en-US Thu, 10 Apr 2025 22:51:02 -0700 60 144 41 /images/layout/goodreads_logo_144.jpg 29662645 40 Emily Gravett 1447273982 Martina 2 read-in-2025 4.02 2016
author: Emily Gravett
name: Martina
average rating: 4.02
book published: 2016
rating: 2
read at: 2025/04/11
date added: 2025/04/10
shelves: read-in-2025
review:
Ilustracije su lijepe i boje šume poprilično opuštaju umorne oči, ali me smeta nategnuta hrvatska rima, koja čini tekst i samu priču poprilično nerazumljivo i neshvaćeno.
]]> 52368048 Take to the trails for a celebration of nature—and a day spent with dad.

In the cool and quiet early light of morning, a father and child wake up. Today they're going on a hike. Follow the duo into the mountains as they witness the magic of the wilderness, overcome challenges, and play a small role in the survival of the forest. By the time they return home, they feel alive—and closer than ever—as they document their hike and take their place in family history. In detail-rich panels and textured panoramas, Pete Oswald perfectly paces this nearly wordless adventure, allowing readers to pause for subtle wonders and marvel at the views. A touching tribute to the bond between father and child, with resonant themes for Earth Day, Hike is a breath of fresh air.]]> 40 Pete Oswald 153620157X Martina 4 read-in-2025 4.36 2020
author: Pete Oswald
name: Martina
average rating: 4.36
book published: 2020
rating: 4
read at: 2025/04/10
date added: 2025/04/09
shelves: read-in-2025
review:
Neobičan i divan dan tate i djeteta, na malom čitatelju ili čitateljici je da odluči o kome je pak riječ što mi se iznimno sviđa, kao i činjenica da je slikovnica s tatom! Tiha knjiga ilitiga slikovnica bez riječi koja daje priliku da roditelj s djetetom stvara priču, ali vrijedi i obrnuto. Ilustracije su prirodne i s mnoštvom detalja na koje dijete treba obratiti pozornosti, no nije na odmet ni na odraslima da se zagledaju i zamisle nad sitnicama koje život znače kad si mali, ali i kasnije kad si veliki. U posveti na kraju piše da je za tatu i djeda s ilustracijom koja uz cijelu priču koju priča slikovnica Izlet (Hike) potiče da s djetetom stvaramo obiteljske, tradicijske uspomene.
]]> 18798983 One Life to One Dawn.

In a land ruled by a murderous boy-king, each dawn brings heartache to a new family. Khalid, the eighteen-year-old Caliph of Khorasan, is a monster. Each night he takes a new bride only to have a silk cord wrapped around her throat come morning. When sixteen-year-old Shahrzad's dearest friend falls victim to Khalid, Shahrzad vows vengeance and volunteers to be his next bride. Shahrzad is determined not only to stay alive, but to end the caliph's reign of terror once and for all.

Night after night, Shahrzad beguiles Khalid, weaving stories that enchant, ensuring her survival, though she knows each dawn could be her last. But something she never expected begins to happen: Khalid is nothing like what she'd imagined him to be. This monster is a boy with a tormented heart. Incredibly, Shahrzad finds herself falling in love. How is this possible? It's an unforgivable betrayal. Still, Shahrzad has come to understand all is not as it seems in this palace of marble and stone. She resolves to uncover whatever secrets lurk and, despite her love, be ready to take Khalid's life as retribution for the many lives he's stolen. Can their love survive this world of stories and secrets?]]> 416 Renée Ahdieh 0399171614 Martina 0 currently-reading, kindle 4.05 2015
author: Renée Ahdieh
name: Martina
average rating: 4.05
book published: 2015
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2025/04/09
shelves: currently-reading, kindle
review:

]]> 60608581 88 Angus Phillips 110894034X Martina 0 3.50
author: Angus Phillips
name: Martina
average rating: 3.50
book published:
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2025/04/09
shelves: currently-reading, on-the-shelf-in-my-library
review:

]]> 42617651 32 James Carter 1848577141 Martina 4 read-in-2025, favorites Voljela bih je pročitati i u originalu iako i na hrvatskom zvuči dobro.]]> 3.94
author: James Carter
name: Martina
average rating: 3.94
book published:
rating: 4
read at: 2025/04/09
date added: 2025/04/09
shelves: read-in-2025, favorites
review:
32 stranice divnog plavog akvarela najljepši su dio ove poetske slikovnice, a tekst ih vizualno pokušava pratiti kako bi dao poseban doživljaj priče o vodi.
Voljela bih je pročitati i u originalu iako i na hrvatskom zvuči dobro.
]]> 199667406 Que segredos se escondem atrás de uma tão grande obsessão?
Um dark romance carregado de tensão e muita sensualidade.

A conclusão da duologia Possessing Her, um verdadeiro fenómeno de popularidade no TikTok.

Agora que és minha, tudo farei para te proteger.

Hayden está convencido de que Calista corre perigo, e só essa ideia é o suficiente para o deixar (ainda mais) fora de si. A segurança dela será sempre a sua prioridade, mesmo que para isso ele tenha de cometer alguns excessos e fazer coisas com que ela provavelmente não irá concordar.

A ligação entre os dois é cada vez mais forte, mas Calista sabe que quanto mais se aproximar daquele homem, mais as coisas se poderão complicar. E embora considere que os sentimentos dele são genuínos, também sabe que existem ainda muitos segredos por revelar.

Conseguirá ela suportar toda a verdade sobre Hayden?]]> 260 Morgan Bridges Martina 1 kindle, read-in-2025 3.56
author: Morgan Bridges
name: Martina
average rating: 3.56
book published:
rating: 1
read at: 2025/04/09
date added: 2025/04/09
shelves: kindle, read-in-2025
review:
In cca 1500 books I've read so far in my life this is the first one I find repulsive. Red flags that I can't justify. I did read it to be sure and yes I did highlight a lot but still he was just wrong in so much. Even if it's not the same genre, Tamlin is a baby to Hayden and f*cking someone with a gun or a knife like Z did is also nothing to Hayden.
]]> 199244880
Murder brought us together.
Only death can keep us apart.
The

Calista belongs to me... she just doesn’t know it.
The first time we met, I wanted her.
The next time, I was obsessed.
I watched her.
I followed her.
It only deepened my need to possess her.
Once she's mine, I'm never letting her go.

The
Hayden Bennett is a monster, in and out of the courtroom.
Unfortunately, I need his help.
What was supposed to be a simple transaction turns into something else.
Something intense.
He’s always there when I need him,
but I don't know if trusting him is a good idea...

Once You're Mine is Book 1 in the Possessing Her Duet that ends on a cliffhanger. It contains a morally gray hero that's OTT/JP, a stalker who falls first, has Touch Her & Die energy, and is willing to do whatever it takes to have her.
(A complete list of the TWs can be found on the author's website) ]]> 308 Morgan Bridges Martina 2 kindle, read-in-2025 3.62 2023
author: Morgan Bridges
name: Martina
average rating: 3.62
book published: 2023
rating: 2
read at: 2025/04/08
date added: 2025/04/08
shelves: kindle, read-in-2025
review:
On je neuvjerljiv, a ona dosadna.
]]> 60217777 The stakes are even higher in this epic, romantic conclusion to the New York Times bestselling Crimson Moth duology.

A WITCH...
Rune Winters is on the run. Ever since the boy she loved, Gideon Sharpe, revealed who she was and delivered her into enemy hands, everyone wants her dead. If Rune hopes to survive, she must ally herself with the cruel and dangerous Cressida Roseblood, who’s planning to take back the Republic and reinstate a Reign of Witches—something Cressida needs Rune to accomplish.

A WITCH HUNTER...
Apparently it wasn’t enough for Rune to deceive Gideon; she’s now betrayed him by allying herself with the witch who made his life a living hell. Gideon won’t allow the Republic to fall to the witches and be plunged back into the nightmares of the past. In order to protect this new world he fought for, every last witch must die—especially Rune Winters.

AN IMPOSSIBLE CHOICE...
When Rune makes Gideon an offer he can’t refuse, the two must pair up to accomplish dangerous goals. The more they’re forced into each other’s company, the more Gideon realizes the feelings he had for Rune aren’t as dead and buried as he thought. Now he’s faced with a terrible choice: sacrifice the girl he loves to stop a monster taking back power, or let Rune live and watch the world he fought so hard for burn.

In Kristen Ciccarelli's Rebel Witch, the exciting conclusion to The Crimson Moth duology, love has never been so deadly.]]> 464 Kristen Ciccarelli Martina 4 kindle, read-in-2025 I'm so happy.]]> 4.25 2025
author: Kristen Ciccarelli
name: Martina
average rating: 4.25
book published: 2025
rating: 4
read at: 2025/04/06
date added: 2025/04/06
shelves: kindle, read-in-2025
review:
What a good book about witches.
I'm so happy.
]]> 127305713
Spending her days pretending to be nothing more than a vapid young socialite, Rune spends her nights as the Crimson Moth, a witch vigilante who rescues her kind from being purged. When a rescue goes wrong, she decides to throw the witch hunters off her scent and gain the intel she desperately needs by courting the handsome Gideon Sharpe �� a notorious and unforgiving witch hunter loyal to the revolution �� who she can't help but find herself falling for.

Gideon loathes the decadence and superficiality Rune represents, but when he learns the Crimson Moth has been using Rune’s merchant ships to smuggle renegade witches out of the republic, he inserts himself into her social circles by pretending to court her right back. He soon realizes that beneath her beauty and shallow façade, is someone fiercely intelligent and tender who feels like his perfect match. Except, what if she’s the very villain he’s been hunting?

Kristen Ciccarelli’s The Crimson Moth is the thrilling start to a romantic fantasy duology where the only thing more treacherous than being a witch�� is falling in love.]]> 406 Kristen Ciccarelli 1250866901 Martina 4 kindle, read-in-2025 4.16 2024
author: Kristen Ciccarelli
name: Martina
average rating: 4.16
book published: 2024
rating: 4
read at: 2025/04/04
date added: 2025/04/04
shelves: kindle, read-in-2025
review:
I loved it. Even if I don't understand what happened between them in bed.
]]> 203760167
“Molly Devereaux has been missing for more than two weeks, and police are still searching for the girl who seemed to vanish out of thin air. The world still wants to know... Where's Molly?��

In my dreams, I never escaped the Oregon woods.

Life after death isn't easy to accept, especially when I still feel like a ghost.

Now, I live deep in the mountains of Montana—the paradigm of beauty. But they are also the home of horrors.

Horrors that I only unleash at night.

When my pigs are allowed to feast.

It is strongly recommended to read Haunting Adeline and Hunting Adeline before reading Where's Molly.

Important Note: This is a dark romance that contains dark subject matter. Please refer to the author's website for content warnings]]> 243 H.D. Carlton Martina 1 kindle, read-in-2025 4.18 2024
author: H.D. Carlton
name: Martina
average rating: 4.18
book published: 2024
rating: 1
read at: 2025/03/09
date added: 2025/03/28
shelves: kindle, read-in-2025
review:

]]> 59113120 Every harvest moon, the Witch Collector rides into our valley and leads one of us to the home of the immortal Frost King, to remain forever.

Today is that day—Collecting Day.

But he will not come for me. I, Raina Bloodgood, have lived in this village for twenty-four years, and for twenty-four years��he has passed me by.

His mistake.

Raina Bloodgood has one kill the Frost King and the Witch Collector who stole her sister. On Collecting Day, she means to exact murderous revenge, but a more sinister threat sets fire to her world. Rising from the ashes is the Collector, Alexus Thibault, the man she vowed to slay and the only person who can help save her sister.

Thrust into an age-old story of ice, fire, and ancient gods, Raina must abandon vengeance and aid the Witch Collector or let their empire—and her sister—fall into enemy hands. But the lines between good and evil blur, and Raina has more to lose than she imagined. What is she to do when the Witch Collector is no longer the villain who stole her sister, but the hero who’s stealing her heart?

The Witch Collector is book one in a thrilling romantic fantasy series, perfect for fans of Naomi Novik, Sarah J. Maas, and Jennifer L. Armentrout.]]> 372 Charissa Weaks 1648980430 Martina 3 kindle, read-in-2025 Interesting.
Not sure I'll remember much more about it after a while.
And I'm not into it so much to start reading the second one right after.
I do remember, I was thinking, while reading, how much I enjoy the story, and the writing, so much that it doesn't have to have a love or a smut scene. And that one was good mostly because of his words :) [spoilers removed]]]> 4.02 2021
author: Charissa Weaks
name: Martina
average rating: 4.02
book published: 2021
rating: 3
read at: 2025/03/28
date added: 2025/03/28
shelves: kindle, read-in-2025
review:
A witch without a voice does magic by sign language.
Interesting.
Not sure I'll remember much more about it after a while.
And I'm not into it so much to start reading the second one right after.
I do remember, I was thinking, while reading, how much I enjoy the story, and the writing, so much that it doesn't have to have a love or a smut scene. And that one was good mostly because of his words :) [spoilers removed]
]]> 211377898
Sigurna kuća čita se u dahu i ostavlja bez daha. Marina Vujčić pripovijeda o nasiljima o kojima se ne piše u novinama, o ženama koje pate i ne uspijevaju naći izlaz. Sigurna kuća krik je protiv verbalnog i psihičkog nasilja, upozorenje da ne prihvaćamo zdravo za gotovo živote svojih prijatelja te nadasve roman o tome da uvijek trebamo biti prvo lice svoga života.]]> 208 Marina Vujčić 9533587164 Martina 5 read-in-2025 4.73 2024
author: Marina Vujčić
name: Martina
average rating: 4.73
book published: 2024
rating: 5
read at: 2025/03/27
date added: 2025/03/27
shelves: read-in-2025
review:
Loše se osjećam, jer dajem pet zvjezdica ovoj knjizi za ovakvu temu. Kao da odobravam Ladi što joj se dogodilo. Osjećam se loše i zbog 208 stranica. Zvuči mi malo za toliko boli koliko ju je snašlo. Knjiga koja, vjerujem, ostaje sa mnom do kraja mog života. Osjećam se kao prijateljica koja joj nije pomogla, a trebala je. Kao još jedna osoba koja ju je iznevjerila. Ostaje gorak okus i nada ću se iskupiti samo i jedino ako o Ladi, temi, knjizi i Marini budem pričala svima, htjeli oni čuti ili ne.
]]> 60746477 The author of the bestselling I Used to Have a Plan is back with more balm for the soul, offering advice, inspiration, and solace for everyone who has lost something or someone special.

