Amsy's bookshelf: all en-US Mon, 06 Nov 2023 15:15:35 -0800 60 Amsy's bookshelf: all 144 41 /images/layout/goodreads_logo_144.jpg Coming Home to Her 57460985 127 Emily Juniper 1697643655 Amsy 0 4.02 Coming Home to Her
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]]> Meredith, Alone 60568475 Meredith Maggs has everything a person needs.

A best friend in Sadie.
A beloved cat in Fred.
Jigsaws to fill the time.
Recipes to perfect.
Even a weekly visit from the Tesco delivery guy.

So what if she hasn't left the house in 1,214 days? That her memories are treacherous, and it's getting harder to ignore the estranged sister knocking at her door.

How long can one woman keep the world out?
How long before she invites in what's out there?
And how long does it take to discover the person you were meant to be?
]]> 368 Claire Alexander 1538709945 Amsy 0 to-read 4.00 2022 Meredith, Alone
author: Claire Alexander
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average rating: 4.00
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]]> The Museum of Ordinary People 63202481
In the process of finding the books a new home, Jess discovers an unusual archive of letters, photographs, and curious housed in a warehouse and known as the Museum of Ordinary People.Ěý Irresistibly drawn, she becomes the museum's unofficial custodian, along with the warehouse’s mysterious owner.Ěý As they delve into the history of objects in their care, they not only unravel heart-stirring stories that span generations and continents, but also unearth long-buried secrets that lie closer to home.

Inspired by an abandoned box of mementos, The Museum of Ordinary People is a poignant novel about memory and loss, the things we leave behind, and the future we create for ourselves.ĚýĚý
Ěý


Ěý]]> 336 Mike Gayle 1538740842 Amsy 0 currently-reading 3.79 2022 The Museum of Ordinary People
author: Mike Gayle
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average rating: 3.79
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]]> Found in a Bookshop 62731806
We are trying to stay at home . . . I am enclosing a cheque and I hope that you will use it to send us some books. Please choose books that we might think are wonderful.

Rosemary

Loveday Cardew's beloved Lost for Words bookshop, along with the rest of York, has fallen quiet. At the very time when people most need books to widen their horizons, or escape from their fears, or enhance their lives, the doors are closed. Then the first letter comes.

Rosemary and George have been married for fifty years. Now their time is running out. They have decided to set out on their last journey together, without ever leaving the bench at the bottom of their garden in Whitby. All they need is someone who shares their love of books.

Suddenly it's clear to Loveday that she and her team can do something useful in a crisis. They can recommend books to help with the situations their customers find themselves in: fear, boredom, loneliness, the desire for laughter and escape.

And so it begins.]]> 432 Stephanie Butland 1472291824 Amsy 0 to-read 4.24 2023 Found in a Bookshop
author: Stephanie Butland
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average rating: 4.24
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]]> <![CDATA[Killers of a Certain Age (Killers of a Certain Age, #1)]]> 60149532 Older women often feel invisible, but sometimes that's their secret weapon.

They've spent their lives as the deadliest assassins in a clandestine international organization, but now that they're sixty years old, four women friends can't just retire - it's kill or be killed in this action-packed thriller.

Billie, Mary Alice, Helen, and Natalie have worked for the Museum, an elite network of assassins, for forty years. Now their talents are considered old-school and no one appreciates what they have to offer in an age that relies more on technology than people skills.

When the foursome is sent on an all-expenses paid vacation to mark their retirement, they are targeted by one of their own. Only the Board, the top-level members of the Museum, can order the termination of field agents, and the women realize they've been marked for death.

Now to get out alive they have to turn against their own organization, relying on experience and each other to get the job done, knowing that working together is the secret to their survival. They're about to teach the Board what it really means to be a woman--and a killer--of a certain age.]]> 368 Deanna Raybourn 0593200683 Amsy 0 to-read 3.82 2022 Killers of a Certain Age (Killers of a Certain Age, #1)
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]]> The Midnight Library 52578297
When Nora Seed finds herself in the Midnight Library, she has a chance to make things right. Up until now, her life has been full of misery and regret. She feels she has let everyone down, including herself. But things are about to change.

The books in the Midnight Library enable Nora to live as if she had done things differently. With the help of an old friend, she can now undo every one of her regrets as she tries to work out her perfect life. But things aren't always what she imagined they'd be, and soon her choices place the library and herself in extreme danger.

Before time runs out, she must answer the ultimate question: what is the best way to live?]]> 288 Matt Haig 0525559477 Amsy 0 3.96 2020 The Midnight Library
author: Matt Haig
name: Amsy
average rating: 3.96
book published: 2020
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]]> Felix Ever After 51931067 From Stonewall and Lambda Award-winning author Kacen Callender comes a revelatory YA novel about a transgender teen grappling with identity and self-discovery while falling in love for the first time.

Felix Love has never been in love—and, yes, he’s painfully aware of the irony. He desperately wants to know what it’s like and why it seems so easy for everyone but him to find someone. What’s worse is that, even though he is proud of his identity, Felix also secretly fears that he’s one marginalization too many—Black, queer, and transgender—to ever get his own happily-ever-after.

When an anonymous student begins sending him transphobic messages—after publicly posting Felix’s deadname alongside images of him before he transitioned—Felix comes up with a plan for revenge. What he didn’t count on: his catfish scenario landing him in a quasi–love triangle....

But as he navigates his complicated feelings, Felix begins a journey of questioning and self-discovery that helps redefine his most important relationship: how he feels about himself.

Felix Ever After is an honest and layered story about identity, falling in love, and recognizing the love you deserve.]]> 368 Kacen Callender 0062820257 Amsy 4
I did find the book to be a little slow in the middle hence why it took me so long to get it finished and towards the end it seemed to be a little rushed to get it all finished.

Overall I enjoyed what the book was about and I did shed a few tears here and there. I enjoyed the characters and seeing into their own lives. A good read for anyone in the LGBTQ+ community ]]> 4.21 2020 Felix Ever After
author: Kacen Callender
name: Amsy
average rating: 4.21
book published: 2020
rating: 4
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I picked up this book a while ago and slowly made my way through it. I enjoyed the main character Felix, he was a complex person who had a lot of inner thoughts, sometimes making poor decisions, but he’s 17, we’ve all made poor decisions at that age.

I did find the book to be a little slow in the middle hence why it took me so long to get it finished and towards the end it seemed to be a little rushed to get it all finished.

Overall I enjoyed what the book was about and I did shed a few tears here and there. I enjoyed the characters and seeing into their own lives. A good read for anyone in the LGBTQ+ community
]]> Nevada 58837536 A beloved and blistering cult classic and finalist for the Lambda Literary Award for Transgender Fiction finally back in print, Nevada follows a disaffected trans woman as she embarks on a cross-country road trip.

Maria Griffiths is almost thirty and works at a used bookstore in New York City while trying to stay true to her punk values. She's in love with her bike but not with her girlfriend, Steph. She takes random pills and drinks more than is good for her, but doesn't inject anything except, when she remembers, estrogen, because she's trans. Everything is mostly fine until Maria and Steph break up, sending Maria into a tailspin, and then onto a cross-country trek in the car she steals from Steph. She ends up in the backwater town of Star City, Nevada, where she meets James, who is probably but not certainly trans, and who reminds Maria of her younger self. As Maria finds herself in the awkward position of trans role model, she realizes that she could become James's savior—or his downfall.

One of the most beloved cult novels of our time and a landmark of trans literature, Imogen Binnie's Nevada is a blistering, heartfelt, and evergreen coming-of-age story, and a punk-smeared excavation of marginalized life under capitalism. Guided by an instantly memorable, terminally self-aware protagonist—and back in print featuring a new afterword by the author�Nevada is the great American road novel flipped on its head for a new generation.]]> 290 Imogen Binnie 0374606617 Amsy 0 to-read 3.93 2013 Nevada
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]]> Pageboy 60473073 Pageboy is a groundbreaking coming-of-age memoir from the Academy Award-nominated actor Elliot Page. A generation-defining actor and one of the most famous trans advocates of our time, Elliot will now be known as an uncommon literary talent, as he shares never-before-heard details and intimate interrogations on gender, love, mental health, relationships, and Hollywood.]]> 271 Elliot Page Amsy 0 to-read 3.72 2023 Pageboy
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]]> <![CDATA[Burning my Roti: Breaking Barriers as a Queer Indian Woman]]> 57190888
With chapters covering sexual and cultural identity, body hair, colourism and mental health, and a particular focus on the suffocating beauty standards South Asian women are expected to adhere to, Sharan Dhaliwal speaks openly about her journey towards loving herself, offering advice, support and comfort to people that are encountering the same issues.

