Libby's bookshelf: all en-US Wed, 07 Aug 2024 16:17:29 -0700 60 Libby's bookshelf: all 144 41 /images/layout/goodreads_logo_144.jpg <![CDATA[A Storm of Swords: Steel and Snow (A Song of Ice and Fire, #3.1)]]> 768889
The Seven Kingdoms are divided by revolt and blood feud. In the northern wastes, a horde of hungry, savage people steeped in the dark magic of the wilderness is poised to invade the Kingdom of the North where Robb Stark wears his new-forged crown. And Robb's defences are ranged against the South, the land of the cunning and cruel Lannisters, who have his young sisters in their power.

Throughout Westeros, the war for the Iron Throne rages more fiercely than ever, but if the wall is breached, no king will live to claim it.]]> 663 George R.R. Martin 0006479901 Libby 4 epic-fantasy, books-i-own 4.47 2000 A Storm of Swords: Steel and Snow (A Song of Ice and Fire, #3.1)
author: George R.R. Martin
name: Libby
average rating: 4.47
book published: 2000
rating: 4
read at: 2012/07/02
date added: 2024/08/07
shelves: epic-fantasy, books-i-own
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]]> <![CDATA[American Gods (American Gods, #1)]]> 18161930 Alternate cover edition of American Gods

Days before his release from prison, Shadow's wife, Laura, dies in a mysterious car crash. Numbly, he makes his way back home. On the plane, he encounters the enigmatic Mr Wednesday, who claims to be a refugee from a distant war, a former god and the king of America.

Together they embark on a profoundly strange journey across the heart of the USA, whilst all around them a storm of preternatural and epic proportions threatens to break.

Scary, gripping and deeply unsettling, American Gods takes a long, hard look into the soul of America. You'll be surprised by what - and who - it finds there...

This is the author's preferred text, never before published in the UK, and is about 12,000 words longer than the previous UK edition.

]]> 722 Neil Gaiman Libby 0 to-read, fantasy, books-i-own 4.07 2001 American Gods (American Gods, #1)
author: Neil Gaiman
name: Libby
average rating: 4.07
book published: 2001
rating: 0
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date added: 2024/04/25
shelves: to-read, fantasy, books-i-own
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]]> <![CDATA[The Killing Dance (Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter, #6)]]> 30244 368 Laurell K. Hamilton 0425209067 Libby 4 4.14 1997 The Killing Dance (Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter, #6)
author: Laurell K. Hamilton
name: Libby
average rating: 4.14
book published: 1997
rating: 4
read at:
date added: 2023/10/21
shelves: paranormal-romance, books-i-own
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]]> Wool (Silo #1) 17307614
Inside, men and women live an enclosed life full of rules and regulations, of secrets and lies.

To live, you must follow the rules. But some don't. These are the dangerous ones; these are the people who dare to hope and dream, and who infect others with their optimism.

Their punishment is simple and deadly. They are allowed outside.

Jules is one of these people. She may well be the last.

]]> 537 Hugh Howey 0099580489 Libby 0 books-i-own, to-read, sci-fi 4.08 2012 Wool (Silo #1)
author: Hugh Howey
name: Libby
average rating: 4.08
book published: 2012
rating: 0
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date added: 2019/08/29
shelves: books-i-own, to-read, sci-fi
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]]> <![CDATA[Memories of My Melancholy Whores]]> 5947099
Tender, knowing, and slyly comic, Memories of My Melancholy Whores is an exquisite addition to the master＊s work.
--back cover]]> 115 Gabriel Garc赤a M芍rquez 1400095948 Libby 0 to-read 3.59 2004 Memories of My Melancholy Whores
author: Gabriel Garc赤a M芍rquez
name: Libby
average rating: 3.59
book published: 2004
rating: 0
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date added: 2019/03/29
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]]> <![CDATA[World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War]]> 117991
The Zombie War came unthinkably close to eradicating humanity. Max Brooks, driven by the urgency of preserving the acid-etched first-hand experiences of the survivors from those apocalyptic years, traveled across the United States of America and throughout the world, from decimated cities that once teemed with upwards of thirty million souls to the most remote and inhospitable areas of the planet. He recorded the testimony of men, women, and sometimes children who came face-to-face with the living, or at least the undead, hell of that dreadful time. World War Z is the result. Never before have we had access to a document that so powerfully conveys the depth of fear and horror, and also the ineradicable spirit of resistance, that gripped human society through the plague years.

Ranging from the now infamous village of New Dachang in the United Federation of China, where the epidemiological trail began with the twelve-year-old Patient Zero, to the unnamed northern forests where untold numbers sought a terrible and temporary refuge in the cold, to the United States of Southern Africa, where the Redeker Plan provided hope for humanity at an unspeakable price, to the west-of-the-Rockies redoubt where the North American tide finally started to turn, this invaluable chronicle reflects the full scope and duration of the Zombie War.

Most of all, the book captures with haunting immediacy the human dimension of this epochal event. Facing the often raw and vivid nature of these personal accounts requires a degree of courage on the part of the reader, but the effort is invaluable because, as Mr. Brookssays in his introduction, ※By excluding the human factor, aren＊t we risking the kind of personal detachment from history that may, heaven forbid, lead us one day to repeat it? And in the end, isn＊t the human factor the only true difference between us and the enemy we now refer to as ＆the living dead＊?§

Note: Some of the numerical and factual material contained in this edition was previously published under the auspices of the United Nations Postwar Commission.
Eyewitness reports from the first truly global war

※I found ＆Patient Zero＊ behind the locked door of an abandoned apartment across town. . . . His wrists and feet were bound with plastic packing twine. Although he＊d rubbed off the skin around his bonds, there was no blood. There was also no blood on his other wounds. . . . He was writhing like an animal; a gag muffled his growls. At first the villagers tried to hold me back. They warned me not to touch him, that he was ＆cursed.＊ I shrugged them off and reached for my mask and gloves. The boy＊s skin was . . . cold and gray . . . I could find neither his heartbeat nor his pulse.§ 〞Dr. Kwang Jingshu, Greater Chongqing, United Federation of China


※＆Shock and Awe＊? Perfect name. . . . But what if the enemy can＊t be shocked and awed? Not just won＊t, but biologically can＊t! That＊s what happened that day outside New York City, that＊s the failure that almost lost us the whole damn war. The fact that we couldn＊t shock and awe Zack boomeranged right back in our faces and actually allowed Zack to shock and awe us! They＊re not afraid! No matter what we do, no matter how many we kill, they will never, ever be afraid!§ 〞Todd Wainio, former U.S. Army infantryman and veteran of the Battle of Yonkers


