Lara's bookshelf: all en-US Wed, 18 Oct 2023 19:03:00 -0700 60 Lara's bookshelf: all 144 41 /images/layout/goodreads_logo_144.jpg Lady Chatterley's Lover 49583709
With her soft brown hair, lithe figure and big, wondering eyes, Constance Chatterley is possessed of a certain vitality. Yet she is deeply unhappy; married to an invalid, she is almost as inwardly paralyzed as her husband Clifford is paralyzed below the waist. It is not until she finds refuge in the arms of Mellors the game-keeper, a solitary man of a class apart, that she feels regenerated. Together they move from an outer world of chaos towards an inner world of fulfillment.

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400 D.H. Lawrence 014303961X Lara 3 3.48 1928 Lady Chatterley's Lover
author: D.H. Lawrence
name: Lara
average rating: 3.48
book published: 1928
rating: 3
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<![CDATA[The Battle of the Labyrinth (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, #4)]]> 8130423 In this fourth installment of the blockbuster series, time is running out as war between the Olympians and the evil Titan lord Kronos draws near. Even the safe haven of Camp Half-Blood grows more vulnerable by the minute as Kronos's army prepares to invade its once impenetrable borders. To stop the invasion, Percy and his demigod friends must set out on a quest through the Labyrinth - a sprawling underground world with stunning surprises at every turn.]]> 361 Rick Riordan Lara 5 4.44 2008 The Battle of the Labyrinth (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, #4)
author: Rick Riordan
name: Lara
average rating: 4.44
book published: 2008
rating: 5
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Virgin (Virgin, #1) 18624367 Okay, I admit it…I didn’t do it.

Yet.

This is normal, right?  I mean, just because everyone I know has talked like they’ve already done it doesn’t mean that they’re telling the truth…right?

It’s not like I’m asking for that much. I don’t need the perfect guy. I don’t need candlelight or roses. Honestly, I don’t even need a real bed.

The guys I know complain that girls are always looking for Mr. Right—do I have to wear a sign that says I’m only looking for Mr. Right Now?

Sooooo…anyone out there want sex? Anyone? Hello? Just for fun?

I am not going to die a virgin. One way or another I am going to make this happen.

Hey, what have I got to lose? Besides the obvious.]]>
304 Radhika Sanghani 069816864X Lara 0 to-read 3.31 2014 Virgin (Virgin, #1)
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average rating: 3.31
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Little White Lies 827483
Okay, so it isn’t that little. It’s kind of a whopper. It’s just that when Natalie Raglan ups and quits her job at a Bath advertising firm, breaks up with her loser-ish boyfriend, and moves–to London! Things don’t quite turn out the way she planned. Having made the brave move to the Big City, the lifelong country mouse finds that living chic is still a long way off. Even Cressida, the girl who used to rent her tiny flat, still gets more phone calls and mail there than Nat does. Come to think of it, Cressida Langdon’s life looks pretty appealing–especially when an invitation to the posh, exclusive Soho House club arrives, addressed to Cressida.

Before she really knows what she’s done, Nat has opened Cressida’s mail . . . and taken up her life. Soon Nat’s dating a gorgeous investment banker named Simon, giving “reiki healing sessions,� wearing wonderful clothes, and partying with the A-list at Soho House. But the best part really is Simon. He’s everything Nat has ever wanted. The problem is he thinks she’s someone else. And as her life and her lies begin to spiral out of control, Nat can’t help but wonder: Will she be exposed as a liar and a fake–or be saved from ruin by simply claiming good intentions . . . .]]>
320 Gemma Townley 0345467574 Lara 3 3.66 2005 Little White Lies
author: Gemma Townley
name: Lara
average rating: 3.66
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rating: 3
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<![CDATA[La increíble y triste historia de la cándida Eréndira y de su abuela desalmada]]> 50081972 0 Gabriel García Márquez 9580487146 Lara 4 4.16 1972 La increíble y triste historia de la cándida Eréndira y de su abuela desalmada
author: Gabriel García Márquez
name: Lara
average rating: 4.16
book published: 1972
rating: 4
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Variações Enigma 40800761
Variações Enigma explora a impossibilidade de restringir uma pessoa a uma única linha melódica. Dessa forma, André Aciman mapeia os recônditos da paixão e revela a impiedosa e intrincada psique humana. Assim como em Me chame pelo seu nome, sua linguagem delicada, pungente e sincera lança uma luz sensorial sobre as facetas do desejo.]]>
318 André Aciman 8551003526 Lara 5 Most likely it will be the most addictive.
And very likely it will be the one whose main character is the most utterly SHAMELESS.
At first I thought this was another attempt at portraying bisexuals as hoes (I actually wrote this down 'cause I thought I'd mention it here), but, NO.
It's just the character who's so absolutely shameless he seems incapable of keeping it in his pants (but oh you'll love it so much that he is).
He professes his undying love for a man (which, by the way, is the BEST romance - among the many - of the book) only to [SPOILER] cheat on him and leave him later.
And then he proceeds to do so with others.
I loved it.
I hated him.
But oh, it's worth it.
The ONLY thing I did NOT buy throughout the whole thing was his undying (again) love for Chloe - maybe because this part came right after the chapter where he professes his love for Manfred, and I was so enthralled by the whole description and declaration that I just couldn't buy him loving anybody else. And, also, she came across as... irritating to me. I didn't feel any chemistry between the two.
And by the time you reach the last part, when he [yet again] falls in love, you already know that it's bullshit. He's bullshit.
But [SPOILER] the plot twist at the end was nice.
Still can't get over what he did to Manfred. Just can't.
[Did I mention that he sleeps with pretty much every single person in the whole damn book?!]]]>
3.56 2017 Variações Enigma
author: André Aciman
name: Lara
average rating: 3.56
book published: 2017
rating: 5
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This is possibly the best book I'll read this year.
Most likely it will be the most addictive.
And very likely it will be the one whose main character is the most utterly SHAMELESS.
At first I thought this was another attempt at portraying bisexuals as hoes (I actually wrote this down 'cause I thought I'd mention it here), but, NO.
It's just the character who's so absolutely shameless he seems incapable of keeping it in his pants (but oh you'll love it so much that he is).
He professes his undying love for a man (which, by the way, is the BEST romance - among the many - of the book) only to [SPOILER] cheat on him and leave him later.
And then he proceeds to do so with others.
I loved it.
I hated him.
But oh, it's worth it.
The ONLY thing I did NOT buy throughout the whole thing was his undying (again) love for Chloe - maybe because this part came right after the chapter where he professes his love for Manfred, and I was so enthralled by the whole description and declaration that I just couldn't buy him loving anybody else. And, also, she came across as... irritating to me. I didn't feel any chemistry between the two.
And by the time you reach the last part, when he [yet again] falls in love, you already know that it's bullshit. He's bullshit.
But [SPOILER] the plot twist at the end was nice.
Still can't get over what he did to Manfred. Just can't.
[Did I mention that he sleeps with pretty much every single person in the whole damn book?!]
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E eu nĂŁo sou uma mulher? 50033912 Uma obra fundamental sobre a mulher negra e os preconceitos socioculturais ainda presentes.

 Clássico  da teoria feminista, Eu não sou uma mulher? tornou-se leitura obrigatória para as pessoas interessadas nas questões relacionadas à mulheridade negra e na construção de um mundo sem opressão sexista e racial.

Sojourner Truth, mulher negra que havia sido escravizada e se tornou oradora depois de liberta em 1827, denunciou, em 1851, na Women's Convention � no discurso que ficou conhecido como "Ain't I a Woman" � que o ativismo de sufragistas e abolicionistas brancas e ricas excluía mulheres negras e pobres.  A partir do discurso de Truth, que dá título ao livro, hooks discute o racismo e sexismo presentes no movimento pelos direitos civis e no feminista, desde o sufrágio até os anos 1970.

Além de examinar o impacto do sexismo nas mulheres negras durante a escravidão, a desvalorização da mulheridade negra, o sexismo dos homens brancos e negros, o racismo entre as feministas, os estereótipos atribuídos a mulheres negras, o imperialismo do patriarcado e o envolvimento da mulher negra com o feminismo, hooks pretende levar nosso pensamento além das suposições racistas e sexistas. O resultado é um trabalho revolucionário, um livro imprescindível, a ser lido por todas as pessoas que lutam para tornar o mundo um lugar livre de opressões de raça, cor, classe e gênero.]]>
290 bell hooks 8501118443 Lara 3 4.49 1981 E eu nĂŁo sou uma mulher?
author: bell hooks
name: Lara
average rating: 4.49
book published: 1981
rating: 3
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Terra de sonhos e acaso 49233494 Terra de sonhos e acaso narra a jornada de Ismael por esse territĂłrio primitivo, que atrai seus personagens para um vĂłrtice impiedoso.
A obra Ă© um mergulho na genealogia do interior do paĂ­s, que serve de seus terrores e mitos sertanejos para apresentar uma histĂłria verdadeiramente brasileira.]]>
303 Filipe de Campos Ribeiro 854400203X Lara 0 currently-reading 2.67 2018 Terra de sonhos e acaso
author: Filipe de Campos Ribeiro
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average rating: 2.67
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Me chame pelo seu nome 37797711
A casa onde Elio passa os verões é um verdadeiro paraíso na costa italiana, parada certa de amigos, vizinhos, artistas e intelectuais de todos os lugares. Filho de um importante professor universitário, o jovem está bastante acostumado à rotina de, a cada verão, hospedar por seis semanas na villa da família um novo escritor que, em troca da boa acolhida, ajuda seu pai com correspondências e papeladas. Uma cobiçada residência literária que já atraiu muitos nomes, mas nenhum deles como Oliver.

Elio imediatamente, e sem perceber, se encanta pelo americano de vinte e quatro anos, espontâneo e atraente, que aproveita a temporada para trabalhar em seu manuscrito sobre Heráclito e, sobretudo, desfrutar do verão mediterrâneo. Da antipatia impaciente que parece atravessar o convívio inicial dos dois surge uma paixão que só aumenta à medida que o instável e desconhecido terreno que os separa vai sendo vencido. Uma experiência inesquecível, que os marcará para o resto da vida.

