Mari's bookshelf: all en-US Fri, 07 Feb 2025 06:16:46 -0800 60 Mari's bookshelf: all 144 41 /images/layout/goodreads_logo_144.jpg The Wednesday Wars 5693458
Seventh grader Holling Hoodhood isn't happy. He is sure his newteacher, Mrs. Baker, hates his guts. Holling's domineering father is obsessed with his business image and disregards his family. Throughout the school year, Holling strives toget a handle on the Shakespeare plays Mrs. Baker assigns him to read on his own time, and to figure out the enigmatic Mrs. Baker. As the Vietnam War turns lives upside down, Holling comes to admire and respect both Shakespeare and Mrs. Baker, who have more to offer him than he imagined. And when his family is on the verge of coming apart, he also discovers his loyalty to his sister, and his ability to stand up to his father when it matters most.]]> 264 Gary D. Schmidt 054723760X Mari 4 4.16 2007 The Wednesday Wars
author: Gary D. Schmidt
name: Mari
average rating: 4.16
book published: 2007
rating: 4
read at: 2010/12/27
date added: 2025/02/07
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]]> Wool - Holston (Wool, #1) 12287209
Or you'll get what you wish for.]]> 56 Hugh Howey Mari 3 4.14 2012 Wool - Holston (Wool, #1)
author: Hugh Howey
name: Mari
average rating: 4.14
book published: 2012
rating: 3
read at: 2012/09/18
date added: 2025/01/09
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]]> Inbetween Days 25723778
A stranger sets up camp in the forest and the boy next door returns; Jack’s father moves into the shed and her mother steps up her campaign to punish Jack for leaving, too. Trudy’s brilliant façade is cracking and Jack’s only friend, Astrid, has done something unforgivable.

Jack is losing everything, including her mind. As she struggles to hold onto the life she thought she wanted, Jack learns that growing up is complicated—and love might be the biggest mystery of all.]]> 333 Vikki Wakefield 1922182362 Mari 4 3.73 Inbetween Days
author: Vikki Wakefield
name: Mari
average rating: 3.73
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rating: 4
read at: 2015/12/29
date added: 2024/08/07
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]]> Suite Scarlett (Scarlett, #1) 2328841
Scarlett is the third of four children in the Martin family. The Martins live in and manage a shabby hotel in NYC that dates back to the 1920s. When Scarlett turns 15, she is put in charge of one of the hotel's 27 rooms- the Empire Suite. Into this room moves Mrs. Amberson, a failed 1970s starlet who has returned to New York to write her memoirs. Soon, Scarlett is taking dictation, running around town with Mrs. Amberson, and getting caught up in her Auntie Mame-meets-Bianca Jagger adventures.]]> 368 Maureen Johnson 0439899273 Mari 3 3.61 2008 Suite Scarlett (Scarlett, #1)
author: Maureen Johnson
name: Mari
average rating: 3.61
book published: 2008
rating: 3
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]]> Pink 8461405 310 Lili Wilkinson 0061926531 Mari 3 3.71 2009 Pink
author: Lili Wilkinson
name: Mari
average rating: 3.71
book published: 2009
rating: 3
read at: 2012/08/04
date added: 2023/07/28
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]]> Amelia Anne Is Dead and Gone 11737266
Becca has always longed to break free from her small, backwater hometown. But the discovery of an unidentified dead girl on the side of a dirt road sends the town--and Becca--into a tailspin. Unable to make sense of the violence of the outside world creeping into her backyard, Becca finds herself retreating inward, paralyzed from moving forward for the first time in her life.

Short chapters detailing the last days of Amelia Anne Richardson's life are intercut with Becca's own summer as the parallel stories of two young women struggling with self-identity and relationships on the edge twist the reader closer and closer to the truth about Amelia's death.]]> 304 Kat Rosenfield 0525423893 Mari 4 Beautifully written. 3.34 2012 Amelia Anne Is Dead and Gone
author: Kat Rosenfield
name: Mari
average rating: 3.34
book published: 2012
rating: 4
read at: 2012/07/25
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Beautifully written.
]]> Aftercare Instructions 37535461 In the tradition of Rainbow Rowell and Jandy Nelson, a powerful, big-hearted journey of furious friendship, crazy love, and unexpected hope

“Troubled.� That’s seventeen-year-old Genesis according to her small New Jersey town. She finds refuge and stability in her relationship with her boyfriend, Peter—until he abandons her at a Planned Parenthood clinic during their appointment to terminate an unwanted pregnancy. The betrayal causes Gen to question everything.

As Gen pushes herself forward to find her new identity without Peter, she must also confront her most painful memories. Through the lens of an ongoing four act play within the novel, the fantasy of their undying love unravels line by line, scene by scene. Digging deeper into her past while exploring the underground theater world of New York City, she rediscovers a long forgotten dream. But it’s when Gen lets go of her history, the one she thinks she knows, that she’s finally able to embrace the complicated, chaotic true story of her life, and take center stage.

Aftercare Instructions, an electric, format-crushing debut, full of heart and hope, follows Gen on a big-hearted journey from dorm rooms to diners to underground theaters—and ultimately, right into readers' hearts.

]]> 301 Bonnie Pipkin 1250114837 Mari 2 3.86 2017 Aftercare Instructions
author: Bonnie Pipkin
name: Mari
average rating: 3.86
book published: 2017
rating: 2
read at: 2017/07/03
date added: 2023/04/19
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]]> Spot the Difference 29335608
Avery has always suffered at the hands of bullies, so when she's given a seemingly-miraculous opportunity to join the 'A-list' she grabs at it with both hands. But appearances can be deceiving, and soon Avery's not so sure she likes this new version of herself. And it's only by overcoming her fears that she can learn the true meaning of being comfortable in your own skin.]]> 128 Juno Dawson 1471405923 Mari 2 3.63 2016 Spot the Difference
author: Juno Dawson
name: Mari
average rating: 3.63
book published: 2016
rating: 2
read at: 2016/02/29
date added: 2021/12/17
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]]> <![CDATA[The Hundred Lies of Lizzie Lovett]]> 31775995 Hawthorn wasn't trying to insert herself into a missing person's investigation. Or maybe she was. But that's only because Lizzie Lovett's disappearance is the one fascinating mystery their sleepy town has ever had. Bad things don't happen to popular girls like Lizzie Lovett, and Hawthorn is convinced she'll turn up at any moment-which means the time for speculation is now.

So Hawthorn comes up with her own theory for Lizzie's disappearance. A theory way too absurd to take seriously...at first. The more Hawthorn talks, the more she believes. And what better way to collect evidence than to immerse herself in Lizzie's life? Like getting a job at the diner where Lizzie worked and hanging out with Lizzie's boyfriend. After all, it's not as if he killed her-or did he?

Told with a unique voice that is both hilarious and heart-wrenching, Hawthorn's quest for proof may uncover the greatest truth is within herself.

]]> 418 Chelsea Sedoti 1492636096 Mari 3 3.33 2017 The Hundred Lies of Lizzie Lovett
author: Chelsea Sedoti
name: Mari
average rating: 3.33
book published: 2017
rating: 3
read at: 2017/01/23
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]]> Like Candy (Candy #1) 26009724 341 Debra Doxer Mari 3 3.82 2015 Like Candy (Candy #1)
author: Debra Doxer
name: Mari
average rating: 3.82
book published: 2015
rating: 3
read at: 2015/08/12
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]]> Tweet Cute 45045129 Meet Pepper, swim team captain, chronic overachiever, and all-around perfectionist. Her family may be falling apart, but their massive fast-food chain is booming � mainly thanks to Pepper, who is barely managing to juggle real life while secretly running Big League Burger’s massive Twitter account.

Enter Jack, class clown and constant thorn in Pepper’s side. When he isn’t trying to duck out of his obscenely popular twin’s shadow, he’s busy working in his family’s deli. His relationship with the business that holds his future might be love/hate, but when Big League Burger steals his grandma’s iconic grilled cheese recipe, he’ll do whatever it takes to take them down, one tweet at a time.

All’s fair in love and cheese � that is, until Pepper and Jack’s spat turns into a viral Twitter war. Little do they know, while they’re publicly duking it out with snarky memes and retweet battles, they’re also falling for each other in real life � on an anonymous chat app Jack built.

As their relationship deepens and their online shenanigans escalate � people on the internet are shipping them?? � their battle gets more and more personal, until even these two rivals can’t ignore they were destined for the most unexpected, awkward, all-the-feels romance that neither of them expected.

A fresh, irresistible rom-com from debut author Emma Lord about the chances we take, the paths life can lead us on, and how love can be found in the opposite place you expected.]]> 368 Emma Lord 1250237327 Mari 0 to-read 3.87 2020 Tweet Cute
author: Emma Lord
name: Mari
average rating: 3.87
book published: 2020
rating: 0
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]]> It Sounded Better in My Head 41433282 From debut author Nina Kenwood comes a tender, funny, and compulsively readable novel about first love and its confusions, and all of the awkwardness of teen romance.

When her parents announce their impending divorce, Natalie can’t understand why no one is fighting, or at least mildly upset. Then Zach and Lucy, her two best friends, hook up, leaving her feeling slightly miffed and decidedly awkward. She’d always imagined she would end up with Zach one day―in the version of her life that played out like a TV show, with just the right amount of banter, pining, and meaningful looks. Now everything has changed, and nothing is quite making sense. Until an unexpected romance comes along and shakes things up even further.

It Sounded Better in My Head is a compulsively readable love letter to teenage romance in all of its awkward glory, perfect for fans To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before and Emergency Contact.]]> 272 Nina Kenwood 1250219264 Mari 0 to-read 3.65 2019 It Sounded Better in My Head
author: Nina Kenwood
name: Mari
average rating: 3.65
book published: 2019
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]]> The Place on Dalhousie 37592173 'You look the type to break your father’s heart.'
'Yeah, but he broke mine first.�

When Rosie Gennaro first meets Jimmy Hailler, she has walked away from life in Sydney, leaving behind the place on Dalhousie that her father, Seb, painstakingly rebuilt for his family but never saw completed. Two years later, Rosie returns to the house and living there is Martha, whom Seb Gennaro married less than a year after the death of Rosie’s mother. Martha is struggling to fulfil Seb’s dream, while Rosie is coming to terms with new responsibilities. And so begins a stand-off between two women who refuse to move out of the home they both lay claim to.

As the battle lines are drawn, Jimmy Hailler re-enters Rosie’s life. Having always watched other families from the perimeters, he’s now grappling, heartbreakingly, with forming one of his own . . .