This provocative book celebrates the strides South Asian women have made, whilst also providing powerful advice through personal stories by Sharan and other South Asian women from all over the world.]]> 208 Sharan Dhaliwal 1784884391 Amsy 0 to-read 3.76 Burning my Roti: Breaking Barriers as a Queer Indian Woman
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]]> She is the poem 61161458 113 June Bates Amsy 0 3.95 She is the poem
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]]> <![CDATA[Dirty Laundry: Why Adults with ADHD Are So Ashamed and What We Can Do to Help]]> 85807303 146 Richard Pink 1739276310 Amsy 5 4.11 2023 Dirty Laundry: Why Adults with ADHD Are So Ashamed and What We Can Do to Help
author: Richard Pink
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average rating: 4.11
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rating: 5
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]]> As You Walk On By 60878137 The Breakfast Club meets Can't Hardly Wait with an unforgettable ensemble cast in another swoony YA contemporary from award-winning author Julian Winters!

Seventeen-year-old Theo Wright has it all figured out. His plan (well, more like his dad's plan) is a foolproof strategy that involves exceling at his magnet school, getting scouted by college recruiters, and going to Duke on athletic scholarship. But for now, all Theo wants is a perfect prom night. After his best friend Jay dares Theo to prompose to his crush at Chloe Campbell's party, Theo's ready to throw caution to the wind and take his chances.

But when the promposal goes epically wrong, Theo seeks refuge in an empty bedroom while the party rages on downstairs. Having an existential crisis about who he really is with and without his so-called best friend wasn't on tonight's agenda. Though, as the night goes on, Theo finds he's not as alone as he thinks when, one by one, new classmates join him to avoid who they're supposed be outside the bedroom door. Among them, a familiar acquaintance, a quiet outsider, an old friend, and a new flame . . .]]> 328 Julian Winters 0593206509 Amsy 0 to-read 3.93 2023 As You Walk On By
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]]> Liar, Dreamer, Thief 61030718 stalker. Her obsession with her co-worker, Kurt, is just one of many coping mechanisms—like her constant shape and number rituals, or the way scenes from her favorite children’s book bleed into her vision whenever she feels anxious or stressed.

But when Katrina finds a cryptic message from Kurt that implies he’s aware of her surveillance, her tenuous hold on a normal life crumbles. Driven by compulsion, she enacts the most powerful ritual she has to reclaim control—a midnight visit to the Cayatoga Bridge—and arrives just in time to witness Kurt’s suicide. Before he jumps, he slams her with a devastating accusation: his death is all her fault.

Horrified, Katrina combs through the clues she’s collected about Kurt over the last three years, but each revelation uncovers a menacing truth: for every moment she was watching him, he was watching her. And the past she thought she’d left behind? It’s been following her more closely than she ever could have imagined.

A gripping page-turner, as well as a sensitive exploration of mental health, Liar, Dreamer, Thief is an intimate portrayal of life in all its complexities—and the dangers inherent in unveiling people’s most closely guarded secrets.]]> 325 Maria Dong 1538723565 Amsy 0 to-read 3.58 2023 Liar, Dreamer, Thief
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]]> <![CDATA[Everyone in This Room Will Someday Be Dead]]> 55711706
In between trying to memorize the lines to Catholic mass, hiding the fact that she has a new girlfriend, and erecting a dirty dish tower in her crumbling apartment, Gilda strikes up an email correspondence with Grace’s old friend. She can’t bear to ignore the kindly old woman, who has been trying to reach her friend through the church inbox, but she also can’t bring herself to break the bad news. Desperate, she begins impersonating Grace via email. But when the police discover suspicious circumstances surrounding Grace’s death, Gilda may have to finally reveal the truth of her mortifying existence.]]> 256 Emily R. Austin 1982167351 Amsy 5
Don't expect any escapism from this book, it is honest and raw. Although Gilda never discloses any mental health information/diagnosis it is clear she is struggling and is plagued by her intrusive thoughts (I can relate) and her avoidant behavior gets her into some questionable situations. As someone with a dry sense of humor, I did have a little chuckle at a few things within this book, like the quote 'I don't want the Catholics to know I'm doing something gay'.

I enjoyed this book mainly because it was a good representation of how life can be sometimes, some people are lucky enough not to experience it but I think a lot of people will relate to Gilda. She is thoughtful, kind, and strong but she's just not sure how to express those feelings and she puts others before herself.

A very minor nit pick would be, I did think the ending was a little rushed, with a big build-up and then it's over in a flash, this book has left me wanting more. I want to see Gilda blossom and grow and most of all to be HAPPY!]]> 3.86 2021 Everyone in This Room Will Someday Be Dead
author: Emily R. Austin
name: Amsy
average rating: 3.86
book published: 2021
rating: 5
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I loved this book, Gila is so kindhearted and I wished I could reach into the story and give her a big hug.

Don't expect any escapism from this book, it is honest and raw. Although Gilda never discloses any mental health information/diagnosis it is clear she is struggling and is plagued by her intrusive thoughts (I can relate) and her avoidant behavior gets her into some questionable situations. As someone with a dry sense of humor, I did have a little chuckle at a few things within this book, like the quote 'I don't want the Catholics to know I'm doing something gay'.

I enjoyed this book mainly because it was a good representation of how life can be sometimes, some people are lucky enough not to experience it but I think a lot of people will relate to Gilda. She is thoughtful, kind, and strong but she's just not sure how to express those feelings and she puts others before herself.

A very minor nit pick would be, I did think the ending was a little rushed, with a big build-up and then it's over in a flash, this book has left me wanting more. I want to see Gilda blossom and grow and most of all to be HAPPY!
]]> <![CDATA[Everything That Remains: A Memoir by The Minimalists]]> 20370505
What if everything you ever wanted isn't what you actually want? Twenty-something, suit-clad, and upwardly mobile, Joshua Fields Millburn thought he had everything anyone could ever want. Until he didn't anymore. Blindsided by the loss of his mother and his marriage in the same month, Millburn started questioning every aspect of the life he had built for himself. Then, he accidentally discovered a lifestyle known as minimalism...and everything started to change.

That was four years ago. Since, Millburn, now 32, has embraced simplicity. In the pursuit of looking for something more substantial than compulsory consumption and the broken American Dream, he jettisoned most of his material possessions, paid off loads of crippling debt, and walked away from his six-figure career. So, when everything was gone, what was left?

Not a how-to book but a why-to book, Everything That Remains is the touching, surprising story of what happened when one young man decided to let go of everything and begin living more deliberately. Heartrending, uplifting, and deeply personal, this engrossing memoir is peppered with insightful (and often hilarious) interruptions by Ryan Nicodemus, Millburn's best friend of twenty years.]]> 232 Joshua Fields Millburn 1938793188 Amsy 0 3.74 2013 Everything That Remains: A Memoir by The Minimalists
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]]> <![CDATA[Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine]]> 31434883 No one’s ever told Eleanor that life should be better than fine

Meet Eleanor Oliphant: she struggles with appropriate social skills and tends to say exactly what she’s thinking. Nothing is missing in her carefully timetabled life of avoiding unnecessary human contact, where weekends are punctuated by frozen pizza, vodka, and phone chats with Mummy.

But everything changes when Eleanor meets Raymond, the bumbling and deeply unhygienic IT guy from her office. When she and Raymond together save Sammy, an elderly gentleman who has fallen, the three rescue one another from the lives of isolation that they had been living. Ultimately, it is Raymond’s big heart that will help Eleanor find the way to repair her own profoundly damaged one. If she does, she'll learn that she, too, is capable of finding friendship—and even love—after all.

Smart, warm, uplifting, Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine is the story of an out-of-the-ordinary heroine whose deadpan weirdness and unconscious wit make for an irresistible journey as she realizes. . .

the only way to survive is to open your heart.]]> 336 Gail Honeyman 0735220689 Amsy 5
This book I love; I wouldn't change a thing about it.

