Ino's bookshelf: all en-US Sat, 08 Apr 2023 23:30:17 -0700 60 Ino's bookshelf: all 144 41 /images/layout/goodreads_logo_144.jpg Lessons in Chemistry 58065033 390 Bonnie Garmus Ino 5 4.23 2022 Lessons in Chemistry
author: Bonnie Garmus
name: Ino
average rating: 4.23
book published: 2022
rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[Pretty Lies (Watch Me Burn, #1)]]> 55385675 He’s made it obvious that I can only ever rely on myself.
Until I meet them.

Caden, Tyler, Jensen, and Lukas.
My new stepbrother and his best friends have suddenly become my everything.
Until they aren’t.

They think they can break me, but they’re dead wrong.
They wouldn’t have bet on me having someone else on my side, or in my bed.
These rich boys haven’t seen anything yet.

Their pretty lies are nothing compared to what’s coming though, and I’m going to need them to anchor me when I finally break.

Death is coming to those who deserve it, and I don’t care if I lose myself in the process.
Did I mention the local street crew being on my side?
No one will ever see me coming.

My name’s Rory Donovan, and I’m about to paint the walls red.



*Pretty Lies is a 75k word dark romance reverse harem novel. This is the first book in the series and it must be read in order. The first four books are Rory's, and the harem grows over those books, so other guys will be added as the story goes. It contain abuse and rape content, and the series will have m/m. If you are triggered by sensitive content, this series is not for you.]]> 300 R.E. Bond Ino 1 3.68 2020 Pretty Lies (Watch Me Burn, #1)
author: R.E. Bond
name: Ino
average rating: 3.68
book published: 2020
rating: 1
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Just Nah. Irredeemable, horrible, rich,douchebagey guys. Girl without a direction. Is this what you people dream of? I feel so sorry for everyone who thinks this is good.
]]> <![CDATA[Gild (The Plated Prisoner, #1)]]> 56483061 The fae abandoned this world to us. And the ones with power rule.

Gold.

Gold floors, gold walls, gold furniture, gold clothes. In Highbell, in the castle built into the frozen mountains, everything is made of gold.

Even me.

King Midas rescued me. Dug me out of the slums and placed me on a pedestal. I’m called his precious. His favored. I’m the woman he Gold-Touched to show everyone that I belong to him. To show how powerful he is. He gave me protection, and I gave him my heart. And even though I don’t leave the confines of the palace, I’m safe.

Until war comes to the kingdom and a deal is struck.

Suddenly, my trust is broken. My love is challenged. And I realize that everything I thought I knew about Midas might be wrong.

Because these bars I’m kept in, no matter how gilded, are still just a cage. But the monsters on the other side might make me wish I’d never left.

The myth of King Midas reimagined. This compelling adult fantasy series is as addictive as it is unexpected. With romance, intrigue, and danger, the gilded world of Orea will grip you from the very first page.

Please Note: This book contains explicit content and darker elements, including mature language, violence, and rape. It is not intended for anyone under 18 years of age. This is book one in a series.

An alternative cover edition for this ASIN can be found here.]]> 402 Raven Kennedy Ino 3 3.60 2020 Gild (The Plated Prisoner, #1)
author: Raven Kennedy
name: Ino
average rating: 3.60
book published: 2020
rating: 3
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Tiktok is again full of sponsored liars. This one was at least half decent. Or my standards are just terribly low. Like Auren’s. That’s the MC who is the golden, caged pet of King Midas the king who can turn things he touches into gold. She’s unbearably obsessed with this horrific abuser of a man .Once she leaves his castle and hits the road she actually has a personality and you can see that she’s just trauma bonded to him. For that reason I might actually read the second part. I also suspect that the rubbish Midas has no power, all of it is hers. I will be reading to see him get what’s coming to him. Did this book really need to contain the amount of sexual violence it did? I blame GRRM for this. It is so tiring.
]]> <![CDATA[The Awakening (Zodiac Academy, #1)]]> 46261182 This is an alternate cover edition for ASIN B07SV21LFY

You have been selected to attend Zodiac Academy, where your star sign defines your destiny.

If you're one of the Fae, elemental magic is in your blood. And apparently it's in ours. As twins born in the month of Gemini, we're a rare breed even in this academy of supernatural a-holes.

Changelings were outlawed hundreds of years ago but I guess our birth parents didn't get the memo. Which means we're totally unprepared for the ruthless world of Fae.

Air. Fire. Water. Earth.

No one has ever harnessed all four of them, until we arrived. And it hasn't made us any friends so far.

As the rarest Elementals ever known, we're already a threat to the four celestial heirs; the popular, vindictive bullies who happen to be some of the hottest guys we've ever seen. It doesn't help that they're the most dangerous beasts in the Academy. And probably on earth too.

Our fates are intertwined, but they want us gone. They've only got until the lunar eclipse to force us out and they'll stop at nothing to succeed.

We never knew we had a birthright to live up to but now that we do, we intend to claim our throne.

We can't expect any help from the faculty when it comes to defending ourselves. So if the dragon shifters want some target practice, the werewolves want someone to hunt or the vampires fancy a snack then we have to be ready. But we've been looking after each other for a long time and fighting back is in our blood.

Today's horoscope: totally screwed.]]> 436 Caroline Peckham Ino 1 I’ll rather pay for Wattpad premium than subject myself to such drivel. There are so many stars on there but this is what gets hyped? I need to be paid for reading this. There is no reason why this book should have happened. Authors need to honestly do better.]]> 3.81 2019 The Awakening (Zodiac Academy, #1)
author: Caroline Peckham
name: Ino
average rating: 3.81
book published: 2019
rating: 1
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First of all Book Tiktok is full of sponsored liars. This book is reads like fan service anime. Without any of the good things that makes anime bearable. The MCs are constantly abused by badly behaved men and they just roll with it. All the abuses! Why are you looking at someone who stripped you caused nude pictures of you to be circulated with googoo eyes? The world building is so lazy, the school one big sexual abuse amusement park. Like even the teachers are sleazy with so much access to vulnerable students. Their principal taunted their enemies and painted a target on their backs, the teachers in the school are the most useless educators in the universe. Who is entertained by such? There’s not a single thing that’s attractive about the love interests in this book, how does anyone manage to write such ugly hearted men. They are all irredeemable except the one that’s a teacher which is so weird. The MCs are basically TSTL and not that likeable, Darcy is okay I guess. I won’t forget that one moment Tory internally talked down on her friend because he isn’t strong enough to protect them. Like excuse me? You’re overpowered and still salivating over abusers get over yourself.
I’ll rather pay for Wattpad premium than subject myself to such drivel. There are so many stars on there but this is what gets hyped? I need to be paid for reading this. There is no reason why this book should have happened. Authors need to honestly do better.
]]> <![CDATA[The Wicked King (The Folk of the Air, #2)]]> 26032887 The enchanting and bloodthirsty sequel to the New York Times bestselling novel The Cruel Prince.

You must be strong enough to strike and strike and strike again without tiring.

The first lesson is to make yourself strong.

After the jaw-dropping revelation that Oak is the heir to Faerie, Jude must keep her brother safe. To do so, she has bound the wicked king, Cardan, to her, and made herself the power behind the throne. Navigating the constantly shifting political alliances of Faerie would be difficult enough if Cardan were easy to control. But he does everything in his power to humiliate and undermine her even as his fascination with her remains undiminished.

When it becomes all too clear that someone close to Jude means to betray her, threatening her own life and the lives of everyone she loves, Jude must uncover the traitor and fight her own complicated feelings for Cardan to maintain control as a mortal in a Faerie world.]]> 336 Holly Black 0316310336 Ino 5 4.27 2019 The Wicked King (The Folk of the Air, #2)
author: Holly Black
name: Ino
average rating: 4.27
book published: 2019
rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[Nevermoor: The Trials of Morrigan Crow (Nevermoor, #1)]]> 34219873
Morrigan Crow is cursed. Having been born on Eventide, the unluckiest day for any child to be born, she's blamed for all local misfortunes, from hailstorms to heart attacks--and, worst of all, the curse means that Morrigan is doomed to die at midnight on her eleventh birthday.

But as Morrigan awaits her fate, a strange and remarkable man named Jupiter North appears. Chased by black-smoke hounds and shadowy hunters on horseback, he whisks her away into the safety of a secret, magical city called Nevermoor.

It's then that Morrigan discovers Jupiter has chosen her to contend for a place in the city's most prestigious organization: the Wundrous Society. In order to join, she must compete in four difficult and dangerous trials against hundreds of other children, each boasting an extraordinary talent that sets them apart - an extraordinary talent that Morrigan insists she does not have. To stay in the safety of Nevermoor for good, Morrigan will need to find a way to pass the tests - or she'll have to leave the city to confront her deadly fate.]]> 465 Jessica Townsend 0316439959 Ino 5 4.32 2017 Nevermoor: The Trials of Morrigan Crow (Nevermoor, #1)
author: Jessica Townsend
name: Ino
average rating: 4.32
book published: 2017
rating: 5
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The YA genre has been a disappointment for a while, it seems all the talent has been in the adolescent stuff. I will be staying in this genre for a while because this was such a marvellous ride. I do enjoy it when the MC is likeable, I want to see what happens to her next
]]> <![CDATA[Cinder (The Lunar Chronicles, #1)]]> 11235712
She’s a second-class citizen with a mysterious past, reviled by her stepmother and blamed for her stepsister’s illness. But when her life becomes intertwined with the handsome Prince Kai’s, she suddenly finds herself at the center of an intergalactic struggle, and a forbidden attraction. Caught between duty and freedom, loyalty and betrayal, she must uncover secrets about her past in order to protect her world’s future.]]> 390 Marissa Meyer 0312641893 Ino 5 to-read 4.14 2012 Cinder (The Lunar Chronicles, #1)
author: Marissa Meyer
name: Ino
average rating: 4.14
book published: 2012
rating: 5
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date added: 2019/10/23
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]]> <![CDATA[Awakening (Infinity Blade, #1)]]> 12796771
Based on the bestselling video game from ChAIR Entertainment and Epic Games, this all-new adventure from acclaimed fantasy author Brandon Sanderson digs deeper into the fantastical world of Infinity Blade, a world of mystery and intrigue where magic and technology are indistinguishable, and even life and death are not what they seem.]]> 123 Brandon Sanderson Ino 5
I love the Protagonist. With Brandon Sanderson that’s almost par for the course honestly. Siris’s curiosity and naivety are so endearing. Possibly because he’s not actually so ridiculous he gets a bed in the Too Stupid To Live dormitory. He is however extremely good at what he does know and is very self aware.

Sanderson has no problem writing women either,Isa is a great addition to the book. She’s skilled and the perfect foil for Sirus’s innocence but also not boorish in that try hard manner that YA authors trying to write strong women end up crafting. The protagonist is attracted to her but it doesn’t overwhelm the plot. They are hilarious together, an important ingredient for well written camaraderie.