※Two hundred million zombies. Who can even visualize that type of number, let alone combat it? . . . For the first time in history, we faced an enemy that was actively waging total war. They had no limits of endurance. They would never negotiate, never surrender. They would fight until the very end because, unlike us, every single one of them, every second of every day, was devoted to consuming all life on Earth.§ 〞General Travis]]> 6 Max Brooks 0739340131 Libby 0 to-read 3.89 2006 World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War
author: Max Brooks
name: Libby
average rating: 3.89
book published: 2006
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon, Vol. 01 (Pretty Soldier Sailor Moon #1)]]> 22052356 248 Naoko Takeuchi Libby 4 4.18 2003 Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon, Vol. 01 (Pretty Soldier Sailor Moon #1)
author: Naoko Takeuchi
name: Libby
average rating: 4.18
book published: 2003
rating: 4
read at: 2015/04/13
date added: 2017/04/04
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This was a fun read! The first manga I've read the full was through. Now on to the second!
]]> <![CDATA[Catching Fire (The Hunger Games, #2)]]> 6472227 An alternate cover for this isbn can be found here.

Against all odds, Katniss Everdeen has won the Hunger Games. She and fellow District 12 tribute Peeta Mellark are miraculously still alive. Katniss should be relieved, happy even. After all, she has returned to her family and her longtime friend, Gale. Yet nothing is the way Katniss wishes it to be. Gale holds her at an icy distance. Peeta has turned his back on her completely. And there are whispers of a rebellion against the Capitol -- a rebellion that Katniss and Peeta may have helped create.

Much to her shock, Katniss has fueled an unrest she's afraid she cannot stop. And what scares her even more is that she's not entirely convinced she should try. As time draws near for Katniss and Peeta to visit the districts on the Capitol's cruel Victory Tour, the stakes are higher than ever. If they can't prove, without a shadow of a doubt, that they are lost in their love for each other, the consequences will be horrifying.

In Catching Fire, the second novel of the Hunger Games trilogy, Suzanne Collins continues the story of Katniss Everdeen, testing her more than ever before... and surprising readers at every turn.]]> 473 Suzanne Collins Libby 3 ya-fantasy 4.29 2009 Catching Fire (The Hunger Games, #2)
author: Suzanne Collins
name: Libby
average rating: 4.29
book published: 2009
rating: 3
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date added: 2016/12/27
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]]> <![CDATA[Dead Ice (Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter, #24)]]> 21066968 "If you've never read this series, I highly recommend/strongly suggest having the Anita Blake experience. Vampires, zombies, and shifters, oh my! And trust me, these are not your daughter's vampires."
-LITERATI BOOK REVIEWS

Anita Blake has the highest kill count of any vampire executioner in the country. She＊s a U.S. Marshal who can raise zombies with the best of them. But ever since she and master vampire Jean-Claude went public with their engagement, all she is to anyone and everyone is Jean-Claude＊s fianc谷e.

It＊s wreaking havoc with her reputation as a hard ass〞to some extent. Luckily, in professional circles, she＊s still the go-to expert for zombie issues. And right now, the FBI is having one hell of a zombie issue.

Someone is producing zombie porn. Anita has seen her share of freaky undead fetishes, so this shouldn＊t bother her. But the women being victimized aren＊t just mindless, rotting corpses. Their souls are trapped behind their eyes, signaling voodoo of the blackest kind.

It＊s the sort of case that can leave a mark on a person. And Anita＊s own soul may not survive unscathed . . .]]> 566 Laurell K. Hamilton 0755389069 Libby 4 paranormal-romance 3.86 2015 Dead Ice (Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter, #24)
author: Laurell K. Hamilton
name: Libby
average rating: 3.86
book published: 2015
rating: 4
read at: 2016/01/12
date added: 2016/01/12
shelves: paranormal-romance
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]]> The Man in the High Castle 216363
This harrowing, Hugo Award-winning novel is the work that established Philip K. Dick as an innovator in science fiction while breaking the barrier between science fiction and the serious novel of ideas. In it Dick offers a haunting vision of history as a nightmare from which it may just be possible to wake.]]> 259 Philip K. Dick 0679740678 Libby 0 to-read 3.64 1962 The Man in the High Castle
author: Philip K. Dick
name: Libby
average rating: 3.64
book published: 1962
rating: 0
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date added: 2016/01/11
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]]> <![CDATA[A Dance with Dragons (A Song of Ice and Fire, #5)]]> 13548763 In the aftermath of a colossal battle, new threats are emerging from every direction.

Tyrion Lannister, having killed his father, and wrongfully accused of killing his nephew, King Joffrey, has escaped from King's Landing with a price on his head.

To the north lies the great Wall of ice and stone 每 a structure only as strong as those guarding it. Eddard Stark's bastard son Jon Snow has been elected 998th Lord Commander of the Night's Watch. But he has enemies both inside and beyond the Wall. And in the east Daenerys Targaryen struggles to hold a city built on dreams and dust.]]> 1117 George R.R. Martin 0006486118 Libby 4 4.20 2011 A Dance with Dragons (A Song of Ice and Fire, #5)
author: George R.R. Martin
name: Libby
average rating: 4.20
book published: 2011
rating: 4
read at: 2016/01/07
date added: 2016/01/07
shelves: put-down-for-now, epic-fantasy
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]]> The Miniaturist 18505863
"There is nothing hidden that will not be revealed . . ."

On a brisk autumn day in 1686, eighteen-year-old Nella Oortman arrives in Amsterdam to begin a new life as the wife of illustrious merchant trader Johannes Brandt. But her new home, while splendorous, is not welcoming. Johannes is kind yet distant, always locked in his study or at his warehouse office--leaving Nella alone with his sister, the sharp-tongued and forbidding Marin.

But Nella's world changes when Johannes presents her with an extraordinary wedding gift: a cabinet-sized replica of their home. To furnish her gift, Nella engages the services of a miniaturist--an elusive and enigmatic artist whose tiny creations mirror their real-life counterparts in eerie and unexpected ways . . .

