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Toen haar jongste zoon 18 werd, viel er een last van haar schouders. In juli 2020 besloot Ester haar verhaal te openbaren op LinkedIn. Het bericht ging viraal en sindsdien grijpt Ester alle podia aan om te spreken en schrijven over huiselijk geweld. Ze wil de schijnwerper erop zetten �� om haar verhaal en de verborgen verhalen van duizenden anderen een stem te geven. In dit boek laat ze zien wat haar vatbaar maakte voor zo’n relatie, hoe ze zichzelf erin verloor en hoe het geweld zelfs na haar scheiding nog vele jaren in allerlei gedaanten doorging. Maar ook hoe ze eruit kwam, opkrabbelde, een fijn leven opbouwde en gelukkig werd.

Met haar verhaal wil Ester anderen aanmoedigen en inspireren. En bovenal omstanders bewust maken. Want iedereen is omstander. Jij bent het probleem is een inspirerend levensverhaal over huiselijk geweld, persoonlijk leiderschap, autonomie en bewustzijn. Verteld van binnenuit. Omdat we zo geneigd zijn van buitenaf te veroordelen. De angst om niet begrepen en veroordeeld te worden is vaak net zo verlammend als het geweld zelf.]]> 380 Ester Wijnen 9493089274 Isa :) 0 currently-reading 0.0
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The last time she did, it was an accident, but The Reestablishment locked her up for murder. No one knows why Juliette’s touch is fatal. As long as she doesn’t hurt anyone else, no one really cares. The world is too busy crumbling to pieces to pay attention to a 17-year-old girl. Diseases are destroying the population, food is hard to find, birds don’t fly anymore, and the clouds are the wrong color.

The Reestablishment said their way was the only way to fix things, so they threw Juliette in a cell. Now so many people are dead that the survivors are whispering war �� and The Reestablishment has changed its mind. Maybe Juliette is more than a tortured soul stuffed into a poisonous body. Maybe she’s exactly what they need right now.

Juliette has to make a choice: Be a weapon. Or be a warrior.]]> 338 Tahereh Mafi 0062085506 Isa :) 3 why does everyone seem to love warner?? he's crazy??]]> 3.72 2011
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why does everyone seem to love warner?? he's crazy??
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Rijders vluchten niet, ze vechten. Maar er komt een storm aan�� en niet iedereen zal die overleven.]]> 688 Rebecca Yarros 9020554115 Isa :) 0 to-read 4.22 2025
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]]> 229143208 92 Gerwin van der Werf 9465039004 Isa :) 4 3.51 2025
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]]> 112974911 The Inheritance Games meets Ocean's Eleven in this cinematic heist thriller where a cutthroat competition brings together the world's best thieves and one thief is playing for the highest stakes of all: her mother's life.

At only seventeen years old, Ross Quest is already a master thief, especially adept at escape plans. Until her plan to run away from her legendary family of thieves takes an unexpected turn, leaving her mother's life hanging in the balance.

In a desperate bid, she enters the Thieves' Gambit, a series of dangerous, international heists where killing the competition isn't exactly off limits, but the grand prize is a wish for anything in the world--a wish that could save her mom. When she learns two of her competitors include her childhood nemesis and a handsome, smooth-talking guy who might also want to steal her heart, winning the Gambit becomes trickier than she imagined.

Ross tries her best to stick to the family creed: trust no one whose last name isn't Quest. But with the stakes this high, Ross will have to decide who to con and who to trust before time runs out. After all, only one of them can win.]]> 384 Kayvion Lewis 0593625366 Isa :) 4 3.86 2023
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]]> 214331246 When you’ve been set up to lose everything you love, what is there left to fight for?

As the day dawns on the fiftieth annual Hunger Games, fear grips the districts of Panem. This year, in honor of the Quarter Quell, twice as many tributes will be taken from their homes.

Back in District 12, Haymitch Abernathy is trying not to think too hard about his chances. All he cares about is making it through the day and being with the girl he loves.

When Haymitch’s name is called, he can feel all his dreams break. He’s torn from his family and his love, shuttled to the Capitol with the three other District 12 tributes: a young friend who’s nearly a sister to him, a compulsive oddsmaker, and the most stuck-up girl in town. As the Games begin, Haymitch understands he’s been set up to fail. But there’s something in him that wants to fight . . . and have that fight reverberate far beyond the deadly arena.]]> 382 Suzanne Collins 1546171460 Isa :) 0 to-read 4.68 2025
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Ook met Rinke, die al langer weet dat er ‘iets�� met Lenneke is. En dat het hele dorp dat ook weet, vindt, of voelt. Terwijl opa, de dader, zijn leven weer oppakt na zijn veroordeling, wordt Lenneke door het dorp gemeden. Hoe kan dat?

Dat is de vraag waar Rinke Verkerk, inmiddels journalist, twintig jaar later wakker van ligt. Ze zoekt contact met Lenneke en reconstrueert haar verhaal. En dat van haar familie, haar omgeving en andere betrokkenen.

In Het hele dorp wist het laat Rinke zien dat er bij seksueel kindermisbruik altijd drie partijen zijn: de dader, het slachtoffer én de omstanders. En dat we de menselijke neiging om weg te kijken bij kindermisbruik kunnen doorbreken.

Hard nodig, want in iedere groep acht zit gemiddeld één Lenneke.]]> 279 Rinke Verkerk 9493254607 Isa :) 0 to-read 4.35 2024
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]]> 17617983 Het duivelskind vertelt bestsellerauteur Maria Genova het schokkende levensverhaal van Angel van der Vecht. Dit nieuwe boek behandelt twee zeer actuele thema's: kindermisbruik en jeugdzorg. Het meisje Angel groeit op in een benauwend milieu. Langzaam maar zeker raken haar ouders ervan overtuigd dat Angel een 'duivelskind' is. Om haar te 'genezen' beginnen ze Angel te mishandelen en te misbruiken. Via Angels school wordt jeugdzorg ingeschakeld. Maar omdat men niet ingrijpt wanen haar ouders zich onaantastbaar. Onder de ogen van een gezinsvoogd en een maatschappelijk werkster gaan de mishandelingen, de vernederingen en het misbruik onverminderd door. Wanneer jaren later het misbruik naar buiten dreigt te komen besluit haar vader een einde aan Angels leven te maken...

'Als ze de badkamer instapt, ziet Angel haar vader met een groot keukenmes en een hoop pillen. Hij zet het mes op haar keel. 'Vandaag is het zo ver,' zegt haar vader. Een brede grijns verschijnt op zijn gezicht. 'Jij pleegt zelfmoord. En ik heb een alibi, want je hebt zelf opgeschreven dat je dood wilt. Iedereen zal geloven dat je zelfmoord hebt gepleegd.' Falende jeugdzorg, foute ouders en omstanders die hun ogen sluiten... In Het duivelskind overtreft de ontstellende werkelijkheid de meest gruwelijke fictie.]]> 224 Maria Genova 9089752390 Isa :) 0 3.87 2013
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Marleen (alias van Rowena) en Ruby zijn gelukkig getrouwd en hebben een dochtertje. Na een traumatische jeugd werkt Marleen nu als ervaringsdeskundige in de jeugdbescherming, waar ze haar ervaringen inzet om anderen te kunnen ondersteunen. Maar ze heeft nooit iemand de details over haar verleden toevertrouwd, zelfs haar vrouw niet. Als een collega haar een filmpje laat zien van een mishandeld kind, raakt ze emotioneel uit balans. Op aandringen van Ruby geeft ze eindelijk wat meer prijs over haar jeugd, maar erover praten kan ze in plaats daarvan geeft Marleen Ruby haar oude dagboeken.

Verleden en heden worden met elkaar verbonden door aangrijpende dagboekfragmenten en gedichten van Marleen als jong meisje, en de impact van haar ervaringen op het hier en nu. Omdat haar biologische moeder niet voor haar zorgde, werd ze als baby uit huis geplaatst en groeide ze op in een pleeggezin. Daar had ze het ruim tien jaar lang goed, maar toen het huwelijk van haar pleegouders strandde, bleef ze alleen achter met haar pleegmoeder, die te veel dronk en haar frustraties afreageerde op Marleen. Na een periode van ernstige mishandeling, die onopgemerkt bleef door haar omgeving en zorginstanties, forceerde ze op haar veertiende een uithuisplaatsing, waarna tientallen verhuizingen volgden, van instelling naar instelling. Pas jaren later, toen ze Ruby ontmoette, vond ze weer een plek die ze thuis durfde te noemen.

Hoewel Marleen haar leven inmiddels op de rit heeft, zijn de gevolgen van haar jeugd nog altijd aanwezig. In Wegwerpkind lees je hoe ze de confrontatie met haar demonen aangaat en voor het eerst in al die jaren rouwt om wat ze is kwijtgeraakt.

In de pers

‘Ooit was ze ondervoed en verwaarloosd, nu heeft Rowena huisje-boompje-beestje. “Ik sta nog, dus ik doe kennelijk iets goed.”�� RTL Nieuws]]> 286 Rowena Verstraeten Isa :) 0 4.16
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]]> 42603984
Welcome to Niveus Private Academy, where money paves the hallways, and the students are never less than perfect. Until now. Because anonymous texter, Aces, is bringing two students' dark secrets to light.

Talented musician Devon buries himself in rehearsals, but he can't escape the spotlight when his private photos go public. Head girl Chiamaka isn't afraid to get what she wants, but soon everyone will know the price she has paid for power.

Someone is out to get them both. Someone who holds all the aces. And they're planning much more than a high-school game...]]> 470 Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé 1474967531 Isa :) 4 4,5�� 4.15 2021
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]]> 42605338 Ik wil met je mee! is het hartverwarmende en grappige verhaal over de vraag of er in de liefde ooit het juiste moment is.

