Becca's bookshelf: all en-US Wed, 30 Apr 2025 14:46:28 -0700 60 Becca's bookshelf: all 144 41 /images/layout/goodreads_logo_144.jpg Intermezzo 208931300 An exquisitely moving story about grief, love, and family！but especially love！from the global phenomenon Sally Rooney.

Aside from the fact that they are brothers, Peter and Ivan Koubek seem to have little in common.

Peter is a Dublin lawyer in his thirties！successful, competent, and apparently unassailable. But in the wake of their father¨s death, he¨s medicating himself to sleep and struggling to manage his relationships with two very different women！his enduring first love, Sylvia, and Naomi, a college student for whom life is one long joke.

Ivan is a twenty-two-year-old competitive chess player. He has always seen himself as socially awkward, a loner, the antithesis of his glib elder brother. Now, in the early weeks of his bereavement, Ivan meets Margaret, an older woman emerging from her own turbulent past, and their lives become rapidly and intensely intertwined.

For two grieving brothers and the people they love, this is a new interlude！a period of desire, despair, and possibility; a chance to find out how much one life might hold inside itself without breaking.]]> 454 Sally Rooney 0374602638 Becca 0 currently-reading 3.87 2024 Intermezzo
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]]> Spellbound 216911054
Except this is not the love story you know. There is no prince to save the day, just three women - the Queen, her chief Lady-in Waiting and Sel, a Master's Apprentice - who concoct a desperate plan of misdirect that changes the course of all their lives.

In the chaotic aftermath of the blessing ceremony, Sel flees the castle with the cursed princess, promising to raise her in secrecy. Meanwhile, confined behind castle walls, another child grows up in her place. But plain and bookish Talia is not the princess everyone was expecting and, as Sel roams the depths of the kingdom with beautiful and otherworldly Briar, the end of the curse edges ever closer.

Because dark magic cannot be tricked, and a vengeful sorceress has old scores to settle . . .]]> 432 Georgia Leighton 0857505912 Becca 0 currently-reading 3.61 2025 Spellbound
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]]> <![CDATA[Breaking Lucia (Breaking Lucia, #1)]]> 58530087
I refuse to be a disposable pawn in my father's underworld dealings. If that means heading out in the middle of the night to get as far away as I can from my mafia family, so be it. I have everything planned, and it¨s all going perfectly´ right up until the point where they catch me.

Angelo. Scary, domineering, the bruiser. if he wants me, he¨s not going to stop until he gets me ！ any way he has to. Saint tries to be the ＾nice guy,￣ but he¨s got a filthy little habit of touching me when I¨m sleeping, when I¨m helpless. And Victor? He¨s the most terrifying one of all, the brains behind the brawn, with a cold composure I¨m desperate to crack. If I can get to him, the others will fall in line ！ but what if he gets to me first?

They promise to protect me as long as I do what I¨m told, but just how far will I have to go ！ and how much of me will splinter in the process?]]> 314 Raissa Donovan Becca 0 currently-reading 3.76 2021 Breaking Lucia (Breaking Lucia, #1)
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]]> <![CDATA[Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba, Vol. 14]]> 48978562 192 Koyoharu Gotouge 1974711145 Becca 0 to-read 4.52 2019 Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba, Vol. 14
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average rating: 4.52
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]]> <![CDATA[Before the Coffee Gets Cold (Before the Coffee Gets Cold, #1)]]> 44421460 What would you change if you could go back in time?

In a small back alley in Tokyo, there is a caf└ which has been serving carefully brewed coffee for more than one hundred years. But this coffee shop offers its customers a unique experience: the chance to travel back in time.

In Before the Coffee Gets Cold, we meet four visitors, each of whom is hoping to make use of the caf└¨s time-travelling offer, in order to: confront the man who left them, receive a letter from their husband whose memory has been taken by early onset Alzheimer's, to see their sister one last time, and to meet the daughter they never got the chance to know.

But the journey into the past does not come without risks: customers must sit in a particular seat, they cannot leave the caf└, and finally, they must return to the present before the coffee gets cold . . .

Toshikazu Kawaguchi¨s beautiful, moving story explores the age-old question: what would you change if you could travel back in time? More importantly, who would you want to meet, maybe for one last time?]]> 213 Toshikazu Kawaguchi 1529029589 Becca 3
I found this book hard to get into just because the writing style had me confused with who was who and sometimes what was going on, but by the end of the first chapter I could understand what was going on and know who was who!

But then the heartbreak started to happen and for such a small book it definitely knew how to make you feel the characters pain, personalities and love for one another.

There were some questions I was left with but I wonder if that'll be answered in book 2?]]> 3.66 2015 Before the Coffee Gets Cold (Before the Coffee Gets Cold, #1)
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My heart definitely went through a few wars.

I found this book hard to get into just because the writing style had me confused with who was who and sometimes what was going on, but by the end of the first chapter I could understand what was going on and know who was who!

But then the heartbreak started to happen and for such a small book it definitely knew how to make you feel the characters pain, personalities and love for one another.

There were some questions I was left with but I wonder if that'll be answered in book 2?
]]> The Ritual (L.O.R.D.S., #1) 58941251
I vow. You vow. We vow.

Barrington University is home of the Lords, a secret society that requires their blood in payment. They are above all！the most powerful men in the world. They devote their lives to violence in exchange for power. And during their senior year, they are offered a chosen one.

People think growing up with money is freeing, but I promise you, it¨s not. My entire life has been planned out for me. I never got the chance to do what I wanted until Ryat Alexander Archer came along and gave me an option for a better life. He offered me what no one else ever had！freedom.

I chose to be his. He made me believe that anyway, but it was just another lie. A way that the Lords manipulate you into doing what they want.

After being sucked into the dark, twisted world of the Lords, I embraced my new role and allowed Ryat to parade me around like the trophy I was to him. But like all things, what started out as a game soon became a fight for survival. And the only way out was death.

This book can be read as a standalone but the timeline of the Lords books is as follows:
The Ritual
The Sinner
The Sacrifice
Sabotage (the H isn't a Lord but he works for a Lord)]]> 606 Shantel Tessier Becca 0 currently-reading 4.06 2021 The Ritual (L.O.R.D.S., #1)
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]]> <![CDATA[A Study in Scarlet (Sherlock Holmes, #1)]]> 102868
But it's not long before Sherlock Holmes, with Watson in tow, is working with Scotland Yard investigating the murder of two Americans whose deaths have some mysterious connection to sinister groups gathering power in both Britain and America.

Here's where it all began. 'A Study in Scarlet.' Meet Sherlock Holmes, one of the world's leading consulting detectives - fictional of course!]]> 123 Arthur Conan Doyle 1420925539 Becca 0 to-read 4.16 1887 A Study in Scarlet (Sherlock Holmes, #1)
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]]> <![CDATA[Tales from the Caf└ (Before the Coffee Gets Cold, #2)]]> 54373691 In a small back alley in Tokyo, there is a caf└ which has been serving carefully brewed coffee for more than one hundred years. But this coffee shop offers its customers a unique experience: the chance to travel back in time...

From the author of Before the Coffee Gets Cold comes a story of four new customers each of whom is hoping to take advantage of Cafe Funiculi Funicula's time-travelling offer.

Among some faces that will be familiar to readers of Kawaguchi's previous novel, we will be introduced to:

The man who goes back to see his best friend who died 22 years ago
The son who was unable to attend his own mother¨s funeral
The man who travelled to see the girl who he could not marry
The old detective who never gave his wife that gift...

This beautiful, simple tale tells the story of people who must face up to their past, in order to move on with their lives. Kawaguchi once again invites the reader to ask themselves: what would you change if you could travel back in time?]]> 192 Toshikazu Kawaguchi 1529050863 Becca 0 to-read 3.98 2017 Tales from the Caf└ (Before the Coffee Gets Cold, #2)
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]]> Butter 200776812 The cult Japanese bestseller about a female gourmet cook and serial killer and the journalist intent on cracking her case, inspired by a true story.

There are two things that I can simply not tolerate: feminists and margarine.

Gourmet cook Manako Kajii sits in Tokyo Detention Center convicted of the serial murders of lonely businessmen, who she is said to have seduced with her delicious home cooking. The case has captured the nation¨s imagination but Kajii refuses to speak with the press, entertaining no visitors. That is, until journalist Rika Machida writes a letter asking for her recipe for beef stew and Kajii can¨t resist writing back.

Rika, the only woman in her news office, works late each night, rarely cooking more than ramen. As the visits unfold between her and the steely Kajii, they are closer to a masterclass in food than journalistic research. Rika hopes this gastronomic exchange will help her soften Kajii but it seems that she might be the one changing. With each meal she eats, something is awakening in her body, might she and Kaji have more in common than she once thought?

Inspired by the real case of the convicted con woman and serial killer, "The Konkatsu Killer," Asako Yuzuki¨s Butter is a vivid, unsettling exploration of misogyny, obsession, romance and the transgressive pleasures of food in Japan.]]> 464 Asako Yuzuki 0063236400 Becca 0 to-read 3.50 2017 Butter
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]]> <![CDATA[Before Your Memory Fades (Before the Coffee Gets Cold, #3)]]> 60224365 The latest novel in the international bestselling Before the Coffee Gets Cold Series, following four new customers in a little Tokyo caf└ where customers can travel back in time.

In a small back alley in Tokyo, there is a caf└ that has been serving carefully brewed coffee for more than one hundred years. But this coffee shop offers its customers a unique experience: the chance to travel back in time.

From the author of Before the Coffee Gets Cold and Tales from the Cafe?comes another story of four new customers, each of whom is hoping to take advantage of Caf└ Funiculi Funicula's time-travelling offer. Among some familiar faces from Kawaguchi's previous novels, readers will also be introduced to a daughter, a comedian, a sister, and a lover, each with something they wish they had said differently.

With his signature heartwarming characters and immersive storytelling, Kawaguchi once again invites the reader to ask themselves: what would you change if you could travel back in time?]]> 220 Toshikazu Kawaguchi 0369722698 Becca 0 to-read 3.90 2018 Before Your Memory Fades (Before the Coffee Gets Cold, #3)
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]]> <![CDATA[Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba, Vol. 1]]> 36538793
In Taisho-era Japan, Tanjiro Kamado is a kindhearted boy who makes a living selling charcoal. But his peaceful life is shattered when a demon slaughters his entire family. His little sister Nezuko is the only survivor, but she has been transformed into a demon herself! Tanjiro sets out on a dangerous journey to find a way to return his sister to normal and destroy the demon who ruined his life.

Learning to slay?demons won¨t be easy, and Tanjiro barely knows where to start. The surprise appearance of another boy named Giyu, who seems to know what¨s going on, might provide some answers´but only if Tanjiro can stop Giyu from killing his sister first!]]> 192 Koyoharu Gotouge 1974700526 Becca 5 4.39 2016 Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba, Vol. 1
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average rating: 4.39
book published: 2016
rating: 5
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Loved the TV show and the manga is just as amazing, can't wait to read the next volume!
]]> Phantasma (Wicked Games, #1) 209813409 Welcome to Phantasma.

There are only two rules to the game. Stay alive. And don¨t fall in love.

When Ophelia¨s sister disappears, there is only one way to save her. Ophelia must enter Phantasma, a deadly contest inside a haunted mansion, and claim its prize！a single wish.

Phantasma is a maze of twisting corridors and lavish ballrooms, of demons and temptations. Ophelia will face nine challenges, each more dangerous than the last. There can only be one winner, and the other contestants will stop at nothing to eliminate their rivals.

Every day the house creates new monsters. But just as Ophelia¨s fears threaten to overwhelm her, a mysterious stranger offers her a bargain.

Charming, arrogant and infuriatingly attractive, Blackwell claims he can guide her through the lethal trials ahead. All he asks in return is ten years of her life.

Ophelia knows she shouldn¨t trust him. Blackwell doesn¨t seem dangerous, but appearances can be deceptive. Worse still, she feels a dark and irresistible attraction drawing them closer and closer.

Her life is on the line. But in Phantasma, the only thing deadlier than losing the game is losing your heart´

A Court of Thorns and Roses meets Caraval in this seductive fantasy adventure. With steamy romance, a sexy morally gray love interest, OCD rep and jaw-dropping twists, Phantasma is perfect for fans of Rebecca Yarros, Nisha J. Tuli and Carissa Broadbent.]]> 428 Kaylie Smith 1835251412 Becca 0 currently-reading 4.15 2024 Phantasma (Wicked Games, #1)
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]]> Roll the Sun Across the Sky 220595414
From the ruins of Egypt to the privileged life of Manhattan¨s Upper West Side, the story of a woman¨s odyssey through the maze of love, loyalty, recklessness, and remorse, as the consequences of her acts ripple through the generations.

