Corie's bookshelf: all en-US Wed, 18 Oct 2023 17:55:26 -0700 60 Corie's bookshelf: all 144 41 /images/layout/goodreads_logo_144.jpg Lady Chatterley's Lover 49583709
With her soft brown hair, lithe figure and big, wondering eyes, Constance Chatterley is possessed of a certain vitality. Yet she is deeply unhappy; married to an invalid, she is almost as inwardly paralyzed as her husband Clifford is paralyzed below the waist. It is not until she finds refuge in the arms of Mellors the game-keeper, a solitary man of a class apart, that she feels regenerated. Together they move from an outer world of chaos towards an inner world of fulfillment.

For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700Ěýtitles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust theĚýseries to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-dateĚýtranslations by award-winning translators.]]> 400 D.H. Lawrence 014303961X Corie 0 to-read, classics 3.48 1928 Lady Chatterley's Lover
author: D.H. Lawrence
name: Corie
average rating: 3.48
book published: 1928
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[Daughter of the Salt King (Salt Chasers, #1)]]> 53935036
Escape from her father's court seems impossible, and Emel dreams of a life where she can choose her fate. When members of a secret rebellion attack, Emel stumbles upon an alluring escape route: her father's best-kept secret—a wish-granting jinni, Saalim.

But in the land of the Salt King, wishes are never what they seem. Saalim's magic is volatile. Emel could lose everything with a wish for her freedom as the rebellion intensifies around her. She soon finds herself playing a dangerous game that pits dreams against responsibility and love against the promise of freedom. As she finds herself drawn to the jinni for more than his magic, captivated by both him and the world he shows her outside her desert village, she has to decide if freedom is worth the loss of her family, her home and Saalim, the only man she's ever loved.]]> 448 A.S. Thornton 0744300495 Corie 4 3.87 2021 Daughter of the Salt King (Salt Chasers, #1)
author: A.S. Thornton
name: Corie
average rating: 3.87
book published: 2021
rating: 4
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date added: 2023/08/13
shelves: fantasy-science_fiction, i-want-to-live-in-this-world
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]]> <![CDATA[Homeland (Forgotten Realms: The Dark Elf Trilogy, #1; Legend of Drizzt, #1)]]> 50027 Discover the origin story of one of the greatest heroes of the Realms—Drizzt Do’Urden—in this thrilling first installment of the Dark Elf Trilogy

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

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

Homeland is the first book in the Dark Elf Trilogy and the Legend of Drizzt series.]]> 343 R.A. Salvatore Corie 4 fantasy-science_fiction 4.26 1990 Homeland (Forgotten Realms: The Dark Elf Trilogy, #1; Legend of Drizzt, #1)
author: R.A. Salvatore
name: Corie
average rating: 4.26
book published: 1990
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[Nevernight (The Nevernight Chronicle #1)]]> 28757702
Six years later, the child raised in shadows takes her first steps towards keeping the promise she made on the day that she lost everything.

But the chance to strike against such powerful enemies will be fleeting, so if she is to have her revenge, Mia must become a weapon without equal. She must prove herself against the deadliest of friends and enemies, and survive the tutelage of murderers, liars and demons at the heart of a murder cult.

The Red Church is no Hogwarts, but Mia is no ordinary student.

The shadows love her. And they drink her fear.]]> 448 Jay Kristoff Corie 0 currently-reading 4.39 2016 Nevernight (The Nevernight Chronicle #1)
author: Jay Kristoff
name: Corie
average rating: 4.39
book published: 2016
rating: 0
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date added: 2023/02/09
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]]> <![CDATA[The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August]]> 18295861 416 Claire North 0316399612 Corie 0 to-read 3.93 2014 The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August
author: Claire North
name: Corie
average rating: 3.93
book published: 2014
rating: 0
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date added: 2021/04/11
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]]> Shatter Me (Shatter Me, #1) 10429045 I have a curse
I have a gift

I am a monster
I'm more than human

My touch is lethal
My touch is power

I am their weapon
I will fight back

Juliette hasn't touched anyone in exactly 264 days.

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

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

Juliette has to make a choice: Be a weapon. Or be a warrior.]]> 338 Tahereh Mafi 0062085484 Corie 0 to-read 3.86 2011 Shatter Me (Shatter Me, #1)
author: Tahereh Mafi
name: Corie
average rating: 3.86
book published: 2011
rating: 0
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]]> Allegiant (Divergent, #3) 18710190
But Tris's new reality is even more alarming than the one she left behind. Old discoveries are quickly rendered meaningless. Explosive new truths change the hearts of those she loves. And once again, Tris must battle to comprehend to complexities of human nature - and of herself - while facing impossible choices about courage, allegiance, sacrifice, and love.

Told from a riveting dual perspective, ALLEGIANT, by #1 New York Times best-selling author Veronica Roth, brings the DIVERGENT series to a powerful conclusion while revealing the secrets of the dystopian world that has captivated millions of readers in DIVERGENT and INSURGENT.]]> 531 Veronica Roth 0007524277 Corie 0 3.59 2013 Allegiant (Divergent, #3)
author: Veronica Roth
name: Corie
average rating: 3.59
book published: 2013
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[Golden Son (Red Rising Saga, #2)]]> 18966819
A lamb among wolves in a cruel world, Darrow finds friendship, respect, and even love—but also the wrath of powerful rivals. To wage and win the war that will change humankind’s destiny, Darrow must confront the treachery arrayed against him, overcome his all-too-human desire for retribution—and strive not for violent revolt but a hopeful rebirth. Though the road ahead is fraught with danger and deceit, Darrow must choose to follow Eo’s principles of love and justice to free his people.

He must live for more.]]> 466 Pierce Brown 0345539826 Corie 4 4.47 2015 Golden Son (Red Rising Saga, #2)
author: Pierce Brown
name: Corie
average rating: 4.47
book published: 2015
rating: 4
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date added: 2020/04/28
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]]> <![CDATA[Red Rising (Red Rising Saga, #1)]]> 15839976 "I live for the dream that my children will be born free," she says. "That they will be what they like. That they will own the land their father gave them."

"I live for you," I say sadly.

Eo kisses my cheek. "Then you must live for more."

Darrow is a Red, a member of the lowest caste in the color-coded society of the future. Like his fellow Reds, he works all day, believing that he and his people are making the surface of Mars livable for future generations.

Yet he spends his life willingly, knowing that his blood and sweat will one day result in a better world for his children.

But Darrow and his kind have been betrayed. Soon he discovers that humanity already reached the surface generations ago. Vast cities and sprawling parks spread across the planet. Darrow—and Reds like him—are nothing more than slaves to a decadent ruling class.

Inspired by a longing for justice, and driven by the memory of lost love, Darrow sacrifices everything to infiltrate the legendary Institute, a proving ground for the dominant Gold caste, where the next generation of humanity's overlords struggle for power. He will be forced to compete for his life and the very future of civilization against the best and most brutal of Society's ruling class. There, he will stop at nothing to bring down his enemies... even if it means he has to become one of them to do so.]]> 382 Pierce Brown 0345539788 Corie 4 4.26 2014 Red Rising (Red Rising Saga, #1)
author: Pierce Brown
name: Corie
average rating: 4.26
book published: 2014
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Harry Potter, #3)]]> 49116
Now he has escaped, leaving only two clues as to where he might be headed: Harry Potter's defeat of You-Know-Who was Black's downfall as well. And the Azkaban guards heard Black muttering in his sleep, "He's at Hogwarts...he's at Hogwarts."

Harry Potter isn't safe, not even within the walls of his magical school, surrounded by his friends. because on top of it all, there may well be a traitor in their midst.

(front flap)]]> 435 J.K. Rowling Corie 4 4.57 1999 Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Harry Potter, #3)
author: J.K. Rowling
name: Corie
average rating: 4.57
book published: 1999
rating: 4
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]]> You Are Mine (Mine, #1) 17888912
Then her ownership is won by a barbarian from another country. With the uncertainty that comes from belonging to a new warlock, Serena questions if being tarnished is really worse than being owned by a barbarian, and tempts fate by breaking the rules. When he looks the other way instead of punishing her, she discovers a new world. The more she ventures into the forbidden, the more she learns of love and a freedom just out of reach. Serena longs for both. But in a society where women are only ever property, hoping for more could be deadly.]]> 370 Janeal Falor 0989743209 Corie 2 fantasy-science_fiction, meh 3.65 2013 You Are Mine (Mine, #1)
author: Janeal Falor
name: Corie
average rating: 3.65
book published: 2013
rating: 2
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]]> <![CDATA[The Girl with All the Gifts (The Girl With All the Gifts, #1)]]> 17235026
Every morning, Melanie waits in her cell to be collected for class. When they come for her, Sergeant Parks keeps his gun pointing at her while two of his people strap her into the wheelchair. She thinks they don't like her. She jokes that she won't bite, but they don't laugh.

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

The Girl with All the Gifts is a sensational thriller, perfect for fans of Stephen King, Justin Cronin, and Neil Gaiman.]]> 461 M.R. Carey 0356500152 Corie 3 3.94 2014 The Girl with All the Gifts (The Girl With All the Gifts, #1)
author: M.R. Carey
name: Corie
average rating: 3.94
book published: 2014
rating: 3
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]]> Swan Song 11557
He is the Man with the Scarlet Eye, a malevolent force that feeds on the dark desires of the countless followers he has gathered into his service. His only desire is to find a special child named Swan—and destroy her. But those who would protect the girl are determined to fight for what is left of the world, and their souls.

In a wasteland born of rage, populated by monstrous creatures and marauding armies, the last survivors on earth have been drawn into the final battle between good and evil that will decide the fate of humanity....]]> 956 Robert McCammon 0671741039 Corie 3 4.29 1987 Swan Song
author: Robert McCammon
name: Corie
average rating: 4.29
book published: 1987
rating: 3
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]]> The Passage (The Passage, #1) 6690798 THIRTY-TWO MINUTES FOR ONE WORLD TO DIE, ANOTHER TO BE BORN.

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

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

With The Passage, award-winning author Justin Cronin has written both a relentlessly suspenseful adventure and an epic chronicle of human endurance in the face of unprecedented catastrophe and unimaginable danger. Its inventive storytelling, masterly prose, and depth of human insight mark it as a crucial and transcendent work of modern fiction.]]> 784 Justin Cronin 0345504968 Corie 4 4.04 2010 The Passage (The Passage, #1)
author: Justin Cronin
name: Corie
average rating: 4.04
book published: 2010
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[Ready Player One (Ready Player One, #1)]]> 9969571 Librarian's note: An alternate cover edition can be found here

IN THE YEAR 2044, reality is an ugly place. The only time teenage Wade Watts really feels alive is when he's jacked into the virtual utopia known as the OASIS. Wade's devoted his life to studying the puzzles hidden within this world's digital confines, puzzles that are based on their creator's obsession with the pop culture of decades past and that promise massive power and fortune to whoever can unlock them.

But when Wade stumbles upon the first clue, he finds himself beset by players willing to kill to take this ultimate prize. The race is on, and if Wade's going to survive, he'll have to win—and confront the real world he's always been so desperate to escape.]]> 480 Ernest Cline 030788743X Corie 5 4.21 2011 Ready Player One (Ready Player One, #1)
author: Ernest Cline
name: Corie
average rating: 4.21
book published: 2011
rating: 5
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date added: 2020/03/17
shelves: book-i-will-never-part-with, dystopian, i-want-to-live-in-this-world, young-adult
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]]> <![CDATA[A Darker Shade of Magic (Shades of Magic, #1)]]> 22055262
Kell was raised in Arnes—Red London—and officially serves the Maresh Empire as an ambassador, traveling between the frequent bloody regime changes in White London and the court of George III in the dullest of Londons, the one without any magic left to see.

