Cat's bookshelf: all en-US Sun, 20 Sep 2026 18:40:15 -0700 60 Cat's bookshelf: all 144 41 https://www.goodreads.com/images/layout/goodreads_logo_144.jpg <![CDATA[Between Kings (The City Between, #10)]]> 59118294 G’day. I’m Pet. Heirling. Biter of fae lords. Trouble.

I have a lot of names these days—including my own, real name. Unfortunately for me, someone else knows that name too; not to mention the names of my other heirling friends. Now those heirling friends have disappeared, stolen by the current King Behind for a fight to the death where only one contender to the throne remains.

The rules say there’s no way in and only one way out of that fight, but I’ve always preferred to work outside the rules. I just have to trust my friends to help each other stay alive long enough for me to get them out—without becoming a contender for the throne myself.

Because one thing is for sure: I am absolutely not planning on being the next King Behind.]]> 273 W.R. Gingell Cat 5 4.56 2021 Between Kings (The City Between, #10)
author: W.R. Gingell
name: Cat
average rating: 4.56
book published: 2021
rating: 5
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I went into this series trusting the people who had recommended it to me that it would be a GOOD one. I didn’t spoil anything for myself, and barely knew what I was getting into. I cannot stress enough how absolutely overjoyed I am that I was NOT DISAPPOINTED. THIS WAS GOOD. ABOVE AND BEYOND GOOD!!!! I guessed enough of the twists and turns that it kept me going whilst also getting gobsmacked so many times. Absolutely brilliant. The eucatastrophe ending gutted me in the best way 💖💕💝💗💓💞
]]> <![CDATA[Between Family (The City Between, #9)]]> 58505403 When someone tries to threaten me by telling me they know my name, I take that personally.

G’day. I’m not really a pet anymore, but you might as well keep calling me Pet. It’s not like I’m gunna tell you my name anyway. And if I sound stroppy, well, I am. First, I was threatened. Now, someone has cut off my house from the human world and left my emotional support vampire on the human side. On the inside, it’s just me and an emotionally compromised fae; outside, a closed arena in the world Behind, where everyone is out to kill us and a few of that everyone might actually be capable of it.

Yep. The Heirling Trials have begun, and it seems like it’s either be king or be dead when it comes to the world Behind…]]> 213 W.R. Gingell Cat 5 4.57 2021 Between Family (The City Between, #9)
author: W.R. Gingell
name: Cat
average rating: 4.57
book published: 2021
rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[Between Decisions (The City Between, #8)]]> 57500951
I mean, life has always been complicated, but there’s a difference between monsters-are-trying-to-kill-you complications and monsters-are-in-love-with-you complications. I’m still not sure which is more dangerous.

G’day. I’m Pet. Two-thirds of a pet, anyway: the vampire isn’t claiming ownership these days, but he’s definitely encroaching. On the list of other encroaching complications is the threat of heirling trials, a certain fae lord, and a mysterious librarian—not to mention the thing that’s killing people on Hobart’s waterfront…

One day, I’ll have a normal life. Today is not that day.]]> 258 W.R. Gingell Cat 5 4.60 2021 Between Decisions (The City Between, #8)
author: W.R. Gingell
name: Cat
average rating: 4.60
book published: 2021
rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[Between Cases (The City Between, #7)]]> 56153705
Well, I'm only two thirds of a Pet these days, but you might as well call me Pet anyway. Everyone everyone but the vampire, that is.

Life is more unbalanced these days - cases are cutting closer to home than usual. I thought I was the only one, but there are others like kids whose parents were murdered just like mine. Stuff that never fit into place before is beginning fall into place.

And my psychos are getting really weird. I mean, they've always been weird, but now they're getting weirder.

Why would a fae lord decide to collaborate with humans?

Why has the fae steward started sneaking out at night?

And why is the vampire reading romance novels?]]> 287 W.R. Gingell Cat 5 4.52 2020 Between Cases (The City Between, #7)
author: W.R. Gingell
name: Cat
average rating: 4.52
book published: 2020
rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[Between Walls (The City Between #6)]]> 55207885
That's rule number one. Well, it is if you're an emotionally constipated fae lord. As far as I'm concerned, the vampire could do a better job of keeping his distance, but he's never been that good at following the rules.

G'day. I'm Pet. Schrödinger's Pet, these days; depends who's asking.

I'm human, but when you hang around with enough Behindkind, it starts getting dangerous for the other humans around you. Humans like my friend Morgana. I tried to stay away, but now she needs my help and don't get too close to humans isn't exactly gunna cut it anymore.

I've got the feeling I'm about to find out why it's such a bad idea.]]> 257 W.R. Gingell Cat 5 4.38 2020 Between Walls (The City Between #6)
author: W.R. Gingell
name: Cat
average rating: 4.38
book published: 2020
rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[Between Homes (The City Between, #5)]]> 48996165 am a pet.

Well, I was a pet: I used to belong to two fae and a stroppy vampire. Now I'm homeless. I mean, I was always technically homeless, but this time it's different.

I just got used to having some kind of family, and now we're back to everyone wanting to kill each other--and guess who the weak link is?

I'll give you a hint: it's not the vampire, and it's sure as heck not the fae.]]> 242 W.R. Gingell Cat 5 4.48 2019 Between Homes (The City Between, #5)
author: W.R. Gingell
name: Cat
average rating: 4.48
book published: 2019
rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[Between Frames (The City Between, #4)]]> 45031221
Which is exactly what we’ve got. Trouble, I mean. Well, and fae. Lots of fae.

Something or someone is stalking and killing high-level fae around Hobart—tearing out hearts and leaving a trail of bloody bodies behind. Fae don’t like it when they’re the ones getting killed, so of course they came to hire my owners.

Owners, you ask?

Hi. I’m Pet. No, that’s not my name. I am a pet.

My owners? They’re fae. Well, two fae and one stroppy vampire.

Welcome to the world Between.]]> 245 W.R. Gingell Cat 5 4.41 2019 Between Frames (The City Between, #4)
author: W.R. Gingell
name: Cat
average rating: 4.41
book published: 2019
rating: 5
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]]> Dead Poets Society 67238 166 N.H. Kleinbaum 0553282980 Cat 0 currently-reading 4.19 1988 Dead Poets Society
author: N.H. Kleinbaum
name: Cat
average rating: 4.19
book published: 1988
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[Between Floors (The City Between, #3)]]> 45873629
But stuff happens, you know?

Hi. I’m Pet. Well, not Pet, exactly. I am a pet.

Nothing too hard; I just cook and clean for the Behindkind who took over my house. Easy. But now one of my owners has gone missing. He’s fae, so it shouldn’t worry me, but if there’s something out there that can kidnap fae, I don’t wanna meet it.

Good thing I’ve got another two owners and a spare cop up my sleeve…]]> 234 W.R. Gingell Cat 5 4.37 2020 Between Floors (The City Between, #3)
author: W.R. Gingell
name: Cat
average rating: 4.37
book published: 2020
rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[Brisingr (The Inheritance Cycle, #3)]]> 2248573
"Christopher Paolini is a true rarity." — The Washington Post

Oaths sworn . . . loyalties tested . . . forces collide... Eragon is the greatest hope to rid the land of tyranny. Can this once simple farm boy unite the rebel forces and defeat the king? Following the colossal battle against the Empire's warriors, Eragon and his dragon, Saphira, have narrowly escaped with their lives. Still, there is more adventure at hand for the Rider and his dragon, as Eragon finds himself bound by a tangle of promises he may not be able to keep.

When unrest claims the rebels and danger strikes from every corner, Eragon must make choices-choices that will take him across the Empire and beyond, choices that may lead to unimagined sacrifice.]]> 763 Christopher Paolini 0375826726 Cat 0 4.11 2008 Brisingr (The Inheritance Cycle, #3)
author: Christopher Paolini
name: Cat
average rating: 4.11
book published: 2008
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[Between Shifts (The City Between, #2)]]> 41456396
Hi. I’m Pet. Well, not exactly Pet. I am a pet.

I was meant to stay out of it, but somebody’s gotta do something when humans are being killed by Behindkind creatures.

Lucky for me, my owners are just as dangerous and inhuman as the bad guys...

…maybe more.]]> 237 W.R. Gingell Cat 5 4.24 2018 Between Shifts (The City Between, #2)
author: W.R. Gingell
name: Cat
average rating: 4.24
book published: 2018
rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[Between Jobs (The City Between, #1)]]> 39791122
Oh yeah. Hi. My name is Pet.

It’s not my real name, but it’s the only one you’re getting. Things like names are important these days.

And it’s not so much that I’m Pet.

I’m a pet.