An unforgettable story about losing love and finding love; about the interconnectedness of lives and the true nature of belonging, from one of our most acclaimed writers.]]> 288 Melina Marchetta 0143793535 Mari 0 to-read 4.14 2019 The Place on Dalhousie
author: Melina Marchetta
name: Mari
average rating: 4.14
book published: 2019
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]]> <![CDATA[This is How We Change the Ending]]> 36189794 I have questions I’ve never asked. Worries I’ve never shared. Thoughts that circle and collide and die screaming because they never make it outside my head. Stuff like that, if you let it go—it’s a survival risk.

Sixteen-year-old Nate McKee is doing his best to be invisible. He’s worried about a lot of things—how his dad treats Nance and his twin half-brothers; the hydro crop in his bedroom; his reckless friend, Merrick.

Nate hangs out at the local youth centre and fills his notebooks with things he can’t say. But when some of his pages are stolen, and his words are graffitied at the centre, Nate realises he has allies. He might be able to make a difference, change his life, and claim his future. Or can he?

This Is How We Change the Ending is raw and real, funny and heartbreaking—a story about what it takes to fight back when you’re not a hero.]]> 297 Vikki Wakefield 1922268135 Mari 0 to-read 3.90 2019 This is How We Change the Ending
author: Vikki Wakefield
name: Mari
average rating: 3.90
book published: 2019
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]]> <![CDATA[A Girl Called Shameless (Izzy O'Neill, #2)]]> 41054515 Funnier. Ruder. Angrier. Izzy O’Neill is back in the hilarious sequel to The Exact Opposite of Okay.

It’s been two months since a leaked explicit photo got Izzy involved in a political sex scandal � and the aftershock is far from over. The Bitches Bite Back movement is gathering momentum as a forum for teenage feminists, and when a girl at another school has a sex tape shared online, once again Izzy leads the charge against the slut-shamer. This time she wants to change the state law on revenge porn.
Izzy and her best friend Ajita are as hilarious as ever, using comedy to fight back against whatever the world throws at them, but Izzy is still reeling from her slut-shaming ordeal, feeling angry beyond belief and wondering � can they really make a change? ]]> 352 Laura/L.K. Steven Mari 0 to-read 4.23 2019 A Girl Called Shameless (Izzy O'Neill, #2)
author: Laura/L.K. Steven
name: Mari
average rating: 4.23
book published: 2019
rating: 0
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]]> Unsticky 5981262 High fashion, high art, high expectations—this is Pretty Woman for the twenty-first century.

Money makes the world go round—that’s what twenty-something Grace Reeves is learning. Stuck in a grind where everyone’s ahead apart from her, she’s partied out, disillusioned, and massively in debt. If she’s dumped by another rock-band wannabe, squashed by anyone else at her cut-throat fashion job, or chased by any more bailiffs, Grace suspects she’ll fall apart �

So when older, sexy and above all, wealthy art-dealer Vaughn appears, she’s intrigued against her will. Could she handle being a sugar daddy’s arm candy?

Soon Grace is thrown into a world of money and privilege, at Vaughn’s beck and call in return for thousands of pounds in luxurious gifts, priceless clothes—and cash. Where’s the line between acting the trophy girlfriend, and selling yourself for money?

And, more importantly: whatever happened to love?]]> 562 Sarra Manning 0755347374 Mari 3 3.94 2009 Unsticky
author: Sarra Manning
name: Mari
average rating: 3.94
book published: 2009
rating: 3
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]]> The Risk (Briar U, #2) 41032121 THE RISK takes you back to the world of hot hockey players, feisty heroines, bro banter, and steamy scenes...

Everyone says I’m a bad girl. They’re only partly right—I don’t let fear rule me, and I certainly don’t care what people think. But I draw the line at sleeping with the enemy. As the daughter of Briar’s head hockey coach, I’d be vilified if I hooked up with a player from a rival team.

And that’s who Jake Connelly is. Harvard’s star forward is arrogant, annoying, and too attractive for his own good. But fate is cruel—I require his help to secure a much-coveted internship, and the sexy jerk isn’t making it easy for me.

I need Connelly to be my fake boyfriend.

For every fake date…he wants a real one.

Which means this bad girl is in big trouble. Nothing good can come from sneaking around with Jake Connelly. My father would kill me, my friends will revolt, and my post-college career is on the line. But while it’s getting harder and harder to resist Jake’s oozing sex appeal and cocky grin, I refuse to fall for him.

That’s the one risk I’m not willing to take.]]> 402 Elle Kennedy Mari 3 4.22 2019 The Risk (Briar U, #2)
author: Elle Kennedy
name: Mari
average rating: 4.22
book published: 2019
rating: 3
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]]> The Chase (Briar U, #1) 34851664
And that his best friend has a crush on me.

And that I just moved in with them.

Oh, did I not mention we’re roommates?

I suppose it doesn’t matter. Fitzy has made it clear he’s not interested in me, even though the sparks between us are liable to burn our house down. I’m not the kind of girl who chases after a man, though, and I’m not about to start. I’ve got my hands full dealing with a new school, a sleazy professor, and an uncertain future. So if my sexy brooding roomie wises up and realizes what he’s missing?

He knows where to find me.]]> 368 Elle Kennedy 0994054459 Mari 3 3.84 2018 The Chase (Briar U, #1)
author: Elle Kennedy
name: Mari
average rating: 3.84
book published: 2018
rating: 3
read at: 2019/09/14
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]]> <![CDATA[My Best Friend's Ex (Binghamton, #2)]]> 35248615
Seeing that cardboard makes me feel itchy, I chose the latter. Which shouldn't be that big of a deal since Tucker is one of my good friends. And because he's still pining after his ex-girlfriend and I'm trying to finish my nursing degree, there is nothing to worry about in the romance department, making my last semester an easy one to conquer.

Boy, was I wrong.

Rules are set, dinners are made, conversations are had, and a shirtless, swoony roommate walks around in nothing but a pair of black briefs, ruining me for every other man.

Before I know it, I turn into a panting, lust-filled woman begging for Tucker to kiss me, touch me, and show me exactly what is hiding under those briefs.

But with great orgasms, comes great consequences.

Tucker might be my friend and roommate but he’s also my best friend's ex-boyfriend, making him completely off-limits. At least that's what my brain is telling me, my heart is speaking an entirely different language.]]> 405 Meghan Quinn Mari 2 4.07 2017 My Best Friend's Ex (Binghamton, #2)
author: Meghan Quinn
name: Mari
average rating: 4.07
book published: 2017
rating: 2
read at: 2017/07/18
date added: 2019/09/12
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]]> <![CDATA[We Thought We Were Invincible (Invincible, #1)]]> 34211216
Her plan is simple: graduate high school. With Callie's best friend gone away to college, she plans on spending her senior year skating by. She isn’t looking for friends, and especially not for love - all she needs are her waves and her twin brother. Even if he comes with an annoying best friend, Jamie Daniels, who she can’t stand.

Jamie is a care-free, easy-going surfer who has everything. On the surface, his life appears perfect, but reality is far from it. He has his share of secrets, including one that burns deeper than any other. It’s a good thing Callie hates him because if she didn’t, Jamie knows there’s no way he’d be able to stay away.

And then, one night, everything changes. And nothing will ever be the same.]]> 226 Michelle MacQueen Mari 2 4.13 We Thought We Were Invincible (Invincible, #1)
author: Michelle MacQueen
name: Mari
average rating: 4.13
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]]> <![CDATA[I Wanna Text You Up (Texting, #2)]]> 38316557 ROOMMATE WANTED poster, he was the last person on earth I thought would respond.

He was also the last person on earth I'd agree to let live with me...on purpose.

But, here we are⁠—roommates. I'm certain we can coexist without it being awkward, and I'm determined to make it work. There will be no sexual tension building with each accidental touch, no flutters when he wears that stupid backward baseball cap, and definitely no flirting when we text back and forth.

Caleb Mills can't be the guy for me. He's my best friend's ex-boyfriend.

And that would be wrong...right?]]> 302 Teagan Hunter Mari 2 3.94 2018 I Wanna Text You Up (Texting, #2)
author: Teagan Hunter
name: Mari
average rating: 3.94
book published: 2018
rating: 2
read at: 2018/02/04
date added: 2019/06/21
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]]> <![CDATA[Let's Get Textual (Texting, #1)]]> 36197404
Delete. Done.

Do not continue to text. Do not flirt.

A wrong number shouldn't be the first person on your mind in the morning, or the last at night...and you're definitely not supposed to talk them into buying a baby goat.

Because that would be weird.

When Zach Hastings and I get into a wrong-number mix-up, we don't follow the rules. We keep texting and flirting, because he's wicked funny and perfectly nerdy and a wonderful distraction.

I'm not looking for love, and Zach definitely had the wrong number.

But maybe...

Maybe he's the right guy.]]> 346 Teagan Hunter Mari 3 4.06 2017 Let's Get Textual (Texting, #1)
author: Teagan Hunter
name: Mari
average rating: 4.06
book published: 2017
rating: 3
read at: 2018/01/27
date added: 2019/06/20
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]]> Permanent Record 43562239
Leanna Smart’s life so far has been nothing but success. Age eight: Disney Mouseketeer; Age fifteen: first #1 single on the US pop chart; Age seventeen, *tenth* #1 single; and now, at Age nineteen…life is a queasy blur of private planes, weird hotel rooms, and strangers asking for selfies on the street.

When Leanna and Pab randomly meet at 4:00 a.m. in the middle of a snowstorm in Brooklyn, they both know they can’t be together forever. So, they keep things on the down-low and off Instagram for as long as they can. But it takes about three seconds before the world finds out…]]> 400 Mary H.K. Choi Mari 0 to-read 3.37 2019 Permanent Record
author: Mary H.K. Choi
name: Mari
average rating: 3.37
book published: 2019
rating: 0
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]]> Technically, You Started It 41016382
A question about a class project rapidly evolves into an all-consuming conversation. Haley finds that Martin is actually willing to listen to her weird facts and unusual obsessions, and Martin feels like Haley is the first person to really see who he is. Haley and Martin might be too awkward to hang out in real life, but over text, they're becoming addicted to each other.

There's just one problem: Haley doesn't know who Martin is. And Martin doesn't know that Haley doesn't know. But they better figure it out fast before their meet-cute becomes an epic meet-disaster . . .]]> 384 Lana Wood Johnson Mari 0 to-read 3.53 2019 Technically, You Started It
author: Lana Wood Johnson
name: Mari
average rating: 3.53
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]]> Somewhere Only We Know 36992163 10 00 p.m.: Lucky is the biggest K-pop star on the scene, and she's just performed her hit song "Heartbeat" in Hong Kong to thousands of adoring fans. She's about to debut on The Tonight Show in America, hopefully a breakout performance for her career. But right now? She's in her fancy hotel, trying to fall asleep but dying for a hamburger.

