Jan's bookshelf: all en-US Sat, 28 Sep 2024 17:52:10 -0700 60 Jan's bookshelf: all 144 41 /images/layout/goodreads_logo_144.jpg <![CDATA[Twilight's Dawn (The Black Jewels, #9)]]> 10744716 New York Times bestselling author Anne Bishop's Black Jewels novels have enthralled readers and critics alike. Now, in Twilight's Dawn, Bishop returns to the Blood realm with four captivating novellas: Winsol Gifts, Shades of Honor, Family, and The High Lord's Daughter]]> 371 Anne Bishop 1101475935 Jan 4 4.52 2011 Twilight's Dawn (The Black Jewels, #9)
author: Anne Bishop
name: Jan
average rating: 4.52
book published: 2011
rating: 4
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]]> Dragon's Fire (Pern #19) 6186637 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER � “A richly detailed story on a par with the rest of the Pern canon . . . another successful McCaffrey mother-and-son collaboration.”—Booklist At Natalon’s mining camp, Pellar embarks on a secret mission to discover whether the condemned criminals known as the Shunned are stealing coal. But the gifted tracker discovers that a far more treacherous plot is unfolding. A heartless thief named Tenim has realized there is profit to be made from firestone, the volatile mineral that enables the dragons of Pern to burn the lethal Thread out of the sky. When the last remaining firestone mine explodes, a desperate race begins to find a new deposit of the deadly but essential mineral. Sure enough, Tenim has a murderous plan to turn tragedy to his own advantage. Now Pellar and his new friends—the kind and gentle Halla, a child of the Shunned, and Cristov, the son of a corrupt miner—must stop Tenim. If they fail, it will mean the end for Pern and its dragonriders. “Grittier than the early parts of the series; Todd’s apparently brought a wider, more current worldview to Pern.”—The San Diego Union-Tribune “These fabled dragons still cast a spell.”—Publishers Weekly]]> 384 Anne McCaffrey 0345493826 Jan 4 4.39 2006 Dragon's Fire (Pern #19)
author: Anne McCaffrey
name: Jan
average rating: 4.39
book published: 2006
rating: 4
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I thoroughly enjoyed this book of Anne McCaffrey and her son. They work well as a team. I had read all of her Dragons of Pern series when I was young so this was a revisit to the world of Dragons and thread falling. I have encouraged each of my grandchilren to read this book and the world she has created.
]]> <![CDATA[Hounded (The Iron Druid Chronicles, #1)]]> 9533378
Unfortunately, a very angry Celtic god wants that sword, and he’s hounded Atticus for centuries. Now the determined deity has tracked him down, and Atticus will need all his power—plus the help of a seductive goddess of death, his vampire and werewolf team of attorneys, a bartender possessed by a Hindu witch, and some good old-fashioned luck of the Irish—to kick some Celtic arse and deliver himself from evil.]]> 304 Kevin Hearne 0345522478 Jan 0 to-read 4.09 2011 Hounded (The Iron Druid Chronicles, #1)
author: Kevin Hearne
name: Jan
average rating: 4.09
book published: 2011
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]]> <![CDATA[The Dragon Keeper (Rain Wild Chronicles #1)]]> 4703450
Thymara, an unschooled forest girl, and Alise, wife of an unloving and wealthy Trader, are among the disparate group entrusted with escorting the dragons to their new home. And on an extraordinary odyssey with no promise of return, many lessons will be learned--as dragons and tenders alike experience hardships, betrayals . . . and joys beyond their wildest imaginings.]]> 553 Robin Hobb 0007273746 Jan 0 3.94 2009 The Dragon Keeper (Rain Wild Chronicles #1)
author: Robin Hobb
name: Jan
average rating: 3.94
book published: 2009
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[The Dark Horse (Walt Longmire, #5)]]> 5950876 318 Craig Johnson 0670020877 Jan 5 4.23 2009 The Dark Horse (Walt Longmire, #5)
author: Craig Johnson
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average rating: 4.23
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rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[Junkyard Dogs (Walt Longmire, #6)]]> 7315145 Read Craig Johnson's blogs and other content on the Penguin Community.

A missing thumb and dead developers are only the beginning for Sheriff Walt Longmire

It's a volatile new economy in Durant, Wyoming, where the owners of a multi-million dollar development of ranchettes want to get rid of the adjacent junk-yard. When a severed thumb is discovered in the yard, conflicts erupt, and Walt Longmire, his trusty companion Dog, life-long friend Henry Standing Bear, and deputies Santiago Saizarbitoria and Victoria Moretti find themselves in a small town that feels more and more like a high plains pressure cooker.

Craig Johnson's award-winning Walt Longmire mysteries continue to find new fans, and Junkyard Dogs is sure to create many more devotees. The sixth book in the series is filled with Johnson's signature blend of wisecracks, Western justice, and page-turning plot twists, as the beloved sheriff finds himself star-deep in the darker aspects of human nature, in a story of love, laughs, death, and derelict automobiles.

]]> 306 Craig Johnson 0670021822 Jan 5 4.18 2010 Junkyard Dogs (Walt Longmire, #6)
author: Craig Johnson
name: Jan
average rating: 4.18
book published: 2010
rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[As The Crow Flies (Walt Longmire, #8)]]> 13001178 The eighth novel from theĚýNew York TimesĚýbestselling author of the Longmire series, the basis forĚýLONGMIRE, the hit Netflix original series
Embarking on his eighth adventure, Wyoming Sheriff Walt Longmire doesn't have time for cowboys and criminals. His daughter, Cady, is getting married in two weeks, and the wedding locale arrangements have just gone up in smoke signals. Fearing Cady's wrath, Walt and his old friend Henry Standing Bear set out for the Cheyenne Reservation to find a new site for the nuptials. But their expedition ends in horror as they witness a young Crow woman plummeting from Painted Warrior's majestic cliffs. Is it a suicide, or something more sinister? It's not Walt's turf, but he's coerced into the investigation by Lolo Long, the beautiful new tribal police chief.]]> 308 Craig Johnson 0670023515 Jan 0 4.22 2012 As The Crow Flies (Walt Longmire, #8)
author: Craig Johnson
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average rating: 4.22
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]]> <![CDATA[Hell Is Empty (Walt Longmire, #7)]]> 9794605 Wyoming's favorite sheriff braves a frozen inferno as he races to capture an escaped murderer.

Well-read and world-weary, Sheriff Walt Longmire has been maintaing order in Wyoming's Absaroka County for more than thirty years, but in this riveting seventh outing, he is pushed to his limits. Raynaud Shade, an adopted Crow Indian, has just confessed to murdering a boy ten years ago and burying him deep within the Big Horn Mountains. After transporting Shade and a group of other convicted murderers through a snowstorm, Walt is informed by the FBI that the body is buried in his jurisdiction-and the victim's name is White Buffalo. Guided only by Indian mysticism and a battered paperback of Dante's Inferno, Walt pursues Shade and his fellow escapees into the icy hell of the Cloud Peak Wilderness Area, cheating death to ensure that justice-both civil and spiritual-is served.



]]> 309 Craig Johnson 0670022772 Jan 5 ]]> 4.24 2011 Hell Is Empty (Walt Longmire, #7)
author: Craig Johnson
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average rating: 4.24
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I absolutley love all of Craig Johnson's books on the Longmire series.

]]> <![CDATA[Cold Days (The Dresden Files, #14)]]> 12216302
He is now Harry Dresden, Winter Knight to Mab, the Queen of Air and Darkness. After Harry had no choice but to swear his fealty, Mab wasn’t about to let something as petty as death steal away the prize she had sought for so long. And now, her word is his command, no matter what she wants him to do, no matter where she wants him to go, and no matter who she wants him to kill.

Guess which Mab wants first?

Of course, it won’t be an ordinary, everyday assassination. Mab wants her newest minion to pull off the impossible: Kill an immortal. No problem there, right? And to make matters worse, there exists a growing threat to an unfathomable source of magic that could land Harry in the sort of trouble that will make death look like a holiday.

Beset by enemies new and old, Harry must gather his friends and allies, prevent the annihilation of countless innocents, and find a way out of his eternal subservience before his newfound powers claim the only thing he has left to call his own . . . his soul.]]> 515 Jim Butcher 0451464400 Jan 5 4.47 2012 Cold Days (The Dresden Files, #14)
author: Jim Butcher
name: Jan
average rating: 4.47
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rating: 5
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]]> Anne McCaffrey's Dragonflight 61978
The Dragonriders, too long aground, take proudly to the skies, reborn through the hope and love of F'lar and Lessa--but regaining the lost support and faith of the people of Pern may prove more challenging than the Thread's imminent fall.

In the conclusion to the spellbinding story of the Dragonriders of Pern, Lessa and golden Ramoth seek the answer to the oldest riddle, the disappearance of the Weyrs, to conquer the greatest danger Pern has ever known.]]> 0 Brynne Stephens Jan 5 4.49 1993 Anne McCaffrey's Dragonflight
author: Brynne Stephens
name: Jan
average rating: 4.49
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rating: 5
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]]> The Dansing Star 2223297 240 Kirby Jonas 1891423002 Jan 0 to-read 3.76 1997 The Dansing Star
author: Kirby Jonas
name: Jan
average rating: 3.76
book published: 1997
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]]> <![CDATA[A Serpent's Tooth (Walt Longmire, #9)]]> 16158552 The inspiration for A&E's Longmire finds himself in the crosshairs in the ninth book of the New York Times bestselling series

The success of Craig Johnson’s Walt Longmire series that began with The Cold Dish continues to grow after A&E’s hit show Longmire introduced new fans to the Wyoming sheriff. As the Crow Flies marked the series� highest debut on the New York Times bestseller list. Now, in his ninth Western mystery, Longmire stares down his most dangerous foes yet.

It’s homecoming in Absaroka County, but the football and festivities are interrupted when a homeless boy wanders intoĚý town. A Mormon “lost boy,â€� Cord Lynear is searching for his missing mother but clues are scarce. Longmire and his companions, feisty deputy Victoria Moretti and longtime friend Henry Standing Bear, embark on a high plains scavenger hunt in hopes of reuniting mother and son. The trail leads them to an interstate polygamy group that’s presiding over a stockpile of weapons and harboring a vicious vendetta.


