Leah's bookshelf: all en-US Tue, 29 Apr 2014 04:55:32 -0700 60 Leah's bookshelf: all 144 41 /images/layout/goodreads_logo_144.jpg <![CDATA[Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Harry Potter, #6)]]> 1 652 J.K. Rowling Leah 5 4.57 2005 Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Harry Potter, #6)
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average rating: 4.57
book published: 2005
rating: 5
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]]> Tarnish (Royal Circle, #2) 16101031 448 Katherine Longshore 0670014001 Leah 0 currently-reading 3.76 2013 Tarnish (Royal Circle, #2)
author: Katherine Longshore
name: Leah
average rating: 3.76
book published: 2013
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]]> <![CDATA[Tiger's Promise (The Tiger Saga, #0.5)]]> 20932616
Trapped under the thumb of her abusive and powerful father Lokesh, Yesubai struggles to keep her own magical abilities secret while evading his dark powers. When Lokesh promises Yesubai to the prince of a neighboring kingdom, she becomes the central pawn in his plot to destroy the ruling family and take power for himself. Yesubai is trapped by her father's threats and desperate to protect the man she comes to love, but she knows that any decision she makes will have dire consequences. As dark forces gather around her, Yesubai must decide if she's willing to reveal that somewhere deep within her she has the power to change everything.


About the New York Times Bestselling Author Colleen Houck is a lifelong reader whose literary interests include action, adventure, science fiction, and romance. Her first four novels, Tiger’s Curse, Tiger’s Quest, Tiger’s Voyage, and Tiger’s Destiny were New York Times, USA Today, and Publishers Weekly bestsellers. Formerly a student at the University of Arizona, she worked as a nationally certified American Sign Language interpreter for seventeen years before switching careers to become an author. Colleen lives in Salem, Oregon, with her husband and a huge assortment of plush tigers.]]> 60 Colleen Houck 1475604084 Leah 0 to-read 4.15 2014 Tiger's Promise (The Tiger Saga, #0.5)
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average rating: 4.15
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]]> <![CDATA[For Your Heart (Hill Dweller -- Retellings #1)]]> 18040275
It has been seven years since Jeanette Sauderheim followed her best friend into Carver Hall Park...and came out alone. Jeanette has never gotten over his mysterious disappearance nor has she gone back into the park. While that traumatic night still haunts her, Jeanette distracts herself by balancing her time between trying to pass Spanish, hanging out with her friends, and reading the latest manga.

But, when a promise to a friend drives her back into the park, she's forced to re-live the memories of that night. Lost and confused, Jeanette crosses paths with Tamrin, whose violent reaction to her provides yet another reason to avoid the park.

Tamrin, a knight of the Summer Court, has been sent to Earth to guard a garden of roses that hold special meaning to the queen of the Summer faeries. When his distraction at meeting Jeanette leads to her picking one of the Summer Queen’s roses, Tamrin vows to right his failure to do his duty.

However, the equivalent of one of the queen’s roses is a human heart and Tamrin’s reluctance to readily exact the sum from Jeanette sets in motion a spiral of love, betrayal, and magic that could mean damnation for them both.

*This is an Upper YA paranormal romance novel with NA and contemporary fantasy appeal.]]> 395 A.L. Davroe Leah 0 to-read 4.25 2013 For Your Heart (Hill Dweller -- Retellings #1)
author: A.L. Davroe
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average rating: 4.25
book published: 2013
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]]> <![CDATA[Tiger's Voyage (The Tiger Saga, #3)]]> 7849341 560 Colleen Houck 1450595987 Leah 5 4.27 2011 Tiger's Voyage (The Tiger Saga, #3)
author: Colleen Houck
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average rating: 4.27
book published: 2011
rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[Tiger's Destiny (The Tiger Saga, #4)]]> 12677913
It's a race against time, and the evil sorcerer Lokesh, in this eagerly anticipated fourth volume in the bestselling Tiger's Curse series, which pits good against evil, tests the bonds of love and loyalty, and finally reveals the tigers' true destinies once and for all.

A smart phone tag code on the back cover links readers to the series website.]]> 464 Colleen Houck 1402798431 Leah 5 4.37 2012 Tiger's Destiny (The Tiger Saga, #4)
author: Colleen Houck
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average rating: 4.37
book published: 2012
rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[Tiger's Quest (The Tiger Saga, #2)]]> 9662386
Aside From battling immortal sea monkeys and trekking the jungles of India, she fell in love with Ren, a 300-year-old prince.