Eleanor doesn't care for social norms, she marches to the beat of her own drum and I love that for her. She loves shopping at Tescos, she wears her jerkin and her velcro shoes (very practical) she even orders a take-out pizza for the first time and puts the kettle on, just in case they want to come in for a cuppa, Eleanor isn't on this earth to conform to the norm, she is here to be herself.

The growth you see within her character is heartwarming, she challenges her thoughts and behaviors. She allows herself to feel the warm embrace of friendship like never before, and she takes on challenges, social events, and responsibility, at first she is unsure, but she is brave, vulnerable, and inspiring.

Everyone can learn from Eleanor Oliphant, you don't need to conform to the world to be loved. The right people will love you, just the way you are.

Quotes:
- 'I feel sorry for beautiful people. Beauty from the moment you possess it is already slipping away, ephemeral.'
- 'It wasn't a Tesco Metro, it was a Tesco Extra. It was in short, one of my favorite places in the world.'
- 'The promotional offer of Smirnoff was remarkable. Oh, Mr. Tescos, I simply cannot resist your marvelous bargains.'
- 'Thank you for making me shiny.']]> 4.21 2017 Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine
author: Gail Honeyman
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average rating: 4.21
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rating: 5
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After reading this book a few years ago and thoroughly enjoying it, something in my brain said 'we have to read this again.'

This book I love; I wouldn't change a thing about it.

Eleanor doesn't care for social norms, she marches to the beat of her own drum and I love that for her. She loves shopping at Tescos, she wears her jerkin and her velcro shoes (very practical) she even orders a take-out pizza for the first time and puts the kettle on, just in case they want to come in for a cuppa, Eleanor isn't on this earth to conform to the norm, she is here to be herself.

The growth you see within her character is heartwarming, she challenges her thoughts and behaviors. She allows herself to feel the warm embrace of friendship like never before, and she takes on challenges, social events, and responsibility, at first she is unsure, but she is brave, vulnerable, and inspiring.

Everyone can learn from Eleanor Oliphant, you don't need to conform to the world to be loved. The right people will love you, just the way you are.

Quotes:
- 'I feel sorry for beautiful people. Beauty from the moment you possess it is already slipping away, ephemeral.'
- 'It wasn't a Tesco Metro, it was a Tesco Extra. It was in short, one of my favorite places in the world.'
- 'The promotional offer of Smirnoff was remarkable. Oh, Mr. Tescos, I simply cannot resist your marvelous bargains.'
- 'Thank you for making me shiny.'
]]> I'll Give You the Sun 20820994
Years later, they are barely speaking. Something has happened to change the twins in different yet equally devastating ways... but then Jude meets an intriguing, irresistible boy and a mysterious new mentor. The early years are Noah's to tell; the later years are Jude's. But they each have only half the story, and if they can only find their way back to one another, they'll have a chance to remake their world.

This radiant, award-winning novel from the acclaimed author of The Sky Is Everywhere will leave you breathless and teary and laughing—often all at once.

Printz Award Winner Stonewall Honor Book.]]> 371 Jandy Nelson 0803734964 Amsy 0 to-read 4.14 2014 I'll Give You the Sun
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average rating: 4.14
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]]> <![CDATA[Frances Kray - The Tragic Bride: The True Story of Reggie Kray's First Wife]]> 26244882 The first full account of the beautiful, innocent young woman who married Reggie Kray � and became trapped in the violent and terrifying world of the Kray Twins.

She was young, very beautiful and had everything to live for � but the life of Frances Shea, wife of Reggie Kray, remains one of the most tragic stories of the Sixties.

Courted by Reggie as a schoolgirl, Frances was lured into an outwardly glamorous world of nightclubs, expensive clothes and showbiz parties. Yet she very soon discovered the real world of the Kray Twins, the hidden, twisted world where violence, drink, drugs and terror dominated everything.

Frances broke away and briefly enjoyed other relationships, struggling to maintain her freedom. Yet Reggie would never let her go. Paranoid and obsessive, he monitored her every move, stalking her night and day.

By the time she married Reggie in their â€Wedding of the Yearâ€� in 1965, Frances and her family had become inextricably linked with the Twinsâ€� downward spiral from gangland extortion and brutality into senseless murder and mayhem.

Trapped, desperate and unable to cope, just two years later Frances died from a drug overdose.

Only now, 50 years later, in a revealing and shocking examination of the facts, the truth about the life of Frances Shea and her short marriage to Reggie Kray is finally revealed in this new, revised edition. With hitherto unseen photographs, documents and revelations, the book explodes the many myths surrounding the marriage. In doing so, it uncovers the sordid reality of the Kray world � and shows how the effect of this tragic, doomed relationship haunted the lives of Frances’s loved ones right to the end.

]]> 281 Jacky Hyams 1784188360 Amsy 0 to-read 4.05 2014 Frances Kray - The Tragic Bride: The True Story of Reggie Kray's First Wife
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]]> <![CDATA[Good Girl, Bad Blood (A Good Girl's Guide to Murder, #2)]]> 51335759
With the help of Ravi Singh, she released a true-crime podcast about the murder case they solved together last year. The podcast has gone viral, yet Pip insists her investigating days are behind her.

But she will have to break that promise when someone she knows goes missing. Jamie Reynolds has disappeared, on the very same night the town hosted a memorial for the sixth-year anniversary of the deaths of Andie Bell and Sal Singh.

The police won't do anything about it. And if they won't look for Jamie then Pip will, uncovering more of her town's dark secrets along the way... and this time everyone is listening. But will she find him before it's too late?]]> 413 Holly Jackson 1405297751 Amsy 0 to-read 4.26 2020 Good Girl, Bad Blood (A Good Girl's Guide to Murder, #2)
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]]> <![CDATA[As Good As Dead (A Good Girl's Guide to Murder, #3)]]> 56905097 The finale to A Good Girl's Guide to Murder series. By the end of this mystery series, you'll never think of good girls the same way again...

Pip is about to head to college, but she is still haunted by the way her last investigation ended. She’s used to online death threats in the wake of her viral true-crime podcast, but she can’t help noticing an anonymous person who keeps asking her: Who will look for you when you’re the one who disappears?

Soon the threats escalate and Pip realizes that someone is following her in real life. When she starts to find connections between her stalker and a local serial killer caught six years ago, she wonders if maybe the wrong man is behind bars.

Police refuse to act, so Pip has only one choice: find the suspect herself—or be the next victim. As the deadly game plays out, Pip discovers that everything in her small town is coming full circle... and if she doesn’t find the answers, this time she will be the one who disappears...]]> 500 Holly Jackson 0593379853 Amsy 0 to-read 4.20 2021 As Good As Dead (A Good Girl's Guide to Murder, #3)
author: Holly Jackson
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average rating: 4.20
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]]> <![CDATA[Diana: Her True Story in Her Own Words]]> 908053 432 Andrew Morton 0671024124 Amsy 0 to-read 3.79 1993 Diana: Her True Story in Her Own Words
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average rating: 3.79
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]]> <![CDATA[Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind]]> 23692271 512 Yuval Noah Harari Amsy 0 to-read 4.33 2011 Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
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]]> <![CDATA[Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People About Race]]> 33606119
Exploring issues from eradicated black history to the political purpose of white dominance, whitewashed feminism to the inextricable link between class and race, Reni Eddo-Lodge offers a timely and essential new framework for how to see, acknowledge and counter racism. It is a searing, illuminating, absolutely necessary exploration of what it is to be a person of colour in Britain today.]]> 249 Reni Eddo-Lodge 140887055X Amsy 0 to-read 4.37 2017 Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People About Race
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]]> <![CDATA[They Both Die at the End (Death-Cast, #1)]]> 33385229
Mateo and Rufus are total strangers, but, for different reasons, they’re both looking to make a new friend on their End Day. The good news: There’s an app for that. It’s called the Last Friend, and through it, Rufus and Mateo are about to meet up for one last great adventure—to live a lifetime in a single day.