Approaching a milestone birthday, Arden Rice has seen it all: three marriages, hardship and wealth, choices she both regrets and defends, all fueled by the same fierce desire！to give her daughter the best possible life. At least, that¨s what Arden tells herself.

But nothing is simple. Arden is haunted by her impetuous history, with its trail of damage and deception. Yet she¨s finally made a life where she can be her best self！until the unthinkable happens, and a train engineer¨s lapse in attention throws that life into chaos.

Secrets begin to unravel, and Arden finds herself questioning everything she thought she knew！along with her own role in shaping the disturbing person her daughter has become. As the stakes increase, especially for the vulnerable granddaughter who¨s now in her care, Arden must face questions she¨s spent a lifetime avoiding: Which acts define a person? Can someone be better than her worst acts?

For fans of dual-timeline and mother-daughter novels, a compelling story about a woman¨s struggle to face her reckless history, with its trail of damage and deception, and her quest for the redemption that might still be possible.]]> 320 Barbara Linn Probst 1647428998 Becca 0 currently-reading 4.24 Roll the Sun Across the Sky
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]]> White Nights 1772910 82 Fyodor Dostoevsky Becca 0 to-read 4.16 1848 White Nights
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]]> <![CDATA[This Is How You Lose the Time War]]> 43352954 Burn before reading. Thus begins an unlikely correspondence between two rival agents hellbent on securing the best possible future for their warring factions. Now, what began as a taunt, a battlefield boast, grows into something more. Something epic. Something romantic. Something that could change the past and the future.

Except the discovery of their bond would mean death for each of them. There's still a war going on, after all. And someone has to win that war.]]> 209 Amal El-Mohtar Becca 0 to-read 3.86 2019 This Is How You Lose the Time War
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average rating: 3.86
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]]> Sunbringer (Fallen Gods, #2) 124941442 Godkiller in this thrilling sequel to the #1 internationally bestselling fantasy debut, where Kissen and her companions must navigate lands of gods and demons to unravel a dark truth at the heart of their world.

Professional godkiller Kissen and her companions！young noble Inara and knight Elogast！return in a winding adventure in a world overflowing with magic, beauty, and danger.]]> 370 Hannah Kaner 0008521514 Becca 4
I was so hesitant to read this book at first since the first book didn't really motivate to continue the series but I'm so glad I did!

This second book in the trilogy was so amazing, characters who I disliked in the first book soon became some of my favourites and my previous favourites characters changed and grew so much! I loved it all so much!

The only thing that had me struggling through some chapters was Kissen's chapters and the last 100 pages, only because I felt like it was dragging a bit too much and the POV changes were too frequent for my taste, but apart from that I have loved every moment of this book and I can't wait to read the next one!! ]]> 3.88 2024 Sunbringer (Fallen Gods, #2)
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Wow, wow, wow.

I was so hesitant to read this book at first since the first book didn't really motivate to continue the series but I'm so glad I did!

This second book in the trilogy was so amazing, characters who I disliked in the first book soon became some of my favourites and my previous favourites characters changed and grew so much! I loved it all so much!

The only thing that had me struggling through some chapters was Kissen's chapters and the last 100 pages, only because I felt like it was dragging a bit too much and the POV changes were too frequent for my taste, but apart from that I have loved every moment of this book and I can't wait to read the next one!!
]]> A Thousand Blues 214859358 Discover the Korean runaway prizewinning bestseller for fans of LONELY CASTLE IN THE MIRROR and KLARA AND THE SUN

'A stunning story of love, care and sacrifice' BORA CHUNG, author of CURSED BUNNY
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Let's all learn how to slow down ...
2035: In the shadow of a race course, a young woman finds a robot on a scrap heap, contemplating the sky. Intrigued, she takes him under her care. Together, they decide to rescue the race horse named Today who is heading for the knackers' yard after a lifetime of overwork. To make Today happy again, they hatch a special plan to let her run another race.

But it will be no ordinary event- they will train her to run the slowest time of her life.

In the heat of the race, Coli feels Today running too fast. She is in pain and will soon injure herself.

To save his beloved horse, Coli will commit one final act of bravery ...

Radiant, urgent, deeply moving, A Thousand Blues is a hymn to our earth and to our humanity, giving powerful voice to those left behind in a fast forward-moving world of toxic productivity and competition. Brimming with heart and hope and rage, it shows with vivid empathy and warmth how friendship, community and sacrifice will set us free.
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'A stunningly crafted novel, evoking a myriad emotions' Kim Bo-young

｀粥 dazzling, warm novel that shows us how to move forward as a society without leaving anyone or anything behind' Choi Jin-young, author of To the Warm Horizon

｀粥 breath of fresh air in the sci-fi genre¨

｀Feels like a feather softly descending and tickling my heart'

｀粥 sci-fi novel full of human warmth'
]]> 305 Cheon Seon-ran 1529938031 Becca 0 to-read 3.95 2020 A Thousand Blues
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]]> <![CDATA[Real Estate (Living Autobiography #3)]]> 54546064 'Three bicycles. Seven ghosts. A crumbling apartment block on the hill. Fame. Tenderness. The statue of Peter Pan. Silk. Melancholy. The banana tree. A Pandemic. A love story.'

From one of the great thinkers and writers of our time, comes the highly anticipated final installment in Deborah Levy's critically acclaimed 'Living Autobiography'

'I can't think of any writer aside from Virginia Woolf who writes better about what it is to be a woman' Observer on The Cost of Living

Following the international critical acclaim of The Cost of Living, this final volume of Deborah Levy's 'Living Autobiography' is an exhilarating, thought-provoking and boldly intimate meditation on home and the spectres that haunt it.

'I began to wonder what myself and all unwritten and unseen women would possess in their property portfolios at the end of their lives. Literally, her physical property and possessions, and then everything else she valued, though it might not be valued by society. What might she claim, own, discard and bequeath? Or is she the real estate, owned by patriarchy? In this sense, Real Estate is a tricky business. We rent it and buy it, sell and inherit it - but we must also knock it down.'

'Wise, subtle and ironic, Levy's every sentence is a masterpiece of clarity and poise... A brilliant writer' Daily Telegraph on The Cost of Living

'Extraordinary and beautiful, suffused with wit and razor-sharp insights' Financial Times on The Cost of Living]]> 297 Deborah Levy 024126801X Becca 0 to-read 4.30 2021 Real Estate (Living Autobiography #3)
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]]> Letters to a Young Poet 46199 Listy do mlodego poety 80 Rainer Maria Rilke 0486422453 Becca 0 to-read 4.32 1929 Letters to a Young Poet
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average rating: 4.32
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]]> <![CDATA[Those Who Leave and Those Who Stay (Neapolitan Novels, #3)]]> 23156040 418 Elena Ferrante Becca 0 to-read 4.38 2013 Those Who Leave and Those Who Stay (Neapolitan Novels, #3)
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]]> <![CDATA[Kingdom of Ash (Throne of Glass, #7)]]> 76715522 An alternative cover edition for this ISBN can be found here.

Aelin Galathynius has vowed to save her people D but at a tremendous cost. Locked within an iron coffin by the Queen of the Fae, Aelin must draw upon her fiery will as she endures months of torture. The knowledge that yielding to Maeve will doom those she loves keeps her from breaking, but her resolve is unraveling with each passing day´

With Aelin captured, friends and allies are scattered to different fates. Some bonds will grow even deeper, while others will be severed forever. As destinies weave together at last, all must fight if Erilea is to have any hope of salvation.

Years in the making, Sarah J. Maas's New York Times bestselling Throne of Glass series draws to an explosive conclusion as Aelin fights to save herselfDand the promise of a better world.]]> 984 Sarah J. Maas 1639731067 Becca 0 currently-reading 4.74 2018 Kingdom of Ash (Throne of Glass, #7)
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]]> <![CDATA[Faithbreaker (Fallen Gods, #3)]]> 215960976 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING FALLEN GODS TRILOGYIn the epic finale to the #1 internationally bestselling Fallen Gods trilogy that started with Godkiller, the fate of Middren hangs in the balance as mighty gods and mortal heroes clash in a final battle for supremacy.

War has come. The fire god Hseth is leading an unstoppable army south, consuming everything in her path. Middren¨s only hope of survival is to unify allies and old foes against a common enemy.

Elo navigates an uneasy alliance with Arren; his friend, his enemy, and his king. Now they each must decide how much they're willing to sacrifice to turn the tides of war.

Meanwhile, Inara joins her mother on their ship, the Silverswift, to seek aid. Still grappling with her powers, Inara must reconcile who she is and where she belongs, while Skediceth has to question if their bond will be enough to keep them safe.

Kissen has no allegiance to the old ways of Middren. But, as she tries to find her family, she is forced to question what, and whose, future she is fighting for.

In Faithbreaker, Hannah Kaner delivers a powerful conclusion to the Fallen Gods trilogy, masterfully weaving together love and sacrifice, loyalty and betrayal, and the true meaning of faith.

PRAISE FOR THE FALLEN GODS TRILOGY

｀Godkiller will have you in its grasp from the first pages¨ Samantha Shannon, bestselling author of The Priory of the Orange Tree

｀Devastating and triumphant¨ Tasha Suri, award-winning author of The Jasmine Throne

｀Violent, bawdy, beautifully imagined, and intensely felt, Godkiller is a bone-rattling fantasy thriller that flies by in a breathtaking rush¨ Joe Hill, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Fireman

｀Epic and intimate, tender and sharp¨ Hannah Whitten, New York Times bestselling author of For the Wolf

｀Holy heck, this book is so good¨ Katee Robert, New York Times bestselling author of the Dark Olympus series

Hannah Kaner's book 'Sunbringer' was a No.1 Sunday Times bestseller w/c 2024-02-12.]]> 415 Hannah Kaner 0008521581 Becca 0 to-read 4.17 2025 Faithbreaker (Fallen Gods, #3)
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]]> <![CDATA[Hunting Adeline (Cat and Mouse, #2)]]> 59050133
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 Becca 4 3.75/5 4.05 2022 Hunting Adeline (Cat and Mouse, #2)
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average rating: 4.05
book published: 2022
rating: 4
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]]> Almond 52219386 This story is, in short, about a monster meeting another monster.?

One of the monsters is me.

Yunjae was born with a brain condition called Alexithymia that makes it hard for him to feel emotions like fear or anger. He does not have friends！the two almond-shaped neurons located deep in his brain have seen to that！but his devoted mother and grandmother aren¨t fazed by his condition. Their little home above his mother¨s used bookstore is decorated with colorful post-it notes that remind him when to smile, when to say "thank you," and when to laugh. Yunjae grows up content, even happy, with his small family in this quiet, peaceful space.

Then on Christmas Eve！Yunjae¨s sixteenth birthday！everything changes. A shocking act of random violence shatters his world, leaving him alone and on his own. Struggling to cope with his loss, Yunjae retreats into silent isolation, until troubled teenager Gon arrives at his school and begins to bully Yunjae.?

Against all odds, tormentor and victim learn they have more in common than they realized. Gon is stumped by Yunjae¨s impassive calm, while Yunjae thinks if he gets to know the hotheaded Gon, he might learn how to experience true feelings. Drawn by curiosity, the two strike up a surprising friendship. As Yunjae begins to open his life to new people！including a girl at school！something slowly changes inside him. And when Gon suddenly finds his life in danger, it is Yunjae who will step outside of every comfort zone he has created to perhaps become a most unlikely hero.?

The Emissary meets The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime in this poignant and triumphant story about how love, friendship, and persistence can change a life forever.]]> 272 Sohn Won-Pyung 0062961373 Becca 4
Yunjae represents the autism side of myself, especially when I was in secondary school, his thoughts and actions almost felt like I was reading a diary from both of our perspectives as they were so similar.

Gon represents everything I wish I could express. Because of my autism or I guess my own lack of social interaction, when I feel something I wish I could express it better and when I was in secondary school there were definitely times I had become Gon, and for that I found myself tearing up more for him and just wanting to give him a hug.

In the authors note Won Pyung Sohn says that both these boys felt like her children, whereas they felt like they were parts of me and for that I will always have a special place for this book.

But I do wish there was more to the story ]]> 4.16 2017 Almond
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Yunjae and Gon are like my mini me's.

