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In a trash-filled apartment, 24-year-old Akira Tendo watches a zombie movie with lifeless, envious eyes. After spending three hard years at an exploitative corporation in Japan, his spirit is broken. He can’t even muster the courage to confess his feelings to his beautiful co-worker Ohtori. Then one morning, he stumbles upon his landlord eating lunch—which happens to be another tenant! The whole city’s swarming with zombies, and even though he’s running for his life, Akira has never felt more alive!]]> 160 Haro Aso 197472056X Farren 4 3.5 3.98 2019
author: Haro Aso
name: Farren
average rating: 3.98
book published: 2019
rating: 4
read at: 2025/04/02
date added: 2025/04/04
shelves: manga-manhwa-graphic-novels, horror, dystopian
review:
3.5
]]> 36538793
In Taisho-era Japan, Tanjiro Kamado is a kindhearted boy who makes a living selling charcoal. But his peaceful life is shattered when a demon slaughters his entire family. His little sister Nezuko is the only survivor, but she has been transformed into a demon herself! Tanjiro sets out on a dangerous journey to find a way to return his sister to normal and destroy the demon who ruined his life.

Learning to slayÌędemons won’t be easy, and Tanjiro barely knows where to start. The surprise appearance of another boy named Giyu, who seems to know what’s going on, might provide some answers
but only if Tanjiro can stop Giyu from killing his sister first!]]> 192 Koyoharu Gotouge 1974700526 Farren 4 4.39 2016
author: Koyoharu Gotouge
name: Farren
average rating: 4.39
book published: 2016
rating: 4
read at: 2021/09/26
date added: 2025/04/04
shelves: manga-manhwa-graphic-novels, fantasy-paranormal, horror
review:

]]> 222399120 From award-winning andÌęUSA TodayÌębestselling author Kosoko Jackson comes his adult fantasy debut, a stand-alone novel blending of art history, time- and globe-hopping adventure, and dark horror and fantasy about ten cursed paintings and the lengths people will go to collect them, destroy them
or be destroyed.

?A picture is worth a thousand nightmares.

A struggling painter, Lewis Dixon is shocked when the British Museum shows an unusual interest in his art. While he’s always felt there’s something powerful about what he puts on canvas, he also felt there was something disturbing just under the surface—especially as he was compelled to make a painting of a painting—one that he has a connection the object of his art is one of the ten paintings his great-grandfather created over a hundred years ago. Only Lewis’s version is surreal
and maybe just a touch horrific.

Still, he accepts the invitation, only to find not a curated show, but a to see if he not only has the magic necessary to enter the paintings, but also the strength to escape them. Because unbeknownst to Lewis, there is power in his art, just as the ten paintings carry with them both immense eldritch abilities and a terrible curse—making them, perhaps, the most valuable works of art in the world.

And Lewis has been asked to destroy them all.

With orders from a mysterious museum official, Evangeline, and partnered with an alluring agent in her employ, Noah Rao, Lewis must plunge into a world of black markets, gothic magic, ancient history, and unspeakable terror to save those unlucky enough to call any of the paintings their own, and to hopefully locate the tenth painting in the series, long missing, the powers of which are suspected to be most devastating of all
]]> 400 Kosoko Jackson 0063394464 Farren 0 to-read 5.00
author: Kosoko Jackson
name: Farren
average rating: 5.00
book published:
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2025/04/02
shelves: to-read
review:

]]> 21412284
A strange plague called the ’Gets is decimating humanity on a global scale. It causes people to forget—small things at first, like where they left their keys, then the not-so-small things, like how to drive or the letters of the alphabet. Their bodies forget how to function involuntarily. There is no cure.

But now, far below the surface of the Pacific Ocean, deep in the Mariana Trench, a heretofore-unknown substance hailed as “ambrosia”—a universal healer, from initial reports—has been discovered. It may just be the key to eradicating the ’Gets.

In order to study this phenomenon, a special research lab, the Trieste, has been built eight miles under the sea’s surface. But when the station goes incommunicado, a brave few descend through the lightless fathoms in hopes of unraveling the mysteries lurking at those crushing depths . . . and perhaps to encounter an evil blacker than anything one could possibly imagine.]]> 394 Nick Cutter 1476717737 Farren 0 3.41 2015
author: Nick Cutter
name: Farren
average rating: 3.41
book published: 2015
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2025/04/02
shelves: to-read, horror, own-hardcover, sci-fi
review:

]]> 22547942
Anyone can be positive . . .

The tattooed plus sign on Finnegan's hand marks him as a Positive. At any time, the zombie virus could explode in his body, turning him from a rational human into a ravenous monster. His only chance of a normal life is to survive the last two years of the potential incubation period. If he reaches his twenty-first birthday without an incident, he'll be cleared.

Until then, Finn must go to a special facility for positives, segregated from society to keep the healthy population safe. But when the military caravan transporting him is attacked, Finn becomes separated. To make it to safety, he must embark on a perilous cross-country journey across an America transformed—a dark and dangerous land populated with heroes, villains, madmen, and hordes of zombies. And though the zombies are everywhere, Finn discovers that the real danger may be his fellow humans.]]> 448 David Wellington Farren 0 to-read, horror, dystopian 3.66 2015
author: David Wellington
name: Farren
average rating: 3.66
book published: 2015
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2025/04/02
shelves: to-read, horror, dystopian
review:

]]> 20603758 A world at stake.
A quest for the ultimate prize.
Are you ready?

It’s the year 2044, and the real world is an ugly place.
Like most of humanity, Wade Watts escapes his grim surroundings by spending his waking hours jacked into the OASIS, a sprawling virtual utopia that lets you be anything you want to be, a place where you can live and play and fall in love on any of ten thousand planets.

And like most of humanity, Wade dreams of being the one to discover the ultimate lottery ticket that lies concealed within this virtual world. For somewhere inside this giant networked playground, OASIS creator James Halliday has hidden a series of fiendish puzzles that will yield massive fortune—and remarkable power—to whoever can unlock them.

For years, millions have struggled fruitlessly to attain this prize, knowing only that Halliday’s riddles are based in the pop culture he loved—that of the late twentieth century. And for years, millions have found in this quest another means of escape, retreating into happy, obsessive study of Halliday’s icons. Like many of his contemporaries, Wade is as comfortable debating the finer points of John Hughes’s oeuvre, playing Pac-Man, or reciting Devo lyrics as he is scrounging power to run his OASIS rig.

And then Wade stumbles upon the first puzzle.

Suddenly the whole world is watching, and thousands of competitors join the hunt—among them certain powerful players who are willing to commit very real murder to beat Wade to this prize. Now the only way for Wade to survive and preserve everything he knows is to win. But to do so, he may have to leave behind his oh-so-perfect virtual existence and face up to life—and love—in the real world he’s always been so desperate to escape.]]> 386 Ernest Cline Farren 4 3.5 stars. My comment about a movie adaption is kind of funny because I didn't know it was happening back then and now it's set to release in just a few short months!***

My kindle says it took me about 10 hours to read this book. It felt more like 20. Or 500. Sometimes I read a book and wish for more explanation. In this book, I wished it to be less of an explanation and more of a plot. This whole story was info info info action info info info. I was born in the 80s, so some of these reference I understand, and some were before my time and therefore right over my head. But it seems to me like this author wants nothing more than to relive his glory days and is using this "cool nerd" thing to do it. The constant infodump made the majority of the story a little boring but the ending was really good. I think I have to go with a 2.5 star rating for now. Maybe this would be better suited as a movie with all the extra stuff filtered out???
All I know is I am very angry that Art3mis didn't turn out to be a 45 year old obese man with backne.]]> 4.38 2011
author: Ernest Cline
name: Farren
average rating: 4.38
book published: 2011
rating: 4
read at: 2017/12/15
date added: 2025/04/02
shelves: own-paperback, favorite-narrators, dystopian, sci-fi, thriller-suspense, humor, young-adult
review:
***Reread with audiobook and recommend that format 10000%. Wil Wheaton made the book so much more engaging and adventurous for me and I was finally able to connect to the story. I loved the shit out of Aech the first time around and my feelings haven't changed, and I still adore the relationship between Art3mis and Wade. I'm not deleting my old review because I experienced those same problems, just to a lesser degree this time, but I am raising my rating to 3.5 stars. My comment about a movie adaption is kind of funny because I didn't know it was happening back then and now it's set to release in just a few short months!***

My kindle says it took me about 10 hours to read this book. It felt more like 20. Or 500. Sometimes I read a book and wish for more explanation. In this book, I wished it to be less of an explanation and more of a plot. This whole story was info info info action info info info. I was born in the 80s, so some of these reference I understand, and some were before my time and therefore right over my head. But it seems to me like this author wants nothing more than to relive his glory days and is using this "cool nerd" thing to do it. The constant infodump made the majority of the story a little boring but the ending was really good. I think I have to go with a 2.5 star rating for now. Maybe this would be better suited as a movie with all the extra stuff filtered out???
All I know is I am very angry that Art3mis didn't turn out to be a 45 year old obese man with backne.
]]> 22875099 NOT EVERY GIFT IS A BLESSING.

Melanie is a very special girl. Dr. Caldwell calls her "our little genius."

Every morning, Melanie waits in her cell to be collected for class. When they come for her, Sergeant Parks keeps his gun pointing at her while two of his people strap her into the wheelchair. She thinks they don't like her. She jokes that she won't bite, but they don't laugh.

Melanie loves school. She loves learning about spelling and sums and the world outside the classroom and the children's cells. She tells her favorite teacher all the things she'll do when she grows up. Melanie doesn't know why this makes Miss Justineau look sad.

The Girl With All the Gifts is a groundbreaking thriller, emotionally charged and gripping from beginning to end.]]> 405 M.R. Carey 0316334758 Farren 3 dystopian, horror, sci-fi 3.5 stars

Audiobook narration was pretty good. I should throw that in there.]]> 3.97 2014
author: M.R. Carey
name: Farren
average rating: 3.97
book published: 2014
rating: 3
read at: 2016/10/23
date added: 2025/04/02
shelves: dystopian, horror, sci-fi
review:
In the beginning I thought I was going to love this book. It started out great but it turned into the typical travel-to-homebase zombie story. I absolutely adored Melanie and I also really liked Miss Justineau, maybe even Parks a little, but I didn't like the other characters that much. I wish it had just been one or two perspectives as I expected. I know the ending is pretty controversial, but I actually loved it. Most stories like this end when the main characters die, or they reach their destination and it kind of cuts off because those characters are "happy" now or whatever, but this story told you how it would end for the world in general. My only complaint was Dr. Caldwell's story ending... it just wasn't what I wanted. 3.5 stars

Audiobook narration was pretty good. I should throw that in there.
]]> 19161852
Three terrible things happen in a single day. Essun, a woman living an ordinary life in a small town, comes home to find that her husband has brutally murdered their son and kidnapped their daughter. Meanwhile, mighty Sanze -- the world-spanning empire whose innovations have been civilization's bedrock for a thousand years -- collapses as most of its citizens are murdered to serve a madman's vengeance. And worst of all, across the heart of the vast continent known as the Stillness, a great red rift has been torn into the heart of the earth, spewing ash enough to darken the sky for years. Or centuries.

Now Essun must pursue the wreckage of her family through a deadly, dying land. Without sunlight, clean water, or arable land, and with limited stockpiles of supplies, there will be war all across the Stillness: a battle royale of nations not for power or territory, but simply for the basic resources necessary to get through the long dark night. Essun does not care if the world falls apart around her. She'll break it herself, if she must, to save her daughter.]]> 468 N.K. Jemisin Farren 0 4.29 2015
author: N.K. Jemisin
name: Farren
average rating: 4.29
book published: 2015
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2025/04/02
shelves: to-read, own-paperback, fantasy, dystopian
review:

]]> 10868556
R is a zombie. He has no memories, no identity, and no pulse, but he has dreams. He doesn’t enjoy killing people; he enjoys riding escalators and listening to Frank Sinatra. He is a little different from his fellow Dead.

Not just another zombie novel, Warm Bodies is funny, scary, and deeply moving.]]> 256 Isaac Marion 1439192332 Farren 4 Romeo and Juliet, I know I would have enjoyed Shakespeare more in school if it was about adorable zombies, so maybe you should quit being so pretentious.]]> 3.88 2010
author: Isaac Marion
name: Farren
average rating: 3.88
book published: 2010
rating: 4
read at: 2016/01/02
date added: 2025/04/02
shelves: dystopian, horror, humor, sci-fi, fantasy
review:
I saw this movie a while back. It was nothing spectacular but it was cute. This book is better, darker, and has far more depth than the movie. I think as long as you know what to expect and don't take this book seriously you should like it. I'm not sure why its top tags are horror and young adult because it fits neither genre. In fact, it is far more fantasy than sci-fi really. It is cheesy of course, love curing the zombie plague and all that, but it is a short read and hard to put down during that time. Isaac Marion's writing is beautiful and the quotes I highlighted in this book are among my all-time favorites. And for those complaining that this was a lame version of Romeo and Juliet, I know I would have enjoyed Shakespeare more in school if it was about adorable zombies, so maybe you should quit being so pretentious.
]]> 7094569
The infection spread, virus blocks taking over bodies and minds with one, unstoppable command: FEED. Now, twenty years after the Rising, bloggers Georgia and Shaun Mason are on the trail of the biggest story of their lives—the dark conspiracy behind the infected.