A human pet: I belong to the two Behindkind fae and the pouty vampire who just moved into my house. It’s not weird, I promise—well, it’s weird, yeah. But it’s not weird weird, you know?]]> 251 W.R. Gingell Cat 5 4.04 2018 Between Jobs (The City Between, #1)
author: W.R. Gingell
name: Cat
average rating: 4.04
book published: 2018
rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[The Beggar Queen (Westmark, #3)]]> 116435
Theo, the famed Colonel Kestrel, remembers it all--the bloody battles, and the fight for his own soul. The past has retumed to haunt the present, and Theo, once again, must join in the struggle. Who will at last command the fate of Westmark?]]> 237 Lloyd Alexander 0141310707 Cat 4 3.98 1984 The Beggar Queen (Westmark, #3)
author: Lloyd Alexander
name: Cat
average rating: 3.98
book published: 1984
rating: 4
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]]> The Kestrel (Westmark, #2) 26571
With war in Westmark and the assumption of the throne by Mickle, all Theo's talents are needed, as well as those of his former companions.]]> 244 Lloyd Alexander 0141310693 Cat 4 “All is fair in love and war” 3.99 1982 The Kestrel (Westmark, #2)
author: Lloyd Alexander
name: Cat
average rating: 3.99
book published: 1982
rating: 4
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“All is fair in love and war”
]]> Westmark (Westmark, #1) 24783 184 Lloyd Alexander 0141310685 Cat 3 “The ends justify the means” 3.93 1981 Westmark (Westmark, #1)
author: Lloyd Alexander
name: Cat
average rating: 3.93
book published: 1981
rating: 3
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“The ends justify the means”
]]> <![CDATA[Gregor and the Code of Claw (Underland Chronicles, #5)]]> 537070 412 Suzanne Collins 043979143X Cat 5 4.31 2007 Gregor and the Code of Claw (Underland Chronicles, #5)
author: Suzanne Collins
name: Cat
average rating: 4.31
book published: 2007
rating: 5
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This took me 7 hours to read. And it has changed my life in some small way.
]]> <![CDATA[Gregor and the Marks of Secret (Underland Chronicles, #4)]]> 319644 In Book 4 of the bestselling Underland Chronicles, Gregor is drawn ever deeper into a brewing crisis. For generations, rats have run the mice out of whatever lands they've claimed, keeping them constantly on the move. But now the mice are disappearing and the young queen Luxa is determined to find out why.

Gregor and Boots join Luxa on a simple fact-finding mission. But when the true fate of the mice is revealed, it is something far more sinister than they had imagined -- and it points the way to the final prophecy Gregor has yet to fulfill. His abilities are put to the test in this suspenseful, action-packed penultimate installment of Suzanne Collins's thrilling Underland Chronicles.]]> 343 Suzanne Collins 0439791464 Cat 5 4.26 2006 Gregor and the Marks of Secret (Underland Chronicles, #4)
author: Suzanne Collins
name: Cat
average rating: 4.26
book published: 2006
rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[Gregor and the Curse of the Warmbloods (Underland Chronicles, #3)]]> 385706 Gregor's adventures continue in Book 3 of the New York Times bestselling series by author Suzanne Collins.

With two prophecies fulfilled, Gregor is now focused on the Prophecy of Blood, which calls for Gregor and Boots to return to the Underland to help ward off a plague. But this time, his mother refuses to let him go . . . unless she is allowed to travel with them.

When they arrive in the subterranean city, the plague is spreading -- and it claims one of Gregor's closest companions. Only then does Gregor start to understand how the illness plays with the fate of all warm-blooded creatures. But how can he help combat it?]]> 358 Suzanne Collins 0439656249 Cat 5 4.23 2005 Gregor and the Curse of the Warmbloods (Underland Chronicles, #3)
author: Suzanne Collins
name: Cat
average rating: 4.23
book published: 2005
rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[Gregor and the Prophecy of Bane (Underland Chronicles, #2)]]> 385742 Gregor swears he will never return to the Underland, that strange world below New York City. But he is a key player in another prophecy, this one about an ominous white rat called the Bane. The Underlanders know there is only one way to lure Gregor back to their world: by kidnapping his little sister, Boots.
Now Gregor's quest reunites him with his bat, Ares, and the rebellious princess Luxa. They descend into the dangerous Waterway in search of the Bane. If Gregor does not fulfill the prophecy, his life, and the Underland, will never be the same.]]> 312 Suzanne Collins 0439650763 Cat 5 4.21 2004 Gregor and the Prophecy of Bane (Underland Chronicles, #2)
author: Suzanne Collins
name: Cat
average rating: 4.21
book published: 2004
rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[Gregor the Overlander (Underland Chronicles, #1)]]> 262430 The story of a boy who embarks on a dangerous quest in order to fulfill his destiny -- and find his father -- in a strange world beneath New York City.
When Gregor falls through a grate in the laundry room of his apartment building, he hurtles into the dark Underland, where spiders, rats, cockroaches coexist uneasily with humans. This world is on the brink of war, and Gregor's arrival is no accident. A prophecy foretells that Gregor has a role to play in the Underland's uncertain future. Gregor wants no part of it -- until he realizes it's the only way to solve the mystery of his father's disappearance. Reluctantly, Gregor embarks on a dangerous adventure that will change both him and the Underland forever.]]> 326 Suzanne Collins 043977134X Cat 5 4.05 2003 Gregor the Overlander (Underland Chronicles, #1)
author: Suzanne Collins
name: Cat
average rating: 4.05
book published: 2003
rating: 5
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]]> East of Eden 4406
Adam Trask came to California from the East to farm and raise his family on the new rich land. But the birth of his twins, Cal and Aaron, brings his wife to the brink of madness, and Adam is left alone to raise his boys to manhood. One boy thrives nurtured by the love of all those around him; the other grows up in loneliness enveloped by a mysterious darkness.

First published in 1952, East of Eden is the work in which Steinbeck created his most mesmerizing characters and explored his most enduring themes: the mystery of identity, the inexplicability of love, and the murderous consequences of love's absence. A masterpiece of Steinbeck's later years, East of Eden is a powerful and vastly ambitious novel that is at once a family saga and a modern retelling of the Book of Genesis.]]> 601 John Steinbeck 0142000655 Cat 5 4.44 1952 East of Eden
author: John Steinbeck
name: Cat
average rating: 4.44
book published: 1952
rating: 5
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Maybe timshel was the friends we made along the way.
]]> Rebecca 17899948 Last night I dreamt I went to Manderley again...

The novel begins in Monte Carlo, where our heroine is swept off her feet by the dashing widower Maxim de Winter and his sudden proposal of marriage. Orphaned and working as a lady's maid, she can barely believe her luck. It is only when they arrive at his massive country estate that she realizes how large a shadow his late wife will cast over their lives--presenting her with a lingering evil that threatens to destroy their marriage from beyond the grave.

First published in 1938, this classic gothic novel is such a compelling read that it won the Anthony Award for Best Novel of the Century.]]> 449 Daphne du Maurier 0316323705 Cat 5 4.28 1938 Rebecca
author: Daphne du Maurier
name: Cat
average rating: 4.28
book published: 1938
rating: 5
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I wasn’t safe from being shocked even on the last page. The abrupt ending (which fit perfectly) sent me back to the beginning to reread the first chapter or two. Incredible.
]]> <![CDATA[The Raven Boys: The Graphic Novel (The Raven Cycle: The Graphic Novels, #1)]]> 221473209 The first book in Maggie Stiefvater's #1 NYT bestselling series The Raven Cycle, now gorgeously illustrated as a graphic novel!

Blue Sargent comes from a family of psychics. Only, she has never had the same clairvoyant abilities they had and has always felt too ordinary within the magic that surrounded her. Enter Gansey, a rich student from Aglionby, the town’s all-boys private school teeming with wealth, privilege, and trouble. Blue's always made it a point to stay away from its students, the Raven Boys.

But when Gansey asks her to join him and three other Raven Boys on his quest to find a long-forgotten Welsh king rumored to be sleeping beneath the mountains of their quiet Virginia town, Blue doesn’t hesitate. She jumps at the chance to finally be a part of something real and full of magic, a world she was born into yet one that always stood just out of reach. Soon enough, she’s swept into a strange and shifting world woven into theirs, one far more dangerous than anything they could have dreamt up.

Now reimagined as a stunning full-color graphic novel adapted by Stephanie Williams and illustrated by Sas Milledge, The Raven Boys unravels a thrilling plot around a cast of characters impossible to forget.]]> 256 Stephanie Williams 0593621182 Cat 5 4.27 2025 The Raven Boys: The Graphic Novel (The Raven Cycle: The Graphic Novels, #1)
author: Stephanie Williams
name: Cat
average rating: 4.27
book published: 2025
rating: 5
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]]> Station Eleven 20170404 An audacious, darkly glittering novel set in the eerie days of civilization’s collapse—the spellbinding story of a Hollywood star, his would-be savior, and a nomadic group of actors roaming the scattered outposts of the Great Lakes region, risking everything for art and humanity.

Kirsten Raymonde will never forget the night Arthur Leander, the famous Hollywood actor, had a heart attack on stage during a production of King Lear. That was the night when a devastating flu pandemic arrived in the city, and within weeks, civilization as we know it came to an end.

Twenty years later, Kirsten moves between the settlements of the altered world with a small troupe of actors and musicians. They call themselves The Traveling Symphony, and they have dedicated themselves to keeping the remnants of art and humanity alive. But when they arrive in St. Deborah by the Water, they encounter a violent prophet who will threaten the tiny band’s existence. And as the story takes off, moving back and forth in time, and vividly depicting life before and after the pandemic, the strange twist of fate that connects them all will be revealed.]]> 333 Emily St. John Mandel 0385353308 Cat 3 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 4.05 2014 Station Eleven
author: Emily St. John Mandel
name: Cat
average rating: 4.05
book published: 2014
rating: 3
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!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
]]> The Letter for the King 19182049
It is the dead of night.

Sixteen-year-old Tiuri must spend hours locked in a chapel in silent contemplation if he is to be knighted the next day.

But, as he waits by the light of a flickering candle, he hears a knock at the door and a voice desperately asking for help.