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

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

Now perilous magic is afoot, and treachery lurks at every turn. To save all of the worlds, they'll first need to stay alive.]]> 400 Victoria E. Schwab 0765376458 Corie 3 fantasy-science_fiction 4.04 2015 A Darker Shade of Magic (Shades of Magic, #1)
author: Victoria E. Schwab
name: Corie
average rating: 4.04
book published: 2015
rating: 3
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]]> <![CDATA[The Knife of Never Letting Go (Chaos Walking, #1)]]> 2118745
But how do you escape when your pursuers can hear your every thought?]]> 479 Patrick Ness 1406310255 Corie 3 dystopian, meh, young-adult 3.95 2008 The Knife of Never Letting Go (Chaos Walking, #1)
author: Patrick Ness
name: Corie
average rating: 3.95
book published: 2008
rating: 3
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]]> <![CDATA[Sand (The Sand Chronicles, #1)]]> 20509356 The new novel from the international bestselling author of the Wool trilogy.

The old world is buried. A new one has been forged atop the shifting dunes. Here in this land of howling wind and infernal sand, four siblings find themselves scattered and lost.

Palmer has never been the same since his father walked out twelve years ago. His elder sister, Vic, is trying to run away from the past; his younger brothers, Connor and Rob, are risking their lives to embrace it. His mother, left with nothing but anger, is just trying to forget.

Palmer wants to prove his worth, not only to his family, but to himself. And in the barren, dune-covered landscape of his home, there is only one way to earn respect: sand-diving. Plunging deep below the desert floor in search of relics and scraps of the old world. He is about to embark on the most dangerous dive of his young life, aiming to become the first to discover the rumoured city below.

Deep within the sand lies the key to bringing his family together � and tearing their world apart.]]> 336 Hugh Howey Corie 0 to-read, dystopian 4.01 2014 Sand (The Sand Chronicles, #1)
author: Hugh Howey
name: Corie
average rating: 4.01
book published: 2014
rating: 0
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]]> Neuromancer (Sprawl, #1) 888628
Case was the sharpest data thief in the Matrix, until an ex-employer crippled his nervous system. Now a new employer has recruited him for a last-chance run against an unthinkably powerful artificial intelligence. With a mirror-eyed girl street-samurai riding shotgun, he's ready for the silicon-quick, bleakly prophetic adventure that upped the ante on an entire genre of fiction.]]> 278 William Gibson Corie 3 4.01 1984 Neuromancer (Sprawl, #1)
author: William Gibson
name: Corie
average rating: 4.01
book published: 1984
rating: 3
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date added: 2020/03/17
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]]> <![CDATA[Under the Never Sky (Under the Never Sky, #1)]]> 11594257 WORLDS KEPT THEM APART.

DESTINY BROUGHT THEM TOGETHER.

Aria has lived her whole life in the protected dome of Reverie. Her entire world confined to its spaces, she's never thought to dream of what lies beyond its doors. So when her mother goes missing, Aria knows her chances of surviving in the outer wasteland long enough to find her are slim.

Then Aria meets an outsider named Perry. He's searching for someone too. He's also wild—a savage—but might be her best hope at staying alive.

If they can survive, they are each other's best hope for finding answers.]]> 374 Veronica Rossi 1907411054 Corie 2 dystopian, young-adult 3.98 2011 Under the Never Sky (Under the Never Sky, #1)
author: Veronica Rossi
name: Corie
average rating: 3.98
book published: 2011
rating: 2
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]]> Fallen (Fallen, #1) 6487308
Mysterious and aloof, he captures Luce Price’s attention from the moment she sees him on her first day at the Sword & Cross boarding school in sultry Savannah, Georgia. He’s the one bright spot in a place where cell phones are forbidden, the other students are all screw-ups, and security cameras watch every move.

Even though Daniel wants nothing to do with Luce—and goes out of his way to make that very clear—she can’t let it go. Drawn to him like a moth to a flame, she has to find out what Daniel is so desperate to keep secret� even if it kills her.]]> 464 Lauren Kate 0385738935 Corie 2 3.73 2009 Fallen (Fallen, #1)
author: Lauren Kate
name: Corie
average rating: 3.73
book published: 2009
rating: 2
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I wanted to like this so much more than I did. Partially because I bought the second book as well. And because...well that cover. Right? But sadly, this was quite a slog. The main characters all acted like idiots. Enough so that I kept thinking "no one even does that!" It was also ridiculously slow paced. I mean painfully slow. I finally finished it, more out of sense of obligation to my purchase than out of any real interest in the characters. The second in this series will go unread I can promise you.
]]> <![CDATA[Qualify (The Atlantis Grail, #1)]]> 21845122 You have two options. You die, or you Qualify.

The year is 2047. An extinction-level asteroid is hurtling toward Earth, and the descendents of ancient Atlantis have returned from the stars in their silver ships to offer humanity help.

But there’s a catch.

They can only take a tiny percent of the Earth’s population back to the colony planet Atlantis. And in order to be chosen, you must be a teen, you must be bright, talented, and athletic, and you must Qualify.

Sixteen-year-old Gwenevere Lark is determined not only to Qualify but to rescue her entire family.

Because there’s a loophole.

If you are good enough to Qualify, you are eligible to compete in the brutal games of the Atlantis Grail, which grants all winners the laurels, high tech luxuries, and full privileges of Atlantis Citizenship. And if you are in the Top Ten, then all your wildest wishes are granted� Such as curing your mother’s cancer.

There is only one problem.

Gwen Lark is known as a klutz and a nerd. While she’s a hotshot in classics, history, science, and languages, the closest she’s come to sports is a backyard pool and a skateboard.

This time she is in over her head, and in for a fight of her life, against impossible odds and world-class competition—including Logan Sangre, the most amazing guy in her class, the one she’s been crushing on, and who doesn’t seem to know she exists.

Because every other teen on Earth has the same idea.

You Qualify or you die. ]]> 600 Vera Nazarian 1607621339 Corie 5 4.02 2014 Qualify (The Atlantis Grail, #1)
author: Vera Nazarian
name: Corie
average rating: 4.02
book published: 2014
rating: 5
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]]> Enclave (Razorland, #1) 7137327
Ann Aguirre's thrilling young adult novel is the story of two young people in an apocalyptic world--facing dangers, and feelings, unlike any they've ever known.]]> 259 Ann Aguirre 0312650086 Corie 4 3.91 2011 Enclave (Razorland, #1)
author: Ann Aguirre
name: Corie
average rating: 3.91
book published: 2011
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[Angelfall (Penryn & the End of Days, #1)]]> 15863832 288 Susan Ee 1611094259 Corie 3 4.04 2011 Angelfall (Penryn & the End of Days, #1)
author: Susan Ee
name: Corie
average rating: 4.04
book published: 2011
rating: 3
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]]> <![CDATA[The Book of Ivy (The Book of Ivy, #1)]]> 20640755
This year, it is my turn.

My name is Ivy Westfall, and my mission is simple: to kill the president’s son—my soon-to-be husband—and restore the Westfall family to power.

But Bishop Lattimer is either a very skilled actor or he’s not the cruel, heartless boy my family warned me to expect. He might even be the one person in this world who truly understands me. But there is no escape from my fate. I am the only one who can restore the Westfall legacy.

Because Bishop must die. And I must be the one to kill him…]]> 282 Amy Engel Corie 0 currently-reading 4.14 2014 The Book of Ivy (The Book of Ivy, #1)
author: Amy Engel
name: Corie
average rating: 4.14
book published: 2014
rating: 0
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]]> Lies 33652433 WHAT IF YOUR WHOLE LIFE WAS BASED ON LIES?
When Joe Lynch stumbles across his wife driving into a hotel car park while she's supposed to be at work, he's intrigued enough to follow her in.

And when he witnesses her in an angry altercation with family friend Ben, he knows he ought to intervene.

But just as the confrontation between the two men turns violent, and Ben is knocked unconscious, Joe's young son has an asthma attack - and Joe must flee in order to help him.

When he returns, desperate to make sure Ben is OK, Joe is horrified to find that Ben has disappeared.

And that's when Joe receives the first message . . .]]> 498 T.M. Logan Corie 2 across-the-pond, meh 3.92 2017 Lies
author: T.M. Logan
name: Corie
average rating: 3.92
book published: 2017
rating: 2
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]]> <![CDATA[His Dark Materials (His Dark Materials #1-3)]]> 18116
These thrilling adventures tell the story of Lyra and Will—two ordinary children on a perilous journey through shimmering haunted otherworlds. They will meet witches and armored bears, fallen angels and soul-eating specters. And in the end, the fate of both the living—and the dead—will rely on them.

Phillip Pullman’s spellbinding His Dark Materials trilogy has captivated readers for over twenty years and won acclaim at every turn. It will have you questioning everything you know about your world and wondering what really lies just out of reach.]]> 1088 Philip Pullman 0440238609 Corie 5
His Dark Materials creates a beautiful, vibrant world with characters as deep as if you had known them your whole life. The books themselves deal with heavy subjects. Nuclear Physics, Parallel Worlds, Quantum Particles and Theology snuggle right up against equally introspective looks at Love, Friendship, Loyalty, Family and Honor. Quite frequently, I found myself looking at the cover of these books again and again to ensure that I was indeed reading a “children’s� novel. When did this genre get so deep? I don’t remember reading anything this remarkable when I was younger. No offense to you, Encyclopedia Brown, my dear friend.

While I hesitate to compare to Potter, I want to point out one main difference which I think is very important to anyone thinking about purchasing this series for their intrepid young reader�.while HP deals with the strong ideals of good vs. evil, HDM leans heavily into the actual concepts of both, dissecting each, questioning the origins, challenging the pedestals each stand on. In HP, evil is simply evil. HDM doesn’t assume any such nonsense. If there is evil, it forces the reader to consider why they think that something is evil. Is it really? Or are you just looking at it from a different perspective? Also�.for those who thought the HP series was too religious, reader beware of the HDM series. Pullman isn’t vague. He labels his players in the battle of good vs. evil � calling the church, the creator and religions out by name. Note this example: In book three, this sentence appears: “The Christian religion is a very powerful and convincing mistake, that's all.� Again � I wondered if this was merely an adult book cloaked in child’s clothing (as I lapped up every word).

I thought that the struggles between the Church, The Authority, the Creator, Dust, The Council etc. were deep but thoroughly engrossing. I embraced how Pullman questioned the very beginnings of organized religion and of the creator himself. He turned everything on its ear: Ghosts, Angels, Witches and even Death. He is essentially challenging every reader, regardless of age, to look at the world around you. Why do we trust, why do we believe, what is faith, what is truth? Maybe things are different than what they seem. Perhaps there is more out there than our extremely limited view of physics, theology and cosmology is currently telling us. Maybe the world isn’t round after all. Maybe it’s infinitely layered and unbearably more beautiful than we ever knew.

I’m putting this in my top five for now. Those of you who know me know that this category fluctuates a bit here and there. New favorite reads come along, old one’s fade away as I forget why I loved the world it painted for me. But for now, this series goes in my five. Because, as with every other book in my top five, the characters stayed with me long after I closed the back cover. I cared about them, I felt like I had made new friends and was physically sad to say goodbye to them. And THAT is what makes a book better than just “good�. That is what makes it endearingly wonderful, to the point that you carress the book's cover lovingly everytime you come across it. And becomes one you would recommend to others without hesitation.
]]> 4.26 2000 His Dark Materials (His Dark Materials #1-3)
author: Philip Pullman
name: Corie
average rating: 4.26
book published: 2000
rating: 5
read at: 2007/08/01
date added: 2017/11/06
shelves: top_5, fantasy-science_fiction, book-i-will-never-part-with, bought-based-on-recommendation, young-adult, true-love, i-want-to-live-in-this-world
review:
Until recently, this series had somehow flown under my radar. It wasn’t until I saw the trailer for the upcoming The Golden Compass movie that I was introduced to Lyra’s world. The trailer made the movie look AMAZING, so naturally (as I always do), I thought…”I MUST read this book!�.

