Valerietree's bookshelf: all en-US Sat, 19 Apr 2025 21:57:55 -0700 60 Valerietree's bookshelf: all 144 41 /images/layout/goodreads_logo_144.jpg Brave New World 5129 Brave New World is a searching vision of an unequal, technologically-advanced future where humans are genetically bred, socially indoctrinated, and pharmaceutically anesthetized to passively uphold an authoritarian ruling order–all at the cost of our freedom, full humanity, and perhaps also our souls. “A genius [who] who spent his life decrying the onward march of the Machine� (The New Yorker), Huxley was a man of incomparable talents: equally an artist, a spiritual seeker, and one of history’s keenest observers of human nature and civilization. Brave New World, his masterpiece, has enthralled and terrified millions of readers, and retains its urgent relevance to this day as both a warning to be heeded as we head into tomorrow and as thought-provoking, satisfying work of literature. Written in the shadow of the rise of fascism during the 1930s, Brave New Worldd likewise speaks to a 21st-century world dominated by mass-entertainment, technology, medicine and pharmaceuticals, the arts of persuasion, and the hidden influence of elites.

"Aldous Huxley is the greatest 20th century writer in English." —Chicago Tribune]]>
268 Aldous Huxley 0060929871 Valerietree 5 3.99 1932 Brave New World
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<![CDATA[Black Powder War (Temeraire, #3)]]> 91989 365 Naomi Novik 0345481305 Valerietree 0 to-read 3.90 2006 Black Powder War (Temeraire, #3)
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Emily of New Moon 45885445 After Emily Starr loses her dear father, the ten-year-old orphan is packed off to live with her starched relatives on Prince Edward Island. If only she could relate to them. Frankly, whip-smart, ambitious Emily can’t imagine ever feeling at home at New Moon Farm. Especially when her writerly dreams are routinely dashed by her autocratic aunt. Then Emily finds an outlet for her creative spirit with a group of friends every bit as passionate and gifted as she. With their help, New Moon could start to feel like home after all.

Lucy Maud Montgomery’s semiautobiographical coming-of-age tale is a bittersweet ode to family, friendship, and forging your own path in life.

Revised edition: Previously published as Emily of New Moon, this edition of Emily of New Moon (AmazonClassics Edition) includes editorial revisions.

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159 L.M. Montgomery 1542016134 Valerietree 4 4.33 1923 Emily of New Moon
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The Binding 39964740
After having suffered some sort of mental collapse and no longer able to keep up with his farm chores, Emmett Farmer is sent to the workshop of one such binder to live and work as her apprentice. Leaving behind home and family, Emmett slowly regains his health while learning the binding trade. He is forbidden to enter the locked room where books are stored, so he spends many months marbling end pages, tooling leather book covers, and gilding edges. But his curiosity is piqued by the people who come and go from the inner sanctum, and the arrival of the lordly Lucian Darnay, with whom he senses a connection, changes everything.]]>
437 Bridget Collins 0008272115 Valerietree 3 3.86 2019 The Binding
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<![CDATA[Throne of Jade (Temeraire, #2)]]> 11441857
Captain William Laurence of the British Air Corps and his dragon, Temeraire, begin their slow voyage to China, fearful that upon landing they will be forced to part by Imperial decree.

Temeraire is a Celestial dragon, the most highly-prized of all draconic breeds; famed for their intelligence, agility and most of all for the Divine Wind � their terrible roar capable of shattering the heavy timbers of war ships, shattering woodland and destroying other dragons mid-flight. Temeraire’s egg was captured and claimed by the British at sea, but he was meant to be the companion of the Emperor Napoleon and not captained by a mere officer in the British Air Corps.

The Chinese have demanded his return and the British cannot refuse them � they cannot afford to provoke the asian super-power into allying themselves with the French � even if it costs them the most powerful weapon in their arsenal and inflicts the most unimaginable pain upon Laurence and his dragon.]]>
434 Naomi Novik 000731857X Valerietree 4 4.02 2006 Throne of Jade (Temeraire, #2)
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Temeraire (Temeraire, #1) 57484971 An alternative cover edition for this ASIN can be found here.


Naomi Novik’s stunning series of novels follow the global adventures of Captain William Laurence and his fighting dragon Temeraire as they are thrown together to fight for Britain during the turbulent time of the Napoleonic Wars.

Captain Will Laurence has been at sea since he was just twelve years old; finding a warmer berth in Nelson's navy than any he enjoyed as the youngest, least important son of Lord Allendale. Rising on merit to captain his own vessel, Laurence has earned himself a beautiful fiancée, society's esteem and a golden future. But the war is not going well. It seems Britain can only wait as Napoleon plans to overrun her shores.

After a skirmish with a French ship, Laurence finds himself in charge of a rare cargo: a dragon egg bound for the Emperor himself. Dragons are much prized: properly trained, they can mount a fearsome attack from the skies. One of Laurence's men must take the beast in hand and join the aviators' cause, thus relinquishing all hope of a normal life.

But when the newly-hatched dragon ignores the young midshipman Laurence chose as its keeper and decides to imprint itself on the horrified captain instead, Laurence's world falls apart. Gone is his golden future: gone his social standing, and soon his beautiful fiancée, as he is consigned to be the constant companion and trainer of the fighting dragon Temeraire…]]>
356 Naomi Novik Valerietree 4 4.13 2006 Temeraire (Temeraire, #1)
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Iron Flame (The Empyrean, #2) 192581482
Everyone expected Violet Sorrengail to die during her first year at Basgiath War College, Violet included. But Threshing was only the first impossible test meant to weed out the weak-willed, the unworthy, and the unlucky.

Now the real training begins, and Violet’s already wondering how she’ll get through. It’s not just that it’s grueling and maliciously brutal, or even that it’s designed to stretch the riders� capacity for pain beyond endurance. It’s the new vice commandant, who’s made it his personal mission to teach Violet exactly how powerless she is–unless she betrays the man she loves.

Although Violet’s body might be weaker and frailer than everyone else’s, she still has her wits—and a will of iron. And leadership is forgetting the most important lesson Basgiath has taught her: Dragon riders make their own rules.

But a determination to survive won’t be enough this year.

Because Violet knows the real secret hidden for centuries at Basgiath War College, and nothing, not even dragon fire, may be enough to save them in the end.]]>
639 Rebecca Yarros 0349437041 Valerietree 3 4.50 2023 Iron Flame (The Empyrean, #2)
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<![CDATA[Fourth Wing (The Empyrean, #1)]]> 208812759 ASIN moved from less recent edition

Welcome to the brutal and elite world of Basgiath War College, where everyone has an agenda, and every night could be your last . . .

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

But when you're smaller than everyone else and your body is brittle, death is only a heartbeat away . . . because dragons don't bond to 'fragile' humans. They incinerate them.

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

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

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

Alliances will be forged. Lives will be lost. Traitors will become allies . . . or even lovers. But sleep with one eye open because once you enter, there are only two ways out: graduate or die.]]>
646 Rebecca Yarros 0349436983 Valerietree 3 4.69 2023 Fourth Wing (The Empyrean, #1)
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Middlemarch (Grapevine Press) 158938661 1042 George Eliot Valerietree 4 4.53 1872 Middlemarch (Grapevine Press)
author: George Eliot
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<![CDATA[The Seven Sisters (The Seven Sisters, #1)]]> 22609358
Eighty years earlier in Rio’s Belle Epoque of the 1920s, Izabela Bonifacio’s father has aspirations for his daughter to marry into the aristocracy. Meanwhile, architect Heitor da Silva Costa is devising plans for an enormous statue, to be called Christ the Redeemer, and will soon travel to Paris to find the right sculptor to complete his vision. Izabela—passionate and longing to see the world—convinces her father to allow her to accompany him and his family to Europe before she is married. There, at Paul Landowski’s studio and in the heady, vibrant cafes of Montparnasse, she meets ambitious young sculptor Laurent Brouilly, and knows at once that her life will never be the same again.

In this sweeping, epic tale of love and loss—the first in a unique, spellbinding series of seven novels—Lucinda Riley showcases her storytelling talent like never before.]]>
460 Lucinda Riley 1476759901 Valerietree 0 to-read 4.16 2014 The Seven Sisters (The Seven Sisters, #1)
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<![CDATA[The Clockwork Scarab (Stoker and Holmes Book 1)]]> 202930538
But when you're the sister of Bram and the niece of Sherlock, vampire hunting and mystery solving are in your blood. And when two society girls go missing, there's no one more qualified to investigate.

Now fierce Evaline and logical Mina must resolve their rivalry, navigate the advances of not just one but three mysterious gentlemen, and solve a murder with only one the strange Egyptian scarab. The stakes are high.

If Stoker and Holmes don't unravel why the belles of London society are in such danger, they'll become the next victims...]]>
259 Colleen Gleason Valerietree 2 3.60 2013 The Clockwork Scarab (Stoker and Holmes Book 1)
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<![CDATA[The Marriage of Mary Russell (Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes, #2.5)]]> 29168088 Laurie R. King takes readers way back in her bestselling series with this exclusive ebook short story, as Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes embark upon the riskiest adventure of their their wedding.
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Though she cannot entirely discount the effects of the head injuries they were both suffering at the time, Mary Russell is delighted by Sherlock Holmes’s proposal of marriage. After all, they have become partners-in-crime, and she has recently come into her what remains but to confirm the union with her mentor-turned-partner through a piece of paper? Russell’s pragmatic side tells her to head straight to the registry office—until Holmes surprises her with a sentimental wish to be married in the chapel of his ancestral manor. There’s just the small issue of the house is not exactly his, and he is most definitely not welcome there. Of course, such obstacles have never deterred Sherlock Holmes before, and they certainly won’t keep him from concocting an elaborate scheme to evade angry dogs and armed butlers—all in the name of wedded bliss.
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50 Laurie R. King 0425284484 Valerietree 4 4.37 2016 The Marriage of Mary Russell (Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes, #2.5)
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Shadows 19191230 About the Robin McKinley has won many awards, including the Newbery Medal for The Hero and the Crown, a Newbery Honor for The Blue Sword, and the Mythopoeic Award for Adult Literature for Sunshine. She lives in Hampshire, England with her husband, author Peter DickinsonCheck out her blog at robinmckinleysblog.com.]]> 368 Robin McKinley 0141969539 Valerietree 5 4.08 2013 Shadows
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<![CDATA[The Raven Song (Conspiracy of Magic, #2)]]> 59849840
Forever untangling the branches of her strange family tree, Edwina Blackwood is at a turning point. Her parents� disappearances still strike her as unaccountably odd. Her sister’s questionable life and untimely death have left her shaken. Spellfire has transformed her home and livelihood to ash. And now a devious stalker is on her trail. With supernatural detective Ian Cameron by her side, Edwina can’t get out of London fast enough.