Yunjae represents the autism side of myself, especially when I was in secondary school, his thoughts and actions almost felt like I was reading a diary from both of our perspectives as they were so similar.

Gon represents everything I wish I could express. Because of my autism or I guess my own lack of social interaction, when I feel something I wish I could express it better and when I was in secondary school there were definitely times I had become Gon, and for that I found myself tearing up more for him and just wanting to give him a hug.

In the authors note Won Pyung Sohn says that both these boys felt like her children, whereas they felt like they were parts of me and for that I will always have a special place for this book.

But I do wish there was more to the story
]]> <![CDATA[Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba, Vol. 10]]> 52228762
In Taisho-era Japan, Tanjiro Kamado is a kindhearted boy who makes a living selling charcoal. But his peaceful life is shattered when a demon slaughters his entire family. His little sister Nezuko is the only survivor, but she has been transformed into a demon herself! Tanjiro sets out on a dangerous journey to find a way to return his sister to normal and destroy the demon who ruined his life.

Despite some comic misunderstandings that almost blow their cover, Tanjiro, Inosuke and Zenitsu smoke out Daki, a demon that has been devouring the residents of the entertainment district for years. The Hashira Tengen Uzui and his ninja companions engage Daki, but if they cannot handle her, will Tanjiro and his friends be able to take on one of Kibutsuji¨s Upper-Ranked demons by themselves?]]> 200 Koyoharu Gotouge 1974704556 Becca 0 to-read 4.57 2018 Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba, Vol. 10
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]]> <![CDATA[What You Are Looking For Is in the Library]]> 91274427 For fans of The Midnight Library and Before the Coffee Gets Cold, this charming Japanese novel shows how the perfect book recommendation can change a reader's life.

What are you looking for?

This is the famous question routinely asked by Tokyo¨s most enigmatic librarian, Sayuri Komachi. Like most librarians, Komachi has read every book lining her shelves！but she also has the unique ability to read the souls of her library guests. For anyone who walks through her door, Komachi can sense exactly what they¨re looking for in life and provide just the book recommendation they never knew they needed to help them find it.

Each visitor comes to her library from a different juncture in their careers and dreams, from the restless sales attendant who feels stuck at her job to the struggling working mother who longs to be a magazine?editor. The conversation that they have with Sayuri Komachi！and the surprise book she lends each of them！will have life-altering consequences.

With heartwarming charm and wisdom, What You Are Looking For Is in the Library is a paean to the magic of libraries, friendship and community, perfect for anyone who has ever found themselves at an impasse in their life and in need of a little inspiration.]]> 304 Michiko Aoyama 1335005625 Becca 0 to-read 4.07 2020 What You Are Looking For Is in the Library
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]]> <![CDATA[The Convenience Store by the Sea]]> 209628245 Welcome to Tenderness!

A quaint seaside town in Kitakyushu, Mojiko is full of hidden delights. And one unexpected treasure is the 24/7 convenience store, Tenderness.

At first glance, it¨s a store like any other.

Sure, it¨s a bit odd that the handsome manager has his own fan club. And perhaps the customers are somewhat eccentric. But there¨s a warmth about Tenderness that draws you in.

The bright lights are always on. The employees know you by name. And the shelves are stacked with delicious treats, from strong hot coffee to sweet parfaits, egg sandos to ramen, crispy fried chicken to refreshing soba.

After a while, you get the feeling that whatever you need might just be waiting for you here´

Celebrating the joy of connection and community, The Convenience Store by the Sea is the heartwarming international bestseller from award-winning Japanese novelist Sonoko Machida.]]> 304 Sonoko Machida 1398722782 Becca 0 to-read 3.75 2020 The Convenience Store by the Sea
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]]> <![CDATA[Welcome to the Hyunam-Dong Bookshop]]> 133938826 should feel successful！but all she feels is drained. Haunted by an abandoned dream, she takes a leap of faith and leaves her old life behind. Quitting her job and divorcing her husband, Yeongju moves to a quiet residential neighborhood outside the city and opens the Hyunam-dong Bookshop.

The transition isn¨t easy. For months, all Yeongju can do is cry. But as the long hours in the shop stretch on, she begins to reflect on what makes a good bookseller and a meaningful store. She throws herself into reading voraciously, hosting author events, and crafting her own philosophy on bookselling. Gradually, Yeongju finds her footing in her new surroundings.

Surrounded by friends, writers, and the books that bind them, Yeongju begins to write a new chapter in her life. The Hyunam-dong Bookshop evolves into a warm, welcoming haven for lost souls！a place to rest, heal, and remember that it¨s never too late to scrap the plot and start over.]]> 307 Hwang Bo-Reum Becca 0 to-read 3.94 2022 Welcome to the Hyunam-Dong Bookshop
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]]> Strange Pictures 216670080
A pregnant woman¨s sketches on a seemingly innocuous blog conceal a chilling warning.

A child¨s picture of his home contains a dark secret message.

A sketch made by a murder victim in his final moments leads an amateur sleuth down a rabbit hole that will reveal a horrifying reality.

Structured around these nine childlike drawings, every one holding a disturbing clue, this novel invites readers to piece together the harrowing truth behind each and the overarching backstory that connects them all. Strange Pictures is the bestselling international debut from mystery-horror YouTube sensation Uketsu！an enigmatic masked figure who has become one of Japan's most talked about contemporary authors.]]> 236 Uketsu 0063433087 Becca 0 to-read 4.05 2022 Strange Pictures
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]]> <![CDATA[Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba, Vol. 23]]> 55711518
In an epic confrontation, Tanjiro and his fellow Demon Slayers have fought on through the night, suffering terrible losses against the King of Demons, Muzan Kibutsuji. Dawn is breaking soon, and if they can keep Muzan at bay just a little longer, it will be the end of the centuries-long struggle. But Muzan, who will stop at nothing to destroy the Demon Slayers, unleashes his most terrible powers. If he can¨t defeat the Demon Slayers, he may be able to cause them to destroy themselves from within. All fates and destinies will be decided as the sun begins to rise´]]> 232 Koyoharu Gotouge 1974723631 Becca 0 to-read 4.71 2020 Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba, Vol. 23
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]]> <![CDATA[Before We Say Goodbye (Before the Coffee Gets Cold, #4)]]> 66269953 The fourth novel in the internationally bestselling Before the Coffee Gets Cold Series, following a new group of customers in a magical time-traveling Tokyo caf└.

The regulars at Caf└ Funiculi Funicula are well acquainted with the whimsical ability it grants them to take a trip into the past！as well as the strict rules involved, including that each traveler must return to the present in the time it takes for their coffee to get cold. In Toshikazu Kawaguchi¨s previous novels, patrons have been reunited with old flames, made amends with estranged family and visited loved ones. Now readers will once again be introduced to a new set of visitors.

The Husband with Something Important Left to Say

The Woman Who Couldn¨t Bid Her Dog Farewell

The Woman Who Couldn¨t Answer a Proposal

The Daughter Who Drove Her Father Away

In Last Chance to Say Goodbye, which is translated from Japanese by Geoffrey Trousselot and features signature heartwarming characters and wistful storytelling, Kawaguchi once again invites the reader to ask themselves: What would you change if you could travel back in time?]]> 173 Toshikazu Kawaguchi 0369747305 Becca 0 to-read 3.94 2021 Before We Say Goodbye (Before the Coffee Gets Cold, #4)
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]]> <![CDATA[Before We Forget Kindness (Before the Coffee Gets Cold, #5)]]> 200998630 Before the Coffee Gets Cold series translated from Japanese, the mysterious caf└ where customers arrive hoping to travel back in time welcomes four new guests:

- The father who could not allow his daughter to get married
- A woman who couldn't give Valentine's Day chocolates to her loved one
- A boy who wants to show his smile to his divorced parents
- A wife holding a child with no name . . .

They must follow the caf└'s strict rules, however, and come back to the present before their coffee goes cold. Another moving and heartwarming tale from Toshikazu Kawaguchi, in Before We Forget Kindness our new visitors wish to go back into their past to move on their present, finding closure and comfort so they can embark on a beautiful future.]]> 224 Toshikazu Kawaguchi 1035046245 Becca 0 to-read 3.92 2023 Before We Forget Kindness (Before the Coffee Gets Cold, #5)
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]]> Lightlark (Lightlark, #1) 58938730 Welcome to the Centennial.

Every 100 years, the island of Lightlark appears to host the Centennial, a deadly game that only the rulers of six realms are invited to play. The invitation is a summons！a call to embrace victory and ruin, baubles and blood. The Centennial offers the six rulers one final chance to break the curses that have plagued their realms for centuries. Each ruler has something to hide. Each realm¨s curse is uniquely wicked. To destroy the curses, one ruler must die.

Isla Crown is the young ruler of Wildling！a realm of temptresses cursed to kill anyone they fall in love with. They are feared and despised, and are counting on Isla to end their suffering by succeeding at the Centennial.

To survive, Isla must lie, cheat, and betray´even as love complicates everything.]]> 384 Alex Aster 1647006317 Becca 0 currently-reading 4.03 2022 Lightlark (Lightlark, #1)
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]]> <![CDATA[Flawless (Chestnut Springs, #1)]]> 108514520 The rules were simple . . . Keep my hands off his daughter and stay out of trouble. But now I'm stuck with her. There's only one bed. And, well, rules are made to be broken.

I'm the golden boy of professional bull riding. Or at least I was until it all blew up in my face. Now, my agent says I have to clean up my image, so I'm stuck with his ball-busting daughter for the rest of the season as my "full-time supervision."

But I don't need a goddamn babysitter, especially one with skin-tight jeans, a sexy smirk, and a mouth she can't stop running . . . A mouth I can't stop thinking about.

She says this means nothing.

I say this means everything.

She says there are boundaries we shouldn't cross. That my reputation can't take any more hits-and neither can her damaged heart.

I say I'm going to steal it anyway.]]> 416 Elsie Silver 0349437661 Becca 3
I need more.

There's no way I can move onto another Elsie Silver book, I will be sitting on this book for a while!

Yet, I feel like we missed out on so much yet got so much in such a well written book. I don't know what it was but I felt like I understood the characters, yet I didn't really get to know them outside of their love for one another.

To say this was my first cowboy book I can't say for definite if this was an amazing cowboy romance or an okay cowboy romance.

I'll just have to read the rest of Elsie Silver's books to find out!]]> 3.93 2022 Flawless (Chestnut Springs, #1)
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3.5 / 5 STARS

I need more.

There's no way I can move onto another Elsie Silver book, I will be sitting on this book for a while!

Yet, I feel like we missed out on so much yet got so much in such a well written book. I don't know what it was but I felt like I understood the characters, yet I didn't really get to know them outside of their love for one another.

To say this was my first cowboy book I can't say for definite if this was an amazing cowboy romance or an okay cowboy romance.

I'll just have to read the rest of Elsie Silver's books to find out!
]]> <![CDATA[The Cinnamon Bun Book Store (Dream Harbor, #2)]]> 196241667 From the author of the Sunday Times bestseller and viral TikTok phenomenon, The Pumpkin Spice Caf└, comes a brand new spicy romance set in Dream Harbor!

When a secret message turns up hidden in a book in the Cinnamon Bun Bookstore, Hazel can't understand it. As more secret codes appear between the pages, she decides to follow the trail of clues´ she just need someone to help her out.

Gorgeous and outgoing fisherman, Noah, is always up for an adventure. And a scavenger hunt sounds like a lot of fun. Even better that the cute bookseller he's been crushing on for months is the one who wants his help!

Hazel didn¨t go looking for romance, but as the treasure hunt leads her and Noah around Dream Harbor, their undeniable chemistry might be just as hot as the fresh-out-of-the-oven cinnamon buns the bookstore sells´

The Cinnamon Bun Book Store is a cozy romantic mystery with a HEA guaranteed!

