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In Taisho-era Japan, Tanjiro Kamado is a kindhearted boy who makes a living selling charcoal. But his peaceful life is shattered when a demon slaughters his entire family. His little sister Nezuko is the only survivor, but she has been transformed into a demon herself! Tanjiro sets out on a dangerous journey to find a way to return his sister to normal and destroy the demon who ruined his life.

Learning to slay?demons won’t be easy, and Tanjiro barely knows where to start. The surprise appearance of another boy named Giyu, who seems to know what’s going on, might provide some answers…but only if Tanjiro can stop Giyu from killing his sister first!]]> 192 Koyoharu Gotouge 1974700526 Elsa 4 4.39 2016
author: Koyoharu Gotouge
name: Elsa
average rating: 4.39
book published: 2016
rating: 4
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date added: 2025/04/04
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]]> 60094018 ARE YOU THE WORLD'S TOP EGOIST?

After a disastrous defeat at the 2018 World Cup, Japan's team struggles to regroup. But what's missing? An absolute ace striker. The Football Union is hell-bent on creating a striker who hungers for goals and thirsts for victory, so Blue Lock—a rigorous training ground for 300 of Japan's best and brightest youth players—is created. To survive this battle royale, the last striker standing will have to out-muscle and out-ego everyone who stands in his way!]]> 214 Muneyuki Kaneshiro 1646516540 Elsa 0 to-read, manga-comics 4.09 2018
author: Muneyuki Kaneshiro
name: Elsa
average rating: 4.09
book published: 2018
rating: 0
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A hardcover, deluxe collector’s edition of one of the most beloved manga and anime of all time! Fully remastered with an updated translation and completely fresh lettering, and presented with color pages on large-trimmed archival-quality paper, this gorgeous hardcover edition presents the timeless dark adventures of the Elric brothers as they were truly meant to be seen. Includes brand-new cover art, color inserts and behind-the-scenes character sketches from author Hiromu Arakawa!

In an alchemical ritual gone wrong, Edward Elric lost his arm and his leg, and his brother Alphonse became nothing but a soul in a suit of armor. Equipped with mechanical “auto-mail” limbs, Edward becomes a state alchemist, seeking the one thing that can restore his and his brother’s bodies… the legendary Philosopher’s Stone!

The best-selling manga Fullmetal Alchemist finally available in a high-quality hardcover collectors' edition.]]> 280 Hiromu Arakawa 1421599775 Elsa 0 to-read 4.59 2011
author: Hiromu Arakawa
name: Elsa
average rating: 4.59
book published: 2011
rating: 0
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]]> 18077956 192 Hajime Isayama 1612626769 Elsa 3 4.49 2013
author: Hajime Isayama
name: Elsa
average rating: 4.49
book published: 2013
rating: 3
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]]> 59012207 192 Tatsuki Fujimoto Elsa 4 4.44 2020
author: Tatsuki Fujimoto
name: Elsa
average rating: 4.44
book published: 2020
rating: 4
read at: 2025/02/01
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]]> 62623026 202 Tatsuya Endo 4088833139 Elsa 4 4.54 2023
author: Tatsuya Endo
name: Elsa
average rating: 4.54
book published: 2023
rating: 4
read at: 2025/01/31
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]]> 15738021
Denna inledning till Sei Shonagons kuddbok, ?Makura no soshi fr?n 1000-talets kejsarhov, citeras ?n idag ofta i Japan och de flesta japaner k?nner till den, eller ??tminstone dess f?rsta ord "haru wa akebono". Valda delar av kuddboken l?ses alltj?mt i japanska skolor, och boken, som r?knas till den japanska litteraturens klassiker, betraktas j?mte Murasaki Shikibus roman Ber?ttelsen om Genji som ett av de mest betydande verken fr?n Heian-perioden. Kuddboken speglar naturligtvis sin tids kultur och v?rderingar och utg?r ett enast?ende dokument fr?n livet vid kejsarhovet, men n?r man l?ser den idag, mer ?n tusen ?r efter det att den skrevs, sl?s man ?nd? ofta av hur allm?n?m?nskliga och tidl?sa m?nga av de k?nslor och reaktioner som kommer till uttryck i den faktiskt ?r.]]> 261 Sei Shōnagon 9172472820 Elsa 4 3.77 1002
author: Sei Shōnagon
name: Elsa
average rating: 3.77
book published: 1002
rating: 4
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]]> 48999862
?? ?? ?? ??. ???? ???? ??? ???? ??. ???? ??? ????, ?? ?? ??? ????? ???? ???? ??? ???. ???? ??. ???? ?? ??? ??! ?? ???? ??? ???, ??? ?? ???? ?? ??!]]> 300 Chugong Elsa 4 4.58 2020
author: Chugong
name: Elsa
average rating: 4.58
book published: 2020
rating: 4
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]]> 36462515 395 Dan Brown 9155264778 Elsa 4 3.53 2003
author: Dan Brown
name: Elsa
average rating: 3.53
book published: 2003
rating: 4
read at: 2021/02/27
date added: 2024/12/31
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Ett ord: allm?nbildning. P? alla plan. En v?ldigt l?rorik bok. Dessutom var den sp?nnande v?lutt?nkt. Jag kunde inte f?rutse n?got if?rv?g.
]]> 133938826 should feel successful—but all she feels is drained. Haunted by an abandoned dream, she takes a leap of faith and leaves her old life behind. Quitting her job and divorcing her husband, Yeongju moves to a quiet residential neighborhood outside the city and opens the Hyunam-dong Bookshop.

The transition isn’t easy. For months, all Yeongju can do is cry. But as the long hours in the shop stretch on, she begins to reflect on what makes a good bookseller and a meaningful store. She throws herself into reading voraciously, hosting author events, and crafting her own philosophy on bookselling. Gradually, Yeongju finds her footing in her new surroundings.

Surrounded by friends, writers, and the books that bind them, Yeongju begins to write a new chapter in her life. The Hyunam-dong Bookshop evolves into a warm, welcoming haven for lost souls—a place to rest, heal, and remember that it’s never too late to scrap the plot and start over.]]> 307 Hwang Bo-Reum Elsa 0 to-read 3.94 2022
author: Hwang Bo-Reum
name: Elsa
average rating: 3.94
book published: 2022
rating: 0
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]]> 199087657
Disguised as her brother, Ying manages to infiltrate the guild’s male-only apprenticeship trial with the help of an unlikely ally—Aogiya Ye-yang, the taciturn eighth prince of the High Command. With her father’s renown placing a target firmly on her back, Ying must stay one step ahead of her fellow competitors, the jealous guild masters, and the killer still hunting for her father’s journal. Complicating everything is her increasingly tangled relationship with the prince, who may have mysterious plans of his own.

The secrets concealed within the guild can be as deadly as the weapons they build—and with her life and the future of her homeland at stake, Ying doesn’t know who to trust. Can she avenge her father even if it means going against everything he stood for, or will she be next in the mastermind’s line of fire?]]> 470 Amber Chen 0593622758 Elsa 0 to-read 3.70 2024
author: Amber Chen
name: Elsa
average rating: 3.70
book published: 2024
rating: 0
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]]> 198563688 416 Sophie Kim 0593599667 Elsa 0 to-read 4.05 2024
author: Sophie Kim
name: Elsa
average rating: 4.05
book published: 2024
rating: 0
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]]> 61155535 300 Jan Eliasson 9100177911 Elsa 0 to-read, facklitteratur 3.52
author: Jan Eliasson
name: Elsa
average rating: 3.52
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]]> 14736455 New and direct from publisher 227 9810807856 Elsa 0 to-read, facklitteratur 3.25 2008
author: Korea National University of Education
name: Elsa
average rating: 3.25
book published: 2008
rating: 0
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]]> 12334025 224 Magnus B?rt?s 9100124885 Elsa 0 to-read, facklitteratur 3.29 2011
author: Magnus B?rt?s
name: Elsa
average rating: 3.29
book published: 2011
rating: 0
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]]> 41088004 368 Gabriel Jonsson 9198406442 Elsa 0 to-read, facklitteratur 2.89
author: Gabriel Jonsson
name: Elsa
average rating: 2.89
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]]> 50606194
Korea ?r en civilisation som l?tt f?rbises vid j?mf?relser med Kina och Japan. Men den koreanska kulturen ?r unik och har haft stort inflytande p? omv?rlden.