When danger suddenly forces Kelsey on another Indian quest, with Ren's bad-boy brother, Kishan,the unlikely duo begins to question their true destiny. Ren's life hangs in the balance--so does the truth within Kelsey's heart.

Tiger's Quest, the thrilling second volume in the Tiger's Curse series, brings the trio one step closer to breaking the ancient prophecy that binds them.]]> 479 Colleen Houck 140278404X Leah 5
Ren's memory loss in regards to Kells is heartbreaking, especially with all the effort she's put in to trying to help him become a whole man again!]]> 4.31 2011 Tiger's Quest (The Tiger Saga, #2)
author: Colleen Houck
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average rating: 4.31
book published: 2011
rating: 5
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WOW! This one is definitely better than the first one! The emotional turmoil Kelsey goes through in trying to get over Ren! What a surprise to see him on the foster parents doorstep. The fight scene between Ren and Li was hilarious - expecially from Li's point of view!

Ren's memory loss in regards to Kells is heartbreaking, especially with all the effort she's put in to trying to help him become a whole man again!
]]> <![CDATA[Tiger's Curse (The Tiger Saga, #1)]]> 9284655
Would you risk it all to change your destiny?

The last thing Kelsey Hayes thought she’d be doing this summer was trying to break a 300-year-old Indian curse. With a mysterious white tiger named Ren. Halfway around the world. But that’s exactly what happened. Face-to-face with dark forces, spellbinding magic, and mystical worlds where nothing is what it seems, Kelsey risks everything to piece together an ancient prophecy that could break the curse forever.

Tiger’s Curse is the exciting first volume in an epic fantasy-romance that will leave you breathless and yearning for more.]]> 403 Colleen Houck 1402784031 Leah 5 4.07 2011 Tiger's Curse (The Tiger Saga, #1)
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average rating: 4.07
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]]> Plague Ship 11886687
The crew has just completed a top secret mission against Iran in the Persian Gulf when they come across a cruise ship adrift at sea. Hundreds of bodies litter its deck, and, as Cabrillo tries to determine what happened, explosions rack the length of the ship. Barely able to escape with his own life and that of the liner's sole survivor, Cabrillo finds himself plunged into a mystery as intricate - and as perilous - as any he has ever known and pitted against a cult with monstrously lethal plans for the human race ... plans he may already be too late to stop.]]> Clive Cussler Leah 4 4.20 2008 Plague Ship
author: Clive Cussler
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average rating: 4.20
book published: 2008
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[The Candy Shop War (The Candy Shop War, #1)]]> 6298470

Four young friends, Nate, Summer, Trevor, and Pigeon, are befriended by Belinda White, the owner of a new candy shop on Main Street. However, the gray-haired, grandmotherly Mrs. White is not an ordinary candy maker. Her confections have magical side effects.



Purposefully, she invites the kids on a special mission to retrieve a hidden talisman under Mt. Diablo Elementary School. However, Mrs. White is not the only magician in town in need of the ancient artifact rumored to be a fountain of youth. She is aware that Mr. Stott, the not-so-ordinary ice cream truck driver, has a few tricks of his own.