Gaining safe passage, she finds refuge with Sir Henry Elvanfoot, famed wizard of the north, and is promised protection from ill-aimed curses. But in this unfamiliar city of fair folk and witches, where the veil between Earth and the Otherworld is about to be lifted, something is amiss. How else to explain Edwina’s sudden prophetic visions? Or the fear that surviving whoever pursues her will require the powers of an ancient bloodline she’s only beginning to comprehend?

Whatever destiny awaits, it’s Edwina’s to finally control. Where will it lead? Only time, cunning, and magic—in this world or the Other—will tell.]]>
266 Luanne G. Smith 1542035023 Valerietree 3 4.17 2022 The Raven Song (Conspiracy of Magic, #2)
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<![CDATA[A Year in Story and Song: A Celebration of the Seasons]]> 200290193 A Year in Story and Song is a captivating collection that will immerse you in the enchanting world of songs, poetry, and stories. A celebration of mesmerising melodies and rich folklore, for each month of the year. Whether it's a soul-stirring song to commemorate Burns Night or Shakespeare's engaging sea shanty in The Tempest, this book promises to make every month feel extraordinary.In addition to the diverse range of songs and stories, this book offers a cultural journey with tales from various traditions. Get ready to be captivated by an enchanting Irish Catholic tale in March, a compelling Jewish tale in April, and an intriguing Cornish Folk tale in July. This Almanac is not just a one-time read but a treasured companion that you'll find yourself revisiting throughout the year. It will undoubtedly become a cherished source of inspiration and enjoyment for all who delve into its pages.]]> 224 Lia Leendertz 1856755495 Valerietree 0 currently-reading 4.38 A Year in Story and Song: A Celebration of the Seasons
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<![CDATA[Gild (The Plated Prisoner, #1)]]> 56483061 The fae abandoned this world to us. And the ones with power rule.

Gold.

Gold floors, gold walls, gold furniture, gold clothes. In Highbell, in the castle built into the frozen mountains, everything is made of gold.

Even me.

King Midas rescued me. Dug me out of the slums and placed me on a pedestal. I’m called his precious. His favored. I’m the woman he Gold-Touched to show everyone that I belong to him. To show how powerful he is. He gave me protection, and I gave him my heart. And even though I don’t leave the confines of the palace, I’m safe.

Until war comes to the kingdom and a deal is struck.

Suddenly, my trust is broken. My love is challenged. And I realize that everything I thought I knew about Midas might be wrong.

Because these bars I’m kept in, no matter how gilded, are still just a cage. But the monsters on the other side might make me wish I’d never left.

The myth of King Midas reimagined. This compelling adult fantasy series is as addictive as it is unexpected. With romance, intrigue, and danger, the gilded world of Orea will grip you from the very first page.

Please Note: This book contains explicit content and darker elements, including mature language, violence, and rape. It is not intended for anyone under 18 years of age. This is book one in a series.

An alternative cover edition for this ASIN can be found here.]]>
402 Raven Kennedy Valerietree 3 3.60 2020 Gild (The Plated Prisoner, #1)
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<![CDATA[The Dead of Winter: The Demons, Witches and Ghosts of Christmas]]> 203308802
Here, Sarah Clegg takes us on a journey through midwinter to explore the lesser-known Christmas traditions, from English mummers plays and Austrian Krampus runs, to modern pagan rituals at Stonehenge and the night in Finland when a young girl is crowned with candles as St Lucy - a martyred Christian girl who also appears as a witch leading a procession of the dead. At wassails and hoodenings and winter gatherings, attended by ghastly, grinning horses, snatching monsters and mysterious visitors, we discover how these traditions originated and how they changed through the centuries, and we ask if we can't keep the darkness entirely at bay, might it be fun to let a little in?]]>
193 Sarah Clegg 1803511540 Valerietree 4 3.69 2024 The Dead of Winter: The Demons, Witches and Ghosts of Christmas
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<![CDATA[Midwinter Murder: Fireside Mysteries from the Queen of Crime]]> 54966697 An all-new collection of winter-themed stories from the Queen of Mystery, just in time for the holidays—including the original version of Christmas Adventure, never before released in the United States!

There's a chill in the air and the days are growing shorter . . . It's the perfect time to curl up in front of a crackling fire with these wintry whodunits from the legendary Agatha Christie. But beware of deadly snowdrifts and dangerous gifts, poisoned meals and mysterious guests. This chilling compendium of short stories—some featuring beloved detectives Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple—is an essential omnibus for Christie fans and the perfect holiday gift for mystery lovers.

INCLUDES THE STORIES:
- Three Blind Mice
- The Chocolate Box
- A Christmas Tragedy
- The Coming of Mr Quin
- The Clergyman's Daughter/Red House
- The Plymouth Express
- Problem at Pollensa Bay
- Sanctuary
- The Mystery of Hunter's Lodge
- The World's End
- The Manhood of Edward Robinson
- Christmas Adventure]]>
320 Agatha Christie 0008405468 Valerietree 4 3.97 2020 Midwinter Murder: Fireside Mysteries from the Queen of Crime
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Glint (Plated Prisoner, #2) 61116344
Now I'm the prisoner of the Fourth Kingdom's army, with no hope for escape.

And behind all of my worries, there is Commander the renowned brutal warrior of Orea.

When he turns those black eyes on me, I fall captive for an entirely different reason.

I may be out of my cage, but I'm not free.

Not even close . . . ]]>
469 Raven Kennedy 1405955058 Valerietree 3 4.23 2022 Glint  (Plated Prisoner, #2)
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<![CDATA[Goddesses in Everywoman:: Powerful Archetypes in Women's Lives]]> 20580116 A classic work of female psychology that uses seven archetypcal goddesses as a way of describing behavior patterns and personality traits is being introduced to the next generation of readers with a new introduction by the author.

Psychoanalyst Jean Bolen's career soared in the early 1980s when Goddesses in Everywoman was published. Thousands of women readers became fascinated with identifying their own inner goddesses and using these archetypes to guide themselves to greater self–esteem, creativity, and happiness.

Bolen's radical idea was that just as women used to be unconscious of the powerful effects that cultural stereotypes had on them, they were also unconscious of powerful archetypal forces within them that influence what they do and how they feel, and which account for major differences among them. Bolen believes that an understanding of these inner patterns and their interrelationships offers reassuring, true–to–life alternatives that take women far beyond such restrictive dichotomies as masculine/feminine, mother/lover, careerist/housewife. And she demonstrates in this book how understanding them can provide the key to self–knowledge and wholeness.

Dr. Bolen introduced these patterns in the guise of seven archetypal goddesses, or personality types, with whom all women could identify, from the autonomous Artemis and the cool Athena to the nurturing Demeter and the creative Aphrodite, and explains how to decide which to cultivate and which to overcome, and how to tap the power of these enduring archetypes to become a better "heroine" in one's own life story.

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356 Jean Shinoda Bolen 0060572841 Valerietree 4 4.32 1984 Goddesses in Everywoman:: Powerful Archetypes in Women's Lives
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Beloved 23156181 354 Toni Morrison Valerietree 5 4.10 1987 Beloved
author: Toni Morrison
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<![CDATA[Slewfoot: A Tale of Bewitchery]]> 56660256 Set in Colonial New England, Slewfoot is a tale of magic and mystery, of triumph and terror as only dark fantasist Brom can tell it.

Connecticut, 1666.

An ancient spirit awakens in a dark wood. The wildfolk call him Father, slayer, protector.

The colonists call him Slewfoot, demon, devil.

To Abitha, a recently widowed outcast, alone and vulnerable in her pious village, he is the only one she can turn to for help.

Together, they ignite a battle between pagan and Puritan � one that threatens to destroy the entire village, leaving nothing but ashes and bloodshed in their wake.]]>
312 Brom Valerietree 4 4.26 2021 Slewfoot: A Tale of Bewitchery
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<![CDATA[Tired and Tested: The Wild Ride Into Parenthood]]> 59572402
Join comedian Sophie McCartney as she shares her journey from wild child to with child � a never ending exercise in expectation vs reality (and the cleaning up of bodily fluids) she voyages deep into difficult and unchartered territories of mating, birthing, feral offspring, mums overdoing it at the watering hole, and the perilous viper nest of the school WhatsApp group.

Overwhelmed by love, but exhausted by life, and with no idea if the â€five-second ruleâ€� applies to hummus, she, like most of us, has 100% NOT â€got thisâ€� â€� unless, of course, referring to parasitic organisms.

With laugh out loud humour and eye-watering honesty, Sophie shows how whether you’ve had a day full of whining or a night full of wine, there’s joy to be had in the perfectly imperfect wild ride into parenthood. Welcome to the jungle.]]>
269 Sophie McCartney 000847530X Valerietree 3 audiobook 4.04 Tired and Tested: The Wild Ride Into Parenthood
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Ravensong (Green Creek #2) 63290024
It should have been enough.

And it was, until the wolves came back, and with them, Mark Bennett. In the end, they faced the beast together as a pack . . . and won.

Now, a year later, Gordo has found himself once again the witch of the Bennett pack. Green Creek has settled after the death of Richard Collins, and Gordo constantly struggles to ignore Mark and the song that howls between them.

But time is running out. Something is coming. And this time, it’s crawling from within.