A secret letter must be delivered to King Unauwen across the Great Mountains - a letter upon which the fate of the entire kingdom depends. Tiuri has a vital role to play, one that might cost him his knighthood.

Tiuri's journey will take him through dark, menacing forests, across treacherous rivers, to sinister castles and strange cities. He will encounter evil enemies who would kill to get the letter, but also the best of friends in the most unexpected places.

He must trust no one.

He must keep his true identity secret.

Above all, he must never reveal what is in the letter...

The Letter for the King is the thrilling story of one boy's battle against evil, set in an enchanted world of chivalry, courage and true friendship.]]> 533 Tonke Dragt 1782690425 Cat 0 to-read 4.11 1962 The Letter for the King
author: Tonke Dragt
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average rating: 4.11
book published: 1962
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]]> <![CDATA[The City of Ember (Book of Ember, #1)]]> 307791 here.

Many hundreds of years ago, the city of Ember was created by the Builders to contain everything needed for human survival. It worked…but now the storerooms are almost out of food, crops are blighted, corruption is spreading through the city and worst of all—the lights are failing. Soon Ember could be engulfed by darkness…

But when two children, Lina and Doon, discover fragments of an ancient parchment, they begin to wonder if there could be a way out of Ember. Can they decipher the words from long ago and find a new future for everyone? Will the people of Ember listen to them?]]> 270 Jeanne DuPrau 0375822747 Cat 0 to-read 3.89 2003 The City of Ember (Book of Ember, #1)
author: Jeanne DuPrau
name: Cat
average rating: 3.89
book published: 2003
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]]> Piranesi 50202953 Alternate cover edition of ISBN 9781635575637.

Piranesi’s house is no ordinary building: its rooms are infinite, its corridors endless, its walls are lined with thousands upon thousands of statues, each one different from all the others. Within the labyrinth of halls an ocean is imprisoned; waves thunder up staircases, rooms are flooded in an instant. But Piranesi is not afraid; he understands the tides as he understands the pattern of the labyrinth itself. He lives to explore the house.

There is one other person in the house—a man called The Other, who visits Piranesi twice a week and asks for help with research into A Great and Secret Knowledge. But as Piranesi explores, evidence emerges of another person, and a terrible truth begins to unravel, revealing a world beyond the one Piranesi has always known.]]> 245 Susanna Clarke Cat 5
One of the greatest books of all time, Truly. ]]> 4.19 2020 Piranesi
author: Susanna Clarke
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average rating: 4.19
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!!!!!

One of the greatest books of all time, Truly.
]]> Project Hail Mary 54493401
Except that right now, he doesn’t know that. He can’t even remember his own name, let alone the nature of his assignment or how to complete it.

All he knows is that he’s been asleep for a very, very long time. And he’s just been awakened to find himself millions of miles from home, with nothing but two corpses for company.

His crewmates dead, his memories fuzzily returning, Ryland realizes that an impossible task now confronts him. Hurtling through space on this tiny ship, it’s up to him to puzzle out an impossible scientific mystery—and conquer an extinction-level threat to our species.

And with the clock ticking down and the nearest human being light-years away, he’s got to do it all alone.

Or does he?]]> 476 Andy Weir 0593135202 Cat 4 4.50 2021 Project Hail Mary
author: Andy Weir
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average rating: 4.50
book published: 2021
rating: 4
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]]> Seraphina (Seraphina, #1) 19549841 New York Times bestselling and Morris Award-winning debut, Rachel Hartman introduces mathematical dragons in an alternative-medieval world to fantasy and science-fiction readers of all ages.

Four decades of peace have done little to ease the mistrust between humans and dragons in the kingdom of Goredd. Folding themselves into human shape, dragons attend court as ambassadors, and lend their rational, mathematical minds to universities as scholars and teachers. As the treaty's anniversary draws near, however, tensions are high.

Seraphina Dombegh has reason to fear both sides. An unusually gifted musician, she joins the court just as a member of the royal family is murdered—in suspiciously draconian fashion. Seraphina is drawn into the investigation, partnering with the captain of the Queen's Guard, the dangerously perceptive Prince Lucian Kiggs. While they begin to uncover hints of a sinister plot to destroy the peace, Seraphina struggles to protect her own secret, the secret behind her musical gift, one so terrible that its discovery could mean her very life.]]> 499 Rachel Hartman Cat 5 3.90 2012 Seraphina (Seraphina, #1)
author: Rachel Hartman
name: Cat
average rating: 3.90
book published: 2012
rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[Enna Burning (The Books of Bayern, #2)]]> 248482 Enna's life was not meant to be simple.

When her brother, Leifer, brings home a mysterious piece of vellum that teaches him how to set fires—without a spark, without flint—Enna cannot decide if this power is one she wants for herself, or something that should be extinguished forever. And when Bayern, their country, goes to war, the choice becomes nearly unbearable.

Enna never imagined that the warm, life-giving energy of a fire could destroy everything she loves, but she must now save herself and Bayern before fire consumes her entirely.]]> 317 Shannon Hale 1582349061 Cat 4 4.00 2004 Enna Burning (The Books of Bayern, #2)
author: Shannon Hale
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average rating: 4.00
book published: 2004
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[The Goose Girl (The Books of Bayern, #1)]]> 179064 She was born with her eyes closed and a word on her tongue, a word she could not taste.

Her name was Anidori-Kiladra Talianna Isilee, Crown Princess of Kildenree, and she spent the first years of her life listening to her aunt’s stories and learning the language of the birds, especially the swans. And when she was older, she watched as a colt was born, and she heard the first word on his tongue, his name, Falada.

From the Grimm’s fairy tale of the princess who became a goose girl before she could become queen, Shannon Hale has woven an incredible, original, and magical tale of a girl who must find her own unusual talents before she can lead the people she has made her own.]]> 383 Shannon Hale 1582349908 Cat 5 4.14 2003 The Goose Girl (The Books of Bayern, #1)
author: Shannon Hale
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average rating: 4.14
book published: 2003
rating: 5
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]]> The Princess Bride 21787
As a boy, William Goldman claims, he loved to hear his father read the S. Morgenstern classic, The Princess Bride. But as a grown-up he discovered that the boring parts were left out of good old Dad's recitation, and only the "good parts" reached his ears.

Now Goldman does Dad one better. He's reconstructed the "Good Parts Version" to delight wise kids and wide-eyed grownups everywhere.

What's it about? Fencing. Fighting. True Love. Strong Hate. Harsh Revenge. A Few Giants. Lots of Bad Men. Lots of Good Men. Five or Six Beautiful Women. Beasties Monstrous and Gentle. Some Swell Escapes and Captures. Death, Lies, Truth, Miracles, and a Little Sex.

In short, it's about everything.]]> 429 William Goldman 0345418263 Cat 1 🫩 4.27 1973 The Princess Bride
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]]> <![CDATA[Ask of Old Paths: Medieval Virtues and Vices for a Whole and Holy Life]]> 221132499
Yet in medieval writing, the language of the virtues and vices was powerful, lively, and delightfully weird. Patience is described as a peppercorn. Unicorns preach chastity. Knightly virtues fend off devious vices by throwing roses at them. In medieval books, words like avarice and meekness meant different things and carried different weight than they do today. And great medieval preachers and poets taught the virtues as crucial to what it meant to live a life of holiness, right alongside the Lord's Prayer and the Creed.

Ask of Old Paths by Grace Hamman meditates upon those strange and wonderful word-pictures and explanations of virtues and vices found in medieval traditions of poetry, sermons, and treatises long confined to dusty corners of the library. It focuses on the ancient tradition of virtue language called the Seven Capital Virtue pride and humility, envy and love, wrath and meekness, avarice and mercy, sloth and perseverance, gluttony and abstinence, lust and chastity.

In accessible and thoughtful chapters, scholar and writer Grace Hamman shows how learning about these pairs of medieval virtues and vices can help us reevaluate our own washed out and insipid moral vocabulary in modernity. Our imaginations for the good life are expanded; our longing for sanctification sharpens. Old ideas can give us new fire in our practice of the virtue--and in that practice, we imitate Jesus and become more human.]]> 224 Grace Hamman 0310167205 Cat 5 This was incredible 10/10 4.48 2025 Ask of Old Paths: Medieval Virtues and Vices for a Whole and Holy Life
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This was incredible 10/10
]]> Elektra 58725016
Clytemnestra
The sister of Helen, wife of Agamemnon - her hopes of averting the curse are dashed when her sister is taken to Troy by the feckless Paris. Her husband raises a great army against them, and determines to win, whatever the cost.

Cassandra
Princess of Troy, and cursed by Apollo to see the future but never to be believed when she speaks of it. She is powerless in her knowledge that the city will fall.