Wanneer Mimi voor het eerst haar vaders nieuwe huis in de Cotswolds bezoekt, raakt ze verliefd op het dorp en de mensen die er wonen, allen met hun eigen sores en gekkigheden. Vooral met Cal heeft ze meteen een klik. En nog iets meer. Hij is gastvrij, charismatisch, en gewoonweg té knap. En hij is gelukkig getrouwd met Stacey en heeft een dochter.
Dan wordt de dorpsgemeenschap getroffen door een tragedie. Hierna volgt een reeks van onverwachte wendingen. Het pad van Mimi en Cal zal steeds opnieuw kruisen �� maar zal het ooit het juiste moment voor hen beiden zijn?]]> 320 Jill Mansell 9024583780 Isa :) 4 3.76 2019
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]]> 10788787 141 Maren Stoffels 902584989X Isa :) 3 nostalgie 2 3.43 2006
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]]> 8081280 Zeer tegen haar zin gaat Sofie met haar ouders mee op vakantie naar Frankrijk. Nu kan ze haar geheime vriend Tygo drie weken lang niet zien. Sofie voelt zich alleen en ellendig tussen de mooie meiden die daar rondlopen. Maar tot haar stomme verbazing heeft Floor, type fotomodel, ook nog hersens in haar hoofd en worden ze beste vriendinnen.
Na de vakantie mailt Sofie Floor over het pesten in haar nieuwe klas en de problemen met Tygo. Floor weet altijd raad. Maar kan Sofie Floor ook helpen met haar eetprobleem?]]> 143 Maren Stoffels 902584894X Isa :) 3 nostalgie! 3.40 2005
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]]> 60772880 De week dat Mot een duikboot vond, begon redelijk normaal. Dat was niet zo gek. Er moest nog heel wat gebeuren voor haar grote vondst. Ze had nog niet eens een magneet.

Mot heet eigenlijk Vlinder. Maar zo noemt alleen haar moeder haar nog. Die wil het liefst een opgeruimd, luchtig kind in een jurkje. Mot is zo niet. Mot houdt van zwarte kleren en van de oude, rommelige stad waarin ze opgroeit. Uit opstandigheid koopt ze van haar spaargeld een magneet om mee te vissen in het oude kanaal. Ze vindt een kleine, roestige duikboot. Die duikboot is het begin van een groots avontuur, waarbij Mot de punk-acrobaten van De Werf ontmoet, ze het tegen een machtige miljardair opneemt en ze haar moeder beter leert kennen.

Het verhaal speelt zich net niet in onze wereld af, Mots stad is wat roestiger en ouder. Het is een dik avonturenboek geworden, een jeugdroman noemt de uitgeverij het mooi. Over jezelf zijn, over de rafelrandjes van een stad en over hoe moeders en dochters elkaar soms in de weg zitten.]]> 336 Sanne Rooseboom Isa :) 0 to-read 4.46 2022
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]]> 34684344 Over geheimzinnige zeewezens en woeste piraten. Over het Zwarte Huis van de Admiraal, waarvan ze zeggen dat er een monster woont. Over een grijze vuurtoren op een eiland dat nog net vastzit aan het vaste land. Over Lampje, de dochter van de vuurtorenwachter, die iedere avond de eenenzestig treden beklimt om het licht aan te steken. Over een stormachtige avond, waarop de lucifers op zijn en alles misgaat.
Maar vooral over dapper zijn en meer kunnen dan je ooit had gedacht.]]> 328 Annet Schaap 9045120372 Isa :) 0 to-read 4.46 2014
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]]> 133287123 This is not life, this is law��

Tessa Ensler loves her job. She’s worked her way up to being a top criminal defense barrister against all the odds, and fights to defend those pleading not guilty. Tessa believes in the law, believes in the system. Her quick-witted cross-examinations and intelligence in the courtroom see her clocking up win after win - including securing freedom for men accused of rape and sexual assault. Innocence until proven guilty is, after all, the bedrock of a civilized society.

But when Tessa is raped by a coworker, she struggles to find the strength to bring him to justice in the face of the barriers and opposition within that same system. Determined to have her day in court, Tessa is forced to confront the stark reality that the law was not written for victims, and that she is the one on trial. She fights on, even as her evidence is manipulated to make her look like a liar, even while she is retraumatized in the stand.

Based on the Olivier and Tony Award-winning play, Suzie Miller’s Prima Facie is an unforgettable story of what happens when a victim is asked to navigate a system that is not set up to accommodate the lived experience of sexual assault survivors.]]> 288 Suzie Miller 1250292204 Isa :) 0 to-read 4.35 2018
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]]> 37560076
Joe’s broer wacht al tien jaar zijn doodstraf af in een gevangenis in Texas, mijlenver van Joe en de rest van hun disfunctionele gezin. Maar wanneer de executiedatum vastgesteld wordt, is Joe vastbesloten om die laatste weken met zijn oudere broer door te brengen. Zonder geld of back-up vertrekt Joe naar de laatste ontmoeting met zijn broer. Maar terwijl het aftellen begint, ontstaat er ook weer nieuwe hoop.

Nieuwe maan is een indrukwekkende roman in vrije versvorm over een jongen die afstevent op grote levensvragen: Hoeveel is je leven waard? Wat ben je bereid te vergeven? En hoe neem je voor altijd afscheid?]]> 386 Sarah Crossan 9020608649 Isa :) 4 4,5 4.05 2017
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]]> 25062103
Bij de douane gaan we in de rij staan,
Nerveus. In gedachten oefenen we het Engels:
Yes-thank-you-officer.
Ik weet dat ik niet thuis ben
Als praten me buikpijn bezorgt
En ik mijn woorden moet oefenen
Als de tekst van een toneelstuk
Voordat ik mijn mond opendoe.]]> 224 Sarah Crossan 9020629832 Isa :) 4 3.46 2012
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]]> 36399042
Autumn raakt per ongeluk ingesloten in een bibliotheek. Ze verwacht dat haar vriendinnen of haar bijna-vriendje haar wel komen redden. Als dat niet gebeurt, dringt de realiteit zich op: hoe moet ze een lang weekend overleven in de bibliotheek? Dan blijkt dat ze niet alleen is: Dax, een jongen van school, heeft zich bewust laten insluiten in het gebouw…]]> 256 Kasie West 9025874010 Isa :) 5 favorites 3.72 2017
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stiekem wel een favorietje van mij, 4,5��
]]> 196253792 "How about making a bargain with me?" said the demon. "I'll break your spell if you agree to break this contract I'm under."

In the land of Ingary, where seven-league boots and cloaks of invisibility really exist, Sophie Hatter attracts the unwelcome attention of the Witch of the Waste, who puts a curse on her. Determined to make the best of things, Sophie travels to the one place where she might get help �� the moving castle which hovers on the nearby hills.

But the castle belongs to the dreaded Wizard Howl, whose appetite, they say, is satisfied only by the hearts of young girls . . .]]> 302 Diana Wynne Jones 0007299265 Isa :) 0 to-read 4.12 1986
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]]> 180275898
Terwijl Ruby worstelt om ondanks alles haar diploma te halen, dreigt James opnieuw te bezwijken onder de verplichtingen van zijn veeleisende familie. Is er nog een kans op een lang en gelukkig leven samen? Of worden ze elkaars ondergang?]]> 336 Mona Kasten 9022598071 Isa :) 3 3.75 2018
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]]> 31040255
Sarah Crossan combineert in Een een vrije versvorm met een prachtig verhaal over identiteit en verbondenheid. Het aangrijpende verhaal en de intuïtieve stijl maken Een tot een toegankelijk en adembenemend boek. Een stijl die je zal overrompelen en een verhaal dat je hart in tweeën breekt.

Fragment

����é:
Tippi en ik vallen in de categorie
ischiopagus tripus.
We hebben
twee hoofden,
twee harten,
twee stel longen en nieren.
We hebben ook vier armen,
En één stel volledig functionerende benen
sinds het derde dunne beentje
gecoupeerd is
als de staart
van een tentoonstellingshond.
Onze ingewanden beginnen
apart
en vloeien dan samen.
En van onderen zijn we
éé��.
Het klinkt misschien als gevangenisstraf,
maar wij hebben het beter dan anderen die met de hoofden of harten
aan elkaar zitten
of samen maar twee armen hebben.
Echt, het valt best mee.]]> 434 Sarah Crossan 902060841X Isa :) 0 4.13 2015
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]]> 28686840 every possibility life has to offer. In that moment, I know the part I want to play here at MVB High. I want to be the girl who can do anything. 

Everyone thinks they know Jack Masselin, too. Yes, he's got swagger, but he's also mastered the impossible art of giving people what they want, of fitting in. What no one knows is that Jack has a newly acquired secret: he can't recognize faces. Even his own brothers are strangers to him. He's the guy who can re-engineer and rebuild anything, but he can't understand what's going on with the inner workings of his brain. So he tells himself to play it cool: Be charming. Be hilarious. Don't get too close to anyone.

Until he meets Libby. When the two get tangled up in a cruel high school game—which lands them in group counseling and community service—Libby and Jack are both pissed, and then surprised. Because the more time they spend together, the less alone they feel. Because sometimes when you meet someone, it changes the world, theirs and yours.]]> 391 Jennifer Niven 0385755929 Isa :) 0 3.66 2016
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]]> 181356372
A REASON TO LIVE.

Still grieving the death of her best friend, Erin knows she needs to start living - but has no idea how.
Then she loses her favourite book, a heavily annotated copy of To Kill A Mockingbird containing her friend's last gift.

A REASON TO LOVE.

When James finds Erin's note-filled book in his local community bookshelf, it sparks a life-changing conversation. He writes his own message for her to find, inviting her to meet him in the margins of Great Expectations . As the book exchange continues, they both begin to open up . . . and perhaps fall in love.

A REASON TO FORGIVE?

But Erin and James have a shared history that neither of them has guessed. How will Erin react when she discovers that the other writer isn't a stranger at all - but the person she swore she'd never forgive?

Funny, heartwarming and romantic, THE BOOK SWAP is story of second chances and new beginnings. It is also a heartfelt love letter to books and the power of reading.]]> 336 Tessa Bickers 1399706063 Isa :) 0 to-read 3.88 2024
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]]> 220255008 From the international bestselling author of The Pumpkin Spice Café and The Cinnamon Bun Book Store, comes the highly anticipated Dream Harbor romance for 2025!

