Kean_Gray's bookshelf: all en-US Wed, 07 Aug 2024 16:37:29 -0700 60 Kean_Gray's bookshelf: all 144 41 /images/layout/goodreads_logo_144.jpg Mansfield Park 45032 488 Jane Austen Kean_Gray 4 3.86 1814 Mansfield Park
author: Jane Austen
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average rating: 3.86
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rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[Inkheart / Inkspell / Inkdeath (The Inkheart Trilogy, #1-3)]]> 3334563 1152 Cornelia Funke 1905294964 Kean_Gray 0 to-read 4.21 2008 Inkheart / Inkspell / Inkdeath (The Inkheart Trilogy, #1-3)
author: Cornelia Funke
name: Kean_Gray
average rating: 4.21
book published: 2008
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[Alice's Adventures in Wonderland]]> 3169706 162 Lewis Carroll 0907486797 Kean_Gray 4 4.09 1865 Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
author: Lewis Carroll
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average rating: 4.09
book published: 1865
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[The Lollipop Shoes (Chocolat, #2)]]> 2215074 'Who died?' I said. 'Or is it a secret?'
'My mother, Vianne Rocher.'

Seeking refuge and anonymity in the cobbled streets of Montmartre, Yanne and her two daughters live peacefully, if not happily, above their little chocolate shop. Nothing unusual marks them out; no red sachets hang by the door.The wind has stopped - at least for a while. Then into their lives blows Zozie de l'Alba, the lady with the lollipop shoes,ruthless, devious and seductive.

With everything she loves at stake, Yanne must face a difficult choice; to flee, as she has done so many times before, or to confront her most dangerous enemy...

Herself.]]> 572 Joanne Harris Kean_Gray 0 3.85 2007 The Lollipop Shoes (Chocolat, #2)
author: Joanne Harris
name: Kean_Gray
average rating: 3.85
book published: 2007
rating: 0
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]]> Winnie-the-Pooh 2065398 146 A.A. Milne 1405211164 Kean_Gray 0 4.39 1928 Winnie-the-Pooh
author: A.A. Milne
name: Kean_Gray
average rating: 4.39
book published: 1928
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]]> Vagina: A New Biography 13426037
When an unexpected medical crisis sends Naomi Wolf on a deeply personal journey to tease out the intersections between sexuality and creativity, she discovers, much to her own astonishment, an increasing body of scientific evidence that suggests that the vagina is not merely flesh, but an intrinsic component of the female brain—and thus has a fundamental connection to female consciousness itself.

Utterly enthralling and totally fascinating, Vagina: A New Biography draws on this set of insights about "the mind-vagina connection" to reveal new information about what women really need, and considers what a sexual relationship—and a relationship to the self—transformed by these insights could look like.

Exhilarating and groundbreaking, Vagina: A New Biography combines rigorous science, explained for lay readers, with cultural history and deeply personal considerations of the role of female desire in female identity, creativity, and confidence, from interviewees of all walks of life. Heralded by Publishers Weekly as one of the best science books of the year, it is a provocative and deeply engaging book that elucidates the ties between a woman's experience of her vagina and her sense of self; her impulses, dreams, and courage; and her role in love and in society in completely new and revelatory ways sure to provoke impassioned conversation.

A brilliant and nuanced synthesis of physiology, history, and cultural criticism, Vagina: A New Biography explores the physical, political, and spiritual implications of this startling series of new scientific breakthroughs for women and for society as a whole, from a writer whose conviction and keen intelligence have propelled her works to the tops of bestseller lists, and firmly into the realms of modern classics.]]> 400 Naomi Wolf 0061989169 Kean_Gray 0 3.78 2012 Vagina: A New Biography
author: Naomi Wolf
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average rating: 3.78
book published: 2012
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]]> <![CDATA[We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves]]> 21327608 Rosemary is now an only child, but she used to have a sister the same age as her, and an older brother. Both are now gone - vanished from her life. There's something unique about Rosemary's sister, Fern. So now she's telling her story; a looping narrative that begins towards the end, and then goes back to the beginning. Twice.
It's funny, clever, intimate, honest, analytical and swirling with ideas that will come back to bite you. We hope you enjoy it, and if, when you're telling a friend about it, you do decide to spill the beans about Fern - it's pretty hard to resist - don't worry.]]> 320 Karen Joy Fowler 1781252955 Kean_Gray 0 3.72 2013 We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves
author: Karen Joy Fowler
name: Kean_Gray
average rating: 3.72
book published: 2013
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]]> And the Mountains Echoed 16115612 404 Khaled Hosseini 159463176X Kean_Gray 0 4.06 2012 And the Mountains Echoed
author: Khaled Hosseini
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average rating: 4.06
book published: 2012
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]]> The Casual Vacancy 13578351 A BIG NOVEL ABOUT A SMALL TOWN�

When Barry Fairbrother dies unexpectedly in his early forties, the little town of Pagford is left in shock. Pagford appears to be an English idyll—with a cobbled market square and an ancient abbey—but behind its charming façade lies a town at war. The rich clash with the poor, teenagers battle their parents, wives contend with their husbands, and teachers struggle with their pupils. Pagford is far from what it seems.

The empty seat Barry leaves on the town council becomes the catalyst for the fiercest conflict the town has ever seen. The election to fill his seat is fraught with passion, duplicity, and unexpected revelations. Who will triumph in this battle of wills?

Blackly comic, thought-provoking, and constantly surprising, The Casual Vacancy is J.K. Rowling’s first novel for adults.]]> 503 J.K. Rowling 140870420X Kean_Gray 0 3.42 2012 The Casual Vacancy
author: J.K. Rowling
name: Kean_Gray
average rating: 3.42
book published: 2012
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]]> All That I Am 11815113 All That I Am is a masterful and exhilarating exploration of bravery and betrayal, of the risks and sacrifices some people make for their beliefs, and of heroism hidden in the most unexpected places.

When eighteen-year-old Ruth Becker visits her cousin Dora in Munich in 1923, she meets the love of her life, the dashing young journalist Hans Wesemann, and eagerly joins in the heady activities of the militant political left in Germany. Ten years later, Ruth and Hans are married and living in Weimar Berlin when Hitler is elected chancellor of Germany. Together with Dora and her lover, Ernst Toller, the celebrated poet and self-doubting revolutionary, the four become hunted outlaws overnight and are forced to flee to London. Inspired by the fearless Dora to breathtaking acts of courage, the friends risk betrayal and deceit as they dedicate themselves to a dangerous mission: to inform the British government of the very real Nazi threat to which it remains willfully blind. All That I Am is the heartbreaking story of these extraordinary people, who discover that Hitler’s reach extends much further than they had thought.

Gripping, compassionate, and inspiring, this remarkable debut novel reveals an uncommon depth of humanity and wisdom. Anna Funder has given us a searing and intimate portrait of courage and its price, of desire and ambition, and of the devastating consequences when they are thwarted.]]> 368 Anna Funder 0062077562 Kean_Gray 0 3.81 2011 All That I Am
author: Anna Funder
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average rating: 3.81
book published: 2011
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]]> The Thirteenth Tale 864037
Now Margaret Lea is investigating Angelfield's past--and the mystery of the March family starts to unravel. What has Angelfield been hiding? What is its connection with the enigmatic author Vida Winter? And what is it in Margaret's own troubled past that causes her to fall so powerfully under Angelfilds spell?]]> 456 Diane Setterfield 0752881671 Kean_Gray 0 3.98 2006 The Thirteenth Tale
author: Diane Setterfield
name: Kean_Gray
average rating: 3.98
book published: 2006
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life]]> 28257707 Alternate cover edition of ISBN 9780062457738

In this generation-defining self-help guide, a superstar blogger cuts through the crap to show us how to stop trying to be "positive" all the time so that we can truly become better, happier people.

For decades, we’ve been told that positive thinking is the key to a happy, rich life. "F**k positivity," Mark Manson says. "Let’s be honest, shit is f**ked and we have to live with it." In his wildly popular Internet blog, Manson doesn’t sugarcoat or equivocate. He tells it like it is—a dose of raw, refreshing, honest truth that is sorely lacking today. The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F**k is his antidote to the coddling, let’s-all-feel-good mindset that has infected American society and spoiled a generation, rewarding them with gold medals just for showing up.