After losing her mother to cancer, Alessandra Olanow was overwhelmed by the sadness and uncertainty she felt each day—the shifting tide of emotions that everyone who has suffered loss experiences in their own unique way.

In this wise and intimate book, the artist and writer draws insights from her personal loss and also her training as an end-of-life doula to explore the complex, heart-rending process of grief. Olanow chronicles her journey through pain and how she learned to bear a sorrow that will never leave her. In spare but incisive writing and more than 75 full-color drawings, she shares her own struggle with feelings of loss and longing and shows that with time, grief evolves and we relearn the world changed by that loss.

Hello Grief can be read straight through from cover to cover or can be opened to any each spread delivers a warm combination of advice, solace, empathy, and a glint of humor that is direct, helpful, comforting, and profound in its truth. Olanow has distilled the experience of grief and the process of healing into a soothing book that will bring comfort to anyone in mourning.]]> 128 Alessandra Olanow 0063271648 Martina 4 kindle, read-in-2025 4.25
author: Alessandra Olanow
name: Martina
average rating: 4.25
book published:
rating: 4
read at: 2025/03/20
date added: 2025/03/20
shelves: kindle, read-in-2025
review:
Simple yet short but powerful poems about five stages of grief that are so true.
]]> 1223119
If he were ordinary elephant color, the others might stop laughing. That would make Elmer feel better, wouldn't it? David McKee's comical fable about everyone’s favorite patchwork elephant teaches readers to be themselves and celebrates the power of laughter.]]> 32 David McKee 0688091717 Martina 5 4.24 1968
author: David McKee
name: Martina
average rating: 4.24
book published: 1968
rating: 5
read at: 2025/03/20
date added: 2025/03/20
shelves: on-the-shelf-in-my-library, favorites, read-in-2025
review:
Svi poželimo u jednom trenutku biti kao svi ostali, ali onda shvatimo da nam je bolje kad smo svoji, drukčiji.
]]> 18584855 Long before she was the terror of Wonderland—the infamous Queen of Hearts—she was just a girl who wanted to fall in love.

Catherine may be one of the most desired girls in Wonderland, and a favorite of the unmarried King of Hearts, but her interests lie elsewhere. A talented baker, all she wants is to open a shop with her best friend. But according to her mother, such a goal is unthinkable for the young woman who could be the next queen.

Then Cath meets Jest, the handsome and mysterious court joker. For the first time, she feels the pull of true attraction. At the risk of offending the king and infuriating her parents, she and Jest enter into an intense, secret courtship. Cath is determined to define her own destiny and fall in love on her terms. But in a land thriving with magic, madness, and monsters, fate has other plans.

In her first stand-alone teen novel, the New York Times-bestselling author dazzles us with a prequel to Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.]]> 453 Marissa Meyer 1250044650 Martina 0 4.10 2016
author: Marissa Meyer
name: Martina
average rating: 4.10
book published: 2016
rating: 0
read at: 2025/03/19
date added: 2025/03/19
shelves: kindle, read-in-2025, favorites
review:

]]> 201155951
A quaint cottage in a Scottish forest seemed the perfect place for Kinsley to start anew. But when a tragic accident leaves her isolated and dying, her new life is over before ever beginning.

Until a dark, mysterious being emerges from the night gloom and offers to save her—for a price.

With no other choice but death, she accepts. She awakens to find herself bound to an ancient, powerful goblin who is equally terrifying and intriguing. He’s terse, demanding, brooding.

Despite that, Kinsley is drawn to him, captivated by his sinful crimson eyes, craving his every wicked touch.

But what will happen when he discovers the truth? What will happen when he learns that Kinsley cannot fulfill their pact?

What will happen if she lets this goblin claim her heart along with her freedom?
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Standalone book set in The Cursed Ones Universe. Can be read in any order.]]> Tiffany Roberts Martina 3 kindle, read-in-2025 4.08 2023
author: Tiffany Roberts
name: Martina
average rating: 4.08
book published: 2023
rating: 3
read at: 2025/03/15
date added: 2025/03/15
shelves: kindle, read-in-2025
review:
Never have I ever wanted someone to get pregnant in a book
]]> 205404157
When Rennick was thirteen, the gods bestowed upon him the name of his fated mate--a human girl. As the sole heir to the Mountain Kingdom, magic bound him to his kingdom until he ascended the throne on his twenty-fifth birthday, and as a human, she couldn't cross the magical barrier separating the humans from the fae. Heartsore and consumed with thoughts of her, he did the only thing he could and sent her anonymous letters and gifts��

Until he crossed the barrier into her kingdom to claim her as his own.


Six months after Amelia's thirteenth birthday, she received a strange letter from a fae boy claiming her as his mate. Humans weren't taught much about the fae, and one look at the horrifying doll meant to be her belated birthday gift solidified her suspicions that someone was playing a cruel joke. Except the letters and odd gifts kept coming. Against her better judgment, Amelia fell in love with her mysterious admirer throughout the years, certain they would never meet. But on her twenty-fifth birthday, her walk to work was interrupted by two familiar words she'd read a million times.

"Hello, love."

Viciously Yours is a new adult fantasy romance long novella/short novel of about 60k words/250 pages. It is fast-paced and focuses solely on the relationship between the two main characters. There is no overarching background plot. Example: Rebels attack the kingdoms, but there is no story as to why because it just is.

The couple does have minor obstacles, but there is no miscommunication trope, no third act breakup, and no cheating.

PLEASE NOTE: The male main character does a few morally black things to those he deems a threat to his relationship. There are no shades of grey.

CONTENT WARNINGS:
Orphaned heroine, gore, unethical kills and decisions by main characters, death of a parent, mature language, explicit sexual situations, graphic violence and death]]> 258 Jamie Applegate Hunter Martina 5 kindle, read-in-2025 Imperfectly perfect. 3.59 2024
author: Jamie Applegate Hunter
name: Martina
average rating: 3.59
book published: 2024
rating: 5
read at: 2025/03/12
date added: 2025/03/12
shelves: kindle, read-in-2025
review:
Imperfectly perfect.
]]> 136470356 A dark, atmospheric tale of deadly secrets and forbidden love.

Mortui vivos docent.
The dead teach the living.

After watching my mother succumb to a mysterious illness, I promised myself two things. I’d find the cure for what ravaged her. And leave the godforsaken city where she abandoned me.

Four years later, I receive an acceptance letter from Dracadia University, one of the oldest, most prestigious schools in the country. Nestled on a secluded island off the coast of Maine, it’s rumored to be haunted by the souls of the mental patients exiled there centuries before. Those whose bones are said to make up the island’s white sandy shores.

And restless ghosts aren’t even its most daunting peculiarity.

Devryck Bramwell, known on campus as Doctor Death, is a brilliant pathologist in charge of the midnight lab. He’s also my devastatingly handsome professor, who seems to loathe tenacious first-years, like me. Except, his dark and enigmatic gaze tells me all the ways he’d devour me if given the chance, and his stolen kisses burn my lips with forbidden jealousy.

I crave his authority.
He aches for redemption.
Together, we’re toxic. Delicious fodder for the prying eyes hellbent on exhuming the rotted skeletons of our pasts.

For the dead have much to teach, and it’s only a matter of time before Dracadia’s most depraved secret is resurrected.

Nocticadia is a standalone dark academia gothic romance.]]> 682 Keri Lake Martina 2 kindle, read-in-2025 I can't even say I loved the smut. It was all too simple, easy, bland, meek and I don't know what else, just not for me, very disappointed.]]> 4.23 2023
author: Keri Lake
name: Martina
average rating: 4.23
book published: 2023
rating: 2
read at: 2025/03/09
date added: 2025/03/09
shelves: kindle, read-in-2025
review:
I expected and wanted more from it.
I can't even say I loved the smut. It was all too simple, easy, bland, meek and I don't know what else, just not for me, very disappointed.
]]> 228244705 165 Ivana Šojat 9533558083 Martina 3 read-in-2025 4.33
author: Ivana Šojat
name: Martina
average rating: 4.33
book published:
rating: 3
read at: 2025/01/14
date added: 2025/03/09
shelves: read-in-2025
review:
Iznenađujuća tema ili pak ne s obzirom kuda ovaj svijet ide. Ivana ponovno pogađa s temom. Pitam se doživljavaju li i drugi ovako omladinu ili su okruženi boljim prilikama pa time i životom. Možda je i prejednostavna knjiga, ali namjenjena je djeci, mladima da im pokaže stvarnost koja ih okružuje i da nije sve "samo opušteno", "no sikiriki" i "yolo" kako se čini i kako im se možda predstavlja. No, završava pozitivno, jer čemu sve, ako ne postoji nada u bolje sutra.
]]> 223546197 Magic has returned to the world, but it's brought more than just wonder in its wake.

As Layla Ironwood-Steelsinger prepares to host a massive Midsummer celebration, she can't shake the feeling that something dark looms on the horizon. And she's not wrong.

Ancient spells and plots are unraveling, gods walk among the party, and deep beneath the earth, a force that could destroy everything stirs in its centuries-long slumber.

For the Tuatha Dé Danann family and their allies, this Midsummer celebration could be their last moment of peace before chaos erupts. Dragons are awakening inside the Greatdrakes family, The Wild Hunt is restless, and magic is unleashing creatures that should never be set free on the world.

While couples find love and families reconnect under the solstice moon, secrets emerge that will shake the foundations of both the human world and Faerie.

Please note, this 'Fae Universe' novella is a fun, slice-of-life check in with all our faves and acts as a bridge between 'The Lost Fae Kings' and the upcoming 'Greatdrakes' series. It contains adult content, swearing, and sex scenes. ]]> 73 Alessa Thorn Martina 3 kindle, read-in-2025 4.32
author: Alessa Thorn
name: Martina
average rating: 4.32
book published:
rating: 3
read at: 2025/03/04
date added: 2025/03/04
shelves: kindle, read-in-2025
review:
Short little novella that shows everyone together but doing their own stuff to keep us prepared for the next part of the story. Such a tease. Now I want more!
]]> 16093941 Knjiga sadrži kolumne koje je Paulo Coelho objavljivao u brazilskim i inozemnim novinama u razdoblju od 1993. do 1996. godine. Do sada je prevedena na 27 jezika.
Ratnik svjetlosti ne trati svoj život kako bi u njemu igrao uloge koje su mu drugi dodijelili.
Ratnik svjetlosti ne gubi vrijeme na zlonamjernike �� on mora ispuniti svoju sudbinu.
Ratnik svjetlosti prepoznaje svoje mane, ali svjestan je i vlastith vrlina.
Ratnik svjetlosti uvijek čini najbolje što može i isto očekuje od drugih.
Ratnik svjetlosti zna da se i najudaljenija zvijezda u svemiru očituje u stvarima koje nas okružuju...
"Priručnik za ratnika svjetlosti" jest poziv svakome od nas da ostvarimo svoje snove, da prigrlimo životne nesigurnosti i uzdignemo se kako bi se susreli s vlastitom sudbinom. Svojim jedinstvenim stilom Paulo Coelho pomaže nam da u vlastitoj unutrašnjosti otkrijemo ratnika svjetlosti. Ove inspirirajuće minijature pomažu nam da stupimo na put ratnika svjetlosti.
"Ratnici Svjetlosti često se pitaju koja je njihova uloga. Mnogo se puta zamisle nad smislom vlastita života. Zato i jesu Ratnici Svjetlosti jer griješe. Jer se propitkuju. Jer traže smisao. I nema sumnje da ce ga pronaci. Da, nema sumnje da će ga pronaći."]]> 151 Paulo Coelho 953201599X Martina 0 3.57
author: Paulo Coelho
name: Martina
average rating: 3.57
book published:
rating: 0
read at: 2001/06/28
date added: 2025/03/04
shelves: on-the-shelf-in-my-library, read-in-2001
review:

]]> 205017197 She invited in the darkness, so she had no one else to blame...when I came for her.
It was a sinister game of submission. The Hunt.��
She'd run. I'd chase.��And when I caught her...
Primal. Untamed. Merciless.��
I've been watching her.
Stalking her.
I will become the beast from her darkest fantasies.
Hunting her from behind a stag's mask made of bone.
Preying on her secret need for primal play.
��
I should be protecting her, but I'm not.
Instead... I am a Heathen.��
And she is an innocent who chose this.��
And if she made a mistake?
If she wants to try and escape me? Escape The Hunt?
It's far too late.
She's mine now.��Run.]]> 322 Alta Hensley Martina 2 kindle, read-in-2025 There would be more stars cause the rest of the book wasn't that bad but that fbf was/is just so cringey to me. ]]> 3.60
author: Alta Hensley
name: Martina
average rating: 3.60
book published:
rating: 2
read at: 2025/03/03
date added: 2025/03/03
shelves: kindle, read-in-2025
review:
Not my cup of tea with the father's best friend theme.
There would be more stars cause the rest of the book wasn't that bad but that fbf was/is just so cringey to me.
]]> 56459780
My best friend, my right hand, the man I trusted above all others. Zayden de Rosa declared his love for me and pursued me until he shattered the walls between us. Then the man who loved me proved to be a traitor. I never saw that coming.

Abandoned.

My fierce lover, he died to protect me. Let me kill him and erase him so he could move in the shadows. He’s out there alone and he has no idea what’s happened. All he’ll know is that I’m not where I’m supposed to be. Something that might cost him his life for real. I have to trust him to survive on his own. He never saw that coming.

Framed.

My lighthouse. My lover. My Lucas. I love him so damn much and while I might be guilty of some crimes, the worst seems to be hurting him. The majority of what they arrested me for was a damn lie, but not that one. Hopefully the light he promised me will sustain through this time. We never saw that coming.

Enraged.

My ex is at the heart of this all. One assault after another. He didn’t break me before and he won’t break me now.

I’m Hades.

He’ll never see me coming.

Timber is book FOUR of FOUR in the Hades series. This book contains scenes and content that may become triggering for some people and it is advised to proceed with caution. If you've got this far in the series, you're already well acquainted with the nature of the Hades plotline and can make your own educated guesses.]]> 452 Tate James Martina 2 kindle, read-in-2025 4.43 2021
author: Tate James
name: Martina
average rating: 4.43
book published: 2021
rating: 2
read at: 2025/03/02
date added: 2025/03/02
shelves: kindle, read-in-2025
review:
For me the whole series lacks chemistry between the characters and I really didn't like their jealousy who will "get" her first or alone, that was such a turnoff.
]]> 56459771
◆◆��

They say to keep your enemies close and mine are all around me. At the heart of it are four dangerously gorgeous men. The man who wants to light my darkness and already paid the price for loving me. The man who can handle my power and loves every dark inch of me. The man who has been my closest companion and now threatens to upend our carefully balanced world in pursuit of me.