Johannes' gift helps Nella to pierce the closed world of the Brandt household. But as she uncovers its unusual secrets, she begins to understand--and fear--the escalating dangers that await them all. In this repressively pious society where gold is worshipped second only to God, to be different is a threat to the moral fabric of society, and not even a man as rich as Johannes is safe. Only one person seems to see the fate that awaits them. Is the miniaturist the key to their salvation . . . or the architect of their destruction?

Enchanting, beautiful, and exquisitely suspenseful, The Miniaturist is a magnificent story of love and obsession, betrayal and retribution, appearance and truth.]]> 560 Jessie Burton 0062326902 Libby 3 3.74 2014 The Miniaturist
author: Jessie Burton
name: Libby
average rating: 3.74
book published: 2014
rating: 3
read at: 2016/01/07
date added: 2016/01/07
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]]> <![CDATA[The Handmaid＊s Tale (The Handmaid's Tale, #1)]]> 38447
Funny, unexpected, horrifying, and altogether convincing, The Handmaid's Tale is at once scathing satire, dire warning, and tour de force.]]> 311 Margaret Atwood 038549081X Libby 4 4.15 1985 The Handmaid＊s Tale (The Handmaid's Tale, #1)
author: Margaret Atwood
name: Libby
average rating: 4.15
book published: 1985
rating: 4
read at: 2015/11/20
date added: 2015/11/19
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]]> <![CDATA[Consequences (Consequences, #1)]]> 12368985 Every action has consequences.

Waking in an unfamiliar bedroom in a luxurious mansion, Claire Nichols is terrified to discover that a chance encounter led her into the cruel hands of her abductor, Anthony Rawlings. Claire has no understanding of why she's there, but it's been made abundantly clear--she is now his acquisition and every action has consequences.

Learn the rules to survive.

Facing incomprehensible circumstances, Claire must learn to survive her new reality--every aspect of her livelihood depends upon the tall, dark-eyed tycoon who is a true master of deception. Driven by unknown demons, he has no tolerance for imperfection, in any aspect of his life, including his recent acquisition. Anthony may appear to the world as a handsome, benevolent businessman, but in reality Claire knows firsthand that he's a menacing, controlling captor with very strict rules: do as you're told, public failure is not an option, and appearances are of the utmost importance.

Captivate the captor.

To fit together the pieces of the puzzle, Claire must follow his rules. Will her plan work, or will Anthony become enthralled by Claire's beauty, resilience, and determination, changing the game forever? If that happens, will either of them survive the consequences?

Nobody ever did or ever will escape the consequences of his choices.--Alfred A. Montapert]]> 366 Aleatha Romig 1465341889 Libby 0 to-read 3.92 2011 Consequences (Consequences, #1)
author: Aleatha Romig
name: Libby
average rating: 3.92
book published: 2011
rating: 0
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date added: 2015/11/17
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]]> The Boss (The Boss, #1) 17373314
When the irresistible stranger from that one incredible night turns out to be her new boss 每 billionaire and publishing magnate Neil Elwood 每 Sophie can＊t resist the chance to rekindle the spark between them＃ and the opportunity to explore her submissive side with the most Dominant man she＊s ever known.

Neil is the only man who has ever understood Sophie＊s need to submit in the bedroom, and the only man who has ever satisfied those desires. When their scorching, no-strings-attached sexual relationship becomes something more, Sophie must choose between her career and heart＃ or risk losing them both.]]> 327 Abigail Barnette Libby 0 to-read 3.81 2013 The Boss (The Boss, #1)
author: Abigail Barnette
name: Libby
average rating: 3.81
book published: 2013
rating: 0
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date added: 2015/11/17
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]]> <![CDATA[The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks]]> 6493208
Yet Henrietta Lacks remains virtually unknown, buried in an unmarked grave.

Now Rebecca Skloot takes us on an extraordinary journey, from the ※colored§ ward of Johns Hopkins Hospital in the 1950s to stark white laboratories with freezers full of HeLa cells; from Henrietta＊s small, dying hometown of Clover, Virginia 〞 a land of wooden quarters for enslaved people, faith healings, and voodoo 〞 to East Baltimore today, where her children and grandchildren live and struggle with the legacy of her cells.

Henrietta＊s family did not learn of her ※immortality§ until more than twenty years after her death, when scientists investigating HeLa began using her husband and children in research without informed consent. And though the cells had launched a multimillion-dollar industry that sells human biological materials, her family never saw any of the profits. As Rebecca Skloot so brilliantly shows, the story of the Lacks family 〞 past and present 〞 is inextricably connected to the history of experimentation on African Americans, the birth of bioethics, and the legal battles over whether we control the stuff we are made of.

Over the decade it took to uncover this story, Rebecca became enmeshed in the lives of the Lacks family〞especially Henrietta＊s daughter Deborah, who was devastated to learn about her mother＊s cells. She was consumed with questions: Had scientists cloned her mother? Did it hurt her when researchers infected her cells with viruses and shot them into space? What happened to her sister, Elsie, who died in a mental institution at the age of fifteen? And if her mother was so important to medicine, why couldn＊t her children afford health insurance?

Intimate in feeling, astonishing in scope, and impossible to put down, The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks captures the beauty and drama of scientific discovery, as well as its human consequences.]]> 370 Rebecca Skloot 1400052173 Libby 0 to-read 4.12 2010 The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
author: Rebecca Skloot
name: Libby
average rating: 4.12
book published: 2010
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[The Good Life: Four Glorious Seasons in My Country Garden]]> 17728301
When Sarah and her young family moved from an urban metropolis to the rural backblocks, the first thing she did was to build a large garden. Being self-sufficient soon became a family affair. tHE GOOD LIFE is a funny and inspiring slice-of-life gardening book, looking at the ups and downs of gardening throughout the year.

the book is full of practical gardening advice, as well as delicious recipes, interwoven with the story of Sarah's transformation from city-slicker to country girl. the journey has not been without its bumps, but there was also a whole lot of fun and laughter along the way.]]> 296 Sarah O'Neil 1775540073 Libby 3 Also I don't love that it's an advertisement for Yates. ]]> 3.00 2013 The Good Life: Four Glorious Seasons in My Country Garden
author: Sarah O'Neil
name: Libby
average rating: 3.00
book published: 2013
rating: 3
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The gardening is interesting and the pictures are good but the writing is very repetitive. I get it, you have sponge soil.
Also I don't love that it's an advertisement for Yates.
]]> <![CDATA[Dragonfly In Amber (Outlander, #2)]]> 12351178
For twenty years Claire Randall has kept her secrets. But now she is returning with her grown daughter to Scotland＊s majestic mist-shrouded hills. Here Claire plans to reveal a truth as stunning as the events that gave it birth: about the mystery of an ancient circle of standing stones ... about a love that transcends the boundaries of time ... and about James Fraser, a Scottish warrior whose gallantry once drew a young Claire from the security of her century to the dangers of his....