Com rara sensibilidade, André Aciman constrói uma viva e sincera elegia à paixão, em um romance no qual se reconhecem as mais delicadas e brutais emoções da juventude. Uma narrativa magnética, inquieta e profundamente tocante.]]>
265 André Aciman 8551002740 Lara 5 4.16 2007 Me chame pelo seu nome
author: André Aciman
name: Lara
average rating: 4.16
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rating: 5
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Terra das Mulheres 51337762 256 Charlotte Perkins Gilman Lara 2 3.65 1915 Terra das Mulheres
author: Charlotte Perkins Gilman
name: Lara
average rating: 3.65
book published: 1915
rating: 2
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<![CDATA[Pensatempos: Textos De OpiniĂŁo]]> 9086313 157 Mia Couto 9722116878 Lara 5 3.84 2005 Pensatempos: Textos De OpiniĂŁo
author: Mia Couto
name: Lara
average rating: 3.84
book published: 2005
rating: 5
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Este é o mar 49750806 Mariana Enriquez constrói em novo livro um universo sombrio em que lendas do rock encontram fãs fanáticos e seres mitológicos


Lendas do rock nunca fenecem. E tudo porque entregaram a vida às Luminosas, seres atemporais que se alimentam dos aspectos mais pungentes da devoção humana. Kurt Cobain? Lenda criada por Violeta. Sid Vicious? Gina. Jim Morrison? Marianne. No universo de Este é o mar , se tornar uma verdadeira lenda do rock envolve seres mitológicos femininos e um mundo intenso e sombrio, marcado pelo esquecimento e pelas lembranças que atravessam gerações.


Helena é uma das responsáveis por manter a engrenagem do fanatismo a todo vapor, incitando os jovens fãs humanos a darem tudo de si e a consumirem seu ídolo. No entanto, não quer ser apenas uma abelha operária. Para se tornar uma Luminosa, precisa criar uma nova Lenda. Agora, tendo a morte como aliada, sua missão é eternizar James Evans, o vocalista da banda Fallen � uma árdua tarefa em meio à era da fugacidade dos desejos.


Após a repercussão de As coisas que perdemos no fogo , que consagrou o estilo da autora em unir horror a aspectos do cotidiano, Este é o mar traça na esfera do mitológico os aspectos mais perturbadores e indizíveis da essência humana. Um retrato visceral da adolescência e da nossa sociedade, que reafirma Mariana Enriquez como uma das vozes mais potentes da literatura argentina contemporânea.

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94 Mariana EnrĂ­quez 8551005014 Lara 3 3.57 2017 Este Ă© o mar
author: Mariana EnrĂ­quez
name: Lara
average rating: 3.57
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rating: 3
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<![CDATA[O Labirinto dos Espíritos (O Cemitério dos Livros Esquecidos #4)]]> 32853127 Quando Daniel acredita que está a um passo de resolver o enigma, uma conjura muito mais profunda e obscura do que jamais poderia imaginar planta a sua rede das entranhas do Regime. É quando aparece Alicia Gris, uma alma nascida das sombras da guerra, para os conduzir ao coração das trevas e revelar a história secreta da família� embora a um preço terrível.

O Labirinto dos Espíritos é uma história eletrizante de paixões, intrigas e aventuras. Através das suas páginas chegaremos ao grande final da saga iniciada com A Sombra do Vento, que alcança aqui toda a sua intensidade, desenhando uma grande homenagem ao mundo dos livros, à arte de narrar histórias e ao vínculo mágico entre a literatura e a vida.]]>
845 Carlos Ruiz Zafón 9896578494 Lara 0 currently-reading 4.66 2016 O Labirinto dos Espíritos (O Cemitério dos Livros Esquecidos #4)
author: Carlos Ruiz ZafĂłn
name: Lara
average rating: 4.66
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rating: 0
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Cem Anos de Solidão 3234419 Com estas palavras - tão célebres já como as palavras iniciais do Dom Quixote ou de À Procura do Tempo Perdido - começam estes Cem Anos de Solidão, obra-prima da literatura contemporânea, traduzida em todas as línguas do mundo, que consagrou definitivamente Gabriel García Márquez como um dos maiores escritores do nosso tempo.
A fabulosa aventura da família Buendía-Iguarán com os seus milagres, fantasias, obsessões, tragédias, incestos, adultérios, rebeldias, descobertas e condenações são a representação ao mesmo tempo do mito e da história, da tragédia e do amor do mundo inteiro.]]>
378 Gabriel García Márquez 9722000314 Lara 5 4.47 1967 Cem Anos de Solidão
author: Gabriel García Márquez
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average rating: 4.47
book published: 1967
rating: 5
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<![CDATA[As coisas que perdemos no fogo]]> 35282870
Macabro, perturbador e emocionante, As coisas que perdemos no fogo reúne contos que usam o medo e o terror para explorar várias dimensões da vida contemporânea. Em um primeiro olhar, as doze narrativas do livro parecem surreais. No entanto, depois de poucas frases, elas se mostram estranhamente familiares: é o cotidiano transformado em pesadelo.

Personagens e lugares aparentemente comuns ocultam um universo insólito: um menino assassino, uma garota que arranca as unhas e os cílios na sala de aula, adolescentes que fazem pactos sombrios, amigos que parecem destinados à morte, mulheres que ateiam fogo em si mesmas como forma de protesto, casas abandonadas, magia negra, mitos e superstições.

Uma das escritoras mais corajosas e surpreendentes do século XXI, Mariana Enriquez dá voz à geração nascida durante a ditadura militar na Argentina. Neste livro, ela cria um universo povoado por pessoas comuns e seres socialmente invisíveis, cujas existências sucumbem ao peso da culpa, da compaixão, da crueldade e da simples convivência. O resultado é uma obra ao mesmo tempo estranha e familiar, que questiona de forma penetrante e indelével o mundo em que vivemos.]]>
192 Mariana EnrĂ­quez 8551001442 Lara 4 4.00 2016 As coisas que perdemos no fogo
author: Mariana EnrĂ­quez
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average rating: 4.00
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rating: 4
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<![CDATA[Gulp: Adventures on the Alimentary Canal]]> 18377999 Washington Post) takes us down the hatch on an unforgettable tour. The alimentary canal is classic Mary Roach terrain: the questions explored in Gulp are as taboo, in their way, as the cadavers in Stiff and every bit as surreal as the universe of zero gravity explored in Packing for Mars. Why is crunchy food so appealing? Why is it so hard to find words for flavors and smells? Why doesn’t the stomach digest itself? How much can you eat before your stomach bursts? Can constipation kill you? Did it kill Elvis? In Gulp we meet scientists who tackle the questions no one else thinks of—or has the courage to ask. We go on location to a pet-food taste-test lab, a fecal transplant, and into a live stomach to observe the fate of a meal. With Roach at our side, we travel the world, meeting murderers and mad scientists, Eskimos and exorcists (who have occasionally administered holy water rectally), rabbis and terrorists—who, it turns out, for practical reasons do not conceal bombs in their digestive tracts.
Like all of Roach’s books, Gulp is as much about human beings as it is about human bodies.]]>
348 Mary Roach 0393348741 Lara 0 to-read 3.91 2013 Gulp: Adventures on the Alimentary Canal
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average rating: 3.91
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<![CDATA[A Dance with Dragons (A Song of Ice and Fire, #5)]]> 10664113 Alternate cover edition of ASIN B004XISI4A

In the aftermath of a colossal battle, the future of the Seven Kingdoms hangs in the balance—beset by newly emerging threats from every direction. In the east, Daenerys Targaryen, the last scion of House Targaryen, rules with her three dragons as queen of a city built on dust and death. But Daenerys has thousands of enemies, and many have set out to find her. As they gather, one young man embarks upon his own quest for the queen, with an entirely different goal in mind.

Fleeing from Westeros with a price on his head, Tyrion Lannister, too, is making his way to Daenerys. But his newest allies in this quest are not the rag-tag band they seem, and at their heart lies one who could undo Daenerys’s claim to Westeros forever.

Meanwhile, to the north lies the mammoth Wall of ice and stone—a structure only as strong as those guarding it. There, Jon Snow, 998th Lord Commander of the Night’s Watch, will face his greatest challenge. For he has powerful foes not only within the Watch but also beyond, in the land of the creatures of ice.

From all corners, bitter conflicts reignite, intimate betrayals are perpetrated, and a grand cast of outlaws and priests, soldiers and skinchangers, nobles and slaves, will face seemingly insurmountable obstacles. Some will fail, others will grow in the strength of darkness. But in a time of rising restlessness, the tides of destiny and politics will lead inevitably to the greatest dance of all.]]>
1125 George R.R. Martin Lara 4 4.33 2011 A Dance with Dragons (A Song of Ice and Fire, #5)
author: George R.R. Martin
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average rating: 4.33
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<![CDATA[Ninguém solta a mão de ninguém: Manifesto afetivo de resistência e pelas liberdades]]> 45721528 144 Tainã Bispo Lara 4 4.38 Ninguém solta a mão de ninguém: Manifesto afetivo de resistência e pelas liberdades
author: TainĂŁ Bispo
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average rating: 4.38
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O mundo pós-aniversário 20624671
Capítulo a capítulo, Lionel Shriver nos oferece dois desdobramentos do futuro dessa mulher sob a influência de dois homens radicalmente diferentes, e assim escreve duas histórias. A partir daquele único beijo, retrata alternativas para união e rompimento, e explora as consequências e as motivações mais íntimas de uma escolha.

Determinar qual seria o melhor caminho não é óbvio nem fácil, mas a análise dos dois destinos em que a autora enreda os personagens e os leitores é memorável. Escrito com a sutileza e a sagacidade que são as marcas registradas da obra de Lionel Shriver, O mundo pós-aniversário é um apelo para aquele "talvez" que intriga e provoca todos nós.]]>
544 Lionel Shriver 8598078654 Lara 0 currently-reading 4.02 2007 O mundo pós-aniversário
author: Lionel Shriver
name: Lara
average rating: 4.02
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<![CDATA[Os Fuzis e as Flechas: HistĂłria de Sangue e ResistĂŞncia IndĂ­gena na Ditadura]]> 34725404 480 Rubens Valente 8535927115 Lara 0 currently-reading 4.10 Os Fuzis e as Flechas: HistĂłria de Sangue e ResistĂŞncia IndĂ­gena na Ditadura
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The Hiding Place 40091283 From the acclaimed author of The Chalk Man comes an unputdownable psychological thriller about a man who returns home to settle old scores—and uncovers a secret darker than he could have imagined.