The truth will get out, even if it kills them.]]> 599 Mira Grant 0316081051 Farren 3 horror, dystopian 3.85 2010
author: Mira Grant
name: Farren
average rating: 3.85
book published: 2010
rating: 3
read at: 2019/10/17
date added: 2025/04/02
shelves: horror, dystopian
review:

]]> 22238158 A masterful tale of ambition, jealousy, desire, and superpowers.

Victor and Eli started out as college roommates—brilliant, arrogant, lonely boys who recognized the same sharpness and ambition in each other. In their senior year, a shared research interest in adrenaline, near-death experiences, and seemingly supernatural events reveals an intriguing possibility: that under the right conditions, someone could develop extraordinary abilities. But when their thesis moves from the academic to the experimental, things go horribly wrong.

Ten years later, Victor breaks out of prison, determined to catch up to his old friend (now foe), aided by a young girl whose reserved nature obscures a stunning ability. Meanwhile, Eli is on a mission to eradicate every other super-powered person that he can find—aside from his sidekick, an enigmatic woman with an unbreakable will. Armed with terrible power on both sides, driven by the memory of betrayal and loss, the archnemeses have set a course for revenge—but who will be left alive at the end?

In Vicious, V. E. Schwab brings to life a gritty comic-book-style world in vivid prose: a world where gaining superpowers doesn't automatically lead to heroism, and a time when allegiances are called into question.

"A dynamic and original twist on what it means to be a hero and a villain. A killer from page one
highly recommended!" —Jonathan Maberry, New York Times bestselling author of Marvel Universe vs The Avengers and Patient Zero



One of Publishers Weekly's Best Fantasy Books of 2013]]> 364 Victoria E. Schwab 0765335352 Farren 5 signed-books, sci-fi The Walls Around Us for my favorite book of 2017. I mean, that's a pretty big deal. Because I am the stingiest of star-hoarders.

I am now convinced that Victoria Schwab isn't capable of writing a bad book. I know I couldn't find a single flaw in this one. Definitely Flatliners meets X-Men, I wasn't sure this book would even be my cup of tea. I couldn't have been more wrong, and now I get to join the legion of readers who complain about waiting on the sequel.

As usual, Victoria's writing was excellent. And despite the multiple points of view and several different timelines, this book was not difficult to follow whatsoever. I just love idea of two antiheroes rather than a hero and villian, and there wasn't a single character that I didn't love. Or love to hate. When is it too soon for a reread???

**Reread 10/18: Will this book ever not be a 5 star rating? ]]> 4.36 2013
author: Victoria E. Schwab
name: Farren
average rating: 4.36
book published: 2013
rating: 5
read at: 2018/10/04
date added: 2025/04/02
shelves: signed-books, sci-fi
review:
This book is competing with The Walls Around Us for my favorite book of 2017. I mean, that's a pretty big deal. Because I am the stingiest of star-hoarders.

I am now convinced that Victoria Schwab isn't capable of writing a bad book. I know I couldn't find a single flaw in this one. Definitely Flatliners meets X-Men, I wasn't sure this book would even be my cup of tea. I couldn't have been more wrong, and now I get to join the legion of readers who complain about waiting on the sequel.

As usual, Victoria's writing was excellent. And despite the multiple points of view and several different timelines, this book was not difficult to follow whatsoever. I just love idea of two antiheroes rather than a hero and villian, and there wasn't a single character that I didn't love. Or love to hate. When is it too soon for a reread???

**Reread 10/18: Will this book ever not be a 5 star rating?
]]> 17274511
Elise is a widowed mother trying to keep her daughters alive, but bloody battles with beasties define survival road. Even when Elise finds Jason � a strong, capable man � she feels no safer, no more confident that her babies will see a tomorrow. Barely staying alive becomes the norm.

Against all odds, Elise and her group reach a sanctuary.

Yet there is no rest for the weary.

Doctors O’Toole and Peters have been experimenting on the humanoid monstersâ€� but they aren’t interested in saving humanity. Elise assists them reluctantly, all the while working secretly with Nick and Jamie to return the world to what it once wasâ€�

Before the undergrounders came out to play on the surface.



(Dead Trees is a classic dystopian, post-apocalyptic, Sci-Fi novel. It contains scenes of graphic violence, mild romantic elements, and some foul language).

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Reader Comments:

"I must congratulate you on what looks to be a well crafted story. Well written, too. You have obviously put a lot of thought and effort into your writing and it shows." -John P. Authonomy Reviewer

"What a nice change from zombies, vampires, trolls, aliens and giant earthworms. Quadruped humanoids who eat their dead are certainly monstrous enough to qualify for the role of abomination bent on killing off humankind. Your protagonist, Elise, using the first person POV makes the narrative introspective and immediate- a sympathetic character worth cheering on from one impossible situtation to the next. The dialogue is to the point, even raw at times, but always true to character. Thank you so much for the intriguing read." -Ken E.L. Authonomy Reviewer

"I'm Ă  huge fan of sci-fi and the occasional zombie stories. Though this didn't have zombies per se, there was the same feel to it. With very few inconsistencies, it was a story that can keep you interested in finding out what happens next. Whenever you think things are becoming "normal," it gets the adrenaline rushing all over again. It was nice to have a strong female lead in the story! I can easily see this being made into a movie. Very entertaining and I was sorry to have it end." Donna Davis - Amazon Reviewer]]> 463 Eli Constant 1481030086 Farren 0 to-read, k-u, horror, sci-fi 4.28 2012
author: Eli Constant
name: Farren
average rating: 4.28
book published: 2012
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2025/04/02
shelves: to-read, k-u, horror, sci-fi
review:

]]> 22739456 *The individual installments are no longer in publication. Please see Cold Mark (Mark, #1) /book/show/2....

A savagely wicked new adult sci-fi serial blasts off with Fall, the first installment in The Cold Mark Saga...

Only one thousand Humans survived The Travel from the shattered Earth. Some Humans say it was their penance for crushing such beauty. Eighteen-year-old Braita merely thought it was pathetic - pathetic that her people had been that blind.

Now, the Humans live in the solar system, Kline, where three planets are habitable. Joyal, the smallest planet, is embraced by the Humans - their family to love as they had never loved Earth. Though a planet covered mainly in water is dangerous real estate to dwell upon.

Their worry turns into devastating reality when Braita's blessed village is struck by a tsunami. Population numbers must be kept to a minimum. Drastic measures must be taken. Braita's life is twisted in brutality when she is chosen as one of the three hundred Humans to be removed from Joyal...and sent to the Mian, the aliens to fear, on the planet Triaz.

Thrown head first into a barbaric world she knows nothing of, Braita must adapt to a dark life as a slave of the Mian society. Her existence depends on it...and possibly, the fall of her heart.]]> 98 Scarlett Dawn Farren 0 3.69 2014
author: Scarlett Dawn
name: Farren
average rating: 3.69
book published: 2014
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2025/04/02
shelves: to-read, sci-fi, romance-romantasy
review:

]]> 6690798 THIRTY-TWO MINUTES FOR ONE WORLD TO DIE, ANOTHER TO BE BORN.

First, the unthinkable: a security breach at a secret U.S. government facility unleashes the monstrous product of a chilling military experiment. Then, the unspeakable: a night of chaos and carnage gives way to sunrise on a nation, and ultimately a world, forever altered. All that remains for the stunned survivors is the long fight ahead and a future ruled by fear—of darkness, of death, of a fate far worse.

As civilization swiftly crumbles into a primal landscape of predators and prey, two people flee in search of sanctuary. FBI agent Brad Wolgast is a good man haunted by what he's done in the line of duty. Six-year-old orphan Amy Harper Bellafonte is a refugee from the doomed scientific project that has triggered apocalypse. Wolgast is determined to protect her from the horror set loose by her captors, but for Amy, escaping the bloody fallout is only the beginning of a much longer odyssey—spanning miles and decades—toward the time and place where she must finish what should never have begun.

With The Passage, award-winning author Justin Cronin has written both a relentlessly suspenseful adventure and an epic chronicle of human endurance in the face of unprecedented catastrophe and unimaginable danger. Its inventive storytelling, masterly prose, and depth of human insight mark it as a crucial and transcendent work of modern fiction.]]> 784 Justin Cronin 0345504968 Farren 3 4.04 2010
author: Justin Cronin
name: Farren
average rating: 4.04
book published: 2010
rating: 3
read at: 2016/05/26
date added: 2025/04/02
shelves: horror, own-paperback, dystopian, fantasy-paranormal
review:
This book was kinda crazy. I think I need time to process... 3.5 stars?
]]> 9648068 331 Rhiannon Frater 0765331268 Farren 0 to-read, horror, dystopian 3.76 2008
author: Rhiannon Frater
name: Farren
average rating: 3.76
book published: 2008
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2025/04/02
shelves: to-read, horror, dystopian
review:

]]> 22975973
No Dogs in Philly is a Lovecraftian Cyberpunk Noir with aliens, monsters, extra-dimensional Gods and a tough-as-nails female protagonist. It tickles at questions of existence and the role humans play in this particular universe.

Rated R for strong language, mentions of sex, and graphic violence. Contains intense horror and potentially disturbing imagery.]]> 165 Andy Futuro 1500735639 Farren 0 3.54 2014
author: Andy Futuro
name: Farren
average rating: 3.54
book published: 2014
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2025/04/02
shelves: to-read, kindle-freebies, horror, dystopian, sci-fi
review:

]]> 13631837
Except sixteen-year-old Althea isn’t content at all, and she doesn’t need the mysterious note inside her locket to tell her she’s Something Else. It also warns her to trust no one, so she hides the pieces that make her different, even though it means being alone.

Then she meets Lucas, everything changes.

Althea and Lucas are immune to the alien mind control, and together they search for the reason why. What they uncover is a stunning truth the Others never anticipated, one with the potential to free the brainwashed human race.

It’s not who they are that makes them special, but what.

And what they are is a threat. One the Others are determined to eliminate for good.]]> 418 Trisha Leigh 1475235941 Farren 3 3.89 2012
author: Trisha Leigh
name: Farren
average rating: 3.89
book published: 2012
rating: 3
read at: 2019/03/22
date added: 2025/04/02
shelves: kindle-freebies, young-adult, sci-fi, romance-romantasy
review:

]]> 123063 Under the Skin takes us on a heart-thumping ride through dangerous territory—our own moral instincts and the boundaries of compassion.]]> 296 Michel Faber 1841954802 Farren 0 to-read, horror, sci-fi 3.76 2000
author: Michel Faber
name: Farren
average rating: 3.76
book published: 2000
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2025/04/02
shelves: to-read, horror, sci-fi
review:

]]> 59924
In a future world racked by violence and environmental catastrophes, George Orr wakes up one day to discover that his dreams have the ability to alter reality. He seeks help from Dr. William Haber, a psychiatrist who immediately grasps the power George wields. Soon George must preserve reality itself as Dr. Haber becomes adept at manipulating George's dreams for his own purposes.

The Lathe of Heaven is an eerily prescient novel from award-winning author Ursula K. Le Guin that masterfully addresses the dangers of power and humanity's self-destructiveness, questioning the nature of reality itself. It is a classic of the science fiction genre.]]> 176 Ursula K. Le Guin 0060512741 Farren 0 to-read, sci-fi, fantasy 4.12 1971
author: Ursula K. Le Guin
name: Farren
average rating: 4.12
book published: 1971
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2025/04/02
shelves: to-read, sci-fi, fantasy
review:

]]> 18655852
Bill watched from his window as London was evacuated. His leg broken, he is unable to join the exodus. Turning to his friends in the government, he waits and hopes for rescue. As the days turn into weeks, realising inaction will lead only to starvation and death, his thoughts turn to escape.

Forced to leave the safety of his home he ventures out into the undead wasteland that once was England, where he will discover a horrific secret.

This is the first volume of his journal.]]> 196 Frank Tayell Farren 0 3.86 2013
author: Frank Tayell
name: Farren
average rating: 3.86
book published: 2013
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2025/04/02
shelves: to-read, kindle-freebies, horror, sci-fi
review:

]]> 27240455 251 E.M. Peters Farren 0 to-read, sci-fi, dystopian 3.28
author: E.M. Peters
name: Farren
average rating: 3.28
book published:
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2025/04/02
shelves: to-read, sci-fi, dystopian
review:

]]> 26210016 193 Isaac Marion 1476799709 Farren 3 maybe I shouldn't have listened to this lol]]> 4.07 2013
author: Isaac Marion
name: Farren
average rating: 4.07
book published: 2013
rating: 3
read at: 2016/03/28
date added: 2025/04/02
shelves: own-paperback, dystopian, horror, sci-fi
review:
I finally decided to listen to this audiobook since I didn't have any others I planned to start and it was barely over 3 hours long. I actually didn't even realize it was a prequel until after I started it, because it's number 1.5 instead 0.5. It wasn't as good as the first book, but it was a nice little backstory on the main characters. I found Julie's story kind of repetitive and boring, but being inside the head of a zombie when he first turns was very interesting. Nora's story was great, and while I liked her a lot in Warm Bodies, I will definitely love her much more when the next book comes out because of her story. It was very sad though, in comparison to the first book, and afterwards I thought maybe I shouldn't have listened to this lol
]]> 23492477 Bourne Identity meets Minority Report in this first highly anticipated installment in number-one New York Times best-selling author Kim Harrison's sexy new romantic suspense trilogy, featuring a brilliant special task agent at the top of her field and set in a futuristic Detroit.

