Capillya's bookshelf: all en-US Sun, 30 Jul 2023 10:20:14 -0700 60 Capillya's bookshelf: all 144 41 /images/layout/goodreads_logo_144.jpg Suite Scarlett (Scarlett, #1) 2328841
Scarlett is the third of four children in the Martin family. The Martins live in and manage a shabby hotel in NYC that dates back to the 1920s. When Scarlett turns 15, she is put in charge of one of the hotel's 27 rooms- the Empire Suite. Into this room moves Mrs. Amberson, a failed 1970s starlet who has returned to New York to write her memoirs. Soon, Scarlett is taking dictation, running around town with Mrs. Amberson, and getting caught up in her Auntie Mame-meets-Bianca Jagger adventures.]]> 368 Maureen Johnson 0439899273 Capillya 3 3.61 2008 Suite Scarlett (Scarlett, #1)
author: Maureen Johnson
name: Capillya
average rating: 3.61
book published: 2008
rating: 3
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]]> I'm the Girl 59808305 The new groundbreaking queer thriller from New York Times bestselling and Edgar-award Winning author Courtney Summers.

When sixteen-year-old Georgia Avis discovers the dead body of thirteen-year-old Ashley James, she teams up with Ashley's older sister, Nora, to find and bring the killer to justice before he strikes again. But their investigation throws Georgia into a world of unimaginable privilege and wealth, without conscience or consequence, and as Ashley’s killer closes in, Georgia will discover when money, power and beauty rule, it might not be a matter of who is guilty—but who is guiltiest.

A spiritual successor to the 2018 breakout hit, Sadie, I'm the Girl is a masterfully written, bold, and unflinching account of how one young woman feels in her body as she struggles to navigate a deadly and predatory power structure while asking readers one question: if this is the way the world is, do you accept it?]]> 344 Courtney Summers 1250808367 Capillya 0 to-read 3.39 2022 I'm the Girl
author: Courtney Summers
name: Capillya
average rating: 3.39
book published: 2022
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[The Bomber Mafia: A Dream, a Temptation, and the Longest Night of the Second World War]]> 56668328 An exploration of how technology and best intentions collide in the heat of war

´ˇĚýNew York Times Book Review Editorsâ€� Choice

In The Bomber Mafia, Malcolm Gladwell weaves together the stories of a Dutch genius and his homemade computer, a band of brothers in central Alabama, a British psychopath, and pyromaniacal chemists at Harvard to examine one of the greatest moral challenges in modern American history.
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Most military thinkers in the years leading up to World War II saw the airplane as an afterthought. But a small band of idealistic strategists, the “Bomber Mafia,â€� asked: What if precision bombing could cripple the enemy and make war far less lethal? Ěý
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In contrast, the bombing of Tokyo on the deadliest night of the war was the brainchild of General Curtis LeMay, whose brutal pragmatism and scorched-earth tactics in Japan cost thousands of civilian lives, but may have spared even more by averting a planned US invasion. In The Bomber Mafia, Gladwell asks, “Was it worth it?�
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Things might have gone differently had LeMay’s predecessor, General Haywood Hansell, remained in charge. Hansell believed in precision bombing, but when he and Curtis LeMay squared off for a leadership handover in the jungles of Guam, LeMay emerged victorious, leading to the darkest night of World War II. The Bomber Mafia is a riveting tale of persistence, innovation, and the incalculable wages of war.]]> 256 Malcolm Gladwell 0316296619 Capillya 0 to-read 3.98 2021 The Bomber Mafia: A Dream, a Temptation, and the Longest Night of the Second World War
author: Malcolm Gladwell
name: Capillya
average rating: 3.98
book published: 2021
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[Never Split the Difference: Negotiating As If Your Life Depended On It]]> 26156469 A former FBI hostage negotiator offers a new, field-tested approach to negotiating � effective in any situation.

After a stint policing the rough streets of Kansas City, Missouri, Chris Voss joined the FBI, where his career as a kidnapping negotiator brought him face-to-face with bank robbers, gang leaders and terrorists. Never Split the Difference takes you inside his world of high-stakes negotiations, revealing the nine key principles that helped Voss and his colleagues succeed when it mattered the most � when people’s lives were at stake.

Rooted in the real-life experiences of an intelligence professional at the top of his game, Never Split the Difference will give you the competitive edge in any discussion.]]> 274 Chris Voss 0062407805 Capillya 0 to-read 4.35 2016 Never Split the Difference: Negotiating As If Your Life Depended On It
author: Chris Voss
name: Capillya
average rating: 4.35
book published: 2016
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones]]> 40121378 Atomic Habits offers a proven framework for improving—every day. James Clear, one of the world's leading experts on habit formation, reveals practical strategies that will teach you exactly how to form good habits, break bad ones, and master the tiny behaviors that lead to remarkable results.

If you're having trouble changing your habits, the problem isn't you. The problem is your system. Bad habits repeat themselves again and again not because you don't want to change, but because you have the wrong system for change. You do not rise to the level of your goals. You fall to the level of your systems. Here, you'll get a proven system that can take you to new heights.

Clear is known for his ability to distill complex topics into simple behaviors that can be easily applied to daily life and work. Here, he draws on the most proven ideas from biology, psychology, and neuroscience to create an easy-to-understand guide for making good habits inevitable and bad habits impossible. Along the way, readers will be inspired and entertained with true stories from Olympic gold medalists, award-winning artists, business leaders, life-saving physicians, and star comedians who have used the science of small habits to master their craft and vault to the top of their field.

Learn how to:
-ĚýMake time for new habits (even when life gets crazy);
-ĚýOvercome a lack of motivation and willpower;
- Design your environment to make success easier;
- Get back on track when you fall off course;
...and much more.

Atomic Habits will reshape the way you think about progress and success, and give you the tools and strategies you need to transform your habits--whether you are a team looking to win a championship, an organization hoping to redefine an industry, or simply an individual who wishes to quit smoking, lose weight, reduce stress, or achieve any other goal.]]> 319 James Clear Capillya 0 to-read 4.34 2018 Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones
author: James Clear
name: Capillya
average rating: 4.34
book published: 2018
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]]> The War of Art 1319 168 Steven Pressfield 0446691437 Capillya 0 to-read 3.95 2002 The War of Art
author: Steven Pressfield
name: Capillya
average rating: 3.95
book published: 2002
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]]> The Project 53138093
When Lo’s given the perfect opportunity to gain access to Bea’s reclusive life, she thinks they’re finally going to be reunited. But it’s difficult to find someone who doesn’t want to be found, and as Lo delves deeper into The Project and its charismatic leader, she begins to realize that there’s more at risk than just her relationship with Bea: her very life might be in danger.

As she uncovers more questions than answers at each turn, everything Lo thought she knew about herself, her sister, and the world is upended. One thing doesn’t change, though, and that’s what keeps her going: Bea needs her, and Lo will do anything to save her.

From Courtney Summers, the New York Times bestselling author of the 2019 Edgar Award Winner and breakout hit Sadie, comes her electrifying follow-up—a suspenseful, pulls-no-punches story about an aspiring young journalist determined to save her sister no matter the cost.]]> 352 Courtney Summers 1250105730 Capillya 0 to-read 3.51 2021 The Project
author: Courtney Summers
name: Capillya
average rating: 3.51
book published: 2021
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[A Court of Thorns and Roses (A Court of Thorns and Roses, #1)]]> 16096824
Dragged to a magical kingdom for the murder of a faerie, Feyre discovers that her captor, his face obscured by a jewelled mask, is hiding far more than his piercing green eyes would suggest. Feyre's presence at the court is closely guarded, and as she begins to learn why, her feelings for him turn from hostility to passion and the faerie lands become an even more dangerous place. Feyre must fight to break an ancient curse, or she will lose him forever.]]> 419 Sarah J. Maas 1619634449 Capillya 0 4.17 2015 A Court of Thorns and Roses (A Court of Thorns and Roses, #1)
author: Sarah J. Maas
name: Capillya
average rating: 4.17
book published: 2015
rating: 0
read at: 2018/12/06
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]]> Mascot 37564748
Noah is scared he’ll never feel like his old self again. He doesn’t want people to think of him as different for the rest of his life. With the help of family and friends, he’ll have to throw off the mask he’s been hiding behind and face the fears that have kept him on the sidelines if he ever wants to move forward.]]> 336 Antony John 0062835629 Capillya 0 to-read 4.00 2018 Mascot
author: Antony John
name: Capillya
average rating: 4.00
book published: 2018
rating: 0
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]]> Nyxia (The Nyxia Triad, #1) 34050876
Emmett Atwater isn’t just leaving Detroit; he’s leaving Earth. Why the Babel Corporation recruited him is a mystery, but the number of zeroes on their contract has him boarding their lightship and hoping to return to Earth with enough money to take care of his family.

Forever.

Before long, Emmett discovers that he is one of ten recruits, all of whom have troubled pasts and are a long way from home. Now each recruit must earn the right to travel down to the planet of Eden—a planet that Babel has kept hidden—where they will mine a substance called Nyxia that has quietly become the most valuable material in the universe.

But Babel’s ship is full of secrets. And Emmett will face the ultimate choice: win the fortune at any cost, or find a way to fight that won’t forever compromise what it means to be human.

“The 100 meets Illuminae in this high-octane sci-fi thriller.� —Bustle

AND DON'T MISS NYXIA UNLEASHED!]]> 384 Scott Reintgen 0399556796 Capillya 0 to-read 4.09 2017 Nyxia (The Nyxia Triad, #1)
author: Scott Reintgen
name: Capillya
average rating: 4.09
book published: 2017
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]]> <![CDATA[Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine]]> 31434883 No one’s ever told Eleanor that life should be better than fine

Meet Eleanor Oliphant: she struggles with appropriate social skills and tends to say exactly what she’s thinking. Nothing is missing in her carefully timetabled life of avoiding unnecessary human contact, where weekends are punctuated by frozen pizza, vodka, and phone chats with Mummy.

But everything changes when Eleanor meets Raymond, the bumbling and deeply unhygienic IT guy from her office. When she and Raymond together save Sammy, an elderly gentleman who has fallen, the three rescue one another from the lives of isolation that they had been living. Ultimately, it is Raymond’s big heart that will help Eleanor find the way to repair her own profoundly damaged one. If she does, she'll learn that she, too, is capable of finding friendship—and even love—after all.

Smart, warm, uplifting, Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine is the story of an out-of-the-ordinary heroine whose deadpan weirdness and unconscious wit make for an irresistible journey as she realizes. . .

the only way to survive is to open your heart.]]> 336 Gail Honeyman 0735220689 Capillya 0 to-read 4.21 2017 Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine
author: Gail Honeyman
name: Capillya
average rating: 4.21
book published: 2017
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]]> Uprooted 22544764 “Our Dragon doesn’t eat the girls he takes, no matter what stories they tell outside our valley. We hear them sometimes, from travelers passing through. They talk as though we were doing human sacrifice, and he were a real dragon. Of course that’s not true: he may be a wizard and immortal, but he’s still a man, and our fathers would band together and kill him if he wanted to eat one of us every ten years. He protects us against the Wood, and we’re grateful, but not that grateful.�

Agnieszka loves her valley home, her quiet village, the forests and the bright shining river. But the corrupted Wood stands on the border, full of malevolent power, and its shadow lies over her life.

Her people rely on the cold, driven wizard known only as the Dragon to keep its powers at bay. But he demands a terrible price for his help: one young woman handed over to serve him for ten years, a fate almost as terrible as falling to the Wood.