Elektra
The youngest daughter of Clytemnestra and Agamemnon, Elektra is horrified by the bloodletting of her kin. But, can she escape the curse, or is her own destiny also bound by violence?]]> 291 Jennifer Saint 125077361X Cat 2 3.63 2022 Elektra
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]]> The Children of Greene Knowe 133938784
Tolly's great-grandmother wasn't a witch, but both she and her old house, Green Knowe, were full of a very special kind of magic.
And Green Knowe turned out not to be the lonely place Tolly had imagined it to be. There were other children living in the house - children who had been happy there centuries before.]]> 0 Lucy M. Boston Cat 0 to-read 3.67 1954 The Children of Greene Knowe
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]]> King Arthur and His Knights 11080971 244 Maude Radford Warren Cat 5
This book introduced me to King Arthur and the stories of the Knights of the Round Table. It was an excellent book for a girl of 11 or 12 to read. It had no questionable content whatsoever, to my remembrance. It may have been a bit slow, but I’m pretty sure I finished it, and enjoyed it. I don’t remember much about it now!]]> 3.89 King Arthur and His Knights
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*I don’t know when I read this. But it was probably around 2015, BEFORE I turned 13 and read The Dark is Rising.*

This book introduced me to King Arthur and the stories of the Knights of the Round Table. It was an excellent book for a girl of 11 or 12 to read. It had no questionable content whatsoever, to my remembrance. It may have been a bit slow, but I’m pretty sure I finished it, and enjoyed it. I don’t remember much about it now!
]]> After Virtue 332138
במענה לבעיות אלו מציע מקינטאייר בספרו לחדש את שפת המוסר הישנה – את הדיון במידה הטובה האריסטוטלית, אך לא לקבל אותה כמות שהיא אלא לפתח שפת מוסר חדשה, שפה המותאמת לעת החדשה.

לספר נוסף מבוא מאת ד"ר אייל חוברס, מרצה בכיר וראש החוג למדע המדינה באוניברסיטת תל אביב.]]> 304 Alasdair MacIntyre 0268006113 Cat 0 to-read 4.19 1982 After Virtue
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]]> <![CDATA[Putting on Virtue: The Legacy of the Splendid Vices]]> 5997318 Putting On Virtue reveals how a distrust of learned and habituated virtue shaped both early modern Christian moral reflection and secular forms of ethical thought.

Jennifer Herdt develops her claims through an argument of broad historical sweep, which brings together the Aristotelian tradition as taken up by Thomas Aquinas with the early modern thinkers who shaped modern liberalism. In chapters on Luther, Bunyan, the Jansenists, Mandeville, Hume, Rousseau, and Kant, she argues that efforts to make a radical distinction between true Christian virtue and its tainted imitations actually created an autonomous natural ethics separate from Christianity. This secular value system valorized pride and authenticity, while rendering graced human agency less meaningful. Ultimately, Putting On Virtue traces a path from suspicion of virtue to its secular inversion, from confession of dependence to assertion of independence.]]> 472 Jennifer A. Herdt 0226327248 Cat 0 to-read 3.80 2005 Putting on Virtue: The Legacy of the Splendid Vices
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]]> Galatea 18162954 An enchanting short story from Madeline Miller that boldly reimagines the myth of Galatea and Pygmalion.

In ancient Greece, a skilled marble sculptor has been blessed by a goddess who has given his masterpiece — the most beautiful woman the town has ever seen — the gift of life. Now his wife, he expects Galatea to please him, to be obedience and humility personified. But she has desires of her own and yearns for independence.

In a desperate bid by her obsessive husband to keep her under control, Galatea is locked away under the constant supervision of doctors and nurses. But with a daughter to rescue, she is determined to break free, whatever the cost...]]> 27 Madeline Miller 1408848147 Cat 4 3.93 2013 Galatea
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This took like 10 minutes to read and now I’m sad.
]]> <![CDATA[The Inklings and King Arthur: J. R. R. Tolkien, Charles Williams, C. S. Lewis, and Owen Barfield on the Matter of Britain]]> 37858510 Will King Arthur ever return to England? He already has.

In the midst of war-torn Britain, King Arthur returned in the writings of the Oxford Inklings. Learn how J. R. R. Tolkien, C. S. Lewis, Charles Williams, and Owen Barfield brought hope to their times and our own in their Arthurian literature.

Although studies of the “Oxford Inklings” abound, astonishingly enough, none has yet examined their great body of Arthurian work. Yet each of these major writers tackled serious and relevant questions about government, gender, violence, imperialism, secularism, and spirituality through their stories of the Quest for the Holy Grail. This rigorous and sophisticated volume studies does so for the first time.

This serious and substantial volume addresses a complex subject that scholars have for too long overlooked. The contributors show how, in the legends of King Arthur, the Inklings found material not only for escape and consolation, but also, and more importantly, for exploring moral and spiritual questions of pressing contemporary concern. —Michael Ward, Fellow of Blackfriars Hall, University of Oxford, and co-editor of C.S. Lewis at Poets’ Corner

This volume follows Arthurian leylines in geographies of myth, history, gender, and culture, uncovering Inklings lodestones and way markers throughout. A must read for students of the Inklings. —Aren Roukema, Birkbeck, University of London]]> 567 Sørina Higgins 1947826581 Cat 0 to-read 4.32 2017 The Inklings and King Arthur: J. R. R. Tolkien, Charles Williams, C. S. Lewis, and Owen Barfield on the Matter of Britain
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]]> <![CDATA[Poetic Diction: A Study in Meaning]]> 993792 Poetic Diction, first published in 1928, begins by asking why we call a given grouping of words "poetry" and why these arouse "aesthetic imagination" and produce pleasure in a receptive reader. Returning always to this personal experience of poetry, Owen Barfield at the same time seeks objective standards of criticism and a theory of poetic diction in broader philosophical considerations on the relation of world and thought. His profound musings explore concerns fundamental to the understanding and appreciation of poetry, including the nature of metaphor, poetic effect, the difference between verse and prose, and the essence of meaning.

Forward by Howard Nemerov.]]> 238 Owen Barfield 081956026X Cat 0 to-read 4.24 1928 Poetic Diction: A Study in Meaning
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]]> <![CDATA[Eldest (The Inheritance Cycle, #2)]]> 45978
Darkness falls…despair abounds…evil reigns…

Eragon and his dragon, Saphira, have just saved the rebel state from destruction by the mighty forces of King Galbatorix, cruel ruler of the Empire. Now Eragon must travel to Ellesmera, land of the elves, for further training in the skills of the Dragon Rider: magic and swordsmanship. Soon he is on the journey of a lifetime, his eyes open to awe-inspring new places and people, his days filled with fresh adventure. But chaos and betrayal plague him at every turn, and nothing is what it seems. Before long, Eragon doesn't know whom he can trust.

Meanwhile, his cousin Roran must fight a new battle–one that might put Eragon in even graver danger.

Will the king's dark hand strangle all resistance? Eragon may not escape with even his life. . . .]]> 704 Christopher Paolini 0375840400 Cat 2 4.05 2005 Eldest (The Inheritance Cycle, #2)
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I really only care about Murtagh. It must be said.
]]> Till We Have Faces 17343
Orual was born ugly and even though she’s a princess, she struggles with the death of her mother and the friction between her sisters. There are two lights in Orual’s life. One is her tutor, the Fox, a Greek slave captured through war. The other is her much younger sister Istra, later nicknamed Psyche, born from Orual’s father’s second marriage. Istra is beautiful and sweet and good but far from being jealous of her, Orual loves her as a daughter. When the priest of Ungit says that Psyche’s great beauty is an insult to the goddess and she must be sacrificed, Orual fights to prevent this. When Orual expects to find her sister dead, she finds her well and thriving. But, why can’t Orual see what everyone else sees? Blinded by her jealous love, Orual castes blame on the duplicity of gods. What is the truth? What is real?

Lewis’s novel is a brilliant examination of envy, loss, betrayal, blame, grief, guilt, and conversion. Why must holy places be dark places? Lewis reminds us of our own fallibility and the role of a higher power in our lives. “Holy places are dark places. It is life and strength, not knowledge and words, that we get in them. Holy wisdom is not clear and thin like water, but thick and dark like blood.”]]> 313 C.S. Lewis Cat 5 4.20 1956 Till We Have Faces
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average rating: 4.20
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]]> <![CDATA[Heroines: The Lives of Great Literary Characters and What They Have to Teach Us]]> 1078037 192 Mary Riso 0801064287 Cat 0 to-read 4.25 2003 Heroines: The Lives of Great Literary Characters and What They Have to Teach Us
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]]> The Problem of Pain 26435
The greatest Christian thinker of our time sets out to disentangle this knotty issue. With his signature wealth of compassion and insight, C. S. Lewis offers answers to these crucial questions and shares his hope and wisdom to help heal a world hungry for a true understanding of human nature.]]> 176 C.S. Lewis 0006280935 Cat 5 4.08 1940 The Problem of Pain
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]]> An Enchantment of Ravens 30969741 Every enchantment has a price.

With a flick of her paintbrush, Isobel creates stunning portraits for a dangerous set of clients: the fair folk. These immortal creatures cannot bake bread or put a pen to paper without crumbling to dust. They crave human Craft with a terrible thirst, and they trade valuable enchantments for Isobel’s paintings. But when she receives her first royal patron—Rook, the autumn prince—Isobel makes a deadly mistake. She paints mortal sorrow in his eyes, a weakness that could cost him his throne, and even his life.

Furious, Rook spirits Isobel away to his kingdom to stand trial for her crime. But something is seriously amiss in his world, and they are attacked from every side. With Isobel and Rook depending upon each other for survival, their alliance blossoms into trust, perhaps even love . . . a forbidden emotion that would violate the fair folks’ ruthless laws, rendering both their lives forfeit. What force could Isobel's paintings conjure that is powerful enough to defy the ancient malice of the fairy courts?

Isobel and Rook journey along a knife-edge in a lush world where beauty masks corruption and the cost of survival might be more frightening than death itself.]]> 304 Margaret Rogerson 1481497588 Cat 0 to-read 3.63 2017 An Enchantment of Ravens
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]]> <![CDATA[Eragon (The Inheritance Cycle #1)]]> 113436 An alternate cover edition for ISBN 9780375826696 can be found here.