11 00 p.m.: Jack is sneaking into a fancy hotel, on assignment for his tabloid job that he keeps secret from his parents. On his way out of the hotel, he runs into a girl wearing slippers, a girl who is single-mindedly determined to find a hamburger. She looks kind of familiar. She's very cute. He's maybe curious.

12:00 a.m.: Nothing will ever be the same.]]> 320 Maurene Goo 0374310599 Mari 0 to-read 3.68 2019 Somewhere Only We Know
author: Maurene Goo
name: Mari
average rating: 3.68
book published: 2019
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]]> Famous in a Small Town 39280480 felt small. With her four best friends—loving, infuriating, and all she could ever ask for—she can weather any storm. But when Sophie’s beloved Acadia High School marching band is selected to march in the upcoming Rose Parade, it’s her job to get them all the way to LA. Her plan? To persuade country singer Megan Pleasant, their Midwestern town’s only claim to fame, to come back to Acadia to headline a fundraising festival.

The only problem is that Megan has very publicly sworn never to return.

What ensues is a journey filled with long-kept secrets, hidden heartbreaks, and revelations that could change everything—along with a possible fifth best friend: a new guy with a magnetic smile and secrets of his own.]]> 320 Emma Mills 1250179637 Mari 0 to-read 3.80 2019 Famous in a Small Town
author: Emma Mills
name: Mari
average rating: 3.80
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]]> Emergency Contact 35297272
Sam’s stuck. Literally, figuratively, emotionally, financially. He works at a café and sleeps there too, on a mattress on the floor of an empty storage room upstairs. He knows that this is the god-awful chapter of his life that will serve as inspiration for when he’s a famous movie director but right this second the seventeen bucks in his checking account and his dying laptop are really testing him.

When Sam and Penny cross paths it’s less meet-cute and more a collision of unbearable awkwardness. Still, they swap numbers and stay in touch—via text—and soon become digitally inseparable, sharing their deepest anxieties and secret dreams without the humiliating weirdness of having to see each other.]]> 394 Mary H.K. Choi 1534408967 Mari 4 my-top10-books-2018 3.62 2018 Emergency Contact
author: Mary H.K. Choi
name: Mari
average rating: 3.62
book published: 2018
rating: 4
read at: 2018/06/02
date added: 2018/12/16
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]]> The Undoing of Thistle Tate 36354874 Famous teen author Thistle Tate struggles to keep her biggest secret: the real identity of the author of her bestselling books.

Thistle Tate is a glittering wunderkind--only seventeen, and a bestselling author of the wildly successful Lemonade Skies series, with the highly anticipated final book due to publish next year. She has diehard fans across the globe, flashy tours, and steep advances. And now she's finally started to date her best friend and next-door-neighbor, Liam, the only one who knows her deep dark secret: she's not the real author of the Lemonade Skies books.

Thistle's guilt about lying intensifies after she meets the surprisingly charming Oliver, who introduces her to his super-fan little sister--but how can she have friendships based on deception? All she wants is for this last book to be written so she can be done with the ruse for good.

Then with just two weeks left to deliver the manuscript to her agent and editor, a dramatic turn of events puts everything in jeopardy, and Thistle must grapple with her own identity. Is she a victim, a fraudster, or both? On top of that, Liam is increasingly jealous of Thistle's budding friendship with Oliver--a friendship that leaves Thistle more than a little confused about her own heart.

As the book deadline looms closer, the stakes ever higher, a startling family truth comes to light, and it's only a matter of time before something gives--and Thistle's world becomes undone.

For fans of Rainbow Rowell and E. Lockhart, this YA is the perfect summer read for teen bookworms everywhere, with a love triangle, an insider's depiction of the publishing world, and nonstop, page-turning action.]]> 272 Katelyn Detweiler 0823443175 Mari 0 to-read 3.54 2019 The Undoing of Thistle Tate
author: Katelyn Detweiler
name: Mari
average rating: 3.54
book published: 2019
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]]> Every Moment After 40142465 Best friends Matt and Cole grapple with their changing relationships during the summer after high school in this impactful, evocative story about growing up and moving on from a traumatic past.

Surviving was just the beginning.

Eleven years after a shooting rocked the small town of East Ridge, New Jersey and left eighteen first graders in their classroom dead, survivors and recent high school graduates Matt Simpson and Cole Hewitt are still navigating their guilt and trying to move beyond the shadow of their town's grief. Will Cole and Matt ever be able to truly leave the ghosts of East Ridge behind? Do they even want to?

As they grapple with changing relationships, falling in love, and growing apart, these two friends must face the question of how to move on—and truly begin living.]]> 364 Joseph Moldover 1328547272 Mari 0 to-read 3.69 2019 Every Moment After
author: Joseph Moldover
name: Mari
average rating: 3.69
book published: 2019
rating: 0
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]]> The Long Distance Playlist 35533738 Told primarily in instant messenger conversations, Skype, emails and texts, this is Jaclyn Moriarty's Feeling Sorry for Celia for the modern teen.

Taylor and Isolde used to be best friends - before THAT FIGHT, 18 months ago. It's been radio silence ever since - until Taylor contacts Isolde to sympathise with her breakup: the breakup that she never saw coming; the breakup that destroyed her confidence and ended her dreams of joining the National Ballet School.

Taylor's had his own share of challenges, including a life-altering accident that has brought his hopes of competing at the Winter Olympics to a halt.

Isolde responds to Taylor, to be polite. But what starts out as heartbreak-themed Spotify playlists and shared stories of exes quickly becomes something more.

And as Taylor and Isolde start to lean on each other, the distance between them begins to feel not so distant after all ...

A boy. A girl. A one-of-a-kind friendship. Cross-country convos and middle-of-the-night playlists. With big dreams come even bigger challenges.]]> 384 Tara Eglington 1460755219 Mari 0 to-read 3.79 2019 The Long Distance Playlist
author: Tara Eglington
name: Mari
average rating: 3.79
book published: 2019
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]]> What I Like About Me 36404262 You know all those movies where teenagers have, like, THE SUMMER OF THEIR LIVES?

This summer is probably not going to be that.

Source: Everything that's happened since yesterday ...

The last thing sixteen-year-old Maisie Martin thought she'd be doing this summer is entering a beauty pageant.

Not when she's spent most of her life hiding her body from everyone.

Not when her Dad is AWOL for Christmas and her gorgeous older sister has returned to rock Maisie's shaky confidence. And her best friend starts going out with the boy she's always loved.

But Maisie's got something to prove.

As she writes down all the ways this summer is going from bad to worse in her school-assignment journal, what starts as a homework torture-device might just end up being an account of how Maisie didn't let anything, or anyone, hold her back...]]> 256 Jenna Guillaume 0369302427 Mari 0 to-read 3.97 2019 What I Like About Me
author: Jenna Guillaume
name: Mari
average rating: 3.97
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]]> Only a Breath Apart 39863269
The only curse Jesse Lachlin believes in is his grandmother’s will: in order to inherit his family farm he must win the approval of his childhood best friend, the girl he froze out his freshman year.

A fortuneteller tells Scarlett she's psychic, but what is real is Scarlett’s father’s controlling attitude and the dark secrets at home. She may be able to escape, but only if she can rely on the one boy who broke her heart.

Each midnight meeting pushes Jesse and Scarlett to confront their secrets and their feelings, but as love blooms, the curse rears its ugly head…]]> 365 Katie McGarry 1250193850 Mari 0 to-read 4.01 2019 Only a Breath Apart
author: Katie McGarry
name: Mari
average rating: 4.01
book published: 2019
rating: 0
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]]> Fake It Till You Break It 40848323
After Mia’s mom turns away yet another cute boy, Mia and Jake decide they’ve have had enough. Together, they hatch a plan to get their moms off their backs. Permanently. All they have to do is pretend to date and then stage the worst breakup of all time—and then they’ll be free.

The only problem is, maybe Jake and Mia don’t hate each other as much as they once thought...]]> 304 Jenn P. Nguyen 1250308011 Mari 0 to-read 3.56 2019 Fake It Till You Break It
author: Jenn P. Nguyen
name: Mari
average rating: 3.56
book published: 2019
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]]> You'd Be Mine 36146624
But unfortunately for Clay, if he can’t convince Annie to join his summer tour, his music label is going to drop him. That’s what happens when your bad boy image turns into bad boy reality. Annie has been avoiding the spotlight after her parents� tragic death, except on her skyrocketing YouTube channel. Clay’s label wants to land Annie, and Clay has to make it happen.

Swayed by Clay’s undeniable charm and good looks, Annie and her band agree to join the tour. From the start fans want them to be more than just tour mates, and Annie and Clay can’t help but wonder if the fans are right. But if there’s one part of fame Annie wants nothing to do with, it’s a high-profile relationship. She had a front row seat to her parents� volatile marriage and isn’t interested in repeating history. If only she could convince her heart that Clay, with his painful past and head over heels inducing tenor, isn’t worth the risk.]]> 304 Erin Hahn 1250192889 Mari 0 to-read 3.78 2019 You'd Be Mine
author: Erin Hahn
name: Mari
average rating: 3.78
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]]> If I'm Being Honest 40087230
In an attempt to win him over, Cameron resolves to “tame� herself, much like Katherine in Shakespeare’s The Taming of the Shrew. First, she’ll have to make amends with those she’s wronged, which leads her to Brendan, the guy she labelled with an unfortunate nickname back in the sixth grade. At first, Brendan isn’t all that receptive to Cameron’s ploy. But slowly, he warms up to her when they connect over the computer game he’s developing. Now if only Andrew would notice�

But the closer Cameron gets to Brendan, the more she sees he appreciates her personality—honesty and all—and wonders if she’s compromising who she is for the guy she doesn’t even want.

This is a previously published edition of ISBN 9780451481092. An alternative cover edition for this ISBN can be found here.]]> 362 Emily Wibberley Mari 0 to-read 3.93 2019 If I'm Being Honest
author: Emily Wibberley
name: Mari
average rating: 3.93
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]]> <![CDATA[The Life and Times of Gracie Faltrain (Gracie Faltrain, #1)]]> 3165049
Goal-kicking, super-girl, soccer star. Gracie Faltrain is on her way. To the National Championships. To Nick. To everything she's ever wanted. Or so she thinks. Gracie's about to find out that life is messy. And hard. And beautiful.

There's a shadow falling across her mum and dad. Her best friend is about to leave town. She's trying desperately to be with the right boy, on the edge of falling in love with the wrong boy. She's rushing headlong into screwing up, making up, trying to keep it all together. Welcome to the life and times of Gracie Faltrain.