His Dark Materials creates a beautiful, vibrant world with characters as deep as if you had known them your whole life. The books themselves deal with heavy subjects. Nuclear Physics, Parallel Worlds, Quantum Particles and Theology snuggle right up against equally introspective looks at Love, Friendship, Loyalty, Family and Honor. Quite frequently, I found myself looking at the cover of these books again and again to ensure that I was indeed reading a “children’s� novel. When did this genre get so deep? I don’t remember reading anything this remarkable when I was younger. No offense to you, Encyclopedia Brown, my dear friend.

While I hesitate to compare to Potter, I want to point out one main difference which I think is very important to anyone thinking about purchasing this series for their intrepid young reader�.while HP deals with the strong ideals of good vs. evil, HDM leans heavily into the actual concepts of both, dissecting each, questioning the origins, challenging the pedestals each stand on. In HP, evil is simply evil. HDM doesn’t assume any such nonsense. If there is evil, it forces the reader to consider why they think that something is evil. Is it really? Or are you just looking at it from a different perspective? Also�.for those who thought the HP series was too religious, reader beware of the HDM series. Pullman isn’t vague. He labels his players in the battle of good vs. evil � calling the church, the creator and religions out by name. Note this example: In book three, this sentence appears: “The Christian religion is a very powerful and convincing mistake, that's all.� Again � I wondered if this was merely an adult book cloaked in child’s clothing (as I lapped up every word).

I thought that the struggles between the Church, The Authority, the Creator, Dust, The Council etc. were deep but thoroughly engrossing. I embraced how Pullman questioned the very beginnings of organized religion and of the creator himself. He turned everything on its ear: Ghosts, Angels, Witches and even Death. He is essentially challenging every reader, regardless of age, to look at the world around you. Why do we trust, why do we believe, what is faith, what is truth? Maybe things are different than what they seem. Perhaps there is more out there than our extremely limited view of physics, theology and cosmology is currently telling us. Maybe the world isn’t round after all. Maybe it’s infinitely layered and unbearably more beautiful than we ever knew.

I’m putting this in my top five for now. Those of you who know me know that this category fluctuates a bit here and there. New favorite reads come along, old one’s fade away as I forget why I loved the world it painted for me. But for now, this series goes in my five. Because, as with every other book in my top five, the characters stayed with me long after I closed the back cover. I cared about them, I felt like I had made new friends and was physically sad to say goodbye to them. And THAT is what makes a book better than just “good�. That is what makes it endearingly wonderful, to the point that you carress the book's cover lovingly everytime you come across it. And becomes one you would recommend to others without hesitation.

]]> <![CDATA[Harry Potter Boxset (Harry Potter, #1-7)]]> 6314759 4167 J.K. Rowling 0545162076 Corie 5 4.84 2007 Harry Potter Boxset (Harry Potter, #1-7)
author: J.K. Rowling
name: Corie
average rating: 4.84
book published: 2007
rating: 5
read at:
date added: 2017/10/26
shelves: top_5, fantasy-science_fiction, guilty-pleasures, loved-the-movie, young-adult, across-the-pond
review:

]]> He Said/She Said 31393997 Don't be left in the dark.

In the hushed aftermath of a total eclipse, Laura witnesses a brutal attack. She and her boyfriend Kit call the police, and in that moment, four lives change forever.

Fifteen years on, Laura and Kit live in fear.

And while Laura knows she was right to speak out, she also knows that you can never see the whole something is always hidden . . . something she never could have guessed.]]> 416 Erin Kelly 1444797174 Corie 3 3.84 2017 He Said/She Said
author: Erin Kelly
name: Corie
average rating: 3.84
book published: 2017
rating: 3
read at:
date added: 2017/10/26
shelves: across-the-pond, bought-based-on-recommendation
review:
Recommended by a friend at work, making her opinion on books be of more interest to me in the future. This was a highly enjoyable look at a solitary event which exploded out of control for a handful of people. Enjoyable characters - I would pass on the recommendation.
]]> All the Little Children 34093937 When a family camping trip takes a dark turn, how far will one mother go to keep her family safe?

Struggling with working-mother guilt, Marlene Greene hopes a camping trip in the forest will provide quality time with her three young children—until they see fires in the distance, columns of smoke distorting the sweeping view. Overnight, all communication with the outside world is lost.

Knowing something terrible has happened, Marlene suspects that the isolation of the remote campsite is all that’s protecting her family. But the arrival of a lost boy reveals they are not alone in the woods, and as the unfolding disaster ravages the land, more youngsters seek refuge under her wing. The lives of her own children aren’t the only ones at stake.

When their sanctuary is threatened, Marlene faces the mother of all dilemmas: Should she save her own kids or try to save them all?

]]> 320 Jo Furniss Corie 3 across-the-pond, dystopian 3.66 2017 All the Little Children
author: Jo Furniss
name: Corie
average rating: 3.66
book published: 2017
rating: 3
read at:
date added: 2017/10/26
shelves: across-the-pond, dystopian
review:
I think I liked the ending more than most people. But then you could feed me dystopian apocalypse for breakfast and I would only want more for lunch. Recommended because it is different enough from the rest of the genre to be interesting.
]]> I Am Watching You 34879754
When Ella Longfield overhears two attractive young men flirting with teenage girls on a train, she thinks nothing of it—until she realises they are fresh out of prison and her maternal instinct is put on high alert. But just as she’s decided to call for help, something stops her. The next day, she wakes up to the news that one of the girls—beautiful, green-eyed Anna Ballard—has disappeared.

A year later, Anna is still missing. Ella is wracked with guilt over what she failed to do, and she’s not the only one who can’t forget. Someone is sending her threatening letters—letters that make her fear for her life.

Then an anniversary appeal reveals that Anna’s friends and family might have something to hide. Anna’s best friend, Sarah, hasn’t been telling the whole truth about what really happened that night—and her parents have been keeping secrets of their own.

Someone knows where Anna is—and they’re not telling. But they are watching Ella.]]> 9 Teresa Driscoll 1543617662 Corie 2 3.84 2017 I Am Watching You
author: Teresa Driscoll
name: Corie
average rating: 3.84
book published: 2017
rating: 2
read at:
date added: 2017/10/26
shelves:
review:
Very unbelievable in places. People don't behave that way, regardless of whatever scenarios the author was desperately trying to create. Interesting enough to finish, but not one I would recommend in the end.
]]> <![CDATA[Children of Time (Children of Time, #1)]]> 25499718
WHO WILL INHERIT THIS NEW EARTH?

The last remnants of the human race left a dying Earth, desperate to find a new home among the stars. Following in the footsteps of their ancestors, they discover the greatest treasure of the past age—a world terraformed and prepared for human life.

But all is not right in this new Eden. In the long years since the planet was abandoned, the work of its architects has borne disastrous fruit. The planet is not waiting for them, pristine and unoccupied. New masters have turned it from a refuge into mankind's worst nightmare.

Now two civilizations are on a collision course, both testing the boundaries of what they will do to survive. As the fate of humanity hangs in the balance, who are the true heirs of this new Earth?]]> 608 Adrian Tchaikovsky 1447273281 Corie 4 4.29 2015 Children of Time (Children of Time, #1)
author: Adrian Tchaikovsky
name: Corie
average rating: 4.29
book published: 2015
rating: 4
read at:
date added: 2017/10/26
shelves: fantasy-science_fiction, time-travel
review:
What an interesting concept and a fantastically interesting read. The author slingshots you across the pond of time, letting you skip in and out of the water as you go. Relatable characters and a realistic look at humanity's flaws and triumphs. Wish I knew someone in my circle who would read this genre as I think it is a highly recommendable example of science fiction/fantasy.
]]> The Pissed-Off Parents Club 11343585
With no family or friends to turn to for help, Roxy sets up a weekly club in order to meet like-minded parents, and so begins The Pissed-Off Parents Club.]]> 384 Mink Elliott 0748115013 Corie 1 3.20 2010 The Pissed-Off Parents Club
author: Mink Elliott
name: Corie
average rating: 3.20
book published: 2010
rating: 1
read at:
date added: 2017/08/19
shelves: across-the-pond, bought-based-on-recommendation, could-not-make-myself-finish-it
review:

]]> Wool Omnibus (Silo, #1) 13453029
The first Wool story was released as a standalone short in July of 2011. Due to reviewer demand, the rest of the story was released over the next six months.

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

Alternate cover for B0071XO8RA]]> 509 Hugh Howey Corie 5 4.22 2012 Wool Omnibus (Silo, #1)
author: Hugh Howey
name: Corie
average rating: 4.22
book published: 2012
rating: 5
read at:
date added: 2017/08/16
shelves: dystopian, short-stories, top_5
review:

]]> Pride and Prejudice 303481 An alternate cover edition can be found here.

One of the most universally loved and admired English novels, Pride and Prejudice, was penned as a popular entertainment. But the consummate artistry of Jean Austen (1775-1817) transformed this effervescent tale of rural romance into a witty, shrewdly observed satire of English country life that is now regarded as one or the principal treasures of English literature. In a remote Hertfordshire village, far off the good coach roads of George III’s England, a country squire of no great means must marry off his five vivacious daughters. At the heart of this all consuming enterprise are his headstrong second daughter Elizabeth Bennet and her aristocratic suitor Fitzwilliam Darcy -two lovers whose pride must be humbled and prejudices dissolved before the novel can come to its splendid conclusion.]]> 262 Jane Austen 0486284735 Corie 5 4.27 1813 Pride and Prejudice
author: Jane Austen
name: Corie
average rating: 4.27
book published: 1813
rating: 5
read at:
date added: 2017/08/16
shelves: book-i-will-never-part-with, classics, hot-men-in-literature, loved-the-movie, across-the-pond
review:

]]> Eeny Meeny (Helen Grace, #1) 17860826
Days later, another desperate escapee is found - and a pattern is emerging. Pairs of victims are being abducted, imprisoned then faced with a terrible choice: kill or be killed.

Would you rather lose your life or lose your mind?

Detective Inspector Helen Grace has faced down her own demons on her rise to the top. As she leads the investigation to hunt down this unseen monster, she learns that it may be the survivors - living calling cards - who hold the key to the case.

And unless she succeeds, more innocents will die . . .]]> 421 M.J. Arlidge 1405914874 Corie 0 to-read 3.90 2014 Eeny Meeny (Helen Grace, #1)
author: M.J. Arlidge
name: Corie
average rating: 3.90
book published: 2014
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2017/08/16
shelves: to-read
review:

]]> The Night Circus 9361589
But behind the scenes, a fierce competition is underway—a duel between two young magicians, Celia and Marco, who have been trained since childhood expressly for this purpose by their mercurial instructors. Unbeknownst to them, this is a game in which only one can be left standing, and the circus is but the stage for a remarkable battle of imagination and will. Despite themselves, however, Celia and Marco tumble headfirst into love—a deep, magical love that makes the lights flicker and the room grow warm whenever they so much as brush hands.

True love or not, the game must play out, and the fates of everyone involved, from the cast of extraordinary circus performers to the patrons, hang in the balance, suspended as precariously as the daring acrobats overhead.

Written in rich, seductive prose, this spell-casting novel is a feast for the senses and the heart.]]> 506 Erin Morgenstern Corie 4 4.00 2011 The Night Circus
author: Erin Morgenstern
name: Corie
average rating: 4.00
book published: 2011
rating: 4
read at:
date added: 2017/08/16
shelves:
review:

]]> <![CDATA[Sand (The Sand Chronicles, #1)]]> 20662430 The new novel from the international bestselling author of the Wool trilogy.

The old world is buried. A new one has been forged atop the shifting dunes. Here in this land of howling wind and infernal sand, four siblings find themselves scattered and lost.

Palmer has never been the same since his father walked out twelve years ago. His elder sister, Vic, is trying to run away from the past; his younger brothers, Connor and Rob, are risking their lives to embrace it. His mother, left with nothing but anger, is just trying to forget.