Some bonds, no matter how strong, were made to be broken.]]>
480 T.J. Klune 1035002205 Valerietree 4 4.46 2018 Ravensong (Green Creek #2)
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<![CDATA[Parenting for Humans: How to Parent the Child You Have, As the Person You Are]]> 64663240 288 Emma Svanberg 1529195187 Valerietree 5 4.00 Parenting for Humans: How to Parent the Child You Have, As the Person You Are
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<![CDATA[The House in the Cerulean Sea (Cerulean Chronicles, #1)]]> 58380623 An enchanting story, masterfully told, The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune is about the profound experience of discovering an unlikely family in an unexpected place â€� and realizing that family could be yours.â€I loved it. It is like being wrapped up in a big gay blanket. Simply perfectâ€� â€� V. E. Schwab, author of The Invisible Life of Addie LaRueHe expected nothing. But they gave him everything . . .Linus Baker leads a quiet life. At forty, he has a tiny house with a devious cat and his beloved records for company. And at the Department in Charge of Magical Youth, he’s spent many dull years monitoring their orphanages.Then one day, Linus is summoned by Extremely Upper Management and given a highly classified assignment. He must travel to an orphanage where six dangerous children reside â€� including the Antichrist.At the orphanage, Linus must somehow determine if they could bring about the end of days. But their guardian, the charming and enigmatic Arthur Parnassus, will do anything to protect his wards. And, as Arthur and Linus grow ever closer, Linus must his duty, or his dreams . . .The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune is an uplifting, heart-warming fantasy tale that’s become a New York Times, USA Today and Washington Post bestseller.â€Likely to cause heart-swellingâ€� â€� Washington Postâ€A modern fairy tale . . . It’s a beautiful bookâ€� â€� Charlaine Harris, bestselling author of Dead Until Darkâ€Touching, tender and truly delightfulâ€� â€� Gail Carriger, author of Soulless]]> 402 T.J. Klune 1529087953 Valerietree 5 4.48 2020 The House in the Cerulean Sea (Cerulean Chronicles, #1)
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<![CDATA[Drop Dead Sisters (The Finch Sisters, #1)]]> 213004602 “Compulsively readable, Drop Dead Sisters is perfect for readers who love shows like Bad Sisters and Dead to Me. A mystery about three estranged sisters who accidentally kill someone? Yes, please.� —Mindy Kaling

Three sisters reunite on a family vacation and rekindle their relationship the only way they know how—by covering each other’s tracks in a real-life murder mystery not even they can figure out.

Remi Finch has spent the better part of her adult life avoiding family—especially her sisters. They just don’t click. Besides, her unconventional upbringing and major anxiety have convinced Remi that she can’t build a relationship with anyone. Period.

When her parents plan a family reunion camping trip to celebrate their anniversary, Remi’s willing to reconnect, if only because she doesn’t have a choice. But then a dead body turns up at their campsite, and their sisterly bonding kicks into high gear.

No one knows the whole story, but the Finch women are prepared to cover up the pieces before anyone tries to put them together. It’s a precautionary measure, probably unnecessary. Nobody else was there, so how could they have seen anything?

Between old grudges and new dynamics, a handsome park ranger, and a body that won’t stay hidden, Remi is about to learn that nothing strengthens family ties quite like crime.]]>
255 Amelia Diane Coombs 1662522746 Valerietree 4 3.75 2024 Drop Dead Sisters (The Finch Sisters, #1)
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Freckles 18873752 Freckles, a homeless waif finds his deliverance in the primeval Limberlost swamp. Maimed and abandoned as an infant, Freckles seeks a chance to prove his worth. He is given that opportunity as the guard of the precious timber of the Limberlost.]]> 324 Gene Stratton-Porter Valerietree 3 4.27 1904 Freckles
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A Girl of the Limberlost 18888864 276 Gene Stratton-Porter Valerietree 4 4.34 1909 A Girl of the Limberlost
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<![CDATA[Foxfire, Wolfskin and Other Stories of Shapeshifting Women]]> 58642151 205 Sharon Blackie 1912836238 Valerietree 5 4.20 Foxfire, Wolfskin and Other Stories of Shapeshifting Women
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<![CDATA[If Women Rose Rooted: A Life-Changing Journey to Authenticity and Belonging]]> 58470198
Aged 30, Sharon Blackie found herself weeping in the car park of the multinational corporation where she worked, wondering if this was what a nervous breakdown felt like. Somewhere along the line, she realised, she had lost herself - and so began her long journey back to authenticity, rootedness in place and belonging.

In this extraordinary book of myth, memoir and modern-day mentors (from fashion designers to lawyers), Blackie faces the wasteland of Western culture, the repression of women, and the devastation of our planet. She boldly names the challenge: to reimagine women's place in the world, and to rise up, firmly rooted in our own native landscapes and the powerful Celtic stories and wisdom which sprang from them.

A haunting heroine's journey for every woman who finds inspiration and solace in the natural world.]]>
316 Sharon Blackie 1910463272 Valerietree 4 4.39 2016 If Women Rose Rooted: A Life-Changing Journey to Authenticity and Belonging
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Our Lady of the Dark Country 37586308 264 Sylvia Linsteadt 0999696602 Valerietree 0 to-read 4.59 Our Lady of the Dark Country
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<![CDATA[Spoon-Fed: Why Almost Everything We’ve Been Told About Food is Wrong]]> 49387099
In twenty short, myth-busting chapters, Tim Spector reveals why almost everything we’ve been told about food is wrong. He reveals the scandalous lack of good scientific evidence for many medical and government food recommendations, and how the food industry holds sway over these policies. These are urgent issues that matter not just for our health as individuals but for the future of the planet.

Spoon-Fed forces us to question every diet plan, government recommendation, miracle cure or food label we encounter, and encourages us to rethink our whole relationship with food.]]>
288 Tim Spector 1473576407 Valerietree 0 to-read 3.97 2020 Spoon-Fed: Why Almost Everything We’ve Been Told About Food is Wrong
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<![CDATA[Heroes: Mortals and Monsters, Quests and Adventures (Stephen Fry's Great Mythology, #2)]]> 41433634
Few mere mortals have ever embarked on such bold and heart-stirring adventures, overcome myriad monstrous perils, or outwitted scheming vengeful gods, quite as stylishly and triumphantly as Greek heroes.

In this companion to his bestselling Mythos, Stephen Fry brilliantly retells these dramatic, funny, tragic and timeless tales. Join Jason aboard the Argo as he quests for the Golden Fleece. See Atalanta - who was raised by bears - outrun any man before being tricked with golden apples. Witness wily Oedipus solve the riddle of the Sphinx and discover how Bellerophon captures the winged horse Pegasus to help him slay the monster Chimera.

Filled with white-knuckle chases and battles, impossible puzzles and riddles, acts of base cowardice and real bravery, not to mention murders and selfless sacrifices, Heroes is the story of what we mortals are truly capable of - at our worst and our very best.

Read by the author. Running time 15 hours.]]>
415 Stephen Fry 0241380375 Valerietree 0 to-read 4.32 2018 Heroes: Mortals and Monsters, Quests and Adventures (Stephen Fry's Great Mythology, #2)
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Wolfsong (Green Creek #1) 62192389
Ox was sixteen when the energetic Bennett family moved in next door, harbouring a secret that would change him forever. For the family are shapeshifters, who can transform into wolves at will. Drawn to their magic, loyalty and enduring friendships, Ox feels a gulf between this extraordinary new world and the quiet life he’s known. He also finds an ally in Joe, the youngest Bennett boy. Joe is charming and handsome, but haunted by scars he cannot heal.

Ox was twenty-three when murder came to town, and tore a hole in his heart. Violence flared, tragedy split the pack and Joe left town, leaving Ox behind. Three years later, the boy is back. Except now he’s a man � and Ox can no longer ignore the song that howls between them.

Wolfsong is the first book in the Green Creek series by bestselling author TJ Klune. Continue the journey with Ravensong.]]>
568 T.J. Klune 1035002167 Valerietree 4 4.21 2016 Wolfsong (Green Creek #1)
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<![CDATA[Something Wicked (Phoebe Winchester Mystery, #1)]]> 195738751 Recipe for a potion to demolish life as you know it:

Step one: pack up your life and move to your aunt’s old house in a small, sleepy town.
Step two: discover that she was a witch.
Step three: discover that you’re also a witch.
Step four: Add a sprinkle of butterflies for your childhood friend (who’s suddenly incredibly hot), a dash of prying neighbours who want you to leave their town and never come back, and � the key ingredient � a murder on the steps of your aunt’s old tea shop (which, as it happens, is also a magic apothecary).

Voila. Your spell is complete.]]>
304 Gretchen Rue 1035904276 Valerietree 2 3.49 Something Wicked (Phoebe Winchester Mystery, #1)
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Mansfield Park 36190094
Mansfield Park is largely considered to be one of Jane Austen’s most ambitious novels, a darkly satirical glimpse into morality and social mobility within the nineteenth-century British class system.

AmazonClassics brings you timeless works from the masters of storytelling. Ideal for anyone who wants to read a great work for the first time or rediscover an old favorite, these new editions open the door to literature’s most unforgettable characters and beloved worlds.

Revised edition: Previously published as Mansfield Park, this edition of Mansfield Park (AmazonClassics Edition) includes editorial revisions.]]>
467 Jane Austen 1542099498 Valerietree 3 4.10 1814 Mansfield Park
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<![CDATA[When the Moon Hatched (Moonfall, #1)]]> 210288108 â� MAGIC. DRAGONS. ROMANCE. THE FANTASY PHENOMENON OF THE YEAR â�

She's an assassin on the run

Raeve’s job is to complete orders and never get caught. Until a rival assassin devastates her world, and she is captured by a group of powerful fae.

He's the dragon rider who'll stop at nothing to save her

Crushed by the loss of his great love, Kaan Vaegor hunts the world for answers. Then a clue lures him to the capital's high-security prison, where he finds Raeve �

Together, they'll burn it all down

Now they seek truths that threaten to shatter everything they knew about their world � and each other.

No.1 bestselling sensation When the Moon Hatched will transport you into a world filled with magic, dragons and a love that blazes through the ages…]]>
566 Sarah A. Parker 0008710244 Valerietree 3 4.12 2024 When the Moon Hatched (Moonfall, #1)
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Sourcery (Discworld, #5) 8870798 All this books and stuff, that isn’t what it should all be about. What we need is real wizardry.

Once there was an eighth son of an eighth son, a wizard squared, a source of magic. A Sourcerer.

Unseen University, the most magical establishment on the Discworld, has finally got its wish: the emergence of a wizard more powerful than they've ever seen. You'd think the smartest men on the Disc would have been a little more careful what they wished for.

As the drastic consequences of sourcery begin to unfold, one wizard holds the solution in his cowardly, incompetent hands. Rincewind must take the University's most precious artefact, the very embodiment of magic itself, and deliver it halfway across the disc to safety... If he doesn't make it, the death of all wizardry is at hand.

And the end of the world, depending who you listen to.]]>
289 Terry Pratchett Valerietree 3 4.23 1988 Sourcery (Discworld, #5)
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<![CDATA[Around the World in Eighty Days]]> 54479 252 Jules Verne 014044906X Valerietree 4 3.95 1872 Around the World in Eighty Days
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<![CDATA[The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and Other Stories]]> 721012 Sketch Book first appeared in 1819, readers in America and abroad greeted it with enthusiasm, and Irving emerged as America's first successful professional author. The pieces about life in England are gently ironic, reflecting the author's interest in the traditions of the Old World and his longings for his home in the New. But it is in "Rip Van Winkle" and "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" that Irving exhibits his true strength—the ability to depict American landscapes and culture so vividly that readers feel themselves a part of them. And it is on the basis of these two classic tales that Irving is generally credited with inventing the short story as a distinct literary genre.