A wedding in Dream Harbor can only mean one thing, everyone wants to get involved!

With Jeanie and Logan set to tie the knot, and Kira desperate to hire out her newly renovated barn at the Christmas tree farm, everything seems to be going well. Annie has agreed to bake the cake, and Mac is responsible for, well�� just being Mac. And as the whole of Dream Harbor comes together to celebrate the wedding of the year with the snow falling around them, can Annie and Mac put aside their dislike for each just long enough for the ‘I Do’s�� or is that one request too far��

The Gingerbread Bakery is a cozy romantic novel with an enemies to lovers dynamic, small-town setting and a HEA guaranteed!

Tropes:

�� enemies to lovers
�� found family
�� small town
�� forced proximity]]> 384 Laurie Gilmore 0008728097 Isa :) 0 to-read 3.98 2025
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]]> 58713391 One summer. Two rivals. A plot twist they didn't see coming...

Nora is a cut-throat literary agent at the top of her game. Her whole life is books.

Charlie is an editor with a gift for creating bestsellers. And he's Nora's work nemesis.

Nora has been through enough break-ups to know she's the woman men date before they find their happy-ever-after. That's why Nora's sister has persuaded her to swap her desk in the city for a month's holiday in Sunshine Falls, North Carolina. It's a small town straight out of a romance novel, but instead of meeting sexy lumberjacks, handsome doctors or cute bartenders, Nora keeps bumping into...Charlie.

She's no heroine. He's no hero. So can they take a page out of an entirely different book?]]> 377 Emily Henry 0241995345 Isa :) 4 4.05 2022
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]]> 139391940 A spicy small-town romance and TikTok phenomenon, perfect for fans of Hannah Grace and Stephanie Archer.

When Jeanie's aunt gifts her the beloved Pumpkin Spice Café in the small town of Dream Harbor, Jeanie jumps at the chance for a fresh start away from her very dull desk job.

Logan is a local farmer who avoids Dream Harbor's gossip at all costs. But Jeanie's arrival disrupts Logan's routine and he wants nothing to do with the irritatingly upbeat new girl, except that he finds himself inexplicably drawn to her.

Will Jeanie's happy-go-lucky attitude win over the grumpy-but-gorgeous Logan, or has this city girl found the one person in town who won't fall for her charm, or her pumpkin spice lattes��

The Pumpkin Spice Café is a cozy romantic mystery for fans of Gilmore Girls, with a grumpy x sunshine dynamic, a small-town setting and a HEA guaranteed!

Tropes:

�� grumpy x sunshine
�� small town
�� found family
�� spicy]]> 373 Laurie Gilmore 0008610665 Isa :) 4 3.36 2023
author: Laurie Gilmore
name: Isa :)
average rating: 3.36
book published: 2023
rating: 4
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]]> 209220931
Jimmy Kaga-Ricci owes everything to The Ark. He’s their frontman �� and playing in a band with his mates is all he ever dreamed of doing.

But dreams don’t always turn out the way you think and when Jimmy and Angel are unexpectedly thrust together, they find out how strange and surprising facing up to reality can be.

A funny, wise, and heartbreakingly true coming of age novel. I Was Born for This is a stunning reflection of modern teenage life, and the power of believing in something �� especially yourself.]]> 432 Alice Oseman 000865929X Isa :) 4 3.90 2018
author: Alice Oseman
name: Isa :)
average rating: 3.90
book published: 2018
rating: 4
read at: 2025/01/10
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]]> 11409124
The Weight of Water is a startlingly original piece of fiction. A brilliant coming-of-age story, it also tackles the alienation experienced by many young immigrants. Moving, unsentimental, and utterly page-turning, we meet and share the experiences of a remarkable girl who shows us how quiet courage prevails.]]> 240 Sarah Crossan 1408824647 Isa :) 0 to-read 3.78 2012
author: Sarah Crossan
name: Isa :)
average rating: 3.78
book published: 2012
rating: 0
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]]> 41216383
I am not who I say I am,
and Marla isn't who she thinks she is.

I am a girl trying to forget.
She is a woman trying to remember.

Allison has run away from home, and with nowhere to live, finds herself hiding out in the shed of what she thinks is an abandoned house. But the house isn't empty. An elderly woman named Marla, with dementia, lives there �� and she mistakes Allison for an old friend from her past called Toffee.

Allison is used to hiding who she really is, and trying to be what other people want her to be. And so, Toffee is who she becomes. After all, it means she has a place to stay. There are worse places she could be.

But as their bond grows, and Allison discovers how much Marla needs a real friend, she begins to ask herself - where is home? What is a family? And most importantly, who am I, really?]]> 416 Sarah Crossan 1408868121 Isa :) 5 4.01 2019
author: Sarah Crossan
name: Isa :)
average rating: 4.01
book published: 2019
rating: 5
read at: 2025/01/09
date added: 2025/01/09
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]]> 59756578 555 Marissa Meyer 9463493263 Isa :) 4 ok crazy... 3.84 2021
author: Marissa Meyer
name: Isa :)
average rating: 3.84
book published: 2021
rating: 4
read at: 2025/01/08
date added: 2025/01/08
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ok crazy...
]]> 210192818 Intieme portretten van tbs-patiënten.

In Wat ging er in ze om duikt journalist en podcastmaker Tom Veldhuijzen in de verhalen van patiënten in de tbs-kliniek die hij maar niet los kan laten. Elk jaar legt de rechter zo’n tweehonderd keer tbs op. Voor slachtoffers en nabestaanden is geen straf hoog genoeg, maar volgens ons rechtssysteem verdient elke tbs’er een tweede kans. Journalist Tom Veldhuijzen zag jarenlang alle grote tbs-klinieken vanbinnen en -buiten voor zijn podcast. Daders blijken ook slachtoffers en krantenkoppen veranderden in echte mensen met een eigen verhaal. Toch blijft Veldhuijzen zich continu afvragen wat er nu echt in iemands hoofd omgaat voor, tijdens en na het plegen van een delict. De ergste misdaden staan niet zo ver van je af als je denkt…]]> 271 Tom Veldhuijzen 9021047063 Isa :) 0 to-read 3.93
author: Tom Veldhuijzen
name: Isa :)
average rating: 3.93
book published:
rating: 0
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]]> 13541056
Innocent blood has been spilled on the steps of the Council Hall, the sacred stronghold of the Shadowhunters. In the wake of the tragic death of Livia Blackthorn, the Clave teeters on the brink of civil war. One fragment of the Blackthorn family flees to Los Angeles, seeking to discover the source of the disease that is destroying the race of warlocks. Meanwhile, Julian and Emma take desperate measures to put their forbidden love aside and undertake a perilous mission to Faerie to retrieve the Black Volume of the Dead. What they find in the Courts is a secret that may tear the Shadow World asunder and open a dark path into a future they could never have imagined. Caught in a race against time, Emma and Julian must save the world of Shadowhunters before the deadly power of the parabatai curse destroys them and everyone they love.]]> 893 Cassandra Clare 1442468459 Isa :) 0 to-read 4.32 2018
author: Cassandra Clare
name: Isa :)
average rating: 4.32
book published: 2018
rating: 0
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]]> 35272619
Heb je ooit een brief geschreven maar deze nooit verzonden? Je bent niet de enige.

In 2015 startte de 15-jarige Emily Trunko de Tumblr-pagina waar mensen anoniem hun niet-verzonden brieven konden uploaden. Binnen een paar maanden ontving de pagina meer dan 65.000 anonieme brieven.

In Aan mijn lieve... staat een verzameling van de mooiste brieven van de Tumblr-pagina, mét nieuwe berichtjes die niet eerder geplaatst zijn. Het boek is volledig geïllustreerd door Nanda Broekhuizen van Sunflower Sunshine.]]> 292 Emily Trunko Isa :) 0 currently-reading 4.10 2016
author: Emily Trunko
name: Isa :)
average rating: 4.10
book published: 2016
rating: 0
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]]> 18587588 621 Donna Tartt 9023484045 Isa :) 3 3,5�� 3.90 1992
author: Donna Tartt
name: Isa :)
average rating: 3.90
book published: 1992
rating: 3
read at: 2024/12/29
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3,5��
]]> 33296325 A renowned psychiatrist reveals how trauma affects children--and outlines the path to recoveryHow does trauma affect a child's mind--and how can that mind recover? In the classic The Boy Who Was Raised as a Dog, Dr. Perry explains what happens to the brains of children exposed to extreme stress and shares their lessons of courage, humanity, and hope. Only when we understand the science of the mind and the power of love and nurturing, can we hope to heal the spirit of even the most wounded child.]]> 417 Bruce D. Perry 0465094457 Isa :) 4 4.59 2007
author: Bruce D. Perry
name: Isa :)
average rating: 4.59
book published: 2007
rating: 4
read at: 2024/12/22
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i originally had to read this for school but i'm really glad i read it! It was super interesting and i learned a lot!!
]]> 58724940 engaged. A royal wedding is on the horizon! Izumi’s life is a Tokyo dream come true.

Only...

Her parents�� engagement hits a brick wall. The Imperial Household Council refuses to approve the marriage citing concerns about Izumi and her mother’s lack of pedigree. And on top of it all, her bodyguard turned boyfriend makes a shocking decision about their relationship. At the threat of everything falling apart, Izumi vows to do whatever it takes to help win over the council. Which means upping her newly acquired princess game.

But at what cost? Izumi will do anything to help her parents achieve their happily ever after, but what if playing the perfect princess means sacrificing her own? Will she find a way to forge her own path and follow her heart?

Return to Tokyo for a royal wedding in Emiko Jean's Tokyo Dreaming, the sequel to the Reese Witherspoon Book Club Pick and New York Times bestseller Tokyo Ever After]]> 336 Emiko Jean 125076663X Isa :) 3 3.70 2022
author: Emiko Jean
name: Isa :)
average rating: 3.70
book published: 2022
rating: 3
read at: 2024/12/16
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-1 star because eriku was the better choice!!!
]]> 201055456 The newest mystery from the author One of Us Is Lying, the Queen of thrillers, Karen M. McManus! When mother-daughter grifters set out on their final job, the heist gets deadly and dangerously personal.