The next choosing is fast approaching, and Agnieszka is afraid. She knows�everyone knows—that the Dragon will take Kasia: beautiful, graceful, brave Kasia, all the things Agnieszka isn’t, and her dearest friend in the world. And there is no way to save her.

But Agnieszka fears the wrong things. For when the Dragon comes, it is not Kasia he will choose.]]> 438 Naomi Novik 0804179034 Capillya 0 to-read 4.02 2015 Uprooted
author: Naomi Novik
name: Capillya
average rating: 4.02
book published: 2015
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]]> Nyxia (The Nyxia Triad, #1) 27426044
Emmett Atwater isn’t just leaving Detroit; he’s leaving Earth. Why the Babel Corporation recruited him is a mystery, but the number of zeroes on their contract has him boarding their lightship and hoping to return to Earth with enough money to take care of his family.

Forever.

Before long, Emmett discovers that he is one of ten recruits, all of whom have troubled pasts and are a long way from home. Now each recruit must earn the right to travel down to the planet of Eden—a planet that Babel has kept hidden—where they will mine a substance called Nyxia that has quietly become the most valuable material in the universe.

But Babel’s ship is full of secrets. And Emmett will face the ultimate choice: win the fortune at any cost, or find a way to fight that won’t forever compromise what it means to be human.]]> 384 Scott Reintgen Capillya 0 to-read 4.14 2017 Nyxia (The Nyxia Triad, #1)
author: Scott Reintgen
name: Capillya
average rating: 4.14
book published: 2017
rating: 0
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date added: 2018/02/03
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]]> <![CDATA[A Thousand Pieces of You (Firebird, #1)]]> 17234658
Marguerite refuses to let the man who destroyed her family go free. So she races after Paul through different universes, always leaping into another version of herself. But she also meets alternate versions of the people she knows—including Paul, whose life entangles with hers in increasingly familiar ways. Before long she begins to question Paul's guilt—as well as her own heart. And soon she discovers the truth behind her father's death is far more sinister than she expected.]]> 368 Claudia Gray 0062278967 Capillya 0 to-read 3.90 2014 A Thousand Pieces of You (Firebird, #1)
author: Claudia Gray
name: Capillya
average rating: 3.90
book published: 2014
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[A Darker Shade of Magic (Shades of Magic, #1)]]> 22055262
Kell was raised in Arnes—Red London—and officially serves the Maresh Empire as an ambassador, traveling between the frequent bloody regime changes in White London and the court of George III in the dullest of Londons, the one without any magic left to see.

Unofficially, Kell is a smuggler, servicing people willing to pay for even the smallest glimpses of a world they'll never see. It's a defiant hobby with dangerous consequences, which Kell is now seeing firsthand.

After an exchange goes awry, Kell escapes to Grey London and runs into Delilah Bard, a cut-purse with lofty aspirations. She first robs him, then saves him from a deadly enemy, and finally forces Kell to spirit her to another world for a proper adventure.

Now perilous magic is afoot, and treachery lurks at every turn. To save all of the worlds, they'll first need to stay alive.]]> 400 Victoria E. Schwab 0765376458 Capillya 0 to-read 4.04 2015 A Darker Shade of Magic (Shades of Magic, #1)
author: Victoria E. Schwab
name: Capillya
average rating: 4.04
book published: 2015
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[Wolf by Wolf (Wolf by Wolf, #1)]]> 24807186 Her story begins on a train.

The year is 1956, and the Axis powers of the Third Reich and Imperial Japan rule. To commemorate their Great Victory, Hitler and Emperor Hirohito host the Axis Tour: an annual motorcycle race across their conjoined continents. The victor is awarded an audience with the highly reclusive Adolf Hitler at the Victor’s Ball in Tokyo.

Yael, a former death camp prisoner, has witnessed too much suffering, and the five wolves tattooed on her arm are a constant reminder of the loved ones she lost. The resistance has given Yael one goal: Win the race and kill Hitler. A survivor of painful human experimentation, Yael has the power to skinshift and must complete her mission by impersonating last year’s only female racer, Adele Wolfe. This deception becomes more difficult when Felix, Adele twin’s brother, and Luka, her former love interest, enter the race and watch Yael’s every move.

But as Yael grows closer to the other competitors, can she bring herself to be as ruthless as she needs to be to avoid discovery and complete her mission?

From the author of The Walled City comes a fast-paced and innovative novel that will leave you breathless.]]> 388 Ryan Graudin 0316405124 Capillya 0 to-read 4.20 2015 Wolf by Wolf (Wolf by Wolf, #1)
author: Ryan Graudin
name: Capillya
average rating: 4.20
book published: 2015
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[Grief Is the Thing with Feathers]]> 25334576
In this moment of despair they are visited by Crow - antagonist, trickster, healer, babysitter. This self-described sentimental bird is attracted to the grieving family and threatens to stay until they no longer need him. As weeks turn to months and physical pain of loss gives way to memories, this little unit of three begin to heal.

In this extraordinary debut - part novella, part polyphonic fable, part essay on grief, Max Porter's compassion and bravura style combine to dazzling effect. Full of unexpected humour and profound emotional truth, Grief is the Thing with Feathers marks the arrival of a thrilling new talent.]]> 114 Max Porter 0571323766 Capillya 0 to-read 3.85 2015 Grief Is the Thing with Feathers
author: Max Porter
name: Capillya
average rating: 3.85
book published: 2015
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]]> Between the Notes 23287163
And it isn’t pretty.

Ivy is forced to move with her family out of their affluent neighborhood to Lakeside, also known as “the wrong side of the tracks.� Hiding the truth from her friends—and the cute new guy in school, who may have secrets of his own—seems like a good idea at first. But when a bad boy next door threatens to ruin everything, Ivy’s carefully crafted lies begin to unravel . . . and there is no way to stop them.

As things get to the breaking point, Ivy turns to her music, some unlikely new friends, and the trusting heart of her disabled little brother. She may be surprised that not everyone is who she thought they were . . . including herself.

Debut author Sharon Huss Roat crafts a charming and timely story of what happens when life as you know it flips completely upside down.]]> 382 Sharon Huss Roat 0062291726 Capillya 0 to-read 3.95 2015 Between the Notes
author: Sharon Huss Roat
name: Capillya
average rating: 3.95
book published: 2015
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]]> Everything, Everything 18692431
But then one day, a moving truck arrives. New next door neighbors. I look out the window, and I see him. He’s tall, lean and wearing all black—black t-shirt, black jeans, black sneakers and a black knit cap that covers his hair completely. He catches me looking and stares at me. I stare right back. His name is Olly. I want to learn everything about him, and I do. I learn that he is funny and fierce. I learn that his eyes are Atlantic Ocean-blue and that his vice is stealing silverware. I learn that when I talk to him, my whole world opens up, and I feel myself starting to change—starting to want things. To want out of my bubble. To want everything, everything the world has to offer.

Maybe we can’t predict the future, but we can predict some things. For example, I am certainly going to fall in love with Olly. It’s almost certainly going to be a disaster.]]> 312 Nicola Yoon 0553496646 Capillya 3 3.96 2015 Everything, Everything
author: Nicola Yoon
name: Capillya
average rating: 3.96
book published: 2015
rating: 3
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]]> <![CDATA[Days of Blood & Starlight (Daughter of Smoke & Bone, #2)]]> 12812550 Once upon a time, an angel and a devil fell in love and dared to imagine a world free of bloodshed and war.

This is not that world.

Art student and monster's apprentice Karou finally has the answers she has always sought. She knows who she is—and what she is. But with this knowledge comes another truth she would give anything to undo: She loved the enemy and he betrayed her, and a world suffered for it.

In this stunning sequel to the highly acclaimed Daughter of Smoke & Bone, Karou must decide how far she'll go to avenge her people. Filled with heartbreak and beauty, secrets and impossible choices, Days of Blood & Starlight finds Karou and Akiva on opposing sides as an age-old war stirs back to life.

While Karou and her allies build a monstrous army in a land of dust and starlight, Akiva wages a different sort of battle: a battle for redemption. For hope.

But can any hope be salvaged from the ashes of their broken dream?]]> 517 Laini Taylor 0316133973 Capillya 0 to-read 4.13 2012 Days of Blood & Starlight (Daughter of Smoke & Bone, #2)
author: Laini Taylor
name: Capillya
average rating: 4.13
book published: 2012
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]]> All the Bright Places 18460392 The Fault in Our Stars meets Eleanor and Park in this exhilarating and heart-wrenching love story about a girl who learns to live from a boy who intends to die.

Soon to be a major motion picture starring Elle Fanning!
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Theodore Finch is fascinated by death, and he constantly thinks of ways he might kill himself. But each time, something good, no matter how small, stops him.
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Violet Markey lives for the future, counting the days until graduation, when she can escape her Indiana town and her aching grief in the wake of her sister’s recent death.
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When Finch and Violet meet on the ledge of the bell tower at school, it’s unclear who saves whom. And when they pair up on a project to discover the “natural wonders� of their state, both Finch and Violet make more important discoveries: It’s only with Violet that Finch can be himself—a weird, funny, live-out-loud guy who’s not such a freak after all. And it’s only with Finch that Violet can forget to count away the days and start living them. But as Violet’s world grows, Finch’s begins to shrink.
Ěý
This is an intense, gripping novel perfect for fans of Jay Asher, Rainbow Rowell, John Green, Gayle Forman, and Jenny Downham from a talented new voice in YA, Jennifer Niven.]]> 388 Jennifer Niven 0385755880 Capillya 0 to-read 4.12 2015 All the Bright Places
author: Jennifer Niven
name: Capillya
average rating: 4.12
book published: 2015
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]]> <![CDATA[The Summer of Chasing Mermaids]]> 22840182 can't sing. She can't even speak.

Seeking quiet solitude, Elyse accepts a friend's invitation to Atargatis Cove. Named for the mythical first mermaid, the Oregon seaside town is everything Elyse's home in the Caribbean isn't: an ocean too cold for swimming, parties too tame for singing, and people too polite to pry - except for one.

Christian Kane is a notorious playboy - insolent, arrogant, and completely charming. He's also the only person in Atargatis Cove who doesn't treat Elyse like a glass statue. He challenges her to express herself, and he admires the way she treats his younger brother, Sebastian, who believes Elyse is the legendary mermaid come to life.

When Christian needs a first mate for the Cove's high-stakes Pirate Regatta, Elyse reluctantly stows her fear of the sea and climbs aboard. The ocean isn't the only thing making waves, though - swept up in Christian's seductive tide and entranced by the Cove's charms, Elyse begins to wonder if a life of solitude isn't what she needs. But changing course again means facing her past. It means finding her inner voice. And scariest of all, it means opening her heart to a boy who's best known for breaking them...]]> 416 Sarah Ockler 1481401297 Capillya 0 to-read 3.83 2015 The Summer of Chasing Mermaids
author: Sarah Ockler
name: Capillya
average rating: 3.83
book published: 2015
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]]> Red Queen (Red Queen, #1) 17878931
The Reds are commoners, ruled by a Silver elite in possession of god-like superpowers. And to Mare Barrow, a seventeen-year-old Red girl from the poverty-stricken Stilts, it seems like nothing will ever change.

That is, until she finds herself working in the Silver Palace. Here, surrounded by the people she hates the most, Mare discovers that, despite her red blood, she possesses a deadly power of her own. One that threatens to destroy the balance of power.