Adam Silvera reminds us that there’s no life without death and no love without loss in this devastating yet uplifting story about two people whose lives change over the course of one unforgettable day.]]> 389 Adam Silvera 0062457799 Amsy 0 to-read 3.76 2017 They Both Die at the End (Death-Cast, #1)
author: Adam Silvera
name: Amsy
average rating: 3.76
book published: 2017
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]]> <![CDATA[The Escape Artist: The Man Who Broke Out of Auschwitz to Warn the World]]> 60194141 In a book that is part thrilling adventure, part exploration of some of the darkest secrets of the Holocaust, award-winning journalist and best-selling novelist Jonathan Freedland uncovers the extraordinary story of the first Jew to break out of Auschwitz, a man who was determined to warn the world—and pass on a truth too few were willing to hear.

In April 1944, Rudolf Vrba became the first Jew to break out of Auschwitz—one of only four who ever pulled off that near-impossible feat. He did it to reveal the truth of the death camp to the world—and to warn the last Jews of Europe what fate awaited them at the end of the railway line. Against all odds, he and his fellow escapee, Fred Wetzler, climbed mountains, crossed rivers and narrowly missed German bullets until they had smuggled out the first full account of Auschwitz the world had ever seen—a forensically detailed report that would eventually reach Franklin Roosevelt, Winston Churchill and the Pope.

And yet too few heeded the warning that Vrba—then just nineteen years old—had risked everything to deliver. Some could not believe it. Others thought it easier to keep quiet. Vrba helped save 200,000 Jewish lives—but he never stopped believing it could have been so many more.

This is the story of a brilliant yet troubled man—a gifted “escape artist� who even as a teenager understand that the difference between truth and lies can be the difference between life and death, a man who deserves to take his place alongside Anne Frank, Oskar Schindler and Primo Levi as one of the handful of individuals whose stories define our understanding of the Holocaust.]]> 416 Jonathan Freedland 0063112337 Amsy 0 to-read 4.34 2022 The Escape Artist: The Man Who Broke Out of Auschwitz to Warn the World
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]]> Hidden Pictures 58724923 A wildly inventive spin on the supernatural thriller, about a woman working as a nanny for a young boy with strange and disturbing secrets.

Mallory Quinn is fresh out of rehab when she takes a job as a babysitter for Ted and Caroline Maxwell. She is to look after their five-year-old son, Teddy.

Mallory immediately loves it. She has her own living space, goes out for nightly runs, and has the stability she craves. And she sincerely bonds with Teddy, a sweet, shy boy who is never without his sketchbook and pencil. His drawings are the usual fare: trees, rabbits, balloons. But one day, he draws something different: a man in a forest, dragging a woman’s lifeless body.

Then, Teddy’s artwork becomes increasingly sinister, and his stick figures quickly evolve into lifelike sketches well beyond the ability of any five-year-old. Mallory begins to wonder if these are glimpses of a long-unsolved murder, perhaps relayed by a supernatural force.

Knowing just how crazy it all sounds, Mallory nevertheless sets out to decipher the images and save Teddy before it’s too late.]]> 372 Jason Rekulak 1250819342 Amsy 0 to-read 4.12 2022 Hidden Pictures
author: Jason Rekulak
name: Amsy
average rating: 4.12
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]]> My Sister, the Serial Killer 38819868
My Sister, the Serial Killer is a blackly comic novel about how blood is thicker - and more difficult to get out of the carpet - than water...]]> 226 Oyinkan Braithwaite 0385544235 Amsy 4
This book is labels as a â€thrillerâ€� but I didn’t feel this while reading. It was a little lukewarm to be honest and there wasn’t any part that had me on the edge of my seat.

I guess I really wanted her sister Ayoola to get what was coming to her. She doesn’t deserve the love and protection Korede shows to her. ]]> 3.64 2018 My Sister, the Serial Killer
author: Oyinkan Braithwaite
name: Amsy
average rating: 3.64
book published: 2018
rating: 4
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A nice quick easy book to read. I really felt for Korede, living in the shadow of her sister Ayoola and feeling like she needs to protect her however, her character does become a little frustrating and I wished she would see sense.

This book is labels as a â€thrillerâ€� but I didn’t feel this while reading. It was a little lukewarm to be honest and there wasn’t any part that had me on the edge of my seat.

I guess I really wanted her sister Ayoola to get what was coming to her. She doesn’t deserve the love and protection Korede shows to her.
]]> <![CDATA[It Ends with Us (It Ends with Us, #1)]]> 27362503
Lily hasn’t always had it easy, but that’s never stopped her from working hard for the life she wants. She’s come a long way from the small town in Maine where she grew up � she graduated from college, moved to Boston, and started her own business. So when she feels a spark with a gorgeous neurosurgeon named Ryle Kincaid, everything in Lily’s life suddenly seems almost too good to be true.

Ryle is assertive, stubborn, maybe even a little arrogant. He’s also sensitive, brilliant, and has a total soft spot for Lily. And the way he looks in scrubs certainly doesn’t hurt. Lily can’t get him out of her head. But Ryle’s complete aversion to relationships is disturbing. Even as Lily finds herself becoming the exception to his “no dating� rule, she can’t help but wonder what made him that way in the first place.

As questions about her new relationship overwhelm her, so do thoughts of Atlas Corrigan � her first love and a link to the past she left behind. He was her kindred spirit, her protector. When Atlas suddenly reappears, everything Lily has built with Ryle is threatened.]]> 386 Colleen Hoover 1668021048 Amsy 2 4.11 2016 It Ends with Us (It Ends with Us, #1)
author: Colleen Hoover
name: Amsy
average rating: 4.11
book published: 2016
rating: 2
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]]> Convenience Store Woman 38357895
A brilliant depiction of an unusual psyche and a world hidden from view, Convenience Store Woman is an ironic and sharp-eyed look at contemporary work culture and the pressures to conform, as well as a charming and completely fresh portrait of an unforgettable heroine.]]> 163 Sayaka Murata Amsy 0 to-read 3.70 2016 Convenience Store Woman
author: Sayaka Murata
name: Amsy
average rating: 3.70
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]]> The Color Purple 52892857 Read the original inspiration for the new, boldly reimagined film from producers Oprah Winfrey and Steven Spielberg, starring Taraji P. Henson, Danielle Brooks, and Fantasia Barrino.

Winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award

A powerful cultural touchstone of modern American literature, The Color Purple depicts the lives of African American women in early twentieth-century rural Georgia. Separated as girls, sisters Celie and Nettie sustain their loyalty to and hope in each other across time, distance and silence. Through a series of letters spanning twenty years, first from Celie to God, then the sisters to each other despite the unknown, the novel draws readers into its rich and memorable portrayals of Celie, Nettie, Shug Avery and Sofia and their experience. The Color Purple broke the silence around domestic and sexual abuse, narrating the lives of women through their pain and struggle, companionship and growth, resilience and bravery. Deeply compassionate and beautifully imagined, Alice Walker's epic carries readers on a spirit-affirming journey towards redemption and love.

â€Áč±đ˛ą»ĺľ±˛Ô˛µ The Color Purple was the first time I had seen Southern, Black women’s literature as world literature. In writing us into the world—bravely, unapologetically, and honestly—Alice Walker has given us a gift we will never be able to repay.â€� —Tayari Jones

�The Color Purple was what church should have been, what honest familial reckoning could have been, and it is still the only art object in the world by which all three generations of Black artists in my family judge American art.� —Kiese Laymon]]> 287 Alice Walker 0143135694 Amsy 0 to-read 4.40 1982 The Color Purple
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]]> We Do What We Do in the Dark 58735038 A novel about a young woman's life-altering affair with a much older, married woman.

Mallory is a freshman in college, reeling from her mother's recent death, when she encounters the woman. She sees her for the first time at the university's gym, immediately entranced. Soon, they meet, drawn by an electric tension and shared past wounds; before long, they begin sleeping together in secret. Self-possessed, successful, brilliant, and aloof--the woman is everything Mallory wants...and wants to be. Desiring not only the woman but also the idea of who she is when they're together, Mallory retreats from the rest of the world, solidifying a sense of aloneness that has both haunted and soothed her since childhood and will continue to do so for years even after the affair ends. As an adult, Mallory must decide whether to stay safely in isolation or step fully into the world, to confront what the woman meant to her and how their relationship shaped her, for better or worse.