For all of Kat’s life, it’s just been her and her mother, Jamie—except for the forty-eight hours when Jamie was married and Kat had a stepbrother, Liam. That all ended in an epic divorce, and Kat and Liam haven’t spoken since.

Now Jamie is a jewel thief trying to go straight, but she has one last job—at billionaire Ross Sutherland’s birthday party. And Kat has figured out a way to tag along. What Kat doesn’t know, though, is that there are two surprise guests at the dazzling Sutherland compound that weekend. The last two people she wants to run into. Liam and his father—a serial scammer who has his sights set on Ross Sutherland’s youngest daughter.

Kat and Liam are on a collision course to disaster, and when a Sutherland dies, they realize they might actually be in the killer’s crosshairs themselves. Somehow Kat and Liam are the new targets, and they can’t trust anyone—except each other.

Or can they? Because if there’s one thing both Kat and Liam know, it’s how to lie. They learned from the best.]]> 320 Karen M. McManus 0241676983 Isa :) 0 to-read 3.72 2024
author: Karen M. McManus
name: Isa :)
average rating: 3.72
book published: 2024
rating: 0
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]]> 40961230
An instant international bestseller and indie bestseller, The Travelling Cat Chronicles has charmed readers around the world. With simple yet descriptive prose, this novel gives voice to Nana the cat and his owner, Satoru, as they take to the road on a journey with no other purpose than to visit three of Satoru's longtime friends. Or so Nana is led to believe...

With his crooked tail—a sign of good fortune—and adventurous spirit, Nana is the perfect companion for the man who took him in as a stray. And as they travel in a silver van across Japan, with its ever-changing scenery and seasons, they will learn the true meaning of courage and gratitude, of loyalty and love.]]> 281 Hiro Arikawa 0735235244 Isa :) 4 *crying* 4.35 2012
author: Hiro Arikawa
name: Isa :)
average rating: 4.35
book published: 2012
rating: 4
read at: 2024/12/07
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*crying*
]]> 58274270 304 Kristina Forest 9025878105 Isa :) 3 3.38 2019
author: Kristina Forest
name: Isa :)
average rating: 3.38
book published: 2019
rating: 3
read at: 2024/12/03
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]]> 209794918 De kat van Takashi Hiraide

Op een avond hoort Mayumi Inaba plotseling gemiauw. Ze stuit op een eenzame kitten. Hoewel beiden het nog niet weten, zal deze ontmoeting hun leven voorgoed veranderen. Het katje, genaamd Mii, wordt Mayumi’s onafscheidelijke metgezel. Ze spelen samen, bewonderen de lichtjes van Tokio en delen moeilijke momenten in het leven van Mayumi, zoals het verlies van haar baan en de mislukking van haar huwelijk. Mii blijft door alle levensfases trouw aan Mayumi’s zijde.

Ochtenden in Tokio vertelt het hele leven van Mii, en is doorspekt met gedachten, herinneringen en gedichten van de auteur. Het is een mooi, ingetogen verhaal, vol dankbaarheid, nostalgie en liefde.


]]> 208 Mayumi Inaba 9402322639 Isa :) 4 3.52 1999
author: Mayumi Inaba
name: Isa :)
average rating: 3.52
book published: 1999
rating: 4
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date added: 2024/11/30
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]]> 50887666
YOU ARE GOING TO DIE.

1939. Nazi Germany. The country is holding its breath. Death has never been busier.

Liesel, a nine-year-old girl, is living with her foster family on Himmel Street. Her parents have been taken away to a concentration camp. Liesel steals books. This is her story and the story of the inhabitants of her street when the bombs begin to fall.

SOME MORE IMPORTANT INFORMATION:

THIS NOVEL IS NARRATED BY DEATH.

It's a small story, about:
a girl
an accordionist
some fanatical Germans
a Jewish fistfighter
and quite a lot of thievery.

ANOTHER THING YOU SHOULD KNOW:

DEATH WILL VISIT THE BOOK THIEF THREE TIMES.]]> 552 Markus Zusak 9044353292 Isa :) 4 4,5�� 4.32 2005
author: Markus Zusak
name: Isa :)
average rating: 4.32
book published: 2005
rating: 4
read at: 2024/11/28
date added: 2024/11/28
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4,5��
]]> 182484360
Lights. Camera. Lies.

18-year-old Bel has lived her whole life in the shadow of her mom’s mysterious disappearance. Sixteen years ago, Rachel Price vanished and young Bel was the only witness, but she has no memory of it. Rachel is gone, long presumed dead, and Bel wishes everyone would just move on.

But the case is dragged up from the past when the Price family agree to a true crime documentary. Bel can’t wait for filming to end, for life to go back to normal. And then the impossible happens. Rachel Price reappears, and life will never be normal again.

Rachel has an unbelievable story about what happened to her. Unbelievable, because Bel isn’t sure it’s real. If Rachel is lying, then where has she been all this time? And �� could she be dangerous? With the cameras still rolling, Bel must uncover the truth about her mother, and find out why Rachel Price really came back from the dead . . .

From world-renowned author Holly Jackson comes a mind-blowing masterpiece about one girl’s search for the truth, and the terror in finding out who your family really is.]]> 448 Holly Jackson 0593374207 Isa :) 4 4,5�� 4.09 2024
author: Holly Jackson
name: Isa :)
average rating: 4.09
book published: 2024
rating: 4
read at: 2024/11/17
date added: 2024/11/17
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4,5��
]]> 187658918
Zo betoverend als de woorden van meestertaalkunstenaar Marco Kunst zijn de beelden van Jeska Verstegen, die je het verhaal van Ylan en Kyra in lokken om je nooit meer los te laten.]]> 156 Marco Kunst 9047714938 Isa :) 4 3.82 2023
author: Marco Kunst
name: Isa :)
average rating: 3.82
book published: 2023
rating: 4
read at: 2024/11/14
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]]> 156704712
Ruby had nooit verwacht dat ze verliefd zou worden op James Beaufort, de schatrijke, ogenschijnlijk onbereikbare erfgenaam van het Beaufort herenmode-imperium. Maar onder zijn arrogantie bleek een heel andere James te zitten: een gevoelige jongen vol dromen, die perfect bij Ruby leek te passen�� tot hij haar voor de ogen van iedereen liet vallen. Ruby is er kapot van. Nog nooit heeft ze zulke intense gevoelens voor iemand gehad en nog nooit is ze zo diep gekwetst. Ze wil haar oude leven terug, toen ze nog niemand kende op Maxton Hall en geen deel uitmaakte van de elitaire en verdorven wereld van haar klasgenoten. Maar ze kan James niet vergeten. Ze leven in compleet andere werelden, maar wat als ze toch voor elkaar zijn voorbestemd?]]> 335 Mona Kasten 9022598055 Isa :) 4 3.77 2018
author: Mona Kasten
name: Isa :)
average rating: 3.77
book published: 2018
rating: 4
read at: 2024/11/11
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better than the first one! the angst was so good!!! i also loved reading lydia's pov :)
]]> 55922368 464 Jenny Colgan 9024591856 Isa :) 4 cute! 3.73 2011
author: Jenny Colgan
name: Isa :)
average rating: 3.73
book published: 2011
rating: 4
read at: 2024/11/10
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cute!
]]> 65652420
Veiligheid en vertrouwen bieden is daarvoor cruciaal en daar komt veel meer bij kijken dan vaak wordt gedacht. De verhalen van de twaalf voormalige slachtoffers en plegers die in dit boek hun moed tonen laten zien wat voor echte verbinding nodig is. Ook leren zij de lezer bijvoorbeeld:

· Hoe intergenerationele patronen doorwerken
· Welke gespreksvaardigheden wanneer nodig zijn
· Hoe moeilijk het is bij je gevoel te komen als je jarenlang vernederd bent

Naast voormalige slachtoffers en plegers geven ook in trauma gespecialiseerde professionals hierover adviezen, bedoeld voor alle hulpverleners die met geweld te maken kunnen krijgen; sociaal werkers, psychiaters, psychologen, huisartsen, verpleegkundigen en verzorgenden. Bovenal is dit boek bedoeld als inspiratie om de hele mens te kunnen zien, met al zijn of haar angst, eenzaamheid, woede en verdriet, én alle talenten en veerkracht.]]> 298 Hameeda Lakho 9036828279 Isa :) 0 to-read 3.50 2022
author: Hameeda Lakho
name: Isa :)
average rating: 3.50
book published: 2022
rating: 0
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]]> 61718053
They broke up six months ago. And still haven’t told their best friends.

Which is how they find themselves sharing the largest bedroom at the Maine cottage that has been their friend group’s yearly getaway for the last decade. Their annual respite from the world, where for one vibrant, blue week they leave behind their daily lives; have copious amounts of cheese, wine, and seafood; and soak up the salty coastal air with the people who understand them most.

Only this year, Harriet and Wyn are lying through their teeth while trying not to notice how desperately they still want each other. Because the cottage is for sale and this is the last week they’ll all have together in this place. They can’t stand to break their friends�� hearts, and so they’ll play their parts. Harriet will be the driven surgical resident who never starts a fight, and Wyn will be the laid-back charmer who never lets the cracks show. It’s a flawless plan (if you look at it from a great distance and through a pair of sunscreen-smeared sunglasses). After years of being in love, how hard can it be to fake it for one week�� in front of those who know you best?

A couple who broke up months ago make a pact to pretend to still be together for their annual weeklong vacation with their best friends in this glittering and wise new novel from #1 New York Times bestselling author Emily Henry.]]> 400 Emily Henry 0593441273 Isa :) 0 to-read 3.95 2023
author: Emily Henry
name: Isa :)
average rating: 3.95
book published: 2023
rating: 0
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]]> 43462062
Als nieuwsgierige keukenhulp is de zeventienjarige Simran op de hoogte van de meest kleurrijke verhalen en de smerigste roddels die er in het paleis van de maharadja de ronde doen. Toch is er slechts één verhaal dat zowel haar als de rest van de bevolking van Suryan in de ban houdt: de mysterieuze verdwijning van de kroonprins.