Manson makes the argument, backed both by academic research and well-timed poop jokes, that improving our lives hinges not on our ability to turn lemons into lemonade, but on learning to stomach lemons better. Human beings are flawed and limited�"not everybody can be extraordinary, there are winners and losers in society, and some of it is not fair or your fault." Manson advises us to get to know our limitations and accept them. Once we embrace our fears, faults, and uncertainties, once we stop running and avoiding and start confronting painful truths, we can begin to find the courage, perseverance, honesty, responsibility, curiosity, and forgiveness we seek.

There are only so many things we can give a f**k about so we need to figure out which ones really matter, Manson makes clear. While money is nice, caring about what you do with your life is better, because true wealth is about experience. A much-needed grab-you-by-the-shoulders-and-look-you-in-the-eye moment of real-talk, filled with entertaining stories and profane, ruthless humor, The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F**k is a refreshing slap for a generation to help them lead contented, grounded lives.]]> 212 Mark Manson Kean_Gray 2 3.87 2016 The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life
author: Mark Manson
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average rating: 3.87
book published: 2016
rating: 2
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]]> Sense and Sensibility 6313432 367 Jane Austen 030729093X Kean_Gray 0 to-read 3.96 1811 Sense and Sensibility
author: Jane Austen
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average rating: 3.96
book published: 1811
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]]> <![CDATA[Little Women & Good Wives (Little Women #1, part 1 and part 2)]]> 828024 An alternate cover for this isbn can be found here.

The four March sisters--Meg, Amy, Beth, and feisty Jo--share the joys and sorrows of growing up while their father is away at war. The family is poor in worldly goods, but rich in love and character.]]> 464 Louisa May Alcott 1853261165 Kean_Gray 5 4.11 1868 Little Women & Good Wives (Little Women #1, part 1 and part 2)
author: Louisa May Alcott
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average rating: 4.11
book published: 1868
rating: 5
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]]> The Help 11974605 Alternate cover for this ISBN can be found here.

Enter a vanished world: Jackson, Mississippi, 1962. Where black maids raise white children, but aren't trusted to not steal the silver...

There's Aibileen, raising her seventeenth white child and nursing the hurt caused by her own son's tragic death; Minny, whose cooking is nearly as sassy as her tongue; and white Miss Skeeter, home from college, who wants to know why her beloved maid has disappeared.

Skeeter, Aibileen and Minny. No one else would believe they'd be friends; fewer still would tolerate it. But as each woman finds the courage to cross boundaries, they come to depend and rely upon one another. Each is in search of a truth. And together they have an extraordinary story to tell...]]> 444 Kathryn Stockett 0241956536 Kean_Gray 5 4.37 2009 The Help
author: Kathryn Stockett
name: Kean_Gray
average rating: 4.37
book published: 2009
rating: 5
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]]> Chocolat (Chocolat, #1) 47401
Illuminating Peter Mayle's South of France with a touch of Laura Esquivel's magic realism, Chocolat is a timeless novel of a straitlaced village's awakening to joy and sensuality. In tiny Lansquenet, where nothing much has changed in a hundred years, beautiful newcomer Vianne Rocher and her exquisite chocolate shop arrive and instantly begin to play havoc with Lenten vows. Each box of luscious bonbons comes with a free gift: Vianne's uncanny perception of its buyer's private discontents and a clever, caring cure for them. Is she a witch? Soon the parish no longer cares, as it abandons itself to temptation, happiness, and a dramatic face-off between Easter solemnity and the pagan gaiety of a chocolate festival.

Chocolat's every page offers a description of chocolate to melt in the mouths of chocoholics, francophiles, armchair gourmets, cookbook readers, and lovers of passion everywhere. It's a must for anyone who craves an escapist read, and is a bewitching gift for any holiday.]]> 306 Joanne Harris 014100018X Kean_Gray 4 3.97 1999 Chocolat (Chocolat, #1)
author: Joanne Harris
name: Kean_Gray
average rating: 3.97
book published: 1999
rating: 4
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]]> The Secret Life of Bees 37435 The Secret Life of Bees tells the story of Lily Owens, whose life has been shaped around the blurred memory of the afternoon her mother was killed. When Lily's fierce-hearted black "stand-in mother," Rosaleen, insults three of the deepest racists in town, Lily decides to spring them both free. They escape to Tiburon, South Carolina--a town that holds the secret to her mother's past. Taken in by an eccentric trio of black beekeeping sisters, Lily is introduced to their mesmerizing world of bees and honey, and the Black Madonna. This is a remarkable novel about divine female power, a story women will share and pass on to their daughters for years to come.]]> 302 Sue Monk Kidd 0142001740 Kean_Gray 4 4.10 2001 The Secret Life of Bees
author: Sue Monk Kidd
name: Kean_Gray
average rating: 4.10
book published: 2001
rating: 4
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]]> Krabat 472626 296 Otfried PreuĂźler 3522144104 Kean_Gray 5 favorites 3.89 1971 Krabat
author: Otfried PreuĂźler
name: Kean_Gray
average rating: 3.89
book published: 1971
rating: 5
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]]> The Giver (The Giver, #1) 3636 208 Lois Lowry 0385732554 Kean_Gray 5 favorites 4.12 1993 The Giver (The Giver, #1)
author: Lois Lowry
name: Kean_Gray
average rating: 4.12
book published: 1993
rating: 5
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]]> The Book Thief 893136
YOU ARE GOING TO DIE.

1939. Nazi Germany. The country is holding its breath. Death has never been busier.

Liesel, a nine-year-old girl, is living with her foster family on Himmel Street. Her parents have been taken away to a concentration camp. Liesel steals books. This is her story and the story of the inhabitants of her street when the bombs begin to fall.

SOME MORE IMPORTANT INFORMATION:

THIS NOVEL IS NARRATED BY DEATH.

It's a small story, about:
a girl
an accordionist
some fanatical Germans
a Jewish fistfighter
and quite a lot of thievery.

ANOTHER THING YOU SHOULD KNOW:

DEATH WILL VISIT THE BOOK THIEF THREE TIMES.]]> 554 Markus Zusak 0552773891 Kean_Gray 5 4.43 2005 The Book Thief
author: Markus Zusak
name: Kean_Gray
average rating: 4.43
book published: 2005
rating: 5
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]]> Paper Towns 6442769 Who is the real Margo?

Quentin Jacobsen has spent a lifetime loving the magnificently adventurous Margo Roth Spiegelman from afar. So when she cracks open a window and climbs into his life—dressed like a ninja and summoning him for an ingenious campaign of revenge—he follows. After their all-nighter ends, and a new day breaks, Q arrives at school to discover that Margo, always an enigma, has now become a mystery. But Q soon learns that there are clues—and they're for him. Urged down a disconnected path, the closer he gets, the less Q sees the girl he thought he knew...]]> 305 John Green 014241493X Kean_Gray 4 3.68 2008 Paper Towns
author: John Green
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average rating: 3.68
book published: 2008
rating: 4
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]]> The Scent of Lemon Leaves 17399338 A sophisticated, nail-biting page-turner, this tale of memory, friendship, and deception won the Planeta Prize, Spain's equivalent of the National Book Award

Having left her job and boyfriend, 30-year-old Sandra decides to stay in a village on the Costa Blanca in order to take stock of her life and find a new direction. She befriends Karin and Fredrik, an elderly Norwegian couple, who provide her with stimulating company and take the place of the grandparents she never had. However, when she meets Julián, a former concentration-camp inmate who has just returned to Europe from Argentina, she discovers that all is not what it seems, and finds herself involved in a perilous quest for the truth as well as a powerful account of self-discovery and an exploration of history and redemption.]]> 400 Clara Sánchez 1846882435 Kean_Gray 2 3.44 2010 The Scent of Lemon Leaves
author: Clara Sánchez
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average rating: 3.44
book published: 2010
rating: 2
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]]> Will Grayson, Will Grayson 6567017
It's not that far from Evanston to Naperville, but Chicago suburbanites Will Grayson and Will Grayson might as well live on different planets. When fate delivers them both to the same surprising crossroads, the Will Graysons find their lives overlapping and hurtling in new and unexpected directions. With a push from friends new and old - including the massive, and massively fabulous, Tiny Cooper, offensive lineman and musical theater auteur extraordinaire - Will and Will begin building toward respective romantic turns-of-heart and the epic production of history's most awesome high school musical.]]> 320 John Green 0525421580 Kean_Gray 0 3.70 2010 Will Grayson, Will Grayson
author: John Green
name: Kean_Gray
average rating: 3.70
book published: 2010
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]]> Ugly Love 17788401
Never ask about the past.
Don’t expect a future.

