Nora's bookshelf: all en-US Tue, 17 Dec 2019 23:52:53 -0800 60 Nora's bookshelf: all 144 41 /images/layout/goodreads_logo_144.jpg Counting Down with You 49399658 A reserved Bangladeshi teenager has twenty-eight days to make the biggest decision of her life after agreeing to fake date her school鈥檚 resident bad boy.
How do you make one month last a lifetime?

Karina Ahmed has a plan. Keep her head down, get through high school without a fuss, and follow her parents鈥� rules鈥攅ven if it means sacrificing her dreams. When her parents go abroad to Bangladesh for four weeks, Karina expects some peace and quiet. Instead, one simple lie unravels everything.

Karina is my girlfriend.

Tutoring the school鈥檚 resident bad boy was already crossing a line. Pretending to date him? Out of the question. But Ace Clyde does everything right鈥攈e brings her coffee in the mornings, impresses her friends without trying, and even promises to buy her a dozen books (a week) if she goes along with his fake-dating facade. Though Karina agrees, she can鈥檛 help but start counting down the days until her parents come back.

T-minus twenty-eight days until everything returns to normal鈥攂ut what if Karina no longer wants it to?]]> 464 Tashie Bhuiyan 1335209972 Nora 0 to-read 4.01 2021 Counting Down with You
author: Tashie Bhuiyan
name: Nora
average rating: 4.01
book published: 2021
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]]> <![CDATA[They Both Die at the End (Death-Cast, #1)]]> 33385229
Mateo and Rufus are total strangers, but, for different reasons, they鈥檙e both looking to make a new friend on their End Day. The good news: There鈥檚 an app for that. It鈥檚 called the Last Friend, and through it, Rufus and Mateo are about to meet up for one last great adventure鈥攖o live a lifetime in a single day.

Adam Silvera reminds us that there鈥檚 no life without death and no love without loss in this devastating yet uplifting story about two people whose lives change over the course of one unforgettable day.]]> 389 Adam Silvera 0062457799 Nora 5 2018-reading-list 3.76 2017 They Both Die at the End (Death-Cast, #1)
author: Adam Silvera
name: Nora
average rating: 3.76
book published: 2017
rating: 5
read at: 2018/01/26
date added: 2018/01/26
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]]> <![CDATA[The Apocalypse of Elena Mendoza]]> 35297386
This can be scientifically explained (it鈥檚 called parthenogenesis), but what can鈥檛 be explained is how Elena is able to heal Freddie, the girl she鈥檚 had a crush on for years, from a gunshot wound in a Starbucks parking lot. Or why the boy who shot Freddie, David Combs, disappeared from the same parking lot minutes later after getting sucked up into the clouds. What also can鈥檛 be explained are the talking girl on the front of a tampon box, or the reasons that David Combs shot Freddie in the first place.

As more unbelievable things occur, and Elena continues to perform miracles, the only remaining explanation is the least logical of all鈥攖hat the world is actually coming to an end, and Elena is possibly the only one who can do something about it.]]> 438 Shaun David Hutchinson 1481498541 Nora 0 to-read 3.64 2018 The Apocalypse of Elena Mendoza
author: Shaun David Hutchinson
name: Nora
average rating: 3.64
book published: 2018
rating: 0
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]]> Wrestling With Desire 36140050 Derek Thompson is a senior, a wrestler, and has a secret. He鈥檚 gay.

Scott Thayer is a new student who鈥檚 just moved to Cambridge, Massachusetts from Iowa. On the first day of school Derek and Scott meet, and their lives change in an instant.

As Derek and Scott discover the things they have in common, they enter into one of the closest, most loving relationships either of them has ever experienced. When unexpected circumstances threaten to tear them apart, they both have to make a decision.

Do they protect their secret and separate? Or fight for what they want...each other.

]]> 268 D.H. Starr Nora 0 dnf-bc-reasons 4.14 2010 Wrestling With Desire
author: D.H. Starr
name: Nora
average rating: 4.14
book published: 2010
rating: 0
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]]> Relay (Changing Lanes, #1) 35918522 A last chance at swimming gold, a second chance at lasting love.

Team captain.
Olympic medalist.
Devoted son and brother.
Alex has it all, and all the demands that go with being the best.
The last thing he needs on his crowded plate鈥攁nd on his team鈥攊s his closeted ex.

Dane is swimming鈥檚 biggest star.
Carefully crafted from crib to pool, his fame feeds his celebrity parents鈥� empire.
He dropped the act once鈥攖he summer he fell in love with Alex.
Ten years later, the performance is crushing his soul.
So is resisting the man he still loves.

As the team struggles to gel, Alex and Dane clash in and out of the pool.
Forgive and forget is easier said than done.
But something has to give, if Alex and Dane want a shot at gold.
And a second chance at love.

Team captain and team celebrity square off in this enemies to lovers, second chance MM sports romance between two elite swimmers fighting against their hearts and fighting for Olympic gold.]]> 237 Layla Reyne 1626496773 Nora 5
RELAY is a story about an Olympics team coming together, but more than that, it's a story about second chances, self-acceptance and forgiveness, and learning to fight for who you are and what鈥攚ho鈥攜ou want, no matter the cost.

Now please excuse me while I count down the days til book 2...........]]> 3.64 2018 Relay (Changing Lanes, #1)
author: Layla Reyne
name: Nora
average rating: 3.64
book published: 2018
rating: 5
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There's a reason Layla Reyne is on my Must-Buy list; only she could get me this hyped about a swim team. It'd be easy to fall back on tropes with so many pieces to juggle, but she never once loses her footing. The ensemble team is lovingly crafted, with personalities and stories of their own, and the pressures of preparing for the upcoming Olympics are handled with a deft hand. And Alex and Dane? In a word: flawless. Protect them 2KAlways.

RELAY is a story about an Olympics team coming together, but more than that, it's a story about second chances, self-acceptance and forgiveness, and learning to fight for who you are and what鈥攚ho鈥攜ou want, no matter the cost.

Now please excuse me while I count down the days til book 2...........
]]> The Secret History 29044 573 Donna Tartt 1400031702 Nora 3 4.16 1992 The Secret History
author: Donna Tartt
name: Nora
average rating: 4.16
book published: 1992
rating: 3
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]]> <![CDATA[Rule Breaker (Mixed Messages, #1)]]> 35826972
Dylan has worked for Gabe for two years. Two long years of sarcastic comments. Two long years of insults, and having to redo the coffee pot four times in the mornings to meet his exacting standards.

Not surprisingly he has devoted a lot of time to increasingly inventive ways to murder Gabe. From stabbing him with a cake fork, to garrotting him with his expensive tie, Dylan has thought of everything.

However, a chance encounter opens his eyes to the attraction that has always lain between them, concealed by the layers of antipathy. There are only two problems - Gabe is still a bastard, and he makes wedding planners look like hardened pessimists.

But what happens when Dylan starts to see the real Gabe? What happens when he starts to fall in love with the warm, wary man that he sees glimpses of as the days pass?

Because Gabe is still the same commitment shy, cold man that he鈥檚 always been, or is he? Has Dylan had the same effect on Gabe, and has his solid gold rule of no commitment finally been broken? With his heart taken Dylan desperately needs to know, but will he get hurt trying to find the answers?

From the author of 鈥楾he Summer of Us鈥� comes another scorchingly hot romantic comedy, showing what happens between two men when rules get broken.]]> 286 Lily Morton Nora 0 to-read 4.11 2017 Rule Breaker (Mixed Messages, #1)
author: Lily Morton
name: Nora
average rating: 4.11
book published: 2017
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[Barrel Proof (Agents Irish and Whiskey, #3)]]> 34473508
Aidan says I love you just moments before learning that Jamie's been keeping a devastating secret about Aidan's late husband. How quickly trust and love can go up in flames. When Aidan requests a solo undercover assignment, Jamie hopes Aidan will find a way to forgive him.

But the explosions are far from over. Aidan's cover lands him in the heart of the terrorist's conspiracy, and Jamie will have to put his life, his career and his freedom on the line to save the man who has become his entire world. Partners, always is a promise he intends to keep.

This book is approximately 62,000 words

One-click with confidence. This title is part of the Carina Press Romance all the romance you're looking for with an HEA/HFN. It's a promise!]]> 231 Layla Reyne 1488024405 Nora 5 4.16 2017 Barrel Proof (Agents Irish and Whiskey, #3)
author: Layla Reyne
name: Nora
average rating: 4.16
book published: 2017
rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[Tequila Sunrise (Agents Irish and Whiskey, #4)]]> 35922687 True love perseveres in this Agents Irish and Whiskey spin-off novella from author Layla Reyne

Former FBI agent Melissa 鈥淢el鈥� Cruz spent years skirting the line between life and death, knowing the next assignment might be her last. Back from overseas and eager to enjoy life outside the Bureau, she's ready to give Danny Talley a Christmas Eve he'll never forget.

A proven asset in high stakes missions, Danny's known for having the skill and brains to get the job done. When the Talley Flag Ship is hijacked during the company holiday party, he鈥檒l do anything to save his family, his love, and everything they鈥檝e all worked so hard to build. But their enemies have a secondary protocol鈥攍eave no survivors鈥攁nd that plan is already in play.

Navigating through a tangled web of lies and betrayal, Mel and Danny race against the clock to retake the ship before their future goes up in flames. As the seconds tick down, they're forced to face their greatest fear鈥攍osing each other.

This book is approximately 33,000 words

One-click with confidence. This title is part of the Carina Press Romance Promise: all the romance you鈥檙e looking for with an HEA/HFN. It鈥檚 a promise!
]]> 120 Layla Reyne 148808923X Nora 5 3.93 2017 Tequila Sunrise (Agents Irish and Whiskey, #4)
author: Layla Reyne
name: Nora
average rating: 3.93
book published: 2017
rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[Cask Strength (Agents Irish and Whiskey, #2)]]> 34033755
Going undercover on a new case gets them out of town and off the killer's radar. They're assigned to investigate an identity theft ring involving a college basketball team in Jamie's home state, where Jamie's past makes him perfect for the role of coach. But returning to the court brings more than old memories.

As secrets and shocking betrayals abound, none may be more dangerous than the one Jamie鈥檚 been keeping: a secret about the death of Aidan鈥檚 husband that could blow his partner's world apart and destroy forever the fragile bonds of trust and love building between them.]]> 205 Layla Reyne 1488024391 Nora 5 4.15 2017 Cask Strength (Agents Irish and Whiskey, #2)
author: Layla Reyne
name: Nora
average rating: 4.15
book published: 2017
rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[Single Malt (Agents Irish and Whiskey, #1)]]> 33296928 The heart鈥檚 a resilient beast

Eight months after the car crash that changed everything, FBI agent Aidan Talley is back at work. New department, new case and a new partner. Smart, athletic and handsome, Jameson Walker is twelve years his junior. Even if Aidan was ready to move on鈥攁nd he's not鈥擩amie is off-limits.

Jamie's lusted after Aidan for three years, and the chance to work with San Francisco's top agent directly is too good to pass up. Aidan is prickly鈥攖o put it mildly鈥攂ut a growing cyber threat soon proves Jamie's skills invaluable.

Jamie's talents paint a target on his back, and Aidan is determined to protect him. But with hack after hack threatening a high-security biocontainment facility, time is running out to thwart a deadly terrorist attack. They'll have to filter out distractions, on the case and in their partnership, to identify the real enemy, solve the case and save thousands of lives, including their own.]]> 194 Layla Reyne 1488024383 Nora 5 3.90 2017 Single Malt (Agents Irish and Whiskey, #1)
author: Layla Reyne
name: Nora
average rating: 3.90
book published: 2017
rating: 5
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]]> Everless (Everless, #1) 32320661
No one resents the Gerlings more than Jules Ember. A decade ago, she and her father were servants at Everless, the Gerlings鈥� palatial estate, until a fateful accident forced them to flee in the dead of night. When Jules discovers that her father is dying, she knows that she must return to Everless to earn more time for him before she loses him forever.

But going back to Everless brings more danger鈥攁nd temptation鈥攖han Jules could have ever imagined. Soon she鈥檚 caught in a tangle of violent secrets and finds her heart torn between two people she thought she鈥檇 never see again. Her decisions have the power to change her fate鈥攁nd the fate of time itself.]]> 362 Sara Holland 0062653652 Nora 0 to-read 3.77 2018 Everless (Everless, #1)
author: Sara Holland
name: Nora
average rating: 3.77
book published: 2018
rating: 0
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]]> Binti (Binti, #1) 25667918 For the first time in hardcover, the winner of the Hugo Award and the Nebula Award!

