Maria's bookshelf: all en-US Tue, 29 Oct 2024 21:23:07 -0700 60 Maria's bookshelf: all 144 41 /images/layout/goodreads_logo_144.jpg <![CDATA[Half Wild (The Half Bad Trilogy, #2)]]> 22429853 402 Sally Green 0141350881 Maria 0 3.93 2015 Half Wild (The Half Bad Trilogy, #2)
author: Sally Green
name: Maria
average rating: 3.93
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]]> Blindsight (Firefall, #1) 48484 Two months since the stars fell...

Two months since sixty-five thousand alien objects clenched around the Earth like a luminous fist, screaming to the heavens as the atmosphere burned them to ash. Two months since that moment of brief, bright surveillance by agents unknown.

Two months of silence while a world holds its breath.

Now some half-derelict space probe, sparking fitfully past Neptune’s orbit, hears a whisper from the edge of the solar system: a faint signal sweeping the cosmos like a lighthouse beam. Whatever’s out there isn’t talking to us. It’s talking to some distant star, perhaps. Or perhaps to something closer, something en route.

So who do you send to force introductions on an intelligence with motives unknown, maybe unknowable? Who do you send to meet the alien when the alien doesn’t want to meet?

You send a linguist with multiple personalities, her brain surgically partitioned into separate, sentient processing cores. You send a biologist so radically interfaced with machinery that he sees X-rays and tastes ultrasound, so compromised by grafts and splices he no longer feels his own flesh. You send a pacifist warrior in the faint hope she won’t be needed, and a fainter hope she’ll do any good if she is needed. You send a monster to command them all, an extinct hominid predator once called “vampire,� recalled from the grave with the voodoo of recombinant genetics and the blood of sociopaths. And you send a synthesist � an informational topologist with half his mind gone � as an interface between here and there, a conduit through which the Dead Center might hope to understand the Bleeding Edge.

You send them all to the edge of interstellar space, praying you can trust such freaks and retrofits with the fate of a world. You fear they may be more alien than the thing they’ve been sent to find.

But you’d give anything for that to be true, if you only knew what was waiting for them…]> 384 Peter Watts 0765312182 Maria 0 to-read 4.01 2006 Blindsight (Firefall, #1)
author: Peter Watts
name: Maria
average rating: 4.01
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]]> <![CDATA[Homeland (Forgotten Realms: The Dark Elf Trilogy, #1; Legend of Drizzt, #1)]]> 50027 Discover the origin story of one of the greatest heroes of the Realms—Drizzt Do’Urden—in this thrilling first installment of the Dark Elf Trilogy

Drow ranger Drizzt Do’Urden, first introduced in The Icewind Dale Trilogy, quickly became one of the fantasy genre’s standout characters. With Homeland, Salvatore pulls back the curtain to reveal the startling tale of how this hero came to be—how this one lone drow walked out of the shadowy depths of the Underdark; how he left behind an evil society and a family that wanted him dead.

As the third son of Mother Malice and weaponmaster Zaknafein, Drizzt Do’Urden is meant to be sacrificed to Lolth, the evil Spider Queen, per drow tradition. But with the unexpected death of his older brother, young Drizzt is spared—and, as a result, further ostracized by his family. As Drizzt grows older, developing his swordsmanship skills and studying at the Academy, he begins to realize that his idea of good and evil does not match up with those of his fellow drow. Can Drizzt stay true to himself in a such an unforgiving, unprincipled world?

Homeland is the first book in the Dark Elf Trilogy and the Legend of Drizzt series.]]> 343 R.A. Salvatore Maria 3 4.26 1990 Homeland (Forgotten Realms: The Dark Elf Trilogy, #1; Legend of Drizzt, #1)
author: R.A. Salvatore
name: Maria
average rating: 4.26
book published: 1990
rating: 3
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]]> The Gods of Love 35824202
When a handsome but clearly delusional man named Dan bursts into Frida's office and insists that she is fated to save the world, she has him ejected faster than you can say 'prenup'.

But a creepy meeting, a demon or three and one attempted kidnapping later, Frida is beginning to face the inconvenient truth: Dan is in fact The Oracle, the gods of Greek mythology are real and Frida herself appears to be everyone's only hope.

The world is doomed.

Bridget Jones by way of Neil Gaiman, this smart and quirky story will change the way you look at love forever.

A warm, funny love story with a difference, this is truly a super-heroine story for the modern age.]]> 233 Nicola Mostyn 0349415692 Maria 0 3.47 2018 The Gods of Love
author: Nicola Mostyn
name: Maria
average rating: 3.47
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]]> <![CDATA[The Last Wish (The Witcher, #0.5)]]> 11570030 Librarian's Note: Alternate cover edition of ASIN B0043M6712

Geralt is a witcher, a man whose magic powers, enhanced by long training and a mysterious elixir, have made him a brilliant fighter and a merciless assassin. Yet he is no ordinary murderer: his targets are the multifarious monsters and vile fiends that ravage the land and attack the innocent. He roams the country seeking assignments, but gradually comes to realise that while some of his quarry are unremittingly vile, vicious grotesques, others are the victims of sin, evil or simple naivety.]]> 292 Andrzej Sapkowski Maria 0 to-read 4.22 1993 The Last Wish (The Witcher, #0.5)
author: Andrzej Sapkowski
name: Maria
average rating: 4.22
book published: 1993
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]]> Equoid (Laundry Files, #2.9) 18403081 At the publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management software (DRM) applied.]]> 65 Charles Stross 1466855479 Maria 5 3.93 2013 Equoid (Laundry Files, #2.9)
author: Charles Stross
name: Maria
average rating: 3.93
book published: 2013
rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[Too Like the Lightning (Terra Ignota, #1)]]> 26114545
The world into which Mycroft and Carlyle have been born is as strange to our 21st-century eyes as ours would be to a native of the 1500s. It is a hard-won utopia built on technologically-generated abundance, and also on complex and mandatory systems of labeling all public writing and speech. What seem to us normal gender distinctions are now distinctly taboo in most social situations. And most of the world's population is affiliated with globe-girdling clans of the like-minded, whose endless economic and cultural competition is carefully managed by central planners of inestimable subtlety. To us it seems like a mad combination of heaven and hell. To them, it seems like normal life.

And in this world, Mycroft and Carlyle have stumbled on the wild card that may destablize the system: the boy Bridger, who can effortlessly make his wishes come true. Who can, it would seem, bring inanimate objects to life...]]> 432 Ada Palmer 0765378000 Maria 0 to-read 3.81 2016 Too Like the Lightning (Terra Ignota, #1)
author: Ada Palmer
name: Maria
average rating: 3.81
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]]> Dragons Green 34682134
Now, Effie and her friends—nerdy Maximilian, rugby-mad Wolf, helpful Lexy, and eccentric Raven—must discover their true powers if they are to get the books back. And Effie alone will have to travel to the Otherworld, where she will uncover the true meaning of the strange old book called Dragon’s Green…]> 352 Scarlett Thomas 1782117040 Maria 0 to-read 3.80 2017 Dragons Green
author: Scarlett Thomas
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average rating: 3.80
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]]> Star Man's Son, 2250 A.D 222366 But he could not resist the urging that led him through danger and adventure, to the place where he faced the menace of the Star Men.

Two centuries after an atomic war on earth, a silver-haired mutant sets out on a dangerous search for a lost city of the ruined civilization.]]> 253 Andre Norton 0839826362 Maria 0 to-read 4.08 1952 Star Man's Son, 2250 A.D
author: Andre Norton
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average rating: 4.08
book published: 1952
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]]> <![CDATA[The Delirium Brief (Laundry Files, #8)]]> 32063117 The Delirium Brief, the next installment to Charles Stross� Hugo Award-winning comedic dark fantasy Laundry Files series!

Bob Howard’s career in the Laundry, the secret British government agency dedicated to protecting the world from unspeakable horrors from beyond spacetime, has entailed high combat, brilliant hacking, ancient magic, and combat with indescribably repellent creatures of pure evil. It has also involved a wearying amount of paperwork and office politics, and his expense reports are still a mess.

Now, following the invasion of Yorkshire by the Host of Air and Darkness, the Laundry’s existence has become public, and Bob is being trotted out on TV to answer pointed questions about elven asylum seekers. What neither Bob nor his managers have foreseen is that their organization has earned the attention of a horror far more terrifying than any demon: a British government looking for public services to privatize.

Inch by inch, Bob Howard and his managers are forced to consider the truly unthinkable: a coup against the British government itself.

Laundry Files
1. The Atrocity Archives
2. The Jennifer Morgue
3. The Fuller Memorandum
4. The Apocalypse Codex
5. The Rhesus Chart
6. The Annihilation Score
7. The Nightmare Stacks

At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

]]> 384 Charles Stross Maria 0 to-read 4.25 2017 The Delirium Brief (Laundry Files, #8)
author: Charles Stross
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average rating: 4.25
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]]> <![CDATA[The Nightmare Stacks (Laundry Files, #7)]]> 24997064 352 Charles Stross 0356505340 Maria 0 to-read 4.13 The Nightmare Stacks (Laundry Files, #7)
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]]> <![CDATA[The Annihilation Score (Laundry Files, #6)]]> 23154785 PLAYING WITH DANGER

Dr. Mo O'Brien is an intelligence agent at the top secret government agency known as 'the Laundry'. When occult powers threaten the realm, they'll be there to clean up the mess - and deal with the witnesses.