During a routine but dangerous Opti task, Peri Reed finds out her trusted partner has made her a corrupt agent. Her unique ability to jump back 40 seconds in time to correct a mistake leaves her vulnerable when her partner, who is responsible for replacing her memory of the event, gives her a false one. But Peri lives and dies on her intuition, and she begins to piece her twisted reality together as she flees her one-time secure situation at Opti and tries to find the truth with a sullen but talented psychologist named Silas who works for the very agency trying to bring the Opti corruption to light.

With Howard, tech and med specialist, and Taf, gun-toting daughter of the opposing grass-roots agency, Silas and Peri try to rebuild her memory of the night she killed her partner, knowing it will put her mental stability in danger. Peri remembers, and thoughts of revenge keep her alive and moving forward as she tries to put an end to Opti, working with the very faction that wants to see her dead.]]> 422 Kim Harrison 1501108697 Farren 0 to-read, dystopian, sci-fi 3.58 2015
author: Kim Harrison
name: Farren
average rating: 3.58
book published: 2015
rating: 0
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]]> 19090384
And now, something with wicked claws and deepwater teeth has begun to hunt at night....Feeling responsible for her neighbors, Dina decides to get involved. Before long, she has to juggle dealing with the annoyingly attractive, ex-military, new neighbor, Sean Evans—an alpha-strain werewolf—and the equally arresting cosmic vampire soldier, Arland, while trying to keep her inn and its guests safe. But the enemy she’s facing is unlike anything she’s ever encountered. It’s smart, vicious, and lethal, and putting herself between this creature and her neighbors might just cost her everything.]]> 225 Ilona Andrews 1625173431 Farren 0 4.10 2013
author: Ilona Andrews
name: Farren
average rating: 4.10
book published: 2013
rating: 0
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shelves: to-read, fantasy, paranormal-urban-supernatural
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]]> 22907961
Eliana Gomez, a female PI looking for a way to the mainland.

Diego Amitrano, the right-hand man to the gangster who controls the city’s food come winter.

Marianella Luna, an aristocrat with a dangerous secret.

Sofia, an android who has begun to evolve.

But the city is evolving too, and in the heart of the perilous Antarctic winter, factions will clash, dreams will shatter, and that frozen metropolis just might boil over
]]> 432 Cassandra Rose Clarke Farren 0 to-read, sci-fi, dystopian 3.43 2015
author: Cassandra Rose Clarke
name: Farren
average rating: 3.43
book published: 2015
rating: 0
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]]> 26047678 Kodiak. Raven. Wolf. Ram.

Four clans. One destiny.

Seventeen-year-old Zo is a Wolf and a Healer who volunteers to infiltrate the Ram as a spy on behalf of the allied clans. She offers herself as a Ram slave, joining the people who are called the “Nameless.â€� Hers is a suicide mission thought to enable her to seek revenge for the death of her parents and an end to her own misery.

But after Zo’s younger sister follows her into Rams Gate, Zo must find a way to survive and keep her safe.

When Zo finds unexpected friendship in a young Ram whose life she saves, growing feelings for a Ram soldier, and an underground Nameless insurrection, she learns that revenge, loyalty and love are more complicated than she ever imagined in the first installment of this electrifying fantasy series.]]> 338 Jennifer Jenkins Farren 0 4.09 2015
author: Jennifer Jenkins
name: Farren
average rating: 4.09
book published: 2015
rating: 0
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shelves: to-read, dystopian, fantasy, young-adult
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]]> 25789738
Vee is the lead singer of the Sugar Skulls, an all-girl band that is Corporate’s newest pet project. Micah haunts the city like a ghost after an overdose of a deadly illegal street drug knocks him off the grid. When Micah and Vee forge an immediate, undeniable connection, their troubled worlds collide.

Trading concert stages for Cyrene’s rooftops and back alleys, they have to evade vicious thugs and Vee’s possessive manager as they unravel the mysteries connected to their dark pasts. And before the curtain falls, Micah and Vee will bring the city to its knees in their desperate bid for love, home, and a future together.]]> 333 Lisa Mantchev 1503949710 Farren 0 3.86 2015
author: Lisa Mantchev
name: Farren
average rating: 3.86
book published: 2015
rating: 0
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date added: 2025/04/02
shelves: to-read, young-adult, sci-fi, dystopian
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]]> 17412638
Even worse, she alerts some people in the universe who've been looking for her family for a very long time.

Thrown back into ancient Spain and tasked with killing a Spanish legend, she must train alongside Constantine, a sexy yet obstinate Roman warrior. He teaches her how to wield her lightning as a weapon, through more errors than trials. With a relationship as explosive as their late-night training sessions, Evy and Constantine battle their push-pull relationship while trying to ignore the two-thousand-year difference in their birthdates.

Ilif Rotiart, her quasi-mentor, is appalled at Evy's skill. He would prefer to train her father and keep Evy on the sidelines—where women belong. Evy has a feeling Ilif is keeping something from them, but she must play nice until she uncovers the truth. And if he's lying, it will be the worst day of his four-hundred-year life.

Penya Sepadas claims she's Evy's rightful trainer, and she has the prophecy to prove it. Penya doesn't share Ilif's misogynistic attitude, but she does have her own agenda...and her own secrets.

Evy must sort through the lies and find the truth behind her family's time-traveling past before the wrong history obliterates the future. She’s spent her whole life fighting for her place. Now, as the first female lightning rider, she'll dedicate her existence to fighting to save the world.

But will Evy learn to manage her lightning and find the truth before it's too late?]]> 314 Jen Greyson Farren 0 3.78 2013
author: Jen Greyson
name: Farren
average rating: 3.78
book published: 2013
rating: 0
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date added: 2025/04/02
shelves: to-read, kindle-freebies, fantasy, paranormal-urban-supernatural
review:

]]> 25372801 316 Charlie Jane Anders 0765379945 Farren 0 3.57 2016
author: Charlie Jane Anders
name: Farren
average rating: 3.57
book published: 2016
rating: 0
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shelves: to-read, magical-realism-or-speculative
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]]> 17457124
When reports of a widespread, deadly “outbreakâ€� begin to surface, these ordinary people face extraordinary circumstances and suddenly their fates are intertwined. Recognizing they can’t outrun the danger, Scarlet, Nathan, and Miranda desperately seek shelter at the same secluded ranch, Red Hill. Emotions run high while old and new relationships are tested in the face of a terrifying enemy—an enemy who no longer remembers what it’s like to be human.

Set against the backdrop of a brilliantly realized apocalyptic world, love somehow finds a way to survive. But what happens when the one you’d die for becomes the one who could destroy you?

Red Hill grabs you from page one and doesn’t let go until its stunning conclusion. This is #1 New York Times bestselling author Jamie McGuire at her unforgettable best.]]> 368 Jamie McGuire 1476759537 Farren 3 2.5 stars.

I was actually really enjoying this book, much more so than Jamie's book Providence (which I couldn't even finish), and thought she did a good job of making the characters' storylines come together. Unfortunately, I just really hated the ending and it ruined my overall enjoyment of the story. I was wondering why I saw so many two and three star ratings, but now I totally get it.

Although I didn't care for most of the characters, I found Scarlet to be the downfall of the entire novel. She made stupid decisions over and over again, never stopping to consider how it would affect anyone else's safety. Okay, rant time: [spoilers removed] This book surpasses even The Walking Dead levels of implausiblity.

I did like Nathan for the most part, but I also found him to be quite frustrating. How he and his wife could completely ignore the fact that Zoe is clearly autistic baffles me, especially considering she was a stay at home mom! Shorter rant: [spoilers removed]

Yeah, I get it, it's a zombie novel and people are going to die. But it's annoying when it's due to bad writing and for "shock value."]]> 3.89 2013
author: Jamie McGuire
name: Farren
average rating: 3.89
book published: 2013
rating: 3
read at: 2018/10/01
date added: 2025/04/02
shelves: horror, favorite-narrators, dystopian
review:
Probably 2.5 stars.

I was actually really enjoying this book, much more so than Jamie's book Providence (which I couldn't even finish), and thought she did a good job of making the characters' storylines come together. Unfortunately, I just really hated the ending and it ruined my overall enjoyment of the story. I was wondering why I saw so many two and three star ratings, but now I totally get it.

Although I didn't care for most of the characters, I found Scarlet to be the downfall of the entire novel. She made stupid decisions over and over again, never stopping to consider how it would affect anyone else's safety. Okay, rant time: [spoilers removed] This book surpasses even The Walking Dead levels of implausiblity.

I did like Nathan for the most part, but I also found him to be quite frustrating. How he and his wife could completely ignore the fact that Zoe is clearly autistic baffles me, especially considering she was a stay at home mom! Shorter rant: [spoilers removed]

Yeah, I get it, it's a zombie novel and people are going to die. But it's annoying when it's due to bad writing and for "shock value."
]]> 13453029
The first Wool story was released as a standalone short in July of 2011. Due to reviewer demand, the rest of the story was released over the next six months.

This is the story of mankind clawing for survival, of mankind on the edge. The world outside has grown unkind, the view of it limited, talk of it forbidden. But there are always those who hope, who dream. These are the dangerous people, the residents who infect others with their optimism. Their punishment is simple. They are given the very thing they profess to want: They are allowed outside.

Alternate cover for B0071XO8RA]]> 509 Hugh Howey Farren 0 to-read, dystopian, sci-fi 4.22 2012
author: Hugh Howey
name: Farren
average rating: 4.22
book published: 2012
rating: 0
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]]> 18486247 424 Claire North Farren 0 4.20 2014
author: Claire North
name: Farren
average rating: 4.20
book published: 2014
rating: 0
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]]> 60925 Fledgling, Octavia Butler's new novel after a seven year break, is the story of an apparently young, amnesiac girl whose alarmingly inhuman needs and abilities lead her to a startling conclusion: She is in fact a genetically modified, 53-year-old vampire. Forced to discover what she can about her stolen former life, she must at the same time learn who wanted - and still wants - to destroy her and those she cares for and how she can save herself. Fledgling is a captivating novel that tests the limits of "otherness" and questions what it means to be truly human.]]> 310 Octavia E. Butler 0446696161 Farren 0 3.80 2005
author: Octavia E. Butler
name: Farren
average rating: 3.80
book published: 2005
rating: 0
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]]> 23012481
As a Gracekeeper, Callanish administers shoreside burials, laying the dead to their final resting place deep in the depths of the ocean. Alone on her island, she has exiled herself to a life of tending watery graves as penance for a long-ago mistake that still haunts her. Meanwhile, North works as a circus performer with the Excalibur, a floating troupe of acrobats, clowns, dancers, and trainers who sail from one archipelago to the next, entertaining in exchange for sustenance.

In a world divided between those inhabiting the mainland ("landlockers") and those who float on the sea ("damplings"), loneliness has become a way of life for North and Callanish, until a sudden storm offshore brings change to both their lives - offering them a new understanding of the world they live in and the consequences of the past, while restoring hope in an unexpected future.

Inspired in part by Scottish myths and fairytales, The Gracekeepers tells a modern story of an irreparably changed world: one that harbors the same isolation and sadness, but also joys and marvels of our own age.]]> 320 Kirsty Logan 0553446614 Farren 0 3.54 2015
author: Kirsty Logan
name: Farren
average rating: 3.54
book published: 2015
rating: 0
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shelves: to-read, fantasy-paranormal, magical-realism-or-speculative, mythology-retelling
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]]> 29076467 Librarian's Note: Alternate-cover edition for ASIN B00TFWFDAG

Blue light ripples and crackles as the shield walls fracture. The remnants of a doomed civilization stand vigil outside, intent on plunder and slaves, desirous of untainted blood to strengthen their broken lives. With the poisons, came deformities and powers, enhanced senses and the ability to manipulate waves of energy—lightbenders and fire-wielders.

For those who thrived for generations within the walls, the broken world looms, strange and deadly, slowly dying. While the righteous pray for salvation, Rimma prepares for battle, fueled by rage and blinded by vengeance. Her twin, Angel, bound to her by unbreakable magic, seeks light in the darkness, hope in the future, and love in a broken world.

