Andrew's bookshelf: all en-US Mon, 28 Apr 2025 23:26:20 -0700 60 Andrew's bookshelf: all 144 41 /images/layout/goodreads_logo_144.jpg <![CDATA[Susan, You're the Chosen One: Welcome to Midlife Magic, Book 1]]> 226161629 Starting over isn't easy when your whole world is a pile of rubble and everyone thinks you're insane.

One moment, Susan Moore had a perfect life—a handsome husband, a fabulous career, wonderful friends, and a gorgeous home in Pacific Heights, San Francisco.

The next minute, it was all gone. And Susan found herself in a straitjacket, locked in a padded room.

An optimist at heart, Susan's clawing her way back, rebuilding her life brick by brick—not an easy feat when you're over the hill and it feels like the whole city hates you.

When a group of ridiculously gorgeous models in Fae cosplay barge into her tiny apartment and declare her to be the chosen one, Susan decides to play along. She's off to save the world.

Except they're not in cosplay.

Either Susan has really, truly gone insane this time� or all this magic is real.

Susan, You're the Chosen One is book one in the fun, fast-paced, and thrilling new paranormal women's fiction series Welcome To Midlife Magic, by bestselling urban fantasy author Lauretta Hignett.

Contains some coarse language as well as a diverse cast of unicorns, mermaids, sentient houses, dragons, vampires, fae, etc. This book includes discussion around involuntary infertility, menopause, gender bias in healthcare, and mental health issues.]]> Lauretta Hignett Andrew 0 currently-reading 0.0 2024 Susan, You're the Chosen One: Welcome to Midlife Magic, Book 1
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]]> <![CDATA[How to Forget: A Daughter's Memoir]]> 49383299 Orange Is the New Black and author of Born with Teeth takes us on an unexpected journey of loss, betrayal, and the transcendent nature of a daughter’s love for her parents.

They say you can’t go home again. But when her father is diagnosed with aggressive lung cancer and her mother with atypical Alzheimer’s, New York-based actress Kate Mulgrew returns to her hometown in Iowa to spend time with her parents and care for them in the time they have left.

The months Kate spends with her parents in Dubuque—by turns turbulent, tragic, and joyful—lead her to reflect on each of their lives and how they shaped her own. Those ruminations are transformed when, in the wake of their deaths, Kate uncovers long-kept secrets that challenge her understanding of the unconventional Irish Catholic household in which she was raised.

Breathtaking and powerful, laced with the author’s irreverent wit, How to Forget is a considered portrait of a mother and a father, an emotionally powerful memoir that demonstrates how love fuses children and parents, and an honest examination of family, memory, and indelible loss.]]> 13 Kate Mulgrew Andrew 4 3.80 2019 How to Forget: A Daughter's Memoir
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average rating: 3.80
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rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[A Streetcar Named Desire and Other Plays]]> 51210 A Streetcar Named Desire fading southern belle Blanche Dubois finds her romantic illusions brutally shattered; The Glass Menagerie portrays an introverted girl trapped in a fantasy world; and Sweet Bird of Youth shows how we are unable to escape ‘the enemy, time�.]]> 313 Tennessee Williams 0141182563 Andrew 5 4.11 A Streetcar Named Desire and Other Plays
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]]> <![CDATA[Sunrise on the Reaping (The Hunger Games, #0.5)]]> 228474500 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.]]> 13 Suzanne Collins Andrew 5 4.48 2025 Sunrise on the Reaping (The Hunger Games, #0.5)
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]]> A Proposal to Die For 228414725 A fast-paced, witty, and delightful new mystery about a marriage proposal planner whose biggest job yet is threatened by a dead body (or two).

Jessamine Bricker loves a plan. Contingency plans and pros-and-cons lists are her love language, and because of that, her proposal planning business is thriving. But with rent costs rising at her office building, Jess jumps at the chance to plan a proposal between her snobby high school classmate, Diana, and her very wealthy boyfriend, Trenton Tillard…the Fourth.

Roped into joining Diana’s ”pre-bridal� retreat at the exclusive Golden Ash resort, Jess hopes to fade into the background, get some work done, and maybe find some time to unwind. Their first day is anything but Diana is furious about the mountain spa’s lack of cell phone reception, the couple next door argues constantly, and Jess swears she just saw a drug deal go down. To top it all off, she’s warned to stay out of the woods by the gruff and sexy chef, Dean Osbourne. Is this a retreat or a horror movie?

As Jess tries to do her job while placating the bride-to-be and her increasingly over-the-top demands, she spends more and more time with the resort owners, finding herself much more in tune with the laid-back Osbourne family than her social climbing “boss.� Between a meditation garden-related drowning and Jess’s discovery of a body in a sauna, it's clear that deadly secrets abound at the Golden Ash. Now it’s up to Jess to unravel the mysteries here in the mountains—before all her plans are cancelled…permanently.]]> Molly Harper Andrew 5 4.55 2025 A Proposal to Die For
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]]> For Whom the Belle Tolls 224648773 From Hell’s Belles BookTok sensation Jaysea Lynn comes a hotter-than-hell romantasy about forbidden love, dark magic, and a young woman’s fiery adventure in the Afterlife, perfect for fans of Sarah A. Parker and Callie Hart.

They told her to go to Hell.
She went, but on her own terms.

Lily isn’t exactly thrilled with her arrival in the Afterlife, but what awaits her there is more fantastical than she ever could have imagined: Deities wait in line at the coffee shop. Fae flit between realms. Souls find ways to make death a beginning.

As she explores the many corners of the Afterlife, Lily finds herself surprisingly drawn to a place most people would avoid at all costs: Hell. Armed with years of customer service experience and pent-up sarcasm, Lily carves a job out for herself amongst Hell’s demons, sending souls to their rightful circles with more than a hint of sass.

Lily’s expectations are subverted every day in Hell—especially by Bel, a demon general with a distractingly sexy voice. The two meet by chance and form an immediate, deeply healing friendship, but the undeniable heat between them threatens to combust.

Meanwhile, something stirs beyond the boundaries of their world, threatening to destroy everything they’ve known and everything that could be…unless they fight like Hell to stop it.

This debut novel from BookTok sensation Jaysea Lynn invites you to lose yourself in a world where love ignites in the unlikeliest of places, magic defies the rules, and the Afterlife proves more thrilling than anyone could imagine.]]> Jaysea Lynn Andrew 5 4.49 2025 For Whom the Belle Tolls
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average rating: 4.49
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]]> <![CDATA[Daredevil, Vol. 1: Guardian Devil]]> 19383517 240 Kevin Smith 0785170316 Andrew 0 to-read 3.90 1998 Daredevil, Vol. 1: Guardian Devil
author: Kevin Smith
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average rating: 3.90
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]]> <![CDATA[Cold Iron Task (The Unorthodox Chronicles, #3)]]> 227781715 Grimsby, a junior Auditor in the magical Department of Unorthodox Affairs, finds himself on the other side of the law in this spellbinding urban fantasy.

Grimshaw Griswald Grimsby may have one case under his belt, but he’s still a novice Auditor in Boston’s Department of Unorthodox Affairs. And he’s already made mistakes.

Desperate to repair his fraying friendships, he doesn’t ask too many questions when a mysterious patron offers him the chance to join a heist of an otherworldly vault—and in the process find answers that could make things right.

Complications arisewhen Grimsby learns that his partner, Mayflower, is keeping secrets about his past. Between facing new demons, old horrors, and monsters—both Usual and Unorthodox—Grimsby soon realizes nothing is how it appears and that not asking enough questions just might be his downfall.]]> James J. Butcher Andrew 4 4.20 2025 Cold Iron Task (The Unorthodox Chronicles, #3)
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average rating: 4.20
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rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[Graveyard Dog (Charley Davidson, #13.9)]]> 223638037
Michael Cavalcante has one thing on his mind when he knocks on Izzabel Walsh’s door at two in the morning, half-dressed and a bit toasted: fix the woman’s heater and get back to bed. He’d vowed never to cover for his maintenance tech again, especially after he got tased and knocked out with a frying pan for his efforts.

Izzy thought she was safe. She’d dyed her hair, changed her name, and moved 1,500 miles away. And still they’d found her. When a member of her ex’s motorcycle club knocks on her door in the middle of the night, supposedly to fix a perfectly good heater, Izzy panics. Not only have they found her, but they will soon discover she has a daughter. Aka, leverage. She needs time to think. To plan. To figure out how to keep the sexy neanderthal quiet. But she has no idea how, short of murder. Can she win him over to her side? Or will he be just like all the others once he finds out what she is capable of?

Michael has one chance to convince Izzy he doesn’t want to harm her or her daughter, but more than that, he wants to know who does. And why. And where he can find them. After all, how else is he going to make sure the two sprites who have wound their way into his heart are safe?]]> Darynda Jones Andrew 5 5.00 2024 Graveyard Dog (Charley Davidson, #13.9)
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]]> <![CDATA[The Case of Trish The Dish and The Birthday Wish (Witched and Hitched Mysteries)]]> 217444163 Join Stevie, Win and gang for another new advenure! Description coming soon!]]> 1 Dakota Cassidy Andrew 4 4.00 2024 The Case of Trish The Dish and The Birthday Wish (Witched and Hitched Mysteries)
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]]> <![CDATA[The Witch Who Trades with Death]]> 228522279
All witches must serve the cruel and immortal Emperor Yamueto. Upon discovery of her powers, Khana was ripped away from her desert home at fourteen years old and enslaved as a concubine. After years in service, her only friend in the palace is brutally murdered for supplying her forbidden birth-control, and Khana must make her escape. But not before accidentally discovering the secret of Yamueto’s power and immortality � he has been making deals with Death. And now, thanks to a twist of fate, so is she.

Armed with new magic that she doesn’t fully understand, Khana flees to a small mountain town. Although she tries to keep her identity a secret, Khana’s powers are soon discovered after rescuing a dying soldier. News of her abilities starts to spread, putting a giant target on her back. And Yamueto is not the forgiving kind.

Khana’s magic and courage are put to the ultimate test when she is finally forced to stop running and fight back. But every deal she makes with Death takes another piece of her soul, and there’s only so much that Khana can give before turning into the very monster she’s trying to destroy.

This book contains references to violence, war, racism, xenophobia, sexual assault and domestic violence.]]> C.M. Alongi Andrew 5 4.00 2025 The Witch Who Trades with Death
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average rating: 4.00
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]]> <![CDATA[The Dark Sorcerer's Intern: A Humorous Urban Fantasy]]> 212436236 A supernaturally inept student lands himself an internship with the world's most infamous sorcerer in the first book of this humorous fantasy series.

Bryce Alexander isn’t exactly on a path to wizardly renown. In fact, his latest rejection from the Arcane Arts program at the Kotodama Institute has pretty much guaranteed his dream of attending magical college is over. But rather than give in to despair and join the manager training program at Samba Smoothies, he does something incredibly daring, unexpected, and . . . stupid. He sneaks into the Queens warehouse where the Dark Sorcerer Zambrano has recently been spotted and offers up his service as an apprentice.

The good news is Bryce is somehow so unattuned to magic that he isn’t even affected by the literally crushing effects of Zambrano’s defenses. The bad news is Bryce is somehow so unattuned to magic that he has literally zero chance of ever becoming a sorcerer. Still, Zambrano is convinced Bryce’s mystical maladroitness could be an asset when it comes to infiltrating the hiding places of his enemies, and he enlists him as an intern to assist him in his supposedly nefarious causes.

Suddenly, Bryce has gone from slinging protein shakes to navigating a world of preternatural grudges, cursed objects, demonic power plays, and FBI plots. Because interning for the Lord of Havok isn’t taking memos and running out for coffee; it’s engaging in an otherworldly battle, in which Bryce’s total lack of supernatural skills could spell the difference between life and apocalypse . . .

Filled with fast-paced action and side-splitting banter, The Dark Sorcerer’s Intern is the first installment of a contemporary fantasy guaranteed to keep you laughing and guessing to the very last page.]]> 253 Gavin Brown 1039475566 Andrew 4 4.00 The Dark Sorcerer's Intern: A Humorous Urban Fantasy
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]]> Podkayne of Mars 6801400 6 Robert A. Heinlein 1433251655 Andrew 4 3.29 1963 Podkayne of Mars
author: Robert A. Heinlein
name: Andrew
average rating: 3.29
book published: 1963
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[The Little Mermaid and Other Tales]]> 522399 384 Hans Christian Andersen 0781807204 Andrew 4 4.19 The Little Mermaid and Other Tales
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]]> <![CDATA[Lorne: The Man Who Invented Saturday Night Live]]> 228356317
The definitive biography of Lorne Michaels, the man behind America’s most beloved comedy show

The definitive biography of Lorne Michaels, the man behind America’s most beloved comedy show

“The kind of biographical monument usually consecrated to founding fathers, canonical authors and world-historical scientific geniuses.”—The New York Times

“Readers are treated to the Holy Grail for any journalist hoping to crack the show: a warts-and-all week in the life of SNL, where Morrison gets to see the real process of putting the thing together.”—Variety

Over the fifty years that Lorne Michaels has been at the helm of Saturday Night Live, he has become a revered and inimitable presence in the entertainment world. He’s a tastemaker, a mogul, a withholding father figure, a genius spotter of talent, a shrewd businessman, a name-dropper, a raconteur, the inspiration for Dr. Evil, the winner of more than a hundred Emmys—and, essentially, a mystery. Generations of writers and performers have spent their lives trying to figure him out, by turns demonizing and lionizing him. He’s “Obi-Wan Kenobi� (Tracy Morgan), the “great and powerful Oz� (Kate McKinnon), “some kind of very distant, strange comedy god� (Bob Odenkirk).