]]> 335 Craig Johnson 067002645X Jan 0 to-read 4.21 2013 A Serpent's Tooth (Walt Longmire, #9)
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]]> <![CDATA[Divorce Horse (Walt Longmire, #7.1)]]> 13606048 Walt Longmire, the longtime sheriff of Absaroka County, Wyoming, has little time to relax. Still recovering from his manhunt chasing down escaped convict and sociopath Reynaud Shade in the Bighorn Mountains, Walt just can't find the opportunity to sit back and kick off his cowboy boots. His daughter, Cady, is getting married in a few months to the brother of his under-sheriff Victoria Moretti and is in town, helping her dad 'recuperate' and to talk about love, life, and weddings.
Meanwhile, the American Indian Days Parade and Pow Wow are attracting tourists and trouble. The pride and joy of Tommy Jefferson's stables--and the catalyst for his marital problems--the notorious divorce horse, has gone missing, and Jefferson, renowned Indian Relay Racer and one-time meth head, wants him back. With the help of his best friend Henry Standing Bear and his daughter, The Greatest Legal Mind Of Our Time, Walt sets off to the races. This delightful Penguin Group eSpecial includes the twenty-seven page long original story, "Divorce Horse," as well as the first chapter from "As the Crow Flies."]]> 25 Craig Johnson 1101592648 Jan 0 to-read 3.93 2012 Divorce Horse (Walt Longmire, #7.1)
author: Craig Johnson
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]]> <![CDATA[Another Man's Moccasins (Walt Longmire, #4)]]> 2812358
When the body of a young Vietnamese woman is found alongside the interstate in Absaroka County, Wyoming, Sherriff Walt Longmire is determined to discover the identity of the victim and is forced to confront the horrible similarities of this murder to that of his first homicide investigation as a marine in Vietnam.

To complicate matters, Virgil White Buffalo, a homeless Crow Indian, is found living in a nearby culvert and in possession of the young woman?s purse. There are only two problems with what appears to be an open-and-shut case. One, the sheriff doesn?t think Virgil White Buffalo?a Vietnam vet with a troubling past?is a murderer. And two, the photo that is found in the woman?s purse looks hauntingly familiar to Walt.

In the fourth book in Craig Johnson?s awardwinning Walt Longmire series, the tough yet tender sheriff solves two murders tied in blood but separated by nearly forty years.]]> 304 Craig Johnson 0670018619 Jan 4 4.19 2008 Another Man's Moccasins (Walt Longmire, #4)
author: Craig Johnson
name: Jan
average rating: 4.19
book published: 2008
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[Death Without Company (Walt Longmire, #2)]]> 236862
Craig Johnson's new novel , Land of Wolves, Ěýis forthcoming from Viking

Fans of Ace Atkins, Nevada Barr and Robert B. Parker will love Craig Johnson, New York Times bestselling author of Hell Is Empty and As the Crow Flies , who garnered both praise and an enthusiastic readership with his acclaimed debut novel featuring Sheriff Walt Longmire, The Cold Dish, the first in the Longmire Mystery Series, the basis for LONGMIRE , now on Netflix. Now Johnson takes us back to the rugged landscape of Absaroka County, Wyoming, for Death Without Company . When Mari Baroja is found poisoned at the Durant Home for Assisted Living, Sheriff Longmire is drawn into an investigation that reaches fifty years into the mysterious woman’s dramatic Basque past. Aided by his friend Henry Standing Bear, Deputy Victoria Moretti, and newcomer Santiago Saizarbitoria, Sheriff Longmire must connect the specter of the past to the present to find the killer among them.]]> 271 Craig Johnson 0143038389 Jan 5 4.17 2006 Death Without Company (Walt Longmire, #2)
author: Craig Johnson
name: Jan
average rating: 4.17
book published: 2006
rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[Christmas in Absaroka County (Walt Longmire, #8.1)]]> 16198347
Readers glimpse a softer side of Sheriff Walt Longmire as he grapples with the death of his wife, Martha, and his sometimes turbulent but ever-loving relationship with his daughter, Cady. In these four stories—“Ministerial Aid,� “Slick-Tongued Devil,� “Toys for Tots,� and “Unbalanced� (three of which have been sent to Johnson’s fans over the years in the author’s “Post-it� e-mails)—Walt is alternately at his best and his worst. He helps a somewhat delusional elderly victim of domestic abuse while sporting a bathrobe and a mean hangover on New Year’s Day. He’s sidelined by grief when his wife’s obituary reappears in the paper and there’s an unexpected knock on his door two days before Christmas. He strives to help even those who don’t want it when he picks up a young female hitchhiker, and he’s forced into some last-minute Christmas shopping by the Greatest Legal Mind of Our Time, during which he might just end up saving a young Navy chaplain’s Christmas.

Full of Longmire’s dry wit and good heart, Christmas in Absaroka County is a holiday must-have for every Longmire and Craig Johnson fan, and it also includes the first chapter of The Cold Dish, the first novel in the Walt Longmire Mystery Series. Amazon review]]> 82 Craig Johnson 1101623713 Jan 0 to-read 4.17 2012 Christmas in Absaroka County (Walt Longmire, #8.1)
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]]> <![CDATA[Kindness Goes Unpunished (Walt Longmire, #3)]]> 236857
With Henry, Deputy Victoria Moretti, the entire Moretti clan of Philadelphia police officers, and Dog as backup, Sheriff Longmire intends to introduce a little western justice from his saddlebag of tricks to the City of Brotherly Love, where no act of kindness goes unpunished.]]> 288 Craig Johnson 0670031577 Jan 5 4.15 2007 Kindness Goes Unpunished (Walt Longmire, #3)
author: Craig Johnson
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average rating: 4.15
book published: 2007
rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[The Cold Dish (Walt Longmire, #1)]]> 109901 354 Craig Johnson 0143036424 Jan 5 4.07 2004 The Cold Dish (Walt Longmire, #1)
author: Craig Johnson
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average rating: 4.07
book published: 2004
rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[Elven Star (The Death Gate Cycle, #2)]]> 28485 367 Margaret Weis 0553290983 Jan 4 3.99 1990 Elven Star (The Death Gate Cycle, #2)
author: Margaret Weis
name: Jan
average rating: 3.99
book published: 1990
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[White Witch, Black Curse (The Hollows, #7)]]> 3475268 New York Times bestselling author Kim Harrison returns to the sinister and seductive Hollows for the newest blockcuster adventure featuring Rachel Morgan, witch and bounty hunter.

White Witch, Black Curse

Some wounds take time to heal...and some scars never fade.

Rachel Morgan, kick-ass witch and bounty hunter, has taken her fair share of hits, and has broken lines she swore she would never cross. But when her lover was murdered, it left a deeper wound than Rachel ever imagined, and now she won't rest until his death is solved...and avenged. Whatever the cost.

Yet the road to hell is paved with good intentions, and when a new predator moves to the apex of the Inderland food chain, Rachel's past comes back to haunt her.

Literally.]]> 504 Kim Harrison 0061138010 Jan 4 4.34 2009 White Witch, Black Curse (The Hollows, #7)
author: Kim Harrison
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average rating: 4.34
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I enjoy Kim Harrison books even though they are Urban Fantasy which is not a favorite of mine. She has a way of making her writing interesting. And I love Jenks the Pixy!
]]> <![CDATA[Night of the Wolf (Legends of the Wolf, #2)]]> 8344258 The Silver Wolf, Alice Borchardt's acclaimed novel of a shapeshifter's struggle to survive as woman and wolf amid the Dark Ages, announced the arrival of a ferociously gifted writer. Now, with her masterful weaving of adventure, history, and magic, Borchardt delves deeper into the shape-shifter legend, and brings an earlier, more savage time brilliantly to life.The fearsome legions of Julius Caesar have crushed resistance to Roman rule. The power of the druids is broken; the shattered tribes retreating to the dubious safety of the high mountains or fleeing north into lands as inhospitable as those left behind. Watching all the while through yellow eyes afire with curiosity and intelligence is Maeniel, a gray wolf . . . who is also a man.This is not the Maeniel of The Silver Wolf. Not the mature shapeshifter, secure in his dual nature, whose hard-won wisdom is the equal of his preternatural strength and passion. That Maeniel will not exist for another eight hundred years. Now he is a stranger to his human half, his reason chained to instinct. Yet as the ancient civilization of the Gallic tribes is systematically destroyed around him, a new Maeniel is about to be born from the ruins.It begins with a woman. She is young, proud, beautiful. The sight of her fills Maeniel with unfamiliar feelings and desires, triggering his transformation from wolf to man. In her arms he learns for the first time what it means to love. It is a knowledge that will change him forever. For when Imona vanishes following a Roman massacre, Maeniel begins to learn a very different lesson. Following Imona's trail as wolf and man, Maeniel is himself pursued by a warrior woman sworn to kill him. She is Dryas, a queen without a kingdom. But the two adversaries will prove to have much in common. And the hunt upon which they embark will lead them farther than they can to the gates of Rome itself. To the gates of their very souls . . . With Night of the Wolf,ĚýĚýAlice Borchardt has given us another triumph of soaring imagination and adventure. By turns lyrical, sensuous, and violent, hers is a vision of the past that will stir both heart and mind. Her writing will possess you like a fever . . . and haunt you like a voluptuous dream.]]> 510 Alice Borchardt Jan 0 to-read 4.23 1999 Night of the Wolf (Legends of the Wolf, #2)
author: Alice Borchardt
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average rating: 4.23
book published: 1999
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]]> <![CDATA[The Silver Wolf (Legends of the Wolf #1)]]> 258657 460 Alice Borchardt 0006483852 Jan 4 Enjoyed very much.<br /> 3.93 1998 The Silver Wolf (Legends of the Wolf #1)
author: Alice Borchardt
name: Jan
average rating: 3.93
book published: 1998
rating: 4
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Enjoyed very much.

]]> <![CDATA[The Blessed Curse (The Elder Blood Chronicles, #4)]]> 15708990 power of the High Houses has shifted, leaving the former leaders of
the world dependent on their allies for shelter against the chaos of
the current times. The threat of the Blights looms larger than ever
with no sign of anyone to stand before them.

As tempers begin to fray and the uneasy alliance slowly falls
apart,Neph departs for Delvay in a desperate attempt to rebuild his
shattered homeland and face the coming storm. His people are few and
his land is controlled by enemies, but in the heart of Delvay rests
the secret that may save them all -- If he can master the magic to
awaken it.