With a new foreword by N. K. Jemisin

Her name is Binti, and she is the first of the Himba people ever to be offered a place at Oomza University, the finest institution of higher learning in the galaxy. But to accept the offer will mean giving up her place in her family to travel between the stars among strangers who do not share her ways or respect her customs.

Knowledge comes at a cost, one that Binti is willing to pay, but her journey will not be easy. The world she seeks to enter has long warred with the Meduse, an alien race that has become the stuff of nightmares. Oomza University has wronged the Meduse, and Binti's stellar travel will bring her within their deadly reach.

If Binti hopes to survive the legacy of a war not of her making, she will need both the the gifts of her people and the wisdom enshrined within the University, itself -- but first she has to make it there, alive.

The Binti Series
Book 1: Binti
Book 2: Binti: Home
Book 3: Binti: The Night Masquerade]]> 96 Nnedi Okorafor 0765384469 Nora 0 to-read 3.81 2015 Binti (Binti, #1)
author: Nnedi Okorafor
name: Nora
average rating: 3.81
book published: 2015
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]]> The Last Namsara (Iskari, #1) 32667458
These are the legends that Asha, daughter of the king of Firgaard, has grown up learning in hushed whispers, drawn to the forbidden figures of the past. But it isn鈥檛 until she becomes the fiercest, most feared dragon slayer in the land that she takes on the role of the next Iskari鈥攁 lonely destiny that leaves her feeling more like a weapon than a girl.

Asha conquers each dragon and brings its head to the king, but no kill can free her from the shackles that await at home: her betrothal to the cruel commandant, a man who holds the truth about her nature in his palm. When she鈥檚 offered the chance to gain her freedom in exchange for the life of the most powerful dragon in Firgaard, she finds that there may be more truth to the ancient stories than she ever could have expected. With the help of a secret friend鈥攁 slave boy from her betrothed鈥檚 household鈥擜sha must shed the layers of her Iskari bondage and open her heart to love, light, and a truth that has been kept from her.]]> 421 Kristen Ciccarelli 0062567985 Nora 4 2018-reading-list 4.04 2017 The Last Namsara (Iskari, #1)
author: Kristen Ciccarelli
name: Nora
average rating: 4.04
book published: 2017
rating: 4
read at: 2018/01/01
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]]> <![CDATA[A Game of Thrones (A Song of Ice and Fire, #1)]]> 13496
Sweeping from a harsh land of cold to a summertime kingdom of epicurean plenty, A Game of Thrones tells a tale of lords and ladies, soldiers and sorcerers, assassins and bastards, who come together in a time of grim omens. Here an enigmatic band of warriors bear swords of no human metal; a tribe of fierce wildlings carry men off into madness; a cruel young dragon prince barters his sister to win back his throne; a child is lost in the twilight between life and death; and a determined woman undertakes a treacherous journey to protect all she holds dear. Amid plots and counter-plots, tragedy and betrayal, victory and terror, allies and enemies, the fate of the Starks hangs perilously in the balance, as each side endeavors to win that deadliest of conflicts: the game of thrones.]]> 835 George R.R. Martin 0553588486 Nora 3 2018-reading-list 4.44 1996 A Game of Thrones (A Song of Ice and Fire, #1)
author: George R.R. Martin
name: Nora
average rating: 4.44
book published: 1996
rating: 3
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]]> <![CDATA[Into the Garden (Dividing Eden, #0.5)]]> 35230410
Lady Betrice has been cloistered for two years, desperate to learn the art of Seeing and be allowed to remain with the seers of the Village of Night forever. Now that her parents have passed, there is nothing waiting for her at home but her lecherous uncle and his sinister plans. So when a stoic young guard, assigned by her uncle to deliver her back home without incident, reveals a secret about his own dark past, Betrice seizes the opportunity to harness their combined power into a plan to leave Eden forever.

But for once, Betrice鈥檚 uncle is not the only man lying in wait on the road home鈥擪ing Adham and his son Prince Ulron are her uncle鈥檚 guests, and when Betrice鈥檚 escape plot backfires, she may just find herself in a position she never could have foreseen.]]> 71 Joelle Charbonneau 0062455885 Nora 0 to-read 3.78 2017 Into the Garden (Dividing Eden, #0.5)
author: Joelle Charbonneau
name: Nora
average rating: 3.78
book published: 2017
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]]> <![CDATA[Eden Conquered (Dividing Eden, #2)]]> 35270739 The electrifying conclusion to the Dividing Eden series by the New York Times bestselling author of the Testing trilogy, Joelle Charbonneau..

The Trials of Virtuous Succession have ended. Prince Andreus is king鈥攁nd Princess Carys is dead.

But even as he鈥檚 haunted by what he did to win the throne, Andreus discovers that his dream of ruling only brings new problems. The people love his twin even more in death than they did when she was alive. The Elders treat him as a figurehead. And worst of all, the winds of Eden are faltering.

But despite what everyone believes, Carys is alive. Exiled to the wilderness, Carys struggles to control the powers that have broken free inside her. And as she grows stronger, so does her conviction that she must return to the Palace of Winds, face her twin and root out the treachery that began long before the first Trials started.

The Kingdom of Eden is growing darker with each passing day. Brother and sister, former foes, must decide whether some betrayals cut too deep to be forgiven鈥攁nd whether one will wear the crown or both will lose everything.]]> 315 Joelle Charbonneau 0062453890 Nora 0 to-read 3.73 2018 Eden Conquered (Dividing Eden, #2)
author: Joelle Charbonneau
name: Nora
average rating: 3.73
book published: 2018
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]]> Glass Sword (Red Queen, #2) 23174274 Urodzi艂am si臋, 偶eby zabi膰 kr贸la i zako艅czy膰 rz膮dy terroru, zanim naprawd臋 si臋 zaczn膮.

Jednej rzeczy Mare Barrow jest pewna: 偶e jest inna.

Jej krew jest czerwona 鈥� to kolor posp贸lstwa 鈥� ale jej Srebrna zdolno艣膰, moc kontrolowania b艂yskawic, zmieni艂a j膮 w bro艅, nad kt贸r膮 dw贸r kr贸lewski chce przej膮膰 kontrol臋.

艢cigana przez Mavena, m艣ciwego Srebrnego kr贸la, Mare postanawia odnale藕膰 i zwerbowa膰 innych Czerwono-Srebrnych wojownik贸w, 偶eby do艂膮czyli do rebelii. Sama jednak l膮duje na zab贸jczej 艣cie偶ce i ryzykuje, 偶e stanie si臋 dok艂adnie takim potworem, jakiego pr贸buje pokona膰.

W elektryzuj膮cym drugim tomie cyklu 鈥濩zerwona Kr贸lowa" nasila si臋 walka mi臋dzy rosn膮c膮 armi膮 rebeliant贸w i podzielonym wed艂ug koloru krwi 艣wiatem, kt贸ry znaj膮 od zawsze, a Mare musi te偶 walczy膰 z mrokiem, jaki rozrasta si臋 w jej duszy.]]> 444 Victoria Aveyard 0062310666 Nora 0 to-read 3.79 2016 Glass Sword (Red Queen, #2)
author: Victoria Aveyard
name: Nora
average rating: 3.79
book published: 2016
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]]> <![CDATA[Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe (Aristotle and Dante, #1)]]> 12000020
But against all odds, when Ari and Dante meet, they develop a special bond that will teach them the most important truths of their lives, and help define the people they want to be. But there are big hurdles in their way, and only by believing in each other鈥攁nd the power of their friendship鈥攃an Ari and Dante emerge stronger on the other side.]]> 390 Benjamin Alire S谩enz 1442408928 Nora 3 4.29 2012 Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe (Aristotle and Dante, #1)
author: Benjamin Alire S谩enz
name: Nora
average rating: 4.29
book published: 2012
rating: 3
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]]> <![CDATA[Dividing Eden (Dividing Eden, #1)]]> 32051572 From the author of the New York Times bestselling The Testing trilogy comes a sweeping new fantasy series, perfect for fans of Victoria Aveyard and Sarah J. Maas.

Twins Carys and Andreus were never destined to rule Eden. With their older brother next in line to inherit the throne, the future of the kingdom was secure.

But appearances鈥攁nd rivals鈥攃an be deceiving. When Eden鈥檚 king and crown prince are killed by assassins, Eden desperately needs a monarch, but the line of succession is no longer clear. With a ruling council scheming to gain power, Carys and Andreus are faced with only one option鈥攖o take part in a Trial of Succession that will determine which one of them is worthy of ruling the kingdom.

As sister and brother, Carys and Andreus have always kept each other safe鈥攆rom their secrets, from the court, and from the monsters lurking in the mountains beyond the kingdom鈥檚 wall. But the Trial of Succession will test the bonds of trust and family.

With their country and their hearts divided, Carys and Andreus will discover exactly what each will do to win the crown. How long before suspicion takes hold and the thirst for power leads to the ultimate betrayal?]]> 336 Joelle Charbonneau 0062453866 Nora 4 3.63 2017 Dividing Eden (Dividing Eden, #1)
author: Joelle Charbonneau
name: Nora
average rating: 3.63
book published: 2017
rating: 4
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]]> Red Queen (Red Queen, #1) 22328546 This is a world divided by blood鈥攔ed or silver.

The Reds are commoners, ruled by a Silver elite in possession of god-like superpowers. And to Mare Barrow, a seventeen-year-old Red girl from the poverty-stricken Stilts, it seems like nothing will ever change.

That is until she finds herself working in the Silver Palace. Here, surrounded by the people she hates the most, Mare discovers that, despite her red blood, she possesses a deadly power of her own. One that threatens to destroy the balance of power.

Fearful of Mare's potential, the Silvers hide her in plain view, declaring her a long-lost Silver princess, now engaged to a Silver prince. Despite knowing that one misstep would mean her death, Mare works silently to help the Red Guard, a militant resistance group, and bring down the Silver regime.

But this is a world of betrayal and lies, and Mare has entered a dangerous dance鈥擱eds against Silvers, prince against prince, and Mare against her own heart.]]> 388 Victoria Aveyard 0062310631 Nora 4 3.98 2015 Red Queen (Red Queen, #1)
author: Victoria Aveyard
name: Nora
average rating: 3.98
book published: 2015
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[Leviathan Wakes (The Expanse, #1)]]> 8855321
Jim Holden is XO of an ice miner making runs from the rings of Saturn to the mining stations of the Belt. When he and his crew stumble upon a derelict ship, the Scopuli, they find themselves in possession of a secret they never wanted. A secret that someone is willing to kill for鈥攁nd kill on a scale unfathomable to Jim and his crew. War is brewing in the system unless he can find out who left the ship and why.

Detective Miller is looking for a girl. One girl in a system of billions, but her parents have money and money talks. When the trail leads him to the Scopuli and rebel sympathizer Holden, he realizes that this girl may be the key to everything.

Holden and Miller must thread the needle between the Earth government, the Outer Planet revolutionaries, and secretive corporations鈥攁nd the odds are against them. But out in the Belt, the rules are different, and one small ship can change the fate of the universe.]]> 592 James S.A. Corey 1841499889 Nora 0 maybe-another-time 4.30 2011 Leviathan Wakes (The Expanse, #1)
author: James S.A. Corey
name: Nora
average rating: 4.30
book published: 2011
rating: 0
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]]> Coldbrook 18248556
With their breakthrough comes disease and now it is out and ravaging the human population. The only hope is a cure and the only cure is genetic an uninfected person amongst the billions dead.

In the chaos of destruction there is only one person that can save the human race.

But will they find her in time?]]> 509 Tim Lebbon 1781168784 Nora 0 maybe-another-time 3.70 2012 Coldbrook
author: Tim Lebbon
name: Nora
average rating: 3.70
book published: 2012
rating: 0
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]]> Allegiant (Divergent, #3) 10616322
But Tris's new reality is even more alarming than the one she left behind. Old discoveries are quickly rendered meaningless. Explosive new truths change the hearts of those she loves. And once again, Tris must battle to comprehend to complexities of human nature - and of herself - while facing impossible choices about courage, allegiance, sacrifice, and love.

