Jessica's bookshelf: all en-US Tue, 04 Mar 2025 02:06:06 -0800 60 Jessica's bookshelf: all 144 41 /images/layout/goodreads_logo_144.jpg The Troop 28187199 355 Nick Cutter 1501144820 Jessica 4 own 3.90 2014 The Troop
author: Nick Cutter
name: Jessica
average rating: 3.90
book published: 2014
rating: 4
read at: 2018/02/03
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]]> Mansfield Park 15990657 'We have all been more or less to blame ... every one of us, excepting Fanny'

Taken from the poverty of her parents' home in Portsmouth, Fanny Price is brought up with her rich cousins at Mansfield Park, acutely aware of her humble rank and with her cousin Edmund as her sole ally. During her uncle's absence in Antigua, the Crawford's arrive in the neighbourhood bringing with them the glamour of London life and a reckless taste for flirtation. Mansfield Park is considered Jane Austen's first mature work and, with its quiet heroine and subtle examination of social position and moral integrity, one of her most profound.]]> 504 Jane Austen 0141199873 Jessica 0 3.70 1814 Mansfield Park
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average rating: 3.70
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]]> The Drive-In 19101333
When a group of friends decided to spend a day at the world's largest Drive-In theater horror fest, they expected to see tons of bloody murders, rampaging madmen, and mayhem—but only on the screen. As a mysterious force traps all the patrons inside the Drive-In, the worst in humanity comes out. Filled with Lansdale's razor whit and black humor, The Drive-In is a darkly humorous masterpiece!]]> 494 Joe R. Lansdale Jessica 0 to-read 3.67 The Drive-In
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]]> <![CDATA[The Aurora Teagarden Mysteries, Volume One (Aurora Teagarden #1-2)]]> 23398712 NOW IN ONE VOLUME—THE FIRST TWO AURORA TEAGARDEN MYSTERIES

The acclaimed author of the phenomenal Sookie Stackhouse novels, Charlaine Harris introduces a Southern librarian whose bookish bent for murder gets her involved in real-life mysteries�

Real Murders
Georgia librarian Aurora “Roeâ€� Teagarden belongs to a club called Real Murders, which meets once a month to analyze famous cases. But after she finds a member dead, killed in a manner that eerily resembles the crime the club was about to discuss, Roe has to uncover the person behind a terrifying game, one that casts all the members of Real Murders, herself included, as prime suspects—or potential victimsâ€�

A Bone to Pick
When a deceased acquaintance names Roe as heir to a substantial estate, which includes money, jewelry—and a house complete with a skull hidden in a window seat—Roe concludes that the elderly woman has purposely left her a murder to solve. She must identify the victim and figure out which one of Jane’s ordinary-seeming neighbors is a murderer—without putting herself in deadly danger
]]> 448 Charlaine Harris 0425282694 Jessica 0 to-read, own 4.09 The Aurora Teagarden Mysteries, Volume One (Aurora Teagarden #1-2)
author: Charlaine Harris
name: Jessica
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]]> <![CDATA[The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and Other Stories]]> 721012 Sketch Book first appeared in 1819, readers in America and abroad greeted it with enthusiasm, and Irving emerged as America's first successful professional author. The pieces about life in England are gently ironic, reflecting the author's interest in the traditions of the Old World and his longings for his home in the New. But it is in "Rip Van Winkle" and "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" that Irving exhibits his true strength—the ability to depict American landscapes and culture so vividly that readers feel themselves a part of them. And it is on the basis of these two classic tales that Irving is generally credited with inventing the short story as a distinct literary genre.

Originally published as The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent.]]> 368 Washington Irving 014043769X Jessica 0 to-read, own 3.96 1820 The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and Other Stories
author: Washington Irving
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average rating: 3.96
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]]> <![CDATA[The Parisian Christmas Bake Off]]> 18714250 Watching snowflakes settle on the Eiffel Tower, Rachel Smithson’s cosy English village feels very far way â€� as, thankfully, does her commitment-phobic ex, probably already kissing someone else under the mistletoe. But Rachel hasn’t come to Paris to mope she’s come to bake. Hard.

Because the search for Paris’s next patisserie apprentice is about to begin! And super-chef judge Henri Salernes is an infamously tough cookie. But Rachel isn’t about to let her confidence (or pastry) crumble. She’s got one week, mounds of melt-in-the-mouth macaroons and towers of perfect profiteroles to prove that she really is a star baker.

As well as clouds of flour, and wafts of chocolate and cinnamon, there’s definitely a touch of Christmas magic in the airâ€� Rachel hasn’t come to Paris looking for a fairy-tale romance, but the city of love might gift-wrap her one anywayâ€�

Not even a dusting of icing sugar could make The Parisian Christmas Bake-Off a more perfect Christmas treat!]]> 352 Jenny Oliver 1472073762 Jessica 0 to-read 3.78 2013 The Parisian Christmas Bake Off
author: Jenny Oliver
name: Jessica
average rating: 3.78
book published: 2013
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]]> <![CDATA[Rules for Dating a Romantic Hero]]> 18870311 From international favorite and bestseller Harriet Evans, the charming sequel to beloved novel A Hopeless Romantic that asks the question: Do you believe in happy endings?

Laura Foster used to be a hopeless romantic. She was obsessed with meeting her own Prince Charming until she grew up and realized real life doesn’t work like that. Then she met Nick. A romantic hero straight from a fairytale, with a grand country estate and a family tree to match. They’ve been together four years now and Laura knows that what really matters is the two of them, not everything else around them. She can’t imagine ever loving anyone the way she loves Nick.

Now, though, people are openly asking when they’ll hear wedding bells, and Nick is keeping secrets from Laura. She’s starting to feel she might not be ‘good enoughâ€� for his family. Can an ordinary girl like Laura make it work with one of the most eligible men in the country?]]> 101 Harriet Evans 1476766185 Jessica 0 to-read 3.45 2014 Rules for Dating a Romantic Hero
author: Harriet Evans
name: Jessica
average rating: 3.45
book published: 2014
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[The Spider and the Fly: A Writer, a Murderer and a Story of Obsession]]> 28594388
“Extraordinarily suspenseful and truly gut-wrenching. . . . A must-read.”—Gillian Flynn, author of the #1 New York Times bestseller Gone Girl

In this superb work of literary true crime—a spellbinding combination of memoir and psychological suspense—a female journalist chronicles her unusual connection with a convicted serial killer and her search to understand the darkness inside us.

"Well, well, Claudia. Can I call you Claudia? I’ll have to give it to you, when confronted at least you’re honest, as honest as any reporter. . . . You want to go into the depths of my mind and into my past. I want a peek into yours. It is only fair, isn’t it?"—Kendall Francois

In September 1998, young reporter Claudia Rowe was working as a stringer for the New York Times in Poughkeepsie, New York, when local police discovered the bodies of eight women stashed in the attic and basement of the small colonial home that Kendall Francois, a painfully polite twenty-seven-year-old community college student, shared with his parents and sister.

Growing up amid the safe, bourgeois affluence of New York City, Rowe had always been secretly fascinated by the darkness, and soon became obsessed with the story and with Francois. She was consumed with the desire to understand just how a man could abduct and strangle eight women—and how a family could live for two years, seemingly unaware, in a house with the victimsâ€� rotting corpses. She also hoped to uncover what humanity, if any, a murderer could maintain in the wake of such monstrous evil.

Reaching out after Francois was arrested, Rowe and the serial killer began a dizzying four-year conversation about cruelty, compassion, and control; an unusual and provocative relationship that would eventually lead her to the abyss, forcing her to clearly see herself and her own past—and why she was drawn to danger.]]> 287 Claudia Rowe 0062416146 Jessica 0 to-read 3.21 2017 The Spider and the Fly: A Writer, a Murderer and a Story of Obsession
author: Claudia Rowe
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average rating: 3.21
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]]> <![CDATA[London Dreaming (The Rulefords, #2)]]> 21805468
As head of charitable giving at Ruleford’s Bank, Lucy has managed their top client’s favorite charity event for the past five years. This year, however, Matt Brookes has a surprise for her. The CEO of their rival bank has convinced the charity to take him on as co-chair so he can steal Ruleford’s top client and finally get his revenge against Ruleford’s.

When Lucy and Matt meet, sparks fly—and not just for each other. Lucy, also known as the nicest person in the world, is out for blood. Sort of. And Matt hasn’t climbed from homelessness to CEO without learning a few tricks along the way. Unfortunately, every attempt to win the business backfires in unexpected ways.

While Lucy and Matt battle it out, somewhere along the way, they fall in love. In the end, will Lucy finally learn to break free of her father’s influence and follow her own path? And can Matt overcome his hatred of the entire Ruleford family to follow his heart?

This is book two in the Ruleford’s Series, but you don’t need to read London Falling first to enjoy London Dreaming.

Praise for London
“London Falling by Emma Carr was a book I just couldn’t put down.â€� ~ BarnesandNobleReview.com
“This romantic, funny and original debut novel kept me up well into the night
â€� ~ chicklitclub.com

Emma Carr writes Modern Romance with a little bit of fun.]]> 312 Emma Carr 0996032312 Jessica 0 to-read 3.91 2014 London Dreaming (The Rulefords, #2)
author: Emma Carr
name: Jessica
average rating: 3.91
book published: 2014
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[The Ghost Shrink, the Accidental Gigolo, & the Poltergeist Accountant (Karmic Consultants, #1)]]> 6294386
A Tickle My Fantasy story.

It’s bad enough to be sexually frustrated. But as a medium, it means until Lucy Cartwright gets some, she’s doomed. Oh no, not to death. Worse. To nightly visitations by recently deceased, wanna-be Cassanovas without the bodies to back it up. Then a living, breathing fantasy arrives on her doorstep, and Lucy thinks her dry spell is at an end.

Much as he would like to be Lucy’s personal gigolo, PI Jake Cox has a job to do. He’s been sent to prevent her from getting laid until a particular horny phantom—and key witness in his mob investigation—pays her a visit. The real challenge? Keeping his own hands off Lucy long enough to get the job done.

