date added: 2024/03/15
shelves: 2011-must-read, fantasy, 2012-must-read, on-my-bookshelf, charity-shop-bought, second-hand, to-review, romance
review:

]]> <![CDATA[A Deepness in the Sky (Zones of Thought, #2)]]> 226004 A Fire Upon The Deep, this is the story of Pham Nuwen, a small cog in the interstellar trading fleet of the Queng Ho. The Queng Ho and the Emergents are orbiting the dormant planet Arachna, which is about to wake up to technology, but the Emergents' plans are sinister.]]> 775 Vernor Vinge 0812536355 Fey 0 4.31 1999 A Deepness in the Sky (Zones of Thought, #2)
author: Vernor Vinge
name: Fey
average rating: 4.31
book published: 1999
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2023/11/01
shelves: to-read, science-fiction, space-opera
review:

]]> The Shipping News 7354
A vigorous, darkly comic, and at times magical portrait of the contemporary American family, The Shipping News shows why E. Annie Proulx is recognized as one of the most gifted and original writers in America today.
(back cover)]]> 337 Annie Proulx 0743225422 Fey 0 to-read, jezebels-75 3.88 1993 The Shipping News
author: Annie Proulx
name: Fey
average rating: 3.88
book published: 1993
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2023/10/31
shelves: to-read, jezebels-75
review:

]]> <![CDATA[The Killing Dance (Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter, #6)]]> 30244 368 Laurell K. Hamilton 0425209067 Fey 4 4.14 1997 The Killing Dance (Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter, #6)
author: Laurell K. Hamilton
name: Fey
average rating: 4.14
book published: 1997
rating: 4
read at: 2009/08/08
date added: 2023/10/21
shelves: paranormal-romance, urban-fantasy, het, vampires, werewolves, shapeshifters, magic
review:

]]> <![CDATA[Martin the Warrior (Redwall, #6)]]> 1119335 375 Brian Jacques 0099281716 Fey 0 4.04 1993 Martin the Warrior (Redwall, #6)
author: Brian Jacques
name: Fey
average rating: 4.04
book published: 1993
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2023/10/12
shelves: to-read, young-adult, fantasy, redwall, animal-fantasy
review:

]]> Flowers for Algernon 54872718 Winner of both the Hugo and Nebula Awards, the powerful, classic story about a man who receives an operation that turns him into a genius...and introduces him to heartache.

Charlie Gordon is about to embark upon an unprecedented journey. Born with an unusually low IQ, he has been chosen as the perfect subject for an experimental surgery that researchers hope will increase his intelligence-a procedure that has already been highly successful when tested on a lab mouse named Algernon.

As the treatment takes effect, Charlie's intelligence expands until it surpasses that of the doctors who engineered his metamorphosis. The experiment appears to be a scientific breakthrough of paramount importance, until Algernon suddenly deteriorates. Will the same happen to Charlie?]]> 311 Daniel Keyes Fey 4 4.27 1966 Flowers for Algernon
author: Daniel Keyes
name: Fey
average rating: 4.27
book published: 1966
rating: 4
read at: 2016/01/03
date added: 2023/08/18
shelves: science-fiction, sfx-book-club, young-adult, 2015-must-read, 2016-must-read
review:

]]> <![CDATA[The Complete Dead Sea Scrolls in English]]> 608947 648 GĂ©za Vermes 0140449523 Fey 0 4.06 -200 The Complete Dead Sea Scrolls in English
author: GĂ©za Vermes
name: Fey
average rating: 4.06
book published: -200
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2023/07/29
shelves: to-read, religion, history, christianity
review:

]]> <![CDATA[Stealing Jesus: How Fundamentalism Betrays Christianity]]> 96170 340 Bruce Bawer 0609802224 Fey 0 3.85 1997 Stealing Jesus: How Fundamentalism Betrays Christianity
author: Bruce Bawer
name: Fey
average rating: 3.85
book published: 1997
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2023/07/22
shelves: to-read, christianity, religion
review:

]]> <![CDATA[The Screwtape Letters, Includes Screwtape Proposes a Toast]]> 13857
This 60th anniversary edition includes for the first time Screwtape Proposes a Toast, in which the notorious Screwtape addresses a dinner at the Tempter's Training College for young devils...]]> 209 C.S. Lewis 0006280609 Fey 3
Its an interesting fantasy piece, but mostly its a sort of satirical study of human nature, especially as regards to religion, vices and virtues.

I found it hard to simply read the book as it is. Found myself constantly trying to reverse every piece of advice that Screwtape gives in order to see what CS Lewis himself truly believes. Doesn't always work that way, because Screwtape gives his advice with quite a mix of truth and 'evil'. But I couldn't stop twisting everything round to find the opposite of all the demons advice. Which made for confusing reading.

There are some thought provoking concepts in here. I was particularly interested in screwtapes commentary on how humans use the term 'real', how physical and mental/spiritual effects can both be described as real, but we pick and choose which to regard as real depending on the topic, and depending on what we're trying to prove. Anyhow, Lewis writes in better than I do, so I'll give up trying to explain it, probably falls under spoilers anyway.

I did find myself being somewhat frustrated by what I consider to be outdated offensive prejudices in his work. And I recognise this is somewhat hypocritical of me, because I'm always complaining about people who dismiss religion based on old writings that don't stand up to todays values or knowledge, when they don't apply the same stricture to science. We don't discredit all science because ancient philosophers believed the sun revolved around the earth, or because physicsists once proposed that light propogated through ether.. no we aknowledge that science evolves and we improve upon it continuously. So I take the same view of religion, and christianity in particular is an evolving religion. And yet it does annoy me, even tho Lewis wrote this novel 60 years ago, that it contains outdated mysoginistic, sexist or homophobic beliefs or references that don't have any place in modern christianity or the modern world. Its probably because of the fact that its still a respected piece of writing despite any shortcomings or faults, and I worry about the influence of it.

Not to say that it doesn't make for interesting reading, it certainly does, I gave it 3 stars, for some quite thoughtprovoking comments. But other parts of it just smell of old-fashioned prejudice. ]]> 4.13 1942 The Screwtape Letters, Includes Screwtape Proposes a Toast
author: C.S. Lewis
name: Fey
average rating: 4.13
book published: 1942
rating: 3
read at: 2014/02/13
date added: 2022/11/03
shelves: religion, christianity, non-fiction, library, reviewed
review:
A series of letters from Screwtape, a demon, to his nephew Wormwood, a junior demon. The letters give advice to Wormwood on how to persuade or tempt his human subject away from G-d and towards their side.

Its an interesting fantasy piece, but mostly its a sort of satirical study of human nature, especially as regards to religion, vices and virtues.

I found it hard to simply read the book as it is. Found myself constantly trying to reverse every piece of advice that Screwtape gives in order to see what CS Lewis himself truly believes. Doesn't always work that way, because Screwtape gives his advice with quite a mix of truth and 'evil'. But I couldn't stop twisting everything round to find the opposite of all the demons advice. Which made for confusing reading.

There are some thought provoking concepts in here. I was particularly interested in screwtapes commentary on how humans use the term 'real', how physical and mental/spiritual effects can both be described as real, but we pick and choose which to regard as real depending on the topic, and depending on what we're trying to prove. Anyhow, Lewis writes in better than I do, so I'll give up trying to explain it, probably falls under spoilers anyway.

I did find myself being somewhat frustrated by what I consider to be outdated offensive prejudices in his work. And I recognise this is somewhat hypocritical of me, because I'm always complaining about people who dismiss religion based on old writings that don't stand up to todays values or knowledge, when they don't apply the same stricture to science. We don't discredit all science because ancient philosophers believed the sun revolved around the earth, or because physicsists once proposed that light propogated through ether.. no we aknowledge that science evolves and we improve upon it continuously. So I take the same view of religion, and christianity in particular is an evolving religion. And yet it does annoy me, even tho Lewis wrote this novel 60 years ago, that it contains outdated mysoginistic, sexist or homophobic beliefs or references that don't have any place in modern christianity or the modern world. Its probably because of the fact that its still a respected piece of writing despite any shortcomings or faults, and I worry about the influence of it.

Not to say that it doesn't make for interesting reading, it certainly does, I gave it 3 stars, for some quite thoughtprovoking comments. But other parts of it just smell of old-fashioned prejudice.
]]> Daemonifuge 4030390 64 Kevin Walker 1841541176 Fey 0 4.12 1999 Daemonifuge
author: Kevin Walker
name: Fey
average rating: 4.12
book published: 1999
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2022/07/04
shelves: to-read, warhammer-40k, graphic-novel
review:

]]> <![CDATA[The Bear and the Nightingale (Winternight Trilogy, #1)]]> 33797941
After Vasilisa's mother dies, her father goes to Moscow and brings home a new wife. Fiercely devout, city-bred, Vasilisa's new stepmother forbids her family from honoring the household spirits. The family acquiesces, but Vasilisa is frightened, sensing that more hinges upon their rituals than anyone knows.

And indeed, crops begin to fail, evil creatures of the forest creep nearer, and misfortune stalks the village. All the while, Vasilisa's stepmother grows ever harsher in her determination to groom her rebellious stepdaughter for either marriage or confinement in a convent.

As danger circles, Vasilisa must defy even the people she loves and call on dangerous gifts she has long concealed--this, in order to protect her family from a threat that seems to have stepped from her nurse's most frightening tales.]]> 430 Katherine Arden 1785031058 Fey 4 4.12 2017 The Bear and the Nightingale (Winternight Trilogy, #1)
author: Katherine Arden
name: Fey
average rating: 4.12
book published: 2017
rating: 4
read at: 2019/07/09
date added: 2022/01/07
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review:

]]> <![CDATA[I Wish You All the Best (I Wish You All the Best, #1)]]> 41473872 An alternate cover edition for 9781338306125 can be found here.

