Lazaros's bookshelf: all en-US Sat, 01 Mar 2025 22:04:00 -0800 60 Lazaros's bookshelf: all 144 41 /images/layout/goodreads_logo_144.jpg Confess 22609310
For once, Auburn takes a chance and puts her heart in control, only to discover that Owen is hiding a huge secret. The magnitude of his past threatens to destroy everything Auburn loves most, and the only way to get her life back on track is to cut Owen out of it—but can she do it?]]> 306 Colleen Hoover 1476791457 Lazaros 5
«I laugh, and the tenderness that enters his eyes at the sound of my laughter makes me realize that this is what I want. Selflessness. It should be the basis of every relationship. If a person truly cares about you, they’ll get more pleasure from the way they make you feel, rather than the way you make them feel.»




In this book, art meets confessions.

Kudos to this amazing artist, Danny O' Connor who did all the paintings for this book (). And kudos to Mrs. Hoover for always writing the best-est of books.

This book. This novel right here is possibly one of the best books I've ever read. If not then it surely is the best book for 2015. And how do I know this? Possibly from the endless river of tears that's running down my face as I'm writing this review because I'm too hang up on the emotions and thoughts this book instilled in my heart, in my soul.

Auburn lost her first love at the age of 15. You'll say to me: "How can you be able to know what loves feels like when you're just 15 and you can't possibly tell the difference between love and excitement?" And I will turn and look you in the eyes and say "You know it because every time you look at that person you feel the earth moving beneath your feet. Feel your heart shake a little at the touch of your hands. Feel your mouth go dry when they smile at you.". That's what more or less Auburn felt about Adam the boy who loved her so much. It was beautiful, they were beautiful.

Now she's almost 21 years old and she's new to a town and she feels like her life is horrible. No she doesn't feel it, she knows it deep in her heart that she's miserable through and through. What happens when she is desperately looking for some extra money and happens to see a piece of paper out of a Dallas art studio reading clearly that the person who wrote it wants someone to work for him.

What are the odds, though, that the man owning the art studio is named Owen Mason Gentry and how can it be that they both have the same middle name? Auburn's full name is Auburn Mason Reed. It must be fate. Right? Right.

Owen is very talented, he is 21 and a successful artist. He opens his studio only once a month while the rest of the days he keeps painting and painting as long as he doesn't run out of inspirations and each month he needs someone in order to keep the tabs on the paints that are being sold. It just happens that the last person he employed became his girlfriend and it just so happens that she broke up with him and left him with no accountant. So, he's a tad bit desperate. When he sees her at his door, disbelief is the first emotion that courses to him right after saying, «Are you here to save me?».



Owen has a very special way of painting, of getting inspiration and it's actually very unique. He has a box in which people put confessions in anonymously and then he turns those confessions into paintings. Owen is so fascinated by the interest Auburn shows in his paintings and how she admires and understand and feels his art. I think that's when he fell a tad bit for her. If not, he sure as hell wanted to get to know her.



I do not want to divulge deeper into the plot for fear of ruining it for those of you who haven't read the book. There's a twist around the middle of the book which I personally didn't see coming. And it made everything that much more complicated. Adam left her a little present before passing away.

What's mind-blowing about this book is that it's full of confessions. Confessions from strangers. Confessions from our characters. Truth cannot only ever be liberating it can also be devastating. You have to be sure, make sure that what you're going to confess, it's your confession to make, your truth to give away.

«Some secrets should never turn into confessions.»


Auburn and Owen have a lot more in common than they think they do. They're both hurt deeply by life. They've both been through some rough patches and they are still trying to put themselves back together and are still trying to get ahold of their own lives and try to make something out of what's life already thrown their way. Maybe try to make it better?

Auburn is sweet, she's shy, she also thinks she's weak but most strong people tend to see themselves as weak and helpless. Owen is the epitome of greatness. He's gold. And I think Auburn realized it the first time she laid eyes on him.

What can I say about this book other than it's worth your time and you won't be disappointed by either the characters, the plot or the theme. Mrs. Hoover always writes book that feel fresh and definitely not something overused or boring. She knows how to write and she knows how to express feelings and emotions in the best possible way. Her books always make me shed tears and for that I'm grateful.

I connected with the characters on so many levels. They are so human, so normal.. They're not made of steel, they hurt and they fall down but they're strong and they keep going and they fell in love in the most beautiful way possible; through the need, the primal need of human beings, to find the one thing in life that makes them happy...

“No one deserves you like I do.� �
“No one sees you like I do.� �
“No one understand you the way I do.� �
“No one makes your heart beat like I do.� �
He presses his palm against my heart. “And no one else deserves to be inside you if they can’t get there here first.�


What this book did to me with its confessions, well, it's hard to put into words and I'm trying hard here, right now, to tell you all the reasons you should read this book and I'm just going to say to you that you have to read this for the simple reason that it has a lot to give, a lot to offer. Including lots of food for thought. And a whole lotta more feelings that are going to eat away at you for quite some time.]]> 4.14 2015 Confess
author: Colleen Hoover
name: Lazaros
average rating: 4.14
book published: 2015
rating: 5
read at: 2015/03/14
date added: 2025/03/01
shelves: all-time-favorites, contemporary, romance, tear-jerkers, new-adult
review:
«I laugh, and the tenderness that enters his eyes at the sound of my laughter makes me realize that this is what I want. Selflessness. It should be the basis of every relationship. If a person truly cares about you, they’ll get more pleasure from the way they make you feel, rather than the way you make them feel.»




In this book, art meets confessions.

Kudos to this amazing artist, Danny O' Connor who did all the paintings for this book (). And kudos to Mrs. Hoover for always writing the best-est of books.

This book. This novel right here is possibly one of the best books I've ever read. If not then it surely is the best book for 2015. And how do I know this? Possibly from the endless river of tears that's running down my face as I'm writing this review because I'm too hang up on the emotions and thoughts this book instilled in my heart, in my soul.

Auburn lost her first love at the age of 15. You'll say to me: "How can you be able to know what loves feels like when you're just 15 and you can't possibly tell the difference between love and excitement?" And I will turn and look you in the eyes and say "You know it because every time you look at that person you feel the earth moving beneath your feet. Feel your heart shake a little at the touch of your hands. Feel your mouth go dry when they smile at you.". That's what more or less Auburn felt about Adam the boy who loved her so much. It was beautiful, they were beautiful.

Now she's almost 21 years old and she's new to a town and she feels like her life is horrible. No she doesn't feel it, she knows it deep in her heart that she's miserable through and through. What happens when she is desperately looking for some extra money and happens to see a piece of paper out of a Dallas art studio reading clearly that the person who wrote it wants someone to work for him.

What are the odds, though, that the man owning the art studio is named Owen Mason Gentry and how can it be that they both have the same middle name? Auburn's full name is Auburn Mason Reed. It must be fate. Right? Right.

Owen is very talented, he is 21 and a successful artist. He opens his studio only once a month while the rest of the days he keeps painting and painting as long as he doesn't run out of inspirations and each month he needs someone in order to keep the tabs on the paints that are being sold. It just happens that the last person he employed became his girlfriend and it just so happens that she broke up with him and left him with no accountant. So, he's a tad bit desperate. When he sees her at his door, disbelief is the first emotion that courses to him right after saying, «Are you here to save me?».



Owen has a very special way of painting, of getting inspiration and it's actually very unique. He has a box in which people put confessions in anonymously and then he turns those confessions into paintings. Owen is so fascinated by the interest Auburn shows in his paintings and how she admires and understand and feels his art. I think that's when he fell a tad bit for her. If not, he sure as hell wanted to get to know her.



I do not want to divulge deeper into the plot for fear of ruining it for those of you who haven't read the book. There's a twist around the middle of the book which I personally didn't see coming. And it made everything that much more complicated. Adam left her a little present before passing away.

What's mind-blowing about this book is that it's full of confessions. Confessions from strangers. Confessions from our characters. Truth cannot only ever be liberating it can also be devastating. You have to be sure, make sure that what you're going to confess, it's your confession to make, your truth to give away.

«Some secrets should never turn into confessions.»


Auburn and Owen have a lot more in common than they think they do. They're both hurt deeply by life. They've both been through some rough patches and they are still trying to put themselves back together and are still trying to get ahold of their own lives and try to make something out of what's life already thrown their way. Maybe try to make it better?

Auburn is sweet, she's shy, she also thinks she's weak but most strong people tend to see themselves as weak and helpless. Owen is the epitome of greatness. He's gold. And I think Auburn realized it the first time she laid eyes on him.

What can I say about this book other than it's worth your time and you won't be disappointed by either the characters, the plot or the theme. Mrs. Hoover always writes book that feel fresh and definitely not something overused or boring. She knows how to write and she knows how to express feelings and emotions in the best possible way. Her books always make me shed tears and for that I'm grateful.

I connected with the characters on so many levels. They are so human, so normal.. They're not made of steel, they hurt and they fall down but they're strong and they keep going and they fell in love in the most beautiful way possible; through the need, the primal need of human beings, to find the one thing in life that makes them happy...

“No one deserves you like I do.� �
“No one sees you like I do.� �
“No one understand you the way I do.� �
“No one makes your heart beat like I do.� �
He presses his palm against my heart. “And no one else deserves to be inside you if they can’t get there here first.�


What this book did to me with its confessions, well, it's hard to put into words and I'm trying hard here, right now, to tell you all the reasons you should read this book and I'm just going to say to you that you have to read this for the simple reason that it has a lot to give, a lot to offer. Including lots of food for thought. And a whole lotta more feelings that are going to eat away at you for quite some time.
]]> <![CDATA[The Book of Life (All Souls, #3)]]> 16054217 The #1 New York Times bestselling series finale and sequel to A Discovery of Witches and Shadow of Night

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

]]> 1Q84 - Livro 1 (1Q84 #1) 13023615 Em 1Q84, Haruki Murakami constrói um universo romanesco em que se cruzam histórias inesquecíveis e personagens cativantes. Onde acaba o Japão e começa o admirável mundo novo em que vivemos? Uma ficção que ilumina de forma transversal a aldeia global em que vivemos.]]> 492 Haruki Murakami 9724620530 Lazaros 0 to-read 4.10 2009 1Q84 - Livro 1 (1Q84 #1)
author: Haruki Murakami
name: Lazaros
average rating: 4.10
book published: 2009
rating: 0
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date added: 2024/12/30
shelves: to-read
review:

]]> <![CDATA[At Bertram's Hotel (Miss Marple, #10)]]> 16333
When Miss Marple comes up from the country for a holiday in London, she finds what she's looking for at Bertram's: traditional décor and impeccable service. But she senses an unmistakable atmosphere of danger behind the highly polished veneer. Not even Miss Marple can foresee the violent chain of events set in motion when an eccentric hotel guest makes his way to the airport one day late!

Librarian's note: this entry is for the novel, "At Bertram's Hotel." Collections and other Miss Marple stories are located elsewhere on Ĺ·±¦ÓéŔÖ. The series includes 12 novels and 20 short stories. Entries for the short stories can be found by searching Ĺ·±¦ÓéŔÖ for: "a Miss Marple Short Story."]]> 223 Agatha Christie Lazaros 0 to-read 3.72 1965 At Bertram's Hotel (Miss Marple, #10)
author: Agatha Christie
name: Lazaros
average rating: 3.72
book published: 1965
rating: 0
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date added: 2024/11/29
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]]> Mansfield Park 45032 488 Jane Austen Lazaros 0 to-read, classics 3.86 1814 Mansfield Park
author: Jane Austen
name: Lazaros
average rating: 3.86
book published: 1814
rating: 0
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date added: 2024/11/27
shelves: to-read, classics
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]]> <![CDATA[The Rise of the Hotel Dumort (The Bane Chronicles, #5)]]> 17334064
The immortal Magnus Bane is making the most of his time in the Roaring Twenties: He's settled into New York society and is thriving among the fashionable jazz set. And there is nowhere better to see and be seen than the glamorous Hotel Dumort, a glittering new addition to the Manhattan landscape. But a different type of glamour may be at play...]]> 61 Cassandra Clare 144249560X Lazaros 3 short-stories 3.79 The Rise of the Hotel Dumort (The Bane Chronicles, #5)
author: Cassandra Clare
name: Lazaros
average rating: 3.79
book published:
rating: 3
read at: 2015/03/12
date added: 2024/11/09
shelves: short-stories
review:
In comparison with its predecessors this was not so good. I still enjoyed reading it and devoured it in a matter of minutes but this is my least favorite. It's still interesting and I love how Magnus never runs out of memories and experiences and stories to tell us. I'm glad he stayed and didn't go with Aldous. What would we have done without him?
]]> <![CDATA[Half Wild (The Half Bad Trilogy, #2)]]> 20814989 "You will have a powerful Gift, but it’s how you use it that will show you to be good or bad."

In a modern-day England where two warring factions of witches live amongst humans, seventeen-year-old Nathan is an abomination, the illegitimate son of the world's most powerful and violent witch. Nathan is hunted from all sides: nowhere is safe and no one can be trusted. Now, Nathan has come into his own unique magical Gift, and he's on the run--but the Hunters are close behind, and they will stop at nothing until they have captured Nathan and destroyed his father.]]> 432 Sally Green 0670017132 Lazaros 0 to-read 3.98 2015 Half Wild (The Half Bad Trilogy, #2)
author: Sally Green
name: Lazaros
average rating: 3.98
book published: 2015
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2024/10/16
shelves: to-read
review:

]]> Welcome to Braggsville 23751628
Born and raised in the heart of old Dixie, D'aron Davenport finds himself in unfamiliar territory his freshman year at UC Berkeley. Two thousand miles and a world away from his childhood, he is a small-town fish floundering in the depths of a large, hyper-liberal pond. Caught between the prosaic values of his rural hometown and the intellectualized multicultural cosmopolitanism of Berzerkeley, the nineteen-year-old white kid is uncertain about his place until one disastrous party brings him three idiosyncratic best friends: Louis, a "kung-fu comedian" from California; Candice, an earnest do-gooder claiming Native roots from Iowa; and Charlie, an introspective inner-city black teen from Chicago. They dub themselves the "4 Little Indians."

But everything changes in the group's alternative history class, when D'aron lets slip that his hometown hosts an annual Civil War reenactment, recently rebranded "Patriot Days." His announcement is met with righteous indignation, and inspires Candice to suggest a "performative intervention" to protest the reenactment. Armed with youthful self-importance, makeshift slave costumes, righteous zeal, and their own misguided ideas about the South, the 4 Little Indians descend on Braggsville. Their journey through backwoods churches, backroom politics, Waffle Houses, and drunken family barbecues is uproarious to start, but will have devastating consequences.]]> 368 T. Geronimo Johnson 0062302140 Lazaros 0 to-read 3.33 2015 Welcome to Braggsville
author: T. Geronimo Johnson
name: Lazaros
average rating: 3.33
book published: 2015
rating: 0
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date added: 2024/09/28
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]]> <![CDATA[Glitches (Lunar Chronicles, #0.5)]]> 13278636 0 Marissa Meyer 1466807644 Lazaros 4 Cinder then I suggest that you read this immediately, it's a good way to establish a deeper connection with our lovely protagonist.]]> 3.84 2011 Glitches (Lunar Chronicles, #0.5)
author: Marissa Meyer
name: Lazaros
average rating: 3.84
book published: 2011
rating: 4
read at: 2015/02/19
date added: 2024/09/27
shelves: short-stories, young-adult, fantasy, sci-fi
review:
What an amazing cute short-story. It gives us a glimpse to the past of Cinder when she had first came to Adri's house. We see her struggling to fit in, doing something to make these people who are strangers to her believe in her, believe that she's worth something and that she's not useless and worthless of their attention and care. It's heartbreaking reading this. She is just a little girl and she's in so much pain and she's so alone and she cannot remember a thing before the surgery that turned her into a cyborg. If you've read Cinder then I suggest that you read this immediately, it's a good way to establish a deeper connection with our lovely protagonist.
]]> The Free 18160347
The lives of these characters intersect as they look for meaning in desperate times.]]> 320 Willy Vlautin 0062276751 Lazaros 0 to-read 3.89 2014 The Free
author: Willy Vlautin
name: Lazaros
average rating: 3.89
book published: 2014
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2024/09/12
shelves: to-read
review:

]]> <![CDATA[Thicker Than Blood (Thicker Than Blood, #1)]]> 24484349
Leisel and Evelyn lost everything. Husbands. Families. Friends. Lives that made sense. All they had left was each other, and a friendship that could withstand anything� Even an apocalypse.