But the fourth man is probably the most terrifying. He wants to take the others away. He wants to tear the spinal column out my empire. Destroy my businesses. Destroy me.

Why?

Because the man who should have stayed dead wants me and he will stop at nothing until he’s carved out my bloody, beating heart and left me broken.

He should remember who he’s dealing with…I’m not the girl he knew anymore.

I’m Hades.

This time when death comes for him, I’ll make sure it sticks.

◆◆��

Club 22 is book THREE of FOUR in the Hades series.]]> 548 Tate James Martina 2 kindle, read-in-2025 4.60 2021
author: Tate James
name: Martina
average rating: 4.60
book published: 2021
rating: 2
read at: 2025/03/02
date added: 2025/03/02
shelves: kindle, read-in-2025
review:
This one gave me weird feelings about all of them, I felt pity.
]]> 56428876
◆◆��

Five years ago, I made a choice that I haven’t regretted a day since. I protected the single most important person in my world, my little sister. I protected myself, and I seized control of the Tri-state Timberwolves.

Since then, I’ve wielded that power with an iron fist. Done whatever it took to take care of my people. Kept us out of the public eye, and kept us safe.

Now a ghost from my past is threatening my position. Challenging me. Peddling their poison and breaking my rules. Stabbing at me in the dark.

Blowing up my fucking club.

But this last attack has taken it one step too far. They have no idea the lengths I’ll go to protect what is mine. And Lucas? He’s mine.

They want anarchy? They haven’t seen anything yet.



◆◆��

Anarchy is book TWO of FOUR in the Hades series.]]> 369 Tate James Martina 3 read-in-2025, kindle I'll stick with it till the end.]]> 4.48 2021
author: Tate James
name: Martina
average rating: 4.48
book published: 2021
rating: 3
read at: 2025/03/01
date added: 2025/03/01
shelves: read-in-2025, kindle
review:
Better then the first.
I'll stick with it till the end.
]]> 55679869
The streets outside the Wolves HQ ran red with the blood of the old guard, and not one of those members loyal to my father were spared mercy. Not a single one.

I let the media twist and distort the story. My new recruits eagerly proved themselves in spreading false news, in covering our tracks. To the general public, the Tri-State Timberwolves were extinct.

But that couldn’t have been further from the truth. We changed, we grew, we evolved and came out stronger than ever. Now, I live, eat, sleep and breathe Timberwolves. I’ll do anything to keep my empire safe and thriving. To keep the people depending on me safe.

So, what do I do, when it’s my own weakness that places us all in danger? When I let sex cloud my judgment, and my people pay the price?

Simple. Kill the distractions.

I’m called Hades for a reason, after all.]]> 380 Tate James Martina 2 kindle, read-in-2025 Where is it?!
I think my copy is missing it.
Not sure why but I'm gonna read the next one. Why am I invested when I don't really like anything about it. ]]> 4.36 2021
author: Tate James
name: Martina
average rating: 4.36
book published: 2021
rating: 2
read at: 2025/02/28
date added: 2025/02/28
shelves: kindle, read-in-2025
review:
Apparently this should be a reverse harem book.
Where is it?!
I think my copy is missing it.
Not sure why but I'm gonna read the next one. Why am I invested when I don't really like anything about it.
]]> 201017011 “I don’t need another kink.��

That thought pops into my head whenever I pull up my favorite social media app, but alas, every time I scroll, I learn something new about myself, and another one is born. And yes, I know I’m responsible for what the algorithm shows me, but I’m trying to ignore that fact.

Lately, my feed has been dominated by masked men. I’ve favorited videos with them dressed in full cosplay, decked out in futuristic military apparel, and wrapped up like ghouls.

But more than anything else, my FYP is filled with shirtless men wearing ghost masks. Bonus points if they’re heavily tattooed, wielding a knife, or covered in fake blood. At night, I dream about being chased by them, of them catching me and doing deliciously dark things to my more than willing body.

I never could have guessed that by sending one drunken text, those dreams would become my new reality.

Lights Out is a fast-paced dark romance with a morally grey male lead. Some themes and scenes may be disturbing to readers. Please check the TWs at the beginning of the book. ]]> 338 Navessa Allen Martina 4 kindle, read-in-2025 I couldn't put it down.]]> 4.17 2024
author: Navessa Allen
name: Martina
average rating: 4.17
book published: 2024
rating: 4
read at: 2025/02/27
date added: 2025/02/27
shelves: kindle, read-in-2025
review:
This one was a blast!
I couldn't put it down.
]]> 222817571 No description available. 584 Sythiana Martina 0 to-read 3.73
author: Sythiana
name: Martina
average rating: 3.73
book published:
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2025/02/26
shelves: to-read
review:

]]> 204798225 Huntyr knew better than to trust anyone.

She made it into The Golden City, only to find out that everything she dreamed of is gone. There is no safety, no luxury, no elite society. There's only the evil archangel and his dark, twisted plans to use her for power.

Those plans include marrying Huntyr and Wolf, even though she'd rather die than be wed to him.

Huntyr is forced to learn about her real heritage and her untapped magic while she's paraded around The Golden City as the archangel's new favorite weapon. Wolf can do nothing but watch as she's manipulated and toyed with, but one thing hasn't changed: He'll never let anyone else lay a hand on what's his. Even if she despises him.

Betrayal runs deep, but blood runs deeper. Huntyr and Wolf navigate tests of loyalty and new truths as they're faced with the downfall of one power and the rise of another. Families break. Friendships rise. Do they have what it takes to survive? And are they strong enough to right the wrongs from decades ago?

Blood So Brutal is book 2 of the Huntyr x Wolf duet in the Golden City series. After inflicting two books of trauma onto these characters, there will be a happy ending.]]> 426 Emily Blackwood Martina 3 kindle, read-in-2025 Wolf was good. :)]]> 3.77
author: Emily Blackwood
name: Martina
average rating: 3.77
book published:
rating: 3
read at: 2025/02/26
date added: 2025/02/26
shelves: kindle, read-in-2025
review:
Far better then the first one. Still kind of a copy.
Wolf was good. :)
]]> 203325526 Fourth Wing meets The Serpent and the Wings of Night in this dark, alluring fantasy romance filled with tension, combat, magic, fae, fallen angels, vampyres, and two stubborn rivals.

Huntyr has fought for survival her entire life. Raised under Lord, the master of assassins in Midgrave, she has spent over twenty years learning to kill the blood-hungry, depraved vampyres that lurk in the darkness. Huntyr is the most lethal fae in the kingdom, which is why Lord chooses her to complete the next mission.

Huntyr must survive Moira Seminary and make it into The Golden City—the mysterious elite society of the few remaining angels and the magic fae who live in luxury with no crime, no poverty, and certainly no vampyres.

Only when she arrives at the academy, she’s forced to room with Wolf—the terrifying fallen angel who happens to know her assassin identity.

Determined to keep her head down in Moira, Huntyr tries her best to ignore Wolf. Over time, though, he not only becomes the only person she can lean on, but the one who might keep her alive through the life-threatening tests to get into The Golden City.

A wolf and his huntress. An academy designed to break them.

Huntyr will do anything to please the assassin master, but Wolf begins to test her in ways she never imagined. Is she strong enough to stick to the mission? Or will new truths—and alliances—put everything at risk?

Wings So Wicked is a new adult fantasy romance with fae, vampyres, fallen angels, magical trials, fierce main characters, dark themes, forced proximity, 'who did this to you' moments, possessive males, rivals to lovers, elite societies, hidden identities, and so much more. Readers who love academy settings, main characters riddled with darkness, angst, and slow burn romances will devour this story!]]> 381 Emily Blackwood Martina 2 kindle, read-in-2025 3.75
author: Emily Blackwood
name: Martina
average rating: 3.75
book published:
rating: 2
read at: 2025/02/24
date added: 2025/02/24
shelves: kindle, read-in-2025
review:
Ehm, it says in the description that it is a kind of a copy of two other books. And it is a bad copy but I am invested in Wolf and want to know how he gets to HEA. Unfortunately, Huntyr is his other part therefore I have to read about her too.
]]> 45321824 Dear A. ��
I am writing to express my gratitude for your gift. There are no sufficient words, but please accept my sincerest thank you.

Yours,
R.

She writes me back.
I didn’t expect that.

She tells me she’s a lover of chicken pizza and video games, a hot sorority girl with the nickname Sloth. She wants to know something about me in return. She says I owe her.

This is how she saves my life. She doesn’t even know it. We’ve never even seen each other. But I need a reason. Just one reason to continue. She becomes mine.

The anonymity is good. She doesn’t need to know me, but I need her kindness. We both live our lives: a letter here, a post card there. For three years, I escape my demons. And then one day I’m pulled back in.

I’ve resigned myself to what I know is coming. Until the girl I’m spanking gives her safe word: Sloth.

And then the lie I’m living starts to unravel.
--
Sloth is a 500-page, 150,000-word stand alone novel with many twists, one huge secret, and a non-cliffhanger ending. It will wreck you, but you'll like it.

BTW: Part of the fun of reading this book is trying to guess the secret. I would appreciate it if you could avoid spoilers in reviews and review headlines, so others will be able to enjoy the guessing game.

*Sloth is part of a collection of stand-alones inspired by a sin, and centered around a terrible secret. The second stand-alone, My Heart for Yours, is inspired by the sin of murder, and is the story of Kellan's oldest brother, Barrett Drake. It's free via Kindle Unlimited and also for sale here in the Kindle Store.

*This book was updated and re-edited in fall 2017, and now includes a bonus story.]]> 512 Ella James Martina 3 kindle, read-in-2025 I was confused from the page one and fell in love with it at the same time and then the drugs came and I've almost DNFed it but stick with it cause of the smut and then the secret came out and the rollercoaster of the emotions and then it was over and I was left heartbroken even when it was HEA.]]> 3.93 2015
author: Ella James
name: Martina
average rating: 3.93
book published: 2015
rating: 3
read at: 2025/02/22
date added: 2025/02/22
shelves: kindle, read-in-2025
review:
This one is for the pile that says - Smut but Wtf?!
I was confused from the page one and fell in love with it at the same time and then the drugs came and I've almost DNFed it but stick with it cause of the smut and then the secret came out and the rollercoaster of the emotions and then it was over and I was left heartbroken even when it was HEA.
]]> 199969073
Born in the mid-1800's, Oberon grew up with his parents and three brothers as a member of an ancient Guild of Witches, but after an unspeakable tragedy rips his life to shreds, he finds himself alone and saddled with a dark Necromancy. And if things couldn't get worse, his new-found abilities peak the interest of Keanu Kennedy, a cruel and vindictive dark witch (who also happens to be a Cult Leader).
Decades pass, with Oberon lost in a sea of grief, greed, and gluttony, until Olivia walks through the door, an echo from his past, and a guiding light for his future.
As the weeks pass and their relationship blossoms, students start disappearing from Folke University, a local private college with a dark secret, with more than one of them turning up at the funeral home having died under mysterious circumstances.

It seems Olivia isn't the only ghost from his past who came back to haunt him.]]> 276 Alice Greene Martina 5 kindle, read-in-2025 3.57
author: Alice Greene
name: Martina
average rating: 3.57
book published:
rating: 5
read at: 2025/02/19
date added: 2025/02/19
shelves: kindle, read-in-2025
review:
What a smuty suprise! So easy and hot. Yummy.
]]> 209741142 A spellbinding gothic dark fantasy about a shunned woman who is forced beyond the mortal realm's forbidden boundary, into a terrifying world of cursed souls and grotesque creatures.

Only the banished know what lies beyond the woods ...

There are whispers about what lurks in Witch Knell—the forest where sinners go to die. The villagers call it The Eating Woods because what’s taken is never given back. Only those who’ve lost their senses would dare to go near it.

Or the banished.

Maevyth Bronwick knows better than to breach the misty labyrinth of trees, but a tragic turn of events compels her beyond the archway of bones, to a boundary no mortal has crossed before. One that cloaks a dark and fantastical world that’s as dangerous as it is alluring.

It’s there that he dwells, the cursed lord of Eidolon. The one tasked to keep her hidden from the magehood that seeks to crucify her in the name of an arcane prophesy. Zevander Rydainn, known to his prey as The Scorpion, is the coldest, most calculated assassin in all of Aethyria and he’d sooner toss his feisty ward to a pack of vicious fyredrakes than keep her safe.

If only he could.

Maevyth’s blood is the key to breaking his despised curse and vanquishing the slumbering evil in Witch Knell. Unfortunately for Lord Rydainn, fate has other plans for the irresistible little enchantress. And his growing obsession with her threatens to destroy everything.

Including himself.

Anathema is a full-length, gothic dark fantasy, the first book in The Eating Woods duology. Perfect for readers who enjoy a plot-heavy and atmospheric story with a unique magic system, a slow-burn romance and a touch of horror.]]> 688 Keri Lake Martina 5 kindle, read-in-2025 That's it. That's the book.
It could be so much more but why bother. This is just enough. For me. ]]> 4.14 2024
author: Keri Lake
name: Martina
average rating: 4.14
book published: 2024
rating: 5
read at: 2025/02/16
date added: 2025/02/16
shelves: kindle, read-in-2025
review:
Combination of Witcher and Geralt and Scorpio from Mortal Combat.
That's it. That's the book.
It could be so much more but why bother. This is just enough. For me.
]]> 58925247
For years, I’ve dreamt of what college life could bring and while some things changed, there was always one constant.
It didn’t matter how wild I allowed my imagination to run, it always led me to the same place in the end.

It led me to him.
My future was clear, and he was it.


Until suddenly ... he wasn’t.


Now I’m a shell of who I was, on a path too blurry to follow, and I see no way out.
No way up.


They say first loves last forever.
That’s exactly what I’m afraid of.]]> 681 Meagan Brandy Martina 3 kindle, read-in-2025 Mislila sam da sam uzela čitati neki sportski smut, jer na naslovnici je isklesani lik bez majice, a kad ono teška romantika na koju nisam bila spremna. Noah me satro. Nema bolje smišljene dobrice od njega. I onda evo ga opet. Wtf. U Notebooku je ona Allie, ovdje Ari. I sretni su na kraju, ali treba doći do kraja. Želim li čitati dalje što je dama još napisala s obzirom na ovo iskustvo?! Stick to the vampires and fairies my dear, they don't hurt this much or maybe just maybe ...]]> 4.19 2022
author: Meagan Brandy
name: Martina
average rating: 4.19
book published: 2022
rating: 3
read at: 2025/02/09
date added: 2025/02/09
shelves: kindle, read-in-2025
review:
Notebook is that your kid or something???
Mislila sam da sam uzela čitati neki sportski smut, jer na naslovnici je isklesani lik bez majice, a kad ono teška romantika na koju nisam bila spremna. Noah me satro. Nema bolje smišljene dobrice od njega. I onda evo ga opet. Wtf. U Notebooku je ona Allie, ovdje Ari. I sretni su na kraju, ali treba doći do kraja. Želim li čitati dalje što je dama još napisala s obzirom na ovo iskustvo?! Stick to the vampires and fairies my dear, they don't hurt this much or maybe just maybe ...
]]> 165909431 She’s his father’s only surviving victim.
He’s obsessed with her.
She’s frightened of him.
Before it’s all over they’ll need each other to survive.