When Ben De Backer comes out to their parents as nonbinary, they're thrown out of their house and forced to move in with their estranged older sister, Hannah, and her husband, Thomas, whom Ben has never even met. Struggling with an anxiety disorder compounded by their parents' rejection, they come out only to Hannah, Thomas, and their therapist and try to keep a low profile in a new school.

But Ben's attempts to survive the last half of senior year unnoticed are thwarted when Nathan Allan, a funny and charismatic student, decides to take Ben under his wing. As Ben and Nathan's friendship grows, their feelings for each other begin to change, and what started as a disastrous turn of events looks like it might just be a chance to start a happier new life.

At turns heartbreaking and joyous, I Wish You All the Best is both a celebration of life, friendship, and love, and a shining example of hope in the face of adversity.]]> 329 Mason Deaver Fey 0 to-read 4.15 2019 I Wish You All the Best (I Wish You All the Best, #1)
author: Mason Deaver
name: Fey
average rating: 4.15
book published: 2019
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2021/04/28
shelves: to-read
review:

]]> <![CDATA[The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August]]> 18295861 416 Claire North 0316399612 Fey 0 3.93 2014 The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August
author: Claire North
name: Fey
average rating: 3.93
book published: 2014
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2021/04/11
shelves: to-read, goodreads-choice-2014, science-fiction
review:

]]> Death Comes to Pemberley 12997702 310 P.D. James 0571283608 Fey 0 to-read 2.72 2011 Death Comes to Pemberley
author: P.D. James
name: Fey
average rating: 2.72
book published: 2011
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2021/02/22
shelves: to-read
review:

]]> <![CDATA[The Sacred Bee in Ancient Times and Folklore]]> 450895 Chapters cover the folklore of bees and bee culture � from Egyptian, Babylonian, Chinese, Hittite, and other ancient sources as well as practices in modern England, France, and Central Europe. Thirty-five plates of rare black-and-white illustrations depict bees, hives, and beekeepers as they appear in ancient paintings and sculpture, on coins, jewelry, and Mayan glyphs; and carved into African tree trunks. Folk stories from Finland and the bee in America are also described.
Hailed by The New York Times as possessing an "oddity, beauty, and broad scholarly interest," this unusual book will attract a wide audience � nature lovers and folklore enthusiasts included.]]> 336 Hilda M. Ransome 048643494X Fey 0 4.04 1937 The Sacred Bee in Ancient Times and Folklore
author: Hilda M. Ransome
name: Fey
average rating: 4.04
book published: 1937
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2021/02/22
shelves: non-fiction, currently-reading
review:

]]> <![CDATA[The Skull Throne (Demon Cycle, #4)]]> 13630171
Built from the skulls of fallen generals and demon princes, it is a seat of honor and ancient, powerful magic, keeping the demon corelings at bay. From atop the throne, Ahmann Jardir was meant to conquer the known world, forging its isolated peoples into a unified army to rise up and end the demon war once and for all.

But Arlen Bales, the Warded Man, stood against this course, challenging Jardir to a duel he could not in honor refuse. Rather than risk defeat, Arlen cast them both from a precipice, leaving the world without a savior, and opening a struggle for succession that threatens to tear the Free Cities of Thesa apart.

In the south, Inevera, Jardir’s first wife, must find a way to keep their sons from killing each other and plunging their people into civil war as they strive for glory enough to make a claim on the throne.

In the north, Leesha Paper and Rojer Inn struggle to forge an alliance between the duchies of Angiers and Miln against the Krasians before it is too late.

Caught in the crossfire is the duchy of Lakton--rich and unprotected, ripe for conquest.

All the while, the corelings have been growing stronger, and without Arlen and Jardir there may be none strong enough to stop them. Only Renna Bales may know more about the fate of the missing men, but she, too, has disappeared...]]> 681 Peter V. Brett 0345531485 Fey 0 4.11 2015 The Skull Throne (Demon Cycle, #4)
author: Peter V. Brett
name: Fey
average rating: 4.11
book published: 2015
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2021/02/22
shelves: wishlist, goodreads-choice-2015, currently-reading, kindle
review:

]]> Northanger Abbey 827523
Catherine Morland, an unremarkable tomboy as a child, is thrown amongst all the 'difficulties and dangers' of Bath at the ripe age of seventeen. Armed with an unworldly charm and a vivid imagination, she must overcome the caprices of elegant society, encountering along the way such characters as the vacuous Mrs Allen, coquettish Isabella and the brash bully John Thorpe. Chatherine's invitation to Northanger Abbey, in her eyes a haven of coffins, skeletons and other Gothic devices, does lead to an adventure, though one she didn't expect, and her misjudgement of the ambitious, somewhat villainous General Tilney is not wholly unjustified. However, with the aid of the 'unromantic' hero Henry Tilney, Catherine gradually progresses towards maturity and self-knowledge.]]> 236 Jane Austen 0140620753 Fey 4 3.79 1817 Northanger Abbey
author: Jane Austen
name: Fey
average rating: 3.79
book published: 1817
rating: 4
read at: 2015/03/12
date added: 2021/01/05
shelves: classics, on-my-bookshelf, second-hand, 2015-must-read, female-author
review:

]]> Middlemarch 730488
'One of the finest novels in any language' - Guardian

� If we had a keen vision and feeling of all ordinary human life…�

Dorothea is bright, beautiful and rebellious. Lydgate is the ambitious new doctor in town. Both of them long to make a positive difference in the world. But their stories do not proceed as expected and both they and the other inhabitants of Middlemarch, must struggle to reconcile themselves to their fates and find their places in the world.

Middlemarch contains all of life: The rich and the poor, the conventional and the radical, literature and science, politics and romance, but above all it gives us a vision of what lies within the human heart, the roar on the other side of silence.]]> 912 George Eliot 0099516233 Fey 3 4.14 1872 Middlemarch
author: George Eliot
name: Fey
average rating: 4.14
book published: 1872
rating: 3
read at: 2014/08/15
date added: 2020/11/28
shelves: classics, jezebels-75, on-my-bookshelf, second-hand
review:

]]> <![CDATA[A Discovery of Witches (All Souls Trilogy, #1)]]> 8339344 A DISCOVERY OF WITCHES was the 2009 Frankfurt Book Fair's hottest title and Headline is proud to be launching this dazzling fiction debut in the UK in 2011

From the Inside Flap
A richly inventive novel about a centuries-old vampire, a spellbound witch, and the mysterious manuscript that draws them together. Deep in the stacks of Oxford's Bodleian Library, young scholar Diana Bishop unwittingly calls up a bewitched alchemical manuscript in the course of her research. Descended from an old and distinguished line of witches, Diana wants nothing to do with sorcery; so after a furtive glance and a few notes, she banishes the book to the stacks. But her discovery sets a fantastical underworld stirring, and a horde of daemons, witches, and vampires soon descends upon the library. Diana has stumbled upon a coveted treasure lost for centuries-and she is the only creature who can break its spell. Debut novelist Deborah Harkness has crafted a mesmerizing and addictive read, equal parts history and magic, romance and suspense. Diana is a bold heroine who meets her equal in vampire geneticist Matthew Clairmont, and gradually warms up to him as their alliance deepens into an intimacy that violates age-old taboos. This smart, sophisticated story harks back to the novels of Anne Rice, but it is as contemporary and sensual as the Twilight series-with an extra serving of historical realism.
From the Back Cover
It begins with absence and desire.
It begins with blood and fear.
It begins with a discovery of witches.

Diana Bishop, a young scholar and descendant of witches, discovers a long-lost and enchanted alchemical manuscript deep in Oxford's Bodleian Library. Its reappearance summons a fantastical underworld, which she must navigate with a vampire, Matthew Clairmont.

This manuscript, Ashmole 782, holds the secrets of their past ... and the key to their future.]]> 594 Deborah Harkness 0755374029 Fey 0 3.97 2011 A Discovery of Witches (All Souls Trilogy, #1)
author: Deborah Harkness
name: Fey
average rating: 3.97
book published: 2011
rating: 0
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date added: 2020/10/30
shelves: to-read, urban-fantasy, paranormal, witches, vampires, magic
review:

]]> Anna Karenina 820786 Alternate cover edition of ISBN 9781853262715.

Anna Karenina is one of the most loved and memorable heroines of literature. Her overwhelming charm dominates a novel of unparalleled richness and density.

Tolstoy considered this book to be his first real attempt at a novel form, and it addresses the very nature of society at all levels - of destiny, death, human relationships and the irreconcilable contradictions of existence. It ends tragically, and there is much that evokes despair, yet set beside this is an abounding joy in life's many ephemeral pleasures, and a profusion of comic relief.]]> 848 Leo Tolstoy Fey 3 4.00 1878 Anna Karenina
author: Leo Tolstoy
name: Fey
average rating: 4.00
book published: 1878
rating: 3
read at: 2012/10/22
date added: 2020/10/22
shelves: classics, on-my-bookshelf, second-hand
review:

]]> <![CDATA[A Court of Thorns and Roses (A Court of Thorns and Roses, #1)]]> 16096824
Dragged to a magical kingdom for the murder of a faerie, Feyre discovers that her captor, his face obscured by a jewelled mask, is hiding far more than his piercing green eyes would suggest. Feyre's presence at the court is closely guarded, and as she begins to learn why, her feelings for him turn from hostility to passion and the faerie lands become an even more dangerous place. Feyre must fight to break an ancient curse, or she will lose him forever.]]> 419 Sarah J. Maas 1619634449 Fey 0 4.17 2015 A Court of Thorns and Roses (A Court of Thorns and Roses, #1)
author: Sarah J. Maas
name: Fey
average rating: 4.17
book published: 2015
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2020/09/05
shelves: to-read, fantasy, favourites, female-author
review:

]]> Other Worlds 2433241 Based on the OEuvres, edited by Georges Ribermont-Dessaignes and published by Le Club Francais de Livre, Paris, 1957.]]> 220 Cyrano de Bergerac 0450029956 Fey 0 3.35 1657 Other Worlds
author: Cyrano de Bergerac
name: Fey
average rating: 3.35
book published: 1657
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2020/07/30
shelves: to-read, classics, science-fiction
review:

]]> The Starless Sea 43575115 From the New York Times bestselling author of The Night Circus, a timeless love story set in a secret underground world—a place of pirates, painters, lovers, liars, and ships that sail upon a starless sea.