]]> 370 Brandon Mull 1590389700 Leah 5 3.88 2007 The Candy Shop War (The Candy Shop War, #1)
author: Brandon Mull
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average rating: 3.88
book published: 2007
rating: 5
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]]> The Invention of Hugo Cabret 9673436 534 Brian Selznick Leah 4 4.22 2007 The Invention of Hugo Cabret
author: Brian Selznick
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average rating: 4.22
book published: 2007
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[Peter and the Sword of Mercy (Peter and the Starcatchers, #4)]]> 6582080 528 Dave Barry 1423309758 Leah 5 4.19 2009 Peter and the Sword of Mercy (Peter and the Starcatchers, #4)
author: Dave Barry
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average rating: 4.19
book published: 2009
rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[Peter and the Secret of Rundoon (Peter and the Starcatchers, #3)]]> 555500
Peter and the Secret of Rundoon is a wild desert adventure - with flying camels, magic carpets, and evil shadows - that literally zooms toward an unforgettable and unimaginable climax. Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson have teamed together once again to pen a story with unrelenting action and adventure that can be enjoyed by readers of all ages.]]> 482 Dave Barry 0786837888 Leah 5 4.17 2007 Peter and the Secret of Rundoon (Peter and the Starcatchers, #3)
author: Dave Barry
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average rating: 4.17
book published: 2007
rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[Peter and the Shadow Thieves (Peter and the Starcatchers, #2)]]> 9531 New York Times bestseller Peter and the Starcatchers, Peter leaves the relative safety of Mollusk Island - along with his trusted companion, Tinker Bell - for the dark and dangerous streets of London. On a difficult journey across the sea, he and Tink discover the mysterious and deadly Lord Ombra, who is intent on recovering the missing starstuff - celestial dust that contains unimagined powers. In London, Peter attempts to track down the indomitable Molly, hoping that together they can combat Ombra's determined forces. But London is not Mollusk Island; Peter is not the boy he used to be; and Lord Ombra - the Shadow Master - is unlike anything Peter, or the world, has ever seen.

Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson have done it again - written a compulsively readable, magical, impossible-to-put-down tale that will delight readers of all ages.]]> 557 Dave Barry 078683787X Leah 5 4.17 2006 Peter and the Shadow Thieves (Peter and the Starcatchers, #2)
author: Dave Barry
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average rating: 4.17
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]]> <![CDATA[Peter and the Starcatchers (Peter and the Starcatchers, #1)]]> 34262 Peter Pan. Peter and the Starcatchers is brimming with richly developed characters, from the scary but somehow familiar Black Stache and ferocious Mister Grin to the sweet but sophisticated Molly and fearless Peter. Page after page of riveting adventures take readers of all ages on a voyage from a filthy, crime-ridden port in old England across the turbulent sea. Aboard the Neverland is a trunk that hold the “greatest treasure on earth� —but is it gold, jewels, or something far more mysterious and dangerous?

Roiling waves and raging storms; skullduggery and pirate treachery provide the backdrop for battles at sea. Bone-crushing breakers eventually land our characters on Mollusk Island—where the action really heats up.

This impossible-to-put-down tale leads readers on an unforgettable journey—fraught with danger yet filled with mystical and magical moments.]]> 452 Dave Barry 078684907X Leah 5 4.05 2004 Peter and the Starcatchers (Peter and the Starcatchers, #1)
author: Dave Barry
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average rating: 4.05
book published: 2004
rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Harry Potter, #5)]]> 2
Harry has had enough. He is beginning to think he must do something, anything, to change his situation, when the summer holidays come to an end in a very dramatic fashion. What Harry is about to discover in his new year at Hogwarts will turn his world upside down...]]> 912 J.K. Rowling Leah 5 4.50 2003 Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Harry Potter, #5)
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average rating: 4.50
book published: 2003
rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Harry Potter, #2)]]> 15881
And strike it does. For in Harry’s second year at Hogwarts, fresh torments and horrors arise, including an outrageously stuck-up new professor and a spirit who haunts the girls� bathroom. But then the real trouble begins � someone is turning Hogwarts students to stone. Could it be Draco Malfoy, a more poisonous rival than ever? Could it possibly be Hagrid, whose mysterious past is finally told? Or could it be the one everyone at Hogwarts most suspects� Harry Potter himself!]]> 352 J.K. Rowling Leah 5 4.42 1998 Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Harry Potter, #2)
author: J.K. Rowling
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average rating: 4.42
book published: 1998
rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Harry Potter, #4)]]> 6 734 J.K. Rowling 0439139597 Leah 5 4.56 2000 Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Harry Potter, #4)
author: J.K. Rowling
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average rating: 4.56
book published: 2000
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]]> <![CDATA[Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Harry Potter, #3)]]> 5 435 J.K. Rowling 043965548X Leah 5 4.57 1999 Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Harry Potter, #3)
author: J.K. Rowling
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average rating: 4.57
book published: 1999
rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Harry Potter, #7)]]> 136251
In this final, seventh installment of the Harry Potter series, J.K. Rowling unveils in spectacular fashion the answers to the many questions that have been so eagerly awaited.]]> 759 J.K. Rowling Leah 5 4.61 2007 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Harry Potter, #7)
author: J.K. Rowling
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average rating: 4.61
book published: 2007
rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (Harry Potter, #1)]]> 3 309 J.K. Rowling 0439554934 Leah 5 4.47 1997 Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (Harry Potter, #1)
author: J.K. Rowling
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average rating: 4.47
book published: 1997
rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[Forest Born (The Books of Bayern, #4)]]> 6407514 Rin is sure that something is wrong with her . . . something really bad.