Tryckkonsten med l?sa, ?teranv?ndbara typer i metall kom i bruk i Korea 200 ?r f?re Gutenberg. Japan har p?verkats starkt av koreansk kultur och religion. Risodling, j?rnframst?llning, liksom buddhismen och keramiska traditioner kom till Japan fr?n Korea. Delar av den kinesiska kulturen har haft avg?rande inflytande p? Korea samtidigt som den koreanska staten alltid f?rt en kamp mot Kinas f?rs?k att underkuva halv?n.

Egenarten har bibeh?llits. I modern tid har Koreakriget f?rgat v?r syn p? de koreanska samh?llena. Syd- och Nordkorea har g?tt helt olika v?gar. Nordkorea b?de skr?mmer och fascinerar. Sydkorea har som modern industristat manifesterat en h?gteknisk niv? inom data, bilindustri etc. Koreansk film, litteratur och musik har ett stort inflytande.

Korea En civilisation i kl?m diskuterar och belyser initierat den koreanska civilisationen och f?r l?saren att l?ttare f?rst? de koreanska verkligheterna.

Lars Varg?, tidigare ambassad?r i bl.a. Japan och Sydkorea, och f?rfattare till en rad seri?sa och viktiga b?cker om Japan i synnerhet, men ocks? om hela regionen. Senast utgav Varg? boken Bash? med tolkningar och kommentarer.]]> 245 Lars Varg? 9173319856 Elsa 0 to-read, facklitteratur 3.20 2019
author: Lars Varg?
name: Elsa
average rating: 3.20
book published: 2019
rating: 0
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]]> 60168796
Kazus ?terblickar, stadens brus och livet i parken blir ocks? en ber?ttelse om det moderna Japan med gamla traditioner och nya, med naturkatastrofer och djupa sociala klyftor.]]> 163 Yū Miri 9100190381 Elsa 0 to-read 3.00 2014
author: Yū Miri
name: Elsa
average rating: 3.00
book published: 2014
rating: 0
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]]> 42733961
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author: Chugong
name: Elsa
average rating: 4.47
book published: 2019
rating: 4
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]]> 52086563 200 Tatsuki Fujimoto 4088821718 Elsa 4 4.40 2020
author: Tatsuki Fujimoto
name: Elsa
average rating: 4.40
book published: 2020
rating: 4
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]]> 143728 211 Cressida Cowell 0316155985 Elsa 4 4.09 2004
author: Cressida Cowell
name: Elsa
average rating: 4.09
book published: 2004
rating: 4
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]]> 19029185 221 Cressida Cowell 9127104621 Elsa 4 3.75 2003
author: Cressida Cowell
name: Elsa
average rating: 3.75
book published: 2003
rating: 4
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date added: 2024/12/24
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]]> 15586246 Swedish 170 Bj?rn Berg 9170240353 Elsa 0 currently-reading 0.0
author: Bj?rn Berg
name: Elsa
average rating: 0.0
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rating: 0
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]]> 49966677 192 Tatsuki Fujimoto 4088820754 Elsa 4 4.43 2019
author: Tatsuki Fujimoto
name: Elsa
average rating: 4.43
book published: 2019
rating: 4
read at: 2024/12/19
date added: 2024/12/19
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]]> 46226780 192 Tatsuki Fujimoto 4088820169 Elsa 4 4.36 2019
author: Tatsuki Fujimoto
name: Elsa
average rating: 4.36
book published: 2019
rating: 4
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]]> 45730625 192 Tatsuki Fujimoto 4088818318 Elsa 4 4.35 2019
author: Tatsuki Fujimoto
name: Elsa
average rating: 4.35
book published: 2019
rating: 4
read at: 2024/12/18
date added: 2024/12/18
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]]> 58303740
Once, Lan had a different name. Now she goes by the one the Elantian colonizers gave her when they invaded her kingdom, killed her mother, and outlawed her people’s magic. She spends her nights as a songgirl in Haak’gong, a city transformed by the conquerors, and her days scavenging for what she can find of the past. Anything to understand the strange mark burned into her arm by her mother in her last act before she died.

The mark is mysterious—an untranslatable Hin character—and no one but Lan can see it. Until the night a boy appears at her teahouse and saves her life.

Zen is a practitioner—one of the fabled magicians of the Last Kingdom. Their magic was rumored to have been drawn from the demons they communed with. Magic believed to be long lost. Now it must be hidden from the Elantians at all costs.

When Zen comes across Lan, he recognizes what she is: a practitioner with a powerful ability hidden in the mark on her arm. He’s never seen anything like it—but he knows that if there are answers, they lie deep in the pine forests and misty mountains of the Last Kingdom, with an order of practitioning masters planning to overthrow the Elantian regime.

Both Lan and Zen have secrets buried deep within—secrets they must hide from others, and secrets that they themselves have yet to discover. Fate has connected them, but their destiny remains unwritten. Both hold the power to liberate their land. And both hold the power to destroy the world.

Now the battle for the Last Kingdom begins.]]> 512 Amélie Wen Zhao 059365028X Elsa 0 fantasy-sci-fi, to-read 3.77 2023
author: Amélie Wen Zhao
name: Elsa
average rating: 3.77
book published: 2023
rating: 0
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]]> 55575967 192 Tatsuki Fujimoto Elsa 4 4.38 2019
author: Tatsuki Fujimoto
name: Elsa
average rating: 4.38
book published: 2019
rating: 4
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]]> 17450840 192 Hajime Isayama 4063847764 Elsa 3 4.51 2012
author: Hajime Isayama
name: Elsa
average rating: 4.51
book published: 2012
rating: 3
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]]> 17450822 192 Hajime Isayama 4063847128 Elsa 3 4.56 2012
author: Hajime Isayama
name: Elsa
average rating: 4.56
book published: 2012
rating: 3
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]]> 17450811 192 Hajime Isayama 4063846520 Elsa 3 4.54 2012
author: Hajime Isayama
name: Elsa
average rating: 4.54
book published: 2012
rating: 3
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]]> 57147096
Decades after their victory, the funeral of one her friends confronts Frieren with her own near immortality. Frieren sets out to fulfill the last wishes of her comrades and finds herself beginning a new adventure…]]> 188 Kanehito Yamada 1974725766 Elsa 4 4.42 2020
author: Kanehito Yamada
name: Elsa
average rating: 4.42
book published: 2020
rating: 4
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]]> 173031167
N?gra timmar innan OS-invigningen hade Xi Jinping tagit emot honom under piltr?den p? Diaoyutais pittoreska g?sthem. Det var h?r som president Richard Nixon inkvarterades n?r han femtio ?r tidigare tr?ffade Mao Zedong. D? gick USA och Kina ihop mot Sovjetunionen, nu ?r det Kina och Ryssland som f?renas mot USA och v?st. D? som nu chockades v?rlden av de snabba scenf?r?ndringarna.

Gunnar Lindstedt har f?ljt den politiska utvecklingen i Kina och Ryssland i ?ver femtio ?r, f?rst som ung, idealistisk maoist, senare som kritisk ekonomireporter och f?rfattare. N?r hans dotter med familj 2017 flyttade till Kina beslutade sig Gunnar f?r att f?lja med och l?mna en l?gesrapport om Kina idag.

Han l?r k?nna familjen Zhang, den USA-?lskande mamman som ?ven beundrar Trump, och dottern och hennes flickv?n. I en blandning mellan resereportage och politisk analys f?ngar Gunnar Lindstedt den ?terv?ndsgr?nd vi hamnat i n?r v?ra t?ta f?rbindelser med Kina, som kallats ”v?rldens verkstad”, blir alltmer om?jliga att uppr?tth?lla.]]> 396 Gunnar Lindstedt 9127181553 Elsa 0 facklitteratur, to-read 3.35
author: Gunnar Lindstedt
name: Elsa
average rating: 3.35
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]]> 364951
Now Usopp's village is under attack by the Black Cat Pirates, one of the most legendary and feared crews on the high seas. And three young would-be pirates have joined him in defending the village: Nami the thief, Zolo the swordsman, and Luffy, the straw-hatted wannabe pirate with incredible rubber powers. Usopp is about to find out how an imaginary pirate stands up to the real thing… and what it means to be a real pirate. His neighbors would never believe it in a million years...]]> 189 Eiichiro Oda 1591166152 Elsa 3 4.38 1998
author: Eiichiro Oda
name: Elsa
average rating: 4.38
book published: 1998
rating: 3
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]]> 52720913 173 Oskar K?llner 9129719887 Elsa 3 3.83 2020
author: Oskar K?llner
name: Elsa
average rating: 3.83
book published: 2020
rating: 3
read at: 2020/07/23
date added: 2024/11/27
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Intressantare ?n m?nga b?cker jag l?st tbh...
]]> 24909347
Meanwhile, Kady's cousin, Asha, survived the initial BeiTech assault and has joined Kerenza's ragtag underground resistance. When Rhys--an old flame from Asha's past--reappears on Kerenza, the two find themselves on opposite sides of the conflict. With time running out, a final battle will be waged on land and in space, heros will fall, and hearts will be broken.