I cannot wait to see how the rest of this short story goes. I love a good mass deception plot. 5 stars!]]> 3.85 2011 Awakening (Infinity Blade, #1)
author: Brandon Sanderson
name: Ino
average rating: 3.85
book published: 2011
rating: 5
read at: 2019/10/22
date added: 2019/10/23
shelves: best-authors, dystopian, great-world, lovable-mcs, must-recommend
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Brandon Sanderson shows up with yet another world in the Infinity Blade series. Ancient yet futuristic, Nier Gestalt type of thing. A hero is sent as a Sacrifice to rescue his people from the Deathless King. He then discovers that no one particularly was ready for him to win and killing the enemy is only the beginning of the fight for freedom . He gets a crash course in humanity and learns that freedom is not necessarily what the enslaved want.

I love the Protagonist. With Brandon Sanderson that’s almost par for the course honestly. Siris’s curiosity and naivety are so endearing. Possibly because he’s not actually so ridiculous he gets a bed in the Too Stupid To Live dormitory. He is however extremely good at what he does know and is very self aware.

Sanderson has no problem writing women either,Isa is a great addition to the book. She’s skilled and the perfect foil for Sirus’s innocence but also not boorish in that try hard manner that YA authors trying to write strong women end up crafting. The protagonist is attracted to her but it doesn’t overwhelm the plot. They are hilarious together, an important ingredient for well written camaraderie.

I cannot wait to see how the rest of this short story goes. I love a good mass deception plot. 5 stars!
]]> <![CDATA[The Fall of Hyperion (Hyperion Cantos, #2)]]> 77565 517 Dan Simmons 0553288202 Ino 5
This review is however a Meina Gladstone fan appreciation post. A minute of silence for the one who destroyed the world to save the world. Then died because she knew the new world shouldn't have a place for her.The moral lesson of this book, AI will be the death of humanity undoubtedly.Stay safe guys!]]> 4.23 1990 The Fall of Hyperion (Hyperion Cantos, #2)
author: Dan Simmons
name: Ino
average rating: 4.23
book published: 1990
rating: 5
read at: 2019/07/06
date added: 2019/10/18
shelves: best-authors, dystopian, great-world, sci-fi
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So were back in this super advanced futuristic world and the apocalypse is nigh. Imagine a world where you're connected to an intergalactic internet that spans planets. The original team is split up and they are all going through their own trials and tribulations and facing off with the Shrike. Sol Weintraub's story is the most compelling. Filled with so much love and sacrifice...I don't think I will ever not tear up thinking about it.Imagine raising your child to a certain age,then watching regress with no solution. Martin Silenus gets on my nerve as usual. Colonel Kassad is looking for his one true love Moneta and the ultimate battle. Het Masteen never gets to tell his story. Father Lenar Hoyt is braving the pain of the cruciform. Brawne Lamia the brawny baddie is dealing with her connection to the AI world. The Consul gets to tell why he did the things he did, and goddammit I'm on his side!Gentrification and colonization will be the downside of a world with teleportation.Can we not have nice things?

This review is however a Meina Gladstone fan appreciation post. A minute of silence for the one who destroyed the world to save the world. Then died because she knew the new world shouldn't have a place for her.The moral lesson of this book, AI will be the death of humanity undoubtedly.Stay safe guys!
]]> <![CDATA[If the Duke Demands (Capturing the Carlisles, #1)]]> 30364206 A LESSON IN SEDUCTION . . .

Miranda Hodgkins has only ever wanted one thing: to marry Robert Carlisle. And she simply can't wait a moment longer. During the Carlisle family masquerade ball, Miranda boldly sneaks into his bedchamber with seduction on her mind. Soon she's swept into rock-hard arms for the most breathtaking kiss of her life. But when the masks come off, she's horrified to find herself face-to-face with Sebastian, the Duke of Trent-Robert's formidable older brother.

Shocked to find Miranda in his bed, Sebastian quickly offers her a deal to avoid scandal: He'll help her win his brother's heart if she'll find him the perfect wife. But what begins as a simple negotiation soon spirals out of control. For the longer this reformed rake tries to make a match for Miranda, the more he wants to keep her all to himself.]]> 330 Anna Harrington 1455597252 Ino 2 silly-hero, tedious-heros 3.80 2017 If the Duke Demands (Capturing the Carlisles, #1)
author: Anna Harrington
name: Ino
average rating: 3.80
book published: 2017
rating: 2
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date added: 2019/10/14
shelves: silly-hero, tedious-heros
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NO. Too long winded, if she'd rounded up this book in half as many pages maybe the hero's ugliness wouldn't be as glaring.2 stars because it had a good start.
]]> <![CDATA[The Duke's Wife (Mills & Boon)]]> 1586405 Stephanie Howard 0263147991 Ino 2
A man that threatens his wife with never seeing her child instead of talking like an adult. I’m supposed to swoon over this? LOL! Sir why didn’t you tell your wife that you weren’t cheating? “My conscience was clear so I didn’t need to demonstrate my fidelity�. For 3 years? Not even when she was pregnant and worried herself sick over it? Can somebody yeet this hero off the planet! I like a good marriage in trouble trope but nope, this book just gave me Stockholm vibes. Two stars because I did this to myself.]]> 2.58 1995 The Duke's Wife (Mills & Boon)
author: Stephanie Howard
name: Ino
average rating: 2.58
book published: 1995
rating: 2
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A picture of me reading this book.

A man that threatens his wife with never seeing her child instead of talking like an adult. I’m supposed to swoon over this? LOL! Sir why didn’t you tell your wife that you weren’t cheating? “My conscience was clear so I didn’t need to demonstrate my fidelity�. For 3 years? Not even when she was pregnant and worried herself sick over it? Can somebody yeet this hero off the planet! I like a good marriage in trouble trope but nope, this book just gave me Stockholm vibes. Two stars because I did this to myself.
]]> <![CDATA[As the Devil Dares (Capturing the Carlisles, #3)]]> 35605342 When playing a game of wits, never ever go up against the woman they call the Hellion . . .

LOVE IS A BATTLEFIELD...

Whether it's business or pleasure, Lord Robert Carlisle never backs down from a dare. But finding a husband for scandalous Mariah Winslow? It's one challenge he instantly regrets accepting. Even with all his connections—and rakish charms—Robert will have to use every trick in the book to marry off a woman with no dowry and no sense of decorum...no matter how stunningly beautiful she is.

Mariah Winslow has no intention of being a pawn in Lord Robert's game. She knows he agreed to play matchmaker only to secure a partnership in her father's shipping company, a partnership that's rightfully hers. For now, though, she'll dress for the elegant balls he throws and dance with the eligible bachelors he chooses. But she won't be outwitted by the devil himself—no matter how tempting and irresistible she finds him.]]> 341 Anna Harrington 1455597295 Ino 4 3.89 2018 As the Devil Dares (Capturing the Carlisles, #3)
author: Anna Harrington
name: Ino
average rating: 3.89
book published: 2018
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[When the Scoundrel Sins (Capturing the Carlisles, #2)]]> 33296581
Annabelle Green needs a husband-and quickly. To inherit the only home she's ever known, she must be married by her twenty-fifth birthday. But finding a suitor has been next to impossible after a reckless rogue named Quinton Carlisle seduced her into a scandalous midnight tryst. Her reputation in ruins, Belle now needs a rather large favor. And she knows just who to turn to . . .

Quinn can hardly believe that the shy bookish girl he teased as a child has grown into such a brazen beauty. The very idea of marrying Belle to right the wrongs of his past is downright shocking . . . and deliciously tempting. Too bad marriage, convenient or otherwise, is the last thing Quinn wants. He'll help Belle find a husband and be on his way. But if he can't control his attraction to the bride-to-be, this marriage could go up in flames-of wicked desire.]]> 320 Anna Harrington 1455597287 Ino 3 3.64 2017 When the Scoundrel Sins (Capturing the Carlisles, #2)
author: Anna Harrington
name: Ino
average rating: 3.64
book published: 2017
rating: 3
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]]> Dust (Silo, #3) 17855756 In a time when secrets and lies were the foundations of life, someone has discovered the truth. And they are going to tell.

Jules knows what her predecessors created. She knows they are the reason life has to be lived in this way.

And she won't stand for it.

But Jules no longer has supporters. And there is far more to fear than the toxic world beyond her walls.

A poison is growing from within Silo 18.

One that cannot be stopped.

Unless Silo 1 step in.]]> 458 Hugh Howey 1490904387 Ino 4 4.19 2013 Dust (Silo, #3)
author: Hugh Howey
name: Ino
average rating: 4.19
book published: 2013
rating: 4
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]]> Shift (Silo, #2) 17306293 579 Hugh Howey Ino 3 tstl, terrible-mcs 4.12 2013 Shift (Silo, #2)
author: Hugh Howey
name: Ino
average rating: 4.12
book published: 2013
rating: 3
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date added: 2019/07/16
shelves: tstl, terrible-mcs
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]]> Wool Omnibus (Silo, #1) 13453029
The first Wool story was released as a standalone short in July of 2011. Due to reviewer demand, the rest of the story was released over the next six months.

This is the story of mankind clawing for survival, of mankind on the edge. The world outside has grown unkind, the view of it limited, talk of it forbidden. But there are always those who hope, who dream. These are the dangerous people, the residents who infect others with their optimism. Their punishment is simple. They are given the very thing they profess to want: They are allowed outside.

Alternate cover for B0071XO8RA]]> 509 Hugh Howey Ino 5 4.22 2012 Wool Omnibus (Silo, #1)
author: Hugh Howey
name: Ino
average rating: 4.22
book published: 2012
rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[Hyperion (Hyperion Cantos, #1)]]> 77566 500 Dan Simmons 0553283685 Ino 5 best-authors, dystopian 4.26 1989 Hyperion (Hyperion Cantos, #1)
author: Dan Simmons
name: Ino
average rating: 4.26
book published: 1989
rating: 5
read at: 2019/07/15
date added: 2019/07/14
shelves: best-authors, dystopian
review:
So apparently I played myself by not reading any Dan Simmons book all these years. First of all, a scifi author that doesn’t use sexual violence against women for shock value? I’m shocked! I didn’t appreciate how tired I was of that trope until I realized that I was tense and waiting for it. So many good sci-fi plots in one book, it felt like eating a tin of assorted cookies. My favorite was the story about the cruciform. I will be reading book two to see how this ends.
]]> <![CDATA[Rebel Angels (Gemma Doyle, #2)]]> 51428
The lure is strong, and before long, Gemma, Felicity, and Ann are turning flowers into butterflies in the enchanted world of the realms that Gemma alone can bring them to. To the girls� great joy, their beloved Pippa is there as well, eager to complete their circle of friendship.