Lorne will introduce you to him, in full, for the first time. With unprecedented access to Michaels and the entire SNL apparatus, Susan Morrison takes readers behind the curtain for the lively, up-and-down, definitive story of how Michaels created and maintained the institution that changed comedy forever.

Drawn from hundreds of interviews—with Michaels, his friends, and SNL’s iconic stars and writers, from Will Ferrell to Tina Fey to John Mulaney to Chris Rock to Dan Aykroyd—Lorne is a deeply reported, wildly entertaining account of a man singularly obsessed with the show that would define his life and have a profound impact on American culture.]]> 23 Susan Morrison 0593608771 Andrew 5 4.33 2025 Lorne: The Man Who Invented Saturday Night Live
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]]> The Accidental Witch 226512820
Just when Robbie was adjusting to her new life after turning her back on her wealthy family and their evil machinations, this happens. She throws her whole body into this magic she's happened upon in the hopes she can become a part of a community who'll welcome her.

Greer Winthrop, a former witch who's lost his powers and placed a self-imposed isolation from his coven on himself, has an ugly past and an even uglier secret. When he gets wind of the scent of his dead grandmother's magic lodged in Robbie's hand, he's all about teaching her how to use it.

He can't figure out how his grandmother's power is floating around when she's supposed to be dead. Now, he's got a fledgling witch on his hands. With his powers gone, Greer can only take Robbie so far without the help of his fellow witches.

But how can you do that when your coven members have literally disappeared?

As Robbie and Greer embark on her witch journey, and they find themselves fighting an undeniable attraction—an insidious evil lurks.]]> Dakota Cassidy Andrew 4 4.50 2024 The Accidental Witch
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average rating: 4.50
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]]> <![CDATA[Cold as Hell (Haven's Rock, #3)]]> 224015350 New York Times bestselling author Kelley Armstrong returns to Haven’s Rock in Cold as Hell as Casey Butler hunts down a dangerous killer during a deadly blizzard.

Haven’s Rock is a sanctuary town hidden deep in the Yukon for those who need to disappear from the regular world. Detective Casey Duncan and her husband, Sheriff Eric Dalton, are starting a family now that they’ve settled into their life here. As Casey nears the end of her pregnancy, she lets nothing, including her worried husband, stop her from investigating what happens in the forbidden forest outside the town of Haven’s Rock.

When one of the town's residents is drugged and wanders too close to the edge of town, she’s dragged into the woods kicking and screaming. She’s saved in the nick of time, but the women of the town are alarmed. Casey and Eric investigate the assault just as a snowstorm hits Haven’s Rock, covering the forest. It’s there they find a frozen body, naked in the snow. With mixed accounts of the woman's last movements, the two begin to question who they can trust—and who they can't—in their seemingly safe haven.]]> 11 Kelley Armstrong Andrew 5 4.22 2025 Cold as Hell (Haven's Rock, #3)
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average rating: 4.22
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]]> <![CDATA[The Blonde Who Came In from the Cold: A Novel (The Blonde Identity, #2)]]> 221345606
Six years ago, he left the game.

Five years ago, they fell in love.

One year ago, she ran out into the cold with absolutely no intention of ever coming back.

And two minutes ago, they woke up, bloody and bruised and handcuffed together in the dark.

They don’t know where they are. They don’t know how they got there. And they have absolutely no idea who is after them or what this nameless, faceless villain wants.

The only thing that’s clear is that, after ten years of covers and chemistry, secrets and lies, these two rival spies have been sucked into their greatest mission yet, and now they’re going to have to team up to stay alive. (If they don’t kill each other first.)]]> Ally Carter 0063386992 Andrew 0 to-read 4.25 2025 The Blonde Who Came In from the Cold: A Novel (The Blonde Identity, #2)
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]]> <![CDATA[Fashionably Felonious (Hot Damned #19)]]> 221353891 Just when I thought I’d get a vacation with the love of my undead life, my life blows up. Again.

Sun and naughty fun is off the docket. Eliminating deadly Dhampirs is at the top of the to-do list. Crap.

How in the ever-loving heck does a bloody note written on a paper towel and rag magazines left by Satan turn into a Vamp-hunt for idiots who think creating Dhampirs to attain world domination is a smooth move? The secret life of the entire Vampyre species is now on the line.

Welcome to my Hell on Earth.

With an insane crew of two warriors who don’t know their heads from their rear ends, a Demon who can break glass with her voice, Martha and Jane—who are foul-mouthed and clothing-impaired, and a tiny Vamp with fangs as big as her body, I’m going to solve the problem come Hell or high water. Hopefully it’s just high water. I could do without the Hell part�

I’m ready to rumble and ready to win. The stakes are too high to lose. Plus, I need a freaking vacation. Work before play. We just need to survive it first.]]> 264 Robyn Peterman 1941377718 Andrew 4 4.61 Fashionably Felonious (Hot Damned #19)
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]]> Stranger in a Strange Land 9394871 Stranger in a Strange Land is the epic saga of an earthling, Valentine Michael Smith, born and educated on Mars, who arrives on our planet with "psi" powers—telepathy, clairvoyance, precognition, telekinesis, teleportation, pyrolysis, and the ability to take control of the minds of others—and complete innocence regarding the mores of man.

After his tutelage under a surrogate-father figure, Valentine begins his transformation into a kind of messiah. His exceptional abilities lead Valentine to become many things to many people: freak, scam artist, media commodity, searcher, free-love pioneer, neon evangelist, and martyr.

Heinlein won his second Hugo Award for this novel, sometimes called his "divine comedy" and often called his masterpiece.

]]> 23 Robert A. Heinlein 1441710507 Andrew 5 3.34 1961 Stranger in a Strange Land
author: Robert A. Heinlein
name: Andrew
average rating: 3.34
book published: 1961
rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[Superworld 3: An Alternate Reality Fantasy]]> 221237989 After saving the world, a reluctant young hero finds himself targeted for not having powers, in the third book of this action-packed superhero series.

The Black Death is dead. After hiding in plain sight for more than a decade under the guise of Captain Dawn, the most powerful empathic mimic who ever lived stepped out from the shadows once more to unleash terror and destruction upon the world. But in his moment of apparent triumph, when all hope seemed lost, the Black Death was defeated by Matt Callaghan and Jane Walker, now known to everyone as Matt the Human and Lady Dawn.

Following their victory, Matt and Jane have become the ultimate celebrity couple. But with fame and fans come enemies. The US government wants to use a sample of Matt’s powerless DNA to discover a way to strip people of their powers. But there are those who’d rather see Matt dead before that happens. Meanwhile, Jane and the other young superheroes of Morningstar Academy have taken up the mantle of the legendary Legion of Heroes, but the world isn’t black and white—and it’s not always clear how to help or who needs saving.

Cults and governments, superheroes and killers; all have plans for Matt, who’s now stuck at home under permanent, smothering protection. And all are afraid of Jane, out there changing the world with her phenomenal powers. Though power alone may not be enough . . .

In the shadows, unseen forces lurk. And when the reality-hopping Time Child returns with a dire warning, Jane will have to choose between protecting humanity and saving the man she loves.

The third volume of the hit alternate-history series—with more than a million views on Royal Road—now available in paperback, ebook, and audiobook!]]> 327 Benjamin Keyworth 1039456723 Andrew 0 to-read 3.93 Superworld 3: An Alternate Reality Fantasy
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]]> <![CDATA[Superworld 2: An Alternate Reality Fantasy]]> 63326644 Two teenagers uncover a conspiracy within the hallowed halls of a superhero academy—and learn what it truly means to be heroes—in this original series.

Ten years ago, the Empath known as the Black Death battled the Legion of Heroes and laid waste to a continent. Infused with the blood of countless superhuman victims, he struck down the Legion one by one, until only its leader, Captain Dawn, remained. When the smoke finally cleared, the Black Death was vanquished—but at a terrible cost to both Captain Dawn and the world . . .

Now, the students and staff of Morningstar Academy hope Matt Callaghan, who they believe is a clairvoyant, will lead them to a bright and glorious future. Unfortunately, Matt is a fraud, completely powerless and having so far managed to deceive everyone, even Captain Dawn, with vague predictions and bald-faced lies. But now the Legion is starting to reform, and with the fate of the world at stake, it won’t be long before Matt’s lies start catching up to him.

Only one person knows Matt’s Jane Walker, the sole Empath enrolled at the Academy. Determined to break free from the Black Death’s shadow, Jane has fought harder than anyone to earn a place in the new Legion’s ranks, and her ambition and abilities have earned her the attention of Captain Dawn—though perhaps not in the way Jane had wished. For inside her burns something hungry . . . and dark.

As Jane begins to embrace her identity and Matt continues to hide his, unknown forces will pull them into an invisible war. And when Morningstar’s secrets are ultimately revealed, there’s no turning back.

The second volume of the hit alternate-history series—with more than a million views on Royal Road—now available on Kindle, Kindle Unlimited, and Audible! ]]> 329 Benjamin Keyworth 1039414753 Andrew 5 4.46 Superworld 2: An Alternate Reality Fantasy
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]]> Superworld (Superworld #1) 61916736 Two teenagers fight for their place in a world where everybody has powers—and the fate of humanity may be in their hands—in this original superhero series.

On July 6, 1963, human history was forever altered. From the depths of space, a golden wave of light bathed everyone on Earth in rays that rendered them unconscious. Six days later, five billion people awakened with superpowers. For thirty-seven years now, superhumanity has managed to keep the peace. With some exceptions . . .

Matt Callaghan is a clairvoyant. Unfortunately, his uncanny talent for predicting the future has more to do with observation and psychology (read: lying) than actual superpowers. About to graduate from Northridge High, he still hasn’t developed any special abilities. And if the authorities discover the truth, Matt can safely predict he’ll be locked up as a scientific curiosity.

Jane Walker is an Empath, feared and hated for her ability to assume other people’s powers by touching them. Expelled from various high schools for fighting bullies with a dazzling array of formidable abilities of their own, she’s determined to prove her worth and join the legendary Legion of Heroes.

Tasked with employing his “clairvoyance� to monitor his new classmate, Matt must juggle protecting his secret inability and keeping Jane and his friends from killing each other. And when the Legion of Heroes offers Matt a place in their academy, his attempt to play off the organization’s history backfires into Jane getting accepted as well.

As Matt bluffs his way through evaluation and Jane battles for her very life, the pair will soon learn the Legion’s true agenda is far from altruistic—and even farther from heroic . . .]]> 304 Benjamin Keyworth 1039413110 Andrew 4 4.41 2022 Superworld (Superworld #1)
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average rating: 4.41
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]]> <![CDATA[Long Live Evil (Time of Iron #1)]]> 217327400
She wakes in a castle on the edge of a hellish chasm, in a kingdom on the brink of war. Home to dangerous monsters, scheming courtiers and her favourite fictional character: the Once and Forever Emperor. He’s impossibly alluring, as only fiction can be. And in this fantasy world, she discovers she's not the heroine, but the villainess in the Emperor's tale.

So be it. The wicked are better dressed, with better one-liners, even if they're doomed to bad ends. She assembles the wildly disparate villains of the story under her evil leadership, plotting to change their fate. But as the body count rises and the Emperor's fury increases, it seems Rae and her allies may not survive to see the final page.