Joe never wanted to come back to Arnhill. After the way things ended with his old gang—the betrayal, the suicide—and what happened when his sister went missing, the last thing he wanted to do was return to his hometown. But Joe doesn’t have a choice, not after a chilling email surfaces in his inbox: I know what happened to your sister. It’s happening again . . .

Lying his way into a teaching job at his former high school is the easy part. Facing off with onetime friends who aren’t too happy to have him back in town—while avoiding the enemies he’s made in the years since—is tougher. But the hardest part of all will be returning to the abandoned mine where his life changed forever, and finally confronting the horrifying truth about Arnhill, his sister, and himself. Because for Joe, the worst moment of his life wasn’t the day his sister went missing.

It was the day she came back.]]>
278 C.J. Tudor 152476101X Lara 4 3.57 2019 The Hiding Place
author: C.J. Tudor
name: Lara
average rating: 3.57
book published: 2019
rating: 4
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Até Que a Culpa Nos Separe 35212577
Durante o que deveria ser uma tarde comum, com bebidas, comidas e uma animada conversa, um acontecimento assustador vai afetar profundamente a vida de todos, forçando-os a examinar de perto suas escolhas - não daquele dia, mas da vida inteira.

Em Até Que a Culpa Nos Separe, Liane Moriarty mostra como a culpa é capaz de expor as fragilidades que existem mesmo nos relacionamentos estáveis, como as palavras podem ser mais poderosas que as ações e como dificilmente percebemos, antes que seja tarde demais, que nossa vida comum era, na realidade, extraordinária.]]>
464 Liane Moriarty 8551001914 Lara 4 3.60 2016 Até Que a Culpa Nos Separe
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name: Lara
average rating: 3.60
book published: 2016
rating: 4
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The Song of Achilles 11250317
Profoundly moving and breathtakingly original, this rendering of the epic Trojan War is a dazzling feat of the imagination, a devastating love story, and an almighty battle between gods and kings, peace and glory, immortal fame and the human heart.]]>
352 Madeline Miller 1408816032 Lara 0 to-read 4.38 2011 The Song of Achilles
author: Madeline Miller
name: Lara
average rating: 4.38
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<![CDATA[Do que eu falo quando eu falo de corrida]]> 10794609
Os anos se passaram, e os romances de Murakami ganharam o mundo. Traduzido em 38 idiomas, ele é um dos autores mais importantes da atualidade. É também um maratonista experimentado e um triatleta. Agora, ele reflete sobre a influência que o esporte teve em sua vida e, sobretudo, em seu texto.

Este é um livro bem-humorado e sensível, filosófico e revelador, tanto para os fãs deste grande e reservado escritor quanto para as inúmeras pessoas que encontram satisfação semelhante nas corridas.]]>
152 Haruki Murakami 8579620279 Lara 5 3.96 2007 Do que eu falo quando eu falo de corrida
author: Haruki Murakami
name: Lara
average rating: 3.96
book published: 2007
rating: 5
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<![CDATA[How Democracies Die: What History Reveals About Our Future]]> 35356384
Drawing on decades of research and a wide range of historical and global examples, from 1930s Europe to contemporary Hungary, Turkey, and Venezuela, to the American South during Jim Crow, Levitsky and Ziblatt show how democracies die--and how ours can be saved.]]>
320 Steven Levitsky 1524762938 Lara 4 4.16 2018 How Democracies Die: What History Reveals About Our Future
author: Steven Levitsky
name: Lara
average rating: 4.16
book published: 2018
rating: 4
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<![CDATA[Como Escrever Bem: o clássico manual americano de escrita jornalística e de não ficção]]> 35123714 280 William Zinsser 8568493378 Lara 5 4.25 1976 Como Escrever Bem: o clássico manual americano de escrita jornalística e de não ficção
author: William Zinsser
name: Lara
average rating: 4.25
book published: 1976
rating: 5
read at: 2018/11/26
date added: 2019/01/01
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<![CDATA[The da Vinci Code (Robert Langdon, #2)]]> 968 The da Vinci Code, The da Vinci Code, The da Vinci Code, and The da Vinci Code

While in Paris on business, Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon receives an urgent late-night phone call: the elderly curator of the Louvre has been murdered inside the museum. Near the body, police have found a baffling cipher. While working to solve the enigmatic riddle, Langdon is stunned to discover it leads to a trail of clues hidden in the works of Da Vinci -- clues visible for all to see -- yet ingeniously disguised by the painter.

Langdon joins forces with a gifted French cryptologist, Sophie Neveu, and learns the late curator was involved in the Priory of Sion -- an actual secret society whose members included Sir Isaac Newton, Botticelli, Victor Hugo, and Da Vinci, among others.

In a breathless race through Paris, London, and beyond, Langdon and Neveu match wits with a faceless powerbroker who seems to anticipate their every move. Unless Langdon and Neveu can decipher the labyrinthine puzzle in time, the Priory's ancient secret -- and an explosive historical truth -- will be lost forever.

The Da Vinci Code heralds the arrival of a new breed of lightning-paced, intelligent thriller utterly unpredictable right up to its stunning conclusion.]]>
489 Dan Brown Lara 0 3.92 2003 The da Vinci Code (Robert Langdon, #2)
author: Dan Brown
name: Lara
average rating: 3.92
book published: 2003
rating: 0
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Persuasion 2156 249 Jane Austen 0192802631 Lara 4 4.15 1817 Persuasion
author: Jane Austen
name: Lara
average rating: 4.15
book published: 1817
rating: 4
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Quem Era Ela 34527210
É preciso responder a uma série de perguntas, passar por um criterioso processo de seleção e se comprometer a seguir inúmeras regras para morar no nº 1 da Folgate Street, uma casa linda e minimalista, obra-prima da arquitetura em Londres. Mas há um preço a se pagar para viver no lugar perfeito. Mesmo em condições tão peculiares, a casa atrai inúmeros interessados, entre eles Jane, uma mulher que, depois de uma terrível perda, busca um ponto de recomeço.

Jane é incapaz de resistir aos encantos da casa, mas pouco depois de se mudar descobre a morte trágica da inquilina anterior. Há muitos segredos por trás daquelas paredes claras e imaculadas. Com tantas regras a cumprir, tantos fatos estranhos acontecendo ao seu redor e uma sensação constante de estar sendo observada, o que parecia um ambiente tranquilo na verdade se mostra ameaçador.

Enquanto tenta descobrir quem era aquela mulher que habitou o mesmo espaço que o seu, Jane vê sua vida se entrelaçar à da outra garota e sente que precisa se apressar para descobrir a verdade ou corre o risco de ter o mesmo destino.]]>
336 J.P. Delaney 8551001396 Lara 4 3.63 2017 Quem Era Ela
author: J.P. Delaney
name: Lara
average rating: 3.63
book published: 2017
rating: 4
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Um Pequeno favor 36456654 336 Darcey Bell 8528621790 Lara 5 3.00 2017 Um Pequeno favor
author: Darcey Bell
name: Lara
average rating: 3.00
book published: 2017
rating: 5
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A viúva (Portuguese Edition) 34104333 Ao longo dos anos, Jean Taylor deixou de contar muitas coisas sobre o terrível crime que o marido era suspeito de ter cometido. Ela estava muito ocupada sendo a esposa perfeita, permanecendo ao lado do homem com quem casara enquanto convivia com os olhares acusadores e as ameaças anônimas.

No entanto, após um acidente cheio de enigmas, o marido está morto, e Jean não precisa mais representar esse papel. Não há mais motivo para ficar calada. As pessoas querem ouvir o que ela tem a dizer, querem saber como era viver com aquele homem. E ela pode contar para eles que havia alguns segredos. Afinal, segredos são a matéria que contamina (ou preserva) todo casamento.

Narrado das perspectivas de Jean Taylor, a viúva, do detetive Bob Sparkes, chefe da investigação, cuja carreira é posta em xeque pelo caso, e da repórter Kate Waters, a mais habilidosa dos jornalistas que estão atrás da verdade, o romance de Fiona Barton é um tributo aos profissionais que nunca deixam uma história, ou um caso, escapar, mesmo que ela já esteja encerrada.

Best-seller do The Sunday Times e do The New York Times, um romance que é ao mesmo tempo a reconstrução de um caso de polícia e uma análise impiedosa de um relacionamento complexo.

Considerado pela Publishers Weekly “um romance de estreia excepcional�, A viúva foi escrito pela consagrada jornalista Fiona Barton, que ganhou destaque mundial na cobertura do caso Madeleine McCann, a menina inglesa desaparecida durante as férias da família em Portugal, em 2007.

A viĂşva vem sendo tratado pela impressa, a exemplo dos veĂ­culos The Bookseller e The Observer, como leitura perfeita para quem gosta de thrillers como A garota no trem e Garota exemplar.