Palmer wants to prove his worth, not only to his family, but to himself. And in the barren, dune-covered landscape of his home, there is only one way to earn respect: sand-diving. Plunging deep below the desert floor in search of relics and scraps of the old world. He is about to embark on the most dangerous dive of his young life, aiming to become the first to discover the rumoured city below.

Deep within the sand lies the key to bringing his family together � and tearing their world apart.]]> 372 Hugh Howey 009959515X Corie 4 dystopian Was disappointed in the length however. Felt like just as it got going and the story was ramping up, it was suddenly wrapped up and the book was over . I even went online to buy the second book, only to find out that really was the end of the story.
I would recommend this book because I love the vivid, believable worlds Howey creates. And because it's a great story. But I wouldn't be surprised if the feedback I received back was: good story, but hasty ending. ]]> 3.90 2014 Sand (The Sand Chronicles, #1)
author: Hugh Howey
name: Corie
average rating: 3.90
book published: 2014
rating: 4
read at:
date added: 2017/08/16
shelves: dystopian
review:
I read this simply based on the strength of my feelings for Hugh Howey's wool trilogy. I agree with most people: this isn't as strong of a story as the previous, but still enjoyable. Good dialogue. Good character depth.
Was disappointed in the length however. Felt like just as it got going and the story was ramping up, it was suddenly wrapped up and the book was over . I even went online to buy the second book, only to find out that really was the end of the story.
I would recommend this book because I love the vivid, believable worlds Howey creates. And because it's a great story. But I wouldn't be surprised if the feedback I received back was: good story, but hasty ending.
]]> I Am Pilgrim 18144124 Pilgrim.']]> 612 Terry Hayes 1439177724 Corie 3
It was definitely a page turner. Seemed like each small little chapter had a final sentence which necessitated turning the page and finding out WHAT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN! Which makes it sound amazing. But it wasn't. The ending was over the top and didn't ring true to the rest of the book. I found it incredibly frustrating to spend 500 pages reading about the antagonist having a certain personality and then in the last 100 pages have the author tell me he acts completely contrary to everything that's been written so far. It felt like the author was either trying to pull a fast one because he didn't know how to wrap everything up, or he had been lying to us all along. Either way, it didn't sit well with me and stank of poor writing technique.
I would haltingly recommend it based on the page-turning aspect, but with the caveat up front that it was a good book, but not (as the front of the book claimed) "the only thriller you will ever need to read!". ]]> 4.25 2013 I Am Pilgrim
author: Terry Hayes
name: Corie
average rating: 4.25
book published: 2013
rating: 3
read at:
date added: 2017/08/16
shelves: bought-based-on-recommendation
review:
This was recommended by at least three different people before I finally caved and read it. To be fair, I only got through it on the third try. Kept getting fed up with the 'tell people how clever I am' rather than 'show people how clever I am' dialogue. If you're so clever, the author should put you in situations which require you to be clever rather than keep having the titular character state over and over again: I'm a very clever man.

It was definitely a page turner. Seemed like each small little chapter had a final sentence which necessitated turning the page and finding out WHAT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN! Which makes it sound amazing. But it wasn't. The ending was over the top and didn't ring true to the rest of the book. I found it incredibly frustrating to spend 500 pages reading about the antagonist having a certain personality and then in the last 100 pages have the author tell me he acts completely contrary to everything that's been written so far. It felt like the author was either trying to pull a fast one because he didn't know how to wrap everything up, or he had been lying to us all along. Either way, it didn't sit well with me and stank of poor writing technique.
I would haltingly recommend it based on the page-turning aspect, but with the caveat up front that it was a good book, but not (as the front of the book claimed) "the only thriller you will ever need to read!".
]]> Slated (Slated, #1) 12743472 her personality wiped blank,
her memories lost for ever.

She’s been Slated.

The government claims she was a terrorist and that they are giving her a second chance - as long as she plays by their rules. But echoes of the past whisper in Kyla’s mind. Someone is lying to her, and nothing is as it seems. Who can she trust in her search for the truth?]]> 439 Teri Terry 1408319462 Corie 2 Normally I enjoy a bit of young-adult reading as that genre can be engaging and enjoyable. And we all know that dystopian is my bread and butter. But this example was more pre-teen reading with an underdeveloped concept. I suppose the story might expand and improve in the follow-on books, but I think I'll leave those to the under 12's. ]]> 4.07 2012 Slated (Slated, #1)
author: Teri Terry
name: Corie
average rating: 4.07
book published: 2012
rating: 2
read at:
date added: 2017/08/16
shelves: across-the-pond, dystopian, young-adult
review:
Hmmm. It was ok. I think I expected more - the concepts are there and there's so much more you could do with the ideas presented. But sadly it just didn't deliver. The characters were simplistic and predictable. Attempts at portraying complexity were quickly undermined by Kyla's inner voice explaining to the reader what was actually going on.
Normally I enjoy a bit of young-adult reading as that genre can be engaging and enjoyable. And we all know that dystopian is my bread and butter. But this example was more pre-teen reading with an underdeveloped concept. I suppose the story might expand and improve in the follow-on books, but I think I'll leave those to the under 12's.
]]> Our Endless Numbered Days 22825631
When Peggy finds a pair of boots in the forest and begins a search for their owner, she unwittingly begins to unravel the series of events that brought her to the woods and, in doing so, discovers the strength she needs to go back to the home and mother she thought she’d lost.

After Peggy's return to civilization, her mother learns the truth of her escape, of what happened to James on the last night out in the woods, and of the secret that Peggy has carried with her ever since.]]> 394 Claire Fuller 1941040012 Corie 3
I would probably hesitate to actually recommend this one to anyone, owing to the delicate subject matter. But personally I'm glad I picked it up. The author's voice is a bit unusual and I enjoyed her writing style. ]]> 3.65 2015 Our Endless Numbered Days
author: Claire Fuller
name: Corie
average rating: 3.65
book published: 2015
rating: 3
read at:
date added: 2017/08/16
shelves:
review:
This one was different. Definitely not your run of the mill book-off-the-shelf. I picked it up from a charity shop bookshelf and thought the blurb on the back cover was enough to warrant giving it a go. I enjoyed it and didn't take enormous personal offence to the subject matter that some seem to have done, reading the other reviews. Perhaps I just recognised it for what it was - a story.

I would probably hesitate to actually recommend this one to anyone, owing to the delicate subject matter. But personally I'm glad I picked it up. The author's voice is a bit unusual and I enjoyed her writing style.
]]> Behind Closed Doors 29437949
But it’s difficult, because you realize Jack and Grace are inseparable.

Some might call this true love. Others might wonder why Grace never answers the phone. Or why she can never meet for coffee, even though she doesn’t work. How she can cook such elaborate meals but remain so slim. Or why she never seems to take anything with her when she leaves the house, not even a pen. Or why there are such high-security metal shutters on all the downstairs windows.

Some might wonder what’s really going on once the dinner party is over, and the front door has closed.]]> 293 B.A. Paris 1250121000 Corie 2 across-the-pond, meh 3.96 2016 Behind Closed Doors
author: B.A. Paris
name: Corie
average rating: 3.96
book published: 2016
rating: 2
read at:
date added: 2017/08/16
shelves: across-the-pond, meh
review:
A quick read - not because it was especially page-turning suspense...but more because it was non-taxing. The kind of read you'd sit by the pool and absorb because you are only half concentrating. A bit contrived. And a lot monotonous. The characters were very one dimensional and I didn't really feel one way or another about any of them. I wanted to like it more, based on the amount of 4 and 5 star reviews, but in the end I was just proud of myself for finishing it so I could move onto something more interesting.
]]> The Shock of the Fall 20754586 WINNER OF THE COSTA BOOK OF THE YEAR 2013

'I'll tell you what happened because it will be a good way to introduce my brother. His name's Simon. I think you're going to like him. I really do. But in a couple of pages he'll be dead. And he was never the same after that.'

Debut novel about one man's descent into mental illness, following the death of his brother in childhood. Filer is a mental health nurse with a unique and startling insight into mental illness, and this book highlights a much-neglected subject.]]> 314 Nathan Filer 000749145X Corie 3 across-the-pond 3.74 2013 The Shock of the Fall
author: Nathan Filer
name: Corie
average rating: 3.74
book published: 2013
rating: 3
read at:
date added: 2016/12/28
shelves: across-the-pond
review:

]]> The Girl on the Train 22557272
An alternative cover edition for this ISBN can be found here.]]> 336 Paula Hawkins 1594633665 Corie 4 across-the-pond, chic-lit 3.97 2015 The Girl on the Train
author: Paula Hawkins
name: Corie
average rating: 3.97
book published: 2015
rating: 4
read at:
date added: 2016/08/05
shelves: across-the-pond, chic-lit
review:

]]> <![CDATA[Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children (Miss Peregrine's Peculiar Children, #1)]]> 9460487 9781594744761

A mysterious island. An abandoned orphanage. A strange collection of very curious photographs. It all waits to be discovered in Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children, an unforgettable novel that mixes fiction and photography in a thrilling reading experience. As our story opens, a horrific family tragedy sets sixteen-year-old Jacob journeying to a remote island off the coast of Wales, where he discovers the crumbling ruins of Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children. As Jacob explores its abandoned bedrooms and hallways, it becomes clear that the children were more than just peculiar. They may have been dangerous. They may have been quarantined on a deserted island for good reason. And somehow-impossible though it seems-they may still be alive. A spine-tingling fantasy illustrated with haunting vintage photography, Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children will delight adults, teens, and anyone who relishes an adventure in the shadows.]]> 352 Ransom Riggs 1594744769 Corie 3 3.92 2011 Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children (Miss Peregrine's Peculiar Children, #1)
author: Ransom Riggs
name: Corie
average rating: 3.92
book published: 2011
rating: 3
read at:
date added: 2016/06/20
shelves: across-the-pond, bought-based-on-recommendation, young-adult
review:
Enjoyable, if a bit predictable. Young adult protagonists, but thankfully the author has a mature enough vocabulary. Will probably read the second book if I come across it in a charity shop. Word of warning though.... If you are from the UK, be prepared for some seriously groan worthy 'Welsh slang' dialogue. It is totally cringe. The author should have spent a bit more research on local speech patterns if he's going to base his book in the UK.
]]> The Light of the Fireflies 28802599 A haunting and hopeful tale of discovering light in even the darkest of places.

For his whole life, the boy has lived underground, in a basement with his parents, grandmother, sister, and brother. Before he was born, his family was disfigured by a fire. His sister wears a white mask to cover her burns.

He spends his hours with his cactus, reading his book on insects, or touching the one ray of sunlight that filters in through a crack in the ceiling. Ever since his sister had a baby, everyone’s been acting very strangely. The boy begins to wonder why they never say who the father is, about what happened before his own birth, about why they’re shut away.

A few days ago, some fireflies arrived in the basement. His grandma said, There’s no creature more amazing than one that can make its own light. That light makes the boy want to escape, to know the outside world. Problem is, all the doors are locked. And he doesn’t know how to get out.…]]> 338 Paul Pen 1503988562 Corie 4 chic-lit 3.70 2013 The Light of the Fireflies
author: Paul Pen
name: Corie
average rating: 3.70
book published: 2013
rating: 4
read at:
date added: 2016/06/20
shelves: chic-lit
review:
Interesting read. Different than most you'll come across. Translation done superbly, enough it never felt like it was translated into English. I was hooked from the beginning and didn't even realise none of the characters had names until a few chapters in. I will say the final few pages struck me as a big blob of teeth churning honey...but would definitely recommend it as an engrossing read.
]]> Room 7937843
Told in the inventive, funny, and poignant voice of Jack, Room is a celebration of resilience—and a powerful story of a mother and son whose love lets them survive the impossible.

To five-year-old Jack, Room is the entire world. It is where he was born and grew up; it's where he lives with his Ma as they learn and read and eat and sleep and play. At night, his Ma shuts him safely in the wardrobe, where he is meant to be asleep when Old Nick visits.