But the Laundry is recovering from a devastating attack and when average citizens all over the country start to develop supernatural powers, the police are called in to help. Mo is appointed as official police liaison, but in between dealing with police bureaucracy, superpowered members of the public and disgruntled politicians, Mo discovers to her horror that she can no longer rely on her marriage, nor on the weapon that has been at her side for eight years of undercover work, the possessed violin known as 'Lecter'.

Also, a mysterious figure known as Dr Freudstein has started sending threatening messages to the police, but who is he and what is he planning?]]> 352 Charles Stross 0356505316 Maria 0 to-read 3.81 2015 The Annihilation Score (Laundry Files, #6)
author: Charles Stross
name: Maria
average rating: 3.81
book published: 2015
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]]> Arabesk 2175578 896 Grimwood Jon Courtenay 0575081325 Maria 4 4.18 2007 Arabesk
author: Grimwood Jon Courtenay
name: Maria
average rating: 4.18
book published: 2007
rating: 4
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]]> Felaheen (Arabesk) 368870
Set in a 21st-century Ottoman Empire, Jon Courtenay Grimwood's acclaimed Arabesk series is a noir action-thriller with an exotic twist. Here an ex-cop with nothing to lose finds himself on the trail of a man he doesn't believe in: his father.

Ashraf Bey has been a lot of things--and most of them illegal. Now, having resigned as El Iskandryia's Chief of Detectives, he's taking stock of his life and there's not much: a mistress he's never made love to, a niece everyone thinks is mentally incompetent, and a credit card bill rising towards infinity. With a revolt breaking out across North Africa, the world seems to be racing Raf straight to hell. The last thing he needs is a father he's never known. But when the old Emir's security chief requests that Raf come out of retirement to investigate an assassination attempt on His Excellency, that's exactly what Raf gets. Now, disguised as an itinerant laborer, Raf goes underground to discover a man--and a past--he never knew . . . and won't survive again.]]> 384 Jon Courtenay Grimwood 0553383787 Maria 4 4.00 2003 Felaheen (Arabesk)
author: Jon Courtenay Grimwood
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average rating: 4.00
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]]> Effendi (Arabesk) 368858
It’s the twenty-first century and El Iskandryia—an alluring metropolis built on seduction, corruption, and lies—is the double-dealing heart of an Ottoman Empire that still rules the world. But these days a sense of dread hangs over El Isk—and over Ashraf Bey, the city’s new Chief of Detectives. A trial is set to take place, and it’s up to Raf to decide the case. There’s only one the suspect is the billionaire father of the woman Raf should have married.

Industrialist Hamzah Effendi is accused of crimes so horrible that even El Iskandryia wants him eliminated. But Raf finds that protecting the sensual and impetuous Zara Quitrimala from the secrets of her father’s past may be even more dangerous. For Raf must now solve a series of brutal murders that are somehow connected to the case—and to Zara. And the closer Raf gets to the truth, the more elusive the answers become—and the closer he comes to his own demise.�

Praise for the Arabesk series and  Effendi

� Raymond Chandler for the 21st century.� —Esquire

“All brilliant light and scorching heat . . . Grimwood has successfully mingled fantasy with reality to make an unusual, believable, and absorbing mystery." � Sunday Telegraph (London)

“If you’re not reading Jon Courtenay Grimwood, then you don’t know how subtle and daring fiction can be.� —Michael Marshall Smith, author of Spares and One of Us

“Fast, furious, fun and elegant, the Arabesk trilogy is one of the best things to hit the bookstores in a while.� � SFRevu]]> 432 Jon Courtenay Grimwood 0553587447 Maria 4 4.02 2002 Effendi (Arabesk)
author: Jon Courtenay Grimwood
name: Maria
average rating: 4.02
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]]> Pashazade (Arabesk, #1) 187176
It’s a twenty-first century hauntingly familiar—and yet startlingly different from our own. Here the United States brokered a deal that ended World War I, and the Ottoman Empire never collapsed. And lording it over all sits the complex, seductive, and bloodthirsty North African metropolis of El Iskandryia. Almost nothing is what it seems to be in El Isk, and Ashraf Bey is no exception.

Neither the rich Ottoman aristocrat everyone thinks he is, nor the minor street criminal once shipped off to prison when he fell foul of his Chinese Triad employers–the fact is that Raf has as little idea who he is as anyone else.

With few clues and no money, all Raf has is a surname hinting at noble heritage and an arranged marriage to a woman who hates him. But nothing Ashraf al Mansur learns about himself is as unexpected—or as terrifying—as the brutal murder he’s accused of committing. Now, as a hunted man with the welfare of a precocious young girl in his irresponsible hands, Raf must race after a killer through an unforgiving city as foreign to him as the truth he'll uncover about himself.]]> 384 Jon Courtenay Grimwood 0553587439 Maria 4 3.85 2001 Pashazade (Arabesk, #1)
author: Jon Courtenay Grimwood
name: Maria
average rating: 3.85
book published: 2001
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[Marley and Me: Life and Love With the World’s Worst Dog]]> 12691
Marley quickly grew into an uncontrollable ninety-seven-pound steamroller of a Labrador retriever. Expelled from obedience school, even the tranquillisers prescribed by the vet couldn't stop him.

Yet through the chaos and the hilarity, he won hearts and remained a steadfast model of devotion to his family, even when they were at their wits' end. Unconditional love, they would learn, comes in many forms.]]> 291 John Grogan 0739461192 Maria 0 to-read 4.14 2005 Marley and Me: Life and Love With the World’s Worst Dog
author: John Grogan
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average rating: 4.14
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]]> Silent Spring 27333
The book appeared in September 1962 and the outcry that followed its publication forced the banning of DDT and spurred revolutionary changes in the laws affecting our air, land, and water. Carson’s book was instrumental in launching the environmental movement.]]> 378 Rachel Carson 0618249060 Maria 0 to-read 4.04 1962 Silent Spring
author: Rachel Carson
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average rating: 4.04
book published: 1962
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]]> <![CDATA[Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!: Adventures of a Curious Character]]> 5544
In short, here is Feynman's life in all its eccentric glory—a combustible mixture of high intelligence, unlimited curiosity, and raging chutzpah.]]> 350 Richard P. Feynman 0393316041 Maria 5 4.27 1985 Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!: Adventures of a Curious Character
author: Richard P. Feynman
name: Maria
average rating: 4.27
book published: 1985
rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time]]> 4806 Longitude is the dramatic human story of an epic scientific quest. The "longitude problem" was the thorniest dilemma of the eighteenth century. Lacking the ability to measure longitude, sailors throughout the great ages of exploration had been literally lost at sea.

At the heart of Dava Sobel's fascinating brief history of astronomy, navigation and horology stands the figure of John Harrison, self-taught Yorkshire clockmaker, and his forty-year obsession with building the perfect timekeeper. Battling against the establishment, Harrison stood alone in pursuit of his solution and the £20,000 reward offered by Parliament.]]> 184 Dava Sobel 0802714625 Maria 0 to-read 3.97 1995 Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time
author: Dava Sobel
name: Maria
average rating: 3.97
book published: 1995
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]]> The Lives of Tao (Tao, #1) 18305899
Winner of the Alex Award for the American Library Association's 2014 Youth Media Awards

When out-of-shape IT technician Roen woke up and started hearing voices in his head, he naturally assumed he was losing it. He wasn’t. He now has a passenger in his brain � an ancient alien life-form called Tao, whose race crash-landed on Earth before the first fish crawled out of the oceans. Now split into two opposing factions � the peace-loving, but under-represented Prophus, and the savage, powerful Genjix � the aliens have been in a state of civil war for centuries. Both sides are searching for a way off-planet, and the Genjix will sacrifice the entire human race, if that’s what it takes. Meanwhile, Roen is having to train to be the ultimate secret agent. Like that’s going to end up well…]> 380 Wesley Chu 0857663283 Maria 0 to-read 3.80 2013 The Lives of Tao (Tao, #1)
author: Wesley Chu
name: Maria
average rating: 3.80
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]]> Firefall (Firefall, #1-2) 22838183 Blindsight and Echopraxia .

FIRST CONTACT: 13 FEBRUARY 2082.

The day sixty-five thousand objects burned briefly around Earth: an unexplained moment of surveillance by an alien intelligence. We called it Firefall.

Two months later, we sent the Theseus reconnaisance mission into deep space. Somewhere past Jupiter, we lost contact.

For the last twenty-five years we have waited for word. No further sightings of ""fireflies"" have been reported.

But all this is about to change. For a man hiding in the Oregon desert is about to play a key role in the next stage of human evolution. And first he must find the Theseus mission...]]> 720 Peter Watts 1784080462 Maria 0 to-read 3.98 2014 Firefall (Firefall, #1-2)
author: Peter Watts
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average rating: 3.98
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]]> Echopraxia (Firefall, #2) 18490708
It's the eve of the twenty-second century: a world where the dearly departed send postcards back from Heaven and evangelicals make scientific breakthroughs by speaking in tongues; where genetically engineered vampires solve problems intractable to baseline humans and soldiers come with zombie switches that shut off self-awareness during combat. And it’s all under surveillance by an alien presence that refuses to show itself.

Daniel Bruks is a living fossil: a field biologist in a world where biology has turned computational, a cat's-paw used by terrorists to kill thousands. Taking refuge in the Oregon desert, he’s turned his back on a humanity that shatters into strange new subspecies with every heartbeat. But he awakens one night to find himself at the center of a storm that will turn all of history inside-out.