Zachary Ezra Rawlins is a graduate student in Vermont when he discovers a mysterious book hidden in the stacks. As he turns the pages, entranced by tales of lovelorn prisoners, key collectors, and nameless acolytes, he reads something strange: a story from his own childhood. Bewildered by this inexplicable book and desperate to make sense of how his own life came to be recorded, Zachary uncovers a series of clues—a bee, a key, and a sword—that lead him to a masquerade party in New York, to a secret club, and through a doorway to an ancient library hidden far below the surface of the earth. What Zachary finds in this curious place is more than just a buried home for books and their guardians—it is a place of lost cities and seas, lovers who pass notes under doors and across time, and of stories whispered by the dead. Zachary learns of those who have sacrificed much to protect this realm, relinquishing their sight and their tongues to preserve this archive, and also of those who are intent on its destruction. Together with Mirabel, a fierce, pink-haired protector of the place, and Dorian, a handsome, barefoot man with shifting alliances, Zachary travels the twisting tunnels, darkened stairwells, crowded ballrooms, and sweetly soaked shores of this magical world, discovering his purpose—in both the mysterious book and in his own life.]]> 498 Erin Morgenstern 038554121X Fey 0 to-read, 2020toread 3.82 2019 The Starless Sea
author: Erin Morgenstern
name: Fey
average rating: 3.82
book published: 2019
rating: 0
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date added: 2020/06/07
shelves: to-read, 2020toread
review:

]]> The Night Circus 9361589
But behind the scenes, a fierce competition is underway—a duel between two young magicians, Celia and Marco, who have been trained since childhood expressly for this purpose by their mercurial instructors. Unbeknownst to them, this is a game in which only one can be left standing, and the circus is but the stage for a remarkable battle of imagination and will. Despite themselves, however, Celia and Marco tumble headfirst into love—a deep, magical love that makes the lights flicker and the room grow warm whenever they so much as brush hands.

True love or not, the game must play out, and the fates of everyone involved, from the cast of extraordinary circus performers to the patrons, hang in the balance, suspended as precariously as the daring acrobats overhead.

Written in rich, seductive prose, this spell-casting novel is a feast for the senses and the heart.]]> 506 Erin Morgenstern Fey 0 to-read, 2020toread 4.00 2011 The Night Circus
author: Erin Morgenstern
name: Fey
average rating: 4.00
book published: 2011
rating: 0
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date added: 2020/06/07
shelves: to-read, 2020toread
review:

]]> <![CDATA[Smoke and Shadows (Smoke Trilogy #1)]]> 338121 Tanya Huff's supernatural fantasy Smoke series, with a gothic twist - Mix of ghostly mystery, paranormal horror, and dark humor - Lamba Award nominated

Fans of the X-Files and Twin Peaks will love acclaimed master of contemporary fantasy Tanya Huff's twisted version of vampires, wizards, and TV terror.

When Tony Foster relocated to Vancouver with his vampire Henry Fitzroy, he knew it was his chance to get his act together. In an example of art echoing life, Tony landed a job as production assistant for the syndicated TV show Darkest Night, a series about a vampire detective. And except for his unrequited crush on the show's handsome costar, Lee Nicholas, Tony was pretty content.

Until everything started to fall apart on the set.

It began with shadows­­--shadows where they didn't belong, that almost had an existence of their own. Tony tried to ignore it--until he found Nikki Waugh's body, and felt the shadow's touch, and a stunt crash went wrong for no discernible reason--and Tony knew that he had to find out what was threatening everyone on the set.]]> 396 Tanya Huff 0756402638 Fey 0 to-read 3.81 2004 Smoke and Shadows (Smoke Trilogy #1)
author: Tanya Huff
name: Fey
average rating: 3.81
book published: 2004
rating: 0
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date added: 2020/05/17
shelves: to-read
review:

]]> <![CDATA[The Yellow Wallpaper and Selected Writings]]> 4554471
In addition to the title story, there are seven short stories collected here that combine humor, anger, and startling vision to suggest how women's "place" in society should be changed to benefit all. The nonfiction selections are from Gilman's The Man-Made World: Our Androcentric Culture and her masterpiece, Women And Economics, which was translated into seven languages and established her international reputation as a theorist.

Also included in a delightful excerpt from Gilman's utopian novel, Herland, an acidly funny tale about three American male explorers who stumble into an all-female society and begin their odyssey by insisting, "This is a civilized country . . . there must be men." Gilman's analyses of economic and women's issues are as incisive and relevant today as they were upon their original publication. This volume is an unprecedented opportunity to rediscover a powerful American writer.

Content:

Introduction
Stories.
The yellow wallpaper
The unexpected
The giant wistaria
An extinct angel
The rocking-chair
Deserted
An unnatural mother
Three Thanksgivings
The Cottagette
When I was a witch
An honest woman
Turned
Making a Change
Mrs. Elder's Idea
Their house
Bee Wise
Fulfilment
If I were a man
Mr. Peeble's heart
Mrs. Merrill's duties.

Selections from the author's autobiography. The Living of Charlotte Perkins Gilman.]]> 384 Charlotte Perkins Gilman 1844085589 Fey 0 3.93 2009 The Yellow Wallpaper and Selected Writings
author: Charlotte Perkins Gilman
name: Fey
average rating: 3.93
book published: 2009
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2020/01/11
shelves: to-read, female-author, feminist, 69-feminist-books, 2016-must-read, classics, short-stories, second-hand, on-my-bookshelf
review:

]]> Burned (Fever, #7) 12444297
MacKayla Lane would do anything to save the home she loves. A gifted sidhe-seer, she’s already fought and defeated the deadly Sinsar Dubh—an ancient book of terrible evil—yet its hold on her has never been stronger.

When the wall that protected humans from the seductive, insatiable Fae was destroyed on Halloween, long-imprisoned immortals ravaged the planet. Now Dublin is a war zone with factions battling for control. As the city heats up and the ice left by the Hoar Frost King melts, tempers flare, passions run red-hot, and dangerous lines get crossed.

Seelie and Unseelie vie for power against nine ancient immortals who have governed Dublin for millennia; a rival band of sidhe-seers invades the city, determined to claim it for their own; Mac’s former protégé and best friend, Dani “Mega� O’Malley, is now her fierce enemy; and even more urgent, Highland druid Christian MacKeltar has been captured by the Crimson Hag and is being driven deeper into Unseelie madness with each passing day. The only one Mac can depend on is the powerful, dangerous immortal Jericho Barrons, but even their fiery bond is tested by betrayal.

It’s a world where staying alive is a constant struggle, the line between good and evil gets blurred, and every alliance comes at a price. In an epic battle against dark forces, Mac must decide who she can trust, and what her survival is ultimately worth.]]> 475 Karen Marie Moning 0385344414 Fey 4 4.15 2015 Burned (Fever, #7)
author: Karen Marie Moning
name: Fey
average rating: 4.15
book published: 2015
rating: 4
read at: 2015/12/11
date added: 2019/12/29
shelves: urban-fantasy, paranormal, paranormal-romance, short-stories, fluffy, fluff-fest, female-author
review:

]]> <![CDATA[The Black Tides of Heaven (Tensorate, #1)]]> 33099588 The Black Tides of Heaven is one of a pair of standalone introductions to Neon Yang's Tensorate Series. For more of the story you can read its twin novella The Red Threads of Fortune

Mokoya and Akeha, the twin children of the Protector, were sold to the Grand Monastery as children. While Mokoya developed her strange prophetic gift, Akeha was always the one who could see the strings that moved adults to action. While his sister received visions of what would be, Akeha realized what could be. What's more, he saw the sickness at the heart of his mother's Protectorate.

A rebellion is growing. The Machinists discover new levers to move the world every day, while the Tensors fight to put them down and preserve the power of the state. Unwilling to continue to play a pawn in his mother's twisted schemes, Akeha leaves the Tensorate behind and falls in with the rebels. But every step Akeha takes towards the Machinists is a step away from his sister Mokoya. Can Akeha find peace without shattering the bond he shares with his twin sister?]]> 236 Neon Yang 076539541X Fey 0 to-read 3.70 2017 The Black Tides of Heaven (Tensorate, #1)
author: Neon Yang
name: Fey
average rating: 3.70
book published: 2017
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2019/11/24
shelves: to-read
review:

]]> The Monster's Million Faces 10365849 15 Rachel Swirsky 1429993839 Fey 0 to-read 3.37 2010 The Monster's Million Faces
author: Rachel Swirsky
name: Fey
average rating: 3.37
book published: 2010
rating: 0
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date added: 2019/10/24
shelves: to-read
review:

]]> <![CDATA[The Alchemaster's Apprentice: A Culinary Tale from Zamonia by Optimus Yarnspinner (Zamonia, #5)]]> 9288917
Malaisea, the unhealthiest town in the whole of Zamonia, is home to Echo the Crat, a multitalented creature resembling a cat in appearance but capable of speaking any language under the sun, human or animal.