Originally published as The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent.]]>
368 Washington Irving 014043769X Valerietree 3 3.96 1820 The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and Other Stories
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<![CDATA[Mort (Discworld, #4; Death, #1)]]> 386372
Death is the Grim Reaper of the Discworld, a black-robed skeleton with a scythe who ushers souls into the next world. He is also fond of cats and endlessly baffled by humanity. Soon Death is yearning to experience what humanity really has to offer, but to do that, he'll need to hire some help.

It's an offer Mort can't refuse. As Death's apprentice he'll have free board, use of the company horse—and being dead isn't compulsory. It's a dream job—until Mort falls in love with Death's daughter, Ysabell, and discovers that your boss can be a killer on your love life…]]>
243 Terry Pratchett 0061020680 Valerietree 4 4.24 1987 Mort (Discworld, #4; Death, #1)
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Equal Rites (Discworld, #3) 8700453 They say that a little knowledge is a dangerous thing, but it is not one half so bad as a lot of ignorance.

The last thing the wizard Drum Billet did, before Death laid a bony hand on his shoulder, was to pass on his staff of power to the eighth son of an eighth son.

Unfortunately for his colleagues in the chauvinistic (not to say misogynistic) world of magic, he failed to check that the baby in question was a son.

Everybody knows that there's no such thing as a female wizard. But now it's gone and happened, there's nothing much anyone can do about it.

Let the battle of the sexes begin...]]>
277 Terry Pratchett Valerietree 4 4.27 1987 Equal Rites (Discworld, #3)
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<![CDATA[The Light Fantastic (Discworld, #2)]]> 11186726 'What shall we do?' said Twoflower.
'Panic?' said Rincewind hopefully. He always held that panic was the best means of survival.

As it moves towards a seemingly inevitable collision with a malevolent red star, the Discworld could do with a hero.

What it doesn’t need is a singularly inept and cowardly wizard, still recovering from the trauma of falling off the edge of the world, or a well-meaning tourist and his luggage which has a mind (and legs) of its own.

Which is a shame, because that's all there is...]]>
293 Terry Pratchett Valerietree 5 4.31 1986 The Light Fantastic (Discworld, #2)
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<![CDATA[The Colour of Magic (Discworld, #1)]]> 61310023
If you’re new to the Discworld don’t worry, you’re not alone . . . Twoflower is the Discworld’s first tourist, he’s exceptionally naive and about to get himself into an array of dangerous and fantastical situations on his travels.

And if that didn’t sound fateful enough, it’s the spectacularly inept wizard, Rincewind who is charged with safely chaperoning Twoflower and his Luggage (a walking suitcase that has half a mind of its own and a homicidal attitude to anything threatening) during his visit.

Safe to say chaos ensues�

The Discworld novels can be read in any order but The Colour of Magic is the first Discworld book. It is also the starting point in the Wizards collection, followed by The Light Fantastic.]]>
293 Terry Pratchett Valerietree 4 3.99 1983 The Colour of Magic (Discworld, #1)
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Frankenstein 18490 This is an alternate cover edition for ISBN 9780141439471

'Now that I had finished, the beauty of the dream vanished, and breathless horror and disgust filled my heart ...'

Obsessed with creating life itself, Victor Frankenstein plunders graveyards for the material to fashion a new being, which he shocks into life with electricity. But his botched creature, rejected by Frankenstein and denied human companionship, sets out to destroy his maker and all that he holds dear. Mary Shelley's chilling Gothic tale was conceived when she was only eighteen, living with her lover Percy Shelley near Byron's villa on Lake Geneva. It would become the world's most famous work of horror fiction, and remains a devastating exploration of the limits of human creativity.

Based on the third edition of 1831, this volume contains all the revisions Mary Shelley made to her story, as well as her 1831 introduction and Percy Bysshe Shelley's preface to the first edition. This revised edition includes as appendices a select collation of the texts of 1818 and 1831 together with 'A Fragment' by Lord Byron and Dr John Polidori's 'The Vampyre: A Tale'.]]>
288 Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley Valerietree 2 3.77 1818 Frankenstein
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Jane Eyre 10210 Alternate editions can be found here and here.

A gothic masterpiece of tempestuous passions and dark secrets, Charlotte Brontë's Jane Eyre is edited with an introduction and notes by Stevie Davis in Penguin Classics.

Charlotte Brontë tells the story of orphaned Jane Eyre, who grows up in the home of her heartless aunt, enduring loneliness and cruelty. This troubled childhood strengthens Jane's natural independence and spirit - which prove necessary when she finds employment as a governess to the young ward of Byronic, brooding Mr Rochester. As her feelings for Rochester develop, Jane gradually uncovers Thornfield Hall's terrible secret, forcing her to make a choice. Should she stay with Rochester and live with the consequences, or follow her convictions - even if it means leaving the man she loves? A novel of intense power and intrigue, Jane Eyre dazzled readers with its passionate depiction of a woman's search for equality and freedom.]]>
532 Charlotte Brontë 0142437204 Valerietree 5 4.14 1847 Jane Eyre
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Hex Appeal 61931921 Encanto meets Hocus Pocus in this perfect witchy romcom. An absolute must-read if you love Erin Sterling’s The Ex Hex and Lana Harper’s Payback’s a Witch!

It’s just a bunch of hocus pocus�

Essie Winterscale lives in a huge and ever-changing house in the village of Good Winter, in deepest, darkest Essex. She lives with various witches of various ages, one of whom is still a bit salty about being hanged in the 1700s, one who keeps accidentally casting fertility spells, and one who knits things that create the future.

All Essie ever wanted was to have a normal life but in the end she found herself drawn back to Beldam House because she just can’t stop her witchiness (although the ability to instantly chill wine is pretty awesome, even she has to admit).

Into this coven of chaos stumbles gorgeous, clueless Josh, their new landlord � and he’s just discovered his tenants haven’t paid rent since the 1700s! As Josh is drawn further into the lives of the inhabitants of Beldam House, Essie is determined to keep him at broomstick’s length. That is, until a family secret, lying hidden for centuries, puts Josh firmly under her spell…]]>
318 Kate Johnson 000855112X Valerietree 3 3.41 2022 Hex Appeal
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Mother Night 9592 Librarian note: Alternate cover edition for this ISBN can be found here.

Mother Night is a daring challenge to our moral sense. American Howard W. Campbell, Jr., a spy during World War II, is now on trial in Israel as a Nazi war criminal. But is he really guilty? In this brilliant book rife with true gallows humor, Vonnegut turns black and white into a chilling shade of gray with a verdict that will haunt us all.]]>
282 Kurt Vonnegut Jr. 0385334141 Valerietree 0 to-read 4.23 1961 Mother Night
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Weyward 211220339 KATE, 2019
Kate flees London � abandoning everything � for Cumbria and Weyward Cottage, inherited from her great-aunt. There, a secret lurks in the bones of the house, hidden ever since the witch-hunts of the 17th century.

VIOLET, 1942
Violet is more interested in collecting insects and climbing trees than in becoming a proper young lady. Until a chain of shocking events changes her life forever.

ALTHA, 1619
Altha is on trial for witchcraft, accused of killing a local man. Known for her uncanny connection with nature and animals, she is a threat that must be eliminated.

But Weyward women belong to the wild. And they cannot be tamed�

Weaving together the stories of three women across five centuries, Weyward is an enthralling novel of female resilience and the transformative power of the natural world.]]>
381 Emilia Hart Valerietree 4 4.27 2023 Weyward
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European Folk Art Designs 20165595 68 Marty Noble Valerietree 4 3.31 2013 European Folk Art Designs
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<![CDATA[The Unfortunate Side Effects of Heartbreak and Magic]]> 75532088 For fans of Practical Magic and Gilmore Girls, The Unfortunate Side Effects of Heartbreak and Magic is a debut novel that explores the shields we build around our hearts to retain our own magic.

Sadie Revelare has always believed that the curse of four heartbreaks that accompanies her magic would be worth the price. But when her grandmother is diagnosed with cancer with only weeks to live, and her first heartbreak, Jake McNealy, returns to town after a decade, her carefully structured life begins to unravel.

With the news of their grandmother's impending death, Sadie's estranged twin brother Seth returns to town, bringing with him deeply buried family secrets that threaten to tear Sadie's world apart. Their grandmother has been the backbone of the family for generations, and with her death, Sadie isn't sure she'll have the strength to keep the family, and her magic, together.

As feelings for Jake begin to rekindle, and her grandmother growing sicker by the day, Sadie faces the last of her heartbreaks, and she has to decide: is love more important than magic?

Readers who love the magic of The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake and the sense of community found in The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches will enjoy this warm, witchy novel.]]>
322 Breanne Randall 1639105735 Valerietree 3 3.16 2023 The Unfortunate Side Effects of Heartbreak and Magic
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The Secret Garden 2998
Mary Lennox, a spoiled, ill-tempered, and unhealthy child, comes to live with her reclusive uncle in Misselthwaite Manor on England’s Yorkshire moors after the death of her parents. There she meets a hearty housekeeper and her spirited brother, a dour gardener, a cheerful robin, and her wilful, hysterical, and sickly cousin, Master Colin, whose wails she hears echoing through the house at night.

With the help of the robin, Mary finds the door to a secret garden, neglected and hidden for years. When she decides to restore the garden in secret, the story becomes a charming journey into the places of the heart, where faith restores health, flowers refresh the spirit, and the magic of the garden, coming to life anew, brings health to Colin and happiness to Mary.]]>
331 Frances Hodgson Burnett 0517189607 Valerietree 0 4.16 1911 The Secret Garden
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Infamous 60784559
But following their debutante ball Rose is suddenly talking about marriage, and Eddie is horrified.

When Eddie meets charming, renowned poet Nash Nicholson, he invites her to his crumbling Gothic estate in the countryside. The entourage of eccentric artists indulging in pure hedonism is exactly what Eddie needs in order to forget Rose and finish her novel.