This adult epic fantasy debut from Sarah Rees Brennan puts the reader in the villain's shoes, for an adventure that is both 'brilliant' (Holly Black) and 'supremely satisfying' (Leigh Bardugo). Expect a rogue's gallery of villains including an axe wielding maid, a shining knight with dark moods, a homicidal bodyguard, and a playboy spymaster with a golden heart and a filthy reputation.]]> 18 Sarah Rees Brennan Andrew 4 3.79 2024 Long Live Evil (Time of Iron #1)
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name: Andrew
average rating: 3.79
book published: 2024
rating: 4
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]]> Bloodsport: An Old World Tale 222304052
There's just one problem: they didn't have time to notify Las Vegas's cardinal vampire, Silvio. Somehow, though, Silvio's newest employee is waiting for Sashi at the airport: her estranged father, Lucius Noring. Silvio has decided to pit Sashi's healing magic against her father's � and if she refuses, he'll use Grace instead.]]> 229 Melissa F. Olson 1942458339 Andrew 0 to-read 4.34 2025 Bloodsport: An Old World Tale
author: Melissa F. Olson
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average rating: 4.34
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]]> The Boys #1 33127523 24 Garth Ennis Andrew 5 3.71 The Boys #1
author: Garth Ennis
name: Andrew
average rating: 3.71
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]]> <![CDATA[Storm Front (The Dresden Files, #1)]]> 12089922 8 hrs 1 min

HARRY DRESDEN � WIZARD

Lost Items Found. Paranormal Investigations. Consulting. Advice. Reasonable Rates. No Love Potions, Endless Purses, or Other Entertainment.

Harry Dresden is the best at what he does. Well, technically, he's the only at what he does. So when the Chicago P.D. has a case that transcends mortal creativity or capability, they come to him for answers. For the "everyday" world is actually full of strange and magical things—and most don't play well with humans. That's where Harry comes in. Takes a wizard to catch a—well, whatever.

There's just one problem. Business, to put it mildly, stinks. So when the police bring him in to consult on a grisly double murder committed with black magic, Harry's seeing dollar signs. But where there's black magic, there's a black mage behind it. And now that mage knows Harry's name. And that's when things start to get interesting.

Magic. It can get a guy killed.]]> 9 Jim Butcher Andrew 3 3.78 2000 Storm Front (The Dresden Files, #1)
author: Jim Butcher
name: Andrew
average rating: 3.78
book published: 2000
rating: 3
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]]> <![CDATA[Having the Time of My Midlife (Good To The Last Death, #12)]]> 223198850 Midlife is madness and the crisis is expensive� to my sanity.

Just when I think everything is calming down, it ramps back up to eleven. On what should be one of the happiest and most romantic days of my life, the unthinkable happens.

The ghosts I’d so kindly guided into the Light showed up on my front porch, including my dead husband.

Something or someone is messing with the balance and if it’s not remedied, the Darkness will destroy the world.

I really don’t have time for that crap.

With the love of my Immortal life and my batsh*t crazy friends by my side, I’ll take on the Higher Power and show It a thing or two; like what true faith means. No one is going to play life and death games with me. If they do� they’ll lose.

Wish me luck, because this time next week, I plan to be having the time of my midlife.]]> 1 Robyn Peterman Andrew 4 4.00 Having the Time of My Midlife (Good To The Last Death, #12)
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name: Andrew
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]]> In Gad We Trust: A Tell-Some 217776927 A heartfelt and hilarious collection of essays from the comedian and entertainer known for voicing Olaf in Disney's Frozen and for his award-winning turn as Elder Cunningham in the Broadway smash hit The Book of Mormon

For the first and possibly last time Josh Gad dives into a wide array of personal topics: the lasting impact of his parents� divorce; how he struggled with weight and self-image; his first big break; how everyone was sure his most successful ventures (both on the big screen and on the stage) would fail; his take on fatherhood; and much more. This trip down the rabbit hole of overly personal stories will distract readers from climate change, the downward descent of democracy in Western civilization, and the existential threat that AI poses to Drake’s music—with never-before-seen photos and few-to-no spelling errors.

Whether you know him from Disney or Broadway, YouTube, the silver screen, or not at all, one fact remains: Gad’s work never fails to bring people together (as long as they’re alive). His delightful debut, written in the tradition of Amy Poehler, Jim Gaffigan, and Mindy Kaling, reminds us to keep going, even when the chips and doubters are stacked against you.]]> 1 Josh Gad 1797186299 Andrew 3 4.38 2025 In Gad We Trust: A Tell-Some
author: Josh Gad
name: Andrew
average rating: 4.38
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rating: 3
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]]> <![CDATA[Supers: Ex Heroes 4 (Supers: Ex Heroes #4)]]> 43250438
But, it turns out she's not alone. As we pursue her across the planet, we learn she's here for someone... and that her escape is all part of a much bigger plan.

Tensions are high among the team. Luckily for us, making new friends and having a blast killing supervillains helps take the edge off—as does finding new ways to explore my powers. Enjoy!

Warning: My harem might grow a bit, so if my head explodes in the process of this story, you'll understand. ]]> 312 Jamie Hawke Andrew 3 4.24 Supers: Ex Heroes 4 (Supers: Ex Heroes #4)
author: Jamie Hawke
name: Andrew
average rating: 4.24
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]]> Anoint the Daughter 55547404
For Eleanor, the future is written in stone, or is it? As a bloody war spreads across Europe, the mob seizes control of New York City. Unable to stand by as crime lord corrupts her home, Eleanor stalks the streets in a mask, weaponizing her ability to see the future. But when the Society strikes first, she must face a foe with gifts of her own.

There must always be four.

Eleanor finds the Society has its hooks in more than just mobsters. She discovers those around her are keeping secrets and not who they say. When the Society offers Eleanor a partnership, she must decide if she is strong enough to change the future of a centuries old cabal.

Fans of alternative history, urban fantasy, and women who defy expectations will cheer for Eleanor as she becomes the vigilante New York City needs.]]> 204 Jeremy Flagg Andrew 4 4.40 Anoint the Daughter
author: Jeremy Flagg
name: Andrew
average rating: 4.40
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]]> <![CDATA[Gods Reunited (Tales from Olympus #1)]]> 39069263
She brings with her hundreds of Olympian men rescued from the clutches of the Titans by the legendary Valkyrie, Kara the Wild One. Along with a peace envoy of Asgard intent on coming to a peace accord and mutual defense pact with Olympus.

Olympus comes under attack, and Artemis and the Asgard must stand against the oncoming enemy.

(The Tales From Olympus are the continuation of the Valkyrie Chronicles)]]> 211 Erik Schubach 0999374052 Andrew 5 4.46 2018 Gods Reunited (Tales from Olympus #1)
author: Erik Schubach
name: Andrew
average rating: 4.46
book published: 2018
rating: 5
read at: 2019/01/02
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]]> Descent (Fixit Adventures #4) 41519566
As as Prime comes out of its perihelion orbit at the end of the pass, a new peril raises its head and only Fixit, Vega, is in any position to save the star system from calamity.

Vega and Glitch must put all of their knowledge, skills, and creativity to the test to go off world to save Vashon and the population of the floating cities of Prime from certain death.

Familiar friends and new enemies abound as Fixit races against time in the harshest environment she has ever faced... space!]]> 71 Erik Schubach Andrew 5 4.58 2018 Descent (Fixit Adventures #4)
author: Erik Schubach
name: Andrew
average rating: 4.58
book published: 2018
rating: 5
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]]> Games Creatures Play 18114043 Includes a brand-new story featuring Sookie Stackhouse and Manfred Bernardo

ALL-NEW TALES OF UNUSUAL ATHLETICS BYJAN BURKE * DANA CAMERON * ADAM-TROY CASTRO * BRENDAN DuBOIS * CHARLAINE HARRIS * TONI L. P. KELNER * CAITLIN KITTREDGE * WILLIAM KENT KRUEGER * ELLEN KUSHNER * MERCEDES LACKEY * JOE R. LANSDALE * LAURA LIPPMAN * SEANAN McGUIRE * BRANDON SANDERSON * SCOTT SIGLER

Welcome to the wide world of paranormal pastimes, where striking out might strike you dead. Editors Charlaine Harris and Toni L. P. Kelner are your announcers for this all-new story collection of the most peculiar plays ever made�

Sports fans live and die by their teams� successes and failures—though not literally. But these fourteen authors have written spirited—in more ways than one—new tales of killer competitions that would make even the most die-hard players ask to be benched.

In #1 New York Times bestselling author Charlaine Harris’s “The Blue Hereafter,� Manfred Bernardo learns about softball from a certain blond barmaid in Louisiana.

Life-and-death stakes make the competition get serious in New York Times bestseller William Kent Krueger’s “Hide and Seek.�

New York Times bestselling author Mercedes Lackey’s “False Knight on the Road� features a high-stakes drag race on a foggy mountain road between a clever young bootlegger and a mysterious stranger.

In New York Times bestselling author Laura Lippman’s “Ice,� a young girl learns the true story behind a bit of neighborhood folklore.

New York Times bestseller Seanan McGuire presents “Jammed,� in which a chimera loose during the Roller Derby makes it anyone’s guess as to who will still be skating by the time the buzzer sounds.

In #1 New York Times bestselling author Brandon Sanderson’s “Dreamer,� a game of cops and robbers is a new challenge when the players are able to switch bodies at will.

And New York Times bestselling author Scott Sigler follows ghost stomper Hunter Hunterson as he investigates a haunted, never-ending baseball game in “The Case of the Haunted Safeway.�

These and eight more supernatural sporting stories are guaranteed to have you rooting for the home team…or else�

Introduction BY CHARLAINE HARRIS AND TONI L. P. KELNER

IN THE BLUE HEREAFTER BY CHARLAINE HARRIS

HIDE AND SEEK BY WILLIAM KENT KRUEGER

STEPPING INTO THE DEAD ZONE BY JAN BURKE

DEAD ON THE BONES BY JOE R. LANSDALE

THE DEVIL WENT DOWN TO BOSTON BY CAITLIN KITTREDGE

ON THE PLAYING FIELDS OF BLOOD BY BRENDAN DUBOIS

THE GOD’S GAMES BY DANA CAMERON

THE CASE OF THE HAUNTED SAFEWAY BY SCOTT SIGLER

PRISE DE FER BY ELLEN KUSHNER

DREAMER BY BRANDON SANDERSON

FALSE KNIGHT ON THE ROAD BY MERCEDES LACKEY

JAMMED BY SEANAN MCGUIRE

HIDE AND SHRIEK BY ADAM-TROY CASTRO

ICE BY LAURA LIPPMAN

BELL, BOOK, AND CANDLEPIN BY TONI L. P. KELNER]]> 356 Charlaine Harris 0425256871 Andrew 4 3.51 2014 Games Creatures Play
author: Charlaine Harris
name: Andrew
average rating: 3.51
book published: 2014
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[Open Seas: Just Add Water (New Sentinels #4)]]> 36137170

Her whole life she hidden her abilities in water. Able to swim faster, dive deeper, and hold her breath for almost fifteen minutes at a time. The webbing on her hands and feet make her feel as if she was some sort of mermaid.


She doesn’t know how accurate that feeling is, until a mysterious and powerful woman comes calling, bringing the storm of the millennium to the Washington and Oregon coast.


Marina is faced with a choice. Either join this woman she is convinced is evil, or let hundreds of thousands of people in the Pacific Northeast die.]]> 210 Erik Schubach 0999374001 Andrew 4 4.41 2017 Open Seas: Just Add Water (New Sentinels #4)
author: Erik Schubach
name: Andrew
average rating: 4.41
book published: 2017
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[Blood and Dirt (Coven Tales #2)]]> 220665984
Enid is loaned out to the joint task-force led by the FBI since she is the only Majika practitioner in local law enforcement. The task-force must work with the Riibari clan of the Elves and the Central Park Coven to uncover the killer.

When Enid is taken, her girlfriend, self made billionaire Caroline Duffy and Enid's Coven race against time to locate her before it is too late. Circumstances arise that may reveal the secret both Enid and Caroline have been keeping from the rest of the world.

ܳٳǰ’s
Sonia Laun is a fictional neurodivergent Elf character in my Elfed In New York series who wrote a book called Coven Tales in the novels, so I thought I’d share that story with you. The universe her book resides in parallels the world of Elfed In New York that Sonia lives in.]]> 161 Erik Schubach Andrew 4 4.67 Blood and Dirt (Coven Tales #2)
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]]> <![CDATA[Witched and Hitched in Seattle: The Case of the Spring Fling's Missing Offspring]]> 214480497 It takes two to solve a murder right...Stevie Cartwright-Winterbottom here! Witch and afterlife specialist, along with my reincarnated ghost-talking husband and ex-British spy, Crispin Alistair Winterbottom.After solving one of our hardest cases yet (on our wedding day, no less), we're back from our gloriously perfect, ghost-free Italian honeymoon, rested and ready to begin our lives together!There's just one problem... The long line of people outside our door (literally) who've come from parts near and far in Washington, hoping we'll help them solve all their mystery needs.After we caught a serial killer, and the ensuing circus of news coverage, turns out, we're a little bit famous and everyone wants our help.However, there's one person waiting in that line with a very personal request.A gorgeous woman who wants us to help her find out what happened to her daughter.A daughter she claims is Win's...We're back and better than ever! Join Stevie, Win, and their trusted sidekicks, Belfry and Arkady for all new adventures where magic and murder collide!]]> 1 Dakota Cassidy Andrew 4 3.88 2024 Witched and Hitched in Seattle: The Case of the Spring Fling's Missing Offspring
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name: Andrew
average rating: 3.88
book published: 2024
rating: 4
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]]> Elektra Lives Again 59971 80 Frank Miller 0785108904 Andrew 4 3.76 Elektra Lives Again
author: Frank Miller
name: Andrew
average rating: 3.76
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]]> <![CDATA[Adrift in Currents Clean and Clear (Wayward Children, #10)]]> 222059335
Giant turtles, impossible ships, and tidal rivers ridden by a Drowned girl in search of a family in the latest in the bestselling Hugo and Nebula Award-Winning Wayward Children series from Seanan McGuire.