Mallory's life is transformed by loss and by love and by discovering who she is while enduring both. In this enthralling debut novel, the complexities of influence, obsession, and admiration reveal how desire and its consequences can alter the trajectory of someone's life.
]]> 224 Michelle Hart 0593329678 Amsy 0 to-read 3.53 2022 We Do What We Do in the Dark
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average rating: 3.53
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]]> <![CDATA[Hood Feminism: Notes from the Women That a Movement Forgot]]> 36687229 267 Mikki Kendall Amsy 0 to-read 4.37 2020 Hood Feminism: Notes from the Women That a Movement Forgot
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]]> I'm Glad My Mom Died 59364173
Jennette McCurdy was six years old when she had her first acting audition. Her mother’s dream was for her only daughter to become a star, and Jennette would do anything to make her mother happy. So she went along with what Mom called “calorie restriction,� eating little and weighing herself five times a day. She endured extensive at-home makeovers while Mom chided, “Your eyelashes are invisible, okay? You think Dakota Fanning doesn’t tint hers?� She was even showered by Mom until age sixteen while sharing her diaries, email, and all her income.

In I’m Glad My Mom Died, Jennette recounts all this in unflinching detail—just as she chronicles what happens when the dream finally comes true. Cast in a new Nickelodeon series called iCarly , she is thrust into fame. Though Mom is ecstatic, emailing fan club moderators and getting on a first-name basis with the paparazzi (“Hi Gale!�), Jennette is riddled with anxiety, shame, and self-loathing, which manifest into eating disorders, addiction, and a series of unhealthy relationships. These issues only get worse when, soon after taking the lead in the iCarly spinoff Sam & Cat alongside Ariana Grande, her mother dies of cancer. Finally, after discovering therapy and quitting acting, Jennette embarks on recovery and decides for the first time in her life what she really wants.

Told with refreshing candor and dark humor, I’m Glad My Mom Died is an inspiring story of resilience, independence, and the joy of shampooing your own hair.]]> 320 Jennette McCurdy Amsy 4
She’s been through a lot and I see people complaining about her which makes me feel so sad for her. Was she perfect? No. But no one ever is. We all do things we aren’t proud of and if you say otherwise I think you need to look inward.

I personally enjoyed the writing, I liked the style, that’s exactly how I would expect someone whose been through these traumatic events to present. It rings true the situation with her mother. People do not realise until years and years later they have been abused, if the behaviour is normalised for you, you won’t see it as wrong until someone points it out to you.

The book somewhat lacks self reflection however, this book is not for reflection, this is her first book out the gate, to get the story out there. She doesn’t owe us self reflection but she clearly is reflecting, you can see that in her interviews and there are a few parts in the book that sound reflective.

Over all, this is a good book, triggering yes. But it’s good, it’s raw and emotional. We don’t need to idolise bad people, even if they are our mothers. ]]> 4.45 2022 I'm Glad My Mom Died
author: Jennette McCurdy
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average rating: 4.45
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It took me a long long while to finish this book, not because I didn’t like it. More because the themes are heavy and personal to me.

She’s been through a lot and I see people complaining about her which makes me feel so sad for her. Was she perfect? No. But no one ever is. We all do things we aren’t proud of and if you say otherwise I think you need to look inward.

I personally enjoyed the writing, I liked the style, that’s exactly how I would expect someone whose been through these traumatic events to present. It rings true the situation with her mother. People do not realise until years and years later they have been abused, if the behaviour is normalised for you, you won’t see it as wrong until someone points it out to you.

The book somewhat lacks self reflection however, this book is not for reflection, this is her first book out the gate, to get the story out there. She doesn’t owe us self reflection but she clearly is reflecting, you can see that in her interviews and there are a few parts in the book that sound reflective.

Over all, this is a good book, triggering yes. But it’s good, it’s raw and emotional. We don’t need to idolise bad people, even if they are our mothers.
]]> In the Dream House 43317482 251 Carmen Maria Machado 1644450038 Amsy 0 to-read 4.41 2019 In the Dream House
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name: Amsy
average rating: 4.41
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]]> <![CDATA[The Lesbiana's Guide to Catholic School]]> 58842731 A debut novel about a queer Mexican American girl navigating Catholic school, while falling in love and learning to celebrate her true self.

Sixteen-year-old Yamilet Flores prefers to be known for her killer eyeliner, not for being one of the only Mexican kids at her new, mostly white, very rich Catholic school. But at least here no one knows she's gay, and Yami intends to keep it that way.

After being outed by her crush and ex-best friend before transferring to Slayton Catholic, Yami has new priorities: keep her brother out of trouble, make her mom proud, and, most importantly, don't fall in love. Granted, she's never been great at any of those things, but that's a problem for Future Yami.

The thing is, it's hard to fake being straight when Bo, the only openly queer girl at school, is so annoyingly perfect. And smart. And talented. And cute. So cute. Either way, Yami isn't going to make the same mistake again. If word got back to her mom, she could face a lot worse than rejection. So she'll have to start asking, WWSGD: What would a straight girl do?]]> 385 Sonora Reyes 006306023X Amsy 0 to-read 4.27 2022 The Lesbiana's Guide to Catholic School
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average rating: 4.27
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]]> Stay and Fight 41940446
So Helen invites the new family to throw in with her—they’ll split the work and the food, build a house, and make a life that sustains them, if barely, for years. Then young Perley decides he wants to go to school. And Rudy sets up a fruit-tree nursery on the pipeline easement edging their land. The outside world is brought clamoring into their makeshift family.

Set in a region known for its independent spirit, Stay and Fight shakes up what it means to be a family, to live well, to make peace with nature and make deals with the system. It is a protest novel that challenges our notions of effective action. It is a family novel that refuses to limit the term. And it is a marvel of storytelling that both breaks with tradition and celebrates it. Best of all, it is full of flawed, cantankerous, flesh-and-blood characters who remind us that conflict isn't the end of love, but the real beginning.

Absorbingly spun, perfectly voiced, and disruptively political, Madeline ffitch's Stay and Fight forces us to reimagine an Appalachia—and an America—we think we know. And it takes us, laughing and fighting, into a new understanding of what it means to love and to be free.]]> 304 Madeline Ffitch 0374719713 Amsy 0 to-read 3.76 2019 Stay and Fight
author: Madeline Ffitch
name: Amsy
average rating: 3.76
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]]> Everything I Know About Love 46041465
When it comes to the trials and triumphs of becoming an adult, journalist and former Sunday Times columnist Dolly Alderton has seen and tried it all. In her memoir, she vividly recounts falling in love, finding a job, getting drunk, getting dumped, realizing that Ivan from the corner shop might just be the only reliable man in her life, and that absolutely no one can ever compare to her best girlfriends. Everything I Know About Love is about bad dates, good friends and—above all else� realizing that you are enough.

Glittering with wit and insight, heart and humor, Dolly Alderton’s unforgettable debut weaves together personal stories, satirical observations, a series of lists, recipes, and other vignettes that will strike a chord of recognition with women of every age—making you want to pick up the phone and tell your best friends all about it. Like Bridget Jones� Diary but all true, Everything I Know About Love is about the struggles of early adulthood in all its terrifying and hopeful uncertainty.]]> 368 Dolly Alderton 0062968785 Amsy 4
I bought this book before going on a solo holiday to Spain, I’d heard lots about this book and thought I’d give it a go. The timing of me reading this book was great, it’s about growing up, friends, romantic relationships and just going through life wondering, is this it?

The reason I only give this book 4 stars is Dolly speaks from a place of privilege, so at times I did find it hard to relate to, but for the most part I liked Dolly and her friend Farly reminds me of my best friend. The recipes and â€emails/textsâ€� seem abit redundant and I actually stopped reading the recipes because I didn’t care for them.

This book made me laugh and cry, I could relate to a lot of the things Dolly spoke about and I think a lot of other people would to. Being 25 I was right on the cusp of MSN, Bebo and remember first getting Facebook and adding everyone in sight. But I can also relate the Gen Z aspect towards the end.

Overall I enjoyed this book and it was the perfect book to read on my solo holiday! ]]> 3.98 2018 Everything I Know About Love
author: Dolly Alderton
name: Amsy
average rating: 3.98
book published: 2018
rating: 4
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Once you get past the self absorbed behaviour, I personally really enjoyed this book. Plus if you think you weren’t self absorbed when you were a teenager, you will probably be mistaken.