But Eddie might discover the world of famous literary icons isn't all poems and pleasure . . .]]>
336 Lex Croucher 125087565X Valerietree 4 audiobook 3.43 2022 Infamous
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<![CDATA[So You Want to Be a Wizard (Young Wizards, #1)]]> 116563 323 Diane Duane 0152047387 Valerietree 2 3.84 1983 So You Want to Be a Wizard (Young Wizards, #1)
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Wuthering Heights 6185 You can find the redesigned cover of this edition HERE.

At the centre of this novel is the passionate love between Catherine Earnshaw and Heathcliff - recounted with such emotional intensity that a plain tale of the Yorkshire moors acquires the depth and simplicity of ancient tragedy.

This best-selling Norton Critical Edition is based on the 1847 first edition of the novel. For the Fourth Edition, the editor has collated the 1847 text with several modern editions and has corrected a number of variants, including accidentals. The text is accompanied by entirely new explanatory annotations.

New to the fourth Edition are twelve of Emily Bronte's letters regarding the publication of the 1847 edition of Wuthering Heights as well as the evolution of the 1850 edition, prose and poetry selections by the author, four reviews of the novel, and poetry selections by the author, four reviews of the novel, and Edward Chitham's insightful and informative chronology of the creative process behind the beloved work.

Five major critical interpretations of Wuthering Heights are included, three of them new to the Fourth Edition. A Stuart Daley considers the importance of chronology in the novel. J. Hillis Miller examines Wuthering Heights's problems of genre and critical reputation. Sandra M. Gilbert assesses the role of Victorian Christianity plays in the novel, while Martha Nussbaum traces the novel's romanticism. Finally, Lin Haire-Sargeant scrutinizes the role of Heathcliff in film adaptations of Wuthering Heights.

A Chronology and updated Selected Bibliography are also included.]]>
464 Emily Brontë Valerietree 5 3.89 1847 Wuthering Heights
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<![CDATA[The Girl Who Fell Beneath the Sea]]> 198099855 Alternative cover editions for this ASIN can be found here and here.
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For generations, deadly storms have ravaged Mina's homeland. Her people believe the Sea God, once their protector, now curse them with death and despair. To appease him, each year a maiden is thrown into the sea, in the hopes that one day the 'true bride' will be chosen and end the suffering.

Many believe Shim Cheong - Mina's brother's beloved - to be the legendary true bride. But on the night Cheong is sacrificed, Mina's brother follows her, even knowing that to interfere is a death sentence. To save her brother, Mina throws herself into the water in Cheong's stead.

Swept away to the Spirit Realm, a magical city of lesser gods and mythical beasts, Mina finds the Sea God, trapped in an enchanted sleep. With the help of a mysterious young man and a motley crew of demons, gods and spirits, Mina sets out to wake him and bring an end to the storms once and for all.

But she doesn't have much time: a human cannot live long in the land of the spirits. And there are those who would do anything to keep the Sea God from waking . . .

The Girl Who Fell Beneath the Sea is a magical feminist retelling of a classic Korean legend, perfect for fans of Uprooted and Miyazaki's Spirited Away.]]>
337 Axie Oh 1529391733 Valerietree 4 4.09 2022 The Girl Who Fell Beneath the Sea
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average rating: 4.09
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rating: 4
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<![CDATA[Kiki's Delivery Service (A Puffin Book)]]> 53674977 Soar into this modern Japanese classic about a young witch and her clever cat with this new translation by Emily Balistrieri which will delight fans of the beloved Studio Ghibli animated movie as well as new readers. 'A magical, joyous read, brought to life by the most beautiful illustrations' - Harriet Muncaster, author of Isadora Moon'A charming and beautifully written story' - Laura Ellen Anderson, author of Amelia Fang Kiki is a trainee witch. On her thirteenth birthday she must follow tradition and leave home to find a new village. She knows she has to use only her powers to make a living, but Kiki's no good at potions or spells...can she use her flying abilities to make her own way in the world? She sets out with her beloved black cat Jiji on an exciting journey, making new friends along the way.]]> 195 Eiko Kadono Valerietree 4 4.35 1985 Kiki's Delivery Service (A Puffin Book)
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average rating: 4.35
book published: 1985
rating: 4
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Almost Surely Dead 180320288
Dunia Ahmed lives an ordinary life—or she definitely used to. Now she’s the subject of a true crime podcast. She’s been missing for over a year, and no one knows if she’s dead or alive. But her story has listeners obsessed, and people everywhere are sporting merch that demands “Find Dunia!� In the days before her disappearance, Dunia is a successful pharmacist living in New York. The daughter of Pakistani immigrants, she’s coping with a broken engagement and the death of her mother. But then something happens that really shakes up her someone tries to murder her. When her would-be killer winds up dead, Dunia figures the worst is over. But then there’s another attempt on her life…and another. And police suspect someone close to her may be the culprit. Dunia struggles to make sense of what’s happening. And as childhood superstitions seep into her reality, she becomes convinced that someone—or some thing —is truly after her.]]>
298 Amina Akhtar 1662507593 Valerietree 3 3.69 2024 Almost Surely Dead
author: Amina Akhtar
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average rating: 3.69
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rating: 3
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<![CDATA[A Thousand Recipes for Revenge (Chefs of the Five Gods, #1)]]> 62094214
Adamantine “Ada� Garland has an empathic connection to food and wine, a magical perception of aromas, flavors, and ingredients. Invaluable property of the royal court, Ada was in service to the Five Gods and to the Gods-ordained rulers of Verdania—until she had enough of injustice and bloodshed and deserted, seeking to chart her own destiny. When mysterious assassins ferret her out after sixteen years in hiding, Ada, now a rogue Chef, and her beloved Grand-mère run for their lives, only to find themselves on a path toward an unexpected ally.

A foreign princess in a strange court, Solenn unknowingly shares more with Ada than an epicurean gift. They share blood. With her newfound magical perception, she becomes aware of a plot to kill her fiancé, the prince. It’s part of a ploy by adversarial forces in the rival country of Albion to sow conflict, and Solenn is set up to take the blame.

As Ada’s and Solenn’s paths converge, a mother and her long-lost daughter reunite toward a common goal, and against a shadowy enemy from Ada’s past who is out for revenge. But what sacrifices must be made? What hope is there when powerful Gods pick sides in a war simmering to eruption?]]>
406 Beth Cato 1662510292 Valerietree 0 did-not-finish 3.88 2023 A Thousand Recipes for Revenge (Chefs of the Five Gods, #1)
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Orlando (Audible Original) 57970023
Beginning the story as a young 16th century nobleman, Orlando’s life spans centuries, continents, lovers and genders in a sumptuous celebration of what it means to explore one’s own identity.

Lettie Precious celebrates this gender fluid masterpiece as a progressive tale in the context of its own time, while also bringing a distinctly 21st century lens to the issues of gender, sexuality, privilege and race raised by the text. A love letter to a love letter.]]>
Virginia Woolf Valerietree 4 audiobook 3.54 1928 Orlando (Audible Original)
author: Virginia Woolf
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average rating: 3.54
book published: 1928
rating: 4
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Stardust - BBC Dramatisation 33409773
Challenged to retrieve a fallen star, Tristran Thorn leaves the sleepy English village of Wall and crosses into the land of Faerie and the realm of Stormhold. Locating the star, he discovers it is no meteorite, but a young woman, Yvaine.

When Yvaine evades him and escapes, Tristran discovers he is not the only one in pursuit of the star: there are dark forces in this magical land, and he must find Yvaine before she falls into their clutches. As he does so, Tristran will uncover the secret to his own identity and a fate beyond his wildest dreams.

Directed by Dirk Maggs and Heather Larmour, and featuring over 35 minutes of unbroadcast material, this stunning new dramatisation boasts an extensive cast including Frances Barber, Maggie Steed, Nicholas Boulton, Blake Ritson, Bryan Dick, Charlotte Riley, Aisling Loftus, Sanjeev Bhaskar and Alex Macqueen. There are also cameo appearances by Tori Amos and Neil Gaiman. Duration: 2 hours 30 mins approx.]]>
2 Neil Gaiman Valerietree 4 4.30 Stardust - BBC Dramatisation
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<![CDATA[The Storyteller: Tales of Life and Music]]> 57648017
Having entertained the idea for years, and even offered a few questionable opportunities ("It's a piece of cake! Just do 4 hours of interviews, find someone else to write it, put your face on the cover, and voila!") I have decided to write these stories just as I have always done, in my own hand. The joy that I have felt from chronicling these tales is not unlike listening back to a song that I've recorded and can't wait to share with the world, or reading a primitive journal entry from a stained notebook, or even hearing my voice bounce between the Kiss posters on my wall as a child.

This certainly doesn't mean that I'm quitting my day job, but it does give me a place to shed a little light on what it's like to be a kid from Springfield, Virginia, walking through life while living out the crazy dreams I had as young musician. From hitting the road with Scream at 18 years old, to my time in Nirvana and the Foo Fighters, jamming with Iggy Pop or playing at the Academy Awards or dancing with AC/DC and the Preservation Hall Jazz Band, drumming for Tom Petty or meeting Sir Paul McCartney at Royal Albert Hall, bedtime stories with Joan Jett or a chance meeting with Little Richard, to flying halfway around the world for one epic night with my daughters…the list goes on. I look forward to focusing the lens through which I see these memories a little sharper for you with much excitement.]]>
384 Dave Grohl 0063076098 Valerietree 0 to-read 4.44 2021 The Storyteller: Tales of Life and Music
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<![CDATA[The Handmaid’s Tale (The Handmaid's Tale, #1)]]> 38447
Funny, unexpected, horrifying, and altogether convincing, The Handmaid's Tale is at once scathing satire, dire warning, and tour de force.]]>
311 Margaret Atwood 038549081X Valerietree 4 4.15 1985 The Handmaid’s Tale (The Handmaid's Tale, #1)
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average rating: 4.15
book published: 1985
rating: 4
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Tooth and Claw 17675797
A family of dragons gathers on the occasion of the death of their father, the elder Bon Agornin. As is custom, they must eat the body. But even as Bon's last remains are polished off, his sons and daughters must all jostle for a position in the new hierarchy. While the youngest son seeks greedy remuneration through the courts of law, the eldest son - a dragon of the cloth - agonises over his father's deathbed confession. While one daughter is caught between loyalty to her family by blood and her family by marriage, another daughter follows her heart - only to discover the great cost of true love...