They think they can handle it, but realize almost immediately they can’t handle it at all.

Hearts get infiltrated.
Promises get broken.
Rules get shattered.
Love gets ugly.]]> 330 Colleen Hoover Kean_Gray 0 to-read 4.01 2014 Ugly Love
author: Colleen Hoover
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average rating: 4.01
book published: 2014
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]]> The Picture of Dorian Gray 5297
In this celebrated work Wilde forged a devastating portrait of the effects of evil and debauchery on a young aesthete in late-19th-century England. Combining elements of the Gothic horror novel and decadent French fiction, the book centers on a striking premise: As Dorian Gray sinks into a life of crime and gross sensuality, his body retains perfect youth and vigor while his recently painted portrait grows day by day into a hideous record of evil, which he must keep hidden from the world. For over a century, this mesmerizing tale of horror and suspense has enjoyed wide popularity. It ranks as one of Wilde's most important creations and among the classic achievements of its kind.]]> 272 Oscar Wilde Kean_Gray 4 4.13 1890 The Picture of Dorian Gray
author: Oscar Wilde
name: Kean_Gray
average rating: 4.13
book published: 1890
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[Mad About the Boy (Bridget Jones, #3)]]> 17262155 Catorze anos após o último livro, Bridget Jones: No limite da razão, nossa heroína retoma seu diário abandonado e mostra que continua a mesma, e ainda mais viva - e ativa - do que nunca. O tempo se encarregou de trazer à sua vida outros dramas e dilemas, mas não levou embora seu jeito estabanado e a personalidade luminosa sem a qual ela não poderia enfrentar os momentos comoventes que a aguardam. Além de não descuidar da balança e manter-se longe dos cigarros, agora ela também precisa se preocupar com sites de relacionamentos, o número de seguidores no Twitter e os perigos de trocar mensagens de texto depois de algumas taças de vinho.
Ainda às voltas com os amores, Bridget tropeça em novas confusões e tenta em vão se esquivar das gafes que ajudaram a consagrá-la como uma das personagens mais divertidas da literatura feminina contemporânea, enquanto figuras antigas e recentes desfilam por sua vida - sobretudo um garoto misterioso que vem para balançar seriamente suas certezas.
Bridget Jones: Louca pelo garoto traz um desfecho inesperado para a história que já conhecemos, sem deixar de abrir portas a outras aventuras. Leitura obrigatória para qualquer mulher de hoje, o romance é um retrato fiel e bem-humorado das tribulações ao mesmo tempo trágicas e risíveis que compõem nosso dia a dia.]]> 400 Helen Fielding 0345807952 Kean_Gray 4 3.35 2013 Mad About the Boy (Bridget Jones, #3)
author: Helen Fielding
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average rating: 3.35
book published: 2013
rating: 4
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]]> The Color Master 17612910
Evocative, funny, sad and beautifully written, The Color Master cements Aimee Bender’s reputation as one of the most imaginative and exciting writers of our time.]]> 222 Aimee Bender 0091953898 Kean_Gray 4 3.68 2013 The Color Master
author: Aimee Bender
name: Kean_Gray
average rating: 3.68
book published: 2013
rating: 4
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]]> This Is How You Lose Her 13593562 213 Junot DĂ­az 1594486425 Kean_Gray 3 3.81 2010 This Is How You Lose Her
author: Junot DĂ­az
name: Kean_Gray
average rating: 3.81
book published: 2010
rating: 3
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]]> <![CDATA[The Cuckoo's Calling (Cormoran Strike, #1)]]> 16160834 561 Robert Galbraith Kean_Gray 4 3.94 2013 The Cuckoo's Calling (Cormoran Strike, #1)
author: Robert Galbraith
name: Kean_Gray
average rating: 3.94
book published: 2013
rating: 4
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]]> God Shaped Hole 18952257 Everyone said she was a fraud, that she was just making it up.
I'd really like to know why the hell a person would make up a thing like that.

Written with the snap, glitter and wit of The Girl's Guide to Hunting and Fishing, God-Shaped Hole is a memorable, poignant love story that will leave you weeping with laughter. It is told in the wry, vulnerable voice of Beatrice "Trixie" Jordan who replies to a personal ad, "If your intentions are pure I am seeking a friend for the end of the world."

In doing so, she meets Jacob Grace, a charming, effervescent thirty-something writer, a free spirit who is a passionate seeker of life. He possesses his own turn of phrase and ways of thinking and feeling that dissonantly harmonize with Trixie's off-center vision as they roller coaster through the joys and furies of their wrenching romance. Along the way they try to come to terms with the hurt brought about by their distant fathers who, in different ways, forsook them.

This story will prove so touching you will rush to share it with a friend or loved one or even a stranger.



]]> 338 Tiffanie DeBartolo Kean_Gray 0 to-read 4.06 2002 God Shaped Hole
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average rating: 4.06
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]]> <![CDATA[Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Harry Potter, #6)]]> 1 652 J.K. Rowling Kean_Gray 5 4.57 2005 Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Harry Potter, #6)
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average rating: 4.57
book published: 2005
rating: 5
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]]> Looking for Alaska 99561 Before. Miles “Pudge� Halter is done with his safe life at home. His whole life has been one big non-event, and his obsession with famous last words has only made him crave “the Great Perhaps� even more (Francois Rabelais, poet). He heads off to the sometimes crazy and anything-but-boring world of Culver Creek Boarding School, and his life becomes the opposite of safe. Because down the hall is Alaska Young. The gorgeous, clever, funny, sexy, self-destructive, screwed up, and utterly fascinating Alaska Young. She is an event unto herself. She pulls Pudge into her world, launches him into the Great Perhaps, and steals his heart. Then. . . .
After. Nothing is ever the same.]]> 221 John Green 1435249151 Kean_Gray 5 3.97 2005 Looking for Alaska
author: John Green
name: Kean_Gray
average rating: 3.97
book published: 2005
rating: 5
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]]> The Time Traveler's Wife 14050 537 Audrey Niffenegger 0965818675 Kean_Gray 5 3.90 2003 The Time Traveler's Wife
author: Audrey Niffenegger
name: Kean_Gray
average rating: 3.90
book published: 2003
rating: 5
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]]> Gone Girl 8442457 What have we done to each other?

These are the questions Nick Dunne finds himself asking on the morning of his fifth wedding anniversary when his wife Amy suddenly disappears. The police suspect Nick. Amy's friends reveal that she was afraid of him, that she kept secrets from him. He swears it isn't true. A police examination of his computer shows strange searches. He says they weren't made by him. And then there are the persistent calls on his mobile phone.

So what did happen to Nick's beautiful wife?]]> 399 Gillian Flynn Kean_Gray 0 to-read 3.93 2012 Gone Girl
author: Gillian Flynn
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average rating: 3.93
book published: 2012
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]]> <![CDATA[All Things Lit Like Fireflies: An Illumination of Words]]> 19204270
Turn these pages and let out the fireflies!]]> 154 C. JoyBell C. Kean_Gray 0 to-read 4.29 2013 All Things Lit Like Fireflies: An Illumination of Words
author: C. JoyBell C.
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average rating: 4.29
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]]> <![CDATA[The Sun Is Snowing: Poetry & Prose by C. Joybell C]]> 8565953
The Sun Is Snowing has been described by many as "a masterpiece" while others have said that it is "the key of angels"; "profound"; "passionate and romantic"; "beautiful" and "like an intimate talk with a friend."

The author herself just thinks that she can hear the angels whispering to her through the pages of her book, and if that be the only reason why she published it- to hear the angels' whispers; it would be reason enough!