From first-time novelist Cath Crowley comes this sometimes hilarious, sometimes poignant look at what good can happen when your world is falling apart.]]> 233 Cath Crowley 0330364561 Mari 4 3.61 2004 The Life and Times of Gracie Faltrain (Gracie Faltrain, #1)
author: Cath Crowley
name: Mari
average rating: 3.61
book published: 2004
rating: 4
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]]> #1 Player (#1, #2) 34221149 318 T. Gephart 0648023117 Mari 2 4.04 2017 #1 Player (#1, #2)
author: T. Gephart
name: Mari
average rating: 4.04
book published: 2017
rating: 2
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]]> Legend (Legend, #1) 9275658
From very different worlds, June and Day have no reason to cross paths—until the day June's brother, Metias, is murdered and Day becomes the prime suspect. Caught in the ultimate game of cat and mouse, Day is in a race for his family's survival, while June seeks to avenge Metias's death. But in a shocking turn of events, the two uncover the truth of what has really brought them together, and the sinister lengths their country will go to keep its secrets.

Alternate Cover edition for ISBN 9780399256752
]]> 305 Marie Lu Mari 3 4.16 2011 Legend (Legend, #1)
author: Marie Lu
name: Mari
average rating: 4.16
book published: 2011
rating: 3
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]]> <![CDATA[Fame, Fate, and the First Kiss (Love, Life, and the List, #2)]]> 38251237
But Lacey quickly learns that life in the spotlight isn’t as picture perfect as she imagined. She’s having trouble bonding with her costars, her father has hired the definition of a choir boy, Donavan Lake, to tutor her, and somewhere along the way she’s lost her acting mojo. And just when it seems like things couldn’t get any worse, it looks like someone on set is deliberately trying to sabotage her.

As Lacey’s world spins out of control, it feels like the only person she can count on—whether it’s helping her try to unravel the mystery of who is out to get her or snap her out of her acting funk—is Donavan. But what she doesn’t count on is this straight-laced boy becoming another distraction.

With her entire future riding on this movie, Lacey knows she can’t afford to get sidetracked by a crush. But for the first time in her life Lacey wonders if it’s true that the best stories really do happen when you go off script.]]> 400 Kasie West 006267580X Mari 3 3.71 2019 Fame, Fate, and the First Kiss (Love, Life, and the List, #2)
author: Kasie West
name: Mari
average rating: 3.71
book published: 2019
rating: 3
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]]> Four Day Fling 38599112 A standalone romantic comedy of epically awkward proportions, from New York Times bestselling author, Emma Hart.

Imagine this. You’re ready to leave after a one-night stand, and you’re figuring out how to—shock horror—leave your number and ask him to be your fake boyfriend for your sister’s wedding this weekend. When he wakes up. Well, that happened to me. And over coffee and omelets, I found myself a date.

Which was how I ended up arriving at the wedding with a guy I knew nothing about. I didn’t know his last name, or how we met, or how long we’d been dating. I didn’t know where he grew up, what he’d majored in in college, or how many siblings he had. I sure as hell didn’t know he was Adam Winters, hotshot hockey player—and not only my father’s favorite player, but my little nephew’s freakin� idol. Which means I’m in trouble. Big, big trouble. My mother is suspicious, my sister is bridezilla on crack, and my grandpa will tell anyone who’ll listen about his time in Amsterdam’s Red Light District. Four days. I have to keep this up for four days, and then Adam and I can return to our regular lives, where we don’t have sex whenever we’re alone and my family aren’t interrogating him over his intentions with me.

At least, that’s the plan. And we all know what happens to those.]]> 297 Emma Hart 1370280149 Mari 3 3.85 2018 Four Day Fling
author: Emma Hart
name: Mari
average rating: 3.85
book published: 2018
rating: 3
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]]> Goodbye, Perfect 35495848 When I was wild, you were steady . . .
Now you are wild - what am I?

Eden McKinley knows she can’t count on much in this world, but she can depend on Bonnie, her solid, steady, straight-A best friend. So it’s a complete shock when, five days before the start of their GCSEs, Bonnie runs away with a guy Eden knows nothing about. And it's the last person she would ever have expected.

As the days pass, and her world begins to unravel, Eden is forced to question everything she thought she knew about her best friend and herself.]]> 300 Sara Barnard 1509852867 Mari 3 3.71 2018 Goodbye, Perfect
author: Sara Barnard
name: Mari
average rating: 3.71
book published: 2018
rating: 3
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]]> <![CDATA[Part-Time Lover (From Paris with Love, #2)]]> 36234069 It was only supposed to be a marriage of convenience...

Let me just say, this whole part-time lover thing was her idea. I'd have gone all-in from the start, but hey, when a gorgeous, brilliant woman invites you into her bed, and only her bed...well, I said yes.

But then, one hysterical phone call from my brother later, begging me to find myself a wife so grandfather's business stays in the family, and I need a promotion with Elise. Turns out a full-time husband suits her needs too, and a temporary marriage of convenience ought to do the trick, until we can simply untie the knot...

As long as no one finds out...
As long as no one gets hurt...
As long as no one falls in love...
But our ending was one I never saw coming.

*PART-TIME LOVER is a standalone romance in the two-book FROM PARIS WITH LOVE series of standalones. You may also enjoy WANDERLUST in this series!*]]> 232 Lauren Blakely Mari 2 3.84 2018 Part-Time Lover (From Paris with Love, #2)
author: Lauren Blakely
name: Mari
average rating: 3.84
book published: 2018
rating: 2
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]]> #1 Lie (#1, #4) 37640979 314 T. Gephart 064802315X Mari 3 4.12 2018 #1 Lie (#1, #4)
author: T. Gephart
name: Mari
average rating: 4.12
book published: 2018
rating: 3
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]]> Dirty Exes (Liars, Inc., #1) 36486578 They’re serving up some red-hot revenge. A sizzling series from #1 New York Times bestselling author Rachel van Dyken.

Blaire has never quite gotten over Jessie Beckett, the ex–NFL star whose kisses were hot enough to ignite the entire Eastern Seaboard. When he chose work over her, Blaire was left brokenhearted. Why else would she have married a skeezy two-timer, just to divorce him less than a year later?

Now Blaire is getting even by becoming one half of Dirty Exes, a PI firm fully committed to humiliating cheating jerks. If only the new jerk she’s been hired to uncover wasn’t Jessie Beckett himself.

Exposing Jessie isn’t going to be easy, especially when she still daydreams about his sexy smile. Further complicating matters is Colin, Jessie’s best friend. He’s gorgeous, a little bit cunning, and willing to help Blaire get the inside scoop on Jessie—for a price.

Now caught between two men—one totally right and the other totally wrong—Blaire will need to decide just how much she’s willing to risk…and whom she’s willing to risk it for.]]> 296 Rachel Van Dyken 1503952932 Mari 2 4.16 2018 Dirty Exes (Liars, Inc., #1)
author: Rachel Van Dyken
name: Mari
average rating: 4.16
book published: 2018
rating: 2
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]]> <![CDATA[The Kiss Quotient (The Kiss Quotient, #1)]]> 36199084 A heartwarming and refreshing debut novel that proves one thing: there's not enough data in the world to predict what will make your heart tick.

Stella Lane thinks math is the only thing that unites the universe. She comes up with algorithms to predict customer purchases—a job that has given her more money than she knows what to do with, and way less experience in the dating department than the average thirty-year-old.

It doesn't help that Stella has Asperger's and French kissing reminds her of a shark getting its teeth cleaned by pilot fish. Her conclusion: she needs lots of practice—with a professional. Which is why she hires escort Michael Phan. The Vietnamese and Swedish stunner can't afford to turn down Stella's offer, and agrees to help her check off all the boxes on her lesson plan—from foreplay to more-than-missionary position...

Before long, Stella not only learns to appreciate his kisses, but to crave all the other things he's making her feel. Soon, their no-nonsense partnership starts making a strange kind of sense. And the pattern that emerges will convince Stella that love is the best kind of logic...]]> 323 Helen Hoang 0451490819 Mari 3 3.88 2018 The Kiss Quotient (The Kiss Quotient, #1)
author: Helen Hoang
name: Mari
average rating: 3.88
book published: 2018
rating: 3
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]]> <![CDATA[Love & Luck (Love & Gelato, #2)]]> 32333026 "I wanted this to be real life, not a detour...."

Addie is visiting Ireland for her aunt’s over-the-top destination wedding and hoping she can stop thinking about the one horrible thing that left her miserable and heartbroken—and threatens her future. But her brother, Ian, isn’t about to let her forget, and his constant needling leads to arguments and even a fistfight between the two once-inseparable siblings.

But when Addie discovers an unusual guidebook, Ireland for the Heartbroken, hidden in the dusty shelves of the hotel library, she’s finally able to escape her anxious mind—and Ian’s criticism.

And then their travel plans change. Suddenly Addie finds herself on a whirlwind tour of the Emerald Isle, trapped in the world’s smallest vehicle with Ian and his admittedly cute Irish-accented friend Rowan. As the trio journeys over breathtaking green hills, past countless castles, and through a number of fairy-tale forests, Addie hopes her guidebook will heal not only her broken heart, but also her shattered relationship with her brother.

That is, if they don’t get completely lost along the way.]]> 303 Jenna Evans Welch Mari 3 3.61 2018 Love & Luck (Love & Gelato, #2)
author: Jenna Evans Welch
name: Mari
average rating: 3.61
book published: 2018
rating: 3
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]]> <![CDATA[Love & Gelato (Love & Gelato, #1)]]> 25756328 “I made the wrong choice.�

Lina is spending the summer in Tuscany, but she isn’t in the mood for Italy’s famous sunshine and fairy-tale landscape. She’s only there because it was her mother’s dying wish that she get to know her father. But what kind of father isn’t around for sixteen years? All Lina wants to do is go back home.

But then she is given a journal that her mom had kept when she lived in Italy. Suddenly Lina’s uncovering a magical world of secret romances, art, and hidden bakeries. A world that inspires her, along with the ever-so-charming Ren, to follow in her mother’s footsteps and unearth a secret that has been kept for far too long. It’s a secret that will change everything she knew about her mother, her father—and even herself.