Cain Killion’s life has revolved around blood. From a childhood of torture by his father, to his gruesome ability to solve crimes. When a current case is directly connected to his past, there’s only one person with answers--but she isn’t talking, and the bodies are stacking up. The solution: Kidnap her.]]> 300 Abbie Roads Martina 2 kindle, read-in-2025 3.97
author: Abbie Roads
name: Martina
average rating: 3.97
book published:
rating: 2
read at: 2025/02/08
date added: 2025/02/08
shelves: kindle, read-in-2025
review:
I love the premise but other then them getting to one another and finding hea everything else was meh.
]]> 128686527 A deliciously dark folk horror for fans of Maggie Stiefvater and Erin Craig, blending the tall tales of Johnny Appleseed and Paul Bunyan with Faustian elements, and centering a fierce Mexican-American poet on a quest to rescue her brother.

1836. Wisconsin Territory. All Catalina has left is her little brother—Mama died years ago, and Papa was buried just yesterday. She and Jose Luis are alone now, in their ramshackle cabin on the edge of the Wisconsin wilderness, with the cold weather coming.

As Catalina sets plans to ensure their survival, a strange man appears—a man covered in bark, leaves growing from his head, and sap dripping from his eyes. Before Catalina can stop him, he scoops Jose Luis up and disappears. He leaves behind a strange bird with crimson wings. She can’t let this man—if that’s what he is—have her brother. With no idea where they’ve gone, she tracks the bird in hopes it will lead her to Jose Luis.

Along the way she finds help from a young Paul Bunyan, whose life has also been changed by the Man of Sap. As they travel deeper into the Northwoods, they uncover more of the Man of Sap’s history and the connections he and Catalina share, ultimately learning her fate is deeply entwined with his—set in seeds planted long ago—and now, giving her the power to change his life, or end it.]]> 240 Autumn Krause Martina 0 currently-reading, kindle 3.74 2023
author: Autumn Krause
name: Martina
average rating: 3.74
book published: 2023
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2025/02/05
shelves: currently-reading, kindle
review:

]]> 63235570 The curse is lifted.
Malakai is gone.

It’s been two years since Ophelia has seen the boy she loves. When a treaty was signed ending the war and lifting the curse on Mystique Warriors, Malakai left to attempt the sacred ritual known as the Undertaking.

He never returned, and the Undertaking was forbidden. Ophelia’s world crumbled around her.

Since then, she has pursued a fruitless search for answers. When the deadly curse resurfaces only on her, Ophelia finds solace in the idea that when she dies, she may finally be reunited with her lost love. Then, a messenger appears, telling her that she alone may be the one to save her people.

With her closest friends by her side, Ophelia embarks on a race against death—one that will not only challenge her physically, but make her question the Mystique leaders, the Angels, and her belief in love.

Can she win the fight against fate before the curse takes her life, or will the betrayals exposed along the way kill her first?

With influence from Greek Mythology, this debut is the first in a New Adult Fantasy Romance series full of heart-wrenching love, shattering betrayals, and fighting for what you believe in. Fans of Throne of Glass, From Blood and Ash, and The Bridge Kingdom will love it.]]> 370 Nicole Platania Martina 3 kindle, read-in-2025 I love her for not giving up on him.
And I expect more from the story but I am afraid of he break up and the second love interest.]]> 3.58 2023
author: Nicole Platania
name: Martina
average rating: 3.58
book published: 2023
rating: 3
read at: 2025/02/04
date added: 2025/02/04
shelves: kindle, read-in-2025
review:
This was kinda fun.
I love her for not giving up on him.
And I expect more from the story but I am afraid of he break up and the second love interest.
]]> 408766 352 James Marshall 0395851580 Martina 3 read-in-2025 Oh, to have a best friend and know how to cherish it and have it till end must be amazing.
This should be read and talk about early on to every child.]]> 4.20 1972
author: James Marshall
name: Martina
average rating: 4.20
book published: 1972
rating: 3
read at: 2025/01/13
date added: 2025/02/01
shelves: read-in-2025
review:
So simple and so on point!
Oh, to have a best friend and know how to cherish it and have it till end must be amazing.
This should be read and talk about early on to every child.
]]> 56670031
Persephone, Goddess of Spring, never guessed a chance encounter with Hades, God of the Underworld, would change her life forever—but he did.

A fight for humanity and battles between gods, it's a world Persephone never thought she would see. To end the chaos, she must draw upon her darkness and embrace who she's become—Goddess, Wife, Queen of the Underworld.

Once, Persephone made bargains to save those she loves, now she will go to war for them.]]> 464 Scarlett St. Clair Martina 2 kindle, read-in-2025 3.89 2024
author: Scarlett St. Clair
name: Martina
average rating: 3.89
book published: 2024
rating: 2
read at: 2025/01/31
date added: 2025/01/31
shelves: kindle, read-in-2025
review:
I was bored. Like someone else wrote this one.
]]> 62918224
But from the moment she arrives, she’s not alone. She glimpses dark shapes from the corner of her eye, feels phantom touches, and her dreams are filled with seductive shadows. What she first mistakes for delusions of her traumatized mind soon prove to be so much more��

An ancient, mysterious, dangerous entity lurks in the woods �� and it wants Sophie.
----------
**Trigger Warning: This book contains sexual explicit scenes and violence, including a history of domestic abuse.**]]> 208 Tiffany Roberts Martina 2 kindle, read-in-2025 3.63 2018
author: Tiffany Roberts
name: Martina
average rating: 3.63
book published: 2018
rating: 2
read at: 2025/01/26
date added: 2025/01/25
shelves: kindle, read-in-2025
review:
He was interesting, everything else was not.
]]> 210482168 THE STORM IS COMING . . .

Get ready to fly or die in the breathtaking follow-up to Fourth Wing and Iron Flame from #1 New York Times bestselling author Rebecca Yarros.]]> 779 Rebecca Yarros 0349443246 Martina 3 kindle, read-in-2025 FFS he loves her so much ]]> 4.34 2025
author: Rebecca Yarros
name: Martina
average rating: 4.34
book published: 2025
rating: 3
read at: 2025/01/25
date added: 2025/01/25
shelves: kindle, read-in-2025
review:
This book was mix of Scooby-doo gang and HP, RW and HG trio while feeling Possibility all over the place.
FFS he loves her so much
]]> 207538359 I’ve created a monster. When past and present collide, the fallout feels like the death of my morality. Every time I look into Kallum’s clashing, feverish eyes, I see a dark omen—the threat of what we’ll do to each other if our desires run wild.

While the Hollow’s Row case comes to a head, a new heinous player enters the scene. As the Alchemist threatens the town, I’m torn between a promise to help my friend, and my loyalty to Kallum—the man who has sacrificed everything for me.

I’ve created a monster—but he’s my monster. And if I can’t control Kallum’s chaotic nature, I’ll lose him…just as I’ve lost everyone I’ve loved.

There could be a future for us, but only if we don’t damn ourselves first.

Kallum:
The moment Halen St. James crashed my world, I made a vow to harbor her darkness, the lovely spark who ignited my black soul. But now, it’s time for Halen to finally step out of her shadows.

I would do—and have done—anything to keep her mine. I’ve become a villain to protect her. Even from herself.

When she looks into my eyes with recognition, I’m a man reborn, redeemed by her cleansing fire. Only there’s a vital piece of our story missing, and without it, I’ll always fear losing her—a primal fear that provokes the demon within.

The truth lies somewhere in the murky marsh waters, where killers and philosophers intwine, obscuring ancient wisdoms and feasting on the sweetest nectar.

I was created for her, to devour her heartbreak, and she was designed for me, the muse to the devil Full list can be found on author's website.]]> 384 Trisha Wolfe Martina 5 I think I underlined almost the whole book!]]> 4.12
author: Trisha Wolfe
name: Martina
average rating: 4.12
book published:
rating: 5
read at: 2025/01/20
date added: 2025/01/20
shelves: kindle, read-in-2025, favorites
review:
Miss Trisha Wolfe TYVM <3
I think I underlined almost the whole book!
]]> 26116841 With Visions of Red: Broken Bonds Book Three

Who is the UNSUB?

For Agent Sadie Bonds, finding the answer to that question means the difference between life and death for someone close to her. The UNSUB’s latest abduction reaches right into the heart of the ACPD, forcing every member of the department to search within their ranks for the sadistic perpetrator.

Suspicion not only clouds the task force; it slithers into Sadie and Colton’s bond, challenging their love. Discovering the truth means facing their past together. Sadie’s connection to Colton has quieted her inner demons—but is she strong enough to confront the real monster?

All players take their places as the stage is set for the final scene. With the UNSUB manipulating the game, even Sadie and Colton fall victim, spiraling deep into the darkness that threatens not only their lives, but their trust. As Sadie navigates a tortuous maze, Colton will do whatever is takes to protect her.

The truth will set you free. Only for Sadie, her truth will test the very fabric of her reality. She must silence the threat, or risk losing everything and everyone she loves.]]> Trisha Wolfe Martina 3 kindle, read-in-2025 4.06 2015
author: Trisha Wolfe
name: Martina
average rating: 4.06
book published: 2015
rating: 3
read at: 2025/01/19
date added: 2025/01/18
shelves: kindle, read-in-2025
review:
Well, I am proud of myself, I knew it from the beginning, from the first chapter of the first book!
]]> 25920300 With Visions of Red: Broken Bonds Book Two

This is a dark erotic thriller intended for adult audiences.

The UNSUB has made contact.

After a rapid string of grisly murders shakes the usually peaceful city of Arlington, Virginia, the sadistic killings of young women lull into a deceptive calm. Agent Sadie Bonds knows the terror isn’t over; serial killers don’t stop until caught.

And this sadist has targeted the profiler, revealing pieces of her dark past and weaving her secrets into each gruesome crime scene. Is the killer someone from Sadie’s past, her present? Or is he part of a fated future she brought on herself? The answer lies within the riddle of the copycat killings, ones mimicked after the infamous Blood Countess.

As tension brews in the department awaiting the UNSUB’s next move, Sadie’s more than on edge—her deviant cravings for the possible perpetrator have ratcheted out of control. She needs the feel of Colton’s ropes binding her, sheltering her from stark reality.

Only Colton Reed has his own twisted secrets that threaten to unravel not only Sadie as they come to light, but the UNSUB’s carefully constructed web now entangling both the profiler and her sexy bondage rigger.]]> 191 Trisha Wolfe Martina 3 read-in-2025 4.12 2015
author: Trisha Wolfe
name: Martina
average rating: 4.12
book published: 2015
rating: 3
read at: 2025/01/18
date added: 2025/01/18
shelves: read-in-2025
review:

]]> 28384799
Criminal profiler Sadie Bonds knows blood. Her affair with the gruesome, dark world of killers began long before she started applying her analytical skills to investigate gory crime scenes. She gets inside the killers�� heads, breaks them down, relates to them on an arcane level. She prefers it this way—because it’s safer to ally herself with the villain than the victim. At least, that’s how she’s coped ever since she was abducted and tortured as a teen.

She will never be a victim again.

Now, she’s honed her skills in order to bring justice to these ritualistic offenders. Working alongside her colleagues, armed with sharp wit and a SIG, Sadie always catches her sadist. Until one ruthless serial killer gets inside Sadie’s head, turning the tables. He knows her secrets. Her obsessions. The darkest, most deviant part of her soul.

When she meets Colton Reed, dangerous stakes are raised as he threatens to unravel her control and reveal her darkest fantasies. The sexy-as-sin bondage rigger at an exclusive BDSM club pushes her boundaries, forcing her to acknowledge that side of herself she fears. Plunged into a realm of torture and suffering, pain and pleasure, Sadie balances on the razor-sharp edge of two intersecting worlds threatening to swallow her.]]> Trisha Wolfe Martina 3 kindle, read-in-2025 That Bond scene is the book! 3.12 2015
author: Trisha Wolfe
name: Martina
average rating: 3.12
book published: 2015
rating: 3
read at: 2025/01/17
date added: 2025/01/17
shelves: kindle, read-in-2025
review:
That Bond scene is the book!
]]> 63130733
Gemma Hara is drowning under the weight of her father’s debts. Working herself to the bone, she knows that if she doesn’t pay them off in time, the sadistic creditors will take everything: their home, their respected name, and, worst of all, her two beautiful sisters.

To save her family, Gemma agrees to do something reckless: marry a wealthy and mysterious stranger, who offers her a wicked bargain she can’t afford to refuse.

However, his bargain comes with one terrifying catch. Because her husband-to-be is a Kylorr.

One of the most fearsome alien races in the Four Quadrants, the Kylorr are beastly monsters, all muscle and menace, with powerful wings, depraved cravings, and berserker-like rages. The worst part?

They survive on blood.

Cold and cruel, Azur of House Kaalium, the High Lord of Laras, demands Gemma as his blood bride. To feed from her. To use her body in whatever way he wishes. For paying off her family’s debts, he expects her complete submission.

What neither of them predicts is how his bite doesn’t bring pain—it fills Gemma with more exquisite pleasure than she’s ever known. And as she finds her footing on a strange new planet, the one thing Gemma thought she’d never surrender might be at risk after all.

Her heart.

Too bad her new husband can’t seem to decide if he wants to break it…or keep it forever.]]> 428 Zoey Draven Martina 4 kindle, read-in-2025 4.16 2022
author: Zoey Draven
name: Martina
average rating: 4.16
book published: 2022
rating: 4
read at: 2025/01/15
date added: 2025/01/15
shelves: kindle, read-in-2025
review:
So many things were off and I wasn't vibing with it but I had so much fun till the end - Azur is such a great alien, proper male. Think I will read the rest cause he has brothers :)
]]> 221516349
‍Suradnja aktivista, umjetnika, novinara i akademika okupljenih u ovom stripu prikazuje povijesni ustanak, a ostvarena je u znak solidarnosti s iranskim narodom i u obranu prava žena.