Note: This edition is out-of-print, please look for the current, third edition, "The Sun Is Snowing: The Scrapbook."]]> 112 C. JoyBell C. 1449072135 Kean_Gray 0 to-read 4.39 2010 The Sun Is Snowing: Poetry & Prose by C. Joybell C
author: C. JoyBell C.
name: Kean_Gray
average rating: 4.39
book published: 2010
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]]> <![CDATA[All Things Dance Like Dragonflies]]> 17377749
Remember the last time you caught a dragonfly? It was a magical world you could take part of, you could capture the thing from a different dimension and put it in your own jar for safe keeping! Styled to make the unordinary things more tangible and attainable for ordinary, daily treasure-hunts, the words within this book will settle upon you sublimely, like readily dancing dragonflies!

Brought to you by a treasure-hunter, dragonfly-finder (and catcher), explorer of all things worth exploring, who wrote some books and said some things.]]> 140 C. JoyBell C. 1482010321 Kean_Gray 0 to-read 3.98 2013 All Things Dance Like Dragonflies
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]]> <![CDATA[The Suns Snow And The Sands Move: A thing of magic, a gift of poetry and prose.]]> 15996355 288 C. JoyBell C. 1478252456 Kean_Gray 0 to-read 4.65 2012 The Suns Snow And The Sands Move: A thing of magic, a gift of poetry and prose.
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]]> <![CDATA[I Am Malala: The Story of the Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban]]> 17851885 I come from a country that was created at midnight. When I almost died it was just after midday.

When the Taliban took control of the Swat Valley in Pakistan, one girl spoke out. Malala Yousafzai refused to be silenced and fought for her right to an education.

On Tuesday, October 9, 2012, when she was fifteen, she almost paid the ultimate price. She was shot in the head at point-blank range while riding the bus home from school, and few expected her to survive.

Instead, Malala's miraculous recovery has taken her on an extraordinary journey from a remote valley in northern Pakistan to the halls of the United Nations in New York. At sixteen, she has become a global symbol of peaceful protest and the youngest-ever Nobel Peace Prize laureate.

I Am Malala is the remarkable tale of a family uprooted by global terrorism, of the fight for girls' education, of a father who, himself a school owner, championed and encouraged his daughter to write and attend school, and of brave parents who have a fierce love for their daughter in a society that prizes sons.]]> 327 Malala Yousafzai 0316322407 Kean_Gray 0 to-read 4.15 2012 I Am Malala: The Story of the Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban
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]]> <![CDATA[The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time]]> 1618 226 Mark Haddon 1400032717 Kean_Gray 4 3.89 2003 The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
author: Mark Haddon
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average rating: 3.89
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rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[Laurie's Song (Sweet Dreams, #3)]]> 2186705 144 Suzanne Rand 0553243187 Kean_Gray 3 3.38 1981 Laurie's Song (Sweet Dreams, #3)
author: Suzanne Rand
name: Kean_Gray
average rating: 3.38
book published: 1981
rating: 3
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]]> <![CDATA[Ten-Boy Summer (Sweet Dreams, #18)]]> 2140321 164 Janet Quin Harkin 0553225197 Kean_Gray 3 3.52 1983 Ten-Boy Summer (Sweet Dreams, #18)
author: Janet Quin Harkin
name: Kean_Gray
average rating: 3.52
book published: 1983
rating: 3
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]]> <![CDATA[The Greatest Salesman in the World]]> 356896
The Greatest Salesman in the World is a book that serves as a guide to a philosophy of salesmanship, and success, telling the story of Hafid, a poor camel boy who achieves a life of abundance.]]> 118 Og Mandino 055327757X Kean_Gray 5 4.21 1968 The Greatest Salesman in the World
author: Og Mandino
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average rating: 4.21
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rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[The Boy Next Door (Love Stories For Young Adults, #4)]]> 307995
Rich and Amber have a wonderful time together. But when her friends from New York City come to visit, Amber is homesick for city life all over again. Now she's torn between two loves, and she must choose .]]> 181 Janet Quin-Harkin 0553566636 Kean_Gray 3 3.89 1995 The Boy Next Door (Love Stories For Young Adults, #4)
author: Janet Quin-Harkin
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average rating: 3.89
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rating: 3
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]]> <![CDATA[P. S. I Love You (Sweet Dreams, #1)]]> 42166 Vintage paperback 133 Barbara Conklin 0553140191 Kean_Gray 4 4.13 1981 P. S. I Love You (Sweet Dreams, #1)
author: Barbara Conklin
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average rating: 4.13
book published: 1981
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[Anne Frank's Tales from the Secret Annex: A Collection of Her Short Stories, Fables, and Lesser-Known Writings]]> 58728
Tales from the Secret Annex is aĚýĚýcomplete collection of Anne Frank's lesser-knownĚýĚýwritings: short stories, fables, personal reminiscences,ĚýĚýand an unfinished novel. Here, too, are portionsĚýĚýof the diary originally withheld from publicationĚýĚýby her father. By turns fantastical, rebellious,ĚýĚýtouching, funny, and heartbreaking, these writingsĚýĚýreveal the astonishing range of Anne Frank'sĚýĚýwisdom and imagination--as well as her indomitable loveĚýĚýof life. Anne Frank'sĚýĚýTales from the Secret Annex is aĚýĚýtestaments to this determined young woman's extraordinaryĚýĚýgenius and to the persistent strength of theĚýĚýcreative spirit.


From the Paperback edition.]]> 189 Anne Frank 0553586386 Kean_Gray 5 4.27 1960 Anne Frank's Tales from the Secret Annex: A Collection of Her Short Stories, Fables, and Lesser-Known Writings
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]]> Jonathan Livingston Seagull 6981515 Experience Jonathan Livingston Seagull’s timeless and inspirational message like never before in the new complete edition of this philosophical classic, perfect for readers of all ages—now with a fourth part of Jonathan’s journey, as well as last words from author Richard Bach.This is the story for people who follow their hearts and make their own rules…people who get special pleasure out of doing something well, even if only for themselves…people who know there’s more to this living than meets the they’ll be right there with Jonathan, flying higher and faster than they ever dreamed.A pioneering work that wed graphics with words, Jonathan Livingston Seagull now enjoys a whole new life.]]> 112 Richard Bach 143916729X Kean_Gray 0 to-read 3.70 1970 Jonathan Livingston Seagull
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]]> <![CDATA[This Shattered World (Starbound, #2)]]> 13138734 The second installment in the epic Starbound trilogy introduces a new pair of star-crossed lovers on two sides of a bloody war.

Jubilee Chase and Flynn Cormac should never have met.

Lee is captain of the forces sent to Avon to crush the terraformed planet's rebellious colonists, but she has her own reasons for hating the insurgents.

Rebellion is in Flynn's blood. Terraforming corporations make their fortune by recruiting colonists to make the inhospitable planets livable, with the promise of a better life for their children. But they never fulfilled their promise on Avon, and decades later, Flynn is leading the rebellion.

Desperate for any advantage in a bloody and unrelentingly war, Flynn does the only thing that makes sense when he and Lee cross paths: he returns to base with her as prisoner. But as his fellow rebels prepare to execute this tough-talking girl with nerves of steel, Flynn makes another choice that will change him forever. He and Lee escape the rebel base together, caught between two sides of a senseless war.]]> 394 Amie Kaufman 1423171039 Kean_Gray 0 to-read 3.94 2014 This Shattered World (Starbound, #2)
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]]> Every Day (Every Day, #1) 13262783 Every day a different body. Every day a different life. Every day in love with the same girl.
There’s never any warning about where it will be or who it will be. A has made peace with that, even established guidelines by which to live: Never get too attached. Avoid being noticed. Do not interfere.

It’s all fine until the morning that A wakes up in the body of Justin and meets Justin’s girlfriend, Rhiannon. From that moment, the rules by which A has been living no longer apply. Because finally A has found someone A wants to be with—day in, day out, day after day.]]> 322 David Levithan 0307931889 Kean_Gray 0 to-read 3.91 2012 Every Day (Every Day, #1)
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]]> The Great Gatsby 4671 The only edition of the beloved classic that is authorized by Fitzgerald’s family and from his lifelong publisher.