Until one fateful night, the marginal safety they’d come to rely on comes to a vicious and brutal end. With the help of Alex & Jami, both unlikely allies, Leisel and Evelyn are able to escape their shattered sanctuary only to find themselves face-to-face with a much altered, much crueler life where they have to find the way—and the will—to stay alive in a world they no longer recognize.

Traveling across a broken and infection-ridden country; the road-weary group are pitted against endless violence, improbable circumstances, and the ultimate loss.

Everything comes at a price—especially safety, the cost of which could very well strip them of the one thing they’ve tried so hard to cling to: their humanity.

Yet along with all the trials they’re forced to endure, there’s also hope in the form of love. Having loved Leisel from afar, Alex attempts to put the pieces of her fractured heart back together.

But in such a savage world, is there room for love?

In a place of nightmares-made-reality, where the living should be feared far more than the dead, an unbreakable friendship and a love amongst all odds can mean the difference between life and death.

There are friends�

And then there are Leisel and Evelyn.

NOTE TO READERS: **Thicker than Blood is the first in a series consisting of several STANDALONE novels all based in the same setting.**]]> 367 Madeline Sheehan 1311704167 Lazaros 0 to-read 4.04 2015 Thicker Than Blood (Thicker Than Blood, #1)
author: Madeline Sheehan
name: Lazaros
average rating: 4.04
book published: 2015
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2024/09/10
shelves: to-read
review:

]]> <![CDATA[The Assassin and the Healer (Throne of Glass, #0.2)]]> 18333581 40 Sarah J. Maas Lazaros 0 to-read 4.21 2013 The Assassin and the Healer (Throne of Glass, #0.2)
author: Sarah J. Maas
name: Lazaros
average rating: 4.21
book published: 2013
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2024/08/18
shelves: to-read
review:

]]> <![CDATA[Twenty Years After (Trilogie des Mousquetaires #2)]]> 7184
Twenty Years After (1845), the sequel to The Three Musketeers, is a supreme creation of suspense and heroic adventure.

Two decades have passed since the musketeers triumphed over Cardinal Richelieu and Milady. Time has weakened their resolve, and dispersed their loyalties. But treasons and stratagems still cry out for justice: civil war endangers the throne of France, while in England Cromwell threatens to send Charles I to the scaffold. Dumas brings his immortal quartet out of retirement to cross swords with time, the malevolence of men, and the forces of history. But their greatest test is a titanic struggle with the son of Milady, who wears the face of Evil.]]> 845 Alexandre Dumas 0192838431 Lazaros 0 to-read 4.06 1845 Twenty Years After (Trilogie des Mousquetaires #2)
author: Alexandre Dumas
name: Lazaros
average rating: 4.06
book published: 1845
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2024/08/07
shelves: to-read
review:

]]> Steel's Edge (The Edge, #4) 12119496 The Edge lies between worlds, on the border between the Broken, where people shop at Wal-Mart and magic is a fairy tale—and the Weird, where blueblood aristocrats rule, changelings roam, and the strength of your magic can change your destiny�

Charlotte de Ney is as noble as they come, a blueblood straight out of the Weird. But even though she possesses rare magical healing abilities, her life has brought her nothing but pain. After her marriage crumbles, she flees to the Edge to build a new home for herself. Until Richard Mar is brought to her for treatment, and Charlotte’s life is turned upside down once again.

Richard is a swordsman without peer, future head of his large and rambunctious Edger clan—and he’s on a clandestine quest to wipe out slavers trafficking humans in the Weird. So when his presence leads his very dangerous enemies to Charlotte, she vows to help Richard destroy them. The slavers� operation, however, goes deeper than Richard knows, and even working together, Charlotte and Richard may not survive...]]> 388 Ilona Andrews 1937007820 Lazaros 0 to-read 4.16 2012 Steel's Edge (The Edge, #4)
author: Ilona Andrews
name: Lazaros
average rating: 4.16
book published: 2012
rating: 0
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date added: 2024/08/07
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]]> <![CDATA[The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and Other Stories]]> 721012 Sketch Book first appeared in 1819, readers in America and abroad greeted it with enthusiasm, and Irving emerged as America's first successful professional author. The pieces about life in England are gently ironic, reflecting the author's interest in the traditions of the Old World and his longings for his home in the New. But it is in "Rip Van Winkle" and "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" that Irving exhibits his true strength—the ability to depict American landscapes and culture so vividly that readers feel themselves a part of them. And it is on the basis of these two classic tales that Irving is generally credited with inventing the short story as a distinct literary genre.

Originally published as The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent.]]> 368 Washington Irving 014043769X Lazaros 0 to-read, classics 3.96 1820 The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and Other Stories
author: Washington Irving
name: Lazaros
average rating: 3.96
book published: 1820
rating: 0
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date added: 2024/08/07
shelves: to-read, classics
review:

]]> The Call of Cthulhu 15730101 The Call of Cthulhu is a harrowing tale of the weakness of the human mind when confronted by powers and intelligences from beyond our world.]]> 43 H.P. Lovecraft Lazaros 0 to-read 3.97 1928 The Call of Cthulhu
author: H.P. Lovecraft
name: Lazaros
average rating: 3.97
book published: 1928
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2024/08/07
shelves: to-read
review:

]]> <![CDATA[His Last Bow (Sherlock Holmes, #8)]]> 754713 242 Arthur Conan Doyle 0755334434 Lazaros 0 to-read 4.26 1917 His Last Bow (Sherlock Holmes, #8)
author: Arthur Conan Doyle
name: Lazaros
average rating: 4.26
book published: 1917
rating: 0
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date added: 2024/08/07
shelves: to-read
review:

]]> <![CDATA[World After (Penryn & the End of Days, #2)]]> 12983100 Angelfall, the survivors of the angel apocalypse begin to scrape back together what's left of the modern world.

When a group of people capture Penryn's sister Paige, thinking she's a monster, the situation ends in a massacre. Paige disappears. Humans are terrified. Mom is heartbroken.

Penryn drives through the streets of San Francisco looking for Paige. Why are the streets so empty? Where is everybody? Her search leads her into the heart of the angels' secret plans where she catches a glimpse of their motivations, and learns the horrifying extent to which the angels are willing to go.

Meanwhile, Raffe hunts for his wings. Without them, he can't rejoin the angels, can't take his rightful place as one of their leaders. When faced with recapturing his wings or helping Penryn survive, which will he choose?]]> 438 Susan Ee Lazaros 5
Ms. Ee topped herself. 'World After' was fast-paced and full of twists and turns and I didn't even realize how fast I finished the book. It pulled me right in and then I just couldn't get out.

This woman knows how to write. The flow of her books is perfect, not too fast and not too slow and she always cuts to the chase rather than delve into useless details. We got to see a little bit of Raffe's feelings and how he sees Penryn (thanks to Pooky Bear).

Despite the fact that Raffe wasn't around until the last 100 pages of the book, the romance had evolved amazingly. They didn't kiss, but there is that sparks that Ee put there to torture us.

As expected there were huge revelations and some unexpected turns in the end of the book and Ms. Ee left us hanging once more.

I'm now looking forward to reading the next book in the series with much eagerness. Ms. Ee said that she plans for a May 2015 release which means we are months and months away from book 3.. I'll be waiting.]]> 4.24 2013 World After (Penryn & the End of Days, #2)
author: Susan Ee
name: Lazaros
average rating: 4.24
book published: 2013
rating: 5
read at: 2014/09/21
date added: 2024/08/07
shelves: angels, dystopia, fantasy, paranormal, romance, sci-fi, supernatural, young-adult, post-apocalyptic, girl-power
review:
I had high hopes of this book. And I'm sure it was because 'Angelfall' was pretty much perfect. I can only say that this exceeded my expectations and it was even better than the first novel in the series.

Ms. Ee topped herself. 'World After' was fast-paced and full of twists and turns and I didn't even realize how fast I finished the book. It pulled me right in and then I just couldn't get out.

This woman knows how to write. The flow of her books is perfect, not too fast and not too slow and she always cuts to the chase rather than delve into useless details. We got to see a little bit of Raffe's feelings and how he sees Penryn (thanks to Pooky Bear).

Despite the fact that Raffe wasn't around until the last 100 pages of the book, the romance had evolved amazingly. They didn't kiss, but there is that sparks that Ee put there to torture us.

As expected there were huge revelations and some unexpected turns in the end of the book and Ms. Ee left us hanging once more.

I'm now looking forward to reading the next book in the series with much eagerness. Ms. Ee said that she plans for a May 2015 release which means we are months and months away from book 3.. I'll be waiting.
]]> The Return (Titan, #1) 24549233 From the New York Times bestselling author of the Covenant and Lux series comes a novel of danger, Gods and Titans... and an electric love story which will send you reeling.

A year ago, Seth made a deal with the gods - and pledged his life to them. Now, Apollo has a task for Seth: one which sees him playing protector over a beautiful, feisty girl who's strictly off-limits. And for someone who has a problem with restraint, this assignment might be Seth's most challenging yet.

Josie has no idea what this crazy hot guy's deal is, but he arrives in her life just as everything she's ever known is turned upside down. Either she's going insane, or a nightmare straight out of ancient myth is heading her way.

Josie can't decide which is more dangerous: an angry Titan seeking vengeance? Or the golden-eyed, secretive Seth - and the white-hot attraction developing between them...]]> 368 Jennifer L. Armentrout 147361158X Lazaros 0 to-read 4.27 2017 The Return (Titan, #1)
author: Jennifer L. Armentrout
name: Lazaros
average rating: 4.27
book published: 2017
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2024/07/30
shelves: to-read
review:

]]> <![CDATA[Martin the Warrior (Redwall, #6)]]> 201345 376 Brian Jacques 0441001866 Lazaros 0 to-read 4.16 1993 Martin the Warrior (Redwall, #6)
author: Brian Jacques
name: Lazaros
average rating: 4.16
book published: 1993
rating: 0
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date added: 2024/07/13
shelves: to-read
review:

]]> Romeo & Juliet 6878480 And in their triumph die, like fire and powder,
Which, as they kiss, consume.

When Romeo first lays eyes on the bewitching Juliet, it's love at first sight. But though their love runs true and deep, it is also completely forbidden. With family and fate determined to keep them apart, will Romeo and Juliet find a way to be together?

William Shakespeare's masterpiece is one of the most enduring stories of star-crossed love of all time. Beautifully presented for a modern teen audience with both the original play and a prose retelling of the beloved story, this is the must-have edition of a timeless classic.
(back cover)
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Also contains additional work, "Juliet's Story."]]> 384 William Shakespeare 0061965499 Lazaros 0 to-read 3.90 1597 Romeo & Juliet
author: William Shakespeare
name: Lazaros
average rating: 3.90
book published: 1597
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2024/05/11
shelves: to-read
review:

]]> <![CDATA[Homeland (Forgotten Realms: The Dark Elf Trilogy, #1; Legend of Drizzt, #1)]]> 50027 Discover the origin story of one of the greatest heroes of the Realms—Drizzt Do’Urden—in this thrilling first installment of the Dark Elf Trilogy

Drow ranger Drizzt Do’Urden, first introduced in The Icewind Dale Trilogy, quickly became one of the fantasy genre’s standout characters. With Homeland, Salvatore pulls back the curtain to reveal the startling tale of how this hero came to be—how this one lone drow walked out of the shadowy depths of the Underdark; how he left behind an evil society and a family that wanted him dead.

As the third son of Mother Malice and weaponmaster Zaknafein, Drizzt Do’Urden is meant to be sacrificed to Lolth, the evil Spider Queen, per drow tradition. But with the unexpected death of his older brother, young Drizzt is spared—and, as a result, further ostracized by his family. As Drizzt grows older, developing his swordsmanship skills and studying at the Academy, he begins to realize that his idea of good and evil does not match up with those of his fellow drow. Can Drizzt stay true to himself in a such an unforgiving, unprincipled world?

Homeland is the first book in the Dark Elf Trilogy and the Legend of Drizzt series.]]> 343 R.A. Salvatore Lazaros 0 to-read 4.26 1990 Homeland (Forgotten Realms: The Dark Elf Trilogy, #1; Legend of Drizzt, #1)
author: R.A. Salvatore
name: Lazaros
average rating: 4.26
book published: 1990
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2024/05/06
shelves: to-read
review:

]]> <![CDATA[Crash into You (Pushing the Limits, #3)]]> 17233800
The girl with straight A's and the perfect life—that's who people expect Rachel Young to be. So the private school junior keeps secrets from her wealthy family…and she's just added two more to the list. One involves racing strangers down dark country roads in her Mustang GT. The other? Seventeen-year-old Isaiah Walker—a guy she has no business even talking to. But after the foster kid with the tattoos and intense gray eyes comes to her rescue, she can't get him out of her mind.

The last thing Isaiah needs is to get tangled up with a rich girl who wants to slum it on the south side for kicks. But when their shared love of street racing puts their lives in jeopardy, Isaiah and Rachel will have six weeks to come up with a way out. Six weeks to discover just how far they'll go to save each other.]]> 474 Katie McGarry 037321099X Lazaros 0 to-read 4.26 2013 Crash into You (Pushing the Limits, #3)
author: Katie McGarry
name: Lazaros
average rating: 4.26
book published: 2013
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2024/02/19
shelves: to-read
review:

]]> Lady Chatterley's Lover 49583709
With her soft brown hair, lithe figure and big, wondering eyes, Constance Chatterley is possessed of a certain vitality. Yet she is deeply unhappy; married to an invalid, she is almost as inwardly paralyzed as her husband Clifford is paralyzed below the waist. It is not until she finds refuge in the arms of Mellors the game-keeper, a solitary man of a class apart, that she feels regenerated. Together they move from an outer world of chaos towards an inner world of fulfillment.

For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700Ěýtitles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust theĚýseries to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-dateĚýtranslations by award-winning translators.]]> 400 D.H. Lawrence 014303961X Lazaros 0 to-read 3.48 1928 Lady Chatterley's Lover
author: D.H. Lawrence
name: Lazaros
average rating: 3.48
book published: 1928
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2023/11/17
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]]> <![CDATA[The Darkest Minds (The Darkest Minds, #1)]]> 17428644
Now sixteen, Ruby is one of the dangerous ones.

When the truth comes out, Ruby barely escapes Thurmond with her life. Now she’s on the run, desperate to find the one safe haven left for kids like her—East River. She joins a group of kids who escaped their own camp. Liam, their brave leader, is falling hard for Ruby. But no matter how much she aches for him, Ruby can’t risk getting close. Not after what happened to her parents.

When they arrive at East River, nothing is as it seems, least of all its mysterious leader. But there are other forces at work, people who will stop at nothing to use Ruby in their fight against the government. Ruby will be faced with a terrible choice, one that may mean giving up her only chance at a life worth living.]]> 488 Alexandra Bracken 1423159322 Lazaros 5
The Darkest Minds tend to hide behind the most unlikely faces.


I'm wowed. This was magnificent. It was a hundred percent dystopia, a little bit of road-trip and adventure, action, a lot of heartbreak, darkness, intensity and a shattering romance. Yup, that seems to sum up the formula the author followed and she succeeded in making my heart rugs for her to mop the floor.

A virus that only strikes kids, killing them almost instantaneously. All the kids who survive are not normal, they beg to differ from the afflicted, they are special in ways no one can comprehend. The kids who don't get ill, they have powers. Powers such as controlling electricity, moving things and the most dangerous of all; mind control.

Ruby Elizabeth Daly has been in a camp for those special kids since she was 10 and something terrible happened to her - something she did herself - now she is 16 and she is finally broken out of the camp that has broken her down piece by piece by a group of insurgents.