Trigger Warning.]]> 332 D. Wallace Peach Farren 0 4.14 2015
author: D. Wallace Peach
name: Farren
average rating: 4.14
book published: 2015
rating: 0
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date added: 2025/04/02
shelves: kindle-freebies, dnf, sci-fi, fantasy
review:

]]> 25110965
Would you live your life differently if you were given a second chance? Hannah, David, Connie, and Linda—four terminally ill patients—have been selected for the SUBlife pilot program, which will grant them brand-new, genetically perfect bodies that are exact copies of their former selves—without a single imperfection. Blemishes, scars, freckles, and wrinkles have all disappeared, their fingerprints are different, their vision is impeccable, and most importantly, their illnesses have been cured.

But the fresh start they’ve been given is anything but perfect. Without their old bodies, their new physical identities have been lost. Hannah, an artistic prodigy, has to relearn how to hold a brush; David, a Congressman, grapples with his old habits; Connie, an actress whose stunning looks are restored after a protracted illness, tries to navigate an industry obsessed with physical beauty; and Linda, who spent eight years paralyzed after a car accident, now struggles to reconnect with a family that seems to have built a new life without her. As each tries to re-enter their previous lives and relationships they are faced with the how much of your identity rests not just in your mind, but in your heart, your body?]]> 320 Jessica Chiarella 150111610X Farren 0 to-read, sci-fi, lit-fic 3.54 2016
author: Jessica Chiarella
name: Farren
average rating: 3.54
book published: 2016
rating: 0
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date added: 2025/04/02
shelves: to-read, sci-fi, lit-fic
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]]> 20447745
Meanwhile, a series of interconnected murders threatens the city’s stability â€� serial killer? Or something much, much worse...?]]> 285 Madeline Ashby 0857665367 Farren 0 3.46 2016
author: Madeline Ashby
name: Farren
average rating: 3.46
book published: 2016
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2025/04/02
shelves: to-read, own-paperback, dystopian, mystery, sci-fi
review:

]]> 27833670 A mindbending, relentlessly surprising thriller from the author of the bestselling Wayward Pines trilogy.

Jason Dessen is walking home through the chilly Chicago streets one night, looking forward to a quiet evening in front of the fireplace with his wife, Daniela, and their son, Charlie—when his reality shatters.

"Are you happy with your life?"

Those are the last words Jason Dessen hears before the masked abductor knocks him unconscious.

Before he awakens to find himself strapped to a gurney, surrounded by strangers in hazmat suits.

Before a man Jason's never met smiles down at him and says, "Welcome back, my friend."

In this world he's woken up to, Jason's life is not the one he knows. His wife is not his wife. His son was never born. And Jason is not an ordinary college physics professor, but a celebrated genius who has achieved something remarkable. Something impossible.

Is it this world or the other that's the dream?

And even if the home he remembers is real, how can Jason possibly make it back to the family he loves? The answers lie in a journey more wondrous and horrifying than anything he could've imagined—one that will force him to confront the darkest parts of himself even as he battles a terrifying, seemingly unbeatable foe.

Dark Matter is a brilliantly plotted tale that is at once sweeping and intimate, mind-bendingly strange and profoundly human--a relentlessly surprising science-fiction thriller about choices, paths not taken, and how far we'll go to claim the lives we dream of.]]> 342 Blake Crouch 1101904224 Farren 3 sci-fi, thriller-suspense 4.13 2016
author: Blake Crouch
name: Farren
average rating: 4.13
book published: 2016
rating: 3
read at: 2017/04/06
date added: 2025/04/02
shelves: sci-fi, thriller-suspense
review:
This book had me hooked by page three, but my initial excitement waned the more sciencey it got. I did like the writing so much more than in Pines, and I was impressed by the amount of research the author must have done for this story. I just wish there were more really good parts so I could bump it back up to 4 stars. I also couldn't stop thinking about the episodes of Family Guy were Stewie and Brian travel through the multiverse or go back in time while I read the book...
]]> 27245997
She wanted an adventure. She never imagined it would go this far.

It begins with a reality TV show. Twelve contestants are sent into the woods to face challenges that will test the limits of their endurance. While they are out there, something terrible happens—but how widespread is the destruction, and has it occurred naturally or is it human-made? Cut off from society, the contestants know nothing of it. When one of them—a young woman the show’s producers call Zoo—stumbles across the devastation, she can imagine only that it is part of the game.

Alone and disoriented, Zoo is heavy with doubt regarding the life—and husband—she left behind, but she refuses to quit. Staggering countless miles across unfamiliar territory, Zoo must summon all her survival skills—and learn new ones as she goes.

But as her emotional and physical reserves dwindle, she grasps that the real world might have been altered in terrifying ways—and her ability to parse the charade will be either her triumph or her undoing.

Sophisticated and provocative, The Last One is a novel that forces us to confront the role that media plays in our perception of what is real: how readily we cast our judgments, how easily we are manipulated.]]> 295 Alexandra Oliva 1101965088 Farren 4 dystopian, thriller-suspense 3.5 stars like most of the other reviews I've seen. It has a 4 star plot but suffers from 3 star writing.

I enjoyed the parts of the book written from Zoo's perspective, as they were more gripping and focused on her survival experience. What I didn't like was the portion of the book told by the footage editor, which was telling to the most annoying degree. You would prefer to watch a tv show rather than have someone transribe it all to you wouldn't you? All the Zoo builds a fire. Engineer is impressed. Tracker feels proud that she learned so quickly. They all sleep together in a shelter built by Banker and Air Force did not read well. I would rather read from each character's perspective about the events that involved them or just have all of it from Zoo's point of view.

I didn't mind the time jumps and never found them difficult to follow, but I hated the how the characters' names were different in each perspective. The footage editor would call them by their stereotypical reality show roles (Black Doctor, Asian Chick, Banker, Biologist, etc) so that's how I came to know who was who. Then halfway through the book Zoo would refer to them by their actual names and I'd be racking my brain trying to remember which person was which. By the end of the book I still hadn't figured them all out.

I loved the internet threads sprinkled throughout the book. Especially all of the know-it-alls who think they can do everything better than the contestants on the show or people that are haters for no reason at all. It was just like clicking on any Facebook article and reading the comments, except the people in the book weren't calling them "snowflakes" and "libtards" 🙄

As soon as I saw the sci-fi tag I just knew this book would involve a viral outbreak. But the things Zoo experiences and how she intereprets them are what make the book interesting. Her state of mind as things progressed was, in my opinion, the best aspect of the story. It took me a good quarter of the book to become invested, but once I was I didn't want to put it down until I had answers.

I will definitely keep an eye out for anything new from this author in the future, especially if this is only her debut novel.]]> 3.61 2016
author: Alexandra Oliva
name: Farren
average rating: 3.61
book published: 2016
rating: 4
read at: 2018/01/12
date added: 2025/04/02
shelves: dystopian, thriller-suspense
review:
I think I have to give this one 3.5 stars like most of the other reviews I've seen. It has a 4 star plot but suffers from 3 star writing.

I enjoyed the parts of the book written from Zoo's perspective, as they were more gripping and focused on her survival experience. What I didn't like was the portion of the book told by the footage editor, which was telling to the most annoying degree. You would prefer to watch a tv show rather than have someone transribe it all to you wouldn't you? All the Zoo builds a fire. Engineer is impressed. Tracker feels proud that she learned so quickly. They all sleep together in a shelter built by Banker and Air Force did not read well. I would rather read from each character's perspective about the events that involved them or just have all of it from Zoo's point of view.

I didn't mind the time jumps and never found them difficult to follow, but I hated the how the characters' names were different in each perspective. The footage editor would call them by their stereotypical reality show roles (Black Doctor, Asian Chick, Banker, Biologist, etc) so that's how I came to know who was who. Then halfway through the book Zoo would refer to them by their actual names and I'd be racking my brain trying to remember which person was which. By the end of the book I still hadn't figured them all out.

I loved the internet threads sprinkled throughout the book. Especially all of the know-it-alls who think they can do everything better than the contestants on the show or people that are haters for no reason at all. It was just like clicking on any Facebook article and reading the comments, except the people in the book weren't calling them "snowflakes" and "libtards" 🙄

As soon as I saw the sci-fi tag I just knew this book would involve a viral outbreak. But the things Zoo experiences and how she intereprets them are what make the book interesting. Her state of mind as things progressed was, in my opinion, the best aspect of the story. It took me a good quarter of the book to become invested, but once I was I didn't want to put it down until I had answers.

I will definitely keep an eye out for anything new from this author in the future, especially if this is only her debut novel.
]]> 25170761 Ìę
When the bombs that stopped the species war tore holes in the veil between this world and the next, they allowed entry to the Others—demons, wraiths, and death spirits who turned the shadows into their hunting grounds. Now, a hundred years later, humans and shifters alike live in artificially lit cities designed to keep the darkness at bay....
Ìę
As a dĂ©chet—a breed of humanoid super-soldiers almost eradicated by the war—Tiger has spent her life in hiding. But when she risks her life to save a little girl on the outskirts of Central City, she discovers that the child is one of many abducted in broad daylight by a wraith-like being—an impossibility with dangerous implications for everyone on earth.
Ìę
Because if the light is no longer enough to protect them, nowhere is safe...]]> 343 Keri Arthur 0349406987 Farren 0 3.82 2016
author: Keri Arthur
name: Farren
average rating: 3.82
book published: 2016
rating: 0
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shelves: to-read, paranormal-urban-supernatural
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]]> 23168818
James is a chronman, undertaking missions into Earth's past to recover resources and treasure without altering the timeline. The laws governing use of time travel are absolute; break any one of them and, one way or another, your life is over. Most chronmen never reach old age; the stress of each jump through time, compounded by the risk to themselves and to the future, means that many chronmen rapidly reach their breaking point, and James Griffin-Mars is nearing his.

On a final mission that is to secure his retirement, James meets Elise Kim, an intriguing scientist from a previous century, who is fated to die during the destruction of an oceanic rig. Against his training and his common sense, and in violation of the chronmen’s highest law, James brings Elise back to the future with him, saving her life, but turning them both into fugitives. Remaining free means losing themselves in the wild and poisonous wastes of Earth, somehow finding allies, and perhaps discovering what hope may yet remain for humanity's home world.]]> 380 Wesley Chu 0765377187 Farren 0 to-read, sci-fi 3.70 2015
author: Wesley Chu
name: Farren
average rating: 3.70
book published: 2015
rating: 0
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date added: 2025/04/02
shelves: to-read, sci-fi
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]]> 17920175 None of the residents know how they got here. They are told where to work, how to live, and who to marry. Some believe they are dead. Others think they’re trapped in an unfathomable experiment. Everyone secretly dreams of leaving, but those who dare face a terrifying surprise.

Ethan Burke has seen the world beyond. He’s sheriff, and one of the few who knows the truth—Wayward Pines isn’t just a town. And what lies on the other side of the fence is a nightmare beyond anyone’s imagining.]]> 298 Blake Crouch 1477808701 Farren 0 4.12 2013
author: Blake Crouch
name: Farren
average rating: 4.12
book published: 2013
rating: 0
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shelves: to-read, mystery-thriller-suspense, sci-fi, thriller-suspense, mystery
review:

]]> 20423680
Secret Service agent Ethan Burke arrived in Wayward Pines, Idaho, three weeks ago. In this town, people are told who to marry, where to live, where to work. Their children are taught that David Pilcher, the town’s creator, is god. No one is allowed to leave; even asking questions can get you killed.

But Ethan has discovered the astonishing secret of what lies beyond the electrified fence that surrounds Wayward Pines and protects it from the terrifying world beyond. It is a secret that has the entire population completely under the control of a madman and his army of followers, a secret that is about to come storming through the fence to wipe out this last, fragile remnant of humanity.]]> 294 Blake Crouch 1477872582 Farren 0 4.09 2014
author: Blake Crouch
name: Farren
average rating: 4.09
book published: 2014
rating: 0
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date added: 2025/04/02
shelves: to-read, mystery-thriller-suspense, mystery, sci-fi, thriller-suspense
review:

]]> 28053896
Porschia Grant starves for more than her parentsâ€� affection. Forced to enter the rotation, she will be given extra food rations in exchange for becoming a vampire’s breakfast and dinner for a week. The rotation has an extra responsibility as well: leave the colony and enter the dangerous forest to hunt for food. A night-walker will protect the hunters from the infected that roam the woods. But with the treaty hanging in the balance and tension between the humans and vampires rising, anything could happen in the darkness.

What would you do if your only chance at survival might kill you?]]> 176 Casey L. Bond Farren 3 3.5 stars

To everyone who rated this book 5 stars, I think your heads would actually explode if you read The Immortal Rules. Both books feature a starving dystopian society, vampires who systematically feed off humans but have to let them live, and hella dangerous, zombie-esque infected creatures. Not to mention a character who keeps fucking them over, but instead of letting them die the MC suffers the consequences. While I was initially interested in this story and felt compelled to ride it out, I couldn't stop comparing the two books and thinking about how Julie Kagawa did it first, and did it better.

It's been a long time since I read a complete book in a day. This story was short, with a 5 1/2 hour audiobook that I sped up to 1.2x speed because the narrator was bad. She read slow and her voice acting "skills" were on par with Kristen Stewart. I went out of town and did a ton of driving today, or else I'd have turned the book off and read it myself. I definitely don't recommend audio format.