When his mistress dies, Echo finds himself out on the street. Dying of starvation, he is compelled to sign a contract with Ghoolion the Alchemaster, Malaisea’s evil alchemist-in-chief. This fateful document gives Ghoolion the right to kill Echo at the next full moon and render him down for his fat, with which he hopes to brew an alchemical concoction that will make him immortal. In return, he promises to regale the little Crat with the most exquisite gastronomic delicacies until his time is up. But Ghoolion has reckoned without Echo’s talent for survival and his ability to make new friends.

Walter Moers’s magnificent translation of Optimus Yarnspinner’s novel introduces us to yet another of Zamonia’s hotbeds of adventure: Malaisea, a place where sick is healthy, up is down, right is wrong, and Ghoolion the Alchemaster reigns supreme—until Echo crosses his path.

Praise for The Alchemaster’s Apprentice

“Cheerfully insane. . . . Remains lively and inventive right through the final heroic battle between good and evil.� —New York Times Book Review

“Moers’s creative mind is like J. K. Rowling’s on ecstasy; his book reads like a collision between The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy and the Brothers Grimm. . . . What a delightful book.� —Detroit News and Free Press

“Relentlessly whimsical.� —Library Journal

“Cross The Lord of the Rings with Yellow Submarine, throw in dashes of Monty Python, Douglas Adams, Shrek, and The Princess Bride . . . That’s the sort of alchemy in which this sprawling novel trades.� —Kirkus Reviews]]> 384 Walter Moers 0099526328 Fey 0 currently-reading 4.21 2007 The Alchemaster's Apprentice: A Culinary Tale from Zamonia by Optimus Yarnspinner (Zamonia, #5)
author: Walter Moers
name: Fey
average rating: 4.21
book published: 2007
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2019/07/15
shelves: currently-reading
review:

]]> Aelred's Sin 1431600 304 Lawrence Scott 074900374X Fey 5 3.44 2000 Aelred's Sin
author: Lawrence Scott
name: Fey
average rating: 3.44
book published: 2000
rating: 5
read at: 2019/07/15
date added: 2019/07/15
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]]> Midwinterblood 15109208 288 Marcus Sedgwick 1780620209 Fey 3 3.73 2011 Midwinterblood
author: Marcus Sedgwick
name: Fey
average rating: 3.73
book published: 2011
rating: 3
read at: 2019/07/13
date added: 2019/07/13
shelves:
review:

]]> If I Was Your Girl 29470648
But when she meets sweet, easygoing Grant, Amanda can't help but start to let him into her life. As they spend more time together, she realizes just how much she is losing by guarding her heart. She finds herself yearning to share with Grant everything about herself, including her past. But Amanda's terrified that once she tells him the truth, he won't be able to see past it.

Because the secret that Amanda's been keeping? It's that at her old school, she used to be Andrew. Will the truth cost Amanda her new life, and her new love?]]> 293 Meredith Russo 1474923836 Fey 5 3.95 2016 If I Was Your Girl
author: Meredith Russo
name: Fey
average rating: 3.95
book published: 2016
rating: 5
read at: 2019/06/18
date added: 2019/06/18
shelves: gift-from-ellie, lgbt, on-my-bookshelf
review:

]]> <![CDATA[A Court of Frost and Starlight (A Court of Thorns and Roses, #3.5)]]> 36048256
Feyre's first Winter Solstice as High Lady is drawing near. With it will come a hard-earned rest from the work she, Rhys and their friends have done to rebuild the Night Court and the vastly changed the world beyond. Yet the festive atmosphere can't keep shadows from looming. Even as her own heart heals, she finds that those dearest to her have wounds that go deeper than she knew.

AND THE SCARS OF THE PAST WILL TOUCH HER COURT IN TIMES TO COME.]]> 229 Sarah J. Maas 1408890321 Fey 4 3.74 2019 A Court of Frost and Starlight (A Court of Thorns and Roses, #3.5)
author: Sarah J. Maas
name: Fey
average rating: 3.74
book published: 2019
rating: 4
read at: 2019/06/18
date added: 2019/06/18
shelves: fantasy, female-author, magic, on-my-bookshelf
review:

]]> <![CDATA[Hellblazer, Vol. 1: Original Sins]]> 9041662 Hellblazer collection Original Sins is available in a new edition that includes John Constantine’s appearances in Swamp Thing. This is the first of a series of new Hellblazer editions starring Vertigo’s longest running antihero, John Constantine, England’s chain-smoking, low-rent magus.This first collection is a loosely connected series of tales of John’s early years where Constantine was at his best and at his worst, all at the same time.

Collecting: Hellblazer 1�9; material from Swamp Thing 76-77]]> 288 Jamie Delano 1401230067 Fey 4 4.04 2011 Hellblazer, Vol. 1: Original Sins
author: Jamie Delano
name: Fey
average rating: 4.04
book published: 2011
rating: 4
read at: 2015/09/17
date added: 2019/06/11
shelves: 2015-must-read, on-my-bookshelf, bought-new, graphic-novel, fantasy, horror, urban-fantasy
review:
The Swamp-thing crossover story was a bit strange and confusing, but the rest of it was awesome. Recognise a couple of plot-lines that were used in the TV series. Damn I wish they hadn't cancelled the TV series.. at least I have graphic novels to read..
]]> <![CDATA[The Bear and the Nightingale (The Winternight Trilogy, #1)]]> 25489134
After Vasilisa's mother dies, her father goes to Moscow and brings home a new wife. Fiercely devout, city-bred, Vasilisa's new stepmother forbids her family from honoring the household spirits. The family acquiesces, but Vasilisa is frightened, sensing that more hinges upon their rituals than anyone knows.

And indeed, crops begin to fail, evil creatures of the forest creep nearer, and misfortune stalks the village. All the while, Vasilisa's stepmother grows ever harsher in her determination to groom her rebellious stepdaughter for either marriage or confinement in a convent.

As danger circles, Vasilisa must defy even the people she loves and call on dangerous gifts she has long concealed—this, in order to protect her family from a threat that seems to have stepped from her nurse's most frightening tales.

The Bear and the Nightingale is a magical debut novel from a gifted and gorgeous voice. It spins an irresistible spell as it announces the arrival of a singular talent.]]> 319 Katherine Arden 1101885939 Fey 0 to-read 4.07 2017 The Bear and the Nightingale (The Winternight Trilogy, #1)
author: Katherine Arden
name: Fey
average rating: 4.07
book published: 2017
rating: 0
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date added: 2019/06/08
shelves: to-read
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]]> <![CDATA[Lord of the Fading Lands (Tairen Soul, #1)]]> 1584974 Once he drove back the darkness.
Once he loved with such passion his name was legend.

Once, driven wild with grief over the murder of his beloved, the majestic Fey King Rain Tairen Soul had laid waste to the world before vanishing into the Fading Lands. Now, a thousand years later, a new threat draws him back into the world—and a new love reawakens the heart he thought long dead.

Ellysetta, a woodcarver’s daughter, calls to Rain in a way no other ever had. Mysterious and magical, her soul beckons him with a compelling, seductive song—and no matter the cost, the wildness in his blood will not be denied.

As an ancient, familiar evil regains its strength, causing centuries-old alliances to crumble and threatening doom for Rain and his people... he must claim his truemate to embrace the destiny woven for them both in the mists of time.]]> 406 C.L. Wilson 0843959770 Fey 0 to-read 3.94 2007 Lord of the Fading Lands (Tairen Soul, #1)
author: C.L. Wilson
name: Fey
average rating: 3.94
book published: 2007
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2019/06/08
shelves: to-read
review:

]]> <![CDATA[House of Earth and Blood (Crescent City, #1)]]> 44778083
Hunt Athalar is a notorious Fallen angel, now enslaved to the Archangels he once attempted to overthrow. His brutal skills and incredible strength have been set to one purpose-to assassinate his boss's enemies, no questions asked. But with a demon wreaking havoc in the city, he's offered an irresistible deal: help Bryce find the murderer, and his freedom will be within reach.

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

With unforgettable characters, sizzling romance, and page-turning suspense, this richly inventive new fantasy series by #1 New York Times bestselling author Sarah J. Maas delves into the heartache of loss, the price of freedom-and the power of love.]]> 803 Sarah J. Maas 1635574048 Fey 0 to-read 4.43 2020 House of Earth and Blood (Crescent City, #1)
author: Sarah J. Maas
name: Fey
average rating: 4.43
book published: 2020
rating: 0
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date added: 2019/06/08
shelves: to-read
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]]> <![CDATA[A Court of Wings and Ruin (A Court of Thorns and Roses, #3)]]> 23766634
She has left the Night Court - and her High Lord - and is playing a deadly game of deceit. In the Spring Court, Tamlin is making deals with the invading king threatening to bring Prythian to its knees, and Feyre is determined to uncover his plans. But to do so she must weave a web of lies, and one slip may spell doom not only for Feyre, but for her world as well.

As mighty armies grapple for power, Feyre must decide who to trust amongst the dazzling and lethal High Lords - and hunt for allies in unexpected places.

BUT WHILE WAR RAGES, IT IS HER HEART THAT WILL FACE THE GREATEST BATTLE.

THE THRILLING THIRD BOOK IN #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING FANTASY SERIES FROM SARAH J. MAAS.]]> 705 Sarah J. Maas 1408857901 Fey 4 4.41 2017 A Court of Wings and Ruin (A Court of Thorns and Roses, #3)
author: Sarah J. Maas
name: Fey
average rating: 4.41
book published: 2017
rating: 4
read at: 2019/06/08
date added: 2019/06/08
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]]> <![CDATA[A Court of Mist and Fury (A Court of Thorns and Roses, #2)]]> 23766623
After rescuing her lover Tamlin from a wicked Faerie Queen, she returns to the Spring Court possessing the powers of the High Fae. But Feyre cannot forget the terrible deeds she performed to save Tamlin's people - nor the bargain she made with Rhysand, High Lord of the feared Night Court.