I bought this book before going on a solo holiday to Spain, I’d heard lots about this book and thought I’d give it a go. The timing of me reading this book was great, it’s about growing up, friends, romantic relationships and just going through life wondering, is this it?

The reason I only give this book 4 stars is Dolly speaks from a place of privilege, so at times I did find it hard to relate to, but for the most part I liked Dolly and her friend Farly reminds me of my best friend. The recipes and â€emails/textsâ€� seem abit redundant and I actually stopped reading the recipes because I didn’t care for them.

This book made me laugh and cry, I could relate to a lot of the things Dolly spoke about and I think a lot of other people would to. Being 25 I was right on the cusp of MSN, Bebo and remember first getting Facebook and adding everyone in sight. But I can also relate the Gen Z aspect towards the end.

Overall I enjoyed this book and it was the perfect book to read on my solo holiday!
]]> A Man Called Ove 18774964
Meet Ove. He's a curmudgeon, the kind of man who points at people he dislikes as if they were burglars caught outside his bedroom window. He has staunch principles, strict routines, and a short fuse. People call him the bitter neighbor from hell, but must Ove be bitter just because he doesn't walk around with a smile plastered to his face all the time?

Behind the cranky exterior there is a story and a sadness. So when one November morning a chatty young couple with two chatty young daughters move in next door and accidentally flatten Ove's mailbox, it is the lead-in to a comical and heartwarming tale of unkempt cats, unexpected friendship, and the ancient art of backing up a U-Haul. All of which will change one cranky old man and a local residents' association to their very foundations.]]> 337 Fredrik Backman 1476738017 Amsy 0 to-read 4.35 2012 A Man Called Ove
author: Fredrik Backman
name: Amsy
average rating: 4.35
book published: 2012
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]]> Elizabeth Is Missing 24179216
'Elizabeth is missing' reads the note in Maud's pocket in her own handwriting, and the one on the wall.

Maud's been getting forgetful. She keeps buying peach slices when she has a cupboard full, forgets to drink the cups of tea she's made and writes notes to remind herself of things. But Maud is determined to discover what has happened to her friend, Elizabeth, and what it has to do with the unsolved disappearance of her sister Sukey, years back, just after the war.

A fast-paced mystery, an unforgettable voice: you will laugh and cry but you'll never forget Maud.]]> 275 Emma Healey 0241968186 Amsy 2 3.70 2014 Elizabeth Is Missing
author: Emma Healey
name: Amsy
average rating: 3.70
book published: 2014
rating: 2
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I really wanted to like this book, I really tried to get into it, but I just could not bring myself to finish it. Reading this book was like a chore. The jumping back and forth from past to present started to get really confusing to me and the characters that had little to no back story. I felt like I read half the book and nothing actually happened and it’s very very slow paced.
]]> Wonder (Wonder, #1) 11387515 I won’t describe what I look like. Whatever you’re thinking, it’s probably worse.

August Pullman was born with a facial difference that, up until now, has prevented him from going to a mainstream school. Starting 5th grade at Beecher Prep, he wants nothing more than to be treated as an ordinary kid—but his new classmates can’t get past Auggie’s extraordinary face. Wonder, begins from Auggie’s point of view, but soon switches to include his classmates, his sister, her boyfriend, and others.]]> 315 R.J. Palacio 0375869026 Amsy 0 4.34 2012 Wonder (Wonder, #1)
author: R.J. Palacio
name: Amsy
average rating: 4.34
book published: 2012
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]]> The Diary of a Young Girl 48855
In 1942, with the Nazis occupying Holland, a thirteen-year-old Jewish girl and her family fled their home in Amsterdam and went into hiding. For the next two years, until their whereabouts were betrayed to the Gestapo, the Franks and another family lived cloistered in the “Secret Annexe� of an old office building. Cut off from the outside world, they faced hunger, boredom, the constant cruelties of living in confined quarters, and the ever-present threat of discovery and death. In her diary Anne Frank recorded vivid impressions of her experiences during this period. By turns thoughtful, moving, and surprisingly humorous, her account offers a fascinating commentary on human courage and frailty and a compelling self-portrait of a sensitive and spirited young woman whose promise was tragically cut short.
--back cover]]> 283 Anne Frank Amsy 5 4.19 1947 The Diary of a Young Girl
author: Anne Frank
name: Amsy
average rating: 4.19
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]]> <![CDATA[The Girl with All the Gifts (The Girl With All the Gifts, #1)]]> 17235026
Every morning, Melanie waits in her cell to be collected for class. When they come for her, Sergeant Parks keeps his gun pointing at her while two of his people strap her into the wheelchair. She thinks they don't like her. She jokes that she won't bite, but they don't laugh.

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

The Girl with All the Gifts is a sensational thriller, perfect for fans of Stephen King, Justin Cronin, and Neil Gaiman.]]> 461 M.R. Carey 0356500152 Amsy 5 3.94 2014 The Girl with All the Gifts (The Girl With All the Gifts, #1)
author: M.R. Carey
name: Amsy
average rating: 3.94
book published: 2014
rating: 5
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]]> Grow Up 10830696
One thing I have learned from being alive for seventeen years is that people like to touch things very much.

Things that people like to touch: Vaginas. Expensive things in shops. Jelly that is not ready to eat yet. Cigarette lighters. Necks. Dead Things. Dogs. Piercings. Toddlers' cheeks. Each other's knees.

People also like to touch death.

Jasper wants to get on in the world, but he's got a lot on his plate: A-levels, his mother pushing him to overachieve, weekly visits to his psychologist, comedowns, YouTube suicides and pregnant one-night-stands. Then there's his stepdad - the murderer.

Hilarious and heartbreaking by turns, Grow Up is the ultimate twenty-first-century coming-of-age novel. It paints a vivid portrait of the pills and thrills and bellyaches of growing up today. Funny, smart and twisted, it is the story of one young man transformed.]]> 260 Ben Brooks 0857861875 Amsy 4 3.64 2011 Grow Up
author: Ben Brooks
name: Amsy
average rating: 3.64
book published: 2011
rating: 4
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]]> Before I Go to Sleep 9736930
So what if you lost yours every time you went to sleep?

Your name, your identity, your past, even the people you love - all forgotten overnight.

And the one person you trust may only be telling you half the story.

Welcome to Christine's life.]]> 359 S.J. Watson 0062060554 Amsy 5 3.90 2011 Before I Go to Sleep
author: S.J. Watson
name: Amsy
average rating: 3.90
book published: 2011
rating: 5
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]]> One Day 6280118
So where will they be on this one day next year? And the year after that?

And every year that follows?
--back cover]]> 435 David Nicholls 0340896965 Amsy 2 3.86 2009 One Day
author: David Nicholls
name: Amsy
average rating: 3.86
book published: 2009
rating: 2
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]]> Can You Keep a Secret? 33724 374 Sophie Kinsella 0440241901 Amsy 5 3.82 2003 Can You Keep a Secret?
author: Sophie Kinsella
name: Amsy
average rating: 3.82
book published: 2003
rating: 5
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]]> Tell It to the Skies 3347372 528 Erica James 075289336X Amsy 5 4.02 2007 Tell It to the Skies
author: Erica James
name: Amsy
average rating: 4.02
book published: 2007
rating: 5
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]]> Sharp Objects 18045891
Librarian's Note: this is an alternate cover edition - ISBN 10: 0307341550 (ISBN 13: 9780307341556)]]> 254 Gillian Flynn 0297851535 Amsy 5 4.05 2006 Sharp Objects
author: Gillian Flynn
name: Amsy
average rating: 4.05
book published: 2006
rating: 5
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]]> Gone Girl 19288043 What have we done to each other?