She runs away from them too and that's when she comes across a team, consisting of a little girl, and two boys. Suzume, Chubs & Liam. Together they want to reach a guy called "the Slip Kid" because he's the only one who has ever been able to escape from the camps more than once. He also may be the only one, other than Ruby, who is an Orange, meaning someone who can control minds.

Well, I don't want to spoil this for you but I could go on for hours and hours and I'd still wouldn't be able to say how much I loved this book. There are so many things to talk about. The writing!? The way Ruby and Liam fall in love, slowly and all at once? It's so beautiful and so heartbreaking. What can I talk about? The twists, that, make no mistake, are too many or maybe I can talk about the ending which left my mind spinning around in circles, thinking not only of one but two things. Liam. Chubs.

Did you know...you make me so happy that sometimes I actually forget to breath? I'll be looking at you, and my chest will get so tight...and it's like, the only thought in my head is how much I want to reach over and kiss you.


This is a work of art that Mrs. Alexandra Bracken has created here. I would devour the next one right way but I don't want this to bring it a step closer to the end, just yet.]]> 4.15 2012 The Darkest Minds (The Darkest Minds, #1)
author: Alexandra Bracken
name: Lazaros
average rating: 4.15
book published: 2012
rating: 5
read at: 2014/12/23
date added: 2023/11/07
shelves: adventure, all-time-favorites, dystopia, fantasy, romance, sci-fi, tear-jerkers, young-adult
review:
The Darkest Minds tend to hide behind the most unlikely faces.


I'm wowed. This was magnificent. It was a hundred percent dystopia, a little bit of road-trip and adventure, action, a lot of heartbreak, darkness, intensity and a shattering romance. Yup, that seems to sum up the formula the author followed and she succeeded in making my heart rugs for her to mop the floor.

A virus that only strikes kids, killing them almost instantaneously. All the kids who survive are not normal, they beg to differ from the afflicted, they are special in ways no one can comprehend. The kids who don't get ill, they have powers. Powers such as controlling electricity, moving things and the most dangerous of all; mind control.

Ruby Elizabeth Daly has been in a camp for those special kids since she was 10 and something terrible happened to her - something she did herself - now she is 16 and she is finally broken out of the camp that has broken her down piece by piece by a group of insurgents.

She runs away from them too and that's when she comes across a team, consisting of a little girl, and two boys. Suzume, Chubs & Liam. Together they want to reach a guy called "the Slip Kid" because he's the only one who has ever been able to escape from the camps more than once. He also may be the only one, other than Ruby, who is an Orange, meaning someone who can control minds.

Well, I don't want to spoil this for you but I could go on for hours and hours and I'd still wouldn't be able to say how much I loved this book. There are so many things to talk about. The writing!? The way Ruby and Liam fall in love, slowly and all at once? It's so beautiful and so heartbreaking. What can I talk about? The twists, that, make no mistake, are too many or maybe I can talk about the ending which left my mind spinning around in circles, thinking not only of one but two things. Liam. Chubs.

Did you know...you make me so happy that sometimes I actually forget to breath? I'll be looking at you, and my chest will get so tight...and it's like, the only thought in my head is how much I want to reach over and kiss you.


This is a work of art that Mrs. Alexandra Bracken has created here. I would devour the next one right way but I don't want this to bring it a step closer to the end, just yet.
]]> <![CDATA[The Killing Dance (Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter, #6)]]> 30244 368 Laurell K. Hamilton 0425209067 Lazaros 0 to-read 4.14 1997 The Killing Dance (Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter, #6)
author: Laurell K. Hamilton
name: Lazaros
average rating: 4.14
book published: 1997
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2023/10/21
shelves: to-read
review:

]]> <![CDATA[Paradise Lost (Norton Critical Editions)]]> 16005 HERE

Gordon Teskey's freshly edited text of Milton's masterpiece is accompanied by a new introduction and substantial explanatory annotations. Spelling and punctuation have been modernized, the latter, importantly, within the limits imposed by Milton's syntax. "Sources and Backgrounds" collects relevant passages from the Bible and Milton's prose writings, including selections from The Reason of Church Government and the full text of Areopagitica. "Criticism" brings together classic interpretations by Andrew Marvell, John Dryden, Victor Hugo, and T. S. Eliot, among others, and the most important recent criticism and scholarship surrounding the epic, including essays by Northrop Frye, Barbara Lewalski, Christopher Ricks, and Helen Vendler. A Glossary and Selected Bibliography are also included.]]> 590 John Milton 0393924289 Lazaros 0 to-read 3.94 1667 Paradise Lost (Norton Critical Editions)
author: John Milton
name: Lazaros
average rating: 3.94
book published: 1667
rating: 0
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date added: 2023/08/04
shelves: to-read
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]]> <![CDATA[A Deepness in the Sky (Zones of Thought, #2)]]> 226004 A Fire Upon The Deep, this is the story of Pham Nuwen, a small cog in the interstellar trading fleet of the Queng Ho. The Queng Ho and the Emergents are orbiting the dormant planet Arachna, which is about to wake up to technology, but the Emergents' plans are sinister.]]> 775 Vernor Vinge 0812536355 Lazaros 0 to-read 4.31 1999 A Deepness in the Sky (Zones of Thought, #2)
author: Vernor Vinge
name: Lazaros
average rating: 4.31
book published: 1999
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2023/08/01
shelves: to-read
review:

]]> Between the Acts 46105 224 Virginia Woolf 015611870X Lazaros 0 to-read 3.65 1941 Between the Acts
author: Virginia Woolf
name: Lazaros
average rating: 3.65
book published: 1941
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2023/07/31
shelves: to-read
review:

]]> <![CDATA[The Voyage Out (The Virginia Woolf Library)]]> 148905 ]]> 375 Virginia Woolf 0156028050 Lazaros 0 to-read 3.77 1915 The Voyage Out (The Virginia Woolf Library)
author: Virginia Woolf
name: Lazaros
average rating: 3.77
book published: 1915
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2023/07/27
shelves: to-read
review:

]]> <![CDATA[Deadhouse Gates (Malazan Book of the Fallen, #2)]]> 55401
Set in a brilliantly realized world ravaged by dark, uncontrollable magic, Deadhouse Gates is a novel of war, intrigue and betrayal confirms Steven Eirkson as a storyteller of breathtaking skill, imagination and originality--a new master of epic fantasy.]]> 604 Steven Erikson 0765310023 Lazaros 0 to-read 4.27 2000 Deadhouse Gates (Malazan Book of the Fallen, #2)
author: Steven Erikson
name: Lazaros
average rating: 4.27
book published: 2000
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2023/07/22
shelves: to-read
review:

]]> <![CDATA[The Sea of Monsters (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, #2)]]> 22456248 Librarian's Note: An alternate cover for this ISBN can be found here.

Percy Jackson’s seventh-grade year has been surprisingly quiet. Not a single monster has set foot on his New York prep-school campus. But when an innocent game of dodgeball among Percy and his classmates turns into a death match against an ugly gang of cannibal giants, things get... well, ugly. And the unexpected arrival of Percy’s friend Annabeth brings more bad news: the magical borders that protect Camp Half-Blood have been poisoned by a mysterious enemy, and unless a cure is found, the only safe haven for demigods will be destroyed.

In this fresh, funny, and hugely anticipated follow up to The Lightning Thief, Percy and his friends must journey into the Sea of Monsters to save their beloved camp. But first, Percy will discover a stunning new secret about his family—one that makes him question whether being claimed as Poseidon’s son is an honor or simply a cruel joke.]]> 280 Rick Riordan 1423103343 Lazaros 5
“Families are messy. Immortal families are eternally messy. Sometimes the best we can do is to remind each other that we're related for better or for worse...and try to keep the maiming and killing to a minimum.�


Who doesn't love our dearest Olympian Gods? I love this book so much, it's like a mini Odyssey hence the title, 'The Sea of Monsters'. Who doesn't love a little boy who takes on quests and goes to save and explore the world of the unknown.

Once more this left me at a loss for words. This worlds keeps getting better and better, messier and messier, and yes okay it's not the most accurate book about mythology and all, so, if you're a huge fan of the Greek mythology you should avoid this unless you're up for some fun and joy and lots and lots of adventure to blow your mind away.

I love how it all mixes so well together. I love the Camp and I love our heroes, I love the mythical creatures that are so picturesque.

What I love the most though is the fact it has so many human involvement without really losing its most important detail; That our heroes are half human too and they're flawed and not perfect, and they'll make mistakes. This is so important, because it doesn't loses its touch with humanity and it doesn't deify everyone.

Thanks for reading my review!]]> 4.18 2006 The Sea of Monsters (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, #2)
author: Rick Riordan
name: Lazaros
average rating: 4.18
book published: 2006
rating: 5
read at: 2013/11/05
date added: 2021/10/15
shelves: adventure, young-adult, childrens, fantasy, mythology, boy-power, books-i-own
review:
“Families are messy. Immortal families are eternally messy. Sometimes the best we can do is to remind each other that we're related for better or for worse...and try to keep the maiming and killing to a minimum.�


Who doesn't love our dearest Olympian Gods? I love this book so much, it's like a mini Odyssey hence the title, 'The Sea of Monsters'. Who doesn't love a little boy who takes on quests and goes to save and explore the world of the unknown.

Once more this left me at a loss for words. This worlds keeps getting better and better, messier and messier, and yes okay it's not the most accurate book about mythology and all, so, if you're a huge fan of the Greek mythology you should avoid this unless you're up for some fun and joy and lots and lots of adventure to blow your mind away.

I love how it all mixes so well together. I love the Camp and I love our heroes, I love the mythical creatures that are so picturesque.

What I love the most though is the fact it has so many human involvement without really losing its most important detail; That our heroes are half human too and they're flawed and not perfect, and they'll make mistakes. This is so important, because it doesn't loses its touch with humanity and it doesn't deify everyone.

Thanks for reading my review!
]]> <![CDATA[A Song of Shadows (Charlie Parker, #13)]]> 23401105
Parker has retreated to the small Maine town of Boreas to regain his strength. There he befriends a widow named Ruth Winter and her young daughter, Amanda. But Ruth has her secrets. Old atrocities are about to be unearthed, and old sinners will kill to hide their sins. Now Parker is about to risk his life to defend a woman he barely knows, one who fears him almost as much as she fears those who are coming for her.

His enemies believe him to be vulnerable. Fearful. Solitary.

But they are wrong. Parker is far from afraid, and far from alone.

For something is emerging from the shadows . . .]]> 448 John Connolly 1444751484 Lazaros 0 to-read 4.44 2015 A Song of Shadows (Charlie Parker, #13)
author: John Connolly
name: Lazaros
average rating: 4.44
book published: 2015
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2021/02/19
shelves: to-read
review:

]]> Wuthering Heights 6854620 272 Emily Brontë 1848373201 Lazaros 5
"... How any one could ever imagine unquiet slumbers for the sleepers in that quiet earth."

Partly, the 5 stars are because of this line. I mean, it's just so beautiful that it made me feel at peace. I can't help but sympathize with Heathcliff because his hate and malice was somewhat justified considering all that he went through during his childhood and then his later years; being treated like a halfling and then losing the love of his life twice, the second one being to death. ]]> 3.79 1847 Wuthering Heights
author: Emily Brontë
name: Lazaros
average rating: 3.79
book published: 1847
rating: 5
read at: 2014/06/20
date added: 2020/12/14
shelves: classics, books-i-own, romance, literature, all-time-favorites
review:
I was somewhat perplexed when deciding on the rating of this book. It starts off amazingly and interestingly but halfway I kind of lost interest because there was lots of hate and it kind of makes you sad to see that there could ever be so much hate into one's heart. But I got on with it and I am glad I did because the last 40 pages are worth all of the hate that us, the readers, and the characters underwent.

"... How any one could ever imagine unquiet slumbers for the sleepers in that quiet earth."

Partly, the 5 stars are because of this line. I mean, it's just so beautiful that it made me feel at peace. I can't help but sympathize with Heathcliff because his hate and malice was somewhat justified considering all that he went through during his childhood and then his later years; being treated like a halfling and then losing the love of his life twice, the second one being to death.
]]> Anna Karenina 151
«Nos capítulos iniciais de Anna Karénina, somos conduzidos, uma e outra vez, a um sentido de analogia musical. Há efeitos de contraponto e harmonia no desenvolvimento das principais tramas do “prelúdio Oblonski� (o acidente na estação ferroviária, a zombadora discussão sobre o divórcio entre Vronski e a baronesa Chilton, o deslumbramento do fogo vermelho diante dos olhos de Anna). O método de Tolstoi é polifónico; mas as harmonias principais desen- volvem-se com uma tremenda força e amplitude. As técnicas musicais e linguísticas não podem comparar-se de um modo exato. Mas como poderíamos elucidar de outro modo o sentimento de que as novelas de Tolstoi surgem de um princípio interior de ordem e vitalidade, enquanto as dos escritores menos importantes parecem alinhavadas?»

«Anna Karénina morre no mundo do romance; mas cada vez que lemos o livro ela ressuscita, e mesmo depois de o termos acabado adquire outra vida na nossa recordação. Em cada personagem literária existe algo da Fénix imortal. Através das vidas perduráveis das suas personagens, a própria existência de Tolstoi teve a sua eternidade.» [George Steiner, Tolstoi ou Dostoievski]]]> 838 Leo Tolstoy 0143035002 Lazaros 0 to-read, classics 4.10 1878 Anna Karenina
author: Leo Tolstoy
name: Lazaros
average rating: 4.10
book published: 1878
rating: 0
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date added: 2020/11/29
shelves: to-read, classics
review:

]]> Emma 1063179 ISBN 9781853260285.]]> 393 Jane Austen Lazaros 1 3.86 1815 Emma
author: Jane Austen
name: Lazaros
average rating: 3.86
book published: 1815
rating: 1
read at: 2014/09/06
date added: 2020/10/22
shelves: books-i-own, classics, romance, literature, dnf
review:
Having read 'Pride & Prejudice' and having loved it I can only say that I'm most disappointed by this book. I couldn't even finish it. I read about 100 pages and not once did I find something about it that's intriguing and what's more the story is not only bland but also empty... I find the whole 'match-making' storyline stupid and even dumber the fact that the heroine is completely oblivious of certain things such as the fact that Mr. Elton is in love with her and not Harriet.
]]> <![CDATA[Widow's Web (Elemental Assassin, #7)]]> 13544917 I used to murder people for money, but these days it’s more of a survival technique.

Once an assassin, always an assassin. So much for being plain old Gin Blanco. With every lowlife in Ashland gunning for me, I don’t need another problem, but a new one has come to town.

Salina might seem like a sweet Southern belle, but she’s really a dangerous enemy whose water elemental magic can go head-to-head with my own Ice and Stone power. Salina also has an intimate history with my lover, Owen Grayson, and now that she’s back in town, she thinks he’s hers for the taking.

Salina’s playing a mysterious game that involves a shady local casino owner with a surprising connection to Owen. But they call me the Spider for a reason. I’m going to untangle her deadly scheme, even if it leaves my love affair hanging by a thread.]]> 408 Jennifer Estep 1451651791 Lazaros 0 to-read 4.17 2012 Widow's Web (Elemental Assassin, #7)
author: Jennifer Estep
name: Lazaros
average rating: 4.17
book published: 2012
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2020/07/10
shelves: to-read
review:

]]> The Crown (The Selection, #5) 26074181
Eadlyn still isn’t sure she’ll find the fairytale ending her parents did twenty years ago. But sometimes the heart has a way of surprising you…and soon Eadlyn must make a choice that feels more impossible—and more important—than she ever imagined.]]> 278 Kiera Cass 0062392174 Lazaros 0 to-read 3.61 2016 The Crown (The Selection, #5)
author: Kiera Cass
name: Lazaros
average rating: 3.61
book published: 2016
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2020/04/23
shelves: to-read
review:

]]> Room 12881842 Room was published in 2010 to ecstatic reviews around the world and quickly became a word-of-mouth sensation. It has won or been shortlisted for more than a dozen awards (including shortlistings for both the Man Booker Prize and the Orange Prize) and has sold more than a million copies.