From bestselling author duo Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff comes the exciting finale in the trilogy that broke the mold and has been called "stylistically mesmerizing" and "out-of-this-world-awesome."]]> 618 Amie Kaufman 055349919X Elsa 0 to-read 4.45 2018
author: Amie Kaufman
name: Elsa
average rating: 4.45
book published: 2018
rating: 0
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]]> 29236299
The sci-fi saga that began with the breakout bestseller Illuminae continues on board the Jump Station Heimdall, where two new characters will confront the next wave of the BeiTech assault.

Hanna is the station captain’s pampered daughter; Nik the reluctant member of a notorious crime family. But while the pair are struggling with the realities of life aboard the galaxy’s most boring space station, little do they know that Kady Grant and the Hypatia are headed right toward Heimdall, carrying news of the Kerenza invasion.

When an elite BeiTech strike team invades the station, Hanna and Nik are thrown together to defend their home. But alien predators are picking off the station residents one by one, and a malfunction in the station’s wormhole means the space-time continuum might be ripped in two before dinner. Soon Hanna and Nik aren’t just fighting for their own survival; the fate of everyone on the Hypatia—and possibly the known universe—is in their hands.

But relax. They’ve totally got this. They hope.]]> 659 Amie Kaufman 0553499165 Elsa 5 fantasy-sci-fi, read-next 4.42 2016
author: Amie Kaufman
name: Elsa
average rating: 4.42
book published: 2016
rating: 5
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date added: 2024/11/23
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]]> 8132739 193 Tsugumi Ohba 1421535149 Elsa 3 4.22 2009
author: Tsugumi Ohba
name: Elsa
average rating: 4.22
book published: 2009
rating: 3
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]]> 364952
Unless, of course, Monkey D.Luffy can stop them! All Luffy has on his side are the sword-wielding first mate, Zolo; his thieving navigator, Nami; Usopp, a local kid with a knack for telling lies; and his own bizarre rubber-limbed powers. If these four amateur pirates want to stop the entire Black Cat crew, they'll have to come up with a pretty slick plan...]]> 189 Eiichiro Oda 1591163374 Elsa 3 4.34 1998
author: Eiichiro Oda
name: Elsa
average rating: 4.34
book published: 1998
rating: 3
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]]> 219446158 A breathtaking romantic fantasy inspired by Beauty and the Beast about a girl who paints the future and a cursed dragon lord, bound by love and deception in a plot to bring down the gods.

From the New York Times bestselling author of Six Crimson Cranes!

Truyan Saigas didn't choose to become a con artist, but after her father is lost at sea, it’s up to her to support her mother and two younger sisters. A gifted art forger, Tru has the unique ability to paint the future, but even such magic is not enough to put her family back together again, or stave off the gangsters demanding payment in blood for her mother’s gambling debts.

Left with few options, Tru agrees to a marriage contract with a mysterious dragon lord. He offers a fresh start for her mother and sisters and elusive answers about her father's disappearance, but in exchange, she must join him in his desolate undersea palace. And she must assist him in a plot to infiltrate the tyrannical Dragon King's inner circle, painting a future so treasonous, it could upend both the mortal and immortal realms. . . .]]> Elizabeth Lim 0593650638 Elsa 0 to-read 4.49 2025
author: Elizabeth Lim
name: Elsa
average rating: 4.49
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author: Eiichiro Oda
name: Elsa
average rating: 4.33
book published: 1998
rating: 4
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]]> 215149209 From Axie Oh, the New York Times-bestselling author of The Girl Who Fell Beneath the Sea, Final Fantasy meets Shadow and Bone in this romantic fantasy reimagining the Korean legend of Celestial Maidens.

Sunho lives in the Under World, a land of perpetual darkness. An ex-soldier, he can remember little of his life from before two years ago, when he woke up alone with only his name and his sword. Now he does odd-jobs to scrape by, until he comes across the score of a lifetime—a chest of coins for any mercenary who can hunt down a girl who wields silver light.

Meanwhile, far to the east, Ren is a cheerful and spirited acrobat traveling with her adoptive family and performing at villages. But everything changes during one of their festival performances when the village is attacked by a horrific humanlike demon. In a moment of fear and rage, Ren releases a blast of silver light—a power she has kept hidden since childhood—and kills the monster. But her efforts are not in time to prevent her adoptive family from suffering a devastating loss, or to save her beloved uncle from being grievously wounded.

Determined to save him from succumbing to the poisoned wound, Ren sets off over the mountains, where the creature came from—and from where Ren herself fled ten years ago. Her path sets her on a collision course with Sunho, but he doesn't realize she's the girl that he—and a hundred other swords-for-hire—is looking for. As the two grow closer through their travels, they come to realize that their pasts—and destinies—are far more entwined than either of them could have imagined...]]> 368 Axie Oh 1250853087 Elsa 0 to-read 4.20 2025
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name: Elsa
average rating: 4.20
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author: Eiichiro Oda
name: Elsa
average rating: 4.36
book published: 1998
rating: 3
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]]> 21414806
Kina med tio ord ger en unik inblick i den kinesiska erfarenheten och belyser genom personliga ber?ttelser och skarpsinnig analys landets blixtsnabba ekonomiska och sociala omvandling.

Utifr?n tio begrepp – folket, ledaren, revolution med flera – f?ngar han v?rldens folkrikaste, men ocks? mest missf?rst?dda, nation.

Kina med tio ord ?r en smart, underh?llande skildring av det ”kinesiska undret”, fr?n Mao till idag.]]> 276 Yu Hua 9127134644 Elsa 0 to-read, facklitteratur 3.76 2011
author: Yu Hua
name: Elsa
average rating: 3.76
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rating: 0
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]]> 1237398 207 Eiichiro Oda 1569319014 Elsa 4 4.49 1997
author: Eiichiro Oda
name: Elsa
average rating: 4.49
book published: 1997
rating: 4
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]]> 7327286
Average student Moritaka Mashiro enjoys drawing for fun. When his classmate and aspiring writer Akito Takagi discovers his talent, he begs Moritaka to team up with him as a manga-creating duo. But what exactly does it take to make it in the manga-publishing world? Moritaka is hesitant to seriously consider Akito's proposal because he knows how difficult reaching the professional level can be. Still, encouragement from persistent Akito and motivation from his crush push Moritaka to test his limits!]]> 203 Tsugumi Ohba 1421535130 Elsa 4 manga-comics 3.88 2009
author: Tsugumi Ohba
name: Elsa
average rating: 3.88
book published: 2009
rating: 4
read at: 2024/10/20
date added: 2024/10/20
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]]> 60715973 194 Tatsuya Endo 4088831276 Elsa 4 4.51 2022
author: Tatsuya Endo
name: Elsa
average rating: 4.51
book published: 2022
rating: 4
read at: 2024/10/18
date added: 2024/10/18
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]]> 61085465
Med mycket humor och ber?ttargl?dje har den franska serieskaparen Pénélope Bagieu gjort om Roald Dahls kanske allra kusligaste ber?ttelse till en rysligt underh?llande seriebok.]]> 302 Pénélope Bagieu 9175153890 Elsa 0 to-read, manga-comics 3.86 2020
author: Pénélope Bagieu
name: Elsa
average rating: 3.86
book published: 2020
rating: 0
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]]> 22571758 160 Leigh Dragoon 0399171894 Elsa 0 to-read, manga-comics 3.87 2015
author: Leigh Dragoon
name: Elsa
average rating: 3.87
book published: 2015
rating: 0
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]]> 52684608 STILL LIFE

Yatora is the perfect high school student, with good grades and lots of friends. It's an effortless performance, and, ultimately... a dull one. But he wanders into the art room one day, and a lone painting captures his eye, awakening him to a kind of beauty he never knew. Compelled and consumed, he dives in headfirst--and he's about to learn how savage and unforgiving art can be...]]> 224 Tsubasa Yamaguchi 1646511123 Elsa 0 to-read, manga-comics 4.23 2017
author: Tsubasa Yamaguchi
name: Elsa
average rating: 4.23
book published: 2017
rating: 0
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]]> 191960 62 贬别谤驳é 1405206187 Elsa 0 to-read 4.06 1943
author: 贬别谤驳é
name: Elsa
average rating: 4.06
book published: 1943
rating: 0
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]]> 1169556 62 贬别谤驳é 0316358509 Elsa 3 3.92 1937
author: 贬别谤驳é
name: Elsa
average rating: 3.92
book published: 1937
rating: 3
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]]> 29767536 Ottoline and the Purple Fox, a brand new adventure from Children's Laureate, Chris Riddell.