Room is home to Jack, but to Ma, it is the prison where Old Nick has held her captive for seven years. Through determination, ingenuity, and fierce motherly love, Ma has created a life for Jack. But she knows it's not enough ... not for her or for him. She devises a bold escape plan, one that relies on her young son's bravery and a lot of luck. What she does not realize is just how unprepared she is for the plan to actually work.

Told entirely in the language of the energetic, pragmatic five-year-old Jack, Room is a celebration of resilience and the limitless bond between parent and child, a brilliantly executed novel about what it means to journey from one world to another.]]> 321 Emma Donoghue Corie 4 4.04 2010 Room
author: Emma Donoghue
name: Corie
average rating: 4.04
book published: 2010
rating: 4
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date added: 2016/02/27
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]]> <![CDATA[The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August]]> 20706317 405 Claire North 0316399620 Corie 4 4.02 2014 The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August
author: Claire North
name: Corie
average rating: 4.02
book published: 2014
rating: 4
read at: 2016/02/13
date added: 2016/02/13
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]]> <![CDATA[Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Harry Potter, #4)]]> 49130
And in his case, different can be deadly.
--jacket flap]]> 734 J.K. Rowling Corie 5 4.57 2000 Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Harry Potter, #4)
author: J.K. Rowling
name: Corie
average rating: 4.57
book published: 2000
rating: 5
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date added: 2016/01/06
shelves: fantasy-science_fiction, guilty-pleasures, young-adult
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]]> The Water Babies 42573
In this new life, he meets all sorts of aquatic creatures, including an engaging old lobster, other water babies, and at last reaches St Branden's Isle where he encounters the fierce Mrs Bedonbyasyoudid and the motherly Mrs Doasyouwouldbedoneby. After a long and arduous quest to the Other-end-of-Nowhere young Tom achieves his heart's desire.]]> 224 Charles Kingsley 1853261483 Corie 1 3.41 1863 The Water Babies
author: Charles Kingsley
name: Corie
average rating: 3.41
book published: 1863
rating: 1
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date added: 2015/12/25
shelves: bought-based-on-recommendation, meh
review:

]]> The Martian 18007564
Now, he’s sure he’ll be the first person to die there.

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

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

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

]]> 384 Andy Weir 0804139024 Corie 4 loved-the-movie 4.41 2011 The Martian
author: Andy Weir
name: Corie
average rating: 4.41
book published: 2011
rating: 4
read at: 2015/12/25
date added: 2015/12/25
shelves: loved-the-movie
review:
Who knew the math behind growing potatoes could be so damn exciting. Fantastic read.
]]> The Man in the High Castle 216363
This harrowing, Hugo Award-winning novel is the work that established Philip K. Dick as an innovator in science fiction while breaking the barrier between science fiction and the serious novel of ideas. In it Dick offers a haunting vision of history as a nightmare from which it may just be possible to wake.]]> 259 Philip K. Dick 0679740678 Corie 5 3.64 1962 The Man in the High Castle
author: Philip K. Dick
name: Corie
average rating: 3.64
book published: 1962
rating: 5
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date added: 2015/12/10
shelves: dystopian, fantasy-science_fiction
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]]> House of Leaves 24800
Of course, neither Pulitzer Prize-winning photojournalist Will Navidson nor his companion Karen Green was prepared to face the consequences of that impossibility, until the day their two little children wandered off and their voices eerily began to return another story—of creature darkness, of an ever-growing abyss behind a closet door, and of that unholy growl which soon enough would tear through their walls and consume all their dreams.]]> 710 Mark Z. Danielewski Corie 0 to-read 4.11 2000 House of Leaves
author: Mark Z. Danielewski
name: Corie
average rating: 4.11
book published: 2000
rating: 0
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date added: 2015/10/23
shelves: to-read
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]]> <![CDATA[Belong to Me (Love Walked In, #2)]]> 2113410
A devoted city dweller, Cornelia Brown surprised no one more than herself when she was gripped by the sudden, inescapable desire to leave urban life behind and head for an idyllic suburb. Though she knows she and her beloved husband, Teo, have made the right move, she approaches her new life with trepidation and struggles to forge friendships in her new home. Cornelia's mettle is quickly tested by judgmental neighbor Piper Truitt. Perfectly manicured, impeccably dressed, and possessing impossible standards, Piper is the embodiment of everything Cornelia feared she would find in suburbia. A saving grace soon appears in the form of Lake. Over a shared love of literature and old movies, Cornelia develops an instant bond with this warm yet elusive woman who has also recently arrived in town, ostensibly to send her perceptive and brilliant son, Dev, to a school for the gifted.

Marisa de los Santos's literary talents shine in the complex interactions she creates between these three women. She deftly explores the life-altering roller coaster of emotions Piper faces as she cares for two households, her own and that of her cancer-stricken best friend, Elizabeth. Skillfully, de los Santos creates an enigmatic and beguiling character in Lake, who draws Cornelia closer even as she harbors a shocking secret. And from the first page until the exhilarating conclusion, de los Santos engages readers with Cornelia, who, while trying to adapt to her new surroundings, must remain true to herself. As their individual stories unfold, the women become entangled in a web of trust, betrayal, love, and loss that challenges them in ways they never imagined, and that ultimately teaches them what it means for one human being to belong to another.]]> 400 Marisa de los Santos 0061240273 Corie 3 chic-lit 3.85 2008 Belong to Me (Love Walked In, #2)
author: Marisa de los Santos
name: Corie
average rating: 3.85
book published: 2008
rating: 3
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date added: 2015/09/26
shelves: chic-lit
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]]> Mindspeak (Mindspeak, #1) 17457907
Seventeen-year-old Lexi Matthews keeps two secrets from her elite boarding school classmates—she’s the daughter of a famous and controversial geneticist, and she can influence people’s thoughts.

But after new student Jack DeWeese heals her broken arm with an anything-but-simple touch, he forces Lexi to face a new reality—her abilities reach much further than speaking to the minds of others.

After Lexi’s father goes missing and she receives threatening emails, she can’t decide whether to fall into Jack’s arms or run and hide.

As Lexi seeks answers to what she and Jack are, she discovers a truth more unsettling than anything her science books can teach. And letting Jack into her life of secrets is not only a threat to her very existence, but it just might break her heart wide open.]]> 398 Heather Sunseri 0988715309 Corie 3 3.77 2013 Mindspeak (Mindspeak, #1)
author: Heather Sunseri
name: Corie
average rating: 3.77
book published: 2013
rating: 3
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]]> The Truth About Alice 16068341 Winner of the Children's Choice Book Awards' Teen Choice Debut Author Award

Everyone knows Alice slept with two guys at one party. When Healy High star quarterback, Brandon Fitzsimmons, dies in a car crash, it was because he was sexting with Alice. Ask anybody.

Rumor has it Alice Franklin is a slut. It's written all over the "slut stall" in the girls' "Alice had sex in exchange for math test answers" and "Alice got an abortion last semester." After Brandon dies, the rumors start to spiral out of control. In this remarkable debut novel, four Healy High students tell all they "know" about Alice—and in doing so reveal their own secrets and motivations, painting a raw look at the realities of teen life. But in this novel from Jennifer Mathieu, exactly what is the truth about Alice? In the end there's only one person to Alice herself.]]> 209 Jennifer Mathieu 1596439106 Corie 0 to-read 3.65 2014 The Truth About Alice
author: Jennifer Mathieu
name: Corie
average rating: 3.65
book published: 2014
rating: 0
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date added: 2015/09/26
shelves: to-read
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]]> <![CDATA[Reaper Man (Discworld, #11; Death, #2)]]> 34517
Which leads to the kind of chaos you always get when an important public service is withdrawn.

Meanwhile, on a little farm far, far away, a tall dark stranger is turning out to be really good with a scythe. There's a harvest to be gathered in...]]> 289 Terry Pratchett 0552152951 Corie 3 4.28 1991 Reaper Man (Discworld, #11; Death, #2)
author: Terry Pratchett
name: Corie
average rating: 4.28
book published: 1991
rating: 3
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date added: 2015/07/06
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]]> Life of Pi 170453
The ship sinks. Pi finds himself alone in a lifeboat, his only companions a hyena, an orangutan, a wounded zebra, and Richard Parker, a 450-pound Bengal tiger. Soon the tiger has dispatched all but Pi, whose fear, knowledge, and cunning allow him to coexist with Richard Parker for 227 days while lost at sea.]]> 326 Yann Martel 0156027321 Corie 2 3.88 2001 Life of Pi
author: Yann Martel
name: Corie
average rating: 3.88
book published: 2001
rating: 2
read at:
date added: 2015/06/06
shelves: bought-based-on-recommendation, meh, young-adult
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]]> <![CDATA[The Greatest Love Story of All Time]]> 13514150 The Greatest Love Story of All Time is a laugh-out-loud debut novel from the Marie Claire blogger, Lucy Robinson

It's Fran's thirtieth birthday and things are good . . .

She's bluffed her way into a Very Posh Job and her outlandishly handsome and talented boyfriend Michael is escorting her to the Ritz with a bulge the shape of a ring box in his pocket.

But something has gone wrong. Very wrong. By the end of the evening Fran is howling in bed with a bottle of cheap brandy and one of Michael's old socks.

In her quest to figure out why her life has suddenly gone down the pan, Fran comes up with a failsafe plan: live like a badger, stalk a stranger called Nellie and cancel her beloved Gin Thursdays in favour of drinking gin every night. But then Fran's friends force a very different plan on her and it's nowhere near as fun. How could eight dates possibly make her feel better?

But eventually she agrees. And so begins the greatest love story of all time . . .

Praise for Lucy Robinson:
'The new Marian Keyes . . . romantic and laugh-out-loud hilarious' Cosmopolitan

'An absolute must-read' Huffington Post

'Prepare for public-transport belly laughs' Glamour

'Refreshingly playful' Red

Lucy Robinson is the author of The Greatest Love Story of All Time, A Passionate Love Affair with a Total Stranger and The Unfinished Symphony of You and Me. Lucy worked in theatre and then television documentaries before starting a blog for Marie Claire about her laughably unsuccessful foray into the world of online dating. She did not meet a man during this time but she did become a novelist: every cloud has a silver lining. She now lives in Bristol with her partner, The Man, whom she met when she took off to Buenos Aires to become a bohemian writer in 2010.


Twitter: @Lucy_Robinson
Facebook:
Instagram: RobinsonWriter
Website: ]]> 496 Lucy Robinson 0241952980 Corie 3 across-the-pond, chic-lit 3.81 2012 The Greatest Love Story of All Time
author: Lucy Robinson
name: Corie
average rating: 3.81
book published: 2012
rating: 3
read at:
date added: 2015/03/17
shelves: across-the-pond, chic-lit
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]]> <![CDATA[The Woodlands (The Woodlands, #1)]]> 18283771
But differences weren't always a bad thing. People used to think being unique was one of the most treasured of traits to have. Now, the Superiors, who ruthlessly control the concrete cities with an iron fist, are obsessed with creating a 'raceless' race. They are convinced this is the only way to avoid another war. Any anomalies must be destroyed.

The Superiors are unstoppable and can do anything they want. After all, they are considered superheroes by the general public. But not everyone sees them this way. When they continue to abuse their power by collecting young girls for use in their secret, high-tech breeding program, they have no idea that one of those girls has somehow managed to make friends even she didn't know she had. And one man will stop at nothing to save her.]]> 275 Lauren Nicolle Taylor Corie 2 dystopian, meh, young-adult 3.72 2013 The Woodlands (The Woodlands, #1)
author: Lauren Nicolle Taylor
name: Corie
average rating: 3.72
book published: 2013
rating: 2
read at:
date added: 2014/12/31
shelves: dystopian, meh, young-adult
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]]> Dust (Silo, #3) 17855756 In a time when secrets and lies were the foundations of life, someone has discovered the truth. And they are going to tell.