Here is a Victorian story of political intrigue, family ties and political intrigue, set in a world of dragons - a world, quite literally, red in tooth and claw. Full of fiery wit, this is a novel unlike any other.]]>
321 Jo Walton 1472100875 Valerietree 4 3.86 2003 Tooth and Claw
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average rating: 3.86
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rating: 4
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Yellowface 62047984
So what if June edits Athena’s novel and sends it to her agent as her own work? So what if she lets her new publisher rebrand her as Juniper Song—complete with an ambiguously ethnic author photo? This piece of history deserve to be told, whoever the teller. That is what June believes, and The New York Times bestseller list agrees.

But June cannot escape Athena’s shadow, and emerging evidence threatens her stolen success. As she races to protect her secret she discovers exactly how far she will go to keep what she thinks she deserves.]]>
319 R.F. Kuang 000853277X Valerietree 0 to-read 3.69 2023 Yellowface
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<![CDATA[Hercule Poirot's Christmas (Hercule Poirot, #20)]]> 51386448 An alternate cover edition can be found here.

Motives for Murder: A fortune in uncut diamonds, hidden by an eccentric old man. A woman's love, too freely given. A business empire built on ruthlessness. Each of them may have been a motive for the brutal slaying of wealthy old Simeon Lee. Coupled with Lee's family, each member of which hated him and wished to see him dead, they presented Hercule Poirot with a baffling challenge--one which the astute detective solved only through his uncanny ability to see "the little things."]]>
176 Agatha Christie Valerietree 5 4.16 1938 Hercule Poirot's Christmas (Hercule Poirot, #20)
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average rating: 4.16
book published: 1938
rating: 5
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<![CDATA[The Return of the King (BBC Dramatisation of The Lord of the Rings, #3)]]> 15394 200 Brian Sibley 0807209104 Valerietree 4 4.65 1955 The Return of the King (BBC Dramatisation of The Lord of the Rings, #3)
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average rating: 4.65
book published: 1955
rating: 4
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This Poison Heart 203466840
But as Briseis starts to bring the house's rambling garden back to life, she finds she has also inherited generations of secrets. A hidden altar to a dark goddess, a lineage of witches stretching back to ancient times, and a hidden garden overgrown with the most deadly poisonous plants on earth. And Briseis's long-departed ancestors aren't going to let her rest until she accepts her place as the keeper of the terrible power that lies at the heart of the Poison Garden.

Cinderella Is Dead author Kalynn Bayron brings a message of proud inclusivity to this empowering fantasy about a young woman finding the strength to challenge everything she has been told is true.

Don't miss the sequel, This Wicked Fate , where to save the people she loves, Briseis must change the most dangerous of fates ahead of her ...]]>
336 Kalynn Bayron 1526632748 Valerietree 3 3.82 2021 This Poison Heart
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average rating: 3.82
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rating: 3
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The Maid (Molly the Maid, #1) 59452617
Since Gran died a few months ago, twenty-five-year-old Molly has been navigating life’s complexities all by herself. No matter—she throws herself with gusto into her work as a hotel maid. Her unique character, along with her obsessive love of cleaning and proper etiquette, make her an ideal fit for the job. She delights in donning her crisp uniform each morning, stocking her cart with miniature soaps and bottles, and returning guest rooms at the Regency Grand Hotel to a state of perfection.

But Molly’s orderly life is upended the day she enters the suite of the infamous and wealthy Charles Black, only to find it in a state of disarray and Mr. Black himself dead in his bed. Before she knows what’s happening, Molly’s unusual demeanor has the police targeting her as their lead suspect. She quickly finds herself caught in a web of deception, one she has no idea how to untangle. Fortunately for Molly, friends she never knew she had unite with her in a search for clues to what really happened to Mr. Black—but will they be able to find the real killer before it’s too late?

A Clue-like, locked-room mystery and a heartwarming journey of the spirit, The Maid explores what it means to be the same as everyone else and yet entirely different—and reveals that all mysteries can be solved through connection to the human heart.]]>
352 Nita Prose 000843574X Valerietree 4 3.94 2022 The Maid (Molly the Maid, #1)
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<![CDATA[The Undetectables (The Undetectables, #1)]]> 128889800 Be gay, solve crime, take naps—A witty and quirky fantasy murder mystery if a folkloric world of witches, faeires, vampires, trolls and ghosts, for fans of Magic for Liars by Sarah Gailey and T. J. Klune's Under the Whispering Door.

A magical serial killer isĚýstalking the Occult town of Wrackton. Hypnotic whistling causes victims toĚýchewĚýtheir own tongues off, leading to the killer being dubbed the WhistlerĚý(original, right?). ButĚýoutside the lack of taste buds and the strange magicalĚýcarvings on the victims' torsos, the murdererĚýleaves no evidence. No obviousĚýclues. No reason—or so it seems.

Enter theĚýUndetectables, aĚýdetective agency run by three witches and a ghost in a cat costumeĚý(don't ask).ĚýThey are hired to investigate the murders, but with their only case so far leftĚýunsolved,Ěýwill they be up to the task? Mallory, the forensic science expert, isĚýstruggling with pain and fatigueĚýfrom her recently diagnosed fibromyalgia. Cornelia,Ěýthe team member most likely to go rogue andĚýpunch a police officer, is suddenlyĚýstirring all sorts of feelings in Mallory. Diana, the social butterfly ofĚýtheĚýgroup, is hitting up all of her ex-girlfriends for information. And notĚýforgetting ghostly Theodore—deceased, dramatic, and also the agency's firstĚýdead body and unsolved murder case.

With bodies stacking up andĚýthe case leading them to mysteries at the very heart of magical society, can theĚýUndetectablesĚýfind the Whistler before they become the killer's next victims?]]>
426 Courtney Smyth 1803364793 Valerietree 4 3.74 2023 The Undetectables (The Undetectables, #1)
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average rating: 3.74
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rating: 4
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<![CDATA[Death of an Outsider (Hamish Macbeth, #3)]]> 8859
Exiled with his dog, Towser, to the dreary outpost of Cnothan, Macbeth sorely misses his beloved Lochdubh, his formerly beloved Priscilla Halburton-Smythe, and his days of doing nothing but staring at the sheep grazing in a nearby croft. Now the lawman has to contend with a detective chief inspector who wants the modus operandi hushed up, a dark-haired lass who has an ulterior motive to seduce him, and a killer who has made mincemeat of his victim-and without doubt will strike again . . .]]>
194 M.C. Beaton 0446614726 Valerietree 3 3.79 1988 Death of an Outsider (Hamish Macbeth, #3)
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average rating: 3.79
book published: 1988
rating: 3
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<![CDATA[The ABC Murders (Hercule Poirot, #13)]]> 11958642
There’s a serial killer on the loose, bent on working his way through the alphabet. And as a macabre calling card he leaves beside each victim’s corpe the ABC Railway Guide open at the name of the town where the murder has taken place.

Having begun with Andover, Bexhill and then Churston, there seems little chance of the murderer being caught � until he makes the crucial and vain mistake of challenging Hercule Poirot to frustrate his plans…]]>
244 Agatha Christie Valerietree 5 4.31 1936 The ABC Murders (Hercule Poirot, #13)
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average rating: 4.31
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rating: 5
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Crossroads 55881796 Jonathan Franzen's gift for wedding depth and vividness of character with breadth of social vision has never been more dazzlingly evident than in Crossroads.

It's December 23, 1971, and heavy weather is forecast for Chicago. Russ Hildebrandt, the associate pastor of a liberal suburban church, is on the brink of breaking free of a marriage he finds joyless--unless his wife, Marion, who has her own secret life, beats him to it. Their eldest child, Clem, is coming home from college on fire with moral absolutism, having taken an action that will shatter his father. Clem's sister, Becky, long the social queen of her high-school class, has sharply veered into the counterculture, while their brilliant younger brother Perry, who's been selling drugs to seventh graders, has resolved to be a better person. Each of the Hildebrandts seeks a freedom that each of the others threatens to complicate.

Jonathan Franzen's novels are celebrated for their unforgettably vivid characters and for their keen-eyed take on contemporary America. Now, in Crossroads, Franzen ventures back into the past and explores the history of two generations. With characteristic humor and complexity, and with even greater warmth, he conjures a world that resonates powerfully with our own.

A tour de force of interwoven perspectives and sustained suspense, its action largely unfolding on a single winter day, Crossroads is the story of a Midwestern family at a pivotal moment of moral crisis. Jonathan Franzen's gift for melding the small picture and the big picture has never been more dazzlingly evident.]]>
592 Jonathan Franzen 0374181179 Valerietree 4 4.05 2021 Crossroads
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<![CDATA[Body Language (Cassie Raven, #1)]]> 54440134
Camden mortuary assistant Cassie Raven has pretty much seen it all. But this is the first time she's come face to face with someone she knows on the slab. Someone she cared about. Her friend and mentor, Mrs E.

Deeply intuitive and convinced that she can pick up the last thoughts of the dead, Cassie senses that there must be more to the ruling of an accidental death. Is her grief making her see things that aren't there, or is her intuition right, and there's something more sinister to her friend's death than the ME thinks? Harbouring an innate distrust of the police, Cassie sets out to investigate and deliver justice to the woman who saved her life.

For fans of Elly Griffiths' Ruth Galloway series and Kathy Reichs' Temperance Brennan, Cassie Raven is the edgy new forensic sleuth on the block.]]>
384 A.K. Turner 1838770046 Valerietree 4 audiobook 3.93 2020 Body Language (Cassie Raven, #1)
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average rating: 3.93
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rating: 4
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<![CDATA[The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (The Lord of the Rings, #2)]]> 20310621
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Brian Sibley 1405646209 Valerietree 5 audiobook 4.67 The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (The Lord of the Rings, #2)
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<![CDATA[The Inheritance Games (The Inheritance Games, #1)]]> 52439531
To receive her inheritance, Avery must move into sprawling, secret passage-filled Hawthorne House, where every room bears the old man's touch -- and his love of puzzles, riddles, and codes. Unfortunately for Avery, Hawthorne House is also occupied by the family that Tobias Hawthorne just dispossessed. This includes the four Hawthorne grandsons: dangerous, magnetic, brilliant boys who grew up with every expectation that one day, they would inherit billions. Heir apparent Grayson Hawthorne is convinced that Avery must be a conwoman, and he's determined to take her down. His brother, Jameson, views her as their grandfather's last hurrah: a twisted riddle, a puzzle to be solved. Caught in a world of wealth and privilege, with danger around every turn, Avery will have to play the game herself just to survive.]]>
386 Jennifer Lynn Barnes 1368052401 Valerietree 2 audiobook 4.13 2020 The Inheritance Games (The Inheritance Games, #1)
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average rating: 4.13
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rating: 2
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The Surface Breaks 35842338 309 Louise O'Neill 1407185535 Valerietree 2 3.44 2018 The Surface Breaks
author: Louise O'Neill
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<![CDATA[Earthsea & The Left Hand of Darkness: Two BBC Radio 4 Full-Cast Dramatisations]]> 29069251
'Earthsea' is based on the first three books in the 'Earthsea' cycle. It tells the stories of Ged and Tenar, inhabitants of a vast archipelago where magic is part of life. Young wizard Ged releases a terrible shadow into the world and must risk everything to restore the balance. Meanwhile, Tenar is taken from her home and family to become Arha, priestess and guardian of the ominous Tombs of Atuan�

Based on Ursula Le Guin's award-winning masterpiece, 'The Left Hand of Darkness' is set on Gethen, a world in the grip of an Ice Age whose people are ambigendered � both male and female, and neither. Genly Ai has been sent from Earth on the biggest mission of his life: to persuade the people of Gethen to join the Ekumen, a union of planets. But his task is fraught with danger.