Or the lonely, geeky ghost of a murdered mob accountant could rip a hole in the fabric of the universe
]]> 76 Vivi Andrews 1605043915 Jessica 0 to-read 3.33 2009 The Ghost Shrink, the Accidental Gigolo, & the Poltergeist Accountant (Karmic Consultants, #1)
author: Vivi Andrews
name: Jessica
average rating: 3.33
book published: 2009
rating: 0
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]]> Flappers and Philosophers 9458329 672 F. Scott Fitzgerald 0141194103 Jessica 0 to-read, own 4.00 2010 Flappers and Philosophers
author: F. Scott Fitzgerald
name: Jessica
average rating: 4.00
book published: 2010
rating: 0
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]]> Wait for Night 54680267 30 Stephen Graham Jones 1250759749 Jessica 5 3.87 2020 Wait for Night
author: Stephen Graham Jones
name: Jessica
average rating: 3.87
book published: 2020
rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[All That Remains: A Renowned Forensic Scientist on Death, Mortality, and Solving Crimes]]> 41596657 Book of the Year, 2018 Saltire Literary Awards

A CrimeReads Best True Crime Book of the Month

For fans of Caitlin Doughty, Mary Roach, Kathy Reichs, and CSI shows, a renowned forensic scientist on death and mortality.

Dame Sue Black is an internationally renowned forensic anthropologist and human anatomist. She has lived her life eye to eye with the Grim Reaper, and she writes vividly about it in this book, which is part primer on the basics of identifying human remains, part frank memoir of a woman whose first paying job as a schoolgirl was to apprentice in a butcher shop, and part no-nonsense but deeply humane introduction to the reality of death in our lives. It is a treat for CSI junkies, murder mystery and thriller readers, and anyone seeking a clear-eyed guide to a subject that touches us all.

Cutting through hype, romanticism, and clichĂ©, she recounts her first dissection; her own first acquaintance with a loved one’s death; the mortal remains in her lab and at burial sites as well as scenes of violence, murder, and criminal dismemberment; and about investigating mass fatalities due to war, accident, or natural disaster, such as the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami. She uses key cases to reveal how forensic science has developed and what her work has taught her about human nature.

Acclaimed by bestselling crime writers and fellow scientists alike, All That Remains is neither sad nor macabre. While Professor Black tells of tragedy, she also infuses her stories with a wicked sense of humor and much common sense.]]> 321 Sue Black 1948924293 Jessica 0 to-read, own 4.12 2018 All That Remains: A Renowned Forensic Scientist on Death, Mortality, and Solving Crimes
author: Sue Black
name: Jessica
average rating: 4.12
book published: 2018
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[The Zodiac Legacy: The Zodiac Archives Part 1]]> 22853560 62 Stan Lee 1484713583 Jessica 0 to-read 3.73 2014 The Zodiac Legacy: The Zodiac Archives Part 1
author: Stan Lee
name: Jessica
average rating: 3.73
book published: 2014
rating: 0
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]]> Blindsight (Firefall, #1) 2542808 A science fiction novel of burning, dark intensity.

Two months since the stars fell.

Two months since sixty-five thousand alien objects clenched around Earth like a luminous fist, screaming to the heavens as the atmosphere burned them to ash. Two months since that moment of brief, bright surveillance by agents unknown.

Two months of silence while a world holds its breath.

Now some half-derelict space probe hears a whisper from the edge of the solar system: a faint signal sweeping the cosmos like a lighthouse beam. Whatever’s out there isn’t talking to us. It’s talking to some distant star, perhaps. Or perhaps to something closer.]]> 384 Peter Watts 0765319640 Jessica 0 to-read, own 3.99 2006 Blindsight (Firefall, #1)
author: Peter Watts
name: Jessica
average rating: 3.99
book published: 2006
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[Around the World in Eighty Days]]> 8200487 150 Jules Verne Jessica 0 to-read 4.15 1872 Around the World in Eighty Days
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name: Jessica
average rating: 4.15
book published: 1872
rating: 0
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]]> True Irish Ghost Stories 5367833 128 St. John D. Seymour Jessica 0 to-read 3.42 True Irish Ghost Stories
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average rating: 3.42
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]]> The Egyptian Book of the Dead 6180678 A unique collection of funerary texts from a wide variety of sources, dating from the 15th to the 4th century BC

Consisting of spells, prayers and incantations, each section contains the words of power to overcome obstacles in the afterlife. The papyruses were often left in sarcophagi for the dead to use as passports on their journey from burial, and were full of advice about the ferrymen, gods and kings they would meet on the way. Offering valuable insights into ancient Egypt, The Book of the Dead has also inspired fascination with the occult and the afterlife in recent years.

For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700Ìętitles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust theÌęseries to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-dateÌętranslations by award-winning translators.]]> E.A. Wallis Budge Jessica 0 to-read 3.67 -1500 The Egyptian Book of the Dead
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average rating: 3.67
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]]> Pie--Sneak Peek 12585525 25 Sarah Weeks 0545388228 Jessica 0 to-read 3.65 2011 Pie--Sneak Peek
author: Sarah Weeks
name: Jessica
average rating: 3.65
book published: 2011
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]]> <![CDATA[The Pressures of Teaching: How Teachers Cope with Classroom Stress (Kaplan Voices Teachers)]]> 18897369 Stories by teachers for teachers about overcoming classroom stress we all live with it. But when the welfare and education of young people is at stake, the levels can rise precipitously. Every year an average of 10% of working teachers leave the field for reasons other than retirement. The attrition rate is especially high among new teachers. Techniques for coping with the stress of teaching are needed badly. The Pressures of Teaching is a collection of first-hand stories by teachers about the challenges of dealing with the stress often found in America’s classrooms. It is an indispensable antidote to the “burnoutâ€� that drives many talented teachers every year to leave the profession prematurely. In this wonderful collection, the advice of teachers who have gone through many stressful situations is a resource for anyone working in this demanding job. Whether dealing with stress caused by students, parents, administrators, or just classroom life, The Pressures of Teaching is here to help.]]> 208 Maureen Picard Robins 1609780221 Jessica 0 to-read 3.60 2010 The Pressures of Teaching: How Teachers Cope with Classroom Stress (Kaplan Voices Teachers)
author: Maureen Picard Robins
name: Jessica
average rating: 3.60
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rating: 0
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]]> True Blood Drinks & Bites 19252175 144 Gianna Sobol 1452127417 Jessica 0 to-read 3.64 2012 True Blood Drinks & Bites
author: Gianna Sobol
name: Jessica
average rating: 3.64
book published: 2012
rating: 0
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]]> Grimm's Fairy Stories 18626865
Contains stories such as "The Goose Girl", "Hansel and Grethel", "Cinderella", "The Golden Goose", "The Frog Prince" and many more.]]> 144 Jacob Grimm Jessica 0 to-read 4.16 1812 Grimm's Fairy Stories
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average rating: 4.16
book published: 1812
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]]> The Red Badge of Courage 8153371 117 Oliver Ho Jessica 0 to-read 3.92 The Red Badge of Courage
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average rating: 3.92
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]]> Grimm's Fairy Tales 11093132 320 Jacob Grimm Jessica 0 to-read 4.14 1812 Grimm's Fairy Tales
author: Jacob Grimm
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average rating: 4.14
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]]> <![CDATA[Household Tales by the Brothers Grimm]]> 6254720 450 Jacob Grimm Jessica 0 to-read 3.99 1812 Household Tales by the Brothers Grimm
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average rating: 3.99
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]]> His Last Bow 8137350 20 Arthur Conan Doyle Jessica 0 to-read 4.32 1917 His Last Bow
author: Arthur Conan Doyle
name: Jessica
average rating: 4.32
book published: 1917
rating: 0
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]]> The Lost Daughter 38486710
Another penetrating Neapolitan story fromÌę New York Timesâ€� bestselling author ofÌę My Brilliant FriendÌę andÌę The Lying Life of Adults.

Leda, a middle-aged divorcĂ©e, is alone for the first time in years after her two adult daughters leave home to live with their father in Toronto. Enjoying an unexpected sense of liberty, she heads to the Ionian coast for a vacation. But she soon finds herself intrigued by Nina, a young mother on the beach, eventually striking up a conversation with her. After Nina confides a dark secret, one seemingly trivial occurrence leads to events that could destroy Nina’s family in this “arrestingâ€� novel by the author of the New York Times –bestselling Neapolitan Novels, which have sold millions of copies and been adapted into an HBO series ( Publishers Weekly ).
Ìę
“Although much of the drama takes place in [Leda’s] head, Ferrante’s gift for psychological horror renders it immediate and visceral.â€� â€� The New Yorker
Ìę
“Ferrante’s prose is stunningly candid, direct and unforgettable. From simple elements, she builds a powerful tale of hope and regret.â€� â€� Publishers Weekly]]> 148 Elena Ferrante Jessica 4 3.60 2006 The Lost Daughter
author: Elena Ferrante
name: Jessica
average rating: 3.60
book published: 2006
rating: 4
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]]> Zombie Bake-Off 20346335
When the bake-off is crashed by a federation of pro wrestlers � including American Badass, Jersey Devil Jill, Tiny Giant, The Village Person, Jonah the Whale, the Hellbillies, and the fan favorite Xombie � all hell is set to break loose. Your heart beats faster as you anticipate who will come out on top in the ultimate showdown of the soccer moms or pro wrestlers. Anything can happen.

Enter zombies.

An infected batch of donuts has transformed most of the wrestlers into mindless brain-eaters and the doors of the convention center have been chained shut, leaving the survivors locked inside, forced to fend for themselves against the hungry dead.

Possessing the intensity of a shotgun to the face, Zombie Bake-Off is a stripped-down masterpiece of blood and doughnuts from celebrated author Stephen Graham Jones.]]> 237 Stephen Graham Jones Jessica 0 to-read 3.54 2012 Zombie Bake-Off
author: Stephen Graham Jones
name: Jessica
average rating: 3.54
book published: 2012
rating: 0
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]]> Bones & All 23390575 2015 Alex Award Recipient!

Maren Yearly is a young woman who wants the same things we all do. She wants to be someone people admire and respect. She wants to be loved. But her secret, shameful needs have forced her into exile. She hates herself for the bad thing she does, for what it's done to her family and her sense of identity; for how it dictates her place in the world and how people see her--how they judge her. She didn't choose to be this way.

Because Maren Yearly doesn't just break hearts, she devours them. Ever since her mother found Penny Wilson's eardrum in her mouth when Maren was just two years old, she knew life would never be normal for either of them. Love may come in many shapes and sizes, but for Maren, it always ends the same-with her hiding the evidence and her mother packing up the car.