As Feyre is drawn ever deeper into Rhysand's dark web of politics and passion, war is looming and an evil far greater than any queen threatens to destroy everything Feyre has fought for. She must confront her past, embrace her gifts and decide her fate.

She must surrender her heart to heal a world torn in two.]]> 626 Sarah J. Maas 140885788X Fey 5 4.60 2016 A Court of Mist and Fury (A Court of Thorns and Roses, #2)
author: Sarah J. Maas
name: Fey
average rating: 4.60
book published: 2016
rating: 5
read at: 2019/06/08
date added: 2019/06/08
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]]> <![CDATA[A Court of Thorns and Roses (A Court of Thorns and Roses, #1)]]> 22839894
She thinks nothing of slaughtering a wolf to capture its prey. But, like all mortals, she fears what lingers mercilessly beyond the forest. And she will learn that taking the life of a magical creature comes at a high price...

Imprisoned in an enchanted court in her enemy's kingdom, Feyre is free to roam but forbidden to escape. Her captor's body bears the scars of fighting, and his face is always masked - but his piercing stare draws her ever closer. As Feyre's feeling for Tamlin begin to burn through every warning she's been told about his kind, an ancient, wicked shadow grows.

Feyre must find a way to break a spell, or lose her heart forever.]]> 419 Sarah J. Maas 1408857863 Fey 5 4.11 2015 A Court of Thorns and Roses (A Court of Thorns and Roses, #1)
author: Sarah J. Maas
name: Fey
average rating: 4.11
book published: 2015
rating: 5
read at: 2019/06/08
date added: 2019/06/08
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]]> Maurice 3103
Forster understood that his homage to same-sex love, if published when he completed it in 1914, would probably end his career. Thus, Maurice languished in a drawer for fifty-seven years, the author requesting it be published only after his death (along with his stories about homosexuality later collected in The Life to Come).

Since its release in 1971, Maurice has been widely read and praised. It has been, and continues to be, adapted for major stage productions, including the 1987 Oscar-nominated film adaptation starring Hugh Grant and James Wilby.]]> 256 E.M. Forster 0393310329 Fey 4 4.07 1971 Maurice
author: E.M. Forster
name: Fey
average rating: 4.07
book published: 1971
rating: 4
read at: 2019/06/03
date added: 2019/06/03
shelves: lgbt, classics, 2015-must-read, 2016-must-read
review:

]]> An Unequal Marriage 998644 Emma Tennant 0340628065 Fey 3 2.29 1994 An Unequal Marriage
author: Emma Tennant
name: Fey
average rating: 2.29
book published: 1994
rating: 3
read at: 2019/06/02
date added: 2019/06/02
shelves: charity-shop-bought, fan-fiction, female-author, historical-fiction, on-my-bookshelf
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]]> Pemberley 1218516 As Jane Austen's beloved novel Pride and Prejudice comes to a close, Elizabeth Bennet proudly announces her engagement to Mr. Darcy, boasting, "We are to be the happiest couple in the world." But after the nuptials, can a marriage between two people as strong-willed as Elizabeth and Darcy survive? With all the wit and style of Jane Austen, Emma Tennant brilliantly imagines both the perils and pleasure of such a marriage.

It's now a year after the wedding, and the time has come for Elizabeth and Darcy to invite their families to visit Pemberley—but not without trepidation, for any gathering that includes both Mrs. Bennet and Lady Catherine de Bourgh must occasion gaffes and hurt feelings. And when Darcy becomes increasingly distant and Elizabeth falls prey to vicious gossip, the forces of pride and prejudice are at work once again in this "eminently enjoyable" continuation of Pride and Prejudice (Los Angeles Times).

]]> 183 Emma Tennant 034060963X Fey 3 2.40 1993 Pemberley
author: Emma Tennant
name: Fey
average rating: 2.40
book published: 1993
rating: 3
read at: 2019/06/01
date added: 2019/06/01
shelves: charity-shop-bought, female-author, historical-fiction
review:

]]> <![CDATA[Kingdom of Ash (Throne of Glass, #7)]]> 39340341 An alternative cover edition for this ISBN can be found here.

Aelin Galathynius has vowed to save her people � but at a tremendous cost. Locked within an iron coffin by the Queen of the Fae, Aelin must draw upon her fiery will as she endures months of torture. The knowledge that yielding to Maeve will doom those she loves keeps her from breaking, but her resolve is unraveling with each passing day�

With Aelin captured, friends and allies are scattered to different fates. Some bonds will grow even deeper, while others will be severed forever. As destinies weave together at last, all must fight if Erilea is to have any hope of salvation.

Years in the making, Sarah J. Maas's New York Times bestselling Throne of Glass series draws to an explosive conclusion as Aelin fights to save herself―and the promise of a better world.]]> 980 Sarah J. Maas 1408872919 Fey 5 4.64 2018 Kingdom of Ash (Throne of Glass, #7)
author: Sarah J. Maas
name: Fey
average rating: 4.64
book published: 2018
rating: 5
read at: 2019/05/29
date added: 2019/05/29
shelves: bought-new, demons, fairies, fantasy, fated-mates, female-author, magic, on-my-bookshelf
review:

]]> <![CDATA[Tower of Dawn (Throne of Glass, #6)]]> 33306347
His only shot at recovery lies with the legendary healers of the Torre Cesme in Antica-the stronghold of the southern continent's mighty empire. And with war looming over Dorian and Aelin back home, their survival might lie with Chaol and Nesryn convincing its rulers to ally with them.

But what they discover in Antica will change them both-and be more vital to saving Erilea than they could have imagined.]]> 660 Sarah J. Maas 1408887975 Fey 5 4.25 2017 Tower of Dawn (Throne of Glass, #6)
author: Sarah J. Maas
name: Fey
average rating: 4.25
book published: 2017
rating: 5
read at: 2019/05/26
date added: 2019/05/29
shelves: bought-new, demons, fantasy, female-author, on-my-bookshelf
review:

]]> <![CDATA[Swords of Good Men (The Valhalla Saga, #1)]]> 17797431
Stenvik is different: it contains the beautiful and tragic Lilja, who immediately captures Ulfar’s heart-–but Stenvik is also home to some very deadly men, who could break Ulfar in an instant.

King Olav is marching on Stenvik from the East, determined to bring the White Christ to the masses at the point of his sword, and a host of bloodthirsty raiders led by a mysterious woman are sailing from the north.

But Ulfar is about to learn that his enemies are not all outside the walls.]]> 352 Snorri Kristjansson 1782063322 Fey 0 to-read 3.55 2013 Swords of Good Men (The Valhalla Saga, #1)
author: Snorri Kristjansson
name: Fey
average rating: 3.55
book published: 2013
rating: 0
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date added: 2019/05/26
shelves: to-read
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]]> Daughters of the Grail 1176729 Bridget's duty to continue the bloodline leads her into the arms of Raoul de Montvallant--a Catholic. But when the Church's savage religious intolerance causes Raoul to turn rebel, a terrible vengeance is exacted by Simon de Montfort, the unstoppable Catholic leader of a crusade against peaceful "heretics."
As war rages on, it is the children of these passionate souls, Magda and Dominic, who must strive to preserve the ancient knowledge for future generations, and find the love and courage to endure....]]> 441 Elizabeth Chadwick 075153899X Fey 4 3.77 1993 Daughters of the Grail
author: Elizabeth Chadwick
name: Fey
average rating: 3.77
book published: 1993
rating: 4
read at: 2019/05/22
date added: 2019/05/22
shelves: charity-shop-bought, historical-fiction, on-my-bookshelf
review:

]]> <![CDATA[Shadow and Bone (Shadow and Bone, #1)]]> 22819449 'I've been waiting for you a long time, Alina,' he said.
'You and I are going to change the world.'

The Shadow Fold, a swathe of impenetrable darkness, is slowly destroying the once-great nation of Ravka.

Alina, a pale, lonely orphan, discovers a unique power that thrusts her into the world of the kingdom's magical elite � the Grisha. Could she be the key setting Ravka free?

The Darkling, a man of seductive charm and terrifying power. If Alina is to fulfill her destiny, she must unlock her gift and face up to her dangerous attraction to him.

But what of Mal, Alina's childhood best friend? As Alina contemplates her dazzling new future, why can't she ever quite forget him?]]> 308 Leigh Bardugo 1780622260 Fey 0 to-read 3.89 2012 Shadow and Bone (Shadow and Bone, #1)
author: Leigh Bardugo
name: Fey
average rating: 3.89
book published: 2012
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2019/05/21
shelves: to-read
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]]> On the Edge of Darkness 383950 Lady of Hay and House of Echoes is the story of a woman trapped in the wrong time. Abandoned by her twentieth century lover, she plots a terrible revenge on him and his family. Adam Craig is fourteen when, near an isolated Celtic stone in the wild Scottish Highlands, he meets Brid, whose exotic, gypsy-like dress and strange attitudes fascinate him. They become friends, then, in time, passionate lovers. Brid leads him, unsuspecting, into the sixth century, where training as a Druid priestess she has mastered their ancient mysteries and powerful magic. In her obsession with Adam she is seen as a traitor by her people and only escapes death by following Adam through time to Edinburgh, where he goes to study medicine. As the years pass he makes new friends, and finds new love, causing Brid to be consumed by a violent rage that knows no bounds. For fifty years, from Scotland to England to Wales, Brid will haunt Adam like an evil shadow. It is finally Adam's granddaughter, Beth, who helps discover the secret that will free them from the terror of Brid's curse.]]> 488 Barbara Erskine 0006479286 Fey 0 3.99 1998 On the Edge of Darkness
author: Barbara Erskine
name: Fey
average rating: 3.99
book published: 1998
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2019/05/21
shelves: to-read, charity-shop-bought, historical-fiction, magic, on-my-bookshelf
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]]> Mrs Darcy Versus the Aliens 11910094 253 Jonathan Pinnock 1907773134 Fey 3 3.67 2011 Mrs Darcy Versus the Aliens
author: Jonathan Pinnock
name: Fey
average rating: 3.67
book published: 2011
rating: 3
read at: 2019/05/21
date added: 2019/05/21
shelves: charity-shop-bought, historical-fiction
review:

]]> <![CDATA[The Assassin's Blade (Throne of Glass, #0.1-0.5)]]> 18243700 Contains all five novellas.