Fearful of Mare's potential, the Silvers hide her in plain view, declaring her a long-lost Silver princess, now engaged to a Silver prince. Despite knowing that one misstep would mean her death, Mare works silently to help the Red Guard, a militant resistance group, and bring down the Silver regime.

But this is a world of betrayal and lies, and Mare has entered a dangerous dance - Reds against Silvers, prince against prince, and Mare against her own heart...]]> 383 Victoria Aveyard 1409151174 Capillya 0 to-read 4.04 2015 Red Queen (Red Queen, #1)
author: Victoria Aveyard
name: Capillya
average rating: 4.04
book published: 2015
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[Just Call My Name (I'll Be There, #2)]]> 18607158
Emily Bell has it all. She's in love with a boy named Sam Border, and his little brother has become part of her family. This summer is destined to be the best time of their lives--until a charismatic new girl in town sets her sights on Sam. Now Emily finds herself questioning the loyalty of the person she thought she could trust most.

But the biggest threat to her happiness is someone she never saw coming. Sam's criminally insane father, whom everyone thought they'd finally left behind, is planning a jailbreak. And he knows exactly where to find Emily and his sons when he escapes...and takes his revenge.]]> 352 Holly Goldberg Sloan 0316122815 Capillya 0 to-read 3.85 2014 Just Call My Name (I'll Be There, #2)
author: Holly Goldberg Sloan
name: Capillya
average rating: 3.85
book published: 2014
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[Relax, I'm a Ninja (Relax, I'm a Ninja, #1)]]> 18467531
When a killer with a poisoned blade starts cutting down teens, Tosh enlists Amy Sato—newest ninja recruit and his best friend’s crush—and sets out to uncover the killer’s identity. What they find is ninjutsu more evil than they could have ever imagined.

As Amy and Tosh grow closer, they discover their connection unleashes a legendary power that could stop the murders. Problem is, that power may be exactly what the killer is looking for, and wielding it could cost them both their souls.]]> Natalie Whipple Capillya 0 to-read 3.82 2014 Relax, I'm a Ninja (Relax, I'm a Ninja, #1)
author: Natalie Whipple
name: Capillya
average rating: 3.82
book published: 2014
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]]> Wonder (Wonder, #1) 11387515 I won’t describe what I look like. Whatever you’re thinking, it’s probably worse.

August Pullman was born with a facial difference that, up until now, has prevented him from going to a mainstream school. Starting 5th grade at Beecher Prep, he wants nothing more than to be treated as an ordinary kid—but his new classmates can’t get past Auggie’s extraordinary face. Wonder, begins from Auggie’s point of view, but soon switches to include his classmates, his sister, her boyfriend, and others.]]> 315 R.J. Palacio 0375869026 Capillya 5
If I were to gush about a character other than Auggie, it'd be his fierce yet gentle big sis, Via. That girl had guts. I love my sister, but she's definitely the big sister I wish I had growing up. If you're looking for a book that's going to make your heart swollen with a plethora of emotions, it's this one. I simply couldn't walk away from this book with a slightly different outlook on life. Simply wonderful.]]> 4.34 2012 Wonder (Wonder, #1)
author: R.J. Palacio
name: Capillya
average rating: 4.34
book published: 2012
rating: 5
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To call this book charming, endearing or uplifting just doesn't feel right. The words aren't STRONG enough. Also, to simply say this is a "beautiful little book" just doesn't feel like I'm doing this book justice, either. This isn't the kind of novel that has you flipping pages because it's plot-driven and every short chapter ends on a mini cliffhanger. Reading about life from the perspective of several different kids that focus on one remarkable little boy made me curious to know which side of the story I'd read next.

If I were to gush about a character other than Auggie, it'd be his fierce yet gentle big sis, Via. That girl had guts. I love my sister, but she's definitely the big sister I wish I had growing up. If you're looking for a book that's going to make your heart swollen with a plethora of emotions, it's this one. I simply couldn't walk away from this book with a slightly different outlook on life. Simply wonderful.
]]> Say What You Will 18599754 The Fault in Our Stars meets Rainbow Rowell's Eleanor & Park in this beautifully written, incredibly honest, and emotionally poignant novel. Cammie McGovern's insightful young adult debut is a heartfelt and heartbreaking story about how we can all feel lost until we find someone who loves us because of our faults, not in spite of them.

Born with cerebral palsy, Amy can't walk without a walker, talk without a voice box, or even fully control her facial expressions. Plagued by obsessive-compulsive disorder, Matthew is consumed with repeated thoughts, neurotic rituals, and crippling fear. Both in desperate need of someone to help them reach out to the world, Amy and Matthew are more alike than either ever realized.

When Amy decides to hire student aides to help her in her senior year at Coral Hills High School, these two teens are thrust into each other's lives. As they begin to spend time with each other, what started as a blossoming friendship eventually grows into something neither expected.]]> 218 Cammie McGovern 0062271121 Capillya 0 to-read 3.68 2014 Say What You Will
author: Cammie McGovern
name: Capillya
average rating: 3.68
book published: 2014
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]]> Guy in Real Life 18599748
It is Labor Day weekend in Saint Paul, Minnesota, and boy and girl collide on a dark street at two thirty in the morning: Lesh, who wears black, listens to metal, and plays MMOs; Svetlana, who embroiders her skirts, listens to Björk and Berlioz, and dungeon masters her own RPG. They should pick themselves up, continue on their way, and never talk to each other again.

But they don't.

This is a story of two people who do not belong in each other's lives, who find each other at a time when they desperately need someone who doesn't belong in their lives. A story of those moments when we act like people we aren't in order to figure out who we are. A story of the roles we all play-at school, at home, with our friends, and without our friends-and the one person who might show us what lies underneath it all.]]> 405 Steve Brezenoff 0062266853 Capillya 0 to-read 3.40 2014 Guy in Real Life
author: Steve Brezenoff
name: Capillya
average rating: 3.40
book published: 2014
rating: 0
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]]> Counting by 7s 15937108
Suddenly Willow’s world is tragically changed when her parents both die in a car crash, leaving her alone in a baffling world. The triumph of this book is that it is not a tragedy. This extraordinarily odd, but extraordinarily endearing, girl manages to push through her grief. Her journey to find a fascinatingly diverse and fully believable surrogate family is a joy and a revelation to read.]]> 380 Holly Goldberg Sloan 0803738552 Capillya 0 to-read 4.13 2013 Counting by 7s
author: Holly Goldberg Sloan
name: Capillya
average rating: 4.13
book published: 2013
rating: 0
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]]> Just One of the Guys 2884065
While doing a story on local heroes, she meets a hunky doctor and things start to look up. Now there's only one problem: Trevor Meade, her first love and the one man she's never quite gotten over--although he seems to have gotten over her just fine.

Yet the more time she spends with Dr. Perfect, the better Trevor looks. But even with the in-your-face competition, the irresistible Trevor just can't seem to see Chastity as anything more than just one of the guys....]]> 384 Kristan Higgins 0373772998 Capillya 3 3.90 2008 Just One of the Guys
author: Kristan Higgins
name: Capillya
average rating: 3.90
book published: 2008
rating: 3
read at: 2013/05/27
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]]> My Life Next Door 12294652 A gorgeous debut about family, friendship, first romance, and how to be true to one person you love without betraying another

“One thing my mother never knew, and would disapprove of most of all, was that I watched the Garretts. All the time.�

The Garretts are everything the Reeds are not. Loud, numerous, messy, affectionate. And every day from her balcony perch, seventeen-year-old Samantha Reed wishes she was one of them . . . until one summer evening, Jase Garrett climbs her terrace and changes everything. As the two fall fiercely in love, Jase's family makes Samantha one of their own. Then in an instant, the bottom drops out of her world and she is suddenly faced with an impossible decision. Which perfect family will save her? Or is it time she saved herself?

A dreamy summer read, full of characters who stay with you long after the story is over.]]> 394 Huntley Fitzpatrick 0803736991 Capillya 0 3.97 2012 My Life Next Door
author: Huntley Fitzpatrick
name: Capillya
average rating: 3.97
book published: 2012
rating: 0
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I'm not quite sure how to rate this one, so I won't. The first half of the book I could totally get behind, but that last third felt like I was riding the crazy train.
]]> Tales from Outer Suburbia 2999495 Tales from Outer Suburbia is by turns hilarious and poignant, perceptive and goofy. Through a series of captivating and sophisticated illustrated stories, Tan explores the precious strangeness of our existence. He gives us a portrait of modern suburban existence filtered through a wickedly Monty Pythonesque lens. Whether it's discovering that the world really does stop at the end of the city's map book, or a family's lesson in tolerance through an alien cultural exchange student, Tan's deft, sweet social satire brings us face-to-face with the humor and absurdity of modern life.]]> 96 Shaun Tan 0771084021 Capillya 4 4.32 2008 Tales from Outer Suburbia
author: Shaun Tan
name: Capillya
average rating: 4.32
book published: 2008
rating: 4
read at: 2013/02/07
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]]> The Rabbits 82599 Simply Read Books 32 John Marsden 0968876889 Capillya 4 4.30 1998 The Rabbits
author: John Marsden
name: Capillya
average rating: 4.30
book published: 1998
rating: 4
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]]> The Red Tree 300946
Feelings too complex for words are rendered into an imaginary landscape where the child wanders, oblivious to the glimmer of promise in the shape of a tiny red leaf.

Everything seems hopeless until the child returns to her room and sees the red tree. At that perfect moment of beauty and purity, the child smiles and her world stirs anew.

With sensitivity and wonder, Shaun Tan's evocative images in The Red Tree open a window to our inexplicable emotions and tell a story about the power of hope, renewal and inspiration.]]> 32 Shaun Tan 0968876838 Capillya 4 4.51 2001 The Red Tree
author: Shaun Tan
name: Capillya
average rating: 4.51
book published: 2001
rating: 4
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]]> The Arrival 920607
Shaun Tan evokes universal aspects of an immigrant's experience through a singular work of the imagination. He does so using brilliantly clear and mesmerizing images. Because the main character can't communicate in words, the book forgoes them too. But while the reader experiences the main character's isolation, he also shares his ultimate joy.]]> 132 Shaun Tan Capillya 4 4.33 2007 The Arrival
author: Shaun Tan
name: Capillya
average rating: 4.33
book published: 2007
rating: 4
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]]> The Lost Thing 69139
The Lost Thing is a gently humorous story that will be read and enjoyed by a wide range of ages. While the narrative is full of typical thoughts of an observant and caring young person, the illustrations provide a surreal and thought-provoking backdrop for this 'lost dog story' with a definite twist. The Lost Thing is the first book that Shaun Tan both wrote and illustrated.]]> 32 Shaun Tan 1894965108 Capillya 5 4.32 2000 The Lost Thing
author: Shaun Tan
name: Capillya
average rating: 4.32
book published: 2000
rating: 5
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]]> There You'll Find Me 10647131 Grief brought Finley to Ireland. Love will lead her home.

Finley Sinclair is not your typical eighteen year old. She's witty, tough, and driven. With an upcoming interview at the Manhattan music conservatory, Finley needs to compose her audition piece. But her creativity disappeared with the death of her older brother, Will.

She decides to study abroad in Ireland so she can follow Will's travel journal. It's the place he felt closest to God, and she's hopeful being there will help her make peace over losing him. So she agrees to an exchange program and boards the plane.