But when her mother abandons her the day after her sixteenth birthday, Maren goes looking for the father she has never known, and finds much more than she bargained for along the way.

Faced with a world of fellow eaters, potential enemies, and the prospect of love, Maren realizes she isn't only looking for her father, she's looking for herself.

Camille DeAngelis' Bones & All is an astonishingly original coming-of-age tale that is at once a gorgeously written horror story as well as a mesmerizing meditation on female power and sexuality.]]> 304 Camille DeAngelis 1466846771 Jessica 4 3.75 2015 Bones & All
author: Camille DeAngelis
name: Jessica
average rating: 3.75
book published: 2015
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[Angels & Demons (Robert Langdon, #1)]]> 998880 Alternate cover edition of Angels & Demons

World-renowned Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon is summoned to a Swiss research facility to analyze a cryptic symbol seared into the chest of a murdered physicist. What he discovers is unimaginable: a deadly vendetta against the Catholic Church by a centuries-old underground organization -- the Illuminati. In a desperate race to save the Vatican from a powerful time bomb, Langdon joins forces in Rome with the beautiful and mysterious scientist Vittoria Vetra. Together they embark on a frantic hunt through sealed crypts, dangerous catacombs, and deserted cathedrals, and into the depths of the most secretive vault on earth...the long-forgotten Illuminati lair.]]> 496 Dan Brown Jessica 0 to-read, own 4.00 2000 Angels & Demons (Robert Langdon, #1)
author: Dan Brown
name: Jessica
average rating: 4.00
book published: 2000
rating: 0
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]]> The Call of the Wild 37119748 'The facts of life took on a fiercer aspect and, while he faced that aspect uncowed, he faced it with all the latent cunning of his nature aroused.'

The biting cold and the aching silence of the far North become an unforgettable backdrop for Jack London's vivid, rousing, superbly realistic wilderness adventure stories featuring the author's unique knowledge of the Yukon and the behavior of humans and animals facing nature at its cruelest.

The Penguin English Library - collectable general readers' editions of the best fiction in English, from the eighteenth century to the end of the Second World War.

Contents of this edition:
- The Call of the Wild
- To Build a Fire
- BĂątard
- Love of Life]]> 160 Jack London 0241341493 Jessica 0 3.88 1903 The Call of the Wild
author: Jack London
name: Jessica
average rating: 3.88
book published: 1903
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[Essential Technique for Strings â€� Violin Book 3 w/EEi | Advanced String Method for Developing Musicianship | Includes Online Learning Tools and Play-Along Tracks | Hal Leonard Instructional Book]]> 2051008 48 Robert Gillespie 0634069292 Jessica 0 to-read 4.24 2002 Essential Technique for Strings – Violin Book 3 w/EEi | Advanced String Method for Developing Musicianship | Includes Online Learning Tools and Play-Along Tracks | Hal Leonard Instructional Book
author: Robert Gillespie
name: Jessica
average rating: 4.24
book published: 2002
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[The Call of Cthulhu and Other Weird Tales]]> 8680132 An introduction to the weird and unsettling world of H.P. Lovecraft, master and pioneer of horror.

Between these pages you will find things that lurk, things that scurry in the walls, things that move unseen, things that have learnt to walk that ought to crawl, unfathomable blackness, unconquerable evil, inhuman impulses, abnormal bodies, ancient rites, nameless lands best left undiscovered, thoughts best left unspoken, doors best left closed, names best forgotten.

You have been warned. ]]> 552 H.P. Lovecraft 0099528487 Jessica 0 to-read, own 3.83 2011 The Call of Cthulhu and Other Weird Tales
author: H.P. Lovecraft
name: Jessica
average rating: 3.83
book published: 2011
rating: 0
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]]> Flowers for Algernon 18378 216 Daniel Keyes 1857989384 Jessica 0 to-read, own, sfmasterworks 4.38 1966 Flowers for Algernon
author: Daniel Keyes
name: Jessica
average rating: 4.38
book published: 1966
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich]]> 3314635 151 Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn 0451531043 Jessica 0 to-read, own 3.88 1962 One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich
author: Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
name: Jessica
average rating: 3.88
book published: 1962
rating: 0
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]]> Little White Lies 104672
Okay, so it isn’t that little. It’s kind of a whopper. It’s just that when Natalie Raglan ups and quits her job at a Bath advertising firm, breaks up with her loser-ish boyfriend, and moves–to London! Things don’t quite turn out the way she planned. Having made the brave move to the Big City, the lifelong country mouse finds that living chic is still a long way off. Even Cressida, the girl who used to rent her tiny flat, still gets more phone calls and mail there than Nat does. Come to think of it, Cressida Langdon’s life looks pretty appealing–especially when an invitation to the posh, exclusive Soho House club arrives, addressed to Cressida.

Before she really knows what she’s done, Nat has opened Cressida’s mail . . . and taken up her life. Soon Nat’s dating a gorgeous investment banker named Simon, giving “reiki healing sessions,â€� wearing wonderful clothes, and partying with the A-list at Soho House. But the best part really is Simon. He’s everything Nat has ever wanted. The problem is he thinks she’s someone else. And as her life and her lies begin to spiral out of control, Nat can’t help but wonder: Will she be exposed as a liar and a fake–or be saved from ruin by simply claiming good intentions. . . .]]> 320 Gemma Townley 0345486862 Jessica 0 to-read 3.33 2005 Little White Lies
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name: Jessica
average rating: 3.33
book published: 2005
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]]> <![CDATA[Bedbugs: A Novel of Infestation]]> 11518346 260 Ben H. Winters 1594745374 Jessica 4 kindle-own 3.56 2011 Bedbugs: A Novel of Infestation
author: Ben H. Winters
name: Jessica
average rating: 3.56
book published: 2011
rating: 4
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date added: 2023/08/02
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]]> The Voyage Out 6277193 ]]> Virginia Woolf Jessica 0 to-read 3.81 1915 The Voyage Out
author: Virginia Woolf
name: Jessica
average rating: 3.81
book published: 1915
rating: 0
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]]> Cleopatra 6262227 241 H. Rider Haggard Jessica 0 to-read 3.73 1851 Cleopatra
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name: Jessica
average rating: 3.73
book published: 1851
rating: 0
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]]> The Mermaid 38613557
Once there was a mermaid called Amelia who could never be content in the sea, a mermaid who longed to know all the world and all its wonders, and so she came to live on land. Once there was a man called P. T. Barnum, a man who longed to make his fortune by selling the wondrous and miraculous, and there is nothing more miraculous than a real mermaid. Amelia agrees to play the mermaid for Barnum and walk among men in their world, believing she can leave anytime she likes. But Barnum has never given up a money-making scheme in his life, and he's determined to hold on to his mermaid.

Author Biography
Christina Henry is the author of the national bestselling Black Wings series (Black Spring, Black Heart, Black City), featuring Agent of Death Madeline Black and her popcorn-loving gargoyle, Beezle. Christina lives in Chicago with her husband and son.]]> 321 Christina Henry 1785655701 Jessica 4 own 3.62 2018 The Mermaid
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name: Jessica
average rating: 3.62
book published: 2018
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[Herland and The Yellow Wallpaper]]> 30058914
When three American men discover a community of women, living in perfect isolation in the Amazon, they decide there simply must be men somewhere. How could these women survive without man's knowledge, experience and strength, not to mention reproductive power? In fact, what they have found is a civilisation free from disease, poverty and the weight of tradition. All alone, the women have created a society of calm and prosperity, a feminist utopia that dares to threaten the very concept of male superiority.

WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY LINDY WEST]]> 216 Charlotte Perkins Gilman 1784871028 Jessica 0 to-read, own 3.61 1915 Herland and The Yellow Wallpaper
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name: Jessica
average rating: 3.61
book published: 1915
rating: 0
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]]> The House of Atreus 18962041 196 Aeschylus Jessica 0 to-read 3.75 -458 The House of Atreus
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name: Jessica
average rating: 3.75
book published: -458
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]]> The Last Anniversary 36589761 Sophie Honeywell always wondered if Thomas Gordon was the one she let get away. He was the perfect boyfriend, but on the day he was to propose, she broke his heart. A year later he married his travel agent, while Sophie has been mortifyingly single ever since. Now Thomas is back in her life because Sophie has unexpectedly inherited his aunt Connie's house on Scribbly Gum Island -- home of the famously unsolved MunroBabymystery.

Sophie moves onto the island and begins a new life as part of an unconventional family where it seems everyone has a secret. Grace, a beautiful young mother, is feverishly planning a shocking escape from her perfect life. Margie, a frumpy housewife, has made a pact with a stranger, while dreamy Aunt Rose wonders if maybe it's about time she started making her own decisions.

As Sophie's life becomes increasingly complicated, she discovers that sometimes you have to stop waiting around -- and come up with your own fairy-tale ending.

As she so adroitly did in her smashing debut novel, Three Wishes, the incomparable Liane Moriarty once again combines sharp wit, lovable and eccentric characters, and a page-turning story for an unforgettable Last Anniversary.

]]> 402 Liane Moriarty Jessica 0 to-read 4.02 2006 The Last Anniversary
author: Liane Moriarty
name: Jessica
average rating: 4.02
book published: 2006
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[The Elements of Style Workbook: Writing Strategies with Grammar Book (Writing Workbook Featuring New Lessons on Writing with Style)]]> 40945659 214 William Strunk Jr. 1642810053 Jessica 0 to-read 4.31 1918 The Elements of Style Workbook: Writing Strategies with Grammar Book (Writing Workbook Featuring New Lessons on Writing with Style)
author: William Strunk Jr.
name: Jessica
average rating: 4.31
book published: 1918
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[All the Ugly and Wonderful Things]]> 34004906
As the daughter of a drug dealer, Wavy knows not to trust people, not even her own parents. It's safer to keep her mouth shut and stay out of sight. Struggling to raise her little brother, Donal, eight-year-old Wavy is the only responsible adult around. Obsessed with the constellations, she finds peace in the starry night sky above the fields behind her house, until one night her star gazing causes an accident. After witnessing his motorcycle wreck, she forms an unusual friendship with one of her father's thugs, Kellen, a tattooed ex-con with a heart of gold.