Twintig jaar na de verdwijning van de Suryaanse kroonprins, verschijnt er een prins uit het koude en verre Fengart bij het paleis die beweert dat hij de kroonprins terug kan vinden. Simrans verbazing is groot wanneer hij haar om een gunst vraagt die haar hele leven kan veranderen. Ze snakt er al haar hele leven naar om de wereld buiten het paleis te ontdekken, maar kan ze deze prins wel vertrouwen? Of zijn zijn plannen helemaal niet zo nobel als ze lijken?]]> 394 Rima Orie 9048846935 Isa :) 4 3.83 2019
author: Rima Orie
name: Isa :)
average rating: 3.83
book published: 2019
rating: 4
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date added: 2024/10/31
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ben zooo invested in rima orie's verhalen, hou ervan!!
]]> 23204203 Penryn heeft haar zusje bevrijd uit de gruwelkelder van het engelenhoofdkwartier. Maar Paige is veranderd in een monster �� met bloederige gevolgen. Paige vlucht. De mensen zijn doodsbang voor haar.

Op zoek naar haar zusje, dolend door de lege straten van San Francisco, komt Penryn achter het geheime plan van de engelen. Ze ontdekt dat ze ver willen gaan in hun zucht naar macht, gruwelijk ver...

Ondertussen jaagt Raffe op zijn vleugels. Hij heeft ze nodig om zich weer bij de engelen te voegen en zijn plek als een van hun leiders in te nemen. Kiest hij voor zijn vleugels of helpt hij Penryn te overleven?]]> 272 Susan Ee 9021809370 Isa :) 5 4,5 stars rounded up 4.22 2013
author: Susan Ee
name: Isa :)
average rating: 4.22
book published: 2013
rating: 5
read at: 2023/05/16
date added: 2024/10/29
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4,5 stars rounded up
]]> 37761257 moeder wordt ontvoerd door een man die zegt dat hij uit het Achterland komt - de dreigende bovennatuurlijke wereld uit haar oma's verhalen. Alice' enige aanwijzing is het bericht dat haar moeder voor haar achterlaat:

BLIJF WEG UIT HET HAZELWOUD

Alice heeft haar oma's fanatieke fans altijd zo veel mogelijk vermeden, maar nu zit er niets anders op: ze moet hulp vragen aan haar klasgenoot en Achterland-superfan Ellery Finch. Hij helpt haar gelukkig maar al te graag, al vraagt Alice zich wel af waarom hij zo gretig op haar aanbod ingaat. Om haar moeder terug te vinden, moeten Alice en Ellery afreizen naar het Hazelwoud, naar de wereld waar haar oma's sprookjes hun oorsprong vonden. Zal Alice er tijdens haar zoektocht achter
komen waar haar eigen verhaal begon... en vooral waar het misging?]]> 336 Melissa Albert 9048838967 Isa :) 3 3.34 2018
author: Melissa Albert
name: Isa :)
average rating: 3.34
book published: 2018
rating: 3
read at: 2024/10/27
date added: 2024/10/27
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]]> 54966537
Iedereen in Little Kilton kent het verhaal: de knappe en populaire eindexamenscholiere Andie Bell werd door haar vriendje Sal Singh vermoord, waarna hij zelfmoord pleegde.

Zelfs vijf jaar later ziet Pippa Fitz-Amobi nog de impact die de zaak op het dorp heeft gehad. Pip heeft zich altijd afgevraagd wat er nu precies is gebeurd. Wanneer ze de zaak kiest als onderwerp voor haar profielwerkstuk, komen er al snel geheimen boven die iemand liever verborgen had willen houden. Het lijkt wel alsof diegene haar tegenwerkt �� zou de echte moordenaar nog leven?]]> 443 Holly Jackson 9021422433 Isa :) 4 4,5�� 4.36 2019
author: Holly Jackson
name: Isa :)
average rating: 4.36
book published: 2019
rating: 4
read at: 2024/10/22
date added: 2024/10/22
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4,5��
]]> 87567592 Runner-up at the Diverse Book Awards 2024
Shortlisted for the Yoto Carnegie Medal for Writing 2024, the Polari Children's & YA Prize 2024 and the UKLA Book Awards 2024

Set in a world where words appear physically when people speak, AWAY WITH WORDS explores the importance of communication and being there for those we love.

Gala and her dad, Jordi, have just moved from home in Catalonia to a town in Scotland, to live with Jordi’s boyfriend Ryan. Gala doesn’t speak much English, and feels lost, lonely and unable to be her usual funny self. Until she befriends Natalie, a girl with selective mutism. The two girls find their own ways to communicate, which includes collecting other people's discarded words. They use the words to write anonymous supportive poems for their classmates, but then someone begins leaving nasty messages using the same method �� and the girls are blamed. Gala has finally started adapting to her new life in Scotland and is determined to find the culprit. Can she and Natalie show the school who they really are?]]> 288 Sophie Cameron 1788953924 Isa :) 0 to-read 3.87 2023
author: Sophie Cameron
name: Isa :)
average rating: 3.87
book published: 2023
rating: 0
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]]> 60393672 Before It Ends with Us, it started with Atlas. Colleen Hoover tells fan favorite Atlas’s side of the story and shares what comes next in this long-anticipated sequel to the “glorious and touching�� (USA TODAY) #1 New York Times bestseller It Ends with Us.

Lily and her ex-husband, Ryle, have just settled into a civil coparenting rhythm when she suddenly bumps into her first love, Atlas, again. After nearly two years separated, she is elated that for once, time is on their side, and she immediately says yes when Atlas asks her on a date.

But her excitement is quickly hampered by the knowledge that, though they are no longer married, Ryle is still very much a part of her life—and Atlas Corrigan is the one man he will hate being in his ex-wife and daughter’s life.

Switching between the perspectives of Lily and Atlas, It Starts with Us picks up right where the epilogue for the “gripping, pulse-pounding�� (Sarah Pekkanen, author of Perfect Neighbors) bestselling phenomenon It Ends with Us left off. Revealing more about Atlas’s past and following Lily as she embraces a second chance at true love while navigating a jealous ex-husband, it proves that “no one delivers an emotional read like Colleen Hoover�� (Anna Todd, New York Times bestselling author).]]> 323 Colleen Hoover 1668001225 Isa :) 2 3.80 2022
author: Colleen Hoover
name: Isa :)
average rating: 3.80
book published: 2022
rating: 2
read at: 2024/10/11
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]]> 58988311 A rebellious princess. A cursed rogue. A forbidden love that will bring a kingdom to its knees.

As niece of the king, Elise Lysander cares about two things: sneaking into gambling dens, and avoiding an advantageous marriage at all costs.

When her uncle holds the life of her deathly-ill father over her head, reluctantly, Elise puts her fate into the hands of Legion Grey, the handsome and mysterious dowry negotiator. He may be arrogant and infuriating, but soon Legion incites a blistering, forbidden passion she can’t ignore.

As their attraction grows, so do the dangers: attacks from black-eyed people, a cursed enemy who is more beast than man, and rumors of fae returning for the crown they believe was stolen from them long ago.

After a bloody coup upends the kingdom, Elise flees with Legion, but nothing is as it seems. The man she allowed into her heart reveals his own secret plans with the return of magic—and he has every intention of using Elise to see them through.

With war between magic and mortal on the horizon, Elise must pick a side to protect her kingdom. Does she stand with her people who stole the throne? Or with a man who lied his way into her heart and whose secret past could bring her destruction?

Filled with luscious world building, banter-filled romance, and epic battles, this first book in the dark, fantasy romance series, The Broken Kingdoms, part Viking, part fairy tale. One-click to start reading today.]]> 348 L.J. Andrews Isa :) 0 to-read 3.87 2021
author: L.J. Andrews
name: Isa :)
average rating: 3.87
book published: 2021
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]]> 23341894 If you could read my mind, you wouldn't be smiling.

Samantha McAllister looks just like the rest of the popular girls in her junior class. But hidden beneath the straightened hair and expertly applied makeup is a secret that her friends would never understand: Sam has Purely-Obsessional OCD and is consumed by a stream of dark thoughts and worries that she can't turn off.

Second-guessing every move, thought, and word makes daily life a struggle, and it doesn't help that her lifelong friends will turn toxic at the first sign of a wrong outfit, wrong lunch, or wrong crush. Yet Sam knows she'd be truly crazy to leave the protection of the most popular girls in school. So when Sam meets Caroline, she has to keep her new friend with a refreshing sense of humor and no style a secret, right up there with Sam's weekly visits to her psychiatrist.

Caroline introduces Sam to Poet's Corner, a hidden room and a tight-knit group of misfits who have been ignored by the school at large. Sam is drawn to them immediately, especially a guitar-playing guy with a talent for verse, and starts to discover a whole new side of herself. Slowly, she begins to feel more "normal" than she ever has as part of the popular crowd . . . until she finds a new reason to question her sanity and all she holds dear.]]> 358 Tamara Ireland Stone 1484705270 Isa :) 0 to-read 4.21 2015
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]]> 209891170 A cat a day keeps the doctor away��.

Discover this utterly charming, vibrant celebration of the healing power of cats in the award-winning, bestselling Japanese novel that has become an international sensation.

Tucked away on the fifth floor of an old building at the end of a narrow alley in Kyoto, the Nakagyō Kokoro Clinic for the Soul can be found only by people who are struggling in their lives and who genuinely need help. The mysterious clinic offers a unique treatment to those who find their way there: it prescribes cats as medication. Patients are often puzzled by this unconventional prescription, but when they “take�� their cat for the recommended duration, they witness profound transformations in their lives, guided by the playful, empathetic, and occasionally challenging yet endearing cats.