Nadya had three mothers: the one who bore her, the country that poisoned her, and the one who adopted her.

Nadya never considered herself less than whole, not until her adoptive parents fitted her with a prosthetic arm against her will, seeking to replace the one she'd been missing from birth.

It was cumbersome; it was uncomfortable; it was wrong. It wasn't her.

Frustrated and unable to express why, Nadya began to wander, until the day she fell through a door into Belyrreka, the Land Beneath the Lake--and found herself in a world of water, filled with child-eating amphibians, majestic giant turtles, and impossible ships that sailed as happily beneath the surface as on top. In Belyrreka, she found herself understood for who she was: a Drowned Girl, who had made her way to her real home, accepted by the river and its people.

But even in Belyrreka, there are dangers, and trials, and Nadya would soon find herself fighting to keep hold of everything she had come to treasure.]]> 5 Seanan McGuire 1250848350 Andrew 5 3.95 2025 Adrift in Currents Clean and Clear (Wayward Children, #10)
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average rating: 3.95
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]]> <![CDATA[Confluence of April (April #3)]]> 217001554
In his death, the head of the Kashima mega-corporation, launched Quantum Flux bombs over the headquarters of the other competing corporations using, quite literally, a deadman's switch. This brought down all the modern technology in the world, including the Frame, in an event now known as FrameFall.

Five years later, the world is still struggling to reclaim some of the technology that was so ubiquitous in their world, and restore some sense of order.

April and her family, while pursuing a corporate bail jumper fugitive from the Battle of New Adelaide, uncover a conspiracy to seize control of the new, broken world.

The only thing standing in the way, is a confluence of April.]]> 183 Erik Schubach Andrew 4 4.69 Confluence of April (April #3)
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name: Andrew
average rating: 4.69
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]]> <![CDATA[Assassinate the Mild-Mannered Reporter: A Superhero Spoof]]> 219803684 Kill the journalist and you kill the story. That’s only if you can kill the journalist.

Special Agent Duncan Gallant of the CIA is tasked with assassinating Clay Kendrick, a mild-mannered reporter for the Periodic Globe. A list of CIA agents and their aliases has fallen into Kendrick's hands, and he is about to publish it in an act of transparency. Thus, Gallant must also retrieve the list. Publishing it will cost the lives of CIA agents and the good they do in keeping America safe. Making things even more personal, Gallant's name is on that list. Gallant is baffled when hits don't end up working out the way they should.

-Why does Megaguy wear tights?
-So people don’t look at his face!

Megaguy -- alien, superhero, and pillar of justice -- stays out of the CIA's way most of the time. Not this time. Even Lester Lutz can't stay silent from his prison cell and laughs at Gallant's foolish quest. Attempt after attempt fail, whether it be Megaguy, Kendrick's luck, or the strange things happening on this op. To save the world, all Gallant must do is assassinate the mild-mannered reporter!]]> 246 Matthew J. Olson Andrew 4 4.50 Assassinate the Mild-Mannered Reporter: A Superhero Spoof
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]]> Roverpowered 2 217905565 This brand new Series from bestseller Drew Hayes continues with Book 2!

Roverpowered features a lovable pair of heroes out on their first adventure, learning about both magic and life in a progression fantasy suitable for all ages!]]> 148 Drew Hayes Andrew 4 4.50 2024 Roverpowered 2
author: Drew Hayes
name: Andrew
average rating: 4.50
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]]> The Accidental Ghost 222923738 Raphaela Tucci, Ralph to those who know and love her, beloved former first-grade teacher, newly minted bookstore owner, and ever the optimist is dead�

Dead.

Not only is she dead, she’s a ghost. Like, bonafide see-through, floating, boo screeching ghost.

It’s hard to be optimistic when your life tragically ends the moment you begin to live your dream. But Ralph tries anyway, even as she finds herself stuck in Nina’s big castle—on Long Island, no less.

Ralph doesn’t know how she ended up where she landed, but after a week of floating silently unseen through room after room, watching these kooky but loveable women live their lives, she doesn’t understand why her destiny isn’t even close to what she’s read in books and seen in movies.

Maybe there really isn’t an upstairs after all?

Enter Shamus Ransom, the biggest (hottest) silver-fox elf (whaaat?) she’s ever seen with the ability to see and communicate with ghosts. He’s been hired by Nina to eliminate the funny smell the vampire's positive is a ghost haunting her castle.

What he finds is a beautiful, completely stuck ghost with a heart of gold and an optimistic outlook he’s never seen in an entity.

Shamus’s job already isn’t an easy one, but as he tries to find out why Ralph is stuck and categorize what type of ghost she is, he also finds himself falling in deep like with her. Getting involved is absolutely out of the question. Theirs would be far more than a long distance romance. To even consider it was ludicrous, right?

But as Shamus and the women of OOPS try and figure out what happened to Ralph on the night she was killed and why she’s cemented on this plane, there are dangerous entities gunning for Ralph and they won’t stop until she’s locked away in Hell�forever...]]> 1 Dakota Cassidy Andrew 4 4.00 2024 The Accidental Ghost
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name: Andrew
average rating: 4.00
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]]> The Accidental Fairy 214480206
It’s Christmas and as the OOPs gang prepares for the holidays another “accident� finds its way to their doorstep. That accident turns out to be angry, foul-mouthed, rude and, well�
Just like Nina.
Primrose Dunham has been accidentally turned into a fairy. As if she wasn’t already angry enough with the world, now she has sporadic powers she can’t control, pointy ears, and a weird hump on her back that everyone keeps calling a “wing.�
If that’s not enough of a shock, a vampire, a werewolf and a halfsie come to her “rescue”…whether she wants them to help or not.
Oh, and the man she’s been trying to avoid—the “the literal boy next door and her one-time bestie, Rafferty Monroe—gets turned as well, thanks to Primrose!
It’ll take more than a Christmas miracle to thaw Prim’s frosty attitude, protect her from her sinister stepfather, and figure out why there’s a price on her head in the fairy world. But it’s nothing the OOPs ladies—along with assorted paranormal friends and framily—can’t handle.
Right?]]> 1 Dakota Cassidy Andrew 4 4.00 2023 The Accidental Fairy
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name: Andrew
average rating: 4.00
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]]> Accidental Af 208988365
Sounds like the start of a bad gag, but the joke’s on Kash Samuels when he stumbles into a bar called NOPE, looking for warmth and a working phone, only to get caught in the middle of a bar fight. Next thing you know, he’s got weird…appendages…popping up all over the place…a fin here, a lock of pink hair there, a mangy tail somewhere else�

Maybe he actually fell asleep in his car and the exhaust fumes made him loco. It’s the only way to explain the insanity that ensues when he finds himself surrounded by a group of stunning ladies claiming to be paranormal beings, along with their entourage of demon, zombie, and troll butler/chef. And let’s not even discuss the line around the block of other supernatural species, each hoping to claim Kash as their own�

Oh, and one totally crush-worthy human scientist. A woman Kash is falling for more every day. Too bad she’s keeping him at arm’s length—and in the dark about her own health, even as she works day and night to help Kash control his wonky body.

Yep, life sure has taken a turn. For Kash, who’s always wanted a family after growing up in the system, just him and his brother against the world, this kind and crazy group may not be the family he envisioned…but they’re the family you need when you’re Accidental AF!]]> 0 Dakota Cassidy Andrew 4 4.50 2023 Accidental Af
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name: Andrew
average rating: 4.50
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rating: 4
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]]> Shadows of April (April #2) 54370280 Erik Schubach Andrew 4 4.75 Shadows of April (April #2)
author: Erik Schubach
name: Andrew
average rating: 4.75
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]]> <![CDATA[The Everything Box (Another Coop Heist, #1)]]> 35822570 A beautiful, ambitious angel stands on a mountaintop, surveying the world and its little inhabitants below. He smiles because soon, the last of humanity who survived the great flood will meet its end, too. And he should know. He’s going to play a big part in it. Our angel usually doesn’t get to do field work, and if he does well, he’s certain he’ll be get a big promotion.
And now it’s time . . .
The angel reaches into his pocket for the instrument of humanity’s doom. Must be in the other pocket. Then he frantically begins to pat himself down. Dejected, he realizes he has lost the object. Looking over the Earth at all that could have been, the majestic angel utters a single word.
“C.�

2015
A thief named Coop-a specialist in purloining magic objects-steals and delivers a small box to the mysterious client who engaged his services. Coop doesn’t know that his latest job could be the end of him-and the rest of the world. Suddenly he finds himself in the company of the Department of Peculiar Science, a fearsome enforcement agency that polices the odd and strange. The box isn’t just a supernatural heirloom with quaint powers, they tell him.

It’s a doomsday device. They think... And suddenly, everyone is out to get it.]]> 12 Richard Kadrey Andrew 4 3.60 2016 The Everything Box (Another Coop Heist, #1)
author: Richard Kadrey
name: Andrew
average rating: 3.60
book published: 2016
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[The House at Pooh Corner (Winnie-the-Pooh, #2)]]> 776407 180 A.A. Milne 0525444440 Andrew 5 4.37 1928 The House at Pooh Corner (Winnie-the-Pooh, #2)
author: A.A. Milne
name: Andrew
average rating: 4.37
book published: 1928
rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[Everybody Wants to Rule the World Except Me (Dark Lord Davi, #2)]]> 217560607 The hilarious sequel to How to Become the Dark Lord and Die Trying by Django Wexler!

Dark Lord Davi rules the kingdom, but she must now break the time loop that binds her in this hilariously bloody conclusion to the Dark Lord Davi duology.

Davi has left the horde behind her, hoping to find a peaceful solution to keep the Kingdom from being destroyed this time. But her plan to guide the Kingdom to peaceful prosperity is thwarted when she finds her usual love interest, Prince Johann, already married and the bloodthirsty Duke Aster running the government. Johann's new husband is everything Davi is not, but he holds a key to the one mystery she can't solve - the origins of the time loop that has entrapped her.

With restless armies at her doorstep, Duke Aster reaching for power, and an ancient magician hounding her every turn, Davi must scheme her way to peace and uncover the truth behind her curse if she is to break the spell that binds her once and for all.

Praise for How to Become the Dark Lord and Die Trying

'A darkly comic delight of a novel' Anthony Ryan

'Twisty, pacey and full of reverent irreverence for fantasy. I can't get enough' Max Gladstone

'A brash swords-and-satire romp that draws you into its rollicking adventure even as it pokes fun at the whole genre. Gamers in particular will appreciate the irreverent upending of classic roleplaying tropes' James L. Sutter

Takes the old saying 'If you can't beat 'em, join 'em,' to the next level. A sarcastic, action-packed, intrigue-filled (mis)adventure. One of the funniest books I've read in a long time' Matt Dinniman

'Lord of the Rings crossed with Groundhog Day, narrated by a gender-flipped Deadpool' Mike Brooks]]> 377 Django Wexler 0356519007 Andrew 0 to-read 4.03 2025 Everybody Wants to Rule the World Except Me (Dark Lord Davi, #2)
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]]> <![CDATA[Archangel's Ascension (Guild Hunter, #17)]]> 217245649
Finally reunited in New York, they must now learn to navigate the monumental shift in their relationship. But for these two members of Archangel Raphael’s legendary Seven, there is no time to rest. As they investigate a case for the Tower that echoes the darkness from Aodhan’s past, they will be forced to confront not only the scars that mark them both, but the promise of a vast power that flickers in Illium.

The threat of ascension has haunted and troubled Aodhan’s Blue for too long, the forces of change immutable and without mercy...and uncaring of Illium’s fierce wish to remain part of the Seven. Change is a constant in an immortal’s life, and this new horizon will bring with it both terrible heartbreak and a joy extraordinary enough to reverberate through time…]]> 416 Nalini Singh 059355003X Andrew 0 to-read 4.37 2025 Archangel's Ascension (Guild Hunter, #17)
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]]> <![CDATA[Be a Detective, They Said. It'll Be Fun, They Said (An Accidental Detective Mystery Book 3)]]> 216095867
Yes, yes, yes. I’m a PTA member. Don’t be so shocked. I’d do anything for my two precious babies, Olivia and Sam, including whip up batches of cupcakes late into the night for their annual bake sale at the Paranormal School for the Gifted. And if I have to endure the most insufferable, controlling, bossy-pants PTA president in all of existence who goes by the name Neerie Lincoln-- so be it.