But all is not well in the realms–or out. The mysterious Kartik has reappeared, telling Gemma she must find the Temple and bind the magic, else great disaster will befall her. Gemma’s willing to do his intrusive bidding, despite the dangers it brings, for it means she will meet up with her mother’s greatest friend–and now her foe, Circe. Until Circe is destroyed, Gemma cannot live out her destiny. But finding Circe proves a most perilous task.]]> 548 Libba Bray 0385733410 Ino 4 3.95 2004 Rebel Angels (Gemma Doyle, #2)
author: Libba Bray
name: Ino
average rating: 3.95
book published: 2004
rating: 4
read at: 2019/07/08
date added: 2019/07/08
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I cannot get over how terrible these girls are as friends to each other. It’s insane. All I can think about is how important it isn’t to make sure you choose wisely before you bind yourself to people with powerful secrets. It’s a well written story, but I really can’t. I’m not buying this romance between Gemma and Kartik, There’s nothing binding them as far as I can see. Read this book if you like bittersweet portrayals of friendship.
]]> <![CDATA[A Great and Terrible Beauty (Gemma Doyle, #1)]]> 3682
It's 1895, and after the suicide of her mother, 16-year-old Gemma Doyle is shipped off from the life she knows in India to Spence, a proper boarding school in England. Lonely, guilt-ridden, and prone to visions of the future that have an uncomfortable habit of coming true, Gemma's reception there is a chilly one. To make things worse, she's been followed by a mysterious young Indian man, a man sent to watch her. But why? What is her destiny? And what will her entanglement with Spence's most powerful girls—and their foray into the spiritual world—lead to?]]> 403 Libba Bray 0689875347 Ino 4 tstl, ya 3.80 2003 A Great and Terrible Beauty (Gemma Doyle, #1)
author: Libba Bray
name: Ino
average rating: 3.80
book published: 2003
rating: 4
read at: 2019/07/08
date added: 2019/07/08
shelves: tstl, ya
review:
I’m not entirely sure how I feel about this book. I can’t get past the protagonist taking girls she’s not entirely sure she likes to a secret magical world. Of course Felicity is a loose cannon. They literally had a guide telling them that there’s evil there but they were too silly to avoid that.. The Order sent to protect the world from magic is majorly unserious. They sent a green boy to stop an apocalyptic threat? Well done. Wished Pippa Just married the dude instead of dying. It was an interesting read I guess so 4 stars.
]]> <![CDATA[Golden Son (Red Rising Saga, #2)]]> 18966819
A lamb among wolves in a cruel world, Darrow finds friendship, respect, and even love—but also the wrath of powerful rivals. To wage and win the war that will change humankind’s destiny, Darrow must confront the treachery arrayed against him, overcome his all-too-human desire for retribution—and strive not for violent revolt but a hopeful rebirth. Though the road ahead is fraught with danger and deceit, Darrow must choose to follow Eo’s principles of love and justice to free his people.

He must live for more.]]> 466 Pierce Brown 0345539826 Ino 5 4.48 2015 Golden Son (Red Rising Saga, #2)
author: Pierce Brown
name: Ino
average rating: 4.48
book published: 2015
rating: 5
read at: 2019/05/05
date added: 2019/07/07
shelves: best-authors, dystopian, lovable-mcs, ya
review:
So post book one the story switches from school tournament setting to a galactic warfront and I loved it!!! Alpha Centauri but with a relatable hero. I felt for Darrow , I really did. He bumbled through until we got to the most devastating endings I’ve seen in a long time. I lost hope and I didn’t want to continue the series because I didn’t know what to expect from book three. I did read book 3 and it was worth it. 5 stars Pierce Brown! No one can write a moral dilemma like he does.
]]> <![CDATA[Red Rising (Red Rising Saga, #1)]]> 15839976 "I live for the dream that my children will be born free," she says. "That they will be what they like. That they will own the land their father gave them."

"I live for you," I say sadly.

Eo kisses my cheek. "Then you must live for more."

Darrow is a Red, a member of the lowest caste in the color-coded society of the future. Like his fellow Reds, he works all day, believing that he and his people are making the surface of Mars livable for future generations.

Yet he spends his life willingly, knowing that his blood and sweat will one day result in a better world for his children.

But Darrow and his kind have been betrayed. Soon he discovers that humanity already reached the surface generations ago. Vast cities and sprawling parks spread across the planet. Darrow—and Reds like him—are nothing more than slaves to a decadent ruling class.

Inspired by a longing for justice, and driven by the memory of lost love, Darrow sacrifices everything to infiltrate the legendary Institute, a proving ground for the dominant Gold caste, where the next generation of humanity's overlords struggle for power. He will be forced to compete for his life and the very future of civilization against the best and most brutal of Society's ruling class. There, he will stop at nothing to bring down his enemies... even if it means he has to become one of them to do so.]]> 382 Pierce Brown 0345539788 Ino 5 4.26 2014 Red Rising (Red Rising Saga, #1)
author: Pierce Brown
name: Ino
average rating: 4.26
book published: 2014
rating: 5
read at: 2019/05/03
date added: 2019/07/07
shelves: best-authors, dystopian, must-recommend
review:
It was really good. From Lykos to Villain military school I was hooked on the story and invested in Darrow. I was skeptical when the story turned into Hunger Games with rape and maiming but I was interested in seeing Darrow and his team of merry misfits win. I love camaraderie and the friendship power trope and I am completely unapologetic about it. I however, was annoyed when the book ended immediately after the tournament but in hindsight was the best thing ever. Pierce Brown did something with book two and I loved it.
]]> <![CDATA[Morning Star (Red Rising Saga, #3)]]> 18966806
Finally, the time has come.

But devotion to honor and hunger for vengeance run deep on both sides. Darrow and his comrades-in-arms face powerful enemies without scruple or mercy. Among them are some Darrow once considered friends. To win, Darrow will need to inspire those shackled in darkness to break their chains, unmake the world their cruel masters have built, and claim a destiny too long denied—and too glorious to surrender.]]> 525 Pierce Brown 0345539842 Ino 5 EDIT: Apparently there are more books in this series.My love for Pierce Brown is going to be tested much sooner than I anticipated ]]> 4.52 2016 Morning Star (Red Rising Saga, #3)
author: Pierce Brown
name: Ino
average rating: 4.52
book published: 2016
rating: 5
read at: 2019/07/07
date added: 2019/07/07
shelves: lovable-mcs, must-recommend, perfection, sci-fi, best-authors, dystopian
review:
Take my 5 stars Pierce Brown! TAKE THEM!!! This review is me coming on here to squeal about Pierce Brown. This is the best dystopian fiction book I’ve read in years. Top three best endings I’ve seen in my life. It’s not often that the final book in a series like this is the best installment but he pulled it off. Darrow And Mustang might be a bit too perfect but you know what? I like that in my heroes. I respect the way Roque and Cassius were handled. I like the way Pierce Brown writes women, there was no moment where I gave the book a long side eye and said “yep a man surely wrote this�. I am now a fan for life, I cannot wait to see what he’ll write next.
EDIT: Apparently there are more books in this series.My love for Pierce Brown is going to be tested much sooner than I anticipated
]]> <![CDATA[Sacred Light (Armor of Magic #1)]]> 30955523 The first book in the hot new adult fantasy series!

Fiona Farrow is ignoring her destiny.

Fiona has no interest in guarding the Sacred Scrolls from the evil Shadow Order. Not after the same job took her parents away.

But when a powerful demon mage from the Shadow Order steals one of the Sacred Scrolls and starts hunting down Protectors of Light, Fiona will have to put on her magical suit of armor and face her fears.

If she doesn’t, the Shadow Order will destroy humanity and banish Fiona to an obscure dimension for the rest of her nightmarish eternity.

If you enjoy kick-ass heroines who face down demons, vampires, and shifters, you'll love Sacred Light, the first installment of the hot new urban fantasy series, Armor of Magic.]]> 218 Simone Pond Ino 2 dnf, tstl, terrible-mcs 3.64 Sacred Light (Armor of Magic #1)
author: Simone Pond
name: Ino
average rating: 3.64
book published:
rating: 2
read at:
date added: 2019/03/06
shelves: dnf, tstl, terrible-mcs
review:
At this point this has to be on purpose. All these books with stupid as can be heroines that only achieve by accident.What a bumbling dumb girl the main character is. I don’t even know where to begin. How does anyone who knew they were born to a magical destiny be so unprepared and plain stupid? More concerned about getting laid than finding her parents. Mouth before brain every single time. You’re in an office, a demon materializes in and you have to lay low. What do you do? Not do everything but shout “wow there’s a demon here!�. Her guardian is also stupid. How do you not tell your charge that her closest friends are supernatural and her would be boyfriend is a bounty hunter for powerful demons?The irresponsibility. Boyfriends excuse for working for demons was the most trifling nonsense I’ve ever heard but mmmkay. She couldn’t even understand basic concepts of thier world? Where are all these 5 stars coming from? Y’all need to tell these authors the truth.
]]> è 40265073
Driven less by pleasure than compulsion, è organizes her day around her extramarital affairs, arriving late to work and lying to her husband about where she's been, until she becomes ensnared in a trap of her own making. Suspenseful, erotic, and electrically charged, è is a captivating exploration of addiction, sexuality, and one woman's quest to feel alive.]]> 216 Leïla Slimani 0143132180 Ino 3 3.25 2014 è
author: Leïla Slimani
name: Ino
average rating: 3.25
book published: 2014
rating: 3
read at:
date added: 2019/02/17
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I freely admit that I don’t have the range for this type of theme. I despise cheating and abhor adultery. I absolutely hate Adele. She’s boring and bored, makes no effort while simultaneously believing that she’s better than everyone. She doesn’t like her husband but wants to stay. She is willing to ruin his health , his reputation, his life without making any effort to get help. That to me, is that. She’s trash. The last straw was how much of a shitty parent she was. I understand how society pushes women into marriages and motherhood but that really is not a child’s business or problem. I want to see people with sex addictions humanized and light shed on such conditions without making them into poor poor innocent victims but Adele is just very aggressively unlikable. 2 and a half stars for Slimani’s writing.
]]> <![CDATA[Fallen Academy: Year Two (Fallen Academy #2)]]> 41152976 288 Leia Stone Ino 2 to-read Imagine being a one of a kind super powered soldier that has both the power of light and darkness...and you’re worried about what your boyfriend thinks? Really? While your best friend/sister is dying?? Ugh. Brielle has lost me. Why can she not hold two thoughts in her head at once? Didn’t it occur to her before that the Tainted Academy students had problems that the money could solve too too? More twerking from Shea,sigh.I hope she develops more personality in hell. 2 stars]]> 4.28 2018 Fallen Academy: Year Two (Fallen Academy #2)
author: Leia Stone
name: Ino
average rating: 4.28
book published: 2018
rating: 2
read at:
date added: 2019/02/14
shelves: to-read
review:
Brielle’s a bigot. I’m appalled by thier lack of bargaining skills. They really just handed over 1 million bucks when the contract could have gone for less. If the Lucifer tattoo bothers her. Then why is she wearing low cut stuff every single day?????? Everytime I see My Man Jolene starts playing in my head.
Imagine being a one of a kind super powered soldier that has both the power of light and darkness...and you’re worried about what your boyfriend thinks? Really? While your best friend/sister is dying?? Ugh. Brielle has lost me. Why can she not hold two thoughts in her head at once? Didn’t it occur to her before that the Tainted Academy students had problems that the money could solve too too? More twerking from Shea,sigh.I hope she develops more personality in hell. 2 stars
]]> <![CDATA[Fallen Academy: Year One (Fallen Academy, #1)]]> 40941601
1. Having black wings is not normal.
2. Selling her soul to the demons was a mistake.
3. Lincoln Grey is the biggest *** she's ever met � but not falling in love with him might prove impossible.