16. rujna 2022. u Iranu pogiba studentica Mahsa Amini, pod udarcima policije za vjerski moral zato što nije pravilno nosila veo. njezina mučenička smrt podiže val prosvjeda koji se širi diljem zemlje pod krilaticom Žena, život, sloboda �� riječima koje su odjekivala diljem svijeta tijekom skupova solidarnosti.

Marjane Satrapi, autorica 'Perzepolisa', povodom prve godišnjice prosvjeda okupila je trojicu stručnjaka, Farida Vahida, politologa, Jean-Pierrea Perrina, iskusnog izvjestitelja i Abbasa Milanija, povjesničara te sedamnaest velikih strip-talenata iz Europe, SAD-a i Irana kako bi ispričali priču o ovom velikom događaju za mlade i za sve nas.
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"Iranska je povijest rijetko kad tako jednostavno, raznovrsno i sažeto prikazana."
(Der Standard)

"Glas Marjane Satrapi odjekuje već dugo. Djevojka iz Perzepolisa je u međuvremenu odrasla. I promijenila se. Ali ona stvara i bori se jednakom žestinom kao i tada. Ili čak i žešće."
(El Pais)]]> 271 Marjane Satrapi 9533515376 Martina 5 read-in-2025 5.00 2023
author: Marjane Satrapi
name: Martina
average rating: 5.00
book published: 2023
rating: 5
read at: 2025/01/14
date added: 2025/01/14
shelves: read-in-2025
review:
You can't never know enough about Iranian women and the life they are living in their homeland. After Embroideries and Persepolis this book of Marjane Satrapi is kind of a complete, at this moment, story about their fight. And when you read this amazing graphic novel you will see that it is a fight, a fight for life. It's not just a graphic novel, novels that tell stories, tragic, but brave stories, but it also gives a timeline with everything what is going on since the start of their history that wasn't this bad in the beginning. It is well rounded with lots of information that makse you think about the world others are living in and question are we far from it and will it happen to others, us that too?
]]> 17251290
Oštar, žestoko pronicljiv i iskren, često srceparajuć, no u cijelosti protkan sirovim humorom i teško stečenom mudrošću �� Perzepolis je zapanjujuće djelo strip crtačice jedinstvena talenta, jedne od najcjenjenijih današnjeg doba.]]> 344 Marjane Satrapi Martina 2 read-in-2025 The story is stronger then illustrations but that is the point.
And what a biographical story it is.
I still can't wrap my mind how badly life for Iranian women is day after day.]]> 4.63 2007
author: Marjane Satrapi
name: Martina
average rating: 4.63
book published: 2007
rating: 2
read at: 2025/01/14
date added: 2025/01/14
shelves: read-in-2025
review:
Well this was something.
The story is stronger then illustrations but that is the point.
And what a biographical story it is.
I still can't wrap my mind how badly life for Iranian women is day after day.
]]> 673985 32 Paul Goble 0020432801 Martina 3 read-in-2025 4.09 1980
author: Paul Goble
name: Martina
average rating: 4.09
book published: 1980
rating: 3
read at: 2025/01/14
date added: 2025/01/13
shelves: read-in-2025
review:
The story about a horse. How the Great spirit gave Sacred dogs, the horses, to his people. I enjoyed the easiness of the tale and illustrations.
]]> 35488059 Little Leaders educates and inspires as it relates true stories of breaking boundaries and achieving beyond expectations.

Illuminating text paired with irresistible illustrations bring to life both iconic and lesser-known female figures of Black history such as abolitionist Sojourner Truth, pilot Bessie Coleman, chemist Alice Ball, politician Shirley Chisholm, mathematician Katherine Johnson, poet Maya Angelou, and filmmaker Julie Dash. Among these biographies, readers will find heroes, role models, and everyday women who did extraordinary things - bold women whose actions and beliefs contributed to making the world better for generations of girls and women to come.

Whether they were putting pen to paper, soaring through the air or speaking up for the rights of others, the women profiled in these pages were all taking a stand against a world that didn't always accept them. The leaders in this book may be little, but they all did something big and amazing, inspiring generations to come.]]> 88 Vashti Harrison 0316475114 Martina 3 read-in-2025 Only thing I do not like are their closed eyes.
It was fun and educational to read about great bold women in black history. Women, their names in the history, the job they did so we would have better future, and not knowing them now is tragic.
Picture books like these are a good start. Reading them and buying them for your children is even better.]]> 4.60 2017
author: Vashti Harrison
name: Martina
average rating: 4.60
book published: 2017
rating: 3
read at: 2025/01/14
date added: 2025/01/13
shelves: read-in-2025
review:
Cute and important.
Only thing I do not like are their closed eyes.
It was fun and educational to read about great bold women in black history. Women, their names in the history, the job they did so we would have better future, and not knowing them now is tragic.
Picture books like these are a good start. Reading them and buying them for your children is even better.
]]> 35566079 Unafraid to take to the floor and speak her mind, lawyer, activist, and presidential candidate Belva Lockwood devoted her life to overcoming obstacles and demanding equality for women.

Activist Belva Lockwood never stopped asking herself the question Are women not worth the same as men? She had big dreams and didn't let anyone stand in her way--not her father, her law school, or even the U.S. Supreme Court. She fought for equality for women in the classroom, in the courtroom, and in politics. In her quest for fairness and parity, Lockwood ran for President of the United States, becoming the first woman on the ballot. In this riveting nonfiction picture book biography, award-winning author Kate Hannigan and celebrated artist Alison Jay illuminate the life of Lockwood, a woman who was never afraid to take the floor and speak her mind.]]> 32 Kate Hannigan 1629794538 Martina 4 read-in-2025 Belva Lockwood
fighter for women's rights in USA
"I have not raised the dead, but I have awakened the living."
Never heard of her till today but think I will remember her because of this picture book.
I love the highlighted sentences and how it repeats those three words about her. The illustrations correspond to the time they talk about - second part of the 19th century. And the photo of Belva and her biography are awesome plus just like the bibliography and source notes!]]> 4.22 2018
author: Kate Hannigan
name: Martina
average rating: 4.22
book published: 2018
rating: 4
read at: 2025/01/14
date added: 2025/01/13
shelves: read-in-2025
review:
Bold, determined, strong.
Belva Lockwood
fighter for women's rights in USA
"I have not raised the dead, but I have awakened the living."
Never heard of her till today but think I will remember her because of this picture book.
I love the highlighted sentences and how it repeats those three words about her. The illustrations correspond to the time they talk about - second part of the 19th century. And the photo of Belva and her biography are awesome plus just like the bibliography and source notes!
]]> 36597129 The companion to She Persisted.

Women around the world have long dreamed big, even when they've been told their dreams didn't matter. They've spoken out, risen up and fought for what's right, even when they've been told to be quiet. Whether in science, the arts, sports or activism, women and girls throughout history have been determined to break barriers and change the status quo. They haven't let anyone get in their way and have helped us better understand our world and what's possible. In this book, Chelsea Clinton introduces readers to a group of thirteen incredible women who have shaped history all across the globe.]]> 32 Chelsea Clinton 0525517014 Martina 3 read-in-2025 4.37 2018
author: Chelsea Clinton
name: Martina
average rating: 4.37
book published: 2018
rating: 3
read at: 2025/01/13
date added: 2025/01/13
shelves: read-in-2025
review:

]]> 52584 Peter?s Chair, A Letter to Amy, and Goggles! are available in paperback exclusively from Puffin.?A well-loved character, a familiar childhood situation, and an urban setting are the components of this winning picture book, one of Keats?s best.? -- BooklistEzra Jack Keats (1916?1983) was the beloved author and/or illustrator of over eighty-five books for children.]]> 40 Ezra Jack Keats 0140564403 Martina 2 read-in-2025 3.96 1969
author: Ezra Jack Keats
name: Martina
average rating: 3.96
book published: 1969
rating: 2
read at: 2025/01/13
date added: 2025/01/13
shelves: read-in-2025
review:

]]> 6462982 32 Ed Briant 1596433450 Martina 2 read-in-2025 2.98 2009
author: Ed Briant
name: Martina
average rating: 2.98
book published: 2009
rating: 2
read at: 2025/01/13
date added: 2025/01/13
shelves: read-in-2025
review:

]]> 60118116
Until Athena sends her after Calypso, the mistress of the rich politician Odysseus. As far as Medusa can tell, Calypso hasn’t done anything remotely worthy of a death sentence, and her conflicted feelings only get compounded when she finally sees the woman. Calypso is beautiful and cunning and she’ll do anything to keep her life—including seducing her would-be assassin.

What starts as a ploy to escape quickly spirals into genuine interest. Medusa is hardly the cold killer that rumors suggest, and Calypso is far more complicated than her reputation as a ruthless gold-digger.

But it doesn’t matter that they’ve finally found something special together. Athena will have her blood, and this time not even crossing the River Styx will save them…]]> 108 Katee Robert Martina 1 kindle, read-in-2025 3.35 2022
author: Katee Robert
name: Martina
average rating: 3.35
book published: 2022
rating: 1
read at: 2025/01/12
date added: 2025/01/12
shelves: kindle, read-in-2025
review:

]]> 123416326
Charon Ariti has been Hades's right-hand man for years. He's given everything to the lower city, but now he's ready to take something for himself. He's only too happy to give Eurydice a special kind of education…but is her heart really free enough to be claimed?

Orpheus Makos will do whatever it takes to make things right. Once the golden boy of the upper city, he's now a shadow of his former self. He'll do anything to get Eurydice back…even if it means she's not coming into his arms alone. Three hearts. Three futures. Countless ways to get it wrong.

But with enemies slipping through Olympus's faltering barrier to lay siege on the lower city, a trio of broken hearts will be the least of these would-be lovers' worries…]]> 316 Katee Robert Martina 2 kindle, read-in-2025 3.70 2024
author: Katee Robert
name: Martina
average rating: 3.70
book published: 2024
rating: 2
read at: 2025/01/12
date added: 2025/01/12
shelves: kindle, read-in-2025
review:

]]> 210134467 New York Times bestselling author and BookTok sensation Carissa Broadbent returns with a brand new novel in the Crowns of Nyaxia series, Songbird and the Heart of Stone, where A Court of Thorns and Roses meets Dante's Inferno, in an epic fantasy romance of love and treachery between mortals and gods. Features beautiful case art and a detailed map.

In the descent to the underworld, a bride of the sun must choose between the light of her redemption�� or a dark love that defies the gods themselves

Mische lost everything when she was forcibly Turned into a vampire �� her home, her humanity, and most devastating of all, the love of the sun god to whom she had devoted her life. Now, sentenced to death for murdering the vampire prince who Turned her, redemption feels impossible.

But when Mische is saved by Asar, the bastard prince of the House of Shadow with a past as brutal as his scars, she’s forced into a mission worse than execution: a journey to the underworld to resurrect the god of death himself.

Yet, Mische’s punishment may be the key to her salvation. In a secret meeting, her sun god commands her to help Asar in his mission, only to betray him�� by killing the very death god she’ll help resurrect.

Mische and Asar must travel the treacherous path to the underworld, facing trials, beasts, and the vengeful ghosts of their pasts. Yet, most dangerous of all is the alluring call of the darkness �� and her forbidden attraction to Asar, a burgeoning bond that risks invoking the wrath of gods.

As her betrayal looms, the underworld closes in and angry gods are growing restless. Mische will be forced to choose between the redemption of the sun or the damnation of the darkness.]]> 498 Carissa Broadbent Martina 3 kindle, read-in-2025 My guts can't handle it miss Carissa.
I was in a bad state after Tisaanah, Oraya made me read her twice to understand every feeling and dilemma, but after Mische, I think you've ruined me. My guts are nauseous, my head hurts, my thoughts are blank, my emotions are all over the place.
I can't give you more then three stars because I want hea and optimism and happy feelings and not this state of fck_reading_fantasy_books_that_make_me_feel_bad.]]> 4.02 2024
author: Carissa Broadbent
name: Martina
average rating: 4.02
book published: 2024
rating: 3
read at: 2025/01/12
date added: 2025/01/12
shelves: kindle, read-in-2025
review:
JFC this book.
My guts can't handle it miss Carissa.
I was in a bad state after Tisaanah, Oraya made me read her twice to understand every feeling and dilemma, but after Mische, I think you've ruined me. My guts are nauseous, my head hurts, my thoughts are blank, my emotions are all over the place.
I can't give you more then three stars because I want hea and optimism and happy feelings and not this state of fck_reading_fantasy_books_that_make_me_feel_bad.
]]> 6398328 40 Jorge Bucay 8479016663 Martina 5 4.41
author: Jorge Bucay
name: Martina
average rating: 4.41
book published:
rating: 5
read at: 2025/01/11
date added: 2025/01/11
shelves: favorites, on-the-shelf-in-my-library, read-in-2025
review:
Prva Bucayeva priča koji sam pročitala i koje se sjećam iz zbirke Ispričat ću ti priču. Možda samo zato jer jer je slon u pitanju i uopće mi nije žao. Kupila sam si slikovnicu za Božić i došla mi je s pričom, s podsjetnikom u trenutku kad mi je trebao. Nikad ne treba odustati, predahnuti i napraviti pauzu da, ali ne odustati. Nisam očekivala ilustracije kakve sam našla unutri, ali su me ugodno iznenadile i baš idu dobro uz priču.
]]> 63204766 Veliki Panda i Sićušni Zmaj nadahnuli su čitatelje diljem svijeta svojom porukom dobrote, nade i ustrajnosti. „Putovanje Velikog Pande i Sićušnog Zmaja�� novo je poglavlje priče o prijateljstvu i otkrivanju svijeta, namijenjene čitateljima svih dobnih skupina.
Ilustrirano jednako šarmantno i toplo poput originalne uspješnice „Veliki Panda i Sićušni Zmaj��, ovo potpuno novo duhovno putovanje istovremeno donosi drevnu mudrost i utjehu.
Uz nadahnjujući i dirljiv humor, „Putovanje Velikog Pande i Sićušnog Zmaja�� topla je priča o pustolovinama i prihvaćanju, knjiga koja se ne propušta.]]> 160 James Norbury 9533720247 Martina 5 read-in-2025 4.70 2022
author: James Norbury
name: Martina
average rating: 4.70
book published: 2022
rating: 5
read at: 2025/01/09
date added: 2025/01/08
shelves: read-in-2025
review:
Neke knjige su stvorene da se čitaju u dvoje prije spavanja.
]]> 55759044
Strip je humoristično-edukativnog karaktera i primjeren svim uzrastima. Većinom je tiskan u crno-bijeloj tehnici, ali naslovnica i nekoliko unutrašnjih stranica su u boji.