Throughout these pages, the power of the human-animal bond is revealed as a disheartened businessman finds unexpected joy in physical labor, a middle-aged man struggles to stay relevant at work and home, a young girl navigates the complexities of elementary school cliques, a hardened handbag designer seeks emotional balance, and a geisha learns to move on from the memory of her lost cat. As the clinic’s patients grapple with their inner turmoil and seek resolution, their feline companions lead them toward healing, self-discovery, and newfound hope.]]> 297 Syou Ishida 0593818741 Isa :) 0 to-read 3.78 2023
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]]> 60683957 done with chess. Every move counts nowadays. After the sport led to the destruction of her family four years earlier, Mallory's focus is on her mom, her sisters, and the dead-end job that keeps the lights on. That is, until she begrudgingly agrees to play in one last charity tournament and inadvertently wipes the board with notorious "Kingkiller" Nolan Sawyer: current world champion and reigning bad boy of chess.

Nolan's loss to an unknown rook-ie shocks everyone—especially Mallory. What's even more confusing? His desire to cross pawns again. What kind of gambit is Nolan playing? The smart move would be to walk away. Resign. Game over. But Mallory's victory opens the door to sorely needed cash prizes and, despite everything, she can't help feeling drawn to the enigmatic strategist....

As she rockets up the ranks, Mallory struggles to keep her family safely separated from the game that wrecked it in the first place. And as her love for the sport she so desperately wanted to hate begins to rekindle, Mallory quickly realizes that the games aren't only on the board, the spotlight is hotter than she imagined, and the competition can be fierce(-ly attractive. And intelligent...and infuriating...)]]> 347 Ali Hazelwood 0593619919 Isa :) 4 blushing, giggling, kicking my feet]]> 3.93 2023
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blushing, giggling, kicking my feet
]]> 201144140 New York Times bestselling author of the Briar U series Elle Kennedy’s first hockey romance, Body Check, is now released in an expanded version, with both new and enhanced scenes by the author! More story, more hockey—and more heat!

After a childhood spent being dragged around the country by her hockey coach father, Hayden Houston intends to take some time to figure out her future. Whether that future will include her currently off-again boyfriend remains to be seen. What it certainly won’t include is the for-one-night-only guy she just met at a bar.

It seems hockey star Brody Croft did not get the memo about being temporary. Big, bold and driven, he’s dedicated in everything he does. Up till now, that’s been his team—the one owned by Hayden’s dad. But his night with Hayden has sparked something he didn’t expect. The two of them are good together. Really good. There’s a connection he’s never experienced before, one he knows they’d be wrong to ignore. Even with a game-fixing scandal testing both their loyalties—to teammates, to friends…to family.

Part of Hayden wants to turn tail and run. A complicated relationship with a bad boy hockey player is exactly what she never wanted. But when it comes to Brody, Hayden is realizing that people can be so much more than what they seem.]]> 304 Elle Kennedy 1335425535 Isa :) 3 3,5�� 3.36 2009
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]]> 43697215
When Magizoologist Newt Scamander arrives in New York, he intends his stay to be just a brief stopover. However, when his magical case is misplaced and some of Newt's fantastic beasts escape, it spells trouble for everyone��

Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them marks the screenwriting debut of J.K. Rowling, author of the beloved and internationally bestselling Harry Potter books. Featuring a cast of remarkable characters, this is epic, adventure-packed storytelling at its very best.

Whether an existing fan or new to the wizarding world, this is a perfect addition to any reader's bookshelf.]]> 384 J.K. Rowling 2075121389 Isa :) 0 currently-reading 3.97 2016
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]]> 22840421 This comical, fantastical, romantical, New York Times bestselling, (not) entirely true story of Lady Jane Grey is “an uproarious historical fantasy that’s not to be missed�� (Publishers Weekly, starred review).

In My Lady Jane, coauthors Cynthia Hand, Brodi Ashton, and Jodi Meadows have created a one-of-a-kind YA fantasy in the tradition of The Princess Bride, featuring a reluctant king, an even more reluctant queen, a noble steed, and only a passing resemblance to actual history—because sometimes history needs a little help.

At sixteen, Lady Jane Grey is about to be married off to a stranger and caught up in a conspiracy to rob her cousin, King Edward, of his throne. But those trifling problems aren’t for Jane to worry about. Jane gets to be Queen of England.

Like that could go wrong.]]> 474 Cynthia Hand 0062391798 Isa :) 0 to-read 4.00 2016
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]]> 56647735
Zal Izumi bezwijken onder het gewicht van de kroon, of zal ze nog lang en gelukkig in haar sprookje kunnen leven?]]> 288 Emiko Jean 9000374359 Isa :) 3 3,5��<br />cute!! 3.84 2021
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cute!!
]]> 51080991
Isabelle zou dolgelukkig moeten zijn: ze staat op het punt met de knappe prins te trouwen. Alleen is Isabelle niet het lieve meisje met het glazen muiltje op wie de prins verliefd werd. Ze is de lelijke stiefzus die haar tenen verbrijzelde om in Assepoesters schoentje te passen.

Isabelle heeft geprobeerd om mooi en lief te zijn, maar dat maakte haar juist gemeen, jaloers en leeg. Nu krijgt ze één kans om haar lot te veranderen en te bewijzen wat stiefzussen altijd al wisten: echte schoonheid zit vanbinnen.]]> 395 Jennifer Donnelly 9026151098 Isa :) 5 favorites 3.92 2019
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]]> 34197480 She was afraid of it.
He was used to it.

There's not much that MacKenzie Rivers is afraid of. In the small town of Windsor, Colorado, she is known for her easygoing, strong personality, some would even say she isn't afraid of anything. But MacKenzie knows that's not true. She's afraid of losing those closest to her. Recovering from a family tragedy, Kenzie is fully aware of just how big an impact death can have on those it leaves behind. Seeing its effects on other people is something she just can't quite handle. From now on, Kenzie is her own priority.

There are not many things that Jaden Hunter can make sense of. He doesn't understand why it was his parents who lost their lives last year. He doesn't understand why his friends don't crack jokes around him any more. He doesn't understand why his teachers still insist on letting him skip assignments. He doesn't understand why MacKenzie, the girl he was falling for last year, has suddenly distanced herself from him.

Too afraid to get wrapped up in Jaden's world as he deals with the tragic death of his parents, Kenzie has stayed away from him as best she can, until one night when they unexpectedly come face-to-face for the first time in months. As old feelings resurface and new memories are made, both MacKenzie and Jaden show each other how to appreciate the little things in life, the moments that are taken for granted. But will MacKenzie dare to fall for the one person she's so afraid of growing close to?]]> 325 Estelle Maskame 178530108X Isa :) 5 favorites 3.66 2017
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]]> 23734628
That’s what his roommate, Baz, says. And Baz might be evil and a vampire and a complete git, but he’s probably right.

Half the time, Simon can’t even make his wand work, and the other half, he sets something on fire. His mentor’s avoiding him, his girlfriend broke up with him, and there’s a magic-eating monster running around wearing Simon’s face. Baz would be having a field day with all this, if he were here—it’s their last year at the Watford School of Magicks, and Simon’s infuriating nemesis didn’t even bother to show up.

Carry On is a ghost story, a love story, a mystery and a melodrama. It has just as much kissing and talking as you’d expect from a Rainbow Rowell story—but far, far more monsters.]]> 522 Rainbow Rowell 1250049555 Isa :) 5 favorites 4.14 2015
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]]> 43254812 480 Lisette Jonkman 9024583330 Isa :) 5 favorites mijn comfort chicklit 3.98 2013
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mijn comfort chicklit
]]> 56614114 Daarbij kan ze de verschrikkingen van de oorlog met Hybern maar niet vergeten. En dan is er Cassian, die haar woede als geen ander aanwakkert, maar dat is niet het enige dat tussen hen speelt. Het vuur tussen hen valt niet te ontkennen en al helemaal niet als ze noodgedwongen op elkaar aangewezen zijn. Ondertussen hebben de verraderlijke mensenkoninginnen een gevaarlijk bondgenootschap gesmeed. Cassian en Nesta zullen hun verleden onder ogen moeten zien om te vechten voor de fragiele vrede van de elfidenrijken.]]> 624 Sarah J. Maas 900037636X Isa :) 5 favorites 4.46 2021
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]]> 27883214 A legendary competition.
A mesmerizing romance.
An unbreakable bond
between two sisters.

Scarlett Dragna has never left the tiny island where she and her sister, Tella, live with their powerful, and cruel, father. Now Scarlett’s father has arranged a marriage for her, and Scarlett thinks her dreams of seeing Caraval—the faraway, once-a-year performance where the audience participates in the show—are over.

But this year, Scarlett’s long-dreamt-of invitation finally arrives. With the help of a mysterious sailor, Tella whisks Scarlett away to the show. Only, as soon as they arrive, Tella is kidnapped by Caraval’s mastermind organizer, Legend. It turns out that this season’s Caraval revolves around Tella, and whoever finds her first is the winner.

Scarlett has been told that everything that happens during Caraval is only an elaborate performance. Nevertheless she becomes enmeshed in a game of love, heartbreak, and magic. And whether Caraval is real or not, Scarlett must find Tella before the five nights of the game are over or a dangerous domino effect of consequences will be set off, and her beloved sister will disappear forever.

Welcome, welcome to Caraval . . . beware of getting swept too far away.]]> 407 Stephanie Garber 1250095255 Isa :) 5 favorites 3.97 2016
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]]> 13617826
Luuk dacht dat hij volwassen was na vijf jaar bezetting, maar kan hij Ida en Kirsten ook helpen?]]> 176 Anna Woltz 902586029X Isa :) 5 favorites 4.10 2012
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]]> 20633006
Vier jongens
Eén complot
en leugens, niets dan leugens

De zoon van de koning is vermist, en het koninkrijk Carthya is in chaos. In het grootste geheim gaat regent Connor op zoek naar een jongen die de rol van de verdwenen prins kan vervullen.
Vier weesjongens nemen het tegen elkaar op. Sage is één van hen. Hij leert zwaardvechten als de beste, maar wil hij eigenlijk wel de prins worden? Zijn leven hangt aan een zijden draadje, want de jongens die niet worden uitgekozen, zullen sterven.
Wie kan hij nog vertrouwen? Zijn de bedoelingen van Connor wel zuiver? En welke duistere motieven hebben de rivalen van Sage?]]> 318 Jennifer A. Nielsen Isa :) 5 favorites 4.26 2012
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rating: 5
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mijn aller aller aller favoriete boek :)
]]> 25928143 Found.
Cole St. Clair has come to California for one reason: to get Isabel Culpeper back. She fled from his damaged, drained life, and damaged and drained it even more. He doesn't just want her. He needs her.