When angels fell from the sky to war with the demons that ravaged Earth, their combined powers infected humanity. Now, the humans are assigned one of two fates, being either demon gifted or angel blessed.

After wings sprout from Brielle's back at her awakening ceremony, she's sure she's an angel blessed celestial. It's not until she sees black wings that she realizes something is terribly wrong.

Having sold her contract at a young age to save her father's life means she should be bound for Tainted Academy. That is, until a fallen angel unexpectedly fights for her to be accepted into Fallen Academy, the elite school for those that inhabit Angel City.

She's immediately matched with her impossibly handsome celestial teacher, Lincoln Grey. Laying eyes on him, her first thought is that her time at the academy might actually be fun, but this theory quickly fades when she and Lincoln clash on day one. To further prove her admission into Fallen Academy is cursed, the entire school is thrown into chaos when an Abrus demon reveals that he knows Brielle's secret. Now, above all else, Lincoln must fight to protect her.

To his surprise, the only thing more difficult than trying to save her � is trying not to fall for her.]]> 350 Leia Stone Ino 3 So the book. It was standard YA fare, exciting premise with wonky execution. MC was interesting(initially) but was too slow on the uptake. How did she not know that black wings meant she was blessed by at least a very high level demon? Why was she always whining about going dark when she was in a team of only demon blessed people? Why was she shocked by the most obvious things? It was a fun read at the end of the day but I think I’m getting tired of cardboard romances and brooding empty princes. And also having the world be saved by idiots.
3 Stars]]> 4.02 2018 Fallen Academy: Year One (Fallen Academy, #1)
author: Leia Stone
name: Ino
average rating: 4.02
book published: 2018
rating: 3
read at:
date added: 2019/02/08
shelves: tstl, casual-racism, ya, if-you-like-tropes
review:
What on earth was she thinking when she wrote Shea. So let me get this straight she created a character that was Black And Latina, whose mom was a drug addict who sold her to demons for drugs , who is also a hypersexual wisecracking physically aggressive loudmouth oh dear God the racist stereotypes are pungent....who likes to twerk everywhere even when seated. TWERKING WHILE SEATED IS IMPOSSIBLE! Come on. Please, do better white people of the USA. It’s just terrible how no one seemed to notice. Then she threw in TWO gay best friends for the MC and had her be shocked by the existence of masculine gay guys. Deep sigh. What can I expect from an MC whose best friend is Latina but did not understand a word of Spanish.
So the book. It was standard YA fare, exciting premise with wonky execution. MC was interesting(initially) but was too slow on the uptake. How did she not know that black wings meant she was blessed by at least a very high level demon? Why was she always whining about going dark when she was in a team of only demon blessed people? Why was she shocked by the most obvious things? It was a fun read at the end of the day but I think I’m getting tired of cardboard romances and brooding empty princes. And also having the world be saved by idiots.
3 Stars
]]> Single-Minded 31450821
Now, Alex's perfectly planned life has completely fallen apart, her biological clock is starting to feel like the timer on a nuclear device, and she finds herself drooling over her completely-dreamy-but-definitely-off-limits client, a star chef opening a hot new restaurant. Armed with dating guidance from her oddball collection of advisers including her gay ex-husband, a foul-mouthed political consultant, a perkily masochistic yogi, and a pot-smoking octogenarian Alex navigates the booby-trapped world of modern dating, in her search for a second chance at love.]]> 288 Lisa Daily 1250060443 Ino 5 chicklit, lovable-mcs 3.51 2017 Single-Minded
author: Lisa Daily
name: Ino
average rating: 3.51
book published: 2017
rating: 5
read at:
date added: 2018/09/06
shelves: chicklit, lovable-mcs
review:
First Daily book I've read and it was entertaining! Alex is absolutely lovable. There's this point where she drags her ex-husband to filth and I applauded! He deserved it and her friends and family didn't do right by her at all. A woman in this day an age who thinks her life is over at 31 because of a divorce though? i didn't buy it. I love the way Daily captured the alternating feelings of love and hate when someone you love hurts you. Alex's profession of Environmental Psychology was described in such a beautiful way throughout the book that i'll definitely be picking up another of Daily's books just to see her do it again. Her dating experiences were hilarious and over the top but so so entertaining. The end to me was a little choppy though. Maybe I was just really annoyed by Daniel's Actions and Alex's reaction. I dunno. 5 stars cause it was a fun ride
]]> <![CDATA[The Princess Must Die (Storm Princess Saga, #1)]]> 40935068 FORBIDDEN TO LOVE. DESTINED TO BE TORN APART.

In an Elven city beneath the streets of Chicago, the perfect storm rages, kept under control only by Marbella Mercy, the Storm Princess. Now she is of age, champions from each of the elven houses will play a game of wit and strength to fight for her hand � and for the chance to control the forces of nature.

Baelen Rath, a warrior and leader of the feared House of Rath, is the only male Marbella has ever trusted. He'll risk everything to be her champion. But what he and the others don't know? The princess is fighting too.

Because she's discovered that the winner is cursed to kill her, not marry her, and the only way to save herself is to win.

But Marbella is fighting a power greater than herself, because someone believes that the perfect storm should be unleashed and for that to happen � the princess must die.]]> 320 Everly Frost Ino 5 4.22 2018 The Princess Must Die (Storm Princess Saga, #1)
author: Everly Frost
name: Ino
average rating: 4.22
book published: 2018
rating: 5
read at:
date added: 2018/09/06
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review:
5 stars! The main characters usefulness is very important to me so I'm glad that we didn't get a useless princess here. She's smart,resourceful and even though her powers and fighting skills are on that Deus X level she's still amazing on her own. I'm absolutely interested in the next installment.
]]> <![CDATA[Elemental Thief (Ridley Kayne Chronicles, #1)]]> 40619044 A young thief. Outlawed magic. A heist that’s about to change everything.

In a near-future city shielded from the elemental magic raging through the wastelands, seventeen-year-old Ridley steals from the wealthy and secretly gives to those in need—which is far less of a crime than the other thing she spends her free time doing: using magic.

Ridley's managed to stay under the radar for years, but the night she steals a gold figurine from the richest family in the city, everything starts to unravel.

A stranger follows her home and ends up murdered outside the antique store she lives above.

Her best friend—who definitely wasn't there—is accused of the crime.

And that family Ridley stole from? Their son just walked into her store.

As heir to the city's largest fortune, Archer Davenport represents everything Ridley hates. She'd prefer to stay well away from him, but he has a problem only Ridley can solve: Turns out that ancient figurine she stole could unlock secrets that will endanger many lives.

Which means Ridley has to get it back. Without revealing her own biggest secret.

As she and Archer journey into the hidden parts of the city, they'll have to put their differences aside and figure out how to trust each other. Because their true enemy is lurking in the shadows, moving ever closer, and if they don't get that stolen artifact back, it'll be their own lives that are at stake.

Urban fantasy series with a dystopian flavor!]]> Rachel Morgan 0639943616 Ino 3 Archer was a superior sounding dolt in that one scene but he was dead on right, she’s a self righteous petty thing. Why did Archer have to remind her she had a weakness , you would think that finding that out what that was would be a bloody priority but of course not. About her Dad and Shen being more than they seemed, why was she so surprised ? You sneak into your old friends houses and steal;why can’t your Dad be a secret magic user and your besty an Assasin?
I’m complaining about this so angrily because the main characters silliness ruined the immersion. I can’t focus on how amazing Christy must be to run a secret magic society in such a hostile world because Miss Dumbellina is spazzing. A heroine doesn’t have to be good at everything to make a good story but she needs to be useful. If she’s not useful she can be the comic relief or the narrator while someone else does the job. I would give up hope if I found out my life was riding on this person’s shoulder. I almost forgot to mention that she’s also rather overpowered.Heh.That would have been fine if not... I’m done. 3 Stars because I like the premise and I want to see how this plays out anyway.]]> 4.03 2018 Elemental Thief (Ridley Kayne Chronicles, #1)
author: Rachel Morgan
name: Ino
average rating: 4.03
book published: 2018
rating: 3
read at:
date added: 2018/08/28
shelves: terrible-mcs, tstl, great-world
review:
This would have been a great one. The world building is great , the conspiracy is lit. Unfortunately she had to go and put in the most stupid heroine I’ve seen all year. TSTL!!! Ridley is extremely ungracious. She’s not the first person to go through economic upheaval so having to watch her stew the whole book long...sigh. She kept spilling other peoples secrets,almost gave Laura up and why did Laura have to know about the figurine? She’s not quick in the head, how did she not realize that Archer didn’t have anything to do with the doctored video? She’s always arguing about things she clearly knows nothing about! She actually all but said “this is not true because I saw it on TV�. Like ugh shut up and take in this information for a second,process it and don’t argue blindly.
Archer was a superior sounding dolt in that one scene but he was dead on right, she’s a self righteous petty thing. Why did Archer have to remind her she had a weakness , you would think that finding that out what that was would be a bloody priority but of course not. About her Dad and Shen being more than they seemed, why was she so surprised ? You sneak into your old friends houses and steal;why can’t your Dad be a secret magic user and your besty an Assasin?
I’m complaining about this so angrily because the main characters silliness ruined the immersion. I can’t focus on how amazing Christy must be to run a secret magic society in such a hostile world because Miss Dumbellina is spazzing. A heroine doesn’t have to be good at everything to make a good story but she needs to be useful. If she’s not useful she can be the comic relief or the narrator while someone else does the job. I would give up hope if I found out my life was riding on this person’s shoulder. I almost forgot to mention that she’s also rather overpowered.Heh.That would have been fine if not... I’m done. 3 Stars because I like the premise and I want to see how this plays out anyway.
]]> The Prince of Milk 34340074 354 Exurb1a Ino 5 sci-fi 4.24 The Prince of Milk
author: Exurb1a
name: Ino
average rating: 4.24
book published:
rating: 5
read at:
date added: 2018/08/24
shelves: sci-fi
review:
I enjoyed every minute of this! It’s weird ,intellectual ,scary and funny. I don’t know how authors pull off such stories but I’m grateful it works. I’d love to give some sort of criticism but I just can’t,even the lumpy bits are all part of scenery. The villains are all over the top but I liked it. I give up. I do hope that Schrödinger’s cat find his way home. I just might reread this. A solid 5 stars.
]]> <![CDATA[Mary B: An Untold Story of Pride and Prejudice]]> 36505861 Pride and Prejudice casts off her prim exterior and takes center stage in this fresh retelling of the classic novel.