--

"Mzungu Luka" is a biographic travelogue comic book about a journey of a young Croatian to the far-away Tanzania. The comic explores a wider topic of culture shock through shorter episodes, i.e. anecdotes based on real events.

The comic is educational and humorous in character and suitable for all ages. Most of the contents are printed in grayscale, though the cover and several pages are in colour.

Note: This edition of the comic is in Croatian.]]> 92 Domagoj Rapčak 9789534914 Martina 4 read-in-2025 4.25
author: Domagoj Rapčak
name: Martina
average rating: 4.25
book published:
rating: 4
read at: 2025/01/08
date added: 2025/01/08
shelves: read-in-2025
review:
Strip Osječanina Luke Pejića o volontiranju u Tanzaniji je odličan prikaz druge kulture i doživljaja iste. Sadržajno i ilustrativno sam oduševljena! Mislim da je odličan za upoznavanje djece osnovne škole sa dužim stripom, iako se već godina pokazuje kao realnost da je rijetko koje dijete kad dođe u srednju ikad držalo, a kamoli čitalo strip i da su im dosadni i naporni kao i sve ostalo s tekstom. E, Leo, nadam se da ste se bar ti i tvoja braća i sestre nauživali kad si im ih nosio kući i čitao. Knjižnice mijenjaju živote na bolje. Uvjerena sam.
]]> 181344829 A dangerous alliance between a Vampyre bride and an Alpha Werewolf becomes a love deep enough to sink your teeth into in this new paranormal romance.

Misery Lark, the only daughter of the most powerful Vampyre councilman of the Southwest, is an outcast—again. Her days of living in anonymity among the Humans are over: she has been called upon to uphold a historic peacekeeping alliance between the Vampyres and their mortal enemies, the Weres, and she sees little choice but to surrender herself in the exchange—again...

Weres are ruthless and unpredictable, and their Alpha, Lowe Moreland, is no exception. He rules his pack with absolute authority, but not without justice. And, unlike the Vampyre Council, not without feeling. It’s clear from the way he tracks Misery’s every movement that he doesn’t trust her. If only he knew how right he was��.

Because Misery has her own reasons to agree to this marriage of convenience, reasons that have nothing to do with politics or alliances, and everything to do with the only thing she's ever cared about. And she is willing to do whatever it takes to get back what’s hers, even if it means a life alone in Were territory…alone with the wolf.]]> 410 Ali Hazelwood Martina 0 kindle, read-in-2025 This book 3.98 2024
author: Ali Hazelwood
name: Martina
average rating: 3.98
book published: 2024
rating: 0
read at: 2025/01/06
date added: 2025/01/06
shelves: kindle, read-in-2025
review:
This book
]]> 127611580 ��
And they can’t stand each other.��
��
Indie singer-songwriter Lark is the sunshine and glitter that burns through every cloud and clings to every crevice that Lachlan Kane tries to hide inside. The surly older brother of her best friend’s soulmate, Lachlan thinks she’s just a privileged princess, but Lark has plenty of secrets hiding in the shadows of her bright light. With her formidable family in a tailspin and her best friend’s happiness on the line, she’s willing to make a vow to the man she’s determined to hate, no matter how tempting the broody assassin might be.��

As Lachlan and Lark navigate the dark world that binds them together, it becomes��impossible to discern��their��fake marriage from a real one. But it’s not just familiar dangers that haunt them.��
There’s another phantom lurking on their doorstep.��

And this one has come for blood.]]> 416 Brynne Weaver 0349441588 Martina 4 kindle, read-in-2025 But I am glad I sticked to the end.]]> 3.98 2024
author: Brynne Weaver
name: Martina
average rating: 3.98
book published: 2024
rating: 4
read at: 2025/01/04
date added: 2025/01/04
shelves: kindle, read-in-2025
review:
I almost DNFed it, same thing like with the first one.
But I am glad I sticked to the end.
]]> 2117926 TAJNA KRVAVOG MOSTA
KONTESA NERA
MALLEUS MALEFICARUM
SUPARNICA MARIJE TEREZIJE u dva sveska
DVORSKA KAMARILA MARIJE TEREZIJE
BUNTOVNIK NA PRIJESTOLJU

Dugo sustavno prešućivana, osporavana i estetski diskriminirana, proglašavana autoricom „šunda�� koja u svojim djelima podilazi najnižim čitateljskim instiktima, Marija Jurić Zagorka danas je nezaobilazno ime ne samo kad se govori o procesu širenja hrvatskoga čitateljskog kruga, nego i o razvijanju jednoga tipa proznog pisma bez kojega bi hrvatska književnost bila bitno osiromašena.
Uz pogovore Krešimira Nemeca (Stroj za proizvodnju priča) i Alemka Gluhaka (Jezik vremena Marije Jurić Zagorke), Grička vještica pojavljuje se u grafičkom oblikovanju Meline Mikulić i likovnoj opremi Jenija Vukelića.]]> 4040 Marija Jurić Zagorka Martina 0 4.58 1920
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]]> 24835377 “Seeing is believing, but sometimes the most real things in the world are the things we can't see.��

Late one Christmas Eve after the town has gone to sleep, the boy boards the mysterious train that waits for him: the Polar Express bound for the North Pole. When he arrives, Santa offers the boy any gift he desires. The boy modestly asks for one bell from the harness of the reindeer. The gift is granted. On the way home the bell is lost. On Christmas morning, the boy finds the bell under the tree. The mother of the boy admires the bell, but laments that it is broken—for you see, only believers can hear the sound of the bell.

In strange and moving shades of full color art, Chris Van Allsburg creates an otherwordly classic of the Christmas season. 'The Polar Express' evokes the same sense of mystery as his previous imaginative books 'The Garden of Abdul Gasazi' (1979), 'Jumanji' (1981), and 'The Wreck of the Zephyr' (1983).

Awarded the prestigious Caldecott Medal in 1986,��The Polar Express has sold��more than 7 million copies, become a classic holiday movie, and��been translated��into stage productions that take place across the United States during the holiday season.]]> 32 Chris Van Allsburg 9532201955 Martina 3 U animiranom filmu on daje glas kondukteru i naravno da je automatski priča odlična. I iako se puno više toga događa u filmu, slikovnica te tjera na maštanje, jer je kraća i ilustracije su puno jednostavnije.
Hvala prevoditelju na Djedu Mrazu.
Čuješ li ti još uvijek zvuk praporca? Moj zimi putuje svaki dam sa mnom.]]> 4.30 1985
author: Chris Van Allsburg
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Kriv je Tim Hanks.
U animiranom filmu on daje glas kondukteru i naravno da je automatski priča odlična. I iako se puno više toga događa u filmu, slikovnica te tjera na maštanje, jer je kraća i ilustracije su puno jednostavnije.
Hvala prevoditelju na Djedu Mrazu.
Čuješ li ti još uvijek zvuk praporca? Moj zimi putuje svaki dam sa mnom.
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Ovo je priča o odrastanju mlade osobe u uvjetima u kojima je svaki trenutak života posebno dragocjen, no okružena brigom i ljubavlju svojih roditelja i cijele obitelji djevojčica dolazi do spoznaje da na ovom, često okrutnom svijetu, uvijek ima ljudi koji znaju pružiti ruku kad je to najpotrebnije.]]> 235 Bojana Meandžija 9532977570 Martina 0 4.37
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Ditt barn får följa med Ellen Elefant på en resa genom den magiska skogen som leder till sömn. På vägen träffar de olika hjälpsamma karaktärer som skapar en lugnande upplevelse som får ditt barn att slappna av och snabbt vaggas in i sömn. Boken fungerar perfekt för antingen sovstund eller nattning.

Elefanten som så gärna ville somna är skriven med ett sövande språk och med fokus på att hjälpa ditt barn att komma till ro på kvällen och göra nattningen till en fin avslutning på dagen. Boken är del av en serie med föregångaren Kaninen som så gärna ville somna, som blivit en enorm internationell succé med flera bestsäljarutmärkelser runt om i världen.

Vill du låta Ellen och hennes vänner hjälpa ditt barn att somna, då är detta boken för dig.
Gör som miljontals föräldrar världen över, låt ditt barn få vaggas till sömn med hjälp av Carl-Johan Forssén Ehrlins sövande sagoböcker.]]> 35 Carl-Johan Forssén Ehrlin 918837503X Martina 0 3.17
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]]> 53328135 12 Katie Daynes 1474979882 Martina 0 4.74
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]]> 57877442 12 Katie Daynes 0794552307 Martina 0 4.15
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It is really hot in the jungle and the four best friends have decided to go swimming. Tiger, Crocodile and Orangutan jump in the water right away, but . . . what is going on with Elephant? Why is he lingering on the shore? He finally tells them what is he is afraid because he doesn’t know how to swim. Will he end up getting in the water? With his best friends helping him, we bet he will.

The Fun Facts about Growing Up is a series of children´s books that sets out facts in a fun and entertaining way. Accompanied by beautifully drawn and dynamic images, this collection handles topics losing your baby teeth, fear of the water, recycling, and the excuses kids give when it´s time to go to bed. Children will love this series and it will give adults help and tools for explaining and teaching kids about a whole range of different daily situations.]]> 36 Elisenda Castells 1510761225 Martina 0 4.25
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]]> 48930352 Letters from Father Christmas is a gorgeous, festive gift featuring all of the letters that J.R.R. created for his children for the first time in one book along with other archival elements. Published on the 100th anniversary of the first letter Tolkien sent to his firstborn, John, in 1920, this handsome hardcover will also include an introduction from granddaughter Baillie Tolkien, who reflects on the centenary anniversary of the letters, as well as a personal note by J.R.R. reproduced for the first time.]]> 208 J.R.R. Tolkien 0358389887 Martina 0 4.61 1976
author: J.R.R. Tolkien
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]]> 50770178 Laurent Souillé 2733834770 Martina 4 The illustrations are amazing! Think they are the best part of it.
And I really like the back side content where it says the purpose of the book, a short synopsis and a theme : diversity.]]> 4.25
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A cute short picture book about a blue dragon that is different than the whole wing of dragons but no matter that he finds his purpose in life.
The illustrations are amazing! Think they are the best part of it.
And I really like the back side content where it says the purpose of the book, a short synopsis and a theme : diversity.
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Sančo, kako ga znaju fanovi, na glazbenoj je sceni prisutan od 2012. kada je objavljen prvi album Silentea. Nakon godina oklijevanja objavljuje vlastitu zbirku pjesama s ukupno 40 uradaka.

Uz već uglazbljene pjesme iz repertoara Silentea po izboru autora te u njihovoj originalnoj verziji, bez studijskih ispravaka, skraćivanja ili produljivanja, u Terci na tišinu nalaze se i neuglazbljene pjesme kojima će ovo biti premijerno objavljivanje. Pjesme prate i osobni komentari autora, ali i priče o bendu s kojim je višestruki dobitnik glazbenih, kulturnih i umjetničkih priznanja.

“Sve su moje pjesme iste. Sve nastaju u želji da budu otpjevane. Ako moram imenovati rekao bih da je ovo zbirka rock poezije koju sam pisao cijeli svoj dosadašnji život i barem nekoliko prošlih. Ne znam što reći o tim pjesmama, a da već nisam pokušao reći kroz njih. Svaku lijepu sliku ili misao već sam dao pretočiti u pjesme tako da mi za ove prozne dijelove ostaju samo one suhe, dosadne kao istina.

Neke od ovih pjesama napisane su davno i napisao ih je netko koga više ne poznajem. Netko nalik meni, sličnog pokreta i pogleda te sam siguran da smo nekad bili dobri, no sad se slabo čujemo. Osim njih tu su i nove pjesme. Napisane su nedavno i njih je pisao jedan novi lik, ali i s njim se uskoro namjeravam rastati. Prijateljski, nadam se. Sve moje pjesme, i stare i nove, zajedno su unutra, među istim koricama. Pa neka se snalaze kako znaju. I neka se same objašnjavaju i pravdaju kako su i zašto završile unutra, jer ja to ne mogu��, poručio je Sanin povodom izlaska svoje prve knjige.]]> 104 Sanin Karamehmedović 953829226X Martina 0 4.87
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]]> 106098295 0 Zlatko Grgić Zlatko Bourek 9535592459 Martina 0 0.0
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Fizički svijet Teritorija slijedi neobične zakone: vrijeme i udaljenost imaju drukčije značenje (taj je svijet nekakva stisnuta varijanta SAD-a), a svatko iz jednog svijeta ima blizanca u drugome, s kojim u nekoj mjeri dijeli vanjštinu, prošlost i narav. Samo Jack nema blizanca... On je jedan jedini. Poseban.

No to nije sve �� blizanka Jackove majke na samrti obožavana je kraljica Laura DeLoessian. Utonula je u dubok san i ne može se probuditi. Revolveraš Parkus, Speedyjev blizanac, odaje Jacku da postoji Talisman koji mu može izliječiti majku.
Da bi se domogao Talismana, Jack mora kročiti u opasne Teritorije, a u tome paralelnom svijetu mitskih krajolika čekaju ga čudovišta, iznenađenja, pokoji prijatelj i titanska borba između dobra i zla.]]> 696 Stephen King 9533421940 Martina 0 3.00 1984
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]]> 88565872 Jedne hladne proljetne noći 1952. golemi meteorit pao je na Zemlju i opustošio gotovo cijelu istočnu obalu Sjedinjenih Američkih Država, uključujući grad Washington. Kataklizma koja slijedi ubrzo će planet učiniti nenastanjivim za ljude, kao što se dogodilo i dinosaurima. Prijetnja koja se nadvija zahtijevat će radikalno uvećanje napora čovječanstva da se otisne sa Zemlje.
Iskustvo Elme York kao pilotkinje WASP-a i matematičarke osigurat će joj mjesto u Međunarodnoj aeronautičkoj koaliciji u njihovoj misiji da pošalju prvoga čovjeka na Mjesec. No s toliko vještih i iskusnih pilotkinja i znanstvenica uključenih u program, Elma se ubrzo počne pitati zašto i one ne bi mogle ići u svemir.
Njezina želja da bude prva astronautkinja razbit će konvencije društva…]]> 366 Mary Robinette Kowal 9538408241 Martina 0 3.28 2018
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No one can know about the curse in her bloodline. No one can know that she’s lost her magic. No one can know the truth about the boy who holds the missing half of her soul.

To save herself and Visidia, Amora embarks on a desperate quest for a mythical artifact that could fix everything―but it comes at a terrible cost. As she tries to balance her loyalty to her people, her crew, and the desires of her heart, Amora will soon discover that the power to rule might destroy her.]]> 368 Adalyn Grace 1250307813 Martina 0 3.76 2021
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She will reign.