Now a legacy of blood and desire will test her beautiful copper-haired daughter, Brianna, as Claire＊s spellbinding journey of self-discovery continues in the intrigue-ridden Paris court of Charles Stuart ... in a race to thwart a doomed Highlands uprising ... and in a desperate fight to save both the child and the man she loves.]]> 976 Diana Gabaldon Libby 4 4.44 1992 Dragonfly In Amber (Outlander, #2)
author: Diana Gabaldon
name: Libby
average rating: 4.44
book published: 1992
rating: 4
read at: 2015/08/31
date added: 2015/08/30
shelves: put-down-for-now, historical-romance, romance, books-i-own
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]]> <![CDATA[Rat Queens, Vol. 2: The Far Reaching Tentacles of N'rygoth]]> 23012877
Collects RAT QUEENS #6-10]]> 128 Kurtis J. Wiebe 1632150409 Libby 4 graphic-novels 4.13 2015 Rat Queens, Vol. 2: The Far Reaching Tentacles of N'rygoth
author: Kurtis J. Wiebe
name: Libby
average rating: 4.13
book published: 2015
rating: 4
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date added: 2015/08/18
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]]> <![CDATA[A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms (The Tales of Dunk and Egg, #1-3)]]> 18635622 368 George R.R. Martin 0345533488 Libby 0 to-read 4.24 2015 A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms (The Tales of Dunk and Egg, #1-3)
author: George R.R. Martin
name: Libby
average rating: 4.24
book published: 2015
rating: 0
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]]> Solarversia 24110299
Nova Negrahnu and her friends Burner and Sushi cannot wait to start playing. But when an international terrorist organisation sets its sights on the game and it＊s creator, Nova finds her life turned upside down, as the line between simulation and reality blurs. Can she navigate between playing the game, coping with all the issues an eighteen-year-old girl faces and avoid the very real and present danger mounting outside Solaversia?]]> 441 Toby Downton 0993330800 Libby 0 to-read 3.62 2015 Solarversia
author: Toby Downton
name: Libby
average rating: 3.62
book published: 2015
rating: 0
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date added: 2015/08/06
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]]> <![CDATA[The Winds of Winter (A Song of Ice and Fire, #6)]]> 12111823 The Winds of Winter is the forthcoming sixth novel in the epic fantasy series A Song of Ice and Fire by George R.R. Martin.

The previous installment, A Dance with Dragons, covered less story than Martin intended, omitting at least one planned large battle sequence and leaving several character threads ending in cliffhangers. Martin intends to resolve these cliffhangers "very early" in The Winds of Winter, saying "I'm going to open with the two big battles that I was building up to, the battle in the ice and the battle at Meereen〞the battle of Slaver's Bay. And then take it from there."]]> George R.R. Martin 0002247410 Libby 0 to-read 4.40 The Winds of Winter (A Song of Ice and Fire, #6)
author: George R.R. Martin
name: Libby
average rating: 4.40
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]]> <![CDATA[The Lost Hero (The Heroes of Olympus, #1)]]> 7736182 JASON HAS A PROBLEM. He doesn＊t remember anything before waking up in a bus full of kids on a field trip. Apparently he has a girlfriend named Piper, and his best friend is a guy named Leo. They＊re all students at the Wilderness School, a boarding school for ※bad kids," as Leo puts it. What did Jason do to end up here? And where is here, exactly? Jason doesn't know anything〞except that everything seems very wrong.

PIPER HAS A SECRET. Her father has been missing for three days, ever since she had that terrifying nightmare about his being in trouble. Piper doesn＊t understand her dream, or why her boyfriend suddenly doesn＊t recognize her. When a freak storm hits during the school trip, unleashing strange creatures and whisking her, Jason, and Leo away to someplace called Camp Half-Blood, she has a feeling she＊s going to find out, whether she wants to or not.

LEO HAS A WAY WITH TOOLS. When he sees his cabin at Camp Half-Blood, filled with power tools and machine parts, he feels right at home. But there＊s weird stuff, too〞like the curse everyone keeps talking about, and some camper who's gone missing. Weirdest of all, his bunkmates insist that each of them〞including Leo〞is related to a god. Does this have anything to do with Jason's amnesia, or the fact that Leo keeps seeing ghosts?

Join new and old friends from Camp Half-Blood in this thrilling first book in The Heroes of Olympus series. Best-selling author Rick Riordan has pumped up the action, humor, suspense, and mystery in an epic adventure that will leave readers panting for the next installment.]]> 576 Rick Riordan 142311339X Libby 0 to-read 4.28 2010 The Lost Hero (The Heroes of Olympus, #1)
author: Rick Riordan
name: Libby
average rating: 4.28
book published: 2010
rating: 0
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date added: 2015/07/23
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]]> <![CDATA[The Last Olympian (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, #5)]]> 4502507
While the Olympians struggle to contain the rampaging monster Typhon, Kronos begins his advance on New York City, where Mount Olympus stands virtually unguarded. Now it's up to Percy Jackson and an army of young demigods to stop the Lord of Time.

In this momentous final book in the New York Times best-selling series, the long-awaited prophecy surrounding Percy's sixteenth birthday unfolds. And as the battle for Western civilization rages on the streets of Manhattan, Percy faces a terrifying suspicion that he may be fighting against his own fate.]]> 11 Rick Riordan Libby 5 4.48 2009 The Last Olympian (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, #5)
author: Rick Riordan
name: Libby
average rating: 4.48
book published: 2009
rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[Hollow City (Miss Peregrine＊s Peculiar Children, #2)]]> 12396528 September 3, 1940. Ten peculiar children flee an army of deadly monsters. And only one person can help them 〞 but she＊s trapped in the body of a bird.