The Aspects of Sanctuary are always listening, though, and even when
it appears that all hope is lost, Neph’s past returns to haunt him and
offer the key to the future he is trying to rebuild.]]> Melissa Myers Jan 5 The Blessed Curse gives you the answers to why Neph Delvay is what he is, you may not like him but you have to give him credit for getting to where he is today. We all have someone in our life that we would not want to come in contact with again and he has family that way. Then there is Seth, the right hand of death, his story is terrible and the grief alone would bring a normal person to his knees. Yet every once in a while he does something that is truly nice and it makes you read further to see if he is redeemable.
A new character is introduced in this book and your heart goes out to Zoelyn even if you don't want to touch her. Her curse is one that cannot be cured and yet Jala takes her under her wing to try and help. Gotta love Jala, she's always there for the underdogs.
This series of the book left many unanswered questions as to what was happening to the characters and once again I'm setting on edge waiting for the next book.
]]> 4.44 2012 The Blessed Curse (The Elder Blood Chronicles, #4)
author: Melissa Myers
name: Jan
average rating: 4.44
book published: 2012
rating: 5
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Let me say first off, I hate writing book reviews. My opinions of books I like is probably different than anyone else. I hate books that paint the rosy, happy ever-after crap. Let's face it life is not like that! You get knocked down, pick yourself up and start over. Myers puts this attitude in everyone of her characters, they begin to feel like real life friends to you. You cry when they are hurt, you become upset when something happens that rips their lives apart. And you keep reading to see if they are going to overcome it. Just when I'm thinking oh yes she going to have them do this, a twist comes along and rips my theories to bits.
The Blessed Curse gives you the answers to why Neph Delvay is what he is, you may not like him but you have to give him credit for getting to where he is today. We all have someone in our life that we would not want to come in contact with again and he has family that way. Then there is Seth, the right hand of death, his story is terrible and the grief alone would bring a normal person to his knees. Yet every once in a while he does something that is truly nice and it makes you read further to see if he is redeemable.
A new character is introduced in this book and your heart goes out to Zoelyn even if you don't want to touch her. Her curse is one that cannot be cured and yet Jala takes her under her wing to try and help. Gotta love Jala, she's always there for the underdogs.
This series of the book left many unanswered questions as to what was happening to the characters and once again I'm setting on edge waiting for the next book.

]]> Heart of Gold 11942621 The truest treasure is found deep in the heart.

Back in her beloved Virginia, Shannon Adair loved nursing injured soldiers back to health. But in Grand Coeur, Idaho―the rough-and-tumble place where her father has been called to lead the church―she's not sure where she fits in. Then a critically ill woman arrives, and Shannon knows her place at last: to care for this dear woman and ease her pain.

Matthew Dubois is the fastest and most reliable stagecoach driver on Wells Fargo's payroll. But his widowed sister is dying and he's about to inherit his young nephew. So he takes a job at the Wells Fargo express office in Grand Coeur until he can find the one thing he needs to get back to driving: a wife to care for the boy.

What neither of them knows is that God is at work behind the scenes―and is lovingly bringing them together to discover the true desires of their hearts.]]> 304 Robin Lee Hatcher 1595544887 Jan 3 3.97 2012 Heart of Gold
author: Robin Lee Hatcher
name: Jan
average rating: 3.97
book published: 2012
rating: 3
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]]> <![CDATA[A Perfect Blood (The Hollows, #10)]]> 10599805 New York Times bestselling author Kim Harrison returns to the Hollows with the electrifying follow-up to her acclaimed Pale Demon!

A Perfect Blood

Ritually murdered corpses are appearing across Cincinnati, terrifying amalgams of human and other. Pulled in to help investigate by the I.S. and FIB, former witch turned day-walking demon Rachel Morgan soon realizes a horrifying truth: a human hate group is trying to create its own demons to destroy all Inderlanders, and to do so, it needs her blood.

She's faced vampires, witches, werewolves, demons, and more, but humanity itself might be her toughest challenge yet.]]> 438 Kim Harrison 0061957895 Jan 3 4.38 2012 A Perfect Blood (The Hollows, #10)
author: Kim Harrison
name: Jan
average rating: 4.38
book published: 2012
rating: 3
read at: 2012/05/27
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]]> <![CDATA[The Hero of Ages (Mistborn, #3)]]> 2767793
Who is the Hero of Ages?

To end the Final Empire and restore freedom, Vin killed the Lord Ruler. But as a result, the Deepness—the lethal form of the ubiquitous mists—is back, along with increasingly heavy ashfalls and ever more powerful earthquakes. Humanity appears to be doomed.

Having escaped death at the climax of The Well of Ascension only by becoming a Mistborn himself, Emperor Elend Venture hopes to find clues left behind by the Lord Ruler that will allow him to save the world. Vin is consumed with guilt at having been tricked into releasing the mystic force known as Ruin from the Well. Ruin wants to end the world, and its near omniscience and ability to warp reality make stopping it seem impossible. Vin can't even discuss it with Elend lest Ruin learn their plans!]]> 572 Brandon Sanderson 0765316897 Jan 3 4.54 2008 The Hero of Ages (Mistborn, #3)
author: Brandon Sanderson
name: Jan
average rating: 4.54
book published: 2008
rating: 3
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]]> <![CDATA[Dragon Aster (Dragon Aster Trilogy, #1)]]> 12539225 220 S.J. Wist 0987719718 Jan 0 currently-reading 3.59 2011 Dragon Aster (Dragon Aster Trilogy, #1)
author: S.J. Wist
name: Jan
average rating: 3.59
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My Kindle has quit on me so I have not even gotten started on this one yet. Hopefully I can get it going again.
]]> <![CDATA[Mistborn: The Final Empire (Mistborn, #1)]]> 68428 What if the whole world were a dead, blasted wasteland?

Mistborn
For a thousand years the ash fell and no flowers bloomed. For a thousand years the Skaa slaved in misery and lived in fear. For a thousand years the Lord Ruler, the "Sliver of Infinity," reigned with absolute power and ultimate terror, divinely invincible. Then, when hope was so long lost that not even its memory remained, a terribly scarred, heart-broken half-Skaa rediscovered it in the depths of the Lord Ruler's most hellish prison. Kelsier "snapped" and found in himself the powers of a Mistborn. A brilliant thief and natural leader, he turned his talents to the ultimate caper, with the Lord Ruler himself as the mark.

Kelsier recruited the underworld's elite, the smartest and most trustworthy allomancers, each of whom shares one of his many powers, and all of whom relish a high-stakes challenge. Then Kelsier reveals his ultimate dream, not just the greatest heist in history, but the downfall of the divine despot.

But even with the best criminal crew ever assembled, Kel's plan looks more like the ultimate long shot, until luck brings a ragged girl named Vin into his life. Like him, she's a half-Skaa orphan, but she's lived a much harsher life. Vin has learned to expect betrayal from everyone she meets. She will have to learn trust if Kel is to help her master powers of which she never dreamed.

Brandon Sanderson, fantasy's newest master tale-spinner and author of the acclaimed debut Elantris, dares to turn a genre on its head by asking a simple question: What if the prophesied hero failed to defeat the Dark Lord? The answer will be found in the Mistborn Trilogy, a saga of surprises that begins with the book in your hands. Fantasy will never be the same again.]]> 541 Brandon Sanderson Jan 5 4.48 2006 Mistborn: The Final Empire (Mistborn, #1)
author: Brandon Sanderson
name: Jan
average rating: 4.48
book published: 2006
rating: 5
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]]> Emperor Mage (Immortals, #3) 13833 As the peace talks stall, Daine puzzles over Carthak's two-faced Emperor Ozorne. How can he be so caring with his birds and so cruel to his people? Daine is sure he's planning something. Daine must fight the powerful Emperor Mage, knowing that the safety and peace of the realm depend on stopping Ozorne's power-hungry schemes.]]> 358 Tamora Pierce 1416903372 Jan 4 4.28 1995 Emperor Mage (Immortals, #3)
author: Tamora Pierce
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average rating: 4.28
book published: 1995
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A very good young readers book.
]]> <![CDATA[Snuff (Discworld, #39; City Watch, #8)]]> 8785374
Commander Sam Vimes of the Ankh-Morpork City Watch is on holiday in the pleasant and innocent countryside, but not for him a mere body in the wardrobe. There are many, many bodies - and an ancient crime more terrible than murder.

He is out of his jurisdiction, out of his depth, out of bacon sandwiches, occasionally snookered and out of his mind. But never out of guile. Where there is a crime, there must be a finding, there must be a chase, and there must be a punishment.

They say that in the end all sins are forgiven.

But not quite all...]]> 378 Terry Pratchett Jan 2 4.16 2011 Snuff (Discworld, #39; City Watch, #8)
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average rating: 4.16
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rating: 2
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Could not get into this book. It just did not hold my interest at all.
]]> Gabriel's Redemption 10443740
From the decaying Caribbean to politically-charged South America, from the back alleys of Mars to a tiny colony on a planet six hundred light years from Earth, Gabriel's Redemption is a near-future military science fiction story of a personal journey seen from the perspective of a soldier who has lost everything -- one who desperately needs to redeem himself not only in his government's eyes, but also his own. Interstellar action and political intrigue mix with one-on-one battles on the surface of a frozen planet in Book One of the science fiction-adventure trilogy.]]> 270 Steve Umstead Jan 0 to-read 3.79 2011 Gabriel's Redemption
author: Steve Umstead
name: Jan
average rating: 3.79
book published: 2011
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]]> Green Rider (Green Rider, #1) 147843
The Riders are an elite messenger corps using both horses and magic; the message is a terrible warning. Bad things from bad places are invading this fantasyland, their presence being only part of a devious, sorcery-aided human struggle for the throne. Karigan's wild ride is beset by a variety of enemies, but aided by her own developing talents plus certain strange allies.

These include the tormented ghost of the dead Green Rider himself--still pierced by and trying to resist the chief villain's black arrows that ensnare the soul. Delivering the message to a suspicious court is only half Karigan's job: can it be interpreted in time?]]> 471 Kristen Britain 0886778581 Jan 0 to-read 4.08 1998 Green Rider (Green Rider, #1)
author: Kristen Britain
name: Jan
average rating: 4.08
book published: 1998
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]]> <![CDATA[The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1)]]> 2767052
Winning means fame and fortune. Losing means certain death. The Hunger Games have begun. . . .

In the ruins of a place once known as North America lies the nation of Panem, a shining Capitol surrounded by twelve outlying districts. The Capitol is harsh and cruel and keeps the districts in line by forcing them all to send one boy and one girl between the ages of twelve and eighteen to participate in the annual Hunger Games, a fight to the death on live TV.

Sixteen-year-old Katniss Everdeen regards it as a death sentence when she steps forward to take her sister's place in the Games. But Katniss has been close to dead before-and survival, for her, is second nature. Without really meaning to, she becomes a contender. But if she is to win, she will have to start making choices that weigh survival against humanity and life against love.]]> 374 Suzanne Collins 0439023483 Jan 4 4.34 2008 The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1)
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average rating: 4.34
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rating: 4
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A different aspect as to what happens if the world ends. I think that the whole starving concept is a given but to have everything owned by the government is mind blogging. I enjoyed the book enought to get the second one just to find out what happens after Petra and Katness return home.
]]> <![CDATA[Catching Fire (The Hunger Games, #2)]]> 6148028 Sparks are igniting.
Flames are spreading.
And the Capitol wants revenge.

Against all odds, Katniss Everdeen has won the Hunger Games. She and fellow District 12 tribute Peeta Mellark are miraculously still alive. Katniss should be relieved, happy even. After all, she has returned to her family and her longtime friend, Gale. Yet nothing is the way Katniss wishes it to be. Gale holds her at an icy distance. Peeta has turned his back on her completely. And there are whispers of a rebellion against the Capitol—a rebellion that Katniss and Peeta may have helped create.