“Intensamente arrebatador.�

The Independent

“Um thriller psicológico cheio de reviravoltas impossível de largar.�People

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394 Fiona Barton 8551001035 Lara 2 The number of times I saw female characters being disqualified or described in a condescending manner was also very disappointing, given that the author herself is female. Furthermore, some quotes really left me questioning Barton's judgment. "She was not a wife and mother. She was a journalist." (What the actual FUCK. I was staring at this sentence speechlessly for at least two whole minutes).
Jean Taylor was so, so underwritten. There was so much more she could - or, rather, SHOULD - have told us about marriage with Glen, and she just... doesn't. She doesn't tell us much about herself, either. She's clearly someone with one or one hundred things to hide, and yet we learn nothing about any of those things (except the obvious - Bella's disappearance, which sadly just falls into the background). For a book that's called The Widow, we finish it with barely a remembrance of its main character.]]>
3.62 2016 A viĂşva (Portuguese Edition)
author: Fiona Barton
name: Lara
average rating: 3.62
book published: 2016
rating: 2
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I just finished reading this and to say that I am disappointed would be the understatement of the year. I had meant to get a copy of this forever, and to have it fall flat in such a way was really disheartening. First things first: I can't tell half of the characters apart from each other - they were all so one-dimensional that there were many times when I didn't know who was saying what, and had to go back and check. The descriptions were flat, the emotions dull, and don't even get me started on the conversations.
The number of times I saw female characters being disqualified or described in a condescending manner was also very disappointing, given that the author herself is female. Furthermore, some quotes really left me questioning Barton's judgment. "She was not a wife and mother. She was a journalist." (What the actual FUCK. I was staring at this sentence speechlessly for at least two whole minutes).
Jean Taylor was so, so underwritten. There was so much more she could - or, rather, SHOULD - have told us about marriage with Glen, and she just... doesn't. She doesn't tell us much about herself, either. She's clearly someone with one or one hundred things to hide, and yet we learn nothing about any of those things (except the obvious - Bella's disappearance, which sadly just falls into the background). For a book that's called The Widow, we finish it with barely a remembrance of its main character.
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O Homem de Giz 37416796
A história começa em 1986 e, após um hiato de trinta anos, o passado surge para transformar a vida de Eddie.
As influĂŞncias de Stephen King e o toque de Irvin Welsh, conferem ao livro nĂŁo sĂł um tipo de narrativa diferente como um suspense ao limite.
O que contribui para que a histĂłria tenha um desfecho muito real e chocante.
O Homem de Giz conta-nos a história de um grupo de crianças, não poupando nos pormenores sociais onde estão inseridas e em como as influências de famílias disfuncionais contribuem para exacerbar o imaginário infantil.

A história começa quando aos doze anos Eddie e os amigos tiveram contacto com o misterioso Homem de Giz. Uma personagem central na trama e Eddie será assombrado por ela.
As estranhas figuras de giz conduzem Eddie e os amigos a um cadáver de uma rapariga pouco mais velha que eles e esta descoberta irá marcámos para sempre. Tudo aconteceu há trinta anos, e Eddie convenceu-se de que o passado tinha ficado para trás. Até ao dia em que recebeu uma carta que continha apenas duas coisas: um pedaço de giz e o desenho de uma figura em traços rígidos.
Ă€ medida que a histĂłria se vai repetindo, Eddie vai percebendo que o jogo nunca terminou.]]>
320 C.J. Tudor 9896579938 Lara 5 3.72 2018 O Homem de Giz
author: C.J. Tudor
name: Lara
average rating: 3.72
book published: 2018
rating: 5
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<![CDATA[Achtung, ich komme!: In 80 Orgasmen um die Welt (German Edition)]]> 25150665 257 Henriette Hell 3641155541 Lara 0 to-read 3.46 2015 Achtung, ich komme!: In 80 Orgasmen um die Welt (German Edition)
author: Henriette Hell
name: Lara
average rating: 3.46
book published: 2015
rating: 0
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<![CDATA[Sombras da Ăgua (As Areias do Imperador #2)]]> 32586183 392 Mia Couto 8535928049 Lara 5 4.27 2016 Sombras da Ăgua (As Areias do Imperador #2)
author: Mia Couto
name: Lara
average rating: 4.27
book published: 2016
rating: 5
read at: 2018/04/29
date added: 2018/05/03
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"Tudo começa sempre com um adeus."
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Black Mad Wheel 31752345
Meanwhile, in a nondescript Midwestern hospital, a nurse named Ellen tends to a patient recovering from a near-fatal accident. The circumstances that led to his injuries are mysterious-and his body heals at a remarkable rate. Ellen will do the impossible for this enigmatic patient, who reveals more about his accident with each passing day.]]>
297 Josh Malerman Lara 2 3.29 2017 Black Mad Wheel
author: Josh Malerman
name: Lara
average rating: 3.29
book published: 2017
rating: 2
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We Should All Be Feminists 22738563 We Should All Be Feminists, a personal, eloquently-argued essay—adapted from her much-viewed TEDx talk of the same name—by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, the award-winning author of Americanah and Half of a Yellow Sun.

With humor and levity, here Adichie offers readers a unique definition of feminism for the twenty-first century—one rooted in inclusion and awareness. She shines a light not only on blatant discrimination, but also the more insidious, institutional behaviors that marginalize women around the world, in order to help readers of all walks of life better understand the often masked realities of sexual politics. Throughout, she draws extensively on her own experiences—in the U.S., in her native Nigeria, and abroad—offering an artfully nuanced explanation of why the gender divide is harmful for women and men, alike.

Argued in the same observant, witty and clever prose that has made Adichie a bestselling novelist, here is one remarkable author’s exploration of what it means to be a woman today—and an of-the-moment rallying cry for why we should all be feminists.]]>
52 Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Lara 0 to-read 4.42 2012 We Should All Be Feminists
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name: Lara
average rating: 4.42
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The Girls 26893819 355 Emma Cline 081299860X Lara 2 3.48 2016 The Girls
author: Emma Cline
name: Lara
average rating: 3.48
book published: 2016
rating: 2
read at: 2017/09/03
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I just finished this and have been wondering why I didn't put it down before the first chapter. I just kept waiting for something to happen - anything at all - to shake something out of this awful plot (or lack thereof). maybe I've just run out of patience with books narrated by teenagers, but Evie Boyd is somehow just as intolerable as a middle-aged woman. I kept waiting for the blood, and the violence, and all I got was a whiny teenager with a desperately unrequited crush on an obviously bad person (aka Suzanne). Awful read. Just awful.
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The Exception 280254
Four women work together for a small nonprofit in Copenhagen that disseminates information on genocide. When two of them receive death threats, they immediately believe that they are being stalked by Mirko Zigic, a Serbian torturer and war criminal, whom they have recently profiled in their articles.

As the tensions mount among the women, their suspicions turn away from Zigic and toward each other. The threats increase and soon the office becomes a battlefield in which each of the women’s move is suspect. Their obsession turns into a witch hunt as they resort to bullying and victimization.

Yet these are people who daily analyze cases of appalling cruelty on a worldwide scale, and who are intimate with the psychology of evil. The cruelty which the women have described from a safe distance is now revealed in their own world. They discover that none of them is exactly the person she seems to be. And then they learn that Interpol has traced Mirko Zigic to Denmark.

THE EXCEPTION is a unique and intelligent thriller, heralding Christian Jungersen as a gifted storyteller and keen observer of the human psyche.]]>
512 Christian Jungersen 0385516290 Lara 4
The moral harassment at work aspect is well developed, and it taught me a thing or two to watch out for. The part about threats from mass murderers is not credible enough, though. Neither are some dialogues concerning those threats - which some characters are incredibly non-chalant about.

Jungersen is also not very good with descriptions (I still have no exact idea how any of the characters look like) and SUCKS at describing female relationships (Iben and Malene's friendship is like a big ????? to me). It always felt very obvious that I was reading a book by a man on what female relationships are supposed to be like. I also have no idea where Iben's crush on Gunnar ever came from, and yet we are supposed to believe it somehow...?

A good book, but could've been better, faster, and thus shorter. The ending somewhat redeems it, though - hence the four stars.]]>
3.77 2004 The Exception
author: Christian Jungersen
name: Lara
average rating: 3.77
book published: 2004
rating: 4
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Overall a good read and worth the length (which, tbh, could be cut in about half) -Jungersen sometimes gets lost in details concerning the characters' routines and/or mundane actions which don't add to the narrative and can make the pace become too slow (sometimes painfully so). He could've picked up some speed way earlier in the book, since he seems to somewhat forget what happened at the beginning (the e-mails) and only picks up that part of the plot in the end.

The moral harassment at work aspect is well developed, and it taught me a thing or two to watch out for. The part about threats from mass murderers is not credible enough, though. Neither are some dialogues concerning those threats - which some characters are incredibly non-chalant about.

Jungersen is also not very good with descriptions (I still have no exact idea how any of the characters look like) and SUCKS at describing female relationships (Iben and Malene's friendship is like a big ????? to me). It always felt very obvious that I was reading a book by a man on what female relationships are supposed to be like. I also have no idea where Iben's crush on Gunnar ever came from, and yet we are supposed to believe it somehow...?

A good book, but could've been better, faster, and thus shorter. The ending somewhat redeems it, though - hence the four stars.
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<![CDATA[Library of Souls (Miss Peregrine's Peculiar Children, #3)]]> 24120519 An army of deadly monsters.
An epic battle for the future of peculiardom.

The adventure that began with "Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children" and continued in "Hollow City" comes to a thrilling conclusion with "Library of Souls."

As the story opens, sixteen-year-old Jacob discovers a powerful new ability, and soon he’s diving through history to rescue his peculiar companions from a heavily guarded fortress. Accompanying Jacob on his journey are Emma Bloom, a girl with fire at her fingertips, and Addison MacHenry, a dog with a nose for sniffing out lost children.

They’ll travel from modern-day London to the labyrinthine alleys of Devil’s Acre, the most wretched slum in all of Victorian England. It’s a place where the fate of peculiar children everywhere will be decided once and for all.]]>
458 Ransom Riggs 159474758X Lara 3 4.12 2015 Library of Souls (Miss Peregrine's Peculiar Children, #3)
author: Ransom Riggs
name: Lara
average rating: 4.12
book published: 2015
rating: 3
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Farewell Waltz 50605
And so begins a comedy in which, during five madcap days, events unfold with ever-increasing speed. Klima's beautiful, jealous wife; the nurse's equally jealous boyfriend; a fanatical gynecologist; a rich American, at once Don Juan and saint; and an elderly political prisoner who, just before his emigration, is holding a farewell party at the spa, are all drawn into this black comedy, as in A Midsummer Night's Dream.

As usual, Milan Kundera poses serious questions with a blasphemous lightness which makes us understand that the modern world has taken away our right to tragedy.]]>
288 Milan Kundera 0571194710 Lara 5 3.92 1972 Farewell Waltz
author: Milan Kundera
name: Lara
average rating: 3.92
book published: 1972
rating: 5
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Two Boys Kissing 17237214 New York Times bestselling author David Levithan tells the based-on-true-events story of Harry and Craig, two 17-year-olds who are about to take part in a 32-hour marathon of kissing to set a new Guinness World Record—all of which is narrated by a Greek Chorus of the generation of gay men lost to AIDS.