Something that is keeping her from feeling at home in the Forest homestead where she's lived all her life. Something that is keeping her from trusting herself with anyone at all.

When her brother Razo returns from the city for a visit, she accompanies him to the palace, hoping that she can find peace away from home. But war has come to Bayern again, and Rin is compelled to join the queen and her closest allies—magical girls Rin thinks of as the Fire Sisters—as they venture into the Forest toward Kel, the land where someone seems to want them all dead. Many beloved Bayern characters reappear in this story, but it is Rin's own journey of discovering how to balance the good and the bad in herself that drives this compelling adventure.]]> 389 Shannon Hale 1599901676 Leah 4 4.04 2009 Forest Born (The Books of Bayern, #4)
author: Shannon Hale
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average rating: 4.04
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rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[River Secrets (The Books of Bayern, #3)]]> 248470 Razo has no idea why he was chosen to be a soldier.

He can barely swing a sword, and his brothers are forever wrestling him to the ground. Razo is sure it's out of pity that his captain asks him to join an elite mission—escorting the ambassador into Tira, Bayern's great enemy.

But when the Bayern arrive in the strange southern country, Razo discovers the first dead body. He’s the only Bayern able to befriend both the high and low born, people who can provide information about the ever-increasing murders. And he’s the one who must embrace his own talents in order to get the Bayern soldiers home again—alive.]]> 290 Shannon Hale 1582349010 Leah 4 4.05 2006 River Secrets (The Books of Bayern, #3)
author: Shannon Hale
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average rating: 4.05
book published: 2006
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[Enna Burning (The Books of Bayern, #2)]]> 248482 Enna's life was not meant to be simple.

When her brother, Leifer, brings home a mysterious piece of vellum that teaches him how to set fires—without a spark, without flint—Enna cannot decide if this power is one she wants for herself, or something that should be extinguished forever. And when Bayern, their country, goes to war, the choice becomes nearly unbearable.

Enna never imagined that the warm, life-giving energy of a fire could destroy everything she loves, but she must now save herself and Bayern before fire consumes her entirely.]]> 317 Shannon Hale 1582349061 Leah 4 4.00 2004 Enna Burning (The Books of Bayern, #2)
author: Shannon Hale
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average rating: 4.00
book published: 2004
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[The Goose Girl (The Books of Bayern, #1)]]> 179064 She was born with her eyes closed and a word on her tongue, a word she could not taste.

Her name was Anidori-Kiladra Talianna Isilee, Crown Princess of Kildenree, and she spent the first years of her life listening to her aunt’s stories and learning the language of the birds, especially the swans. And when she was older, she watched as a colt was born, and she heard the first word on his tongue, his name, Falada.

From the Grimm’s fairy tale of the princess who became a goose girl before she could become queen, Shannon Hale has woven an incredible, original, and magical tale of a girl who must find her own unusual talents before she can lead the people she has made her own.]]> 383 Shannon Hale 1582349908 Leah 5 4.14 2003 The Goose Girl (The Books of Bayern, #1)
author: Shannon Hale
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average rating: 4.14
book published: 2003
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]]> <![CDATA[The Miracle at Speedy Motors (No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, #9)]]> 1605034 214 Alexander McCall Smith Leah 5 4.10 2008 The Miracle at Speedy Motors (No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, #9)
author: Alexander McCall Smith
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average rating: 4.10
book published: 2008
rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[The Good Husband of Zebra Drive (No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, #8)]]> 7058 THE NO. 1 LADIES� DETECTIVE AGENCY - Book 8

Fans around the world adore the bestselling No. 1 Ladies� Detective Agency series, the basis of the HBO TV show, and its proprietor Precious Ramotswe, Botswana’s premier lady detective.  In this charming series, Mma  Ramotswe navigates her cases and her personal life with wisdom, and good humor—not to mention help from her loyal assistant, Grace Makutsi, and the occasional cup of tea.