I will tell you the story of how I knew myself to be plain and therefore devoid of the one virtue which it behooves every woman to have.

What is to be done with Mary Bennet? She possesses neither the beauty of her eldest sister, Jane, nor the high-spirited charm of Lizzy. Even compared to her frivolous younger siblings, Kitty and Lydia, Mary knows she is lacking in the ways that matter for single, not-so-well-to-do women in nineteenth-century England who must secure their futures through the finding of a husband. As her sisters wed, one by one, Mary pictures herself growing old, a spinster with no estate to run or children to mind, dependent on the charity of others. At least she has the silent rebellion and secret pleasures of reading and writing to keep her company.

But even her fictional creations are no match for the scandal, tragedy, and romance that eventually visit Mary's own life. In Mary B, readers are transported beyond the center of the ballroom to discover that wallflowers are sometimes the most intriguing guests at the party. Beneath Mary's plain appearance and bookish demeanor simmers an inner life brimming with passion, humor, and imagination--and a voice that demands to be heard.

Set before, during, and after the events of Pride and Prejudice, Katherine J. Chen's vividly original debut novel pays homage to a beloved classic while envisioning a life that is difficult to achieve in any era: that of a truly independent woman.]]> 352 Katherine J. Chen 0399592237 Ino 4 2.89 2018 Mary B: An Untold Story of Pride and Prejudice
author: Katherine J. Chen
name: Ino
average rating: 2.89
book published: 2018
rating: 4
read at:
date added: 2018/08/16
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review:
I thoroughly enjoyed this book. Chen described the angst of being an ugly child among beautiful siblings perfectly. She also got how being siblings does not make you friends or guarantee that you will like each other . Relationships need something to work with even with family. I took off one star for the character assasination. I’m not a die hard Jane Austen fan so I didn’t take it as personally as others but even I know that this calculating, wicked person cannot be Lizzy. Mr Darcy was too bumblingly awkward to be believable. Mr Darcy a cheat?pull the other leg sis. As for Colonel Fitzgerald well, I’ll take a good villain. Chen captured the desperation of being a plain woman so well so well it’s breathtaking. She did however take so many liberties with the original story , I doubt this book will become a cult favorite anytime soon.I hope she writes less trollish books but either way I will definitely be reading more from this author.
]]> <![CDATA[After the Golden Age (Golden Age, #1)]]> 8665134
Can an accountant defeat a supervillain? Celia West, only daughter of the heroic leaders of the superpowered Olympiad, has spent the past few years estranged from her parents and their high-powered lifestyle. She's had enough of masks and heroics, and wants only to live her own quiet life out from under the shadow of West Plaza and her rich and famous parents.

Then she is called into her boss' office and told that as the city's top forensic accountant, Celia is the best chance the prosecution has to catch notorious supervillain the Destructor for tax fraud. In the course of the trial, Celia's troubled past comes to light and family secrets are revealed as the rift between Celia and her parents grows deeper. Cut off from friends and family, Celia must come to terms with the fact that she might just be Commerce City's only hope.

This all-new and moving story of love, family, and sacrifice is an homage to Golden Age comics that no fan will want to miss.
]]> 304 Carrie Vaughn 0765325551 Ino 5 3.74 2011 After the Golden Age (Golden Age, #1)
author: Carrie Vaughn
name: Ino
average rating: 3.74
book published: 2011
rating: 5
read at:
date added: 2018/08/14
shelves:
review:
I will start by saying I think this is One of Carrie Vaughn’s best work. It has a vintage cheesy superhero vibe and that’s part of what makes it great. Celia is pretty amazing. She’s not perfect, she’s not super powered but she’s somehow likeable. I dislike whiny rich kids but Vaughn made it work. A great redemption story if I ever read one.
]]> <![CDATA[A Reunion in Pinecraft (Amish Brides of Pinecraft; Amish Summer)]]> 33027985 100 Shelley Shepard Gray 0718088328 Ino 4 3.95 2017 A Reunion in Pinecraft (Amish Brides of Pinecraft; Amish Summer)
author: Shelley Shepard Gray
name: Ino
average rating: 3.95
book published: 2017
rating: 4
read at:
date added: 2018/08/14
shelves:
review:
I Just wasn’t convinced that Graham knew what he was about. I want this one- no the other one, nvm the last one. He was put out that he didn’t get the modest and hot sister that was a great cook,how stereotypical. Sherrilyn deserved better please. However it was a nice fluffy story that was well written. I wish there was more progression on how he made his choice but oh well.
]]> <![CDATA[Ship of Magic (Liveship Traders, #1)]]> 45100
For Althea Vestrit, the ship is her rightful legacy unjustly denied her--a legacy she will risk anything to reclaim. For Althea's young nephew Wintrow, wrenched from his religious studies and forced to serve aboard ship, Vivacia is a life sentence.

But the fate of the Vestrit family--and the ship--may ultimately lie in the hands of an outsider. The ruthless pirate Kennit seeks a way to seize power over all the denizens of the Pirate Isles...and the first step of his plan requires him to capture his own liveship and bend it to his will....


From the Paperback edition.]]> 880 Robin Hobb 000649885X Ino 0 to-read 4.20 1998 Ship of Magic (Liveship Traders, #1)
author: Robin Hobb
name: Ino
average rating: 4.20
book published: 1998
rating: 0
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date added: 2018/08/04
shelves: to-read
review:

]]> <![CDATA[Furies of Calderon (Codex Alera, #1)]]> 29396 In this extraordinary fantasy epic, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Dresden Files leads readers into a world where the fate of the realm rests on the shoulders of a boy with no power to call his own ...

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

]]> 688 Jim Butcher 044101268X Ino 0 to-read 4.12 2004 Furies of Calderon (Codex Alera, #1)
author: Jim Butcher
name: Ino
average rating: 4.12
book published: 2004
rating: 0
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date added: 2018/08/04
shelves: to-read
review:

]]> <![CDATA[The Wayfarer Redemption (Wayfarer Redemption, #1)]]> 231989
All Acharites believe the end is near.

One young woman, Faraday, betrothed of Duke Borneheld, learns that all she has been told about her people's history is untrue. While fleeing to safety from the dangerous land, Faraday, rides with Axis, legendary leader of the Axe-Wielders-and hated half-brother of Borneheld-and a man Faraday secretly loves although it would be death to admit it. She embarks on a journey, which will change her life forever, in search of the true nature of her people.

This grand and heroic story tells the tale of one woman's plight to learn the truth of her people and change their hearts and their minds forever. She fights against oppressive forces to share this reality and will not desist until everyone knows. . . . . The truth of the Star Gate]]> 629 Sara Douglass 0765356163 Ino 0 to-read 3.96 1995 The Wayfarer Redemption (Wayfarer Redemption, #1)
author: Sara Douglass
name: Ino
average rating: 3.96
book published: 1995
rating: 0
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date added: 2018/08/04
shelves: to-read
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]]> <![CDATA[The Lascar's Dagger (The Forsaken Lands, #1)]]> 17899422 Faith will not save him.


Saker appears to be a simple priest, but in truth he's a spy for the head of his faith. Wounded in the line of duty by a Lascar sailor's blade, the weapon seems to follow him home. Unable to discard it, nor the sense of responsibility it brings, Saker can only follow its lead.


The dagger puts Saker on a journey to distant shores, on a path that will reveal terrible secrets about the empire, about the people he serves, and destroy the life he knows. The Lascar's dagger demands a price, and that price will be paid in blood.]]> 469 Glenda Larke 0316399663 Ino 0 to-read 3.78 2014 The Lascar's Dagger (The Forsaken Lands, #1)
author: Glenda Larke
name: Ino
average rating: 3.78
book published: 2014
rating: 0
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date added: 2018/08/04
shelves: to-read
review:

]]> <![CDATA[Black Sun Rising (The Coldfire Trilogy, #1)]]> 36159 496 C.S. Friedman 0756403146 Ino 0 to-read 3.94 1991 Black Sun Rising (The Coldfire Trilogy, #1)
author: C.S. Friedman
name: Ino
average rating: 3.94
book published: 1991
rating: 0
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date added: 2018/08/04
shelves: to-read
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]]> <![CDATA[The Name of the Wind (The Kingkiller Chronicle, #1)]]> 186074
The intimate narrative of his childhood in a troupe of traveling players, his years spent as a near-feral orphan in a crime-ridden city, his daringly brazen yet successful bid to enter a legendary school of magic, and his life as a fugitive after the murder of a king form a gripping coming-of-age story unrivaled in recent literature.

A high-action story written with a poet's hand, The Name of the Wind is a masterpiece that will transport readers into the body and mind of a wizard.]]> 662 Patrick Rothfuss 075640407X Ino 0 to-read 4.52 2007 The Name of the Wind (The Kingkiller Chronicle, #1)
author: Patrick Rothfuss
name: Ino
average rating: 4.52
book published: 2007
rating: 0
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date added: 2018/08/04
shelves: to-read
review:

]]> <![CDATA[The Lies of Locke Lamora (Gentleman Bastard, #1)]]> 127455 Ocean's Eleven, and entirely enthralling...

An orphan's life is harsh � and often short � in the island city of Camorr, built on the ruins of a mysterious alien race. But born with a quick wit and a gift for thieving, Locke Lamora has dodged both death and slavery, only to fall into the hands of an eyeless priest known as Chains � a man who is neither blind nor a priest.

A con artist of extraordinary talent, Chains passes his skills on to his carefully selected "family" of orphans � a group known as the Gentlemen Bastards. Under his tutelage, Locke grows to lead the Bastards, delightedly pulling off one outrageous confidence game after another. Soon he is infamous as the Thorn of Camorr, and no wealthy noble is safe from his sting.

Passing themselves off as petty thieves, the brilliant Locke and his tightly knit band of light-fingered brothers have fooled even the criminal underworld's most feared ruler, Capa Barsavi. But there is someone in the shadows more powerful � and more ambitious � than Locke has yet imagined.

Known as the Gray King, he is slowly killing Capa Barsavi's most trusted men � and using Locke as a pawn in his plot to take control of Camorr's underworld. With a bloody coup under way threatening to destroy everyone and everything that holds meaning in his mercenary life, Locke vows to beat the Gray King at his own brutal game � or die trying...

]]> 499 Scott Lynch 0553804677 Ino 0 to-read 4.28 2006 The Lies of Locke Lamora (Gentleman Bastard, #1)
author: Scott Lynch
name: Ino
average rating: 4.28
book published: 2006
rating: 0
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date added: 2018/08/04
shelves: to-read
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]]> <![CDATA[The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms (Inheritance, #1)]]> 6437061 427 N.K. Jemisin 0316043915 Ino 0 to-read 3.88 2010 The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms (Inheritance, #1)
author: N.K. Jemisin
name: Ino
average rating: 3.88
book published: 2010
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[The Drowning City (The Necromancer Chronicles, #1)]]> 6296885
For Isyllt Iskaldur, necromancer and spy, the brewing revolution is a chance to prove herself to her crown. All she has to do is find and finance the revolutionaries, and help topple the palaces of Symir. But she is torn between her new friends and her duties, and the longer she stays in this monsoon-drenched city, the more intrigue she uncovers -- even the dead are plotting.