Except today, Neerie’s a no-show, leaving me in charge of the event. Inconceivable! The domineering little fae would never willingly miss the school’s biggest fundraising event. Who else will properly ensure sweet and savory treats never grace the same table?

Neerie’s sister claims she’s been missing for two days. When she begs me and my besties, Nina and Marty, to put our fledgling detective skills to work to find her, we’re reluctant. I mean, there’s no love lost for the PTA president. However, she’s left behind a little girl who misses her mommy something fierce—and THAT we can’t ignore.

Of course, Neerie has also left a recently disgruntled ex, a loser baby-daddy, and a long line of horribly mistreated people in her wake.

Read: the suspect list is sizeable. Any one of a dozen people have reason to want to un-alive the crazy fairy, up to and including the school janitor.

Oh…and have we mentioned Neerie’s absolutely obsessed with conspiracy theories? And the human groups devoted to them?

Yep. The suspect pool just got a whole lot bigger.]]> 152 Dakota Cassidy Andrew 0 to-read 4.73 2025 Be a Detective, They Said. It'll Be Fun, They Said (An Accidental Detective Mystery Book 3)
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]]> <![CDATA[Installment Immortality (InCryptid, #14)]]> 214161668 Seanan McGuire’s New York Times-bestselling and Hugo Award-nominated InCryptid series continues with a whirlwind adventure....

After four generations of caring for the Price family, Mary Dunlavy has more than earned a break from the ongoing war with the Covenant of St. George. Instead, what she's getting is a new employer, in the form of the anima mundi, Earth's living soul made manifest, and a new assignment: to hunt down the Covenant agents on the East Coast and make them stop imprisoning America's ghosts.

All in a day's work for a phantom nanny, even one who'd really rather be teaching her youngest charges how to read.

One ghost can't take on the entire Covenant without backup, which is how she winds up on a road trip with the still-mourning Elsie and the slowly collapsing Arthur, both of whom are reeling in their own way from the loss of their mother. New allies and new enemies await in Worcester, Massachusetts, where the path of the haunting leads.

With the anima mundi demanding results and Mary's newfound freedom at stake, it's down to Mary to make sure that everyone gets out of this adventure alive.

It's been a long afterlife, but Mary Dunlavy's not ready to be exorcised quite yet.]]> 432 Seanan McGuire 1250375118 Andrew 0 to-read 4.09 2025 Installment Immortality (InCryptid, #14)
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]]> <![CDATA[Tell Me It's Murder Without Telling Me It's Murder (An Accidental Detective Mystery Book 2)]]> 216095731
In the midst of trying to choose our next case to solve and learning from the mistakes we made with our last investigation, my fifteen-year-old daughter Hollis makes a plea we can’t turn our backs on.
Her best friend, Charmaine Ellis needs our help.

Charmaine's father’s been accused of murdering their house manager’s daughter. Ronald Ellis, guardian of everything werewolf, overseer of ancient were artifacts, is accused of killing Zinnia Hutchins.
A sweet, thoughtful young woman who grew up in the Ellis household—a young woman Ronald once considered a daughter.

The madness in all of this?

He fully admits he’s whodunnit!

That’s right, he makes no bones about the fact that he’s the killer. Loud and proud, Ronald confesses to killing a beautiful young woman. The catch? He can’t remember a single thing about the morning he allegedly murdered Zinnia.
Due to the archaic inefficiency of the were council police, and their deep desire to keep all matters werewolf deeply hidden from the human world, Ronald asks us to help him investigate what happened that morning, even if it means he truly did murder a woman he considered family.

So we jump in both feet and this time, with a hefty list of suspects on our side, but as we dig deeper we find secrets none of us expected, proving murder in the paranormal world is a tricky game of cat and mouse!]]> 175 Dakota Cassidy Andrew 0 to-read 4.62 2025 Tell Me It's Murder Without Telling Me It's Murder (An Accidental Detective Mystery Book 2)
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]]> <![CDATA[The Accidental Detectives: It's Called Murder, Brenda. Look It Up (An Accidental Detective Mystery Book 1)]]> 216030554
I’m Nina Statleon, a vampire (with a little bit of witch thrown in for good measure—a sucky, magic less one), for those interested. My best friends, Marty, a werewolf and and Wanda, a halfsie, have talked me into opening a detective agency for paranormals.

Let me be real clear, I do not want to be a detective and I think this idea is bananapants. Now the dungeon in my castle in Long Island is our new office, I call the murder basement, filled with watercolor landscapes, throw rugs and uncomfortable furniture—all in the name of making our clients comfortable.

That said, my partners in this new adventure don’t care about all my protests. That’s how we end up with our first client, Brenda Bronkowski, an older vampire the human police are hunting down for murder�

Brenda fell for one of the oldest tricks in this new age of technology’s book—a romance scam. Lonely and sad with only her pets for companionship, Brenda hooked up—with a human—a much younger one. You guessed it, Brenda was catfished.

Now that much younger human, Owen Barker, is dead, leaving behind a wife and two kids. Brenda swears she’s never even met him, let alone murdered him and she’s come to us for help finding the person responsible for his murder.

Not only is the suspect list low (like, we only have two), there’s a glitch, and it’s a big one.

The clan.

They don’t like it when a vampire’s been accused of murdering a human. They take you out, ask questions later. Brenda’s technically a fugitive we’re harboring while we investigate. It’s bad enough the human police like her for Owen's murder, but if the clan finds out we’ve got her holed up in the murder basement, it won’t only be curtains for Brenda, our little private investigating gig could be over before it’s really begun.

Which wouldn’t exactly be the end of the world for me, but my overachieving BFFs would never let me hear the end of it. That means, we need to solve this pronto, so we can get the clan off our backs, but more importantly, so Brenda doesn’t end up expunged...]]> 151 Dakota Cassidy Andrew 0 to-read 4.45 2024 The Accidental Detectives: It's Called Murder, Brenda. Look It Up (An Accidental Detective Mystery Book 1)
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]]> <![CDATA[Immortal Death (Imogen Gray, #5)]]> 210983496 Mortality.

And just like that, a stranger comes to town and rips everything apart. Turns out, the darkest thing Imogen's ever had to face isn't a blood witch, or a vampire, or even a demon.

It's a mundane, petty human woman.

It's just like they say: Be careful what you wish for. Because sometimes, you'll get it.

The last book of the series! All questions will be answered, all riddles solved. Don't worry, no one dies (no one that doesn't deserve it, anyway) and there's a happy ending, I promise.]]> Lauretta Hignett Andrew 4 4.00 2022 Immortal Death (Imogen Gray, #5)
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average rating: 4.00
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rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[Rise of the Dragons (Rise of the Dragons, #1)]]> 50277504
But after a group of rogue dragons, the Raptors, tried to take over Earth, all dragons were banished to another realm.

Most humans forgot about the dragons, claiming they never existed. Eleven-year-old Sirin knows the truth -- she grew up with stories passed down through the generations. However, when her mother falls ill, even Sirin has trouble believing in magic . . . until she sees a mysterious streak of silver in the night sky.

Sirin becomes the first child to "lock" with a dragon in centuries -- forming a deep friendship unlike anything she's ever imagined. But Sirin learns that not all dragons returned with good intentions, and soon she finds herself at the center of a battle between the dragons who want to protect the humans . . . and those who want to destroy them.

RUNNING TIME � 8hrs. and 6mins.

©2019 Scholastic Inc. (P)2019 Scholastic Inc.]]> Angie Sage Andrew 4 4.00 2019 Rise of the Dragons (Rise of the Dragons, #1)
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rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[The Lost Lands (Rise of the Dragons, #2)]]> 44575067 A thrilling series that puts YOU in the center of the action with collectible dragon game cards.

Sirin, Allie, and Joss have joined forces with the legendary silver dragon Lysander, the only creature capable of opening portals between the two worlds. But the powerful Lennix clan is following the children's every move and will stop at nothing to capture Lysander. After generations of plotting, the Lennixes —and their bloodthirsty dragon allies, the Raptors � are terrifyingly close to establishing a brutal dragon regime on Earth, just like they did centuries ago.

Now, it's up to Allie, Joss, and Sirin to protect Lysander while searching for a secret source of lost dragon magic, the only force powerful enough to stop the Raptor. But when their search takes them to one of the largest cities on Earth, the new friends must decide what's more important: finding the missing treasure or guarding the most important secret in the world � that dragons have returned to Earth... and not all of them have good intentions.]]> 272 Jessica Khoury 1338263625 Andrew 0 to-read 4.20 2020 The Lost Lands (Rise of the Dragons, #2)
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]]> <![CDATA[Candle & Crow (Ink & Sigil, #3)]]> 212025696 From the New York Times bestselling author of The Iron Druid Chronicles comes the final book in the Ink & Sigil series, as an ink-slinging wizard pursues the answer to a very personal mystery: Who cast a pair of curses on his head?

Al MacBharrais has a most unusual job: He’s a practitioner of ink-and-sigil magic, tasked with keeping order among the gods and monsters that dwell hidden in the human world. But there’s one supernatural mystery he’s never been able to solve: Years ago, someone cast twin curses on him that killed off his apprentices and drove away loved ones who heard him speak, leaving him bereft and isolated.

But he’s not quite alone: As Al works to solve this mystery, his friends draw him into their own eccentric dramas. Buck Foi the hobgoblin has been pondering his own legacy—and has a plan for a daring shenanigan that will make him the most celebrated hobgoblin of all. Nadia, goth queen and battle seer, is creating her own cult around a god who loves whisky and cheese.

And the Morrigan, a former Irish death goddess, has decided she wants not only to live as an ordinary woman but also to face the most perilous challenge of the mortal world: online dating.

Meanwhile, Al crosses paths with old friends and new—including some beloved Druids and their very good dogs—in his globe-trotting quest to solve the mystery of his curses. But he’s pulled in so many different directions by his colleagues, a suspicious detective, and the whims of destructive gods that Al begins to wonder: Will he ever find time to write his own happy ending?]]> 10 Kevin Hearne Andrew 4 4.06 2024 Candle & Crow (Ink & Sigil, #3)
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average rating: 4.06
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rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[The Witch's Christmas Catastrophe: A Nocturne Falls Novella]]> 219664360 Welcome to Nocturne Falls, the town where Halloween is celebrated 365 days a year. The tourists think it's all a the vampires, the werewolves, the witches, the occasional gargoyle flying through the sky. But the supernaturals populating the town know better.

Living in Nocturne Falls means being yourself. Fangs, fur, and all.

Witch Holly Winters is ready for a peaceful, magical Christmas in her family’s cozy mountain cabin in Nocturne Falls. She plans to do some knitting and watch all the best holiday movies. But when ancient dark magic begins to stir in the snowy forest, peace and serenity quickly disappear. With danger lurking at every turn, Holly teams up with Demetrius Voss, a brooding and irresistibly handsome vampire neighbor, to unravel the mystery menacing their beloved supernatural town.

As they work together to contain the rising threat, Holly finds herself unexpectedly drawn to Demetrius’s quiet strength and unexpected charm. Between Christmas lights, snowball fights, and quiet moments by the fire, sparks begin to fly—proving that even in the midst of chaos, the holiday spirit has a way of bringing people together.

With two quirky cats, a dash of romance, and an epic battle against ancient forces, Holly and Demetrius must rely on each other to protect the town they love. Will they restore the magic in time for Christmas—and discover that the greatest gift of all is the one they never saw coming?]]> 138 Kristen Painter Andrew 4 4.16 2024 The Witch's Christmas Catastrophe: A Nocturne Falls Novella
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]]> <![CDATA[The Glass Slide World (The Naturalist Society)]]> 218522618 Award-winning author Carrie Vaughn’s sequel to The Naturalist Society follows a young scientist unlocking her magical abilities amid a high-seas adventure filled with international intrigue.

The year is 1902, and the world is changing with the new century. Twenty-one-year-old Ava Stanley, the daughter of two celebrated Arcane Taxonomists, has much to live up to—however scarce her magical abilities may be.

While her parents draw power from spectacular birds and megafauna, Ava’s connection to the natural world is much smaller, stemming from the microscopic. This is useful in her quest to become a doctor, as she studies the burgeoning links between bacteria and disease, but it means Ava’s power itself is also smaller. Even so, she plans to make the most of it when she boards a ship to Nassau, where she’ll continue her research.