While the two increasingly dehydrated and sleep-deprived boys are locking lips, they become a focal point in the lives of other teen boys dealing with languishing long-term relationships, coming out, navigating gender identity, and falling deeper into the digital rabbit hole of gay hookup sites—all while the kissing former couple tries to figure out their own feelings for each other.]]>
200 David Levithan 0307931900 Lara 4 4.07 2013 Two Boys Kissing
author: David Levithan
name: Lara
average rating: 4.07
book published: 2013
rating: 4
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Little Bee 6948436
Nevertheless, you need to know enough to buy it so we will just say this:

This is the story of two women.

Their lives collide one fateful day, and one of them has to make a terrible choice.

Two years later, they meet again - the story starts there...

Once you have read it, you'll want to tell your friends about it. When you do, please don't tell them what happens either. The magic is in how it unfolds.]]>
271 Chris Cleave 1416589643 Lara 4 3.76 2008 Little Bee
author: Chris Cleave
name: Lara
average rating: 3.76
book published: 2008
rating: 4
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<![CDATA[A Feast for Crows (A Song of Ice and Fire, #4)]]> 13497 Crows will fight over a dead man's flesh, and kill each other for his eyes.

Bloodthirsty, treacherous and cunning, the Lannisters are in power on the Iron Throne in the name of the boy-king Tommen. The war in the Seven Kingdoms has burned itself out, but in its bitter aftermath new conflicts spark to life.

The Martells of Dorne and the Starks of Winterfell seek vengeance for their dead. Euron Crow's Eye, as black a pirate as ever raised a sail, returns from the smoking ruins of Valyria to claim the Iron Isles. From the icy north, where Others threaten the Wall, apprentice Maester Samwell Tarly brings a mysterious babe in arms to the Citadel.

Against a backdrop of incest and fratricide, alchemy and murder, victory will go to the men and women possessed of the coldest steel and the coldest hearts.]]>
1060 George R.R. Martin 055358202X Lara 5 4.16 2005 A Feast for Crows (A Song of Ice and Fire, #4)
author: George R.R. Martin
name: Lara
average rating: 4.16
book published: 2005
rating: 5
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<![CDATA[Firefly Lane (Firefly Lane, #1)]]> 1472878 New York Times bestselling author of On Mystic Lake comes a powerful novel of love, loss, and the magic of friendship. . . .

In the turbulent summer of 1974, Kate Mularkey has accepted her place at the bottom of the eighth-grade social food chain. Then, to her amazement, the “coolest girl in the world� moves in across the street and wants to be her friend. Tully Hart seems to have it all---beauty, brains, ambition. On the surface they are as opposite as two people can be: Kate, doomed to be forever uncool, with a loving family who mortifies her at every turn. Tully, steeped in glamour and mystery, but with a secret that is destroying her. They make a pact to be best friends forever; by summer’s end they’ve become TullyandKate. Inseparable.

So begins Kristin Hannah’s magnificent new novel. Spanning more than three decades and playing out across the ever-changing face of the Pacific Northwest, Firefly Lane is the poignant, powerful story of two women and the friendship that becomes the bulkhead of their lives.

From the beginning, Tully is desperate to prove her worth to the world. Abandoned by her mother at an early age, she longs to be loved unconditionally. In the glittering, big-hair era of the eighties, she looks to men to fill the void in her soul. But in the buttoned-down nineties, it is television news that captivates her. She will follow her own blind ambition to New York and around the globe, finding fame and success . . . and loneliness. 

Kate knows early on that her life will be nothing special. Throughout college, she pretends to be driven by a need for success, but all she really wants is to fall in love and have children and live an ordinary life. In her own quiet way, Kate is as driven as Tully. What she doesn’t know is how being a wife and mother will change her . . . how she’ll lose sight of who she once was, and what she once wanted. And how much she’ll envy her famous best friend. . . .

For thirty years, Tully and Kate buoy each other through life, weathering the storms of friendship---jealousy, anger, hurt, resentment. They think they’ve survived it all until a single act of betrayal tears them apart . . . and puts their courage and friendship to the ultimate test.

Firefly Lane is for anyone who ever drank Boone’s Farm apple wine while listening to Abba or Fleetwood Mac. More than a coming-of-age novel, it’s the story of a generation of women who were both blessed and cursed by choices. It’s about promises and secrets and betrayals. And ultimately, about the one person who really, truly knows you---and knows what has the power to hurt you . . . and heal you. Firefly Lane is a story you’ll never forget . . . one you’ll want to pass on to your best friend.]]>
479 Kristin Hannah 0312364083 Lara 3 4.16 2008 Firefly Lane (Firefly Lane, #1)
author: Kristin Hannah
name: Lara
average rating: 4.16
book published: 2008
rating: 3
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Mad Girl 27825498
It's the snake in her brain that has told her ever since she was a teenager that her world is about to come crashing down: that her family might die if she doesn't repeat a phrase 5 times, or that she might have murdered someone and forgotten about it. It's caused alopecia, bulimia, and drug dependency. And Bryony is sick of it. Keeping silent about her illness has given it a cachet it simply does not deserve, so here she shares her story with trademark wit and dazzling honesty.

A hugely successful columnist for the Telegraph, a bestselling author, and a happily married mother of an adorable daughter, Bryony has managed to laugh and live well while simultaneously grappling with her illness. Now it's time for her to speak out. Writing with her characteristic warmth and dark humour, Bryony explores her relationship with her OCD and depression as only she can.

Mad Girl is a shocking, funny, unpredictable, heart-wrenching, raw and jaw-droppingly truthful celebration of life with mental illness.]]>
320 Bryony Gordon 1472232089 Lara 0 to-read 4.07 2016 Mad Girl
author: Bryony Gordon
name: Lara
average rating: 4.07
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Fly Away (Firefly Lane, #2) 16044981 Once, a long time ago, I walked down a night-darkened road called Firefly Lane, all alone, on the worst night of my life, and I found a kindred spirit. That was our beginning. More than thirty years ago. TullyandKate. You and me against the world. Best friends forever. But stories end, don't they? You lose the people you love and you have to find a way to go on. . . .

Tully Hart has always been larger than life, a woman fueled by big dreams and driven by memories of a painful past. She thinks she can overcome anything until her best friend, Kate Ryan, dies. Tully tries to fulfill her deathbed promise to Kate---to be there for Kate's children---but Tully knows nothing about family or motherhood or taking care of people.

Sixteen-year-old Marah Ryan is devastated by her mother's death. Her father, Johnny, strives to hold the family together, but even with his best efforts, Marah becomes unreachable in her grief. Nothing and no one seems to matter to her . . . until she falls in love with a young man who makes her smile again and leads her into his dangerous, shadowy world.

Dorothy Hart---the woman who once called herself Cloud---is at the center of Tully's tragic past. She repeatedly abandoned her daughter, Tully, as a child, but now she comes back, drawn to her daughter's side at a time when Tully is most alone. At long last, Dorothy must face her darkest fear: Only by revealing the ugly secrets of her past can she hope to become the mother her daughter needs.

A single, tragic choice and a middle-of-the-night phone call will bring these women together and set them on a poignant, powerful journey of redemption. Each has lost her way, and they will need each one another---and maybe a miracle---to transform their lives.

An emotionally complex, heart-wrenching novel about love, motherhood, loss, and new beginnings, Fly Away reminds us that where there is life, there is hope, and where there is love, there is forgiveness. Told with her trademark powerful storytelling and illuminating prose, Kristin Hannah reveals why she is one of the most beloved writers of our day.]]>
400 Kristin Hannah 0312577214 Lara 0 to-read 3.93 2013 Fly Away (Firefly Lane, #2)
author: Kristin Hannah
name: Lara
average rating: 3.93
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The Heretic's Daughter 3181953 Kathleen Kent is a tenth generation descendant of Martha Carrier. She paints a haunting portrait, not just of Puritan New England, but also of one family's deep and abiding love in the face of fear and persecution.]]> 332 Kathleen Kent 0316037532 Lara 0 to-read 3.79 2008 The Heretic's Daughter
author: Kathleen Kent
name: Lara
average rating: 3.79
book published: 2008
rating: 0
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<![CDATA[The Unbearable Lightness of Being]]> 9717 The Unbearable Lightness of Being, Milan Kundera tells the story of a young woman in love with a man torn between his love for her and his incorrigible womanizing and one of his mistresses and her humbly faithful lover. This magnificent novel juxtaposes geographically distant places, brilliant and playful reflections, and a variety of styles, to take its place as perhaps the major achievement of one of the world’s truly great writers.]]> 314 Milan Kundera 0571224385 Lara 4 4.12 1984 The Unbearable Lightness of Being
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name: Lara
average rating: 4.12
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rating: 4
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The Loney 25458371
It was impossible to truly know the place. It changed with each influx and retreat, and the neap tides would reveal the skeletons of those who thought they could escape its insidious currents. No one ever went near the water. No one apart from us, that is.

I suppose I always knew that what happened there wouldn't stay hidden for ever, no matter how much I wanted it to. No matter how hard I tried to forget...."]]>
368 Andrew Michael Hurley 1473619823 Lara 1 3.24 2014 The Loney
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name: Lara
average rating: 3.24
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<![CDATA[Hollow City (Miss Peregrine's Peculiar Children, #2)]]> 23164983
But in this war-torn city, hideous surprises lurk around every corner. And before Jacob can deliver the peculiar children to safety, he must make an important decision about his love for Emma Bloom.]]>
412 Ransom Riggs 1594747350 Lara 5 4.07 2014 Hollow City (Miss Peregrine's Peculiar Children, #2)
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average rating: 4.07
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In Cold Blood 5096865 The most famous true crime novel of all time and one of the first non-fiction novels ever written; In Cold Blood is the bestseller that haunted its author long after he finished writing it.

On November 15, 1959, in the small town of Holcomb, Kansas, four members of the Clutter family were savagely murdered by blasts from a shotgun held a few inches from their faces. There was no apparent motive for the crime, and there were almost no clues. 