Much to her shock, Katniss has fueled an unrest that she's afraid she cannot stop. And what scares her even more is that she's not entirely convinced she should try. As time draws near for Katniss and Peeta to visit the districts on the Capitol's cruel Victory Tour, the stakes are higher than ever. If they can't prove, without a shadow of a doubt, that they are lost in their love for each other, the consequences will be horrifying.

In Catching Fire, the second novel of the Hunger Games trilogy, Suzanne Collins continues the story of Katniss Everdeen, testing her more than ever before . . . and surprising readers at every turn.]]> 391 Suzanne Collins 0439023491 Jan 0 to-read 4.34 2009 Catching Fire (The Hunger Games, #2)
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]]> Tigana 104089
Tigana is the magical story of a beleaguered land struggling to be free. It is the tale of a people so cursed by the black sorcery of a cruel despotic king that even the name of their once-beautiful homeland cannot be spoken or remembered...

But years after the devastation, a handful of courageous men and women embark upon a dangerous crusade to overthrow their conquerors and bring back to the dark world the brilliance of a long-lost name...Tigana.

Against the magnificently rendered background of a world both sensuous and barbaric, this sweeping epic of a passionate people pursuing their dream is breathtaking in its vision, changing forever the boundaries of fantasy fiction.]]> 676 Guy Gavriel Kay 0451457765 Jan 4 4.07 1990 Tigana
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name: Jan
average rating: 4.07
book published: 1990
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[The Darkness That Comes Before (The Prince of Nothing, #1)]]> 301538 The Darkness That Comes Before is a history of this great holy war, and like all histories, the survivors write its conclusion.]]> 608 R. Scott Bakker 1585676772 Jan 0 to-read 3.82 2003 The Darkness That Comes Before (The Prince of Nothing, #1)
author: R. Scott Bakker
name: Jan
average rating: 3.82
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]]> <![CDATA[From the Ashes (The Elder Blood Chronicles, #3)]]> 13456451 For Jala Merrodin the word has a single definition...Finn. Devastated by his loss Jala embarks into hell itself to free his soul. Time is against her however as she struggles to save him.

The world above is torn by the chaos of war and her allies are besieged on all sides by blights. If she doesn't move swiftly Jala may lose her only chance to raise Merro from the ashes.


Don't panic this is not the end of the series. Book four, "The Elder Blood Chronicles The Blessed Curse" to be out in June 2012.]]> 544 Melissa Myers Jan 5
Even though the book has a lot of dark times, there is humor. I especially liked the battle scene where she used a very unorthodox method for dealing with the advancing enemy. Valor not only proves that his name was wisely chosen, but he proves just how far he will go for Jala. Thankfully at the end of the book she realizes just how much he means to her. Keep these coming Myers, I am addicted to your style of writing. ]]> 4.30 2012 From the Ashes (The Elder Blood Chronicles, #3)
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Another great book from Melissa Myers! You get so emotionally caught up in the characters that when one of them experiences heart wrenching pain you almost physically feel it. There are not very many books that I read that I cannot put down but this was one of them. Jala's journey to the Darklands to try and retrieve Finn's spirit from Death has you wondering at her devotion and sanity. Valor who was noted in the first two books takes a more commanding role as he travels with her to protect and help. Once there they encounter so many obstacles that you want to scream for her to turn back. As in all her books it was riddled with twists and turns that you were not expecting. After returning from the Darklands then we come to the birth of Legacy. As in book two we learn Jala is pregnant, now in book three she gives birth to Legacy, her son. Jala copes with the newness of being a mother and a leader, the separation and sadness.

Even though the book has a lot of dark times, there is humor. I especially liked the battle scene where she used a very unorthodox method for dealing with the advancing enemy. Valor not only proves that his name was wisely chosen, but he proves just how far he will go for Jala. Thankfully at the end of the book she realizes just how much he means to her. Keep these coming Myers, I am addicted to your style of writing.
]]> <![CDATA[The Lone Texan (Whispering Mountain, #4)]]> 6333536 336 Jodi Thomas 0425230627 Jan 5 4.12 2009 The Lone Texan (Whispering Mountain, #4)
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average rating: 4.12
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Oh my, finally a western that catches my complete attention. I'm only half way through the book but I can't seem to put it down. Stayed up way to late last night reading.
]]> <![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 Jan 0 to-read 3.81 2011 Wither (The Chemical Garden, #1)
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]]> <![CDATA[The Way of Kings (The Stormlight Archive, #1)]]> 7235533 From #1 New York Times bestselling author Brandon Sanderson, The Way of Kings, book one of The Stormlight Archive begins an incredible new saga of epic proportion.

Roshar is a world of stone and storms. Uncanny tempests of incredible power sweep across the rocky terrain so frequently that they have shaped ecology and civilization alike. Animals hide in shells, trees pull in branches, and grass retracts into the soilless ground. Cities are built only where the topography offers shelter.

It has been centuries since the fall of the ten consecrated orders known as the Knights Radiant, but their Shardblades and Shardplate remain: mystical swords and suits of armor that transform ordinary men into near-invincible warriors. Men trade kingdoms for Shardblades. Wars were fought for them, and won by them.

One such war rages on a ruined landscape called the Shattered Plains. There, Kaladin, who traded his medical apprenticeship for a spear to protect his little brother, has been reduced to slavery. In a war that makes no sense, where ten armies fight separately against a single foe, he struggles to save his men and to fathom the leaders who consider them expendable.

Brightlord Dalinar Kholin commands one of those other armies. Like his brother, the late king, he is fascinated by an ancient text called The Way of Kings. Troubled by over-powering visions of ancient times and the Knights Radiant, he has begun to doubt his own sanity.

Across the ocean, an untried young woman named Shallan seeks to train under an eminent scholar and notorious heretic, Dalinar's niece, Jasnah. Though she genuinely loves learning, Shallan's motives are less than pure. As she plans a daring theft, her research for Jasnah hints at secrets of the Knights Radiant and the true cause of the war.

The result of over ten years of planning, writing, and world-building, The Way of Kings is but the opening movement of the Stormlight Archive, a bold masterpiece in the making.

Speak again the ancient oaths:

Life before death.
Strength before weakness.
Journey before Destination.

and return to men the Shards they once bore.

The Knights Radiant must stand again.]]> 1007 Brandon Sanderson 0765326353 Jan 0 to-read 4.66 2010 The Way of Kings (The Stormlight Archive, #1)
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]]> The Time Has Not Yet Come 13095405 Why was Johnson murdered? Matt begins to consider various possibilities. He knows that John Culbertson, Maria's neighbor wants the Johnson ranch, but would he resort to murder and then confront Maria with a phony deed? Maybe Johnson had won big at cards, and someone bushwhacked him for the money. Maybe he had an enemy that simply seized an opportunity when it arose. Matt realizes that such speculation is futile. He is a newcomer and simply doesn't have any answers at this time. Matt also knows that it is now going to take him a little longer to reach his new home. He now has to stay around to help Maria and until the mystery of Johnson's death is unraveled.]]> 192 Michael Dearmin 0803476213 Jan 4 4.00 2011 The Time Has Not Yet Come
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average rating: 4.00
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I enjoyed this book, although it was a short read. It started out as your normal gunslinger comes to the rescue of the daughter of rancher type book, but then it had some differences that made it interesting. The gunslinger (Harvard graduate) was a very educated man rather than the one from the poor family that turned to guns as a way of survival. He had compassion, integrity, strong moral values and a tallent for naming his animal friends by Greek gods and heros. There was no rough language in the book and would be a good read for a younger person who likes westerns. The heroine's(Maria) father is killed and the deed to the ranch presented to her by a neighboring rancher who wants her land. There comes a twist the property is in her name rather than her dead father. The conflict of trying to get her to sell the ranch and being bullied was normal in this type book. However that is where the normal ended. The rancher wasn't too blame for the killings, the gunfighter didn't get the girl, although the ending was the happily ever after. Oh also forgot to mention the gunslingers sidekick, a dog, Drella. I really liked the dog. :)
]]> Heart of the Mountains 12410243 Deborah's feelings are further complicated when her investigation into the fate of her beloved father looks as though the elder Taylor had a hand in his disappearance. Together, she and Jake set out to find the answer only to learn that it lies with an old man and an old mine shaft. Though she and Jake are deeply in love, they must survive the outlaws long enough to learn the truth.]]> 186 Karen Cogan 0803476078 Jan 3 3.22 2011 Heart of the Mountains
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average rating: 3.22
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rating: 3
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At 187 pages this was a fast read book. The heroine is a girl from a very poor family that goes to live with her Aunt and Uncle to work in their boarding house in Ouray, Colarado near the Silver Mines. Her father had worked the mines there and disappeared never to return to her mother and his family. She has always worried about what happened to him. She meets the local sheriff who turns out to be the son of her father's partner in mining. It's a sweet love story of how she falls in and out of love with him due to her suspicious mine and the conniving mind of a journalist who wants to court her. I got so mad at the stupidity of the heroine at this part that I almost put the book down. I didn't though I kept reading, deciding that it had to be her youth that made her so stupid and gullible. It was the normal cliche type where they make up at the end and live happily ever after. It was nice for a quick read.
]]> <![CDATA[A Dance with Dragons (A Song of Ice and Fire, #5)]]> 10664113 Alternate cover edition of ASIN B004XISI4A

In the aftermath of a colossal battle, the future of the Seven Kingdoms hangs in the balance—beset by newly emerging threats from every direction. In the east, Daenerys Targaryen, the last scion of House Targaryen, rules with her three dragons as queen of a city built on dust and death. But Daenerys has thousands of enemies, and many have set out to find her. As they gather, one young man embarks upon his own quest for the queen, with an entirely different goal in mind.

Fleeing from Westeros with a price on his head, Tyrion Lannister, too, is making his way to Daenerys. But his newest allies in this quest are not the rag-tag band they seem, and at their heart lies one who could undo Daenerys’s claim to Westeros forever.

Meanwhile, to the north lies the mammoth Wall of ice and stone—a structure only as strong as those guarding it. There, Jon Snow, 998th Lord Commander of the Night’s Watch, will face his greatest challenge. For he has powerful foes not only within the Watch but also beyond, in the land of the creatures of ice.