Jules knows what her predecessors created. She knows they are the reason life has to be lived in this way.

And she won't stand for it.

But Jules no longer has supporters. And there is far more to fear than the toxic world beyond her walls.

A poison is growing from within Silo 18.

One that cannot be stopped.

Unless Silo 1 step in.]]> 458 Hugh Howey 1490904387 Corie 4 dystopian, short-stories 4.19 2013 Dust (Silo, #3)
author: Hugh Howey
name: Corie
average rating: 4.19
book published: 2013
rating: 4
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date added: 2014/12/31
shelves: dystopian, short-stories
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]]> Shift (Silo, #2) 17306293 579 Hugh Howey Corie 3 dystopian 4.12 2013 Shift (Silo, #2)
author: Hugh Howey
name: Corie
average rating: 4.12
book published: 2013
rating: 3
read at: 2014/12/24
date added: 2014/12/24
shelves: dystopian
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]]> <![CDATA[The Moon Dwellers (The Dwellers, #1)]]> 13931214
After her parents and sister are abducted by the Enforcers, seventeen-year-old Adele, a member of the middle-class moon dwellers, is unjustly sentenced to life in prison for her parents' crimes of treason.

Against all odds, Adele must escape from the Pen and find her family, while being hunted by a deranged, killing machine named Rivet, who works for the President. She is helped by two other inmates, Tawni and Cole, each of whom have dark secrets that are better left undiscovered. Other than her friends, the only thing she has going for her is a wicked roundhouse kick and two fists that have been well-trained for combat by her father.

At the other end of the social spectrum is Tristan, the son of the President and a sun dweller. His mother is gone. He hates his father. Backed by only his servant and best friend, Roc, he leaves his lavish lifestyle in the Sun Realm, seeking to make something good out of his troubled life.

When a war breaks out within the Tri-Realms, Tristan is thrust into the middle of a conflict that seems to mysteriously follow Adele as she seeks to find her family and uncover her parents true past.

In their world, someone must die.]]> 369 David Estes Corie 2 dystopian, young-adult 3.83 2012 The Moon Dwellers (The Dwellers, #1)
author: David Estes
name: Corie
average rating: 3.83
book published: 2012
rating: 2
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date added: 2014/10/27
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]]> The Island 17825118 I walk toward the sea. The endless surface of the water extends to the horizon, whichever way I look.

Our world is small. We are on our own, and we only have ourselves to depend on. We rely on the Force deep within us, as taught to us by our forefathers.

If I were to walk westward from here, I would come across a barrier � the Wall. Behind it, there are Fools. At least, that’s what everyone says.

I have never seen one.

Leia lives on the Island, a world in which children leave their parents to take care of themselves when they are ten years old. Across this Island runs a wall that no one has ever crossed. The Fools living behind it are not amenable to reason � they believe in illusions. That’s what The Book says, the only thing left to the Eastern Islanders by their ancestors.

But when a strange man washes ashore and Leia meets a Fool face to face, her life will never be the same. Is what she and her friends believe about the Island really true?

Or is everyone in their world, in fact, a Fool?]]> 138 Jen Minkman 1483959813 Corie 3 2.84 2013 The Island
author: Jen Minkman
name: Corie
average rating: 2.84
book published: 2013
rating: 3
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date added: 2014/10/12
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]]> Open Minds (Mindjack, #1) 12727768 When everyone reads minds, a secret is a dangerous thing to keep.

Sixteen-year-old Kira Moore is a zero, someone who can’t read thoughts or be read by others. Zeros are outcasts who can’t be trusted, leaving her no chance with Raf, a regular mindreader and the best friend she secretly loves. When she accidentally controls Raf’s mind and nearly kills him, Kira tries to hide her frightening new ability from her family and an increasingly suspicious Raf. But lies tangle around her, and she’s dragged deep into a hidden world of mindjackers, where having to mind control everyone she loves is just the beginning of the deadly choices before her.

TOP 5 FINALIST for 2012 Best Indie Book, Young Adult Fiction - The Kindle Book Review

Open Minds is the first novel in the Mindjack Series, a young adult science fiction series. There are three novels in the original trilogy, five novellas that accompany the series, and plans for another trilogy in the works (see Susan’s latest novella, The Locksmith, for a peek at a new Mindjack character for the coming trilogy � or better yet, and get The Locksmith for free!).

READING ORDER
Mindjack Series (novels): Open Minds, Closed Hearts, Free Souls
Mindjack Origins (shorts): Mind Games, The Handler, The Scribe, Keeper

The Locksmith is a standalone novella that can be read independently of the trilogy and novellas.]]> 326 Susan Kaye Quinn 1466354267 Corie 2 dystopian, meh, young-adult 3.74 2013 Open Minds (Mindjack, #1)
author: Susan Kaye Quinn
name: Corie
average rating: 3.74
book published: 2013
rating: 2
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date added: 2014/10/12
shelves: dystopian, meh, young-adult
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]]> <![CDATA[Cinder (The Lunar Chronicles, #1)]]> 11235712
She’s a second-class citizen with a mysterious past, reviled by her stepmother and blamed for her stepsister’s illness. But when her life becomes intertwined with the handsome Prince Kai’s, she suddenly finds herself at the center of an intergalactic struggle, and a forbidden attraction. Caught between duty and freedom, loyalty and betrayal, she must uncover secrets about her past in order to protect her world’s future.]]> 390 Marissa Meyer 0312641893 Corie 0 to-read 4.14 2012 Cinder (The Lunar Chronicles, #1)
author: Marissa Meyer
name: Corie
average rating: 4.14
book published: 2012
rating: 0
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date added: 2014/10/12
shelves: to-read
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]]> Her Fearful Symmetry 6202342
When Elspeth Noblin dies of cancer, she leaves her London apartment to her twin nieces, Julia and Valentina. These two American girls never met their English aunt, only knew that their mother, too, was a twin, and Elspeth her sister. Julia and Valentina are semi-normal American teenagers--with seemingly little interest in college, finding jobs, or anything outside their cozy home in the suburbs of Chicago, and with an abnormally intense attachment to one another.

The girls move to Elspeth's flat, which borders Highgate Cemetery in London. They come to know the building's other residents. There is Martin, a brilliant and charming crossword puzzle setter suffering from crippling Obsessive Compulsive Disorder; Marjike, Martin's devoted but trapped wife; and Robert, Elspeth's elusive lover, a scholar of the cemetery. As the girls become embroiled in the fraying lives of their aunt's neighbors, they also discover that much is still alive in Highgate, including--perhaps--their aunt, who can't seem to leave her old apartment and life behind.

Niffenegger weaves a captivating story in Her Fearful Symmetry about love and identity, about secrets and sisterhood, and about the tenacity of life--even after death.]]> 406 Audrey Niffenegger 0224085611 Corie 3 across-the-pond 3.27 2009 Her Fearful Symmetry
author: Audrey Niffenegger
name: Corie
average rating: 3.27
book published: 2009
rating: 3
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date added: 2014/10/12
shelves: across-the-pond
review:
As always, with this author...wonderful writing style. She has an excellent use of description dialogue. Went into it expecting an unusual plot, after the time travellers wife. However, I didn't expect to strongly dislike every single character in the book. I can appreciate flawed characters and I don't need to have perfect protagonists. But at least one character who I didn't want to throttle would have been nice. I didn't hate it...and, due entirely to the writing style, actually found it enjoyable in places. But I would struggle to seriously recommend it to a friend,
]]> <![CDATA[The Maze Runner (Maze Runner, #1)]]> 12954100 371 James Dashner 190642750X Corie 3 dystopian, young-adult 3.91 2009 The Maze Runner (Maze Runner, #1)
author: James Dashner
name: Corie
average rating: 3.91
book published: 2009
rating: 3
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date added: 2014/09/24
shelves: dystopian, young-adult
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]]> Project ELE (ELE, #1) 16098473
Fifteen-year-old Willow Mosby's life, as she knows it, ends the moment she walks through the shelter's door. Willow has to quickly adapt to the new challenges that shelter life demands, the least of which includes making new friends and working a full time job.

Soon after making an interesting discovery, Willow and her friends start exhibiting strange abilities. Seeking answers, they embark on a mission to find out what these new abilities mean and whether they are a gift or a curse.

This new adventure can send her world crashing down around her. The question is: Can Willow survive the fall?

***We've heard your reviews and have since corrected all of the errors we could find that were mentioned in the reviews. We appreciate your support and comments! Thank you for taking the time to read our books!]]> 334 Rebecca Gober Corie 3 3.79 2012 Project ELE (ELE, #1)
author: Rebecca Gober
name: Corie
average rating: 3.79
book published: 2012
rating: 3
read at:
date added: 2014/07/20
shelves: fantasy-science_fiction, young-adult
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]]> Rewrite Redemption 17289823
She has a secret and her whole life revolves around keeping it. Every few months and with little warning, she simply disappears, pulled into the past for hours or even days. She’s terrified it will happen in front of someone, changing her life forever. So far, the only witnesses have been her parents, and that didn’t end well. She has no control over it and no idea why it happens to her.

She wants answers.

He has answers—at least he understands what’s going on. He has a secret, too. He’s part of an organization that goes back in time to rewrite reality. But he also has a problem. He broke the organization’s number-one rule by altering his own timeline. As punishment, he’s been blocked from time travel, which is most unfortunate. Because the changes he made to his timeline, accidentally resulted in disaster for his family. A disaster he’s now prevented from repairing. No one can travel beneath the organization’s radar except a Shadow. But they’re rare, so rare he’s never even met one.

Then he moves to her town.


WINNER 2014 IPPY GOLD MEDAL FOR BEST YOUNG ADULT FICTION E-BOOK

WINNER 2014 READER'S FAVORITE GOLD MEDAL FOR BEST YOUNG ADULT SCI-FI

Young adult sci-fi & fantasy]]> 391 J.H. Walker Corie 0 to-read 3.98 2013 Rewrite Redemption
author: J.H. Walker
name: Corie
average rating: 3.98
book published: 2013
rating: 0
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date added: 2014/07/12
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]]> The Bionics (Bionics, #1) 16075650
They hate what they created and they fear us for being powerful.

And so they hunt us, destroying our lives so that they can bury what they built. What they don’t know is this: there is a Resistance out there and The Bionics aren’t going down without a fight.]]> 96 Alicia Michaels Corie 0 to-read 3.66 2012 The Bionics (Bionics, #1)
author: Alicia Michaels
name: Corie
average rating: 3.66
book published: 2012
rating: 0
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date added: 2014/07/12
shelves: to-read
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]]> Falling (Hemlock Bay, #1) 15847890
For sixteen-year-old Bixby, the last few years have been a misery of loss and rejection. Her mother’s death, her grandmother’s Alzheimer’s and her father’s despair and distance have robbed her of the family she once had. With only her brother Lincoln and her imaginary friends from the town she dreams of every night on her side, she struggles on.

But then Lincoln is killed in a suspicious car accident and Bixby is devastated to lose her best—and only—friend. Desperate to have him back, she accepts an offer from a stranger from her nightmares.

Jordan delivers on his promise and Bixby finds she must deliver on hers. The problem is she doesn’t know who—or what—Jordan really is or what exactly she promised in returned.

Each evening they spend together in her dreams brings them closer together and tears Bixby further from her own reality. What does Jordan really want and what is Bixby going to lose in return for the only thing she thought she wanted most in the world?

Look for the sequel, Winter’s Dream, due out soon.]]> 181 Amber Jaeger 1476478090 Corie 0 to-read 3.70 2012 Falling (Hemlock Bay, #1)
author: Amber Jaeger
name: Corie
average rating: 3.70
book published: 2012
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[Artificial Evil (The Techxorcist, #1)]]> 16149739
In a post-apocalyptic future, humanity survives within a single domed city run by a shadowy benefactor known only as The Family. Each week the death lottery claims more lives and Gerry Cardle, head of the lottery, inexplicably finds himself the next on the list.