Room is the story of Ma and Jack. They live in a single, locked room. Five-year-old Jack loves watching TV, but he knows that nothing he sees on the screen is truly real only him, Ma and the things in Room. Until the day Ma admits there's a world outside...]]> 432 Emma Donoghue 1447202813 Lazaros 0 to-read 4.04 2010 Room
author: Emma Donoghue
name: Lazaros
average rating: 4.04
book published: 2010
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2020/02/03
shelves: to-read
review:

]]> <![CDATA[The Mirror & the Light (Thomas Cromwell, #3)]]> 45992717 If you cannot speak truth at a beheading, when can you speak it?�

England, May 1536. Anne Boleyn is dead, decapitated in the space of a heartbeat by a hired French executioner. As her remains are bundled into oblivion, Thomas Cromwell breakfasts with the victors. The blacksmith’s son from Putney emerges from the spring’s bloodbath to continue his climb to power and wealth, while his formidable master, Henry VIII, settles to short-lived happiness with his third queen before Jane dies giving birth to the male heir he most craves.

Cromwell is a man with only his wits to rely on; he has no great family to back him, no private army. Despite rebellion at home, traitors plotting abroad and the threat of invasion testing Henry’s regime to the breaking point, Cromwell’s robust imagination sees a new country in the mirror of the future. But can a nation, or a person, shed the past like a skin? Do the dead continually unbury themselves? What will you do, the Spanish ambassador asks Cromwell, when the king turns on you, as sooner or later he turns on everyone close to him?

With The Mirror & the Light, Hilary Mantel brings to a triumphant close the trilogy she began with Wolf Hall and Bring Up the Bodies. She traces the final years of Thomas Cromwell, the boy from nowhere who climbs to the heights of power, offering a defining portrait of predator and prey, of a ferocious contest between present and past, between royal will and a common man’s vision: of a modern nation making itself through conflict, passion, and courage.]]> 757 Hilary Mantel 0805096604 Lazaros 0 to-read 4.36 2020 The Mirror & the Light (Thomas Cromwell, #3)
author: Hilary Mantel
name: Lazaros
average rating: 4.36
book published: 2020
rating: 0
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date added: 2019/07/17
shelves: to-read
review:

]]> <![CDATA[Fantastic Beasts & Where to Find Them]]> 16122237 Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them resides on almost every wizarding household in the country. Now, for a limited period only, Muggles too have the chance to discover where the Quintaped lives, what the Puffskein eats, and why it is best not to leave milk out for a Knarl.

Proceeds from the sale of this book will go to improving and saving the lives of children around the world, which means that the dollars and Galleons you exchange for it will do magic beyond the powers of any wizard. If you feel that this is insufficient reason to part with your money, I can only hope most sincerel that passing wizards feel more charitable if they ever see you being attacked by a Manticore.

-Albus Dumbledore

]]> 123 Newt Scamander 1408835053 Lazaros 5 young-adult, fantasy, magic
So, I'm pumped for the movie and thought why not pump myself a bit more? And since I had the Hogwarts Library sitting on my bookcase I thought, "let's do this" and here I am, going out of my mind with excitement for the movie. I simply want as many beasts as possible from the book to show up in the movie, especially the Fwooper, but I'm not even sure that's going to be the movie's subject.

I loved Harry and Ron's notes on the book, they gave another vibe to it.. and I laughed my ass off.

Now, I shall read the next book.]]> 3.92 2001 Fantastic Beasts & Where to Find Them
author: Newt Scamander
name: Lazaros
average rating: 3.92
book published: 2001
rating: 5
read at: 2016/02/02
date added: 2018/07/15
shelves: young-adult, fantasy, magic
review:
Did I expect more than this? Hell to the no, I'm truthfully ecstatic that this turned out to be that good, it's truly a piece of the wizarding world, bringing every single part of the world to life again. Rowling's writing is what makes all this so magical, that's the conclusion I've reached to.

So, I'm pumped for the movie and thought why not pump myself a bit more? And since I had the Hogwarts Library sitting on my bookcase I thought, "let's do this" and here I am, going out of my mind with excitement for the movie. I simply want as many beasts as possible from the book to show up in the movie, especially the Fwooper, but I'm not even sure that's going to be the movie's subject.

I loved Harry and Ron's notes on the book, they gave another vibe to it.. and I laughed my ass off.

Now, I shall read the next book.
]]> <![CDATA[The Arabian Nights: Tales of 1001 Nights, Volume 1]]> 7123161 'The bride then came surrounded by her slave girls like the moon among stars or a matchless pearl set among others on a string.'

When the beautiful Shahrazad gives herself to the bloody-handed King Shahriyar, she is not expected to survive beyond dawn. But using her wit and guile, she begins a sequence of stories that will last 1001 nights: stories of 'ifrits and money-changers, prices and slave girls, fishermen and queens, and magical gardens of paradise. This volume also includes the well-known tale of 'Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves'.

Along with this landmark new translation, Robert Irwin's introduction discusses the many cultures The Arabian Nights has drawn on and the elaborate structure of the story-within-a-story that defines the collection, as well as the importance to the Nights of locked doors, sex, and the recurring themes of money, merchants and debts. This edition also contains suggestions for further reading, a glossary, maps and a chronology.]]> 982 Anonymous 0140449388 Lazaros 0 to-read 4.02 800 The Arabian Nights: Tales of 1001 Nights, Volume 1
author: Anonymous
name: Lazaros
average rating: 4.02
book published: 800
rating: 0
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date added: 2018/06/11
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]]> <![CDATA[Hercule Poirot's Casebook (Hercule Poirot, #42)]]> 16428
The shrewd little detective with the egg-shaped head and the enormous black mustaches was created by one of the great storytellers of the world. Only she could have devised the cases worthy of his skill, the ingenious mysteries that challenge the reader as well as the detective.

Poirot had a passion for order, for rational thought, and he had a justified confidence in his deductive genius. No matter what the provocation, he remained calm. Although his character does not change, there is a spectacular diversity in the plots and themes of the cases. But whether murders are committed by violence, by poison, or by more subtle means, Poirot finds the solution. Thefts of money or jewels are uncovered or thwarted. Here, too, are Poirot's famous adventures against modern monsters of evil from The Labors of Hercules. There is variety in the length of the cases, which range from "The Wasp's Nest," a very brief tale of a crime prevented, to "The Under Dog," a story of almost novella length about the trapping of a killer. These and all the other brilliant stories make Poirot's Casebook solid, satisfying entertainment.]]> 861 Agatha Christie 0399150218 Lazaros 0 to-read 4.24 1999 Hercule Poirot's Casebook (Hercule Poirot, #42)
author: Agatha Christie
name: Lazaros
average rating: 4.24
book published: 1999
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2018/06/04
shelves: to-read
review:

]]> Ελένη 16060211 178 Euripides 9603520799 Lazaros 3 classics, literature 3.83 -412 Ελένη
author: Euripides
name: Lazaros
average rating: 3.83
book published: -412
rating: 3
read at: 2011/05/21
date added: 2018/03/03
shelves: classics, literature
review:
I personally love this. It's all about Helen.
]]> The Tales of Beedle the Bard 16122245 The Tales of Beedle the Bard contains five richly diverse fairy tales, each with its own magical character, that will variously bring delight, laughter and the thrill of mortal peril.

Essential and enjoyable reading for Muggles and wizards alike, The Tales of Beedle the Bard is a uniquely magical volume. With illuminating notes by Albus Dumbledore.

Proceeds from the sale of this book will be donated to Lumos, a charity working to transform the lives of disadvantaged children.]]> 108 J.K. Rowling 1408835045 Lazaros 0 to-read 4.20 2008 The Tales of Beedle the Bard
author: J.K. Rowling
name: Lazaros
average rating: 4.20
book published: 2008
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2017/09/03
shelves: to-read
review:

]]> Undeserving (Undeniable, #5) 35570300
Debbie Reynolds is a runaway, New York City-bound. Living on the road comes with many challenges—fighting for her next meal, seeking safe places to sleep, and dodging men with less than honorable intentions, all while searching for meaning in a life she finds painful and pointless.

Damon “Preacher� Fox, vice president of the Silver Demons Motorcycle Club, has been in prison for club-related crimes. As his release draws near, he begins to reevaluate his choices in life, realizing that if he stays with the club, this won’t be his last stint behind bars. Suddenly Preacher finds himself doubting everything he’s ever known, wishing for a life beyond the club.

When Preacher and Debbie’s paths cross, they find in each other a sense of peace they had been lacking. But life is about to catch up with Preacher, and Debbie, desperate to keep the one person who’s ever shown her any kindness, finds herself caught between forces far deadlier and more powerful than she could have ever imagined.

This is Debbie and Preacher’s story.

At the end, we should all go back to the beginning,
if only to remind ourselves that we once lived.]]> 418 Madeline Sheehan Lazaros 0 to-read 4.47 2017 Undeserving (Undeniable, #5)
author: Madeline Sheehan
name: Lazaros
average rating: 4.47
book published: 2017
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2017/07/03
shelves: to-read
review:

]]> <![CDATA[Savage Delight (Lovely Vicious, #2)]]> 20759913
It's been three years, twenty-five weeks, and five days since Isis Blake fell in love, and if she has it her way, it'll stretch into infinity.

After a run-in with her mom’s ex-boyfriend, she scrabbles to remember what she’s lost to amnesia. Her ex-nemesis Jack falls deeper into a pit of despair, and his girlfriend Sophia does all she can to keep him to herself. But as Isis� memories return, she finds it harder and harder to resist what she felt for Jack, and Jack finds it impossible to stay away from the only girl who’s ever melted the ice around his heart.

As the dark secrets surrounding Sophia emerge, Isis realizes Jack isn’t who she thought he was. He’s dangerous. But when Isis starts receiving terrifying emails from an anonymous source, that danger might be the only thing protecting her from something far more threatening.

Her past.


***This book contains language and sexual scenes, some of which may be unsuitable for younger readers.

***This is the second book in the Lovely Vicious series.]]> 162 Sara Wolf Lazaros 2 “The sadness will last forever. And I think he was right, but I also think he was very, very wrong. It doesn’t last forever. Because we don’t last forever.�

This was a decent follow up to the first book which I still hold dearly in my heart but in this one something felt off. First and foremost, I hate how the author categorized it as a novel despite its short length.

Isis is a really dark and twisted teenager and that's my favorite kind. However, she's snarky and sassy and sometimes doesn't think the consequences of saying whatever she feels like saying and ends up hurting people around her. I'm not saying that Jack, the cold king, doesn't deserve any of this but sometimes we have to draw a line at what is and isn't appropriate to say and more importantly when it's the right time to say it.

Although, Isis is an amazing character, I wish there were less snarky comments and more plot. At times, it felt like the storyline was being dragged on and I don't like overstretched scenes.

The rating is not objective. At all. To be honest, it's pretty harsh because the first book was flawless and I loved how different it was from other books of its kind. This one simply did not live up to my expectations. Sadly.

Something tells me, by the way the book ended, that the next one though is going to be more intriguing. Let's see.]]> 4.05 2016 Savage Delight (Lovely Vicious, #2)
author: Sara Wolf
name: Lazaros
average rating: 4.05
book published: 2016
rating: 2
read at: 2015/07/28
date added: 2017/01/08
shelves: contemporary, romance, young-adult
review:
“The sadness will last forever. And I think he was right, but I also think he was very, very wrong. It doesn’t last forever. Because we don’t last forever.�


This was a decent follow up to the first book which I still hold dearly in my heart but in this one something felt off. First and foremost, I hate how the author categorized it as a novel despite its short length.

Isis is a really dark and twisted teenager and that's my favorite kind. However, she's snarky and sassy and sometimes doesn't think the consequences of saying whatever she feels like saying and ends up hurting people around her. I'm not saying that Jack, the cold king, doesn't deserve any of this but sometimes we have to draw a line at what is and isn't appropriate to say and more importantly when it's the right time to say it.

Although, Isis is an amazing character, I wish there were less snarky comments and more plot. At times, it felt like the storyline was being dragged on and I don't like overstretched scenes.

The rating is not objective. At all. To be honest, it's pretty harsh because the first book was flawless and I loved how different it was from other books of its kind. This one simply did not live up to my expectations. Sadly.

Something tells me, by the way the book ended, that the next one though is going to be more intriguing. Let's see.
]]> <![CDATA[Brutal Precious (Lovely Vicious, #3)]]> 22858364
Eighteen-year-old Isis Blake hasn’t fallen in love in three years, forty-three weeks, and two days. Or so she thinks.

The boy she maybe-sort-of-definitely loved has dropped off the face of the planet after his girlfriend's death, leaving a Jack-shaped hole. Determined to be happy, Isis fills it in with lies and puts on a brave smile for her new life at Ohio State University.

But how long can that smile last with all of her friends gone?

How long can it last with the guilt of Sophia's death crushing her?

And how long can it really last when Will Cavanaugh attends the same school, taunting her?

Isis is good at pretending everything is okay. But not that good. The cracks begin to show.

Isis Blake is good at putting herself back together.

But Jack Hunter is better.




**This book contains language and sexual scenes, some of which may be unsuitable for younger readers.

**This is the third and final book in the LOVELY VICIOUS series.]]> 254 Sara Wolf Lazaros 0 to-read 4.11 2014 Brutal Precious (Lovely Vicious, #3)
author: Sara Wolf
name: Lazaros
average rating: 4.11
book published: 2014
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2017/01/08
shelves: to-read
review:

]]> Half of a Yellow Sun 1102116
(back cover)]]> 541 Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Lazaros 0 to-read 4.26 2006 Half of a Yellow Sun
author: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
name: Lazaros
average rating: 4.26
book published: 2006
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2016/12/14
shelves: to-read
review:

]]> <![CDATA[Flame of Sevenwaters (Sevenwaters, #6)]]> 16087861 Ěý
Sevenwaters is in turmoil. The fey prince Mac Dara is desperate to see his only son, married to Maeve’s sister, return to the Otherworld. To force Lord Sean’s hand, Mac Dara has caused a party of innocent travelers on the Sevenwaters border to vanish—only to allow their murdered bodies to be found one by one.
Ěý
When Maeve finds a body in a remote part of the woods, she and her brother, Finbar, embark on a journey that could bring about the end of Mac Dara’s reign—or lead to a hideous death. If she is successful, Maeve may open the door to a future she has not dared to believe possible....]]> 432 Juliet Marillier 045141487X Lazaros 0 to-read 4.13 2012 Flame of Sevenwaters (Sevenwaters, #6)
author: Juliet Marillier
name: Lazaros
average rating: 4.13
book published: 2012
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2016/10/10
shelves: to-read
review:

]]> Never Let Me Go 9018087 The Remains of the Day comes a devastating new novel of innocence, knowledge, and loss. As children Kathy, Ruth, and Tommy were students at Hailsham, an exclusive boarding school secluded in the English countryside. It was a place of mercurial cliques and mysterious rules where teachers were constantly reminding their charges of how special they were.

Now, years later, Kathy is a young woman. Ruth and Tommy have reentered her life. And for the first time she is beginning to look back at their shared past and understand just what it is that makes them special–and how that gift will shape the rest of their time together. Suspenseful, moving, beautifully atmospheric, Never Let Me Go is another classic by the author of The Remains of the Day.]]> 304 Kazuo Ishiguro 0307740994 Lazaros 0 to-read 3.79 2005 Never Let Me Go
author: Kazuo Ishiguro
name: Lazaros
average rating: 3.79
book published: 2005
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2016/09/14
shelves: to-read
review:

]]> <![CDATA[Lord of Shadows (The Dark Artifices, #2)]]> 30312891 Would you trade your soul mate for your soul?

A Shadowhunter’s life is bound by duty. Constrained by honor. The word of a Shadowhunter is a solemn pledge, and no vow is more sacred than the vow that binds parabatai, warrior partners—sworn to fight together, die together, but never to fall in love.