Beckett Rush, teen heartthrob and Hollywood bad boy, is flying to Ireland to finish filming his latest vampire movie. On the flight, he meets Finley. She's the one girl who seems immune to his charm. Undeterred, Beckett convinces her to be his assistant in exchange for his help as a tour guide.

Once in Ireland, Finley starts to break down. The loss of her brother and the pressure of school, her audition, and whatever it is that is happening between her and Beckett, leads her to a new and dangerous vice. When is God going to show up for her in this emerald paradise?

Then she experiences something that radically changes her perspective on life. Could it be God convincing her that everything she's been looking for has been with her all along?]]> 310 Jenny B. Jones 1595545409 Capillya 3 4.00 2011 There You'll Find Me
author: Jenny B. Jones
name: Capillya
average rating: 4.00
book published: 2011
rating: 3
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]]> Shatter Me (Shatter Me, #1) 10429045 I have a curse
I have a gift

I am a monster
I'm more than human

My touch is lethal
My touch is power

I am their weapon
I will fight back

Juliette hasn't touched anyone in exactly 264 days.

The last time she did, it was an accident, but The Reestablishment locked her up for murder. No one knows why Juliette's touch is fatal. As long as she doesn't hurt anyone else, no one really cares. The world is too busy crumbling to pieces to pay attention to a 17-year-old girl. Diseases are destroying the population, food is hard to find, birds don't fly anymore, and the clouds are the wrong color.

The Reestablishment said their way was the only way to fix things, so they threw Juliette in a cell. Now so many people are dead that the survivors are whispering war—and The Reestablishment has changed its mind. Maybe Juliette is more than a tortured soul stuffed into a poisonous body. Maybe she's exactly what they need right now.

Juliette has to make a choice: Be a weapon. Or be a warrior.]]> 338 Tahereh Mafi 0062085484 Capillya 2
]]> 3.86 2011 Shatter Me (Shatter Me, #1)
author: Tahereh Mafi
name: Capillya
average rating: 3.86
book published: 2011
rating: 2
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I wanted to love this book so much. Lots of things held me back, and I thought the story would get better towards the end. I'd review here but I think The Book Smugglers say it pretty well here:


]]> <![CDATA[The Thief (The Queen's Thief, #1)]]> 448873 Instead of Three Wishes, the first book by Megan Whalen Turner. Her second book more than fulfills that promise.

The king's scholar, the magus, believes he knows the site of an ancient treasure. To attain it for his king, he needs a skillful thief, and he selects Gen from the king's prison. The magus is interested only in the thief's abilities. What Gen is interested in is anyone's guess. Their journey toward the treasure is both dangerous and difficult, lightened only imperceptibly by the tales they tell of the old gods and goddesses.

Megan Whalen Turner weaves Gen's stories and Gen's story together with style and verve in a novel that is filled with intrigue, adventure, and surprise.]]> 280 Megan Whalen Turner 0060824972 Capillya 3 3.86 1996 The Thief (The Queen's Thief, #1)
author: Megan Whalen Turner
name: Capillya
average rating: 3.86
book published: 1996
rating: 3
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]]> Sean Griswold's Head 8734467 According to her guidance counselor, fifteen-year-old Payton Gritas needs a focus object-an item to concentrate her emotions on. It's supposed to be something inanimate, but Payton decides to use the thing she stares at during class: Sean Griswold's head. They've been linked since third grade (Griswold-Gritas-it's an alphabetical order thing), but she's never really known him.

The focus object is intended to help Payton deal with her father's newly diagnosed multiple sclerosis. And it's working. With the help of her boy-crazy best friend Jac, Payton starts stalking-er, focusing on-Sean Griswold . . . all of him! He's cute, he shares her Seinfeld obsession (nobody else gets it!) and he may have a secret or two of his own.

In this sweet story of first love, Lindsey Leavitt seamlessly balances heartfelt family moments, spot-on sarcastic humor, and a budding young romance.]]> 276 Lindsey Leavitt 1599904985 Capillya 3 3.78 2011 Sean Griswold's Head
author: Lindsey Leavitt
name: Capillya
average rating: 3.78
book published: 2011
rating: 3
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]]> The Brides of Rollrock Island 12009173
But magic always has its price. A fisherman may have and hold a sea bride, and tell himself that he is her master. But from his first look into those wide, questioning, liquid eyes, he will be just as transformed as she is. He will be equally ensnared. And in the end the witch will always have her payment.

Margo Lanagan has written an extraordinary tale of desire, despair and transformation. In devastatingly beautiful prose, she reveals unforgettable characters capable of unspeakable cruelty - and deep unspoken love. After reading about the Rollrock fishermen and their sea brides, the world will not seem the same.]]> 306 Margo Lanagan 0857560336 Capillya 0 to-read 3.67 2012 The Brides of Rollrock Island
author: Margo Lanagan
name: Capillya
average rating: 3.67
book published: 2012
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[People Who Eat Darkness: The Fate of Lucie Blackman]]> 8491980
Lucie Blackman - tall, blonde, and 21 years old - stepped out into the vastness of Tokyo in the summer of 2000, and disappeared forever. The following winter, her dismembered remains were found buried in a seaside cave.

The seven months in between had seen a massive search for the missing girl, involving Japanese policemen, British private detectives, Australian dowsers and Lucie's desperate, but bitterly divided, parents. As the case unfolded, it drew the attention of prime ministers and sado-masochists, ambassadors and con-men, and reporters from across the world. Had Lucie been abducted by a religious cult, or snatched by human traffickers? Who was the mysterious man she had gone to meet? And what did her work, as a 'hostess' in the notorious Roppongi district of Tokyo, really involve?

Richard Lloyd Parry, an award-winning foreign correspondent, has followed the case since Lucie's disappearance. Over the course of a decade, he has travelled to four continents to interview those caught up in the story, fought off a legal attack in the Japanese courts, and worked undercover as a barman in a Roppongi strip club. He has talked exhaustively to Lucie's friends and family and won unique access to the Japanese detectives who investigated the case. And he has delved into the mind and background of the man accused of the crime-Joji Obara, described by the judge as 'unprecedented and extremely evil'. With the finesse of a novelist, he reveals the astonishing truth about Lucie and her fate.

People Who Eat Darkness is, by turns, a non-fiction thriller, a courtroom drama and the biography of both a victim and a killer. It is the story of a young woman who fell prey to unspeakable evil, and of a loving family torn apart by grief. And it is a fascinating insight into one of the world's most baffling and mysterious societies, a light shone into dark corners of Japan that the rest of the world has never glimpsed before.]]> 404 Richard Lloyd Parry 0224079174 Capillya 0 to-read 3.73 2010 People Who Eat Darkness: The Fate of Lucie Blackman
author: Richard Lloyd Parry
name: Capillya
average rating: 3.73
book published: 2010
rating: 0
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]]> Invisibility 11147422 358 Andrea Cremer 0399257608 Capillya 0 to-read 3.43 2013 Invisibility
author: Andrea Cremer
name: Capillya
average rating: 3.43
book published: 2013
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making (Fairyland, #1)]]> 9591398 Ěý
With exquisite illustrations by acclaimed artist Ana Juan, Fairyland lives up to the sensation it created when the author first posted it online. For readers of all ages who love the charm of Alice in Wonderland and the soul of The Golden Compass, here is a reading experience unto itself: unforgettable, and so very beautiful.
]]> 247 Catherynne M. Valente 0312649614 Capillya 0 to-read 3.95 2011 The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making (Fairyland, #1)
author: Catherynne M. Valente
name: Capillya
average rating: 3.95
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]]> The End Games 13228537 It happened on Halloween.

The world ended.

And a dangerous Game brought it back to life.

Seventeen-year-old Michael and his five-year-old brother, Patrick, have been battling monsters in The Game for weeks.

In the rural mountains of West Virginia, armed with only their rifle and their love for each other, the brothers follow Instructions from the mysterious Game Master. They spend their days searching for survivors, their nights fighting endless hordes of “Bellows”—creatures that roam the dark, roaring for flesh. And at this Game, Michael and Patrick are very good.

But The Game is changing.

The Bellows are evolving.

The Game Master is leading Michael and Patrick to other survivors—survivors who don’t play by the rules.

And the brothers will never be the same.

T. Michael Martin’s debut novel is a transcendent thriller filled with electrifying action, searing emotional insight, and unexpected romance.]]> 369 T. Michael Martin 0062201808 Capillya 0 to-read 3.50 2013 The End Games
author: T. Michael Martin
name: Capillya
average rating: 3.50
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]]> The Storyteller 11284898
Award-winning author Antonia Michaelis moves in a bold new direction with her latest novel: a dark, haunting, contemporary story that is part mystery, part romance, and part melodrama.]]> 402 Antonia Michaelis 1419701223 Capillya 0 to-read 4.02 2011 The Storyteller
author: Antonia Michaelis
name: Capillya
average rating: 4.02
book published: 2011
rating: 0
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]]> Winger (Winger, #1) 11861815
With the help of his sense of humor, rugby buddies, and his penchant for doodling comics, Ryan Dean manages to survive life’s complications and even find some happiness along the way. But when the unthinkable happens, he has to figure out how to hold on to what’s important, even when it feels like everything has fallen apart.

Filled with hand-drawn info-graphics and illustrations and told in a pitch-perfect voice, this realistic depiction of a teen’s experience strikes an exceptional balance of hilarious and heartbreaking.]]> 439 Andrew Smith 1442444924 Capillya 0 to-read 4.04 2013 Winger (Winger, #1)
author: Andrew Smith
name: Capillya
average rating: 4.04
book published: 2013
rating: 0
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]]> Reboot (Reboot, #1) 13517455
Wren’s favorite part of the job is training new Reboots, but her latest newbie is the worst she’s ever seen. As a 22, Callum Reyes is practically human. His reflexes are too slow, he’s always asking questions, and his ever-present smile is freaking her out. Yet there’s something about him she can’t ignore. When Callum refuses to follow an order, Wren is given one last chance to get him in line—or she’ll have to eliminate him. Wren has never disobeyed before and knows if she does, she’ll be eliminated, too. But she has also never felt as alive as she does around Callum.

The perfect soldier is done taking orders.]]> 365 Amy Tintera 0062217070 Capillya 0 to-read 3.90 2013 Reboot (Reboot, #1)
author: Amy Tintera
name: Capillya
average rating: 3.90
book published: 2013
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[Fade to Black (Rojan Dizon, #1)]]> 14781447
Rojan is a bounty hunter trying to make his way in the city. Everyone knows he’s a womaniser, a shirker of all responsibility, but they don’t know he’s also a pain-mage: able to draw magic from his own & other people’s pain. He’s not keen on using it (not least because it’s outlawed), but when his niece is abducted and taken to the dark depths of the Pit, he may just be forced to unleash his power . . .]]> 384 Francis Knight 0356501663 Capillya 0 to-read 3.67 2013 Fade to Black (Rojan Dizon, #1)
author: Francis Knight
name: Capillya
average rating: 3.67
book published: 2013
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]]> Walk Two Moons 53496 Instantly, Phoebe Winterbottom came to mind. "I could tell you an extensively strange story," I warned.
"Oh, good!" Gram said. "Delicious!"
And that is how I happened to tell them about Phoebe, her disappearing mother, and the lunatic.

As Sal entertains her grandparents with Phoebe's outrageous story, her own story begins to unfold � the story of a thirteen-year-old girl whose only wish is to be reunited with her missing mother.