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

So what did happen to Nick's beautiful wife?]]> 415 Gillian Flynn 0307588378 Amsy 5 4.22 2012 Gone Girl
author: Gillian Flynn
name: Amsy
average rating: 4.22
book published: 2012
rating: 5
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]]> If I Stay (If I Stay, #1) 4374400 208 Gayle Forman 0525421033 Amsy 4 3.92 2009 If I Stay (If I Stay, #1)
author: Gayle Forman
name: Amsy
average rating: 3.92
book published: 2009
rating: 4
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]]> The Girl on the Train 22557272
An alternative cover edition for this ISBN can be found here.]]> 336 Paula Hawkins 1594633665 Amsy 5 3.97 2015 The Girl on the Train
author: Paula Hawkins
name: Amsy
average rating: 3.97
book published: 2015
rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[A Good Girl's Guide to Murder (A Good Girl's Guide to Murder, #1)]]> 40916679
Pretty and popular high school senior Andie Bell was murdered by her boyfriend, Sal Singh, who then killed himself. It was all anyone could talk about. And five years later, Pip sees how the tragedy still haunts her town.

But she can't shake the feeling that there was more to what happened that day. She knew Sal when she was a child, and he was always so kind to her. How could he possibly have been a killer?

Now a senior herself, Pip decides to reexamine the closed case for her final project, at first just to cast doubt on the original investigation. But soon she discovers a trail of dark secrets that might actually prove Sal innocent . . . and the line between past and present begins to blur. Someone in Fairview doesn't want Pip digging around for answers, and now her own life might be in danger.]]> 433 Holly Jackson 1405293187 Amsy 5 4.30 2019 A Good Girl's Guide to Murder (A Good Girl's Guide to Murder, #1)
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]]> Queenie 36586697
As Queenie careens from one questionable decision to another, she finds herself wondering, “What are you doing? Why are you doing it? Who do you want to be?”—all of the questions today’s woman must face in a world trying to answer them for her.]]> 330 Candice Carty-Williams Amsy 5 3.83 2019 Queenie
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]]> <![CDATA[What a Time to Be Alone: The Slumflower's Guide to Why You Are Already Enough]]> 38744579
In What A Time To Be Alone, The Slumflower will be your life guru, confidante and best friend. She'll show you that being alone is not just okay: it's just about the best freaking thing that's ever happened to you. As she says, 'You're bad as hell and you were made with intention.' It's about time you realised.

Peppered with insightful Igbo proverbs from Chidera's Nigerian mother and full of her own original artwork, What A Time To Be Alone will help you navigate the modern world. We can all decide our own fates and Chidera shows us how, using a three-part approach filled with sass, wisdom and charm.


Learn how to celebrate YOU - decide your self-worth, take time to heal and empower yourself in this messy world.

Don't worry about THEM - avoid other people's demons and realize that everyone is protecting themselves from something - no matter how aggressive their method.

Feel the togetherness in US - sustain and grow healthy relationships and avoid toxicity in your friendships.

Own your story. Create your own narrative. Read this book. #WATTBA]]> 192 Chidera Eggerue 1787132110 Amsy 5 3.73 2018 What a Time to Be Alone: The Slumflower's Guide to Why You Are Already Enough
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]]> Women Don't Owe You Pretty 52252715 WOMEN DON'T OWE YOU PRETTY will tell you to...
love sex, hate sexism,
protect your goddamn energy,
life is short, dump them,
And that you owe men nothing, least of all pretty.

Florence's debut book will explore all progressive corners of the feminist conversation; from insecurity projection and refusing to find comfort in other women's flaws, to deciding whether to date or dump them, all the way through to unpacking the male gaze and how it shapes our identity.

WOMEN DON'T OWE YOU PRETTY is an accessible leap into feminism, for people at all stages of their journey who are seeking to reshape and transform the way they view themselves. In a world that tells women we're either not enough or too much, it's time we stop directing our anger and insecurities onto ourselves, and start fighting back to re-shape the toxic structures of our patriarchal society.

Florence's book will help you to tackle and challenge the limiting narrative you have been bombarded with your whole life, and determine feminism on your own terms. After all, you are the love of your own life.

]]> 193 Florence Given 1788402278 Amsy 3 3.71 2020 Women Don't Owe You Pretty
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]]> Eleanor & Park 15745753 "So did Jerry Lee Lewis," Eleanor answers.
"I'm not kidding," he says.
"You should be," she says, "we're 16."
"What about Romeo and Juliet?"
"Shallow, confused, then dead."
"I love you," Park says.
"Wherefore art thou," Eleanor answers.
"I'm not kidding," he says.
"You should be."

Set over one school year in 1986, Eleanor & Park is the story of two star-crossed misfits—smart enough to know first love almost never lasts, but brave and desperate enough to try.]]> 328 Rainbow Rowell 1250012570 Amsy 5 3.92 2012 Eleanor & Park
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]]> How to Kill Your Family 58862845
When I think about what I actually did, I feel somewhat sad that nobody will ever know about the complex operation that I undertook. Getting away with it is highly preferable, of course, but perhaps when I’m long gone, someone will open an old safe and find this confession. The public would reel. After all, almost nobody else in the world can possibly understand how someone, by the tender age of 28, can have calmly killed six members of her family. And then happily got on with the rest of her life, never to regret a thing.

When Grace Bernard discovers her absentee millionaire father has rejected her dying mother’s pleas for help, she vows revenge, and sets about to kill every member of his family. Readers have a front row seat as Grace picks off the family one by one � and the result is as and gruesome as it is entertaining in this wickedly dark romp about class, family, love� and murder.

But then Grace is imprisoned for a murder she didn’t commit.

Outrageously funny, compulsive and subversive, perfect for fans of Killing Eve and My Sister, the Serial Killer.]]> 368 Bella Mackie 0008365946 Amsy 3 3.48 2021 How to Kill Your Family
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average rating: 3.48
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]]> <![CDATA[The Unexpected Joy of Being Single]]> 39831201
Over a third of us are now single. With the single camp growing at ten times the rate of the actual population, it is now the norm to be single well into our thirties - the average marriage age for women is 35 and 37 for men. But nobody seems to have told society, romcom makers, songwriters, marriage-hungry mothers, 'tick-tock' uncles, our mates or us that.

single anxiety. Love addiction. Spending hours scrolling through dating apps. Being inconsolable when he/she doesn't text. Humming 'Here Comes the Bride' when they do.

Catherine Gray went through all of this. And then some. She took a whole year off dating to get her love-hooked head straight. How do we chill our boots about our single status? Detach from 'all the good ones are gone!' panic? And de-programme from urgent, red, heart-shaped societal pressure to find your 'other half * '? We know intellectually that single is far preferable to panic-settling, yet we forget that almost constantly. Why? Psychologists and neuroscientists tell us? Let's start the reverse-brainwash and locate our happily-single sanity, for good. Are you in?

* you're already a whole person.]]> 272 Catherine Gray 1912023814 Amsy 4 4.01 2018 The Unexpected Joy of Being Single
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book published: 2018
rating: 4
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]]> Will Grayson, Will Grayson 6567017
It's not that far from Evanston to Naperville, but Chicago suburbanites Will Grayson and Will Grayson might as well live on different planets. When fate delivers them both to the same surprising crossroads, the Will Graysons find their lives overlapping and hurtling in new and unexpected directions. With a push from friends new and old - including the massive, and massively fabulous, Tiny Cooper, offensive lineman and musical theater auteur extraordinaire - Will and Will begin building toward respective romantic turns-of-heart and the epic production of history's most awesome high school musical.]]> 320 John Green 0525421580 Amsy 0 3.70 2010 Will Grayson, Will Grayson
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]]> An Abundance of Katherines 49750 Katherine X just wanted to be friends
Katherine XVIII dumped him in an e-mail
K-19 broke his heart

When it comes to relationships, Colin Singleton's type happens to be girls named Katherine. And when it comes to girls named Katherine, Colin is always getting dumped. Nineteen times, to be exact.

On a road trip miles from home, this anagram-happy, washed-up child prodigy has ten thousand dollars in his pocket, a bloodthirsty feral hog on his trail, and an overweight, Judge Judy-loving best friend riding shotgun--but no Katherines. Colin is on a mission to prove The Theorem of Underlying Katherine Predictability, which he hopes will predict the future of any relationship, avenge Dumpees everywhere, and finally win him the girl.

Love, friendship, and a dead Austro-Hungarian archduke add up to surprising and heart-changing conclusions in this ingeniously layered comic novel about reinventing oneself.]]> 229 John Green 0525476881 Amsy 0 3.54 2006 An Abundance of Katherines
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]]> Paper Towns 6442769 Who is the real Margo?