One boy...
One dragon...
A world of adventure.

When Eragon finds a polished blue stone in the forest, he thinks it is the lucky discovery of a poor farm boy; perhaps it will buy his family meat for the winter. But when the stone brings a dragon hatchling, Eragon soon realizes he has stumbled upon a legacy nearly as old as the Empire itself.

Overnight his simple life is shattered, and he is thrust into a perilous new world of destiny, magic, and power. With only an ancient sword and the advice of an old storyteller for guidance, Eragon and the fledgling dragon must navigate the dangerous terrain and dark enemies of an Empire ruled by a king whose evil knows no bounds.

Can Eragon take up the mantle of the legendary Dragon Riders? The fate of the Empire may rest in his hands.]]> 503 Christopher Paolini 0375826696 Cat 3 3.97 2002 Eragon (The Inheritance Cycle #1)
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Is it maybe probably very likely a mostly objectively bad book? Yeah. Is it great fun and an enjoyable read for the most part anyway? Yeah. Are most of the characters (aside from Mr. Protag) absolute delights to have on the page? Oh yeah. Also shoutout to the nostalgia factor, I had fun revisiting something my 13 year old self enjoyed.
]]> <![CDATA[The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion, Vol. 1 (The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion #1)]]> 52085140 “I’ve arrived in London without incident. There are few triumphs in my recent life, but I count this as one. My existence of the last three years has been nothing but incident.”

The Year is 1883 and Emma M. Lion has returned to her London neighborhood of St. Crispian's. But Emma's plans for a charmed and studious life are sabotaged by her eccentric Cousin Archibald, her formidable Aunt Eugenia, and the slightly odd denizens of St. Crispian's. Emma M. Lion offers up her Unselected Journals, however self-incriminating they may be. Armed with wit and a sideways amusement, Emma documents the curious realities of her life at Lapis Lazuli House.]]> 107 Beth Brower 0998063614 Cat 0 to-read 3.97 2019 The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion, Vol. 1 (The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion #1)
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]]> The Ministry of Time 199798179 A time travel romance, a spy thriller, a workplace comedy, and an ingenious exploration of the nature of power and the potential for love to change it all: Welcome to The Ministry of Time, the exhilarating debut novel by Kaliane Bradley.

In the near future, a civil servant is offered the salary of her dreams and is, shortly afterward, told what project she’ll be working on. A recently established government ministry is gathering “expats” from across history to establish whether time travel is feasible—for the body, but also for the fabric of space-time.

She is tasked with working as a “bridge”: living with, assisting, and monitoring the expat known as “1847” or Commander Graham Gore. As far as history is concerned, Commander Gore died on Sir John Franklin’s doomed 1845 expedition to the Arctic, so he’s a little disoriented to be living with an unmarried woman who regularly shows her calves, surrounded by outlandish concepts such as “washing machines,” “Spotify,” and “the collapse of the British Empire.” But with an appetite for discovery, a seven-a-day cigarette habit, and the support of a charming and chaotic cast of fellow expats, he soon adjusts.

Over the next year, what the bridge initially thought would be, at best, a horrifically uncomfortable roommate dynamic, evolves into something much deeper. By the time the true shape of the Ministry’s project comes to light, the bridge has fallen haphazardly, fervently in love, with consequences she never could have imagined. Forced to confront the choices that brought them together, the bridge must finally reckon with how—and whether she believes—what she does next can change the future.

An exquisitely original and feverishly fun fusion of genres and ideas, The Ministry of Time asks: What does it mean to defy history, when history is living in your house? Kaliane Bradley’s answer is a blazing, unforgettable testament to what we owe each other in a changing world.]]> 339 Kaliane Bradley 1668045141 Cat 0 to-read 3.51 2024 The Ministry of Time
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]]> Brat Farrar 243397 288 Josephine Tey 0684803852 Cat 0 to-read 3.99 1949 Brat Farrar
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]]> The Garden of Evening Mists 12031532 448 Tan Twan Eng 1905802498 Cat 0 to-read 4.11 2011 The Garden of Evening Mists
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]]> The Death of the Heart 91494
The Death of the Heart, a story of adolescent love and the betrayal of innocence, is perhaps Bowen's best-known book. When sixteen-year-old Portia, recently orphaned, arrives in London and falls for an attractive cad--a seemingly carefree young man who is as much an outsider in the sophisticated and politely treacherous world of 1930s drawing rooms as she is--their collision threatens to shatter the carefully built illusions of everyone around them. As she deftly and delicately exposes the cruelty that lurks behind the polished surfaces of conventional society, Bowen reveals herself as a masterful novelist who combines a sharp sense of humor with a devastating gift for divining human motivations.]]> 418 Elizabeth Bowen 0385720173 Cat 0 to-read 3.65 1938 The Death of the Heart
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]]> Treacle Walker 58205835 Treacle Walker is a stunning fusion of myth and folklore and an exploration of the fluidity of time, vivid storytelling that brilliantly illuminates an introspective young mind trying to make sense of everything around him.

'Ragbone! Ragbone! Any rags! Pots for rags! Donkey stone!'

Joe looked up from his comic and lifted his eye patch. There was a white pony in the yard. It was harnessed to a cart, a flat cart, with a wooden chest on it. A man was sitting at a front corner of the cart, holding the reins. His face was creased. He wore a long coat and a floppy high-crowned hat, with hair straggling beneath, and a leather bag was slung from his shoulder across his hip.

Joe Coppock squints at the world with his lazy eye. He reads his comics, collects birds' eggs and treasures his marbles, particularly his prized dobbers. When Treacle Walker appears off the Cheshire moor one day - a wanderer, a healer - an unlikely friendship is forged and the young boy is introduced to a world he could never have imagined.]]> 152 Alan Garner 0008477795 Cat 0 to-read 3.10 2021 Treacle Walker
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]]> The English Patient 11713 320 Michael Ondaatje 0771068719 Cat 0 to-read 3.88 1992 The English Patient
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]]> <![CDATA[The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency (No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, #1)]]> 7061 235 Alexander McCall Smith 1400034779 Cat 0 to-read 3.81 1998 The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency (No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, #1)
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average rating: 3.81
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]]> The King's Equal 48481 64 Katherine Paterson 0060224975 Cat 0 to-read 4.14 1992 The King's Equal
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]]> The Great Gilly Hopkins 163465 The Great Gilly Hopkins is looking for a home. She's a foster kid who's been angry, lonely, and hurting for so long that's she's always ready for a fight. Be on the lookout for her best barracuda smile, the one she saves for well-meaning social workers. Watch out for her most fearful look, a cross between Dracula and Godzilla, used especially to scare shy foster brothers. Don't be fooled by her "Who me?" expression, guaranteed to trick foster parents, teachers, and anyone who gets in her way.

It's Gilly Hopkins vs. the world! And so far, Gilly seems to be winning. But what she doesn't realize is that every time she wins, she really loses, until she discovers a love as formidable as any enemy she's ever known.]]> 148 Katherine Paterson 0435124773 Cat 0 to-read 3.85 1978 The Great Gilly Hopkins
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]]> The Knot of Vipers 2302250 208 François Mauriac 0140181520 Cat 0 to-read 3.91 1932 The Knot of Vipers
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]]> <![CDATA[To Say Nothing of the Dog (Oxford Time Travel, #2)]]> 77773 From Connie Willis, winner of multiple Hugo and Nebula Awards, comes a comedic romp through an unpredictable world of mystery, love, and time travel.

Ned Henry is badly in need of a rest. He’s been shuttling between the twenty-first century and the 1940s in search of a hideous Victorian vase called “the bishop’s bird stump” as part of a project to restore the famed Coventry Cathedral, destroyed in a Nazi air raid.

But then Verity Kindle, a fellow time traveler, inadvertently brings back something from the past. Now Ned must jump to the Victorian era to help Verity put things right—not only to save the project but also to prevent altering history itself.]]> 493 Connie Willis 0553575384 Cat 0 to-read 4.10 1997 To Say Nothing of the Dog (Oxford Time Travel, #2)
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]]> <![CDATA[All Systems Red (The Murderbot Diaries, #1)]]> 32758901 All Systems Red, a tense science fiction adventure by Martha Wells that interrogates the roots of consciousness through Artificial Intelligence.

“As a heartless killing machine, I was a complete failure.”

In a corporate-dominated spacefaring future, planetary missions must be approved and supplied by the Company. Exploratory teams are accompanied by Company-supplied security androids, for their own safety.

But in a society where contracts are awarded to the lowest bidder, safety isn’t a primary concern.

On a distant planet, a team of scientists are conducting surface tests, shadowed by their Company-supplied ‘droid—a self-aware SecUnit that has hacked its own governor module, and refers to itself (though never out loud) as “Murderbot.” Scornful of humans, all it really wants is to be left alone long enough to figure out who it is.

But when a neighboring mission goes dark, it's up to the scientists and their Murderbot to get to the truth.]]> 144 Martha Wells Cat 0 to-read 4.08 2017 All Systems Red (The Murderbot Diaries, #1)
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]]> <![CDATA[The Book of the King (The Wormling, #1)]]> 2042956 288 Jerry B. Jenkins 1414301553 Cat 0 to-read 4.00 2003 The Book of the King (The Wormling, #1)
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]]> <![CDATA[The Blighted Stars (The Devoured Worlds, #1)]]> 58340705
She’s a revolutionary. Humanity is running out of options. Habitable planets are being destroyed as quickly as they’re found and Naira Sharp knows the reason why. The all-powerful Mercator family has been controlling the exploration of the universe for decades, and exploiting any materials they find along the way under the guise of helping humanity’s expansion. But Naira knows the truth, and she plans to bring the whole family down from the inside.