From all corners, bitter conflicts reignite, intimate betrayals are perpetrated, and a grand cast of outlaws and priests, soldiers and skinchangers, nobles and slaves, will face seemingly insurmountable obstacles. Some will fail, others will grow in the strength of darkness. But in a time of rising restlessness, the tides of destiny and politics will lead inevitably to the greatest dance of all.]]> 1125 George R.R. Martin Jan 4 4.33 2011 A Dance with Dragons (A Song of Ice and Fire, #5)
author: George R.R. Martin
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average rating: 4.33
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I found the book slow to take off but then it caught my interest. Overall I can't say it was as good as the first two books of the series but it wasn't bad. I felt so sorry for Tyrion by the end, he was put through some pretty bad spots. Jaimie had one chapter and then dropped off and out of sight. Cersai finally got what was coming to her, oh wait I guess she got part of what was coming to her, rest will be in next book. I didn't like at all what happened to Jon Snow, easily one of the best characters in the series. A truly good character trying to do the right thing and he gets the shaft, oops arrows. The entire book hinged I felt on the fact that everyone was working to put the dragon queen back on the Iron Throne. From the ending there is definitely another book coming. Question is do we have to wait five years for this one.
]]> <![CDATA[To Ride Pegasus (The Talent, #1)]]> 177945 232 Anne McCaffrey 0345916441 Jan 3 4.02 1973 To Ride Pegasus (The Talent, #1)
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average rating: 4.02
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rating: 3
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]]> <![CDATA[The Ship Who Searched (Brainship, #3)]]> 176850
Tia Cade is a headstrong, smart, and very normal girl until she contracts a terrible illness that leaves her with the bare semblance of life. Tia's only hope: to become the oldest person ever to train to be one of the legendary star travelers, the brainships. But now that Tia is free of her ravaged body, there still remains the task of finding the right partner to be her Brawn, the human element every brainship requires. And when the disease that debilitated Tia threatens thousands more, selecting a Brawn who is her true soul mate may allow Tia to find the origin of the terrible plague—and perhaps even a cure.]]> 312 Anne; Lackey McCaffrey 1857232054 Jan 4 4.10 1992 The Ship Who Searched (Brainship, #3)
author: Anne; Lackey McCaffrey
name: Jan
average rating: 4.10
book published: 1992
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[Acorna: The Unicorn Girl (Acorna, #1)]]> 177928
But Kezdet has its own dark secret. The prosperity of the planet is based on a hideous trade in child slave labor, administered by "The Piper" -- a mystery man with special plans for Acorna and her powers. But free little girls have a way of growing into freedom-loving young women, and Acorna has special plans all her own. . .]]> 400 Anne McCaffrey 0606255206 Jan 3 3.69 1997 Acorna: The Unicorn Girl (Acorna, #1)
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average rating: 3.69
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]]> Dragon Harper (Pern, #19) 614558
Life in the Harper Hall is busy for best friends Kindan, Nonala, and Kelsa. As the only female apprentices, Nonala and Kelsa are the butt of jokes and easy targets for the bully Vaxoram and his cronies. But when Kindan springs to Kelsa’s defense, he winds up in a fight for his life against the older, bigger Vaxoram–a fight that will lead to a surprising friendship.

Meanwhile, in nearby Fort Hold, a clutch of fire-lizard eggs is about to hatch, and Lord Bemin’s beautiful young daughter, Koriana, is determined to Impress one of the delightful creatures. At the hatching, Kindan Impresses a fire-lizard of his own . . . and wins the heart of Koriana. But Lord Bemin mistrusts harpers and will not hear of a match between his daughter and the low-born Kindan.

Then fate intervenes in the form of a virulent plague as fast-spreading as it is deadly. Arising suddenly, as if out of nowhere, the contagion decimates hold after hold, paying no heed to distinctions of birth. In this feverish crucible, friendship and love will be tested to the breaking point and beyond. For with Threadfall scant years away, the Dragonriders dare not expose themselves to infection, and it will fall to Kindan and his fellow apprentices to bravely search for a cure and save humanity.

The price of failure is unthinkable. But the price of success may be even harder to bear.]]> 304 Anne McCaffrey 0345480309 Jan 5 4.07 2007 Dragon Harper (Pern, #19)
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average rating: 4.07
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]]> <![CDATA[Crystal Line (Crystal Singer, #3)]]> 61970 LOCUS
When Killashandra Ree joined the mysterious Heptite Guild, she knew that she would be forever changed. Crystal singing brought ecstasy and pain, near-eternal life...and gradual loss of memory. What she hadn't counted on was the loneliness she felt when her heart still remembered what her mind had forgotten. Fortunately, someone still cared enough to try to salvage what was left of Killashandra's mind. But she would have to learn to open herself--to another person, and to all her unpleasant memories.]]> 294 Anne McCaffrey 0517128128 Jan 3 4.01 1994 Crystal Line (Crystal Singer, #3)
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average rating: 4.01
book published: 1994
rating: 3
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]]> Dragonseye (Pern, #13) 177927 join Weyrleaders, Holders, and Craftmasters in the creation of the legendary Star Stones and the teaching ballads of Pern!

It's been two-hundred years since the deadly Thread fell like rain upon Pern, devouring everything in its path. No one alive remembers that first horrific onslaught and no one believes in its return--except for the dragonriders. For two centuries they have been practicing and training, passing down from generation to generation the formidable Threadfighting techniques.

Now the ominous signs are the violent winter storms and volcanic eruptions that are said to herald the approach of the Red Star and its lethal spawn. But one stubborn Lord Holder, Chalkin of Bitra, refuses to believe--and that disbelief could spell disaster. So as the dragonriders desperately train to face a terrifying enemy, they and the other Lord Holders must find a way to deal with Chalkin--before history repeats itself and unleashes its virulence on all of Pern. . . .]]> 353 Anne McCaffrey 0517287773 Jan 4 4.03 1996 Dragonseye (Pern, #13)
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average rating: 4.03
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]]> <![CDATA[The Girl Who Heard Dragons (Pern Publication Order, #8.5)]]> 61950 paperback, vg++ 449 Anne McCaffrey 0552144363 Jan 5 3.92 1985 The Girl Who Heard Dragons (Pern Publication Order, #8.5)
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average rating: 3.92
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]]> The Skies of Pern (Pern, #15) 127566 The long-awaited new Dragonriders of Pern® novel from bestselling author Anne McCaffrey

It is a time of hope and regret, of endings and beginnings. The Red Star, that celestial curse whose eccentric orbit was responsible for Thread, has been shifted to a harmless orbit, and the current Threadfall will be the last. Technological marvels are changing the face of life on Pern, and the dragonriders, led by F’lessan, son of F’lar and Lessa and rider of bronze Golanth, and Tia, rider of green Zaranth, must forge a new place for themselves in a world that may no longer need them.

But change is not easy for everyone. There are those who will stop at nothing to keep Pern and its people pure. And now a brand-new danger looms from the skies and threatens a catastrophe of unimaginable proportions. Once again, the world looks to the dragons and their riders to save the world. But now, as the friendship of F’lessan and Tia begins to bloom into something more, unforeseen tragedy strikes: a tragedy destined to forever change the future–not just of the two young lovers, but of every human and dragon on Pern . . .]]> 456 Anne McCaffrey 0345434692 Jan 4 4.08 2001 The Skies of Pern (Pern, #15)
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average rating: 4.08
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]]> <![CDATA[Killashandra (Crystal Singer, #2)]]> 238961 The second in a mesmeric trilogy that runs the gamut of human experience and emotion from Anne McCaffrey, storyteller extraordinare and New York Times and Sunday Times bestselling author. Perfect for fans of David Eddings, Brandon Sanderson and Douglas Adams.

'Anne McCaffrey, one of the queens of science fiction, knows exactly how to give her public what it wants' - THE TIMES
'Storytelling at its best' -- Reader review
'It's Anne Mccaffrey - always 5 star!' -- Reader review
'Classic Sci Fi that just hasn't aged' -- Reader review
'A real page-turner' -- Reader review
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She was one of the Crystal Singers, the Ă©lite, mysterious ones, who cut the crystals from the planet Ballybran - precious glittering crystals without which the universe could not function.

Sent to the planet of Optheria to repair the famous crystal organ, she was - at first - accorded all the honour and pomp due to her rank. Then her life became threatened and she found herself isolated at the very heart of the planet, knowing that she alone had the power to confront and destroy the evil that had permeated the world of Optheria.

Would she be able to find the strength she needed?]]> 384 Anne McCaffrey 0345316002 Jan 4 4.04 1985 Killashandra (Crystal Singer, #2)
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name: Jan
average rating: 4.04
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rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[The Chronicles of Pern: First Fall (Pern, #11.5)]]> 96463
Here is the saga of the mass evacuation from the volcanic southern continent, an entire group of people moved across the dangerous seas, guarded and guided by a flotilla of dolphins. Here, too, is the story of the creation of Ruatha Hold -- a mammoth undertaking in the early days of Pern.

And here is one of the most fascinating dragon tales ever written by Anne McCaffrey, when Fort Weyr was the only weyr, and when dragonriders and dragons were overcrowded to danger point. As the news broke of three fresh weyrs to be established, a young girl, Torene, came to realize that her dragon could be the next Queen of the newly formed Benden Weyr.]]> 288 Anne McCaffrey 0552139130 Jan 5 4.06 1993 The Chronicles of Pern: First Fall (Pern, #11.5)
author: Anne McCaffrey
name: Jan
average rating: 4.06
book published: 1993
rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[The Dragonriders of Pern (Dragonriders of Pern, #1-3)]]> 61942 Alternate cover edition can be found here.

Finally together in one volume, the first three books in the world's most beloved science fiction series, THE DRAGONRIDERS OF PERN, by Anne McCaffrey, one of the great science fiction writers of all time: DRAGONFLIGHT, DRAGONQUEST, THE WHITE DRAGON. Those who know these extraordinary tales will be able to re-visit with Lessa, F'lar, Ruth, Lord Jaxon, and all the others. And for those just discovering this magical place, there are incomparable tales of danger, deceit, and daring, just waiting to be explored..]]> 864 Anne McCaffrey 0785729194 Jan 5 4.24 1988 The Dragonriders of Pern (Dragonriders of Pern, #1-3)
author: Anne McCaffrey
name: Jan
average rating: 4.24
book published: 1988
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]]> <![CDATA[The Rowan (The Tower and the Hive, #1)]]> 61938
The kinetically gifted, trained in mind/machine gestalt, are the most valued citizens of the Nine Star League. Using mental powers alone, these few Prime Talents transport ships, cargo and people between Earth's Moon, Mars' Demos and Jupiter's Callisto.

An orphaned young girl, simply called The Rowan, is discovered to have superior telepathic potential and is trained to become Prime Talent on Callisto. After years of self-sacrificing dedication to her position, The Rowan intercepts an urgent mental call from Jeff Raven, a young Prime Talent on distant Deneb. She convinces the other Primes to merge their powers with hers to help fight off an attack by invading aliens. Her growing relationship with Jeff gives her the courage to break her status-imposed isolation, and choose the more rewarding world of love and family.]]> 336 Anne McCaffrey 0517086034 Jan 4 4.05 1990 The Rowan (The Tower and the Hive, #1)
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average rating: 4.05
book published: 1990
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[The Dolphins of Pern (Pern, #12)]]> 127567 All the Weyrs of Pern, two boys--one of them a dragonrider-- reestablish crucial contact with the wise dolphins, the legendary ""shipfish"" of Pern.]]> 352 Anne McCaffrey 0345419383 Jan 5 3.98 1994 The Dolphins of Pern (Pern, #12)
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name: Jan
average rating: 3.98
book published: 1994
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]]> <![CDATA[The Ship Who Sang (Brainship, #1)]]> 203288
Her life was to be rich and rewarding . . . resplendent with daring adventures and endless excitement, beyond the wildest dreams of mere mortals.