Ursula Le Guin is one of the most influential SF writers of the 20th Century, and these two dramatisations of her seminal novels will immerse you in magical worlds rich with wizards, dragons, endless snow plains and perilous ice sheets. Among the cast are Lesley Sharp (Scott & Bailey) and Toby Jones (Dad's Army). This CD edition also includes a bonus interview disc in which Ursula Le Guin discusses her life and work. Duration: 5 hours 25 minutes approx.]]>
1 Ursula K. Le Guin 1785293419 Valerietree 3 audiobook 3.63 Earthsea & The Left Hand of Darkness: Two BBC Radio 4 Full-Cast Dramatisations
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<![CDATA[The Cosy Teashop in the Castle]]> 28191417 When Ellie Hall lands her dream job running the little teashop in the beautiful but crumbling Claverham Castle, it’s the perfect escape from her humdrum job in the city. Life is definitely on the rise as Ellie replaces spreadsheets for scones, and continues her Nanna’s brilliant baking legacy.

When Lord Henry, the stick-in-the-mud owner, threatens to burst her baking bubble with his old-fashioned ways, Ellie wonders if she might have bitten off more than she can chew. But cupcake by cupcake she wins the locals over, including teashop stalwart, Doris, and Ellie’s showstopping bakes look set to go down in castle history!

Now all that’s missing in Ellie’s life is a slice of romance � can Joe, the brooding estate manager, be the one to put the cherry on the top of Ellie’s dream?

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402 Caroline Roberts 0008125392 Valerietree 2 audiobook 3.79 2016 The Cosy Teashop in the Castle
author: Caroline Roberts
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average rating: 3.79
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rating: 2
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<![CDATA[Death of a Gossip (Hamish Macbeth, #1)]]> 8857
Much is from the viewpoint of a naive secretary seduced by a blue-blood playboy. Icy blond beauty, aristocratic Priscilla Halburton-Smythe, lends a hand.]]>
179 M.C. Beaton 0446607134 Valerietree 3 audiobook 3.66 1985 Death of a Gossip (Hamish Macbeth, #1)
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average rating: 3.66
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<![CDATA[The Murder of Roger Ackroyd (Hercule Poirot, #4)]]> 198019968 Agatha Christie’s most daring crime mystery - an early and particularly brilliant outing of Hercule Poirot, â€The Murder of Roger Ackroydâ€�, with its legendary twist, changed the detective fiction genre for ever.

Roger Ackroyd knew too much. He knew that the woman he loved had poisoned her brutal first husband. He suspected also that someone had been blackmailing her. Now, tragically, came the news that she had taken her own life with a drug overdose.

But the evening post brought Roger one last fatal scrap of information. Unfortunately, before he could finish the letter, he was stabbed to death�

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210 Agatha Christie Valerietree 5 4.35 1926 The Murder of Roger Ackroyd (Hercule Poirot, #4)
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average rating: 4.35
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rating: 5
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<![CDATA[Hallowe'en Party (Hercule Poirot, #41)]]> 11064476 An alternate cover edition can be found here.

A teenage murder witness is drowned in a tub of apples...At a Hallowe'en party, Joyce - a hostile thirteen-year-old - boasts that she once witnessed a murder. When no-one believes her, she storms off home. But within hours her body is found, still in the house, drowned in an apple-bobbing tub. That night, Hercule Poirot is called in to find the 'evil presence'. But first he must establish whether he is looking for a murderer or a double-murderer...]]>
244 Agatha Christie 0007422369 Valerietree 5 3.92 1969 Hallowe'en Party (Hercule Poirot, #41)
author: Agatha Christie
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average rating: 3.92
book published: 1969
rating: 5
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<![CDATA[Death of a Snob (Hamish Macbeth, #6)]]> 840565 148 M.C. Beaton 0804109125 Valerietree 3 3.74 1988 Death of a Snob (Hamish Macbeth, #6)
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average rating: 3.74
book published: 1988
rating: 3
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The Foundling 46211097 The captivating Sunday Times bestseller from the author of The Familiars.Don't miss Stacey Halls' incredible new novel THE HOUSEHOLD - available to pre-order now!Two women, bound by a child, and a secret that will change everything . . . London, 1754. Six years after leaving her illegitimate daughter Clara at London's Foundling Hospital, Bess Bright returns to reclaim the child she has never known. Dreading the worst, that Clara has died in care, Bess is astonished to be told she has already claimed her. Her life is turned upside down as she tries to find out who has taken her little girl - and why.Less than a mile from Bess's lodgings in the city, in a quiet, gloomy townhouse on the edge of London, a young widow has not left the house in a decade. When her close friend - an ambitious young doctor at the Foundling Hospital - persuades her to hire a nursemaid for her daughter, she is hesitant to welcome someone new into her home and her life. But her past is threatening to catch up with her and tear her carefully constructed world apart.From the bestselling author of The Familiars comes this captivating story of mothers and daughters, class and power, and love against the greatest of odds . . .'The new Hilary Mantel' COSMOPOLITAN'Stacey Halls is a writer of great originality, great imagination and great sense of place. Atmospheric, intelligent, accessible, every novel is worth reading, then reading again and again' KATE MOSSEAnother gripping, immersive, intelligent work of historical fiction from the bestselling author of The Familiars' KIRAN MILLWOOD HARGRAVE, author of THE MERCIESA moving, atmospheric chiller' INDEPENDENT'A breathtaking achievement' SUNDAY EXPRESS'Enjoyable and atmospheric' THE TIMES'Historical drama at its very best' MY WEEKLY **THE HOUSEHOLD, the brand new novel from Stacey Halls, is available to pre-order now***Sunday Times bestseller February and September 2020**Winner of Women's Prize for Fiction x Good Housekeeping Futures award - Good Housekeeping 14 Oct 2022*]]> 370 Stacey Halls Valerietree 4 4.15 2020 The Foundling
author: Stacey Halls
name: Valerietree
average rating: 4.15
book published: 2020
rating: 4
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<![CDATA[The Galaxy, and the Ground Within (Wayfarers, #4)]]> 54506494 The stunning finale to the award-winning Wayfarers series by Becky Chambers, author of the beloved The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet.

When a freak technological failure halts traffic to and from the planet Gora, three strangers are thrown together unexpectedly, with seemingly nothing to do but wait.

Pei is a cargo runner at a personal crossroads, torn between her duty to her people, and her duty to herself.

Roveg is an exiled artist, with a deeply urgent, and longed for, family appointment to keep.

Speaker has never been far from her twin but now must endure the unendurable: separation.

Under the care of Ouloo, an enterprising alien, and Tupo, her occasionally helpful child, the trio are compelled to confront where they've been, where they might go, and what they might be to one another.

Together they will discover that even in the vastness of space, they're not alone.]]>
264 Becky Chambers Valerietree 5 4.44 2021 The Galaxy, and the Ground Within (Wayfarers, #4)
author: Becky Chambers
name: Valerietree
average rating: 4.44
book published: 2021
rating: 5
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<![CDATA[Record of a Spaceborn Few (Wayfarers, #3)]]> 35527724 From the ground, we stand. From our ship, we live. By the stars, we hope

Centuries after the last humans left Earth, the Exodus Fleet is a living relic, a place many are from but few outsiders have seen. Humanity has finally been accepted into the galactic community, but while this has opened doors for many, those who have not yet left for alien cities fear that their carefully cultivated way of life is under threat.

Tessa chose to stay home when her brother Ashby left for the stars, but has to question that decision when her position in the Fleet is threatened.

Kip, a reluctant young apprentice, itches for change but doesn't know where to find it.

Sawyer, a lost and lonely newcomer, is just looking for a place to belong.

When a disaster rocks this already fragile community, those Exodans who still call the Fleet their home can no longer avoid the inescapable question:

What is the purpose of a ship that has reached its destination?]]>
383 Becky Chambers Valerietree 4 4.16 2018 Record of a Spaceborn Few (Wayfarers, #3)
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average rating: 4.16
book published: 2018
rating: 4
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<![CDATA[A Closed and Common Orbit (Wayfarers, #2)]]> 32716246 Lovelace was once merely a ship's artificial intelligence. When she wakes up in an new body, following a total system shut-down and reboot, she has to start over in a synthetic body, in a world where her kind are illegal. She's never felt so alone.

But she's not alone, not really. Pepper, one of the engineers who risked life and limb to reinstall Lovelace, is determined to help her adjust to her new world. Because Pepper knows a thing or two about starting over.

Together, Pepper and Lovey will discover that, huge as the galaxy may be, it's anything but empty.

The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet introduced readers to the incredible imagination of Becky Chambers and has been nominated for any number of awards and accolades, including the Baileys Prize for Women's Fiction, the Tiptree Award, the Kitschies Golden Tentacle and the Arthur C. Clarke Award.

A Closed and Common Orbit is the stand-alone sequel to The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet and is perfect for fans of Firefly, Joss Whedon, Mass Effect and Star Wars.

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385 Becky Chambers 1473621453 Valerietree 5 4.40 2016 A Closed and Common Orbit (Wayfarers, #2)
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book published: 2016
rating: 5
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<![CDATA[The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet (Wayfarers, #1)]]> 25201920
Rosemary Harper doesn’t expect much when she joins the crew of the aging Wayfarer. While the patched-up ship has seen better days, it offers her a bed, a chance to explore the far-off corners of the galaxy, and most importantly, some distance from her past. An introspective young woman who learned early to keep to herself, she’s never met anyone remotely like the ship’s diverse crew, including Sissix, the exotic reptilian pilot, chatty engineers Kizzy and Jenks who keep the ship running, and Ashby, their noble captain.