Lost.
Isabel is trying to build herself a life in Los Angeles. It's not really working. She can play the game as well as all the other fakes...but what's the point? What is there to win?

Sinner.
Cole and Isabel share a past that never seemed to have a future. They have the power to save each other and the power to tear each other apart. The only thing for certain is that they cannot let go.]]> 385 Maggie Stiefvater 1407145738 Isa :) 5 favorites 3.66 2014
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i absolutely LOVE everything about this book. both cole and isabel are such interesting characters and i think they fit together so well, i love them <3
]]> 12953904 128 Kolet Janssen 9059084098 Isa :) 5 favorites 3.04 2011
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]]> 57907471 Zoya Nazyalensky heeft al te veel verloren door oorlog. Ze zag haar mentor sterven en haar ergste vijand weer tot leven komen, en ze weigert nog een vriend te begraven. Nu is ze genoodzaakt haar krachten te gebruiken om zo het wapen te worden dat het land nodig heeft. Koste wat het kost.
De ondergedoken Nina Zenik riskeert ontdekt en gedood te worden terwijl ze de oorlog voert tegen Fjerda vanuit de hoofdstad. Maar haar wraakzucht kan haar land de kans op vrijheid kosten en ervoor zorgen dat haar rouwende hart nooit geneest.

Koning. Generaal. Spion. Samen moeten ze een manier vinden om een toekomst mogelijk te maken in de duisternis. Of een natie ten onder zien gaan.]]> 598 Leigh Bardugo 9463492755 Isa :) 5 favorites 4.35 2021
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]]> 36307634 Face your demons... or feed them.

The dashing young king, Nikolai Lantsov, has always had a gift for the impossible. No one knows what he endured in his country's bloody civil war--and he intends to keep it that way. Now, as enemies gather at his weakened borders, Nikolai must find a way to refill Ravka's coffers, forge new alliances, and stop a rising threat to the once-great Grisha Army.

Yet with every day a dark magic within him grows stronger, threatening to destroy all he has built. With the help of a young monk and a legendary Grisha general, Nikolai will journey to the places in Ravka where the deepest magic survives to vanquish the terrible legacy inside him. He will risk everything to save his country and himself. But some secrets aren't meant to stay buried--and some wounds aren't meant to heal.]]> 511 Leigh Bardugo 125014227X Isa :) 5 favorites 4.16 2019
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zoya and nikolai have my heart <3
]]> 10194157 Alternative Cover Edition #1

Surrounded by enemies, the once-great nation of Ravka has been torn in two by the Shadow Fold, a swath of near impenetrable darkness crawling with monsters who feast on human flesh. Now its fate may rest on the shoulders of one lonely refugee.

Alina Starkov has never been good at anything. But when her regiment is attacked on the Fold and her best friend is brutally injured, Alina reveals a dormant power that saves his life—a power that could be the key to setting her war-ravaged country free. Wrenched from everything she knows, Alina is whisked away to the royal court to be trained as a member of the Grisha, the magical elite led by the mysterious Darkling.

Yet nothing in this lavish world is what it seems. With darkness looming and an entire kingdom depending on her untamed power, Alina will have to confront the secrets of the Grisha . . . and the secrets of her heart.]]> 358 Leigh Bardugo 1250048117 Isa :) 5 favorites 3.93 2012
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]]> 23437156 Alternate cover of ISBN 9781627792127

Ketterdam: a bustling hub of international trade where anything can be had for the right price—and no one knows that better than criminal prodigy Kaz Brekker. Kaz is offered a chance at a deadly heist that could make him rich beyond his wildest dreams. But he can’t pull it off alone...

A convict with a thirst for revenge

A sharpshooter who can’t walk away from a wager

A runaway with a privileged past

A spy known as the Wraith

A Heartrender using her magic to survive the slums

A thief with a gift for unlikely escapes

Six dangerous outcasts. One impossible heist. Kaz’s crew is the only thing that might stand between the world and destruction—if they don’t kill each other first.]]> 480 Leigh Bardugo 1627792120 Isa :) 5 favorites 4.47 2015
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]]> 67353911 496 Sarah Underwood 0008518084 Isa :) 4 3.46 2023
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if i had a nickel for every time a character i loved named mathias died, i'd have two nickels. which isn't a lot, but it's weird that it happened twice
]]> 63134125 From the New York Times bestselling author of The Nature of Witches and Wild is the Witch comes a lush romantic fantasy about forbidden love, the choices we make, and the pull between duty and desire.

Tana Fairchild’s fate has never been in question. Her life has been planned out since the moment she was born: she is to marry the governor’s son, Landon, and secure an unprecedented alliance between the witches of her island home and the mainlanders who see her very existence as a threat.

Tana’s coven has appeased those who fear their power for years by releasing most of their magic into the ocean during the full moon. But when Tana misses the midnight ritual—a fatal mistake—there is no one she can turn to for help…until she meets Wolfe.

Wolfe claims he is from a coven that practices dark magic, making him one of the only people who can help her. But he refuses to let Tana’s power rush into the sea, and instead teaches her his forbidden magic. A magic that makes her feel powerful. Alive.

As the sea grows more violent, her coven loses control of the currents, a danger that could destroy the alliance as well as her island. Tana will have to choose between love and duty, between loyalty to her people and loyalty to her heart. Marrying Landon would secure peace for her coven but losing Wolfe and his wild magic could cost her everything else.]]> 320 Rachel Griffin 1728256178 Isa :) 0 to-read 3.95 2023
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]]> 35997816
While the dashing young Miles has been appointed to teach Daisy the ropes of being regal, the prince’s roguish younger brother kicks up scandal wherever he goes, and tries his best to take Daisy along for the ride. The crown–and the intriguing Miles–might be trying to make Daisy into a lady . . . but Daisy may just rewrite the royal rulebook to suit herself.]]> 296 Rachel Hawkins 1524738239 Isa :) 0 to-read 3.74 2018
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]]> 49109508 An accidental dog swap unleashes an unexpected love match in this new romantic comedy from New York Times bestselling author Julia London. Carly Kennedy's life is in a spiral. She is drowning in work, her divorced parents are going through their midlife crises, and somehow Carly's sister convinces her to foster Baxter--a basset hound rescue with a bad case of the blues. When Carly comes home late from work one day to discover that the dog walker has accidentally switched out Baxter for another perkier, friendlier basset hound, she has reached the end of her leash. When Max Sheffington finds a depressed male basset hound in place of his cheerful Hazel, he is bewildered. But when cute, fiery Carly arrives on his doorstep, he is intrigued. He was expecting the dog walker, not a pretty woman with firm ideas about dog discipline. And Carly was not expecting a handsome, bespectacled man to be feeding her dog mac and cheese. Baxter is besotted with Hazel, and Carly realizes she may have found the key to her puppy's happiness. For his sake, she starts to spend more time with Hazel and Max, until she begins to understand the appeal of falling for your polar opposite.]]> 340 Julia London 0593100387 Isa :) 0 to-read 3.49 2020
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]]> 100915
Lucy is the first to find the secret of the wardrobe in the professor's mysterious old house. At first her brothers and sister don't believe her when she tells of her visit to the land of Narnia. But soon Edmund, then Peter and Susan step through the wardrobe themselves. In Narnia they find a country buried under the evil enchantment of the White Witch. When they meet the Lion Aslan, they realize they've been called to a great adventure and bravely join the battle to free Narnia from the Witch's sinister spell.]]> 206 C.S. Lewis Isa :) 0 to-read 4.24 1950
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]]> 54499184 Eén droom.
Een strijd op leven en dood.

Nomi leidt gedwongen een luxe leventje in het paleis. Ze wordt vals beschuldigd en samen met de gewonde kroonprins op een schip gezet, een zekere dood tegemoet.

Ondertussen probeert haar zus Serina te overleven op een levensgevaarlijk gevangeniseiland. Ze is vastbesloten om alle vrouwen vrij te krijgen en daarna van dat eiland te ontsnappen. Maar hoe? Ze moeten wachten op de volgende bevoorradingsboot en dat weten de bewakers ook. Net als Serina het eiland in haar greep lijkt te hebben, ziet ze een schip aan de horizon, veel eerder dan ze verwachtte…]]> 277 Tracy Banghart 9025878008 Isa :) 0 to-read 3.67 2019
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]]> 35297469
But when a group camping trip goes south, Zorie and Lennon find themselves stranded in the wilderness. Alone. Together.

What could go wrong?

With no one but each other for company, Zorie and Lennon have no choice but to hash out their issues via witty jabs and insults as they try to make their way to safety. But fighting each other while also fighting off the forces of nature makes getting out of the woods in one piece less and less likely.

And as the two travel deeper into Northern California’s rugged backcountry, secrets and hidden feelings surface. But can Zorie and Lennon’s rekindled connection survive out in the real world? Or was it just a result of the fresh forest air and the magic of the twinkling stars?]]> 421 Jenn Bennett 148147880X Isa :) 0 to-read 3.95 2018
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]]> 48908401
When the Rebel Queen is captured, Kiva is charged with keeping the terminally ill woman alive long enough for her to undergo the Trial by Ordeal: a series of elemental challenges against the torments of air, fire, water, and earth, assigned to only the most dangerous of criminals.