I know everyone is like "wow holy cliffhanger" but it was the most obvious ending from the second the rings were introduced. I don't know if I care enough to continue on since the writing was poor and I'm not exactly down with a love square type of thing happening. Seriously, does the author think that him "sliding his long fangs into her neck" sounds sexy?]]> 3.84 2016
author: Casey L. Bond
name: Farren
average rating: 3.84
book published: 2016
rating: 3
read at: 2017/06/01
date added: 2025/04/02
shelves: horror, young-adult, paranormal-urban-supernatural, dystopian
review:
3.5 stars

To everyone who rated this book 5 stars, I think your heads would actually explode if you read The Immortal Rules. Both books feature a starving dystopian society, vampires who systematically feed off humans but have to let them live, and hella dangerous, zombie-esque infected creatures. Not to mention a character who keeps fucking them over, but instead of letting them die the MC suffers the consequences. While I was initially interested in this story and felt compelled to ride it out, I couldn't stop comparing the two books and thinking about how Julie Kagawa did it first, and did it better.

It's been a long time since I read a complete book in a day. This story was short, with a 5 1/2 hour audiobook that I sped up to 1.2x speed because the narrator was bad. She read slow and her voice acting "skills" were on par with Kristen Stewart. I went out of town and did a ton of driving today, or else I'd have turned the book off and read it myself. I definitely don't recommend audio format.

I know everyone is like "wow holy cliffhanger" but it was the most obvious ending from the second the rings were introduced. I don't know if I care enough to continue on since the writing was poor and I'm not exactly down with a love square type of thing happening. Seriously, does the author think that him "sliding his long fangs into her neck" sounds sexy?
]]> 25430566 Crosstalk pushes the modern culture of social media and continuous connectivity to hilarious and terrifying extremes as one young woman abruptly finds herself with more connectivity than she ever desired—placing her privacy, to say nothing of her patience (and possibly her sanity), at risk.

In the not-too-distant future, a simple outpatient procedure to increase empathy between romantic partners has become all the rage. And Briddey Flannigan is delighted when her boyfriend, Trent, suggests undergoing the operation prior to a marriage proposal—to enjoy better emotional connection and a perfect relationship with complete communication and understanding. But things don't quite work out as planned, and Briddey finds herself connected to someone else entirely—in a way far beyond what she signed up for.

It is almost more than she can handle—especially when the stress of managing her all-too-eager-to-communicate-at-all-times family is already burdening her brain. But that's only the beginning. As things go from bad to worse, she begins to see the dark side of too much information, and to realize that love—and communication—are far more complicated than she ever imagined.]]> 498 Connie Willis 0345540670 Farren 0 3.51 2016
author: Connie Willis
name: Farren
average rating: 3.51
book published: 2016
rating: 0
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]]> 16148435
He’s learning how to breathe, how to speak, how to be human, one clumsy step at a time. He doesn’t remember his old life and he doesn’t want to. He’s building a new one with Julie.

But his old life remembers him. The plague has another host far more dangerous than the Dead. It’s coming to return the world to the good old days of stability and control and the strong eating the weak, and stopping it will require a frightening journey into the surreal wastelands of America—and the shadowy basement of R’s mind.]]> 512 Isaac Marion 1476799717 Farren 0 to-read, dystopian, sci-fi 3.88 2017
author: Isaac Marion
name: Farren
average rating: 3.88
book published: 2017
rating: 0
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]]> 6065215
In a pawnshop in Spanish Harlem, a former professor and survivor of the Holocaust named Abraham Setrakian knows something is happening. And he knows the time has come, that a war is brewing.

So begins a battle of mammoth proportions as the vampiric virus that has infected New York begins to spill out into the streets. Eph, who is joined by Setrakian and a motley crew of fighters, must now find a way to stop the contagion and save his city - a city that includes his wife and son - before it is too late.]]> 403 Guillermo del Toro 0061558230 Farren 0 3.81 2009
author: Guillermo del Toro
name: Farren
average rating: 3.81
book published: 2009
rating: 0
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]]> 32277 216 Hiroki Endo 1593074069 Farren 0 3.98 1998
author: Hiroki Endo
name: Farren
average rating: 3.98
book published: 1998
rating: 0
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]]> 31541026 ***
Amber Tate believes the worst thing she’ll suffer in life is dealing with the unrequited love she feels for her brother’s best friend, Rylen Fite. She also believes war is something unfortunate that happens places far, far away from her rural Nevada town. She’s wrong on both counts.

When an unknown organization meticulously bombs major cities in the United States and across the globe, a trickle-down effect spreads to remaining towns at an alarming speed—everything from food and water sources to technology and communications are compromised. Without leadership, the nation is split between paralysis and panic, but Amber isn’t one to hide or watch helplessly. She’s determined to put her nursing skills to use, despite the danger, even if it means working alongside the man she can never have.]]> 336 Wendy Higgins 153554287X Farren 0 4.06 2016
author: Wendy Higgins
name: Farren
average rating: 4.06
book published: 2016
rating: 0
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]]> 18051477
At twenty years old, I should be worrying about final exams and where I’m going for spring break. Instead, I’m sharpening blades and loading guns.

My family chooses to make its home away from the settlements, deep in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado. We raid stores across the state, gathering supplies which we in turn trade to the settlements.

It’s a simple, but dangerous, existence and biters haunt us every step of the way.

Lucky for us, I have a secret . . . I’m a necromancer.

My name is Anya Donovan and this is my survival story.]]> 166 April Brookshire Farren 0 3.78 2013
author: April Brookshire
name: Farren
average rating: 3.78
book published: 2013
rating: 0
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]]> 215056860 From the bestselling author of The Forgetting: a tense, character-driven suspense with a final twist that will make you gasp

A heartbroken mother

When seventeen-year-old Isla Richardson is killed in a hit-and-run incident, a community’s lives are thrown into disarray. For Isla’s mum, Abby, it is her second devastating bereavement, having lost her husband five years ago. As Abby begins to uncover secrets about Isla’s life, she’s forced to rethink everything she thought she knew about her family.

A supportive best friend

For Abby’s best friend, Nicole, the tragic death sets in motion a chain of events that will have irreparable consequences for her husband and her two teenage sons.

A determined mum

For Jenna, Isla’s death threatens to expose secrets about her son’s past that she has done everything in her power to hide, to secure him a better future.

A tragedy unites them—but it could also tear their families apart

Tackling friendship, family, social prejudice and the pressures facing young women, Three Mothers how well do we really know our children? And how far would any of us go to protect the people we love?

Ideal for fans of Louise Candlish, Lisa Jewell and Liane Moriarty, Three Mothers is a tense, page-turning domestic suspense story with a final twist that will make you gasp.]]> 325 Hannah Beckerman 1662523351 Farren 0 4.24
author: Hannah Beckerman
name: Farren
average rating: 4.24
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]]> 15733233
1/9
Family and Friends: The dog and I have left to find my Mom. Most of you know where her place is, the corner of 9th and F. I’ll leave a note there before I move on. Everyone here is
gone. I can’t stay. I’m not sure when or if I will come back here but leave a message anyway.
I hope you find me. � Riley
]]> 243 Trish Marie Dawson Farren 0 to-read, dystopian, sci-fi 3.85 2012
author: Trish Marie Dawson
name: Farren
average rating: 3.85
book published: 2012
rating: 0
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]]> 13477883
When Justin and Mae are assigned to work together to solve a string of ritualistic murders, they soon realize that their discoveries have exposed them to terrible danger. As their investigation races forward, unknown enemies and powers greater than they can imagine are gathering in the shadows, ready to reclaim the world in which humans are merely game pieces on their board.

Gameboard of the Gods, the first installment of Richelle Mead’s Age of X series, will have all the elements that have made her YA Vampire Academy and Bloodlines series such megasuccesses: sexy, irresistible characters; romantic and mythological intrigue; and relentless action and suspense.]]> 448 Richelle Mead 052595368X Farren 0 3.94 2013
author: Richelle Mead
name: Farren
average rating: 3.94
book published: 2013
rating: 0
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]]> 16156357 The #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Vampire Academy and Bloodline series returns with the second installment in her acclaimed Age of X series.

Gameboard of the Gods introduced religious investigator Justin March and Mae Koskinen, the beautiful supersoldier assigned to protect him. Together they have been charged with investigating reports of the supernatural and the return of the gods, both inside the Republic of United North America and out. With this highly classified knowledge comes a shocking revelation: Not only are the gods vying for human control, but the elect—special humans marked by the divine—are turning against one another in bloody fashion.

Their mission takes a new twist when they are assigned to a diplomatic delegation headed by Lucian Darling, Justin’s old friend and rival, going into Arcadia, the RUNA’s dangerous neighboring country. Here, in a society where women are commodities and religion is intertwined with government, Justin discovers powerful forces at work, even as he struggles to come to terms with his own reluctantly acquired deity.

Meanwhile, Mae—grudgingly posing as Justin’s concubine—has a secret mission of her own: finding the illegitimate niece her family smuggled away years ago. But with Justin and Mae resisting the resurgence of the gods in Arcadia, a reporter’s connection with someone close to Justin back home threatens to expose their mission—and with it the divine forces the government is determined to keep secret.]]> 432 Richelle Mead 0525953698 Farren 0 4.28 2014
author: Richelle Mead
name: Farren
average rating: 4.28
book published: 2014
rating: 0
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]]> 26228034 410 N.K. Jemisin Farren 0 to-read, fantasy, dystopian 4.27 2016
author: N.K. Jemisin
name: Farren
average rating: 4.27
book published: 2016
rating: 0
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]]> 32719178 From the moment you are born, you are conditioned to know this truth: Unorthodoxy is wrong action, Heterodoxy is wrong thought. One will lead to your Detention. The other to your Execution.

Two generations after the Execution of Kane 148 and Otpor's return to Orthodoxy, the Resistor's legacy still lingers.

In this future, post-apocalyptic Paris, forbidden murals are appearing on crumbling concrete walls � calling citizens to action. Calling for Resistance.

When Kane's former protege, Anaiya 234, is selected for a high-risk undercover mission, Otpor is given the chance it needs to eliminate the Heterodoxy and Anaiya the opportunity she cravesÌęto erase a shameful past.

But the mission demands an impossible sacrifice � her identity.

While the growing rebellion will change the utopian lives of all Otpor's citizens, for Anaiya it will change who she is. As the risk of violence escalates and every decision is fraught with betrayal, will Anaiya's fractured identity save her or condemn her?

-----

Winner of OneBookTwo Standout Award 2017.

With this accomplished debut offering, Kopievsky presents a dark dystopian tale with complex characters, exquisite world-building and high tension. Divided Elements (Book 1) - Resistance is a welcomed addition to the intelligent speculative fiction tradition of dystopian literature.]]> 340 Mikhaeyla Kopievsky Farren 0 to-read, dystopian, sci-fi 3.91 2017
author: Mikhaeyla Kopievsky
name: Farren
average rating: 3.91
book published: 2017
rating: 0
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]]> 34199659 200 Kei Sanbe 0316468479 Farren 0 4.36 2017
author: Kei Sanbe
name: Farren
average rating: 4.36
book published: 2017
rating: 0
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]]> 13281368 The Passage, Justin Cronin constructed an unforgettable world transformed by a government experiment gone horribly wrong. Now the scope widens and the intensity deepens as the epic story surges forward with The Twelve.

In the present day, as the man-made apocalypse unfolds, three strangers navigate the chaos. Lila, a doctor and an expectant mother, is so shattered by the spread of violence and infection that she continues to plan for her child’s arrival even as society dissolves around her. Kittridge, known to the world as “Last Stand in Denver,â€� has been forced to flee his stronghold and is now on the road, dodging the infected, armed but alone and well aware that a tank of gas will get him only so far. April is a teenager fighting to guide her little brother safely through a landscape of death and ruin. These three will learn that they have not been fully abandoned—and that in connection lies hope, even on the darkest of nights.

One hundred years in the future, Amy and the others fight on for humankind’s salvation...unaware that the rules have changed. The enemy has evolved, and a dark new order has arisen with a vision of the future infinitely more horrifying than man’s extinction. If the Twelve are to fall, one of those united to vanquish them will have to pay the ultimate price.]]> 592 Justin Cronin 0345504984 Farren 0 3.99 2012
author: Justin Cronin
name: Farren
average rating: 3.99
book published: 2012
rating: 0
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]]> 23532871 224 Scott Westerfeld Farren 0 4.02 2017
author: Scott Westerfeld
name: Farren
average rating: 4.02
book published: 2017
rating: 0
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]]> 28220687
The satirical new suspense about a health and beauty company that accidentally develops a hand lotion that can overwrite your DNA.

Lyle Fontanelle is the chief scientist for NewYew, a health and beauty company experimenting with a new, anti-aging hand lotion. As more and more anomalies crop up in testing, Lyle realizes that the lotion's formula has somehow gone horribly wrong. It is actively overwriting the DNA of anyone who uses it, turning them into physical clones of someone else. Lyle wants to destroy the formula, but NewYew thinks it might be the greatest beauty product ever designed--and the world's governments think it's the greatest weapon.