Gifted with the voice of an angel and being virtually indestructible, Helva XH-834 anticipated a sublime immortality.

Then one day she fell in love!]]> 256 Anne McCaffrey 0345334310 Jan 4 4.03 1969 The Ship Who Sang (Brainship, #1)
author: Anne McCaffrey
name: Jan
average rating: 4.03
book published: 1969
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[Crystal Singer (Crystal Singer, #1)]]> 653711 311 Anne McCaffrey 0345327861 Jan 5 4.10 1982 Crystal Singer (Crystal Singer, #1)
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]]> <![CDATA[The Renegades of Pern (Pern, #10)]]> 20082
Then, from the ranks of the criminals and the disaffected, rose a band of renegades, led by the Lady Thella. No one was safe from Thella's depredations, and now her quarry was Aramina, reputed to have a telepathic link with dragons. But when Thella mistakenly vented her rage on Jayge's family, she made a dangerous mistake. For Jayge was bent on revenge . . . and he would never let her have the girl who heard dragons!]]> 384 Anne McCaffrey 0345419391 Jan 5 3.88 1989 The Renegades of Pern (Pern, #10)
author: Anne McCaffrey
name: Jan
average rating: 3.88
book published: 1989
rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[The Masterharper of Pern (Pern, #14)]]> 24870
But Petiron, almost from the first day, had no time for his son, refusing to see the incredible talent the boy possessed, ignoring his achievements and maintaining a strict and disapproving vigilance over him at all times.

Carefully, secretly, the Harper Hall took over, training the greatest talent Pern had ever seen - a talent that was more than just musical, for Robinton was able to talk to the dragons of Pern.

As constant sadness beset his personal life, so a startling career sent him like a meteor through the Holds and Weyrs of Pern until, as MasterHarper, he became part of the great plan to rescue Lessa from the brutal rule of Holder Fax - Lessa, who was to be the saviour of the dragons of Pern.]]> 463 Anne McCaffrey 0552142743 Jan 5 4.25 1998 The Masterharper of Pern (Pern, #14)
author: Anne McCaffrey
name: Jan
average rating: 4.25
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]]> <![CDATA[All the Weyrs of Pern (Pern, #11)]]> 61926 Now, for the first time, it looked as if that dream could come true. For when the people of Pern, led by Masterharper Robinton and F'Lar and Lessa, Weyrleader and Weyrwoman of Benden Weyr, excavated the ancient remains of the planet's original settlement, they uncovered the colonist's voice-activated artificial intelligence system - which still functioned!
And the computer had incredible news for them: There was a chance - a good chance - that they could, at long last, annihilate Thread once and for all!]]> 404 Anne McCaffrey 0345419359 Jan 5 4.19 1991 All the Weyrs of Pern (Pern, #11)
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name: Jan
average rating: 4.19
book published: 1991
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]]> <![CDATA[Moreta: Dragonlady of Pern (Pern, #7)]]> 61958 286 Anne McCaffrey 034541957X Jan 4 4.02 1984 Moreta: Dragonlady of Pern (Pern, #7)
author: Anne McCaffrey
name: Jan
average rating: 4.02
book published: 1984
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[The White Dragon (The Dragonriders of Pern, #3)]]> 127586
Never in the history of Pern has there been a dragon like Ruth. Mocked by other dragons for his small size and pure white color, Ruth is smart, brave, and loyal—qualities that he shares with his rider, the young Lord Jaxom. Unfortunately, Jaxom is also looked down upon by his fellow lords, and by other riders as well. His dreams of joining the dragonriders in defending Pern are dismissed. What else can Jaxom and Ruth do but strike out on their own, pursuing in secret all they are denied? But in doing so, the two friends will find themselves facing a desperate choice—one that will push their bond to the breaking point . . . and threaten the future of Pern itself.]]> 468 Anne McCaffrey 0345341678 Jan 5 4.19 1978 The White Dragon (The Dragonriders of Pern, #3)
author: Anne McCaffrey
name: Jan
average rating: 4.19
book published: 1978
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]]> Dragonsdawn (Pern, #9) 465904 384 Anne McCaffrey 0893662135 Jan 5 4.21 1988 Dragonsdawn (Pern, #9)
author: Anne McCaffrey
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average rating: 4.21
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]]> Dragondrums (Harper Hall, #3) 28553
Mischievous Piemur is used to getting away with a lot. He has one of the most impressive voices at Harper Hall and, in the world of Pern, there are few things more important than the ability to sing and write songs. But when his voice begins to change, Piemur loses all confidence and questions everything he thought he knew about himself.

No longer capable of singing, Piemur is sent on various errands by Masterharper Robinton, including the task of learning the complicated beats of the messenger drums. Piemur has no clue of the grand adventures that await him, and he’ll need to find the courage within himself to survive.]]> 243 Anne McCaffrey 0689860064 Jan 5 4.08 1979 Dragondrums (Harper Hall, #3)
author: Anne McCaffrey
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average rating: 4.08
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]]> <![CDATA[Dragonquest (Dragonriders of Pern, #2)]]> 127584
But F'lar knew he had to find a better way to protect his beloved Pern, and he had to find it before the rebellious Oldtimers could breed anymore dissent... before his brother F'nor would be foolhardy enough to launch another suicide mission... and before those dratted fire-lizards could stir up any more trouble!]]> 350 Anne McCaffrey Jan 5 4.08 1971 Dragonquest (Dragonriders of Pern, #2)
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average rating: 4.08
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]]> Dragonsong (Harper Hall, #1) 28541 Fifteen-year-old Menolly allies with magnificent dragons in the first book in the Harper Hall trilogy, set within science fiction legend Anne McCaffrey’s beloved and bestselling Dragonriders of Pern series.

For centuries, the world of Pern has faced a destructive force known as Thread. But the number of magnificent dragons who have protected this world and the men and women who ride them are dwindling.

As fewer dragons ride the winds and destruction falls from the sky, Menolly has only one to sing, play, and weave the music that comes to her so easily—she wishes to become a Harper. But despite her great talents, her father believes that a young girl is unworthy of such a respected position and forbids her to pursue her dreams. So Menolly runs away, taking shelter in a cave by the sea. Miraculously, she happens upon nine fire lizards that could possibly save her world...and change her life forever.]]> 192 Anne McCaffrey 141692499X Jan 5 4.23 1976 Dragonsong (Harper Hall, #1)
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book published: 1976
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]]> <![CDATA[Anne McCaffrey's Dragonflight #3]]> 1103140 To the nobles who live in Benden Weyr, Lessa is nothing but a ragged kitchen girl. For most of her life she has survived by serving those who betrayed her father and took over his lands. Now the time has come for Lessa to shed her disguise—and take back her stolen birthright.

But everything changes when she meets a queen dragon. The bond they share will be deep and last forever. It will protect them when, for the first time in centuries, Lessa’s world is threatened by Thread, an evil substance that falls like rain and destroys everything it touches. Dragons and their Riders once protected the planet from Thread, but there are very few of them left these days. Now brave Lessa must risk her life, and the life of her beloved dragon, to save her beautiful world. . . .

]]> 0 Brynne Stephens 1560600764 Jan 5 4.54 1993 Anne McCaffrey's Dragonflight #3
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]]> <![CDATA[Dragonflight (Dragonriders of Pern, #1)]]> 61975
To the nobles who live in Benden Weyr, Lessa is nothing but a ragged kitchen girl. For most of her life she has survived by serving those who betrayed her father and took over his lands. Now the time has come for Lessa to shed her disguise-and take back her stolen birthright.

But everything changes when she meets a Queen dragon. The bond they share will be deep and last forever. It will protect them when, for the first time in centuries, Lessa's world is threatened by Thread, an evil substance that falls like rain and destroys everything it touches. Dragons and their Riders once protected the planet from Thread and the blood-red star, but there are very few of them left these days. Only the gigantic, golden Queen can breed new dragons. And the Queen is fading... dying...

Now brave Lessa must risk her life, and the life of her beloved dragon, to save her beautiful world...]]> 299 Anne McCaffrey 0345484266 Jan 5 4.09 1968 Dragonflight (Dragonriders of Pern, #1)
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]]> <![CDATA[Anne McCaffrey's Dragonflight #2]]> 177955 91 Brynne Stephens 1560600756 Jan 5 4.49 1991 Anne McCaffrey's Dragonflight #2
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]]> <![CDATA[Anne McCaffrey's Dragonflight #1]]> 673252 136 Brynne Stephens 1560601760 Jan 5 4.45 1991 Anne McCaffrey's Dragonflight #1
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average rating: 4.45
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]]> <![CDATA[First Lord's Fury (Codex Alera, #6)]]> 6316821 465 Jim Butcher 044101769X Jan 5 4.38 2009 First Lord's Fury (Codex Alera, #6)
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average rating: 4.38
book published: 2009
rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[Captain's Fury (Codex Alera, #4)]]> 346087 451 Jim Butcher 0441015271 Jan 5 4.36 2007 Captain's Fury (Codex Alera, #4)
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average rating: 4.36
book published: 2007
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]]> <![CDATA[The Thirteenth House (Twelve Houses, #2)]]> 97962 Ěý
After joining an unlikely band of soldiers and sorcerers to rescue the regent Romar Brendan from a cabal of rebellious minor lords, the shiftling Kirra returns to her home of Danalustrous—and learns that her half-sister, Casserah, has been proclaimed heir to the land.
Ěý
Though Casserah is obligated to attend a circuit of social events held by the great Houses of Gillengaria, she obstinately refuses to go. So Kirra shapeshifts into her sister’s form and makes the rounds for her. In the royal city of Ghosenhall, she unexpectedly joins up with her steadfast compatriots from her previous adventures, and together they embark on a tour of the Twelve Houses acting as guardians for the enigmatic queen of Gillengaria and her alluring daughter.
Ěý
The motley group of mystics and warriors faces many dangers in their travels. But Kirra places herself willingly in peril when she falls in love with the irresistible—but already married—Lord Romar. Revealing her true identity to him, Kirra begins a tempestuous affair that places them both in mortal danger, and leads them both into the stronghold of the devious lords of the Thirteenth House…]]> 496 Sharon Shinn 0441014143 Jan 5 3.84 2006 The Thirteenth House (Twelve Houses, #2)
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]]> <![CDATA[Dark Moon Defender (Twelve Houses, #3)]]> 97960
The King's Rider Justin has been dispatched to watch any suspicious activity at the convent that houses the fanatical Daughters of the Pale Mother. Worshippers of the moon goddess, they believe all magic-wielding mystics are evil. Yet, in their midst, a young novice named Ellynor possesses the gift of healing and the ability to move through the night unobserved. Assuming the guise of a stablehand, Justin befriends Ellynor --and love blossoms between them. And when he discovers her magical talents, Justin will risk everything--his own secret, the trust of his friends, even his very life--in order to save her...]]> 448 Sharon Shinn 0441014305 Jan 5 4.10 2006 Dark Moon Defender (Twelve Houses, #3)
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]]> <![CDATA[Reader and Raelynx (Twelve Houses, #4)]]> 446946 432 Sharon Shinn 0441014690 Jan 5 4.12 2007 Reader and Raelynx (Twelve Houses, #4)
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average rating: 4.12
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]]> <![CDATA[Academ's Fury (Codex Alera, #2)]]> 133664
Tavi has escaped the Calderon Valley and the mysterious attack of the Marat on his homeland. But he is far from safe, as trying to keep up the illusion of being a student while secretly training as one of the First Lord's spies is a dangerous game. And he has not yet learned to use the furies, making him especially vulnerable.