As the waters rise and the dams crack, Isyllt must choose between her mission and the city she came to save.]]> 351 Amanda Downum 0316069043 Ino 0 to-read 3.41 2009 The Drowning City (The Necromancer Chronicles, #1)
author: Amanda Downum
name: Ino
average rating: 3.41
book published: 2009
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[Gardens of the Moon (Malazan Book of the Fallen, #1)]]> 55399 Vast legions of gods, mages, humans, dragons and all manner of creatures play out the fate of the Malazan Empire in this first book in a major epic fantasy series from Steven Erikson.

The Malazan Empire simmers with discontent, bled dry by interminable warfare, bitter infighting and bloody confrontations with the formidable Anomander Rake and his Tiste Andii, ancient and implacable sorcerers. Even the imperial legions, long inured to the bloodshed, yearn for some respite. Yet Empress Laseen's rule remains absolute, enforced by her dread Claw assassins.

For Sergeant Whiskeyjack and his squad of Bridgeburners, and for Tattersail, surviving cadre mage of the Second Legion, the aftermath of the siege of Pale should have been a time to mourn the many dead. But Darujhistan, last of the Free Cities of Genabackis, yet holds out. It is to this ancient citadel that Laseen turns her predatory gaze.

However, it would appear that the Empire is not alone in this great game. Sinister, shadowbound forces are gathering as the gods themselves prepare to play their hand...

Conceived and written on a panoramic scale, Gardens of the Moon is epic fantasy of the highest order--an enthralling adventure by an outstanding new voice.]]> 666 Steven Erikson 0765348780 Ino 0 to-read 3.91 1999 Gardens of the Moon (Malazan Book of the Fallen, #1)
author: Steven Erikson
name: Ino
average rating: 3.91
book published: 1999
rating: 0
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date added: 2018/08/04
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]]> <![CDATA[Operation Hail Storm (Hail, #1)]]> 32978021 352 Brett Arquette 1365120724 Ino 0 dnf Race. You can just tell that a white dude wrote this.Why would i say that? 'cause I just knew. So we're in Korea, in the POV of a Korean and he describes one of the girlfriends as Asian. I mean, what else could she have been???If she was say Ukrainian then her race would have been relevant.Why not describe her by her features,or town? It was just ridiculous. Then the ladies obsession with the eagle,why did they All care so much about some damn bird? The chick on the team was just there to stare at her long red nails and strut around in heels and a hot dress ON A DAMN SHIP!!!!
I got tired of this book because I was annoyed,please don't put any women in your books if you wont make them more than cardboard cutouts.]]> 3.99 2016 Operation Hail Storm (Hail, #1)
author: Brett Arquette
name: Ino
average rating: 3.99
book published: 2016
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2018/03/18
shelves: dnf
review:
I got a free copy of this book and wanted so badly to love it but...No. I will say that I loved the idea of it. I'm a sucker for a good action plot,I love love love gadgets and spy stuff. Was totally ready for a good revenge story after I read the blurb. First of all there was too much info dumping in the first pages. Yes, eagles are nice. Yes you did research but did we really need to know all that? I never thought I would root for a fancy eagle drone to just die.
Race. You can just tell that a white dude wrote this.Why would i say that? 'cause I just knew. So we're in Korea, in the POV of a Korean and he describes one of the girlfriends as Asian. I mean, what else could she have been???If she was say Ukrainian then her race would have been relevant.Why not describe her by her features,or town? It was just ridiculous. Then the ladies obsession with the eagle,why did they All care so much about some damn bird? The chick on the team was just there to stare at her long red nails and strut around in heels and a hot dress ON A DAMN SHIP!!!!
I got tired of this book because I was annoyed,please don't put any women in your books if you wont make them more than cardboard cutouts.
]]> Purple Hibiscus 126381
When Nigeria begins to fall apart under a military coup, Kambili’s father sends her and her brother away to stay with their aunt, a University professor, whose house is noisy and full of laughter. There, Kambili and her brother discover a life and love beyond the confines of their father’s authority. The visit will lift the silence from their world and, in time, give rise to devotion and defiance that reveal themselves in profound and unexpected ways.

This is a book about the promise of freedom; about the blurred lines between childhood and adulthood; between love and hatred, between the old gods and the new.]]> 336 Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Ino 5 perfection I was wrong.Totally hooked well before I was done with the first ten pages. I related to Kambili so strongly. The appearance of wealth when you really have very little that is yours in every sense. The discomfort of shyness when your mind is filled with a thousand things you'd rather say. The awkwardness that comes with being broken by fear. It all felt so familiar even though her story had nothing to do with my life.
The sensations! I felt every emotion Chimamanda wanted me to feel. Hated Kambili's father, felt afraid for her brother while admiring him, exasperated by Kambili's mother, had a crush on her priest, strong love for her aunt and grandfather. I could smell and taste things! I know its probably because as a Nigerian I'm familiar with the sights and sounds of the details in the book but do you know what it takes for an author to make you Taste! I felt the heat and buzzing mosquitos. I felt the anticipation that comes with being a Christmas visitor in the village.
Reading the book again as an adult made me...understand her father. He really did love them in the way he knew best. He really did think he was doing the right thing by refusing to enable his father's "idolatry''. Unfortunate that he missed all the scriptures that would have told him he was so terribly wrong. As a Christian the oppressive nature of her father's religion really hurt my heart. I hate seeing Christianity being used as a weapon to cudgel people. Its not supposed to be that way but it's the truth of many people's lives and experiences.
Chimamanda Adichie is a national treasure. She taught me that the term ''first book'' is not synonymous with amateur nonsense. 5 stars!
]]> 4.14 2003 Purple Hibiscus
author: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
name: Ino
average rating: 4.14
book published: 2003
rating: 5
read at: 2005/01/01
date added: 2018/03/18
shelves: perfection
review:
I remember reading this book for the first time in January 2005.I had taken it to school after the Christmas holidays without reading it first because I had a bunch of other books to get through while I was at home. I had heard some of the hype surrounding the book and I knew it would have good exchange value with the other novel freaks...I worshipped everything white at that time so I'm pretty sure I wasn't expecting so much from her.
I was wrong.Totally hooked well before I was done with the first ten pages. I related to Kambili so strongly. The appearance of wealth when you really have very little that is yours in every sense. The discomfort of shyness when your mind is filled with a thousand things you'd rather say. The awkwardness that comes with being broken by fear. It all felt so familiar even though her story had nothing to do with my life.
The sensations! I felt every emotion Chimamanda wanted me to feel. Hated Kambili's father, felt afraid for her brother while admiring him, exasperated by Kambili's mother, had a crush on her priest, strong love for her aunt and grandfather. I could smell and taste things! I know its probably because as a Nigerian I'm familiar with the sights and sounds of the details in the book but do you know what it takes for an author to make you Taste! I felt the heat and buzzing mosquitos. I felt the anticipation that comes with being a Christmas visitor in the village.
Reading the book again as an adult made me...understand her father. He really did love them in the way he knew best. He really did think he was doing the right thing by refusing to enable his father's "idolatry''. Unfortunate that he missed all the scriptures that would have told him he was so terribly wrong. As a Christian the oppressive nature of her father's religion really hurt my heart. I hate seeing Christianity being used as a weapon to cudgel people. Its not supposed to be that way but it's the truth of many people's lives and experiences.
Chimamanda Adichie is a national treasure. She taught me that the term ''first book'' is not synonymous with amateur nonsense. 5 stars!

]]> A Morning Like This 1647331 Can David and Abby set aside their betrayal and anger to save a little girl's life? If they can make it through, they may find that their love for one another and their faith in God can be redeemed . . . and grow stronger than ever before.]]> 336 Deborah Bedford 0446614858 Ino 1 cancelled, tedious-heros 3.08 2002 A Morning Like This
author: Deborah Bedford
name: Ino
average rating: 3.08
book published: 2002
rating: 1
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shelves: cancelled, tedious-heros
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No! As a Christian i strongly reject the idea that Infidelity was handled in anything close to an appropriate manner in this book. When did Christianity ever mean you don't get to face the consequences of your actions? What on earth was happening with David's character. He cheats on his wife and whines when she finds out,even dared to blame her because she made him uncomfortable with her anger. Having a meet and greet with your with your former mistress in the middle of the night and having enough nerve to catch an attitude? I felt lightheaded for a minute. His Pastor friend!Didn't even suggest counselling for them ,spared not a dollop of empathy for the aggrieved wife. Husband never apologized for putting her through the humiliation and speculation that comes with being a cheating church leader's wife. A poster boy for the kind of Christian man you want to run away from, one with his head so far up his GI tract he cannot grovel to save his life. NO GROVELLING!Oh he actually told her he'd been working to earn her trust for the 8 years that happened...when he just told her about the affair. All this book did for me was make me feel sad for all the Christian women gaslighted by their spouses and church systems into writing off their pain and complaints as unnecessary after things like this in God's name. Maybe she wrote the book as a sort of twisted warning. 1 star for eliciting anger from me.
]]> She's Not There 25739190
Caroline Shipley’s heart nearly stops when she hears those words from the voice on the other end of the phone. Instantly, she’s thrust fifteen years into the past, to a posh resort in Baja, Mexico—and the fateful night her world collapsed.

The trip is supposed to be a celebration. Caroline’s husband, Hunter, convinces her to leave their two young daughters, Michelle and Samantha, alone in their hotel suite while the couple enjoys an anniversary dinner in the restaurant downstairs. But returning afterward, Caroline and Hunter make a horrifying discovery: Two-year-old Samantha has vanished without a trace.

What follows are days, weeks, and years of anguish for Caroline. She’s tormented by media attention that has branded her a cold, incompetent mother, while she struggles to save her marriage. Caroline also has to deal with the demands of her needy elder daughter, Michelle, who is driven to cope in dangerous ways. Through it all, Caroline desperately clings to the hope that Samantha will someday be found—only to be stung again and again by cruel reality.

Plunged back into the still-raw heartbreak of her daughter’s disappearance, and the suspicions and inconsistencies surrounding a case long gone cold, Caroline doesn’t know whom or what to believe. The only thing she can be sure of is that someone is fiercely determined to hide the truth of what happened to Samantha.]]> 368 Joy Fielding 1101966874 Ino 5 3.84 2016 She's Not There
author: Joy Fielding
name: Ino
average rating: 3.84
book published: 2016
rating: 5
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Joy Fielding is a writer who can pull you into the story and makes you feel what her characters feel. I read this book in 3 hours and my chest is still hurting a bit from the ride; and a ride it was. Beautiful writing ,engaging plot and a shocking ending...5 stars from me.
]]> Good Intentions 26052406
Joy Fielding is the bestselling author of the now-classic SEE JANE RUN, as well as STILL LIFE, NOW YOU SEE HER, SHADOW CREEK, WHISPERS & LIES, MAD RIVER ROAD, THE WILD ZONE, and other acclaimed novels of suspense. She divides her time between Toronto and Palm Beach, Florida.