New York Times bestselling author Dan Wells brings us a gripping corporate satire about a health and beauty company that could destroy the world.]]> 416 Dan Wells 0765385635 Farren 0 to-read, horror, sci-fi 3.62 2016
author: Dan Wells
name: Farren
average rating: 3.62
book published: 2016
rating: 0
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]]> 28208687 New York Times bestselling novel Welcome to Night Vale and the creators of the #1 international podcast of the same name, comes a mystery exploring the intersections of faith and science, the growing relationship between two young people who want desperately to trust each other, and the terrifying, toothy power of the Smiling God.

Nilanjana Sikdar is an outsider to the town of Night Vale. Working for Carlos, the town’s top scientist, she relies on fact and logic as her guiding principles. But all of that is put into question when Carlos gives her a special assignment investigating a mysterious rumbling in the desert wasteland outside of town. This investigation leads her to the Joyous Congregation of the Smiling God, and to Darryl, one of its most committed members. Caught between her beliefs in the ultimate power of science and her growing attraction to Darryl, she begins to suspect the Congregation is planning a ritual that could threaten the lives of everyone in town. Nilanjana and Darryl must search for common ground between their very different world views as they are faced with the Congregation’s darkest and most terrible secret.]]> 347 Joseph Fink Farren 3 sci-fi, humor 4.06 2017
author: Joseph Fink
name: Farren
average rating: 4.06
book published: 2017
rating: 3
read at: 2021/09/25
date added: 2025/04/02
shelves: sci-fi, humor
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]]> 18007564
Now, he’s sure he’ll be the first person to die there.

After a dust storm nearly kills him and forces his crew to evacuate while thinking him dead, Mark finds himself stranded and completely alone with no way to even signal Earth that he’s alive—and even if he could get word out, his supplies would be gone long before a rescue could arrive.

Chances are, though, he won’t have time to starve to death. The damaged machinery, unforgiving environment, or plain-old “human errorâ€� are much more likely to kill him first.

But Mark isn’t ready to give up yet. Drawing on his ingenuity, his engineering skills â€� and a relentless, dogged refusal to quit â€� he steadfastly confronts one seemingly insurmountable obstacle after the next. Will his resourcefulness be enough to overcome the impossible odds against him?

]]> 384 Andy Weir 0804139024 Farren 0 4.41 2011
author: Andy Weir
name: Farren
average rating: 4.41
book published: 2011
rating: 0
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]]> 42839296 One pet crow fights to save humanity from an apocalypse in this uniquely hilarious debut from a genre-bending literary author.

S.T., a domesticated crow, is a bird of simple pleasures: hanging out with his owner Big Jim, trading insults with Seattle's wild crows (those idiots), and enjoying the finest food humankind has to offer: Cheetos Âź.

Then Big Jim's eyeball falls out of his head, and S.T. starts to feel like something isn't quite right. His most tried-and-true remedies--from beak-delivered beer to the slobbering affection of Big Jim's loyal but dim-witted dog, Dennis--fail to cure Big Jim's debilitating malady. S.T. is left with no choice but to abandon his old life and venture out into a wild and frightening new world with his trusty steed Dennis, where he discovers that the neighbors are devouring each other and the local wildlife is abuzz with rumors of dangerous new predators roaming Seattle. Humanity's extinction has seemingly arrived, and the only one determined to save it is a foul-mouthed crow whose knowledge of the world around him comes from his TV-watching education.

Hollow Kingdom is a humorous, big-hearted, and boundlessly beautiful romp through the apocalypse and the world that comes after, where even a cowardly crow can become a hero.]]> 308 Kira Jane Buxton 1538745828 Farren 0 3.81 2019
author: Kira Jane Buxton
name: Farren
average rating: 3.81
book published: 2019
rating: 0
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]]> 26006199 Don’t miss this thrilling first look into the elite world of Peri Reed, government agency operative extraordinaire, and catch more of her character in The Drafter, the first book in the all-new suspense trilogy from #1 New York Times bestselling author Kim Harrison.

Every hero, even the accidental ones, have a beginning.

Silas’s radical theory that drafters are not replaying time as much as they are temporarily sliding into an alternate universe has never been well-received, but frankly, the darling of Opti’s research has enough clout not to care, until a professor with a grudge tries to put a permanent end to it. Love can’t alter time, and sometimes, even being able to rub out a single mistake isn’t enough
]]> 73 Kim Harrison 1501134248 Farren 0 3.87 2015
author: Kim Harrison
name: Farren
average rating: 3.87
book published: 2015
rating: 0
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]]> 35070722 WHEN ALCOHOL MAKES YOU INVISIBLE TO ZOMBIES, A BAR CRAWL COULD SAVE YOUR LIFE.Milo’s fear of everything has held him back for as long as he can remember. He knows university will drag him out of his comfort zone but he has no idea just how uncomfortable he is about to become. When zombies strike during his first night out on campus, he quickly discovers that making friends is a matter of life and death.A chance encounter reveals that zombies don’t attack extremely drunk people. Can Milo and his new flatmates band together to survive the most dangerous bar crawl the world has ever seen?Last Crawl is the first novel in this comedy horror series, inspired by the author’s critically acclaimed short story The Dead Woods. If you like Shaun of the Dead, Warm Bodies, or Zombieland, then you’ll love Daniel Parsonsâ€� new zombie comedy.Pick up Last Crawl to binge on this hilarious gore-fest today!]]> 310 Daniel Parsons Farren 0 3.86
author: Daniel Parsons
name: Farren
average rating: 3.86
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]]> 35526059
Celia has never set foot outside the towering walls of her town. All she knows of the outside world is a mysterious audience that files through the gates once a week to watch her and the other residents perform their dazzling feats.

When Celia escapes to help a dying friend, she discovers a shocking truth outside the walls. Accompanied by a tall, scarred stranger, and a hostile clown whose brightly-colored face makeup does not wash off, Celia confronts an enemy that will test her limits and threaten the survival of everyone she loves.

Unbreakable is an explosive, action-packed dystopian thriller with a jaw-dropping twist you'll never see coming!]]> 285 Will McIntosh Farren 0 3.88
author: Will McIntosh
name: Farren
average rating: 3.88
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]]> 25733990
Seventeen years later, the mystery of the bizarre artifact remains unsolved - the object's origins, architects, and purpose unknown.

But some can never stop searching for answers.

Rose Franklin is now a highly trained physicist leading a top-secret team to crack the hand's code. And along with her colleagues, she is being interviewed by a nameless interrogator whose power and purview are as enigmatic as the relic they seek. What's clear is that Rose and her compatriots are on the edge of unravelling history's most perplexing discovery-and finally figuring out what it portends for humanity. But once the pieces of the puzzle are in place, will the result be an instrument of lasting peace or a weapon of mass destruction?]]> 320 Sylvain Neuvel 1101886692 Farren 4 own-paperback, sci-fi
If you're a fan of Illuminae and the movie Super 8 then you'll love this book!]]> 3.82 2016
author: Sylvain Neuvel
name: Farren
average rating: 3.82
book published: 2016
rating: 4
read at: 2018/04/04
date added: 2025/04/02
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I didn't have high expectations for this book but damn was I wrong. This was so interesting and I loved the format! Definitely recommend it on audio with the full cast. The only negative (for me) was how political it got.

If you're a fan of Illuminae and the movie Super 8 then you'll love this book!
]]> 30134847
Now humankind faces a nightmare invasion scenario made real, as more colossal machines touch down across the globe. But Rose and her team at the Earth Defense Corps refuse to surrender. They can turn the tide if they can unlock the last secrets of an advanced alien technology. The greatest weapon humanity wields is knowledge in a do-or-die battle to inherit the Earth . . . and maybe even the stars.]]> 336 Sylvain Neuvel 1101886722 Farren 3 sci-fi 3.99 2017
author: Sylvain Neuvel
name: Farren
average rating: 3.99
book published: 2017
rating: 3
read at: 2019/02/22
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In the Walking Dead universe, there is no greater villain than The Governor. The despot who runs the walled-off town of Woodbury, he has his own sick sense of justice: whether it’s forcing prisoners to battle zombies in an arena for the townspeople’s amusement, or chopping off the appendages of those who cross him. The Governor was voted “Villain of the Yearâ€� by Wizard magazine the year he debuted, and his story arc was the most controversial in the history of the Walking Dead comic book series. Now, for the first time, fans of The Walking Dead will discover how The Governor became the man he is, and what drove him to such extremes.]]> 308 Robert Kirkman 0312547730 Farren 0 to-read, horror, dystopian 3.90 2011
author: Robert Kirkman
name: Farren
average rating: 3.90
book published: 2011
rating: 0
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]]> 36051843 An alternative cover edition for this ASIN can be found here.


Their love is destined to shatter the boundaries of time�

Archaeology grad student Alexandra Larson’s world is turned upside down when her mother shares her deepest, darkest secret—that she doesn’t know the true identity of Lex’s father. The revelation sparks a change within Lex, and her dreams become far too real. She sees things she shouldn’t be able to see
knows things she couldn’t possibly know. Terrifying things. Deadly things.

To distract her from the surreal changes taking over her life, Lex leaps at the chance to join an Egyptian excavation run by Oxford’s enigmatic Professor Marcus Bahur. But the distraction might be more than she bargained for. While deciphering the secrets of a mysterious stone tablet, Lex falls headlong into a prophecy created by a dying god over four millennia ago. She must rely on her frightening new psychic powers to dig up the truth. And it doesn’t take long for her visions to convince her that both Professor Bahur and his excavation are much more than they seemâ€�

The past clashes with the present in this paranormal tale of ancient prophecies and warring gods. If you like Egyptian mythology, steamy romance, and headstrong characters who won’t give up until they discover the truth, then you’ll love the first installment in author Lindsey Fairleigh’s sprawling time travel adventure.]]> 414 Lindsey Sparks Farren 3 3.89 2013
author: Lindsey Sparks
name: Farren
average rating: 3.89
book published: 2013
rating: 3
read at: 2021/10/09
date added: 2025/04/02
shelves: fantasy-paranormal, mythology-retelling, romance-romantasy, fantasy
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]]> 34020019 Station Eleven and California, award-winning novelist Holly Goddard Jones offers a literary spin on the dystopian genre with this gripping story of survival and humanity about a group of adrenaline junkies who jump -the Salt Line.-

How far will they go for their freedom--once they decide what freedom really means?

In an unspecified future, the United States' borders have receded behind a salt line--a ring of scorched earth that protects its citizens from deadly disease-carrying ticks. Those within the zone live safe, if limited, lives in a society controlled by a common fear. Few have any reason to venture out of zone, except for the adrenaline junkies who pay a fortune to tour what's left of nature. Those among the latest expedition include a popstar and his girlfriend, Edie; the tech giant Wes; and Marta; a seemingly simple housewife.

Once out of zone, the group find themselves at the mercy of deadly ticks--and at the center of a murderous plot. They become captives in Ruby City, a community made up of outer-zone survivors determined to protect their hardscrabble existence. As alliances and friendships shift amongst the hostages, Edie, Wes, and Marta must decide how far they are willing to go to get to the right side of the salt line.]]> 400 Holly Goddard Jones 073521431X Farren 0 3.53 2017
author: Holly Goddard Jones
name: Farren
average rating: 3.53
book published: 2017
rating: 0
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]]> 36204070 Set in a dangerous near future world, The Book of M tells the captivating story of a group of ordinary people caught in an extraordinary catastrophe who risk everything to save the ones they love. It is a sweeping debut that illuminates the power that memories have not only on the heart, but on the world itself.

One afternoon at an outdoor market in India, a man’s shadow disappears—an occurrence science cannot explain. He is only the first. The phenomenon spreads like a plague, and while those afflicted gain a strange new power, it comes at a horrible price: the loss of all their memories.

Ory and his wife Max have escaped the Forgetting so far by hiding in an abandoned hotel deep in the woods. Their new life feels almost normal, until one day Max’s shadow disappears too.

Knowing that the more she forgets, the more dangerous she will become to Ory, Max runs away. But Ory refuses to give up the time they have left together. Desperate to find Max before her memory disappears completely, he follows her trail across a perilous, unrecognizable world, braving the threat of roaming bandits, the call to a new war being waged on the ruins of the capital, and the rise of a sinister cult that worships the shadowless.

As they journey, each searches for answers: for Ory, about love, about survival, about hope; and for Max, about a new force growing in the south that may hold the cure.]]> 485 Peng Shepherd 0062669605 Farren 0 to-read, fantasy, dystopian 3.67 2018
author: Peng Shepherd
name: Farren
average rating: 3.67
book published: 2018
rating: 0
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]]> 55883882
Collects MONSTRESS #1-6

About the Creators:

New York Times bestselling and award-winning writer Marjorie Liu is best known for her fiction and comic books. She teaches comic book writing at MIT, and leads a class on Popular Fiction at the Voices of Our Nation (VONA) workshop. Ms. Liu's extensive work includes the bestselling "Astonishing X-Men" for Marvel Comics, which featured the gay wedding of X-Man Northstar and was subsequently nominated for a GLAAD Media Award for outstanding media images of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community. Prior to writing full-time, Liu was a lawyer. She currently resides in Boston.