Celaena Sardothien is Adarlan's most feared assassin. As part of the Assassin's Guild, her allegiance is to her master, Arobynn Hamel, yet Celaena listens to no one and trusts only her fellow killer-for-hire, Sam. In these action-packed novellas - together in one edition for the first time - Celaena embarks on five daring missions. They take her from remote islands to hostile deserts, where she fights to liberate slaves and seeks to avenge the tyrannous. But she is acting against Arobynn's orders and could suffer an unimaginable punishment for such treachery. Will Celaena ever be truly free? Explore the dark underworld of this kick-ass heroine to find out.]]> 448 Sarah J. Maas Fey 0 to-read, on-my-bookshelf 4.30 2014 The Assassin's Blade (Throne of Glass, #0.1-0.5)
author: Sarah J. Maas
name: Fey
average rating: 4.30
book published: 2014
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2019/05/19
shelves: to-read, on-my-bookshelf
review:

]]> <![CDATA[Kingdom of Ash (Throne of Glass, #7)]]> 33590260
With Aelin captured, friends and allies are scattered to different fates. Some bonds will grow even deeper, while others will be severed forever. As destinies weave together at last, all must fight if Erilea is to have any hope of salvation.

Years in the making, Sarah J. Maas's New York Times bestselling Throne of Glass series draws to an explosive conclusion as Aelin fights to save herself―and the promise of a better world.]]> 980 Sarah J. Maas 1619636107 Fey 0 wishlist, to-read 4.63 2018 Kingdom of Ash (Throne of Glass, #7)
author: Sarah J. Maas
name: Fey
average rating: 4.63
book published: 2018
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2019/05/19
shelves: wishlist, to-read
review:

]]> <![CDATA[Tower of Dawn (Throne of Glass, #6)]]> 31450852
After enduring unspeakable horrors as a child, Yrene Towers has no desire to help the young lord from Adarlan, let alone heal him. Yet she has sworn an oath to assist those in need—and will honor it. But Lord Westfall carries shadows from his own past, and Yrene soon comes to realize they could engulf them both.

In this sweeping parallel novel to the New York Times bestselling Empire of Storms, Chaol, Nesryn, and Yrene will have to draw on every scrap of their resilience if they wish to save their friends. But while they become entangled in the political webs of the khaganate, deep in the shadows of mighty mountains where warriors soar on legendary ruks, long-awaited answers slumber. Answers that might offer their world a chance at survival—or doom them all . . .]]> 660 Sarah J. Maas 1681195771 Fey 0 wishlist, to-read 4.25 2017 Tower of Dawn (Throne of Glass, #6)
author: Sarah J. Maas
name: Fey
average rating: 4.25
book published: 2017
rating: 0
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date added: 2019/05/19
shelves: wishlist, to-read
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]]> <![CDATA[Empire of Storms (Throne of Glass, #5)]]> 29559052
With her heart sworn to the warrior-prince by her side, and her fealty pledged to the people she is determined to save, Aelin will delve into the depths of her power to protect those she loves. But as monsters emerge from the horrors of the past, and dark forces become poised to claim her world, the only chance for salvation will lie in a desperate quest that may mark the end of everything Aelin holds dear.

In this breathtaking fifth installment of the New York Times bestselling Throne of Glass series, Aelin will have to choose what—and who—to sacrifice if she's to keep the world of Erilea from breaking apart.]]> 689 Sarah J. Maas 1408872897 Fey 5 4.54 2016 Empire of Storms (Throne of Glass, #5)
author: Sarah J. Maas
name: Fey
average rating: 4.54
book published: 2016
rating: 5
read at: 2019/05/20
date added: 2019/05/19
shelves: fantasy, charity-shop-bought, magic, second-hand
review:

]]> <![CDATA[Queen of Shadows (Throne of Glass, #4)]]> 23848145 NO LIMITS.
NO REGRETS.

Celaena Sardothien is cloaked in her assassin's hood once more. She is back in Rifthold, but this time she is no one's slave. She must delve into her most painful memories and fight for her survival, while resisting a smouldering passion that might very well consume her heart. And she will face her former master, the King of Assassins, again - to wreak revenge for a decade of pain...]]> 648 Sarah J. Maas 1408858614 Fey 5 4.55 2015 Queen of Shadows (Throne of Glass, #4)
author: Sarah J. Maas
name: Fey
average rating: 4.55
book published: 2015
rating: 5
read at: 2019/05/14
date added: 2019/05/19
shelves: charity-shop-bought, fantasy, magic, on-my-bookshelf, second-hand
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]]> <![CDATA[Heir of Fire (Throne of Glass, #3)]]> 20617636
The Immortal Queen will help her destroy the king - for a price. But as Celaena battles with her darkest memories and her heart breaks for a love that could never last, can she fulfil the bargain and head the almighty court of Terrasen? And who will stand with her?]]> 562 Sarah J. Maas 1408839121 Fey 5 4.41 2014 Heir of Fire (Throne of Glass, #3)
author: Sarah J. Maas
name: Fey
average rating: 4.41
book published: 2014
rating: 5
read at: 2019/05/11
date added: 2019/05/19
shelves: fantasy, magic, charity-shop-bought, second-hand
review:

]]> <![CDATA[Crown of Midnight (Throne of Glass, #2)]]> 17670709 Crowned by Evil.
Bound by Duty.
Divided by Love.

Celaena Sardothien, royal assassin, is the King of Adarlan's deadliest weapon. She must win her freedom through his enemies' blood - but she cannot bear to kill for the crown. And every death Celaena fakes, every lie she tells, put those she loves at risk.

Torn between her two protectors - a captain and a prince - and battling a dark force far greater than the king, Celaena must decide what she will fight for: her liberty, her heart or the fate of a kingdom...]]> 418 Sarah J. Maas 1408834944 Fey 4 4.34 2013 Crown of Midnight (Throne of Glass, #2)
author: Sarah J. Maas
name: Fey
average rating: 4.34
book published: 2013
rating: 4
read at: 2019/05/08
date added: 2019/05/19
shelves: magic, fantasy, charity-shop-bought, second-hand
review:

]]> <![CDATA[Throne of Glass (Throne of Glass, #1)]]> 40512568 Librarian note: An older cover for this edition can be found here: 02-Aug-2012.

Meet Celaena Sardothien. Beautiful. Deadly. Destined for greatness.

In the dark, filthy salt mines of Endovier, an eighteen-year-old girl is serving a life sentence. She is a trained assassin, the best of her kind, but she made a fatal mistake. She got caught.

Young Captain Westfall offers her a deal: her freedom in return for one huge sacrifice. Celaena must represent the prince in a to-the-death tournament � fighting the most gifted thieves and assassins in the land. Live or die, Celaena will be free. Win or lose, she is about to discover her true destiny. But will her assassin's heart be melted?]]> 406 Sarah J. Maas 140883233X Fey 4 4.12 2012 Throne of Glass (Throne of Glass, #1)
author: Sarah J. Maas
name: Fey
average rating: 4.12
book published: 2012
rating: 4
read at: 2019/05/05
date added: 2019/05/19
shelves: on-my-bookshelf, second-hand, charity-shop-bought, fantasy, assassins, magic
review:

]]> Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell 823763
Proceeding to London, he raises a beautiful woman from the dead and summons an army of ghostly ships to terrify the French. Yet the cautious, fussy Norrell is challenged by the emergence of another magician: the brilliant novice Jonathan Strange.

Young, handsome and daring, Strange is the very antithesis of Norrell. So begins a dangerous battle between these two great men which overwhelms that between England and France. And their own obsessions and secret dabblings with the dark arts are going to cause more trouble than they can imagine.]]> 1006 Susanna Clarke Fey 5 3.99 2004 Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell
author: Susanna Clarke
name: Fey
average rating: 3.99
book published: 2004
rating: 5
read at: 2019/05/02
date added: 2019/05/19
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]]> <![CDATA[How Long 'til Black Future Month?]]> 40855636 400 N.K. Jemisin 0316491349 Fey 0 to-read 4.27 2018 How Long 'til Black Future Month?
author: N.K. Jemisin
name: Fey
average rating: 4.27
book published: 2018
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2019/05/09
shelves: to-read
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]]> <![CDATA[Glass Houses (The Morganville Vampires, #1)]]> 27266
College freshman Claire Danvers has had enough of her nightmarish dorm situation. When Claire heads off-campus, the imposing old house where she finds a room may not be much better. Her new roommates don't show many signs of life, but they'll have Claire's back when the town's deepest secrets come crawling out, hungry for fresh blood. Will she be able to face the town's terror or will she drown like everyone else?]]> 239 Rachel Caine 0451219945 Fey 0 to-read 3.92 2006 Glass Houses (The Morganville Vampires, #1)
author: Rachel Caine
name: Fey
average rating: 3.92
book published: 2006
rating: 0
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date added: 2019/04/29
shelves: to-read
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]]> Unwind (Unwind, #1) 764347 Connor, Risa, and Lev are running for their lives.