By the time Wavy is a teenager, her relationship with Kellen is the only tender thing in a brutal world of addicts and debauchery. When tragedy rips Wavy's family apart, a well-meaning aunt steps in, and what is beautiful to Wavy looks ugly under the scrutiny of the outside world. A powerful novel you wont soon forget, Bryn Greenwood's All the Ugly and Wonderful Things challenges all we know and believe about love.]]> 432 Bryn Greenwood 1250153964 Jessica 0 to-read, own 4.05 2016 All the Ugly and Wonderful Things
author: Bryn Greenwood
name: Jessica
average rating: 4.05
book published: 2016
rating: 0
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]]> High-Rise 70256
Within the concealing walls of an elegant forty-storey tower block, the affluent tenants are hell-bent on an orgy of destruction. Cocktail parties degenerate into marauding attacks on ‘enemyâ€� floors and the once-luxurious amenities become an arena for riots and technological mayhem.

In this visionary tale of urban disillusionment society slips into a violent reverse as the isolated inhabitants of the high-rise, driven by primal urges, create a dystopian world ruled by the laws of the jungle.

This edition is part of a new commemorative series of Ballard’s works, featuring introductions from a number of his admirers (including Iain Sinclair, Ali Smith, Neil Gaiman and Martin Amis) and brand-new cover designs.]]> 272 J.G. Ballard 0586044566 Jessica 0 to-read, own 3.85 1975 High-Rise
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name: Jessica
average rating: 3.85
book published: 1975
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[Snapcat: The cats who love to snap (and chat)]]> 36820900 0 Rosie Ryder 1786854554 Jessica 4 own 4.25 Snapcat: The cats who love to snap (and chat)
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name: Jessica
average rating: 4.25
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rating: 4
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]]> The House Guest 60784470 The House Guest is another diabolical cat-and-mouse thriller from Hank Phillippi Ryan—but which character is the cat, and which character is the mouse?

After every divorce, one spouse gets all the friends. What does the other one get? If they’re smart, they get the benefits. Alyssa Macallan is terrified when she’s dumped by her wealthy and powerful husband. With a devastating divorce looming, she begins to suspect her toxic and manipulative soon-to-be-ex is scheming to ruin her—leaving her alone and penniless. And when the FBI shows up at her door, Alyssa knows she really needs a friend.

And then she gets one. A seductive new friend, one who’s running from a dangerous relationship of her own. Alyssa offers Bree Lorrance the safety of her guest house, and the two become confidantes. Then Bree makes a heart-stoppingly tempting offer. Maybe Alyssa and Bree can solve each othersâ€� problems.

But no one is what they seem. And the fates and fortunes of these two women twist and turn until the shocking truth emerges: You can’t always get what you want. But sometimes you get what you deserve.]]> 328 Hank Phillippi Ryan 125084956X Jessica 0 to-read 3.22 2023 The House Guest
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name: Jessica
average rating: 3.22
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]]> <![CDATA[Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street]]> 2243470 and unsavory streets. Editor Robert Mack 'fleshes' out the story with a fascinating introduction touching on the origins of the tale, the growth of the legend, and a history of its many retellings. Mack also includes explanatory notes that point out interesting aspects, plus a full chronology of the many versions of Sweeney Todd.
Since Sweeney Todd first entered the public imagination in the mid-nineteenth-century, his exploits have chilled and fascinated audiences around the world. This new edition allows modern readers to savor the ghastly original in all its gruesome glory.]]> 300 Anonymous 0199543445 Jessica 0 to-read, own 3.82 Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
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]]> <![CDATA[The Last Werewolf (The Last Werewolf #1)]]> 40651862
Jacob Marlowe has lost the will to live. For two hundred years he has wandered the world, enslaved by his lunatic appetites and tormented by the memory of his first and most monstrous crime. Now, the last of his kind, he knows he cannot go on.

But as Jake counts down to suicide, a violent murder and an extraordinary meeting plunge him straight back into the desperate pursuit of life � and love.

Sexy, smart, bloody and heartbreaking, The Last Werewolf takes literature by the throat.]]> 353 Glen Duncan Jessica 0 to-read 3.40 2011 The Last Werewolf (The Last Werewolf #1)
author: Glen Duncan
name: Jessica
average rating: 3.40
book published: 2011
rating: 0
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]]> Uprooted 36681425 “Our Dragon doesn’t eat the girls he takes, no matter what stories they tell outside our valley. We hear them sometimes, from travelers passing through. They talk as though we were doing human sacrifice, and he were a real dragon. Of course that’s not true: he may be a wizard and immortal, but he’s still a man, and our fathers would band together and kill him if he wanted to eat one of us every ten years. He protects us against the Wood, and we’re grateful, but not that grateful.â€�

Agnieszka loves her valley home, her quiet village, the forests and the bright shining river. But the corrupted Wood stands on the border, full of malevolent power, and its shadow lies over her life.

Her people rely on the cold, driven wizard known only as the Dragon to keep its powers at bay. But he demands a terrible price for his help: one young woman handed over to serve him for ten years, a fate almost as terrible as falling to the Wood.

But Agnieszka fears the wrong things. For when the Dragon comes, it is not Kasia he will choose.]]> 465 Naomi Novik Jessica 0 to-read 4.24 2015 Uprooted
author: Naomi Novik
name: Jessica
average rating: 4.24
book published: 2015
rating: 0
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]]> The Master and Margarita 117833 The first complete, annotated English Translation of Mikhail Bulgakov's comic masterpiece.

An audacious revision of the stories of Faust and Pontius Pilate, The Master and Margarita is recognized as one of the essential classics of modern Russian literature. The novel's vision of Soviet life in the 1930s is so ferociously accurate that it could not be published during its author's lifetime and appeared only in a censored edition in the 1960s. Its truths are so enduring that its language has become part of the common Russian speech.

One hot spring, the devil arrives in Moscow, accompanied by a retinue that includes a beautiful naked witch and an immense talking black cat with a fondness for chess and vodka. The visitors quickly wreak havoc in a city that refuses to believe in either God or Satan. But they also bring peace to two unhappy Muscovites: one is the Master, a writer pilloried for daring to write a novel about Christ and Pontius Pilate; the other is Margarita, who loves the Master so deeply that she is willing literally to go to hell for him. What ensues is a novel of inexhaustible energy, humor, and philosophical depth, a work whose nuances emerge for the first time in Diana Burgin's and Katherine Tiernan O'Connor's splendid English version.]]> 372 Mikhail Bulgakov 0679760806 Jessica 0 own, to-read 4.31 1967 The Master and Margarita
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name: Jessica
average rating: 4.31
book published: 1967
rating: 0
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]]> Pippi Longstocking 16101079
Source: penguinrandomhouse.com]]> 160 Astrid Lindgren 0142427527 Jessica 0 own, to-read 3.74 1945 Pippi Longstocking
author: Astrid Lindgren
name: Jessica
average rating: 3.74
book published: 1945
rating: 0
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]]> Star Wars: Obi-Wan & Anakin 31182244
Before their military heroism in the Clone Wars, before their tragic battle on Mustafar and many decades before their final confrontation on the Death Star, they were Master Obi-Wan Kenobi and his young Padawan, Anakin Skywalker. Now join them a few years into Anakin's, "chosen one" training. Teacher and student have grown closer over time, but it's been a difficult road. And things aren't about to get any easier. In fact, when they're called to a remote planet for assistance, the pair may be pushed to their breaking point. As they find themselves stranded on a strange world of primitive technology and deadly natives, will they be able to save themselves? When war breaks out around them, master and apprentice will find themselves on opposite sides!]]> 108 Charles Soule 1302489348 Jessica 5 4.16 2016 Star Wars: Obi-Wan & Anakin
author: Charles Soule
name: Jessica
average rating: 4.16
book published: 2016
rating: 5
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]]> Star Wars: Brotherhood 59410591 Obi-Wan Kenobi and Anakin Skywalker must stem the tide of the raging Clone Wars and forge a new bond as Jedi Knights.

The Clone Wars have begun. Battle lines are being drawn throughout the galaxy. With every world that joins the Separatists, the peace guarded by the Jedi Order is slipping through their fingers.

After an explosion devastates Cato Neimoidia, the jewel of the Trade Federation, the Republic is blamed and the fragile neutrality of the planet is threatened. The Jedi dispatch Obi-Wan Kenobi, one of the Order’s most gifted diplomatic minds, to investigate the crime and maintain the balance that has begun to dangerously shift. As Obi-Wan investigates with the help of a heroic Neimoidian guard, he finds himself working against the Separatists who hope to draw the planet into their conspiracy—and senses the sinister hand of Asajj Ventress in the mists that cloak the planet.

Amid the brewing chaos, Anakin Skywalker rises to the rank of Jedi Knight. Despite the mandate that Obi-Wan travel alone—and his former master’s insistence that he listen this time—Anakin’s headstrong determination means nothing can stop him from crashing the party, and bringing along a promising but conflicted youngling.

Once a Padawan to Obi-Wan, Anakin now finds himself on equal—but uncertain—footing with the man who raised him. The lingering friction between them increases the danger for everyone around them. The two knights must learn a new way to work together—and they must learn quickly, to save Cato Neimoidia and its people from the fires of war. To overcome the threat they face they must grow beyond master and apprentice. They must stand together as brothers.]]> 333 Mike Chen 0593358589 Jessica 5 4.22 2022 Star Wars: Brotherhood
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name: Jessica
average rating: 4.22
book published: 2022
rating: 5
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]]> Little Fires Everywhere 36509779
In Shaker Heights, a placid, progressive suburb of Cleveland, everything is meticulously planned - from the layout of the winding roads, to the colours of the houses, to the successful lives its residents will go on to lead. And no one embodies this spirit more than Elena Richardson, whose guiding principal is playing by the rules.

Enter Mia Warren - an enigmatic artist and single mother- who arrives in this idyllic bubble with her teenage daughter Pearl, and rents a house from the Richardsons.

Soon Mia and Pearl become more than just tenants: all four Richardson children are drawn to the mother-daughter pair. But Mia carries with her a mysterious past, and a disregard for the rules that threatens to upend this carefully ordered community.

When old family friends attempt to adopt a Chinese-American baby, a custody battle erupts that dramatically divides the town - and puts Mia and Elena on opposing sides. Suspicious of Mia and her motives, Elena is determined to uncover the secrets in Mia's past. But her obsession will come at an unexpected and devastating cost...