Told from a riveting dual perspective, ALLEGIANT, by #1 New York Times best-selling author Veronica Roth, brings the DIVERGENT series to a powerful conclusion while revealing the secrets of the dystopian world that has captivated millions of readers in DIVERGENT and INSURGENT.]]> 526 Veronica Roth 0007444117 Nora 0 maybe-another-time 3.55 2013 Allegiant (Divergent, #3)
author: Veronica Roth
name: Nora
average rating: 3.55
book published: 2013
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[Owl and the Japanese Circus (Adventures of Owl, #1)]]> 23213197
Owl retraces the steps of Mr. Kurosawa鈥檚 ancient thief from Japan to Bali with the help of her best friend, Nadya, and an attractive mercenary. As it turns out though, finding the scroll is the least of her worries. When she figures out one of Mr. Kurosawa鈥檚 trusted advisors is orchestrating a plan to use a weapon powerful enough to wipe out a city, things go to hell in a hand basket fast鈥nd Owl has to pick sides.]]> 416 Kristi Charish 1476794995 Nora 0 maybe-another-time 3.61 2015 Owl and the Japanese Circus (Adventures of Owl, #1)
author: Kristi Charish
name: Nora
average rating: 3.61
book published: 2015
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]]> <![CDATA[Someday This Pain Will Be Useful to You]]> 235466 229 Peter Cameron 0374309892 Nora 0 2018-reading-list 3.72 2007 Someday This Pain Will Be Useful to You
author: Peter Cameron
name: Nora
average rating: 3.72
book published: 2007
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]]> <![CDATA[The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue (Montague Siblings, #1)]]> 29283884
But as Monty embarks on his Grand Tour of Europe, his quest for a life filled with pleasure and vice is in danger of coming to an end. Not only does his father expect him to take over the family鈥檚 estate upon his return, but Monty is also nursing an impossible crush on his best friend and traveling companion, Percy.

Still it isn鈥檛 in Monty鈥檚 nature to give up. Even with his younger sister, Felicity, in tow, he vows to make this yearlong escapade one last hedonistic hurrah and flirt with Percy from Paris to Rome. But when one of Monty鈥檚 reckless decisions turns their trip abroad into a harrowing manhunt that spans across Europe, it calls into question everything he knows, including his relationship with the boy he adores.]]> 528 Mackenzi Lee 0062382802 Nora 0 2018-reading-list 4.03 2017 The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue (Montague Siblings, #1)
author: Mackenzi Lee
name: Nora
average rating: 4.03
book published: 2017
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]]> <![CDATA[Retribution Falls (Tales of the Ketty Jay, #1)]]> 6285903 380 Chris Wooding 0575085150 Nora 0 to-read, 2018-reading-list 3.98 2009 Retribution Falls (Tales of the Ketty Jay, #1)
author: Chris Wooding
name: Nora
average rating: 3.98
book published: 2009
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[The Hate U Give (The Hate U Give, #1)]]> 32075671 An alternate cover edition of ISBN 9780062498533 can be found here.

Sixteen-year-old Starr Carter moves between two worlds: the poor neighborhood where she lives and the fancy suburban prep school she attends. The uneasy balance between these worlds is shattered when Starr witnesses the fatal shooting of her childhood best friend Khalil at the hands of a police officer. Khalil was unarmed.

Soon afterward, his death is a national headline. Some are calling him a thug, maybe even a drug dealer and a gangbanger. Protesters are taking to the streets in Khalil鈥檚 name. Some cops and the local drug lord try to intimidate Starr and her family. What everyone wants to know is: what really went down that night? And the only person alive who can answer that is Starr.

But what Starr does鈥攐r does not鈥攕ay could upend her community. It could also endanger her life.

Inspired by the Black Lives Matter movement, this is a powerful and gripping YA novel about one girl's struggle for justice.]]> 454 Angie Thomas 0062498533 Nora 0 to-read, 2018-reading-list 4.46 2017 The Hate U Give (The Hate U Give, #1)
author: Angie Thomas
name: Nora
average rating: 4.46
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]]> <![CDATA[The Girl from Everywhere (The Girl from Everywhere, #1)]]> 21979832
As long as her father has a map for it, he can sail to any time, any place, real or imagined: nineteenth-century China, the land from One Thousand and One Nights, a mythic version of Africa. Along the way they have found crewmates and friends, and even a disarming thief who could come to mean much more to Nix.

But the end to it all looms closer every day.

Her father is obsessed with obtaining the one map, 1868 Honolulu, that could take him back to his lost love, Nix鈥檚 mother. Even though getting it鈥攁nd going there鈥攃ould erase Nix鈥檚 very existence.

For the first time, Nix is entering unknown waters.

She could find herself, find her family, find her own fantastical ability, her own epic love.

Or she could disappear.]]> 454 Heidi Heilig 0062380753 Nora 0 2018-reading-list 3.67 2016 The Girl from Everywhere (The Girl from Everywhere, #1)
author: Heidi Heilig
name: Nora
average rating: 3.67
book published: 2016
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]]> <![CDATA[Walk on Earth a Stranger (The Gold Seer Trilogy, #1)]]> 17564519 Gold is in my blood, in my breath, even in the flecks in my eyes.

Lee Westfall has a strong, loving family. She has a home she loves and a loyal steed. She has a best friend鈥攚ho might want to be something more.

She also has a secret.

Lee can sense gold in the world around her. Veins deep in the earth. Small nuggets in a stream. Even gold dust caught underneath a fingernail. She has kept her family safe and able to buy provisions, even through the harshest winters. But what would someone do to control a girl with that kind of power? A person might murder for it.

When everything Lee holds dear is ripped away, she flees west to California鈥攚here gold has just been discovered. Perhaps this will be the one place a magical girl can be herself. If she survives the journey.

The acclaimed Rae Carson begins a sweeping new trilogy set in Gold Rush-era America, about a young woman with a powerful and dangerous gift.]]> 436 Rae Carson 0062242911 Nora 0 to-read, 2018-reading-list 3.93 2015 Walk on Earth a Stranger (The Gold Seer Trilogy, #1)
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name: Nora
average rating: 3.93
book published: 2015
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]]> If We Were Villains 30319086
As one of seven young actors studying Shakespeare at an elite arts college, Oliver and his friends play the same roles onstage and off: hero, villain, tyrant, temptress, ingenue, extra. But when the casting changes, and the secondary characters usurp the stars, the plays spill dangerously over into life, and one of them is found dead. The rest face their greatest acting challenge yet: convincing the police, and themselves, that they are blameless.]]> 354 M.L. Rio 125009528X Nora 0 2018-reading-list 4.10 2017 If We Were Villains
author: M.L. Rio
name: Nora
average rating: 4.10
book published: 2017
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]]> I'll Give You the Sun 20820994
Years later, they are barely speaking. Something has happened to change the twins in different yet equally devastating ways... but then Jude meets an intriguing, irresistible boy and a mysterious new mentor. The early years are Noah's to tell; the later years are Jude's. But they each have only half the story, and if they can only find their way back to one another, they'll have a chance to remake their world.

This radiant, award-winning novel from the acclaimed author of The Sky Is Everywhere will leave you breathless and teary and laughing鈥攐ften all at once.

Printz Award Winner Stonewall Honor Book.]]> 371 Jandy Nelson 0803734964 Nora 0 2018-reading-list 4.14 2014 I'll Give You the Sun
author: Jandy Nelson
name: Nora
average rating: 4.14
book published: 2014
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]]> <![CDATA[Ancillary Mercy (Imperial Radch, #3)]]> 23533039 Ancillary Mercy is the third book in the trilogy that began with Ancillary Justice.

For a moment, things seemed to be under control for Breq, the soldier who used to be a warship. Then a search of Athoek Station's slums turns up someone who shouldn't exist and a messenger from the mysterious Presger empire arrives, as does Breq's old enemy, the divided, heavily armed, and possibly insane Anaander Mianaai鈥攔uler of an empire at war with itself.

Breq could flee with her ship and crew, but that would leave the people of Athoek in terrible danger. Breq has a desperate plan. The odds aren't good, but that's never stopped her before.]]> 328 Ann Leckie Nora 0 2018-reading-list 4.19 2015 Ancillary Mercy (Imperial Radch, #3)
author: Ann Leckie
name: Nora
average rating: 4.19
book published: 2015
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]]> <![CDATA[Ancillary Sword (Imperial Radch, #2)]]> 20706284
La 卯nceput, Breq era o nav膬 care controla o mul葲ime de corpuri. Apoi a devenit soldat. Iar acum se afl膬 ea 卯ns膬葯i la comanda unei nave, 卯ns膬 nu pentru c膬 葯i-ar fi dorit-o, ci fiindc膬 St膬p芒na imperiului i-a ordonat s膬 plece 卯n misiune la Sta葲ia Athoek. 脦n mijlocul unei societ膬葲i aparent civilizate 葯i lini葯tite, dar 卯n esen葲膬 viciat膬 葯i favorabil膬 doar celor puternici, Breq descoper膬 c膬, pentru a-葯i 卯ndeplini misiunea, trebuie s膬 卯nfr芒neze rebeliuni 葯i s膬 g膬seasc膬 adev膬rata tr膬d膬toare.

E葯ti at芒t de civilizat膬. At芒t de politicoas膬. At芒t de curajoas膬 ca s膬 vii aici singur膬, 葯tiind c膬 niciuna dintre noi nu va 卯ndr膬zni s膬 te ating膬. E at芒t de u葯or s膬 fii astfel c芒nd toat膬 puterea e de partea ta.

鈥灻巒 Tr膬dare ancilar膬, lupta lui Breq pentru dreptate 卯ntr-o lume care pare s膬-i favorizeze pe cei puternici r膬m芒ne la fel de antrenant膬 ca 卯n primul volum. Cititorii care abia acum o descoper膬 pe Ann Leckie vor fi fascina葲i, iar cei familiariza葲i deja cu universul ei ancilar vor descoperi c膬 卯ncrederea nu le-a fost 卯n葯elat膬.鈥� Publishers Weekly

鈥濱mprevizibil膬, captivant膬 葯i extraordinar膬. Ann Leckie e o adev膬rat膬 maestr膬.鈥� John Scalzi

鈥濷 dovad膬 c膬 R膬zbunare ancilar膬 n-a fost doar o coinciden葲膬. O carte care ar trebui s膬 ajung膬 卯n m芒inile oric膬rui cititor serios de science-fiction.鈥� RT Book Reviews

鈥濧r trebui s-o consider膬m pe Leckie urma葯a lui C. J. Cherryh 葯i a lui Iain M. Banks.鈥� Elizabeth Bear

鈥濧cest roman reu葯e葯te s-o fac膬 pe Breq protagonista de care cititorii se vor 卯ndr膬gosti, iar pe Leckie, scriitoarea talentat膬 a c膬rei oper膬 merit膬 s-o citi葲i.鈥� Publishers Weekly

鈥濷 oper膬 literar膬 minunat膬, impresionant膬 葯i puternic膬... Leckie 卯葲i las膬 impresia c膬 e extrem de u葯or s膬 scrii o carte bun膬.鈥� Kameron Hurley

鈥濻cience-fiction de cea mai bun膬 calitate. Ann Leckie surprinde cititorul, 卯l 葲ine 卯n suspans 葯i 卯l provoac膬 s膬 vad膬 lumea din alt膬 perspectiv膬.鈥� Staffer鈥檚 Book Review]]> 359 Ann Leckie 0316246654 Nora 0 2018-reading-list 4.05 2014 Ancillary Sword (Imperial Radch, #2)
author: Ann Leckie
name: Nora
average rating: 4.05
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]]> Peter Darling 33358438
But when he returns to Neverland, everything has changed: the Lost Boys have become men, and the war games they once played are now real and deadly. Even more shocking is the attraction Peter never knew he could feel for his old rival, Captain Hook鈥攁nd the realization that he no longer knows which of them is the real villain.]]> 164 Austin Chant 1620049589 Nora 0 2018-reading-list 3.98 2017 Peter Darling
author: Austin Chant
name: Nora
average rating: 3.98
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]]> Fangirl 16068905 A coming-of-age tale of fanfiction, family, and first love.

Cath is a Simon Snow fan. Okay, the whole world is a Simon Snow fan.... But for Cath, being a fan is her life鈥攁nd she's really good at it. She and her twin, Wren, ensconced themselves in the Simon Snow series when they were just kids; it's what got them through their mother leaving.

Reading. Rereading. Hanging out in Simon Snow forums, writing Simon Snow fanfiction, dressing up like the characters for every movie premiere. Cath's sister has mostly grown away from fandom, but Cath can't let go. She doesn't want to.