In her own award-winning style, Sharon Creech intricately weaves together two tales, one funny, one bittersweet, to create a heartwarming, compelling, and utterly moving story of love, loss, and the complexity of human emotion.]]> 280 Sharon Creech 0060739495 Capillya 0 to-read 3.99 1994 Walk Two Moons
author: Sharon Creech
name: Capillya
average rating: 3.99
book published: 1994
rating: 0
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]]> Eleanor & Park 12250584 336 Rainbow Rowell 140911631X Capillya 5 3.95 2012 Eleanor & Park
author: Rainbow Rowell
name: Capillya
average rating: 3.95
book published: 2012
rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[A Corner of White (The Colours of Madeleine, #1)]]> 8661987
Elliot Baranski lives in Bonfire, the Farms, the Kingdom of Cello � where seasons roam, the Butterfly Child sleeps in a glass jar, and bells warn of attacks from dangerous Colours.

They are worlds apart � until a crack opens up between them; a corner of white � the slim seam of a letter.

A mesmerising story of two worlds; the cracks between them, the science that binds them and the colours that infuse them.

â€Perfectly strange, and absolutely comical and heartfelt ... Jaclyn Moriarty is one of the most original writers we have.â€� â€� Markus Zusak]]> 400 Jaclyn Moriarty 1742611397 Capillya 0 to-read 3.79 2012 A Corner of White (The Colours of Madeleine, #1)
author: Jaclyn Moriarty
name: Capillya
average rating: 3.79
book published: 2012
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]]> Nobody 13628172
That’s why they make the perfect assassins.

The Institute finds these people when they’re young and takes them away for training. But an untrained Nobody is a threat to their organization. And threats must be eliminated.

Sixteen-year-old Claire has been invisible her whole life, missed by the Institute’s monitoring. But now they’ve ID’ed her and send seventeen-year-old Nix to remove her. Yet the moment he lays eyes on her, he can’t make the hit. It’s as if Claire and Nix are the only people in the world for each other. And they are—because no one else ever notices them.]]> 393 Jennifer Lynn Barnes 1606843214 Capillya 0 to-read 3.37 2013 Nobody
author: Jennifer Lynn Barnes
name: Capillya
average rating: 3.37
book published: 2013
rating: 0
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]]> Liar & Spy 13262061 New York Times bestseller from the author of the Newbery Medal book When You Reach Me: a story about spies, games, and friendship. Seventh grader Georges moves into a Brooklyn apartment building and meets Safer, a twelve-year-old self-appointed spy. Georges becomes Safer's first spy recruit. His assignment? Tracking the mysterious Mr. X, who lives in the apartment upstairs. But as Safer becomes more demanding, Georges starts to wonder: what is a lie, and what is a game? How far is too far to go for your only friend? Like the dazzling When You Reach Me, Liar & Spy will keep readers guessing until the end.

Praise for Liar & Spy:

A Junior Library Guild Selection - A New York Times Bestseller - An Indie Bestseller - Kirkus Reviews starred review - Publishers Weekly starred review - The Horn Book starred review - School Library Journal starred review - The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books starred review - Autumn 2012 Kids' Indie Next List -Nominated for the Best Fiction for Young Adults 2013 - Kirkus Reviews Best of Children's Books 2012 List - Publishers Weekly Best of Children's Fiction 2012 - School Library Journal Best of Children's Fiction 2012 List - The Horn Book 's Best of 2012 List -
Barnes & Noble Best Books of 2012 for Kids List - Amazon's Best of the Year, Middle Grade (3) - A New York Times Book Review Notable Children's Book of 2012 - Holiday gift guides: Chicago Tribune, San Francisco Chronicle, LA Times - NPR Outstanding "Backseat" Reads for Ages 9-14, NPR's Backseat Book Club - One of The Atlantic Wire's 25 favorite middle grade and young adult book covers of 2012 - The Wall Street Journal 's Best Children's Books of 2012 - The Chicago Public Library Best of the Best 2012 - The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books 2012 Blue Ribbons List]]> 180 Rebecca Stead 0385737432 Capillya 0 to-read 3.81 2012 Liar & Spy
author: Rebecca Stead
name: Capillya
average rating: 3.81
book published: 2012
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]]> reMIND: Volume 1 11920745 152 Jason Brubaker 0983114900 Capillya 3 comics-gn 3.87 2009 reMIND: Volume 1
author: Jason Brubaker
name: Capillya
average rating: 3.87
book published: 2009
rating: 3
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]]> Anya's Ghost 9615347 Anya could really use a friend. But her new BFF isn't kidding about the "Forever" part.

Of all the things Anya expected to find at the bottom of an old well, a new friend was not one of them. Especially not a new friend who’s been dead for a century.

Falling down a well is bad enough, but Anya's normal life might actually be worse. She's embarrassed by her family, self-conscious about her body, and she's pretty much given up on fitting in at school. A new friend—even a ghost—is just what she needs.

Or so she thinks. Spooky, sardonic, and secretly sincere, Anya's Ghost is a wonderfully entertaining debut from author/artist Vera Brosgol.]]> 224 Vera Brosgol 1596437138 Capillya 3 comics-gn 3.91 2011 Anya's Ghost
author: Vera Brosgol
name: Capillya
average rating: 3.91
book published: 2011
rating: 3
read at: 2012/08/19
date added: 2012/08/19
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]]> <![CDATA[Au Revoir, Crazy European Chick (Perry & Gobi, #1)]]> 10051706 La Femme Nikita in this funny, action-packed young adult novel.

It’s prom night—and Perry just wants to stick to his own plan and finally play a much-anticipated gig with his band in the Big Apple. But when his mother makes him take Gobija Zaksauskas—their quiet, geeky Lithuanian exchange student—to the prom, he never expects that his ordinary high school guy life will soon turn on its head. Perry finds that Gobi is on a mission, and Perry has no other choice but to go along for a reckless ride through Manhattan’s concrete grid with a trained assassin in Dad’s red Jag.

Infused with capers, car chases, heists, hits, henchmen, and even a bear fight, this story mixes romance, comedy, and tragedy in a true teen coming-of-age adventure—and it’s not over until it’s “au revoir.”]]> 190 Joe Schreiber 0547577389 Capillya 0 to-read 3.60 2011 Au Revoir, Crazy European Chick (Perry & Gobi, #1)
author: Joe Schreiber
name: Capillya
average rating: 3.60
book published: 2011
rating: 0
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]]> Attachments 8909152 "Hi, I'm the guy who reads your e-mail, and also, I love you..."

Beth Fremont and Jennifer Scribner-Snyder know that somebody is monitoring their work e-mail. (Everybody in the newsroom knows. It's company policy.) But they can't quite bring themselves to take it seriously. They go on sending each other endless and endlessly hilarious e-mails, discussing every aspect of their personal lives.

Meanwhile, Lincoln O'Neill can't believe this is his job now—reading other people's e-mail. When he applied to be "internet security officer," he pictured himself building firewalls and crushing hackers—not writing up a report every time a sports reporter forwards a dirty joke.

When Lincoln comes across Beth's and Jennifer's messages, he knows he should turn them in. But he can't help being entertained—and captivated—by their stories.

By the time Lincoln realizes he's falling for Beth, it's way too late to introduce himself.

What would he say . . . ?]]> 323 Rainbow Rowell Capillya 5
I'd heard about Attachments from two of my lovely blogger friends (Alea & Sarah) last year, who'd raved about this here little book. I hadn't read an epistolary novel since required reading back in my high school days, but their reviews got me really excited to read it, that's for sure. But I thought to myself, "Hmm, this sounds interesting. A story told through emails? A boy? A girl? Some romance? Sounds neat. I'll give it a go."

This here little book has so much more depth than romance told through bits and bytes. In fact, yes, there is romance involved, but not in the traditional sense. It won't set your ovaries ablaze with a description of a muscled, chiseled sexpot alpha male. It's a story that involves a colorful, well-formed set of characters that will make you both laugh and cry. Seriously, each little character holds his or her own, the kind of characters that don't get tagged as secondary or there for plot development. You have the entire gamut of snarky dialogue to well-meaning judgmental mothers to nerdy D&D friends to keep you entertained and pondering.

The novel is written in two ways: a) emails exchanged between two girlfriends and b) third person POV from Lincoln, the IT guy who's hired to read their flagged work emails. My favorite part about this book was Beth and Jennifer. Everything they said to each other. This is what best friendship should be about, folks. Perhaps it's because I've experienced friendships like this one, or because I've experienced things both women talk about and go through first or second-hand, made this book that much more near and dear to my heart.

I'm so glad that I went ahead and ordered Eleanor & Park, her sophomore novel. I will read anything this woman writes.

Thank you Sarah & Alea for introducing me to such a great author.]]> 3.86 2011 Attachments
author: Rainbow Rowell
name: Capillya
average rating: 3.86
book published: 2011
rating: 5
read at: 2012/08/12
date added: 2012/08/12
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I feel really sorry for the next book that I read. I don't know how you follow up to a book that just hit all the right notes.

I'd heard about Attachments from two of my lovely blogger friends (Alea & Sarah) last year, who'd raved about this here little book. I hadn't read an epistolary novel since required reading back in my high school days, but their reviews got me really excited to read it, that's for sure. But I thought to myself, "Hmm, this sounds interesting. A story told through emails? A boy? A girl? Some romance? Sounds neat. I'll give it a go."

This here little book has so much more depth than romance told through bits and bytes. In fact, yes, there is romance involved, but not in the traditional sense. It won't set your ovaries ablaze with a description of a muscled, chiseled sexpot alpha male. It's a story that involves a colorful, well-formed set of characters that will make you both laugh and cry. Seriously, each little character holds his or her own, the kind of characters that don't get tagged as secondary or there for plot development. You have the entire gamut of snarky dialogue to well-meaning judgmental mothers to nerdy D&D friends to keep you entertained and pondering.

The novel is written in two ways: a) emails exchanged between two girlfriends and b) third person POV from Lincoln, the IT guy who's hired to read their flagged work emails. My favorite part about this book was Beth and Jennifer. Everything they said to each other. This is what best friendship should be about, folks. Perhaps it's because I've experienced friendships like this one, or because I've experienced things both women talk about and go through first or second-hand, made this book that much more near and dear to my heart.

I'm so glad that I went ahead and ordered Eleanor & Park, her sophomore novel. I will read anything this woman writes.

Thank you Sarah & Alea for introducing me to such a great author.
]]> All I Ever Wanted 11058320
Now Mim has to retrieve a lost package for her mother.

Does this make her a drug runner?

Why is a monster dog called Gargoyle hidden in the back shed?

And Jordan, the boy she sent Valentines to for years, why is he now suddenly a creep?

How come there's a huge gap between her and her best friend, Tahnee?

And who is the mysterious girl next door who moans at night?

Over the nine days before her seventeenth birthday, Mim's life turns upside down. She has problems, and she's determined to solve them herself. But in the end, she works out who her people are, and the same things look entirely different.]]> 202 Vikki Wakefield 1921758309 Capillya 4 3.85 2011 All I Ever Wanted
author: Vikki Wakefield
name: Capillya
average rating: 3.85
book published: 2011
rating: 4
read at: 2012/08/06
date added: 2012/08/06
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]]> <![CDATA[The Raven Boys (The Raven Cycle, #1)]]> 13449693
It is freezing in the churchyard, even before the dead arrive.

Every year, Blue Sargent stands next to her clairvoyant mother as the soon-to-be dead walk past. Blue herself never sees them � not until this year, when a boy emerges from the dark and speaks directly to her.