Tropes:
? opposites attract
? small town
? forced proximity
? he falls first]]> 384 Laurie Gilmore Becca 3 Is the book amazing? No. I'd say the book is okay, I had a problem with the age gap with the MMC being younger than the FMC by five years and it didn't really change the entire book. I felt it too strange, maybe it's because I'm nearly thirty and couldn't picture myself with someone that much younger than me.
I loved that the MMC was a total sweet loser for the FMC before she was crazy for him, I go crazy for that trope.
But I found the plot boring and very predictable at times and definitely was on the verge of making it a dnf book, so I will probably not read this book again and if I do it will be far into the future before I touch it again.
This was also my first book of the series so I was a little confused by some characters and their connection to our MCs, but it all worked out in the end I guess.]]> 3.66 2024 The Cinnamon Bun Book Store (Dream Harbor, #2)
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I bought this book last year in order to get a free cinnamon bun. Would I say it was worth it? Yes.
Is the book amazing? No. I'd say the book is okay, I had a problem with the age gap with the MMC being younger than the FMC by five years and it didn't really change the entire book. I felt it too strange, maybe it's because I'm nearly thirty and couldn't picture myself with someone that much younger than me.
I loved that the MMC was a total sweet loser for the FMC before she was crazy for him, I go crazy for that trope.
But I found the plot boring and very predictable at times and definitely was on the verge of making it a dnf book, so I will probably not read this book again and if I do it will be far into the future before I touch it again.
This was also my first book of the series so I was a little confused by some characters and their connection to our MCs, but it all worked out in the end I guess.
]]> <![CDATA[Everything Is Tuberculosis: The History and Persistence of Our Deadliest Infection]]> 220341389 John Green, the #1 bestselling author of The Anthropocene Reviewed and a passionate advocate for global healthcare reform, tells a deeply human story illuminating the fight against the world¨s deadliest disease.

Tuberculosis has been entwined with humanity for millennia. Once romanticized as a malady of poets, today tuberculosis is a disease of poverty that walks the trails of injustice and inequity we blazed for it.

In 2019, John Green met Henry, a young tuberculosis patient at Lakka Government Hospital in Sierra Leone while traveling with Partners in Health. John became fast friends with Henry, a boy with spindly legs and a big, goofy smile. In the years since that first visit to Lakka, Green has become a vocal and dynamic advocate for increased access to treatment and wider awareness of the healthcare inequities that allow this curable, treatable infectious disease to also be the deadliest, killing 1.5 million people every year.

In Everything is Tuberculosis, John tells Henry¨s story, woven through with the scientific and social histories of how tuberculosis has shaped our world and how our choices will shape the future of tuberculosis.]]> 208 John Green 0525556575 Becca 0 to-read 4.52 2025 Everything Is Tuberculosis: The History and Persistence of Our Deadliest Infection
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]]> <![CDATA[Sunrise on the Reaping (The Hunger Games, #0.5)]]> 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.]]> 387 Suzanne Collins 1546171460 Becca 0 to-read 4.62 2025 Sunrise on the Reaping (The Hunger Games, #0.5)
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]]> Onyx Storm (The Empyrean, #3) 209439446
Now Violet must journey beyond the failing Aretian wards to seek allies from unfamiliar lands to stand with Navarre. The trip will test every bit of her wit, luck, and strength, but she will do anything to save what she loves！her dragons, her family, her home, and him.

Even if it means keeping a secret so big, it could destroy everything. They need an army. They need power. They need magic. And they need the one thing only Violet can find！the truth. But a storm is coming...and not everyone can survive its wrath.]]> 527 Rebecca Yarros 1649374186 Becca 0 to-read 4.17 2025 Onyx Storm (The Empyrean, #3)
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]]> Katabasis 210223811 Two graduate students must set aside their rivalry and journey to Hell to save their professor¨s soul, perhaps at the cost of their own.

Alice Law has only ever had one goal: to become one of the brightest minds in the field of Magick. She has sacrificed everything to make that a reality！her pride, her health, her love life, and most definitely her sanity. All to work with Professor Jacob Grimes at Cambridge, the greatest magician in the world！that is, until he dies in a magical accident that could possibly be her fault.

Grimes is now in Hell, and she¨s going in after him. Because his recommendation could hold her very future in his now incorporeal hands, and even death is not going to stop the pursuit of her dreams. Nor will the fact that her rival, Peter Murdoch, has come to the same conclusion.]]> 400 R.F. Kuang Becca 0 to-read 4.03 2025 Katabasis
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]]> <![CDATA[Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil]]> 215020997 ALL first edition copies will be signed by the author! Signed copies available while supplies last.

From V. E. Schwab, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue: a new genre-defying novel about immortality and hunger.

This is a story about hunger.
1532. Santo Domingo de la Calzada.
A young girl grows up wild and wily！her beauty is only outmatched by her dreams of escape. But Mar┴a knows she can only ever be a prize, or a pawn, in the games played by men. When an alluring stranger offers an alternate path, Mar┴a makes a desperate choice. She vows to have no regrets.

This is a story about love.
1827. London.
A young woman lives an idyllic but cloistered life on her family¨s estate, until a moment of forbidden intimacy sees her shipped off to London. Charlotte¨s tender heart and seemingly impossible wishes are swept away by an invitation from a beautiful widow！but the price of freedom is higher than she could have imagined.

This is a story about rage.
2019. Boston.
College was supposed to be her chance to be someone new. That¨s why Alice moved halfway across the world, leaving her old life behind. But after an out-of-character one-night stand leaves her questioning her past, her present, and her future, Alice throws herself into the hunt for answers . . . and revenge.

This is a story about life！
how it ends, and how it starts.

USA Today, 15 Most Anticipated of 2025
BookBub, Most Anticipated of 2025 (and Reader¨s Pick)
Readers Digest, 20 Most Anticipated Books This Year
Paste Magazine, Most Anticipated Fantasy Books of 2025
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Men's Health, 25 Best & Most Anticipated Books of 2025
The Nerd Daily, SFF to Devour in 2025
天右嚔赤, Readers' Most Anticipated Books of 2025]]> 560 Victoria E. Schwab 1035064642 Becca 0 to-read 4.39 2025 Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil
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]]> Wild Dark Shore 211004089
Dominic Salt and his three children are caretakers of Shearwater, a tiny island not far from Antarctica. Home to the world¨s largest seed bank, Shearwater was once full of researchers. But with sea levels rising, the Salts are now its final inhabitants, packing up the seeds before they are transported to safer ground. Despite the wild beauty of life here, isolation has taken its toll on the Salts. Raff, eighteen and suffering his first heartbreak, can only find relief at his punching bag; Fen, seventeen, has started spending her nights on the beach among the seals; nine-year-old Orly, obsessed with botany, fears the loss of his beloved natural world; and Dominic can¨t stop turning back toward the past, and the loss that drove the family to Shearwater in the first place.

Then, during the worst storm the island has ever seen, a woman washes up on shore. As the Salts nurse the woman, Rowan, back to life, their suspicion gives way to affection, and they finally begin to feel like a family again. Rowan, long accustomed to protecting her heart, begins to fall for the Salts, too. But Rowan isn¨t telling the whole truth about why she set out for Shearwater. And when she discovers the sabotaged radios and a freshly dug grave, she realizes Dominic is keeping his own dark secrets. As the storms on Shearwater gather force, the characters must decide if they can trust each other enough to protect the precious seeds in their care before it¨s too late！and if they can finally put the tragedies of the past behind them to create something new, together.]]> 303 Charlotte McConaghy 1250827957 Becca 0 to-read 4.27 2025 Wild Dark Shore
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]]> I Who Have Never Known Men 60811826 Deep underground, forty women live imprisoned in a cage. Watched over by guards, the women have no memory of how they got there, no notion of time, and only a vague recollection of their lives before.


As the burn of electric light merges day into night and numberless years pass, a young girl！the fortieth prisoner！sits alone and outcast in the corner. Soon she will show herself to be the key to the others' escape and survival in the strange world that awaits them above ground.


Jacqueline Harpman was born in Etterbeek, Belgium, in 1929, and fled to Casablanca with her family during WWII. Informed by her background as a psychoanalyst and her youth in exile, I Who Have Never Known Men is a haunting, heartbreaking post-apocalyptic novel of female friendship and intimacy, and the lengths people will go to maintain their humanity in the face of devastation. Back in print for the first time since 1997, Harpman¨s modern classic is an important addition to the growing canon of feminist speculative literature.]]> 184 Jacqueline Harpman 1945492600 Becca 0 to-read 4.11 1995 I Who Have Never Known Men
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]]> Memories of You 149270216
One minute, pastry chef Tabitha Greenwood is driving through rain-soaked Dublin with her fianc└, Mark, on their way to a New Year¨s Eve party. The next, she is waking up in the hospital, the devastated face of her sister telling her everything she doesn¨t want to know. Mark is gone. And Tabby knows that it¨s her fault.

Lost in her grief and haunted by memories, Tabby can¨t seem to return to the woman she was. Until one day, sorting through Mark¨s belongings, she finds a delicate rose-gold bracelet with an engraving that changes everything. Because this heartfelt gift isn¨t for her´

Should she follow the mystery? Find the girl this bracelet belongs to? Faced with the choice to step beyond the walls she¨s built around herself, Tabby doesn¨t realise how many lives will be affected by her decision, and how much the answers she finds will upend her world again´

Completely heartbreaking and powerfully uplifting Irish storytelling. The perfect unputdownable read for fans of Dani Atkins, Sally Page and Amanda Prowse.

Readers love Memories of You :

｀ I cried so much while reading this book and my heart broke for Tabitha´ An emotional and powerful read that will stay with me for a long time! ¨ 天右嚔赤 reviewer, ??????????

｀What can I say other than absolutely brilliant . Such a wonderful story where from sadness, hope arises´ I couldn¨t put this book down .¨ 天右嚔赤 reviewer, ??????????

｀I absolutely adored it from start to finish . It¨s a wonderful story with some fabulous characters. I can¨t recommend this fantastic emotional read highly enough .¨ 天右嚔赤 reviewer, ??????????

｀This book was so good ´ such a tearjerker .¨ Booked with Brandi , ??????????

｀I was captivated from the beginning ´ I have now downloaded another of her books.¨ Netgalley reviewer, ??????????

Readers adore Brooke

｀ Wow ´ One hell of a rollercoaster ride of emotions!´ This book will certainly tug at your heartstrings. I was completely hooked from the very first page and only managed to dry my eyes after I had finished .¨ Stardust Book Reviews , ??????????

｀To say that my heart was broken would be an understatement´ THE most moving, emotional, tender novel I think I have ever, ever read .¨ The Writing Garnet , ??????????

｀ WHAT A BOOK!!! ´ It was a-ma-zing, fabulous, wonderful ´ Had my eyes filled with tears and the emotions were so raw´ never-to-be-forgotten ´ Heartbreaking, heartfelt´ I loved it! ¨ B for Bookreview , ??????????

｀Oh my goodness´ I couldn¨t see the words through my tears . This book broke me´ Fantastic .¨ 天右嚔赤 reviewer, ??????????

｀ Stunning ´ Even though it made me blub like a baby and I met my grocery delivery man with tears streaming down my face!¨ 天右嚔赤 reviewer, ??????????

｀ Absolutely wonderful. Charming, real and heartbreaking ´ The love I felt for this book was unreal ´ Such an amazing book .¨ 天右嚔赤 reviewer, ??????????

｀ OMG ´ I loved this book so much ´ It felt really special , I couldn¨t put it down and read it in one go ´ I ended the book with tears streaming down my face .¨ 天右嚔赤 reviewer, ??????????

｀This book broke me ´ Took my heart and squeezed it until all my emotions flowed down as tears ´ I loved every single thing about this book .¨ Shalini¨s Book Reviews , ??????????]]> 374 Brooke Harris 1805080768 Becca 0 netgalley, dnf 4.16 Memories of You
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]]> Neon Roses 74960901
Then the fundraising group Lesbians and Gays Support the Miners comes down from London, and she meets June, a snaggle-toothed blonde in a too-big leather jacket. Suddenly, Eluned isn't stuck any more - she's in freefall.

June's an artist and an activist, living in a squat in Camden. With June, Eluned can imagine a completely different - and exciting - life for herself. But as her family struggles with the strike, and her relationship with her sister deteriorates, should she really leave it all behind?