Now that they're going to college, Wren has told Cath she doesn't want to be roommates. Cath is on her own, completely outside of her comfort zone. She's got a surly roommate with a charming, always-around boyfriend; a fiction-writing professor who thinks fanfiction is the end of the civilized world; a handsome classmate who only wants to talk about words... and she can't stop worrying about her dad, who's loving and fragile and has never really been alone.

For Cath, the question is: Can she do this? Can she make it without Wren holding her hand? Is she ready to start living her own life? And does she even want to move on if it means leaving Simon Snow behind?]]> 483 Rainbow Rowell Nora 0 to-read, 2018-reading-list 3.93 2013 Fangirl
author: Rainbow Rowell
name: Nora
average rating: 3.93
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]]> Vicious (Villains, #1) 13638125 A masterful tale of ambition, jealousy, desire, and superpowers.

Victor and Eli started out as college roommates鈥攂rilliant, arrogant, lonely boys who recognized the same sharpness and ambition in each other. In their senior year, a shared research interest in adrenaline, near-death experiences, and seemingly supernatural events reveals an intriguing possibility: that under the right conditions, someone could develop extraordinary abilities. But when their thesis moves from the academic to the experimental, things go horribly wrong.

Ten years later, Victor breaks out of prison, determined to catch up to his old friend (now foe), aided by a young girl whose reserved nature obscures a stunning ability. Meanwhile, Eli is on a mission to eradicate every other super-powered person that he can find鈥攁side from his sidekick, an enigmatic woman with an unbreakable will. Armed with terrible power on both sides, driven by the memory of betrayal and loss, the archnemeses have set a course for revenge鈥攂ut who will be left alive at the end?

In Vicious, V. E. Schwab brings to life a gritty comic-book-style world in vivid prose: a world where gaining superpowers doesn't automatically lead to heroism, and a time when allegiances are called into question.]]> 368 V.E. Schwab 0765335344 Nora 0 2018-reading-list 4.24 2013 Vicious (Villains, #1)
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name: Nora
average rating: 4.24
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]]> Words in Deep Blue 31952703
Now Rachel has returned to the city鈥攁nd to the bookshop鈥攖o work alongside the boy she鈥檇 rather not see, if at all possible, for the rest of her life. But Rachel needs the distraction, and the escape. Her brother drowned months ago, and she can鈥檛 feel anything anymore. She can't see her future.

Henry's future isn't looking too promising, either. His girlfriend dumped him. The bookstore is slipping away. And his family is breaking apart.

As Henry and Rachel work side by side鈥攕urrounded by books, watching love stories unfold, exchanging letters between the pages鈥攖hey find hope in each other. Because life may be uncontrollable, even unbearable sometimes. But it鈥檚 possible that words, and love, and second chances are enough.]]> 273 Cath Crowley 1101937645 Nora 0 2018-reading-list 3.97 2016 Words in Deep Blue
author: Cath Crowley
name: Nora
average rating: 3.97
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]]> <![CDATA[A Darker Shade of Magic (Shades of Magic, #1)]]> 22055262
Kell was raised in Arnes鈥擱ed London鈥攁nd officially serves the Maresh Empire as an ambassador, traveling between the frequent bloody regime changes in White London and the court of George III in the dullest of Londons, the one without any magic left to see.

Unofficially, Kell is a smuggler, servicing people willing to pay for even the smallest glimpses of a world they'll never see. It's a defiant hobby with dangerous consequences, which Kell is now seeing firsthand.

After an exchange goes awry, Kell escapes to Grey London and runs into Delilah Bard, a cut-purse with lofty aspirations. She first robs him, then saves him from a deadly enemy, and finally forces Kell to spirit her to another world for a proper adventure.

Now perilous magic is afoot, and treachery lurks at every turn. To save all of the worlds, they'll first need to stay alive.]]> 400 V.E. Schwab 0765376458 Nora 0 2018-reading-list 4.04 2015 A Darker Shade of Magic (Shades of Magic, #1)
author: V.E. Schwab
name: Nora
average rating: 4.04
book published: 2015
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]]> <![CDATA[The Name of the Wind (The Kingkiller Chronicle, #1)]]> 186074
The intimate narrative of his childhood in a troupe of traveling players, his years spent as a near-feral orphan in a crime-ridden city, his daringly brazen yet successful bid to enter a legendary school of magic, and his life as a fugitive after the murder of a king form a gripping coming-of-age story unrivaled in recent literature.

A high-action story written with a poet's hand, The Name of the Wind is a masterpiece that will transport readers into the body and mind of a wizard.]]> 662 Patrick Rothfuss 075640407X Nora 0 2018-reading-list 4.52 2007 The Name of the Wind (The Kingkiller Chronicle, #1)
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name: Nora
average rating: 4.52
book published: 2007
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]]> Her Name in the Sky 20886492
The last thing she wants is to fall in love with a girl--especially when that girl is her best friend, Baker.

Hannah knows she should like Wally, the kind, earnest boy who asks her to prom. She should cheer on her friend Clay when he asks Baker to be his girlfriend. She should follow the rules of her conservative Louisiana community--the rules that have been ingrained in her since she was a child.

But Hannah longs to be with Baker, who cooks macaroni and cheese with Hannah late at night, who believes in the magic of books as much as Hannah does, and who challenges Hannah to be the best version of herself.

And Baker might want to be with Hannah, too--if both girls can embrace that world-shaking, yet wondrous, possibility.]]> 402 Kelly Quindlen 1495335291 Nora 0 2018-reading-list 4.26 2014 Her Name in the Sky
author: Kelly Quindlen
name: Nora
average rating: 4.26
book published: 2014
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]]> We Are the Ants 23677341 The Five Stages of Andrew Brawley comes a brand-new novel about a teenage boy who must decide whether or not the world is worth saving.

Henry Denton has spent years being periodically abducted by aliens. Then the aliens give him an ultimatum: The world will end in 144 days, and all Henry has to do to stop it is push a big red button.

Only he isn鈥檛 sure he wants to.

After all, life hasn鈥檛 been great for Henry. His mom is a struggling waitress held together by a thin layer of cigarette smoke. His brother is a jobless dropout who just knocked someone up. His grandmother is slowly losing herself to Alzheimer鈥檚. And Henry is still dealing with the grief of his boyfriend鈥檚 suicide last year.

Wiping the slate clean sounds like a pretty good choice to him.

But Henry is a scientist first, and facing the question thoroughly and logically, he begins to look for pros and cons: in the bully who is his perpetual one-night stand, in the best friend who betrayed him, in the brilliant and mysterious boy who walked into the wrong class. Weighing the pain and the joy that surrounds him, Henry is left with the ultimate choice: push the button and save the planet and everyone on it鈥r let the world鈥攁nd his pain鈥攂e destroyed forever.]]> 455 Shaun David Hutchinson 148144963X Nora 0 2018-reading-list 4.12 2016 We Are the Ants
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name: Nora
average rating: 4.12
book published: 2016
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]]> <![CDATA[An Ember in the Ashes (An Ember in the Ashes, #1)]]> 27774758 Alternative Cover Edition #1

Laia is a slave. Elias is a soldier. Neither is free.
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Under the Martial Empire, defiance is met with death. Those who do not vow their blood and bodies to the Emperor risk the execution of their loved ones and the destruction of all they hold dear.
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It is in this brutal world, inspired by ancient Rome, that Laia lives with her grandparents and older brother. The family ekes out an existence in the Empire鈥檚 impoverished backstreets. They do not challenge the Empire. They鈥檝e seen what happens to those who do.
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But when Laia鈥檚 brother is arrested for treason, Laia is forced to make a decision. In exchange for help from rebels who promise to rescue her brother, she will risk her life to spy for them from within the Empire鈥檚 greatest military academy.
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There, Laia meets Elias, the school鈥檚 finest soldier鈥攁nd secretly, its most unwilling. Elias wants only to be free of the tyranny he鈥檚 being trained to enforce. He and Laia will soon realize that their destinies are intertwined鈥攁nd that their choices will change the fate of the Empire itself.

From the Hardcover edition.]]> 446 Sabaa Tahir Nora 0 2018-reading-list 4.23 2015 An Ember in the Ashes (An Ember in the Ashes, #1)
author: Sabaa Tahir
name: Nora
average rating: 4.23
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]]> <![CDATA[The Queen of All that Dies (The Fallen World, #1)]]> 21422225 This is a previously-published edition - ISBN13: 9781942662044

In the future, the world is at war.

For the last decade, King Lazuli of the Eastern Empire has systematically taken over the world. No one knows much about him other than a series of impossible facts: he cannot die, he has not aged since the conflict began, and he wants to rule the world.

All Serenity Freeman has known is bloodshed. War has taken away her mother, her home, her safety. As the future emissary of the Western United Nations, the last autonomous region of the globe, she is responsible for forging alliances where she can.

Surrender is on the horizon. The king can taste it; Serenity feels it deep within her bones. There is no other option. Now the two must come face to face. For Serenity, that means confronting the man who鈥檚 taken everything from her. For the king, it means meeting the one woman he can鈥檛 conquer. But when they meet, something happens. Cruelty finds redemption.

Only in war, everything comes with a price. Especially love.]]> 325 Laura Thalassa Nora 0 to-read, 2018-reading-list 3.89 2015 The Queen of All that Dies (The Fallen World, #1)
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name: Nora
average rating: 3.89
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]]> <![CDATA[The Star-Touched Queen (The Star-Touched Queen, #1)]]> 25203675 Fate and fortune. Power and passion. What does it take to be the queen of a kingdom when you鈥檙e only seventeen?

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

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

Listening Length: 9 hours and 22 minutes]]> 342 Roshani Chokshi 1250085470 Nora 0 2018-reading-list 3.57 2016 The Star-Touched Queen (The Star-Touched Queen, #1)
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name: Nora
average rating: 3.57
book published: 2016
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]]> <![CDATA[Ivory and Bone (Ivory and Bone, #1)]]> 27064385 Two clans. Only one will survive.

The only life seventeen-year-old Kol knows is hunting at the foot of the Great Ice with his brothers. But food is becoming scarce, and without another clan to align with, Kol, his family, and their entire group are facing an uncertain future.

Traveling from the south, Mya and her family arrive at Kol鈥檚 camp with a trail of hurt and loss behind them, and hope for a new beginning. When Kol meets Mya, her strength, independence, and beauty instantly captivate him, igniting a desire for much more than survival.

Then on a hunt, Kol makes a grave mistake that jeopardizes the relationship that he and Mya have only just started to build. Mya was guarded to begin with鈥攁nd for good reason鈥攂ut no apology or gesture is enough for her to forgive him. Soon after, another clan arrives on their shores. And when Mya spots Lo, a daughter of this new clan, her anger intensifies, adding to the already simmering tension between families. After befriending Lo, Kol learns of a dark history between Lo and Mya that is rooted in the tangle of their pasts.

When violence erupts, Kol is forced to choose between fighting alongside Mya or trusting Lo鈥檚 claims. And when things quickly turn deadly, it becomes clear that this was a war that one of them had been planning all along.]]> 371 Julie Eshbaugh 006239925X Nora 0 2018-reading-list 3.56 2016 Ivory and Bone (Ivory and Bone, #1)
author: Julie Eshbaugh
name: Nora
average rating: 3.56
book published: 2016
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]]> <![CDATA[Sky in the Deep (Sky and Sea, #1)]]> 34726469
Faced with her brother's betrayal, she must survive the winter in the mountains with the Riki, in a village where every neighbor is an enemy, every battle scar possibly one she delivered. But when the Riki village is raided by a ruthless clan thought to be a legend, Eelyn is even more desperate to get back to her beloved family.

She is given no choice but to trust Fiske, her brother鈥檚 friend, who sees her as a threat. They must do the impossible: unite the clans to fight together, or risk being slaughtered one by one. Driven by a love for her clan and her growing love for Fiske, Eelyn must confront her own definition of loyalty and family while daring to put her faith in the people she鈥檚 spent her life hating.

Part Wonder Woman, part Vikings鈥攁nd all heart.]]> 340 Adrienne Young 1250168457 Nora 0 2018-reading-list 3.91 2018 Sky in the Deep (Sky and Sea, #1)
author: Adrienne Young
name: Nora
average rating: 3.91
book published: 2018
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]]> <![CDATA[Code Name Verity (Code Name Verity, #1)]]> 11925514
When "Verity" is arrested by the Gestapo, she's sure she doesn't stand a chance. As a secret agent captured in enemy territory, she's living a spy's worst nightmare. Her Nazi interrogators give her a simple choice: reveal her mission or face a grisly execution.