When the attack comes it's on two fronts. A sudden strike threatens the First Lord's life and threatens to plunge the land into civil war. While in the Calderon Valley, the threat faced from the Marat is dwarfed by an ancient menace. And Tavi must learn to harness the furies if he has any chance of fighting the greatest threat Alera has ever known . . .]]> 702 Jim Butcher 0441013406 Jan 5 4.26 2005 Academ's Fury (Codex Alera, #2)
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]]> <![CDATA[Cursor's Fury (Codex Alera, #3)]]> 29394 442 Jim Butcher 0441014348 Jan 5 4.35 2006 Cursor's Fury (Codex Alera, #3)
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]]> <![CDATA[The Oracle's Queen (The TamĂ­r Triad, #3)]]> 74271
Now a mystical fire has burned away the male body known as Prince Tobin, revealing Princess Tamír, a girl on the verge of womanhood—and a queen ready to claim her birthright after a life in disguise under the protection of wizards and witches. But will her people, her army—and the friends she was forced to deceive—accept her? Worse, will the crown's rival heir, friend to Tobin, turn foe to Tamír, igniting civil war in a fierce
battle for Skala?]]> 557 Lynn Flewelling 055358345X Jan 5 4.18 2006 The Oracle's Queen (The TamĂ­r Triad, #3)
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average rating: 4.18
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]]> <![CDATA[Princeps' Fury (Codex Alera, #5)]]> 2903736 From the New York Times bestselling author of Captain's Fury and the Dresden Files novels.

Tavi of Calderon, now recognized as Princeps Gaius Octavian and heir to the crown, has achieved a fragile alliance with Alera's oldest foes, the savage Canim. But when Tavi and his legions guide the Canim safely to their lands, his worst fears are realized.

The dreaded Vord - the enemy of Aleran and Cane alike - have spent the last three years laying waste to the Canim homeland. And when the Alerans are cut off from their ships, they find themselves with no choice but to fight shoulder to shoulder if they are to survive.

For a thousand years, Alera and her furies have withstood every enemy, and survived every foe.

The thousand years are over…]]> 386 Jim Butcher 0441016383 Jan 5 4.37 2008 Princeps' Fury (Codex Alera, #5)
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average rating: 4.37
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]]> <![CDATA[Vignette (The Dresden Files, #5.5)]]> 4271488
(Also included in Side Jobs)]]> 3 Jim Butcher Jan 0 to-read 4.04 2008 Vignette (The Dresden Files, #5.5)
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average rating: 4.04
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]]> <![CDATA[Furies of Calderon (Codex Alera, #1)]]> 29396 In this extraordinary fantasy epic, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Dresden Files leads readers into a world where the fate of the realm rests on the shoulders of a boy with no power to call his own ...

For a thousand years, the people of Alera have united against the aggressive and threatening races that inhabit the world, using their unique bonds with the furies - elementals of earth, air, fire, water, wood, and metal. But in the remote Calderon Valley, the boy Tavi struggles with his lack of furycrafting. At fifteen, he has no wind fury to help him fly, no fire fury to light the lamps. Yet as the Alerans' most savage enemy - the Marat horde - returns to the Valley, Tavi's courage and resourcefulness will be a power greater than any fury, one that could turn the tides of war ...

]]> 688 Jim Butcher 044101268X Jan 5 4.12 2004 Furies of Calderon (Codex Alera, #1)
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]]> <![CDATA[Cast in Shadow (Chronicles of Elantra, #1)]]> 9542 knowing that something was after her. Children were being murdered � and all had the same odd markings that mysteriously appeared on her own skin...

Since then, she's learned to read, she's learned to fight and she's become one of the vaunted Hawks who patrol and police the City of Elantra. Alongside the winged Aerians and immortal Barrani, she's made a place for herself, far from the mean streets of her birth.

But children are once again dying, and a dark and familiar pattern is emerging, Kaylin is ordered back into Nightshade with a partner she knows she can't trust, a Dragon lord for a companion and a device to contain her powers � powers that no other human has. Her task is simple � find the killer, stop the murders... and survive the attentions of those who claim to be her allies!]]> 507 Michelle Sagara 0373802544 Jan 0 to-read 3.80 2005 Cast in Shadow (Chronicles of Elantra, #1)
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]]> <![CDATA[The Wise Man's Fear (The Kingkiller Chronicle, #2)]]> 1215032 There are three things all wise men fear: the sea in storm, a night with no moon, and the anger of a gentle man.�

My name is Kvothe.
I have stolen princesses back from sleeping barrow kings. I burned down the town of Trebon. I have spent the night with Felurian and left with both my sanity and my life. I was expelled from the University at a younger age than most people are allowed in. I tread paths by moonlight that others fear to speak of during day. I have talked to Gods, loved women, and written songs that make the minstrels weep.
You may have heard of me.

So begins the tale of a hero told from his own point of view � a story unequaled in fantasy literature. Now in The Wise Man's Fear, an escalating rivalry with a powerful member of the nobility forces Kvothe to leave the University and seek his fortune abroad. Adrift, penniless, and alone, he travels to Vintas, where he quickly becomes entangled in the politics of courtly society. While attempting to curry favor with a powerful noble, Kvothe uncovers an assassination attempt, comes into conflict with a rival arcanist, and leads a group of mercenaries into the wild, in an attempt to solve the mystery of who (or what) is waylaying travelers on the King's Road.

All the while, Kvothe searches for answers, attempting to uncover the truth about the mysterious Amyr, the Chandrian, and the death of his parents. Along the way, Kvothe is put on trial by the legendary Adem mercenaries, is forced to reclaim the honor of the Edema Ruh, and travels into the Fae realm. There he meets Felurian, the faerie woman no man can resist, and who no man has ever survived ... until Kvothe.

In The Wise Man's Fear, Kvothe takes his first steps on the path of the hero and learns how difficult life can be when a man becomes a legend in his own time.

]]> 994 Patrick Rothfuss 0756404738 Jan 5 4.55 2011 The Wise Man's Fear (The Kingkiller Chronicle, #2)
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name: Jan
average rating: 4.55
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]]> <![CDATA[The Man from Shadow Ridge (Saga of the Sierras, #1)]]> 595812
This man with a restless past, his "rugged, sun-browned face creviced from the weather like a landscape," discovers some measure of peace and happiness at Shadow Ridge with his brother's little family. Then comes the news that the stagecoach has been robbed and six people murdered by a gang of rebel sympathizers stealing Union gold for the South. Without warning, the turmoil of Dawson's past returns.

As he moves toward a final confrontation, the Dawson home is shattered by a second tragedy. Where will he find the courage and faith to continue?]]> 239 Brock Thoene 155661098X Jan 4 3.82 1990 The Man from Shadow Ridge (Saga of the Sierras, #1)
author: Brock Thoene
name: Jan
average rating: 3.82
book published: 1990
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[Sequoia Scout (Saga of the Sierras, #4)]]> 289811
Few Americans have attempted this overland trail, and fewer still have survived the crossing. But Will Reed discovers it is not just marauding Indian tribes and nature's threats that stand in his way. Mexico's newly won independence from Spain has brought an oppressive rule and a clashing of cultures where danger marks every turn.