From the Valleys to the nightclubs of Cardiff, London and Manchester, NEON ROSES is a heartwarming, funny and a little bit filthy queer coming-of-age story with a cracking '80s soundtrack.]]> 304 Rachel Dawson 1399801945 Becca 0 netgalley, dnf I have never read an LGBTQ+ book before, not because I'm homophobic but because I've been too intimidated too! So starting with this book seemed like the best start, as it was set, not only in the UK, but about the miners strike which was/is a big deal where I currently live!
So it was to have that familiarity and connection with the story before reading it fully!
I think that overall though the main reason why I loved this story was because of how human the story felt instead of like a teenage corny love story, for example.
The main characters didn't feel corny the writer clearly knew how to write realistic conversations better than a lot of the earlier books I've read and that made me want to continue on.
I don't want to spoil too much so I'll just leave with this; if you want to read an LGBTQ+ book for the first time, this is the perfect book to start your journey!]]> 3.86 2023 Neon Roses
author: Rachel Dawson
name: Becca
average rating: 3.86
book published: 2023
rating: 0
read at: 2023/06/14
date added: 2025/01/12
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I was given an ARC from NetGalley in return for an honest review.
I have never read an LGBTQ+ book before, not because I'm homophobic but because I've been too intimidated too! So starting with this book seemed like the best start, as it was set, not only in the UK, but about the miners strike which was/is a big deal where I currently live!
So it was to have that familiarity and connection with the story before reading it fully!
I think that overall though the main reason why I loved this story was because of how human the story felt instead of like a teenage corny love story, for example.
The main characters didn't feel corny the writer clearly knew how to write realistic conversations better than a lot of the earlier books I've read and that made me want to continue on.
I don't want to spoil too much so I'll just leave with this; if you want to read an LGBTQ+ book for the first time, this is the perfect book to start your journey!
]]> Quietly Hostile: Essays 62052300
The success of Irby's career has taken her to new heights. She fields calls with job offers from Hollywood and walks the red carpet with the iconic ladies of Sex and the City. Finally, she has made it. But, behind all that new-found glam, Irby is just trying to keep her life together as she always had.

Her teeth are poisoning her from inside her mouth, and her diarrhea is back. She gets turned away from a restaurant for wearing ugly clothes, she goes to therapy and tries out Lexapro, gets healed with Reiki, explores the power of crystals, and becomes addicted to QVC. Making light of herself as she takes us on an outrageously funny tour of all the details that make up a true portrait of her life, Irby is once again the relatable, uproarious tonic we all need.]]> 290 Samantha Irby 0593315693 Becca 0 netgalley, dnf 3.66 2023 Quietly Hostile: Essays
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name: Becca
average rating: 3.66
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]]> Fair Rosaline 62841102
The first time Romeo Montague sees young Rosaline Capulet he falls instantly in love. Rosaline, headstrong and independent, is unsure of Romeo's attentions but with her father determined that she join a convent, this handsome and charming stranger offers her the chance of a different life.

Soon though, Rosaline begins to doubt all that Romeo has told her. She breaks off the match, only for Romeo's gaze to turn towards her cousin, thirteen-year-old Juliet. Gradually Rosaline realizes that it is not only Juliet's reputation at stake, but her life .With only hours remaining before she will be banished behind the nunnery walls, will Rosaline save Juliet from her Romeo? Or can this story only ever end one way?

Shattering everything we thought we knew about Romeo and Juliet, Fair Rosaline is the spellbinding prequel to Shakespeare's best known tale, which exposes Romeo as a predator with a long history of pursuing much younger girls. Bold, lyrical, and chillingly relevant, Fair Rosaline reveals the dark subtext of the timeless story of star-crossed lovers: it's a feminist revision that will enthrall readers of bestselling literary retellings such as Hamnet by Maggie O'Farrell and Hester by Laurie Lico Albanese]]> 336 Natasha Solomons Becca 0 netgalley, dnf 3.78 2023 Fair Rosaline
author: Natasha Solomons
name: Becca
average rating: 3.78
book published: 2023
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[If Cats Disappeared from the World]]> 40740914
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 C and his beloved cat C 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 Becca 0 to-read 3.77 2012 If Cats Disappeared from the World
author: Genki Kawamura
name: Becca
average rating: 3.77
book published: 2012
rating: 0
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]]> Breasts and Eggs 50736031
Breasts and Eggs paints a portrait of contemporary womanhood in Japan and recounts the intimate journeys of three women as they confront oppressive mores and their own uncertainties on the road to finding peace and futures they can truly call their own.

It tells the story of three women: the thirty-year-old Natsu, her older sister, Makiko, and Makiko¨s daughter, Midoriko. Makiko has traveled to Tokyo in search of an affordable breast enhancement procedure. She is accompanied by Midoriko, who has recently grown silent, finding herself unable to voice the vague yet overwhelming pressures associated with growing up. Her silence proves a catalyst for each woman to confront her fears and frustrations.

On another hot summer¨s day ten years later, Natsu, on a journey back to her native city, struggles with her own indeterminate identity as she confronts anxieties about growing old alone and childless.]]> 430 Mieko Kawakami 1609455878 Becca 0 to-read 3.87 2008 Breasts and Eggs
author: Mieko Kawakami
name: Becca
average rating: 3.87
book published: 2008
rating: 0
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]]> The Garden of Evening Mists 12031532 448 Tan Twan Eng 1905802498 Becca 0 to-read 4.11 2011 The Garden of Evening Mists
author: Tan Twan Eng
name: Becca
average rating: 4.11
book published: 2011
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[More Days at the Morisaki Bookshop (Days at the Morisaki Bookshop, #2)]]> 199295788 In this charming and emotionally resonant follow up to the internationally bestselling Days at the Morisaki Bookshop, Satoshi Yagisawa paints a poignant and thoughtful portrait of life, love, and how much books and bookstores mean to the people who love them.

Set again in the beloved Japanese bookshop and nearby coffee shop in the Jimbocho neighborhood of Toyko, More Days at the Morisaki Bookshop deepens the relationship between Takako, her uncle Satoru , and the people in their lives. A new cast of heartwarming regulars have appeared in the shop, including an old man who wears the same ragged mouse-colored sweater and another who collects books solely for the official stamps with the author¨s personal seal.

Satoshi Yagisawa illuminates the everyday relationships between people that are forged and grown through a shared love of books. As time passes, Satoru, with Takako¨s help, must choose whether to keep the bookshop open or shutter its doors forever. Making the decision will take uncle and niece on an emotional journey back to their family¨s roots and remind them again what a bookstore can mean to an individual, a neighborhood, and a whole culture.]]> 176 Satoshi Yagisawa 0063278715 Becca 0 to-read 3.90 2011 More Days at the Morisaki Bookshop (Days at the Morisaki Bookshop, #2)
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]]> <![CDATA[Days at the Morisaki Bookshop (Days at the Morisaki Bookshop, #1)]]> 62047992 The moving international sensation about new beginnings, human connection, and the joy of reading.

Hidden in Jimbocho, Tokyo, is a booklover's paradise. On a quiet corner in an old wooden building lies a shop filled with hundreds of second-hand books.

Twenty-five-year-old Takako has never liked reading, although the Morisaki bookshop has been in her family for three generations. It is the pride and joy of her uncle Satoru, who has devoted his life to the bookshop since his wife Momoko left him five years earlier.

When Takako's boyfriend reveals he's marrying someone else, she reluctantly accepts her eccentric uncle's offer to live rent-free in the tiny room above the shop. Hoping to nurse her broken heart in peace, Takako is surprised to encounter new worlds within the stacks of books lining the Morisaki bookshop.

As summer fades to autumn, Satoru and Takako discover they have more in common than they first thought. The Morisaki bookshop has something to teach them both about life, love, and the healing power of books.]]> 150 Satoshi Yagisawa 0063278677 Becca 0 to-read 3.67 2010 Days at the Morisaki Bookshop (Days at the Morisaki Bookshop, #1)
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average rating: 3.67
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]]> Four Seasons in Japan 124798505
It is a story about Ayako, a fierce and strict old woman who runs a coffee shop in the small town of Onomichi, where she has just taken guardianship of her grandson, Kyo. Haunted by long-buried family tragedy, both have suffered extreme loss and feel unable to open up to each other. As Flo follows the characters across a year in rural Japan, through the ups and downs of the pair's burgeoning relationship, she quickly realises that she needs to venture outside the pages of the book to track down its elusive author. And, as her two protagonists reveal themselves to have more in common with her life than first meets the eye, the lines between text and translator converge. The journey is just beginning.

From the author of The Cat and The City, Four Seasons in Japan is a gorgeously crafted book-within-a-book about literature, purpose and what it is to belong.]]> 336 Nick Bradley 085752934X Becca 0 to-read 4.19 2023 Four Seasons in Japan
author: Nick Bradley
name: Becca
average rating: 4.19
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]]> <![CDATA[Lights Out (Into Darkness, #1)]]> 213680945 The viral TikTok stalker dark romance, burning with high heat, hilarious banter, and a love story like you've never seen before. Can you handle the ride?

I want someone with a soul as black as night. Someone who would burn the world down for me and not lose a single minute of sleep over it.

Trauma nurse Alyssa Cappellucci doesn't need any more kinks. She likes the one she's landed on just fine. To her, nothing could top the masked men she follows online. Unless one of those men was shirtless, heavily tattooed, and waiting for her in her bedroom. She dreams about being hunted by one in particular, of him chasing her down and doing deliciously dark things to her willing body. She never could have guessed that by sending one drunken text, those dreams would become her new reality.

I want things most people don't, craving darkness and depravity instead of light and love.

Joshua Hammond has an infamous father-the kind of man that true-crime podcasts love talking about. Josh has spent his life avoiding the limelight, but his online persona is another story. At night, he posts masked thirst traps for his millions of fans to drool over, but one follower has caught his Aly. After reading a comment begging him to break into her house wearing a mask, he decides to take her up on her offer.

Together, Aly and Josh live out their darkest fantasies, unaware that Aly has captured the attention of someone else. Someone with far more sinister intentions than a little light stalking. As Josh turns from predator to protector and the stakes heighten, he must ask himself how far he's willing to go for the woman he's obsessed with.

Lights Out is a fast-paced dark romance with a morally grey male lead. Some themes and scenes may be disturbing to readers. Please check the TWs at the beginning of the book.]]> 455 Navessa Allen 1529442419 Becca 0 currently-reading 4.18 2024 Lights Out (Into Darkness, #1)
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average rating: 4.18
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]]> <![CDATA[Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man, a Young Man, and Life's Greatest Lesson]]> 6900
Maybe, like Mitch, you lost track of this mentor as you made your way, and the insights faded. Wouldn't you like to see that person again, ask the bigger questions that still haunt you?

Mitch Albom had that second chance. He rediscovered Morrie in the last months of the older man's life. Knowing he was dying of ALS - or motor neurone disease - Mitch visited Morrie in his study every Tuesday, just as they used to back in college. Their rekindled relationship turned into one final 'class': lessons in how to live.]]> 210 Mitch Albom Becca 0 to-read 4.19 1997 Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man, a Young Man, and Life's Greatest Lesson
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average rating: 4.19
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]]> <![CDATA[The Poppy War (The Poppy War, #1)]]> 35068705
When Rin aced the Keju！the Empire-wide test to find the most talented youth to learn at the Academies！it was a shock to everyone: to the test officials, who couldn¨t believe a war orphan from Rooster Province could pass without cheating; to Rin¨s guardians, who believed they¨d finally be able to marry her off and further their criminal enterprise; and to Rin herself, who realized she was finally free of the servitude and despair that had made up her daily existence. That she got into Sinegard！the most elite military school in Nikan！was even more surprising.

But surprises aren¨t always good.

Because being a dark-skinned peasant girl from the south is not an easy thing at Sinegard. Targeted from the outset by rival classmates for her color, poverty, and gender, Rin discovers she possesses a lethal, unearthly power！an aptitude for the nearly-mythical art of shamanism. Exploring the depths of her gift with the help of a seemingly insane teacher and psychoactive substances, Rin learns that gods long thought dead are very much alive！and that mastering control over those powers could mean more than just surviving school.

For while the Nikara Empire is at peace, the Federation of Mugen still lurks across a narrow sea. The militarily advanced Federation occupied Nikan for decades after the First Poppy War, and only barely lost the continent in the Second. And while most of the people are complacent to go about their lives, a few are aware that a Third Poppy War is just a spark away . . .

Rin¨s shamanic powers may be the only way to save her people. But as she finds out more about the god that has chosen her, the vengeful Phoenix, she fears that winning the war may cost her humanity . . . and that it may already be too late.]]> 545 R.F. Kuang 0062662597 Becca 0 to-read 4.16 2018 The Poppy War (The Poppy War, #1)
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average rating: 4.16
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]]> <![CDATA[House of Bane and Blood (Order and Chaos, #1)]]> 195138739
An heiress in the most notorious family in Lynchaven, Camilla Marchese is doing all she can to keep her family¨s syndicate, the Iron Saint Railway, from slipping into bankruptcy. When the gorgeous and depraved Nicolai Attano, the leader of a rival family, offers to pay off the Inspector in exchange for her hand, she has no choice but to give up not only her throne！but her name.