As she intricately weaves her confession, Verity uncovers her past, how she became friends with the pilot Maddie, and why she left Maddie in the wrecked fuselage of their plane. On each new scrap of paper, Verity battles for her life, confronting her views on courage and failure and her desperate hope to make it home. But will trading her secrets be enough to save her from the enemy?

Harrowing and beautifully written, Elizabeth Wein creates a visceral read of danger, resolve, and survival that shows just how far true friends will go to save each other. Code Name Verity is an outstanding novel that will stick with you long after the last page.]]> 452 Elizabeth Wein 1405258217 Nora 0 to-read, 2018-reading-list 3.99 2012 Code Name Verity (Code Name Verity, #1)
author: Elizabeth Wein
name: Nora
average rating: 3.99
book published: 2012
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]]> <![CDATA[One of Us Is Lying (One of Us is Lying, #1)]]> 32571395 This is an alternate cover edition of ASIN B01M98J44U.
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One of Us Is Lying is the story of what happens when five strangers walk into detention and only four walk out alive. Everyone is a suspect, and everyone has something to hide.

On Monday afternoon, five students at Bayview High walk into detention.

Bronwyn, the brain, is Yale-bound and never breaks a rule.
Addy, the beauty, is the picture-perfect homecoming princess.
Nate, the criminal, is already on probation for dealing.
Cooper, the athlete, is the all-star baseball pitcher.
And Simon, the outcast, is the creator of Bayview High's notorious gossip app.

Only, Simon never makes it out of that classroom. Before the end of detention, Simon's dead. And according to investigators, his death wasn't an accident. On Monday, he died. But on Tuesday, he'd planned to post juicy reveals about all four of his high-profile classmates, which makes all four of them suspects in his murder. Or are they the perfect patsies for a killer who's still on the loose?

Everyone has secrets, right? What really matters is how far you would go to protect them.]]> 360 Karen M. McManus Nora 0 2018-reading-list 4.00 2017 One of Us Is Lying (One of Us is Lying, #1)
author: Karen M. McManus
name: Nora
average rating: 4.00
book published: 2017
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]]> The Sacred Band (Acacia #3) 10251958 Acacia and The Other Lands, David Anthony Durham created a vast and engrossing canvas of a world in turmoil, and of the surviving children of a royal dynasty on quests to realize their fates 鈥� and perhaps right ancient wrongs once and for all. As The Sacred Band begins, one of them, Queen Corinn, bestrides the world with her mastery of spells found in "The Song of Elenet". Her younger brother, Dariel, becomes a mythic figure in the Other Lands, while her sister Mena travels to the far north to confront an invasion from a brutal race intent on conquering the Known World. Their separate trajectories will converge in tumultuous battles, all rendered with vivid detail and in heroic scale.

]]> 559 David Anthony Durham 0307739686 Nora 0 2018-reading-list 3.84 2011 The Sacred Band (Acacia #3)
author: David Anthony Durham
name: Nora
average rating: 3.84
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]]> The Other Lands (Acacia #2) 6077427 The Song of Elenet and she dotes on her young son, Aaden 鈥� Hanish's child 鈥� raising him to be her successor. Mena Akaran, still the warrior princess she became fighting the eagle goddess Maeben, has been battling the monsters released by the Santoth's corrupted magic. In her hunt she discovers a creature wholly unexpected, one that awakens emotions in her she has long suppressed. And Dariel Akaran, once a brigand of the Outer Isles, has devoted his labors to rebuilding the ravaged empire brick by brick. Each of the Akaran royals is finding his or her way in the postwar world. But the queen's peace is difficult to maintain, and things are about to change.

When the league brings news of upheavals in the Other Lands, Corinn sends Dariel across the Gray Slopes as her emissary. From the moment he sets foot on that distant continent, he finds a chaotic swirl of treachery, ancient grudges, intrigue, and exoticism. He comes face-to-face with the slaves his empire has long sold into bondage. His arrival ignites a firestorm that once more puts the Known World in threat of invasion. A massive invasion. One that dwarfs anything the Akarans have yet faced...

]]> 464 David Anthony Durham 0385523327 Nora 0 to-read, 2018-reading-list 3.79 2009 The Other Lands (Acacia #2)
author: David Anthony Durham
name: Nora
average rating: 3.79
book published: 2009
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]]> <![CDATA[The Bone Season (The Bone Season, #1)]]> 17199504 Welcome to Scion. No safer place.

The year is 2059. For two centuries, the Republic of Scion has led an oppressive campaign against unnaturalness in Europe.

In London, Paige Mahoney holds a high rank in the criminal underworld. The right hand of the ruthless White Binder, Paige is a dreamwalker, a rare and formidable kind of clairvoyant. Under Scion law, she commits treason simply by breathing.

When Paige is arrested for murder, she meets the mysterious founders of Scion, who have designs on her uncommon abilities. If she is to survive and escape, Paige must use every skill at her disposal 鈥� and put her trust in someone who ought to be her enemy.]]> 466 Samantha Shannon 1620401398 Nora 0 2018-reading-list 3.81 2013 The Bone Season (The Bone Season, #1)
author: Samantha Shannon
name: Nora
average rating: 3.81
book published: 2013
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]]> <![CDATA[The Diabolic (The Diabolic, #1)]]> 26836910 鈥淭he perfect kind of high-pressure adventure.鈥� 鈥擳eenVogue.com
A New York Times bestseller!

Red Queen meets The Hunger Games in this epic novel about what happens when a senator鈥檚 daughter is summoned to the galactic court as a hostage, but she鈥檚 really the galaxy鈥檚 most dangerous weapon in disguise.

A Diabolic is ruthless. A Diabolic is powerful. A Diabolic has a single task: Kill in order to protect the person you鈥檝e been created for.

Nemesis is a Diabolic, a humanoid teenager created to protect a galactic senator鈥檚 daughter, Sidonia. The two have grown up side by side, but are in no way sisters. Nemesis is expected to give her life for Sidonia, and she would do so gladly. She would also take as many lives as necessary to keep Sidonia safe.

When the power-mad Emperor learns Sidonia鈥檚 father is participating in a rebellion, he summons Sidonia to the Galactic court. She is to serve as a hostage. Now, there is only one way for Nemesis to protect Sidonia. She must become her. Nemesis travels to the court disguised as Sidonia鈥攁 killing machine masquerading in a world of corrupt politicians and two-faced senators鈥� children. It鈥檚 a nest of vipers with threats on every side, but Nemesis must keep her true abilities a secret or risk everything.

As the Empire begins to fracture and rebellion looms closer, Nemesis learns there is something more to her than just deadly force. She finds a humanity truer than what she encounters from most humans. Amidst all the danger, action, and intrigue, her humanity just might be the thing that saves her life鈥攁nd the empire.]]> 416 S.J. Kincaid Nora 0 2018-reading-list 4.05 2016 The Diabolic (The Diabolic, #1)
author: S.J. Kincaid
name: Nora
average rating: 4.05
book published: 2016
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]]> <![CDATA[Three Dark Crowns (Three Dark Crowns, #1)]]> 28374007 When kingdom come, there will be one.

In every generation on the island of Fennbirn, a set of triplets is born鈥攖hree queens, all equal heirs to the crown and each possessor of a coveted magic. Mirabella is a fierce elemental, able to spark hungry flames or vicious storms at the snap of her fingers. Katharine is a poisoner, one who can ingest the deadliest poisons without so much as a stomachache. Arsinoe, a naturalist, is said to have the ability to bloom the reddest rose and control the fiercest of lions.

But becoming the Queen Crowned isn鈥檛 solely a matter of royal birth. Each sister has to fight for it. And it鈥檚 not just a game of win or lose鈥t鈥檚 life or death. The night the sisters turn sixteen, the battle begins.

The last queen standing gets the crown.听]]> 403 Kendare Blake 0062385437 Nora 0 to-read, 2018-reading-list 3.78 2016 Three Dark Crowns (Three Dark Crowns, #1)
author: Kendare Blake
name: Nora
average rating: 3.78
book published: 2016
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]]> Invictus 33152795 A heart-stopping adventure that defies time and space--New York Times bestselling author Marie Lu calls it "an incredibly intricate, brilliantly paced, masterfully written journey."Farway Gaius McCarthy was born outside of time. The son of a time traveler from 2354 AD and a gladiator living in ancient Rome, Far's very existence defies the laws of nature. All he's ever wanted was to explore history for himself, but after failing his entrance exam into the government program, Far will have to settle for a position on the black market-captaining a time-traveling crew to steal valuables from the past.During a routine heist on the sinking Titanic, Far meets a mysterious girl named Eliot who always seems to be one step ahead of him. Eliot has secrets-big ones-that will affect Far's life from beginning to end. Armed with the knowledge that history is not as steady as it seems, she will lead Far and his team on a race through time to set things right before the clock runs out.]]> 464 Ryan Graudin 0316503134 Nora 0 2018-reading-list 3.85 2017 Invictus
author: Ryan Graudin
name: Nora
average rating: 3.85
book published: 2017
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]]> <![CDATA[Reign of the Fallen (Reign of the Fallen, #1)]]> 29906017
A dramatic uptick in Shade attacks raises suspicions and fears among Odessa's necromancer community. Soon a crushing loss of one of their own reveals a disturbing conspiracy: someone is intentionally creating Shades by tearing shrouds from the Dead--and training them to attack. Odessa is faced with a terrifying question: What if her necromancer's magic is the weapon that brings Karthia to its knees?]]> 384 Sarah Glenn Marsh 0448494396 Nora 0 2018-reading-list 3.39 2018 Reign of the Fallen (Reign of the Fallen, #1)
author: Sarah Glenn Marsh
name: Nora
average rating: 3.39
book published: 2018
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]]> <![CDATA[Every Heart a Doorway (Wayward Children, #1)]]> 25526296 Eleanor West鈥檚 Home for Wayward Children
No Solicitations
No Visitors
No Quests

Children have always disappeared under the right conditions; slipping through the shadows under a bed or at the back of a wardrobe, tumbling down rabbit holes and into old wells, and emerging somewhere... else.

But magical lands have little need for used-up miracle children.

Nancy tumbled once, but now she鈥檚 back. The things she鈥檚 experienced... they change a person. The children under Miss West鈥檚 care understand all too well. And each of them is seeking a way back to their own fantasy world.

But Nancy鈥檚 arrival marks a change at the Home. There鈥檚 a darkness just around each corner, and when tragedy strikes, it鈥檚 up to Nancy and her new-found schoolmates to get to the heart of the matter.

No matter the cost.]]> 176 Seanan McGuire 0765385503 Nora 0 2018-reading-list 3.81 2016 Every Heart a Doorway (Wayward Children, #1)
author: Seanan McGuire
name: Nora
average rating: 3.81
book published: 2016
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]]> <![CDATA[Even the Darkest Stars (Even the Darkest Stars, #1)]]> 26958226
But everything changes when the mysterious and eccentric River Shara, the greatest explorer ever known, arrives in her village and demands to hire Kamzin鈥攏ot her older sister, Lusha, as everyone had expected鈥攆or his next expedition. This is Kamzin鈥檚 chance to prove herself鈥攅ven though River鈥檚 mission to retrieve a rare talisman for the emperor means climbing Raksha, the tallest and deadliest mountain in the Aryas. Then, Lusha sets off on her own mission to Raksha with a rival explorer, and Kamzin must decide what鈥檚 most important to her: protecting her sister from the countless perils of the climb or beating her to the summit.

The challenges of climbing Raksha are unlike anything Kamzin expected鈥攐r prepared for鈥攚ith avalanches, ice chasms, ghosts, and other dangers at every turn. And as dark secrets are revealed, Kamzin must unravel the truth about their mission and her companions鈥攚hile surviving the deadliest climb she has ever faced.]]> 437 Heather Fawcett 0062463403 Nora 0 2018-reading-list 3.85 2017 Even the Darkest Stars (Even the Darkest Stars, #1)
author: Heather Fawcett
name: Nora
average rating: 3.85
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]]> <![CDATA[The Magician's Land (The Magicians, #3)]]> 19103097 The stunning conclusion to the New York Times bestselling Magicians trilogy

Quentin Coldwater has lost everything. He has been cast out of Fillory, the secret magical land of his childhood dreams that he once ruled. Everything he had fought so hard for, not to mention his closest friends, is sealed away in a land Quentin may never again visit. With nothing left to lose he returns to where his story began, the Brakebills Preparatory College of Magic. But he can鈥檛 hide from his past, and it鈥檚 not long before it comes looking for him. Meanwhile, the magical barriers that keep Fillory safe are failing, and barbarians from the north have invaded. Eliot and Janet, the rulers of Fillory, embark on a final quest to save their beloved world, only to discover a situation far more complex鈥攁nd far more dire鈥攖han anyone had envisioned.