The extraordinary journey that began in Miss Peregrine＊s Home for Peculiar Children continues as Jacob Portman and his newfound friends journey to London, the peculiar capital of the world. There, they hope to find a cure for their beloved headmistress, Miss Peregrine. But in this war-torn city, hideous surprises lurk around every corner. And before Jacob can deliver the peculiar children to safety, he must make an important decision about his love for Emma Bloom.

Hollow City draws readers into a richly imagined world of telepathy and time loops, of sideshows and shapeshifters. Like its predecessor, this second novel in the Peculiar Children series blends thrilling fantasy with never-before-published vintage photography to create a one-of-a-kind reading experience.]]> 399 Ransom Riggs 1594746125 Libby 4 ya-fantasy, ya-paranormal 4.00 2014 Hollow City (Miss Peregrine＊s Peculiar Children, #2)
author: Ransom Riggs
name: Libby
average rating: 4.00
book published: 2014
rating: 4
read at: 2014/12/29
date added: 2015/05/30
shelves: ya-fantasy, ya-paranormal
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This one is far better than first! Fabulous twist at the end.. Riggs is writing the third book now and I hope it wont take too long as I'm going to snatch it up as soon as it's out!
]]> <![CDATA[藝屾躓樨縞貍`仿奈丞奈件陔蚾唳 12 [Bish身jo Senshi Sailor Moon Shins身ban 12]]]> 1792733
KC犯仿永弁旦 卅井方仄]]> 276 Naoko Takeuchi 4063348962 Libby 0 4.54 2004 藝屾躓樨縞貍`仿奈丞奈件陔蚾唳 12 [Bish身jo Senshi Sailor Moon Shins身ban 12]
author: Naoko Takeuchi
name: Libby
average rating: 4.54
book published: 2004
rating: 0
read at: 2015/05/06
date added: 2015/05/06
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]]> <![CDATA[藝屾躓樨縞貍`仿奈丞奈件陔蚾唳 11 [Bish身jo Senshi Sailor Moon Shins身ban 11]]]> 1472148
KC犯仿永弁旦 卅井方仄]]> 235 Naoko Takeuchi 4063348857 Libby 4 4.45 2004 藝屾躓樨縞貍`仿奈丞奈件陔蚾唳 11 [Bish身jo Senshi Sailor Moon Shins身ban 11]
author: Naoko Takeuchi
name: Libby
average rating: 4.45
book published: 2004
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon, Vol. 10]]> 15732827
And to make things worse, Queen Nehelenia's servant, Zirconia, casts another curse upon Usagi and Mamoru, sending them both back into childhood. However, Helios whisks away their spirits to Elysion, where they manage to break free and return to their true forms.

After they rejoin their companions, the final showdown against Queen Nehelenia herself begins! Will the Sailor Guardians and Tuxedo Mask manage to save Earth and Elysion before the Queen transforms them into eternal realms of nightmares?]]> 242 Naoko Takeuchi 161262006X Libby 4 4.50 2004 Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon, Vol. 10
author: Naoko Takeuchi
name: Libby
average rating: 4.50
book published: 2004
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon, Vol. 9]]> 13643021 262 Naoko Takeuchi 1612620051 Libby 4 4.48 2004 Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon, Vol. 9
author: Naoko Takeuchi
name: Libby
average rating: 4.48
book published: 2004
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[A Darker Shade of Magic (Shades of Magic, #1)]]> 22055262
Kell was raised in Arnes〞Red London〞and 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 Victoria E. Schwab 0765376458 Libby 0 to-read 4.04 2015 A Darker Shade of Magic (Shades of Magic, #1)
author: Victoria E. Schwab
name: Libby
average rating: 4.04
book published: 2015
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[Trigger Warning: Short Fictions and Disturbances]]> 22522808 New York Times bestselling author Neil Gaiman returns to dazzle, captivate, haunt, and entertain with this third collection of short fiction following Smoke and Mirrors and Fragile Things--which includes a never-before published American Gods story, "Black Dog," written exclusively for this volume.

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

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

A sophisticated writer whose creative genius is unparalleled, Gaiman entrances with his literary alchemy, transporting us deep into the realm of imagination, where the fantastical becomes real and the everyday incandescent. Full of wonder and terror, surprises and amusements, Trigger Warning is a treasury of delights that engage the mind, stir the heart, and shake the soul from one of the most unique and popular literary artists of our day.]]> 310 Neil Gaiman 0062330268 Libby 0 to-read 3.90 2015 Trigger Warning: Short Fictions and Disturbances
author: Neil Gaiman
name: Libby
average rating: 3.90
book published: 2015
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]]> The Girl on the Train 22557272
An alternative cover edition for this ISBN can be found here.]]> 336 Paula Hawkins 1594633665 Libby 0 to-read 3.97 2015 The Girl on the Train
author: Paula Hawkins
name: Libby
average rating: 3.97
book published: 2015
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon, Short Stories vol. 2 (Pretty Soldier Sailor Moon Renewal Editions, #14)]]> 15784878 198 Naoko Takeuchi Libby 0 to-read 4.10 2004 Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon, Short Stories vol. 2 (Pretty Soldier Sailor Moon Renewal Editions, #14)
author: Naoko Takeuchi
name: Libby
average rating: 4.10
book published: 2004
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon, Vol. 8]]> 13533761
Then, when the moon eclipses the sun, a mystical unicorn begs for help. An elaborate ship floats through the sky, and Usagi and Chibi-Usa have trouble seeing eye to eye...]]> 230 Naoko Takeuchi 1612620043 Libby 4 4.46 2004 Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon, Vol. 8
author: Naoko Takeuchi
name: Libby
average rating: 4.46
book published: 2004
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon, Vol. 7]]> 13330312 253 Naoko Takeuchi 1612620035 Libby 4 4.45 2004 Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon, Vol. 7
author: Naoko Takeuchi
name: Libby
average rating: 4.45
book published: 2004
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[Cardcaptor Sakura: Master of the Clow, Vol. 1 (Cardcaptor Sakura, #7)]]> 229149
Once upon a magic night, an English sorcerer mixed Western wizardry with Eastern enchantments to create a magical deck of cards called the Clow Cards. These cards were hidden inside a dusty old book for decades, their powers virtually wasted. Then one fateful day, a young girl named Sakura Kinomoto discovered the book in her father's library. When she opened it, however, the Clow Cards were gone〞and so was life as she knew it. The book's magical guardian, a diminutive winged lion, named Sakura the Cardcaptor, and after many exciting adventures, she finally retrieved all of the cards. Now Sakura has earned the title Master of the Clow.