As Truman Capote reconstructs the murder and the investigation that led to the capture, trial, and execution of the killers, he generates both mesmerizing suspense and astonishing empathy. In Cold Blood is a work that transcends its moment, yielding poignant insights into the nature of American violence.]]>
368 Truman Capote Lara 4 4.20 1966 In Cold Blood
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average rating: 4.20
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Hiroshima 27323 152 John Hersey 0679721037 Lara 5 4.02 1946 Hiroshima
author: John Hersey
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average rating: 4.02
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<![CDATA[The Journalist and the Murderer]]> 55563 The Journalist And The Murderer, Janet Malcolm examines the psychopathology of journalism. She delves into the always uneasy, sometimes tragic relationship that exists between journalist and subject.]]> 163 Janet Malcolm 1862076375 Lara 5 3.78 1990 The Journalist and the Murderer
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average rating: 3.78
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Bird Box (Bird Box, #1) 18498558 Alternate cover edition of ISBN 9780062259653

Something is out there, something terrifying that must not be seen. One glimpse of it, and a person is driven to deadly violence. No one knows what it is or where it came from.

Five years after it began, a handful of scattered survivors remains, including Malorie and her two young children. Living in an abandoned house near the river, she has dreamed of fleeing to a place where they might be safe. Now that the boy and girl are four, it's time to go, but the journey ahead will be terrifying: twenty miles downriver in a rowboat—blindfolded—with nothing to rely on but her wits and the children's trained ears. One wrong choice and they will die. Something is following them all the while, but is it man, animal, or monster?

Interweaving past and present, Bird Box is a snapshot of a world unraveled that will have you racing to the final page.]]>
262 Josh Malerman Lara 5 4.02 2014 Bird Box (Bird Box, #1)
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"It's better to face madness with a plan than to sit still and let it take you in pieces."
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The Silent Wife 16171291
Todd Gilbert and Jodie Brett are in a bad place in their relationship. They've been together for twenty-eight years, and with no children to worry about there has been little to disrupt their affluent Chicago lifestyle. But there has also been little to hold it together, and beneath the surface lie ever-widening cracks. HE is a committed cheater. SHE lives and breathes denial. HE exists in dual worlds. SHE likes to settle scores. HE decides to play for keeps. SHE has nothing left to lose. When it becomes clear that their precarious world could disintegrate at any moment, Jodie knows she stands to lose everything. It's only now she will discover just how much she's truly capable of...]]>
326 A.S.A. Harrison 0143123238 Lara 4 3.24 2013 The Silent Wife
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average rating: 3.24
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Go Set a Watchman 24817626 To Kill a Mockingbird. Maycomb, Alabama. Twenty-six-year-old Jean Louise Finch�"Scout"—returns home from New York City to visit her aging father, Atticus. Set against the backdrop of the civil rights tensions and political turmoil that were transforming the South, Jean Louise's homecoming turns bittersweet when she learns disturbing truths about her close-knit family, the town and the people dearest to her. Memories from her childhood flood back, and her values and assumptions are thrown into doubt. Featuring many of the iconic characters from To Kill a Mockingbird, Go Set a Watchman perfectly captures a young woman, and a world, in a painful yet necessary transition out of the illusions of the past—a journey that can be guided only by one's conscience. Written in the mid-1950s, Go Set a Watchman imparts a fuller, richer understanding and appreciation of Harper Lee. Here is an unforgettable novel of wisdom, humanity, passion, humor and effortless precision—a profoundly affecting work of art that is both wonderfully evocative of another era and relevant to our own times. It not only confirms the enduring brilliance of To Kill a Mockingbird, but also serves as its essential companion, adding depth, context and new meaning to an American classic.]]> 278 Harper Lee 0062409859 Lara 4 3.28 2015 Go Set a Watchman
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average rating: 3.28
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The Snow Child 11250053
This little girl, who calls herself Faina, seems to be a child of the woods. She hunts with a red fox at her side, skims lightly across the snow, and somehow survives alone in the Alaskan wilderness. As Jack and Mabel struggle to understand this child who could have stepped from the pages of a fairy tale, they come to love her as their own daughter. But in this beautiful, violent place, things are rarely as they appear, and what they eventually learn about Faina will transform all of them.]]>
386 Eowyn Ivey 0316175676 Lara 1 3.94 2012 The Snow Child
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average rating: 3.94
book published: 2012
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Too slow paced, characters not likable, there just isn't enough plot to drag this for as long as it went.
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<![CDATA[Breakfast at Tiffany’s and Three Stories]]> 251688 Holly Golightly knows that nothing bad can ever happen to you at Tiffany's.

In this seductive, wistful masterpiece, Capote created a woman whose name has entered the American idiom and whose style is a part of the literary landscape—her poignancy, wit, and naïveté continue to charm.

It's New York in the 1940s, where the martinis flow from cocktail hour till breakfast at Tiffany's... And nice girls don't, except, of course, Holly Golightly. Pursued by Mafia gangsters and playboy millionaires, Holly is a fragile eyeful of tawny hair and turned-up nose, a heart-breaker, a perplexer, a traveler, a tease. She is irrepressibly 'top banana in the shock department', and one of the shining flowers of American fiction.

Also included are three of Capote's best-known stories:
� House of Flowers - Ottilie is entranced by a beautiful young man, and leaves her life and friends to live with him and his old grandmother, who seems to hate her.
� A Diamond Guitar - Hear the story of the prized possession of a younger prison inmate, a rhinestone-studded guitar.
� A Christmas Memory - A poignant tale of two innocents—a small boy and the old woman who is his best friend—whose sweetness contains a hard, sharp kernel of truth.]]>
142 Truman Capote Lara 0 to-read 3.87 1958 Breakfast at Tiffany’s and Three Stories
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In Cold Blood 168642
As Truman Capote reconstructs the murder and the investigation that led to the capture, trial, and execution of the killers, he generates both mesmerizing suspense and astonishing empathy. In Cold Blood is a work that transcends its moment, yielding poignant insights into the nature of American violence.]]>
343 Truman Capote 0679745580 Lara 0 to-read 4.08 1966 In Cold Blood
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<![CDATA[Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children (Miss Peregrine's Peculiar Children, #1)]]> 9460487 9781594744761

A mysterious island. An abandoned orphanage. A strange collection of very curious photographs. It all waits to be discovered in Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children, an unforgettable novel that mixes fiction and photography in a thrilling reading experience. As our story opens, a horrific family tragedy sets sixteen-year-old Jacob journeying to a remote island off the coast of Wales, where he discovers the crumbling ruins of Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children. As Jacob explores its abandoned bedrooms and hallways, it becomes clear that the children were more than just peculiar. They may have been dangerous. They may have been quarantined on a deserted island for good reason. And somehow-impossible though it seems-they may still be alive. A spine-tingling fantasy illustrated with haunting vintage photography, Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children will delight adults, teens, and anyone who relishes an adventure in the shadows.]]>
352 Ransom Riggs 1594744769 Lara 4 3.92 2011 Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children (Miss Peregrine's Peculiar Children, #1)
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average rating: 3.92
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<![CDATA[The Will to Change: Men, Masculinity, and Love]]> 17601
In The Will to Change, bell hooks gets to the heart of the matter and shows men how to express the emotions that are a fundamental part of who they are—whatever their age, marital status, ethnicity, or sexual orientation. But toxic masculinity punishes those fundamental emotions, and it’s so deeply ingrained in our society that it’s hard for men to not comply—but hooks wants to help change that.

With trademark candor and fierce intelligence, hooks addresses the most common concerns of men, such as fear of intimacy and loss of their patriarchal place in society, in new and challenging ways. She believes men can find the way to spiritual unity by getting back in touch with the emotionally open part of themselves—and lay claim to the rich and rewarding inner lives that have historically been the exclusive province of women. A brave and astonishing work, The Will to Change is designed to help men reclaim the best part of themselves.]]>
208 bell hooks 0743456084 Lara 0 to-read 4.38 2003 The Will to Change: Men, Masculinity, and Love
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Minha Querida Sputnik 6773296 232 Haruki Murakami 8560281509 Lara 4 3.83 1999 Minha Querida Sputnik
author: Haruki Murakami
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average rating: 3.83
book published: 1999
rating: 4
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<![CDATA[Mulheres de Cinzas (As Areias do Imperador, #1)]]> 27220746
Em fins do século XIX, o sargento português Germano de Melo foi enviado ao vilarejo de Nkokolani para a batalha contra o imperador que ameaçava o domínio colonial. Ali o militar encontra Imani, uma garota de quinze anos que aprendeu a língua dos europeus e será sua intérprete. Ela pertence à tribo dos VaChopi, uma das poucas que ousou se opor à invasão de Ngungunyane. Mas, enquanto um de seus irmãos lutava pela Coroa de Portugal, o outro se unia ao exército dos guerreiros do imperador africano.

O envolvimento entre Germano e Imani passa a ser cada vez maior, malgrado todas as diferenças entre seus mundos. Porém, ela sabe que num país assombrado pela guerra dos homens, a única saída para uma mulher é passar despercebida, como se fosse feita de sombras ou de cinzas.