This edition is the enduring original text, updated with the author’s own revisions, a foreword by his granddaughter, and with a new introduction by National Book Award winner Jesmyn Ward.

The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald’s third book, stands as the supreme achievement of his career. First published by Scribner in 1925, this quintessential novel of the Jazz Age has been acclaimed by generations of readers. The story of the mysteriously wealthy Jay Gatsby and his love for the beautiful Daisy Buchanan is an exquisitely crafted tale of America in the 1920s.]]> 180 F. Scott Fitzgerald 0743273567 Kean_Gray 4 3.93 1925 The Great Gatsby
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rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[These Broken Stars (Starbound, #1)]]> 13138635
Lilac is the daughter of the richest man in the universe. Tarver comes from nothing, a young war hero who learned long ago that girls like Lilac are more trouble than they’re worth. But with only each other to rely on, Lilac and Tarver must work together, making a tortuous journey across the eerie, deserted terrain to seek help.

Then, against all odds, Lilac and Tarver find a strange blessing in the tragedy that has thrown them into each other’s arms. Without the hope of a future together in their own world, they begin to wonder—would they be better off staying here forever?

Everything changes when they uncover the truth behind the chilling whispers that haunt their every step. Lilac and Tarver may find a way off this planet. But they won’t be the same people who landed on it.

The Starbound Trilogy: Three worlds. Three love stories. One enemy.]]> 389 Amie Kaufman 1423171020 Kean_Gray 0 to-read 3.89 2013 These Broken Stars (Starbound, #1)
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]]> <![CDATA[Hyperbole and a Half: Unfortunate Situations, Flawed Coping Mechanisms, Mayhem, and Other Things That Happened]]> 17571007
So I decided to just make a list of things that are in the book:

Pictures
Words
Stories about things that happened to me
Stories about things that happened to other people because of me
Eight billion dollars*
Stories about dogs
The secret to eternal happiness*

*These are lies. Perhaps I have underestimated my sneakiness!]]> 385 Allie Brosh 1451666187 Kean_Gray 0 to-read 4.25 2013 Hyperbole and a Half: Unfortunate Situations, Flawed Coping Mechanisms, Mayhem, and Other Things That Happened
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]]> <![CDATA[Tequila Mockingbird: Cocktails with a Literary Twist]]> 15843172 War and Peace, burned through Fahrenheit 451, and sailed through Moby-Dick. All right, you nearly drowned in Moby-Dick, but you made it to shore—and you deserve a drink!

A fun gift for barflies and a terrific treat for book clubs, Tequila Mockingbird is the ultimate cocktail book for the literary obsessed. Featuring 65 delicious drink recipes—paired with wry commentary on history's most beloved novels—the book also includes bar bites, drinking games, and whimsical illustrations throughout.

Even if you don't have a B.A. in English, tonight you're gonna drink like you do. Drinks include:

- The Pitcher of Dorian Grey Goose
- The Last of the Mojitos
- Love in the Time of Kahlua
- Romeo and Julep
- A Rum of One’s Own
- Are You There, God? It’s Me, Margarita
- Vermouth the Bell Tolls
and more!]]> 160 Tim Federle 0762448652 Kean_Gray 0 to-read 4.06 2013 Tequila Mockingbird: Cocktails with a Literary Twist
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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 Kean_Gray 0 to-read 3.76 2013 Life After Life (Todd Family, #1)
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]]> <![CDATA[The Ocean at the End of the Lane]]> 15783514
Forty years earlier, a man committed suicide in a stolen car at this farm at the end of the road. Like a fuse on a firework, his death lit a touchpaper and resonated in unimaginable ways. The darkness was unleashed, something scary and thoroughly incomprehensible to a little boy. And Lettie—magical, comforting, wise beyond her years—promised to protect him, no matter what.

A groundbreaking work from a master, The Ocean at the End of the Lane is told with a rare understanding of all that makes us human, and shows the power of stories to reveal and shelter us from the darkness inside and out. It is a stirring, terrifying, and elegiac fable as delicate as a butterfly's wing and as menacing as a knife in the dark.]]> 181 Neil Gaiman 0062255657 Kean_Gray 0 to-read 4.00 2013 The Ocean at the End of the Lane
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]]> The Fault in Our Stars 11870085
Insightful, bold, irreverent, and raw, The Fault in Our Stars is award-winning author John Green's most ambitious and heartbreaking work yet, brilliantly exploring the funny, thrilling, and tragic business of being alive and in love.]]> 313 John Green Kean_Gray 4 4.13 2012 The Fault in Our Stars
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average rating: 4.13
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rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[The Diary of AnaĂŻs Nin, Vol. 3: 1939-1944]]> 11044 348 AnaĂŻs Nin 0156260271 Kean_Gray 0 to-read 4.19 1969 The Diary of AnaĂŻs Nin, Vol. 3: 1939-1944
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average rating: 4.19
book published: 1969
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]]> <![CDATA[The Perks of Being a Wallflower]]> 13573503 The Perks of Being a Wallflower is a story about what it’s like to travel that strange course through the uncharted territory of high school. The world of first dates, family dramas, and new friends. Of sex, drugs, and The Rocky Horror Picture Show. Of those wild and poignant roller-coaster days known as growing up.]]> 213 Stephen Chbosky 1451696191 Kean_Gray 5 4.17 1999 The Perks of Being a Wallflower
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average rating: 4.17
book published: 1999
rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[The Awakening and Selected Stories]]> 16076 The Awakening
Beyond the Bayou
Ma'ame Pelagie
Desiree's Baby
A Respectable Woman
The Kiss
A Pair of Silk Stockings
The Locket
A Reflection
At the 'Cadian Ball
The Storm]]> 296 Kate Chopin Kean_Gray 4 3.91 1899 The Awakening and Selected Stories
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average rating: 3.91
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rating: 4
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]]> Black and Blue 9466280 Now she is starting over in a city far from home, far from Bobby. In this place she uses a name that isn’t hers, watches over her son, and tries to forget. For the woman who now calls herself Beth, every day is a chance to heal, to put together the pieces of her shattered self. And every day she waits for Bobby to catch up to her. Bobby always said he would never let her go, and despite the ingenuity of her escape, Fran Benedetto is certain of one thing: It is only a matter of time.


From the Trade Paperback edition.]]> 288 Anna Quindlen Kean_Gray 2 3.96 1998 Black and Blue
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average rating: 3.96
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]]> A Map of the World 2370618 Two cassettes, 3 hours

One unremarkable June morning, Alice Goodwin is, as usual, trying to keep in check both her temper and her tendency to blame herself for her family's shortcomings.ĚýĚýWhen the Goodwins took over the last dairy farm in the small Midwestern town of Prairie Center, they envisioned their home a self-made paradise.ĚýĚýBut these days, as Alice is all too aware, her elder daughter Emma is prone to inexplicable fits of rage, her husband Howard distrusts her maternal competence, and Prairie Center's tight-knit suburban community shows no signs of warming to "those hippies who think they can run a farm."ĚýĚýA loner by nature, Alice is torn between a yearning for solitude coupled with a deep need to be at the center of a perfect family.

On this particular day, Emma has started the morning with a violent tantrum, her little sister Claire is eating pennies, and it is Alice's turn to watch her neighbor's two small girls as well as her own.ĚýĚýShe absentmindedly steals a minute alone that quickly becomes time enough for a devastating accident to occur.ĚýĚýHer neighbor's daughter Lizzy drowns in the farm's pond, and Alice - whose own volatility and unmasked directness keep her on the outskirts of acceptance - becomes the perfect scapegoat.ĚýĚýAt the same time, a seemingly trivial incident from Alice's past resurfaces and takes on gigantic proportions, leading the Goodwins far from Lizzy's death into a maze of guilt and doubt culminating in a harrowing court trial and the family's shattering downfall.]]> 0 Jane Hamilton 0553527371 Kean_Gray 2 3.80 1992 A Map of the World
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]]> While I Was Gone (Abridged) 1160078 Oprah Book Club® Selection, May 2000: In her still startling debut, The Good Mother, Sue Miller explored the premium we put on passion--and the terrible burden it places on a mother and child. Her fourth novel, While I Was Gone, is another study in familial crime and punishment. But this time, her wife and good mother is accessory to more than emotional malfeasance. Jo Becker has everything a woman could desire: a loving spouse, contented children, and a nice dog or two. When her New England veterinary practice takes on a new client, however, her past comes back to haunt her. Long ago, it seems, Jo had escaped her family and identity for a commune in Cambridge. Her Aquarian illusions came to an abrupt, bloody end when one of her housemates was brutally murdered.