Now he’s trapped on a ship bound for the center of the solar system. To his left is a grief-stricken soldier, obsessed by whispered messages from a dead son. To his right is a pilot who hasn’t yet found the man she's sworn to kill on sight. A vampire and its entourage of zombie bodyguards lurk in the shadows behind. And dead ahead, a handful of rapture-stricken monks takes them all to a meeting with something they will only call “The Angels of the Asteroids.�

Their pilgrimage brings Dan Bruks, the fossil man, face-to-face with the biggest evolutionary breakpoint since the origin of thought itself.]]> 384 Peter Watts 076532802X Maria 0 to-read 3.81 2014 Echopraxia (Firefall, #2)
author: Peter Watts
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average rating: 3.81
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]]> <![CDATA[Ninth City Burning (War of the Realms, #1)]]> 27417551 Centuries of war with aliens threaten the future of human civilization on earth in this gripping, epic science fiction debut...

We never saw them coming.

Entire cities disappeared in the blink of an eye, leaving nothing but dust and rubble. When an alien race came to make Earth theirs, they brought with them a weapon we had no way to fight, a universe-altering force known as thelemity. It seemed nothing could stop it—until we discovered we could wield the power too.

Five hundred years later, the Earth is locked in a grinding war of attrition. The talented few capable of bending thelemity to their will are trained in elite military academies, destined for the front lines. Those who refused to support the war have been exiled to the wilds of a ruined Earth.

But the enemy's tactics are changing, and Earth's defenders are about to discover this centuries-old war has only just begun. As a terrible new onslaught looms, heroes will rise from unlikely quarters, and fight back.

]]> 482 J. Patrick Black 1101991445 Maria 0 to-read 3.58 2016 Ninth City Burning (War of the Realms, #1)
author: J. Patrick Black
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average rating: 3.58
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]]> Revenger (Revenger #1) 28962452
And there are vast fortunes to be made, if you know where to find them.

Captain Rackamore and his crew do. It's their business to find the tiny, enigmatic worlds which have been hidden away, booby-trapped, surrounded by layers of protection—and to crack them open for the ancient relics and barely-remembered technologies inside. But while they ply their risky trade with integrity, not everyone is so scrupulous.

Adrana and Fura Ness are the newest members of Rackamore's crew, signed on to save their family from bankruptcy. Only Rackamore has enemies, and there might be more waiting for them in space than adventure and fortune: the fabled and feared Bosa Sennen in particular.

Revenger is a science fiction adventure story set in the rubble of our solar system in the dark, distant future—a tale of space pirates, buried treasure, and phantom weapons, of unspeakable hazards and single-minded heroism and of vengeance...]]> 425 Alastair Reynolds 0575090537 Maria 0 to-read 3.74 2016 Revenger (Revenger #1)
author: Alastair Reynolds
name: Maria
average rating: 3.74
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]]> Rat Queens, Vol. 3: Demons 28762820
Collects RAT QUEENS #11-15, RAT QUEENS SPECIAL: BRAGA #1, plus extras!]]> 160 Kurtis J. Wiebe 1632157357 Maria 0 to-read 3.87 2016 Rat Queens, Vol. 3: Demons
author: Kurtis J. Wiebe
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average rating: 3.87
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]]> <![CDATA[Rat Queens, Vol. 2: The Far Reaching Tentacles of N'rygoth]]> 23012877
Collects RAT QUEENS #6-10]]> 128 Kurtis J. Wiebe 1632150409 Maria 0 to-read 4.13 2015 Rat Queens, Vol. 2: The Far Reaching Tentacles of N'rygoth
author: Kurtis J. Wiebe
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average rating: 4.13
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]]> <![CDATA[Rat Queens, Vol. 1: Sass & Sorcery]]> 20299683
They're a pack of booze-guzzling, death-dealing battle maidens-for-hire and they're in the business of killing all the god's creatures for profit. Meet Hannah the Rockabilly Elven Mage, Violet the Hipster Dwarven Fighter, Dee the Atheist Human Cleric and Betty the Hippy Smidgen Thief.

This modern spin on an old school genre is a violent, monster-killing epic that is like Buffy meets Tank Girl in a Lord of the Rings world on crack!

Collecting Rat Queens #1-5!]]> 128 Kurtis J. Wiebe 1607069458 Maria 0 to-read 4.07 2014 Rat Queens, Vol. 1: Sass & Sorcery
author: Kurtis J. Wiebe
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average rating: 4.07
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]]> <![CDATA[The Wicked + The Divine Deluxe Edition: Year One]]> 28533221
Revel in the opulence of this over-sized hardback! Revel in it!

Collects issues 1 through 11.]]> 400 Kieron Gillen 1632157284 Maria 0 to-read 4.14 2016 The Wicked + The Divine Deluxe Edition: Year One
author: Kieron Gillen
name: Maria
average rating: 4.14
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]]> <![CDATA[The Wicked + The Divine, Vol. 4: Rising Action]]> 30419639 The fourth volume of the award-winning, best selling series from acclaimed creators KIERON GILLEN, JAMIE McKELVIE and MATT WILSON is the most explosive yet.

Collects THE WICKED + THE DIVINE #18-22]]> 168 Kieron Gillen 1632159139 Maria 0 to-read 4.18 2016 The Wicked + The Divine, Vol. 4: Rising Action
author: Kieron Gillen
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]]> <![CDATA[The Wicked + The Divine, Vol. 3: Commercial Suicide]]> 25853351
Team WicDiv are joined by a stellar cast of guest artists to put the spotlight on each of the gods. The multiple Eisner Award nominated series continues in the only way it knows how: darker, weirder, faster. Don't worry. It's going to be okay.

Collects THE WICKED + THE DIVINE #12-17]]> 200 Kieron Gillen 1632156318 Maria 0 to-read 3.70 2016 The Wicked + The Divine, Vol. 3: Commercial Suicide
author: Kieron Gillen
name: Maria
average rating: 3.70
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]]> <![CDATA[The Wicked + The Divine, Vol. 2: Fandemonium]]> 24666002 200 Kieron Gillen 1632153270 Maria 0 to-read 4.11 2015 The Wicked + The Divine, Vol. 2: Fandemonium
author: Kieron Gillen
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average rating: 4.11
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]]> <![CDATA[The Wicked + The Divine, Vol. 1: The Faust Act]]> 23093359 176 Kieron Gillen 1632150190 Maria 0 to-read 3.81 2014 The Wicked + The Divine, Vol. 1: The Faust Act
author: Kieron Gillen
name: Maria
average rating: 3.81
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]]> <![CDATA[Survival Game (The Apocalypse #2)]]> 28240554 One civilization lies in ruins, but will they be next?

Katya is a scientist, working on a top secret project for the Russian Empire. She's also desperate. Due to her classified knowledge of alternative worlds, she's being blackmailed into working as a spy - and her father's life is at stake. But Katya's assignment seems impossible.

She must hunt down a mysterious artifact that could give the dying Tzar his dearest wish - new life. But it's hidden on an alternate Earth, on an American controlled island. She'll have to go deep undercover to gain access to this prize. And Borodin, the Tzar's ruthless spymaster, has his own reasons for needing the object.

However, ambition blinds these men to the facts. The artifact will call down terror from the depths of space. If they use it, the Russian Empire, the Americans' beleaguered territories and all linked versions of earth face extinction. Katya discovers the truth with Jerry, an American survivalist based on the island. Together they must stop the artifact being activated, at any costs. Two civilizations depend upon it.]]> 400 Gary Gibson 0230772773 Maria 0 to-read 3.91 2016 Survival Game (The Apocalypse #2)
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]]> <![CDATA[Extinction Game (The Apocalypse #1)]]> 22737649
Jerry Beche should be dead. Instead, he's rescued from a desolate Earth where he was the last man alive. He's then trained for the toughest conditions imaginable and placed with a crack team of specialists. Every one of them is a survivor, as each withstood the violent ending of their own alternate Earth. And their new specialism? To retrieve weapons and data in missions to other apocalyptic worlds.
But what is 'the Authority', the shadowy organization that rescued Beche and his fellow survivors? How does it access other timelines? And why does it need these instruments of death?

As Jerry struggles to obey his new masters, he begins to distrust his new companions. A strange bunch, their motivations are less than clear, and accidents start plaguing their missions. Jerry suspects the Authority is feeding them lies, and team members are spying on him. As a dangerous situation spirals into catastrophe, is there anybody he can trust?]]> 341 Gary Gibson 0230772706 Maria 0 to-read 3.68 2014 Extinction Game (The Apocalypse #1)
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]]> <![CDATA[Haven of Lost Souls (Hawk & Fisher, #1-3)]]> 498509 Simon R. Green 1857989007 Maria 5 3.96 1999 Haven of Lost Souls (Hawk & Fisher, #1-3)
author: Simon R. Green
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average rating: 3.96
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rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[Fear and Loathing in Haven (Hawk & Fisher, #4-6)]]> 376632 Guards of Haven collects books #4 through #6 of New York Times bestselling author Simon R. Green's beloved Hawk & Fisher series. Wolf in the Fold: In a risky undercover case, Hawk and Fisher have only twenty-four hours at a high society funeral to catch a shapeshifting spy with a dangerous secret who hides among one of Haven's wealthiest families. Guard Against Dishonor: When the influx of a deadly new drug threatens Haven, Hawk and Fisher must track down and crush the source, pitting them against Haven's most powerful politicians, its sleaziest criminals, and . . . each other. The Bones of Haven: Amid tense political negotiations in Haven, Hawk and Fisher join forces with the Special Wizardry and Tactics team to stop a ruthless terrorist who is determined to drag the country into a brutal war.]]> Simon R. Green 1857989392 Maria 5 4.16 1999 Fear and Loathing in Haven (Hawk & Fisher, #4-6)
author: Simon R. Green
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average rating: 4.16
book published: 1999
rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[Catching Fire (The Hunger Games, #2)]]> 12510082 MAY THE ODDS BE EVER IN YOUR FAVOUR

Katniss Everdeen survived the hunger games. Now the Capitol wants revenge.