The Second Civil War was fought over reproductive rights. The chilling resolution: Life is inviolable from the moment of conception until age thirteen. Between the ages of thirteen and eighteen, however, parents can have their child "unwound," whereby all of the child's organs are transplanted into different donors, so life doesn't technically end. Connor is too difficult for his parents to control. Risa, a ward of the state, is not enough to be kept alive. And Lev is a tithe, a child conceived and raised to be unwound. Together, they may have a chance to escape and to survive.]]> 337 Neal Shusterman Fey 0 to-read 4.17 2007 Unwind (Unwind, #1)
author: Neal Shusterman
name: Fey
average rating: 4.17
book published: 2007
rating: 0
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date added: 2019/04/29
shelves: to-read
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]]> RSPB Spotlight Bumblebees 31451073
Spotlight Bumblebees considers 24 bumblebee species, examining what made the group so successful and how circumstances have led to the survival of some species but the precipitous decline of the majority, highlighting the dangers we all face if populations continue to plummet. Separate chapters cover all aspects of bumblebees' biology and lifestyles, from spring queens emerging from dark overwintering chambers to establish their nests, to the drone swarms that herald the end of the bumblebee season. Bumblebees around the world are studied, including in the southern hemisphere where Europe's declining species can become harmful invaders. While the influence of bumblebees throughout our history and their place in our culture, from Shakespeare to Transformers, is also examined.]]> 128 Richard Comont 1472933613 Fey 5 4.45 RSPB Spotlight Bumblebees
author: Richard Comont
name: Fey
average rating: 4.45
book published:
rating: 5
read at: 2019/04/29
date added: 2019/04/29
shelves: favourites, non-fiction, science
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]]> Eight Days of Luke 114510 226 Diana Wynne Jones 0064473570 Fey 0 to-read 3.87 1975 Eight Days of Luke
author: Diana Wynne Jones
name: Fey
average rating: 3.87
book published: 1975
rating: 0
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]]> The Arabian Nights 93101
The tales told by Shahrazad over a thousand and one nights to delay her execution by the vengeful King Shahriyar have become among the most popular in both Eastern and Western literature, as recounted by Sir Francis Burton. From the epic adventures of "Aladdin and the Enchanted Lamp" to the farcical "Young Woman and her Five Lovers" and the social criticism of "The Tale of the Hunchback", the stories depict a fabulous world of all-powerful sorcerers, jinns imprisoned in bottles and enchanting princesses. But despite their imaginative extravagance, the Tales are anchored to everyday life by their realism, providing a full and intimate record of medieval Islam.']]> 1049 Anonymous 0812972147 Fey 0 to-read 4.06 800 The Arabian Nights
author: Anonymous
name: Fey
average rating: 4.06
book published: 800
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[Her Dragon's Fire (Dragon Guards, #2)]]> 42369128 Her brilliant blues eyes and luscious curves have haunted his every thought for over six years. The guilt of his younger brother’s death a weight around his heart, keeping him from claiming the one the Universe had made for him and him alone. Aidan, a fierce Dragon Guardsman, now knows nothing was as he thought! And the woman he believed was unattainable is within his grasp! If only he can keep her safe from those that would use her to hurt him...

Grace is a successful lawyer, seeking justice for those that would otherwise be forgotten. Her incredible strength and intelligence make her a champion for the downtrodden. When she stumbles into a case that is so much more than she ever imagined, her very life hangs in the balance and the man whose scent sends her heart racing and her temperature rising is the only one that can keep her safe. Her life is irrevocably changed when she comes face to face with those hypnotic amber eyes!

There are no coincidences. Aidan will do everything in his power, including give his very life, to keep his mate safe. The Universe does not make mistakes. Grace and Aidan are meant to be together, in this life and the next, but the forces both natural and magical that are sworn to keep them apart have been a step ahead of the Dragon Guard all along. Can these fated mates defy all odds and live the life that is their destiny?

Fate will not be denied!

Warning: This book contains several love scenes and is intended for mature readers 18+.

]]> 497 Julia Mills Fey 2 4.17 2014 Her Dragon's Fire (Dragon Guards, #2)
author: Julia Mills
name: Fey
average rating: 4.17
book published: 2014
rating: 2
read at: 2019/03/01
date added: 2019/04/10
shelves: fluff-fest, paranormal-romance
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]]> <![CDATA[Her Dragon To Slay (Dragon Guards, #1)]]> 42369059
Over 100 years of honor and commitment to his ancient clan’s Guard have made Rayne the fearless leader all are proud to follow into battle. When the long foretold pull of his mate makes the calm, cool and collected Commander fall from the sky will he be able to save his mate from his enemies in time?

The chemistry between this strong-willed curvy girl and fierce warrior makes all the difference in the world where nothing is as it seems. The existence of an ancient race of honor-clad, tradition-bound protectors might be hard to accept but now the dead are coming back to life and holding a knife to her neck.

The Universe made her for him now it’s up to them to stay alive long enough to live happily ever after.]]> 204 Julia Mills Fey 2 3.91 2013 Her Dragon To Slay (Dragon Guards, #1)
author: Julia Mills
name: Fey
average rating: 3.91
book published: 2013
rating: 2
read at: 2019/03/01
date added: 2019/04/10
shelves: het, paranormal-romance, fluff-fest
review:

]]> <![CDATA[The Stone Prince (Branion, #1)]]> 461979 544 Fiona Patton 0886777356 Fey 0 to-read 3.63 1997 The Stone Prince (Branion, #1)
author: Fiona Patton
name: Fey
average rating: 3.63
book published: 1997
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[The Painter Knight (Branion, #2)]]> 461990 THE PASSING OF THE FLAME

Simon, the Court Painter of Branion, was the closest friend of the kingdom's ruler. Aristok Marsellus the Third. And though Marsellus was the vessel of the Living Flame, able to call upon the power of his god at need, while Simon was a follower of the opposing Essusiate religion, still it was the painter, not Marsellus's own priests and guards, who was the Aristok's staunchest ally and defender.

Yet not even Simon could protect Marsellus from unexpected treachery within the Banion court. But when an assassin's blade put a sudden end to Marsellus's reign, it was Simon who—at the dictate of both his own god and his friend's specter—became the champion and rescuer of the new Aristok, Marsellus's five-year-old daughter Kassandra.

With civil and religious war threatening the suddenly leaderless realm, and Kassandra herself lighting to survive becoming the new vessel of the living Flame, Simon had no choice but to flee Branion with the child. Pursued by the very forces which should have been the new ruler's protectors, Simon and a most unlikely band of companions had to keep both the child and her powers hidden while they made a desperate bid to reach the one person who could offer the uncrowned Aristok both sanctuary and a chance, however desperate, of regaining her kingdom and bringing her father's slayers to justice. (Back Cover)


In the kingdom of Branion, the hereditary royal line is blessed—or cursed—with the power of the Flame, a magic which can as easily destroy its human vessel as well as whatever foe it has been unleashed against. Two hundred years before the events of THE STONE PRINCE, Branion is beseiged by a civil war, and only Simon, Court Painter and closest friend of the kingdom's ruler, can find the courage to rescue a young child—the heir to the Flame—from becoming a victim in the family power struggle!]]> 522 Fiona Patton 0886777801 Fey 0 to-read 3.84 1998 The Painter Knight (Branion, #2)
author: Fiona Patton
name: Fey
average rating: 3.84
book published: 1998
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[Northern Lights (His Dark Materials, #1)]]> 70947
The ensuing quest leads them to the bleak splendour of the North, where armoured bears rule the ice and witch-queens fly through the frozen skies - and where a team of scientists is conducting experiments too horrible to be spoken about.

Lyra overcomes these strange terrors, only to find something yet more perilous waiting for her - something with consequences which may even reach beyond the Northern Lights...]]> 399 Philip Pullman 0590660543 Fey 4 4.24 1995 Northern Lights (His Dark Materials, #1)
author: Philip Pullman
name: Fey
average rating: 4.24
book published: 1995
rating: 4
read at: 2004/02/01
date added: 2019/03/28
shelves: fantasy, charity-shop-bought, on-my-bookshelf, second-hand, magic, young-adult
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]]> <![CDATA[The Cruel Prince (The Folk of the Air, #1)]]> 26032825 Of course I want to be like them. They’re beautiful as blades forged in some divine fire. They will live forever.

And Cardan is even more beautiful than the rest. I hate him more than all the others. I hate him so much that sometimes when I look at him, I can hardly breathe.

Jude was seven when her parents were murdered and she and her two sisters were stolen away to live in the treacherous High Court of Faerie. Ten years later, Jude wants nothing more than to belong there, despite her mortality. But many of the fey despise humans. Especially Prince Cardan, the youngest and wickedest son of the High King.

To win a place at the Court, she must defy him–and face the consequences.

As Jude becomes more deeply embroiled in palace intrigues and deceptions, she discovers her own capacity for trickery and bloodshed. But as betrayal threatens to drown the Courts of Faerie in violence, Jude will need to risk her life in a dangerous alliance to save her sisters, and Faerie itself.]]> 370 Holly Black 0316310271 Fey 0 to-read 4.01 2018 The Cruel Prince (The Folk of the Air, #1)
author: Holly Black
name: Fey
average rating: 4.01
book published: 2018
rating: 0
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date added: 2019/03/15
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]]> Blackfish City 35068768
“Simmers with menace and heartache, suspense and wonder.� —Ann Leckie

A Best Book of the Month in

Entertainment Weekly

The Washington Post

Tor.com

B&N Sci-Fi Fantasy Blog

Amazon

After the climate wars, a floating city is constructed in the Arctic Circle, a remarkable feat of mechanical and social engineering, complete with geothermal heating and sustainable energy. The city’s denizens have become accustomed to a roughshod new way of living, however, the city is starting to fray along the edges—crime and corruption have set in, the contradictions of incredible wealth alongside direst poverty are spawning unrest, and a new disease called “the breaks� is ravaging the population.