Sana Takeda is an illustrator and comic book artist who was born in Niigata, and now resides in Tokyo, Japan. At age 20 she started out as a 3D CGI designer for SEGA, a Japanese video game company, and became a freelance artist when she was 25. She is still an artist, and has worked on titles such as "X-23" and "Ms. Marvel" for Marvel Comics, and is an illustrator for trading card games in Japan.]]> 192 Marjorie M. Liu 1632157098 Farren 0 3.96 2016
author: Marjorie M. Liu
name: Farren
average rating: 3.96
book published: 2016
rating: 0
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]]> 42078436 Superman and Lex Luthor.
Sydney and Serena Clarke.
Victor Vale and Eli Ever.

Great partnerships, now soured on the vine.

But Marcella Riggins needs no one. Flush from her brush with death, she’s finally gained the control she’s always sought—and will use her new-found power to bring the city of Merit to its knees. She’ll do whatever it takes, collecting her own sidekicks, and leveraging the two most infamous EOs, Victor Vale and Eli Ever, against each other once more.

With Marcella's rise, new enmities create opportunity--and the stage of Merit City will once again be set for a final, terrible reckoning]]> 492 Victoria E. Schwab Farren 0 4.38 2018
author: Victoria E. Schwab
name: Farren
average rating: 4.38
book published: 2018
rating: 0
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date added: 2025/04/02
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]]> 37508619 Time is running out. Together, they can save the world. But are they each other's worst nightmare?

Nova's double life is about to get a lot more complicated:

As Insomnia, she is a full-fledged member of the Renegades, a syndicate of powerful and beloved superheroes. She works with Adrian's patrol unit to protect the weak and maintain order in Gatlon City.

As Nightmare, she is an Anarchist—a group of villains who are determined to destroy the Renegades. Nova wants vengeance against the so-called heroes who once failed her when she needed them the most.

But as Nova, her feelings for Adrian are deepening, despite the fact that he is the son of her sworn enemies and, unbeknownst to Nova, he has some dangerous secrets of his own.

In this second installment of the Renegades trilogy, Nova, Adrian, and the rest of their crew—Ruby, Oscar, and Danna—are faced with escalating crime in Gatlon City, while covert weapons and conflicting missions have Nova and Adrian questioning not only their beliefs about justice but also the feelings they have for each other.

The line between good and evil has been blurred, but what's clear to them both is that too much power could mean the end of their City—and the world—as they know it.]]> 471 Marissa Meyer 125007830X Farren 4 4.30 2018
author: Marissa Meyer
name: Farren
average rating: 4.30
book published: 2018
rating: 4
read at: 2019/01/31
date added: 2025/04/02
shelves: own-hardcover, favorite-narrators, dystopian, fantasy, sci-fi, young-adult
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]]> 2331954
Working under the government’s shroud of secrecy, CIA operative Dew Phillips crisscrosses the country trying in vain to capture a live victim. With only decomposing corpses for clues, CDC epidemiologist Margaret Montoya races to analyze the science behind this deadly contagion. She discovers that these killers all have one thing in common â€� they’ve been contaminated by a bioengineered parasite, shaped by a complexity far beyond the limits of known science.

Meanwhile Perry Dawsey � a hulking former football star now resigned to life as a cubicle-bound desk jockey � awakens one morning to find several mysterious welts growing on his body. Soon Perry finds himself acting and thinking strangely, hearing voices . . . he is infected.

The fate of the human race may well depend on the bloody war Perry must wage with his own body, because the parasites want something from him, something that goes beyond mere murder.]]> 342 Scott Sigler 0307406105 Farren 0 3.83 2008
author: Scott Sigler
name: Farren
average rating: 3.83
book published: 2008
rating: 0
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]]> 38926460
In the wake of a summer storm, terror descends...David Drayton, his son Billy, and their neighbor Brent Norton join dozens of others and head to the local grocery store to replenish supplies following a freak storm. Once there, they become trapped by a strange mist that has enveloped the town. As the confinement takes its toll on their nerves, a religious zealot, Mrs. Carmody, begins to play on their fears to convince them that this is God’s vengeance for their sins. She insists a sacrifice must be made and two groups—those for and those against—are aligned. Clearly, staying in the store may prove fatal, and the Draytons, along with store employee Ollie Weeks, Amanda Dumfries, Irene Reppler, and Dan Miller, attempt to make their escape. But what’s out there may be worse than what they left behind.

This exhilarating novella explores the horror in both the enemy you know—and the one you can only imagine.]]> 176 Stephen King 1982103523 Farren 4 3.81 1980
author: Stephen King
name: Farren
average rating: 3.81
book published: 1980
rating: 4
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]]> 42881101 A postapocalyptic take on the perennial classic "Little Red Riding Hood", about a woman who isn't as defenseless as she seems.

It's not safe for anyone alone in the woods. There are predators that come out at night: critters and coyotes, snakes and wolves. But the woman in the red jacket has no choice. Not since the Crisis came, decimated the population, and sent those who survived fleeing into quarantine camps that serve as breeding grounds for death, destruction, and disease. She is just a woman trying not to get killed in a world that doesn't look anything like the one she grew up in, the one that was perfectly sane and normal and boring until three months ago.

There are worse threats in the woods than the things that stalk their prey at night. Sometimes, there are men. Men with dark desires, weak wills, and evil intents. Men in uniform with classified information, deadly secrets, and unforgiving orders. And sometimes, just sometimes, there's something worse than all of the horrible people and vicious beasts combined.

Red doesn't like to think of herself as a killer, but she isn't about to let herself get eaten up just because she is a woman alone in the woods....]]> 293 Christina Henry 0451492285 Farren 3 2.5 stars

This isn't really a Red Riding Hood retelling―it's just any cliche post-apocalyptic survival story, except the character calls herself Red because she hates her name and wants to go to her grandma's house. She's a boring know-it-all with no personality, and her brother is the token unhelpful jerk who doesn't care about anyone but himself. The only thing that makes this story worth reading is the kids.

Audiobook rating: 4 stars]]> 3.69 2019
author: Christina Henry
name: Farren
average rating: 3.69
book published: 2019
rating: 3
read at: 2019/09/15
date added: 2025/04/02
shelves: horror, fantasy, dystopian, mythology-retelling
review:
2.5 stars

This isn't really a Red Riding Hood retelling―it's just any cliche post-apocalyptic survival story, except the character calls herself Red because she hates her name and wants to go to her grandma's house. She's a boring know-it-all with no personality, and her brother is the token unhelpful jerk who doesn't care about anyone but himself. The only thing that makes this story worth reading is the kids.

Audiobook rating: 4 stars
]]> 35820656 336 Sylvain Neuvel 0399180117 Farren 0 3.62 2018
author: Sylvain Neuvel
name: Farren
average rating: 3.62
book published: 2018
rating: 0
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]]> 39918548
They thought the ship would be their salvation.

Zahra knew every detail of the plan. House of Wisdom, a massive exploration vessel, had been abandoned by the government of Earth a decade earlier, when a deadly virus broke out and killed everyone on board in a matter of hours. But now it could belong to her people if they were bold enough to take it. All they needed to do was kidnap Jaswinder Bhattacharya—the sole survivor of the tragedy, and the last person whose genetic signature would allow entry to the spaceship.

But what Zahra and her crew could not know was what waited for them on the ship—a terrifying secret buried by the government. A threat to all of humanity that lay sleeping alongside the orbiting dead.

And then they woke it up.]]> 320 Kali Wallace 1984803697 Farren 0 to-read, horror, sci-fi 3.68 2019
author: Kali Wallace
name: Farren
average rating: 3.68
book published: 2019
rating: 0
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]]> 36117102 The Martian and Gravity and the creeping dread of Annihilation, in which a caver on a foreign planet finds herself on a terrifying psychological and emotional journey for survival.

When Gyre Price lied her way into this expedition, she thought she’d be mapping mineral deposits, and that her biggest problems would be cave collapses and gear malfunctions. She also thought that the fat paycheck—enough to get her off-planet and on the trail of her mother—meant she’d get a skilled surface team, monitoring her suit and environment, keeping her safe. Keeping her sane.

Instead, she got Em.

Em sees nothing wrong with controlling Gyre’s body with drugs or withholding critical information to “ensure the smooth operationâ€� of her expedition. Em knows all about Gyre’s falsified credentials, and has no qualms using them as a leash—and a lash. And Em has secrets, too . . .

As Gyre descends, little inconsistencies—missing supplies, unexpected changes in the route, and, worst of all, shifts in Em’s motivations—drive her out of her depths. Lost and disoriented, Gyre finds her sense of control giving way to paranoia and anger. On her own in this mysterious, deadly place, surrounded by darkness and the unknown, Gyre must overcome more than just the dangerous terrain and the Tunneler which calls underground its home if she wants to make it out alive—she must confront the ghosts in her own head.

But how come she can't shake the feeling she’s being followed?]]> 432 Caitlin Starling Farren 0 to-read, horror, sci-fi 3.64 2019
author: Caitlin Starling
name: Farren
average rating: 3.64
book published: 2019
rating: 0
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]]> 42046112 Memory makes reality.

That's what NYC cop Barry Sutton is learning, as he investigates the devastating phenomenon the media has dubbed False Memory Syndrome—a mysterious affliction that drives its victims mad with memories of a life they never lived.

That's what neuroscientist Helena Smith believes. It's why she's dedicated her life to creating a technology that will let us preserve our most precious memories. If she succeeds, anyone will be able to re-experience a first kiss, the birth of a child, the final moment with a dying parent.

As Barry searches for the truth, he comes face to face with an opponent more terrifying than any disease—a force that attacks not just our minds, but the very fabric of the past. And as its effects begin to unmake the world as we know it, only he and Helena, working together, will stand a chance at defeating it.

But how can they make a stand when reality itself is shifting and crumbling all around them?

At once a relentless pageturner and an intricate science-fiction puzzlebox about time, identity, and memory, Recursion is a thriller as only Blake Crouch could imagine it—and his most ambitious, mind-boggling, irresistible work to date.]]> 326 Blake Crouch 1524759783 Farren 0 4.15 2019
author: Blake Crouch
name: Farren
average rating: 4.15
book published: 2019
rating: 0
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shelves: to-read, mystery-thriller-suspense, sci-fi, thriller-suspense
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]]> 8429687
But when a CDC researcher fakes her own death and appears on his doorstep with a ravenous pack of zombies in tow, Shaun has a newfound interest in life. Because she brings news-he may have put down the monster who attacked them, but the conspiracy is far from dead.

Now, Shaun hits the road to find what truth can be found at the end of a shotgun.

Newsflesh
Feed
Deadline
Blackout]]> 584 Mira Grant 031608106X Farren 0 4.09 2011
author: Mira Grant
name: Farren
average rating: 4.09
book published: 2011
rating: 0
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date added: 2025/04/02
shelves: to-read, horror, next-in-series, sci-fi, dystopian
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]]> 48510619 The Book of Koli begins the story of a young boy on a journey through a strange and deadly world of our making.

Everything that lives hates us...

Beyond the walls of the small village of Mythen Rood lies an unrecognizable landscape. A place where overgrown forests are filled with choker trees and deadly seeds that will kill you where you stand. And if they don't get you, one of the dangerous shunned men will.

Koli has lived in Mythen Rood his entire life. He believes the first rule of survival is that you don't venture too far beyond the walls.

He's wrong.]]> 418 M.R. Carey 0316477478 Farren 0 to-read, horror, sci-fi 4.09 2020
author: M.R. Carey
name: Farren
average rating: 4.09
book published: 2020
rating: 0
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]]> 13590696
H. G. Wells includes The Time Machine, The Island of Dr Moreau, The Invisble Man, The War of the Worlds, The First Men in the Moon, and The Food of the Gods. Readers new to this remarkable author will delight in these amazing stories, while fans of Wells will enjoy the insightful introduction by an expert on the author's life and work. All will appreciate the leather cover, gilded edges, printed endpapers, ribbon bookmark, and other features on this unique gift book.

No library is complete without the works of H. G. Wells, the father of science fiction!
]]> 639 H.G. Wells 1607104962 Farren 0 4.28 2012
author: H.G. Wells
name: Farren
average rating: 4.28
book published: 2012
rating: 0
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date added: 2025/04/02
shelves: to-read, nonfiction-and-classics, anthology-short-story-collection, own-hardcover, sci-fi, classics
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]]> 25461192
Creado y escrito por James Tynion IV (Batman Eterno) e ilustrado por Michael Dialynas (Amala’s Blade), La Flecha recopila los primeros cuatro nĂșmeros de esta serie superventas.]]> 112 James Tynion IV Farren 3 3.55 2014
author: James Tynion IV
name: Farren
average rating: 3.55
book published: 2014
rating: 3
read at: 2020/07/27
date added: 2025/04/02
shelves: manga-manhwa-graphic-novels, horror, sci-fi
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Didn't like this as much as I thought it would, but I think it will build up to something great. I will definitely continue on with the series.
]]> 16137205
Collects REVIVAL 1-5 and the FREE COMIC BOOK DAY short story]]> 128 Tim Seeley 1607066599 Farren 0 3.85 2012
author: Tim Seeley
name: Farren
average rating: 3.85
book published: 2012
rating: 0
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shelves: manga-manhwa-graphic-novels, horror, own-paperback, bilf, sci-fi
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]]> 54739125 Written by #1 New York Times bestselling author V.E. Schwab, Extraordinary expands deeper into the world of Schwab's critically acclaimed novels Vicious and Vengeful.