Nico has his own motivations for their union beyond maintaining peace with her family. A serial kidnapper known as The Collector has been ravaging the streets of Remnant Row, stirring up mistrust between natives and descendants. If Milla can help restore safety to his streets, he¨ll have no need for her or her family¨s company. Find the Collector, prevent a war between their sides of the city, and pay off the family debt before she turns twenty-one. If Milla can fulfill her end of the bargain, she¨ll walk away with more freedom than she¨s ever had before.

But this deal plunges Milla into the city¨s dark underbelly where remnant magic and arcane science compete in a deadly game of depravity. When forbidden feelings rise for her new husband and dark family secrets come to light, Milla must discover the truth about her past before it gets them both killed or worse！collected.

Set in a post-industrial age setting on a magical Isle, Peaky Blinders meets the magic system of the Grishaverse in this rivals-to-lovers adult fantasy romance.]]> 432 Alexis L. Menard Becca 0 to-read 3.98 2023 House of Bane and Blood (Order and Chaos, #1)
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average rating: 3.98
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]]> <![CDATA[Death Is My Ride or Die (The Death Chronicles, #2)]]> 195391763 When all hell breaks loose, you might as well join the party.

It¨s Halloween and Faith¨s entire life has changed. She¨s discovered that her soul is light incarnate. That she might be in love with Death himself. And that she¨s got these powers she doesn¨t quite know what to do with. In fact, Faith¨s life over the last few weeks has been rocky to say the least, and it¨s not going to slow down . . . there¨s nothing like the threat of the world as she knows it ending to kick her into high gear.

Meanwhile, Death is in purgatory . . . where he¨s trying to get back to Faith before anything worse can happen to her. With the Book of the Dead empowering Faith, and Death¨s nemesis Ahrimad wielding Death¨s scythe, it¨s more imperative than ever that he finds his way out of this mess.

When the warlock Ace has a vision of a portal to the underworld opening, Faith and Death must work together to stop the demons from coming throughCand hopefully save both their lives.]]> 416 Katarina E. Tonks 1990778003 Becca 0 to-read 4.33 2011 Death Is My Ride or Die (The Death Chronicles, #2)
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average rating: 4.33
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]]> <![CDATA[Wのヒ`ロ`アカデミア 42 [Boku no Hero Academia 42]]]> 216976063 184 Kohei Horikoshi 4088843495 Becca 0 to-read 4.16 2024 Wのヒ`ロ`アカデミア 42 [Boku no Hero Academia 42]
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average rating: 4.16
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]]> <![CDATA[Wのヒ`ロ`アカデミア 41 [Boku no Hero Academia 41]]]> 209362151 200 Kohei Horikoshi 4088841697 Becca 0 to-read 4.37 2024 Wのヒ`ロ`アカデミア 41 [Boku no Hero Academia 41]
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]]> <![CDATA[Wのヒ`ロ`アカデミア 40 [Boku no Hero Academia 40]]]> 209362139 200 Kohei Horikoshi 4088840070 Becca 0 to-read 4.39 2024 Wのヒ`ロ`アカデミア 40 [Boku no Hero Academia 40]
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]]> <![CDATA[Wのヒ`ロ`アカデミア 36 [Boku no Hero Academia 36]]]> 60903423 200 Kohei Horikoshi 4088832612 Becca 0 to-read 4.48 2022 Wのヒ`ロ`アカデミア 36 [Boku no Hero Academia 36]
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]]> My Hero Academia, vol. 35 63910345 それが＾蘖魁韻伏きている吭龍だ!!液液> Kohei Horikoshi 8419673137 Becca 4
Obviously I'm hyped/worried about the big Todoroki fight that's been left on a cliffhanger too!]]> 4.54 2022 My Hero Academia, vol. 35
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average rating: 4.54
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rating: 4
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It's feeling very close to the end of the story -- also, my fascination with the hidden quirk grows more and more than with anything else at this point!!

Obviously I'm hyped/worried about the big Todoroki fight that's been left on a cliffhanger too!
]]> A Sign of Affection, Vol. 7 198378483 159 Suu Morishita Becca 4
It doesn't mean that it's still not good! I just found it a bit different to read than the previous volumes, it's hard to explain!

I still enjoyed the book and as I've said before many times the relationship between Itsuomi and Yuki is so incredibly healthy even if it seems like they may not be together for long, it's definitely the best thing in the volume.]]> 4.63 2022 A Sign of Affection, Vol. 7
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I don't know if it's my expectations or if it's the volume itself but I felt like this volume lacked its usual flare I've come to love.

It doesn't mean that it's still not good! I just found it a bit different to read than the previous volumes, it's hard to explain!

I still enjoyed the book and as I've said before many times the relationship between Itsuomi and Yuki is so incredibly healthy even if it seems like they may not be together for long, it's definitely the best thing in the volume.
]]> <![CDATA[Fourth Wing (The Empyrean, #1)]]> 61431922 Enter the brutal and elite world of a war college for dragon riders...

Twenty-year-old Violet Sorrengail was supposed to enter the Scribe Quadrant, living a quiet life among books and history. Now, the commanding general！also known as her tough-as-talons mother！has ordered Violet to join the hundreds of candidates striving to become the elite of Navarre: dragon riders.

But when you¨re smaller than everyone else and your body is brittle, death is only a heartbeat away...because dragons don¨t bond to ＾fragile￣ humans. They incinerate them.

With fewer dragons willing to bond than cadets, most would kill Violet to better their own chances of success. The rest would kill her just for being her mother¨s daughter！like Xaden Riorson, the most powerful and ruthless wingleader in the Riders Quadrant.

She¨ll need every edge her wits can give her just to see the next sunrise.

Yet, with every day that passes, the war outside grows more deadly, the kingdom's protective wards are failing, and the death toll continues to rise. Even worse, Violet begins to suspect leadership is hiding a terrible secret.

Friends, enemies, lovers. Everyone at Basgiath War College has an agenda！because once you enter, there are only two ways out: graduate or die]]> 528 Rebecca Yarros 1649374046 Becca 0 currently-reading 4.56 2023 Fourth Wing (The Empyrean, #1)
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average rating: 4.56
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]]> <![CDATA[ゆびさきと禅？ 11 [Yubisaki to Renren 11]]]> 214350668
溺徨寄伏の僣は、嬾がいがあって串が療こえない徭蛍にも強じることなく徭隼に俊してくれる寄僥の枠渦?叺骸に版かれ、挫きになる。
原き栽い兵めてからも採かと寄俳にしてくれる叺骸。泳の仟たな中を岑るたびに、もっと挫きになる僣。
ついにふたりの揖頓伏試が兵まり、さらにvS來は侮まっていく。
そんな嶄、伉に乾kされた@崗は´!
そして叺骸がこれまで宇えてきた襪い魎鬚礎ける´!!液液> 176 Suu Morishita 4065361931 Becca 0 to-read 4.51 2024 ゆびさきと禅？ 11 [Yubisaki to Renren 11]
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]]> A Sign of Affection, Vol. 6 61395457
Yuki's a college student who admires and then falls in love with an upperclassman at her school, Itsuomi, who treats her naturally despite her being Deaf. After she resolves to pursue this love in earnest, and Itsuomi asks her to go out, the two become a couple. On their first date alone, Yuki asks Itsuomi about something she's been wondering for a while, but how will he respond?]]> 178 Suu Morishita 1684913403 Becca 4
It's definitely got that warm romance vibe to it and I think I've mentioned before in a previous review but the relationship between Itsuomi and Yuki is beyond healthy, it's such a nice change from the typical romance genre where there's a lot of cat and mouse and disagreements - with them it's a sense of calm and growth of them both together and through their characters.

The other characters are just as great, even if I disagree with some of the things said and done by Emma and Shin.]]> 4.56 2022 A Sign of Affection, Vol. 6
author: Suu Morishita
name: Becca
average rating: 4.56
book published: 2022
rating: 4
read at: 2024/12/03
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It's been a while since I read this series so I had to re-read this volume to remember what had happened and oh my days I forgot how cute this book series is!!

It's definitely got that warm romance vibe to it and I think I've mentioned before in a previous review but the relationship between Itsuomi and Yuki is beyond healthy, it's such a nice change from the typical romance genre where there's a lot of cat and mouse and disagreements - with them it's a sense of calm and growth of them both together and through their characters.

The other characters are just as great, even if I disagree with some of the things said and done by Emma and Shin.
]]> <![CDATA[Shade's Embrace (Sidonions, #1)]]> 122778538
He rules over them.

Axaria Shade, a deadly sidonion commander turned underworld kingpin, rules on the moon city, Seriph, with merciless control. Humans don't enter the city without fear of death, especially if found in his territory.

So it's shocking to Madelyn when he spares her life after her ship crashes on (and burns away) a part of his property.

That doesn¨t mean he¨ll let her go. Not without a price.

With a debt to be paid, an arrangement is struck, one Maddie doesn¨t refuse. She¨s heard enough about Shade and the sidonions to know their taste for bloodshed, brutality, and hatred for humans.

Only Shade doesn¨t treat her with icy contempt like she expects. Far from it. He looks at her as if he has never seen a human in his life. And the way he touches her says enough of what he wants.

He wants her.

Shade doesn¨t disguise his desire. Even if he doesn¨t understand his craving for her, he¨s willing to take anything she¨ll give.

All Maddie should want is to pay what is owed and be out of his cold, monstrous hands. But his dark embrace is a hard one to break. And his need might consume her.

The heat between them is undeniable. But Shade is a monster at heart. Can a monster really care for her? Want her human heart? Or is he only playing a cruel game?

Shade's Embrace is a complete standalone novel containing dark themes and is for mature readers only.]]> 227 Olivia Riley Becca 3
The romance as a whole felt like it was lacking something but I'm not sure what.

Madelyn frustrated me to no end, not only did I keep thinking that she needed a friend the entire time but when I thought another character was going to be her friend they either wanted to trade her or kidnap her to hold over Slade, by the time I was halfway through the book it felt like every other chapter was repetitive and had the same trope.

I also felt as if, since this is my first Olivia Riley book, that there were references to other planets and species that I was not able to comprehend completely because they were in previous alien species/planets books the author has either written or is going to write about.]]> 3.76 2023 Shade's Embrace (Sidonions, #1)
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It was okay.

The romance as a whole felt like it was lacking something but I'm not sure what.

Madelyn frustrated me to no end, not only did I keep thinking that she needed a friend the entire time but when I thought another character was going to be her friend they either wanted to trade her or kidnap her to hold over Slade, by the time I was halfway through the book it felt like every other chapter was repetitive and had the same trope.

I also felt as if, since this is my first Olivia Riley book, that there were references to other planets and species that I was not able to comprehend completely because they were in previous alien species/planets books the author has either written or is going to write about.
]]> Draka's Heat (Sidonions, #2) 210097777 King of the Mountain

Imprisoned on a desolate ice planet, Draka, a sidonion ex-commander and weapons master, plays a dangerous waiting game. In a world where mercy is a weakness and staying ahead is the only rule, he dominates over the frozen expanse with a numbed heart, haunted by loneliness.

Until he discovers a human female in his territory. One glance, and the unthinkable happens C she awakens something primal in him. For the first time in years he feels alive. She is like the sun breaking away the darkness.

But then she runs from him.

And so the hunt begins´

A Lone Survivor

One reckless mistake thrusts Ria onto Arkona, a perilous prison world teeming with the galaxy's most ruthless criminals. Amidst the danger, one name stands above all C Draka, the King of the Mountain. Lethal, cunning, and relentless, he warns all to steer clear or face his wrath.

Until another misstep puts her in his path and Draka locks onto her like a predator to prey. As he pursues her across Arkona's treacherous terrain, Ria grapples with the burning Can she outrun the flames of Draka's obsession, or will she succumb to the scorching heat that threatens to consume them both?]]> 234 Olivia Riley Becca 0 to-read 4.00 2024 Draka's Heat (Sidonions, #2)
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]]> Where the Crawdads Sing 36809135
But Kya is not what they say. A born naturalist with just one day of school, she takes life's lessons from the land, learning the real ways of the world from the dishonest signals of fireflies. But while she has the skills to live in solitude forever, the time comes when she yearns to be touched and loved. Drawn to two young men from town, who are each intrigued by her wild beauty, Kya opens herself to a new and startling world！until the unthinkable happens.

In Where the Crawdads Sing, Owens juxtaposes an exquisite ode to the natural world against a profound coming of age story and haunting mystery. Thought-provoking, wise, and deeply moving, Owens¨s debut novel reminds us that we are forever shaped by the child within us, while also subject to the beautiful and violent secrets that nature keeps.