People come to Italy for love and gelato, someone tells her, but sometimes they discover much more.]]> 386 Jenna Evans Welch 1481432540 Mari 3 4.03 2016 Love & Gelato (Love & Gelato, #1)
author: Jenna Evans Welch
name: Mari
average rating: 4.03
book published: 2016
rating: 3
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]]> Kiss Collector 18457118
Zae proposes a contest with her friends to see who can kiss the most boys during spring break. But what starts as a harmless competition leads to a downward spiral she can’t seem to break free of. As family, academic, friend, and guy drama come to a head, Zae is forced to face the reasons behind her boy angst, and starts to wonder if she was wrong about the male race...or at least some of them.]]> 307 Wendy Higgins 006279521X Mari 3 3.74 2018 Kiss Collector
author: Wendy Higgins
name: Mari
average rating: 3.74
book published: 2018
rating: 3
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]]> Always Never Yours 34092885 Shouldn't a girl get to star in her own love story?

Seventeen-year-old Megan Harper is about due for her next sweeping romance. It's inevitable—each of her relationships starts with the perfect guy and ends with him falling in love . . . with someone else. But instead of feeling sorry for herself, Megan focuses on pursuing her next fling, directing theater, and fulfilling her dream college's acting requirement in the smallest role possible.

So when she’s cast as Juliet (yes, that Juliet) in her high school’s production, it’s a complete nightmare. Megan’s not an actress, and she’s used to being upstaged—both in and out of the theater. In fact, with her mom off in Texas and her dad remarried and on to baby #2 with his new wife, Megan worries that, just like her exes, her family is moving on without her.

Then she meets Owen Okita, an aspiring playwright inspired by Rosaline from Shakespeare's R+J. A character who, like Megan, knows a thing or two about short-lived relationships. Megan agrees to help Owen with his play in exchange for help catching the eye of a sexy stagehand/potential new boyfriend. Yet Megan finds herself growing closer to Owen, and wonders if he could be the Romeo she never expected.

In their fresh and funny debut, Emily Wibberly and Austin Siegemund-Broka break down the high school drama to find there's always room for familial love, romantic love, and—most importantly—self-love.]]> 352 Emily Wibberley 045147984X Mari 3 3.80 2018 Always Never Yours
author: Emily Wibberley
name: Mari
average rating: 3.80
book published: 2018
rating: 3
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]]> Nice Try, Jane Sinner 33413915
Jane tackles her housing problem by signing upforHouse of Orange, a student-run reality show that isbasicallyBig Brother, but forElbow RiverStudents. Living away from home, the chance to win a car (used, butwhatever), and a campus full of people who don'tknow what she did inhigh school� what more could she want? Okay, maybe a family thatunderstands why she’d rather turn to Freudthan Jesus to make senseof her life, but she'll settle for fifteen minutes in the proverbial spotlight.

AsHouse of Orangegrows from alow-budget web series to a local TV show with fans and shoddy T-shirts,Jane finally has the chance tolet her cynical, competitive naturethrive. She'll use her growing fan base,and whatever Introto Psychology can teach her, to prove to the world—or at least viewers of substandard TV—that shehas whatit takes to win.]]> 420 Lianne Oelke 0544867858 Mari 4 3.5 stars 3.90 2018 Nice Try, Jane Sinner
author: Lianne Oelke
name: Mari
average rating: 3.90
book published: 2018
rating: 4
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3.5 stars
]]> <![CDATA[Paris Lights (Heart of the City #1)]]> 30982432 'You're breaking up with me!'
He was silent.
'In Paris.'
Eyes dropping.
'Under the Eiffel-fucking-Tower!' I screamed.

Twenty-five-year-old Claire Shorten had looked forward to spending a romantic weekend in Paris for as long as she could remember, and now it was here - three blissful days of strolling through cobbled streets arm-in-arm with her beloved, eating copious amounts of baked goods and soaking up the culture through each and every pore of her body. Well, at least, that was how she'd pictured it . . .

Even after her boyfriend dumps her rather unceremoniously in the most romantic place on earth, Claire is determined not to give up on her dream altogether - with or without a boyfriend. She finds herself a job in the kitchen of a small hotel; Michelin-starred it most certainly is not, but somehow Claire makes a place for herself amidst the dirty dishes and the foreign misfits who run the place.

When the restaurant attracts the attention of the enigmatic - if not slightly terrifying - tycoon Louis Delarue, and Claire manages to survive his high-powered business luncheon from hell, she knows that she can survive anything, surely. But all bets are off when Louis makes a game-changing decision: he's coming back for a second course . . .]]> 320 C.J. Duggan Mari 2 3.74 2016 Paris Lights (Heart of the City #1)
author: C.J. Duggan
name: Mari
average rating: 3.74
book published: 2016
rating: 2
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]]> We Regret to Inform You 32320668
As Mischa grapples with the prospect of an increasingly uncertain future, she questions how this could have happened in the first place. Is it possible that her transcript was hacked? With the help of her best friend and sometimes crush, Nate, and a group of eccentric techies known as "The Ophelia Syndicate," Mischa launches an investigation that will shake the quiet community of Blanchard Prep to its stately brick foundations.]]> Ariel Kaplan Mari 0 to-read 4.00 2018 We Regret to Inform You
author: Ariel Kaplan
name: Mari
average rating: 4.00
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]]> <![CDATA[#Murdertrending (MurderTrending, #1)]]> 34521785
@morrisdavis72195: I hope she meets justice! She'll get what's coming to her! BWAHAHA!

@EltonJohnForevzz: Me? I think Dee's innocent. And I hope she can survive.

WELCOME TO THE NEAR FUTURE, where good and honest citizens can enjoy watching the executions of society's most infamous convicted felons, streaming live on The Postman app from the suburbanized prison island Alcatraz 2.0.

When seventeen-year-old Dee Guerrera wakes up in a haze, lying on the ground of a dimly lit warehouse, she realizes she's about to be the next victim of the app. Knowing hardened criminals are getting a taste of their own medicine in this place is one thing, but Dee refuses to roll over and die for a heinous crime she didn't commit. Can Dee and her newly formed posse, the Death Row Breakfast Club, prove she's innocent before she ends up wrongfully murdered for the world to see? Or will The Postman's cast of executioners kill them off one by one?]]> 352 Gretchen McNeil 1368010024 Mari 0 to-read 3.79 2018 #Murdertrending (MurderTrending, #1)
author: Gretchen McNeil
name: Mari
average rating: 3.79
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]]> <![CDATA[Things Jolie Needs to Do Before She Bites It]]> 35795890
While her family watches worst-case scenario TV shows, Jolie becomes paralyzed with the fear that she could die under the knife. She and her best friends Evelyn and Derek decide to make a Things Jolie Needs To Do Before She Bites It (Which Is Super Unlikely But Still, It Could Happen) list. Things like: eat every appetizer on the Applebee’s menu and kiss her crush, Noah Reed. Their plan helps Jolie discover what beauty truly means to her.]]> 288 Kerry Winfrey 1250119545 Mari 0 to-read 3.77 2018 Things Jolie Needs to Do Before She Bites It
author: Kerry Winfrey
name: Mari
average rating: 3.77
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]]> Floored 34372905 The Breakfast Club meets One Day in Floored, a unique collaborative novel by seven bestselling and award-winning YA authors: Sara Barnard, Holly Bourne, Tanya Byrne, Non Pratt, Melinda Salisbury, Lisa Williamson and Eleanor Wood.

When they got in the lift, they were strangers (though didn't that guy used to be on TV?): Sasha, who is desperately trying to deliver a parcel; Hugo, who knows he's the best-looking guy in the lift and is eyeing up Velvet, who knows what that look means when you hear her name and it doesn't match the way she looks, or the way she talks; Dawson, who was on TV, but isn't as good-looking as he was a few years ago and is desperately hoping no one recognizes him; Kaitlyn, who's losing her sight but won't admit it, and who used to have a poster of Dawson on her bedroom wall, and Joe, who shouldn't be here at all, but who wants to be here the most.

And one more person, who will bring them together again on the same day every year.]]> 320 Sara Barnard Mari 0 to-read 3.68 2018 Floored
author: Sara Barnard
name: Mari
average rating: 3.68
book published: 2018
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]]> The Cheerleaders 30969755
First there was the car accident—two girls goneafter hittinga tree on a rainy night. Not long after, the murders happened. Those two girls were killed by the man next door. The police shot him, so no one will ever know why he did it. Monica’s sister was the last cheerleader to die. After her suicide, Sunnybrook High disbanded the cheer squad.No one wanted to be reminded of the girls they lost.

That was five years ago. Now the faculty and students at Sunnybrook High want to remember the lost cheerleaders. But for Monica, it’s not that easy. She just wants to forget. Only, Monica’s world is starting to unravel. There are the letters in her stepdad’s desk, an unearthed, years-old cell phone, a strange new friend at school. . . . Whatever happened five years ago isn’t over. Some people in town know more than they’re saying. And somehow Monica is at the center of it all.

There are no more cheerleaders in Sunnybrook, but that doesn’t mean anyone else is safe.]]> 384 Kara Thomas 1524718327 Mari 0 to-read 3.73 2018 The Cheerleaders
author: Kara Thomas
name: Mari
average rating: 3.73
book published: 2018
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]]> The Girl You Thought I Was 35720700
No one looking at Morgan Kemper would think she had a secret—at least not one that she’s deeply ashamed of.

To everyone she meets, she comes across as sweet, pretty, and put together. But Morgan knows that looks can be deceiving. For over a year, she’s shoplifted countless pieces of clothing and makeup. Each time, she tells herself it will be the last, and each time, it never is.

But when she’s caught and sentenced to thirty hours of community service, the image Morgan has carefully constructed starts to crumble. She’s determined to complete her punishment without her friends discovering the truth about her sticky fingers, but that’s easier said than done...especially once she meets Eli, the charming, handsome nephew of the owner of the charity shop where Morgan is volunteering.

Soon Morgan is faced with an impossible continue to conceal the truth or admit that she’s lied to everyone in her life, including the boy she’s falling for.

Praise for The Girl You Thought I

“A charming and poignant ode to the seasons of friendship, family, and love, and what happens when we dare to reveal our most messy selves. Simply put, The Girl You Thought I Was stole my heart!" —Darcy Woods, award-winning author of Summer of Supernovas

"The Girl You Thought I Was is an honest, compelling, nuanced look at fallibility, forgiveness, the unhealthy ways we cope, and the people who make us want to be better. If you're a fan of character-driven contemporary, don't miss this one." —Dahlia Adler, author of Behind the Scenes and Just Visiting]]> 360 Rebecca Phillips 006257096X Mari 0 to-read 3.66 2018 The Girl You Thought I Was
author: Rebecca Phillips
name: Mari
average rating: 3.66
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]]> Wild Blue Wonder 35429999 There are two monsters in this story. One of them is me.

Ask anyone in Winship, Maine, and they’ll tell you the summer camp Quinn’s family owns is a magical place. Paper wishes hang from the ceiling. Blueberries grow in the dead of winter. According to local legend, a sea monster even lurks off the coast. Mostly, there’s just a feeling that something extraordinary could happen there.