The brilliant new novel from the author of the New York Times bestseller, Everything I Never Told You.]]> 388 Celeste Ng 0349142920 Jessica 2 2.5 stars. Meh. 4.01 2017 Little Fires Everywhere
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name: Jessica
average rating: 4.01
book published: 2017
rating: 2
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2.5 stars. Meh.
]]> <![CDATA[Poe Dameron: Free Fall (Star Wars)]]> 53714387 252 Alex Segura 1368056598 Jessica 4 3.86 2020 Poe Dameron: Free Fall (Star Wars)
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name: Jessica
average rating: 3.86
book published: 2020
rating: 4
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]]> Crying in H Mart 55577549
In this exquisite story of family, food, grief, and endurance, Michelle Zauner proves herself far more than a dazzling singer, songwriter, and guitarist. With humour and heart, she tells of growing up the only Asian-American kid at her school in Eugene, Oregon; of struggling with her mother’s particular, high expectations of her; of a painful adolescence; of treasured months spent in her grandmother’s tiny apartment in Seoul, where she and her mother would bond, late at night, over heaping plates of food. As she grew up, moving to the east coast for college, finding work in the restaurant industry, performing gigs with her fledgling band â€� and meeting the man who would become her husband â€� her Koreanness began to feel ever more distant, even as she found the life she wanted to live.

It was her mother’s diagnosis of terminal pancreatic cancer, when Michelle was twenty-five, that forced a reckoning with her identity and brought her to reclaim the gifts of taste, language, and history her mother had given her.

Vivacious, lyrical and honest, Michelle Zauner’s voice is as radiantly alive on the page as it is onstage. Rich with intimate anecdotes that will resonate widely, Crying in H Mart is a book to cherish, share, and reread.]]> 243 Michelle Zauner Jessica 4 4.23 2021 Crying in H Mart
author: Michelle Zauner
name: Jessica
average rating: 4.23
book published: 2021
rating: 4
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]]> My Evil Mother 60497502 32 Margaret Atwood 1662504497 Jessica 4 3.88 2022 My Evil Mother
author: Margaret Atwood
name: Jessica
average rating: 3.88
book published: 2022
rating: 4
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]]> The Humans 21265230
Who is he really? And what could make someone change their mind about the human race. . . ?]]> 294 Matt Haig Jessica 0 to-read, own 4.04 2013 The Humans
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name: Jessica
average rating: 4.04
book published: 2013
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[Sword of Destiny (The Witcher, #0.7)]]> 25454056
This is a collection of short stories, following the adventures of the hit collection THE LAST WISH. Join Geralt as he battles monsters, demons and prejudices alike...]]> 405 Andrzej Sapkowski Jessica 3 4.25 1992 Sword of Destiny (The Witcher, #0.7)
author: Andrzej Sapkowski
name: Jessica
average rating: 4.25
book published: 1992
rating: 3
read at: 2022/03/12
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]]> Ahsoka (Star Wars) 29749107 400 E.K. Johnston Jessica 4 4.08 2016 Ahsoka (Star Wars)
author: E.K. Johnston
name: Jessica
average rating: 4.08
book published: 2016
rating: 4
read at: 2022/03/07
date added: 2022/03/07
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]]> <![CDATA[The Way of the Apprentice (Star Wars: Jedi Quest, #1)]]> 23338826 0 Jude Watson 1484719727 Jessica 5 4.13 2001 The Way of the Apprentice (Star Wars: Jedi Quest, #1)
author: Jude Watson
name: Jessica
average rating: 4.13
book published: 2001
rating: 5
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]]> Dark Disciple: Star Wars 24406698 Based on unproduced episodes of Star The Clone Wars, this new novel features Asajj Ventress, former Sith apprentice turned bounty hunter and one of the great antiheroes in the Star Wars galaxy.
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The only way to bring down the Sith’s most dangerous warrior may be to join forces with the dark side.

In the war for control of the galaxy between the armies of the dark side and the Republic, former Jedi Master turned ruthless Sith Lord Count Dooku has grown ever more brutal in his tactics. Despite the powers of the Jedi and the military prowess of their clone army, the sheer number of fatalities is taking a terrible toll. And when Dooku orders the massacre of a flotilla of helpless refugees, the Jedi Council feels it has no choice but to take drastic targeting the man responsible for so many war atrocities, Count Dooku himself.
Ìę
But the ever-elusive Dooku is dangerous prey for even the most skilled hunter. So the Council makes the bold decision to bring both sides of the Force’s power to bear—pairing brash Jedi Knight Quinlan Vos with infamous one-time Sith acolyte Asajj Ventress. Though Jedi distrust for the cunning killer who once served at Dooku’s side still runs deep, Ventress’s hatred for her former master runs deeper. She’s more than willing to lend her copious talents as a bounty hunter—and assassin—to Vos’s quest.
Ìę
Together, Ventress and Vos are the best hope for eliminating Dooku—as long as the emerging feelings between them don’t compromise their mission. But Ventress is determined to have her retribution and at last let go of her dark Sith past. Balancing the complicated emotions she feels for Vos with the fury of her warrior’s spirit, she resolves to claim victory on all fronts—a vow that will be mercilessly tested by her deadly enemy . . . and her own doubt.

Praise for Dark Disciple
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â€Áè±đČč»ćŸ±ČÔČ” Dark Disciple really feels like you’re watching some of the best episodes of The Clone Wars.â€�â€�EUCantina
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“Emotionally chargedÌę. . . Christie Golden does a wonderful job of capturing the characters.â€� —Roqoo Depot
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“A cool inclusion into the Star Wars mythos . . . Ventress and Vos have a cool and compelling dynamic, and are used to explore more of what it means to flirt with the Dark Side of the Force.â€�â€�IGN
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“[The Clone Wars have been] a huge part of the Star Wars brand for years, and [Christie] Golden manages to craft a story worthy of the themes and characters that fans have come to relate to. . . . [She] uses this opportunity to craft Dark Disciple into a spy/espionage thriller.â€�â€�Tech Times
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“Golden especially excelled at bringing Ventress’s biting but appealing personality to life. . . . She’s very much a woman trying to find her way, and Dark Disciple adds nuance.â€�â€�Nerdist
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â€�Smart, captivating, and unforgettable . . . among the finest in Star Wars ČőłÙŽÇ°ùČâłÙ±đ±ô±ôŸ±ČÔČ”.â€�â€�Coffee with Kenobi


From the Hardcover edition.]]> 367 Christie Golden Jessica 4 4.19 2015 Dark Disciple: Star Wars
author: Christie Golden
name: Jessica
average rating: 4.19
book published: 2015
rating: 4
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]]> The Color Purple 36173628 The Color Purple is a classic. With over a million copies sold in the UK alone, it is hailed as one of the all-time 'greats' of literature, inspiring generations of readers.

Set in the deep American South between the wars, The Color Purple is the tale of Celie, a young black girl born into poverty and segregation. Raped repeatedly by the man she calls 'father', she has two children taken away from her, is separated from her beloved sister Nettie and is trapped into an ugly marriage. But then she meets the glamorous Shug Avery � and magic-maker � a woman who has taken charge of her own destiny. Gradually, Celie discovers the power and joy of her own spirit, freeing her from her past and reuniting her with those she loves.]]> 262 Alice Walker Jessica 0 to-read, own 4.30 1982 The Color Purple
author: Alice Walker
name: Jessica
average rating: 4.30
book published: 1982
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[The Can't Cook Book: Recipes for the Absolutely Terrified!]]> 16130607 From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Deceptively Delicious, an essential collection of more than 100 simple recipes that will transform even the most kitchen-phobic “Can’t Cooksâ€� into “Can Cooks.â€�

Are you smart enough to dodge a telemarketer yet clueless as to how to chop a clove of garlic? Are you clever enough to forward an e-mail but don’t know the difference between broiling and baking? Ingenious enough to operate a blow-dryer but not sure how to use your blender? If you are basically competent, then Jessica Seinfeld’s The Can’t Cook Book is for you.

If you find cooking scary or stressful or just boring, Jessica has a calm, confidence-building approach to cooking, even for those who’ve never followed a recipe or used an oven. Jessica shows you how to prepare deliciously simple food—from Caesar salad, rice pilaf, and roasted asparagus to lemon salmon, roast chicken, and flourless fudge cake. At the beginning of each dish, she explains up front what the challenge will be, and then shows you exactly how to overcome any hurdles in easy-to-follow, step-by-step instructions.

Designed to put the nervous cook at ease, The Can’t Cook Book is perfect for anyone who wants to gain confidence in the kitchen—and, who knows, maybe even master a meal or two.]]> 256 Jessica Seinfeld 1451662254 Jessica 0 to-read 4.17 2013 The Can't Cook Book: Recipes for the Absolutely Terrified!
author: Jessica Seinfeld
name: Jessica
average rating: 4.17
book published: 2013
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]]> Black Eyed Children 38718803
"Just let us in, this won't take long."

Strange children are appearing around the world.

Attired in old fashioned clothing, their skin is pale and their mannerisms awkward.

Their most startling trait however, is their solid black eyes.

They are knocking on doors and rapping on windows. Their voices are monotone and demanding and they have one simple request:

They want to come in.]]> 264 David Weatherly 1945950048 Jessica 0 to-read, own 4.00 2012 Black Eyed Children
author: David Weatherly
name: Jessica
average rating: 4.00
book published: 2012
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[Without Mercy (Body Farm, #10)]]> 29067060
Forensic anthropologist Bill Brockton has spent twenty-five years solving brutal murders—but none so bizarre and merciless as his latest A ravaged set of skeletal remains is found chained to a tree on a remote mountainside. As Brockton and his assistant Miranda dig deeper, they uncover warning signs of a deadly eruption of hatred and violence.

But the shocking case is only the beginning of Brockton’s trials. Mid-case, the unthinkable The deadliest criminal Brockton has ever foiled—the sadistic serial killer Nick Satterfield—escapes from prison, bent on vengeance.

But simply killing Brockton isn’t enough. Satterfield wants to make him suffer first, by destroying everything he holds Brockton’s son, daughter-in-law, grandsons; even Miranda, his longtime graduate assistant, now on the verge of completing her Ph.D. and launching a forensic career of her own.

The dangers from all directions force Brockton to question two things on which he’s based his entire career—the justice system, and the quality of mercy—and to can the two co-exist?