But those plans change when pirates take over the ship, bringing with them danger, mystery, and the stirrings of war. Amid the chaos, Ava forges connections with her fellow travelers. And in them, she begins to find that every tiny piece of the world has the power to strengthen it…or shatter it completely.]]> 283 Carrie Vaughn 1662530501 Andrew 0 to-read 5.00 2025 The Glass Slide World (The Naturalist Society)
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]]> The Naturalist Society 217540629 In this magical tale of self-discovery from New York Times bestselling author Carrie Vaughn, a young widow taps into the power that will change the world—if the man’s world she lives in doesn’t destroy her and her newfound friends first.

In the summer of 1880, the death of Beth Stanley’s husband puts her life’s work in jeopardy. The magic of Arcane Taxonomy dictates that every natural thing in the world, from weather to animals, can be labeled, and doing so grants the practitioner some of that subject’s unique power. But only men are permitted to train in this philosophy. Losing her husband means that Beth loses the name they put on her work—and any influence she might have wielded.

Brandon West and Anton Torrance are campaigning for their expedition to the North Pole, a mission that some believe could make a taxonomist all-powerful by tapping into the earth’s magnetic forces. Their late friend Harry Stanley’s knowledge and connections would have been instrumental, but when they attempt to take custody of his work, they find that it was never his at all.

Tied together by this secret and its implications, Beth, Bran, and Anton must find a way for Beth to use her talent for the good of the world, before she’s discovered by those who would lay claim to her rare potential—and her very freedom.]]> 12 Carrie Vaughn Andrew 5 4.18 2024 The Naturalist Society
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average rating: 4.18
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]]> <![CDATA[Nixed in New Orleans (Frost & Crowe Mystery, #4)]]> 217439524
But things in the Big Easy are about to get downright difficult when a sudden death and a shocking incident threaten Sinclair’s friend’s reputation. It’s pretty obvious things are not as they seem, but digging deeper means putting themselves in danger.

Can Jayne and Sinclair find justice for all those involved without getting nixed in New Orleans?
]]> 317 Kristen Painter 1941695914 Andrew 4 4.59 2024 Nixed in New Orleans (Frost & Crowe Mystery, #4)
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average rating: 4.59
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rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[Demon's Bluff (The Hollows, #18)]]> 205800921
What’s a witch to do when the coven of moral and ethical standards demands she untwist a curse—but an essential spell component no longer exists? There’s only one choice: go back in time.

Caught between self-exile and an Alcatraz cell, Rachel must find an Atlantean mirror to reverse the curse and prove to Cincinnati’s brand-new witch coven that, no, she does not practice illicit magic. Unfortunately, the only mirror of its kind in existence belonged to the insane demon Newt, forcing Rachel to go to the past to bargain with her for it.

But the time-travel spell goes awry, dragging Elyse, the young leader of the coven, into the past with Rachel. They expect to land five years in the past but instead arrive two days before Rachel’s long-lost love, Kisten, dies. Heartbroken and torn, Rachel knows she can't change the past.

Even with no allies, Rachel still has one thing going for her: Cincinnati is her city, now and forever. If she can find a way to work with Newt and prevent Elyse from becoming the demon’s next familiar, they might all get home.]]> 448 Kim Harrison 0593640004 Andrew 5 4.63 2024 Demon's Bluff (The Hollows, #18)
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name: Andrew
average rating: 4.63
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rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[Leading Lady: A Memoir of a Most Unusual Boy]]> 204623845 A poignant, deliciously anecdotal account of a talented artist's dramatic journey in the worlds of Off-Broadway, Broadway, and Hollywood.

Charles Busch dreamed of being on stage from the time he was a young boy, but it wasn’t until his college years that he finally found a way to let his full talent shine—as a Leading Lady.

Shocking his midwestern University theater department by playing a glamorous bawdy female role in his own play, he discovered that performing in drag for the first time he felt comfortable on stage. It would certainly not be the last.

Charles Busch, a Tony Award-nominated writer, has created a unique place in the entertainment world as playwright, LGBT icon, drag actor, director, and cabaret performer, with his extraordinary gift for connecting with and channeling the leading ladies of show business.

A born storyteller, Charles has a powerful journey to share. He was only seven years old when his mother died unexpectedly from a massive heart attack, and since then, Charles has been searching for loving, emotionally complex mother figures. In his teens, Charles moved to lower Park Avenue in Manhattan to live with his Aunt Lil, who was rather like a Jewish Auntie Mame. Lil encouraged Charles� artistic talents and dreams and eventually he discovered his gifts for writing plays and performing as a “male actress.�

In short, pithy chapters, Charles writes of his close friendship with the brilliant Joan Rivers, who was his mother figure after Lil’s death, as well as his colorful interactions with such show business luminaries as Angela Lansbury (who observed her first Passover seder with Charles), Debbie Reynolds, Greta Garbo, Elaine Stritch, Linda Lavin, Carol Channing, Marian Seldes, Rosie O’Donnell, Claudette Colbert, Valerie Harper, Kim Novak, Bea Arthur, and many others.

Full of humor and heart, and including 16 pages of photographs, Leading Lady is perfect for theatre fans new and old, as well as anyone who knows the joy of finally finding the craft that makes their soul sing.]]> Charles Busch Andrew 4 4.00 2023 Leading Lady: A Memoir of a Most Unusual Boy
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name: Andrew
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rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[A Decade of Death and Decisions]]> 217443984
For ten years, this tradition occurred, until in the year of 2022, the readers chose a finale.

This is their a tale of deaths and decisions that spanned a decade.]]> 1 Drew Hayes Andrew 4 4.00 2024 A Decade of Death and Decisions
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]]> <![CDATA[Blaze of Our Lives (Good to the Last Demon, #5)]]> 217951068
Welcome to B*tch Goddess Cecily’s World.

Lights. Camera. Action!

The show must go on…even if it takes a U-turn into Hell. I have too much to lose if Pandora wins. With the love of my demonic life by my side, along with the profane, toothpick-loving Keeper of Fate, and a cast of inappropriate characters, I’m going to embrace this starring role. I have to. If I can’t solve the problem of unboxing the box, my life as I know it will be over. No TV show, no close-up, and, definitely, no Emmy.

So, I’m onto my next gig. I have no clue how the episode will end. If I go down, I go down fighting. Forget the blaze of glory. This finale will be the blaze of my life.]]> 1 Robyn Peterman Andrew 4 4.00 2024 Blaze of Our Lives (Good to the Last Demon, #5)
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name: Andrew
average rating: 4.00
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rating: 4
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]]> Almost Interesting 39910036 Saturday Night Live alumni David Spade.

David Spade is best known for his harsh “Hollywood� Minute Sketches on SNL, his starring roles in movies like Joe Dirt and Tommy Boy, and his seven-year stint as Dennis Finch on the series Just Shoot Me. Now, with a wit as dry as the weather in his home state of Arizona, the “comic brat extraordinaire� tells his story in Almost Interesting.

First Taking fans back to his childhood as a wannabe cool younger brother and recounting his excruciating road-tour to fame—when he was regularly mistaken for a ten year-old, Spade then dishes about his time crisscrossing the country as a comedian, for low-paying gigs and dragging along his mother’s old suitcase full of props. He also covers his years on SNL during the beloved Rock/Sandler/Farley era of the 1990s, including his close working relationship and friendship with Chris Farley and brags about the ridiculous perks that fame has brought into his life, including the constant fear of being fired, a crazy ex-assistant who attached him while he was sleeping, a run-in with Eddie Murphy on the mean streets of Beverley Hills, and of course an endless supply of hot chicks.

Sometimes dirty, always funny, and as sharp as a tack, Almost Interesting reminds you why David Spade is one of our generation’s favorite funny guys.]]> David Spade Andrew 3 3.70 2015 Almost Interesting
author: David Spade
name: Andrew
average rating: 3.70
book published: 2015
rating: 3
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]]> <![CDATA[Never Been Witched (Starfall Point, #3)]]> 219994788 Listening Length: 10 hours and 17 minutes

Bursting with laughter, romance, and magic, the Audible and USA Today best-selling Starfall Point trilogy comes to an epic finale that will leave you enchanted!

Alice Seastairs leads a quiet life working in her grandparents� antique shop and hiding her magical secret from the human world. As one of Starfall Point’s resident witches, it’s her job to protect the Island from dark magic and unruly ghosts—including the ones that show up at her shop attached to antiques. But her orderly life is turned upside down when a gorgeous stranger buys the islands most historic—and haunted—hotel.

There’s something about Collin Bancroft that that makes Alice want to muss his polished exterior and find out what’s underneath his expensive suit. But romance will have to wait, because his hotel is being haunted by a ghost so dangerous that Alice’s whole coven must step in. Turns out, a supernatural event is unfolding that’s bigger than any of them ever imagined—and it’s about to blow the secrets of Shaddow House wide open. Will Alice and Collin survive long enough to have a future together?]]> 321 Molly Harper Andrew 4 3.96 2024 Never Been Witched (Starfall Point, #3)
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]]> This Spells Disaster 199287290 Fake dating gets a magical twist in this enchanting queer romantic comedy where a witch worries that the real feelings brewing between her and her crush were sparked by an accidental love potion, and the only way out of the disastrous spell is a healthy dose of the truth—drink up, witches.

Potion maker and self-proclaimed “messy witch� Morgan Greenwood is sure she was hexed at birth. Not only did she drunkenly offer to fake date the woman of her dreams during the biennial New England Witches� festival, but Rory Sandler, spellcasting champion and brilliant elemental witch—for reasons known only to the Goddess—accepted. It’s like every good luck spell Morgan ever cast came through at once, and it doesn’t take a crystal ball to predict this charade will end with a broken heart.

Or is the magic between them real? As Morgan and Rory prepare to fool everyone at the festival, their relationship starts to feel a whole lot less fake—right until Morgan realizes she might have screwed up the common relaxation potion she made for Rory and given her a love potion instead, breaking one of the most sacred Witch Council Laws.

To fulfill her promise to Rory, Morgan must somehow keep playing pretend while under the watchful eyes of Rory’s family and legion of fans. But to break the love potion, she’ll also have to prove how incompatible she and Rory really are. For a screwup like her, ruining their relationship should be easy—except every day, Morgan is becoming more bewitched by Rory herself.]]> Tori Anne Martin Andrew 3 3.29 2023 This Spells Disaster
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name: Andrew
average rating: 3.29
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rating: 3
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]]> <![CDATA[Broken Roads: A Cormac and Amelia Story]]> 217021603
Or so they think.

On a proverbial dark and stormy night, a visitor in trouble lands on their doorstep: Odysseus Grant, a magician with secrets. A dangerous demon has escaped his control, and he needs their help capturing it. Reluctantly, Cormac and Amelia agree --

And get thrown across space, time, and alternate dimensions, on a journey far outside their wheelhouse and abilities, full of weird magic, strange creatures, and even some old friends. All they can do is work together and hope they make their way home, sooner rather than later.]]> Carrie Vaughn Andrew 5 5.00 2024 Broken Roads: A Cormac and Amelia Story
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name: Andrew
average rating: 5.00
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rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[Mercy Blade (Jane Yellowrock, #3)]]> 13632410 14 hrs 43 mins

Jane Yellowrock, a shape-shifting rogue-vampire hunter-for-hire, is now taking blood money from the very vamps she used to hunt. But things start heating up in the Big Easy when weres announce their existence to the world, and revive the bitter tensions that run between them and their old enemies -- vampires. Jane finds herself caught in the crossfire.]]> 15 Faith Hunter Andrew 4 4.07 2011 Mercy Blade (Jane Yellowrock, #3)
author: Faith Hunter
name: Andrew
average rating: 4.07
book published: 2011
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[Big Vamp on Campus (Half-Moon Hollow, #4.6)]]> 30528993 Listening Length: 2 hours and 36 minutes

In Molly Harper’s newest paranormal romantic comedy set in her beloved Half Moon Hollow, a vampire princess must learn how to navigate life as a college student—including living with her messy, annoying, frustrating new roommate.

Ophelia Lambert, four-hundred-year-old vampire princessand college freshman, suddenly finds herself domesticated by humans and forced to suffer the indignities of dorm rooms, communal bathrooms, and a roommate with sticky fingers.

As one of the hundreds of undead venturing into post-secondary education, Ophelia has a lot more to learn that just “undead studies”—she has to learn to get along with her fellow vampire classmates and worst of all, her human ones, along with getting back into the good graces of the World Council for the Equal Treatment of the Undead.

Can this once all-powerful vampire princess balance classes and campus life with romance, human- and vampire relations, and not sinking her teeth into her annoying roommate?]]> 3 Molly Harper Andrew 4 3.93 2016 Big Vamp on Campus (Half-Moon Hollow, #4.6)
author: Molly Harper
name: Andrew
average rating: 3.93
book published: 2016
rating: 4
read at: 2016/06/08
date added: 2024/10/03
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]]> Wrath of the Triple Goddess 206009505 In his continuing quest to earn college recommendation letters from the gods, Percy has to pet sit the goddess Hecate's polecat and giant mastiff during Halloween week. What could go wrong?