Ao unir sua prosa lĂ­rica caracterĂ­stica a uma extensa pesquisa histĂłrica, Mia Couto construiu um romance belo e vĂ­vido, narrado alternadamente entre a voz da jovem africana e as cartas escritas pelo sargento portuguĂŞs.]]>
344 Mia Couto 8535926623 Lara 5 4.07 2015 Mulheres de Cinzas (As Areias do Imperador, #1)
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A Little Life 22822858
Over the decades, their relationships deepen and darken, tinged by addiction, success, and pride. Yet their greatest challenge, each comes to realize, is Jude himself, by midlife a terrifyingly talented litigator yet an increasingly broken man, his mind and body scarred by an unspeakable childhood, and haunted by what he fears is a degree of trauma that he’ll not only be unable to overcome—but that will define his life forever.]]>
720 Hanya Yanagihara 0385539258 Lara 0 to-read 4.28 2015 A Little Life
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Homens sem mulheres 27846374
São contos sobre o isolamento e a solidão que permeiam as relações amorosas: homens que perderam uma mulher depois de um relacionamento marcado por mal-entendidos. No entanto, as verdadeiras protagonistas destas histórias � cheias de referências à música, a Kafka, às Mil e uma noites e, no caso do título, a Hemingway � são as mulheres, que misteriosamente invadem a vida dos homens e desaparecem, deixando uma marca inesquecível na vida daqueles que amam.]]>
240 Haruki Murakami Lara 4 3.76 2014 Homens sem mulheres
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<![CDATA[Poor Economics: A Radical Rethinking of the Way to Fight Global Poverty]]> 10245602 Poor Economics, Abhijit V. Banerjee and Esther Duflo, two practical visionaries working toward ending world poverty, answer these questions from the ground. In a book the Wall Street Journal called “marvelous, rewarding,� the authors tell how the stress of living on less than 99 cents per day encourages the poor to make questionable decisions that feed—not fight—poverty. The result is a radical rethinking of the economics of poverty that offers a ringside view of the lives of the world’s poorest, and shows that creating a world without poverty begins with understanding the daily decisions facing the poor.]]> 320 Abhijit V. Banerjee 1586487981 Lara 0 to-read 4.29 2011 Poor Economics: A Radical Rethinking of the Way to Fight Global Poverty
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Inferno 1664490 310 PatrĂ­cia Melo 0747561591 Lara 0 to-read 4.01 2000 Inferno
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The Grownup 26025580
“The Grownup,� originally appeared as “What Do You Do?� in George R. R. Martin’s Rogues anthology.]]>
64 Gillian Flynn 0804188971 Lara 0 to-read 3.55 2014 The Grownup
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average rating: 3.55
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The Story of an African Farm 721007 304 Olive Schreiner 0140431845 Lara 0 to-read 3.54 1883 The Story of an African Farm
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The Girl on the Train 22557272
An alternative cover edition for this ISBN can be found here.]]>
336 Paula Hawkins 1594633665 Lara 3 3.97 2015 The Girl on the Train
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Dark Places 5886881
Since then, she has been drifting. But when she is contacted by a group who are convinced of Ben's innocence, Libby starts to ask questions she never dared to before. Was the voice she heard her brother's? Ben was a misfit in their small town, but was he capable of murder? Are there secrets to uncover at the family farm or is Libby deluding herself because she wants her brother back?

She begins to realise that everyone in her family had something to hide that day... especially Ben. Now, twenty-four years later, the truth is going to be even harder to find.

Who did massacre the Day family?]]>
424 Gillian Flynn 0307341569 Lara 2 3.95 2009 Dark Places
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average rating: 3.95
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Suicidas 16006113 488 Raphael Montes 8564065576 Lara 0 to-read 4.09 2012 Suicidas
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A Arte de Entrevistar Bem 17917198 112 ThaĂ­s Oyama 8572443913 Lara 5 4.02 2008 A Arte de Entrevistar Bem
author: ThaĂ­s Oyama
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average rating: 4.02
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O Vilarejo 25910491
Em 1589, o padre e demonologista Peter Binsfeld fez a ligação de cada um dos pecados capitais a um demônio, supostamente responsável por invocar o mal nas pessoas. É a partir daí que Raphael Montes cria sete histórias situadas em um vilarejo isolado, apresentando a lenta degradação dos moradores do lugar, e pouco a pouco o próprio vilarejo vai sendo dizimado, maculado pela neve e pela fome.

As histórias podem ser lidas em qualquer ordem, sem prejuízo de sua compreensão, mas se relacionam de maneira complexa, de modo que ao término da leitura as narrativas convergem para uma única e surpreendente conclusão.]]>
109 Raphael Montes 8581053041 Lara 4 4.04 2015 O Vilarejo
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Stalinin lehmät 2553575 Stalinin lehmät on dramaturgiaa opiskelevan Sofi Oksasen vahvasti feministinen esikoisromaani, joka saa voimansa Annan sisäisen naiskuvan yhteentörmäyksestä yhteiskunnallisen todellisuuden kanssa. Se purkaa myös heterokeskeisiä stereotypioita syömishäiriöistä ja antaa kriittisen piston menneiden vuosikymmenten poliittiselle skitsofrenialle, jonka oireet näkyvät edelleen.]]> 477 Sofi Oksanen 9510282235 Lara 0 to-read 3.66 2003 Stalinin lehmät
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Baby Jane 4312567 Ongelmaan, joka ei ole hallittavissa, on vaikea saada apua. Sillä on kuitenkin nimi. Tautiluokitus F-41.0.
Pikiä yrittävät pitää pystyssä tyttöystävät. Nykyinen, tarinan minäkertoja, ja ex Bossa, jotka huolehtivat hänestä monin tavoin.
Se on virhe. Mutta niin on myös minäkertojan ja Pikin suhde, jossa oikeat sanat osuvat vääriin paikkoihin ja väärät oikeisiin. Siitä irtautuminen on veristä.

”Minä uskoin, että kaikki olisi mahdollista, ei minulla ollut mitään syytä epäillä. Me emme haaveilleet mistään, mitä pidin mahdottomana, vain pienistä suurista suloisista asioista, joihin ei tarvittu muuta kuin rakastettu ja tarpeeksi rakkautta, ja sitähän meillä oli uppeluksiin asti.�]]>
231 Sofi Oksanen 9510309664 Lara 0 to-read 3.44 2005 Baby Jane
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<![CDATA[The Gift of Fear: Survival Signals That Protect Us from Violence]]> 56465 Unwarranted fear is a curse.
Learn how to tell the difference.

A date won't take "no" for an answer. The new nanny gives a mother an uneasy feeling. A stranger in a deserted parking lot offers unsolicited help. The threat of violence surrounds us every day. But we can protect ourselves, by learning to trust—and act on—our gut instincts.

In this empowering book, Gavin de Becker, the man Oprah Winfrey calls the nation's leading expert on violent behavior, shows you how to spot even subtle signs of danger—before it's too late. Shattering the myth that most violent acts are unpredictable, de Becker, whose clients include top Hollywood stars and government agencies, offers specific ways to protect yourself and those you love, including how to act when approached by a stranger, when you should fear someone close to you, what to do if you are being stalked, how to uncover the source of anonymous threats or phone calls, the biggest mistake you can make with a threatening person, and more. Learn to spot the danger signals others miss. It might just save your life.
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352 Gavin de Becker 0747538352 Lara 0 to-read 4.16 1997 The Gift of Fear: Survival Signals That Protect Us from Violence
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Divergent (Divergent, #1) 13335037
During the highly competitive initiation that follows, Beatrice renames herself Tris and struggles alongside her fellow initiates to live out the choice they have made. Together they must undergo extreme physical tests of endurance and intense psychological simulations, some with devastating consequences. As initiation transforms them all, Tris must determine who her friends really are—and where, exactly, a romance with a sometimes fascinating, sometimes exasperating boy fits into the life she's chosen. But Tris also has a secret, one she's kept hidden from everyone because she's been warned it can mean death. And as she discovers unrest and growing conflict that threaten to unravel her seemingly perfect society, she also learns that her secret might help her save those she loves . . . or it might destroy her.]]>
487 Veronica Roth 0062024035 Lara 4 4.13 2011 Divergent (Divergent, #1)
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<![CDATA[A Storm of Swords (A Song of Ice and Fire, #3)]]> 62291 An alternate cover for this ISBN can be found here

Here is the third volume in George R.R. Martin's magnificent cycle of novels that includes A Game of Thrones and A Clash of Kings. Together, this series comprises a genuine masterpiece of modern fantasy, destined to stand as one of the great achievements of imaginative fiction.

Of the five contenders for power, one is dead, another in disfavor, and still the wars rage as alliances are made and broken. Joffrey sits on the Iron Throne, the uneasy ruler of the Seven Kingdoms. His most bitter rival, Lord Stannis, stands defeated and disgraced, victim of the sorceress who holds him in her thrall. Young Robb still rules the North from the fortress of Riverrun. Meanwhile, making her way across a blood-drenched continent is the exiled queen, Daenerys, mistress of the only three dragons still left in the world. And as opposing forces manoeuver for the final showdown, an army of barbaric wildlings arrives from the outermost limits of civilization, accompanied by a horde of mythical Others—a supernatural army of the living dead whose animated corpses are unstoppable. As the future of the land hangs in the balance, no one will rest until the Seven Kingdoms have exploded in a veritable storm of swords...]]>
1177 George R.R. Martin 055357342X Lara 5 4.54 2000 A Storm of Swords (A Song of Ice and Fire, #3)
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Touch 22314178
Now Kepler is looking out through the eyes of the killer himself, staring down at a broken and ruined body lying in the dirt of the alley.

Instead of dying, Kepler has gained the ability to roam from one body to another, to jump into another person’s skin and see through their eyes, live their life � be it for a few minutes, a few months or a lifetime.

Kepler means these host bodies no harm � and even comes to cherish them intimately like lovers. But when one host, Josephine Cebula, is brutally assassinated, Kepler embarks on a mission to seek the truth � and avenge Josephine’s death.]]>
426 Claire North 0316335924 Lara 0 to-read 3.78 2015 Touch
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Wedding Night 17910611 464 Sophie Kinsella 0812984277 Lara 5 SO AWESOME! 3.53 2014 Wedding Night
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SO AWESOME!
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Allegiant (Divergent, #3) 18710190
But Tris's new reality is even more alarming than the one she left behind. Old discoveries are quickly rendered meaningless. Explosive new truths change the hearts of those she loves. And once again, Tris must battle to comprehend to complexities of human nature - and of herself - while facing impossible choices about courage, allegiance, sacrifice, and love.

Told from a riveting dual perspective, ALLEGIANT, by #1 New York Times best-selling author Veronica Roth, brings the DIVERGENT series to a powerful conclusion while revealing the secrets of the dystopian world that has captivated millions of readers in DIVERGENT and INSURGENT.]]>
531 Veronica Roth 0007524277 Lara 1 It sucks. 3.59 2013 Allegiant (Divergent, #3)
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<![CDATA[Throne of Glass (Throne of Glass, #1)]]> 7896527 Meet Celaena Sardothien.

Beautiful. Deadly. Destined for greatness.

In a land without magic, where the king rules with an iron hand, Celaena, an assassin, is summoned to the castle. She comes not to kill the king, but to win her freedom. If she defeats twenty-three killers, thieves, and warriors in a competition, she is released from prison to serve as the king’s champion.