When a strange new visitor arrives—a woman riding an orca, with a polar bear at her side—the city is entranced. The “orcamancer,� as she’s known, very subtly brings together four people—each living on the periphery—to stage unprecedented acts of resistance. By banding together to save their city before it crumbles under the weight of its own decay, they will learn shocking truths about themselves. 

Blackfish City is a remarkably urgent—and ultimately very hopeful—novel about political corruption, organized crime, technology run amok, the consequences of climate change, gender identity, and the unifying power of human connection. 

Ěý±Ő±Ő> 336 Sam J. Miller 0062684841 Fey 0 to-read 3.54 2018 Blackfish City
author: Sam J. Miller
name: Fey
average rating: 3.54
book published: 2018
rating: 0
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date added: 2019/03/15
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]]> <![CDATA[Chameleon Moon (Chameleon Moon, #1)]]> 31938167
The entire population inside has been quarantined and left to die - directly over the open flame. Eye in the Sky, a deadly and merciless police force ensures no one escapes. Ever. All that's keeping Parole alive is faith in the midst of horrors and death, trust in the face of desperation... and their fantastic, terrifying, and beautiful superhuman abilities.

Regan, silent, scaly stealth expert, is haunted by ten years of anxiety, trauma and terror, and he's finally reached his limit. Evelyn is a fearless force on stage and sonic-superheroic revolutionary on the streets. Now they have a choice - and a chance to not only escape from Parole, but unravel the mystery deep in its burning heart. And most of all, discover the truth about their own entwining pasts.

Parole's a rough place to live. But they're not dead yet. If they can survive the imminent cataclysmic disaster, they might just stay that way...]]> 439 RoAnna Sylver Fey 0 3.91 2014 Chameleon Moon (Chameleon Moon, #1)
author: RoAnna Sylver
name: Fey
average rating: 3.91
book published: 2014
rating: 0
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date added: 2019/03/10
shelves: to-read, nonbinary, science-fiction
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]]> First Don (Ardulum #1) 34109678
Neek makes a living piloting the dilapidated tramp transport, Mercy’s Pledge, and smuggling questionable goods across systems blessed with peace and prosperity. She gets by—but only just. In her dreams, she is still haunted by thoughts of Ardulum, the traveling planet that, long ago, visited her homeworld. The Ardulans brought with them agriculture, art, interstellar technology…and then disappeared without a trace, leaving Neek’s people to worship them as gods.

Neek does not believe—and has paid dearly for it with an exile from her home for her heretical views.

Yet, when the crew stumbles into an armed confrontation between the sheriffs of the Charted Systems and an unknown species, fate deals Neek an unexpected hand in the form of a slave girl—a child whose ability to telepathically manipulate cellulose is reminiscent of that of an Ardulan god. Forced to reconcile her beliefs, Neek chooses to protect her, but is the child the key to her salvation, or will she lead them all to their deaths?]]> 248 J.S. Fields 1945952644 Fey 0 3.89 2017 First Don (Ardulum #1)
author: J.S. Fields
name: Fey
average rating: 3.89
book published: 2017
rating: 0
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date added: 2019/03/10
shelves: to-read, science-fiction, nonbinary, wishlist
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]]> Fan the Embers 40232992

Trend a’Bahn is ready for xys life to begin. Xe wants to gain an apprenticeship to a master builder and find xys mate in claiming season. Never would xe have expected an attraction to an offworlder.


While the two navigate claiming season, an undercurrent in Figor emerges. They don’t like anything non-Figorian and they hate what Hugh represents. As peaceful as Figorians are, a fire has been lit. If their beloved Empeer won’t stop such a mating from occurring, they will take care of it themselves.


Hugh came to Figor for a few months and possibly the rest of his life. If they have their say, his life ends now.]]> Cynthia Kimball 0463654420 Fey 0 0.0 Fan the Embers
author: Cynthia Kimball
name: Fey
average rating: 0.0
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]]> Starless 34357122 Starless introduces us to an epic world where exiled gods live among us, and a hero whose journey will resonate long after the last page is turned.

Let your mind be like the eye of the hawk…Destined from birth to serve as protector of the princess Zariya, Khai is trained in the arts of killing and stealth by a warrior sect in the deep desert; yet there is one profound truth that has been withheld from him.

In the court of the Sun-Blessed, Khai must learn to navigate deadly intrigue and his own conflicted identity…but in the far reaches of the western seas, the dark god Miasmus is rising, intent on nothing less than wholesale destruction.

If Khai is to keep his soul’s twin Zariya alive, their only hope lies with an unlikely crew of prophecy-seekers on a journey that will take them farther beneath the starless skies than anyone can imagine.]]> 587 Jacqueline Carey 0765386828 Fey 0 4.03 2018 Starless
author: Jacqueline Carey
name: Fey
average rating: 4.03
book published: 2018
rating: 0
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date added: 2019/03/10
shelves: to-read, nonbinary, fantasy, wishlist
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]]> <![CDATA[The Seeds of Dissolution (Dissolution Cycle, #1)]]> 36624337
Sam van Oen barely escapes freezing to death in his house, as his watch stops and fire ceases to burn. He is pulled into the Nether—a nexus between ten alien cultures—where he meets Rilan and Origon, two maji who can control the musical foundation of the universe. While coping with anxiety attacks prompted by his new surroundings, Sam must learn to hear and change the Symphony, and thus reality, in order to discover what happened to his home.

But more freezing voids like the one that started his journey are appearing, and Sam’s chances of getting back are fading. The Assembly of Species is threatening to dissolve and the maji are being attacked by those they protect, while rumors grow of an ancient, shape-changing species of assassins, returning to wage war.

The Dissolution is coming.]]> 416 William C. Tracy 0997299444 Fey 0 to-read, nonbinary 3.93 2017 The Seeds of Dissolution (Dissolution Cycle, #1)
author: William C. Tracy
name: Fey
average rating: 3.93
book published: 2017
rating: 0
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date added: 2019/03/10
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]]> <![CDATA[Mask of Shadows (Mask of Shadows, #1)]]> 33918885 I Needed to Win.
They Needed to Die.

Sallot Leon is a thief, and a good one at that. But gender fluid Sal wants nothing more than to escape the drudgery of life as a highway robber and get closer to the upper-class—and the nobles who destroyed their home.

When Sal steals a flyer for an audition to become a member of The Left Hand—the Queen’s personal assassins, named after the rings she wears—Sal jumps at the chance to infiltrate the court and get revenge.

But the audition is a fight to the death filled with clever circus acrobats, lethal apothecaries, and vicious ex-soldiers. A childhood as a common criminal hardly prepared Sal for the trials. And as Sal succeeds in the competition, and wins the heart of Elise, an intriguing scribe at court, they start to dream of a new life and a different future, but one that Sal can have only if they survive.]]> 352 Linsey Miller 1492647497 Fey 0 to-read, nonbinary 3.73 2017 Mask of Shadows (Mask of Shadows, #1)
author: Linsey Miller
name: Fey
average rating: 3.73
book published: 2017
rating: 0
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date added: 2019/03/10
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]]> DalĂ­ (DalĂ­ Tamareia #1) 35560013
Fragile Sol Fed balances on the brink of war with a plundering alien race. Their skills with galactic relations are desperately needed to broker a protective alliance, but in mourning, DalĂ­ no longer cares, seeking oblivion at the bottom of a bottle, in the arms of a faceless lover, or at the end of a knife.

The New Puritan Movement is rising to power within the government, preaching strict genetic counseling and galactic isolation to ensure survival of the endangered human race. Third gender citizens like Dalí don’t fit the mold of this perfect plan, and the NPM will stop at nothing to make their vision become reality. When Dalí stumbles into a plot threatening changelings like them, a shadow organization called the Penumbra recruits them for a rescue mission full of danger, sex, and intrigue, giving Dalí purpose again.

Risky liaisons with a sexy, charismatic pirate lord could be Dalí’s undoing—and the only way to prevent another deadly act of domestic terrorism.]]> 253 E.M. Hamill 1947139576 Fey 0 to-read, nonbinary 4.35 2017 Dalí (Dalí Tamareia #1)
author: E.M. Hamill
name: Fey
average rating: 4.35
book published: 2017
rating: 0
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date added: 2019/03/10
shelves: to-read, nonbinary
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]]> To the Lighthouse 36274007 Alternate cover for ISBN: 0141183411 (ISBN13: 9780141183411)

To the Lighthouse is at once a vivid impressionist depiction of a family holiday, and a meditation on a marriage, on parenthood and childhood, on grief, tyranny and bitterness. Its use of stream of consciousness, reminiscence and shifting perspectives, give the novel an intimate, poetic essence, and at the time of publication in 1927 it represented an utter rejection of Victorian and Edwardian literary values.

Virginia Woolf saw the novel as an elegy to her own parents, and in her diary she wrote: ’I used to think of him [father] and mother daily; but writing The Lighthouse laid them in my mind.’]]> 268 Virginia Woolf Fey 1
The style of writing lies somewhere between EL James and Cormac McCarthy. That's not a compliment by the way.]]> 3.92 1927 To the Lighthouse
author: Virginia Woolf
name: Fey
average rating: 3.92
book published: 1927
rating: 1
read at: 2015/08/31
date added: 2019/01/31
shelves: jezebels-75, 2015-must-read, didnt-finish, female-author
review:
Maybe I miss the point because I couldn't finish it. But the point of most books is to be enjoyable, and if its unreadable after 40 pages, why bother? I don't even know if there was a point.

The style of writing lies somewhere between EL James and Cormac McCarthy. That's not a compliment by the way.
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