If not, which will Brockton choose in his ultimate moment of truth?]]> 352 Jefferson Bass Jessica 0 own 4.41 2016 Without Mercy (Body Farm, #10)
author: Jefferson Bass
name: Jessica
average rating: 4.41
book published: 2016
rating: 0
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]]> Razorblade Tears 57660939 A black father and a white father join forces on a crusade for revenge against the people who murdered their gay sons, by S.A. Cosby, the award-winning author of Blacktop Wasteland.

Ike Randolph has been out of jail for 15 years, with not so much as a speeding ticket in all that time. But a black man with cops at the door knows to be afraid.

The last thing he expects to hear is that his son, Isiah, has been murdered, along with Isiah’s white husband, Derek. Isiah was a gay black man in the American South; Ike couldn’t bring himself to attend his son’s wedding. Isiah was a man Ike never understood. A boy he was never there for the way he should have been.

Derek’s father, Buddy Lee, is also suffering. He’d barely spoken to his son in five years; he was as ashamed of Derek for being gay as Derek was ashamed his father was a criminal. Buddy Lee still has contacts in the underworld, though, and he wants to know who killed his boy.

Ike and Buddy Lee, two ex-cons with little else in common other than a criminal past and a love for their dead sons, band together in their desperate desire for revenge. In their quest to do better for their sons in death than they did in life, alpha-males Ike and Buddy Lee will confront their own prejudices, about each other and their sons, as they rain down vengeance upon those who hurt their boys.

Provocative and fast-paced, Razorblade Tears is a story of bloody retribution, heartfelt change - and maybe even redemption.]]> 336 S.A. Cosby Jessica 4 4.25 2021 Razorblade Tears
author: S.A. Cosby
name: Jessica
average rating: 4.25
book published: 2021
rating: 4
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]]> The Witch's Heart 54557090 When a banished witch falls in love with the legendary trickster Loki, she risks the wrath of the gods in thisÌęmoving, subversive national bestselling debut novel that reimagines Norse mythology.Ìę

Angrboda’s story begins where most witches' tales end: with a burning. A punishment from Odin for refusing to provide him with knowledge of the future, the fire leaves Angrboda injured and powerless, and she flees into the farthest reaches of a remote forest. There she is found by a man who reveals himself to be Loki, and her initial distrust of him transforms into a deep and abiding love.

Their union produces three unusual children, each with a secret destiny, who Angrboda is keen to raise at the edge of the world, safely hidden from Odin’s all-seeing eye. But as Angrboda slowly recovers her prophetic powers, she learns that her blissful life —and possibly all of existenceâ€� is in danger.

With help from the fierce huntress Skadi, with whom she shares a growing bond, Angrboda must choose whether she’ll accept the fate that she’s foreseen for her beloved family... or rise to remake their future. From the most ancient of tales this novel forges a story of love, loss, and hope for the modern age. Ìę]]> 363 Genevieve Gornichec 0593099958 Jessica 4 4.17 2021 The Witch's Heart
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name: Jessica
average rating: 4.17
book published: 2021
rating: 4
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]]> Night of the Mannequins 49246963 Night of the Mannequins, a contemporary horror story where a teen prank goes very wrong and all hell breaks loose: is there a supernatural cause, a psychopath on the loose, or both?]]> 136 Stephen Graham Jones 1250752078 Jessica 3 3.31 2020 Night of the Mannequins
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name: Jessica
average rating: 3.31
book published: 2020
rating: 3
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]]> <![CDATA[Voodoo Shanghai (Kincaid Strange, #3)]]> 45212565 The third and final installment in Kristi Charish's thrilling urban fantasy series finds beloved heroine and voodoo practitioner Kincaid Strange shanghaied away from Seattle, and pursuing the ghost of a serial killer in Portland.

Just when Kincaid Strange thinks her life is back on track and she's finally put her time as a paranormal practitioner with the Seattle PD to rest, her ex (and Seattle cop) Aaron asks her for help with yet another strange and ominous case. Martin Dane, the White Picket Fence Serial Killer who terrorized West Coast families living the suburban American dream, appears to be back at it with a fresh murder in Portland. There's only one problem: Dane has been dead for three weeks.
Kincaid can't resist a paranormal mystery. Despite her misgivings, she agrees to examine the Portland crime scene. What she discovers is a place of supernatural power unlike anywhere she's ever been--and the reason Aaron had been so tight-lipped about the case details. There's already a voodoo practitioner on the scene: Liam Sinclair, a TV celebrity of questionable talent and dubious intent.
Kincaid wants nothing more than to finish the job and retreat to Seattle, but the deeper she looks, the less the murder adds up. When she uncovers a much more sinister mystery--missing ghosts, scores of them, whom no one is looking for--there's no turning back.
]]> 432 Kristi Charish 0345815920 Jessica 5 own 4.11 2020 Voodoo Shanghai (Kincaid Strange, #3)
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name: Jessica
average rating: 4.11
book published: 2020
rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[Devolution: A Firsthand Account of the Rainier Sasquatch Massacre]]> 52454426
But the journals of resident Kate Holland, recovered from the town’s bloody wreckage, capture a tale too harrowing—and too earth-shattering in its implications—to be forgotten.

In these pages, Max Brooks brings Kate’s extraordinary account to light for the first time, faithfully reproducing her words alongside his own extensive investigations into the massacre and the legendary beasts behind it.

Kate’s is a tale of unexpected strength and resilience, of humanity’s defiance in the face of a terrible predator’s gaze, and inevitably, of savagery and death.

Yet it is also far more than that.

Because if what Kate Holland saw in those days is real, then we must accept the impossible. We must accept that the creature known as Bigfoot walks among us—and that it is a beast of terrible strength and ferocity.

Part survival narrative, part bloody horror tale, part scientific journey into the boundaries between truth and fiction, this is a Bigfoot story as only Max Brooks could chronicle it—and like none you’ve ever read before.]]> 286 Max Brooks 1984826786 Jessica 5 audiobook 3.87 2020 Devolution: A Firsthand Account of the Rainier Sasquatch Massacre
author: Max Brooks
name: Jessica
average rating: 3.87
book published: 2020
rating: 5
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]]> Can I Whisper It? 36457401 Bracken MacLeod 1389587649 Jessica 5 own, signed 4.60 Can I Whisper It?
author: Bracken MacLeod
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]]> Come To Dust 35619755
When he gets his wish and scores of children around the world begin to inexplicably rise from the dead—Sophie among them—everything becomes much harder.

Mitch rescues her from the morgue, determined to carve out a normal life for them no matter what, though it soon becomes clear that may not be possible. While the kids who’ve returned behave like living children, they still look very dead. And they can do something else that normal children cannot. Something terrifying. Beliefs differ whether the children’s return is a mercy or a sign of approaching judgment, and a congregation of religious fanatics determined to usher in the apocalypse has their own plan for salvation.

Now Mitch must find a way to save Sophie from an increasingly hostile world that wants to tear them apart and put her back in the ground for good.]]> 274 Bracken MacLeod 1945373660 Jessica 5 own, signed 3.75 2016 Come To Dust
author: Bracken MacLeod
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average rating: 3.75
book published: 2016
rating: 5
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]]> What We Lose: A Novel 38650656 NBCC John Leonard First Book Prize Finalist
Aspen Words Literary Prize Finalist

Named a Best Book of the Year by Vogue , NPR,Ìę Elle , Esquire , Buzzfeed ,Ìę San Francisco Chronicle,Ìę Cosmopolitan, T he Huffington Post,ÌęThe A.V. Club , The Root ,Ìę Harper’s Bazaar,Ìę Paste ,Ìę Bustle ,Ìę Kirkus Reviews,Ìę Electric Literature, LitHub, New York Post, Los Angeles Review of Books,Ìę andÌę Bust

“The debut novel of the year.â€� â€� Vogue

“Like so many stories of the black diaspora, What We Lose is an examination of haunting.â€� —Doreen St. FĂ©lix, The New Yorker

“Raw and ravishing, this novel pulses with vulnerability and shimmering anger.â€� —Nicole Dennis-Benn,Ìę O, the Oprah Magazine

“Stunning. . . . Powerfully moving and beautifully wrought, What We Lose reflects on family, love, loss, race, womanhood, and the places we feel home.â€� â€� Buzzfeed

“Remember this Zinzi Clemmons. Long may she thrill us with exquisite works like What We Lose . . . . The book is a remarkable journey.â€� —Essence

From an author of rare, haunting power, a stunning novel about a young African-American woman coming of age—a deeply felt meditation on race, sex, family, and country

Raised in Pennsylvania, Thandi views the world of her mother’s childhood in Johannesburg as both impossibly distant and ever present. She is an outsider wherever she goes, caught between being black and white, American and not. She tries to connect these dislocated pieces of her life, and as her mother succumbs to cancer, Thandi searches for an anchor—someone, or something, to love.

In arresting and unsettling prose, we watch Thandi’s life unfold, from losing her mother and learning to live without the person who has most profoundly shaped her existence, to her own encounters with romance and unexpected motherhood. Through exquisite and emotional vignettes, Clemmons creates a stunning portrayal of what it means to choose to live, after loss. An elegiac distillation, at once intellectual and visceral, of a young woman’s understanding of absence and identity that spans continents and decades,Ìę What We Lose Ìęheralds the arrival of a virtuosic new voice in fiction.]]> 224 Zinzi Clemmons 0735221731 Jessica 5 own 3.73 2017 What We Lose: A Novel
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average rating: 3.73
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rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[Frankenstein, Based on the Novel by Mary Shelley]]> 10330698 All I ask is the possibility of love!

Childlike in his innocence but grotesque in form, Frankenstein's bewildered creature is cast out into a hostile universe by his horror-struck maker. Meeting with cruelty wherever he goes, and increasingly desperate and vengeful, he determines to track down his creator and strike a terrifying deal.

I followed nature into her lair, and stripped her of her secrets! I brought torrents of light to a darkening world! Is that wrong?

Urgent concerns of scientific responsibility, parental neglect, cognitive development and the nature of good and evil are embedded within this thrilling and deeply disturbing classic gothic tale.

Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, adapted for the stage by Nick Dear, premiered at the National Theatre, London, in February 2011.]]> 80 Nick Dear 0571277217 Jessica 5 own 4.10 2011 Frankenstein, Based on the Novel by Mary Shelley
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average rating: 4.10
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rating: 5
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]]> X-Men: To Stop a Juggernaut 3849815 32 Julianne Klemm 0679857095 Jessica 5 own 3.42 1993 X-Men: To Stop a Juggernaut
author: Julianne Klemm
name: Jessica
average rating: 3.42
book published: 1993
rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[A Paramedic's Story: Life, Death, and Everything in Between]]> 10172078 339 Steven "Kelly" Grayson 1607147912 Jessica 1 to-read 3.56 2005 A Paramedic's Story: Life, Death, and Everything in Between
author: Steven "Kelly" Grayson
name: Jessica
average rating: 3.56
book published: 2005
rating: 1
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]]> Foe 9651735 ISBN 9780241950111 moved to this edition.

Nobel Laureate and two-time Booker prize-winning author of Disgrace and The Life and Times of Michael K, J. M. Coetzee reimagines Daniel DeFoe's classic novel Robinson Crusoe in Foe.

In an act of breathtaking imagination, J.M Coetzee radically reinvents the story of Robinson Crusoe.

In the early eighteenth century, Susan Barton finds herself adrift from a mutinous ship and cast ashore on a remote desert island. There she finds shelter with its only other inhabitants: a man named Cruso and his tongueless slave, Friday. In time, she builds a life for herself as Cruso's companion and, eventually, his lover. At last they are rescued by a passing ship, but only she and Friday survive the journey back to London.

Determined to have her story told, she pursues the eminent man of letters Daniel Foe in the hope that he will relate truthfully her memories to the world. But with Cruso dead, Friday incapable of speech and Foe himself intent on reshaping her narrative, Barton struggles to maintain her grip on the past, only to fall victim to the seduction of storytelling itself.

Treacherous, elegant and unexpectedly moving, Foe remains one of the most exquisitely composed of this pre-eminent author's works.

'A small miracle of a book. . . of marvellous intricacy and overwhelming power' Washington Post

'A superb novel' The New York Times

South African author J. M. Coetzee was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2003 and was the first author to win the Booker Prize twice for his novels Disgrace and The Life and Times of Michael K. His novel set during the South African apartheid, Age of Iron, winner of the Sunday Express Book of the Year award is also available in Penguin paperback.]]> 157 J.M. Coetzee Jessica 0 to-read, own 3.24 1986 Foe
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average rating: 3.24
book published: 1986
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]]> <![CDATA[Fate of the Fallen (The Shroud of Prophecy, #1)]]> 43263191 The start of a brand new adventure from New York Times bestselling author Kel Kade

Not all stories have happy endings.

Everyone loves Mathias. Naturally, when he discovers it’s his destiny to save the world, he dives in head first, pulling his best friend Aaslo along for the ride.

However, saving the world isn’t as easy, or exciting, as it sounds in the stories. The going gets rough and folks start to believe their best chance for survival is to surrender to the forces of evil, which isn’t how the prophecy goes. At all. As the list of allies grows thin, and the friends find themselves staring death in the face they must decide how to become the heroes they were destined to be or, failing that, how to survive.]]> 352 Kel Kade 1250293790 Jessica 0 3.70 2019 Fate of the Fallen (The Shroud of Prophecy, #1)
author: Kel Kade
name: Jessica
average rating: 3.70
book published: 2019
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[Closing Costs: A Novel of Suspense]]> 57060158
Nelle and Evan Pereira were thrilled to close on their “forever home,â€� a spacious paradise nestled against a state forest in Massachusetts. Three months later, on a brisk Saturday morning, their peace is destroyed when an intruder captures Nelle home by herself. Quickly overpowered by the aggressive stranger, she’s forced down to the cold, musty basement where he ties her to a chair. The intruder has a singular, if unusual, demand: he wants her to make a phone call. One that Nelle isn’t confident she can make, even though her life depends on it.

Desperate to see herself and her husband to safety, Nelle doesn’t yet realize this was no chance encounter—it was a carefully planned attack. With no one to hear them scream, their secluded home feels horrifyingly isolated. And before this long day is through, Nelle and Evan, who share a dangerous secret, will bring a violent reckoning down upon all of them.]]> 342 Bracken MacLeod Jessica 0 to-read 3.73 2021 Closing Costs: A Novel of Suspense
author: Bracken MacLeod
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average rating: 3.73
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]]> Craven Manor 37460118 300 Darcy Coates Jessica 4 4.11 2017 Craven Manor
author: Darcy Coates
name: Jessica
average rating: 4.11
book published: 2017
rating: 4
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]]> Finding Fraser 29355193
That he was fictional hardly entered into it.

At 29, Emma Sheridan's life is a disaster and she's tired of waiting for the perfect boyfriend to step from the pages of her favorite book. There's only one place to look, and it means selling everything and leaving her world behind. With an unexpected collection of allies along the way, can Emma face down a naked fishmonger, a randy gnome, a perfidious thief, and even her own abdominal muscles on the journey to find her Fraser?

What people are saying about FINDING FRASER...

"Jamie Fraser would be Deeply Gratified at having inspired such a charmingly funny, poignant story--and so am I." -Diana Gabaldon, author of the New York Times Bestselling OUTLANDER series

"I loved this book. It transported me to a Scotland I wished I'd grown up in. Everything about it is a delight, and it's all authentic--the environment, the characters, the dialogue and the sheer enjoyment of it all." - Jack Whyte, best-selling author of, most recently, THE GUARDIANS OF SCOTLAND series

"FINDING FRASER is for everyone who ever fell in love with a fictional character. Dyer blends humor, a love of Scotland, and romance into a page turner that will keep readers cheering on the main character and turning pages." -Eileen Cook, Author of REMEMBER, and other books for teens and adults

"FINDING FRASER is an absolute must-read for any Outlander fan. The story is both hilarious and romantic, as well as guaranteed to have readers turning the pages until the wee hours to discover if the heroine finds her very own Jamie Fraser." - Laura Bradbury, author of the best-selling MY GRAPE ESCAPE series]]> 390 K.C. Dyer 0399584374 Jessica 3 kindle-own, kindle 3.80 2015 Finding Fraser
author: K.C. Dyer
name: Jessica
average rating: 3.80
book published: 2015
rating: 3
read at: 2021/01/11
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]]> Star Wars Rouge Planet 28500721
MASTER AND APPRENTICE

The Force is strong in twelve-year-old Anakin Skywalker . . . so strong that the Jedi Council, despite misgivings, entrusted young Obi-Wan Kenobi with the mission of training him to become a Jedi Knight. Obi-Wan? like his slain Master Qui-Gon?believes Anakin may be the chosen one, the Jedi destined to bring balance to the Force. But first Obi-Wan must help his undisciplined apprentice, who still bears the scars of slavery, find his own balance.

Dispatched to the mysterious planet of Zonama Sekot, source of the fastest ships in the galaxy, Obi-Wan and Anakin are swept up in a swirl of deadly intrigue and betrayal. They sense a disturbance in the Force unlike any they have encountered before. It seems there are more secrets on Zonama Sekot than meet the eye. But the search for those secrets will threaten the bond between Obi-Wan and Anakin . . . and bring the troubled young apprentice face-to-face with his deepest fears?and his darkest destiny.]]> Greg Bear Jessica 3 own 3.36 2000 Star Wars Rouge Planet
author: Greg Bear
name: Jessica
average rating: 3.36
book published: 2000
rating: 3
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]]> <![CDATA[The Arabian Nights Entertainments; Volume 1 of 4]]> 5993199
This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.

As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.]]> 363 Anonymous Jessica 0 to-read 4.08 The Arabian Nights Entertainments; Volume 1 of 4
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]]> Kenobi (Star Wars) 17262173
In this original novel set between the events of Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith and Episode IV A New Hope, Obi-Wan Kenobi comes to the aid of the residents of Tatooine during his exile. But he struggles with his new mission when he realizes that protecting Luke Skywalker-the last hope of the galaxy-means setting aside his compassion and his Jedi warrior training, for the future of the galaxy lies not with Obi-Wan Kenobi, but with a mystical desert recluse known only by the name of Crazy Old Ben.]]> 362 John Jackson Miller 0345546830 Jessica 5 own 4.08 2013 Kenobi (Star Wars)
author: John Jackson Miller
name: Jessica
average rating: 4.08
book published: 2013
rating: 5
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]]> Follow Me to Ground 54304167 “Seethingly assured
like all the best horror, [Follow Me to Ground] is an impressive balancing act between judicious withholding and unnerving reveals.â€� â€�The Guardian

A “legitimately frighteningâ€� (The New York Times Book Review) debut novel about an otherworldly young woman, her father, and her lover that culminates in a shocking moment of betrayal.

“You’ve never encountered a father-daughter story like Rainsford’s slim debutâ€� (Entertainment Weekly). Ada and her father, touched by the power to heal illness, live on the edge of a village where they help sick locals—or “Cures”—by cracking open their damaged bodies or temporarily burying them in the reviving, dangerous Ground nearby. Ada, a being both more and less than human, is mostly uninterested in the Cures, until she meets a man named Samson—and they quickly strike up an affair. Soon, Ada is torn between her old way of life and new possibilities with her lover, and eventually she comes to a decision that will forever change Samson, the town, and the Ground itself.

“Visceral in its descriptions
this unworldly story is a well-crafted and eerie exploration of desire
beautifully intoxicatingâ€� (Shelf Awareness). In Ada, award-winning author Sue Rainsford has created an utterly bewitching heroine, one who challenges conventional ideas of womanhood and the secrets of the body. “A triumph of imagination and myth-bending
equal parts beauty and horror [Follow Me to Ground is] unlike anything you will read this yearâ€� (TĂ©a Obreht).]]> 208 Sue Rainsford 1982133643 Jessica 0 to-read 3.57 2018 Follow Me to Ground
author: Sue Rainsford
name: Jessica
average rating: 3.57
book published: 2018
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]]> Star Wars: Incognito 31627626
On the run from the newly-created Galactic Empire, Kedorzhan Senator Dewell Bronk is a passenger on a starship leaving the Core Worlds. Aboard the ship, Bronk witnesses a pair of Devaronian youths harassing and attempting to rob an elderly Twi'lek woman. Desiring to speaks up to stop them, the senator only manages a whisper because drawing attention to himself could blow his cover. The Devaronians continue harassing the Twi'lek until they are stopped by an individual Bronk terms the Young Father. The human male carrying an infant suggests to the youths that they do not want to bother the Twi'lek. To Bronk's surprise, the thugs readily agree and depart. After the situation is diffused, Bronk chats briefly with the human, informing him that the baby is likely crying due to hunger.