Against all odds, Katniss Everdeen and Peeta Mellark are still alive. Katniss should be relieved, but now there are whispers of a rebellion against the Capitol -- a rebellion that Katniss and Peeta may have helped create.

As the nation watches Katniss and Peeta, the stakes are higher than ever. One false move and the consequences will be unimaginable.



Cover image by Tim O'Brien]]> 472 Suzanne Collins Maria 4 4.38 2009 Catching Fire (The Hunger Games, #2)
author: Suzanne Collins
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average rating: 4.38
book published: 2009
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[Rendezvous with Rama (Rama, #1)]]> 112538 Alternative cover edition exists here.

The enigmatic object christened Rama was detected while still outside the orbit of Jupiter, and a first radar contact at such a distance was unprecedented, indicating that Rama was of exceptional size. As it raced through the Solar System, it became apparent that Rama was a cylinder so geometrically perfect that it might have been turned on a gigantic lathe. Mankind was about to receive its first vistor from the stars.

There are perpetual surprises, constant evocation of the sense of wonder, and occasions of the most breathless suspence - New York Times

Quite masterly - The Times

One of the best novels Clarke has written... packed with suspense and mystery - Sunday Times

Cover illustration: Steve Stone]]> 253 Arthur C. Clarke Maria 0 4.01 1973 Rendezvous with Rama (Rama, #1)
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]]> Childhood's End 1262932 When the silent spacecraft arrived and took the light from the world, no one knew what to expect. But, although the Overlords kept themselves hidden from man, they had come to unite a warring world and to offer an end to poverty and crime. When they finally showed themselves it was a shock, but one that humankind could now cope with, and an era of peace, prosperity and endless leisure began. But the children of this utopia dream strange dreams of distant suns and alien planets, and begin to evolve into something incomprehensible to their parents, and soon they will be ready to join the Overmind . . . and, in a grand and thrilling metaphysical climax, leave the Earth behind.]]> 244 Arthur C. Clarke 0575082356 Maria 0 4.05 1953 Childhood's End
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]]> Devil in the Gateway 1106590 160 Mike Carey 1840232994 Maria 0 3.98 2001 Devil in the Gateway
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]]> <![CDATA[Half Bad (Half Bad Trilogy, #1)]]> 18621194 416 Sally Green 0141350865 Maria 0 3.74 2014 Half Bad (Half Bad Trilogy, #1)
author: Sally Green
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]]> <![CDATA[Deadpool: Secret Invasion (Deadpool, #1)]]> 5476712 120 Daniel Way 0785132732 Maria 0 3.94 2009 Deadpool: Secret Invasion (Deadpool, #1)
author: Daniel Way
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average rating: 3.94
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]]> Children and Monsters 279787 Mike Carey 1840233915 Maria 0 4.16 2001 Children and Monsters
author: Mike Carey
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]]> <![CDATA[Lucifer, Vol. 3: A Dalliance With the Damned]]> 437094
This volume contains:
Lucifer #14�20]]> 160 Mike Carey 1563898926 Maria 0 4.23 2002 Lucifer, Vol. 3: A Dalliance With the Damned
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]]> <![CDATA[The Lost Herondale (Tales from the Shadowhunter Academy, #2)]]> 23380998 98 Cassandra Clare 1406362867 Maria 0 4.11 2015 The Lost Herondale (Tales from the Shadowhunter Academy, #2)
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]]> <![CDATA[Welcome to Shadowhunter Academy (Tales from the Shadowhunter Academy, #1)]]> 22428828 78 Cassandra Clare 1481443143 Maria 0 4.09 2015 Welcome to Shadowhunter Academy (Tales from the Shadowhunter Academy, #1)
author: Cassandra Clare
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]]> <![CDATA[Severed Souls (Richard and Kahlan, #3)]]> 25201840
Meanwhile, far from home, Richard Rahl and Kahlan Amnell must defend themselves and their followers from a series of terrifying threats, despite a magical sickness that depletes their strength and which, if not cured, will take their lives…sooner rather than later.]]> 558 Terry Goodkind 0007510896 Maria 3 4.19 2014 Severed Souls (Richard and Kahlan, #3)
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rating: 3
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]]> <![CDATA[The Shepherd's Crown (Discworld, #41; Tiffany Aching #5)]]> 25324129
Deep in the Chalk, something is stirring. The owls and the foxes can sense it, and Tiffany Aching feels it in her boots. An old enemy is gathering strength.

This is a time of endings and beginnings, old friends and new, a blurring of edges and a shifting of power. Now Tiffany stands between the light and the dark, the good and the bad.

As the fairy horde prepares for invasion, Tiffany must summon all the witches to stand with her. To protect the land. Her land.

There will be a reckoning...]]> 344 Terry Pratchett 0857534815 Maria 5 4.38 2015 The Shepherd's Crown (Discworld, #41; Tiffany Aching #5)
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]]> <![CDATA[Johannes Cabal the Necromancer (Johannes Cabal, #1)]]> 7858291 337 Jonathan L. Howard 0755347854 Maria 0 currently-reading 3.66 2009 Johannes Cabal the Necromancer (Johannes Cabal, #1)
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]]> <![CDATA[The Star-Touched Queen (The Star-Touched Queen, #1)]]> 25203675 Fate and fortune. Power and passion. What does it take to be the queen of a kingdom when you’re only seventeen?

Maya is cursed. With a horoscope that promises a marriage of death and destruction, she has earned only the scorn and fear of her father’s kingdom. Content to follow more scholarly pursuits, her whole world is torn apart when her father, the Raja, arranges a wedding of political convenience to quell outside rebellions. Soon Maya becomes the queen of Akaran and wife of Amar. Neither roles are what she expected: As Akaran’s queen, she finds her voice and power. As Amar’s wife, she finds something else entirely: Compassion. Protection. Desire�

But Akaran has its own secrets—thousands of locked doors, gardens of glass, and a tree that bears memories instead of fruit. Soon, Maya suspects her life is in danger. Yet who, besides her husband, can she trust? With the fate of the human and Otherworldly realms hanging in the balance, Maya must unravel an ancient mystery that spans reincarnated lives to save those she loves the most…including herself.

Listening Length: 9 hours and 22 minutes]]> 342 Roshani Chokshi 1250085470 Maria 0 to-read 3.57 2016 The Star-Touched Queen (The Star-Touched Queen, #1)
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]]> <![CDATA[Last Defense (Lorien Legacies: The Lost Files #14)]]> 25742694
When the Garde split up, heading off to New York City and Mexico, Malcolm decided to stay behind in Ashwood Estates, the Mog’s formerly hidden base located near Washington DC. He wanted to search the facility for anything that might help John Smith and the others stop the alien invasion. But once the spaceships descended, that plan went up in smoke.

Before he gets a chance to come up with a plan B, armed soldiers storm the base. As one of the few humans who knows anything about Loric and their war with the Mogadorians, Malcolm is an invaluable asset—and they’ve been tasked with safely escorting him to the president’s secret bunker. With Mogs hot on their trail, though, it’ll be easier said than done. Luckily, Malcolm has some backup in the form of a Chimæra. But even if he makes it to his destination, will Malcolm be able to help what’s left of the government find a way to defeat the Mogs? Or will he be too late?]]> 0 Pittacus Lore 0062387693 Maria 0 to-read 4.05 2016 Last Defense (Lorien Legacies: The Lost Files #14)
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]]> Cranberry Blood (Blood, #1) 22317951 Tracking someone? Simple.
Helping, and protecting a Vampire slayer . . . . Bloody hard work!


Thirteen years ago, Brendan Daniels made a deal with a psychic. In exchange for information on the whereabouts of a Rogue Werewolf, he promised to help and protect Sofia's granddaughter. Unfortunately, he had no idea what he was letting himself, or his Pack, in for.


Nothing about Heather is simple, from her weird dietary needs to her life’s mission. The girl can handle herself, but the promise to protect her soon becomes a need, and one he can't fully understand.


Vampire Slayer.
Born Infected.
Addicted to blood . . . but not by choice.


Heather Ryan is the current Slayer in a long family line. Like all before her, she has spent her life searching for her ancestor, Marko Pavel, the Vampire her family has sworn to kill. If that isn't complicated enough, she is also a born "Infected", and to keep her from becoming insane or giving in to her darker side, she is on a very strict diet.


Now that her Grandmother Sofia has passed, it is up to Heather to take the family legacy into her own hands. Or at least, it would have been...if her Grandmother hadn't sent a Werewolf to help her.


What is the irritating Brendan supposed to help her with? Sofia never told either of them. Luckily, it doesn't take long for Heather and Brendan to find out that the Vampires have big plans, and that the Leeches have waited a long time for them both.


This title contains explicit language, violence, and some scenes of a sexual nature.]]> 320 Elizabeth Morgan 1310371903 Maria 0 to-read 4.23 2012 Cranberry Blood (Blood, #1)
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]]> <![CDATA[The Thrilling Adventures of Lovelace and Babbage]]> 22822839 THE THRILLING ADVENTURES OF LOVELACE AND BABBAGE . . . in which Sydney Padua transforms one of the most compelling scientific collaborations into a hilarious series of adventures.

Meet Victorian London’s most dynamic duo: Charles Babbage, the unrealized inventor of the computer, and his accomplice, Ada, Countess of Lovelace, the peculiar protoprogrammer and daughter of Lord Byron. When Lovelace translated a description of Babbage’s plans for an enormous mechanical calculating machine in 1842, she added annotations three times longer than the original work. Her footnotes contained the first appearance of the general computing theory, a hundred years before an actual computer was built. Sadly, Lovelace died of cancer a decade after publishing the paper, and Babbage never built any of his machines.