An ominous force is brewing in Tomoeda. New enchantments are popping up all over the city, and Sakura's Clow Cards seem completely unable to stop them. But when Sakura taps into her inner power to fuel the Clow Cards, she unlocks a new magic of her own creation. Thus begins this 10-year-old's quest to become the greatest magician in the world!]]> 183 Clamp 1892213753 Libby 0 to-read 4.35 1998 Cardcaptor Sakura: Master of the Clow, Vol. 1 (Cardcaptor Sakura, #7)
author: Clamp
name: Libby
average rating: 4.35
book published: 1998
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon, Vol. 6]]> 12872655 ?
This new edition of Sailor Moon features:

- An entirely new, incredibly accurate translation!
- Japanese-style, right-to-left reading!
- New cover art never before seen in the U.S.!
- The original Japanese character names!
- Detailed translation notes!]]> 237 Naoko Takeuchi 1612620027 Libby 4 4.44 2004 Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon, Vol. 6
author: Naoko Takeuchi
name: Libby
average rating: 4.44
book published: 2004
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon, Vol. 5]]> 12637556
This new edition of Sailor Moon features:
- An entirely new, incredibly accurate translation
- Japanese-style, right-to-left reading
- New cover art never before seen in the U.S.
- The original Japanese character names
- Detailed translation notes

]]> 248 Naoko Takeuchi 1612620019 Libby 4 4.43 2003 Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon, Vol. 5
author: Naoko Takeuchi
name: Libby
average rating: 4.43
book published: 2003
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon, Vol. 4]]> 11930007 ?
This new edition of Sailor Moon

- An entirely new, incredibly accurate translation!
- Japanese-style, right-to-left reading!
- New cover art never before seen in the U.S.!
- The original Japanese character names!
- Detailed translation notes!]]> 244 Naoko Takeuchi 1612620000 Libby 4 4.40 2003 Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon, Vol. 4
author: Naoko Takeuchi
name: Libby
average rating: 4.40
book published: 2003
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon, Vol. 3]]> 11251704
This new edition of Sailor Moon features:
- An entirely new, incredibly accurate translation
- Japanese-style, right-to-left reading
- New cover art never before seen in the U.S.
- The original Japanese character names
- Detailed translation notes

]]> 238 Naoko Takeuchi 1935429760 Libby 4 4.37 2003 Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon, Vol. 3
author: Naoko Takeuchi
name: Libby
average rating: 4.37
book published: 2003
rating: 4
read at: 2015/04/16
date added: 2015/04/15
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]]> <![CDATA[Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon, Vol. 2]]> 10912036 235 Naoko Takeuchi 1935429752 Libby 4 4.41 2003 Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon, Vol. 2
author: Naoko Takeuchi
name: Libby
average rating: 4.41
book published: 2003
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[Succubus Blues (Georgina Kincaid, #1)]]> 235718
But Seattle succubus Georgina Kincaid's life is far less exotic. At least there's her day job at a local bookstore--free books; all the white chocolate mochas she can drink; and easy access to bestselling, sexy writer, Seth Mortensen, aka He Whom She Would Give Anything to Touch but Can't.

But dreaming about Seth will have to wait. Something wicked is at work in Seattle's demon underground. And for once, all of her hot charms and drop-dead one-liners won't help because Georgina's about to discover there are some creatures out there that both heaven and hell want to deny. . .]]> 358 Richelle Mead 0758216416 Libby 0 to-read 3.95 2007 Succubus Blues (Georgina Kincaid, #1)
author: Richelle Mead
name: Libby
average rating: 3.95
book published: 2007
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[Rachel Rising, Volume 1: The Shadow of Death]]> 13555390 120 Terry Moore 1892597519 Libby 0 to-read 4.16 2012 Rachel Rising, Volume 1: The Shadow of Death
author: Terry Moore
name: Libby
average rating: 4.16
book published: 2012
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[Y: The Last Man, Vol. 10: Whys and Wherefores]]> 2202230 WINNER OF THREE EISNER AWARDS

Featured in THE NEW YORK TIMES and on NPR, Y: THE LAST MAN is the gripping saga of Yorick Brown, an unemployed and unmotivated slacker who discovers he is the only male left in the world after a plague of unknown origin instantly kills every mammal with a Y chromosome. Accompanied by his mischievous monkey, Ampersand, and the mysterious Agent 355, Yorick embarks on a transcontinental journey to find his long-lost girlfriend and discover why he is the last man on earth.

Yorick Brown's long journey through an Earth populated only by women comes to a dramatic, unexpected conclusion in this final volume. Collects issues #55-60 of Brian K. Vaughan and Pia Guerra's award-winning Vertigo series.

]]> 168 Brian K. Vaughan 140121813X Libby 4 4.33 2008 Y: The Last Man, Vol. 10: Whys and Wherefores
author: Brian K. Vaughan
name: Libby
average rating: 4.33
book published: 2008
rating: 4
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date added: 2015/04/09
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]]> <![CDATA[Y: The Last Man, Vol. 9: Motherland]]> 156532
This volume of the critically acclaimed series features Yorick and Agent 355 preparing for their ultimate quest to reunite the last man with his lost love, while the person, people or thing behind the disaster that wiped out half of humanity is revealed!]]> 144 Brian K. Vaughan 1401213510 Libby 4 4.25 2007 Y: The Last Man, Vol. 9: Motherland
author: Brian K. Vaughan
name: Libby
average rating: 4.25
book published: 2007
rating: 4
read at: 2015/04/10
date added: 2015/04/09
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]]> <![CDATA[Y: The Last Man, Vol. 8: Kimono Dragons]]> 79422 144 Brian K. Vaughan 1401210104 Libby 4 4.21 2006 Y: The Last Man, Vol. 8: Kimono Dragons
author: Brian K. Vaughan
name: Libby
average rating: 4.21
book published: 2006
rating: 4
read at: 2015/04/10
date added: 2015/04/09
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]]> <![CDATA[Y: The Last Man, Vol. 7: Paper Dolls]]> 79426
Collects Y: The Last Man issues #37-#42]]> 144 Brian K. Vaughan 1401210090 Libby 4 graphic-novels 4.22 2006 Y: The Last Man, Vol. 7: Paper Dolls
author: Brian K. Vaughan
name: Libby
average rating: 4.22
book published: 2006
rating: 4
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date added: 2015/04/09
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]]> <![CDATA[Y: The Last Man, Vol. 6: Girl on Girl]]> 156529
Unfortunately, that source is within Ampersand's body, which was last seen disappearing under the arm of a mysterious Japanese mercenary. Now, accompanied by 355 and Dr. Mann, the last man on Earth has embarked on a new and even more hazardous journey - following Ampersand's trail across the Pacific, where danger threatens from below as well as above the waves.