Then a coded message from Kiva’s family arrives, containing a single order: “Don’t let her die. We are coming.�� Aware that the Trials will kill the sickly queen, Kiva risks her own life to volunteer in her place. If she succeeds, both she and the queen will be granted their freedom.

But no one has ever survived.

With an incurable plague sweeping Zalindov, a mysterious new inmate fighting for Kiva’s heart, and a prison rebellion brewing, Kiva can’t escape the terrible feeling that her trials have only just begun.

From bestselling author Lynette Noni comes a dark, thrilling YA fantasy perfect for fans of Sarah J. Maas, and Sabaa Tahir.]]> 409 Lynette Noni 0358436346 Isa :) 0 to-read 4.26 2021
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]]> 6814675 191 Carry Slee 9049923089 Isa :) 3 rereading childhood favorites :))]]> 3.41 2009
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average rating: 3.41
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3,5��
rereading childhood favorites :))
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Dat heb ik weer: het geheim van Puck, troubles met mijn vader en desperate verliefd…op de verkeerde! is het tweede deel van de serie over het leven van Britt.]]> 192 Carry Slee 9049923569 Isa :) 3 3,5��<br />fun! 3.40 2009
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average rating: 3.40
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rating: 3
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3,5��
fun!
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So where will they be on this one day next year? And the year after that?

And every year that follows?
--back cover]]> 435 David Nicholls 0340896965 Isa :) 4 3.86 2009
author: David Nicholls
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average rating: 3.86
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rating: 4
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ahum okay so i lowkey expected one of them to die because everyone who has read the books/seen the movie or series is heartbroken but i was still shocked when it actually happened
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Ayla was nooit voorbestemd om deel te nemen aan de Proeven, maar na de dood van haar zus is zij de Erfgename van het Zomer koninkrijk. Ze zal moeten deelnemen aan de Proeven om uit te maken wie de volgende Heerser van het Rijk zal worden terwijl ze nog met haar eigen demonen worstelt.
Valdemar, de Prins van Winter, heeft een hart van ijs. Zijn enige doel is om de volgende Moeder Natuur te worden, iets waar hij zich al zijn hele leven op voorbereid. Maar Ayla’s vuur doet hem beetje bij beetje ontdooien.

Met een rebellie aan de horizon, verraders binnen en buiten het paleis, realiseert Ayla zich dat niks hieraan gemakkelijk zal zijn.
Maar vaak zijn de beste dingen dat nooit.]]> 408 Yasmine Van Den Meersch 9463833846 Isa :) 0 to-read 3.97
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But Tibby says they’re great. She'd love to have them. Lena and Bridget also think they’re fabulous. Lena decides that they should all try them on. Whoever they fit best will get them.

Nobody knows why, but the pants fit everyone perfectly. Even Carmen (who never thinks she looks good in anything) thinks she looks good in the pants. Over a few bags of cheese puffs, they decide to form a sisterhood and take the vow of the Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants . . . the next morning, they say good-bye.

And then the journey of the pants �� and the most memorable summer of their lives �� begins.]]> 294 Ann Brashares 0385729332 Isa :) 0 to-read 3.85 2001
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Threatened, Zeus banishes her to a deserted island, where she hones her occult craft, tames wild beasts, and crosses paths with many of the most famous figures in all of mythology, including the Minotaur, Daedalus and his doomed son Icarus, the murderous Medea, and, of course, wily Odysseus.

But there is danger, too, for a woman who stands alone, and Circe unwittingly draws the wrath of both men and gods, ultimately finding herself pitted against one of the most terrifying and vengeful of the Olympians. To protect what she loves most, Circe must summon all her strength and choose, once and for all, whether she belongs with the gods she is born from or with the mortals she has come to love.]]> 393 Madeline Miller 0316556343 Isa :) 0 to-read 4.22 2018
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name: Isa :)
average rating: 4.22
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An alternative cover edition for this ISBN can be found here.]]> 336 Paula Hawkins 1594633665 Isa :) 0 to-read 3.97 2015
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Because how do you decide what makes life worth living? How do you separate out what you can do without from what you hold dear? In dealing with the Devil our narrator will take himself �� and his beloved cat �� to the brink. Genki Kawamura's If Cats Disappeared from the World is a story of loss and reconciliation, of one man’s journey to discover what really matters in modern life.

This beautiful tale is translated from the Japanese by Eric Selland, who also translated The Guest Cat by Takashi Hiraide. Fans of The Guest Cat and The Travelling Cat Chronicles will also surely love If Cats Disappeared from the World.]]> 202 Genki Kawamura 1509889175 Isa :) 0 to-read 3.77 2012
author: Genki Kawamura
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average rating: 3.77
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]]> 60216569 Het leven is niet makkelijk voor een vrouwelijke scheikundige in de jaren vijftig. Gelukkig is de briljante Elizabeth niet voor één gat te vangen.

Maak kennis met Elizabeth Zott. Briljant scheikundige, onophoudelijke doorzetter en �� helaas voor haar dromen en ambities �� een vrouw. In de jaren zestig is het hoogst ongebruikelijk dat vrouwelijke wetenschappers zelfs maar bestaan, laat staan dat ze tot de top van hun vakgebied behoren.

Een verdieping �� en een wereld �� van haar verwijderd werkt Calvin Evans, een scheikundig genie met een sociale handicap, die al op jonge leeftijd een Nobelprijs op zijn naam heeft staan. Tot Elizabeths grote verbazing herkent uitgerekend deze man haar talent. Eindelijk neemt haar onderzoek een vlucht. Maar omdat het leven even onvoorspelbaar is als chemische reacties, is Elizabeth drie jaar later een alleenstaande moeder en lijkt haar carrière voorgoed voorbij. Gelukkig is ze niet voor één gat te vangen: Elizabeth slaat haar keuken kort en klein en transformeert hem tot een laboratorium �� vastbesloten om haar onderzoek zelfstandig voort te zetten en eindelijk academische erkenning te krijgen. Want als iedereen blijft zeggen dat haar enige recht het aanrecht is, kan ze daar maar beter haar voordeel mee doen!]]> 383 Bonnie Garmus 9022593037 Isa :) 0 to-read 4.09 2022
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average rating: 4.09
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name: Isa :)
average rating: 4.40
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rating: 4
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The battle-weary orc aims to start fresh, opening the first ever coffee shop in the city of Thune. But old and new rivals stand in the way of success �� not to mention the fact that no one has the faintest idea what coffee actually is.

If Viv wants to put the blade behind her and make her plans a reality, she won't be able to go it alone.

But the true rewards of the uncharted path are the travelers you meet along the way. And whether drawn together by ancient magic, flaky pastry, or a freshly brewed cup, they may become partners, family, and something deeper than she ever could have dreamed.]]> 296 Travis Baldree Isa :) 0 to-read 4.05 2022
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]]> 51733706 Afterparties offers an expansive portrait of the lives of Cambodian-Americans. As the children of refugees carve out radical new paths for themselves in California, they shoulder the inherited weight of the Khmer Rouge genocide and grapple with the complexities of race, sexuality, friendship, and family.

A high school badminton coach and failing grocery store owner tries to relive his glory days by beating a rising star teenage player. Two drunken brothers attend a wedding afterparty and hatch a plan to expose their shady uncle’s snubbing of the bride and groom. A queer love affair sparks between an older tech entrepreneur trying to launch a “safe space�� app and a disillusioned young teacher obsessed with Moby-Dick. And in the sweeping final story, a nine-year-old child learns that his mother survived a racist school shooter.

With nuanced emotional precision, gritty humor, and compassionate insight into the intimacy of queer and immigrant communities, the stories in Afterparties deliver an explosive introduction to the work of Anthony Veasna So.]]> 272 Anthony Veasna So 0063049910 Isa :) 0 to-read 3.94 2021
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average rating: 3.94
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Once upon a time, there was a boy with a wicked tongue.

Before he was a cruel prince or a wicked king, he was a faerie child with a heart of stone . Revealing a deeper look into the dramatic life of Elfhame’s enigmatic high king, Cardan, his tale includes delicious details of life before The Cruel Prince, an adventure beyond The Queen of Nothing, and familiar moments from The Folk of the Air trilogy, told wholly from Cardan’s perspective.

This new installment in the Folk of the Air series is a return to the heart-racing romance, danger, humor, and drama that enchanted readers everywhere. Each chapter is paired with lavish and luminous full-color art, making this the perfect collector’s item to be enjoyed by both new audiences and old.]]> 200 Holly Black Isa :) 4 loved reading cardan's pov !! 4.15 2020
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average rating: 4.15
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rating: 4
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loved reading cardan's pov !!
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Lily hasn’t always had it easy, but that’s never stopped her from working hard for the life she wants. She’s come a long way from the small town in Maine where she grew up �� she graduated from college, moved to Boston, and started her own business. So when she feels a spark with a gorgeous neurosurgeon named Ryle Kincaid, everything in Lily’s life suddenly seems almost too good to be true.

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

As questions about her new relationship overwhelm her, so do thoughts of Atlas Corrigan �� her first love and a link to the past she left behind. He was her kindred spirit, her protector. When Atlas suddenly reappears, everything Lily has built with Ryle is threatened.]]> 386 Colleen Hoover 1668021048 Isa :) 0 4.11 2016
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name: Isa :)
average rating: 4.11
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The Diamond

Death walks alongside me,
But the reaper is no match for me.
I'm trapped in a world full of monsters dressed as men, and those who aren't as they seem.
They won't keep me forever.
I no longer recognize the person I've become,
And I'm fighting to find my way back to the beast who hunts me in the night.
They call me a diamond,
But they've only created an angel of death.

The Hunter

I was born a predator,
With ruthlessness ingrained in my bones.
When what's mine is stolen from me in the night,
Like a diamond hidden within a fortress,
I find that I can no longer contain the beast.
Blood will paint the ground as I tear apart this world to find her.
And bring her back to where she belongs.
No one will escape my wrath,
Especially not those who have betrayed me.

Warning: This is the second and final installment to the Duet. You must read Haunting Adeline first.]]> 702 H.D. Carlton Isa :) 0 to-read 4.05 2022
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