Life aboard the Wayfarer is chaotic and crazy—exactly what Rosemary wants. It’s also about to get extremely dangerous when the crew is offered the job of a lifetime. Tunneling wormholes through space to a distant planet is definitely lucrative and will keep them comfortable for years. But risking her life wasn’t part of the plan. In the far reaches of deep space, the tiny Wayfarer crew will confront a host of unexpected mishaps and thrilling adventures that force them to depend on each other. To survive, Rosemary’s got to learn how to rely on this assortment of oddballs—an experience that teaches her about love and trust, and that having a family isn’t necessarily the worst thing in the universe.]]>
519 Becky Chambers Valerietree 5 4.19 2014 The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet (Wayfarers, #1)
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average rating: 4.19
book published: 2014
rating: 5
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<![CDATA[A Curse of Blood and Wolves (Wolf Brothers, #1)]]> 123379802 385 Melissa McTernan 0008643016 Valerietree 2 3.27 2024 A Curse of Blood and Wolves (Wolf Brothers, #1)
author: Melissa McTernan
name: Valerietree
average rating: 3.27
book published: 2024
rating: 2
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<![CDATA[Death of a Hussy (Hamish Macbeth, #5)]]> 671498 151 M.C. Beaton 0804107688 Valerietree 3 audiobook 3.74 1988 Death of a Hussy (Hamish Macbeth, #5)
author: M.C. Beaton
name: Valerietree
average rating: 3.74
book published: 1988
rating: 3
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<![CDATA[The Winter of the Witch (Winternight Trilogy Book 3)]]> 50724677 A magical and captivating coming of age novel set in medieval Russia - perfect for fans of Erin Morgenstern's The Night Circus and Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials.One girl can make a difference...Moscow is in flames, leaving its people searching for answers � and someone to blame. Vasilisa, a girl with extraordinary gifts, must flee for her life, pursued by those who blame their misfortune on her magic.Then a vengeful demon returns, stronger than ever. Determined to engulf the world in chaos, he finds allies among men and spirits. Mankind and magical creatures alike find their fates resting on Vasya's shoulders. But she may not be able to save them all.'heart-stoppingly good...beautifully written, this adventure shimmers and shines with magic of all kinds. Unmissable.' Sunday Express'If you're a lover of fairytales you are in for an absolute treat. It's truly magical' The Pool'Katherine Arden’s Winternight Trilogy isn’t just good—it’s hug-to-your-chest, straight-to-the-favourites-shelf, reread-immediately good, and each book just gets better. 'Laini Taylor]]> 384 Katherine Arden 1473582229 Valerietree 5 4.52 2019 The Winter of the Witch (Winternight Trilogy Book 3)
author: Katherine Arden
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average rating: 4.52
book published: 2019
rating: 5
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<![CDATA[The Girl in The Tower: (Winternight Trilogy)]]> 50724676 For a young woman in medieval Russia, the choices are stark: marriage or life in a convent. Vasya will choose a third way: magic. . .

The court of the Grand Prince of Moscow is plagued by power struggles and rumours of unrest. Meanwhile bandits roam the countryside, burning the villages and kidnapping its daughters. Setting out to defeat the raiders, the Prince and his trusted companion come across a young man riding a magnificent horse.

Only Sasha, a priest with a warrior's training, recognises this 'boy' as his younger sister, thought to be dead or a witch by her village. But when Vasya proves herself in battle, riding with remarkable skill and inexplicable power, Sasha realises he must keep her secret as she may be the only way to save the city from threats both human and fantastical. . .

A spellbinding fairytale full of magic and wonder, perfect for fans of Erin Morgenstern's The Night Circus and Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials.

*Make sure you've read all the books in the Winternight Trilogy*
1. The Bear and the Nightingale
2. The Girl in the Tower
3. The Winter of the Witch

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383 Katherine Arden Valerietree 5 4.42 2017 The Girl in The Tower: (Winternight Trilogy)
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average rating: 4.42
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rating: 5
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<![CDATA[The Fellowship of the Ring (The Lord of the Rings, #1)]]> 34
One Ring to rule them all, One Ring to find them, One Ring to bring them all and in the darkeness bind them

In ancient times the Rings of Power were crafted by the Elven-smiths, and Sauron, The Dark Lord, forged the One Ring, filling it with his own power so that he could rule all others. But the One Ring was taken from him, and though he sought it throughout Middle-earth, it remained lost to him. After many ages it fell into the hands of Bilbo Baggins, as told in The Hobbit.

In a sleepy village in the Shire, young Frodo Baggins finds himself faced with an immense task, as his elderly cousin Bilbo entrusts the Ring to his care. Frodo must leave his home and make a perilous journey across Middle-earth to the Cracks of Doom, there to destroy the Ring and foil the Dark Lord in his evil purpose.
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398 J.R.R. Tolkien 0618346252 Valerietree 5 4.36 1954 The Fellowship of the Ring (The Lord of the Rings, #1)
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The Bear and The Nightingale 50727557 Beware the evil in the woods. . .

In a village at the edge of the wilderness of northern Russia, where the winds blow cold and the snow falls many months of the year, an elderly servant tells stories of sorcery, folklore and the Winter King to the children of the family, tales of old magic frowned upon by the church.

But for the young, wild Vasya these are far more than just stories. She alone can see the house spirits that guard her home, and sense the growing forces of dark magic in the woods. . .

Atmospheric and enchanting, with an engrossing adventure at its core, The Bear and the Nightingale is perfect for readers of Naomi Novik's Uprooted, Erin Morgenstern's The Night Circus, and Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials.

*Make sure you've read all the books in the Winternight Trilogy*
1. The Bear and the Nightingale
2. The Girl in the Tower
3. The Winter of the Witch]]>
464 Katherine Arden Valerietree 4 4.22 2017 The Bear and The Nightingale
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rating: 4
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<![CDATA[The Tuesday Night Club: Miss Marple]]> 19380372
After a supper of canned lobster and a dessert of canned trifle, three people become ill and Mrs Jones is found dead. Although a bought of botulism is suspected, the Tuesday Night Club is keen to investigate further…]]>
28 Agatha Christie 000748660X Valerietree 4 4.35 1927 The Tuesday Night Club: Miss Marple
author: Agatha Christie
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average rating: 4.35
book published: 1927
rating: 4
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Marple: Twelve New Mysteries 59042373
This collection of a dozen original short stories, all featuring Jane Marple, will introduce the character to a whole new generation. Each author reimagines Agatha Christie’s Marple through their own unique perspective while staying true to the hallmarks of a traditional mystery.

Naomi Alderman
Leigh Bardugo
Alyssa Cole
Lucy Foley
Elly Griffiths
Natalie Haynes
Jean Kwok
Val McDermid
Karen M. McManus
Dreda Say Mitchell
Kate Mosse
Ruth Ware

Miss Marple was first introduced to readers in a story Agatha Christie wrote for The Royal Magazine in 1927 and made her first appearance in a full-length novel in 1930’s The Murder at the Vicarage. It has been 45 years since Agatha Christie’s last Marple novel, Sleeping Murder, was published posthumously in 1976, and this collection of ingenious new stories by twelve Christie devotees will be a timely reminder why Jane Marple remains the most famous fictional female detective of all time.]]>
379 Naomi Alderman 0008467331 Valerietree 4 4.03 2022 Marple: Twelve New Mysteries
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average rating: 4.03
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rating: 4
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<![CDATA[The Wisteria Society of Lady Scoundrels (Dangerous Damsels, #1)]]> 61023681 Cecilia Bassingwaite belongs to a very prestigious circle of The Wisteria Society of Lady Scoundrels.

But this is no ordinary Victorian lady's society - as it's full of pirates, thieves and ne'er-do-wells.

These women spend their days pickpocketing and blackmailing their way around the country all before it's time to sit down for tea.

But when Cecilia meets Ned Lightingbourne her world is set to change forever.

Because he's a paid assassin and she's his next hit.

Under the employment of the dastardly Captain Movath - who wants to rid the world of these Lady Scoundrels - Ned knows he has one job to do.

But when he lays eyes on the feisty, beautiful Cecilia he can't help but fall for her. So the two agree to team up and take down the scoundrel, Movath, together.

But soon it becomes clear there is more than their lives at stake.

Their hearts . . .

Bridgerton meets Peaky Blinders in this swashbuckling tale of scoundrels and society, crime and crumpets. As these enemies turn to allies and might just fall in love along the way . . .]]>
326 India Holton 1405954949 Valerietree 4 3.74 2021 The Wisteria Society of Lady Scoundrels (Dangerous Damsels, #1)
author: India Holton
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average rating: 3.74
book published: 2021
rating: 4
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<![CDATA[The League of Gentlewomen Witches (Dangerous Damsels, #2)]]> 61069078 But when rumours of a long-lost amulet with very special powers start to circulate, Charlotte is determined to discover the truth.
Together with the dastardly pirate, Alex O'Riley, Charlotte sets out to find this treasure and bring it back to the Society.
But might she also find love along the way?]]>
331 India Holton 1405954957 Valerietree 4 3.84 2022 The League of Gentlewomen Witches (Dangerous Damsels, #2)
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average rating: 3.84
book published: 2022
rating: 4
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<![CDATA[The Secret Service of Tea and Treason (Dangerous Damsels, #3)]]> 74834593 Two rival spies must brave pirates, witches, and fake matrimony to save the Queen.

Known as Agent A, Alice is the top operative within the Agency of Undercover Note Takers, a secret government intelligence group that is fortunately better at espionage than at naming itself. From managing deceptive witches to bored aristocratic ladies, nothing is beyond Alice’s capabilities. She has a steely composure and a plan always up her sleeve (alongside a dagger and an embroidered handkerchief). So when rumors of an assassination plot begin to circulate, she’s immediately assigned to the case.

But she’s not working alone. Daniel Bixby, otherwise known as Agent B and Alice’s greatest rival, is given the most challenging undercover assignment of his life� pretending to be Alice’s husband. Together they will assume the identity of a married couple, infiltrate a pirate house party, and foil their unpatriotic plans.

Determined to remain consummate professionals, Alice and Daniel must ignore the growing attraction between them, especially since acting on it might prove more dangerous than their target.]]>
368 India Holton 1405954973 Valerietree 4 3.91 2023 The Secret Service of Tea and Treason (Dangerous Damsels, #3)
author: India Holton
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average rating: 3.91
book published: 2023
rating: 4
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