Now this unhappy era returns in the person of Eli Mayhew, who had been the odd man out in Jo's boho household. His appearance is both tantalizing and upsetting: "Inside, I slowed down. I felt numbed. I had two last patients, and then I told Beattie to go home, that I'd close up.... I refiled the last charts, sprayed and wiped the examining table. I reviewed my list of routine surgeries for Wednesday. All the while I was thinking of Eli Mayhew, and of Dana and Larry and Duncan and me, and our lives in the house. Of the horrible way it had all ended." Sue Miller's fine novel is a penetrating--and sensuous--portrait of a woman besieged by her conscience. While I Was Gone also demonstrates that in the face of distance and betrayal, a little knowledge can be a dangerous thing indeed. --Winnie Wheaton

]]> 0 Sue Miller 0375416641 Kean_Gray 2 3.78 1999 While I Was Gone (Abridged)
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]]> Gap Creek 77398
But Julie and Hank's new life in the valley, in the last years of the nineteenth century, is more complicated than the couple ever imagined. Sometimes it's hard to tell what to fear most—the fires and floods or the flesh-and-blood grifters, drunks, and busybodies who insinuate themselves into their new life. To survive, they must find out whether love can keep chaos and madness at bay. Their struggles with nature, with work, with the changing century, and with the disappointments and triumphs of their union make Gap Creek a timeless story of a marriage.

A native of the North Carolina mountains, Robert Morgan was raised on land settled by his Welsh ancestors. An accomplished novelist and poet, he has won the James B. Hanes Poetry Prize, the North Carolina Award in Literature, and the Jacaranda Review Fiction Prize. His short stories have appeared in Prize Stories: The O. Henry Awards and New Stories from the South, and his novel The Truest Pleasure was a finalist for the Southern Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction.]]> 336 Robert Morgan 0743203631 Kean_Gray 3 3.75 1999 Gap Creek
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average rating: 3.75
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]]> The God of Small Things 824360 The God of Small Things is an award-winning landmark that started for its author an esteemed career of fiction and political commentary that continues unabated.]]> 340 Arundhati Roy 0006551092 Kean_Gray 4 3.87 1997 The God of Small Things
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name: Kean_Gray
average rating: 3.87
book published: 1997
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[Fifty Shades of Grey (Fifty Shades, #1)]]> 10818853 Ěý
Shocked yet thrilled by Grey’s singular erotic tastes, Ana hesitates. For all the trappings of success—his multinational businesses, his vast wealth, his loving family—Grey is a man tormented by demons and consumed by the need to control. When the couple embarks on a daring, passionately physical affair, Ana discovers Christian Grey’s secrets and explores her own dark desires.

Erotic, amusing, and deeply moving, the Fifty Shades Trilogy is a tale that will obsess you, possess you, and stay with you forever.

This book is intended for mature audiences.]]> 356 E.L. James 1612130291 Kean_Gray 2 3.68 2011 Fifty Shades of Grey (Fifty Shades, #1)
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average rating: 3.68
book published: 2011
rating: 2
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]]> The Sense of an Ending 10746542 An alternative cover edition for this ISBN can be found here

By an acclaimed writer at the height of his powers, The Sense of an Ending extends a streak of extraordinary books that began with the best-selling Arthur & George and continued with Nothing to Be Frightened Of and, most recently, Pulse.

This intense novel follows a middle-aged man as he contends with a past he has never much thought about - until his closest childhood friends return with a vengeance, one of them from the grave, another maddeningly present. Tony Webster thought he'd left all this behind as he built a life for himself, and by now his marriage and family and career have fallen into an amicable divorce and retirement. But he is then presented with a mysterious legacy that obliges him to reconsider a variety of things he thought he'd understood all along, and to revise his estimation of his own nature and place in the world.

A novel so compelling that it begs to be read in a single sitting, with stunning psychological and emotional depth and sophistication, The Sense of an Ending is a brilliant new chapter in Julian Barnes's oeuvre.]]> 150 Julian Barnes 0224094157 Kean_Gray 2 3.73 2011 The Sense of an Ending
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average rating: 3.73
book published: 2011
rating: 2
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]]> Sarah's Key 2515790
Paris, May 2002: On Vel� d’Hiv’s 60th anniversary, journalist Julia Jarmond is asked to write an article about this black day in France's past. Through her contemporary investigation, she stumbles onto a trail of long-hidden family secrets that connect her to Sarah. Julia finds herself compelled to retrace the girl's ordeal, from that terrible term in the Vel d'Hiv', to the camps, and beyond. As she probes into Sarah's past, she begins to question her own place in France, and to reevaluate her marriage and her life.]]> 293 Tatiana de Rosnay 0719524520 Kean_Gray 2 3.93 2006 Sarah's Key
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average rating: 3.93
book published: 2006
rating: 2
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]]> Kafka on the Shore 4929 Kafka on the Shore, a tour de force of metaphysical reality, is powered by two remarkable characters: a teenage boy, Kafka Tamura, who runs away from home either to escape a gruesome oedipal prophecy or to search for his long-missing mother and sister; and an aging simpleton called Nakata, who never recovered from a wartime affliction and now is drawn toward Kafka for reasons that, like the most basic activities of daily life, he cannot fathom. Their odyssey, as mysterious to them as it is to us, is enriched throughout by vivid accomplices and mesmerizing events. Cats and people carry on conversations, a ghostlike pimp employs a Hegel-quoting prostitute, a forest harbors soldiers apparently unaged since World War II, and rainstorms of fish (and worse) fall from the sky. There is a brutal murder, with the identity of both victim and perpetrator a riddle—yet this, along with everything else, is eventually answered, just as the entwined destinies of Kafka and Nakata are gradually revealed, with one escaping his fate entirely and the other given a fresh start on his own.]]> 467 Haruki Murakami 1400079276 Kean_Gray 2 4.14 2002 Kafka on the Shore
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average rating: 4.14
book published: 2002
rating: 2
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]]> Charlotte’s Web 24178 Stuart Little and The Trumpet of the Swan, is a classic of children's literature that is "just about perfect." This high-quality paperback features vibrant illustrations colorized by Rosemary Wells!

Some Pig. Humble. Radiant. These are the words in Charlotte's Web, high up in Zuckerman's barn. Charlotte's spiderweb tells of her feelings for a little pig named Wilbur, who simply wants a friend. They also express the love of a girl named Fern, who saved Wilbur's life when he was born the runt of his litter.