Collects issues 32-36]]> 128 Brian K. Vaughan 1401205011 Libby 4 4.20 2005 Y: The Last Man, Vol. 6: Girl on Girl
author: Brian K. Vaughan
name: Libby
average rating: 4.20
book published: 2005
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[Y: The Last Man, Vol. 5: Ring of Truth]]> 156533 192 Brian K. Vaughan 1401204872 Libby 4 4.27 2005 Y: The Last Man, Vol. 5: Ring of Truth
author: Brian K. Vaughan
name: Libby
average rating: 4.27
book published: 2005
rating: 4
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date added: 2015/04/08
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]]> <![CDATA[Steelheart (The Reckoners, #1)]]> 17182126
Nobody fights the Epics...nobody but the Reckoners. A shadowy group of ordinary humans, they spend their lives studying Epics, finding their weaknesses, and then assassinating them.

And David wants in. He wants Steelheart 〞 the Epic who is said to be invincible. The Epic who killed David's father. For years, like the Reckoners, David's been studying, and planning 〞 and he has something they need. Not an object, but an experience.

He's seen Steelheart bleed. And he wants revenge.]]> 386 Brandon Sanderson 0385743564 Libby 0 fantasy, currently-reading 4.14 2013 Steelheart (The Reckoners, #1)
author: Brandon Sanderson
name: Libby
average rating: 4.14
book published: 2013
rating: 0
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]]> If I Stay (If I Stay, #1) 6564365 A critically acclaimed novel that will change the way you look at life, love, and family

In the blink of an eye everything changes. Seventeen ?year-old Mia has no memory of the accident; she can only recall what happened afterwards, watching her own damaged body being taken from the wreck. Little by little she struggles to put together the pieces〞to figure out what she has lost, what she has left, and the very difficult choice she must make.
Heartwrenchingly beautiful, Mia's story will stay with you for a long, long time.]]> 196 Gayle Forman Libby 3 contemporary, read-in-2015 3.98 2009 If I Stay (If I Stay, #1)
author: Gayle Forman
name: Libby
average rating: 3.98
book published: 2009
rating: 3
read at: 2015/01/08
date added: 2015/04/07
shelves: contemporary, read-in-2015
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]]> <![CDATA[These Broken Stars (Starbound, #1)]]> 13138635
Lilac is the daughter of the richest man in the universe. Tarver comes from nothing, a young war hero who learned long ago that girls like Lilac are more trouble than they＊re worth. But with only each other to rely on, Lilac and Tarver must work together, making a tortuous journey across the eerie, deserted terrain to seek help.

Then, against all odds, Lilac and Tarver find a strange blessing in the tragedy that has thrown them into each other＊s arms. Without the hope of a future together in their own world, they begin to wonder〞would they be better off staying here forever?

Everything changes when they uncover the truth behind the chilling whispers that haunt their every step. Lilac and Tarver may find a way off this planet. But they won＊t be the same people who landed on it.

The Starbound Trilogy: Three worlds. Three love stories. One enemy.]]> 389 Amie Kaufman 1423171020 Libby 0 to-read 3.89 2013 These Broken Stars (Starbound, #1)
author: Amie Kaufman
name: Libby
average rating: 3.89
book published: 2013
rating: 0
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date added: 2015/04/05
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]]> <![CDATA[Blood Bound (Mercy Thompson, #2)]]> 8388577
And the demon-riding vampire has gone on a killing spree unlike any the Tri-Cities have ever seen - one that could threaten the vampires' secret existence. When the undead and the werewolves sent to find him don't return, the local vampire queen looks to Mercy for help. A coyote is no match for a demon, but Mercy is immune to many vampiric powers - and those missing are her friends, including the two werewolves circling around her heart.

Game on...]]> 342 Patricia Briggs 0441020070 Libby 0 library, to-read 4.31 2007 Blood Bound (Mercy Thompson, #2)
author: Patricia Briggs
name: Libby
average rating: 4.31
book published: 2007
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[Cinder (The Lunar Chronicles, #1)]]> 11235712
She＊s a second-class citizen with a mysterious past, reviled by her stepmother and blamed for her stepsister＊s illness. But when her life becomes intertwined with the handsome Prince Kai＊s, she suddenly finds herself at the center of an intergalactic struggle, and a forbidden attraction. Caught between duty and freedom, loyalty and betrayal, she must uncover secrets about her past in order to protect her world＊s future.]]> 390 Marissa Meyer 0312641893 Libby 0 ya-fantasy, currently-reading 4.14 2012 Cinder (The Lunar Chronicles, #1)
author: Marissa Meyer
name: Libby
average rating: 4.14
book published: 2012
rating: 0
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date added: 2015/04/04
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]]> We Were Liars 18339662 A private island.
A brilliant, damaged girl; a passionate, political boy.
A group of four friends〞the Liars〞whose friendship turns destructive.
A revolution. An accident. A secret.
Lies upon lies.
True love.
The truth.
?
We Were Liars is a modern, sophisticated suspense novel from National Book Award finalist and Printz Award honoree E. Lockhart.?
Read it.
And if anyone asks you how it ends, just LIE.]]> 228 E. Lockhart 038574126X Libby 4 3.74 2014 We Were Liars
author: E. Lockhart
name: Libby
average rating: 3.74
book published: 2014
rating: 4
read at: 2015/04/04
date added: 2015/04/04
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]]> Lagoon 18753656
Told from multiple points of view and crisscrossing narratives, combining everything from superhero comics to Nigerian mythology to tie together a story about a city consuming itself.

＆There was no time to flee. No time to turn. No time to shriek. And there was no pain. It was like being thrown into the stars.＊]]> 306 Nnedi Okorafor 1444762753 Libby 0 to-read 3.61 2014 Lagoon
author: Nnedi Okorafor
name: Libby
average rating: 3.61
book published: 2014
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[God's War (Bel Dame Apocrypha, #1)]]> 9359818 Nyx is a bel dame, a bounty hunter paid to collect the heads of deserters 每 by almost any means necessary.