But do not despair! The Thrilling Adventures of Lovelace and Babbage presents a rollicking alternate reality in which Lovelace and Babbage do build the Difference Engine and then use it to build runaway economic models, battle the scourge of spelling errors, explore the wilder realms of mathematics, and, of course, fight crime—for the sake of both London and science. Complete with extensive footnotes that rival those penned by Lovelace herself, historical curiosities, and never-before-seen diagrams of Babbage’s mechanical, steam-powered computer, The Thrilling Adventures of Lovelace and Babbage is wonderfully whimsical, utterly unusual, and, above all, entirely irresistible.

(With black-and-white illustrations throughout.) ]]> 317 Sydney Padua Maria 0 to-read 4.02 2015 The Thrilling Adventures of Lovelace and Babbage
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]]> <![CDATA[Superposition (Superposition, #1)]]> 22551892
As the details of the crime slowly come to light, the weave of reality becomes ever more tangled, twisted by a miraculous new technology and a quantum creature unconstrained by the normal limits of space and matter. With the help of his daughter, Alessandra, Jacob must find the true murderer before the creature destroys his family and everything he loves. 


From the Trade Paperback edition.]]> 303 David Walton 1633880125 Maria 0 to-read 3.60 2015 Superposition (Superposition, #1)
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]]> <![CDATA[Pax Imperia (The Redemption Trilogy, #3)]]> 18627307
“For only he who has experienced ultimate happiness, can completely understand the deepest depths of absolute despair.�

Jon has always trusted those closest to him implicitly. It has long been his greatest strength, but one that his enemies have come to realise is also his ultimate weakness. For it is always those closest to you whose betrayal cuts the deepest.

In a horrific, pre-emptive strike at the very heart of the Imperium, the Senate is completely wiped out. In the aftermath of the attack, surrounded by the cries of the dead and dying, destiny once again reaches out its long arm, forcing Jon down a path he has long resisted. For, ever since the day he first set eyes upon Sofia, Jon has been destined to stand above all others.

As the last Emperor of the Imperium.

Jon has already fought through the very depths of hell itself and out the other side to save the ones he loves. Now, to save his family, he will gladly lay siege to the heavens themselves, for they tremble at his approach. As Jon not only commands the living, but also the dead, and they all want revenge against those who have taken everything from them.

Even if the rest of the Imperium must burn first.

The terrifying finale of the Redemption Trilogy. A Science Fiction adventure/romance, which tries to answer the question: “Can you ever find redemption for the mistakes of your past?”]]> 477 Mike Smith Maria 5 4.06 2014 Pax Imperia (The Redemption Trilogy, #3)
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]]> <![CDATA[Shadow Study (Soulfinders, #1; Study, #4)]]> 16130758 Librarian's Note: This is an alternate-cover edition for ISBN 9780778317401

Once, only her own life hung in the balance�

When Yelena was a poison taster, her life was simpler. She survived to become a vital part of the balance of power between rival countries Ixia and Sitia.

Now she uses her magic to keep the peace in both lands—and protect her relationship with Valek.
Suddenly, though, dissent is rising. And Valek’s job—and his life—are in danger.
As Yelena tries to uncover her enemies, she faces a new challenge: her magic is blocked.And now she must find a way to keep not only herself but all that she holds dear alive.

A CHRONICLES OF IXIA NOVEL]]> 384 Maria V. Snyder Maria 0 to-read 4.05 2015 Shadow Study (Soulfinders, #1; Study, #4)
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]]> <![CDATA[Trigger Warning: Short Fictions and Disturbances]]> 22500611 New York Times bestselling author Neil Gaiman returns to dazzle, captivate, haunt, and entertain with this third collection of short fiction following Smoke and Mirrors and Fragile Things--which includes a never-before published American Gods story, "Black Dog," written exclusively for this volume.

In this new anthology, Neil Gaiman pierces the veil of reality to reveal the enigmatic, shadowy world that lies beneath. Trigger Warning includes previously published pieces of short fiction--stories, verse, and a very special Doctor Who story that was written for the fiftieth anniversary of the beloved series in 2013--as well "Black Dog," a new tale that revisits the world of American Gods, exclusive to this collection.

Trigger Warning explores the masks we all wear and the people we are beneath them to reveal our vulnerabilities and our truest selves. Here is a rich cornucopia of horror and ghosts stories, science fiction and fairy tales, fabulism and poetry that explore the realm of experience and emotion. In "Adventure Story"--a thematic companion to The Ocean at the End of the Lane--Gaiman ponders death and the way people take their stories with them when they die. His social media experience "A Calendar of Tales" are short takes inspired by replies to fan tweets about the months of the year--stories of pirates and the March winds, an igloo made of books, and a Mother's Day card that portends disturbances in the universe. Gaiman offers his own ingenious spin on Sherlock Holmes in his award-nominated mystery tale "The Case of Death and Honey". And "Click-Clack the Rattlebag" explains the creaks and clatter we hear when we're all alone in the darkness.

A sophisticated writer whose creative genius is unparalleled, Gaiman entrances with his literary alchemy, transporting us deep into the realm of imagination, where the fantastical becomes real and the everyday incandescent. Full of wonder and terror, surprises and amusements, Trigger Warning is a treasury of delights that engage the mind, stir the heart, and shake the soul from one of the most unique and popular literary artists of our day.]]> 368 Neil Gaiman 0062330292 Maria 0 to-read 4.00 2015 Trigger Warning: Short Fictions and Disturbances
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]]> <![CDATA[City of Heavenly Fire (The Mortal Instruments, #6)]]> 8755785
Sebastian Morgenstern is on the move, systematically turning Shadowhunter against Shadowhunter. Bearing the Infernal Cup, he transforms Shadowhunters into creatures out of nightmare, tearing apart families and lovers as the ranks of his Endarkened army swell.

The embattled Shadowhunters withdraw to Idris - but not even the famed demon towers of Alicante can keep Sebastian at bay. And with the Nephilim trapped in Idris, who will guard the world against demons?

When one of the greatest betrayals the Nephilim have ever known is revealed, Clary, Jace, Isabelle, Simon, and Alec must flee - even if their journey takes them deep into the demon realms, where no Shadowhunter has set foot before, and from which no human being has ever returned...

Love will be sacrificed and lives lost in the terrible battle for the fate of the word in the thrilling final installment of the classic urban fantasy series The Mortal Instruments!]]> 725 Cassandra Clare 1481426303 Maria 4 4.38 2014 City of Heavenly Fire (The Mortal Instruments, #6)
author: Cassandra Clare
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]]> Angelfire (Dark Angel, #1) 18631251 Librarian Note: This is an alternate cover edition of ASIN # B00ABWN11C.

An adventurous fantasy of epic proportions�

An army of angels walks among us. They have kept us safe and ignorant � so far. Earthbound for centuries and ruled by the Elders, they have established hidden cities, a society and the Code: obey your Elders, kill all demons, eliminate Rogue-angels, protect the mortals, remain hidden. Their warriors are the ungifted Earthborn angels armed with blades and the “borrowed magics� of distilled angel-blood tattoos.

Alyxandria is a young warrior with a fondness for customized knives and illegal night-races. She trains harder than any other to prove she is nothing like her parents who abandoned her to become Rogues. Now that Alyx has begun to have visions, everything in her world is about to change. Lies will be uncovered � from death of the Archangel Raphael two thousand years ago to the truth about her parents. She will be betrayed. And she will be forced to risk everything for a mortal she barely knows.

A dark plan, a keye to unlock Hell, the lost pieces of an Amulet that controls Lucifer and his army� Join Alyx through the Dark Angel saga as she battles to stop Evil from fulfilling a prophecy that warns of the greatest war this Earth will ever know.

It begins in Angelfire...]]> 318 Hanna Peach Maria 0 to-read 3.61 2012 Angelfire (Dark Angel, #1)
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]]> <![CDATA[Afterlife (Fall of Angels, #4)]]> 13027627
Cole Emerson never was and never will be a good man. He has his position for a reason. But there are consequences for returning to the world of the living. He is about to lose the one thing he still has, his leadership of the condemned. As if that wasn't punishment enough, one of his brothers is hell bent on exposing what has happened to Jessica and Cole has no choice but to protect her. And he’ll stop at nothing to do it. Even if it means ending a few lives.

Cole never was and never will be a good man.]]> 45 Keary Taylor Maria 0 to-read 4.05 2011 Afterlife (Fall of Angels, #4)
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]]> <![CDATA[Vindicated (Fall of Angels, #3)]]> 10755443
And every day becomes a little harder for Alex. Time is ticking and if it runs out, Alex won’t be returning to the world of the living. It all boils down to Cole’s final words to Jessica: What are you willing to do to save him?

The answer to keeping Alex lies in Jessica returning to the place he saved her from.]]> 382 Keary Taylor 1467909475 Maria 4 4.18 2011 Vindicated (Fall of Angels, #3)
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]]> Forsaken (Fall of Angels, #2) 9635319
Alex isn’t the only one who has changed though. Something is different about Jessica but she doesn’t understand what’s happened. She just knows something’s wrong, that she feels different than she used to, on a skin deep level. And it may keep her and Alex apart. Forever.