Something's wrong with the system. A deadly artificial intelligence has breached security. Gerry has just 7 days to live. Forced off the grid, Gerry has to do the unthinkable: willingly leave the city. What he finds in the abandoned lands will shatter his perception of what it means to be human. Everything he had been told before was a lie.

In a deadly world of conspiracy, violence, and artificial intelligences, Gerry has to sacrifice everything he loves in order to save it, and time is running out.]]> 207 Colin F. Barnes 0957261578 Corie 0 to-read 3.40 2012 Artificial Evil (The Techxorcist, #1)
author: Colin F. Barnes
name: Corie
average rating: 3.40
book published: 2012
rating: 0
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date added: 2014/07/12
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]]> <![CDATA[Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Harry Potter, #6)]]> 1 652 J.K. Rowling Corie 4 4.57 2005 Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Harry Potter, #6)
author: J.K. Rowling
name: Corie
average rating: 4.57
book published: 2005
rating: 4
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date added: 2014/04/28
shelves: fantasy-science_fiction, young-adult, guilty-pleasures
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]]> Unwind (Unwind, #1) 764347 Connor, Risa, and Lev are running for their lives.

The Second Civil War was fought over reproductive rights. The chilling resolution: Life is inviolable from the moment of conception until age thirteen. Between the ages of thirteen and eighteen, however, parents can have their child "unwound," whereby all of the child's organs are transplanted into different donors, so life doesn't technically end. Connor is too difficult for his parents to control. Risa, a ward of the state, is not enough to be kept alive. And Lev is a tithe, a child conceived and raised to be unwound. Together, they may have a chance to escape and to survive.]]> 337 Neal Shusterman Corie 1 4.17 2007 Unwind (Unwind, #1)
author: Neal Shusterman
name: Corie
average rating: 4.17
book published: 2007
rating: 1
read at: 2014/03/18
date added: 2014/03/18
shelves: could-not-make-myself-finish-it, dystopian, young-adult
review:

]]> <![CDATA[A Game of Thrones (A Song of Ice and Fire, #1)]]> 13496
Sweeping from a harsh land of cold to a summertime kingdom of epicurean plenty, A Game of Thrones tells a tale of lords and ladies, soldiers and sorcerers, assassins and bastards, who come together in a time of grim omens. Here an enigmatic band of warriors bear swords of no human metal; a tribe of fierce wildlings carry men off into madness; a cruel young dragon prince barters his sister to win back his throne; a child is lost in the twilight between life and death; and a determined woman undertakes a treacherous journey to protect all she holds dear. Amid plots and counter-plots, tragedy and betrayal, victory and terror, allies and enemies, the fate of the Starks hangs perilously in the balance, as each side endeavors to win that deadliest of conflicts: the game of thrones.]]> 835 George R.R. Martin 0553588486 Corie 2 loved-the-movie 4.44 1996 A Game of Thrones (A Song of Ice and Fire, #1)
author: George R.R. Martin
name: Corie
average rating: 4.44
book published: 1996
rating: 2
read at: 2014/03/18
date added: 2014/03/18
shelves: loved-the-movie
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]]> Deception Point 976 here

A shocking scientific discovery.
A conspiracy of staggering brilliance.
A thriller unlike any you've ever read....

When a new NASA satellite spots evidence of an astonishingly rare object buried deep in the Arctic ice, the floundering space agency proclaims a much-needed victory� a victory that has profound implications for U.S. space policy and the impending presidential election.

With the Oval Office in the balance, the President dispatches White House Intelligence analyst Rachel Sexton to the Milne Ice Shelf to verify the authenticity of the find. Accompanied by a team of experts, including the charismatic academic Michael Tolland, Rachel uncovers the unthinkable—evidence of scientific trickery—a bold deception that threatens to plunge the world into controversy.

But before Rachel can contact the President, she and Michael are attacked by a deadly task force…a private team of assassins controlled by a mysterious powerbroker who will stop at nothing to hide the truth. Fleeing for their lives in an environment as desolate as it is lethal, they possess only one hope, to find out who is behind this masterful ploy. The truth, they will learn, is the most shocking deception of all…]]> 556 Dan Brown 0671027387 Corie 3 3.76 2001 Deception Point
author: Dan Brown
name: Corie
average rating: 3.76
book published: 2001
rating: 3
read at: 2014/03/18
date added: 2014/03/18
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]]> <![CDATA[A Hidden Fire (Elemental Mysteries, #1)]]> 12755792
A phone call from an old friend sets Dr. Giovanni Vecchio back on the path of a mystery he'd abandoned years before. He never expected a young librarian could hold the key to the search, nor could he have expected the danger she would attract. Now he and Beatrice De Novo will follow a twisted maze that leads from the archives of a university library, through the fires of Renaissance Florence, and toward a confrontation they never could have predicted.

A Hidden Fire is a paranormal mystery/romance for adult readers. It is the first book in the Elemental Mysteries Series.]]> 320 Elizabeth Hunter Corie 3 vampires 4.08 2011 A Hidden Fire (Elemental Mysteries, #1)
author: Elizabeth Hunter
name: Corie
average rating: 4.08
book published: 2011
rating: 3
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date added: 2014/03/03
shelves: vampires
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]]> <![CDATA[The City of Ember (Book of Ember, #1)]]> 307791
But when two children, Lina and Doon, discover fragments of an ancient parchment, they begin to wonder if there could be a way out of Ember. Can they decipher the words from long ago and find a new future for everyone? Will the people of Ember listen to them?]]> 270 Jeanne DuPrau 0375822747 Corie 4 dystopian, young-adult 3.89 2003 The City of Ember (Book of Ember, #1)
author: Jeanne DuPrau
name: Corie
average rating: 3.89
book published: 2003
rating: 4
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date added: 2014/03/03
shelves: dystopian, young-adult
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]]> <![CDATA[The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (Chronicles of Narnia, #1)]]> 100915
Lucy is the first to find the secret of the wardrobe in the professor's mysterious old house. At first her brothers and sister don't believe her when she tells of her visit to the land of Narnia. But soon Edmund, then Peter and Susan step through the wardrobe themselves. In Narnia they find a country buried under the evil enchantment of the White Witch. When they meet the Lion Aslan, they realize they've been called to a great adventure and bravely join the battle to free Narnia from the Witch's sinister spell.]]> 206 C.S. Lewis Corie 3 4.24 1950 The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (Chronicles of Narnia, #1)
author: C.S. Lewis
name: Corie
average rating: 4.24
book published: 1950
rating: 3
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date added: 2014/01/21
shelves: across-the-pond, childrens-books-i-remember-fondly, fantasy-science_fiction, young-adult
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]]> <![CDATA[The Lightning Thief (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, #1)]]> 28187 Alternate cover for this ISBN can be found here

Percy Jackson is a good kid, but he can't seem to focus on his schoolwork or control his temper. And lately, being away at boarding school is only getting worse - Percy could have sworn his pre-algebra teacher turned into a monster and tried to kill him. When Percy's mom finds out, she knows it's time that he knew the truth about where he came from, and that he go to the one place he'll be safe. She sends Percy to Camp Half Blood, a summer camp for demigods (on Long Island), where he learns that the father he never knew is Poseidon, God of the Sea. Soon a mystery unfolds and together with his friends—one a satyr and the other the demigod daughter of Athena - Percy sets out on a quest across the United States to reach the gates of the Underworld (located in a recording studio in Hollywood) and prevent a catastrophic war between the gods.]]> 377 Rick Riordan 0786838655 Corie 2 movie-was-crap, young-adult 4.31 2005 The Lightning Thief (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, #1)
author: Rick Riordan
name: Corie
average rating: 4.31
book published: 2005
rating: 2
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date added: 2014/01/21
shelves: movie-was-crap, young-adult
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]]> <![CDATA[The Handmaid’s Tale (The Handmaid's Tale, #1)]]> 38447
Funny, unexpected, horrifying, and altogether convincing, The Handmaid's Tale is at once scathing satire, dire warning, and tour de force.]]> 311 Margaret Atwood 038549081X Corie 4 4.15 1985 The Handmaid’s Tale (The Handmaid's Tale, #1)
author: Margaret Atwood
name: Corie
average rating: 4.15
book published: 1985
rating: 4
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date added: 2014/01/21
shelves: loved-the-movie, religion-spirituality, dystopian
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]]> <![CDATA[The Chronicles of Narnia Box Set 1-7 (adult)]]> 493036 C.S. Lewis 006082042X Corie 2 4.37 1956 The Chronicles of Narnia Box Set 1-7 (adult)
author: C.S. Lewis
name: Corie
average rating: 4.37
book published: 1956
rating: 2
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date added: 2013/11/22
shelves: young-adult, fantasy-science_fiction
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]]> Different Seasons 11569
“Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption�

An unjustly imprisoned convict seeks a strange and startling revenge…the basis for the Best Picture Academy Award nominee The Shawshank Redemption.

“Apt Pupil�

Todd Bowden is one of the top students in his high school class and a typical American sixteen-year-old—until he becomes obsessed about the dark and deadly past of an older man in town. The inspiration for the film Apt Pupil from Phoenix Pictures.

“The Body�

Four rambunctious young boys plunge through the façade of a small town and come face-to-face with life, death, and intimations of their own mortality. The film Stand By Me is based on this novella.

“The Breathing Method�

A disgraced woman is determined to triumph over death.]]> 508 Stephen King Corie 4 short-stories, horror 3.99 1982 Different Seasons
author: Stephen King
name: Corie
average rating: 3.99
book published: 1982
rating: 4
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date added: 2013/10/31
shelves: short-stories, horror
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]]> I've Got Your Number 12983171 I've lost it. :( The only thing in the world I wasn't supposed to lose. My engagement ring. It's been in Magnus's family for three generations. And now, the very same day his parents are coming, I've lost it. The very same day. Do not hyperventilate, Poppy. Stay positive!! :)

A couple of glasses of bubbly with the girls at a charity do and Poppy's life has gone into meltdown. Not only has she lost her engagement ring, but in the panic that followed, she's lost her phone too. As she paces shakily round the hotel foyer she spots an abandoned phone in a bin. Finders keepers! Now she can leave a number with the hotel staff. It was meant to be!

Except the phone's owner, businessman Sam Roxton, doesn't agree. He wants his phone back, and doesn't appreciate Poppy reading all his messages and wading into his personal life. As Poppy juggles wedding preparations, phone messages and hiding her left hand from Magnus and his parents, can things get any more tangled?]]> 464 Sophie Kinsella 0593059824 Corie 0 chic-lit, across-the-pond 3.99 2011 I've Got Your Number
author: Sophie Kinsella
name: Corie
average rating: 3.99
book published: 2011
rating: 0
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date added: 2013/05/24
shelves: chic-lit, across-the-pond
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]]> I've Got Your Number 12033455
Well, perfect except that the phone’s owner, businessman Sam Roxton, doesn’t agree. He wants his phone back and doesn’t appreciate Poppy reading his messages and wading into his personal life.

What ensues is a hilarious and unpredictable turn of events as Poppy and Sam increasingly upend each other’s lives through emails and text messages. As Poppy juggles wedding preparations, mysterious phone calls, and hiding her left hand from Magnus and his parents, she soon realizes that she is in for the biggest surprise of her life.]]> 448 Sophie Kinsella 0385342063 Corie 4 3.94 2011 I've Got Your Number
author: Sophie Kinsella
name: Corie
average rating: 3.94
book published: 2011
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[Wither (The Chemical Garden, #1)]]> 8525590
When Rhine is kidnapped and sold as a bride, she vows to do all she can to escape. Her husband, Linden, is hopelessly in love with her, and Rhine can't bring herself to hate him as much as she'd like to. He opens her to a magical world of wealth and illusion she never thought existed, and it almost makes it possible to ignore the clock ticking away her short life. But Rhine quickly learns that not everything in her new husband's strange world is what it seems. Her father-in-law, an eccentric doctor bent on finding the antidote, is hoarding corpses in the basement. Her fellow sister wives are to be trusted one day and feared the next, and Rhine is desperate to communicate to her twin brother that she is safe and alive. Will Rhine be able to escape--before her time runs out?