Along with Plum, a brilliant young magician with a dark secret of her own, Quentin sets out on a crooked path through a magical demimonde of gray magic and desperate characters. His new life takes him back to old haunts, like Antarctica and the Neitherlands, and old friends he thought were lost forever. He uncovers buried secrets and hidden evils and ultimately the key to a sorcerous masterwork, a spell that could create a magical utopia. But all roads lead back to Fillory, where Quentin must face his fears and put things right or die trying.

The Magician鈥檚 Land is an intricate and fantastical thriller, and an epic of love and redemption that brings the Magicians trilogy to a magnificent conclusion, confirming it as one of the great achievements in modern fantasy. It鈥檚 the story of a boy becoming a man, an apprentice becoming a master, and a broken land finally becoming whole.]]> 402 Lev Grossman Nora 0 to-read, 2018-reading-list 4.14 2014 The Magician's Land (The Magicians, #3)
author: Lev Grossman
name: Nora
average rating: 4.14
book published: 2014
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]]> <![CDATA[Nevernight (The Nevernight Chronicle, #1)]]> 26114463
Daughter of an executed traitor, Mia Corvere is barely able to escape her father鈥檚 failed rebellion with her life. Alone and friendless, she hides in a city built from the bones of a dead god, hunted by the Senate and her father鈥檚 former comrades. But her gift for speaking with the shadows leads her to the door of a retired killer, and a future she never imagined.

Now, Mia is apprenticed to the deadliest flock of assassins in the entire Republic鈥攖he Red Church. If she bests her fellow students in contests of steel, poison and the subtle arts, she鈥檒l be inducted among the Blades of the Lady of Blessed Murder, and one step closer to the vengeance she desires. But a killer is loose within the Church鈥檚 halls, the bloody secrets of Mia鈥檚 past return to haunt her, and a plot to bring down the entire congregation is unfolding in the shadows she so loves.

Will she even survive to initiation, let alone have her revenge?]]> 427 Jay Kristoff 1250073022 Nora 0 2018-reading-list 4.19 2016 Nevernight (The Nevernight Chronicle, #1)
author: Jay Kristoff
name: Nora
average rating: 4.19
book published: 2016
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]]> <![CDATA[Dauntless (The Lost Fleet, #1)]]> 112292
Captain John "Black Jack" Geary's legendary exploits are known to every schoolchild. Revered for his heroic "last stand" in the early days of the war, he was presumed dead. But a century later, Geary miraculously returns from survival hibernation and reluctantly takes command of the Alliance fleet as it faces annihilation by the Syndics.

Appalled by the hero-worship around him, Geary is nevertheless a man who will do his duty. And he knows that bringing the stolen Syndic hypernet key safely home is the Alliance's one chance to win the war. But to do that, Geary will have to live up to the impossibly heroic "Black Jack" legend...]]> 293 Jack Campbell 0441014186 Nora 0 2018-reading-list 3.97 2006 Dauntless (The Lost Fleet, #1)
author: Jack Campbell
name: Nora
average rating: 3.97
book published: 2006
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda (Simonverse, #1)]]> 19547856
With some messy dynamics emerging in his once tight-knit group of friends, and his email correspondence with Blue growing more flirtatious every day, Simon鈥檚 junior year has suddenly gotten all kinds of complicated. Now, change-averse Simon has to find a way to step out of his comfort zone before he鈥檚 pushed out鈥攚ithout alienating his friends, compromising himself, or fumbling a shot at happiness with the most confusing, adorable guy he鈥檚 never met.]]> 320 Becky Albertalli 0062348671 Nora 0 2018-reading-list 4.13 2015 Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda (Simonverse, #1)
author: Becky Albertalli
name: Nora
average rating: 4.13
book published: 2015
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]]> <![CDATA[Crooked Kingdom (Six of Crows, #2)]]> 22299763
Kaz Brekker and his crew of deadly outcasts have just pulled off a heist so daring even they didn't think they'd survive. But instead of divvying up a fat reward, they're right back to fighting for their lives.

Double-crossed and badly weakened, the crew is low on resources, allies, and hope. As powerful forces from around the world descend on Ketterdam to root out the secrets of the dangerous drug known as jurda parem, old rivals and new enemies emerge to challenge Kaz's cunning and test the team's fragile loyalties.

A war will be waged on the city's dark and twisting streets - a battle for revenge and redemption that will decide the fate of the Grisha world.]]> 561 Leigh Bardugo Nora 0 to-read, 2018-reading-list 4.58 2016 Crooked Kingdom (Six of Crows, #2)
author: Leigh Bardugo
name: Nora
average rating: 4.58
book published: 2016
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]]> <![CDATA[The Last Magician (The Last Magician, #1)]]> 30312855 Stop the Magician. Steal the book. Save the future.

In modern-day New York, magic is all but extinct. The remaining few who have an affinity for magic鈥攖he Mageus鈥攍ive in the shadows, hiding who they are. Any Mageus who enters Manhattan becomes trapped by the Brink, a dark energy barrier that confines them to the island. Crossing it means losing their power鈥攁nd often their lives.

Esta is a talented thief, and she鈥檚 been raised to steal magical artifacts from the sinister Order that created the Brink. With her innate ability to manipulate time, Esta can pilfer from the past, collecting these artifacts before the Order even realizes she鈥檚 there. And all of Esta鈥檚 training has been for one final job: traveling back to 1902 to steal an ancient book containing the secrets of the Order鈥攁nd the Brink鈥攂efore the Magician can destroy it and doom the Mageus to a hopeless future.

But Old New York is a dangerous world ruled by ruthless gangs and secret societies, a world where the very air crackles with magic. Nothing is as it seems, including the Magician himself. And for Esta to save her future, she may have to betray everyone in the past.]]> 500 Lisa Maxwell 1481432079 Nora 0 2018-reading-list 4.02 2017 The Last Magician (The Last Magician, #1)
author: Lisa Maxwell
name: Nora
average rating: 4.02
book published: 2017
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]]> <![CDATA[Ancillary Justice (Imperial Radch, #1)]]> 17333324
On a remote, icy planet, the soldier known as Breq is drawing closer to completing her quest.

Once, she was the Justice of Toren - a colossal starship with an artificial intelligence linking thousands of soldiers in the service of the Radch, the empire that conquered the galaxy.

Now, an act of treachery has ripped it all away, leaving her with one fragile human body, unanswered questions, and a burning desire for vengeance.]]> 386 Ann Leckie Nora 4 3.98 2013 Ancillary Justice (Imperial Radch, #1)
author: Ann Leckie
name: Nora
average rating: 3.98
book published: 2013
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[Mort(e) (War with No Name, #1)]]> 22181034 After the 鈥渨ar with no name鈥� a cat assassin searches for his lost love in Repino鈥檚 strange, moving sci-fi epic that channels both Homeward Bound and A Canticle for Leibowitz.

The 鈥渨ar with no name鈥� has begun, with human extinction as its goal. The instigator of this war is the Colony, a race of intelligent ants who, for thousands of years, have been silently building an army that would forever eradicate the destructive, oppressive humans. Under the Colony's watchful eye, this utopia will be free of the humans' penchant for violence, exploitation and religious superstition. As a final step in the war effort, the Colony uses its strange technology to transform the surface animals into high-functioning two-legged beings who rise up to kill their masters.

Former housecat turned war hero, Mort(e) is famous for taking on the most dangerous missions and fighting the dreaded human bio-weapon EMSAH. But the true motivation behind his recklessness is his ongoing search for a pre-transformation friend鈥攁 dog named Sheba. When he receives a mysterious message from the dwindling human resistance claiming Sheba is alive, he begins a journey that will take him from the remaining human strongholds to the heart of the Colony, where he will discover the source of EMSAH and the ultimate fate of all of earth's creatures.]]> 358 Robert Repino 1616954272 Nora 0 to-read 3.60 2014 Mort(e) (War with No Name, #1)
author: Robert Repino
name: Nora
average rating: 3.60
book published: 2014
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]]> Between the World and Me 25489625 鈥淭his is your country, this is your world, this is your body, and you must find some way to live within the all of it.鈥�
听
In a profound work that pivots from the biggest questions about American history and ideals to the most intimate concerns of a father for his son, Ta-Nehisi Coates offers a powerful new framework for understanding our nation鈥檚 history and current crisis. Americans have built an empire on the idea of 鈥渞ace,鈥� a falsehood that damages us all but falls most heavily on the bodies of black women and men鈥攂odies exploited through slavery and segregation, and, today, threatened, locked up, and murdered out of all proportion. What is it like to inhabit a black body and find a way to live within it? And how can we all honestly reckon with this fraught history and free ourselves from its burden?
听
Between the World and Me is Ta-Nehisi Coates鈥檚 attempt to answer these questions in a letter to his adolescent son. Coates shares with his son鈥攁nd readers鈥攖he story of his awakening to the truth about his place in the world through a series of revelatory experiences, from Howard University to Civil War battlefields, from the South Side of Chicago to Paris, from his childhood home to the living rooms of mothers whose children鈥檚 lives were taken as American plunder. Beautifully woven from personal narrative, reimagined history, and fresh, emotionally charged reportage, Between the World and Me clearly illuminates the past, bracingly confronts our present, and offers a transcendent vision for a way forward.]]> 152 Ta-Nehisi Coates Nora 0 to-read 4.40 2015 Between the World and Me
author: Ta-Nehisi Coates
name: Nora
average rating: 4.40
book published: 2015
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]]> <![CDATA[Stealing Snow (Stealing Snow, #1)]]> 28260524 First kisses sometimes wake slumbering princesses, undo spells, and spark happily ever afters.

Mine broke Bale.

Seventeen-year-old Snow has spent her life locked in Whittaker Psychiatric鈥攂ut she isn鈥檛 crazy. And that鈥檚 not the worst of it. Her very first kiss proves anything but innocent鈥hen Bale, her only love, turns violent.

Despite Snow knowing that Bale would never truly hurt her, he is taken away鈥攄ashing her last hope for any sort of future in the mental ward she calls home. With nowhere else to turn, Snow finds herself drawn to a strange new orderly who whispers secrets in the night about a mysterious past and a kingdom that鈥檚 hers for the taking鈥攊f only she can find her way past the iron gates to the Tree that has been haunting her dreams.

Beyond the Tree lies Algid, a land far away from the real world, frozen by a ruthless king. And there too await the River Witch, a village boy named Kai, the charming thief Jagger, and a prophecy that Snow will save them all.]]> 375 Danielle Paige 1681190761 Nora 0 to-read 3.21 2016 Stealing Snow (Stealing Snow, #1)
author: Danielle Paige
name: Nora
average rating: 3.21
book published: 2016
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]]> <![CDATA[Vengeance Road (Vengeance Road, #1)]]> 23719270
When her father is murdered for a journal revealing the location of a hidden gold mine, eighteen-year-old Kate Thompson disguises herself as a boy and takes to the gritty plains looking for answers鈥攁nd justice. What she finds are untrustworthy strangers, endless dust and heat, and a surprising band of allies, among them a young Apache girl and a pair of stubborn brothers who refuse to quit riding in her shadow. But as Kate gets closer to the secrets about her family, a startling truth becomes clear: some men will stop at nothing to get their hands on gold, and Kate鈥檚 quest for revenge may prove fatal.]]> 327 Erin Bowman 0544466381 Nora 3 3.82 2015 Vengeance Road (Vengeance Road, #1)
author: Erin Bowman
name: Nora
average rating: 3.82
book published: 2015
rating: 3
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]]> Divergent (Divergent, #1) 8306857 In Beatrice Prior's dystopian Chicago, society is divided into five factions, each dedicated to the cultivation of a particular virtue--Candor (the honest), Abnegation (the selfless), Dauntless (the brave), Amity (the peaceful), and Erudite (the intelligent). On an appointed day of every year, all sixteen-year-olds must select the faction to which they will devote the rest of their lives. For Beatrice, the decision is between staying with her family and being who she really is--she can't have both. So she makes a choice that surprises everyone, including herself.