Rick Riordan’s newest Percy Jackson adventure is full of hilarious set pieces, a diverse cast of gods and monsters, and many other delightful tricks and treats.

Percy Jackson, now a high school senior, needs three recommendation letters from the Greek gods in order to get into New Rome University. He earned his first one by retrieving Ganymede’s chalice. Now the goddess Hecate has offered Percy another “opportunity”—all he has to do is pet sit her polecat, Gale, and mastiff, Hecuba, over Halloween week while she is away. Piece of cake, right?

Percy, Annabeth, and Grover settle into Hecate’s seemingly endless mansion and start getting acquainted with the fussy, terrifying animals. The trio has been warned not to touch anything, but while Percy and Annabeth are out at school, Grover can’t resist drinking a strawberry-flavored potion in the laboratory. It turns him into a giant frenzied goat, and after he rampages through the house, damaging everything in sight, and passes out, Gale and Hecuba escape. Now the friends have to find Hecate’s pets and somehow restore the house, all before Hecate gets back on Saturday. It’s going to take luck, demigod wiles, and some old and new friends to hunt down the animals and set things right again.]]> 288 Rick Riordan 1368107648 Andrew 4 4.37 2024 Wrath of the Triple Goddess
author: Rick Riordan
name: Andrew
average rating: 4.37
book published: 2024
rating: 4
read at: 2024/10/02
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]]> Making Waves (Flotilla #1) 32707669 222 Erik Schubach 0997525673 Andrew 4 4.36 Making Waves (Flotilla #1)
author: Erik Schubach
name: Andrew
average rating: 4.36
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rating: 4
read at: 2020/08/22
date added: 2024/09/29
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]]> <![CDATA[Behind the Mask: A Superhero Anthology]]> 35073981
The authors in this collection, both established and new, are all dexterous and wonderfully imaginative, each deserving of their own form-fitting uniforms and capes. Some of the stories pulse with social commentary, like Cat Rambo’s whimsical and deft “Ms. Liberty Gets a Haircut� and Keith Rosson’s haunting “Torch Songs.� Others twist the genre into strange and new territories, like Stuart Suffel’s atmospheric “Birthright,� Kate Marhsall’s moving “Destroy the City with Me Tonight,� and Adam Shannon’s reality-bending “Over an Embattled City.� Some punch with heart and humor, like Matt Mikalatos’s satisfying “The Beard of Truth� and Chris Large’s adventurous “Salt City Blue,� while others punch with bite and grit, such as Michael Milne’s evocative “Inheritance,� Aimee Ogden’s poignant “As I Fall Asleep,� and Jennifer Pullen’s heartfelt “Meeting Someone in the 22nd Century.� Some of the stories feature characters who might not be superheroes in the traditional sense, yet are heroic nonetheless, such as Sarah Pinsker’s imaginative “The Smoke Means It’s Working� and Stephanie Lai’s majestic “The Fall of the Jade Sword.� Some shine a unique, captivating spotlight on supervillains, like Keith Frady’s dramatic “Fool� and Carrie Vaughn’s romantic “Origin Story.� Some are somber, ponderous works, where our heroes consider their impact on the world, like Lavie Tidhar’s regret-tinged “Heroes� and Nathan Crowder’s resonant “Madjack.� Others tread more light-hearted waters, with heroes adjusting to the sometimes-comical, sometimes-stressful life in the public eye, like Seanan McGuire’s entertaining “Pedestal� and Patrick Flanagan’s lively “Quintessential Justice.� And then there are the softer, quieter moments between heroes, as they navigate their extraordinary lives in their own unique ways, such as Ziggy Schutz’s tender “Eggshells� and, of course, Kelly Link’s captivating “Origin Story.”]]> 290 Tricia Reeks 0996626271 Andrew 4 3.58 2017 Behind the Mask: A Superhero Anthology
author: Tricia Reeks
name: Andrew
average rating: 3.58
book published: 2017
rating: 4
read at: 2019/01/02
date added: 2024/09/28
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]]> <![CDATA[Roctoberfest (London Harmony #3)]]> 25758041

Things are starting to click for her and for the band. London Harmony is hosting the biggest battle of the bands the world has ever witnessed.


When things start to fall apart when their lead guitarist defects to another band. The race is on to find another lead guitarist before they are dropped from the competition.


What Kacy finds instead is a love like none she had ever experienced when she stumbles upon Mei Hammond, a woman who has the most unusual gift with music that not even tragedy can take from her.


(London Harmony is a spinoff of the Music of the Soul books.)]]> 176 Erik Schubach 0990980685 Andrew 4 4.42 2015 Roctoberfest (London Harmony #3)
author: Erik Schubach
name: Andrew
average rating: 4.42
book published: 2015
rating: 4
read at: 2020/08/16
date added: 2024/09/28
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]]> <![CDATA[A Tale Of Two Witches (Magic and Mayhem, #5)]]> 35266122 Three waxed cats, one Cookie Witch, a brazilian gone bad and the last name, Bermangoggleshitz� not the best ingredients for a successful spell. Or is it?

Avoiding the truth has been working out just fine for most of my life.

I’m finally happy. I have friends and a kangaroo shifter who adores me. Never in my twenty-nine witchy years did I think I would have a place to call home with people who truly cared.

Now my BFF, Zelda, wants to have a chat. Can’t crappy news wait?

As soon as my varnished Virginia is mobile, I want to go home to my adorable little house I share with with the love of my life and my four semi-violent, adopted, gum-smacking chipmunk shifter sons.

But, noooooooo�

Instead of enjoying a bouncy romp of nookie with my marsupial man whose last name I should really find out, I have to deal with an odiferous, butt-ugly, dead-beat, evil warlock of a dad named Bermangoggleshitz—the very same douchecanoe that tried to kill my rodent children.

Not to mention, said sperm donor has called up a Legion of demons from the Underworld. Fanfreakintastic.

So armed with my questionable intellect, a shaky handle on the French language and a penchant for blowing up buildings, I’m gonna grab this problem by the nuts and squeeze—like a brazilian times…whoops, bazillion. That French gets me every time.

I will have my happily ever after no matter what or my name’s not Sassy Louise…umm� Bermangoggleshitz.]]> 240 Robyn Peterman 194137719X Andrew 4 4.39 2017 A Tale Of Two Witches (Magic and Mayhem, #5)
author: Robyn Peterman
name: Andrew
average rating: 4.39
book published: 2017
rating: 4
read at: 2018/01/18
date added: 2024/09/28
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]]> <![CDATA[Ghost-ish: Lazarus (New Sentinels #5)]]> 40661022 231 Erik Schubach 0999374079 Andrew 4 4.52 2018 Ghost-ish: Lazarus (New Sentinels #5)
author: Erik Schubach
name: Andrew
average rating: 4.52
book published: 2018
rating: 4
read at: 2019/01/10
date added: 2024/09/28
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]]> Lost Souls (Cainsville #3.6) 33242765
Gabriel is well aware the only thing Olivia loves more than a good mystery is a weird one, and this hitchhiker case more than fits the bill. As Gabriel digs into the story, he’s forced to face ghosts of his own and admit that the woman in white isn’t the only one who has lost her way.

With Lost Souls, New York Times bestselling author Kelley Armstrong weaves an unmissable novella-length tale connected to her fan-favorite Cainsville series.]]> 140 Kelley Armstrong 1596068221 Andrew 4 4.35 2016 Lost Souls (Cainsville #3.6)
author: Kelley Armstrong
name: Andrew
average rating: 4.35
book published: 2016
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[Agatha H. and the Siege of Mechanicsburg (Girl Genius #4)]]> 44420030 In a time when the Industrial Revolution has become an all-out war, mad science rules the world—with mixed success.

In Agatha H and the Siege of Mechanicsburg, Agatha Heterodyne, the last of the Heterodyne family, has returned to her family’s hereditary town with the might of the Wulfenbach Empire hot on her heels. The only thing holding off an outright attack is Gilgamesh Wulfenbach, the heir to the Empire, who has joined Agatha and her friends inside the great artificially intelligent fortress of Castle Heterodyne. Now they must race to repair the mechanisms that once allowed the Castle to defend Mechanicsburg, before the rest of Europa shows up to take all the revenge the mad Heterodynes of the past so richly earned.]]> 486 Phil Foglio 1949102289 Andrew 4 4.54 2020 Agatha H. and the Siege of Mechanicsburg (Girl Genius #4)
author: Phil Foglio
name: Andrew
average rating: 4.54
book published: 2020
rating: 4
read at: 2021/04/10
date added: 2024/09/28
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]]> The Pike (London Harmony #8) 29925440

A young woman, Ashley, has been mute as long as she can remember, after a dog attack when she was little, had scarred her throat and damaged her vocal cords. Her girlfriend, Leigh, who has an affliction of her own, completes her in a way nobody else ever has.


When the couple crosses paths with June by pure happenstance, amazing things begin to unfold.


(The London Harmony series is a spinoff of the Music of the Soul books.)]]> 208 Erik Schubach 0997525606 Andrew 5 4.28 2016 The Pike (London Harmony #8)
author: Erik Schubach
name: Andrew
average rating: 4.28
book published: 2016
rating: 5
read at: 2020/12/26
date added: 2024/09/28
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]]> Traitor (The Bridge, #2) 24666642

A rift in the ranks of the city's champions is formed that threatens to descend into rebellion.


On the run from the sentinels of the city, the Triumvirate, and the mortal police. Evangeline must fight against time to clear her name while protecting the gateways of two bridges.]]> 204 Erik Schubach 0990980634 Andrew 4 4.21 2015 Traitor (The Bridge, #2)
author: Erik Schubach
name: Andrew
average rating: 4.21
book published: 2015
rating: 4
read at: 2023/01/05
date added: 2024/09/27
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]]> <![CDATA[No Place Like Home (Urban Fairytales #9)]]> 37757988

Parker and Ella-Marie find themselves cut off from the group of Avatars heading to hide in Perchta's Garden. Instead they find themselves flung into a fantastical land, facing a powerful witch who claims to be Dorothy of Oz.


The women offer their help to free Oz of the demon scourge that threatens the magical lands and people there.


Alliances can be tricky when your new powerful ally swings between the extremes of good and evil with only a moment's notice.]]> 211 Erik Schubach 0999374036 Andrew 5 4.49 2017 No Place Like Home (Urban Fairytales #9)
author: Erik Schubach
name: Andrew
average rating: 4.49
book published: 2017
rating: 5
read at: 2022/07/28
date added: 2024/09/27
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]]> <![CDATA[Death's Rival (Jane Yellowrock, #5)]]> 12889903
For a vampire killer like Jane, having Leo Pellisier as a boss took some getting used to. But now, someone is out to take his place as Master Vampire of the city of New Orleans, and is not afraid to go through Jane to do it. After an attack that’s tantamount to a war declaration, Leo knows his rival is both powerful and vicious, but Leo’s not about to run scared. After all, he has Jane. But then, a plague strikes, one that takes down vampires and makes their masters easy prey.]]> 338 Faith Hunter 1101596546 Andrew 4 4.31 2012 Death's Rival (Jane Yellowrock, #5)
author: Faith Hunter
name: Andrew
average rating: 4.31
book published: 2012
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[Sealed With a Tryst (Ordinary Magic, #7)]]> 58849073 **THIS NOVEL WAS PREVIOUSLY AVAILABLE IN DIRTY DEEDS COLLECTION WHICH IS NO LONGER FOR SALE. If you bought Dirty Deeds, you may have read this novel.**

Delaney Reed needs a vacation from her vacation town. Even on a good day, it’s a lot of work to keep the peace in a town full of gods, monsters, and magical beings. Lately all the good days have gone from bad to worse. Luckily, Delaney has a plan to steal away with her fiancé, Ryder Bailey, for a nice relaxing weekend together.

Her getaway plans come to a screeching halt when Delaney discovers Crow’s garage sale is selling cursed magical items to anyone who wants one—and everyone wants one.

Delaney only has a few hours to hunt down the cursed objects before a massive winter storm barrels into town and her vacation escape becomes impossible. But Delaney isn’t going down that easily. Neither rain, curse, nor killer sea monster or love-sick Bigfoot will keep her from getting three blissful days alone with the man she loves—hopefully far, far away from Ordinary, Oregon.]]> 180 Devon Monk Andrew 4 4.05 2021 Sealed With a Tryst (Ordinary Magic, #7)
author: Devon Monk
name: Andrew
average rating: 4.05
book published: 2021
rating: 4
read at: 2022/05/15
date added: 2024/09/26
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]]> Worldship Files: Detonation 209500493
With Knith being consumed by the magic she has been absorbing her entire life, it comes to light that the mysterious flares she is suffering threaten not just herself, but the entire fleet. The most intelligent minds on the Worldship, including a mysterious figure form Knith's last case before she lost her commission int the Brigade Enforcers, fight to find a solution before it is too late.