But while Alex and Jessica struggle to stay together, Cole’s not about to be forgotten. There are a few things he didn’t tell Jessica, about his past and her future. There are reasons why he came after her, reasons that are tied to his history that is darker than she could have ever realized.]]> 195 Keary Taylor Maria 4 4.05 2010 Forsaken (Fall of Angels, #2)
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]]> Branded (Fall of Angels, #1) 7862725 Alternate editions for this ISBN can be found here (ebook), here (pbk) and here (ebook)

Jessica's had the nightmares for as long as she can remember. Nightmares of being judged for people who have died, of being branded by the angels. Her friends and family think she's a crazy because of it all. Yet she carries the mark of the condemned, seared into the back of her neck, and hides it and herself away from the world.

But when two men she can't ignore enter her life everything changes, including the nightmares. The two of them couldn't be more different. She will do anything to be with one of them. Even tell him the truth about angels, why she never sleeps, and the scar on the back of her neck. But one of the two has set events into motion what will pull her toward her own judgment and turn her into the object of her greatest fear.]]> 374 Keary Taylor 1450572375 Maria 0 3.70 2010 Branded (Fall of Angels, #1)
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]]> Scent of Magic (Healer, #2) 12027429 Hunted, Killed—Survived?

As the last Healer in the Fifteen Realms, Avry of Kazan is in a unique position: in the minds of her friends and foes alike, she no longer exists. Despite her need to prevent the megalomanical King Tohon from winning control of the Realms, Avry is also determined to find her sister and repair their estrangement. And she must do it alone, as Kerrick, her partner and sole confident, returns to Alga to summon his country into battle.

Though she should be in hiding, Avry will do whatever she can to support Tohon’s opponents. Including infiltrating a holy army, evading magic sniffers, teaching forest skills to soldiers and figuring out how to stop Tohon’s most horrible creations yet; an army of the walking dead—human and animal alike and nearly impossible to defeat.

War is coming and Avry is alone. Unless she figures out how to do the impossible ... again.]]> 414 Maria V. Snyder 0778314189 Maria 4 4.11 2012 Scent of Magic (Healer, #2)
author: Maria V. Snyder
name: Maria
average rating: 4.11
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rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[Taste of Darkness (Healer, #3)]]> 13617556
Avry knows hardship and trouble. She fought the plague and survived. She took on King Tohon and defeated him. But now her heart-mate, Kerrick, is missing, and Avry fears he's gone forever.

But there's a more immediate threat: The Skeleton King plots to claim the Fifteen Realms for his own. With armies in disarray and the dead not staying down, Avry's healing powers are needed now more than ever.

Torn between love and loyalty, Avry must choose her path carefully. For the future of her world depends on her decision.]]> 400 Maria V. Snyder 1460323726 Maria 5 4.06 2013 Taste of Darkness (Healer, #3)
author: Maria V. Snyder
name: Maria
average rating: 4.06
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rating: 5
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Nice conclusion to the series.
]]> <![CDATA[Star Trek: The Next Generation/Doctor Who: Assimilation², Volume 2]]> 16206036 104 Scott Tipton 1613775512 Maria 4 3.81 2012 Star Trek: The Next Generation/Doctor Who: Assimilation², Volume 2
author: Scott Tipton
name: Maria
average rating: 3.81
book published: 2012
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[Star Trek: The Next Generation/Doctor Who: Assimilation², Volume 1]]> 16055973
The first collection of the Assimilation 2 comics, including #1-4]]> 104 Scott Tipton 1613774036 Maria 4 3.84 2012 Star Trek: The Next Generation/Doctor Who: Assimilation², Volume 1
author: Scott Tipton
name: Maria
average rating: 3.84
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rating: 4
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]]> Doctor Who: The Forgotten 4673422 144 Tony Lee 1600103960 Maria 5 4.02 2008 Doctor Who: The Forgotten
author: Tony Lee
name: Maria
average rating: 4.02
book published: 2008
rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[The Sunfire (The Redemption Trilogy, #2)]]> 17917709
"For whoever has lived unjustly and impiously goes to the dungeon of requital and penance which, you know, they call Tartarus." - Plato

After making a shocking discovery that reveals the truth about a long-held misconception, the crew launch a desperate rescue mission to Tartarus. The only way to reach there, aboard The Sunfire, which was once the Confederation Navy's newest, most powerful heavy cruiser, but is now nothing more than a ghost ship, adrift amongst the stars.

Meanwhile the last Imperial Princess, Sofia Aurelius, is questioning her own decision to focus on the Senate and turn her back on her family--and Jon. Embarking on a quest to discover the truth about the present--she instead finds the past has finally caught up with her.

Failure will mean certainly death for them both, but the price of success could be far worse, almost certainly plunging the galaxy into civil war, the last of which, five-hundred years ago, cost tens of millions of lives.

The sequel to the 2012 bestseller "The Last Praetorian" a Science Fiction adventure/romance, which tries to answer the question: "Can you ever find redemption for the mistakes of your past?"]]> 405 Mike Smith Maria 5 3.98 2013 The Sunfire (The Redemption Trilogy, #2)
author: Mike Smith
name: Maria
average rating: 3.98
book published: 2013
rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[Consider Phlebas (Culture, #1)]]> 8935689
Within the cosmic conflict, an individual crusade. Deep within a fabled labyrinth on a barren world, a Planet of the Dead proscribed to mortals, lay a fugitive Mind. Both the Culture and the Idirans sought it. It was the fate of Horza, the Changer, and his motley crew of unpredictable mercenaries, human and machine, actually to find it, and with it their own destruction.]]> 467 Iain M. Banks 1857231384 Maria 4 3.86 1987 Consider Phlebas (Culture, #1)
author: Iain M. Banks
name: Maria
average rating: 3.86
book published: 1987
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[Overtime (Laundry Files, #3.5)]]> 8420932 30 Charles Stross Maria 4 3.92 2009 Overtime (Laundry Files, #3.5)
author: Charles Stross
name: Maria
average rating: 3.92
book published: 2009
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[The Third Kingdom (Sword of Truth, #13; Richard and Kahlan, #2)]]> 17317908
The Richard and Kahlan series, beginning with The Omen Machine (which is also the 12th and final book of the Sword of Truth series) is a NEW series separate from Sword of Truth.

The bloodthirsty Jit is dead, and against all odds Richard and Kahlan have survived. But a new menace has attacked them in the Dark Lands. Infected with the essence of death itself, robbed of his power as a war wizard, Richard must race against time to uncover and stop the infernal conspiracy assembling itself behind the wall far to the north. His friends and allies are already captives of this fell combination, and Kahlan, also touched by death's power, will die completely if
Richard fails.

Bereft of magic, Richard has only his sword, his wits, his capacity for insight � and an extraordinary companion, the young Samantha, a healer just coming into her powers.

Compelling, fast-moving, and intense, The Third Kingdom is a powerful tale that welcomes new readers to Terry Goodkind's world, while opening up new vistas of worldbuilding for longtime readers of the adventures of Richard Rahl and Kahlan Amnell.]]> 527 Terry Goodkind 0007303718 Maria 4 3.80 2012 The Third Kingdom (Sword of Truth, #13; Richard and Kahlan, #2)
author: Terry Goodkind
name: Maria
average rating: 3.80
book published: 2012
rating: 4
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]]> Sumerian Mythology 398064 130 Samuel Noah Kramer 0812210476 Maria 4 3.91 1944 Sumerian Mythology
author: Samuel Noah Kramer
name: Maria
average rating: 3.91
book published: 1944
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[Islam: A Short History (Modern Library Chronicles)]]> 27306
Islam: A Short History begins with the flight of Muhammad and his family from Medina in the seventh century and the subsequent founding of the first mosques. It recounts the origins of the split between Shii and Sunni Muslims, and the emergence of Sufi mysticism; the spread of Islam throughout North Africa, the Levant, and Asia; the shattering effect on the Muslim world of the Crusades; the flowering of imperial Islam in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries into the world's greatest and most sophisticated power; and the origins and impact of revolutionary Islam. It concludes with an assessment of Islam today and its challenges.

With this brilliant book, Karen Armstrong issues a forceful challenge to those who hold the view that the West and Islam are civilizations set on a collision course. It is also a model of authority, elegance, and economy.]]> 230 Karen Armstrong 081296618X Maria 0 to-read 4.07 2000 Islam: A Short History (Modern Library Chronicles)
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]]> <![CDATA[A History of God: The 4000-Year Quest of Judaism, Christianity and Islam]]> 3873 496 Karen Armstrong 0517223120 Maria 0 to-read 3.89 1993 A History of God: The 4000-Year Quest of Judaism, Christianity and Islam
author: Karen Armstrong
name: Maria
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]]> The Gospel of Loki (Loki, #1) 18665033 Chocolat, Joanne Harris.

The novel is a brilliant first-person narrative of the rise and fall of the Norse gods - retold from the point of view of the world's ultimate trickster, Loki. It tells the story of Loki's recruitment from the underworld of Chaos, his many exploits on behalf of his one-eyed master, Odin, through to his eventual betrayal of the gods and the fall of Asgard itself. Using her life-long passion for the Norse myths, Joanne Harris has created a vibrant and powerful fantasy novel.

Loki, that’s me.

Loki, the Light-Bringer, the misunderstood, the elusive, the handsome and modest hero of this particular tissue of lies. Take it with a pinch of salt, but it’s at least as true as the official version, and, dare I say it, more entertaining.

So far, history, such as it is, has cast me in a rather unflattering role.

Now it’s my turn to take the stage.

With his notorious reputation for trickery and deception, and an ability to cause as many problems as he solves, Loki is a Norse god like no other. Demon-born, he is viewed with deepest suspicion by his fellow gods who will never accept him as one of their own and for this he vows to take his revenge.