Ottoline and Mr Munroe love puzzles, clues and mysteries. One day, they meet an enigmatic purple fox, who offers to take them on a night-time urban safari. The fox shows them all the hidden animals of the city and Ottoline makes notes on them in her field notebook. Mr Munroe is making notes too - on the anonymous poems he finds stuck to lampposts on their journey. Who is the secretive poet, and how can he and Ottoline help them mend their broken heart?

Includes a free fold-up-and-keep fortune teller!]]> 192 Chris Riddell 1447277929 Elsa 3 4.23 2016
author: Chris Riddell
name: Elsa
average rating: 4.23
book published: 2016
rating: 3
read at: 2024/10/06
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]]> 27431021
Get ready to laugh up your lunch with the baddest bunch of do-gooders in town!]]> 144 Aaron Blabey 1760154121 Elsa 3 barnb?cker 4.31 2015
author: Aaron Blabey
name: Elsa
average rating: 4.31
book published: 2015
rating: 3
read at: 2024/09/29
date added: 2024/09/29
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]]> 7847098 176 Chris Riddell 1405050594 Elsa 3 4.24 2010
author: Chris Riddell
name: Elsa
average rating: 4.24
book published: 2010
rating: 3
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]]> 43821426
Det har h?nt mycket i Lous liv sedan hon tr?ffade Tristan i allra f?rsta delen av Lou. Vi har varit med n?r Lou f?tt nya v?nner, blivit k?r, f?tt nya syskon, n?r mamma f?r en ny kille. M?nga ?r de personer som vi l?rt k?nna genom Lou och varje unik i sin personlighet och karakt?r.

I denna sista och avslutande del p? serien ?r Lou en vuxen kvinna och ?r redo f?r sitt st?rsta ?ventyr, att uppt?cka vem hon sj?lv ?r. Nyfiken och redo f?r ?ventyr ger sig Lou ut p? en resa. F?r vad b?ttre finns det ?n att ?ppna sig f?r v?rlden ?n att uppt?cka sig sj?lv?

Detta ?r den avslutande delen i den gr?nsl?st popul?ra serien om Lou. Hela serien har s?lt i mer ?n
3 miljoner exemplar i hemlandet Frankrike, den har blivit tecknad serie (SVT Barnkanalen), biofilm och ?versatt till ?ver 20 spr?k.]]> 48 Julien Neel 9198293540 Elsa 4 3.89
author: Julien Neel
name: Elsa
average rating: 3.89
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rating: 4
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]]> 55682337 Anekdoter om kulturkrockar, vardagsmysterier och och spr?kmissar varvas med att finna sig i den pl?tsliga rollen som talesperson f?r den kompletta svenska politik-kultur-historien. Sm?saker som hur man h?lsar, vad som ligger i lunchl?dan och vad som egentligen ?r "vanligt folkvett" funkar inte l?ngre som vanligt. I fyndiga seriestrippar visar ?sa Ekstr?m hur en liten avvikelse i vanor kan avsl?ja en omtumlande djup skillnad i attityder.]]> 174 ?sa Ekstr?m 9175153629 Elsa 4 3.75
author: ?sa Ekstr?m
name: Elsa
average rating: 3.75
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]]> 31983 184 Clamp 1569319499 Elsa 0 to-read 3.96 1992
author: Clamp
name: Elsa
average rating: 3.96
book published: 1992
rating: 0
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]]> 330744 182 Rumiko Takahashi 1569319472 Elsa 0 to-read 4.33 1997
author: Rumiko Takahashi
name: Elsa
average rating: 4.33
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rating: 0
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]]> 34643425 Un tout nouvel album, en compagnie de sa maman, de Mina, Paul, Tristan, Mister Juice, et d’une myriade de nouveaux personnages, qui nous conduisent sur les traces d’une mystérieuse cabane...]]> 48 Julien Neel 9198293508 Elsa 4 3.76 2016
author: Julien Neel
name: Elsa
average rating: 3.76
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rating: 4
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]]> 37880094
But then a window of opportunity opens—a doctor she idolizes is marrying an old friend of hers in Germany. Felicity believes if she could meet this man he could change her future, but she has no money of her own to make the trip. Luckily, a mysterious young woman is willing to pay Felicity’s way, so long as she’s allowed to travel with Felicity disguised as her maid.

In spite of her suspicions, Felicity agrees, but once the girl’s true motives are revealed, Felicity becomes part of a perilous quest that leads them from the German countryside to the promenades of Zurich to secrets lurking beneath the Atlantic.

In this highly anticipated sequel to the?New York Times?bestselling?The Gentleman’s Guide to Vice and Virtue, Felicity Montague must use all her womanly wits and wiles to achieve her dreams of becoming a doctor—even if she has to scheme her way across Europe to do it. A must-have for fans of Mackenzi Lee’s extraordinary and Stonewall Honor-winning novel.]]> 450 Mackenzi Lee 0062795325 Elsa 0 to-read 4.05 2018
author: Mackenzi Lee
name: Elsa
average rating: 4.05
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]]> 45286178
Men varf?r reser de? Och varf?r ?r alla s? intresserade av Nana? N?r det g?r upp f?r honom brister hans lilla hj?rta och han g?r allt f?r att f? ett slut p? ?ventyret.

En katts resedagbok av Hiro Arikawa ?r en hyllning till livet och v?nskapen, och till de sm? ting som ofta sk?nker oss st?rst gl?dje. Det ?r en gripande ber?ttelse som f?ngslat l?sare v?rlden ?ver.]]> 292 Hiro Arikawa 9188901033 Elsa 0 3.90 2012
author: Hiro Arikawa
name: Elsa
average rating: 3.90
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rating: 0
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]]> 49196279 Hennes f?r?ldrar ?r oroliga och ?nskar att hon skulle skaffa sig ett riktigt jobb. Och hennes v?nner undrar varf?r hon inte tr?ffar n?gon och gifter sig. Men Keiko har hittat sitt eget s?tt att ge livet mening, och hon t?nker inte l?ta n?gon eller n?got komma emellan henne och n?rbutiken.

Hur m?r fr?ken Furukura? ?r lika mycket en varm och rolig k?rleksf?rklaring till en udda figur som en allvarlig fundering ?ver vad det inneb?r att leva ett "normalt" liv.

SAYAKA MURATA (f. 1979) ?r en av Japans mest prisade och omtalade f?rfattare och har vunnit bland annat det prestigefyllda Akutagawa-priset. Tidigare har hon sj?lv arbetat som bitr?de i en n?rbutik i arton ?r. Hur m?r fr?ken Furukura? ?r en internationell b?sts?ljare och den f?rsta romanen av Sayaka Murata som ?vers?tts till svenska.]]> 163 Sayaka Murata 9178616344 Elsa 0 3.41 2016
author: Sayaka Murata
name: Elsa
average rating: 3.41
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]]> 45047384
Linus Baker leads a quiet, solitary life. At forty, he lives in a tiny house with a devious cat and his old records. As a Case Worker at the Department in Charge Of Magical Youth, he spends his days overseeing the well-being of children in government-sanctioned orphanages.

When Linus is unexpectedly summoned by Extremely Upper Management he's given a curious and highly classified assignment: travel to Marsyas Island Orphanage, where six dangerous children reside: a gnome, a sprite, a wyvern, an unidentifiable green blob, a were-Pomeranian, and the Antichrist. Linus must set aside his fears and determine whether or not they’re likely to bring about the end of days.

But the children aren’t the only secret the island keeps. Their caretaker is the charming and enigmatic Arthur Parnassus, who will do anything to keep his wards safe. As Arthur and Linus grow closer, long-held secrets are exposed, and Linus must make a choice: destroy a home or watch the world burn.