Like Quinn falling in love with her best friend, Dylan.

After the accident, the magic drained from Quinn’s life. Now Dylan is gone, the camp is a lonely place, and Quinn knows it’s her fault.

But the new boy in town, Alexander, doesn’t see her as the monster she believes herself to be. As Quinn lets herself open up again, she begins to understand the truth about love, loss, and monsters—real and imagined.]]> 368 Carlie Sorosiak 0062564013 Mari 0 to-read 4.00 2018 Wild Blue Wonder
author: Carlie Sorosiak
name: Mari
average rating: 4.00
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]]> <![CDATA[The Cruel Prince (The Folk of the Air, #1)]]> 26032825 Of course I want to be like them. They’re beautiful as blades forged in some divine fire. They will live forever.

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

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

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

As Jude becomes more deeply embroiled in palace intrigues and deceptions, she discovers her own capacity for trickery and bloodshed. But as betrayal threatens to drown the Courts of Faerie in violence, Jude will need to risk her life in a dangerous alliance to save her sisters, and Faerie itself.]]> 370 Holly Black 0316310271 Mari 5 my-top10-books-2018 4.01 2018 The Cruel Prince (The Folk of the Air, #1)
author: Holly Black
name: Mari
average rating: 4.01
book published: 2018
rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[The Wicked King (The Folk of the Air, #2)]]> 26032887 The enchanting and bloodthirsty sequel to the New York Times bestselling novel The Cruel Prince.

You must be strong enough to strike and strike and strike again without tiring.

The first lesson is to make yourself strong.

After the jaw-dropping revelation that Oak is the heir to Faerie, Jude must keep her brother safe. To do so, she has bound the wicked king, Cardan, to her, and made herself the power behind the throne. Navigating the constantly shifting political alliances of Faerie would be difficult enough if Cardan were easy to control. But he does everything in his power to humiliate and undermine her even as his fascination with her remains undiminished.

When it becomes all too clear that someone close to Jude means to betray her, threatening her own life and the lives of everyone she loves, Jude must uncover the traitor and fight her own complicated feelings for Cardan to maintain control as a mortal in a Faerie world.]]> 336 Holly Black 0316310336 Mari 0 to-read 4.27 2019 The Wicked King (The Folk of the Air, #2)
author: Holly Black
name: Mari
average rating: 4.27
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]]> Dating Disasters of Emma Nash 36388101 Don’t miss the laugh-out-loud novel of the year!

Online, you can choose who you want to be. If only real life were so easy�

Emma Nash may be down, but after months of wallowing, stalking her ex online and avoiding showering—because, really, who’s going to care?—Emma’s ready to own her newly single status, get out with her friends and chronicle her dating adventures on her private blog.

But life online doesn’t always run smoothly. Stumbling upon her mother’s Tinder dating profile, getting catfished and accidentally telling the entire world why her ex-boyfriend Leon’s not worth any girl’s…um…time� Okay, those were disasters.

But surely nothing else can go wrong?

Filled with fun, flirty encounters and heartwarming friendships, Dating Disasters of Emma Nash will shock and delight scores of readers looking for something fresh.]]> 336 Chloe Seager 1335017054 Mari 0 to-read 3.23 2017 Dating Disasters of Emma Nash
author: Chloe Seager
name: Mari
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]]> The Accidental Bad Girl 35960814 377 Maxine Kaplan 141972858X Mari 0 to-read 3.62 2018 The Accidental Bad Girl
author: Maxine Kaplan
name: Mari
average rating: 3.62
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]]> Ship It 36204669 Demon Heart. FOREST is an actor on Demon Heart who dreams of bigger roles. When the two meet at a local Comic-Con panel, it's a dream come true for Claire. Until the Q&A, that is, when Forest laughs off Claire's assertion that his character is gay.

Claire is devastated. After all, every last word of her super-popular fanfic revolves around the romance between Forest's character and his male frenemy. She can't believe her hero turned out to be a closed-minded jerk. Forest is mostly confused that anyone would think his character is gay. Because he's not. Definitely not.

Unfortunately for Demon Heart, when the video of the disastrous Q&A goes viral, the producers have a PR nightmare on their hands. In order to help bolster their image within the LGBTQ+ community-as well as with their fans-they hire Claire to join the cast for the rest of their publicity tour. What ensues is a series of colorful Comic-Con clashes between the fans and the show that lead Forest to question his assumptions about sexuality and help Claire come out of her shell. But how far will Claire go to make her ship canon? To what lengths will Forest go to stop her and protect his career? And will Claire ever get the guts to make a move on Tess, the very cute, extremely cool fanartist she keeps running into? Ship It is a funny, tender, and honest look at all the feels that come with being a fan.
]]> 384 Britta Lundin 1368003133 Mari 2 3.15 2018 Ship It
author: Britta Lundin
name: Mari
average rating: 3.15
book published: 2018
rating: 2
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]]> Save the Date 32333338
The only problem? The weekend is shaping up to be an absolute disaster. There's the unexpected dog with a penchant for howling, house alarm that won't stop going off, and a papergirl with a grudge.

There are the relatives who aren't speaking, the (awful) girl her favorite brother brought home unannounced, and a missing tuxedo. Not to mention the neighbor who seems to be bent on sabotage and a storm that is bent on drenching everything. The justice of the peace is missing. The band will only play covers. The guests are all crazy. And the wedding planner's nephew is unexpectedly, distractedly cute.

Over the course of three ridiculously chaotic days, Charlie will learn more than she ever expected about the family she thought she knew by heart. And she'll realize that sometimes, trying to keep everything like it was in the past means missing out on the future.]]> 417 Morgan Matson 1481404571 Mari 4 3.75 2018 Save the Date
author: Morgan Matson
name: Mari
average rating: 3.75
book published: 2018
rating: 4
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]]> The Way You Make Me Feel 35704397 An NPR Best Book of 2018A Boston Globe Best Children's Book of 2018A We Need Diverse Books 2018 Must-ReadA TAYSHAS 2019 Reading List BookA California Book Award FinalistFrom the author of I Believe in a Thing Called Love, a laugh-out-loud story of love, new friendships, and one unique food truck.

Clara Shin lives for pranks and disruption. When she takes one joke too far, her dad sentences her to a summer working on his food truck, the KoBra, alongside her uptight classmate Rose Carver. Not the carefree summer Clara had imagined. But maybe Rose isn't so bad. Maybe the boy named Hamlet (yes, Hamlet) crushing on her is pretty cute. Maybe Clara actually feels invested in her dad’s business. What if taking this summer seriously means that Clara has to leave her old self behind? With Maurene Goo's signature warmth and humor, The Way You Make Me Feel is a relatable story of falling in love and finding yourself in the places you’d never thought to look.]]> 336 Maurene Goo 0374304092 Mari 4 3.5 stars 3.78 2018 The Way You Make Me Feel
author: Maurene Goo
name: Mari
average rating: 3.78
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rating: 4
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]]> Listen to Your Heart 36127456
But to Kate's surprise, she turns out to be pretty good at the hosting gig. Then the podcast gets in a call from an anonymous guy, asking for advice about his unnamed crush. Kate is pretty sure that the caller is gorgeous Diego Martinez, and even surer that the girl in question is Alana. Kate is excited for her friend ... until Kate herself starts to develop feelings for Diego. Suddenly, Kate finds that while doling out wisdom to others may be easy, asking for help is tougher than it looks, and following your own advice is even harder.

Kasie West's adorable story of secrets, love, and friendship is sure to win over hearts everywhere.]]> 336 Kasie West 133821005X Mari 3 3.85 2018 Listen to Your Heart
author: Kasie West
name: Mari
average rating: 3.85
book published: 2018
rating: 3
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]]> <![CDATA[New York Nights (Heart of the City #2)]]> 30982433
What she didn't bet on was a beautiful newborn and a distant, abrasive man whose eyes hold a million anguished secrets. Determined to care for his daughter and face the challenges of the impossible Ben Worthington, Sarah was always prepared to follow her heart; she just wasn't prepared to lose it to a complicated man like Ben.]]> 320 C.J. Duggan Mari 3 3.80 2017 New York Nights (Heart of the City #2)
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name: Mari
average rating: 3.80
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]]> Sex, Not Love 36593240
We met at a wedding—him sitting on the groom’s side, me sitting on the bride’s. Stealing glances at each other throughout the night, there was no denying an intense, mutual attraction.

I caught the bouquet; he caught the garter. Hunter held me tightly while we danced and suggested we explore the chemistry sparking between us. His blunt, dirty mouth should’ve turned me off. But for some crazy reason, it had the opposite effect on me.

We ended up back in my hotel room. The next morning, I headed home to New York leaving him behind in California with the wrong number.

I thought about him often, but after my last relationship, I’d sworn off of charming, cocky, gorgeous-as-sin men. A year later, Hunter and I met again at the birth of our friends� baby. Our attraction hadn't dulled one bit. After a whirlwind trip, he demanded a real phone number this time. So I left him with my mother’s—she could scare away any man with her talks of babies and marriage—and flew back home.

I’d thought it was funny, until the following week when he rang the bell at Mom’s house for Sunday night dinner. The crazy, gorgeous man had won over my mother and taken an eight-week assignment in my city. He proposed we spend that time screwing each other out of our systems.

Eight weeks of mind-blowing sex with no strings attached? What did I have to lose?

Nothing, I thought.
It’s just sex, not love.
But you know what they say about the best laid Բ�

From #1 New York Times Bestseller Vi Keeland, comes a new, sexy standalone novel.]]> 300 Vi Keeland 1942215703 Mari 2 4.09 2018 Sex, Not Love
author: Vi Keeland
name: Mari
average rating: 4.09
book published: 2018
rating: 2
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]]> Prince in Disguise 25844635 Someday I want to live in a place where I never hear “You’re Dusty’s sister?� ever again.

Life is real enough for Dylan—especially as the ordinary younger sister of Dusty, former Miss Mississippi and the most perfect, popular girl in Tupelo. But when Dusty wins the hand of the handsome Scottish laird-to-be Ronan on the TRC television network’s crown jewel, Prince in Disguise, Dylan has to face a different kind of reality: reality TV.