Together with one of Linden's servants, Gabriel, Rhine attempts to escape just before her seventeenth birthday. But in a world that continues to spiral into anarchy, is there any hope for freedom?]]> 358 Lauren DeStefano 1442409053 Corie 1 3.81 2011 Wither (The Chemical Garden, #1)
author: Lauren DeStefano
name: Corie
average rating: 3.81
book published: 2011
rating: 1
read at: 2013/02/03
date added: 2013/02/09
shelves: could-not-make-myself-finish-it, dystopian, give-me-my-money-back
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Why oh why does the cover have to be so good and the story inside so crap? Such a disappointment.
]]> Never Let Me Go 6334
Within the grounds of Hailsham, Kathy grows from schoolgirl to young woman, but it’s only when she and her friends Ruth and Tommy leave the safe grounds of the school (as they always knew they would) that they realize the full truth of what Hailsham is.

Never Let Me Go breaks through the boundaries of the literary novel. It is a gripping mystery, a beautiful love story, and also a scathing critique of human arrogance and a moral examination of how we treat the vulnerable and different in our society. In exploring the themes of memory and the impact of the past, Ishiguro takes on the idea of a possible future to create his most moving and powerful book to date.]]> 288 Kazuo Ishiguro 1400078776 Corie 4 across-the-pond, dystopian 3.85 2005 Never Let Me Go
author: Kazuo Ishiguro
name: Corie
average rating: 3.85
book published: 2005
rating: 4
read at: 2013/02/09
date added: 2013/02/09
shelves: across-the-pond, dystopian
review:
I have a feeling I'll be thinking about this book for quite awhile. Really liked the conversational writing style. Engaging read, that while at times seemed a bit meandering and slow moving, always managed to keep me interested. The characters aren't entirely likeable but that's part of what makes the dynamic so good. I'll recommend this to friends.
]]> Light a Penny Candle 41962
Writing with warmth, wit and great compassion, Maeve Binchy tells a magnificent story of the lives and loves of two women, bound together in a friendship that nothing could tear asunder -- not even the man who threatened to come between them forever.]]> 832 Maeve Binchy 009949857X Corie 0 3.92 1982 Light a Penny Candle
author: Maeve Binchy
name: Corie
average rating: 3.92
book published: 1982
rating: 0
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date added: 2013/02/03
shelves: across-the-pond, to-read, chic-lit
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]]> Insurgent (Divergent, #2) 11735983
Tris's initiation day should have been marked by celebration and victory with her chosen faction; instead, the day ended with unspeakable horrors. War now looms as conflict between the factions and their ideologies grows. And in times of war, sides must be chosen, secrets will emerge, and choices will become even more irrevocable—and even more powerful. Transformed by her own decisions but also by haunting grief and guilt, radical new discoveries, and shifting relationships, Tris must fully embrace her Divergence, even if she does not know what she may lose by doing so.

New York Times bestselling author Veronica Roth's much-anticipated second book of the dystopian DIVERGENT series is another intoxicating thrill ride of a story, rich with hallmark twists, heartbreaks, romance, and powerful insights about human nature.]]> 525 Veronica Roth 0007442912 Corie 4 3.97 2012 Insurgent (Divergent, #2)
author: Veronica Roth
name: Corie
average rating: 3.97
book published: 2012
rating: 4
read at: 2013/01/01
date added: 2013/01/22
shelves: dystopian, true-love, young-adult, hot-men-in-literature
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]]> Matched (Matched, #1) 7735333
Cassia has always trusted their choices. It’s hardly any price to pay for a long life, the perfect job, the ideal mate. So when her best friend appears on the Matching screen, Cassia knows with complete certainty that he is the one…until she sees another face flash for an instant before the screen fades to black. Now Cassia is faced with impossible choices: between Xander and Ky, between the only life she’s known and a path no one else has ever dared follow—between perfection and passion.

Matched is a story for right now and storytelling with the resonance of a classic.]]> 369 Ally Condie 0525423648 Corie 2 3.62 2010 Matched (Matched, #1)
author: Ally Condie
name: Corie
average rating: 3.62
book published: 2010
rating: 2
read at: 2013/01/01
date added: 2013/01/22
shelves: bought-based-on-recommendation, dystopian, meh, young-adult
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]]> Crossed (Matched, #2) 9794437 The long-awaited second book in the dystopian Matched trilogy.
In search of a future that may not exist and faced with the decision of who to share it with, Cassia journeys to the Outer Provinces in pursuit of Ky - taken by the Society to his certain death - only to find that he has escaped, leaving a series of clues in his wake. Cassia's quest leads her to question much of what she holds dear, even as she finds glimmers of a different life across the border. But as Cassia nears resolve and certainty about her future with Ky, an invitation for rebellion, an unexpected betrayal, and a surprise visit from Xander - who may hold the key to the uprising and, still, to Cassia's heart - change the game once again. Nothing is as expected on the edge of Society, where crosses and double crosses make the path more twisted than ever.]]> 367 Ally Condie 0525423656 Corie 2 dystopian, young-adult 3.50 2011 Crossed (Matched, #2)
author: Ally Condie
name: Corie
average rating: 3.50
book published: 2011
rating: 2
read at: 2013/01/01
date added: 2013/01/22
shelves: dystopian, young-adult
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]]> Delirium (Delirium, #1) 11614718 There is an alternate cover edition for this ISBN13 here.

In an alternate United States, love has been declared a dangerous disease, and the government forces everyone who reaches eighteen to have a procedure called the Cure. Living with her aunt, uncle, and cousins in Portland, Maine, Lena Haloway is very much looking forward to being cured and living a safe, predictable life. She watched love destroy her mother and isn't about to make the same mistake.

But with ninety-five days left until her treatment, Lena meets enigmatic Alex, a boy from the "Wilds" who lives under the government's radar. What will happen if they do the unthinkable and fall in love?]]> 441 Lauren Oliver 0061726834 Corie 4 3.94 2011 Delirium (Delirium, #1)
author: Lauren Oliver
name: Corie
average rating: 3.94
book published: 2011
rating: 4
read at: 2013/01/01
date added: 2013/01/22
shelves: dystopian, hot-men-in-literature, true-love, young-adult
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]]> Divergent (Divergent, #1) 13335037
During the highly competitive initiation that follows, Beatrice renames herself Tris and struggles alongside her fellow initiates to live out the choice they have made. Together they must undergo extreme physical tests of endurance and intense psychological simulations, some with devastating consequences. As initiation transforms them all, Tris must determine who her friends really are—and where, exactly, a romance with a sometimes fascinating, sometimes exasperating boy fits into the life she's chosen. But Tris also has a secret, one she's kept hidden from everyone because she's been warned it can mean death. And as she discovers unrest and growing conflict that threaten to unravel her seemingly perfect society, she also learns that her secret might help her save those she loves . . . or it might destroy her.]]> 487 Veronica Roth 0062024035 Corie 5 4.13 2011 Divergent (Divergent, #1)
author: Veronica Roth
name: Corie
average rating: 4.13
book published: 2011
rating: 5
read at: 2013/01/01
date added: 2013/01/22
shelves: dystopian, hot-men-in-literature, young-adult, true-love
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]]> Pandemonium (Delirium, #2) 9593911 Zrozpaczona przystępuje do ruchu oporu, by walczyć o wolność i [miłość]. Na jej drodze staje tajemniczy Julian.

Czy można pokochać największego wroga?]]> 375 Lauren Oliver 006197806X Corie 3 dystopian, young-adult 4.03 2012 Pandemonium (Delirium, #2)
author: Lauren Oliver
name: Corie
average rating: 4.03
book published: 2012
rating: 3
read at: 2013/01/01
date added: 2013/01/22
shelves: dystopian, young-adult
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]]> Thirteen Reasons Why 1217100 You can’t stop the future.
You can’t rewind the past.
The only way to learn the secret . . . is to press play.

Clay Jensen returns home from school to find a strange package with his name on it lying on his porch. Inside he discovers several cassette tapes recorded by Hannah Baker–his classmate and crush–who committed suicide two weeks earlier. Hannah’s voice tells him that there are thirteen reasons why she decided to end her life. Clay is one of them. If he listens, he’ll find out why.

Clay spends the night crisscrossing his town with Hannah as his guide. He becomes a firsthand witness to Hannah’s pain, and as he follows Hannah’s recorded words throughout his town, what he discovers changes his life forever.]]> 288 Jay Asher 1595141715 Corie 0 to-read 4.00 2007 Thirteen Reasons Why
author: Jay Asher
name: Corie
average rating: 4.00
book published: 2007
rating: 0
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date added: 2013/01/20
shelves: to-read
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]]> Awaken (Awaken, #1) 8665876
Suddenly, Maddie feels something awakening inside her—a feeling that maybe there is a different, better way to live. But with society and her parents telling her otherwise, Maddie is going to have to learn to stand up for herself if she wants to change the path her life is taking.

In this not-so-brave new world, two young people struggle to carve out their own space.]]> 309 Katie Kacvinsky 0547371489 Corie 0 to-read 3.90 2011 Awaken (Awaken, #1)
author: Katie Kacvinsky
name: Corie
average rating: 3.90
book published: 2011
rating: 0
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date added: 2013/01/20
shelves: to-read
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]]> <![CDATA[Life After Life (Todd Family, #1)]]> 15790842
On a cold and snowy night in 1910, Ursula Todd is born to an English banker and his wife. She dies before she can draw her first breath. On that same cold and snowy night, Ursula Todd is born, lets out a lusty wail, and embarks upon a life that will be, to say the least, unusual. For as she grows, she also dies, repeatedly, in a variety of ways, while the young century marches on towards its second cataclysmic world war.

Does Ursula's apparently infinite number of lives give her the power to save the world from its inevitable destiny? And if she can - will she?]]> 544 Kate Atkinson 0316176486 Corie 0 to-read 3.76 2013 Life After Life (Todd Family, #1)
author: Kate Atkinson
name: Corie
average rating: 3.76
book published: 2013
rating: 0
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date added: 2013/01/20
shelves: to-read
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]]> <![CDATA[The Scorch Trials (The Maze Runner, #2)]]> 7631105 Solving the Maze was supposed to be the end.
Ěý
Thomas was sure that escape from the Maze would mean freedom for him and the Gladers. But WICKED isn’t done yet. Phase Two has just begun. The Scorch.
Ěý
There are no rules. There is no help. You either make it or you die.
Ěý
The Gladers have two weeks to cross through the Scorch—the most burned-out section of the world. And WICKED has made sure to adjust the variables and stack the odds against them.
Ěý
Friendships will be tested. Loyalties will be broken. All bets are off.
Ěý
There are others now. Their survival depends on the Gladers� destruction—and they’re determined to survive.]]> 362 James Dashner 0385738757 Corie 0 to-read 3.90 2010 The Scorch Trials (The Maze Runner, #2)
author: James Dashner
name: Corie
average rating: 3.90
book published: 2010
rating: 0
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date added: 2013/01/14
shelves: to-read
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]]> Watchmen 472331 Watchmen, the groundbreaking series from award-winning author Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons, presents a world where the mere presence of American superheroes changed history—the U.S. won the Vietnam War, Nixon is still president, and the Cold War is in full effect.

Considered the greatest graphic novel in the history of the medium, the Hugo Award-winning story chronicles the fall from grace of a group of superheroes plagued by all-too-human failings. Along the way, the concept of the superhero is dissected as an unknown assassin stalks the erstwhile heroes.]]> 416 Alan Moore 0930289234 Corie 0 dystopian 4.38 1987 Watchmen
author: Alan Moore
name: Corie
average rating: 4.38
book published: 1987
rating: 0
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shelves: dystopian
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