An enchanting story, masterfully told, The House in the Cerulean Sea is about the profound experience of discovering an unlikely family in an unexpected place—and realizing that family is yours.]]> 394 T.J. Klune Elsa 0 4.37 2020
author: T.J. Klune
name: Elsa
average rating: 4.37
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]]> 50520939
Enter the latest round of six: Libby Rhodes and Nico de Varona, unwilling halves of an unfathomable whole, who exert uncanny control over every element of physicality. Reina Mori, a naturalist, who can intuit the language of life itself. Parisa Kamali, a telepath who can traverse the depths of the subconscious, navigating worlds inside the human mind. Callum Nova, an empath easily mistaken for a manipulative illusionist, who can influence the intimate workings of a person’s inner self. Finally, there is Tristan Caine, who can see through illusions to a new structure of reality—an ability so rare that neither he nor his peers can fully grasp its implications.

When the candidates are recruited by the mysterious Atlas Blakely, they are told they will have one year to qualify for initiation, during which time they will be permitted preliminary access to the Society’s archives and judged based on their contributions to various subjects of impossibility: time and space, luck and thought, life and death. Five, they are told, will be initiated. One will be eliminated. The six potential initiates will fight to survive the next year of their lives, and if they can prove themselves to be the best among their rivals, most of them will.

Most of them.]]> 376 Olivie Blake Elsa 0 3.56 2020
author: Olivie Blake
name: Elsa
average rating: 3.56
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]]> 40969531
Ophelia lives on Anima, an ark where objects have souls. Beneath her worn scarf and thick glasses, the young girl hides the ability to read and communicate with the souls of objects, and the power to travel through mirrors. Her peaceful existence on the Ark of Anima is disrupted when she is promised in marriage to Thorn, from the powerful Dragon clan. Ophelia must leave her family and follow her fiancée to the floating capital on the distant Ark of the Pole. Why has she been chosen? Why must she hide her true identity? Though she doesn’t know it yet, she has become a pawn in a deadly plot.]]> 446 Christelle Dabos 1787701425 Elsa 0 3.90 2013
author: Christelle Dabos
name: Elsa
average rating: 3.90
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rating: 0
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]]> 11673277
F?r att pr?va kraften hos ett par magiska ringar skickas pojken Digory och hans kamrat Polly ut i det ok?nda. De hamnar i en fr?mmande v?rld och f?r med egna ?gon uppleva hur landet Narnia f?ds, sj?lva skapelsen. De m?ter ?ven Aslan, lejonet, som utstr?lar en s?dan godhet och kraft att barnen inte tvekar att p? hans uppdrag ge sig ut i Narnia f?r att bek?mpa de onda makter som hotar denna v?rld.]]> 162 C.S. Lewis 9163833921 Elsa 0 3.53 1955
author: C.S. Lewis
name: Elsa
average rating: 3.53
book published: 1955
rating: 0
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]]> 153445275
Hon kom in i den inre kretsen av kinesiska journalister och unga intellektuella, en generation som ville f?r?ndra Kina till n?got nytt och ?ppnare. D?r och d? trodde de att systemet skulle falla n?r som helst. Men den visionen skulle – i likhet med f?rfattarens eget f?rs?k att integreras i det moderna Kina – visa sig sv?r att uppn?.

I en osedvanligt v?lskriven personlig reportagebok, skriven med detaljrikedomen hos en bra roman, ber?ttar Hanna Sahlberg om dagens Kina. Det ?r en s?llsynt inifr?nskildring av en sluten stormakt, och en ber?ttelse om den universella men komplicerade dr?mmen om att integreras i ett samh?lle.]]> 303 Hanna Sahlberg. 9127177602 Elsa 0 3.78
author: Hanna Sahlberg.
name: Elsa
average rating: 3.78
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]]> 57761906
Men bortom den spektakul?ra fasaden av droger, vapen och rapmusik som visas upp p? sociala medier h?nger fr?gan obesvarad i luften: Varf?r m?rdar ni varandra?

Tills alla d?r ber?ttar om en f?rlorad generation unga m?n, om m?nniskorna som lever i den mest brutala konsekvensen av samh?llets svek, och om n?gra som v?grat ge upp hoppet.]]> 354 Diamant Salihu 9189061845 Elsa 0 4.13 2021
author: Diamant Salihu
name: Elsa
average rating: 4.13
book published: 2021
rating: 0
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]]> 35749434 A classic memoir of self-invention in a strange land: Ian Buruma's unflinching account of his amazing journey into the heart of Tokyo's underground culture as a young man in the 1970's

When Ian Buruma arrived in Tokyo in 1975, Japan was little more than an idea in his mind, a fantasy of a distant land. A sensitive misfit in the world of his upper middleclass youth, what he longed for wasn't so much the exotic as the raw, unfiltered humanity he had experienced in Japanese theater performances and films, witnessed in Amsterdam and Paris. One particular theater troupe, directed by a poet of runaways, outsiders, and eccentrics, was especially alluring, more than a little frightening, and completely unforgettable. If Tokyo was anything like his plays, Buruma knew that he had to join the circus as soon as possible.

Tokyo was an astonishment. Callow and unformed, Buruma found a feverish and surreal metropolis where nothing was understated, and everything shouted for attention--neon lights, crimson lanterns, Japanese pop, advertising jingles, cabarets, and PA systems. He encountered a city in the midst of an economic boom where everything seemed new, aside from the isolated temple or shrine that had survived the firestorms and earthquakes that had levelled the city during the past century. History remained in fragments: the shapes of wounded World War Two veterans in white kimonos, murky old bars that Mishima had cruised in, and the narrow alleys where street girls had once flitted. Buruma's Tokyo, though, was a city engaged in a radical transformation. And through his adventures in the world of avant garde theater, his encounters with carnival acts, fashion photographers, and moments on-set with Akira Kurosawa, Buruma underwent a radical transformation of his own. For an outsider, unattached to the cultural burdens placed on the Japanese, this was a place to be truly free.

A Tokyo Romance is a portrait of a young artist and the fantastical city that shaped him. With his signature acuity, Ian Buruma brilliantly captures the historical tensions between east and west, the clash of conflicting cultures, and the dilemma of the gaijin in Japanese society, constantly free, yet always on the outside. The result is a timeless story about the desire to transgress boundaries: cultural, artistic, and sexual.]]> 256 Ian Buruma 1101981415 Elsa 0 3.36 2018
author: Ian Buruma
name: Elsa
average rating: 3.36
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]]> 55995929
AT THE SEAMS

High schooler Ryo knows he’s transgender, but he doesn’t have anyone to confide in about the confusion he feels. He can’t tell his best friend, who he’s secretly got a crush on, and he can’t tell his mom, who’s constantly asking why Ryo “dresses like a boy.” He certainly can’t tell Jin, the new transfer student who looks like just another bully… The only time Ryo feels at ease is when he’s wearing his favorite clothes. Then, and only then, the world melts away, and he can be his true self. One day, while out shopping, Ryo sees someone he didn’t expect: Jin. The kid who looked so tough in class has the same taste in fashion as him! At last, Ryo has someone he can open up to—and the journey ahead might finally give him a way to express himself to the world.]]> 243 Keito Gaku 1646512480 Elsa 0 to-read, manga-comics 4.33 2020
author: Keito Gaku
name: Elsa
average rating: 4.33
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rating: 0
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]]> 14497
"Neverwhere" is the London of the people who have fallen between the cracks.

Strange destinies lie in wait in London below - a world that seems eerily familiar. But a world that is utterly bizarre, peopled by unearthly characters such as the Angel called Islington, the girl named Door, and the Earl who holds Court on a tube train.