The story asks how isolation influences the behavior of a young woman, who like all of us, has the genetic propensity to belong to a group. The clues to the mystery are brushed into the lush habitat and natural histories of its wild creatures.]]> 384 Delia Owens 0735219117 Becca 0 to-read 4.35 2018 Where the Crawdads Sing
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]]> A Little Life 22822858
Over the decades, their relationships deepen and darken, tinged by addiction, success, and pride.?Yet their greatest challenge, each comes to realize, is Jude himself, by midlife a terrifyingly talented litigator yet an increasingly broken man, his mind and body scarred by an unspeakable childhood, and haunted by what he fears is a degree of trauma that he¨ll not only be unable to overcome！but that will define his life forever.]]> 720 Hanya Yanagihara 0385539258 Becca 0 to-read 4.28 2015 A Little Life
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]]> Blue Sisters 195430687 Three estranged siblings return to their family home in New York after their beloved sister's death in this unforgettable story of grief, identity, and the complexities of family.

The three Blue sisters are exceptional！and exceptionally different. Avery, the eldest and a recovering heroin addict turned strait-laced lawyer, lives with her wife in London; Bonnie, a former boxer, works as a bouncer in Los Angeles following a devastating defeat; and Lucky, the youngest, models in Paris while trying to outrun her hard-partying ways. They also had a fourth sister, Nicky, whose unexpected death left Avery, Bonnie, and Lucky reeling. A year later, as they each navigate grief, addiction, and ambition, they find they must return to New York to stop the sale of the apartment they were raised in.

But coming home is never as easy as it seems. As the sisters reckon with the disappointments of their childhood and the loss of the only person who held them together, they realize the greatest secrets they've been keeping might not have been from each other, but from themselves.]]> 342 Coco Mellors 0593723767 Becca 3
it's not because it's not good but maybe because I am a sister as well, I found this book too realistic for my taste, too close to home.

all of the characters were very well thought out and it was clear that they weren't just carbon copies of one another and that they all had their own personalities, which I highly enjoyed even if I didn't exactly like some of the characters (Avery & Lucky).

overall I would recommend this book but I don't think I would re-read this one, but I would never say never!]]> 3.93 2024 Blue Sisters
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average rating: 3.93
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this book was hard to read, I find that you need to be in a similar state of mind to the characters to read this book, since I was not I found it very hard to pick up the book and read it.

it's not because it's not good but maybe because I am a sister as well, I found this book too realistic for my taste, too close to home.

all of the characters were very well thought out and it was clear that they weren't just carbon copies of one another and that they all had their own personalities, which I highly enjoyed even if I didn't exactly like some of the characters (Avery & Lucky).

overall I would recommend this book but I don't think I would re-read this one, but I would never say never!
]]> <![CDATA[Heartless (Chestnut Springs, #2)]]> 125460757 Working as a nanny for the world's grumpiest single dad should be simple...except she can't keep her eyes off him. And he can't keep his hands off her.

Cade Eaton is thirteen years older than Willa Grant, and he barely looks her way, even though she's living in his house for the summer. That is, until she gets him into the hot tub one night for a game of truth or dare. Then, all bets are off--and so are their clothes.

Cade is gruff, a little rough around the edges, but broad-shouldered ranchers with calloused hands and filthy mouths are this city girl's kryptonite. So who is she to resist?

But it's in their quietest moments together that he softens. It's in the unexpected way he takes care of Willa that she realizes his hardened exterior is just a fa?ade. And it's when she watches him go all sweet with his little boy that she starts to fall for him, whatever the consequences.

Someone once convinced Cade that his best wasn't good enough. But Willa has never felt more cherished than she does in his arms.

Her contract says this arrangement is only for two months.

But her heart says this is forever.]]> 432 Elsie Silver 172829701X Becca 0 to-read 4.34 2022 Heartless (Chestnut Springs, #2)
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]]> <![CDATA[God of War (Legacy of Gods, #6)]]> 203146594 A standalone enemies-to-lovers, marriage of convenience romance.

I fell for the villain.
It happened back when I was a clueless girl.
But he ruthlessly broke my heart and trapped it in a jar.
Since then, I¨ve sworn to hate him to the end of my days.
Eli King might be a savage devil, but I¨m out of his way. And league.
That is until I wake up in a hospital and find him holding my hand.
He tells me the words that change my life forever.
＾We got married two years ago, Mrs. King.￣
So I set out to investigate how I landed myself into this marriage.
Turns out, my memories are darker than my present.
I thought I was ready for the hurricane.
I thought I could handle his soulless eyes and cold shoulder.
I thought wrong.
Nothing can stop my husband.
Not the secrets surrounding us.
Not the hatred between us.
Not even me.

This book can be read on its own, but for a better understanding of the world, you might want to start with God of Malice.]]> 488 Rina Kent Becca 0 to-read 4.20 2024 God of War (Legacy of Gods, #6)
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]]> Cleopatra and Frankenstein 57693262 For readers of Modern Lovers and Conversations with Friends, an addictive, humorous, and poignant debut novel about the shock waves caused by one couple's impulsive marriage.

Twenty-four-year-old British painter Cleo has escaped from England to New York and is still finding her place in the sleepless city when, a few months before her student visa ends, she meets Frank. Twenty years older and a self-made success, Frank's life is full of all the excesses Cleo's lacks. He offers her the chance to be happy, the freedom to paint, and the opportunity to apply for a Green Card. But their impulsive marriage irreversibly changes both their lives, and the lives of those close to them, in ways they never could've predicted.

Each compulsively readable chapter explores the lives of Cleo, Frank, and an unforgettable cast of their closest friends and family as they grow up and grow older. Whether it's Cleo's best friend struggling to embrace his gender queerness in the wake of Cleo's marriage, or Frank's financially dependent sister arranging sugar daddy dates to support herself after being cut off, or Cleo and Frank themselves as they discover the trials of marriage and mental illness, each character is as absorbing, and painfully relatable, as the last.

As hilarious as it is heartbreaking, entertaining as it is deeply moving, Cleopatra and Frankenstein marks the entry of a brilliant and bold new talent.]]> 368 Coco Mellors 1635576814 Becca 0 to-read 3.70 2022 Cleopatra and Frankenstein
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]]> <![CDATA[The Bad Boy's Heart (Bad Boy, #2)]]> 36868671 384 Blair Holden 1979232598 Becca 0 dnf 3.53 The Bad Boy's Heart (Bad Boy, #2)
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]]> <![CDATA[The Eye of the World (The Wheel of Time, #1)]]> 228665
Moiraine Damodred arrives in Emond¨s Field on a quest to find the one prophesized to stand against The Dark One, a malicious entity sowing the seeds of chaos and destruction. When a vicious band of half-men, half beasts invade the village seeking their master¨s enemy, Moiraine persuades Rand al¨Thor and his friends to leave their home and enter a larger unimaginable world filled with dangers waiting in the shadows and in the light.]]> 800 Robert Jordan 0812511816 Becca 0 dnf 4.19 1990 The Eye of the World (The Wheel of Time, #1)
author: Robert Jordan
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average rating: 4.19
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]]> <![CDATA[Me Before You (Me Before You, #1)]]> 17347634 A newer edition of ISBN 978-0143124542 can be found here.

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

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

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

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

A Love Story for this generation and perfect for fans of John Green¨s The Fault in Our Stars, Me Before You brings to life two people who couldn¨t have less in common！a heartbreakingly romantic novel that asks, What do you do when making the person you love happy also means breaking your own heart?]]> 369 Jojo Moyes 0670026603 Becca 0 dnf 4.26 2012 Me Before You (Me Before You, #1)
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]]> <![CDATA[My Life with the Walter Boys (My Life with the Walter Boys #1)]]> 13580846 My Life with the Walter Boys centers on the prim, proper, and always perfect Jackie Howard. When her world is turned upside down by tragedy, Jackie must learn to cut loose and be part of a family again.

Jackie does not like surprises. Chaos is the enemy! The best way to get her successful, busy parents to notice her is to be perfect. The perfect look, the perfect grades-the perfect daughter. And then...

Surprise #1: Jackie's family dies in a freak car accident.

Surprise #2: Jackie has to move cross-country to live with the Walters-her new guardians.

Surprise #3: The Walters have twelve sons. (Well, eleven, but Parker acts like a boy anyway)

Now Jackie must trade in her Type A personality and New York City apartment for a Colorado ranch and all the wild Walter boys who come with it. Jackie is surrounded by the enemy-loud, dirty, annoying boys who have no concept of personal space. Okay, several of the oldest guys are flat-out gorgeous. But still annoying. She's not stuck-up or boring-no matter what they say. But proving it is another matter. How can she fit in and move on when she needs to keep her parents' memory alive by living up to the promise of perfect?

Ali Novak wrote My Life with the Walter Boys when she was just 15 years old. First a hit on the online community Wattpad, this debut novel has already been read over 33 million times and is loved by readers around the world.]]> 368 Ali Novak 1402297874 Becca 0 dnf 3.77 2012 My Life with the Walter Boys (My Life with the Walter Boys #1)
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]]> A Walk to Remember 35545737 Illuminating both the strength and the gossamer fragility of our deepest emotions, his two New York Times bestsellers, The Notebook and Message in a Bottle, have established him as the leading author of today's most cherished love stories. Now, in A Walk to Remember, he tells a truly unforgettable story, one that glimmers with all of his magic, holding us spellbound-and reminding us that in life each of us may find one great love, the kind that changes everything...]]> 215 Nicholas Sparks Becca 0 dnf 4.31 1999 A Walk to Remember
author: Nicholas Sparks
name: Becca
average rating: 4.31
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]]> <![CDATA[Six of Crows (Six of Crows, #1)]]> 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 Becca 0 dnf 4.47 2015 Six of Crows (Six of Crows, #1)
author: Leigh Bardugo
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average rating: 4.47
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]]> <![CDATA[Orange: The Complete Collection, Volume 1]]> 25667474 A Plea From the Future

On the day that Naho begins 11th grade, she receives a letter from herself ten years in the future. At first, she writes it off as a prank, but as the letter¨s predictions come true one by one, Naho realizes that the letter might be the real deal. Her future self tells Naho that a new transfer student, a boy named Kakeru, will soon join her class. The letter begs Naho to watch over him, saying that only Naho can save Kakeru from a terrible future. Who is this mystery boy, and can Naho save him from his destiny? This is the heart-wrenching sci-fi romance that has over million copies in print in Japan!]]> 523 Ichigo Takano 1626923027 Becca 0 dnf 4.43 2016 Orange: The Complete Collection, Volume 1
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average rating: 4.43
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]]> <![CDATA[Introducing The Witcher: The Last Wish, Sword of Destiny and Blood of Elves]]> 53531090 Introducing Geralt the Witcher - revered and hated - who holds the line against the monsters plaguing humanity in the bestselling series that inspired the Witcher video games and a major Netflix show.Geralt of Rivia is a Witcher, a man whose magic powers and lifelong training have made him a brilliant fighter and a merciless assassin.Yet he is no ordinary he hunts the vile fiends that ravage the land and attack the innocent.But not everything monstrous-looking is evil; not everything fair is good . . . and in every fairy tale there is a grain of truth.Start the epic journey now with this eBook boxset, containing the very first stories set in the witcher world, plus the opening novel to Andrzej Sapkowski's groundbreaking series.Translated by Danusia Stok.Andrzej Sapkowski, winner of the World Fantasy Lifetime Achievement award, started an international phenomenon with his Witcher series. The Last Wish is the perfect introduction to this one-of-a-kind fantasy world.]]> 1118 Andrzej Sapkowski 1473232422 Becca 0 to-read 4.06 Introducing The Witcher: The Last Wish, Sword of Destiny and Blood of Elves
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]]> <![CDATA[The Last Wish (The Witcher, #0.5)]]> 40603587
But not everything monstrous-looking is evil and not everything fair is good... and in every fairy tale there is a grain of truth.

Librarian's Note: Alternate cover edition of ASIN B0010SIPT4]]> 400 Andrzej Sapkowski Becca 0 to-read 4.12 1993 The Last Wish (The Witcher, #0.5)
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]]> <![CDATA[Truly, Devious (Truly Devious, #1)]]> 29589074
Shortly after the school opened, his wife and daughter were kidnapped. The only real clue was a mocking riddle listing methods of murder, signed with the frightening pseudonym ＾Truly, Devious.￣ It became one of the great unsolved crimes of American history.