He’s the heir to the dynasty. Tarquin Mercator never wanted to run a galaxy-spanning business empire. He just wanted to study rocks and read books. But Tarquin’s father has tasked him with monitoring the mining of a new planet, and he doesn’t really have a choice in the matter.

Disguised as Tarquin’s new bodyguard, Naira plans to destroy his ship before it lands. But neither of them expects to end up stranded on a dead planet. To survive and keep her secret, Naira will have to join forces with the man she’s sworn to hate. And together they will uncover a plot that’s bigger than both of them.]]> 491 Megan E. O'Keefe 0316290793 Cat 0 to-read 4.06 2023 The Blighted Stars (The Devoured Worlds, #1)
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]]> All the Truth That's in Me 17297487
Unable to speak, Judith lives like a ghost in her own home, silently pouring out her thoughts to the boy who’s owned her heart as long as she can remember—even if he doesn’t know it—her childhood friend, Lucas.

But when Roswell Station is attacked, long-buried secrets come to light, and Judith is forced to choose: continue to live in silence, or recover her voice, even if it means changing her world, and the lives around her, forever.

This startlingly original novel will shock and disturb you; it will fill you with Judith’s passion and longing; and its mysteries will keep you feverishly turning the pages until the very last.]]> 274 Julie Berry 0670786152 Cat 0 to-read 3.91 2013 All the Truth That's in Me
author: Julie Berry
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]]> <![CDATA[The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making (Fairyland, #1)]]> 9591398  
With exquisite illustrations by acclaimed artist Ana Juan, Fairyland lives up to the sensation it created when the author first posted it online. For readers of all ages who love the charm of Alice in Wonderland and the soul of The Golden Compass, here is a reading experience unto itself: unforgettable, and so very beautiful.
]]> 247 Catherynne M. Valente 0312649614 Cat 0 to-read 3.94 2011 The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making (Fairyland, #1)
author: Catherynne M. Valente
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average rating: 3.94
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]]> Waking Beauty 24583169 480 Sarah E. Morin 1621840433 Cat 0 to-read 4.25 2015 Waking Beauty
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average rating: 4.25
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]]> The Warrior Queens 17156 431 Antonia Fraser 1842126369 Cat 5 Spectacular 3.74 1988 The Warrior Queens
author: Antonia Fraser
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average rating: 3.74
book published: 1988
rating: 5
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Spectacular
]]> Middlemarch 29613303 All Coterie Classics have been formatted for ereaders and devices and include a bonus link to the free audio book.

“And, of course men know best about everything, except what women know better.” ― George Eliot, Middlemarch
Middlemarch is the quintessential Victorian novel, exploring life among the middle and upper classes in England.

]]> 577 George Eliot 1681958988 Cat 5 4.26 1872 Middlemarch
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average rating: 4.26
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rating: 5
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I enjoyed that much more than I thought I would! Will and Dorothea are my new OTP.
]]> <![CDATA[You Learn by Living: Eleven Keys for a More Fulfilling Life]]> 78509 224 Eleanor Roosevelt 0664244947 Cat 0 to-read 3.96 1960 You Learn by Living: Eleven Keys for a More Fulfilling Life
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]]> This Must Be the Place 26128897
Meet Daniel Sullivan, a man with a complicated life. A New Yorker living in the wilds of Ireland, he has children he never sees in California, a father he loathes in Brooklyn, and a wife, Claudette, who is a reclusive ex–film star given to pulling a gun on anyone who ventures up their driveway. Claudette was once the most glamorous and infamous woman in cinema before she staged her own disappearance and retreated to blissful seclusion in an Irish farmhouse.

But the life Daniel and Claudette have so carefully constructed is about to be disrupted by an unexpected discovery about a woman Daniel lost touch with twenty years ago. This revelation will send him off-course, far away from wife, children and home. Will his love for Claudette be enough to bring him back?

This Must be the Place is a novel about family, identity, and true love: an intimately drawn portrait of a marriage, both the forces that hold it together and the pressures that drive it apart. O'Farrell writes with complexity, insight, and laugh-out-loud humor in a narrative that hurtles forward with powerful velocity and emotion. This Must be the Place is a sophisticated, spellbinding summer read from one of the UK's most highly acclaimed and best-loved novelists.]]> 401 Maggie O'Farrell 1472230302 Cat 0 to-read 3.95 2016 This Must Be the Place
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]]> The Interestings 15815333
The summer that Nixon resigns, six teenagers at a summer camp for the arts become inseparable. Decades later the bond remains powerful, but so much else has changed. In The Interestings, Wolitzer follows these characters from the height of youth through middle age, as their talents, fortunes, and degrees of satisfaction diverge.

The kind of creativity that is rewarded at age fifteen is not always enough to propel someone through life at age thirty; not everyone can sustain, in adulthood, what seemed so special in adolescence. Jules Jacobson, an aspiring comic actress, eventually resigns herself to a more practical occupation and lifestyle. Her friend Jonah, a gifted musician, stops playing the guitar and becomes an engineer. But Ethan and Ash, Jules's now-married best friends, become shockingly successful—true to their initial artistic dreams, with the wealth and access that allow those dreams to keep expanding. The friendships endure and even prosper, but also underscore the differences in their fates, in what their talents have become and the shapes their lives have taken.

Wide in scope, ambitious, and populated by complex characters who come together and apart in a changing New York City, The Interestings explores the meaning of talent; the nature of envy; the roles of class, art, money, and power; and how all of it can shift and tilt precipitously over the course of a friendship and a life.]]> 468 Meg Wolitzer 1594488398 Cat 0 to-read 3.58 2013 The Interestings
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]]> Disappearing Earth 34563821
Set on the remote Siberian peninsula of Kamchatka, Disappearing Earth draws us into the world of an astonishing cast of characters, all connected by an unfathomable crime. We are transported to vistas of rugged beauty – densely wooded forests, open expanses of tundra, soaring volcanoes and the glassy seas that border Japan and Alaska – and into a region as complex as it is alluring, where social and ethnic tensions have long simmered, and where outsiders are often the first to be accused.

In a story as propulsive as it is emotionally engaging, and through a young writer's virtuosic feat of empathy and imagination, this powerful novel provides a new understanding of the intricate bonds of family and community, in a Russia unlike any we have seen before.

Beautifully written, thought-provoking, intense and cleverly wrought, this is the most extraordinary first novel from a mesmerising new talent.]]> 312 Julia Phillips Cat 0 to-read 3.81 2019 Disappearing Earth
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]]> <![CDATA[Etiquette & Espionage (Finishing School, #1)]]> 10874177 It's one thing to learn to curtsy properly. It's quite another to learn to curtsy and throw a knife at the same time. Welcome to Finishing School.

Fourteen-year-old Sophronia is a great trial to her poor mother. Sophronia is more interested in dismantling clocks and climbing trees than proper manners--and the family can only hope that company never sees her atrocious curtsy. Mrs. Temminnick is desperate for her daughter to become a proper lady. So she enrolls Sophronia in Mademoiselle Geraldine's Finishing Academy for Young Ladies of Quality.