Quentin Jacobsen has spent a lifetime loving the magnificently adventurous Margo Roth Spiegelman from afar. So when she cracks open a window and climbs into his life—dressed like a ninja and summoning him for an ingenious campaign of revenge—he follows. After their all-nighter ends, and a new day breaks, Q arrives at school to discover that Margo, always an enigma, has now become a mystery. But Q soon learns that there are clues—and they're for him. Urged down a disconnected path, the closer he gets, the less Q sees the girl he thought he knew...]]> 305 John Green 014241493X Amsy 0 3.68 2008 Paper Towns
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]]> Looking for Alaska 99561 Before. Miles “Pudge� Halter is done with his safe life at home. His whole life has been one big non-event, and his obsession with famous last words has only made him crave “the Great Perhaps� even more (Francois Rabelais, poet). He heads off to the sometimes crazy and anything-but-boring world of Culver Creek Boarding School, and his life becomes the opposite of safe. Because down the hall is Alaska Young. The gorgeous, clever, funny, sexy, self-destructive, screwed up, and utterly fascinating Alaska Young. She is an event unto herself. She pulls Pudge into her world, launches him into the Great Perhaps, and steals his heart. Then. . . .
After. Nothing is ever the same.]]> 221 John Green 1435249151 Amsy 0 3.97 2005 Looking for Alaska
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]]> The Fault in Our Stars 11870085
Insightful, bold, irreverent, and raw, The Fault in Our Stars is award-winning author John Green's most ambitious and heartbreaking work yet, brilliantly exploring the funny, thrilling, and tragic business of being alive and in love.]]> 313 John Green Amsy 0 4.13 2012 The Fault in Our Stars
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]]> <![CDATA[The Perks of Being a Wallflower]]> 22628 offers a unique perspective. But there comes a time to see
what it looks like from the dance floor.

This haunting novel about the dilemma of passivity vs. passion marks the stunning debut of a provocative new voice in contemporary fiction: The Perks of Being A WALLFLOWER

This is the story of what it's like to grow up in high school. More intimate than a diary, Charlie's letters are singular and unique, hilarious and devastating. We may not know where he lives. We may not know to whom he is writing. All we know is the world he shares. Caught between trying to live his life and trying to run from it puts him on a strange course through uncharted territory. The world of first dates and mixed tapes, family dramas and new friends. The world of sex, drugs, and The Rocky Horror Picture Show, when all one requires is that the perfect song on that perfect drive to feel infinite.

Through Charlie, Stephen Chbosky has created a deeply affecting coming-of-age story, a powerful novel that will spirit you back to those wild and poignant roller coaster days known as growing up.

(back cover)]]> 213 Stephen Chbosky Amsy 0 4.24 1999 The Perks of Being a Wallflower
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]]> Still Me (Me Before You, #3) 41839602 An alternate cover edition for ISBN 978-0399562464 can be found here.

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author Jojo Moyes, a new book featuring her iconic heroine of Me Before You and After You, Louisa Clark.

Louisa Clark arrives in New York ready to start a new life, confident that she can embrace this new adventure and keep her relationship with Ambulance Sam alive across several thousand miles. She steps into the world of the superrich, working for Leonard Gopnik and his much younger second wife, Agnes. Lou is determined to get the most out of the experience and throws herself into her new job and New York life.

As she begins to mix in New York high society, Lou meets Joshua Ryan, a man who brings with him a whisper of her past. Before long, Lou finds herself torn between Fifth Avenue where she works and the treasure-filled vintage clothing store where she actually feels at home. And when matters come to a head, she has to ask herself: Who is Louisa Clark? And how do you find the courage to follow your heart—wherever that may lead?

Funny, romantic, and poignant, Still Me follows Lou as she navigates how to stay true to herself, while pushing to live boldly in her brave new world.]]> 469 Jojo Moyes Amsy 0 4.03 2018 Still Me (Me Before You, #3)
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]]> The Lovely Bones 12232938
So begins the story of Susie Salmon, who is adjusting to her new home in heaven, a place that is not at all what she expected, even as she is watching life on earth continue without her -- her friends trading rumors about her disappearance, her killer trying to cover his tracks, her grief-stricken family unraveling. Out of unspeakable tragedy and loss, The Lovely Bones succeeds, miraculously, in building a tale filled with hope, humor, suspense, even joy.]]> 372 Alice Sebold 0316166685 Amsy 0 3.87 2002 The Lovely Bones
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]]> One Plus One 23359964 One single mom. One chaotic family. One quirky stranger. One irresistible love story from the New York Times bestselling author of The Giver of Stars

Ěý
American audiences have fallen in love with Jojo Moyes. Ever since she debuted Stateside she has captivated readers and reviewers alike, and hit the New York Times bestseller list with the word-of-mouth sensation Me Before You. Now, with One Plus One, she’s written another contemporary opposites-attract love story.
Ěý
Suppose your life sucks. A lot. Your husband has done a vanishing act, your teenage stepson is being bullied, and your math whiz daughter has a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity that you can’t afford to pay for. That’s Jess’s life in a nutshell—until an unexpected knight in shining armor offers to rescue them. Only Jess’s knight turns out to be Geeky Ed, the obnoxious tech millionaire whose vacation home she happens to clean. But Ed has big problems of his own, and driving the dysfunctional family to the Math Olympiad feels like his first unselfish act in ages . . . maybe ever.
Ěý
One Plus One is Jojo Moyes at her astounding best. You’ll laugh, you’ll weep, and when you flip the last page, you’ll want to start all over again.]]> 368 Jojo Moyes 0143127500 Amsy 0 3.93 2014 One Plus One
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]]> After You (Me Before You, #2) 27774596 A newer edition of ISBN 978-0143108863 can be found here.
From the New York Times bestselling author of The Giver of Stars, discover the love story that captured over 20 million hearts in Me Before You, After You, and Still Me.

“You’re going to feel uncomfortable in your new world for a bit. But I hope you feel a bit exhilarated too. Live boldly. Push yourself. Don’t settle. Just live well. Just live. Love, Will.�

How do you move on after losing the person you loved? How do you build a life worth living?

Louisa Clark is no longer just an ordinary girl living an ordinary life. After the transformative six months spent with Will Traynor, she is struggling without him. When an extraordinary accident forces Lou to return home to her family, she can’t help but feel she’s right back where she started.

Her body heals, but Lou herself knows that she needs to be kick-started back to life. Which is how she ends up in a church basement with the members of the Moving On support group, who share insights, laughter, frustrations, and terrible cookies. They will also lead her to the strong, capable Sam Fielding—the paramedic, whose business is life and death, and the one man who might be able to understand her. Then a figure from Will’s past appears and hijacks all her plans, propelling her into a very different future. . . .

For Lou Clark, life after Will Traynor means learning to fall in love again, with all the risks that brings. But here Jojo Moyes gives us two families, as real as our own, whose joys and sorrows will touch you deeply, and where both changes and surprises await.]]> 352 Jojo Moyes Amsy 0 3.75 2015 After You (Me Before You, #2)
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]]> <![CDATA[Me Before You (Me Before You, #1)]]> 17347634 A newer edition of ISBN 978-0143124542 can be found here.

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Giver of Stars, discover the love story that captured over 20 million hearts in Me Before You, After You, and Still Me.

They had nothing in common until love gave them everything to lose . . .

Louisa Clark is an ordinary girl living an exceedingly ordinary life—steady boyfriend, close family—who has barely been farther afield than their tiny village. She takes a badly needed job working for ex–Master of the Universe Will Traynor, who is wheelchair bound after an accident. Will has always lived a huge life—big deals, extreme sports, worldwide travel—and now he’s pretty sure he cannot live the way he is.

Will is acerbic, moody, bossy—but Lou refuses to treat him with kid gloves, and soon his happiness means more to her than she expected. When she learns that Will has shocking plans of his own, she sets out to show him that life is still worth living.

A Love Story for this generation and perfect for fans of John Green’s The Fault in Our Stars, Me Before You brings to life two people who couldn’t have less in common—a heartbreakingly romantic novel that asks, What do you do when making the person you love happy also means breaking your own heart?]]> 369 Jojo Moyes 0670026603 Amsy 0 4.26 2012 Me Before You (Me Before You, #1)
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