His name is Gansey, and Blue soon discovers that he is a rich student at Aglionby, the local private school. Blue has a policy of staying away from Aglionby boys. Known as Raven Boys, they can only mean trouble.

But Blue is drawn to Gansey, in a way she can't entirely explain. He has it all � family money, good looks, devoted friends � but he's looking for much more than that. He is on a quest that has encompassed three other Raven Boys: Adam, the scholarship student who resents all the privilege around him; Ronan, the fierce soul who ranges from anger to despair; and Noah, the taciturn watcher of the four, who notices many things but says very little.

For as long as she can remember, Blue has been warned that she will cause her true love to die. She never thought this would be a problem. But now, as her life becomes caught up in the strange and sinister world of the Raven Boys, she's not so sure anymore.

From Maggie Stiefvater, the bestselling and acclaimed author of the Shiver trilogy and The Scorpio Races, comes a spellbinding new series where the inevitability of death and the nature of love lead us to a place we've never been before.]]> 408 Maggie Stiefvater 0545424933 Capillya 0 4.06 2012 The Raven Boys (The Raven Cycle, #1)
author: Maggie Stiefvater
name: Capillya
average rating: 4.06
book published: 2012
rating: 0
read at: 2012/08/04
date added: 2012/08/04
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]]> <![CDATA[Somebody to Love (Gideon's Cove, #3)]]> 12929918 New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Kristan Higgins is back with a hilarious and heartwarming new story about a rich girl who discovers that a little hard work may be just the thing she needs...

After her father loses the family fortune in an insider-trading scheme, single mom Parker Welles is faced with some hard decisions. First order of business: go to Gideon's Cove, Maine, to sell the only thing she now owns—a decrepit house in need of some serious flipping. When her father's wingman, James Cahill, asks to go with her, she's not thrilled...even if he is fairly gorgeous and knows his way around a toolbox.

Having to fend for herself financially for the first time in her life, Parker signs on as a florist's assistant and starts to find out who she really is. Maybe James isn't the glib lawyer she always thought he was. And maybe the house isn't the only thing that needs a little TLC.]]> 425 Kristan Higgins 0373776586 Capillya 4
I normally don't swoon over love interests (except, ahem, Officer After in Going Too Far) but this James just melted me all over. I had heard this book was different from the rest of her novels, so that made me a little nervous. You see, Kristan Higgins is my constant, in ways that people may relate to John Green or Sarah Dessen as their (YA) constants. Anyhow, I was glad to see that she still has the charming side characters and MCs with neurotic tendencies that I love. I'll read anything this lady writes, seriously.]]> 4.02 2012 Somebody to Love (Gideon's Cove, #3)
author: Kristan Higgins
name: Capillya
average rating: 4.02
book published: 2012
rating: 4
read at: 2012/07/10
date added: 2012/07/18
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Oh swoon. That last line of the book (in the EPILOGUE, even!).

I normally don't swoon over love interests (except, ahem, Officer After in Going Too Far) but this James just melted me all over. I had heard this book was different from the rest of her novels, so that made me a little nervous. You see, Kristan Higgins is my constant, in ways that people may relate to John Green or Sarah Dessen as their (YA) constants. Anyhow, I was glad to see that she still has the charming side characters and MCs with neurotic tendencies that I love. I'll read anything this lady writes, seriously.
]]> <![CDATA[The Great Good Thing (The Sylvie Cycle, #1)]]> 4117 Sylvie had an amazing life, but she didn't get to live it very often.

Sylvie has been a twelve-year-old princess for more than eighty years, ever since the book she lives in was first printed. She's the heroine, and her story is exciting -- but that's the trouble. Her story is always exciting in the same way. Sylvie longs to get away and explore the world outside the confines of her book.

When she breaks the cardinal rule of all storybook characters and looks up at the Reader, Sylvie begins a journey that not even she could have anticipated. And what she accomplishes goes beyond any great good thing she could have imagined...

]]> 224 Roderick Townley 0689837143 Capillya 0 to-read 3.95 2001 The Great Good Thing (The Sylvie Cycle, #1)
author: Roderick Townley
name: Capillya
average rating: 3.95
book published: 2001
rating: 0
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]]> A Good and Useful Hurt 12853195 293 Aric Davis 161218202X Capillya 0 to-read 3.65 2012 A Good and Useful Hurt
author: Aric Davis
name: Capillya
average rating: 3.65
book published: 2012
rating: 0
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]]> Rework 6732019
Rework shows you a better, faster, easier way to succeed in business. Read it and you'll know why plans are actually harmful, why you don't need outside investors, and why you're better off ignoring the competition.ĚýThe truth is, you need less than you think. You don't need to be a workaholic. You don't need to staff up. You don't need to waste time on paperwork or meetings. You don't even need an office. Those are all just excuses.Ěý

What you really need to do is stop talking and start working. This book shows you the way. You'll learn how to be more productive, how to get exposure without breaking the bank, and tons more counterintuitive ideas that will inspire and provoke you.

With its straightforward language and easy-is-better approach, Rework is the perfect playbook for anyone who’s ever dreamed of doing it on their own. Hardcore entrepreneurs, small-business owners, people stuck in day jobs they hate, victims of "downsizing," and artists who don’t want to starve anymore will all find valuable guidance in these pages.]]> 279 Jason Fried 0307463745 Capillya 3 3.97 2010 Rework
author: Jason Fried
name: Capillya
average rating: 3.97
book published: 2010
rating: 3
read at: 2012/06/29
date added: 2012/06/29
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]]> Leverage 8144079 The football field is a battlefield

There's an extraordinary price for victory at Oregrove High. It is paid on - and off - the football field. And it claims its victims without mercy - including the most innocent bystanders.

When a violent, steroid-infused, ever-escalating prank war has devastating consequences, an unlikely friendship between a talented but emotionally damaged fullback and a promising gymnast might hold the key to a school's salvation.

Told in alternating voices and with unapologetic truth, Leverage illuminates the fierce loyalty, flawed justice, and hard-won optimism of two young athletes.]]> 425 Joshua C. Cohen 0525423060 Capillya 3 laman 3.94 2011 Leverage
author: Joshua C. Cohen
name: Capillya
average rating: 3.94
book published: 2011
rating: 3
read at: 2012/06/27
date added: 2012/06/27
shelves: laman
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A difficult but good read. Scratch that. VERY difficult read. Cohen is definitely on my to-read-forever list of authors. Thanks to Jordyn for highly recommending this book!
]]> Taken (Taken, #1) 11044367
They call it the Heist.

Gray Weathersby’s eighteenth birthday is mere months away, and he’s prepared to meet his fate–until he finds a strange note from his mother and starts to question everything he’s been raised to accept: the Council leaders and their obvious secrets. The Heist itself. And what lies beyond the Wall that surrounds Claysoot–a structure that no one can cross and survive.

Climbing the Wall is suicide, but what comes after the Heist could be worse. Should he sit back and wait to be taken–or risk everything on the hope of the other side?]]> 360 Erin Bowman 0062117262 Capillya 0 to-read 3.77 2013 Taken (Taken, #1)
author: Erin Bowman
name: Capillya
average rating: 3.77
book published: 2013
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[The Violinist's Thumb: And Other Lost Tales of Love, War, and Genius, as Written by Our Genetic Code]]> 13521382 From New York Times bestselling author Sam Kean comes incredible stories of science, history, language, and music, as told by our own DNA.

In The Disappearing Spoon, bestselling author Sam Kean unlocked the mysteries of the periodic table. In The Violinist's Thumb, he explores the wonders of the magical building block of life: DNA.

There are genes to explain crazy cat ladies, why other people have no fingerprints, and why some people survive nuclear bombs. Genes illuminate everything from JFK's bronze skin (it wasn't a tan) to Einstein's genius. They prove that Neanderthals and humans bred thousands of years more recently than any of us would feel comfortable thinking. They can even allow some people, because of the exceptional flexibility of their thumbs and fingers, to become truly singular violinists.

Kean's vibrant storytelling once again makes science entertaining, explaining human history and whimsy while showing how DNA will influence our species' future.

Genes, freaks, DNA : how do living things pass down traits to their children? --
The near death of Darwin : why did geneticists try to kill natural selection? --
Them's the DNA breaks : how does nature read --
and misread --
DNA? --
The musical scores of DNA : what kinds of information does DNA store? --
DNA vindication : why did life evolve so slowly --
then explode in complexity? --
The survivors, the livers : what's our most ancient and important DNA? --
The Machiavelli microbe : how much human DNA is actually human? --
Love and atavisms : what genes make mammals mammals? --
Humanzees and other near misses : when did humans break away from monkeys, and why? --
Scarlet A's, C's, G's, and T's : why did humans almost go extinct? --
Size matters : how did humans get such grotesquely large brains? --
The art of the gene : how deep in our DNA is artistic genius? --
The past is prologue --
sometimes : what can (and can't) genes teach us about historical heroes? --
Three billion little pieces : why don't humans have more genes than other species? --
Easy come, easy go? : how come identical twins aren't identical? --
Life as we do (and don't) know it : what the heck will happen now? --
Epilogue : genomics gets personal]]> 416 Sam Kean 0316202975 Capillya 0 to-read 3.99 2012 The Violinist's Thumb: And Other Lost Tales of Love, War, and Genius, as Written by Our Genetic Code
author: Sam Kean
name: Capillya
average rating: 3.99
book published: 2012
rating: 0
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]]> The Lock Artist 11801423 It's an unforgivable talent. A talent that will make young Michael a hot commodity with the wrong people and, whether he likes it or not, push him ever closer to a life of crime. That is, until he finally sees his chance to escape, and with one desperate gamble risks everything to come back home to the only person he ever loved, and to unlock the secret that has kept him silent for so long.
Steve Hamilton steps away from his Edgar Award-winning Alex McKnight series to introduce a unique new character, unlike anyone you've ever seen or heard in the world of crime fiction.]]> 12 Steve Hamilton Capillya 0 to-read 3.89 2009 The Lock Artist
author: Steve Hamilton
name: Capillya
average rating: 3.89
book published: 2009
rating: 0
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]]> My One and Only 9277340 Just when she thought she had life and love all figured out...

Divorce attorney Harper James can't catch a break. Bad enough that she runs into her ex-hubby, Nick, at her sister's destination wedding, but now, by a cruel twist of fate, she's being forced to make a cross-country road trip with him. And her almost-fiancé back at home is not likely to be sympathetic.

Harper can't help that Nick has come blazing back into her life in all of his frustratingly appealing, gorgeous architect glory. But in Nick's eyes, Harper's always been the one. If they can only get it right this time, forever might be waiting—just around the bend.]]> 382 Kristan Higgins 0373775571 Capillya 0 3.94 2011 My One and Only
author: Kristan Higgins
name: Capillya
average rating: 3.94
book published: 2011
rating: 0
read at: 2011/11/04
date added: 2012/06/16
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]]> <![CDATA[Catch of the Day (Gideon's Cove, #1)]]> 950018 384 Kristan Higgins 0373772246 Capillya 3 3.90 2012 Catch of the Day (Gideon's Cove, #1)
author: Kristan Higgins
name: Capillya
average rating: 3.90
book published: 2012
rating: 3
read at: 2012/06/16
date added: 2012/06/16
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My favorite Higgins dog thus far. I LOVE YOU COLONEL.
]]> <![CDATA[Oz: The Wonderful Wizard of Oz]]> 6662883 208 Eric Shanower 0785129219 Capillya 4 comics-gn
Also: I would like to see this movie (series) directed by Guillermo del Toro please.]]> 4.09 2009 Oz: The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
author: Eric Shanower
name: Capillya
average rating: 4.09
book published: 2009
rating: 4
read at: 2012/06/15
date added: 2012/06/15
shelves: comics-gn
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The only Oz I was familiar with was Judy Garland's Oz. Everyone knows that one, right? I was first introduced to Skottie Young's work via my friend Joey, and the first illustration I had seen was of the Wicked Witch of the West. Yeah, I was completely enamored. So unbeknownst to me, there are other characters besides the Tin Woodman, Scarecrow, the Cowardly Lion and little Toto. And everyone's favorite darling from Kansas, Dorothy of course. There are WORLDS and LANDS I didn't know about! It was so lovely to see them all come to life in this GN (thank you L. Frank Baum!), and I'm definitely looking forward to reading the rest of the series.