E. B. White's Newbery Honor Book is a tender novel of friendship, love, life, and death that will continue to be enjoyed by generations to come. This edition contains newly color illustrations by Garth Williams, the acclaimed illustrator of E. B. White's Stuart Little and Laura Ingalls Wilder's Little House series, among many other books.]]> 184 E.B. White 0064410935 Kean_Gray 5 4.20 1952 Charlotte’s Web
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average rating: 4.20
book published: 1952
rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[La Bella Figura: A Field Guide to the Italian Mind]]> 581712
Dieci giorni, trenta luoghi. Da nord a sud, dal cibo allo sport, dalla morale alla politica. Un'esplorazione ironica, metodica e sentimentale.]]> 217 Beppe Severgnini 0767914406 Kean_Gray 4 3.25 2005 La Bella Figura: A Field Guide to the Italian Mind
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average rating: 3.25
book published: 2005
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[The Boy in the Striped Pajamas]]> 4378870
Fences like this exist all over the world. We hope you never have to encounter one.]]> 218 John Boyne 0385751893 Kean_Gray 2 3.92 2006 The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
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average rating: 3.92
book published: 2006
rating: 2
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]]> One True Thing 176839 320 Anna Quindlen 0812976185 Kean_Gray 3 4.04 1994 One True Thing
author: Anna Quindlen
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average rating: 4.04
book published: 1994
rating: 3
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]]> <![CDATA[Hannibal (Hannibal Lecter, #3)]]> 32418 564 Thomas Harris Kean_Gray 3 3.82 1999 Hannibal (Hannibal Lecter, #3)
author: Thomas Harris
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average rating: 3.82
book published: 1999
rating: 3
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]]> Drowning Ruth 5171 368 Christina Schwarz 0345439104 Kean_Gray 3 3.75 2000 Drowning Ruth
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]]> The Selected Poetry 60316 Renascence and Other Poems, A Few Figs from This-tles, and Second April, as well as in “The Ballad of the Harp-Weaver� and eight sonnets from the early twenties. As Milford writes in her Introduction, “These are the poems that made Edna St. Vincent Millay’s reputation when she was young. Saucy, insolent, flip, and defiant, her little verses sting the page.”]]> 160 Edna St. Vincent Millay 0375761233 Kean_Gray 5 4.20 1991 The Selected Poetry
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average rating: 4.20
book published: 1991
rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, #3)]]> 7260188 My name is Katniss Everdeen.
Why am I not dead?
I should be dead.

Katniss Everdeen, girl on fire, has survived, even though her home has been destroyed. Gale has escaped. Katniss's family is safe. Peeta has been captured by the Capitol. District 13 really does exist. There are rebels. There are new leaders. A revolution is unfolding.

It is by design that Katniss was rescued from the arena in the cruel and haunting Quarter Quell, and it is by design that she has long been part of the revolution without knowing it. District 13 has come out of the shadows and is plotting to overthrow the Capitol. Everyone, it seems, has had a hand in the carefully laid plans—except Katniss.

The success of the rebellion hinges on Katniss's willingness to be a pawn, to accept responsibility for countless lives, and to change the course of the future of Panem. To do this, she must put aside her feelings of anger and distrust. She must become the rebels' Mockingjay—no matter what the personal cost.]]> 390 Suzanne Collins 0439023513 Kean_Gray 5 4.10 2010 Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, #3)
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average rating: 4.10
book published: 2010
rating: 5
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]]> The Power (The Secret, #2) 8579016 The Secret revealed the law of attraction. Now Rhonda Byrne reveals the greatest power in the universe�The Power to have anything you want.

In this book you will come to understand that all it takes is just one thing to change your relationships, money, health, happiness, career, and your entire life. Every discovery, invention, and human creation comes from The Power. Perfect health, incredible relationships, a career you love, a life filled with happiness, and the money you need to be, do, and have everything you want, all come from The Power. The life of your dreams has always been closer to you than you realized, because The Power—to have everything good in your life—is inside you. To create anything, to change anything, all it takes is just one thing…THE POWER.]]> 272 Rhonda Byrne 1439181780 Kean_Gray 4 4.07 2010 The Power (The Secret, #2)
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average rating: 4.07
book published: 2010
rating: 4
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]]> Silk 592553
Subtle, tender and surprising, Silk is an evocative tale of erotic possession.]]> 148 Alessandro Baricco 1841958352 Kean_Gray 4 3.80 1996 Silk
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average rating: 3.80
book published: 1996
rating: 4
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]]> Tara Road 5196
Drawn into lifestyles vastly differing from their own, at first each resents the news of how well the other is getting on. Ria seems to have become quite a hostess, entertaining half the neighborhood, which at first irritates the reserved and withdrawn Marilyn, a woman who has always guarded her privacy. Marilyn seems to have become bosom friends with Ria's children, as well as with Colm, a handsome restaurateur, whom Ria has begun to miss terribly. At the end of the summer, the women at last meet face-to-face. Having learned a great deal, about themselves and about each other, they find that they have become, firmly and forever, good friends.

A moving story rendered with the deft touch of a master artisan, "Tara Road" is Maeve Binchy at her very best � utterly beautiful, hauntingly unforgettable, entirely original, and wholly enjoyable.]]> 648 Maeve Binchy 0440235596 Kean_Gray 3 3.93 1998 Tara Road
author: Maeve Binchy
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average rating: 3.93
book published: 1998
rating: 3
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]]> Where the Heart Is 5168 376 Billie Letts 0446672211 Kean_Gray 4 4.04 1995 Where the Heart Is
author: Billie Letts
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average rating: 4.04
book published: 1995
rating: 4
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]]> The Jane Austen Book Club 2152 The Extraordinary New York Times Bestseller

In California's central valley, five women and one man join to discuss Jane Austen's novels. Over the six months they get together, marriages are tested, affairs begin, unsuitable arrangements become suitable, and love happens. With her eye for the frailties of human behavior and her ear for the absurdities of social intercourse, Karen Joy Fowler has never been wittier nor her characters more appealing. The result is a delicious dissection of modern relationships.

Dedicated Austenites will delight in unearthing the echoes of Austen that run through the novel, but most readers will simply enjoy the vision and voice that, despite two centuries of separation, unite two great writers of brilliant social comedy.

]]> 288 Karen Joy Fowler 0452286530 Kean_Gray 2 3.12 2004 The Jane Austen Book Club
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average rating: 3.12
book published: 2004
rating: 2
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]]> <![CDATA[Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason (Bridget Jones, #2)]]> 363752 352 Helen Fielding 0140298479 Kean_Gray 4 3.64 1999 Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason (Bridget Jones, #2)
author: Helen Fielding
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average rating: 3.64
book published: 1999
rating: 4
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]]> Here On Earth 1409711 Alice Hoffman 0099275481 Kean_Gray 1 3.06 1997 Here On Earth
author: Alice Hoffman
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average rating: 3.06
book published: 1997
rating: 1
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]]> The Language of Flowers 10032672 Ěý
Look for special features inside. Join the Circle for author chats and more.]]> 323 Vanessa Diffenbaugh 034552554X Kean_Gray 4 4.09 2011 The Language of Flowers
author: Vanessa Diffenbaugh
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average rating: 4.09
book published: 2011
rating: 4
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]]> The Violets of March 9724798 A heartbroken woman stumbled upon a diary and steps into the life of its anonymous author.

In her twenties, Emily Wilson was on top of the world: she had a bestselling novel, a husband plucked from the pages of GQ, and a one-way ticket to happily ever after.

Ten years later, the tide has turned on Emily's good fortune. So when her great-aunt Bee invites her to spend the month of March on Bainbridge Island in Washington State, Emily accepts, longing to be healed by the sea. Researching her next book, Emily discovers a red velvet diary, dated 1943, whose contents reveal startling connections to her own life.

A mesmerizing debut with an idyllic setting and intriguing dual story line, The Violets of March announces Sarah Jio as a writer to watch.]]> 296 Sarah Jio 0452297036 Kean_Gray 0 to-read 3.82 2011 The Violets of March
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]]> Sing Me to Sleep 6586512
Beth has always been "The Beast", that's what everyone at school calls her because of her awkward height, facial scars, and thick glasses. Beth's only friend is geeky, golden-haired Scott. That is, until she's selected to be her choir's soprano soloist, and receives the makeover that will change her life forever.

THE LOVE AFFAIR

When Beth's choir travels to Switzerland, she meets Derek: pale, brooding, totally dreamy. Derek's untethered passion, for music, and for Beth, leaves her breathless. Because in Derek's eyes? She's not The Beast, she's The Beauty.

THE IMPOSSIBLE CHOICE

When Beth comes home, Scott, her best friend in the world, makes a confession that leaves her completely torn. Should she stand by sweet, steady Scott or follow the dangerous, intense new feelings she has for Derek?

THE HEARTBREAK

The closer Beth gets to Derek, the further away he seems. Then Beth discovers that Derek's been hiding a dark secret from her that could shatter everything.]]> 301 Angela Morrison 1595142754 Kean_Gray 0 to-read 3.96 2010 Sing Me to Sleep
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]]> <![CDATA[Slightly Single (Slightly, #1)]]> 22772 For every girl who's ever endured a long, hot urban summer on her own, Slightly Single is the summer breeze you've been waiting for!