In the life of Precious Ramotswe–a woman duly proud of her fine traditional build� there is rarely a dull moment, and in the latest installment in the universally beloved No. 1 Ladies� Detective Agency series there is much happening on Zebra Drive and Tlokweng Road. Mma Ramotswe is experiencing staffing difficulties. First Mr. J.L.B. Matekoni asks to be put in charge of a case involving an errant husband. But can a man investigate such matters as successfully as the number one lady detective can? Then she has a minor falling-out with her assistant, Mma Makutsi, who decides to leave the agency, taking the 97 percent she received on her typing final from the Botswana Secretarial College with her.

Along the way, Mma Ramotswe is asked to investigate a couple of tricky cases. Will she be able to explain an unexpected series of deaths at the hospital in Mochudi? And what about the missing office supplies at a local printing company? These are the types of questions that she is uniquely well suited to answer.

In the end, whatever happens, Mma Ramotswe knows she can count on Mr. J.L.B. Matekoni, who stands for all that is solid and true in a shifting world. And there is always her love for Botswana, a country of which she is justifiably proud.]]> 213 Alexander McCall Smith 1405617705 Leah 5 4.08 2007 The Good Husband of Zebra Drive (No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, #8)
author: Alexander McCall Smith
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average rating: 4.08
book published: 2007
rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[Blue Shoes and Happiness (No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, #7)]]> 28184
All this means a lot of work for our heroine and her inestimable assistant, Grace Makutsi, and they are, of course, up to the challenge. But there’s trouble brewing in Mma Makutsi’s own life. When Phuti Radiphuti misses their customary dinner date, she begins to wonder if he is having second thoughts about their engagement. And while Mma Makutsi may be able to buy that fashionably narrow (and uncomfortable) pair of blue shoes, it may not buy her the happiness that Mma Ramotswe promises her she’ll find in the simpler things—in contentment with the world and enough tea to smooth over the occasional bumps in the road.]]> 227 Alexander McCall Smith 1400075718 Leah 5 4.07 2006 Blue Shoes and Happiness (No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, #7)
author: Alexander McCall Smith
name: Leah
average rating: 4.07
book published: 2006
rating: 5
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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 Leah 5 4.08 1979 Dragondrums (Harper Hall, #3)
author: Anne McCaffrey
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average rating: 4.08
book published: 1979
rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[Dragonsinger (Harper Hall, #2)]]> 28547
In the world of Pern, Harpers are more powerful than kings, for the music they play can control the minds of others. For young Menolly, her dreams of becoming a Harper have nothing to do with power, but rather her love of music. Now she is finally living out her musical dreams as an apprentice Harper, but it’s turning out to be more challenging than she thought. Formerly forbidden to study music because of her gender, Menolly quickly encounters hostility from a number of her male peers and masters.