The aftermath will change everything for the mighty Worldship, Leviathan, and the people she is shepherding on her ten thousand year journey.]]> 192 Erik Schubach Andrew 5 4.68 Worldship Files: Detonation
author: Erik Schubach
name: Andrew
average rating: 4.68
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rating: 5
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]]> Future Feeling 56490673 An embittered dog walker obsessed with a social media influencer inadvertently puts a curse a young man—and must adventure into mysterious dimension in order to save him—in this wildly inventive, delightfully subversive, genre-nonconforming debut novel about illusion, magic, technology, kinship, and the emergent future.

The year is 20__, and Penfield R. Henderson is in a rut. When he’s not walking dogs for cash or responding to booty calls from his B-list celebrity hookup, he’s holed up in his dingy Bushwick apartment obsessing over holograms of Aiden Chase, a fellow trans man and influencer documenting his much smoother transition into picture-perfect masculinity on the Gram. After an IRL encounter with Aiden leaves Pen feeling especially resentful, Pen enlists his roommates, the Witch and the Stoner-Hacker, to put their respective talents to use in hexing Aiden. Together, they gain access to Aiden’s social media account and post a picture of Pen’s aloe plant, Alice, tied to a curse:

Whosoever beholds the aloe will be pushed into the Shadowlands.

When the hex accidentally bypasses Aiden, sending another young trans man named Blithe to the Shadowlands (the dreaded emotional landscape through which every trans person must journey to achieve true self-actualization), the Rhiz (the quasi-benevolent big brother agency overseeing all trans matters) orders Pen and Aiden to team up and retrieve him. The two trace Blithe to a dilapidated motel in California and bring him back to New York, where they try to coax Blithe to stop speaking only in code and awkwardly try to pass on what little trans wisdom they possess. As the trio makes its way in a world that includes pitless avocados and subway cars that change color based on occupants� collective moods but still casts judgment on anyone not perfectly straight, Pen starts to learn that sometimes a family isn’t just the people who birthed you.

Magnificently imagined, linguistically dazzling, and riotously fun, Future Feeling presents an alternate future in which advanced technology still can’t replace human connection but may give the trans community new ways to care for its own.]]> 304 Joss Lake 1593766890 Andrew 2 unfinished-and-remaining-so 3.68 2021 Future Feeling
author: Joss Lake
name: Andrew
average rating: 3.68
book published: 2021
rating: 2
read at: 2021/11/24
date added: 2024/09/26
shelves: unfinished-and-remaining-so
review:
This book was not for me. I’m sorry to say I’m too old to embrace the culture of this book
]]> <![CDATA[Cold Curses (Heirs of Chicagoland, #5)]]> 122779901
Elisa, the only vampire ever born, is hoping all can remain quiet in the City of Chicago in the wake of a destructive attack by an ancient demon who broke the city’s defensive magic. Still, she and her friends, including shifter Connor Keene, know they need to be ready for anything.

Everyone is working as hard as they can to repair the city’s wards, but unwelcome creatures are slipping through and Elisa soon finds herself caught in the middle of a magical turf war with roots that go back generations. She knows she will have to take a stand, but retaliating threatens to reveal her deepest secret...]]> 384 Chloe Neill 059354983X Andrew 4 4.27 2023 Cold Curses (Heirs of Chicagoland, #5)
author: Chloe Neill
name: Andrew
average rating: 4.27
book published: 2023
rating: 4
read at: 2023/11/23
date added: 2024/09/24
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]]> <![CDATA[Heroine Complex (Heroine Complex, #1)]]> 27230072 Being a superheroine is hard. Working for one is even harder.

Evie Tanaka is the put-upon personal assistant to Aveda Jupiter, her childhood best friend and San Francisco's most beloved superheroine. She's great at her job—blending into the background, handling her boss's epic diva tantrums, and getting demon blood out of leather pants.

Unfortunately, she's not nearly as together when it comes to running her own life, standing up for herself, or raising her tempestuous teenage sister, Bea.

But everything changes when Evie's forced to pose as her glamorous boss for one night, and her darkest secret comes out: she has powers, too. Now it's up to her to contend with murderous cupcakes, nosy gossip bloggers, and supernatural karaoke battles—all while juggling unexpected romance and Aveda's increasingly outrageous demands. And when a larger threat emerges, Evie must finally take charge and become a superheroine in her own right... or see her city fall to a full-on demonic invasion.]]> 368 Sarah Kuhn 0698197712 Andrew 2 unfinished-and-remaining-so 3.71 2016 Heroine Complex (Heroine Complex, #1)
author: Sarah Kuhn
name: Andrew
average rating: 3.71
book published: 2016
rating: 2
read at: 2020/10/18
date added: 2024/09/24
shelves: unfinished-and-remaining-so
review:
Very annoying. Another poor me character. It’s been done so at least do it well.
]]> <![CDATA[A Terrible Fall of Angels (Zaniel Havelock, #1)]]> 57602240 Angels walk among us, but so do other unearthly beings in this brand new series by #1 New York Times Bestselling author Laurell K. Hamilton.

Meet Detective Zaniel Havelock, a man with the special ability to communicate directly with angels. A former trained Angel speaker, he devoted his life to serving both the celestial beings and his fellow humans with his gift, but a terrible betrayal compelled him to leave that life behind. Now he’s a cop who is still working on the side of angels. But where there are angels, there are also demons. There’s no question that there’s evil at work when he’s called in to examine the murder scene of a college student—but is it just the evil that one human being can do to another, or is it something more? When demonic possession is a possibility, even angelic protection can only go so far. The race is on to stop a killer before he finds his next victim, as Zaniel is forced to confront his own very personal demons, and the past he never truly left behind.

The first in a new series from the author of the Anita Blake and Merry Gentry series.
]]> 400 Laurell K. Hamilton 1984804480 Andrew 5 4.07 2021 A Terrible Fall of Angels (Zaniel Havelock, #1)
author: Laurell K. Hamilton
name: Andrew
average rating: 4.07
book published: 2021
rating: 5
read at: 2021/08/28
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]]> <![CDATA[Be the Serpent (October Daye, #16)]]> 59843661
It isn’t always easy, but she’s a hero, right? She’s done harder.
Until an old friend and ally turns out to have been an enemy in disguise for this entire time, and October’s brief respite turns into a battle for her life, her community, and everything she has ever believed to be true.

The debts of the Broken Ride are coming due, and whether she incurred them or not, she’s going to be the one who has to pay.]]> 368 Seanan McGuire 0756416884 Andrew 5 4.57 2022 Be the Serpent (October Daye, #16)
author: Seanan McGuire
name: Andrew
average rating: 4.57
book published: 2022
rating: 5
read at: 2022/09/22
date added: 2024/09/24
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]]> Flotilla: Paying the Toll 42200032

Meanwhile, a resident of the Flotilla Project, Emery Brown, attempts to put her life together after losing her job because of an affliction beyond her control. She has all but given up on her dream of being an architect, and now works as a toll attendant at the last toll gate in London.


A chance meeting with a stranded motorist on her way home immerses Emery in a whirlwind romance with someone she could only ever have dreamed of.


The Flotilla series is a spinoff of the bestselling London Harmony series.]]> 202 Erik Schubach 0999374095 Andrew 5 4.40 Flotilla: Paying the Toll
author: Erik Schubach
name: Andrew
average rating: 4.40
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rating: 5
read at: 2021/06/20
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]]> <![CDATA[Beauty In The Beast (Urban Fairytales, #8)]]> 34337405

While Daria McQueen mourns. The legends of fairytales fight to contain the incursions of the new demon hybrid contagion that Styche the Trickster has unleashed upon the world.


An enraged and seemingly unstoppable demon appears, and it seems just as powerful as Styche. It directs its boundless rage at anything that moves, friend or foe.


They learn that the beast can only be controlled by a young woman who has a uncanny ability to soothe the savage beast.]]> 170 Erik Schubach 0998511021 Andrew 4 4.37 2017 Beauty In The Beast (Urban Fairytales, #8)
author: Erik Schubach
name: Andrew
average rating: 4.37
book published: 2017
rating: 4
read at: 2022/06/13
date added: 2024/09/23
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]]> <![CDATA[True Dead (Jane Yellowrock, #14)]]> 55216465 Jane Yellowrock goes back to the city where it all began in the newest installment of this thrilling New York Timesbestselling series.

Jane used to hunt vampires, but now she’s their queen. She’s holed up in the mountains with the Yellowrock Clan, enjoying a little peace, when a surprise attack on her people proves that trouble is brewing. Someone is using very old magic to launch a bid for power, and it’s all tied to the place where Jane was first drawn into the world of Leo Pellissier—the city of New Orleans.

Jane is compelled to return to NOLA because someone is trying to destabilize the paranormal world order. And because she now sits near the top of the vampire world, the assault is her problem. She will do what she must to protect what’s hers. Her city. Her people. Her power. Her crown.]]> 384 Faith Hunter 0451488741 Andrew 5 4.47 2021 True Dead (Jane Yellowrock, #14)
author: Faith Hunter
name: Andrew
average rating: 4.47
book published: 2021
rating: 5
read at: 2021/09/21
date added: 2024/09/23
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]]> <![CDATA[Fish Out of Water (Fred the Mermaid, #3)]]> 8180256 308 MaryJanice Davidson 1440640254 Andrew 5 4.19 2008 Fish Out of Water (Fred the Mermaid, #3)
author: MaryJanice Davidson
name: Andrew
average rating: 4.19
book published: 2008
rating: 5
read at: 2020/12/08
date added: 2024/09/23
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]]> <![CDATA[Let Down Your Hair (Urban Fairytales, #5)]]> 28660452

After spending half her life imprisoned by the dark witch, Dame Gothel, Rapunzel has vowed to hunt her down so that she can cause no more harm to the innocents of the world.


In her hunt, she stumbles upon the most unlikely of companions. A young house maid, Evelyn, who turns Rapunzel's life upside down by taking over her tower and her heart.


Together they must hunt down the most vile black magic practitioner of their time.]]> 241 Erik Schubach 0996624171 Andrew 4 4.37 2016 Let Down Your Hair (Urban Fairytales, #5)
author: Erik Schubach
name: Andrew
average rating: 4.37
book published: 2016
rating: 4
read at: 2021/12/12
date added: 2024/09/22
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]]> <![CDATA[Blood Games (Chicagoland Vampires #10)]]> 17903312
A killer is stalking Chicago, preying on humans and leaving his victims with magical souvenirs. The CPD hasn’t been able to track the assailant, and as the body count rises, the city is running out of options. Vampires and humans aren’t on great terms, but murder makes for strange bedfellows. Can Merit find the killer before she becomes a target?]]> 363 Chloe Neill 0698154398 Andrew 4 4.39 2014 Blood Games (Chicagoland Vampires #10)
author: Chloe Neill
name: Andrew
average rating: 4.39
book published: 2014
rating: 4
read at: 2014/08/11
date added: 2024/09/21
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]]> <![CDATA[Demon Hunts (Walker Papers, #5)]]> 24370283
She's proven she can handle the gods and the walking dead. But a cannibalistic serial killer? That's more than even she bargained for. What's worse, the brutal demon can only be tracked one way. If Joanne is to stop its campaign of terror, she'll have to hunt it where it the Lower World, a shamanistic plane of magic and spirits.

Trouble is, Joanne's skills are no match for the dangers she's about to face—and her on-the-job training could prove fatal to the people she's sworn to protect�.]]> 294 C.E. Murphy 1426856148 Andrew 5 4.31 2010 Demon Hunts (Walker Papers, #5)
author: C.E. Murphy
name: Andrew
average rating: 4.31
book published: 2010
rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[Rift in the Soul (Soulwood, #6)]]> 210590596 Nell Ingram and her team face supernatural evil in the newest thrilling paranormal procedural in the New York Times bestselling Soulwood series.]]> Faith Hunter Andrew 5 4.20 2024 Rift in the Soul (Soulwood, #6)
author: Faith Hunter
name: Andrew
average rating: 4.20
book published: 2024
rating: 5
read at: 2024/09/20
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]]> <![CDATA[Spirit Dances (Walker Papers, #6)]]> 10958429
For Seattle detective Joanne Walker, spring is about new beginnings. She's mastered her shamanic abilities (mostly), survived a cannibalistic serial killer (barely) and now she's facing the biggest challenge of her career—attending a dance concert with her sexy boss, Captain Michael Morrison. But when the performance—billed as transformative—actually changes her into a coyote, she and Morrison have bigger things to deal with.

And there's more. Homeless people are disappearing, a mystical murder puts Joanne way out of her jurisdiction and with the full moon coming on, it's looking like the killer is a creature that can't possibly exist.

But Jo could probably handle all of that, if one ordinary homicide hadn't pushed her to the very edge….

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