Now a single act of kindness has catapulted young businessman Richard Mayhew out of his safe and predictable life - and into the realms of "Neverwhere." Richard is about to find out more than he ever wanted to know about this other London. Which is a pity. Because Richard just wants to go home...]]> 370 Neil Gaiman 0060557818 Elsa 0 to-read 4.17 1996
author: Neil Gaiman
name: Elsa
average rating: 4.17
book published: 1996
rating: 0
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]]> 125227576
Forget “try harder.” When your brain works differently, you need to try different .
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Diagnosed with ADHD at age twelve, Jessica struggled with a brain that she didn’t understand. She lost things constantly, couldn’t finish projects, and felt like she was putting more effort in than everyone around her while falling further and further behind. At thirty-two years old—broke, divorced, and living with her mom—Jessica decided to look more deeply into her ADHD challenges. She reached out to experts, devoured articles, and shared her discoveries on YouTube.
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In How to ADHD , Jessica reveals the tools that have changed her life while offering an unflinching look at the realities of living with ADHD. The key to navigating a world not built for the neurodivergent brain, she discovered, isn’t to fix or fight against its natural tendencies but to understand and work with them. She explains how ADHD affects everyday life, covering executive function impairments, rejection sensitivity, difficulties with attention regulation, and more. You’ll also find ADHD-specific strategies for adapting your environment, routines, and systems,
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? Boost the signal and decrease the noise . Facilitate focus by putting your goals where you can see them and fighting distractions with distractions.
? Have less stuff to manage. Learn why you have trouble planning and prioritizing, and why doing more starts with doing less.
? Build your “time wisdom.” Work backward when you plan, and track how long it actually takes you to do something.
? Learn about your emotions. Understand how naming your emotions and letting yourself experience them can make them easier to regulate.
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With quotes from Jessica’s online community, chapter summaries, and reading shortcuts designed for the neurodivergent reader, How to ADHD will help you recognize your strengths and challenges, tackle “bad brain days,” and be kinder to yourself in the process.]]> 464 Jessica McCabe 0593578945 Elsa 4 4.44 2024
author: Jessica McCabe
name: Elsa
average rating: 4.44
book published: 2024
rating: 4
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]]> 60212194 144 Julien Neel 9176218090 Elsa 0 to-read 4.15 2020
author: Julien Neel
name: Elsa
average rating: 4.15
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]]> 124937739 448 Alaya Dawn Johnson 0008612366 Elsa 0 to-read 3.18 2023
author: Alaya Dawn Johnson
name: Elsa
average rating: 3.18
book published: 2023
rating: 0
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]]> 42190439 101 Essays That Will Change The Way You Think, the global bestseller and social media phenomenon, is a collection of author Brianna Wiest's most beloved pieces of writing. Her meditations include why you should pursue purpose over passion, embrace negative thinking, see the wisdom in daily routine, and become aware of the cognitive biases that are creating the way you see your life. Some of these pieces have never been seen; others have been read by millions of people around the world. Regardless, each will leave you thinking: this idea changed my life.]]> 448 Brianna Wiest 1945796065 Elsa 0 to-read 4.00 2016
author: Brianna Wiest
name: Elsa
average rating: 4.00
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]]> 6708302 48 Julien Neel 2723467880 Elsa 5 4.39 2009
author: Julien Neel
name: Elsa
average rating: 4.39
book published: 2009
rating: 5
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]]> 20839164
Bakom sina m?rka solglas?gon m?ter pl?tsligt Lou Tristan. Vad g?r han h?r? ?r det ?det som ?terigen f?renar dom p? denna paradisiska plats? Lous mamma kommer ?ntligen fram och det blir ett varmt ?terseende mellan Lou och hennes mamma. Alla tr?ffas igen och f?rvecklingarna blir m?nga och
vem ?r egentligen k?r i vem? Ibland blir sv?rt att hantera alla k?nslor, men alla har de ocks? superkul och v?nskap f?rdjupas och nya band knyts
precis som det skall vara.]]> 48 Julien Neel 9197821330 Elsa 4 3.83 2007
author: Julien Neel
name: Elsa
average rating: 3.83
book published: 2007
rating: 4
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]]> 43587154 JADE CITY is a gripping Godfather-esque saga of intergenerational blood feuds, vicious politics, magic, and kungfu.

The Kaul family is one of two crime syndicates that control the island of Kekon. It's the only place in the world that produces rare magical jade, which grants those with the right training and heritage superhuman abilities.

The Green Bone clans of honorable jade-wearing warriors once protected the island from foreign invasion--but nowadays, in a bustling post-war metropolis full of fast cars and foreign money, Green Bone families like the Kauls are primarily involved in commerce, construction, and the everyday upkeep of the districts under their protection.

When the simmering tension between the Kauls and their greatest rivals erupts into open violence in the streets, the outcome of this clan war will determine the fate of all Green Bones and the future of Kekon itself.]]> 540 Fonda Lee 0316440884 Elsa 0 fantasy-sci-fi, to-read 4.06 2017
author: Fonda Lee
name: Elsa
average rating: 4.06
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]]> 2279474 48 Julien Neel 2723452522 Elsa 4 4.41 2006
author: Julien Neel
name: Elsa
average rating: 4.41
book published: 2006
rating: 4
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]]> 57059819
Cal Newport, professor i datavetenskap p? ansedda Georgetown University, visar hur du kan bli b?ttre p? ditt jobb, hur du hinner med mer arbete p? kortare tid och hur tillfredsst?llande det ?r att beh?rska n?gonting fullt ut.

Konsten att djupjobba ?r en superkraft i v?r alltmer konkurrensutsatta ekonomi. Deep work : Hur du finner fokus och djupjobbar i en distraherande v?rld ?r en blandning av kulturkritik och enkla praktiska r?d f?r den som s?ker v?gledning i en fragmentiserad och distraherande v?rld. H?r ges verktygen f?r att ?terigen kunna g? p? djupet och en grundkurs i den produktiva digitala minimalism som Newport blivit den mest k?nde f?respr?karen f?r.]]> 261 Cal Newport 9179650848 Elsa 4 3.70 2016
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average rating: 3.70
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]]> 61068144 Matilda s?ger sig veta v?gen till den mytomspunna underjordiska staden Agartha. Tillsammans beger de sig till Tibet p? jakt efter den legendariska platsen – men h?gt uppe bland de vindpinade bergstopparna inser de snart att de inte ?r de enda som s?ker efter staden.

Samtidigt hems?ks James i sina dr?mmar av en ansiktsl?s kvinna som lockar p? honom med en ljudl?s s?ng fr?n underjorden. Vad ?r det kvinnan vill? Vad d?ljer sig egentligen i Agarthas hj?rta?

S?ngen fr?n underjorden ?r en ?ventyrsroman i samma anda som de stora klassikerna. Med v?rme och en omistlig k?rlek till genren bjuder Sebasthian W. Th?rn med l?saren p? en fartfylld och sp?nnande resa till en annan v?rld. F?rgstarka personligheter, svindlande milj?er och ett luftskepp styrt av en halvgalen luftkapten – det blir knappast b?ttre ?n s? h?r.]]> 527 Sebasthian Wilnerzon Th?rn 918955910X Elsa 0 to-read 3.62
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]]> 37782289
David Allens GTD-metod (Getting Things Done) ?r oslagbar n?r det g?ller att uppn? effektivitet utan stress och vinner hela tiden nya ang?ngare. I Sverige har boken s?lt i ?ver 80 000 exemplar. Den efterfr?gade nyutg?van ?r helt omgjord och anpassad till det digitala livet med smartphones och kravet p? att st?ndigt vara uppkopplad och tillg?nglig]]> 399 David Allen Elsa 0 to-read, facklitteratur 3.71 2001
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]]> 197773418 Do fewer things. Work at a natural pace. Obsess over quality.

From the New York Times bestselling author of Digital Minimalism and Deep Work, a groundbreaking philosophy for pursuing meaningful accomplishment while avoiding overload.

Our current definition of “productivity” is broken. It pushes us to treat busyness as a proxy for useful effort, leading to impossibly lengthy task lists and ceaseless meetings. We’re overwhelmed by all we have to do and on the edge of burnout, left to decide between giving into soul-sapping hustle culture or rejecting ambition altogether. But are these really our only choices?

Long before the arrival of pinging inboxes and clogged schedules, history’s most creative and impactful philosophers, scientists, artists, and writers mastered the art of producing valuable work with staying power. In this timely and provocative book, Cal Newport harnesses the wisdom of these traditional knowledge workers to radically transform our modern jobs. Drawing from deep research on the habits and mindsets of a varied cast of storied thinkers—from Galileo and Isaac Newton, to Jane Austen and Georgia O’Keefe—Newport lays out the key principles of “slow productivity,” a more sustainable alternative to the aimless overwhelm that defines our current moment. Combining cultural criticism with systematic pragmatism, Newport deconstructs the absurdities inherent in standard notions of productivity, and then provides step-by-step advice for workers to replace them with a slower, more humane alternative.