Also: I would like to see this movie (series) directed by Guillermo del Toro please.
]]> Mr. Was 12019817
A secret passageway that leads back in time? Jack can’t believe what he’s discovered, but it’s The hidden metal door in his grandfather’s house leads him to 1941. Shaken by his experience, Jack vows not to use the door again. But when his alcoholic father gets drunk one too many times, Jack witnesses his mother’s horrific death and flees back through the door. He plans to stay alive until he can reach the present and prevent his mother’s death. However, with World War II on the horizon, Jack soon finds himself fighting not only for his mother’s life, but for his own.]]> 240 Pete Hautman 144243337X Capillya 0 to-read 3.93 1996 Mr. Was
author: Pete Hautman
name: Capillya
average rating: 3.93
book published: 1996
rating: 0
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]]> I'll Be There 9415957
Sam Border wishes he could escape, but there's nowhere for him to run. He and his little brother, Riddle, have spent their entire lives constantly uprooted by their unstable father. That is, until Sam sees Emily. That's when everything changes.

As Sam and Riddle are welcomed into the Bells' lives, they witness the warmth and protection of a family for the first time. But when tragedy strikes, they're left fighting for survival in the desolate wilderness, and wondering if they'll ever find a place where they can belong. Beautifully written and emotionally profound, I'll Be There is a gripping story that explores the complexities of teenage passions, friendships, and loyalties.]]> 392 Holly Goldberg Sloan 0316122793 Capillya 4
Excuse me while I go dig up every interview I can find with this author. The way she explores (so many) characters throughout this book is fascinating. The way she explores the human condition and its amazing level of resilience is inspiring. What a gorgeous little novel. I need to read more of her work. Yesterday.]]> 4.02 2011 I'll Be There
author: Holly Goldberg Sloan
name: Capillya
average rating: 4.02
book published: 2011
rating: 4
read at: 2012/06/11
date added: 2012/06/11
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This book took me on a journey I wasn't expecting at all. From the beginning, I thought I'd had this book in the bag. I thought I knew what I'd be rating it, where the characters would end up, the road they'd be on. Midway through the book I think I could hear Holly Goldberg Sloan laughing at me.

Excuse me while I go dig up every interview I can find with this author. The way she explores (so many) characters throughout this book is fascinating. The way she explores the human condition and its amazing level of resilience is inspiring. What a gorgeous little novel. I need to read more of her work. Yesterday.
]]> The Scorpio Races 10626594
At age nineteen, Sean Kendrick is the returning champion. He is a young man of few words, and if he has any fears, he keeps them buried deep, where no one else can see them.

Puck Connolly is different. She never meant to ride in the Scorpio Races. But fate hasn’t given her much of a chance. So she enters the competition � the first girl ever to do so. She is in no way prepared for what is going to happen.]]> 409 Maggie Stiefvater 054522490X Capillya 5
And after 396 pages, it was Finn that made the tears come. "Forty-five to one."

Then they came again, with the last line of the book.

Happy tears are my favorite, y'all.]]> 4.09 2011 The Scorpio Races
author: Maggie Stiefvater
name: Capillya
average rating: 4.09
book published: 2011
rating: 5
read at: 2012/06/09
date added: 2012/06/09
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I won't write a fully fleshed review about this one, but I *can* say that there are very few books that have made me cry before this one. Having read Shiver, I was familiar with Stiefvater's gorgeous writing, but this one managed to pull my heart through yet another myriad of emotions. It's the kind of book that tenses you up in 30 different ways, and you don't question why or how, because you're too busy flipping pages and wondering why you can't read in your sleep.

And after 396 pages, it was Finn that made the tears come. "Forty-five to one."

Then they came again, with the last line of the book.

Happy tears are my favorite, y'all.
]]> A Monster Calls 8621462
At seven minutes past midnight, thirteen-year-old Conor wakes to find a monster outside his bedroom window. But it isn't the monster Conor's been expecting - he's been expecting the one from his nightmare, the nightmare he's had nearly every night since his mother started her treatments. The monster in his backyard is different. It's ancient. And wild. And it wants something from Conor. Something terrible and dangerous. It wants the truth.

From the final idea of award-winning author Siobhan Dowd - whose premature death from cancer prevented her from writing it herself - Patrick Ness has spun a haunting and darkly funny novel of mischief, loss, and monsters both real and imagined.]]> 226 Patrick Ness 1406311529 Capillya 4 4.35 2011 A Monster Calls
author: Patrick Ness
name: Capillya
average rating: 4.35
book published: 2011
rating: 4
read at: 2012/06/02
date added: 2012/06/02
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]]> After Eli 13530947
Some people die heroically, others accidentally. When Daniel Anderson’s older brother dies, he wonders which category Eli’s death falls into. In an attempt to understand, Danny creates a Book of the Dead � an old binder that he fills with details about dead people, how they died, and, most important, for what purpose. Time passes, and eventually Daniel is prompted to look up from his notebook of death and questions to make new friends and be swept into their imaginings. With gentle humor and genuine emotion, Rebecca Rupp examines the questions that arise following a profound loss and the moments that start life rolling again.]]> 256 Rebecca Rupp 0763658103 Capillya 0 to-read 3.92 2012 After Eli
author: Rebecca Rupp
name: Capillya
average rating: 3.92
book published: 2012
rating: 0
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]]> The Telling (Disharmony, #1) 13233397 345 Leah Giarratano 0143565680 Capillya 0 to-read 3.52 2012 The Telling (Disharmony, #1)
author: Leah Giarratano
name: Capillya
average rating: 3.52
book published: 2012
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[The Assassin's Curse (The Assassin's Curse, #1)]]> 13533650
And when the assassin, Naji, finally catches up with her, things get even worse. Ananna inadvertently triggers a nasty curse � with a life-altering result. Now Ananna and Naji are forced to become uneasy allies as they work together to break the curse and return their lives back to normal. Or at least as normal as the lives of a pirate and an assassin can be.]]> 298 Cassandra Rose Clarke 1908844019 Capillya 0 to-read 3.67 2012 The Assassin's Curse (The Assassin's Curse, #1)
author: Cassandra Rose Clarke
name: Capillya
average rating: 3.67
book published: 2012
rating: 0
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]]> Prodigy (Legend, #2) 13414446 371 Marie Lu 0399256768 Capillya 0 to-read 4.24 2013 Prodigy (Legend, #2)
author: Marie Lu
name: Capillya
average rating: 4.24
book published: 2013
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[A Girl Named Digit (Digit, #1)]]> 12561863 enjoy her senior year.ĚýBut when Farrah, the daughter of a UCLA math professor,Ěýunknowingly cracks a terroristĚýgroup's number sequence, her laid-back senior year gets a lot more interesting. Soon she is personally investigating the case, on the run from terrorists, and faking her own kidnapping-- all while trying to convince a young, hot FBI agent to take her seriously. So much for blending in . . .]]> 187 Annabel Monaghan 054766852X Capillya 0 to-read 3.84 2012 A Girl Named Digit (Digit, #1)
author: Annabel Monaghan
name: Capillya
average rating: 3.84
book published: 2012
rating: 0
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]]> What Came from the Stars 13316252 hanorah. As Tommy absorbs the art and language of the Valorim, their enemies target him. When a creature begins ransacking Plymouth in search of the chain, Tommy learns he must protect his family from villains far worse than he's ever imagined.]]> 294 Gary D. Schmidt 0547612133 Capillya 0 to-read 3.35 2012 What Came from the Stars
author: Gary D. Schmidt
name: Capillya
average rating: 3.35
book published: 2012
rating: 0
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]]> Teenagers From Mars 310515
Thus begins Teenagers From Mars, a chaotic comics extravaganza in which three teens strive against censorship, and adults, to protect the comics they love. Originally published as a series of comics, Teenagers from Mars shows what happens when people who love comics enough to fight for them are forced to.]]> 255 Rick Spears 0976303809 Capillya 0 to-read 3.82 2005 Teenagers From Mars
author: Rick Spears
name: Capillya
average rating: 3.82
book published: 2005
rating: 0
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]]> Shift 2874897 Imagine you and your best friend head out West on a cross-country bike trek.
Imagine that the two of you get into a fight -- and stop riding together.
Imagine you reach Seattle, go back home, start college.
Imagine you think your former best friend does too.
Imagine he doesn't.
Imagine your world shifting....
Shift is a tour de force -- a literary debut that'll knock the wind out of you as it explores the depths of loyalty, the depths of friendship, and the unknowable depths of another person.]]> 256 Jennifer Bradbury 1416947329 Capillya 0 to-read 3.75 2008 Shift
author: Jennifer Bradbury
name: Capillya
average rating: 3.75
book published: 2008
rating: 0
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]]> The Lost Girl 13062488
But fifteen years of studying never prepared her for this.

Now she must abandon everything she’s ever known—the guardians who raised her, the boy she’s forbidden to love—to move to India and convince the world that Amarra is still alive.

What Eva finds is a grief-stricken family; parents unsure how to handle this echo they thought they wanted; and Ray, who knew every detail, every contour of Amarra. And when Eva is unexpectedly dealt a fatal blow that will change her existence forever, she is forced to choose: Stay and live out her years as a copy or leave and risk it all for the freedom to be an original. To be Eva.

From debut novelist Sangu Mandanna comes the dazzling story of a girl who was always told what she had to be—until she found the strength to decide for herself.]]> 432 Sangu Mandanna 0062082310 Capillya 0 to-read 3.88 2012 The Lost Girl
author: Sangu Mandanna
name: Capillya
average rating: 3.88
book published: 2012
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[The Forsaken (The Forsaken, #1)]]> 12987192
The life expectancy of prisoners on The Wheel is just two years, but with dirty, violent, and chaotic conditions, the time seems a lot longer as Alenna is forced to deal with civil wars for land ownership and machines that snatch kids out of their makeshift homes. Desperate, she and the other prisoners concoct a potentially fatal plan to flee the island. Survival may seem impossible, but Alenna is determined to achieve it anyway.]]> 375 Lisa M. Stasse 1442432659 Capillya 0 to-read 3.69 2012 The Forsaken (The Forsaken, #1)
author: Lisa M. Stasse
name: Capillya
average rating: 3.69
book published: 2012
rating: 0
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]]> Hex Hall (Hex Hall, #1) 5287473 By the end of her first day among fellow freak-teens, Sophie has quite a scorecard: three powerful enemies who look like supermodels, a futile crush on a gorgeous warlock, a creepy tag-along ghost, and a new roommate who happens to be the most hated person and only vampire student on campus. Worse, Sophie soon learns that a mysterious predator has been attacking students, and her only friend is the number-one suspect.