But Sophronia soon realizes the school is not quite what her mother might have hoped. At Mademoiselle Geraldine's, young ladies learn to finish...everything. Certainly, they learn the fine arts of dance, dress, and etiquette, but they also learn to deal out death, diversion, and espionage--in the politest possible ways, of course. Sophronia and her friends are in for a rousing first year's education.]]> 307 Gail Carriger 031619008X Cat 0 to-read 3.82 2013 Etiquette & Espionage (Finishing School, #1)
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average rating: 3.82
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]]> <![CDATA[A Secret Sisterhood: The Literary Friendships of Jane Austen, Charlotte Brontë, George Eliot & Virginia Woolf]]> 33413920
Through letters and diaries that have never been published before, A Secret Sisterhood resurrects these forgotten stories of female friendships. They were sometimes scandalous and volatile, sometimes supportive and inspiring, but always—until now—tantalizingly consigned to the shadows.]]> 331 Emily Midorikawa 054488373X Cat 5 3.62 2017 A Secret Sisterhood: The Literary Friendships of Jane Austen, Charlotte Brontë, George Eliot & Virginia Woolf
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rating: 5
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]]> Villette 31173 Villette, Charlotte Brontë reached the height of her artistic power. First published in 1853, Villette is Brontë's most accomplished and deeply felt work, eclipsing even Jane Eyre in critical acclaim. Her narrator, the autobiographical Lucy Snowe, flees England and a tragic past to become an instructor in a French boarding school in the town of Villette. There she unexpectedly confronts her feelings of love and longing as she witnesses the fitful romance between Dr. John, a handsome young Englishman, and Ginerva Fanshawe, a beautiful coquette. The first pain brings others, and with them comes the heartache Lucy has tried so long to escape. Yet in spite of adversity and disappointment, Lucy Snowe survives to recount the unstinting vision of a turbulent life's journey - a journey that is one of the most insightful fictional studies of a woman's consciousness in English literature.]]> 573 Charlotte Brontë Cat 0 to-read 3.79 1853 Villette
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]]> <![CDATA[Miss Miles: or, A Tale of Yorkshire Life 60 Years Ago]]> 1037316 Villette. Mary
herself led a much less restricted life, especially in her later years as a feminist essayist who strongly urged women to consider their "first duty" to be working to support themselves.
In Miss Miles, her only novel, Taylor breaks with tradition by creating a profoundly feminist and morally intense work which depicts women's friendships as sustaining life and sanity through all of the vicissitudes of Victorian womanhood. She also introduces an innovative narrative form which
Janet Murray (who has written an introduction for this edition) calls a "feminist bildungsroman": the story of the education of several heroines which emphasizes their friendship and economic and mental well-being rather than their love lives. Set in the small Yorkshire village of Repton against
the backdrop of starvation in the wool districts and the rise of Chartism in the 1830s, this recovered feminist classic chronicles the lives of four disparate and individually ambitious women as they learn to find their own voices and support one another. The novel's emphasis on the healing power
of women's friendships echoes the relationship between Brontë and Taylor herself. Originally published in 1890, Miss Miles has been unavailable for decades. Its reappearance will delight all lovers of fine literature.
]]> 466 Mary Taylor Cat 0 to-read 3.39 1890 Miss Miles: or, A Tale of Yorkshire Life 60 Years Ago
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]]> Silas Marner 54539
With rich character detail and vivid portrayal of rural life, George Eliot crafts a story about the slow reawakening of trust, the meaning of belonging, and the ways human connection can transform a life once thought to be set in stone.]]> 262 George Eliot Cat 3 3.68 1861 Silas Marner
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average rating: 3.68
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rating: 3
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]]> Frankenstein 35031085
This edition is the original 1818 text, which preserves the hard-hitting and politically charged aspects of Shelley's original writing, as well as her unflinching wit and strong female voice. This edition also includes a new introduction and suggestions for further reading by author and Shelley expert Charlotte Gordon, literary excerpts and reviews selected by Gordon and a chronology and essay by preeminent Shelley scholar Charles E. Robinson.]]> 260 Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley 0143131842 Cat 5 4.05 1818 Frankenstein
author: Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
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average rating: 4.05
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rating: 5
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Well. That was a depressing experience. 5 stars. Modern pop culture has really gutted this story of all its nuance. Also I’m never getting over how Frankenstein was literally a stupid college student. I assumed he was a middle aged egomaniac. He was a dumb kid. That makes a huge difference.
]]> <![CDATA[Deryni Rising (The Chronicles of the Deryni, #1)]]> 537124
The fate of the Deryni—a quasi-mortal race of sorcerers—and, indeed, the fate of the Eleven Kingdoms rest on Kelson's ability to quash the rebellion by fair means or foul — even by the proscribed use of magic!


(Ballantine FIRST First Edition, First Printing. Published by Ballantine Books, 1970. Octavo. Paperback. Book is very good. Seller 516388 Science-Fiction & Fantasy We Buy Books! Collections - Libraries - Estates - Individual Titles. Message us if you have books to sell!)]]> 271 Katherine Kurtz 034525290X Cat 0 to-read 3.96 1970 Deryni Rising (The Chronicles of the Deryni, #1)
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average rating: 3.96
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]]> <![CDATA[Mairelon the Magician (Mairelon, #1)]]> 245727
But there is something odd about this magician. He isn't like the other hucksters and swindlers that Kim is used to. When he catches her in the act, Kim thinks she's done for.
Until he suggests she become his apprentice. Kim wonders how tough it could be faking a bit of hocus pocus.

But Mairelon isn't an act. His magic is real .]]> 288 Patricia C. Wrede 0765342324 Cat 0 to-read 4.00 1991 Mairelon the Magician (Mairelon, #1)
author: Patricia C. Wrede
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average rating: 4.00
book published: 1991
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]]> <![CDATA[The Riddle-Master of Hed (Riddle-Master, #1)]]> 92755 229 Patricia A. McKillip 0345331044 Cat 0 to-read 3.99 1976 The Riddle-Master of Hed (Riddle-Master, #1)
author: Patricia A. McKillip
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average rating: 3.99
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]]> The Raging Quiet 118754 The Raging Quiet is an ideal kids' feature for a month of romance.]]> 368 Sherryl Jordan 0689870043 Cat 0 to-read 4.26 1999 The Raging Quiet
author: Sherryl Jordan
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average rating: 4.26
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]]> <![CDATA[The Winter Prince (The Lion Hunters, #1)]]> 962821 The story of Medraut - strong, skilled, daring, and never to be king...

Medraut is the eldest son of Artos, high king of Britain; and, but for an accident of birth, would-be heir to the throne. Instead, his younger half-brother, Lleu, is chosen to be prince of Britain. Lleu is fragile, often ill, unskilled in weaponry and statesmanship, and childishly afraid of the dark. Even Lleu's twin sister, Goewin, seems more suited to rule the kingdom.

Medraut cannot bear to be commanded and contradicted by this weakling brother who he feels has usurped his birthright and his father's favor. Torn and bitter, haunted by jealousy, self-doubt, and thwarted ambition, he joins Morgause, the high king's treacherous sister, in a plot to force Artos to forfeit his power and kingdom in exchange for Lleu's life. But this plot soon proves to be much more - a battlefield on which Medraut is forced to decide, for good or evil, where his own allegiance truly lies...]]> 216 Elizabeth Wein 0142500143 Cat 0 to-read 3.82 1993 The Winter Prince (The Lion Hunters, #1)
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]]> <![CDATA[The Horse and His Boy (Chronicles of Narnia, #5)]]> 84119 The Horse and his Boy is a stirring and dramatic fantasy story that finds a young boy named Shasta on the run from his homeland with the talking horse, Bree. When the pair discover a deadly plot by the Calormen people to conquer the land of Narnia, the race is on to warn the inhabitants of the impending danger and to rescue them all from certain death.]]> 224 C.S. Lewis 0439861365 Cat 5 3.92 1954 The Horse and His Boy (Chronicles of Narnia, #5)
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average rating: 3.92
book published: 1954
rating: 5
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]]> The Listeners 56988057 #1 New York Times bestselling novelist Maggie Stiefvater dazzles in this mesmerizing portrait of an irresistible heroine, an unlikely romance, and a hotel—and a world—in peril.

January 1942. The Avallon Hotel & Spa has always offered elegant luxury in the wilds of West Virginia, its mountain sweetwater washing away all of high society’s troubles.

Local girl-turned-general manager June Porter Hudson has guided the Avallon skillfully through the first pangs of war. The Gilfoyles, the hotel’s aristocratic owners, have trained her well. But when the family heir makes a secret deal with the State Department to fill the hotel with captured Axis diplomats, June must persuade her staff—many of whom have sons and husbands heading to the front lines—to offer luxury to Nazis. With a smile.

Meanwhile FBI Agent Tucker Minnick, whose coal tattoo hints at an Appalachian past, presses his ears to the hotel’s walls, listening for the diplomats’ secrets. He has one of his own, which is how he knows that June’s balancing act can have dangerous consequences: the sweetwater beneath the hotel can threaten as well as heal.

June has never met a guest she couldn’t delight, but the diplomats are different. Without firing a single shot, they have brought the war directly to her. As clashing loyalties crack the Avallon’s polished veneer, June must calculate the true cost of luxury.]]> 382 Maggie Stiefvater 0593655508 Cat 4 3.66 2025 The Listeners
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average rating: 3.66
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rating: 4
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]]> All the Crooked Saints 30025336 From bestselling author Maggie Stiefvater, a gripping tale of darkness, miracles, and family. Saints. Miracles. Family. Romance. Death. Redemption.

Here is a thing everyone wants: A miracle.

Here is a thing everyone fears: What it takes to get one.

Any visitor to Bicho Raro, Colorado is likely to find a landscape of dark saints, forbidden love, scientific dreams, miracle-mad owls, estranged affections, one or two orphans, and a sky full of watchful desert stars.

At the heart of this place you will find the Soria family, who all have the ability to perform unusual miracles. And at the heart of this family are three cousins longing to change its future: Beatriz, the girl without feelings, who wants only to be free to examine her thoughts; Daniel, the Saint of Bicho Raro, who performs miracles for everyone but himself; and Joaquin, who spends his nights running a renegade radio station under the name Diablo Diablo.

They are all looking for a miracle. But the miracles of Bicho Raro are never quite what you expect.]]> 313 Maggie Stiefvater 0545930804 Cat 0 to-read 3.82 2017 All the Crooked Saints
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]]> <![CDATA[Lament: The Faerie Queen's Deception (Books of Faerie, #1)]]> 3112850
Lament is a dark faerie fantasy that features authentic Celtic faerie lore, plus cover art and interior illustrations by acclaimed faerie artist Julia Jeffrey.]]> 325 Maggie Stiefvater 0738713708 Cat 0 to-read 3.69 2008 Lament: The Faerie Queen's Deception (Books of Faerie, #1)
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]]> <![CDATA[Thrawn: Treason (Star Wars: Thrawn, #3)]]> 43160651 Grand Admiral Thrawn faces the ultimate test of his loyalty to the Empire in this epic Star Wars novel from bestselling author Timothy Zahn.

“If I were to serve the Empire, you would command my allegiance.”

Such was the promise Grand Admiral Thrawn made to Emperor Palpatine at their first meeting. Since then, Thrawn has been one of the Empire’s most effective instruments, pursuing its enemies to the very edges of the known galaxy. But as keen a weapon as Thrawn has become, the Emperor dreams of something far more destructive.