From the aggressive rethinking of workload management, to introducing seasonal variation, to shifting your performance toward long-term quality, Slow Productivity provides a roadmap for escaping overload and arriving instead at a more timeless approach to pursuing meaningful accomplishment. The world of work is due for a new revolution. Slow productivity is exactly what we need.]]> 244 Cal Newport 0593544854 Elsa 4 3.65 2024
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]]> 3839748 222 G?ran H?gg 9172320044 Elsa 0 to-read, skrivande 3.35 2004
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name: Elsa
average rating: 3.35
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]]> 49434634 208 Therése Granwald 914412600X Elsa 0 to-read, skrivande 4.05
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]]> 27431381
Through a rich reading of Shakespeare’s King Lear and Dostoevsky’s Crime and Punishment, Belknap explores the spatial, chronological, and causal aspects of plot, its brilliant manipulation of reader frustration and involvement, and its critical cohesion of characters. He considers Shakespeare’s transformation of dramatic plot through parallelism, conflict, resolution, and recognition. He then follows with Dostoevsky’s development of the rhetorical and moral devices of nineteenth-century Russian fiction, along with its epistolary and detective genres, to embed the reader in the murder Raskolnikov commits. Dostoevsky’s reinvention of the psychological plot was profound, and Belknap effectively challenges the idea that the author abused causality to achieve his ideological conclusion. In a final chapter, Belknap argues that plots teach us novelistic rather than poetic justice. Operating according to their own logic, they provide us with a compelling way to see and order our world.]]> 200 Robert L. Belknap 0231177828 Elsa 0 to-read, skrivande 4.00
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]]> 54776145 The compelling, groundbreaking guide to creative writing that reveals how the brain responds to storytelling, based on the wildly popular creative writing classStories shape who we are. They drive us to act out our dreams and ambitions and mold our beliefs. Storytelling is an essential part of what makes us human. So, how do master storytellers compel us? In The Science of Storytelling, award-winning writer and acclaimed teacher of creative writing Will Storr applies dazzling psychological research and cutting-edge neuroscience to our myths and archetypes to show how we can write better stories, revealing, among other things, how storytellers—and also our brains—create worlds by being attuned to moments of unexpected change.
Will Storr’s superbly chosen examples range from Harry Potter to Jane Austen to Alice Walker, Greek drama to Russian novels to Native American folk tales, King Lear to Breaking Bad to children’s stories. With sections such as “The Dramatic Question,” “Creating a World,” and “Plot, Endings, and Meaning,” as well as a practical, step-by-step appendix dedicated to “The Sacred Flaw Approach,” The Science of Storytelling reveals just what makes stories work, placing it alongside such creative writing classics as John Yorke’s Into the Woods: A Five-Act Journey into Story and Lajos Egri’s The Art of Dramatic Writing. Enlightening and empowering, The Science of Storytelling is destined to become an invaluable resource for writers of all stripes, whether novelist, screenwriter, playwright, children’s writer, or writer of creative or traditional nonfiction.
?]]> 304 Will Storr 1419747959 Elsa 0 to-read, skrivande 4.24 2019
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]]> 41591142 More than 250,000 copies sold!

A creative writer’s shelf should hold at least three essential books: a dictionary, a style guide, and Writing Fiction. Janet Burroway’s best-selling classic is the most widely used creative writing text in America, and for more than three decades it has helped hundreds of thousands of students learn the craft. Now in its tenth edition, Writing Fiction is more accessible than ever for writers of all levels—inside or outside the classroom.

This new edition continues to provide advice that is practical, comprehensive, and flexible. Burroway’s tone is personal and nonprescriptive, welcoming learning writers into the community of practiced storytellers. Moving from freewriting to final revision, the book addresses “showing not telling,” characterization, dialogue, atmosphere, plot, imagery, and point of view. It includes new topics and writing prompts, and each chapter now ends with a list of recommended readings that exemplify the craft elements discussed, allowing for further study. And the examples and quotations throughout the book feature a wide and diverse range of today’s best and best-known creators of both novels and short stories.

This book is a master class in creative writing that also calls on us to renew our love of storytelling and celebrate the skill of writing well. There is a very good chance that one of your favorite authors learned the craft with Writing Fiction. And who knows what future favorite will get her start reading this edition?]]> 240 Janet Burroway 022661669X Elsa 0 to-read, skrivande 4.14 1987
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]]> 22566339 310 John Yorke 0141978104 Elsa 0 to-read, skrivande 4.17 2013
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]]> 30715332
Living on the edge of exhaustion, we are constantly reminded by our bodies and minds that the pace of life is spinning out of control. In Praise of Slowness traces the history of our increasingly breathless relationship with time and tackles the consequences of living in this accelerated culture of our own creation. Why are we always in such a rush? What is the cure for time sickness? Is it possible, or even desirable, to slow down? Realizing the price we pay for unrelenting speed, people all over the world are reclaiming their time and slowing down the pace -- and living happier, healthier, and more productive lives as a result. A Slow revolution is taking place.

Here you will find no Luddite calls to overthrow technology and seek a preindustrial utopia. This is a modern revolution, championed by cell-phone using, e-mailing lovers of sanity. The Slow philosophy can be summed up in a single word -- balance. People are discovering energy and efficiency where they may have been least expected -- in slowing down.

In this engaging and entertaining exploration, award-winning journalist and rehabilitated speedaholic Carl Honoré details our perennial love affair with efficiency and speed in a perfect blend of anecdotal reportage, history, and intellectual inquiry. In Praise of Slowness is the first comprehensive look at the worldwide Slow movements making their way into the mainstream -- in offices, factories, neighborhoods, kitchens, hospitals, concert halls, bedrooms, gyms, and schools. Defining a movement that is here to stay, this spirited manifesto will make you completely rethink your relationship with time.]]> 287 Carl Honoré 9170281580 Elsa 0 to-read, facklitteratur 2.67 2004
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]]> 54589790 The wolves are circling. And Ravka's time is running out.

The Demon King. As Fjerda's massive army prepares to invade, Nikolai Lantsov will summon every bit of his ingenuity and charm—and even the monster within—to win this fight. But a dark threat looms that cannot be defeated by a young king's gift for the impossible.

The Stormwitch. Zoya Nazyalensky has lost too much to war. She saw her mentor die and her worst enemy resurrected, and she refuses to bury another friend. Now duty demands she embrace her powers to become the weapon her country needs. No matter the cost.

The Queen of Mourning. Deep undercover, Nina Zenik risks discovery and death as she wages war on Fjerda from inside its capital. But her desire for revenge may cost her country its chance at freedom and Nina the chance to heal her grieving heart.

King. General. Spy. Together they must find a way to forge a future in the darkness. Or watch a nation fall.]]> 592 Leigh Bardugo 125014230X Elsa 0 to-read, fantasy-sci-fi 4.36 2021
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]]> 41014903
Convinced she’s going to be arrested, Emika is shocked when instead she gets a call from the game’s creator, the elusive young billionaire Hideo Tanaka, with an irresistible offer. He needs a spy on the inside of this year’s tournament in order to uncover a security problem . . . and he wants Emika for the job. With no time to lose, Emika’s whisked off to Tokyo and thrust into a world of fame and fortune that she’s only dreamed of. But soon her investigation uncovers a sinister plot, with major consequences for the entire Warcross empire.]]> 368 Marie Lu 0399547983 Elsa 0 to-read 4.11 2017
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name: Elsa
average rating: 4.11
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]]> 68428 What if the whole world were a dead, blasted wasteland?

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

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

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

Brandon Sanderson, fantasy's newest master tale-spinner and author of the acclaimed debut Elantris, dares to turn a genre on its head by asking a simple question: What if the prophesied hero failed to defeat the Dark Lord? The answer will be found in the Mistborn Trilogy, a saga of surprises that begins with the book in your hands. Fantasy will never be the same again.]]> 541 Brandon Sanderson Elsa 4
Karrakt?rerna var bra. De k?ndes v?l utvecklade men det k?ndes inte som att man kom dem s? n?ra egentligen ?ven om man k?nde med dem och ville att de skulle lyckas. De k?ndes lite som archetyper. Deras motiv och backstories och s? k?nns lite ”platta” jag hade velat ha n?got mer specifikt och ber?rande. De f?r mig inte riktigt att k?nns n?got. Vilket ?r synd. Jag hade velat komma karakt?rerna n?rmare.

Magisystemet ?r bra. Det har tydliga regler och ?r enkelt att f?rst?. Jag ser hur det kan utvecklas etc. Kanske ser lite ”fult” och klumpigt ut i sj?lva texten och stannar upp prosan lite.

Jag tycker om att karakt?rerna ?r ?ldre. Alla ?r liksom inte 16.

Den k?ndes inte tr?kig och l?ngdragen som den hade kunnat vara. V?ldisponerade och v?lutt?nkta kapitel och overall tight plot.

Romansen levererade inte riktigt. Det ?r inte en stor del sv storyn men det k?nns ?nd? lite skevt att Vin med sina trust issues bara i love him efter att de tr?ffas typ fyra g?nger. D?r hade jag ocks? velat k?nns mig mer ?vertygad och ber?rd.

Plottwisten mot slutet var v?l helt okej. Men den ber?rde mig inte lika mycket som jag tycker att den borde. Den k?nns lite f?r smart och lite f?r dum samtidigt. ?ven om den v?l va in character.