"Buoys the spirits of anyone going through divorce."
-- Chicago Tribune

"Perceptive."
-- Publishers Weekly

“The pace is brisk and the appeal and underlying strength of Lynn and Renee prevails. Another Fielding popular favourite.�
-- Library Journal]]> 386 Joy Fielding 0786756160 Ino 5 3.93 1989 Good Intentions
author: Joy Fielding
name: Ino
average rating: 3.93
book published: 1989
rating: 5
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I'm Screaming with joy here! Read this book as a 10 year old kid and I have been looking for it ever since. I searched through countless goodreads lists and now I've found it! I love that Renee was strong enough to leave and for that alone it gets my five stars. There are not enough stories that end a clearly hopeless situation. Now it's time for me to binge read Joy Fielding books. It's
]]> Tear Stained Beaches 17408508
Struggling with what she has just learned, Haylie sets off to a quaint little North Carolina beach town to decide if her marriage can survive. It isn’t long after she arrives that her world is once again turned upside down as Chase’s secret stares her right in the face.]]> 158 Courtney Giardina Ino 3 3.70 2013 Tear Stained Beaches
author: Courtney Giardina
name: Ino
average rating: 3.70
book published: 2013
rating: 3
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]]> <![CDATA[The Veiled Heart (The Velvet Basement, #1)]]> 25906319
After a cold and cruel Victorian marriage, Miriam rejects the foibles of her class and is determined to help London’s fallen women. A fleeting brush with a handsome stranger at the scandalous Velvet Basement creates a chance encounter to sin. Surrendering once could be forgiven, but what happens when this dangerous game promises to extend beyond one unforgettable encounter to a passion that threatens the very foundation of her world?

Max, is delighted at the invitation by the veiled visitor to the decadent Velvet Basement. But the flammable seduction turns world-shaking when the veil is torn and reveals the woman who has always haunted him. Can he play a dangerous game and win the heart of the woman he wants? Or will discovering his true identity push Miriam far out of reach forever?
]]> 278 Elsa Holland Ino 0 to-read 4.02 2015 The Veiled Heart (The Velvet Basement, #1)
author: Elsa Holland
name: Ino
average rating: 4.02
book published: 2015
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[MrSuicideSheep's Concept Art Colouring Book]]> 36656215
32 Detailed, Original Concept Art Illustrations to Colour
Fantasy Genre
Share to Sheepy online!
Illustrated by David Noren.
Cover Colour by Caring Wong.
Explore & Create. Follow Sheepy on a colouring book adventure in an unknown yet familiar land. Listen to MrSuicideSheep online and gain additional Sheepy inspiration while colouring away! Join the community on YouTube or listen to playlists curated by Sheepy on Spotify! @MrSuicideSheep #FeelingSheepish

Concept Art. With a unique Concept Art approach to adult colouring books - focus on developing your colouring skills in unique fantastical environments, illustrated by David Noran, and with the cover art by Caring Wong.

Connect & Share! This colouring book was designed for pencils rather than felt pens, but feel free to experiment with whatever you want! If you have a scanner and access to a digital art platform, why not try improving your digital colouring techniques? I'd love to see the results! Share your art to @MrSuicideSheep or #FeelingSheepish across all platforms.

Sheepy's Note. This book is dedicated to the MrSuicideSheep community. It's been an incredible journey over the years. Together we've discovered new music and art from so many amazing producers and creators. I hope you'll enjoy this book as much as I did putting it together with David and Caring! I'm really looking forward to seeing how you will make it your own!]]> 78 Sheepy 1775071707 Ino 0 to-read 4.58 2017 MrSuicideSheep's Concept Art Colouring Book
author: Sheepy
name: Ino
average rating: 4.58
book published: 2017
rating: 0
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date added: 2017/12/24
shelves: to-read
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]]> Sing You Home 8554005
The Zoe falls in love again, out of the blue, and finds herself with an unexpected second chance to have a family.

But Max has found a new life too - one with no place in it for people like Zoe. And he will stand up in court to say that her new choice of partner makes her an unfit mother.

Jodi Picoult's most powerful novel yet asks who has the right to decide what makes the ideal family?]]> 466 Jodi Picoult 1439102724 Ino 3 3.78 2011 Sing You Home
author: Jodi Picoult
name: Ino
average rating: 3.78
book published: 2011
rating: 3
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Really? All the Christians in the book are nutcases? ALL of them? Libby just had to be a cheat. It was ridiculous and unfair. I give it 3 Stars for being an engaging story. Jodi Picoult is very good at what she does, I just hope she puts in more balance in her future work.
]]> <![CDATA[From the Ashes (Force of Nature #1)]]> 28474995
After a lifetime of animosity and indifference from the supernatural community, she thought she'd finally found a home with the vampire king’s enforcers. Then the dark and mysterious Merc walks into her life, and it takes a disastrous turn for the worse.

Now under attack by enemies both known and unknown, Piper has little choice but to flee her refuge—and start over in a place few vampires ever go. Rural Alaska seemed to fit the bill, except for Knox and his crew of werewolves. The pack shares a connection with Piper that few of them can explain, and none of them can escape. With time running out for answers, Piper must fight the demons of her past to ensure her future—or die trying.]]> 344 Amber Lynn Natusch 0997076526 Ino 1 dnf 3.85 2016 From the Ashes (Force of Nature #1)
author: Amber Lynn Natusch
name: Ino
average rating: 3.85
book published: 2016
rating: 1
read at:
date added: 2017/08/26
shelves: dnf
review:
DNF: The MC has no skills,no job, nothing. She literarily does nothing but fall in crush. Her super power is I kid you not,not dying.She's useless. I just could not anymore.
]]> <![CDATA[Queen of Shadows (Throne of Glass, #4)]]> 18006496
She has embraced her identity as Aelin Galathynius, Queen of Terrasen. But before she can reclaim her throne, she must fight.

She will fight for her cousin, a warrior prepared to die for her. She will fight for her friend, a young man trapped in an unspeakable prison. And she will fight for her people, enslaved to a brutal king and awaiting their lost queen’s triumphant return.

The fourth volume in the New York Times bestselling series continues Celaena’s epic journey and builds to a passionate, agonizing crescendo that might just shatter her world.]]> 648 Sarah J. Maas 1619636042 Ino 3 4.56 2015 Queen of Shadows (Throne of Glass, #4)
author: Sarah J. Maas
name: Ino
average rating: 4.56
book published: 2015
rating: 3
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date added: 2017/05/15
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Manon was as interesting as expected. Cannot wait to see what Elide has brewing! Three cheers for Chaol and Dorian. A good bromance is always welcome. That character assasination of Chaol though. Was it really necessary to ruin Aelin and Rowan's platonic relationship? Waste Nesryn? Even Aedion didn't escape the taming. This book gets 3 stars for Morath.
]]> <![CDATA[The King's Traitor (Kingfountain, #3)]]> 29469165
Ordered to incite war with a neighboring kingdom, Owen discovers its beautiful, reclusive ruler, whose powerful magic might even exceed his own. Together they mount a daring plot to overthrow the corrupt monarch, crown the rightful heir, and defeat the prophesied curse threatening Kingfountain with wintry death. But Severn’s evil is as bottomless as the fabled Deep Fathoms. To keep his ill-gotten throne, he’ll gladly spill the blood of enemies and innocents alike.]]> 384 Jeff Wheeler 1503937720 Ino 5 must-recommend 4.27 2016 The King's Traitor (Kingfountain, #3)
author: Jeff Wheeler
name: Ino
average rating: 4.27
book published: 2016
rating: 5
read at:
date added: 2017/05/14
shelves: must-recommend
review:
Much love to Jeff Wheeler. The way he weaves appropriate emotions into his writing. I missed Ankarette so much! I will always appreciate the way he handles relationships in this series. I'm not sold on Severn's though, it sounded too much like Stockholms syndrome. I always look for reasons to hate Elysabeth ;she's so selfish! She almost hurt Owen .Again. I'm happy it ended this way. Every medieval period book doesn't need to be Game of Thrones. *sideeye* Looking forward to more from Wheeler.
]]> <![CDATA[Heir of Fire (Throne of Glass, #3)]]> 20613470 565 Sarah J. Maas 1619630656 Ino 3 4.47 2014 Heir of Fire (Throne of Glass, #3)
author: Sarah J. Maas
name: Ino
average rating: 4.47
book published: 2014
rating: 3
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Two words;Mary Sue!!! Ugh.After 5 minutes of training we discover that the power was within her all along. Celena was so whiny! I know she's been through it but youse a bad assasin with super powers. Save your people!!! Nah she'd rather drink and open the underworld to cry on Nehemia shoulder.Maas turned Chaol into a hand wringing grandmother. .Not even "raw" magic could save Dorian from being boring. Mannon was the most interesting character and I really don't care about her story.The next book better be worth my time.
]]> <![CDATA[Love, Freedom, Aloneness: The Koan of Relationships]]> 97008
Love can only happen through freedom and in conjunction with a deep respect for ourselves and the other. Is it possible to be alone and not lonely? Where are the boundaries that define "lust" versus "love"...and can lust ever grow into love? In Love, Freedom, Aloneness you will find unique, radical, and intelligent perspectives on these and other essential questions. In our post-ideological world, where old moralities are out of date, we have a golden opportunity to redefine and revitalize the very foundations of our lives. We have the chance to start afresh with ourselves, our relationships to others, and to find fulfillment and success for the individual and for society as a whole.]]> 244 Osho 0312291620 Ino 1 4.14 2001 Love, Freedom, Aloneness: The Koan of Relationships
author: Osho
name: Ino
average rating: 4.14
book published: 2001
rating: 1
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]]> Planetfall (Planetfall, #1) 24237785
Renata Ghali believed in Lee Suh-Mi’s vision of a world far beyond Earth, calling to humanity. A planet promising to reveal the truth about our place in the cosmos, untainted by overpopulation, pollution, and war. Ren believed in that vision enough to give up everything to follow Suh-Mi into the unknown.

More than twenty-two years have passed since Ren and the rest of the faithful braved the starry abyss and established a colony at the base of an enigmatic alien structure where Suh-Mi has since resided, alone. All that time, Ren has worked hard as the colony's 3-D printer engineer, creating the tools necessary for human survival in an alien environment, and harboring a devastating secret.

Ren continues to perpetuate the lie forming the foundation of the colony for the good of her fellow colonists, despite the personal cost. Then a stranger appears, far too young to have been part of the first planetfall, a man who bears a remarkable resemblance to Suh-Mi.

The truth Ren has concealed since planetfall can no longer be hidden. And its revelation might tear the colony apart…]]> 336 Emma Newman Ino 0 to-read 3.70 2015 Planetfall (Planetfall, #1)
author: Emma Newman
name: Ino
average rating: 3.70
book published: 2015
rating: 0
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date added: 2017/03/11
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]]> Where the Red Fern Grows 10365 Billy, Old Dan, and Little Ann—a boy and his two dogs...