As princess of the island kingdom Visidia, Amora Montara has spent her entire life training to be High Animancer �� the master of souls. The rest of the realm can choose their magic, but for Amora, it’s never been a choice. To secure her place as heir to the throne, she must prove her mastery of the monarchy’s dangerous soul magic.

When her demonstration goes awry, Amora is forced to flee. She strikes a deal with Bastian, a mysterious pirate: he’ll help her prove she’s fit to rule, if she’ll help him reclaim his stolen magic.

But sailing the kingdom holds more wonder �� and more peril �� than Amora anticipated. A destructive new magic is on the rise, and if Amora is to conquer it, she’ll need to face legendary monsters, cross paths with vengeful mermaids, and deal with a stow-away she never expected�� or risk the fate of Visidia and lose the crown forever.

I am the right choice. The only choice. And I will protect my kingdom.]]> 380 Adalyn Grace 1250307791 Martina 0 3.66 2020
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No Danica o tome ne zna mnogo: zna tek da je posljednji put kada je pokušala zatomiti potrebu za pisanjem gotovo umrla, a nakon toga sve priče u njoj odjednom su nestale. Svi junaci su utihnuli, svi heroji zamrli i ostala je sama s tišinom. Što se to dogodilo? U potrazi za odgovorima, Danica odlazi u napušteno selo svojih pradjedova, pronaći inspiraciju i pokušati shvatiti samu sebe. Ondje će je čekati priča kakvu nije ni sanjala: posljednja u dugoj liniji Pripovjedača, Danica će upoznati junake starih slavenskih mitova i legendi: drevnu Mokoš, dobrog Malika, šarmantnog Jarila��

Nad Irij i Svijet ljudi odavno se nadvila mračna sjena zle, ogorčene More, a dok Perun i Veles svoje borbe vode i u svijetu ljudi i u svijetu božanstava, Danica će morati pronaći način da otkrije svoju snagu, spozna sebe i spasi i svoj i božanski svijet od zla i zaborava.]]> 155 Martina Frka Milotić 9538301218 Martina 0 4.11 2021
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]]> 61384176 531 Richard Powers 9533584157 Martina 0 4.13 2018
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Glasovita Mitologija Edith Hamilton dugovječni je bestseler, prodan u milijunima primjeraka diljem svijeta, koji suvremenim čitateljima približava grčke, rimske i nordijske mitove i legende te njihove bogove, junake i smrtnike koji nadahnjuju stvaralaštvo čovječanstva od antike do danas. Taj živopisan i uzbudljiv prikaz bezvremenih priča iz starine �� od rođenja božice Atene iz glave oca Zeusa, Trojanskog rata, epskih Odisejevih herojskih pothvata do borbi protiv nemani najvećega mitološkog junaka Herakla te priče o Jazonu i zlatnom runu, moćnom kralju Midi, Kupidonu i Psihi �� samo su neke od tema ovoga međunarodnog bestselera koji privlači čitatelje svih dobi i razotkriva temeljne istine o čovjeku i zapadnoj civilizaciji.

Edith Hamilton znalački otkriva mnogobrojne poveznice među tim bezvremenim pričama i umjetničkim i književnim djelima te kulturnim pojmovima našeg svijeta �� od Freudova Edipova kompleksa do Wagnerova opernog ciklusa o Prstenu Nibelunga. Te bezvremene priče o bogovima i junacima kamen su temeljac zapadne kulture, a njezina je uzbudljiva knjiga i dalje nezaobilazan izvor znanja za sve čitatelje koje zanimaju mitovi i njihov utjecaj na književnost, glazbu, umjetnost i pop-kulturu.
Monografija je podijeljena u sedam cjelina: Bogovi, stvaranje i prvi junaci; Priče o ljubavi i pustolovinama; Veliki junaci prije Trojanskog rata; Junaci Trojanskog rata; Znameniti rodovi mitoloških junaka; Manje važni mitovi i Nordijska mitologija. Čarobne ilustracije u boji Jima Tierneyja i sedam rodoslovlja �� glavni bogovi, Prometejevi potomci, Perzejevi i Heraklovi predci, Ahilejevi predci i trojanski rod vladara, rodoslovlje Helene Trojanske, tebanski i atreidski kraljevski rod i atenski rod vladara �� savršeno dopunjuju klasično djelo Edith Hamilton.
Knjige o mitologiji crpe građu iz vrlo različitih izvora. Među piscima koji su nam prenijeli mitove, tisuću dvjesto godina dijeli prve od posljednjih, a neke se priče međusobno razlikuju kao Pepeljuga i Kralj Lear, napominje u predgovoru autorica knjige. Njezin je cilj, ističe, čitateljima dočarati velike razlike između pisaca od kojih potječe naše znanje o mitovima.
»Na primjer, Heziod je izrazito jednostavan i pobožan pisac; naivan je, čak djetinjast, katkad sirov, a uvijek pun vjere. Mnoge priče u ovoj knjizi ispričao je jedino on. Rame uz rame uz njih nalaze se priče koje je ispričao jedino Ovidije �� profinjen, uglađen, ambiciozan, potpuni skeptik. Nastojala sam čitatelju dočarati koliko su ti pisci različiti. Uostalom, kad čovjek uzima u ruke ovakvu knjigu, ne pita koliko je autor zabavno prepričao priče, nego koliko je približio čitatelja izvorniku. Kako se nadam, oni koji ne poznaju klasike tako će steći znanje o mitovima, ali i naslutiti kakvi su bili pisci koji su ih ispričali �� pisci koji su se u više od dvije tisuće godina dokazali kao besmrtnici«, ističe autorica knjige.
Neprijeporno je postigla cilj jer je antičke mitove ispripovijedala tako da budu vjerni izvorima i ujedno svježi i pouzdani, ali i nezastarivi. Zbog toga njezino djelo i danas, tri četvrt stoljeća nakon prvog izdanja, služi kao autoritativan i pristupačan uvod u zakučastu antičku mitologiju.
Edith Hamilton nastojala je pisati na što živopisniji način. Upravo su zato njezine knjige najviše hvaljene �� jer živo i zanimljivo prikazuju i tumače klasičnu starinu, pogotovo zlatno doba Grčke. Njezin je dramatičan i jasan stil opisan kao »homerski«. Uz to što je obasuta počastima u Americi, zbog širenja grčke kulture dodijeljeno joj je najviše grčko odličje i počasno atensko građanstvo.
Svojom ljubavlju prema antici Edith Hamilton daje određenu uzvišenost svemu što pripovijeda, a svoje mišljenje o grčkom humanizmu možda najbolje sažima rečenicom: »Tvorci grčkih mitova preobrazili su svijet pun straha u svijet pun ljepote.« Ova je knjiga golem doprinos toj ljepoti.
Monografija Mitologija �� Bezvremene priče o bogovima i junacima Edith Hamilton poslužila je kao temelj profesorici antičke književnosti Annette Giesecke za izradu Antičke mitologije A �� Ž (Bogovi i božice, junaci i junakinje, nimfe, duhovi, nemani i mjesta), također objavljenoj u Školskoj knjizi u vrijednome prijevodu Marka Marasa.
U tome svojevrsnom enciklopedijskome priručniku autorica pitkim i živahnim stilom opisuje više od sedam stotina likova i mjesta �� od bogova i božica s Olimpa i junaka Trojanskog rata do drevnih zvijeri i hibridnih bića poput satira i sirena te ključnih mjesta kao što su Delfi, Itaka i Had. Poredane abecednim redom, natuknice su podijeljene u tematske cjeline, a svaka se dovodi u vezu sa srodnim likovima, mjestima i drugim mitovima.]]> 384 Edith Hamilton 9530623232 Martina 0 4.00 1942
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]]> 198971030 Ujedno je i koristan priručnik uz jubilarno izdanje knjige Mitologija �� Bezvremene priče o bogovima i junacima Edith Hamilton.
Antička mitologija A �� Ž najobuhvatnija je enciklopedija grčke i rimske mitologije. Annette Giesecke stvorila je briljantnu enciklopediju antičkih mitova u kojoj pregledno, podrobno i pronicljivo opisuje stotine glavnih i sporednih likova te desetke mjesta, poprišta zbivanja tih priča neprolazne ljepote.
Antička mitologija A �� Ž djelo je neprocjenjive vrijednosti. Pitkim i živahnim stilom autorica opisuje više od sedam stotina likova i mjesta �� od bogova i božica s Olimpa i junaka Trojanskog rata do drevnih zvijeri i hibridnih bića poput satira i sirena te ključnih mjesta kao što su Delfi, Itaka i Had. Poredane abecednim redom, natuknice su podijeljene u tematske cjeline, a svaka se dovodi u vezu sa srodnim likovima, mjestima i drugim mitovima.
Enciklopedija �� bogovi i božice, junaci i junakinje, nimfe, duhovi, nemani i mjesta raskošno je opremljena s deset ilustracija u boji, mnogobrojnim vinjetama i pet mitoloških rodoslovlja.]]> 340 Annette Giesecke 9530623240 Martina 0 4.50 2020
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To se dogodilo iz nekoliko razloga: ekonomska kriza velik je broj žena vratila kući, naročito onih s niskom stručnom spremom i ekonomski najranjivijih. Zbog velike nezaposlenosti, majčinstvo je još više došlo u prvi plan: pružalo je veću sigurnost i mir nego neki loše plaćen posao koji se lako može izgubiti. Kriza je zato imala i negativne posljedice po evoluciju muškaraca kojoj smo se nadali. Počeo je rasti njihov otpor prema podjeli poslova i prema jednakosti. Tu se pridružuje još nešto: kriza identiteta kakva još nije viđena u povijesti čovječanstva. Sve to, udruženo s modernističkim zazivanjem novog naturalizma u duhu Jeana Jacquesa Rousseaua, iznjedrilo je pozivanje na majčinski nagon i ponašanje koje on zahtijeva. Što to konkretno znači?

Danas biti u drugom stanju znači pridružiti se svojevrsnom obredu. Moderne majke moraju svome čedu pružiti najbolju moguću brigu: od višegodišnjeg dojenja, preko zajedničkog spavanja, platnenih pelena i barem godinu dana boravka s djetetom kod kuće, sve do kuhanja kašica od organskih namirnica, neprestanog nošenja, bez vikanja, kamoli lupanja po guzi: pred današnje je majke stavljen izazov kojem je rijetko koja dorasla, a koji kod njih izaziva u najmanju ruku frustracije. Svi su ti zahtjevi ženu vezali za kuću i domaćinstvo do razmjera kakvi nisu viđeni od 1950-ih, tvrdi Élisabeth Badinter, doajenka francuske intelektualne misli, u svom beskompromisnom djelu Sukob. Misao da niste dorasli kao majka ako koristite mliječnu formulu, jednokratne pelene, čak i ako ne želite prirodan porod, misao koja je nametnuta očekivanjima okoline, potkopava u ženi osjećaj ženstvenosti, vlastite vrijednosti, pa čak i smislenosti.

U svojoj oštroj, angažiranoj prozi, Badinter će uobličiti i imenovati ono što se već neko vrijeme rađa u našem društvu i našim umovima �� stajalište kako je gore navedeni pritisak kao posljedicu proizveo generaciju iscrpljenih majki opterećenih krivnjom, što je samo jedan od razloga alarmantnog pada nataliteta na Zapadu. Europski bestseler, u prijevodu Ljiljane Novković i s naslovnom ilustracijom Jelene Radmanović, Sukob je oštra optužnica o nečujnom fanatizmu koji ženama efikasno onemogućuje dosezanje njihova punog potencijala.]]> 148 Élisabeth Badinter 9533166827 Martina 0 3.20 2010
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For ten thousand years, marriage—and the idea of marriage—has been at the very foundation of human society. In this provocative and ambitious book, Susan Squire unravels the turbulent history and many implications of our most basic institution. Starting with the discovery, long before recorded time, that sex leads to paternity (and hence to couplehood), and leading up to the dawn of the modern “love marriage,�� Squire delves into the many ways men and women have come together and what the state of their unions has meant for history, society, and politics �� especially the politics of the home.

This book is the product of thirteen years of intense research, but even more than the intellectual scope, what sets it apart is Squire’s voice and contrarian boldness. Learned, acerbic, opinionated, and funny, she draws on everything from Sumerian mythology to Renaissance theater to Victorian housewives�� manuals (sometimes all at the same time) to create a vivid, kaleidoscopic view of the many things marriage has been and meant. The result is a book to provoke and fascinate readers of all ideological stripes: feminists, traditionalists, conservatives, and progressives alike.]]> Susan Squire 9533160497 Martina 0 2.50 2008
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Ova provokativna i fantastična knjiga odbacuje gotovo sve što “znamo o seksu��, istovremeno nam nudeći alternativno tumačenje ljudskog spajanja. Povezujući konvergentne, nerijetko zanemarene dokaze iz antropologije, arheologije, primatologije, anatomije i psihoseksualnosti, autori ukazuju kako je monogamija, rođena s pojavom ratarstva i napuštanjem nomadskog načina života, daleko od ljudske prirode, kako nam je nametnuta kao prirodan odabir radi zaštite privatne imovine i problema rastuće populacije. U opreci onome što nazivaju standardnim narativom ljudske seksualne evolucije autori postavljaju lovačko-sakupljački način života naših predaka, u kojem je bilo uobičajeno imati više seksualnih partnera, a to je podrazumijevalo zajedničku brigu o svoj djeci. Daleko od toga da su nam preci bili ratoborna i krvožedna bića, autori dokazuju kako je primitivni način života bio nesputan, lagodniji od današnjeg i snažno altruistički orijentiran, pri čemu je ono što danas nazivamo promiskuitetnošću odigralo gotovo pa ključnu ulogu.

Inteligentno i duhovito, autori nam pokazuju kako naša promiskuitetna prošlost progoni naše napore oko monogamije, seksualne orijentacije i obiteljske dinamike. Istražuju kako dugogodišnja vjernost može za mnoge biti opterećujuća. Zašto strast blijedi čak i kad se ljubav produbljuje, zašto toliki sredovječni muškarci sve riskiraju za prolazne veze s mlađim ženama te što naše tijelo otkriva o prethistorijskim izvorima moderne seksualnosti, samo su neke od tema na koje će nam ovo iznimno djelo pružiti odgovor. Fantastičan prijevod djelo je Ljiljane Novković.]]> 468 Christopher Ryan 9533167890 Martina 0 4.25 2010
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average rating: 4.25
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]]> 57032570 Notes on Grief is an exquisite work of meditation, remembrance, and hope, written in the wake of Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's beloved father’s death in the summer of 2020. As the COVID-19 pandemic raged around the world, and kept Adichie and her family members separated from one another, her father succumbed unexpectedly to complications of kidney failure.