Jag tycker att de lyckades f?r l?tt. Det k?ndes inte troligt. Visst de hade en supersmart plan och saker gick fel etc men ?nd?. N?r det handlar om rikets enfaldige h?rskare och litteraly gud s? k?nns det som att det borde ha varit sv?rare ?n s? att besegra honom. Han hade byggts upp s? mycket genom storyn att det k?ndes lite orimligt att en 16:?rig tjej bara tog ned honom sj?lv. Jag hade hellre velat att de misslyckades hahah.]]> 4.48 2006
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Jag kan inte s?ga att den inte var bra. Rent teoretiskt var den b?ttre ?n mycket fantasy jag l?st. Men jag har ?nd? mina ??sikter? haha.

Karrakt?rerna var bra. De k?ndes v?l utvecklade men det k?ndes inte som att man kom dem s? n?ra egentligen ?ven om man k?nde med dem och ville att de skulle lyckas. De k?ndes lite som archetyper. Deras motiv och backstories och s? k?nns lite ”platta” jag hade velat ha n?got mer specifikt och ber?rande. De f?r mig inte riktigt att k?nns n?got. Vilket ?r synd. Jag hade velat komma karakt?rerna n?rmare.

Magisystemet ?r bra. Det har tydliga regler och ?r enkelt att f?rst?. Jag ser hur det kan utvecklas etc. Kanske ser lite ”fult” och klumpigt ut i sj?lva texten och stannar upp prosan lite.

Jag tycker om att karakt?rerna ?r ?ldre. Alla ?r liksom inte 16.

Den k?ndes inte tr?kig och l?ngdragen som den hade kunnat vara. V?ldisponerade och v?lutt?nkta kapitel och overall tight plot.

Romansen levererade inte riktigt. Det ?r inte en stor del sv storyn men det k?nns ?nd? lite skevt att Vin med sina trust issues bara i love him efter att de tr?ffas typ fyra g?nger. D?r hade jag ocks? velat k?nns mig mer ?vertygad och ber?rd.

Plottwisten mot slutet var v?l helt okej. Men den ber?rde mig inte lika mycket som jag tycker att den borde. Den k?nns lite f?r smart och lite f?r dum samtidigt. ?ven om den v?l va in character.

Jag tycker att de lyckades f?r l?tt. Det k?ndes inte troligt. Visst de hade en supersmart plan och saker gick fel etc men ?nd?. N?r det handlar om rikets enfaldige h?rskare och litteraly gud s? k?nns det som att det borde ha varit sv?rare ?n s? att besegra honom. Han hade byggts upp s? mycket genom storyn att det k?ndes lite orimligt att en 16:?rig tjej bara tog ned honom sj?lv. Jag hade hellre velat att de misslyckades hahah.
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The impossible has been accomplished. The Lord Ruler—the man who claimed to be god incarnate and brutally ruled the world for a thousand years—has been vanquished. But Kelsier, the hero who masterminded that triumph, is dead too, and now the awesome task of building a new world has been left to his young protégé, Vin, the former street urchin who is now the most powerful Mistborn in the land, and to the idealistic young nobleman she loves.

As Kelsier's protégé and slayer of the Lord Ruler she is now venerated by a budding new religion, a distinction that makes her intensely uncomfortable. Even more worrying, the mists have begun behaving strangely since the Lord Ruler died, and seem to harbor a strange vaporous entity that haunts her.

Stopping assassins may keep Vin's Mistborn skills sharp, but it's the least of her problems. Luthadel, the largest city of the former empire, doesn't run itself, and Vin and the other members of Kelsier's crew, who lead the revolution, must learn a whole new set of practical and political skills to help. It certainly won't get easier with three armies - one of them composed of ferocious giants - now vying to conquer the city, and no sign of the Lord Ruler's hidden cache of atium, the rarest and most powerful allomantic metal.

As the siege of Luthadel tightens, an ancient legend seems to offer a glimmer of hope. But even if it really exists, no one knows where to find the Well of Ascension or what manner of power it bestows.]]> 590 Brandon Sanderson 0765316889 Elsa 0 to-read 4.38 2007
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]]> 203579293 Blood of the Old Kings begins an epic adventure in which three strangers journey through a vast Empire that uses the power of dead wizards to conquer and subdue, from award-winning author Sung-il Kim and translated by the highly-acclaimed Anton Hur.

Powered by the corpses of sorcerers, the Empire has conquered the world. It claims to have brought peace and stability to its conquered lands, but some see that peace for what it is—a lie—and will give everything in the fight against it.

Loran is desperate for revenge after the Empire killed her family, so much so that the swordswoman climbs the volcano where the legends say an ancient dragon slumbers and leaps in. She finds that the legends are true, and Loran leaves the mountain with a sword made of dragon’s fang and a great purpose before her.

Cain arrived in the Imperial Capital lost and orphaned, and it’s only thanks to the kindness of a stranger-turned-mentor that he survived on the city’s streets. When his friend is found murdered, he will leave no stone unturned to find those responsible, even if it means starting a war.

Arienne’s future has never been in question—born a sorcerer, she’ll be a Power Generator for the Empire upon her death. But when she starts to hear the voice of a powerful necromancer in her head, she realizes the only thing more terrifying than dying for the Empire is never getting to truly live in the first place.

When peace is a lie, there is power in truth—and as Loran, Cain, and Arienne hunt for answers in their own lives, any one of their small rebellions could be the stone that brings the Empire toppling down.]]> 368 Sung-Il Kim 1250895332 Elsa 0 to-read 3.75 2016
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We next meet San, aged twenty-two, as she starts a job in a flower shop. There, we are introduced to a colourful cast of characters, including the shop's mute owner, the other florist Su-ae, and the customers that include a sexually aggressive businessman and a photographer, who San develops an obsession for. Throughout, San's moment with Namae lingers in the back of her mind.

A story of desire and violence about a young woman who everyone forgot, VIOLETS is a captivating and sensual read, full of tragedy and beauty.]]> 218 Kyung-Sook Shin 1558612904 Elsa 0 3.58 2001
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average rating: 3.58
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]]> 42133479 A fresh and addictive fantasy-romance set in modern-day Seoul.

Eighteen-year-old Gu Miyoung has a secret--she's a gumiho, a nine-tailed fox who must devour the energy of men in order to survive. Because so few believe in the old tales anymore, and with so many evil men no one will miss, the modern city of Seoul is the perfect place to hide and hunt.

But after feeding one full moon, Miyoung crosses paths with Jihoon, a human boy, being attacked by a goblin deep in the forest. Against her better judgment, she violates the rules of survival to rescue the boy, losing her fox bead--her gumiho soul--in the process.

Jihoon knows Miyoung is more than just a beautiful girl--he saw her nine tails the night she saved his life. His grandmother used to tell him stories of the gumiho, of their power and the danger they pose to humans. He's drawn to her anyway.

With murderous forces lurking in the background, Miyoung and Jihoon develop a tenuous friendship that blossoms into something more. But when a young shaman tries to reunite Miyoung with her bead, the consequences are disastrous . . . forcing Miyoung to choose between her immortal life and Jihoon's.]]> 429 Kat Cho 1984812343 Elsa 0 to-read, fantasy-sci-fi 3.75 2019
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]]> 56638801 A cinematic journey through the Seoul subway that masterfully portrays the many unique lives we travel alongside whenever we take the train. A poetic translation of the bestselling Korean picture book.

I rattle and clatter over the tracks.
Same time, same route, every day.
Carrying people from one place to another,
I travel over the ground and rumble under,
twice across the wide Han River.

Around I go, around and around.
Crowds of people wait to climb aboard.

Accompanied by the constant, rumbling ba-dum ba-dum of its passage through the city, the subway has stories to tell. Between sunrise and sunset, it welcomes and farewells people, and holds them — along with their joys, hopes, fears, and memories — in its embrace.]]> 52 Kim Hyo-eun 1922310514 Elsa 0 to-read 4.18 2021
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name: Elsa
average rating: 4.18
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]]> 62047984
So what if June edits Athena’s novel and sends it to her agent as her own work? So what if she lets her new publisher rebrand her as Juniper Song—complete with an ambiguously ethnic author photo? This piece of history deserve to be told, whoever the teller. That is what June believes, and The New York Times bestseller list agrees.

But June cannot escape Athena’s shadow, and emerging evidence threatens her stolen success. As she races to protect her secret she discovers exactly how far she will go to keep what she thinks she deserves.]]> 319 R.F. Kuang 000853277X Elsa 0 3.69 2023
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average rating: 3.69
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