Emma Carstairs has learned that the love she shares with her parabatai, Julian Blackthorn, isn’t just forbidden—it could destroy them both. She knows she should run from Julian. But how can she when the Blackthorns are threatened by enemies on all sides?

Their only hope is the Black Volume of the Dead, a spell book of terrible power. Everyone wants it. Only the Blackthorns can find it. Spurred on by a dark bargain with the Seelie Queen, Emma; her best friend, Cristina; and Mark and Julian Blackthorn journey into the Courts of Faerie, where glittering revels hide bloody danger and no promise can be trusted. Meanwhile, rising tension between Shadowhunters and Downworlders has produced the Cohort, an extremist group of Shadowhunters dedicated to registering Downworlders and “unsuitable� Nephilim. They’ll do anything in their power to expose Julian’s secrets and take the Los Angeles Institute for their own.

When Downworlders turn against the Clave, a new threat rises in the form of the Lord of Shadows—the Unseelie King, who sends his greatest warriors to slaughter those with Blackthorn blood and seize the Black Volume. As dangers close in, Julian devises a risky scheme that depends on the cooperation of an unpredictable enemy. But success may come with a price he and Emma cannot even imagine, one that will bring with it a reckoning of blood that could have repercussions for everyone and everything they hold dear.]]> 699 Cassandra Clare 1442468408 Lazaros 0 to-read 4.40 2017 Lord of Shadows (The Dark Artifices, #2)
author: Cassandra Clare
name: Lazaros
average rating: 4.40
book published: 2017
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2016/08/09
shelves: to-read
review:

]]> <![CDATA[The Battle of the Labyrinth (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, #4)]]> 22449299 An alternate cover edition can be found here.

Percy Jackson isn't expecting freshman orientation to be any fun. But when a mysterious mortal acquaintance appears at his potential new school, followed by demon cheerleaders, things quickly move from bad to worse.

In this fourth installment of the blockbuster series, time is running out as war between the Olympians and the evil Titan lord Kronos draws near. Even the safe haven of Camp Half-Blood grows more vulnerable by the minute as Kronos's army prepares to invade its once impenetrable borders. To stop the invasion, Percy and his demigod friends must set out on a quest through the Labyrinth - a sprawling underground world with stunning surprises at every turn.]]> 361 Rick Riordan 1423101499 Lazaros 5
“People are more difficult to work with than machines. And when you break a person, he can't be fixed.�


This is just so fun and I love how this one takes more dramatic turns than the previews novel. This book is an introduction to how dangerous it really is and we come to think of them not only as adventures and as heroes but as people who can die just as easily as a human being. They are mortal, our heroes, not immortal.

Like I said, this series just gets more and mature and I think I love this more than if it had stayed like the first two novels. We get deeper into our characters feelings and realize how scared they really are, how they don't know what to await. It all becomes so complicated and realize that they'd sacrifice themselves for each other. That's the kind of friendship there is between our heroes.

For Aphrodite's sake, Annabeth just grab and kiss Percy because he really is blind when it comes to you. How can he not see that you love him just as much as he does? Kids. Hahah, I love how their relationship reaches into a more subatomic level, they are friends who have romantically feelings for each other which is so cute and I just want to make them kiss. Am I making any sense? I hope so.

Like I said, this gets more dramatic. This one was the most dramatic yet, but still it didn't lose it's funny edge and our heroes kept it at balance without making me cry my eyes out the entire time. Summing it up: it's still just as fun as it was, but it's far more mature.]]> 4.44 2008 The Battle of the Labyrinth (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, #4)
author: Rick Riordan
name: Lazaros
average rating: 4.44
book published: 2008
rating: 5
read at: 2013/11/13
date added: 2016/07/02
shelves: adventure, childrens, fantasy, mythology, young-adult, boy-power, books-i-own
review:
“People are more difficult to work with than machines. And when you break a person, he can't be fixed.�


This is just so fun and I love how this one takes more dramatic turns than the previews novel. This book is an introduction to how dangerous it really is and we come to think of them not only as adventures and as heroes but as people who can die just as easily as a human being. They are mortal, our heroes, not immortal.

Like I said, this series just gets more and mature and I think I love this more than if it had stayed like the first two novels. We get deeper into our characters feelings and realize how scared they really are, how they don't know what to await. It all becomes so complicated and realize that they'd sacrifice themselves for each other. That's the kind of friendship there is between our heroes.

For Aphrodite's sake, Annabeth just grab and kiss Percy because he really is blind when it comes to you. How can he not see that you love him just as much as he does? Kids. Hahah, I love how their relationship reaches into a more subatomic level, they are friends who have romantically feelings for each other which is so cute and I just want to make them kiss. Am I making any sense? I hope so.

Like I said, this gets more dramatic. This one was the most dramatic yet, but still it didn't lose it's funny edge and our heroes kept it at balance without making me cry my eyes out the entire time. Summing it up: it's still just as fun as it was, but it's far more mature.
]]> <![CDATA[Carve the Mark (Carve the Mark, #1)]]> 30233110 In a galaxy powered by the current, everyone has a gift.

Cyra is the sister of the brutal tyrant who rules the Shotet people. Cyra’s currentgift gives her pain and power � something her brother exploits, using her to torture his enemies. But Cyra is much more than just a blade in her brother’s hand: she is resilient, quick on her feet, and smarter than he knows.

Akos is the son of a farmer and an oracle from the frozen nation-planet of Thuvhe. Protected by his unusual currentgift, Akos is generous in spirit, and his loyalty to his family is limitless. Once Akos and his brother are captured by enemy Shotet soldiers, Akos is desperate to get this brother out alive � no matter what the cost.
The Akos is thrust into Cyra's world, and the enmity between their countries and families seems insurmountable. Will they help each other to survive, or will they destroy one another?

Carve the Mark is Veronica Roth's stunning portrayal of the power of friendship � and love � in a galaxy filled with unexpected gifts.]]> 473 Veronica Roth 0008159483 Lazaros 0 to-read 3.66 2017 Carve the Mark (Carve the Mark, #1)
author: Veronica Roth
name: Lazaros
average rating: 3.66
book published: 2017
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2016/06/23
shelves: to-read
review:

]]> <![CDATA[The Song Rising (The Bone Season, #3)]]> 28260402 The third book in the New York Times bestselling Bone Season series.

Following a fierce battle for the Rose Crown, Paige Mahoney has risen to the dangerous position of Underqueen, ruling over the clairvoyant syndicate of London. But with vengeful enemies still at large, the task of stabilizing the fractured underworld has never seemed so challenging.

As Paige rallies her army of criminals, she continues to meet in secret with her former enemy, Arcturus Mesarthim. Should they be discovered, the fragile alliance with the Ranthen will fail.

But all bets are off when Scion introduces Senshield, a deadly technology that spells doom for clairvoyants. Now Paige must race against the clock to stop her reign ending in blood.]]> 384 Samantha Shannon 1632866242 Lazaros 0 to-read 4.15 2017 The Song Rising (The Bone Season, #3)
author: Samantha Shannon
name: Lazaros
average rating: 4.15
book published: 2017
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2016/06/04
shelves: to-read
review:

]]> <![CDATA[Catching Fire (The Hunger Games, #2)]]> 12510082 MAY THE ODDS BE EVER IN YOUR FAVOUR

Katniss Everdeen survived the hunger games. Now the Capitol wants revenge.


Against all odds, Katniss Everdeen and Peeta Mellark are still alive. Katniss should be relieved, but now there are whispers of a rebellion against the Capitol -- a rebellion that Katniss and Peeta may have helped create.

As the nation watches Katniss and Peeta, the stakes are higher than ever. One false move and the consequences will be unimaginable.



Cover image by Tim O'Brien]]> 472 Suzanne Collins Lazaros 5
“My nightmares are usually about losing you. I'm okay once I realize you're here.�


I don't know how else to say this. This is one of the best books I've ever read, I mean I sure loved 'The Hunger Games' but this just broke every kind of record. This was better in every way. It was even more action-packed and the jaw-dropping end add to its magnificence.

Well, first and foremost, Katniss is starting to fall in love with Peeta. She just kind of realizes slowly but what matters is that she loves him, not they way he loves her but at least she is starting to realize how important she is to him and how quickly he got into her heart and claimed it.

The arena in this book is two hundred times better than the arena of the first book, I think it's due to the fact that the clock makes it that much more complex and interesting.

I love how Katniss would do just about anything in order to protect those she loves, even if it means doing things she hates which is what this book breaches. Katniss does things she hates, everyone, Peeta, Haymitch, do things they hate and have to act because of the games. It's all just a game. I mean, Katniss in the first book is clueless, right? Right. Now she's experienced and it changes the game, it makes it that much more interesting to read.

I cannot say anything about the ending, I don't like spoilers but in truth I don't think that there's a person who hasn't read this series, still I won't say how the ending ruined me and I still remember picking up Mockingjay and reading it right away.]]> 4.37 2009 Catching Fire (The Hunger Games, #2)
author: Suzanne Collins
name: Lazaros
average rating: 4.37
book published: 2009
rating: 5
read at: 2013/09/13
date added: 2016/05/05
shelves: dystopia, books-i-own, young-adult, sci-fi, fantasy, girl-power, all-time-favorites
review:
“My nightmares are usually about losing you. I'm okay once I realize you're here.�


I don't know how else to say this. This is one of the best books I've ever read, I mean I sure loved 'The Hunger Games' but this just broke every kind of record. This was better in every way. It was even more action-packed and the jaw-dropping end add to its magnificence.

Well, first and foremost, Katniss is starting to fall in love with Peeta. She just kind of realizes slowly but what matters is that she loves him, not they way he loves her but at least she is starting to realize how important she is to him and how quickly he got into her heart and claimed it.

The arena in this book is two hundred times better than the arena of the first book, I think it's due to the fact that the clock makes it that much more complex and interesting.

I love how Katniss would do just about anything in order to protect those she loves, even if it means doing things she hates which is what this book breaches. Katniss does things she hates, everyone, Peeta, Haymitch, do things they hate and have to act because of the games. It's all just a game. I mean, Katniss in the first book is clueless, right? Right. Now she's experienced and it changes the game, it makes it that much more interesting to read.

I cannot say anything about the ending, I don't like spoilers but in truth I don't think that there's a person who hasn't read this series, still I won't say how the ending ruined me and I still remember picking up Mockingjay and reading it right away.
]]> Maybe Someday (Maybe, #1) 18143950
Sydney becomes captivated by Ridge, her mysterious neighbor. She can't take her eyes off him or stop listening to the passionate way he plays his guitar every evening out on his balcony. And there's something about Sydney that Ridge can't ignore, either. When their inevitable encounter happens, they soon find themselves needing each other in more ways than one...

Original music created for Maybe Someday by musician Griffin Peterson can be accessed through the website listed in the ebook and paperback.

From the author of the New York Times bestsellers Slammed, Point of Retreat, Hopeless, This Girl, and Losing Hope, Maybe Someday is destined to be another bestseller and long-lasting fan favorite.]]> 367 Colleen Hoover Lazaros 5 So perfect. So beautiful. So painstakingly painful but nevertheless incredibly beautiful.

It's my first Colleen Hoover book so I had not a tad bit clue about what to expect. But what I read & what I felt blew my mind.

Sydney is a girl who's deeply hurt and completely betrayed by her trust in the people who she thought they loved her and she rightly is so since her boyfriend was cheating with her roomate & best friend for two years which is to say the exact amount of time that she and her boyfriend were together when she found out by her neighbour.

She left her boyfriend and she left her apartment and her neighbour took her in. The mysterious guitar-genius and songwriter which she falls in love with and then she learns he has a girlfriend.

And she is too good for her own good and he is too loyah for his own good so they are trying to bury their feelings but keep their friendship intact.

What I loved so much about the book was the honesty Sydney and Ridge have which is till the end of the book pretty obvious and there's nothing more I love more than honest feelings. They talked about the feelings they have been developed but history's proven us that feelings cannot ever be buried 100%. It was guaranteed that somewhere along the way they would succumb to their feelings - to their love -.

I believe that we can only fall in love with another person while 'being in love' with another if we had only been in love with the idea of the person we're with and what that person represents. We can always love two people at the same time but I don't believe that we can be in love with two people simultaneously. So, I say that you have to choose between your love and your being in love.

That's what happened in this book. Ridge chose and his girlfriend chose and I believe they were all happy in the end. I think this is the end of my review.

Oh, and by the way I want to say that the last 11 pages of the book (a.k.a. making love) was the most beautiful love scene I've ever read. I'm not even kidding. I cannot even begin to comprehend how Hoover managed to pull that scene off but by the end she had me screaming like a crybaby. I wanted more. I want more of Sydney & Ridge.]]> 4.36 2014 Maybe Someday (Maybe, #1)
author: Colleen Hoover
name: Lazaros
average rating: 4.36
book published: 2014
rating: 5
read at: 2014/09/10
date added: 2016/04/10
shelves: contemporary, new-adult, romance, tear-jerkers, all-time-favorites
review:
So perfect. So beautiful. So painstakingly painful but nevertheless incredibly beautiful.

It's my first Colleen Hoover book so I had not a tad bit clue about what to expect. But what I read & what I felt blew my mind.

Sydney is a girl who's deeply hurt and completely betrayed by her trust in the people who she thought they loved her and she rightly is so since her boyfriend was cheating with her roomate & best friend for two years which is to say the exact amount of time that she and her boyfriend were together when she found out by her neighbour.

She left her boyfriend and she left her apartment and her neighbour took her in. The mysterious guitar-genius and songwriter which she falls in love with and then she learns he has a girlfriend.

And she is too good for her own good and he is too loyah for his own good so they are trying to bury their feelings but keep their friendship intact.

What I loved so much about the book was the honesty Sydney and Ridge have which is till the end of the book pretty obvious and there's nothing more I love more than honest feelings. They talked about the feelings they have been developed but history's proven us that feelings cannot ever be buried 100%. It was guaranteed that somewhere along the way they would succumb to their feelings - to their love -.

I believe that we can only fall in love with another person while 'being in love' with another if we had only been in love with the idea of the person we're with and what that person represents. We can always love two people at the same time but I don't believe that we can be in love with two people simultaneously. So, I say that you have to choose between your love and your being in love.

That's what happened in this book. Ridge chose and his girlfriend chose and I believe they were all happy in the end. I think this is the end of my review.

Oh, and by the way I want to say that the last 11 pages of the book (a.k.a. making love) was the most beautiful love scene I've ever read. I'm not even kidding. I cannot even begin to comprehend how Hoover managed to pull that scene off but by the end she had me screaming like a crybaby. I wanted more. I want more of Sydney & Ridge.
]]> <![CDATA[Emerald Green (The Ruby Red Trilogy, #3)]]> 14759651 ĚýĚýĚý ĚýShe’s only recently learned that she is the Ruby, the final member of the time-traveling Circle of Twelve, and since then nothing has been going right. She suspects the founder of the Circle, Count Saint-German, is up to something nefarious, but nobody will believe her. And she’s just learned that her charming time-traveling partner, Gideon, has probably been using her all along.
ĚýĚýĚý ĚýEmerald Green is theĚýstunning conclusion to Kerstin Gier's Ruby Red Trilogy,Ěýpicking up where Sapphire Blue left off, reaching new heights of intrigue and romance as Gwen finally uncovers the secrets of the time-traveling society and learns her fate.]]> 464 Kerstin Gier Lazaros 0 to-read 4.15 2010 Emerald Green (The Ruby Red Trilogy, #3)
author: Kerstin Gier
name: Lazaros
average rating: 4.15
book published: 2010
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2016/04/03
shelves: to-read
review:

]]> <![CDATA[Mr Mercedes (Bill Hodges Trilogy, #1)]]> 25402163
Brady Hartsfield wants that rush again, but this time he’s going big, with an attack that would take down thousands—unless Hodges and two new unusual allies he picks up along the way can throw a wrench in Hartsfield’s diabolical plans.]]> 405 Stephen King Lazaros 0 currently-reading 3.94 2014 Mr Mercedes (Bill Hodges Trilogy, #1)
author: Stephen King
name: Lazaros
average rating: 3.94
book published: 2014
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2016/04/02
shelves: currently-reading
review:

]]> <![CDATA[The Red Pyramid (The Kane Chronicles, #1)]]> 8700056
Then one night they are reunited when their father takes them brings the siblings together to the British Museum, hoping at last to set things right. Instead, he unleashes the Egyptian god Set, who banishes him to oblivion and forces the children to flee for their lives.