With the help of new friends, teachers, and her nine tiny, colorful dragons, Menolly finds that her musical talents may be stronger than anyone could imagine.]]> 288 Anne McCaffrey 0689860072 Leah 5 4.27 1977 Dragonsinger (Harper Hall, #2)
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average rating: 4.27
book published: 1977
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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 Leah 5 4.23 1976 Dragonsong (Harper Hall, #1)
author: Anne McCaffrey
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average rating: 4.23
book published: 1976
rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[Treasure of Khan (Dirk Pitt, #19)]]> 34596
Genghis Khan-the greatest conqueror of all time, who, at his peak, ruled an empire that stretched from the Pacific Ocean to the Caspian Sea. His conquests are the stuff of legend, his tomb a forgotten mystery. Until now]]> 552 Clive Cussler 0399153691 Leah 5 3.92 2006 Treasure of Khan (Dirk Pitt, #19)
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average rating: 3.92
book published: 2006
rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[Plague Ship (Oregon Files, #5)]]> 2055151
The crew has just completed a top secret mission against Iran in the Persian Gulf when they come across a cruise ship adrift at sea. Hundreds of bodies litter its deck, and, as Cabrillo tries to determine what happened, explosions rack the length of the ship. Barely able to escape with his own life and that of the liner's sole survivor, Cabrillo finds himself plunged into a mystery as intricate - and as perilous - as any he has ever known and pitted against a cult with monstrously lethal plans for the human race ... plans he may already be too late to stop.]]> 515 Clive Cussler 0399154973 Leah 4 4.06 2008 Plague Ship (Oregon Files, #5)
author: Clive Cussler
name: Leah
average rating: 4.06
book published: 2008
rating: 4
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]]> The Jungle (Oregon Files, #8) 8701853 Jungles come in many forms. There are the steamy rain forests of the Burmese highlands. There are the lies and betrayals of the world of covert operations. And there are the dark and twisted thoughts of a man bent on near-global domination. To pull off their latest mission, Juan Cabrillo and the crew of the Oregon must survive them all.
A devastating new weapon unleashed in thirteenth-century China...a daring rescue in the snowbound mountains along the Afghanistan/Pakistan border...a woman gone missing in the jungles of northern Thailand and Myanmar...for Cabrillo and his crew, all of these events will come together-leading to the greatest threat against U.S. security that the world has ever known.]]> 406 Clive Cussler 0399157042 Leah 5 4.12 2011 The Jungle (Oregon Files, #8)
author: Clive Cussler
name: Leah
average rating: 4.12
book published: 2011
rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[Crescent Dawn (Dirk Pitt, #21)]]> 8219033
NUMA director Dirk Pitt is about to find out, as Roman artifacts discovered in Turkey and Israel unnervingly connect to the rise of a fundamentalist movement determined to restore the glory of the Ottoman Empire, and to the existence of a mysterious "manifest," lost long ago, which if discovered again . . . just may change the history of the world as we know it.]]> 548 Clive Cussler 039915714X Leah 4 3.96 2010 Crescent Dawn (Dirk Pitt, #21)
author: Clive Cussler
name: Leah
average rating: 3.96
book published: 2010
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[The Silent Sea (Oregon Files, #7)]]> 6580475 Publishers Weekly)-have made fans of hundreds of thousands of readers. But the Oregon's sixth adventure is its most remark­able one yet.

On December 7, 1941, five brothers exploring a shaft on a small island off the coast of Washington State make an extraordinary discovery, only to be interrupted by news of Pearl Harbor. In the present, Cabrillo, chasing the remnants of a crashed satellite in the Argentine jungle, stumbles upon a shocking revelation of his own. His search to untangle the mystery leads him, first, to that small island and its secret, and then much farther back, to an ancient Chinese expedition-and a curse that seems to have survived for more than five hundred years. If Cabrillo's team is successful in its quest, the reward could be incalculable. If not . . . the only reward is death.

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]]> Medusa (NUMA Files, #8) 5867840 Chicago Tribune) of Kurt Austin, Joe Zavala, and the rest of the NUMA Special Assignments Team, but in Medusa the NUMA team faces what may be its most perilous mission of all.

In the Micronesian Islands, a top secret, U.S. government� sponsored undersea lab conducting vital biomedical research on a rare jellyfish known as the Blue Medusa suddenly . . . disappears. At the same time, off Bermuda, a bathysphere is attacked by an underwater vehicle and left helpless a half mile below the surface, its passengers—including Zavala—left to die. Only Kurt Austin’s heroic measures save them from a watery grave, but, suspecting a connection, Austin puts the NUMA team on the case. He has no idea what he’s just gotten them all into. A hideous series of medical experiments . . . an extraordinarily ambitious Chinese criminal organization . . . a secret new virus that threatens to set off a worldwide pandemic. Austin and Zavala have been in tight spots before, but this time it’s not just their own skins they’re trying to save—it’s the lives of millions.

Filled with the high-stakes suspense and boundless invention unique to Cussler, Medusa is the most thrilling novel yet from the grand master of adventure.]]> 454 Clive Cussler 0399155651 Leah 5 3.98 2009 Medusa (NUMA Files, #8)
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average rating: 3.98
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]]> <![CDATA[Skeleton Coast (The Oregon Files, #4)]]> 41693 Chairman of the Corporation Juan Cabrillo and his mercenary crew steer theOregon into battle against a militant leader and his cult-like followers in this #1 New York Times-bestselling series.

Juan Cabrillo and the crew of the covert combat ship Oregon have barely escaped a mission on the Congo River when they intercept a mayday from a defenseless boat under fire off the African coast. Still smarting from a weapons-trade gone bad and a double-cross, Cabrillo takes action. He manages to save the beautiful Sloane Macintyre, who's on a mission of her own, looking for a long-submerged ship that may hold a fortune in diamonds. But what surprises Cabrillo is her story about a crazy fisherman who claims to have been attacked on the open sea by giant metal snakes in the same area.