A loving threesome, they ranged the dark hills and river bottoms of Cherokee County. Old Dan had the brawn, Little Ann had the brains—and Billy had the will to train them to be the finest hunting team in the valley. Glory and victory were coming to them, but sadness waited too. And close by was the strange and wonderful power that's only found...

Where the Red Fern Grows—An exciting tale of love and adventure you'll never forget.

(from the back cover)]]> 272 Wilson Rawls 0375806814 Ino 2 4.11 1961 Where the Red Fern Grows
author: Wilson Rawls
name: Ino
average rating: 4.11
book published: 1961
rating: 2
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]]> The Joys of Motherhood 210722 224 Buchi Emecheta 043590972X Ino 5 4.15 1979 The Joys of Motherhood
author: Buchi Emecheta
name: Ino
average rating: 4.15
book published: 1979
rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[Things Fall Apart (The African Trilogy, #1)]]> 37781 Things Fall Apart is written with remarkable economy and subtle irony. Uniquely and richly African, at the same time it reveals Achebe's keen awareness of the human qualities common to men of all times and places.]]> 215 Chinua Achebe Ino 5 3.73 1958 Things Fall Apart (The African Trilogy, #1)
author: Chinua Achebe
name: Ino
average rating: 3.73
book published: 1958
rating: 5
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]]> The Great Gatsby 4671 The only edition of the beloved classic that is authorized by Fitzgerald’s family and from his lifelong publisher.

This edition is the enduring original text, updated with the author’s own revisions, a foreword by his granddaughter, and with a new introduction by National Book Award winner Jesmyn Ward.

The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald’s third book, stands as the supreme achievement of his career. First published by Scribner in 1925, this quintessential novel of the Jazz Age has been acclaimed by generations of readers. The story of the mysteriously wealthy Jay Gatsby and his love for the beautiful Daisy Buchanan is an exquisitely crafted tale of America in the 1920s.]]> 180 F. Scott Fitzgerald 0743273567 Ino 5 3.93 1925 The Great Gatsby
author: F. Scott Fitzgerald
name: Ino
average rating: 3.93
book published: 1925
rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1)]]> 2767052
Winning means fame and fortune. Losing means certain death. The Hunger Games have begun. . . .

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

Sixteen-year-old Katniss Everdeen regards it as a death sentence when she steps forward to take her sister's place in the Games. But Katniss has been close to dead before-and survival, for her, is second nature. Without really meaning to, she becomes a contender. But if she is to win, she will have to start making choices that weigh survival against humanity and life against love.]]> 374 Suzanne Collins Ino 5 4.34 2008 The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1)
author: Suzanne Collins
name: Ino
average rating: 4.34
book published: 2008
rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[Carry the Ocean (The Roosevelt, #1)]]> 23110300 Normal is just a setting on the dryer.

High school graduate Jeremey Samson is looking forward to burying his head under the covers and sleeping until it’s time to leave for college. Then a tornado named Emmet Washington enters his life. The double major in math and computer science is handsome, forward, wicked smart, interested in dating Jeremey—and he’s autistic.

But Jeremey doesn’t judge him for that. He’s too busy judging himself, as are his parents, who don’t believe in things like clinical depression. When his untreated illness reaches a critical breaking point, Emmet is the white knight who rescues him and brings him along as a roommate to The Roosevelt, a quirky new assisted living facility nearby.

As Jeremey finds his feet at The Roosevelt, Emmet slowly begins to believe he can be loved for the man he is behind the autism. But before he can trust enough to fall head over heels, he must trust his own conviction that friendship is a healing force, and love can overcome any obstacle.

Warning: Contains characters obsessed with trains and counting, positive representations of autism and mental illness, a very dark moment, and Elwood Blues.]]> 268 Heidi Cullinan Ino 0 to-read 4.34 2015 Carry the Ocean (The Roosevelt, #1)
author: Heidi Cullinan
name: Ino
average rating: 4.34
book published: 2015
rating: 0
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date added: 2015/11/07
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]]> <![CDATA[Compulsion (The Heirs of Watson Island, #1)]]> 20759498 Three plantations. Two wishes. One ancient curse.

All her life, Barrie Watson has been a virtual prisoner in the house where she lives with her shut-in mother. When her mother dies, Barrie promises to put some mileage on her stiletto heels. But she finds a new kind of prison at her aunt’s South Carolina plantation instead—a prison guarded by an ancient spirit who long ago cursed one of the three founding families of Watson Island and gave the others magical gifts that became compulsions.

Stuck with the ghosts of a generations-old feud and hunted by forces she cannot see, Barrie must find a way to break free of the family legacy. With the help of sun-kissed Eight Beaufort, who knows what Barrie wants before she knows herself, the last Watson heir starts to unravel her family's twisted secrets. What she finds is dangerous: a love she never expected, a river that turns to fire at midnight, a gorgeous cousin who isn't what she seems, and very real enemies who want both Eight and Barrie dead.]]> 433 Martina Boone 1481411225 Ino 0 to-read 3.84 2014 Compulsion (The Heirs of Watson Island, #1)
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]]> <![CDATA[Travel Glasses (The Call to Search Everywhen, #1)]]> 24329742
Then she meets Valcas, an otherworldly time traveler who traverses time and space with a pair of altered sunglasses. When an ethereal being knocks Calla to the ground near her family’s lakeside cottage, Valcas uses the Travel Glasses to help her escape. He offers his further protection in exchange for a promise. Intrigued by Valcas and the possibility of time travel, Calla accepts. That is until she learns that his search for her was no mere coincidence.

Calla sets off on her own, taking the Travel Glasses with her. Torn between searching for her estranged father and reuniting with the rest of her family, she tracks down the inventor of the Travel Glasses in hopes of discovering more about Valcas� past and motivations. The Travel Glasses take Calla’s mistrust of technology to all new levels. But without them, she’ll never make it back home. With Valcas hot on her trail, Calla hopes to find what she’s looking for before he catches up.

The Call to Search Everywhen is a serial series of novel-length installments.]]> 239 Chess Desalls Ino 0 to-read 3.74 2014 Travel Glasses (The Call to Search Everywhen, #1)
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]]> Girl at War 23209971
Ten years later Ana is a college student in New York. She's been hiding her past from her boyfriend, her friends, and most especially herself. Haunted by the events that forever changed her family, she returns alone to Croatia, where she must rediscover the place that was once her home and search for the ghosts of those she's lost.]]> 320 Sara Nović 0812996348 Ino 0 to-read 3.99 2015 Girl at War
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]]> <![CDATA[I Work at a Public Library: A Collection of Crazy Stories from the Stacks]]> 19507861 Straight from the library--the strange and bizarre, ready to be checked out!

From a patron's missing wetsuit to the scent of crab cakes wafting through the stacks, I Work at a Public Library showcases the oddities that have come across Gina Sheridan's circulation desk. Throughout these pages, she catalogs her encounters with local eccentrics as well as the questions that plague her, such as, "What is the standard length of eyebrow hairs?" Whether she's helping someone scan his face onto an online dating site or explaining why the library doesn't have any dragon autobiographies, Sheridan's bizarre tales prove that she's truly seen it all.

Stacked high with hundreds of strange-but-true stories, I Work at a Public Library celebrates librarians and the unforgettable patrons that roam the stacks every day.]]> 160 Gina Sheridan 1440576246 Ino 0 to-read 3.72 2014 I Work at a Public Library: A Collection of Crazy Stories from the Stacks
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]]> How to Be a Heroine 17801094
With this discovery, she embarks on a retrospective look at the literary ladies—the characters and the writers—whom she has loved since childhood. From early obsessions with the March sisters to her later idolization of Sylvia Plath, Ellis evaluates how her heroines stack up today. And, just as she excavates the stories of her favorite characters, Ellis also shares a frank, often humorous account of her own life growing up in a tight-knit Iraqi Jewish community in London. Here a life-long reader explores how heroines shape all our lives.]]> 272 Samantha Ellis 0701187514 Ino 0 to-read 3.72 2014 How to Be a Heroine
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]]> Lies We Tell Ourselves 15828079
Sarah Dunbar is one of the first black students to attend the previously all-white Jefferson High School. An honors student at her old school, she is put into remedial classes, spit on and tormented daily.

Linda Hairston is the daughter of one of the town's most vocal opponents of school integration. She has been taught all her life that the races should be kept separate but equal.

Forced to work together on a school project, Sarah and Linda must confront harsh truths about race, power and how they really feel about one another.

Boldly realistic and emotionally compelling, Lies We Tell Ourselves is a brave and stunning novel about finding truth amid the lies, and finding your voice even when others are determined to silence it.]]> 304 Robin Talley Ino 0 to-read 3.98 2014 Lies We Tell Ourselves
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]]> <![CDATA[The Andromeda Strain (Andromeda, #1)]]> 7670
Two years later, seventeen satellites are sent into the outer fringes of space to collect organisms and dust for study. One of them falls to earth, landing in a desolate area of Arizona.

Twelve miles from the landing site, in the town of Piedmont, a shocking discovery is made: the streets are littered with the dead bodies of the town's inhabitants, as if they dropped dead in their tracks.
--back cover]]> 327 Michael Crichton 0060541814 Ino 0 to-read 3.92 1969 The Andromeda Strain (Andromeda, #1)
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]]> <![CDATA[The Monsterjunkies: An American family Odyssey]]> 21524222 172 Erik Daniel Shein 0615990150 Ino 0 to-read 5.00 2014 The Monsterjunkies: An American family Odyssey
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]]> Lagoon 18753656
Told from multiple points of view and crisscrossing narratives, combining everything from superhero comics to Nigerian mythology to tie together a story about a city consuming itself.

‘There was no time to flee. No time to turn. No time to shriek. And there was no pain. It was like being thrown into the stars.’]]> 306 Nnedi Okorafor 1444762753 Ino 0 to-read 3.61 2014 Lagoon
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]]> <![CDATA[The Merlin Prophecy (Avalon High: Coronation, #1)]]> 1456034
Ellie couldn't be happier to have Will in her life, but she's also worried that his estrangement from his parents is tearing him apart. To make matters worse, Will's doubt that he really is King Arthur could prevent the Merlin Prophecy--an age of enlightenment--from occurring. Can Ellie convince Will to believe in something that even she isn't sure about? And more importantly, can she get him to give his parents another chance?

With all the mythology and mysticism of avalon high, Meg Cabot's very first manga is indeed a tale for the ages.]]> 107 Meg Cabot 0061177075 Ino 0 to-read 3.37 2007 The Merlin Prophecy (Avalon High: Coronation, #1)
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]]> <![CDATA[Interlude in Death (In Death, #12.5)]]> 102856 88 J.D. Robb 0425210626 Ino 0 4.24 2001 Interlude in Death (In Death, #12.5)
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average rating: 4.24
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Cool.Fast paced and entertaining....everything a novella should be.
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