Now, as Thrawn’s TIE-defender program is halted in favor of Director Krennic’s secret Death Star project, he realizes that the balance of power in the Empire is measured by more than just military acumen or tactical efficiency. Even the greatest intellect can hardly compete with the power to annihilate entire planets.

As Thrawn works to secure his place in the Imperial hierarchy, his former protégé, Eli Vanto, returns with a dire warning about Thrawn's homeworld. Thrawn's mastery of strategy must guide him through an impossible choice: duty to the Chiss Ascendancy or fealty to the Empire he has sworn to serve. Even if the right choice means committing treason.]]> 333 Timothy Zahn 1984820982 Cat 5 4.27 2019 Thrawn: Treason (Star Wars: Thrawn, #3)
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]]> <![CDATA[Thrawn: Alliances (Star Wars: Thrawn, #2)]]> 36385830 "I have sensed a disturbance in the Force."

Ominous words under any circumstances, but all the more so when uttered by Emperor Palpatine. On Batuu, at the edges of the Unknown Regions, a threat to the Empire is taking root—its existence little more than a glimmer, its consequences as yet unknowable. But it is troubling enough to the Imperial leader to warrant investigation by his most powerful agents: ruthless enforcer Lord Darth Vader and brilliant strategist Grand Admiral Thrawn. Fierce rivals for the emperor's favor, and outspoken adversaries on Imperial affairs—including the Death Star project—the formidable pair seem unlikely partners for such a crucial mission. But the Emperor knows it's not the first time Vader and Thrawn have joined forces. And there's more behind his royal command than either man suspects.

In what seems like a lifetime ago, General Anakin Skywalker of the Galactic Republic, and Commander Mitth'raw'nuruodo, officer of the Chiss Ascendancy, crossed paths for the first time. One on a desperate personal quest, the other with motives unknown . . . and undisclosed. But facing a gauntlet of dangers on a far-flung world, they forged an uneasy alliance—neither remotely aware of what their futures held in store.

Now, thrust together once more, they find themselves bound again for the planet where they once fought side by side. There they will be doubly challenged—by a test of their allegiance to the Empire . . . and an enemy that threatens even their combined might.]]> 342 Timothy Zahn 052548048X Cat 3 3.95 2018 Thrawn: Alliances (Star Wars: Thrawn, #2)
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]]> <![CDATA[Thrawn (Star Wars: Thrawn, #1)]]> 31140332
After Thrawn is rescued from exile by Imperial soldiers, his deadly ingenuity and keen tactical abilities swiftly capture the attention of Emperor Palpatine. And just as quickly, Thrawn proves to be as indispensable to the Empire as he is ambitious; as devoted as its most loyal servant, Darth Vader; and a brilliant warrior never to be underestimated. On missions to rout smugglers, snare spies, and defeat pirates, he triumphs time and again—even as his renegade methods infuriate superiors while inspiring ever greater admiration from the Empire. As one promotion follows another in his rapid ascension to greater power, he schools his trusted aide, Ensign Eli Vanto, in the arts of combat and leadership, and the secrets of claiming victory. But even though Thrawn dominates the battlefield, he has much to learn in the arena of politics, where ruthless administrator Arihnda Pryce holds the power to be a potent ally or a brutal enemy.

All these lessons will be put to the ultimate test when Thrawn rises to admiral and must pit all the knowledge, instincts, and battle forces at his command against an insurgent uprising that threatens not only innocent lives but also the Empire’s grip on the galaxy—and his own carefully laid plans for future ascendancy.]]> 427 Timothy Zahn 1780894848 Cat 4 4.30 2017 Thrawn (Star Wars: Thrawn, #1)
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]]> <![CDATA[Star Wars: Kanan, Vol. 2: First Blood]]> 27415713
COLLECTING: KANAN 7-12]]> 144 Greg Weisman 078519603X Cat 3 3.92 2015 Star Wars: Kanan, Vol. 2: First Blood
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]]> <![CDATA[Star Wars: Kanan, Vol. 1: The Last Padawan]]> 25066765
COLLECTING: KANAN 1-6]]> 144 Greg Weisman 0785193669 Cat 3 4.12 2015 Star Wars: Kanan, Vol. 1: The Last Padawan
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average rating: 4.12
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rating: 3
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]]> A New Dawn (Star Wars) 20262705
But Jarrus won't be fighting alone. Unlikely allies, including a bomb-throwing radical, a former Imperial surveillance agent, a vengeful security officer, and the mysterious Hera Syndulla--an agent provocateur with motives of her own--team up with Jarrus to challenge the Empire. As a crisis of apocalyptic proportions unfolds on the planet Gorse, they must stand together against one of the Emperor's most fearsome enforcers--for the sake of a world and its people.]]> 367 John Jackson Miller 0553392867 Cat 5 3.80 2014 A New Dawn (Star Wars)
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average rating: 3.80
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rating: 5
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]]> Arthur (The Pendragon Cycle) 36062440 “Evocate . . . intriguing . . . enthralling.” Locus

In a forgotten age of darkness, a magnificent king arose to light the land.

They called him unfit to rule, a lowborn, callow boy, Uther’s bastard. But his coming had been foretold in the songs of the bard Taliesin. And he had learned powerful secrets at the knee of the mystical sage Merlin.

He was ARTHUR—Pendragon of the Island of the Mighty—who would rise to legendary greatness in a Britain torn by violence, greed, and war; who would usher in a glorious reign of peace and prosperity; and who would fall in a desperate attempt to save the one he loved more than life.]]> 451 Stephen R. Lawhead Cat 0 to-read 4.22 1989 Arthur (The Pendragon Cycle)
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average rating: 4.22
book published: 1989
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]]> The Blue Castle 95693
At twenty-nine, Valancy had never been in love and it seemed romance had completely passed her by. Her only consolation were the "forbidden" books of John Foster and her daydreams of the Blue Castle.

All her life Valancy lived on a quiet little street, in an ugly little house, never daring to contradict her overbearing mother and meddlesome aunt. Until the fateful day a letter came from Doctor Trent—and Valancy decided to throw caution to the wind once and for all...

For the first time in her life, Valancy said and did exactly what she wanted. Soon she discovered a world full of fine surprises and real adventures that she never knew could exist outside of her secret Blue Castle.]]> 218 L.M. Montgomery 0553280511 Cat 5 A delight, as always &lt;3 4.29 1926 The Blue Castle
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average rating: 4.29
book published: 1926
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A delight, as always <3
]]> Rose Daughter 8089
Twenty years ago, Robin McKinley dazzled readers with the power of her novel Beauty. Now this extraordinarily gifted novelist returns to the story of Beauty and the Beast with a fresh perspective, ingenuity, and mature insight. With Rose Daughter, she presents her finest and most deeply felt work--a compelling, richly imagined, and haunting exploration of the transformative power of love.]]> 304 Robin McKinley 0441005837 Cat 1 3.78 1997 Rose Daughter
author: Robin McKinley
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average rating: 3.78
book published: 1997
rating: 1
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Until they found her...]]> 405 Robin McKinley 0515138819 Cat 0 to-read 3.83 2003 Sunshine
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Already an international bestseller, Small Things Like These is a deeply affecting story of hope, quiet heroism, and empathy from one of our most critically lauded and iconic writers.]]> 118 Claire Keegan 0802158749 Cat 0 to-read 4.06 2021 Small Things Like These
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]]> Foster 8143909
Winner of the Davy Byrnes Memorial Prize, Foster is now published in a revised and expanded version. Beautiful, sad and eerie, it is a story of astonishing emotional depth, showcasing Claire Keegan's great accomplishment and talent.]]> 101 Claire Keegan 0571255655 Cat 0 to-read 4.29 2010 Foster
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]]> To School Through The Fields 1611738 he School Through the Fields in Irish phenomenon, and have made Alice herself the mose beloved author in all of the Emerald Isle.
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]]> A Ceiling Made of Eggshells 51934297 Set during the expulsion of Jews from Spain, a story about a young Jewish girl full of heart who must play her own role in her people’s epic history—no matter the sacrifice.

Surrounded by her large family, Loma is happy living in the judería of Alcalá de Henares, Spain, and wants nothing more than to someday have a family of her own.

Still, when her intimidating grandfather, her Belo, decides to bring her along on his travels, she’s excited to join him. Belo has the ear of King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella, and Loma relishes her adventures with him, adventures that are beyond the scope of most girls of the time. She soon learns just how dangerous the world is for the Jews of Spain, and how her grandfather’s influence keeps their people safe.

But the older Loma gets, the more she longs to realize her own dreams—if Belo will ever allow her to leave his side.]]> 400 Gail Carson Levine 0062878190 Cat 5 3.71 2020 A Ceiling Made of Eggshells
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Very good!!! It’s a shame Gail Carson Levine has been mostly pigeonholed into the middle grade fantasy genre, because this work of historical fiction is excellent. It’s a moment in history not explored much in fiction, at least from my experiences, so I enjoyed reading about it. I loved Loma and her personality. She felt very entrenched in her culture and religion, and even though her circumstances afforded her privileged experiences most girls like herself could never hope to have, all she wanted in the end was a normal life, which I considered to be realistic and relatable. Her abuelo was such an interesting person as well. He loved her and provided her with a rich life, and yet his reasons were so selfish. I’m glad the ending was happy, if bittersweet, and excitingly open-ended. This was very good!!!
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