During the highly competitive initiation that follows, Beatrice renames herself Tris and struggles to determine who her friends really are--and where, exactly, a romance with a sometimes fascinating, sometimes infuriating boy fits into the life she's chosen. But Tris also has a secret, one she's kept hidden from everyone because she's been warned it can mean death. And as she discovers a growing conflict that threatens to unravel her seemingly perfect society, she also learns that her secret might help her save those she loves . . . or it might destroy her.

]]> 487 Veronica Roth 0062024027 Nora 4 4.28 2011 Divergent (Divergent, #1)
author: Veronica Roth
name: Nora
average rating: 4.28
book published: 2011
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[Six of Crows (Six of Crows, #1)]]> 23437156 Alternate cover of ISBN 9781627792127

Ketterdam: a bustling hub of international trade where anything can be had for the right price鈥攁nd no one knows that better than criminal prodigy Kaz Brekker. Kaz is offered a chance at a deadly heist that could make him rich beyond his wildest dreams. But he can鈥檛 pull it off alone...

A convict with a thirst for revenge

A sharpshooter who can鈥檛 walk away from a wager

A runaway with a privileged past

A spy known as the Wraith

A Heartrender using her magic to survive the slums

A thief with a gift for unlikely escapes

Six dangerous outcasts. One impossible heist. Kaz鈥檚 crew is the only thing that might stand between the world and destruction鈥攊f they don鈥檛 kill each other first.]]> 480 Leigh Bardugo 1627792120 Nora 4 4.47 2015 Six of Crows (Six of Crows, #1)
author: Leigh Bardugo
name: Nora
average rating: 4.47
book published: 2015
rating: 4
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]]> The Library at Mount Char 23363928
After all, she was a normal American herself, once.

That was a long time ago, of course鈥攂efore the time she calls 鈥渁doption day,鈥� when she and a dozen other children found themselves being raised by a man they learned to call Father.

Father could do strange things. He could call light from darkness. Sometimes he raised the dead. And when he was disobeyed, the consequences were terrible.

In the years since Father took her in, Carolyn hasn't gotten out much. Instead, she and her adopted siblings have been raised according to Father's ancient Pelapi customs. They've studied the books in his library and learned some of the secrets behind his equally ancient power.

Sometimes, they've wondered if their cruel tutor might secretly be God.

Now, Father is missing. And if God truly is dead, the only thing that matters is who will inherit his library鈥攁nd with it, power over all of creation.

As Carolyn gathers the tools she needs for the battle to come, fierce competitors for this prize align against her.

But Carolyn can win. She's sure of it. What she doesn't realize is that her victory may come at an unacceptable price鈥攂ecause in becoming a God, she's forgotten a great deal about being human.]]> 390 Scott Hawkins 0553418602 Nora 0 to-read 4.01 2015 The Library at Mount Char
author: Scott Hawkins
name: Nora
average rating: 4.01
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]]> Carry On 28356624 A #1 New York Times-bestseller

Simon Snow is the worst Chosen One who's ever been chosen.

That's what his roommate, Baz, says. And Baz might be evil and a vampire and a complete git, but he's probably right.

Half the time, Simon can't even make his wand work, and the other half, he starts something on fire. His mentor's avoiding him, his girlfriend broke up with him, and there's a magic-eating monster running around, wearing Simon's face. Baz would be having a field day with all this, if he were here 鈥� it's their last year at the Watford School of Magicks, and Simon's infuriating nemesis didn't even bother to show up.

Carry On is a love letter to love stories and the power of words - to every 'chosen one' who ever had more on their mind than saving the world.

]]> 517 Rainbow Rowell 1447266943 Nora 0 to-read 4.18 2015 Carry On
author: Rainbow Rowell
name: Nora
average rating: 4.18
book published: 2015
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]]> <![CDATA[The Leveller (The Leveller, #1)]]> 17852690
Nixy Bauer is used to her classmates being very, very unhappy to see her. After all, she鈥檚 a bounty hunter in a virtual reality gaming world. Kids in the MEEP, as they call it, play entirely with their minds, while their bodies languish in a sleeplike state on the couch. Irritated parents, looking to wrench their kids back to reality, hire Nixy to jump into the game and retrieve them.

But when the game鈥檚 billionaire developer loses track of his own son in the MEEP, Nixy is in for the biggest challenge of her bounty-hunting career. Wyn Salvador isn鈥檛 some lazy kid looking to escape his homework: Wyn does not want to be found. And he鈥檚 left behind a suicide note. Nixy takes the job but quickly discovers that Wyn鈥檚 not hiding鈥攈e鈥檚 being held inside the game against his will. But who is holding him captive, and why?

Nixy and Wyn attempt to fight their way out of a mind game unlike any they鈥檝e encountered, and the battle brings them closer than either could have imagined. But when the whole world is virtual, how can Nixy possibly know if her feelings are real?]]> 256 Julia Durango 0062314009 Nora 0 to-read 3.64 2015 The Leveller (The Leveller, #1)
author: Julia Durango
name: Nora
average rating: 3.64
book published: 2015
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]]> Bluescreen (Mirador, #1) 20499652
Marisa Carneseca is one of those people. She might spend her days in Mirador, the small, vibrant LA neighborhood where her family owns a restaurant, but she lives on the net鈥攇oing to school, playing games, hanging out, or doing things of more questionable legality with her friends Sahara and Anja. And it鈥檚 Anja who first gets her hands on Bluescreen鈥攁 virtual drug that plugs right into a person鈥檚 djinni and delivers a massive, non-chemical, completely safe high. But in this city, when something sounds too good to be true, it usually is, and Mari and her friends soon find themselves in the middle of a conspiracy that is much bigger than they ever suspected.]]> 352 Dan Wells 006234787X Nora 0 to-read 3.69 2016 Bluescreen (Mirador, #1)
author: Dan Wells
name: Nora
average rating: 3.69
book published: 2016
rating: 0
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]]> The Glass Arrow 25032479 鈥淧lunges readers into a heart-wrenching and wholly startling new world.鈥濃� Christina Farley, author of the YA bestseller Gilded]]> Kristen Simmons Nora 0 to-read 3.64 2015 The Glass Arrow
author: Kristen Simmons
name: Nora
average rating: 3.64
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]]> <![CDATA[The Darkest Part of the Forest]]> 20958632
Hazel lives with her brother, Ben, in the strange town of Fairfold where humans and fae exist side by side. The faeries鈥� seemingly harmless magic attracts tourists, but Hazel knows how dangerous they can be, and she knows how to stop them. Or she did, once.

At the center of it all, there is a glass coffin in the woods. It rests right on the ground and in it sleeps a boy with horns on his head and ears as pointed as knives. Hazel and Ben were both in love with him as children. The boy has slept there for generations, never waking.

Until one day, he does鈥�

As the world turns upside down, Hazel tries to remember her years pretending to be a knight. But swept up in new love, shifting loyalties, and the fresh sting of betrayal, will it be enough?]]> 328 Holly Black 0316213071 Nora 4 3.87 2015 The Darkest Part of the Forest
author: Holly Black
name: Nora
average rating: 3.87
book published: 2015
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[The Rook (The Checquy Files, #1)]]> 10836728
So begins the letter Myfanwy Thomas is holding when she awakes in a London park surrounded by bodies all wearing latex gloves. With no recollection of who she is, Myfanwy must follow the instructions her former self left behind to discover her identity and track down the agents who want to destroy her.

She soon learns that she is a Rook, a high-ranking member of a secret organization called the Chequy that battles the many supernatural forces at work in Britain. She also discovers that she possesses a rare, potentially deadly supernatural ability of her own.

In her quest to uncover which member of the Chequy betrayed her and why, Myfanwy encounters a person with four bodies, an aristocratic woman who can enter her dreams, a secret training facility where children are transformed into deadly fighters, and a conspiracy more vast than she ever could have imagined.

Filled with characters both fascinating and fantastical, The Rook is a richly inventive, suspenseful, and often wry thriller that marks an ambitious debut from a promising young writer.]]> 504 Daniel O'Malley 0316098795 Nora 4 4.09 2012 The Rook (The Checquy Files, #1)
author: Daniel O'Malley
name: Nora
average rating: 4.09
book published: 2012
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[Throne of Glass (Throne of Glass, #1)]]> 7896527 Meet Celaena Sardothien.

Beautiful. Deadly. Destined for greatness.

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

The Crown Prince will provoke her. The Captain of the Guard will protect her. But something evil dwells in the castle of glass鈥攁nd it鈥檚 there to kill. When her competitors start dying one by one, Celaena鈥檚 fight for freedom becomes a fight for survival, and a desperate quest to root out the evil before it destroys her world.]]> 406 Sarah J. Maas Nora 4 4.19 2012 Throne of Glass (Throne of Glass, #1)
author: Sarah J. Maas
name: Nora
average rating: 4.19
book published: 2012
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[The Maze Runner (The Maze Runner, #1)]]> 6186357 There are alternate cover editions for this ASIN here and here.

If you ain鈥檛 scared, you ain鈥檛 human.

When Thomas wakes up in the lift, the only thing he can remember is his name. He鈥檚 surrounded by strangers鈥攂oys whose memories are also gone.

Nice to meet ya, shank. Welcome to the Glade.

Outside the towering stone walls that surround the Glade is a limitless, ever-changing maze. It鈥檚 the only way out鈥攁nd no one鈥檚 ever made it through alive.

Everything is going to change.

Then a girl arrives. The first girl ever. And the message she delivers is terrifying.

Remember. Survive. Run.]]> 384 James Dashner 0385737947 Nora 3 4.05 2009 The Maze Runner (The Maze Runner, #1)
author: James Dashner
name: Nora
average rating: 4.05
book published: 2009
rating: 3
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]]> <![CDATA[Summoning the Night (Arcadia Bell, #2)]]> 11476593 MAGICAL TRICKS. DEMONIC TREATS.

After narrowly escaping her fate as a sacrificial scapegoat, Arcadia Bell is back to normal. Or at least as ordinary as life can be for a renegade magician and owner of a tiki bar that caters to Earthbound demons. She's gearing up for the busiest day of the year鈥擧alloween鈥攚hen a vengeful kidnapper paralyzes the community. The influential head of the local Hellfire Club taps Cady to track down the fiendish bogeyman, and now that she's dating red-hot Lon Butler, the Club's wayward son, she can hardly say no.

Cady and Lon untangle a gruesome thirty-year trail of clues that points to danger for the club members' children. But locating the person behind the terror will require some metaphysical help from Cady's loyal bar patrons as well as her potent new Moonchild powers鈥攁nd she'd better figure it out before the final victim disappears and her own darkest secret becomes her biggest enemy.]]> 324 Jenn Bennett 1451620535 Nora 0 to-read 3.99 2012 Summoning the Night (Arcadia Bell, #2)
author: Jenn Bennett
name: Nora
average rating: 3.99
book published: 2012
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]]> <![CDATA[The Armies of Daylight (Darwath, #3)]]> 176274 309 Barbara Hambly 0345296710 Nora 0 to-read 4.08 1983 The Armies of Daylight (Darwath, #3)
author: Barbara Hambly
name: Nora
average rating: 4.08
book published: 1983
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[The Walls of Air (Darwath, #2)]]> 176311 297 Barbara Hambly 0345911709 Nora 0 to-read 4.08 1983 The Walls of Air (Darwath, #2)
author: Barbara Hambly
name: Nora
average rating: 4.08
book published: 1983
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[The Time of the Dark (Darwath, #1)]]> 176277 263 Barbara Hambly 0345409957 Nora 5 3.99 1982 The Time of the Dark (Darwath, #1)
author: Barbara Hambly
name: Nora
average rating: 3.99
book published: 1982
rating: 5
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]]> Night Child (OSI, #1) 2369498 FIRST IN A NEW SERIES.

Enter the night world of the OSI... OCCULT SPECIAL INVESTIGATOR

Tess Corday, Occult Special Investigator for Vancouver's Mystical Crime Lab, is used to seeing dead vampires. But there's nothing ordinary about this case. Not the lab results on the cause of death. Not the teenage girl living at the address found in the vamp's pocket, who may well be in thrall to a demon. And certainly not Lucian Agrado, the necromancer who is liaison to the vampire community. Agrado is supposed to be part of the solution, but Tess suspects he might be part of the problem.