Plot summary:

Once the transport arrives at its destination, both Bronk and the Young Father disembark to transfer to a new ship destined for the Outer Rim. Bronk comes across an Ortolan janitor being physically harassed by a pair of clone troopers on his way to the landing pad for the next transport. Unable to standby while an innocent is being threatened, Bronk calls out to the clones demanding they to cease their harassment of the janitor. Failing to gain their attention with his words, the diminutive Kedorzhan strikes one of the troopers in the shin with his bag of belongings and repeats his message. Turning around and releasing the Ortolan, the clones call the senator's name and arrest him under the Emperor's authority. Realizing he had walked into a trap, Bronk resigns himself to his new fate.
However before any further action is able to be taken, the clones find themselves under assault. The Young Father appears and quickly dispatches the troopers with the janitor's left-behind equipment. The Kedorzhan thanks him for the rescue but then laments about his future and how he will have to standby as such injustices continue to occur in order to flush him out. The Young Father responds, stating that the senator has options other than running for the rest of his life. By retuning to Coruscant and pretending to support the Empire, the kindly human says the senator will be able to help a greater number a people than he could in hiding. The two then part ways, with Bronk deciding to return to Coruscant and the human and his infant continuing on to the Outer Rim.]]> 10 John Jackson Miller Jessica 0 to-read 3.88 2013 Star Wars: Incognito
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average rating: 3.88
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]]> <![CDATA[The Silence of the Girls (Women of Troy, #1)]]> 37969723
When Agamemnon, the brutal political leader of the Greek forces, demands Briseis for himself, she finds herself caught between the two most powerful of the Greeks. Achilles refuses to fight in protest, and the Greeks begin to lose ground to their Trojan opponents. Keenly observant and coolly unflinching about the daily horrors of war, Briseis finds herself in an unprecedented position, able to observe the two men driving the Greek army in what will become their final confrontation, deciding the fate not only of Briseis's people but also of the ancient world at large.

Briseis is just one among thousands of women living behind the scenes in this war—the slaves and prostitutes, the nurses, the women who lay out the dead—all of them erased by history. With breathtaking historical detail and luminous prose, Pat Barker brings the teeming world of the Greek camp to vivid life. She offers nuanced, complex portraits of characters and stories familiar from mythology, which, seen from Briseis's perspective, are rife with newfound revelations. Barker's latest builds on her decades-long study of war and its impact on individual lives—and it is nothing short of magnificent.]]> 325 Pat Barker Jessica 4 book-of-the-month, own 3.88 2018 The Silence of the Girls (Women of Troy, #1)
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name: Jessica
average rating: 3.88
book published: 2018
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[Master and Apprentice (Star Wars)]]> 40917496 An unexpected offer threatens the bond between Qui-Gon Jinn and Obi-Wan Kenobi as the two Jedi navigate a dangerous new planet and an uncertain future.

A Jedi must be a fearless warrior, a guardian of justice, and a scholar in the ways of the Force. But perhaps a Jedi’s most essential duty is to pass on what they have learned. Master Yoda trained Dooku; Dooku trained Qui-Gon Jinn; and now Qui-Gon has a Padawan of his own. But while Qui-Gon has faced all manner of threats and danger as a Jedi, nothing has ever scared him like the thought of failing his apprentice.

Obi-Wan Kenobi has deep respect for his Master, but struggles to understand him. Why must Qui-Gon so often disregard the laws that bind the Jedi? Why is Qui-Gon drawn to ancient Jedi prophecies instead of more practical concerns? And why wasn’t Obi-Wan told that Qui-Gon is considering an invitation to join the Jedi Council—knowing it would mean the end of their partnership? The simple answer scares him: Obi-Wan has failed his Master.

When Jedi Rael Averross, another former student of Dooku, requests their assistance with a political dispute, Jinn and Kenobi travel to the royal court of Pijal for what may be their final mission together. What should be a simple assignment quickly becomes clouded by deceit, and by visions of violent disaster that take hold in Qui-Gon’s mind. As Qui-Gon’s faith in prophecy grows, Obi-Wan’s faith in him is tested—just as a threat surfaces that will demand that Master and apprentice come together as never before, or be divided forever.]]> 330 Claudia Gray 0525619372 Jessica 4 own 4.16 2019 Master and Apprentice (Star Wars)
author: Claudia Gray
name: Jessica
average rating: 4.16
book published: 2019
rating: 4
read at: 2020/12/29
date added: 2020/12/29
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]]> One by One 51313488
When an off-site company retreat meant to promote mindfulness and collaboration goes utterly wrong when an avalanche hits, the corporate food chain becomes irrelevant and survival trumps togetherness. Come Monday morning, how many members short will the team be?

The #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Turn of the Key and In a Dark Dark Wood returns with another suspenseful thriller set on a snow-covered mountain.]]> 384 Ruth Ware Jessica 2 3.87 2020 One by One
author: Ruth Ware
name: Jessica
average rating: 3.87
book published: 2020
rating: 2
read at: 2020/12/20
date added: 2020/12/20
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]]> <![CDATA[Falcon & Winter Soldier (2020) #3]]> 55514009 23 Derek Landy Jessica 5 own 4.24 2020 Falcon & Winter Soldier (2020) #3
author: Derek Landy
name: Jessica
average rating: 4.24
book published: 2020
rating: 5
read at: 2020/12/20
date added: 2020/12/20
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]]> <![CDATA[Falcon & Winter Soldier (2020) #2]]> 53516018 � Eight carriages. Eight kinds of killer.
� All aboard.]]> 23 Derek Landy Jessica 5 comics, own 4.20 Falcon & Winter Soldier (2020) #2
author: Derek Landy
name: Jessica
average rating: 4.20
book published:
rating: 5
read at: 2020/12/20
date added: 2020/12/20
shelves: comics, own
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]]> <![CDATA[Falcon & Winter Soldier (2020) #1 (of 5)]]> 51786453 23 Derek Landy Jessica 5 comics, own 4.12 Falcon & Winter Soldier (2020) #1 (of 5)
author: Derek Landy
name: Jessica
average rating: 4.12
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rating: 5
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date added: 2020/12/20
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]]> The Sleeper and the Spindle 23301545
On the eve of her wedding, a young queen sets out to rescue a princess from an enchantment. She casts aside her fine wedding clothes, takes her chain mail and her sword and follows her brave dwarf retainers into the tunnels under the mountain towards the sleeping kingdom. This queen will decide her own future � and the princess who needs rescuing is not quite what she seems. Twisting together the familiar and the new, this perfectly delicious, captivating and darkly funny tale shows its creators at the peak of their talents.

Lavishly produced, packed with glorious Chris Riddell illustrations enhanced with metallic ink, this is a spectacular and magical gift.]]> 68 Neil Gaiman 1408859645 Jessica 5 comics, own 3.87 2013 The Sleeper and the Spindle
author: Neil Gaiman
name: Jessica
average rating: 3.87
book published: 2013
rating: 5
read at: 2020/12/20
date added: 2020/12/20
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]]> The Night Manager 21942504
In a chilling tale of corrupt intelligence agencies, billion-dollar price tags and the truth of the brutal arms trade, John le Carre creates a claustrophobic world in which no one can be trusted.]]> 473 John Le CarrĂ© 0141393017 Jessica 0 own, dnf, get-rid-of Nope. Couldn’t get into it. 3.66 1993 The Night Manager
author: John Le Carré
name: Jessica
average rating: 3.66
book published: 1993
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2020/12/19
shelves: own, dnf, get-rid-of
review:
Nope. Couldn’t get into it.
]]> The Shining (The Shining, #1) 12977531 659 Stephen King Jessica 4 own 4.28 1977 The Shining (The Shining, #1)
author: Stephen King
name: Jessica
average rating: 4.28
book published: 1977
rating: 4
read at: 2020/12/19
date added: 2020/12/19
shelves: own
review:

]]> One Day in December 38894904 Two people. Ten chances. One unforgettable love story.

Laurie is pretty sure love at first sight doesn't exist anywhere but the movies. But then, through a misted-up bus window one snowy December day, she sees a man who she knows instantly is the one. Their eyes meet, there's a moment of pure magic...and then her bus drives away.

Certain they're fated to find each other again, Laurie spends a year scanning every bus stop and cafe in London for him. But she doesn't find him, not when it matters anyway. Instead they "reunite" at a Christmas party, when her best friend Sarah giddily introduces her new boyfriend to Laurie. It's Jack, the man from the bus. It would be.

What follows for Laurie, Sarah and Jack is ten years of friendship, heartbreak, missed opportunities, roads not taken, and destinies reconsidered. One Day in December is a joyous, heartwarming and immensely moving love story to escape into and a reminder that fate takes inexplicable turns along the route to happiness.]]> 394 Josie Silver 0525574700 Jessica 0 Couldn’t get into. Dnf 3.99 2018 One Day in December
author: Josie Silver
name: Jessica
average rating: 3.99
book published: 2018
rating: 0
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date added: 2020/12/17
shelves: book-of-the-month, own, dnf, kindle
review:
Couldn’t get into. Dnf
]]> <![CDATA[Norse Mythology - Signed Edition]]> 52307419 Introducing an instant classic—master storyteller Neil Gaiman presents a dazzling version of the great Norse myths.

Neil Gaiman has long been inspired by ancient mythology in creating the fantastical realms of his fiction. Now he turns his attention back to the source, presenting a bravura rendition of the great northern tales. In Norse Mythology, Gaiman fashions primeval stories into a novelistic arc that begins with the genesis of the legendary nine worlds; delves into the exploits of the deities, dwarves, and giants; and culminates in Ragnarok, the twilight of the gods and the rebirth of a new time and people. Gaiman stays true to the myths while vividly reincarnating Odin, the highest of the high, wise, daring, and cunning; Thor, Odin’s son, incredibly strong yet not the wisest of gods; and Loki, the son of giants, a trickster and unsurpassable manipulator. From Gaiman’s deft and witty prose emerges the gods with their fiercely competitive natures, their susceptibility to being duped and to dupe others, and their tendency to let passion ignite their actions, making these long-ago myths breathe pungent life again.]]> 0 Neil Gaiman 0393651770 Jessica 0 to-read, own, signed 4.67 2017 Norse Mythology - Signed Edition
author: Neil Gaiman
name: Jessica
average rating: 4.67
book published: 2017
rating: 0
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date added: 2020/12/15
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