Will Reed has never shied away from danger nor from taking a stand for what is right. Loyalty and love now strengthen his resolve. And what he finds in this new land will prove the man he has become.]]> 239 Brock Thoene 155661165X Jan 4 3.83 1991 Sequoia Scout (Saga of the Sierras, #4)
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name: Jan
average rating: 3.83
book published: 1991
rating: 4
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Enjoyed very much. Very clean reading.
]]> <![CDATA[City of the Lost (Dragonlance: Linsha, #1)]]> 92884 312 Mary H. Herbert 0786929863 Jan 4 4.09 2003 City of the Lost (Dragonlance: Linsha, #1)
author: Mary H. Herbert
name: Jan
average rating: 4.09
book published: 2003
rating: 4
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I enjoyed this book. A Knight of the Rose is stationed in a city where the elves had died and were ghosts in the city. Ruled by a Bronze Dragon everyone is enjoying life in a peaceful kingdom until a Blue Dragon named Thunder decides he wants all the Bronze has including the people and the town. War comes as all good Fantasy books have a war somewhere. It was nicely written though and it had a couple of plots that made it interesting.
]]> <![CDATA[Burn Me Deadly (Eddie LaCrosse, #2)]]> 11788782 320 Alex Bledsoe Jan 2 3.90 2009 Burn Me Deadly (Eddie LaCrosse, #2)
author: Alex Bledsoe
name: Jan
average rating: 3.90
book published: 2009
rating: 2
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The book started out very different than most western settings and the medival sword toting horse riding detective had me in his grip. The rescue of a girl along the road which leads to her death and that of his horse with him barely surviving. As he starts to investigate why this happened it was pretty interesting right up to the point where he neglected and left his horse tied up for over a day. Being a horse lover this put me against the book, the hero, and the author. Not right possibly not but I won't read any more of Bledsoe's books. Just my quirk. If you're into Westerns with a different twist you might like this.
]]> <![CDATA[Blood, Honor and Dreams (The Elder Blood Chronicles, #2)]]> 12608584 403 Melissa Myers Jan 5 4.31 2011 Blood, Honor and Dreams (The Elder Blood Chronicles, #2)
author: Melissa Myers
name: Jan
average rating: 4.31
book published: 2011
rating: 5
read at: 2011/10/03
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Following the first book this one is filled with intrigue, magic and twists that I didn't see coming. Finn and Jala are realizing that marriage is not all a bed of roses and adjustments must be made. Jala continues her studies to increase her magic powers and the dream of restoring Merro. Everything is starting to come together when Sanctuary becomes a battleground. The Blight are active in the city of Sanctuary. It looks like there is no hope. This book has blood, action, and romance what more could a Fantasy reader want. I found it a very fun book to read that I could not put down until finished. Now when will the next one is be out so I can find out how Jala has fared in the Darklands and was she able to save Finn with her magic? The book may only be out in EBook form now but I have every confidence that I will be able to put it on my Library shelf once the publishers realize how great a writer she is.
]]> Follow the River 138872
With the rushing Ohio River as her guide, Mary Ingles walked one thousand miles through an untamed wilderness no white woman had ever seen. Her story lives on—extraordinary testimony to the indomitable strength of one pioneer woman who risked her life to return to her own people.]]> 406 James Alexander Thom 0345338545 Jan 3 4.21 1980 Follow the River
author: James Alexander Thom
name: Jan
average rating: 4.21
book published: 1980
rating: 3
read at: 2011/11/16
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Was pleasantly surprised this book was really good and was based off a real event in history. A family settled near the Blue Ridge Mountains is attacked by indians. The wife and sister-in-law of one of the settlers is kidnapped and it tells about how she is separated from her children and sister-in-law and begins the journey back to her husband. Starvation is the main thing she faces along with the old Dutch woman she escaped with trying to eat her. I have nevr heard of this author before but he painted a realistic picture of life on the frontier.
]]> <![CDATA[Changes (The Dresden Files, #12)]]> 6585201 438 Jim Butcher 045146317X Jan 3 4.50 2010 Changes (The Dresden Files, #12)
author: Jim Butcher
name: Jan
average rating: 4.50
book published: 2010
rating: 3
read at: 2011/11/10
date added: 2011/11/10
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]]> <![CDATA[Shadow Raiders (Dragon Brigade, #1)]]> 10314147
The known world floats upon the Breath of God, a thick gas similar to Earth's oceans, with land masses accessible by airship. The largest of these land masses are ruled by the rival empires of Freya and Rosia. Magic is intrinsic to the functioning of these societies, and is even incorporated into their technological devices. But now a crucial scientific discovery has occurred that could destroy the balance of power-and change the empires forever.]]> 531 Margaret Weis 0756406625 Jan 3 3.91 2011 Shadow Raiders (Dragon Brigade, #1)
author: Margaret Weis
name: Jan
average rating: 3.91
book published: 2011
rating: 3
read at: 2011/11/08
date added: 2011/11/09
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]]> <![CDATA[The Innocent Mage (Kingmaker, Kingbreaker, #1)]]> 1051620
The Doranen have ruled Lur with magic since arriving as refugees centuries ago. Theirs was a desperate flight to escape the wrath of a powerful mage who started a bitter war in their homeland. To keep Lur safe, the native Olken inhabitants agreed to abandon their own magic. Magic is now forbidden them, and any who break this law are executed.

Asher left his coastal village to make his fortune. Employed in the royal stables, he soon finds himself befriended by Prince Gar and given more money and power than he'd ever dreamed possible. But the Olken have a secret; a prophecy. The Innocent Mage will save Lur from destruction and members of The Circle have dedicated themselves to preserving Olken magic until this day arrives. Unbeknownst to Asher, he has been watched closely. As the Final Days approach, his life takes a new and unexpected turn ...]]> 613 Karen Miller 1841496049 Jan 0 to-read 3.67 2005 The Innocent Mage (Kingmaker, Kingbreaker, #1)
author: Karen Miller
name: Jan
average rating: 3.67
book published: 2005
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[Captured by the Highlander (Highlander, #1)]]> 8697204 From bestselling author Julianne MacLean comes the fiery saga of three Highland warriors sworn to protect their homeland—and fight for the women they love...

The Enemy in Her Bed

Lady Amelia Sutherland would rather die than surrender to a man like Duncan MacLean. He is the fiercest warrior of his clan—her people's sworn enemy—and tonight he is standing over her bed. Eyes blazing, muscles taut, and battle axe gleaming, MacLean has come to kill Amelia's fiancé. But once he sees the lovely, innocent Amelia, he decides to take her instead.

The Lover in His Arms

Stealing the young bride-to-be is the perfect revenge against the man who murdered Duncan's one true love. But Lady Amelia turns out to be more than a pawn of vengeance and war. This brave, beautiful woman touches something deep in Duncan's soul that is even more powerful than a warrior's fury. But when Amelia begins to fall in love with her captor—and surrenders in his arms—the real battle begins.]]> 308 Julianne MacLean 0312365314 Jan 0 to-read 3.83 2011 Captured by the Highlander (Highlander, #1)
author: Julianne MacLean
name: Jan
average rating: 3.83
book published: 2011
rating: 0
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]]> Ember and Ash (Castings, #4) 9549319
Two peoples have been fighting over the same land for a thousand years. Invaders crushed the original inhabitants, and ancient powers have reluctantly given way to newer magics. But Ember was to change all this with a wedding to bind these warring people together -- until her future goes up in flames.

Ember's husband-to-be is murdered by a vengeful elemental god, who sees peace as a breach of faith. Set on retribution, she enlists the help of Ash, son of a seer. Together they will pit themselves against elementals of fire and ice in a last attempt to end the conflicts that have scarred their past. They must look to the present, as old furies are waking to violence and are eager to reclaim their people.]]> 528 Pamela Freeman 0316053759 Jan 2 3.60 2011 Ember and Ash (Castings, #4)
author: Pamela Freeman
name: Jan
average rating: 3.60
book published: 2011
rating: 2
read at: 2011/10/26
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Illness has made me read extensively lately and this book was one on the list. It was very hard to get into but once progressed it was fairly interested. It reminded of the Hobbits for some reason.
]]> <![CDATA[Magic's Silken Snare (Silken Magic, 1)]]> 1001407
When the owl called, Luciana’s heart filled with dread.

The first time she had heard the owl call three times, she had been barely five—and her father had died. Over the years that followed, this herald of misfortune had warned of death several times, and on each occasion she had lost someone dear to her.Ěý

Now she was a grown woman with too many for whose safety she feared. Luciana’s husband, Stefano, Duca di Drago, brother to the queen of Tyrrhia, was currently away fighting in the war against the Turks. Her grandmother, the Romani Queen, was at an age when death might easily claim her companionship. And Luciana’s own beloved sister Alessandra was at the Tyrrhian court, an innocent among courtiers far too well-versed in intrigue.Ěý

But the truth would prove far more dreadful than Luciana’s worst fears. For not only was Alessa dead, but her very soul was imperiled by the way she had died. Luciana had no choice but to journey to the White King’s Court to seek out the one responsible.ĚýYet the trail she must uncover would lead Luciana into the gravest danger.

And even the silken magic of the Rom might not prove strong enough to defeat the dark sorcery which had stolen her sister’s very spirit, and now threatened to turn this power against the royal court.]]> 560 ElizaBeth Gilligan 0756401275 Jan 5 ]]> 3.59 2003 Magic's Silken Snare (Silken Magic, 1)
author: ElizaBeth Gilligan
name: Jan
average rating: 3.59
book published: 2003
rating: 5
read at: 2011/10/24
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I thoroughly enjoyed this book, it was a little slow starting but quickly took a turn for fantastic. After her sister's murder, Luciana, a Gypsy married to a brother in law to the King, declares vendetta. There are many twists and turns to the plot and it is soon revealed that it was a plot against the king and the royal family that started everything. The Catholic Church, with a evil Cardinal who dabbles in black magic is a definite difference in this novel.

]]> <![CDATA[The Gathering Storm (The Wheel of Time, #12)]]> 1166599
Tarmon Gai'don, the Last Battle, looms. And mankind is not ready.

The final volume of the Wheel of Time, A Memory of Light, was partially written by Robert Jordan before his untimely passing in 2007. Brandon Sanderson, New York Times bestselling author of the Mistborn books, and now Stormlight Archive, among others, was chosen by Jordan's editor--his wife, Harriet McDougal--to complete the final volume, later expanded to three books.

In this epic novel, Robert Jordan's international bestselling series begins its dramatic conclusion. Rand al'Thor, the Dragon Reborn, struggles to unite a fractured network of kingdoms and alliances in preparation for the Last Battle. As he attempts to halt the Seanchan encroachment northward--wishing he could form at least a temporary truce with the invaders--his allies watch in terror the shadow that seems to be growing within the heart of the Dragon Reborn himself.

Egwene al'Vere, the Amyrlin Seat of the rebel Aes Sedai, is a captive of the White Tower and subject to the whims of their tyrannical leader. As days tick toward the Seanchan attack she knows is imminent, Egwene works to hold together the disparate factions of Aes Sedai while providing leadership in the face of increasing uncertainty and despair. Her fight will prove the mettle of the Aes Sedai, and her conflict will decide the future of the White Tower--and possibly the world itself.]]> 824 Robert Jordan 0765302306 Jan 3 4.41 2009 The Gathering Storm (The Wheel of Time, #12)
author: Robert Jordan
name: Jan
average rating: 4.41
book published: 2009
rating: 3
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]]> <![CDATA[The Warded Man (The Demon Cycle, #1)]]> 3428935 416 Peter V. Brett 0345503805 Jan 0 to-read 4.25 2008 The Warded Man (The Demon Cycle, #1)
author: Peter V. Brett
name: Jan
average rating: 4.25
book published: 2008
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[Mistress of Dragons (The Dragonvarld Trilogy, #1)]]> 28474 352 Margaret Weis 0765343908 Jan 3 3.61 2003 Mistress of Dragons (The Dragonvarld Trilogy, #1)
author: Margaret Weis
name: Jan
average rating: 3.61
book published: 2003
rating: 3
read at: 2011/10/06
date added: 2011/10/06
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]]> <![CDATA[Midsummer Night (Aetherial Tales, #2)]]> 8539063
Decades ago, in a place where the veil between our world and the world of the Aetherials—the fair folk—is too easily breached, three young people tricked their uncle by dressing as the fey. But their joke took a deadly turn when true Aetherials crossed into our world, took one of the pranksters, and literally scared their uncle to death.

Many years later, at the place of this capture lies a vast country estate that holds a renowned art facility owned by a visionary sculptor. One day, during a violent storm, a young woman studying art at the estate stumbles upon a portal to the Otherworld. A handsome young man comes through the portal and seeks shelter with her. Though he can tell her nothing of his past, his innocence and charm capture her heart. But he becomes the focus of increasingly violent arguments among the residents of the estate. Is he as innocent as he seems? Or is he hiding his true identity so that he can seek some terrible vengeance, bringing death and heartbreak to this place that stands between two worlds? Who is this young man?

The forces of magic and the power of love contend for the soul of this man, in this magical romantic story of loss and redemption.]]> 412 Freda Warrington 0765318709 Jan 3 3.73 2010 Midsummer Night (Aetherial Tales, #2)
author: Freda Warrington
name: Jan
average rating: 3.73
book published: 2010
rating: 3
read at: 2011/10/06
date added: 2011/10/06
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