From his recruitment by Odin from the realm of Chaos, through his years as the go-to man of Asgard, to his fall from grace in the build-up to Ragnarok, this is the unofficial history of the world’s ultimate trickster.]]> 302 Joanne M. Harris 1473202353 Maria 5 3.76 2014 The Gospel of Loki (Loki, #1)
author: Joanne M. Harris
name: Maria
average rating: 3.76
book published: 2014
rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[The Second Generation (Dragonlance: The New Generation, #1)]]> 68475
Ardından, kudretli büyücü Raistlin'in tanrısal güce erişme macerasını yaşadık tek solukta. Caramon, Crysania, Tas ve niceleri devam etti maceraya sonsuz bir heyecan içinde. Zamanda dolaştık onlarla birlikte; Krynn'i gezdik, harikalarını gördük... ve dehşetlerini de.

Şimdi kahramanlarımızın bayrağı, kılıcı ve asayı genç kuşaklara -ikinci kuşağa- devretme zamanı geldi. Mızrak Kahramanları'nın çocukları, Gricevher'in arayışı, Raistlin'in kızı efsanesi ve daha nicesi bu kitapta.

Margaret Weis ve Tracy Hickman, Ansalon'a -ve ötesine- yeni bir soluk getiriyor. Maceranın, destanların ve geleceğin efsanelerinin genç ve dinamik bir nesille devam etmesini sağlıyor. Yeni nesil, anne ve babalarının kahramanlıklarına yetişmeye hatta onları geçmeye niyetli gibi.

Krynn dünyasında, bir sonraki çağa isimlerini kazıyacak olan yeni kahramanların maceralarını bir solukta okuyacaksınız.]]> 402 Margaret Weis 0786926945 Maria 0 3.69 1995 The Second Generation (Dragonlance: The New Generation, #1)
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name: Maria
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]]> <![CDATA[Buddhism: A Very Short Introduction]]> 74657 dilemmas be faced from a Buddhist perspective? Words such as "karma" and "nirvana" have entered our vocabulary, but what do they really mean? Keown has taught Buddhism at an introductory level for many years, and in this book he provides a lively, challenging response to these frequently asked
questions.

About the

Oxford's Very Short Introductions series offers concise and original introductions to a wide range of subjects--from Islam to Sociology, Politics to Classics, Literary Theory to History, and Archaeology to the Bible. Not simply a textbook of definitions, each volume in this series provides trenchant
and provocative--yet always balanced and complete--discussions of the central issues in a given discipline or field. Every Very Short Introduction gives a readable evolution of the subject in question, demonstrating how the subject has developed and how it has influenced society. Eventually, the
series will encompass every major academic discipline, offering all students an accessible and abundant reference library. Whatever the area of study that one deems important or appealing, whatever the topic that fascinates the general reader, the Very Short Introductions series has a handy and
affordable guide that will likely prove indispensable.]]> 136 Damien Keown 0192853864 Maria 4 3.75 1996 Buddhism: A Very Short Introduction
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name: Maria
average rating: 3.75
book published: 1996
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[Changing Planes: Armchair Travel for the Mind]]> 1268888
This method - changing planes - enables Sita to visit fifteen societies not found on Earth. She will encounter cultures where the babble of children fades over time into the silence of adults; where whole towns exist solely for holiday shopping; where personalities are ruled by rage; where genetic experiments produce less than desirable results. And many other exotic landscapes whose denizens are fundamentally human...]]> 214 Ursula K. Le Guin 0575076232 Maria 4 3.80 2003 Changing Planes: Armchair Travel for the Mind
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name: Maria
average rating: 3.80
book published: 2003
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[Leaves on the Wind (Serenity, #4)]]> 21532236 Serenity, outlaw Malcolm Reynolds and his crew revealed to the entire ’verse the crimes against humanity undertaken by the sinister Alliance government. In this official follow-up, circumstances force the crew to come out of hiding, and one of their own is captured, setting them on another mission of rescue and resistance...

Collects the six-issue miniseries and the 2012 Free Comic Book Day story.]]> 152 Joss Whedon 1616554894 Maria 0 to-read 4.24 2014 Leaves on the Wind (Serenity, #4)
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average rating: 4.24
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]]> <![CDATA[The Opposite of Loneliness: Essays and Stories]]> 18170549 The instant New York Times bestseller and publishing phenomenon: Marina Keegan’s posthumous collection of award-winning essays and stories “sparkles with talent, humanity, and youth� (O, The Oprah Magazine).

Marina Keegan’s star was on the rise when she graduated magna cum laude from Yale in May 2012. She had a play that was to be produced at the New York Fringe Festival and a job waiting for her at The New Yorker. Tragically, five days after graduation, Marina died in a car crash.

Marina left behind a rich, deeply expansive trove of writing that, like her title essay, captures the hope, uncertainty, and possibility of her generation. Her short story “Cold Pastoral� was published on NewYorker.com. Her essay “Even Artichokes Have Doubts� was excerpted in the Financial Times, and her book was the focus of a Nicholas Kristof column in The New York Times. Millions of her contemporaries have responded to her work on social media.

As Marina wrote: “We can still do anything. We can change our minds. We can start over…We’re so young. We can’t, we MUST not lose this sense of possibility because in the end, it’s all we have.� The Opposite of Loneliness is an unforgettable collection of Marina’s essays and stories that articulates the universal struggle all of us face as we figure out what we aspire to be and how we can harness our talents to impact the world. “How do you mourn the loss of a fiery talent that was barely a tendril before it was snuffed out? Answer: Read this book. A clear-eyed observer of human nature, Keegan could take a clever idea...and make it something beautiful� (People).]]> 241 Marina Keegan 1476753628 Maria 0 to-read 3.80 2014 The Opposite of Loneliness: Essays and Stories
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]]> Since You've Been Gone 18189606
On it, thirteen Sloane-inspired tasks that Emily would normally never try. But what if they could bring her best friend back?

Apple picking at night? Okay, easy enough.

Dance until dawn? Sure. Why not?

Kiss a stranger? Um...

Emily now has this unexpected summer, and the help of Frank Porter (totally unexpected), to check things off Sloane's list. Who knows what she’ll find?

Go skinny-dipping? Wait...what?]]> 449 Morgan Matson 1442435003 Maria 0 to-read 4.07 2014 Since You've Been Gone
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average rating: 4.07
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]]> Love Letters to the Dead 18140047 Love Letters to the Dead.]]> 336 Ava Dellaira 0374346674 Maria 0 to-read 3.79 2014 Love Letters to the Dead
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average rating: 3.79
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]]> <![CDATA[Stolen Songbird (The Malediction Trilogy, #1)]]> 17926775
Cécile has only one thing on her mind: escape. But the trolls are clever, fast, and inhumanly strong. She will have to bide her time�

But the more time she spends with the trolls, the more she understands their plight. There is a rebellion brewing. And she just might be the one the trolls were looking for...]]> 469 Danielle L. Jensen 1908844965 Maria 0 to-read 3.91 2014 Stolen Songbird (The Malediction Trilogy, #1)
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average rating: 3.91
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]]> <![CDATA[Prince Lestat (The Vampire Chronicles, #11)]]> 21412673 458 Anne Rice 0307962520 Maria 0 to-read 3.80 2014 Prince Lestat (The Vampire Chronicles, #11)
author: Anne Rice
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]]> <![CDATA[The Blood of Olympus (The Heroes of Olympus, #5)]]> 18705209 Nico had warned them. Going through the House of Hades would stir the demigods' worst memories. Their ghosts would become restless. Nico may actually become a ghost if he has to shadow-travel with Reyna and Coach Hedge one more time. But that might be better than the alternative: allowing someone else to die, as Hades foretold.

Jason's ghost is his mother, who abandoned him when he was little. He may not know how he is going to prove himself as a leader, but he does know that he will not break promises like she did. He will complete his line of the prophecy: To storm or fire the world must fall.

Reyna fears the ghosts of her ancestors, who radiate anger. But she can't allow them to distract her from getting the Athena Parthenos to Camp Half-Blood before war breaks out between the Romans and Greeks. Will she have enough strength to succeed, especially with a deadly hunter on her trail?

Leo fears that his plan won't work, that his friends might interfere. But there is no other way. All of them know that one of the Seven has to die in order to defeat Gaea, the Earth Mother.

Piper must learn to give herself over to fear. Only then will she be able to do her part at the end: utter a single word.

Heroes, gods, and monsters all have a role to play in the climactic fulfillment of the prophecy in The Blood of Olympus, the electrifying finale of the best-selling Heroes of Olympus series.]]> 516 Rick Riordan Maria 0 to-read 4.42 2014 The Blood of Olympus (The Heroes of Olympus, #5)
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]]> <![CDATA[The Emperor's Blades (Chronicle of the Unhewn Throne, #1)]]> 17910124
The Emperor has been murdered, leaving the Annurian Empire in turmoil. Now his progeny must bury their grief and prepare to unmask a conspiracy.

His son Valyn, training for the empire’s deadliest fighting force, hears the news an ocean away. He expected a challenge, but after several ‘accidents� and a dying soldier’s warning, he realizes his life is also in danger. Yet before Valyn can take action, he must survive the mercenaries� brutal final initiation.

Meanwhile, the Emperor’s daughter, Minister Adare, hunts her father’s murderer in the capital itself. Court politics can be fatal, but she needs justice. And Kaden, heir to an empire, studies in a remote monastery. Here, the Blank God’s disciples teach their harsh ways � which Kaden must master to unlock their ancient powers. When an imperial delegation arrives, he’s learnt enough to perceive evil intent. But will this keep him alive, as long-hidden powers make their move?]]> 480 Brian Staveley 0765336405 Maria 0 to-read 4.08 2014 The Emperor's Blades (Chronicle of the Unhewn Throne, #1)
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]]> <![CDATA[Red Rising (Red Rising Saga, #1)]]> 15839976 "I live for the dream that my children will be born free," she says. "That they will be what they like. That they will own the land their father gave them."