The Crown Prince will provoke her. The Captain of the Guard will protect her. But something evil dwells in the castle of glass—and it’s there to kill. When her competitors start dying one by one, Celaena’s fight for freedom becomes a fight for survival, and a desperate quest to root out the evil before it destroys her world.]]>
406 Sarah J. Maas Lara 0 to-read 4.19 2012 Throne of Glass (Throne of Glass, #1)
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Sharp Objects 18283314 396 Gillian Flynn 080413832X Lara 4 3.92 2006 Sharp Objects
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average rating: 3.92
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rating: 4
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Luckiest Girl Alive 22609317
As a teenager at the prestigious Bradley School, Ani FaNelli endured a shocking, public humiliation that left her desperate to reinvent herself. Now, with a glamorous job, expensive wardrobe, and handsome blue blood fiancé, she’s this close to living the perfect life she’s worked so hard to achieve.

But Ani has a secret.

There’s something else buried in her past that still haunts her, something private and painful that threatens to bubble to the surface and destroy everything.

With a singular voice and twists you won’t see coming, Luckiest Girl Alive explores the unbearable pressure that so many women feel to “have it all� and introduces a heroine whose sharp edges and cutthroat ambition have been protecting a scandalous truth, and a heart that's bigger than it first appears.

The question remains: will breaking her silence destroy all that she has worked for—or, will it at long last, set Ani free?]]>
338 Jessica Knoll 1476789630 Lara 0 to-read 3.50 2015 Luckiest Girl Alive
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A Sense of the Infinite 23015948
But most especially, she isn't prepared to lose Noe.

For years, Noe has anchored Annabeth and set their joint path. Now Noe is drifting in another direction, making new plans and dreams that don't involve Annabeth. Without Noe's constant companionship, Annabeth's world begins to crumble. But as a chain of events pulls Annabeth further and further away from Noe, she finds herself closer and closer to discovering who she's really meant to be—with her best friend or without.]]>
405 Hilary T. Smith 0062184733 Lara 0 to-read 3.69 2015 A Sense of the Infinite
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The Innocents 12190308 WINNER OF THE COSTA FIRST NOVEL AWARD 2012

What if everything you'd ever wanted was no longer enough?

Adam and Rachel are getting married at last. Childhood sweethearts whose lives and families have been intertwined for years; theirs is set to be the wedding of the year.

But then Rachel's cousin Ellie makes an unexpected return to the family fold. Beautiful, reckless and troubled, Ellie represents everything that Adam has tried all his life to avoid - and everything that is missing from his world. As the long-awaited wedding approaches, Adam is torn between duty and temptation, security and freedom, and must make a choice that will break either one heart, or many.]]>
282 Francesca Segal 1401341810 Lara 0 to-read 3.15 2012 The Innocents
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average rating: 3.15
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Elizabeth Is Missing 18635113
Maud, an aging grandmother, is slowly losing her memory—and her grip on everyday life. Yet she refuses to forget her best friend Elizabeth, who she is convinced is missing and in terrible danger.

But no one will listen to Maud—not her frustrated daughter, Helen, not her caretakers, not the police, and especially not Elizabeth's mercurial son, Peter. Armed with handwritten notes she leaves for herself and an overwhelming feeling that Elizabeth needs her help, Maud resolves to discover the truth and save her beloved friend.

This singular obsession forms a cornerstone of Maud's rapidly dissolving present. But the clues she discovers seem only to lead her deeper into her past, to another unsolved disappearance: her sister, Sukey, who vanished shortly after World War II.

As vivid memories of a tragedy that occurred more than fifty years ago come flooding back, Maud discovers new momentum in her search for her friend. Could the mystery of Sukey's disappearance hold the key to finding Elizabeth?]]>
320 Emma Healey 0062309668 Lara 0 to-read 3.69 2014 Elizabeth Is Missing
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Insurgent (Divergent, #2) 11735983
Tris's initiation day should have been marked by celebration and victory with her chosen faction; instead, the day ended with unspeakable horrors. War now looms as conflict between the factions and their ideologies grows. And in times of war, sides must be chosen, secrets will emerge, and choices will become even more irrevocable—and even more powerful. Transformed by her own decisions but also by haunting grief and guilt, radical new discoveries, and shifting relationships, Tris must fully embrace her Divergence, even if she does not know what she may lose by doing so.

New York Times bestselling author Veronica Roth's much-anticipated second book of the dystopian DIVERGENT series is another intoxicating thrill ride of a story, rich with hallmark twists, heartbreaks, romance, and powerful insights about human nature.]]>
525 Veronica Roth 0007442912 Lara 5 3.97 2012 Insurgent (Divergent, #2)
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Der FĂĽrst des Parnass 19288607 84 Carlos Ruiz ZafĂłn 3596198828 Lara 5 3.79 2012 Der FĂĽrst des Parnass
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name: Lara
average rating: 3.79
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rating: 5
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<![CDATA[The Good Women of China: Hidden Voices]]> 178796 256 Xinran 1400030803 Lara 0 to-read 4.27 2002 The Good Women of China: Hidden Voices
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average rating: 4.27
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The Paying Guests 20821087
With the arrival of Lilian and Leonard Barber, a modern young couple of the “clerk class,� the routines of the house will be shaken up in unexpected ways. Little do the Wrays know just how profoundly their new tenants will alter the course of Frances’s life—or, as passions mount and frustration gathers, how far-reaching, and how devastating, the disturbances will be.]]>
564 Sarah Waters 1594633118 Lara 0 to-read 3.42 2014 The Paying Guests
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<![CDATA[A Clash of Kings (A Song of Ice and Fire, #2)]]> 374855 here, here and here.

In this eagerly awaited sequel to A Game of Thrones, George R.R. Martin has created a work of unsurpassed vision, power, and imagination. A Clash of Kings transports us to a world of revelry and revenge, wizardry and warfare unlike any you have ever experienced.

A comet the colour of blood and flame cuts across the sky. And from the ancient citadel of Dragonstone to the forbidding shores of Winterfell, chaos reigns. Six factions struggle for control of a divided land and the Iron Throne of the Seven Kingdoms, preparing to stake their claims through tempest, turmoil, and war. It is a tale in which brother plots against brother and the dead rise to walk at night. Here a princess masquerades as an orphan boy; a knight of the mind prepares a poison for a treacherous sorceress; and wild men descend from the Mountains of the Moon to ravage the countryside. Against a backdrop of incest and fratricide, alchemy and murder, victory may go to the men and women possessed of the coldest steel...and the coldest hearts. For when kings clash, the whole land trembles.

Audacious, inventive, brilliantly imagined, A Clash of Kings is a novel of dazzling beauty and boundless enchantment—a tale of pure excitement you will never forget.]]>
1009 George R.R. Martin 0553579908 Lara 0 4.35 1998 A Clash of Kings (A Song of Ice and Fire, #2)
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<![CDATA[The Girl with All the Gifts (The Girl With All the Gifts, #1)]]> 17235026
Every morning, Melanie waits in her cell to be collected for class. When they come for her, Sergeant Parks keeps his gun pointing at her while two of his people strap her into the wheelchair. She thinks they don't like her. She jokes that she won't bite, but they don't laugh.

Melanie loves school. She loves learning about spelling and sums and the world outside the classroom and the children's cells. She tells her favorite teacher all the things she'll do when she grows up. Melanie doesn't know why this makes Miss Justineau look sad.

The Girl with All the Gifts is a sensational thriller, perfect for fans of Stephen King, Justin Cronin, and Neil Gaiman.]]>
461 M.R. Carey 0356500152 Lara 0 to-read 3.94 2014 The Girl with All the Gifts (The Girl With All the Gifts, #1)
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Russendisko 199953
Berlin ist im Aufbruch, sagt man. Wenn man Kaminer liest, erahnt man, was damit wohl eigentlich gemeint sein sollte: Der Aufbruch führt ins Chaos und hat viele schöne Begleiterscheinungen. Willkommen in Absurdistan... die nächste Tram fährt direkt dorthin. Berliner, lest dieses Buch, so kennt Ihr Eure Stadt noch nicht! Und Nicht-Berliner, packt vorher schon mal Eure Koffer! Darauf einen Wodka, "meine kleinen Freunde"!]]>
192 Wladimir Kaminer 3442545196 Lara 4 3.35 2000 Russendisko
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average rating: 3.35
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rating: 4
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Memory of Water 18505844
But secrets do not stay hidden forever, and after her father's death the army starts watching their town-and Noria. And as water becomes even scarcer, Noria must choose between safety and striking out, between knowledge and kinship.

Imaginative and engaging, lyrical and poignant, Memory of Water is an indelible novel that portrays a future that is all too possible.]]>
263 Emmi Itäranta 0062326155 Lara 0 to-read 3.64 2012 Memory of Water
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<![CDATA[The Examined Life: How We Lose and Find Ourselves]]> 18378023
These beautifully rendered tales illuminate the fundamental pathways of life from birth to death.

A woman finds herself daydreaming as she returns home from a business trip; a young man loses his wallet. We learn, too, from more extreme examples: the patient who points an unloaded gun at a police officer, the compulsive liar who convinces his wife he's dying of cancer. The stories invite compassionate understanding, suggesting answers to the questions that compel and disturb us most about love and loss, parents and children, work and change.

The resulting journey will spark new ideas about who we are and why we do what we do.]]>
240 Stephen Grosz 0393349322 Lara 0 to-read 3.95 2012 The Examined Life: How We Lose and Find Ourselves
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<![CDATA[The Noonday Demon: An Atlas of Depression]]> 13932
The Noonday Demon examines depression in personal, cultural, and scientific terms. Drawing on his own struggles with the illness and interviews with fellow sufferers, doctors and scientists, policymakers and politicians, drug designers and philosophers, Solomon reveals the subtle complexities and sheer agony of the disease. He confronts the challenge of defining the illness and describes the vast range of available medications, the efficacy of alternative treatments, and the impact the malady has had on various demographic populations around the world and throughout history. He also explores the thorny patch of moral and ethical questions posed by emerging biological explanations for mental illness.

The depth of human experience Solomon chronicles, the range of his intelligence, and his boundless curiosity and compassion will change the reader's view of the world.]]>
576 Andrew Solomon 0684854678 Lara 0 to-read 4.18 2000 The Noonday Demon: An Atlas of Depression
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average rating: 4.18
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In Search of Happiness 22848778 152 Sonwabiso Ngcowa 0992201802 Lara 0 to-read 3.60 2014 In Search of Happiness
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average rating: 3.60
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Americanah 15796700 477 Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Lara 0 to-read 4.32 2013 Americanah
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average rating: 4.32
book published: 2013
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