As a series of blood-curdling mysteries starts to converge, Sophie prepares for the biggest threat of all: an ancient secret society determined to destroy all Prodigium, especially her.

]]> 323 Rachel Hawkins 1423121309 Capillya 3 3.93 2010 Hex Hall (Hex Hall, #1)
author: Rachel Hawkins
name: Capillya
average rating: 3.93
book published: 2010
rating: 3
read at: 2012/03/29
date added: 2012/04/15
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]]> <![CDATA[This is Not a Test (This is Not a Test, #1)]]> 12043771
To Sloane Price, that doesn't sound so bad. Six months ago, her world collapsed and since then, she's failed to find a reason to keep going. Now seems like the perfect time to give up. As Sloane eagerly waits for the barricades to fall, she's forced to witness the apocalypse through the eyes of five people who actually want to live.

But as the days crawl by, the motivations for survival change in startling ways and soon the group's fate is determined less and less by what's happening outside and more and more by the unpredictable and violent bids for life� and death―inside. When everything is gone, what do you hold on to?]]> 326 Courtney Summers 0312656742 Capillya 4 3.85 2012 This is Not a Test (This is Not a Test, #1)
author: Courtney Summers
name: Capillya
average rating: 3.85
book published: 2012
rating: 4
read at: 2012/03/25
date added: 2012/04/15
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]]> The Things a Brother Knows 7507905
Finally, Levi Katznelson’s older brother, Boaz, has returned. Boaz was a high school star who had it all and gave it up to serve in a war Levi can’t understand. Things have been on hold since Boaz left. With the help of his two best friends Levi has fumbled his way through high school, weary of his role as little brother to the hero.

But when Boaz walks through the front door after his tour of duty is over, Levi knows there’s something wrong. Boaz is home, safe. But Levi knows that his brother is not the same.

Maybe things will never return to normal. Then Boaz leaves again, and this time Levi follows him, determined to understand who his brother was, who he has become, and how to bring him home again.

Award-winning author Dana Reinhardt introduces readers to Levi, who has never known what he believes, and whose journey reveals truths only a brother knows.]]> 256 Dana Reinhardt 0375844554 Capillya 4 3.85 2010 The Things a Brother Knows
author: Dana Reinhardt
name: Capillya
average rating: 3.85
book published: 2010
rating: 4
read at: 2012/04/01
date added: 2012/04/15
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]]> The Wednesday Wars 556136 The Wednesday Wars is a wonderfully witty and compelling story about a teenage boy’s mishaps and adventures over the course of the 1967�68 school year in Long Island, New York.

Meet Holling Hoodhood, a seventh-grader at Camillo Junior High, who must spend Wednesday afternoons with his teacher, Mrs. Baker, while the rest of the class has religious instruction. Mrs. Baker doesn’t like Holling—he’s sure of it. Why else would she make him read the plays of William Shakespeare outside class? But everyone has bigger things to worry about, like Vietnam. His father wants Holling and his sister to be on their best behavior: the success of his business depends on it. But how can Holling stay out of trouble when he has so much to contend with? A bully demanding cream puffs; angry rats; and a baseball hero signing autographs the very same night Holling has to appear in a play in yellow tights! As fate sneaks up on him again and again, Holling finds Motivation—the Big M—in the most unexpected places and musters up the courage to embrace his destiny, in spite of himself.]]> 264 Gary D. Schmidt 0618724834 Capillya 0 to-read 4.11 2007 The Wednesday Wars
author: Gary D. Schmidt
name: Capillya
average rating: 4.11
book published: 2007
rating: 0
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]]> Narc 12971650 “You’re going to hate me forever when you learn my secret.�

When his little sister is caught with a bag of weed, seventeen-year-old Aaron Foster takes the fall. To keep the cops from tearing his family apart, Aaron agrees to go undercover and help bust the dealer who’s funneling drugs into his Miami high school. But making friends with the school’s biggest players isn’t easy for a waste-case loner from the wrong part of town.

Stuck between the cops on one hand and a crazy party scene on the other, Aaron befriends Morgan Baskin—a cute but troubled rich girl who might be his link to the supplier. But just when he realizes he’s falling for Morgan, the unbearable weight of his lies threatens to crush them both.]]> 288 Crissa-Jean Chappell 0738732478 Capillya 0 to-read 3.46 2012 Narc
author: Crissa-Jean Chappell
name: Capillya
average rating: 3.46
book published: 2012
rating: 0
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date added: 2012/03/18
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]]> <![CDATA[The Killables (The Killables, #1)]]> 12355133 372 Gemma Malley 1444722778 Capillya 0 to-read 3.47 2012 The Killables (The Killables, #1)
author: Gemma Malley
name: Capillya
average rating: 3.47
book published: 2012
rating: 0
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]]> Heft 11381910 The Giant’s House, Heft is a novel about love and family found in the most unexpected places.]]> 352 Liz Moore 0393081508 Capillya 0 to-read 3.97 2012 Heft
author: Liz Moore
name: Capillya
average rating: 3.97
book published: 2012
rating: 0
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]]> The Final Four 11699202
Malcolm wants to get to the NBA ASAP. Roko wants to be the pride of his native Croatia. Crispin wants the girl of his dreams. M.J. just wants a chance.

March Madness is in full swing, and there are only four teams left in the NCAA basketball championship. The heavily favored Michigan Spartans and the underdog Troy Trojans meet in the first game in the semifinals, and it's there that the fates of Malcolm, Roko, Crispin, and M.J. intertwine. As the last moments tick down on the game clock, you'll learn how each player went from being a kid who loved to shoot hoops to a powerful force in one of the most important games of the year. Which team will leave the Superdome victorious? In the end it will come down to which players have the most skill, the most drive, and the most heart.]]> 256 Paul Volponi 0670012645 Capillya 0 to-read 4.01 2012 The Final Four
author: Paul Volponi
name: Capillya
average rating: 4.01
book published: 2012
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[The Rivals (The Mockingbirds, #2)]]> 11011545
It isn't rape. It isn't bullying. It isn't hate speech. A far-reaching prescription drug ring has sprung up, and students are using the drugs to cheat. But how do you try a case with no obvious victim? Especially when the facts don't add up, and each new clue drives a wedge between Alex and the people she loves her friends, her boyfriend, and her fellow Mockingbirds.

As Alex unravels the layers of deceit within the school, the administration, and even the student body the Mockingbirds protect, her struggle to navigate the murky waters of vigilante justice may reveal more about herself than she ever expected.]]> 352 Daisy Whitney 0316090573 Capillya 4 3.69 2012 The Rivals (The Mockingbirds, #2)
author: Daisy Whitney
name: Capillya
average rating: 3.69
book published: 2012
rating: 4
read at: 2012/02/22
date added: 2012/02/27
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]]> <![CDATA[Morning Glories, Vol. 2: All Will Be Free]]> 11499188
One of the most prestigious prep schools in the country...But behind it's hallowed doors something sinister and deadly lurks. When six brilliant but troubled new students arrive, they find themselves trapped and desperately seeking answers...and escape from a place where nothing is what it seems to be! Learn the dark secrets of the Glories' past lives as the mystery of the Academy unfolds.

With this volume each of the six Glories (Zoe, Hunter, Jun, Jade, Ike and Casey) are spotlighted, revealing secrets of their past and questions about their future.]]> 168 Nick Spencer 1607064073 Capillya 4 comics-gn 3.91 2011 Morning Glories, Vol. 2: All Will Be Free
author: Nick Spencer
name: Capillya
average rating: 3.91
book published: 2011
rating: 4
read at: 2012/02/04
date added: 2012/02/04
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]]> I Kill Giants 6435893 184 Joe Kelly 1607060922 Capillya 4 comics-gn 4.14 2009 I Kill Giants
author: Joe Kelly
name: Capillya
average rating: 4.14
book published: 2009
rating: 4
read at: 2012/02/04
date added: 2012/02/04
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]]> The Mighty Miss Malone 11288619
Deza is the smartest girl in her class in Gary, Indiana, singled out by teachers for a special path in life. But the Great Depression hit Gary hard, and there are no jobs for black men. When her beloved father leaves to find work, Deza, Mother, and her older brother Jimmie go in search of him, and end up in a Hooverville outside Flint, Michigan. Jimmie’s beautiful voice inspires him to leave the camp to be a performer, while Deza and Mother find a new home, and cling to the hope that they will find Father.

The twists and turns of their story reveal the devastation of the Depression and prove that Deza truly is the Mighty Miss Malone.]]> 320 Christopher Paul Curtis 0385734913 Capillya 0 to-read 4.12 2012 The Mighty Miss Malone
author: Christopher Paul Curtis
name: Capillya
average rating: 4.12
book published: 2012
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[The Rook (The Checquy Files, #1)]]> 10836728
So begins the letter Myfanwy Thomas is holding when she awakes in a London park surrounded by bodies all wearing latex gloves. With no recollection of who she is, Myfanwy must follow the instructions her former self left behind to discover her identity and track down the agents who want to destroy her.

She soon learns that she is a Rook, a high-ranking member of a secret organization called the Chequy that battles the many supernatural forces at work in Britain. She also discovers that she possesses a rare, potentially deadly supernatural ability of her own.

In her quest to uncover which member of the Chequy betrayed her and why, Myfanwy encounters a person with four bodies, an aristocratic woman who can enter her dreams, a secret training facility where children are transformed into deadly fighters, and a conspiracy more vast than she ever could have imagined.

Filled with characters both fascinating and fantastical, The Rook is a richly inventive, suspenseful, and often wry thriller that marks an ambitious debut from a promising young writer.]]> 504 Daniel O'Malley 0316098795 Capillya 0 to-read 4.10 2012 The Rook (The Checquy Files, #1)
author: Daniel O'Malley
name: Capillya
average rating: 4.10
book published: 2012
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[Morning Glories, Vol. 1: For a Better Future]]> 10088114
One of the most prestigious prep schools in the country...But behind it's hallowed doors something sinister and deadly lurks. When six brilliant but troubled new students arrive, they find themselves trapped and desperately seeking answers...and escape from a place where nothing is what it seems to be!]]> 188 Nick Spencer 1607063077 Capillya 4 comics-gn 3.76 2011 Morning Glories, Vol. 1: For a Better Future
author: Nick Spencer
name: Capillya
average rating: 3.76
book published: 2011
rating: 4
read at: 2012/01/18
date added: 2012/01/21
shelves: comics-gn
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]]> The Art of Pixar 12296339 Toy Story and A Bug's Life to recent masterpieces such as Up, Toy Story 3, and Cars 2, this comprehensive collection offers a behind-the-scenes tour of every Pixar film to date. Featuring a foreword by Chief Creative Officer John Lasseter, the complete color scripts for every film published in full for the first time as well as stunning visual development art, The Art of Pixar is a treasure trove of rare artwork and an essential addition to the library of animation fans and Pixar enthusiasts.]]> 320 Amid Amidi 0811879631 Capillya 5 4.37 2011 The Art of Pixar
author: Amid Amidi
name: Capillya
average rating: 4.37
book published: 2011
rating: 5
read at: 2012/01/11
date added: 2012/01/19
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You don't have to be a fan of Pixar or Disney to read this book. You just have to love art. Of course, I can't imagine someone besides a Pixar fan picking up this book. The foreword and the few pages of copy are more than worth the half hour or so it takes to read them. The color scripts are just gorgeous, but like I said, the actual copy is a must-read.
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