"I live for you," I say sadly.

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

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

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

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

Inspired by a longing for justice, and driven by the memory of lost love, Darrow sacrifices everything to infiltrate the legendary Institute, a proving ground for the dominant Gold caste, where the next generation of humanity's overlords struggle for power. He will be forced to compete for his life and the very future of civilization against the best and most brutal of Society's ruling class. There, he will stop at nothing to bring down his enemies... even if it means he has to become one of them to do so.]]> 382 Pierce Brown 0345539788 Maria 0 to-read 4.26 2014 Red Rising (Red Rising Saga, #1)
author: Pierce Brown
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average rating: 4.26
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]]> <![CDATA[The Calorie Myth: How to Eat More and Exercise Less, Lose Weight, and Live Better]]> 18090101
Bailor shows that the key to long-term weight-loss is not the number of calories consumed but rather what kinds of calories. Some foods are used to repair tissue, boost brain power, and fuel our metabolism--while others are stored as fat. The human body has a set point--the weight it naturally "wants" to be--that is regulated by hormones.

When we eat the right foods--plants, lean proteins, nuts, and legumes--our bodies are naturally able to maintain a healthy set point weight. But when we eat sugar, starches, fats, and other poor-quality foods, our bodies' regulatory systems become "clogged" and prevent us from burning extra calories. Translation: Those extra 10 pounds you've been carrying around for years aren't the result of eating too much: They're the result of eating hormone-clogging foods.

With its step-by-step program, including a "SANEity" scale that determines which foods are optimal for weight-control; an eating plan; and a high intensity interval training (HIIT) exercise program that allows you to spend less time in the gym and achieve better results, The Calorie Myth offers a radical new model for weight loss.]]> 336 Jonathan Bailor 0062267337 Maria 0 to-read 3.83 2013 The Calorie Myth: How to Eat More and Exercise Less, Lose Weight, and Live Better
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average rating: 3.83
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]]> <![CDATA[The Surrender of Persephone (Myths Behaving Badly)]]> 6508349
Held captive in the Underworld, she suddenly longs to return to the safety and security of her mother’s protection, but the dark and commanding Aidon binds her to him, claiming her bit by glorious bit as his own. Her coming of age is one of sexual awakening as she learns the bondage her new master imposes fulfills her darkest desires. Persephone finds herself submitting to and obeying Aidon’s command and discovers being taken and consumed in the heat of passion by a man—a god—is what she was truly made for. Persephone can’t deny her own nature, or her growing feelings for Aidon, as she submits to his domination and surrenders as his wife and prepares to rule as his Queen.

As she finally admits her own feelings, Persephone faces the looming specter of her history, which threatens to shatter the newly formed bonds between the couple. She must now face not only her past, but her present, and her future—no longer only the Goddess of Spring, but also as the wife of Aidon and Queen of the Underworld—and the choices she will be forced to make will change the world forever.]]> 176 Selena Kitt Maria 0 to-read 3.33 2007 The Surrender of Persephone (Myths Behaving Badly)
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average rating: 3.33
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]]> Glory Road 50856 E. C. "Scar" Gordon was on the French Riviera recovering from a tour of combat in Southeast Asia , but he hadn't given up his habit of scanning the Personals in the newspaper. One ad in particular leapt out at him:

"ARE YOU A COWARD? This is not for you. We badly need a brave man. He must be 23 to 25 years old, in perfect health, at least six feet tall, weigh about 190 pounds, fluent English, with some French, proficient in all weapons, some knowledge of engineering and mathematics essential, willing to travel, no family or emotional ties, indomitably courageous and handsome of face and figure. Permanent employment, very high pay, glorious adventure, great danger. You must apply in person, rue Dante, Nice, 2me étage, apt. D."

How could you not answer an ad like that, especially when it seemed to describe you perfectly? Well, except maybe for the "handsome" part, but that was in the eye of the beholder anyway. So he went to that apartment and was greeted by the most beautiful woman he'd ever met. She seemed to have many names, but agreed he could call her "Star." A pretty appropriate name, as it turned out, for the empress of twenty universes.

Robert A. Heinlein's one true fantasy novel, Glory Road is as much fun today as when he wrote it after Stranger in a Strange Land. Heinlein proves himself as adept with sword and sorcery as with rockets and slide rules and the result is exciting, satirical, fast-paced, funny and tremendously readable -- a favorite of all who have read it. Glory Road is a masterpiece of escapist entertainment with a typically Heinleinian sting in its tail.
]]> 320 Robert A. Heinlein 0765312220 Maria 5 3.77 1963 Glory Road
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]]> Legacy Code (Legacy Code #1) 20987391 Space is a brutal home.

Three hundred years ago, the Earth died, and the last humans fled. Beaten. Broken in more ways than one. Their descendants carry the Legacy Code—mangled genes that force them to abort half their unborn children.

When Era and Dritan Corinth get placements on the safest ship in the fleet and win a chance to have a child, they feel lucky. Until the day Era's supposed to find out if her baby has the Defect, and the ship suffers a hull breach.

An investigation uncovers new threats. Dangerous secrets. Lies. Treason.

Era begins to question everything she’s been taught about the fleet, their search for a new Earth, and the Defect. But the answers she seeks were never meant to be found...

Legacy Code is a suspenseful, dark post-apocalyptic read that has earned five star reviews from fans of books like Hunger Games, Divergent, and Red Rising, and has been compared favorably to Wool, 1984, and the new Battlestar Galactica.]]> 218 Autumn Kalquist 0615982794 Maria 0 to-read 3.70 2014 Legacy Code (Legacy Code #1)
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name: Maria
average rating: 3.70
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]]> <![CDATA[Time to Depart (Marcus Didius Falco, #7)]]> 1341439 367 Lindsey Davis 0099338815 Maria 0 to-read 3.88 1995 Time to Depart (Marcus Didius Falco, #7)
author: Lindsey Davis
name: Maria
average rating: 3.88
book published: 1995
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]]> Glory Road 1654985 robert-a-heinlein 0450001512 Maria 0 3.55 1963 Glory Road
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average rating: 3.55
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]]> <![CDATA[Test of the Twins (Dragonlance: Legends, #3)]]> 260025
At the same time, Caramon and Tasslehoff are transported to the future. There they come to understand the consequences of Raistlin's quest-and Caramon at last realizes the painful sacrifice he must make to prevent his brother's success. Old friends and strange allies come together to aid him, but Caramon must take the last, greatest step alone.



The step into the Abyss.]]> 320 Margaret Weis 0786933887 Maria 5 4.21 1986 Test of the Twins (Dragonlance: Legends, #3)
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average rating: 4.21
book published: 1986
rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[Dragons of Summer Flame (Dragonlance: The Second Generation, #2)]]> 534415
Distraught by a grievous loss, the young mage Palin Majere seeks to enter the Abyss in search of his lost uncle, the infamous archamge Raistlin.

The Dark Queen has found new champions. Devoted followers, loyal to the death, the Knights of Takhisis follow the Vision to victory. A dark paladin, Steel Brightblade, rides to attack the High Clerist’s Tower, the fortress his father died defending.

On a small island, the myeterious Irda capture an ancient artifact and use it to ensure their own safety. Usha, child of the Irda, arrives in Palathaas claiming that she is Raistlin’s daughter. The summer will be deadly. Perhaps it will be the last summer Ansalon will ever know.]]> 552 Margaret Weis 0786901896 Maria 0 to-read 3.89 1995 Dragons of Summer Flame (Dragonlance: The Second Generation, #2)
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average rating: 3.89
book published: 1995
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]]> <![CDATA[War of the Twins (Dragonlance: Legends, #2)]]> 93768
But for some, those one hundred years have passed in the blink of an eye.

Catapulted forward in time by Raistlin's powerful magic, Caramon and Crysania find themselves aiding the mage's unholy quest to master the Queen of Darkness. To his dismay, Raistlin discovers along the way that the annals of time are not so easily bent to his will.

Neither are the longings of his heart.]]> 411 Margaret Weis 0786932171 Maria 5 4.16 1986 War of the Twins (Dragonlance: Legends, #2)
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name: Maria
average rating: 4.16
book published: 1986
rating: 5
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]]> Fireborn (Souls of Fire, #1) 18656310
Sam is working undercover for the Paranormal Investigations Team, and those who are trying to murder him are actually humans infected by a virus, the red plague —a by-product of a failed government experiment that attempted to identify the enzymes that make vampires immortal. Now, all those infected must be eliminated.

But when Emberly’s boss is murdered and his irreplaceable research stolen, she needs to find the guilty party before she goes down in flames…]> 392 Keri Arthur 045141957X Maria 0 to-read 3.74 2014 Fireborn (Souls of Fire, #1)
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]]> All Those Vanished Engines 18490622
The first section is set in the aftermath of the Civil War, in a world in which the Queen of the North has negotiated a two-nation settlement. The second, taking place in northwestern Massachusetts, investigates a secret project during World War II, in a time somewhat like the present. The third is set in the near-future United States, with aliens from history.

The cumulative effect is awesome. There hasn’t been a three part novel this ambitious in science fiction since Gene Wolfe’s classic The Fifth Head of Cerberus.

Excerpt in the link.]]> 272 Paul Park 0765375400 Maria 0 to-read 2.75 2014 All Those Vanished Engines
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average rating: 2.75
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