What begins as a snake hunt leads Cabrillo onto the trail of a far more lethal quarry--a deranged militant and his followers who plan to unleash the devastating power of nature itself against all who oppose them.]]> 373 Clive Cussler 0425211894 Leah 4 4.12 2006 Skeleton Coast (The Oregon Files, #4)
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average rating: 4.12
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rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[The Navigator (NUMA Files, #7)]]> 41702 Navigator was stolen from the Baghdad Museum, and there are men who would do anything to get their hands on it. Their first victim is a crooked antiquities dealer, murdered in cold blood. Their second very nearly is a UN investigator who, were it not for the timely assistance of Austin and Zavala, would now be at the bottom of a watery grave.

What's so special about this statue? Austin wonders. The search for answers will take the NUMA team on an astonishing odyssey through time and space, one that encompasses no less than the lost treasures of King Solomon, a mysterious packet of documents personally encoded by Thomas Jefferson, and a top secret scientific project that could change the world forever.

And that's before the surprises really begin . . .

Rich with all the hair-raising action and endless invention that have become Cussler's hallmarks, The Navigator is Clive's best yet.

]]> 437 Clive Cussler 0399154191 Leah 5 3.94 2007 The Navigator (NUMA Files, #7)
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average rating: 3.94
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]]> <![CDATA[The Hobbit, or There and Back Again]]> 5907 Written for J.R.R. Tolkien’s own children, The Hobbit met with instant critical acclaim when it was first published in 1937. Now recognized as a timeless classic, this introduction to the hobbit Bilbo Baggins, the wizard Gandalf, Gollum, and the spectacular world of Middle-earth recounts of the adventures of a reluctant hero, a powerful and dangerous ring, and the cruel dragon Smaug the Magnificent. The text in this 372-page paperback edition is based on that first published in Great Britain by Collins Modern Classics (1998), and includes a note on the text by Douglas A. Anderson (2001).]]> 366 J.R.R. Tolkien Leah 5 4.29 1937 The Hobbit, or There and Back Again
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average rating: 4.29
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rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[Eragon (The Inheritance Cycle #1)]]> 113436 An alternate cover edition for ISBN 9780375826696 can be found here.

One boy...
One dragon...
A world of adventure.

When Eragon finds a polished blue stone in the forest, he thinks it is the lucky discovery of a poor farm boy; perhaps it will buy his family meat for the winter. But when the stone brings a dragon hatchling, Eragon soon realizes he has stumbled upon a legacy nearly as old as the Empire itself.

Overnight his simple life is shattered, and he is thrust into a perilous new world of destiny, magic, and power. With only an ancient sword and the advice of an old storyteller for guidance, Eragon and the fledgling dragon must navigate the dangerous terrain and dark enemies of an Empire ruled by a king whose evil knows no bounds.

Can Eragon take up the mantle of the legendary Dragon Riders? The fate of the Empire may rest in his hands.]]> 503 Christopher Paolini 0375826696 Leah 5 3.96 2002 Eragon (The Inheritance Cycle #1)
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]]> <![CDATA[Little Women (Little Women, #1)]]> 1934 This is an alternate cover edition of ISBN 9780451529305.

Generations of readers young and old, male and female, have fallen in love with the March sisters of Louisa May Alcott’s most popular and enduring novel, Little Women. Here are talented tomboy and author-to-be Jo, tragically frail Beth, beautiful Meg, and romantic, spoiled Amy, united in their devotion to each other and their struggles to survive in New England during the Civil War.

It is no secret that Alcott based Little Women on her own early life. While her father, the freethinking reformer and abolitionist Bronson Alcott, hobnobbed with such eminent male authors as Emerson, Thoreau, and Hawthorne, Louisa supported herself and her sisters with "woman’s work,� including sewing, doing laundry, and acting as a domestic servant. But she soon discovered she could make more money writing. Little Women brought her lasting fame and fortune, and far from being the "girl’s book� her publisher requested, it explores such timeless themes as love and death, war and peace, the conflict between personal ambition and family responsibilities, and the clash of cultures between Europe and America.

]]> 449 Louisa May Alcott Leah 5 4.16 1868 Little Women (Little Women, #1)
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