Soon she finds herself in the middle of a paranormal conspiracy that will change her life forever... and possibly end it.]]> 292 Jes Battis 0441016022 Nora 3 3.40 2008 Night Child (OSI, #1)
author: Jes Battis
name: Nora
average rating: 3.40
book published: 2008
rating: 3
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]]> Just Girls 20702890 Ella Ramsey is making new friends at Freytag University, playing with on-campus gamers and enjoying her first year, but she鈥檚 rocked by the sight of a slur painted on someone else鈥檚 door. A slur clearly meant for her, if they鈥檇 only known.

New rules, old prejudices, personal courage, private fear. In this stunning follow-up to the groundbreaking Being Emily , Rachel Gold explores the brave, changing landscape where young women try to be Just Girls .]]> 264 Rachel Gold 1594934193 Nora 0 to-read 3.77 2014 Just Girls
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name: Nora
average rating: 3.77
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]]> The Tyrant's Daughter 17910573 The account of a royal Middle Eastern family exiled to the American suburbs.

When her father is killed in a coup, 15-year-old Laila flees from the war-torn middle east to a life of exile and anonymity in the U.S. Gradually she adjusts to a new school, new friends, and a new culture, but while Laila sees opportunity in her new life, her mother is focused on the past. She鈥檚 conspiring with CIA operatives and rebel factions to regain the throne their family lost. Laila can鈥檛 bear to stand still as an international crisis takes shape around her, but how can one girl stop a conflict that spans generations?]]> 304 J.C. Carleson 0449809978 Nora 0 to-read 3.68 2014 The Tyrant's Daughter
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name: Nora
average rating: 3.68
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]]> <![CDATA[The Corpse-Rat King (Marius don Hellespont #1)]]> 13530972
Just like the living citizens, the dead need a King 鈥� after all, the King is God鈥檚 representative, and someone needs to remind God where they are.

And so it comes to pass that Marius is banished to the surface with one message: if he wants to recover his life he must find the dead a King. Which he fully intends to do.

Just as soon as he stops running away.]]> 410 Lee Battersby 0857662872 Nora 0 to-read 3.27 2012 The Corpse-Rat King (Marius don Hellespont #1)
author: Lee Battersby
name: Nora
average rating: 3.27
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]]> The Glass Arrow 15750874 The Handmaid鈥檚 Tale meets Blood Red Road in Glass Arrow, the story of Aya, who lives with a small group of women on the run from the men who hunt them, men who want to auction off breeding rights to the highest bidder.

In a world where females are scarce and are hunted, then bought and sold at market for their breeding rights, 15-year old Aya has learned how to hide. With a ragtag bunch of other women and girls, she has successfully avoided capture and eked out a nomadic but free existence in the mountains. But when Aya鈥檚 luck runs out and she鈥檚 caught by a group of businessmen on a hunting expedition, fighting to survive takes on a whole new meaning.]]> 334 Kristen Simmons 0765336618 Nora 0 to-read 3.63 2015 The Glass Arrow
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name: Nora
average rating: 3.63
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]]> <![CDATA[Villain Keeper (The Last Dragon Charmer, #1)]]> 22249699
All his life, Prince Caden has dreamed of being sent on a quest to slay a dragon. But before he has the chance, he is ripped from his home in the Winterlands of Razzon and finds himself in Asheville, North Carolina鈥攁 land with no magic and no dragons. But a prince must always complete his quest. And the longer Caden is in Asheville, the more he realizes there is magic in this strange land after all. More important, there may just be dragons here, too. But what if Caden鈥檚 destiny isn鈥檛 to slay a dragon, like he's always believed?

Fans of Soman Chainani鈥檚 The School for Good and Evil and Chris Colfer鈥檚 The Land of Stories will be transported by this first book in an epic new series for middle grade readers about a brave young prince鈥檚 quest to find answers, honor, friendship鈥攁nd what it really means to be a hero.]]> 336 Laurie McKay 0062308432 Nora 0 to-read 4.15 2015 Villain Keeper (The Last Dragon Charmer, #1)
author: Laurie McKay
name: Nora
average rating: 4.15
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]]> This Is How It Really Sounds 21944036 Welcome to This Is How It Really Sounds, where the worlds of wealth, pop-culture celebrity, and physical prowess collide in a supernatural realm that is shared between three men, each in search of his Other Life. From an assassin moving through the treacherous streets of 1946 Shanghai to the twenty-first-century delirium of Internet fame, Stuart Archer Cohen's novel centers around a mysterious house that none of its denizens can fully remember, but none can ever forget. Part satire, part revenge tale, part wilderness adventure---with a heavy dash of noire espionage--- This Is How It Really Sounds explores the seductive power of the Other Life, and what happens when you finally grasp it.]]> 368 Stuart Archer Cohen 1250048826 Nora 0 to-read 3.54 2015 This Is How It Really Sounds
author: Stuart Archer Cohen
name: Nora
average rating: 3.54
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]]> <![CDATA[River Marked (Mercy Thompson, #6)]]> 8087906
Car mechanic Mercy Thompson has always known there was something different about her, and not just the way she can make a VW engine sit up and beg. Mercy is a shapeshifter, a talent she inherited from her long-gone father. And she's never known any others of her kind. Until now.

As Mercy comes to terms with this new information, an evil is stirring in the depths of the Columbia River. Something deadly is coming, facts are thin on the ground and Mercy feels ill at ease. However, her father's people may know more. To have any hope of surviving, Mercy and her mate, the Alpha werewolf Adam, will need all the resources the shifters can offer. Or death will be the least of their worries.]]> 352 Patricia Briggs 1841497975 Nora 4 4.28 2011 River Marked (Mercy Thompson, #6)
author: Patricia Briggs
name: Nora
average rating: 4.28
book published: 2011
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[Rosemary and Rue (October Daye, #1)]]> 6294549
The murder of Countess Evening Winterrose pulls Toby back into the fae world. Unable to resist Evening's dying curse, which binds her to investigate, Toby must resume her former position as knight errant and renew old alliances. As she steps back into fae society, dealing with a cast of characters not entirely good or evil, she realizes that more than her own life will be forfeited if she cannot find Evening's killer.]]> 346 Seanan McGuire 0756405718 Nora 4 3.76 2009 Rosemary and Rue (October Daye, #1)
author: Seanan McGuire
name: Nora
average rating: 3.76
book published: 2009
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[Frost Burned (Mercy Thompson, #7)]]> 13413589 River Marked was praised as "an urban fantasy where our everyday world is believably twisted into the world of fey, werewolves, vampires, and myths made real." Now Mercy Thompson faces a shapeshifter's biggest fear as the realm she has embraced is thrown into chaos...

Mercy Thompson's life has undergone a seismic change. Becoming the mate of Adam Hauptman - the charismatic Alpha of the local werewolf pack - has made her a stepmother to his daughter Jesse, a relationship that brings moments of blissful normalcy to Mercy's life. But on the edges of humanity, a minor mishap on an ordinary day can turn into so much more...

After an accident in bumper-to-bumper traffic, Mercy and Jesse can't reach Adam - or anyone else in the pack for that matter. They've all been abducted.

Through their mating bond, all Mercy knows is that Adam is angry and in pain. But she fears Adam's disappearance may be related to the political battle the werewolves have been fighting to gain acceptance from the public - and that he and the pack are in serious danger. Outmatched and on her own, Mercy may be forced to seek assistance from any ally she can get, no matter how unlikely.]]> 342 Patricia Briggs 0441020011 Nora 0 to-read 4.34 2013 Frost Burned (Mercy Thompson, #7)
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average rating: 4.34
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]]> <![CDATA[Night Broken (Mercy Thompson, #8)]]> 17562900
Soon her suspicions are confirmed when she learns that Christy has the furthest thing from good intentions. She wants Adam back, and she鈥檚 willing to do whatever it takes to get him, including turning Adam鈥檚 pack against Mercy.

Mercy isn鈥檛 about to step down without a fight, but there鈥檚 a more dangerous threat circling. Christy鈥檚 stalker is more than a bad man鈥攊n fact, he may not be human at all. As the bodies start piling up, Mercy must put her personal troubles aside to face a creature with the power to tear her whole world apart.]]> 341 Patricia Briggs 042525674X Nora 0 to-read 4.39 2014 Night Broken (Mercy Thompson, #8)
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name: Nora
average rating: 4.39
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]]> <![CDATA[Silver Borne (Mercy Thompson, #5)]]> 6587387 Booklist). But she is about to learn that while some secrets are dangerous whose who seek them are just plain deadly...

Mercy is smart enough to realize that when it comes to the magical fae, the less you know, the better. But you can't always get what you want. When she attempts to return a powerful fae she previously borrowed in an act of desperation, she finds the bookstore locked up and closed down.

It seems the book contains secrets - and the fae will do just about anything to keep it out of the wrong hands. And if that doesn't take enough of Mercy's attention, her friend Samuel is struggling with his wolf side - leaving Mercy to cover for him lest his own father declare Samuel's life forfeit.

All in all, Mercy has had better days. And if she isn't careful, she may not have many more...]]> 352 Patricia Briggs 044101819X Nora 4 4.37 2010 Silver Borne (Mercy Thompson, #5)
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name: Nora
average rating: 4.37
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rating: 4
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]]> On the Jellicoe Road 1162022 I'm dreaming of the boy in the tree. I tell him stories. About the Jellicoe School and the Townies and the Cadets from a school in Sydney. I tell him about the war between us for territory. And I tell him about Hannah, who lives in the unfinished house by the river. Hannah, who is too young to be hiding away from the world. Hannah, who found me on the Jellicoe Road six years ago.

Taylor is leader of the boarders at the Jellicoe School. She has to keep the upper hand in the territory wars and deal with Jonah Griggs鈥攖he enigmatic leader of the cadets, and someone she thought she would never see again.

And now Hannah, the person Taylor had come to rely on, has disappeared. Taylor's only clue is a manuscript about five kids who lived in Jellicoe eighteen years ago. She needs to find out more, but this means confronting her own story, making sense of her strange, recurring dream, and finding her mother鈥攚ho abandoned her on the Jellicoe Road.

The moving, joyous and brilliantly compelling new novel from the best-selling, multi-award-winning author of Looking for Alibrandi and Saving Francesca.]]> 290 Melina Marchetta 0670070297 Nora 0 to-read 4.10 2006 On the Jellicoe Road
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name: Nora
average rating: 4.10
book published: 2006
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]]> <![CDATA[Gates of Thread and Stone (Gates of Thread and Stone, #1)]]> 17904985 In the Labyrinth, we had a saying: keep silent, keep still, keep safe.

In a city of walls and secrets, where only one man is supposed to possess magic, seventeen-year-old Kai struggles to keep hidden her own secret鈥攕he can manipulate the threads of time. When Kai was eight, she was found by Reev on the riverbank, and her 鈥渂rother鈥� has taken care of her ever since. Kai doesn鈥檛 know where her ability comes from鈥攐r where she came from. All that matters is that she and Reev stay together, and maybe one day move out of the freight container they call home, away from the metal walls of the Labyrinth. Kai鈥檚 only friend is Avan, the shopkeeper鈥檚 son with the scandalous reputation that both frightens and intrigues her.

Then Reev disappears. When keeping silent and safe means losing him forever, Kai vows to do whatever it takes to find him. She will leave the only home she鈥檚 ever known and risk getting caught up in a revolution centuries in the making. But to save Reev, Kai must unravel the threads of her past and face shocking truths about her brother, her friendship with Avan, and her unique power.]]> 335 Lori M. Lee 1477847200 Nora 0 to-read 3.59 2014 Gates of Thread and Stone (Gates of Thread and Stone, #1)
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name: Nora
average rating: 3.59
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]]> <![CDATA[The Bitter Kingdom (Fire and Thorns, #3)]]> 11431896 The champion must not waver.
The champion must not fear.
The gate of darkness closes.

Elisa is a fugitive.

Her enemies have stolen the man she loves, and they await her at the gate of darkness. Her country is on the brink of civil war, with her own soldiers ordered to kill her on sight.

Her Royal Majesty, Queen Lucero-Elisa n茅 Riqueza de Vega, bearer of the Godstone, will lead her three loyal companions deep into the enemy's kingdom, a land of ice and snow and brutal magic, to rescue Hector and win back her throne. Her power grows with every step, and the shocking secrets she will uncover on this, her final journey, could change the course of history.

But that is not all. She has a larger destiny. She must become the champion the world has been waiting for.

Even of those who hate her most.]]> 433 Rae Carson 0062026542 Nora 4 4.20 2013 The Bitter Kingdom (Fire and Thorns, #3)
author: Rae Carson
name: Nora
average rating: 4.20
book published: 2013
rating: 4
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