Torn from the world of 'Vicious', where death is not the end, only the beginning of extraordinary powers... Three new "EO"s must grapple with their new abilities... and with those who would hunt them down! Featuring unseen character design galleries from Andrea Olimpieri and story commentary from V.E. Schwab!]]> 112 Victoria E. Schwab 1785865889 Farren 0 3.72 2021
author: Victoria E. Schwab
name: Farren
average rating: 3.72
book published: 2021
rating: 0
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date added: 2025/04/02
shelves: to-read, manga-manhwa-graphic-novels, own-hardcover, signed-books, sci-fi
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]]> 58368819 Titanic meets Event Horizon in this SF horror novel in which a woman and her crew board a decades-lost luxury cruiser and find the wreckage of a nightmare that hasn't yet ended.

Claire Kovalik is days away from being unemployed—made obsolete—when her beacon repair crew picks up a strange distress signal. With nothing to lose and no desire to return to Earth, Claire and her team decide to investigate.

What they find is shocking: the Aurora, a famous luxury spaceliner that vanished on its maiden tour of the solar system more than twenty years ago. A salvage claim like this could set Claire and her crew up for life. But a quick search of the ship reveals something isn’t right.

Whispers in the dark. Flickers of movement. Messages scrawled in blood. Claire must fight to hold on to her sanity and find out what really happened on the Aurora before she and her crew meet the same ghastly fate.]]> 343 S.A. Barnes Farren 4 horror, sci-fi 3.99 2022
author: S.A. Barnes
name: Farren
average rating: 3.99
book published: 2022
rating: 4
read at: 2022/06/06
date added: 2025/04/02
shelves: horror, sci-fi
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]]> 11996 "As far back as I can recall, I have been in the bunker."

A young woman is kept in a cage underground with thirty-nine other females, guarded by armed men who never speak; her crimes unremembered... if indeed there were crimes.

The youngest of forty—a child with no name and no past—she survives for some purpose long forgotten in a world ravaged and wasted. In this reality where intimacy is forbidden—in the unrelenting sameness of the artificial days and nights—she knows nothing of books and time, of needs and feelings.

Then everything changes... and nothing changes.

A young woman who has never known men—a child who knows of no history before the bars and restraints—must now reinvent herself, piece by piece, in a place she has never been... and in the face of the most challenging and terrifying of unknowns: freedom.]]> 208 Jacqueline Harpman 0380731819 Farren 0 to-read, dystopian, lit-fic 4.22 1995
author: Jacqueline Harpman
name: Farren
average rating: 4.22
book published: 1995
rating: 0
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]]> 53447303
Now, twenty years later Bronwyn inherits Thorne Manor. And when she returns, William is waiting.

William Thorne is no longer the boy she remembers. He’s a difficult and tempestuous man, his own life marred by tragedy and a scandal that had him retreating to self-imposed exile in his beloved moors. He’s also none too pleased with Bronwyn for abandoning him all those years ago.

As their friendship rekindles and sparks into something more, Bronwyn must also deal with ghosts in the present version of the house. Soon she realizes they are linked to William and the secret scandal that drove him back to Thorne Manor. To build a future, Bronwyn must confront the past.]]> 378 Kelley Armstrong 1989046207 Farren 0 4.00 2020
author: Kelley Armstrong
name: Farren
average rating: 4.00
book published: 2020
rating: 0
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date added: 2025/04/02
shelves: to-read, historical-fiction, sci-fi, romance-romantasy, paranormal-urban-supernatural
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]]> 61282437 New York Times bestselling author of The Passage comes a riveting standalone novel about a group of survivors on a hidden island utopia--where the truth isn't what it seems.

Founded by a mysterious genius, the archipelago of Prospera lies hidden from the horrors of a deteriorating outside world. In this island paradise, Prospera's lucky citizens enjoy long, fulfilling lives until the monitors embedded in their forearms, meant to measure their physical health and psychological well-being, fall below 10 percent. Then they retire themselves, embarking on a ferry ride to the island known as the Nursery, where their failing bodies are renewed, their memories are wiped clean, and they are readied to restart life afresh.

Proctor Bennett, of the Department of Social Contracts, has a satisfying career as a ferryman, gently shepherding people through the retirement process--and, when necessary, enforcing it. But all is not well with Proctor. For one thing, he's been dreaming--which is supposed to be impossible in Prospera. For another, his monitor percentage has begun to drop alarmingly fast. And then comes the day he is summoned to retire his own father, who gives him a disturbing and cryptic message before being wrestled onto the ferry.

Meanwhile, something is stirring. The Support Staff, ordinary men and women who provide the labor to keep Prospera running, have begun to question their place in the social order. Unrest is building, and there are rumors spreading of a resistance group--known as "Arrivalists"--who may be fomenting revolution.

Soon Proctor finds himself questioning everything he once believed, entangled with a much bigger cause than he realized--and on a desperate mission to uncover the truth.]]> 538 Justin Cronin 052561947X Farren 0 3.86 2023
author: Justin Cronin
name: Farren
average rating: 3.86
book published: 2023
rating: 0
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date added: 2025/04/02
shelves: to-read, 2023-releases, mystery-thriller-suspense, sci-fi, dystopian
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]]> 62049709 A new mother ventures into parallel worlds to find her missing child in this mind-bending novel that turns the joys and anxieties of parenthood into an epic quest.

"A bravura, unforgettable performance."--Namwali Serpell, author of The Furrows

What if the life you didn't live was as real as the one you did?

Hannah is having a bad day. A bad month. A bad year? That feels terrible to admit, since her son Jack was born just eight months ago and she loves him more than anything. But ever since his harrowing birth, she can't shake the feeling that it could have gone the other way. That her baby might not have made it. Terrifying visions of the different paths her life could have taken begin to disrupt her cozy, claustrophobic days with Jack, destabilizing her marriage and making her husband concerned for her mental health. Are the strange things Hannah is seeing just new-mom anxiety, or is something truly weird and sinister afoot? What if Hannah really did unlock a dark force during childbirth?

When Hannah's worst nightmare comes true and Jack disappears from his crib, she must tap into an extraordinary ability she never knew she had in order to save him: She must enter different versions of her life while holding on to what is most important to her in this one to bring her child back home.

From the intimate joys of parenthood to the cosmic awe of the multiverse, The Possibilities is an ingenious and wildly suspenseful novel that stares down into the dizzying depths of maternal love, vulnerability, and strength.]]> 304 Yael Goldstein-Love 0593446488 Farren 0 3.44 2023
author: Yael Goldstein-Love
name: Farren
average rating: 3.44
book published: 2023
rating: 0
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date added: 2025/04/02
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]]> 28818221 I lost an arm on my last trip home.

Home is a new house with a loving husband in 1970s California that suddenly transformed in to the frightening world of the antebellum South.

Dana, a young black writer, can't explain how she is transported across time and space to a plantation in Maryland. But she does quickly understand why: to deal with the troubles of Rufus, a conflicted white slaveholder--and her progenitor.

Her survival, her very existence, depends on it.

This searing graphic-novel adaptation of Octavia E. Butler's science fiction classic is a powerfully moving, unflinching look at the violent disturbing effects of slavery on the people it chained together, both black and white--and made kindred in the deepest sense of the word.]]> 256 Damian Duffy 141970947X Farren 0 4.19 2017
author: Damian Duffy
name: Farren
average rating: 4.19
book published: 2017
rating: 0
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date added: 2025/04/02
shelves: to-read, manga-manhwa-graphic-novels, historical-fiction, sci-fi
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]]> 25787656 They did A Crazy Thing, which was referred to as The Injection. A mysterious Thing that they did in order to make the 21st Century better and stranger. It got out. It got loose into the fabric of the 21st Century, whatever it was, and now things are getting weird and ugly, faster and faster.
So a few years have passed. They've all gone their separate ways, into separate "jobs" that allow them to follow and sometimes deal with the repercussions of The Injection. We are in the period where the toxic load of The Injection is at such a level that events that are essentially paranormal in nature are coming faster and faster, headed towards a point where humanity won't easily be able to live on the planet any more. Not a Singularity of glory, but an irretrievable constant blare of horror coming too thick and fast for anything to deal with.
From the creators of Moon Knight: From the Dead: the story of five mad geniuses trying to save us all from themselves.

Collecting: Injection 1-5]]> 120 Warren Ellis 163215479X Farren 0 3.77 2015
author: Warren Ellis
name: Farren
average rating: 3.77
book published: 2015
rating: 0
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]]> 39380461
One year after the storm destroyed Arcadia Bay, fan-favourite characters Max and Chloe have a new life together� but timelines are starting to tangle.

Collects Life is Strange #1-4]]> 112 Emma Vieceli 1785866451 Farren 0 4.21 2019
author: Emma Vieceli
name: Farren
average rating: 4.21
book published: 2019
rating: 0
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date added: 2025/04/02
shelves: to-read, manga-manhwa-graphic-novels, sci-fi, contemporary
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]]> 58502336
Everyone who was invited to the house knows Walter—well, they know him a little, anyway. Some met him in childhood; some met him months ago. And Walter’s always been a little
off.

But after the hardest year of their lives, nobody was going to turn down Walter’s invitation to an astonishingly beautiful house in the woods, overlooking an enormous sylvan lake. It’s beautiful, it’s opulent, it’s private—so a week of putting up with Walter’s weird little schemes and nicknames in exchange for the vacation of a lifetime? Why not?

All of them were at that moment in their lives when they could feel themselves pulling away from their other friends; wouldn’t a chance to reconnect be
nice? In The Nice House on the Lake, the overriding anxieties of the 21st century get a terrifying new face—and it might just be the face of the person you once trusted most.

Collects The Nice House on the Lake #1-6.]]> 200 James Tynion IV 1779514344 Farren 0 4.29 2022
author: James Tynion IV
name: Farren
average rating: 4.29
book published: 2022
rating: 0
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date added: 2025/04/02
shelves: to-read, manga-manhwa-graphic-novels, horror, sci-fi
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]]> 16099205
For Shion, an elite student in the technologically sophisticated city No. 6, life is carefully choreographed. School, study, and the occasional visit with his friend and classmate Safu. One fateful day, however, he takes a misstep, sheltering an injured boy his age from a typhoon. Known only as Rat, this boy is a VC â€� a fugitive living outside the computerized tapestry of city control â€� and helping him will throw Shion’s life into chaos and start him down a path to discovering the appalling secrets behind the superficial perfection of No. 6.]]> 176 Atsuko Asano 1612623557 Farren 0 4.30 2011
author: Atsuko Asano
name: Farren
average rating: 4.30
book published: 2011
rating: 0
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]]> 61398895 DON’T LOOK BACK.

One day, without warning, gargantuan towers appear around the globe. Humanity’s surprise and puzzlement soon turn to panic and terror, as swarms of horrific monsters descend upon the world to wreak havoc. Mankind’s only hope for survival rests on Jaehwan and his fellow Tower Walkers, who are tasked with one mission—Climb to the top.


Or so they believed. Jaehwan begins to sense that things are not what they seem, and he must trust no one but himself. As webs of deception threaten to ensnare him at every turn, can Jaehwan reach Floor 100 and finally uncover the truth?]]> 288 Undead Gamja Farren 0 3.96
author: Undead Gamja
name: Farren
average rating: 3.96
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rating: 0
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]]> 65213922 Last to Leave the Room is a new novel of genre-busting speculative horror from Caitlin Starling, the acclaimed author of The Death of Jane Lawrence.

The city of San Siroco is sinking. The basement belonging to Dr. Tamsin Rivers, the arrogant, selfish head of the research team assigned to find the source of the subsidence, is sinking faster.

As Tamsin grows obsessed with the distorting dimensions of the room at the bottom of the stairs, she finds a door that didn’t exist before â€� and one night, it opens to reveal an exact physical copy of her. This doppelgĂ€nger is sweet and biddable where Tamsin is calculating and cruel. It appears fully, terribly human, passing every test Tamsin can devise. But the longer the double exists, the more Tamsin begins to forget pieces of her life, to lose track of time, to grow terrified of the outside world.

With her employer growing increasingly suspicious, Tamsin must try to hold herself together long enough to figure out what her double wants from her, and just where the mysterious door leads to.]]> 312 Caitlin Starling 1250282616 Farren 0 3.53 2023
author: Caitlin Starling
name: Farren
average rating: 3.53
book published: 2023
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date added: 2025/04/02
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