Soon, Sadie and Carter discover that the gods of Ancient Egypt are waking, and the worst of them � Set � is after the Kanes. To stop him, the siblings must embark on a dangerous journey across the globe - a quest that brings them ever closer to the truth about their family and its links to a secret order that has existed since the time of the pharaohs...]]> 516 Rick Riordan 1423113454 Lazaros 4
“It takes strength and courage to admit the truth.�


Honestly, who does it better than Rick Riordan when it comes to middle-grade fantasy books? The answer is no one. He never ceases to amaze me with the ideas he's coming up with, and although one could say that his books and ideas are being recycled I downright disagree with that notion. He's written about the Greek Gods, about the Roman Gods and then the Egyptian Gods, and each time he comes up with completely different ideas and twists to encase his stories in.

Carter and Sadie Kane are two siblings, they've never seen much of each other since their mother died and their father took custody of Carter (the eldest) whereas Sadie was taken under their grandparents' care.

Carter is that smart, humble kid, who's always there to help and Sadie is that outgoing, sassy girl you were classmates with when you were in elementary school.

And now, let's fast forward to the part where the Egyptian Gods are unleashed and they find shelter in human hosts. Amongst these Gods, there is the worst of them, the God of Chaos, Set who's hell bent upon destroying the world.

So, the kids learn who they are (which is for you to find out... I mean, were their parents Gods? Or are they Gods themselves? Or maybe they're just common humans trying to save the world?)

You may think you're a little too familiar with this storyline, especially if you're an avid Riordan reader, but you'll be up for a surprise, trust me.

This somehow felt a lot more fast-paced than all of his other books. Usually, Mr. Riordan takes his time with the characters and the plot but in this one everything was faster than usual and I admit that I loved the change.

I'm saving my five stars for the next book, this was just shy of getting it.]]> 4.06 2010 The Red Pyramid (The Kane Chronicles, #1)
author: Rick Riordan
name: Lazaros
average rating: 4.06
book published: 2010
rating: 4
read at: 2015/11/14
date added: 2016/04/02
shelves: young-adult, mythology, fantasy
review:
“It takes strength and courage to admit the truth.�


Honestly, who does it better than Rick Riordan when it comes to middle-grade fantasy books? The answer is no one. He never ceases to amaze me with the ideas he's coming up with, and although one could say that his books and ideas are being recycled I downright disagree with that notion. He's written about the Greek Gods, about the Roman Gods and then the Egyptian Gods, and each time he comes up with completely different ideas and twists to encase his stories in.

Carter and Sadie Kane are two siblings, they've never seen much of each other since their mother died and their father took custody of Carter (the eldest) whereas Sadie was taken under their grandparents' care.

Carter is that smart, humble kid, who's always there to help and Sadie is that outgoing, sassy girl you were classmates with when you were in elementary school.

And now, let's fast forward to the part where the Egyptian Gods are unleashed and they find shelter in human hosts. Amongst these Gods, there is the worst of them, the God of Chaos, Set who's hell bent upon destroying the world.

So, the kids learn who they are (which is for you to find out... I mean, were their parents Gods? Or are they Gods themselves? Or maybe they're just common humans trying to save the world?)

You may think you're a little too familiar with this storyline, especially if you're an avid Riordan reader, but you'll be up for a surprise, trust me.

This somehow felt a lot more fast-paced than all of his other books. Usually, Mr. Riordan takes his time with the characters and the plot but in this one everything was faster than usual and I admit that I loved the change.

I'm saving my five stars for the next book, this was just shy of getting it.
]]> All the Bright Places 23357458 388 Jennifer Niven 0141357037 Lazaros 3
May your eye go to the Sun,
To the wind your soul.…�
You are all the colors in one, at full brightness.�


At first I was let down by the book. I had read about 60 percent of the book and it felt unsatisfactory to me, like something was missing. This book gave me this vague feeling that every idea in there had been recycled and I was not happy.

All that changed when the book suddenly started picking up a little, steadily and suddenly I found myself touched, and I was crying by what I was reading and I was feeling a wholeness.

Finch is the definition of a troubled teenager, but his reasons are pretty genuine. Neglected by his dad, living in a broken home.. All those thrown in, along with another fact that I cannot reveal, make the toughest person break down.

Violet isn't exactly troubled. She's going through a rough patch and Fitch is the one to get her out of there. She's not entirely up to the idea of liking him at first, but she finds that they are forming a bond together..

I liked both of them. They are both, solid, well-formed characters, with flaws and insecurities and I think the author did a great work at creating a bunch of a troubled teenagers, and reasons as to why they're troubled.

The reason I gave it 3 stars though lies in the fact that nothing happened till after the second half of the book. Nothing big, and although I understand that she was trying to build up a huge ending, in order to have a great book, you need more than a booming ending, you need big moments along the rest of the book, and the rest of the book felt much too ordinary and simplistic..

Altogether, it's a great read and I recommend it.
]]> 4.08 2015 All the Bright Places
author: Jennifer Niven
name: Lazaros
average rating: 4.08
book published: 2015
rating: 3
read at: 2015/11/14
date added: 2016/04/02
shelves: contemporary, romance, young-adult
review:
May your eye go to the Sun,
To the wind your soul.…�
You are all the colors in one, at full brightness.�


At first I was let down by the book. I had read about 60 percent of the book and it felt unsatisfactory to me, like something was missing. This book gave me this vague feeling that every idea in there had been recycled and I was not happy.

All that changed when the book suddenly started picking up a little, steadily and suddenly I found myself touched, and I was crying by what I was reading and I was feeling a wholeness.

Finch is the definition of a troubled teenager, but his reasons are pretty genuine. Neglected by his dad, living in a broken home.. All those thrown in, along with another fact that I cannot reveal, make the toughest person break down.

Violet isn't exactly troubled. She's going through a rough patch and Fitch is the one to get her out of there. She's not entirely up to the idea of liking him at first, but she finds that they are forming a bond together..

I liked both of them. They are both, solid, well-formed characters, with flaws and insecurities and I think the author did a great work at creating a bunch of a troubled teenagers, and reasons as to why they're troubled.

The reason I gave it 3 stars though lies in the fact that nothing happened till after the second half of the book. Nothing big, and although I understand that she was trying to build up a huge ending, in order to have a great book, you need more than a booming ending, you need big moments along the rest of the book, and the rest of the book felt much too ordinary and simplistic..

Altogether, it's a great read and I recommend it.

]]> Orphan Train 15818107 This is an alternate cover edition of ISBN 9780061950728, found here.

The author of Bird in Hand and The Way Life Should Be delivers her most ambitious and powerful novel to date: a captivating story of two very different women who build an unexpected friendship: a 91-year-old woman with a hidden past as an orphan-train rider and the teenage girl whose own troubled adolescence leads her to seek answers to questions no one has ever thought to ask.

Nearly eighteen, Molly Ayer knows she has one last chance. Just months from "aging out" of the child welfare system, and close to being kicked out of her foster home, a community service position helping an elderly woman clean out her home is the only thing keeping her out of juvie and worse.

Vivian Daly has lived a quiet life on the coast of Maine. But in her attic, hidden in trunks, are vestiges of a turbulent past. As she helps Vivian sort through her possessions and memories, Molly discovers that she and Vivian aren't as different as they seem to be. A young Irish immigrant orphaned in New York City, Vivian was put on a train to the Midwest with hundreds of other children whose destinies would be determined by luck and chance.

The closer Molly grows to Vivian, the more she discovers parallels to her own life. A Penobscot Indian, she, too, is an outsider being raised by strangers, and she, too, has unanswered questions about the past. As her emotional barriers begin to crumble, Molly discovers that she has the power to help Vivian find answers to mysteries that have haunted her for her entire life - answers that will ultimately free them both.

Rich in detail and epic in scope, Orphan Train is a powerful novel of upheaval and resilience, of second chances, of unexpected friendship, and of the secrets we carry that keep us from finding out who we are.]]> 278 Christina Baker Kline Lazaros 3
On the one hand, you have the teenager who's in and out of juvie. She can't fit in, she's the odd man out. And on the other hand, you have the 90-something lady whose memories you relive, who came from Ireland to the USA after losing her family, to be fostered into three different families before settling down with one for good.

“I like the assumption that everyone is trying his best, and we should all just be kind to each other.�


It's amazing to see how two completely different personalities can have so many similiraties. And despite the age and generation gaps they find solace in one another. They help each other and change each other lives forever.

It's a beautiful book, and a really short one too, so, if you're in a reading slump like I was then I recommend it, you'll read it fast enough and enjoy it. It's a feeling-feeder, this one.]]> 4.18 2013 Orphan Train
author: Christina Baker Kline
name: Lazaros
average rating: 4.18
book published: 2013
rating: 3
read at: 2015/11/18
date added: 2016/04/02
shelves: contemporary, historical-fiction
review:
This is one these books that do wonders for your reading slump but that doesn't mean I loved it. It has its flaws, certainly, but overalls it's a well-structured novel about loss and finding your place in the world.

On the one hand, you have the teenager who's in and out of juvie. She can't fit in, she's the odd man out. And on the other hand, you have the 90-something lady whose memories you relive, who came from Ireland to the USA after losing her family, to be fostered into three different families before settling down with one for good.

“I like the assumption that everyone is trying his best, and we should all just be kind to each other.�


It's amazing to see how two completely different personalities can have so many similiraties. And despite the age and generation gaps they find solace in one another. They help each other and change each other lives forever.

It's a beautiful book, and a really short one too, so, if you're in a reading slump like I was then I recommend it, you'll read it fast enough and enjoy it. It's a feeling-feeder, this one.
]]> Fight Club 5759 218 Chuck Palahniuk 0393327345 Lazaros 5
“It's only after we've lost everything that we're free to do anything.�


Can somebody slap me in the face? I've had this on my tbr list since I first set up a goodreads account and I read it now after almost 3 years. Why didn't anyone make me read this? It was freakish-ly amazing. I am at a loss for words..

I don't know how to talk about the book without giving away spoilers and breaking the first rule of Fight Club: "You do not talk about Fight Club.".. I can only say that the narrator is a troubled person with lots of stress and confussion and anger towards the world, so he copes with it in a very special manner.

Take me on my word and read this if you haven't already, you have no idea what you're missing out on. ]]> 4.19 1996 Fight Club
author: Chuck Palahniuk
name: Lazaros
average rating: 4.19
book published: 1996
rating: 5
read at: 2015/11/21
date added: 2016/04/02
shelves: thriller, classics, mystery, all-time-favorites
review:
“It's only after we've lost everything that we're free to do anything.�


Can somebody slap me in the face? I've had this on my tbr list since I first set up a goodreads account and I read it now after almost 3 years. Why didn't anyone make me read this? It was freakish-ly amazing. I am at a loss for words..

I don't know how to talk about the book without giving away spoilers and breaking the first rule of Fight Club: "You do not talk about Fight Club.".. I can only say that the narrator is a troubled person with lots of stress and confussion and anger towards the world, so he copes with it in a very special manner.

Take me on my word and read this if you haven't already, you have no idea what you're missing out on.
]]> Norwegian Wood 11297
A magnificent blending of the music, the mood, and the ethos that was the sixties with the story of one college student's romantic coming of age, Norwegian Wood brilliantly recaptures a young man's first, hopeless, and heroic love.]]> 296 Haruki Murakami 0375704027 Lazaros 4
However, the were some parts I didn't like, which I won't delve into because doing so would require giving away spoilers. I have to say that even though I didn't like those parts, in the end I liked every single character. Despite their flaws, they were special in their own way. We can't be perfect, all of us make mistakes, but not all of us can recognize our mistakes and stop ourselves from repeating them.. there are those who recognize their mistakes but fail to stop repeating those mistakes over and over again. Maybe it's fate after all.. But we all do our best. And we all want to be happy, but we do not always find happiness where we expected it to be.

The book sheds light upon a handful of matters. Such as suicide, growing up feeling like you don't belong anywhere, loss, the power of love, the inevitability of certain things. It's not even that long and it manages to breach these and more subjects and I loved that because it did so gracefully without being blunt. The bluntness it had, it was just on point. The right amount.

The ending was nothing more and nothing less than I expected. So, no, I was not disappointed. The book had so many ups and downs throughout that a peaceful ending was all it needed.]]> 4.01 1987 Norwegian Wood
author: Haruki Murakami
name: Lazaros
average rating: 4.01
book published: 1987
rating: 4
read at: 2015/11/27
date added: 2016/04/02
shelves: fiction, romance, contemporary
review:
This was an amazing book, I did not expect to like it that much. I loved Toru, he is an amazing personality, and I gotta say he's one of the best male fictional characters I've ever had the pleasure of reading about. The development of his character, it's clear in every single page, and he is evolving his personality right before our eyes. The author did an excellent job at this part.

However, the were some parts I didn't like, which I won't delve into because doing so would require giving away spoilers. I have to say that even though I didn't like those parts, in the end I liked every single character. Despite their flaws, they were special in their own way. We can't be perfect, all of us make mistakes, but not all of us can recognize our mistakes and stop ourselves from repeating them.. there are those who recognize their mistakes but fail to stop repeating those mistakes over and over again. Maybe it's fate after all.. But we all do our best. And we all want to be happy, but we do not always find happiness where we expected it to be.

The book sheds light upon a handful of matters. Such as suicide, growing up feeling like you don't belong anywhere, loss, the power of love, the inevitability of certain things. It's not even that long and it manages to breach these and more subjects and I loved that because it did so gracefully without being blunt. The bluntness it had, it was just on point. The right amount.

The ending was nothing more and nothing less than I expected. So, no, I was not disappointed. The book had so many ups and downs throughout that a peaceful ending was all it needed.
]]> <![CDATA[Shiver (The Wolves of Mercy Falls, #1)]]> 7203676 the cold.
Grace has spent years watching the wolves in the woods behind her house. One yellow-eyed wolf - her wolf - watches back. He feels deeply familiar to her, but she doesn't know why.

the heat.
Sam has lived two lives. As a wolf, he keeps the silent company of the girl he loves. And then, for a short time each year, he is human, never daring to talk to Grace . . . until now.

the shiver.
For Grace and Sam, love has always been kept at a distance. But once it's spoken, it cannot be denied. Sam must fight to stay human - and Grace must fight to keep him - even if it means taking on the scars of the past, the fragility of the present, and the impossibility of the future.]]> 392 Maggie Stiefvater 0545123275 Lazaros 1
I hated the insta-love thing, I am not a fan of those either. And I'm not a fan of idle storylines.. I don't understand how this could be so bad. I wanted to to buy the boxed set and I'm glad I decided to read the first book before doing so, now I never will.

I'm actually a fan of Maggie Stiefvater, I've read other books of hers and I loved them and I thought this would be just as good. And now I'm wondering how can this series be her most read works when she has much better books??

So, the story is, a girl gets bitten by a wolf but does not turn into one and instead of being terrified of them, she adores them and grows into a wolf-stalker. She's particularly fond of a wolf with yellow eyes. When she grows up, she meets said wold, and they fall in love in a matter of five minutes. Ugh, blah blah..

I would not recommend this.]]> 3.71 2009 Shiver (The Wolves of Mercy Falls, #1)
author: Maggie Stiefvater
name: Lazaros
average rating: 3.71
book published: 2009
rating: 1
read at: 2015/11/29
date added: 2016/04/02
shelves: young-adult, fantasy, romance, dnf
review:
Well, that's a dnf, which stands for "did not finish". I'm sorry but I just couldn't finish this no matter how hard I tried to go through with it, I just kept yawning like there was no tomorrow. This book is booooooring, nothing happens. The plot seemed unoriginal, and I'm not a huge fan of werewolves.. If it were possible to die of boredom, my funeral would have taken place days ago..