Expanding on her original New Yorker piece, Adichie shares how this loss shook her to her core. She writes about being one of the millions of people grieving this year; about the familial and cultural dimensions of grief and also about the loneliness and anger that are unavoidable in it. With signature precision of language, and glittering, devastating detail on the page--and never without touches of rich, honest humor--Adichie weaves together her own experience of her father’s death with threads of his life story, from his remarkable survival during the Biafran war, through a long career as a statistics professor, into the days of the pandemic in which he’d stay connected with his children and grandchildren over video chat from the family home in Abba, Nigeria. In the compact format of We Should All Be Feminists and Dear Ijeawele, Adichie delivers a gem of a book--a book that fundamentally connects us to one another as it probes one of the most universal human experiences. Notes on Grief is a book for this moment—a work readers will treasure and share now more than ever--and yet will prove durable and timeless, an indispensable addition to Adichie's canon.]]> 86 Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie 0593320808 Martina 0 4.26 2021
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average rating: 4.26
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W. H. Auden once wrote that "art is our chief means of breaking bread with the dead." In his brilliant and compulsively readable new treatise, Breaking Bread with the Dead, Alan Jacobs shows us that engaging with the strange and wonderful writings of the past might help us live less anxiously in the present—and increase what Thomas Pynchon once called our "personal density."

Today we are battling too much information in a society changing at lightning speed, with algorithms aimed at shaping our every thought—plus a sense that history offers no resources, only impediments to overcome or ignore. The modern solution to our problems is to surround ourselves only with what we know and what brings us instant comfort. Jacobs's answer is the opposite: to be in conversation with, and challenged by, those from the past who can tell us what we never thought we needed to know.

What can Homer teach us about force? How does Frederick Douglass deal with the massive blind spots of America's Founding Fathers? And what can we learn from modern authors who engage passionately and profoundly with the past? How can Ursula K. Le Guin show us truths about Virgil's female characters that Virgil himself could never have seen? In Breaking Bread with the Dead, a gifted scholar draws us into close and sympathetic engagement with texts from across the ages, including the work of Anita Desai, Henrik Ibsen, Jean Rhys, Simone Weil, Edith Wharton, Amitav Ghosh, Claude Lévi-Strauss, Italo Calvino, and many more.

By hearing the voices of the past, we can expand our consciousness, our sympathies, and our wisdom far beyond what our present moment can offer.]]> 192 Alan Jacobs 1984878409 Martina 0 3.93 2020
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]]> 34939678 The story of literature in sixteen acts—from Homer to Harry Potter, including The Tale of Genji, Don Quixote, The Communist Manifesto, and how they shaped world history

In this groundbreaking book, Martin Puchner leads us on a remarkable journey through time and around the globe to reveal the how stories and literature have created the world we have today. Through sixteen foundational texts selected from more than four thousand years of world literature, he shows us how writing has inspired the rise and fall of empires and nations, the spark of philosophical and political ideas, and the birth of religious beliefs.

We meet Murasaki, a lady from eleventh-century Japan who wrote the first novel, The Tale of Genji, and follow the adventures of Miguel de Cervantes as he battles pirates, both seafaring and literary. We watch Goethe discover world literature in Sicily, and follow the rise in influence of The Communist Manifesto. Puchner takes us to Troy, Pergamum, and China, speaks with Nobel laureates Derek Walcott in the Caribbean and Orhan Pamuk in Istanbul, and introduces us to the wordsmiths of the oral epic Sunjata in West Africa. This delightful narrative also chronicles the inventions—writing technologies, the printing press, the book itself—that have shaped people, commerce, and history. In a book that Elaine Scarry has praised as “unique and spellbinding,�� Puchner shows how literature turned our planet into a written world.]]> 537 Martin Puchner 0812998944 Martina 0 3.89 2014
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Tom rečenicom Frédéric Gros, poznati francuski filozof i mislilac, veliki obožavatelj šetnji i lutanja prirodom, na jednom mjestu u svojoj knjizi Filozofija hodanja povezuje razmišljanje i hodanje, „te dvije najprirodnije ljudske aktivnosti��. Hodanje je oduvijek imalo mnogo poklonika koji uviđaju njegove dobrobiti: opuštanje od napetosti, osjećaj ispunjenosti i sreće, oslobađanje mašte, užitak povezivanja s prirodom��

U nizu filozofskih meditacija, prožetih mudrim, učenim i nerijetko duhovitim zapažanjima, oslanjajući se na iskustva poznatih mislilaca koji su uživali u dugim šetnjama �� od Nietzschea, Rousseaua, Thoreaua, Kanta, Rimbauda, Gandhija �� Frédéric Gros sagledava različite načine hodanja kao oblike filozofskog čina i duhovnog iskustva: od obične šetnje i lutanja gradom ili prirodom do hodočašća, inicijacijskog putovanja i protestnog hoda�� Što ako doista dobro razmišljamo samo hodajući? Je li bolje hodati sam ili u društvu? Što nam sve treba dok hodamo? I znamo li uopće zašto hodamo? Upravo je to ono što ova zabavna i pronicljiva knjiga nastoji rastumačiti. Istodobno filozofski traktat i tumačenje umjetnosti hodanja, Filozofija hodanja oduševit će mnoge, a osobito hodače i mislioce među nama.]]> 172 Frédéric Gros 9535203002 Martina 0 3.75 2009
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average rating: 3.75
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]]> 56261176 192 Erling Kagge Martina 0 4.06 2019
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]]> 61028434 Introducing Little Clothbound Classics: irresistible, mini editions of short stories, novellas and essays from the world's greatest writers, designed by the award-winning Coralie Bickford-Smith.

Although Anais Nin found in her diaries a profound mode of self-creation and confession, she could not reveal this intimate record of her own experiences during her lifetime. Instead, she turned to fiction, where her stories and novels became artistic "distillations" of her secret diaries. A Spy in the House of Love, whose heroine Sabina is deeply divided between her drive for artistic and sexual expression, on the one hand, and social restrictions and self-created inhibitions, on the other, echoed Nin's personal struggle with sex, love, and emotional fragmentation. Written when Nin's own life was taut with conflicting loyalties, her protagonist Sabina repeatedly asks herself, can one indulge in one's sensual restlessness, the fantasies, the relentless need for adventure without devastating consequences?]]> 176 Anaïs Nin 0241614686 Martina 0 3.61 1954
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]]> 59808279 The special Collector's Edition of Casey McQuiston's beloved New York Times bestselling novel, featuring illustrated endpapers, an all new Henry-POV chapter, and more!

What happens when America's First Son falls in love with the Prince of Wales?

When his mother became President, Alex Claremont-Diaz was promptly cast as the American equivalent of a young royal. Handsome, charismatic, genius—his image is pure millennial-marketing gold for the White House. There's only one problem: Alex has a beef with the actual prince, Henry, across the pond. And when the tabloids get hold of a photo involving an Alex-Henry altercation, U.S./British relations take a turn for the worse.

Heads of family, state, and other handlers devise a plan for damage control: staging a truce between the two rivals. What at first begins as a fake, Instragramable friendship grows deeper, and more dangerous, than either Alex or Henry could have imagined. Soon Alex finds himself hurtling into a secret romance with a surprisingly unstuffy Henry that could derail the campaign and upend two nations.

Casey McQuiston's Red, White & Royal Blue proves: true love isn't always diplomatic.]]> 416 Casey McQuiston 1250856035 Martina 0 4.45 2019
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]]> 55878031 155 Nebojša Lujanović 9533582901 Martina 0 4.08
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Ništa nije nemoguće onome tko ima volju pobijediti samoga sebe, dokazuje Đurđica Orepić, najbolja svjetska Ironwoman u svojoj dobnoj skupini. U memoarskoj prozi Ironwoman: moja priča Đurđica Orepić nadahnuto ispisuje svoje nevjerojatno iskustvo, ne štedeći ni srce ni smisao za humor. I jedinstvena Đupobjeđuje još jednom. No ovoga puta ne osvaja trofeje, već srca čitatelja, kojima svakom stranicom prenosi svoju najveću strast �� život sâm.]]> 240 Đurđica Orepić 9533587229 Martina 0 4.55
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Svatko zna da je smrtan i da s godinama propada, ali tko se s time može pomiriti? Ne volimo govoriti ni razmišljati o bolesti i smrti, o gubitku i porazu, o izdaji, sramoti, promašaju ili žalosti. Ove teme duboko su skrivene jer današnje vrijeme favorizira mladost, ljepotu, brzinu, uz pregršt veselih i banalnih sadržaja. No Slavenka Drakulić, jedna od naših najprevođenijih spisateljica i novinarki, u novoj zbirci priča O čemu ne govorimo uhvatila se ukoštac s tabuima suvremenog društva �� u fokusu su joj starost, bolest i nemoć.

Slavenka Drakulić pripovijeda o bračnim odnosima koji se s vremenom dezintegriraju i pretvaraju u sitna predbacivanja i trajnu zlovolju, o novootkrivenoj strasti u zrelim godinama, o našoj zarobljenosti u tijelu, o činjenici da sve naše misli, sva naša kreativnost, sve naše težnje i želje, sav naš psihofizički napredak ovise o vrlo tankoj koži koja naše tijelo drži na okupu. Priče O čemu ne govorimo uzdrmat će vas do srži, provozati na emocionalnom vrtuljku i natjerati vas da si postavite teška pitanja �� pa i ono najteže, vlastito trajanje u vremenu.]]> 176 Slavenka Drakulić 9533587512 Martina 0 4.20
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Slavenka Drakulić duboko emotivno, bez zadrške, pripovijeda o iskustvu raspada života u kojem stari ljudi postaju nevidljivi ne samo okolini i sustavu veći vlastitoj obitelji i prijateljima. Katarzična, oslobađajuća, Nevidljiva žena udara u pleksus suvremenog društva. Slavenka Drakulić literarno snažno u svakoj pojedinoj priči ulazi čitatelju pod kožu, tjerajući ga da zastane, da misli o sebi i drugima, da bude šokiran, da zaplače, da se prepusti i emocijama i raciju. Nevidljiva žena oslobađajuća je, duboko intimna knjiga koja dokazuje da samo literatura može izreći neizrecivo.

“Nevidljiva žena je knjiga za sve osjetljive žene.�� �� Andrea Zlatar Violić

“Lijepo i tužno i tako jako istinito.�� �� Ingrid Šafranek

“Ovu knjigu se jednostavno ne može čitati s distance. Potresna je, a pritom nimalo banalna ni sentimentalna.�� �� Anera Ryznar]]> 192 Slavenka Drakulić 9532669752 Martina 5 4.25 2018
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Osoba koja je bila predodređena za najveće znanstvene dosege, genijalna matematičarka, prva žena na politehničkom fakultetu Sveučilišta u Zürichu, uvijek druga i drugačija, Mileva Einstein rođena Marić, iz bogate vojvođanske obitelji, u svojoj je sudbini gotovo paradigmatična kada razmišljamo o položaju žena.

Njezina teorija tuge teška je poput bilo koje teorije relativnosti, ali i mnogo češća od nje. Prtljaga tuge koju je nosila od najranije mladosti do smrti, u kojoj su se tijekom vremena samo dodavali tegobni trenuci, od šepanja i ruganja djece, preko ljubavi i neuspjelog braka s Albertom, do smrti djeteta, bolesne sestre, nezavršenog fakulteta, loše materijalne situacije i teške bolesti najmlađega sina, teret je koji može razumjeti svaka čitateljica ili čitatelj.


Slavenka Drakulić u romanu "Mileva Einstein, teorija tuge" oživila je genija i njegovu obitelj. Pred čitatelja je iskrsnula opipljiva, stvarna, puna života, ali i depresije, melankolije i ljubavi Mileva, žena u kojoj se ogledaju sve uloge koje žene stalno i iznova podnose i s kojima se nose snažnije od bilo kojeg muškarca.]]> 207 Slavenka Drakulić Martina 0 3.92 2016
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]]> 36667206 At Hawthorn Time comes a major new novel. Set on a farm in Suffolk just before the Second World War, it introduces a girl on the cusp of adulthood.

Fourteen-year-old Edie Mather lives with her family at Wych Farm, where the shadow of the Great War still hangs over a community impoverished by the Great Depression. Glamorous outsider Constance FitzAllen arrives from London, determined to make a record of fading rural traditions and beliefs, and to persuade Edie's family to return to the old ways rather than embrace modernity. She brings with her new political and social ideas �� some far more dangerous than others.

For Edie, who has just finished school and must soon decide what to do with her life, Connie appears to be a godsend. But there is more to the older woman than meets the eye. As harvest time approaches and the pressures mount on the entire Mather family, Edie must decide whose version of reality to trust, and how best to save herself from disaster.

A masterful evocation of the rhythms of the natural world and pastoral life, All Among the Barley is also a powerful and timely novel about influence, the lessons of history and the dangers of nostalgia.]]> 352 Melissa Harrison 1408897997 Martina 0 3.83 2018
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name: Martina
average rating: 3.83
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]]> 23445868 Knjiga koju držite u ruci tanak je svezak, ali dubok poput oceana. Ona priča o povratku u rodni kraj, o vožnji cestom koja je nekoć bila puka seoska staza�� i o dosezanju mjesta gdje uspomene ostaju žive. Ocean na kraju staze razmatra djetinjstvo, ali nije dječja knjiga; razlaže načine na koje ono određuje i uvjetuje odrasle godine, no uvijek ostaje skriveno, nikad posve dokučivo, nikad posve spremno za oblikovanje u sjećanju. Možda zato što se u njemu kriju spoznaje o grozotama koje odrasli nipošto ne bi smjeli znati.
Uronite s Neilom Gaimanom u vrijeme kad ste imali sedam godina: kad ste bili slabi i često posve bespomoćni, ali kad ste u isti mah znali kako se to točno u kapljici vode može kriti cijeli svemir.
Ova nova knjiga autora Američkih bogova, Koraline, Zvjezdane prašine, Knjige o groblju i stripovskih fenomena Sandman i 1602 već je požnjela brojna svjetska priznanja i uvukla se u srca kako starih poklonika Neila Gaimana, tako i onih koji su ga kroz nju tek otkrili �� i zavoljeli.
Ocean na kraju staze u hrvatskom izdanju dolazi uz originalno likovno rješenje Stardust LAB-a i u prijevodu Vladimira Cvetkovića Severa.]]> 204 Neil Gaiman 953316767X Martina 0 3.95 2013
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