As the camera crew whisks them off to Scotland to film the lead-up to the wedding, camera-shy Dylan is front and center as Dusty’s maid of honor. The producers are full of surprises—including old family secrets, long-lost relatives, and a hostile future mother-in-law who thinks Dusty and Dylan’s family isn’t good enough for her only son. At least there’s Jamie, an adorably bookish groomsman who might just be the perfect antidote to all Dylan’s stress . . . if she just can keep TRC from turning her into the next reality show sensation.]]> 320 Stephanie Kate Strohm 1484768175 Mari 3 3.75 2017 Prince in Disguise
author: Stephanie Kate Strohm
name: Mari
average rating: 3.75
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rating: 3
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]]> See All the Stars 32718970 “A gripping and atmospheric contemporary thriller.� —Kirkus Reviews
“Complex, captivating, and gorgeously written.� —Karen M. McManus, New York Times bestselling author of One of Us Is Lying

We Were Liars meets Goodbye Days in this thrilling debut novel that sweeps readers away as they try to solve the mystery of what happened then to make Ellory so broken now.

It’s hard to find the truth beneath the lies you tell yourself.

Then: They were four—Bex, Jenni, Ellory, Ret. (Venus. Earth. Moon. Sun.) Electric, headstrong young women; Ellory’s whole solar system.

Now: Ellory is alone, her once inseparable group of friends torn apart by secrets, deception, and a shocking incident that changed their lives forever.

Then: Lazy summer days. A party. A beautiful boy. Ellory met Matthias and fell into the beginning of a spectacular, bright love.

Now: Ellory returns to Pine Brook to navigate senior year after a two-month suspension and summer away—no boyfriend, no friends. No going back. Tormented by some and sought out by others, troubled by a mysterious note-writer who won’t let Ellory forget, and consumed by guilt over her not entirely innocent role in everything and everyone she’s lost, Ellory finds that even in the present, the past is everywhere.

The path forward isn’t a straight line. And moving on will mean sorting the truth from the lies—the lies Ellory has been telling herself.]]> 320 Kit Frick 1534404376 Mari 0 to-read 3.57 2018 See All the Stars
author: Kit Frick
name: Mari
average rating: 3.57
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]]> <![CDATA[An Absolutely Remarkable Thing (The Carls, #1)]]> 24233708 343 Hank Green 1524743453 Mari 0 to-read 4.05 2018 An Absolutely Remarkable Thing (The Carls, #1)
author: Hank Green
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average rating: 4.05
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]]> The Last Days Of Us 36209111 Five teens, one derelict Kombi and an unforgettable road trip...

Six months ago, Zoey's life went off the rails. After the tragic loss of her brother, she partied her way to oblivion, estranged her best friend, Cass, and pushed away her now ex, Finn. But when her destructive behaviour reaches dangerous heights, Zoey realises she needs to pull herself together and get her old life back, including her ex. There's just one Finn is now dating Cass.

Now, it's the last week of summer and Zoey, Cass and Finn are setting out on the road trip of a lifetime to see their favourite musician, Gray, perform live, joined by Finn's infuriatingly attractive bad-boy cousin Luc and his vibrant younger sister Jolie. Zoey thinks this is her chance to put things to rights and convince Finn they should get back together. But she wasn't counting on her friends' lingering resentment, Luc's disarming sincerity, and Jolie's infectious love for life to turn her plans upside down.

This emotional coming-of-age story will resonate with anyone who's ever messed up, fallen in love, or taken off on an adventure.
]]> 222 Beck Nicholas 1489220461 Mari 4 3.98 2018 The Last Days Of Us
author: Beck Nicholas
name: Mari
average rating: 3.98
book published: 2018
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[What You Wanted (Chic Manila, #7)]]> 27614503
But one night becomes lunch the week after, and then dinner the next weekend...and before they know it, Andrea and Damon are still together, dealing with the feelings they know they might still have for other people. How hard can it be to get exactly what you want? How do you even know what it is?]]> Mina V. Esguerra Mari 3 3.95 2015 What You Wanted (Chic Manila, #7)
author: Mina V. Esguerra
name: Mari
average rating: 3.95
book published: 2015
rating: 3
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]]> <![CDATA[Wedding Night Stand (Chic Manila, #6.5)]]> 22090718 Mina V. Esguerra Mari 2 3.83 2014 Wedding Night Stand (Chic Manila, #6.5)
author: Mina V. Esguerra
name: Mari
average rating: 3.83
book published: 2014
rating: 2
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]]> People Like Us 35356380
The dead girl has left Kay a computer-coded scavenger hunt, which, as it unravels, begins to implicate suspect after suspect, until Kay herself is in the crosshairs of a murder investigation. But if Kay's finally backed into a corner, she'll do what it takes to survive. Because at Bates Academy, the truth is something you make...not something that happened.]]> 378 Dana Mele 1524741701 Mari 3 3.52 2018 People Like Us
author: Dana Mele
name: Mari
average rating: 3.52
book published: 2018
rating: 3
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]]> <![CDATA[The Queen of Bloody Everything]]> 38231893 Joanna Nadin's first novel for adults, The Queen of Bloody Everything, is about mothers, daughters and how we can make many choices in life but can't choose where we come from.As Edie Jones lies in a bed on the fourteenth floor of a Cambridge hospital, her adult daughter Dido tells their story, starting with the day that changed everything.That was the day Dido � aged exactly six years and twenty-seven days old � met the next door neighbours and fell in love.Because the Trevelyans were exactly the kind of family Dido dreamed of. Normal.]]> 416 Joanna Nadin 1509853138 Mari 3 4.41 2018 The Queen of Bloody Everything
author: Joanna Nadin
name: Mari
average rating: 4.41
book published: 2018
rating: 3
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]]> Let Me List the Ways 35820010
Mackenzie Clark has been best friends with Nolan Walker for as long as she can remember. She’s shared everything with him, from adventures with their families and days lounging at the beach to long talks about their friends and her journey with type 1 diabetes. The only thing she hasn’t shared is the fact that she is in love with him.

Now in their senior year of high school, Mackenzie and Nolan know that in a few short months everything will change as they head off to different colleges. Determined to make the most of the time they still have left, they come up with a list of things they want to do together before graduation.

But as they make their way through everything from toilet papering the school bully’s house to having a backyard camp-out like the ones they had when they were kids, Mackenzie can’t help feeling that she’s left the most important thing off the telling Nolan how she feels.

Confessing her love could jeopardize the incredible relationship they already have. Is honesty really the best policy?]]> 256 Sarah White 0062473166 Mari 3 3.80 2018 Let Me List the Ways
author: Sarah White
name: Mari
average rating: 3.80
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rating: 3
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]]> When the Beat Drops 35217468 It's time to face the music.
Seventeen-year-old Mira has always danced to her own beat. A music prodigy in a family of athletes, she'd rather play trumpet than play ball—and with her audition to a prestigious jazz conservatory just around the corner (and her two best friends at music camp without her), she plans to spend the summer focused on jazz and nothing else.
She only goes to the warehouse party in a last-ditch effort to bond with her older sister. Instead, she falls in love with dance music, DJing... and Derek, a gorgeous promoter who thinks he can make her a star. Suddenly, trumpet practice and old friendships are taking a back seat to packed dance floors and sun-soaked music festivals, outsized personalities and endless beats.
But when a devastating tragedy plunges her golden summer into darkness, Mira discovers just how little she knows about her new boyfriend, her old friends, and even her own sister. Music brought them together. Will it also tear them apart?]]> 320 Anna Hecker 1510733345 Mari 3 4.01 2018 When the Beat Drops
author: Anna Hecker
name: Mari
average rating: 4.01
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]]> A Shadow's Breath 32323877
Now, Tessa and Nick are trapped in the car after a corner taken too fast. Injured, stranded in the wilderness, at the mercy of the elements, the question becomes one of survival.

But Tessa isn't sure she wants to be found. Not after what she saw. Not after what she remembered.]]> 316 Nicole Hayes 014378109X Mari 4 3.5 stars 3.74 2017 A Shadow's Breath
author: Nicole Hayes
name: Mari
average rating: 3.74
book published: 2017
rating: 4
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3.5 stars
]]> <![CDATA[Bawal Mamatay May Tumawid na Rito]]> 34757003 127 Toto Madayag Mari 4 3.81 Bawal Mamatay May Tumawid na Rito
author: Toto Madayag
name: Mari
average rating: 3.81
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]]> Flight Season 34964873
But when Vivi returns home from her first year away at college, her big plans and TJ’s ambition to become a nurse land them both on the heart ward of a university hospital, facing them with a long and painful summer together � three months of glorified babysitting for Ángel, the problem patient on the hall. Sure, Ángel may be suffering from a life-threatening heart infection, but that doesn’t make him any less of a pain.

As it turns out, though, Ángel Solís has a thing or two to teach them about all those big plans, and the incredible moments when love gets in their way.]]> 352 Marie Marquardt 1250107016 Mari 0 to-read 4.10 2018 Flight Season
author: Marie Marquardt
name: Mari
average rating: 4.10
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]]> P is for Pearl 36321473 In the Quiet and Ache comes a poignant and moving book that explores the stories we tell ourselves about our families, and what it means to belong.

Seventeen-year-old Gwendolyn P. Pearson has become very good at not thinking about the awful things that have happened to her family. She has also become used to people talking about her dead mum. Or not talking about her and just looking at Gwen sympathetically.

And it's easy not to think about awful things when there are wild beaches to run along, best friends Loretta and Gordon to hang out with - and a stepbrother to take revenge on.

But following a strange disturbance at the cafe where she works, Gwen is forced to confront what happened to her family all those years ago. And she slowly comes to realise that people aren't as they first appear and that like her, everyone has a story to tell.

Praise for P is for Pearl:

'P is for Pearl is a complex, authentic exploration of grief, friendship, mental illness, family and love, sensitively written by a writer whose voice will resonate with teen readers.' - Books+Publishing]]> 297 Eliza Henry-Jones 146075493X Mari 0 to-read 3.96 2018 P is for Pearl
author: Eliza Henry-Jones
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average rating: 3.96
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]]> White Night 36524608
As Bo is drawn away from his friends and towards Rory, he gradually comes to believe that Eden may not be utopia after all, and that their group leader's goal to go off the grid may be more permanent - and more dangerous - than anyone could have predicted.

A wonderfully compelling novel from the acclaimed author of the Every series.

'Gutsy characters, a cracking plot, and the perfect amount of swoon - everything Ellie Marney does best.' Vikki Wakefield]]> 384 Ellie Marney 1760293555 Mari 0 to-read 3.95 2018 White Night
author: Ellie Marney
name: Mari
average rating: 3.95
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]]> My Heart Goes Bang 36382717
But when Ella finds a magazine article with a list of men they should date before they're 21 (someone who's been on telly? Check; someone who's got tattoos? Check;) they vow to complete the list before finishing university and set about it with a lot more enthusiasm than they do their studies ... but will any of them end up with a full house? And when a secret from their first year comes out, it looks as if some of them might not be completing university, never mind the list ...