I hated the insta-love thing, I am not a fan of those either. And I'm not a fan of idle storylines.. I don't understand how this could be so bad. I wanted to to buy the boxed set and I'm glad I decided to read the first book before doing so, now I never will.

I'm actually a fan of Maggie Stiefvater, I've read other books of hers and I loved them and I thought this would be just as good. And now I'm wondering how can this series be her most read works when she has much better books??

So, the story is, a girl gets bitten by a wolf but does not turn into one and instead of being terrified of them, she adores them and grows into a wolf-stalker. She's particularly fond of a wolf with yellow eyes. When she grows up, she meets said wold, and they fall in love in a matter of five minutes. Ugh, blah blah..

I would not recommend this.
]]> Eleanor & Park 12250584 336 Rainbow Rowell 140911631X Lazaros 3 3.95 2012 Eleanor & Park
author: Rainbow Rowell
name: Lazaros
average rating: 3.95
book published: 2012
rating: 3
read at: 2015/12/20
date added: 2016/04/02
shelves: contemporary, romance, young-adult
review:

]]> <![CDATA[I Am Number Four (Lorien Legacies, #1)]]> 9462073 440 Pittacus Lore 0061969575 Lazaros 3 sci-fi, young-adult, aliens 3.89 2010 I Am Number Four (Lorien Legacies, #1)
author: Pittacus Lore
name: Lazaros
average rating: 3.89
book published: 2010
rating: 3
read at: 2016/01/04
date added: 2016/04/02
shelves: sci-fi, young-adult, aliens
review:

]]> <![CDATA[Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe (Aristotle and Dante, #1)]]> 15801353
But against all odds, when Ari and Dante meet, they develop a special bond that will teach them the most important truths of their lives, and help define the people they want to be. But there are big hurdles in their way, and only by believing in each other―and the power of their friendship―can Ari and Dante emerge stronger on the other side.]]> 359 Benjamin Alire Sáenz 1442408936 Lazaros 5 Why did I wait so long to read this?

I've been in a reading slump for so long.. I'm in love, I fell in love months ago and since then I have no mind for reading and when I do, I fall asleep instantly.. This book compelled me.

I love how it depicts the relationship of Ari and Dante. Let's take it from the start: two boys, Ari and Dante, they meet, they instantly become best friends, neither of them ever had any real friends, so it's something new to them both. They're at an age where they both discovering the world, themselves.

It's a coming-of-age book and I should have realized by now that it's my favorite genre.. I love reading about adventures, long drives, lives in the fast-forward with all the details I just need to create a crystal clear picture in my head.

I love this book, I love every single page of it, from the beginning to the end. I love what it stands for.. It means a lot to me. And additional to that, it's a page-turner, don't expect any twists however..]]> 4.37 2012 Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe (Aristotle and Dante, #1)
author: Benjamin Alire Sáenz
name: Lazaros
average rating: 4.37
book published: 2012
rating: 5
read at: 2016/03/28
date added: 2016/04/02
shelves: contemporary, glbt, young-adult
review:
Why did I wait so long to read this?

I've been in a reading slump for so long.. I'm in love, I fell in love months ago and since then I have no mind for reading and when I do, I fall asleep instantly.. This book compelled me.

I love how it depicts the relationship of Ari and Dante. Let's take it from the start: two boys, Ari and Dante, they meet, they instantly become best friends, neither of them ever had any real friends, so it's something new to them both. They're at an age where they both discovering the world, themselves.

It's a coming-of-age book and I should have realized by now that it's my favorite genre.. I love reading about adventures, long drives, lives in the fast-forward with all the details I just need to create a crystal clear picture in my head.

I love this book, I love every single page of it, from the beginning to the end. I love what it stands for.. It means a lot to me. And additional to that, it's a page-turner, don't expect any twists however..
]]> <![CDATA[Lady Midnight (The Dark Artifices, #1)]]> 24851136 Lady Midnight is a Shadowhunters novel.

It’s been five years since the events of City of Heavenly Fire that brought the Shadowhunters to the brink of oblivion. Emma Carstairs is no longer a child in mourning, but a young woman bent on discovering what killed her parents and avenging her losses.

Together with her parabatai Julian Blackthorn, Emma must learn to trust her head and her heart as she investigates a demonic plot that stretches across Los Angeles, from the Sunset Strip to the enchanted sea that pounds the beaches of Santa Monica. If only her heart didn’t lead her in treacherous directions�

Making things even more complicated, Julian’s brother Mark—who was captured by the faeries five years ago—has been returned as a bargaining chip. The faeries are desperate to find out who is murdering their kind—and they need the Shadowhunters� help to do it. But time works differently in faerie, so Mark has barely aged and doesn’t recognize his family. Can he ever truly return to them? Will the faeries really allow it?

Glitz, glamours, and Shadowhunters abound in this heartrending opening to Cassandra Clare’s Dark Artifices series.]]> 698 Cassandra Clare 1471116611 Lazaros 0 to-read 4.40 2016 Lady Midnight (The Dark Artifices, #1)
author: Cassandra Clare
name: Lazaros
average rating: 4.40
book published: 2016
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2016/04/02
shelves: to-read
review:

]]> <![CDATA[Sapphire Blue (Precious Stone Trilogy, #2)]]> 12637458
Gwen’s life has been a rollercoaster since she discovered she was the Ruby, the final member of the secret time-traveling Circle of Twelve. In between searching through history for the other time-travelers and asking for a bit of their blood (gross!), she’s been trying to figure out what all the mysteries and prophecies surrounding the Circle really mean.
Ěý
At least Gwen has plenty of help. Her best friend Lesley follows every lead diligently on the Internet. James the ghost teaches Gwen how to fit in at an eighteenth century party. And Xemerius, the gargoyle demon who has been following Gwen since he caught her kissing Gideon in a church, offers advice on everything. Oh, yes. And of course there is Gideon, the Diamond. One minute he’s very warm indeed; the next he’s freezing cold. Gwen’s not sure what’s going on there, but she’s pretty much destined to find out.
]]> 354 Kerstin Gier 1250034167 Lazaros 0 to-read 4.07 2010 Sapphire Blue (Precious Stone Trilogy, #2)
author: Kerstin Gier
name: Lazaros
average rating: 4.07
book published: 2010
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2016/03/31
shelves: to-read
review:

]]> Calamity (Reckoners, #3) 15704486 David knew Prof’s secret, and kept it even when Prof struggled to control the effects of his Epic powers. But facing Obliteration in Babilar was too much. Once the Reckoners� leader, Prof has now embraced his Epic destiny. He’s disappeared into those murky shadows of menace Epics are infamous for the world over, and everyone knows there’s no turning back. . . .
But everyone is wrong. Redemption is possible for Epics—Megan proved it. They’re not lost. Not completely. And David is just about crazy enough to face down the most powerful High Epic of all to get his friend back. Or die trying.]]> 424 Brandon Sanderson 0385743602 Lazaros 0 to-read 4.16 2016 Calamity (Reckoners, #3)
author: Brandon Sanderson
name: Lazaros
average rating: 4.16
book published: 2016
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2016/03/29
shelves: to-read
review:

]]> <![CDATA[Crooked Kingdom (Six of Crows, #2)]]> 22299763
Kaz Brekker and his crew of deadly outcasts have just pulled off a heist so daring even they didn't think they'd survive. But instead of divvying up a fat reward, they're right back to fighting for their lives.

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

A war will be waged on the city's dark and twisting streets - a battle for revenge and redemption that will decide the fate of the Grisha world.]]> 561 Leigh Bardugo Lazaros 0 to-read 4.58 2016 Crooked Kingdom (Six of Crows, #2)
author: Leigh Bardugo
name: Lazaros
average rating: 4.58
book published: 2016
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2016/03/29
shelves: to-read
review:

]]> <![CDATA[Fire Touched (Mercy Thompson, #9)]]> 25776210
Defying the most powerful werewolf in the country, the humans, and the fae, Mercy, Adam, and their pack choose to protect the boy no matter what the cost. But who will protect them from a boy who is fire touched?]]> 342 Patricia Briggs 0425256766 Lazaros 0 to-read 4.33 2016 Fire Touched (Mercy Thompson, #9)
author: Patricia Briggs
name: Lazaros
average rating: 4.33
book published: 2016
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2016/03/29
shelves: to-read
review:

]]> Feverborn (Fever, #8) 12444298 Feverborn is a riveting tale of ancient evil, lust, betrayal, forgiveness, and the redemptive power of love.
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When the immortal Fae destroyed the ancient wall dividing the worlds of Man and Faery, the very fabric of the universe was damaged, and now Earth is vanishing bit by bit. Only the long-lost Song of Making—a haunting, dangerous melody that is the source of life itself—can save the planet.
Ěý
But those who seek the mythic song must contend with old wounds and new enemies, passions that burn hot and hunger for vengeance that runs deep. The challenges are many: the Keltar at war with nine immortals who’ve secretly ruled Dublin for eons, Mac and Jada hunted by the masses, the Seelie queen nowhere to be found, and the most powerful Unseelie prince in all creation determined to rule both Fae and Man. Now the task of solving the ancient riddle of the Song of Making falls to a band of deadly warriors divided among—and within—themselves.
Ěý
Once a normal city possessing a touch of ancient magic, Dublin is now a treacherously magical city with only a touch of normal. And on those war-torn streets, Mac will come face-to-face with her most savage enemy yet: herself.]]> 436 Karen Marie Moning 0385344422 Lazaros 0 to-read 4.18 2016 Feverborn (Fever, #8)
author: Karen Marie Moning
name: Lazaros
average rating: 4.18
book published: 2016
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2016/03/29
shelves: to-read
review:

]]> All the Birds in the Sky 25372801 316 Charlie Jane Anders 0765379945 Lazaros 0 to-read 3.57 2016 All the Birds in the Sky
author: Charlie Jane Anders
name: Lazaros
average rating: 3.57
book published: 2016
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2016/03/29
shelves: to-read
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]]> <![CDATA[Beautiful Burn (The Maddox Brothers, #4)]]> 23714544
Like his twin brother Taylor, Tyler Maddox is a member of the Alpine Hotshots, fighting wildland fires on the frontline. As arrogant as he is charming, Tyler’s nomadic lifestyle makes it easy to contain his relationships to one night. When he meets Ellie at a local party during off-season, her extreme personality and dismissive attitude fascinates him at first, but as his feelings deepen, Tyler realizes that the crippling inner demons of the woman he loves might be the strongest enemy any Maddox has ever faced.]]> 251 Jamie McGuire Lazaros 0 to-read 4.05 2016 Beautiful Burn (The Maddox Brothers, #4)
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]]> The Love That Split the World 25467698
Natalie’s last summer in her small Kentucky hometown is off to a magical start... until she starts seeing the “wrong things.� They’re just momentary glimpses at first—her front door is red instead of its usual green, there’s a pre-school where the garden store should be. But then her whole town disappears for hours, fading away into rolling hills and grazing buffalo, and Nat knows something isn’t right.

That’s when she gets a visit from the kind but mysterious apparition she calls “Grandmother,� who tells her: “You have three months to save him.� The next night, under the stadium lights of the high school football field, she meets a beautiful boy named Beau, and it’s as if time just stops and nothing exists. Nothing, except Natalie and Beau.

Emily Henry’s stunning debut novel is Friday Night Lights meets The Time Traveler’s Wife, and perfectly captures those bittersweet months after high school, when we dream not only of the future, but of all the roads and paths we’ve left untaken.]]> 396 Emily Henry 0698408152 Lazaros 0 to-read 3.55 2016 The Love That Split the World
author: Emily Henry
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]]> This Is Where It Ends 24529123 The #1 New York Times Bestseller
 A Buzzfeed Best Book of the Decade
A Paste Magazine Best Book of the Decade

 Everyone has a reason to fear the boy with the gun�

10:00 a.m.: The principal of Opportunity, Alabama's high school finishes her speech, welcoming the entire student body to a new semester and encouraging them to excel and achieve.

10:02 a.m.: The students get up to leave the auditorium for their next class.

10:03: The auditorium doors won't open.

10:05: Someone starts shooting.

In 54 minutes, four students must confront their greatest hopes, and darkest fears, as they come face-to-face with the boy with the gun.

Includes special bonus content: a letter from the author, discussion questions, two bonus chapters, a conversation with the author, and a playlist!

Praise for This Is Where It Ends:
A Buzzfeed Best Book of the Decade
A Paste Magazine Best Book of the Decade
A BookRiot Best Book of the Decade
A Professional Book Nerds Best Book of the Decade

"Marieke Nijkamp's brutal, powerful fictional account of a school shooting is important in its timeliness." —Bustle.com

"A gritty, emotional, and suspenseful read and although fictionalized, it reflects on a problematic and harrowing issue across the nation." —Buzzfeed

"A compelling, brutal story of an unfortunately all-too familiar situation: a school shooting. Nijkamp portrays the events thoughtfully, recounting fifty-four intense minutes of bravery, love, and loss." —BookRiot

]]> 288 Marieke Nijkamp 149262246X Lazaros 0 to-read 3.67 2016 This Is Where It Ends
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]]> <![CDATA[A Gathering of Shadows (Shades of Magic, #2)]]> 20764879
Now, restless after having given up his smuggling habit, Kell is visited by dreams of ominous magical events, waking only to think of Lila, who disappeared from the docks as she always meant to do. As Red London finalizes preparations for the Element Games--an extravagant international competition of magic meant to entertain and keep healthy the ties between neighboring countries--a certain pirate ship draws closer, carrying old friends back into port.

And while Red London is caught up in the pageantry and thrills of the Games, another London is coming back to life. After all, a shadow that was gone in the night will reappear in the morning. But the balance of magic is ever perilous, and for one city to flourish, another London must fall.]]> 512 Victoria E. Schwab 0765376474 Lazaros 0 to-read 4.20 2016 A Gathering of Shadows (Shades of Magic, #2)
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]]> The Score (Off-Campus, #3) 27252717 He knows how to score, on and off the ice

Allie Hayes is in crisis mode. With graduation looming, she still doesn’t have the first clue about what she’s going to do after college. To make matters worse, she’s nursing a broken heart thanks to the end of her longtime relationship. Wild rebound sex is definitely not the solution to her problems, but gorgeous hockey star Dean Di Laurentis is impossible to resist. Just once, though, because even if her future is uncertain, it sure as heck won’t include the king of one-night stands.

It’ll take more than flashy moves to win her over

Dean always gets what he wants. Girls, grades, girls, recognition, girls…he’s a ladies man, all right, and he’s yet to meet a woman who’s immune to his charms. Until Allie. For one night, the feisty blonde rocked his entire world—and now she wants to be friends? Nope. It’s not over until he says it’s over. Dean is in full-on pursuit, but when life-rocking changes strike, he starts to wonder if maybe it’s time to stop focusing on scoring…and shoot for love.]]> 361 Elle Kennedy Lazaros 0 to-read 4.20 2016 The Score (Off-Campus, #3)
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]]> The Widow (Kate Waters, #1) 25734248
But that woman’s husband died last week. And Jean doesn’t have to be her anymore.

There’s a lot Jean hasn’t said over the years about the crime her husband was suspected of committing. She was too busy being the perfect wife, standing by her man while living with the accusing glares and the anonymous harassment.

Now there’s no reason to stay quiet. There are people who want to hear her story. They want to know what it was like living with that man. She can tell them that there were secrets. There always are in a marriage.

The truth—that’s all anyone wants. But the one lesson Jean has learned in the last few years is that she can make people believe anything…]]> 324 Fiona Barton 1101990260 Lazaros 0 to-read 3.44 2016 The Widow (Kate Waters, #1)
author: Fiona Barton
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average rating: 3.44
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]]> <![CDATA[Rebel of the Sands (Rebel of the Sands, #1)]]> 24934065
Amani Al’Hiza is all three. She’s a gifted gunslinger with perfect aim, but she can’t shoot her way out of Dustwalk, the back-country town where she’s destined to wind up wed or dead.