True-crime aficionado Stevie Bell is set to begin her first year at Ellingham Academy, and she has an ambitious plan: She will solve this cold case. That is, she will solve the case when she gets a grip on her demanding new school life and her housemates: the inventor, the novelist, the actor, the artist, and the jokester. But something strange is happening. Truly Devious makes a surprise return, and death revisits Ellingham Academy. The past has crawled out of its grave. Someone has gotten away with murder.?

The two interwoven mysteries of this first book in the Truly Devious series dovetail brilliantly, and Stevie Bell will continue her relentless quest for the murderers in books two and three.

New York Times bestselling author Maureen Johnson weaves a delicate tale of murder and mystery in the first book of a striking new series, perfect for fans of Agatha Christie and E. Lockhart.]]> 416 Maureen Johnson Becca 0 dnf 3.89 2018 Truly, Devious (Truly Devious, #1)
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]]> Haven (Relentless, #5) 33547031
It¨s time for the annual pack gathering. Wolves from all over Maine come to take care of pack business and socialize C and to find mates. Everywhere Roland turns there are unmated females, and as the Alpha¨s nephew, he¨s prime mate material. The last thing he wants right now is a mate, and he¨ll do all he can to stay a free wolf.

Until he meets her.]]> Karen Lynch 1370200730 Becca 4 4.26 2017 Haven (Relentless, #5)
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average rating: 4.26
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rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[The Fallen Queen (Gods & Monsters, #2)]]> 36114314 Even immortality can have its tragedies.

Jane's impressive powers allowed her to secure her family's safety but at a terrible cost. Now, with a message from two mysterious beings, a new series of trials begins on Jane¨s heart, mind, and soul.

The plague was just the beginning. Thrust among the most wicked creatures, she will learn more truths about the myths and monsters of her world, and the extent of the power she holds. However, it is the source of her power that is her most evil rival, and this time, Death will not be there to save her. She will have to face her inner demon and new enemies all on her own.

Death¨s absence gives Lucifer a greater opportunity to acquire Jane than ever before. His interest in her is unclear but one thing is certain, he desires to see her fall. Perhaps, though, that has been Jane¨s destiny all along.

How else can darkness end if she, the most evil monster of them all, remains?]]> Janie Marie Becca 0 dnf 4.52 The Fallen Queen (Gods & Monsters, #2)
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]]> A Skinful of Shadows 34213608
Sometimes, when a person dies, their spirit goes looking for somewhere to hide.
Some people have space within them, perfect for hiding.

Twelve-year-old Makepeace has learned to defend herself from the ghosts which try to possess her in the night, desperate for refuge, but one day a dreadful event causes her to drop her guard.

And now there's a spirit inside her.

The spirit is wild, brutish and strong, and it may be her only defence when she is sent to live with her father's rich and powerful ancestors. There is talk of civil war, and they need people like her to protect their dark and terrible family secret.

But as she plans her escape and heads out into a country torn apart by war, Makepeace must decide which is worse: possession C or death.]]> 416 Frances Hardinge 1419725726 Becca 0 dnf 3.98 2017 A Skinful of Shadows
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]]> <![CDATA[Three Dark Crowns (Three Dark Crowns, #1)]]> 28374007 When kingdom come, there will be one.

In every generation on the island of Fennbirn, a set of triplets is born！three queens, all equal heirs to the crown and each possessor of a coveted magic. Mirabella is a fierce elemental, able to spark hungry flames or vicious storms at the snap of her fingers. Katharine is a poisoner, one who can ingest the deadliest poisons without so much as a stomachache. Arsinoe, a naturalist, is said to have the ability to bloom the reddest rose and control the fiercest of lions.

But becoming the Queen Crowned isn¨t solely a matter of royal birth. Each sister has to fight for it. And it¨s not just a game of win or lose´it¨s life or death. The night the sisters turn sixteen, the battle begins.

The last queen standing gets the crown.?]]> 403 Kendare Blake 0062385437 Becca 0 dnf 3.78 2016 Three Dark Crowns (Three Dark Crowns, #1)
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]]> <![CDATA[Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them: The Original Screenplay (Fantastic Beasts: The Original Screenplay, #1)]]> 29363501
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.]]> 293 J.K. Rowling 1338109065 Becca 0 to-read 4.12 2016 Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them: The Original Screenplay (Fantastic Beasts: The Original Screenplay, #1)
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]]> <![CDATA[And I Darken (The Conqueror's Saga, #1)]]> 27190613
Ever since she and her brother were abandoned by their father to be raised in the Ottoman sultan¨s courts, Lada has known that ruthlessness is the key to survival. For the lineage that makes her and her brother special also makes them targets.

Lada hones her skills as a warrior as she nurtures plans to wreak revenge on the empire that holds her captive. Then she and Radu meet the sultan¨s son, Mehmed, and everything changes. Now Mehmed unwittingly stands between Lada and Radu as they transform from siblings to rivals, and the ties of love and loyalty that bind them together are stretched to breaking point.

The first of an epic new trilogy starring the ultimate anti-princess who does not have a gentle heart. Lada knows how to wield a sword, and she'll stop at nothing to keep herself and her brother alive.]]> 475 Kiersten White 0553522310 Becca 0 dnf 3.81 2016 And I Darken (The Conqueror's Saga, #1)
author: Kiersten White
name: Becca
average rating: 3.81
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]]> Matched (Matched, #1) 7735333
Cassia has always trusted their choices. It¨s hardly any price to pay for a long life, the perfect job, the ideal mate. So when her best friend appears on the Matching screen, Cassia knows with complete certainty that he is the one´until she sees another face flash for an instant before the screen fades to black. Now Cassia is faced with impossible choices: between Xander and Ky, between the only life she¨s known and a path no one else has ever dared follow！between perfection and passion.

Matched is a story for right now and storytelling with the resonance of a classic.]]> 369 Ally Condie 0525423648 Becca 0 dnf 3.62 2010 Matched (Matched, #1)
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average rating: 3.62
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]]> Providence (Providence, #1) 9712492 361 Jamie McGuire 0615417175 Becca 0 dnf 3.99 2010 Providence (Providence, #1)
author: Jamie McGuire
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average rating: 3.99
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]]> <![CDATA[The Pumpkin Spice Caf└ (Dream Harbor, #1)]]> 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 Caf└ 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 Caf└ 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 Becca 0 to-read 3.36 2023 The Pumpkin Spice Caf└ (Dream Harbor, #1)
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average rating: 3.36
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]]> <![CDATA[Abroad in Japan: Ten Years In The Land Of The Rising Sun]]> 64645770
Abroad in Japan charts a decade of living in a foreign land and the chaos and culture clash that came with it. Packed with hilarious and fascinating stories, this book seeks out to unravel one the world's most complex cultures.

Spanning ten years and all forty-seven prefectures, Chris takes us from the lush rice fields of the countryside to the frenetic neon-lit streets of Tokyo. With blockbuster moments such as a terrifying North Korean missile incident, a mortifying experience at a love hotel and a week spent with Japan's biggest movie star, Abroad in Japan is an extraordinary and informative journey through the Land of the Rising Sun.]]> 320 Chris Broad 1787637077 Becca 0 currently-reading 4.11 2023 Abroad in Japan: Ten Years In The Land Of The Rising Sun
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]]> <![CDATA[Little Women (Little Women, #1)]]> 1934 This is an alternate cover edition of ISBN 9780451529305.

Generations of readers young and old, male and female, have fallen in love with the March sisters of Louisa May Alcott¨s most popular and enduring novel, Little Women. Here are talented tomboy and author-to-be Jo, tragically frail Beth, beautiful Meg, and romantic, spoiled Amy, united in their devotion to each other and their struggles to survive in New England during the Civil War.

It is no secret that Alcott based Little Women on her own early life. While her father, the freethinking reformer and abolitionist Bronson Alcott, hobnobbed with such eminent male authors as Emerson, Thoreau, and Hawthorne, Louisa supported herself and her sisters with "woman¨s work,￣ including sewing, doing laundry, and acting as a domestic servant. But she soon discovered she could make more money writing. Little Women brought her lasting fame and fortune, and far from being the "girl¨s book￣ her publisher requested, it explores such timeless themes as love and death, war and peace, the conflict between personal ambition and family responsibilities, and the clash of cultures between Europe and America.

]]> 449 Louisa May Alcott Becca 0 to-read 4.16 1868 Little Women (Little Women, #1)
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average rating: 4.16
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]]> <![CDATA[Powerless (The Powerless Trilogy, #1)]]> 142062720
The Elites have possessed powers for decades, gifted to them by the Plague, while those born Ordinary are just that, banished from the kingdom of Ilya and shunned from society.

No one knows this better than Paedyn Gray, an Ordinary posing as a Psychic to blend in with the Elites. When she unsuspectingly saves one of Ilya¨s princes, Kai Azer, she¨s thrown into the Purging Trials, a brutal competition showcasing the Elites¨ powers.

If the Trials and the opponents within them don¨t kill her, the prince she¨s fighting feelings for will if he discovers what Paedyn is . . . completely Ordinary.

Be swept away by the first in the romantasy trilogy taking the world by storm, containing?a special?book two sneak peek, coming in May 2024!?]]> 502 Lauren Roberts 1398529486 Becca 0 to-read 4.18 2023 Powerless (The Powerless Trilogy, #1)
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average rating: 4.18
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]]> <![CDATA[The Alpha's Oracle (IronMoon #1)]]> 42969728 The award-winning serial in novel form for the first time!

Gianna is a Seer : blessed with visions and dreams from the Moon Goddess.

Alpha Gabel intends to be the first Alpha King in five hundred years, and his ruthless cruelty and ambition are without limit. Gianna and their Bond are his toy, nothing more.

Taken against her will, Marked without consent, and forced to play Gabel's cruel games, Gianna vows to be the one soul that Gabel never conquers.]]> 492 Merry Ravenell Becca 0 currently-reading 3.96 2015 The Alpha's Oracle (IronMoon #1)
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name: Becca
average rating: 3.96
book published: 2015
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]]> Greek Lessons 61686012 ＾Now and then, language would thrust its way into her sleep like a skewer through meat, startling her awake several times a night.￣

In a classroom in Seoul, a young woman watches her Greek language teacher at the blackboard. She tries to speak but has lost her voice. Her teacher finds himself drawn to the silent woman, for day by day he is losing his sight.

Soon the two discover a deeper pain binds them together. For her, in the space of just a few months, she has lost both her mother and the custody battle for her nine-year-old son. For him, it¨s the pain of growing up between Korea and Germany, being torn between two cultures and languages, and the fear of losing his independence.

Greek Lessons tells the story of two ordinary people brought together at a moment of private anguish！the fading light of a man losing his vision meeting the silence of a woman who has lost her language. Yet these are the very things that draw them to each other. Slowly the two discover a profound sense of unity！their voices intersecting with startling beauty, as they move from darkness to light, from silence to breath and expression.

Greek Lessons is the story of the unlikely bond between this pair and a tender love letter to human intimacy and connection！a novel to awaken the senses, one that vividly conjures the essence of what it means to be alive.]]> 192 Han Kang 0593595270 Becca 0 to-read 3.54 2011 Greek Lessons
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average rating: 3.54
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]]> The Vegetarian 25489025
Celebrated by critics around the world, The Vegetarian is a darkly allegorical, Kafka-esque tale of power, obsession, and one woman¨s struggle to break free from the violence both without and within her.]]> 188 Han Kang 0553448188 Becca 0 to-read 3.61 2007 The Vegetarian
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name: Becca
average rating: 3.61
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]]> <![CDATA[God of Pain (Legacy of Gods, #2)]]> 212438144 From USA Today bestselling author Rina Kent comes a scorching romance between a mafia princess and an underground fighter

I made a terrible mistake.
Being a mafia princess, I knew my fate was already decided.
But I went ahead and longed for the wrong one.
Creighton King is bad news with a gorgeous exterior.
He¨s silent, brooding, and obviously emotionally unavailable.
So I thought it was over.
Until he awakens a beast inside me.
My name is Annika Volkov, and I¨m Creighton's worst enemy.
He won¨t stop until he breaks me.
Or I break him.

While this book can be enjoyed on its own, dive into the Legacy of Gods series to get acquainted with the characters.]]> 528 Rina Kent 1464237212 Becca 0 to-read 3.79 2022 God of Pain (Legacy of Gods, #2)
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name: Becca
average rating: 3.79
book published: 2022
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