My Heart Goes Bang is about lectures, essays, hangovers, and flatmates; it's about found families, finding yourself, and falling in love with people you never expected to fall in love with.]]> 312 Keris Stainton 1471406822 Mari 0 to-read 3.59 My Heart Goes Bang
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]]> The Centre of My Everything 36620633
Corey’s a footy hero and high-school dropout who can’t even find work picking fruit.

Tara wants to be loved. But if her mother doesn’t care, why would anyone else?

Margo wants out, and she has a plan to get there.

Plans change. Life happens. Some secrets won’t stay buried. Peace isn’t as simple as laying bones to rest.

A story about love and loss. About tragic secrets and the lengths people will go to hide them. About intergenerational pain and desperate attempts to break the cycle. And about yearning for love and finding it where you least expect.]]> 288 Allayne L. Webster 0143783335 Mari 0 to-read 4.21 2018 The Centre of My Everything
author: Allayne L. Webster
name: Mari
average rating: 4.21
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]]> Tin Heart 36266226
But with a little brother who dresses like every day is Halloween, a vegan warrior for a mother, and an all-out war with the hot butcher’s apprentice next door, Marlowe’s life is already pretty complicated. And her second chance is about to take an unexpected turn...]]> 313 Shivaun Plozza 014378627X Mari 0 to-read 3.89 2018 Tin Heart
author: Shivaun Plozza
name: Mari
average rating: 3.89
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]]> Small Spaces 36242050 We don’t pick and choose what to be afraid of. Our fears pick us.

Tash Carmody has been traumatised since childhood, when she witnessed her gruesome imaginary friend Sparrow lure young Mallory Fisher away from a carnival. At the time nobody believed Tash, and she has since come to accept that Sparrow wasn’t real. Now fifteen and mute, Mallory’s never spoken about the week she went missing.

As disturbing memories resurface, Tash starts to see Sparrow again. And she realises Mallory is the key to unlocking the truth about a dark secret connecting them. Does Sparrow exist after all? Or is Tash more dangerous to others than she thinks?]]> 378 Sarah Epstein 1921977388 Mari 0 to-read 4.21 2018 Small Spaces
author: Sarah Epstein
name: Mari
average rating: 4.21
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]]> I Have Lost My Way 36563330 A powerful story of empathy and friendship from the #1 New York Times Bestselling author of If I Stay.

Around the time that Freya loses her voice while recording her debut album, Harun is making plans to run away from everyone he has ever loved, and Nathaniel is arriving in New York City with a backpack, a desperate plan, and nothing left to lose. When a fateful accident draws these three strangers together, their secrets start to unravel as they begin to understand that the way out of their own loss might just lie in help­ing the others out of theirs.

An emotionally cathartic story of losing love, finding love, and discovering the person you are meant to be, I Have Lost My Way is best­selling author Gayle Forman at her finest.]]> 258 Gayle Forman 0425290778 Mari 0 to-read 3.76 2018 I Have Lost My Way
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]]> Beautiful Mess 35157846
Which is where she meets Gideon. Skinny, shy, anxious Gideon. A mad poet and collector of vinyl records with an aversion to social media. He lives in his head. She lives in her grief. The only people who can help them move on with their lives are each other.]]> 286 Claire Christian 1925498549 Mari 0 to-read 3.98 2017 Beautiful Mess
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]]> American Panda 35297380
With everything her parents have sacrificed to make her cushy life a reality, Mei can't bring herself to tell them the truth--that she (1) hates germs, (2) falls asleep in biology lectures, and (3) has a crush on her classmate Darren Takahashi, who is decidedly not Taiwanese.

But when Mei reconnects with her brother, Xing, who is estranged from the family for dating the wrong woman, Mei starts to wonder if all the secrets are truly worth it. Can she find a way to be herself, whoever that is, before her web of lies unravels?]]> 311 Gloria Chao 1481499106 Mari 0 to-read 3.77 2018 American Panda
author: Gloria Chao
name: Mari
average rating: 3.77
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]]> Love Songs & Other Lies 35034369 It’s summer romance and second chances, the songs that stay in your head, and the boy you’ll never forget.

Two years after rock-song-worthy heartbreak, Virginia Miller is looking forward to a fun, carefree summer. Her friends just landed a spot on a battling bands reality show, and Vee is joining them for her dream internship on tour. Three months with future rockstars seems like an epic summer plan. Until she learns she’ll also be sharing the bus with Cam. Her first love, and her first heartbreak. Now Vee has more than just cameras to dodge, and Cam’s determination to win her forgiveness is causing TMZ-worthy problems for both of them. With cameras rolling, she’ll have to decide if her favorite breakup anthem deserves a new ending. And if she’s brave enough to expose her own secrets to keep Cam’s under wraps.]]> 288 Jessica Pennington 0765392275 Mari 0 to-read 3.70 2018 Love Songs & Other Lies
author: Jessica Pennington
name: Mari
average rating: 3.70
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]]> Starry Eyes 35297469
But when a group camping trip goes south, Zorie and Lennon find themselves stranded in the wilderness. Alone. Together.

What could go wrong?

With no one but each other for company, Zorie and Lennon have no choice but to hash out their issues via witty jabs and insults as they try to make their way to safety. But fighting each other while also fighting off the forces of nature makes getting out of the woods in one piece less and less likely.

And as the two travel deeper into Northern California’s rugged backcountry, secrets and hidden feelings surface. But can Zorie and Lennon’s rekindled connection survive out in the real world? Or was it just a result of the fresh forest air and the magic of the twinkling stars?]]> 421 Jenn Bennett 148147880X Mari 0 to-read 3.95 2018 Starry Eyes
author: Jenn Bennett
name: Mari
average rating: 3.95
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]]> <![CDATA[The Exact Opposite of Okay (Izzy O'Neill, #1)]]> 35817737 337 Laura/L.K. Steven Mari 0 to-read 4.03 2018 The Exact Opposite of Okay (Izzy O'Neill, #1)
author: Laura/L.K. Steven
name: Mari
average rating: 4.03
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]]> Foolish Hearts 33275690 the it-couple at her school, she finds herself in hot water with prickly, difficult Iris. Thrown together against their will in the class production of A Midsummer Night's Dream, along with the goofiest, cutest boy Claudia has ever known, Iris and Claudia are in for an eye-opening senior year.

Smart, funny, and thoroughly, wonderfully flawed, Claudia navigates a world of intense friendships and tentative romance in Foolish Hearts, a YA novel about expanding your horizons, allowing yourself to be vulnerable, and accepting--and loving--people for who they really are.

A contemporary young adult novel by Emma Mills about a girl whose high school production of A Midsummer Night's Dream leads her to new friends--and maybe even new love.]]> 320 Emma Mills 1627799370 Mari 4 4.22 2017 Foolish Hearts
author: Emma Mills
name: Mari
average rating: 4.22
book published: 2017
rating: 4
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]]> The Midnights 32171904
While Susannah struggles with grief, her mother uproots them to a new city. There, Susannah realizes she can reinvent herself however she wants: a confident singer-songwriter, member of a hip band, embraced by an effortlessly cool best friend. But Susannah is not the only one keeping secrets, and soon, harsh revelations threaten to unravel her life once again.]]> 416 Sarah Nicole Smetana Mari 3 3.71 2018 The Midnights
author: Sarah Nicole Smetana
name: Mari
average rating: 3.71
book published: 2018
rating: 3
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]]> Busted 21825764 352 Gina Ciocca 1492654299 Mari 2 3.61 2018 Busted
author: Gina Ciocca
name: Mari
average rating: 3.61
book published: 2018
rating: 2
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]]> Top Ten 33799302
10. Where to begin? Maybe the night we met.
9. Then there was our awkward phase.
8. When you were in love with me but never told me�
7. Those five months we stopped talking were the hardest of my life.
6. Through terrible fights�
5. And emotional makeups.
4. You were there for me when I got my heart broken.
3. …but at times, you were also the one breaking it.
2. Above all, you helped me make sense of the world.
1. Now, as we head off to college—how am I possibly going to live without you?]]> 320 Katie Cotugno 0062418300 Mari 2 3.29 2017 Top Ten
author: Katie Cotugno
name: Mari
average rating: 3.29
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rating: 2
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]]> Renegades (Renegades, #1) 28421168 Secret Identities. Extraordinary Powers. She wants vengeance. He wants justice.

The Renegades are a syndicate of prodigies � humans with extraordinary abilities � who emerged from the ruins of a crumbled society and established peace and order where chaos reigned. As champions of justice, they remain a symbol of hope and courage to everyone... except the villains they once overthrew.

Nova has a reason to hate the Renegades, and she is on a mission for vengeance. As she gets closer to her target, she meets Adrian, a Renegade boy who believes in justice � and in Nova. But Nova's allegiance is to a villain who has the power to end them both.]]> 552 Marissa Meyer 1250044669 Mari 3 4.12 2017 Renegades (Renegades, #1)
author: Marissa Meyer
name: Mari
average rating: 4.12
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rating: 3
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]]> Now Is Everything 33914010 This is a previously published edition of ISBN 0062495739.

The McCauleys look perfect on the outside. But nothing is ever as it seems, and this family is hiding a dark secret.

Hadley McCauley will do anything to keep her sister safe from their father. But when Hadley’s forbidden relationship with Charlie Simmons deepens, the violence at home escalates, culminating in an explosive accident that will leave everyone changed.

When Hadley attempts to take her own life at the hospital post-accident, her friends, doctors, family, and the investigator on the case want to know why. Only Hadley knows what really happened that day, and she’s not talking.]]> 368 Amy Giles Mari 3 4.24 2017 Now Is Everything
author: Amy Giles
name: Mari
average rating: 4.24
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rating: 3
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]]> Meant to Be 29401465 In a world where the names of MTBs�"meant to be" mates—appear on the body at age eighteen, a girl must decide whether to believe the phenomenon or follow her heart in this YA novel.

It started happening a few years ago: the names of MTBs�"meant to be" mates—appeared emblazoned on the skin at age eighteen. Agatha's best friend has embraced the phenomenon and is head over heels in love with her MTB. But Ag isn't so sure. As she searches the interwebs for her MTB (who has a common name, no less) she finds herself falling for a co-worker at the local amusement park. Is he a better match? What does Agatha really want in a mate, and moreover, what does she want for herself?

With her trademark wit and irreverence, acclaimed author Julie Halpern explores an age-old question: Who are we meant to be with? Readers won't be able to resist knowing the answer.]]> 320 Julie Halpern Mari 3 3.21 2017 Meant to Be
author: Julie Halpern
name: Mari
average rating: 3.21
book published: 2017
rating: 3
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