Then she meets Jin, a rakish foreigner, in a shooting contest, and sees him as the perfect escape route. But though she’s spent years dreaming of leaving Dustwalk, she never imagined she’d gallop away on mythical horse—or that it would take a foreign fugitive to show her the heart of the desert she thought she knew.

Rebel of the Sands reveals what happens when a dream deferred explodes—in the fires of rebellion, of romantic passion, and the all-consuming inferno of a girl finally, at long last, embracing her power.]]> 314 Alwyn Hamilton 0698410424 Lazaros 0 to-read 3.95 2016 Rebel of the Sands (Rebel of the Sands, #1)
author: Alwyn Hamilton
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average rating: 3.95
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]]> <![CDATA[The Shadow Queen (Ravenspire, #1)]]> 23299513
In the neighboring kingdom of Eldr, when Prince Kol’s father and older brother are killed by an invading army of magic-wielding ogres, the second-born prince is suddenly given the responsibility of saving his kingdom. To do that, Kol needs magic—and the only way to get it is to make a deal with the queen of Ravenspire, promise to become her personal huntsman…and bring her Lorelai’s heart.

But Lorelai is nothing like Kol expected—beautiful, fierce, and unstoppable—and despite dark magic, Lorelai is drawn in by the passionate and troubled king. Fighting to stay one step ahead of the dragon huntsman—who she likes far more than she should—Lorelai does everything in her power to ruin the wicked queen. But Irina isn’t going down without a fight, and her final move may cost the princess the one thing she still has left to lose.]]> 390 C.J. Redwine 0062360248 Lazaros 0 to-read 3.74 2016 The Shadow Queen (Ravenspire, #1)
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average rating: 3.74
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]]> Starflight (Starflight, #1) 21793182
When a twist of fate lands them instead on the Banshee, a vessel of dubious repute, Doran learns he's been framed on Earth for conspiracy. As he pursues a set of mysterious coordinates rumored to hold the key to clearing his name, he and Solara must get past their enmity to work together and evade those out for their arrest. Life on the Banshee may be tumultuous, but as Solara and Doran are forced to question everything they once believed about their world—and each other—the ship becomes home, and the eccentric crew family. But what Solara and Doran discover on the mysterious Planet X has the power to not only alter their lives, but the existence of everyone in the universe...]]> 362 Melissa Landers 1484723244 Lazaros 0 to-read 3.85 2016 Starflight (Starflight, #1)
author: Melissa Landers
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]]> <![CDATA[Never Never: Part Three (Never Never, #3)]]> 25454883 New York Times bestselling authors Colleen Hoover and Tarryn Fisher are back with the much-anticipated final installment in the Never Never novella series.

Together, Silas Nash and Charlize Wynwood must look deeper into the past to find out who they were and who they want to be. With time ticking down, the couple are in a race to find the answers they need before they lose everything.

Can they regain what they once had? And will it restore who they once were?]]> 130 Colleen Hoover Lazaros 0 to-read 3.48 2016 Never Never: Part Three (Never Never, #3)
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]]> <![CDATA[Stars Above (The Lunar Chronicles, #4.5)]]> 25689074
CONTENTS
The Keeper: A prequel to the Lunar Chronicles, showing a young Scarlet and how Princess Selene came into the care of Michelle Benoit.
Glitches: In this prequel to Cinder, we see the results of the plague play out, and the emotional toll it takes on Cinder. Something that may, or may not, be a glitch�.
The Queen’s Army: In this prequel to Scarlet, we’re introduced to the army Queen Levana is building, and one soldier in particular who will do anything to keep from becoming the monster they want him to be.
Carswell’s Guide to Being Lucky: Thirteen-year-old Carswell Thorne has big plans involving a Rampion spaceship and a no-return trip out of Los Angeles.
After Sunshine Passes By: In this prequel to Cress, we see how a nine-year-old Cress ended up alone on a satellite, spying on Earth for Luna.
The Princess and the Guard: In this prequel to Winter, we see a young Winter and Jacin playing a game called the Princess and the Guard�
The Little Android: A retelling of Hans Christian Andersen’s “The Little Mermaid,� set in the world of The Lunar Chronicles.
The Mechanic: In this prequel to Cinder, we see Kai and Cinder’s first meeting from Kai’s perspective.
Something Old, Something New: In this epilogue to Winter, friends gather for the wedding of the century…]]> 400 Marissa Meyer 1250091845 Lazaros 0 to-read 4.16 2016 Stars Above (The Lunar Chronicles, #4.5)
author: Marissa Meyer
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average rating: 4.16
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]]> Salt to the Sea 25614492
Sepetys (writer of 'Between Shades of Gray') crafts four fictionalized but historically accurate voices to convey the real-life tragedy. Joana, a Lithuanian with nursing experience; Florian, a Prussian soldier fleeing the Nazis with stolen treasure; and Emilia, a Polish girl close to the end of her pregnancy, converge on their escape journeys as Russian troops advance; each will eventually meet Albert, a Nazi peon with delusions of grandeur, assigned to the Gustloff decks.]]> 391 Ruta Sepetys Lazaros 0 to-read 4.35 2016 Salt to the Sea
author: Ruta Sepetys
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average rating: 4.35
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]]> <![CDATA[Empire of Storms (Throne of Glass, #5)]]> 28260587 Kingdoms will collide.

The long path to the throne has only just begun for Aelin Galathynius as war looms on the horizon. Loyalties have been broken and bought, friends have been lost and gained, and those who possess magic find themselves at odds with those who don't.

With her heart sworn to the warrior-prince by her side, and her fealty pledged to the people she is determined to save, Aelin will delve into the depths of her power to protect those she loves. But as monsters emerge from the horrors of the past, and dark forces become poised to claim her world, the only chance for salvation will lie in a desperate quest that may mark the end of everything Aelin holds dear.

In this breathtaking fifth installment of the New York Times bestselling Throne of Glass series, Aelin will have to choose what—and who—to sacrifice if she's to keep the world of Erilea from breaking apart.]]> 689 Sarah J. Maas Lazaros 0 to-read 4.57 2016 Empire of Storms (Throne of Glass, #5)
author: Sarah J. Maas
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average rating: 4.57
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]]> <![CDATA[My Name Is Lucy Barton (Amgash, #1)]]> 25893709 193 Elizabeth Strout 1400067693 Lazaros 0 to-read 3.56 2016 My Name Is Lucy Barton (Amgash, #1)
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average rating: 3.56
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]]> <![CDATA[A Court of Mist and Fury (A Court of Thorns and Roses, #2)]]> 17927395
Nor has Feyre forgotten her bargain with Rhysand, High Lord of the feared Night Court. As Feyre navigates its dark web of politics, passion, and dazzling power, a greater evil looms—and she might be key to stopping it. But only if she can harness her harrowing gifts, heal her fractured soul, and decide how she wishes to shape her future—and the future of a world cleaved in two.

With more than a million copies sold of her beloved Throne of Glass series, Sarah J. Maas's masterful storytelling brings this second book in her seductive and action-packed series to new heights.]]> 626 Sarah J. Maas Lazaros 0 to-read 4.60 2016 A Court of Mist and Fury (A Court of Thorns and Roses, #2)
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]]> <![CDATA[Truthwitch (The Witchlands, #1)]]> 21414439 In a continent on the edge of war, two witches hold its fate in their hands.

Young witches Safiya and Iseult have a habit of finding trouble. After clashing with a powerful Guildmaster and his ruthless Bloodwitch bodyguard, the friends are forced to flee their home.

Safi must avoid capture at all costs as she's a rare Truthwitch, able to discern truth from lies. Many would kill for her magic, so Safi must keep it hidden - lest she be used in the struggle between empires. And Iseult's true powers are hidden even from herself.

In a chance encounter at Court, Safi meets Prince Merik and makes him a reluctant ally. However, his help may not slow down the Bloodwitch now hot on the girls' heels. All Safi and Iseult want is their freedom, but danger lies ahead. With war coming, treaties breaking and a magical contagion sweeping the land, the friends will have to fight emperors and mercenaries alike. For some will stop at nothing to get their hands on a Truthwitch.]]> 416 Susan Dennard Lazaros 0 to-read 3.85 2016 Truthwitch (The Witchlands, #1)
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]]> When Breath Becomes Air 25614898 When Breath Becomes Air chronicles Kalanithi’s transformation from a naïve medical student “possessed,� as he wrote, “by the question of what, given that all organisms die, makes a virtuous and meaningful life� into a neurosurgeon at Stanford working in the brain, the most critical place for human identity, and finally into a patient and new father confronting his own mortality.

What makes life worth living in the face of death? What do you do when the future, no longer a ladder toward your goals in life, flattens out into a perpetual present? What does it mean to have a child, to nurture a new life as another fades away? These are some of the questions Kalanithi wrestles with in this profoundly moving, exquisitely observed memoir.]]> 229 Paul Kalanithi 081298840X Lazaros 0 to-read 4.37 2016 When Breath Becomes Air
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]]> <![CDATA[Harry Potter and the Cursed Child: Parts One and Two (Harry Potter, #8)]]> 29056083
It was always difficult being Harry Potter, and it isn't much easier now that he is an overworked employee of the Ministry of Magic, a husband, and a father of three school-age children.

While Harry grapples with a past that refuses to stay where it belongs, his youngest son, Albus, must struggle with the weight of a family legacy he never wanted. As past and present fuse ominously, both father and son learn the uncomfortable truth: sometimes, darkness comes from unexpected places.

Based on an original new story by J.K. Rowling, Jack Thorne, and John Tiffany, a new play by Jack Thorne, "Harry Potter and the Cursed Child" is the complete and official playscript of the original, award-winning West End production. This updated edition includes the final dialogue and stage directions, a conversation piece between director John Tiffany and playwright Jack Thorne, the Potter family tree, and a timeline of events in the wizarding world leading up to "Harry Potter and the Cursed Child."]]> 343 J.K. Rowling 0540027340 Lazaros 0 to-read 3.42 2016 Harry Potter and the Cursed Child: Parts One and Two (Harry Potter, #8)
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]]> <![CDATA[Heart & Soul (Lost & Found, #5)]]> 25736783
Love is what makes us. It’s also what breaks us.

If this is true, Rowen just became the proverbial wrecking ball to Jesse’s life.

Upon discovering Rowen is pregnant after taking every precaution to ensure otherwise due to a life-threatening heart condition, Jesse is forced to face too many harsh realities and they send him into a desperate, dark place. To consider the possibility that he might lose his wife and unborn child is too much for Jesse to bear.

The situation is out of his control, so he gloms on to the few things he can control. Like noting Rowen’s every move, or dialing the doctor whenever her face goes a shade pale, or even acknowledging the fact he’d be willing to make a deal with the devil in exchange for his wife’s and child’s lives. There’s nothing he wouldn’t do or give or sacrifice to keep them from harm.

But what happens when the devil takes that deal Jesse struck, and the tables turn? A life for a life. A soul for a soul. A heart for a heart. His life for theirs.


Love is what makes us. It’s also what breaks us.

Love’s made Jesse and Rowen. Love’s about to break them too.



]]> 232 Nicole Williams Lazaros 0 to-read 3.94 2015 Heart & Soul (Lost & Found, #5)
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]]> <![CDATA[Losers Weepers (Lost & Found, #4)]]> 25007631
Garth Black’s more familiar with this concept than most people are. He hadn’t just lived in the dark for the majority of his life—he thrived in it. With a mom who’d bailed on him and a dad whose understanding of coddling started and ended with a bottle of whiskey, Garth had never been expected to rise to any sort of occasion other than following down the same dead-end paths.

That changed when he fell in love with Josie Gibson. After years of pulling each other closer before shoving the other way, they finally stopped shoving. Josie’s love is like nothing Garth’s ever experienced. He holds it close. He holds it sacred. He would do anything to preserve it and keep it from pollution, even if that means removing himself from the picture.

Garth might have been allowed a temporary furlough to bask in the light, but that pass has been revoked, and he’s been swallowed again by the dark. Will he revert to his old ways of hurting those he cares for most? Will he go back to the same destructive patterns . . . or will it be worse this time?

We can’t know light without first knowing dark . . . and Garth Black’s about to get acquainted with the dark in a whole new way.]]> 258 Nicole Williams Lazaros 0 to-read 4.01 2015 Losers Weepers (Lost & Found, #4)
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]]> Sweet Temptation (Sweet, #4) 24039422
Until he meets Anna Whitt—smart, feisty, and inexplicably good—the one girl seemingly immune to his charms. The daughter of a guardian angel and a fallen one, she makes him wish for more than he could ever deserve.

Determined to save all the Neph from their dark lives, Anna joins forces with Kaidan to overcome the Dukes� oppressive ways. In the light of her affections, Kaidan must undergo his toughest test of all, a battle of the heart.

Sensual and swoonworthy, this companion volume to the Sweet Evil series, told from the perspective of the mysterious Kaidan Rowe, gives readers revealing insights into the true emotions that drive him.]]> 484 Wendy Higgins 0062381423 Lazaros 0 to-read 4.21 2015 Sweet Temptation (Sweet, #4)
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average rating: 4.21
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]]> <![CDATA[The Fifth Dominion (Imajica, #1)]]> 52629 Imajica. Transforming every expectation of fantasy fiction with its heady mingling of radical sexuality and spiritual anarchy, it has carried its millions of readers into regions of passion and philosophy that few books have even attempted to map. It's an epic in every way; vast in conception, obsessively detailed in execution, and apocalyptic in its resolution. A book of erotic mysteries and perverse violence. A book of ancient, mythological landscapes and even more ancient magic.]]> 544 Clive Barker 0061094145 Lazaros 0 to-read 4.27 1991 The Fifth Dominion (Imajica, #1)
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average rating: 4.27
book published: 1991
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]]> <![CDATA[Fire & Flood (Fire & Flood, #1)]]> 22571272
Time is slipping away. . . .

Tella Holloway is losing it. Her brother is sick, and when a dozen doctors can't determine what's wrong, her parents decide to move to the middle of nowhere for the fresh air. She's lost her friends, her parents are driving her crazy, her brother is dying--and she's helpless to change anything.

Until she receives mysterious instructions on how to become a Contender in the Brimstone Bleed. It's an epic race across jungle, desert, ocean, and mountain that could win her the prize she desperately desires: the Cure for her brother's illness. But all the Contenders are after the Cure for people they love, and there's no guarantee that Tella (or any of them) will survive the race.

The jungle is terrifying, the clock is ticking, and Tella knows she can't trust the allies she makes. And one big question emerges: Why have so many fallen sick in the first place?

Victoria Scott's breathtaking novel grabs readers by the throat and doesn't let go.]]> 320 Victoria Scott 0545730481 Lazaros 0 to-read 4.12 2014 Fire & Flood (Fire & Flood, #1)
author: Victoria Scott
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average rating: 4.12
book published: 2014
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]]> Heartless 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 Lazaros 0 to-read 4.10 2016 Heartless
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]]> <![CDATA[It Ends with Us (It Ends with Us, #1)]]> 27362503
Lily hasn’t always had it easy, but that’s never stopped her from working hard for the life she wants. She’s come a long way from the small town in Maine where she grew up � she graduated from college, moved to Boston, and started her own business. So when she feels a spark with a gorgeous neurosurgeon named Ryle Kincaid, everything in Lily’s life suddenly seems almost too good to be true.

Ryle is assertive, stubborn, maybe even a little arrogant. He’s also sensitive, brilliant, and has a total soft spot for Lily. And the way he looks in scrubs certainly doesn’t hurt. Lily can’t get him out of her head. But Ryle’s complete aversion to relationships is disturbing. Even as Lily finds herself becoming the exception to his “no dating� rule, she can’t help but wonder what made him that way in the first place.

As questions about her new relationship overwhelm her, so do thoughts of Atlas Corrigan � her first love and a link to the past she left behind. He was her kindred spirit, her protector. When Atlas suddenly reappears, everything Lily has built with Ryle is threatened.]]> 386 Colleen Hoover 1668021048 Lazaros 0 to-read 4.11 2016 It Ends with Us (It Ends with Us, #1)
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average rating: 4.11
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