A heat wave in Manhattan is enough to drive a girl crazy, and for Tracey Spadolini, a 24-year old New York transplant who's been "left behind" for the summer, there's even more to sweat about. Her Slightly Significant Other, Will, will be returning from summer stock in September, to pick up where they left off. (Or will he?)

But, in the days after Will's departure, Tracey decides it's time for a reality check. Her un-air-conditioned East Village apartment is a dump, her entry-level ad job sucks, her thighs don't seem to be getting any thinner, and Will seems to have dropped off the face of the earth. So, Tracey, with the help of her friends and one very attentive guy, decides to spend her summer reinventing herself . . . and taking a chance on liking the new woman she becomes.

A refreshingly honest account of universal female dilemmas, Slightly Single is an engaging story of one young woman's search for happiness.

]]> 384 Wendy Markham 0373810792 Kean_Gray 0 to-read 3.46 2002 Slightly Single (Slightly, #1)
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]]> <![CDATA[Mr. Darcy's Diary (Jane Austen Heroes, #1)]]> 99297 ""I left London today and met Bingley at Netherfield Park. I had forgotten what good company he is; always ready to be pleased and always cheerful. After my difficult summer, it is good to be with him again. ...""

The only place Darcy could share his innermost feelings was in the private pages of his diary...

Torn between his sense of duty to his family name and his growing passion for Elizabeth Bennet, all he can do is struggle not to fall in love.

Mr. Darcy's Diary presents the story of the unlikely courtship of Elizabeth Bennet and Fitzwilliam Darcy from Darcy's point of view. This graceful imagining and sequel to Pride and Prejudice explains Darcy's moodiness and the difficulties of his reluctant relationship as he struggles to avoid falling in love with Miss Bennet. Though seemingly stiff and stubborn at times, Darcy's words prove him also to be quite devoted and endearing - qualities that eventually win over Miss Bennet's heart. This continuation of a classic romantic novel is charming and elegant, much like Darcy himself.

Pride and Prejudice has inspired a large number of modern day sequels, the most successful of which focus on the rich, proud Mr. Darcy.]]> 329 Amanda Grange 1402208766 Kean_Gray 0 to-read 3.66 2005 Mr. Darcy's Diary (Jane Austen Heroes, #1)
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]]> The History of Love 3867
Across New York an old man called Leo Gursky is trying to survive a little bit longer. He spends his days dreaming of the lost love who, sixty years ago in Poland, inspired him to write a book. And although he doesn't know it yet, that book also survived: crossing oceans and generations, and changing lives...

An alternative cover edition for this ISBN can be found here]]> 255 Nicole Krauss 0393328627 Kean_Gray 0 to-read 3.92 2005 The History of Love
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]]> Those Who Save Us 49465
Driven by the guilt of her heritage, Trudy, now a professor of German history, begins investigating the past and finally unearths the dramatic and heartbreaking truth of her mother's life.

Combining a passionate, doomed love story, a vivid evocation of life during the war, and a poignant mother/daughter drama, Those Who Save Us is a profound exploration of what we endure to survive and the legacy of shame.]]> 479 Jenna Blum 0156031663 Kean_Gray 0 to-read 4.10 2004 Those Who Save Us
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]]> <![CDATA[Bridge to the Soul: Journeys Into the Music and Silence of the Heart]]> 225836 158 Jalal ad-Din Muhammad ar-Rumi 0061338168 Kean_Gray 0 to-read 4.20 2007 Bridge to the Soul: Journeys Into the Music and Silence of the Heart
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]]> <![CDATA[The Book of Love: Poems of Ecstasy and Longing]]> 67376
′There are lovers content with longing.

I′m not one of them.�

Rumi is best known for his poems expressing the ecstasies and mysteries of love of all kinds - erotic, divine, friendship -and Coleman Barks collects here the best of those poems, ranging from the ′wholeness� one experiences with a true lover, to the grief of a lover′s loss, and all the states in between: from the madness of sudden love to the shifting of a romance to deep friendship - these poems cover all ′the magnificent regions of the heart�.]]> 206 Jalal ad-Din Muhammad ar-Rumi 0060750502 Kean_Gray 0 to-read 4.31 2002 The Book of Love: Poems of Ecstasy and Longing
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]]> Wildflower Hill 10002296 524 Kimberley Freeman 1451623496 Kean_Gray 0 to-read 4.08 2010 Wildflower Hill
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]]> <![CDATA[The Art of Hearing Heartbeats (The Art of Hearing Heartbeats, #1)]]> 11331421
When a successful New York lawyer suddenly disappears without a trace, neither his wife nor his daughter Julia has any idea where he might be…until they find a love letter he wrote many years ago, to a Burmese woman they have never heard of. Intent on solving the mystery and coming to terms with her father’s past, Julia decides to travel to the village where the woman lived. There she uncovers a tale of unimaginable hardship, resilience, and passion that will reaffirm the reader’s belief in the power of love to move mountains.]]> 325 Jan-Philipp Sendker 1590514637 Kean_Gray 0 to-read 4.01 2002 The Art of Hearing Heartbeats (The Art of Hearing Heartbeats, #1)
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]]> <![CDATA[These Is My Words: The Diary of Sarah Agnes Prine, 1881-1901, Arizona Territories (Sarah Agnes Prine, #1)]]> 348225
Rich in authentic everyday details and alive with truly unforgettable characters, These Is My Words brilliantly brings a vanished world to breathtaking life again.]]> 384 Nancy E. Turner 0060987510 Kean_Gray 0 to-read 4.36 1998 These Is My Words: The Diary of Sarah Agnes Prine, 1881-1901, Arizona Territories (Sarah Agnes Prine, #1)
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]]> Mornings in Jenin 6692041 In the refugee camp of Jenin, Amal is born into a world of loss—of home, country, and heritage. Her Palestinian family was driven from their ancestral village by the newly formed state of Israel in 1948. As the villagers fled that day, Amal's older brother, just a baby, was stolen away by an Israeli soldier. In Jenin, the adults subsist on memories, waiting to return to the homes they love. Amal's mother has walled away her heart with grief, and her father labors all day. But in the fleeting peacefulness of dawn, he reads to his young daughter daily, and she can feel his love for her, "as big as the ocean and all its fishes." On those quiet mornings, they dream together of a brighter future.

This is Amal's story, the story of one family's struggle and survival through over sixty years of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, carrying us from Jenin to Jerusalem, to Lebanon and the anonymity of America. It is a story shaped by scars and fear, but also by the transformative intimacy of marriage and the fierce protectiveness of motherhood. It is a story of faith, forgiveness, and life-sustaining love.

Mornings in Jenin is haunting and heart-wrenching, a novel of vital contemporary importance. Lending human voices to the headlines, it forces us to take a fresh look at one of the defining political conflicts of our lifetimes.]]> 331 Susan Abulhawa 1608190463 Kean_Gray 0 to-read 4.49 2006 Mornings in Jenin
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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 Kean_Gray 0 to-read 4.31 2005 The Lightning Thief (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, #1)
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]]> <![CDATA[Anne Frank Beyond the Diary: A Photographic Remembrance]]> 5508 128 Ruud van der Rol 0140369260 Kean_Gray 5 4.29 1992 Anne Frank Beyond the Diary: A Photographic Remembrance
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average rating: 4.29
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]]> The Dharma Bums 412732 On the Road put the Beat Generation on the map, The Dharma Bums is sparked by Kerouac's expansiveness, humor, and a contagious zest for life.]]> 244 Jack Kerouac Kean_Gray 0 to-read 3.94 1958 The Dharma Bums
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book published: 1958
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]]> Girl with a Pearl Earring 2865
Girl with a Pearl Earring centers on Vermeer's prosperous Delft household during the 1660s. When Griet, the novel's quietly perceptive heroine, is hired as a servant, turmoil follows. First, the 16-year-old narrator becomes increasingly intimate with her master. Then Vermeer employs her as his assistant—and ultimately has Griet sit for him as a model.]]> 233 Tracy Chevalier 0452287022 Kean_Gray 3 3.93 1999 Girl with a Pearl Earring
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average rating: 3.93
book published: 1999
rating: 3
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