＆Almost＊ proved to be the problem.

Cast out and imprisoned for breaking one rule too many, Nyx and her crew of mercenaries are all about the money. But when a dubious government deal with an alien emissary goes awry, her name is at the top of the list for a covert recovery.

While the centuries-long war rages on only one thing is certain: the world＊s best chance for peace rests in the hands of its most ruthless killers. . .]]> 288 Kameron Hurley 159780214X Libby 0 to-read 3.67 2011 God's War (Bel Dame Apocrypha, #1)
author: Kameron Hurley
name: Libby
average rating: 3.67
book published: 2011
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[All the Pretty Ghosts (Never Alone, #1)]]> 24895306
Everly Hilton can see ghosts. Bridging the gap between the living and the dead, there are so many departed adults she can barely handle her ability.

With winter approaching, Everly can＊t fight the dead any longer. She has to listen to the ghosts in order to understand what caused the Event and help keep the children alive.

What she doesn＊t realise is that her association with the spirits runs far closer to home than she could ever imagine.]]> 309 Jamie Campbell Libby 0 to-read 3.74 2015 All the Pretty Ghosts (Never Alone, #1)
author: Jamie Campbell
name: Libby
average rating: 3.74
book published: 2015
rating: 0
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]]> Starflight (Starflight, #1) 21793182
When a twist of fate lands them instead on the Banshee, a vessel of dubious repute, Doran learns he's been framed on Earth for conspiracy. As he pursues a set of mysterious coordinates rumored to hold the key to clearing his name, he and Solara must get past their enmity to work together and evade those out for their arrest. Life on the Banshee may be tumultuous, but as Solara and Doran are forced to question everything they once believed about their world〞and each other〞the ship becomes home, and the eccentric crew family. But what Solara and Doran discover on the mysterious Planet X has the power to not only alter their lives, but the existence of everyone in the universe...]]> 362 Melissa Landers 1484723244 Libby 0 to-read 3.85 2016 Starflight (Starflight, #1)
author: Melissa Landers
name: Libby
average rating: 3.85
book published: 2016
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[The Winner's Crime (The Winner's Trilogy, #2)]]> 21469060 Following your heart can be a crime.

A royal wedding means one celebration after another: balls, fireworks, and revelry until dawn. But to Kestrel it means living in a cage of her own making. As the wedding approaches, she aches to tell Arin the truth about her engagement: that she agreed to marry the crown prince in exchange for Arin's freedom. But can Kestrel trust Arin? Can she even trust herself?

Kestrel is becoming very good at deception. she's working as a spy in the court. If caught, she'll be exposed as a traitor to her country. Yet she can't help searching for a way to change her ruthless world...and she is close to uncovering a shocking secret.

This dazzling follow-up to The Winner's Curse reveals the high price of dangerous lies and untrustworthy alliances. The truth will come out, and when it does, Kestrel and Arin will learn just how much their crimes will cost them.]]> 416 Marie Rutkoski 0374384703 Libby 4 I like the story but far out I thought Arin would grow up a bit more during this installation but apparently he becomes more of a child. Kestrel was fantastic though, as of course she would be. Roll on book three!]]> 4.20 2015 The Winner's Crime (The Winner's Trilogy, #2)
author: Marie Rutkoski
name: Libby
average rating: 4.20
book published: 2015
rating: 4
read at: 2015/04/03
date added: 2015/04/03
shelves: library, ya-fantasy, young-adult
review:
3.5
I like the story but far out I thought Arin would grow up a bit more during this installation but apparently he becomes more of a child. Kestrel was fantastic though, as of course she would be. Roll on book three!
]]> <![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〞and 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〞and 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 Libby 0 to-read 4.30 2011 Leviathan Wakes (The Expanse, #1)
author: James S.A. Corey
name: Libby
average rating: 4.30
book published: 2011
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[Y: The Last Man, Vol. 4: Safeword]]> 184040
In the care of a fellow Culper Ring member, Yorick Brown is forced to confront his tremendous feelings of survivor guilt that lead him to constantly put his life in danger. Once on the road again, the group runs up against a literal roadblock in Arizona, where the female remains of the Sons of Arizona militia have cut the interstate to keep out any vestiges of the U.S. government.]]> 141 Brian K. Vaughan 1401202322 Libby 4 4.25 2004 Y: The Last Man, Vol. 4: Safeword
author: Brian K. Vaughan
name: Libby
average rating: 4.25
book published: 2004
rating: 4
read at: 2015/03/28
date added: 2015/03/28
shelves: library, read-in-2015, distopian, graphic-novels
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]]> <![CDATA[Y: The Last Man, Vol. 3: One Small Step]]> 156530
A Russian Soyuz capsule is coming down from the International Space Station carrying three passengers: one woman and two men. Could this be the end of Yorick's tenure as last living male?]]> 168 Brian K. Vaughan 1401202012 Libby 4 4.21 2004 Y: The Last Man, Vol. 3: One Small Step
author: Brian K. Vaughan
name: Libby
average rating: 4.21
book published: 2004
rating: 4
read at: 2015/03/28
date added: 2015/03/28
shelves: library, graphic-novels, distopian
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]]> <![CDATA[Y: The Last Man, Vol. 2: Cycles]]> 332631 WINNER OF THREE EISNER AWARDS As Yorick Brown, the last man on Earth, begins to make his way across the country to California, he and his companions are forced to make an unscheduled stop in Marrisville, Ohio〞a small town with a big secret.

Collects Y: The Last Man issues #6-10]]> 128 Brian K. Vaughan 1401200761 Libby 4 4.22 2003 Y: The Last Man, Vol. 2: Cycles
author: Brian K. Vaughan
name: Libby
average rating: 4.22
book published: 2003
rating: 4
read at: 2015/03/28
date added: 2015/03/27
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]]> <![CDATA[Y: The Last Man, Vol. 1: Unmanned]]> 156534
But why are he and his faithful companion, the often testy male monkey Ampersand, still alive? He sets out to find the answer (and his girlfriend), while running from angry female Republicans (now running the government), Amazon wannabes that include his own sister (seemingly brainwashed), and other threats.]]> 130 Brian K. Vaughan 1563899809 Libby 4 4.08 2003 Y: The Last Man, Vol. 1: Unmanned
author: Brian K. Vaughan
name: Libby
average rating: 4.08
book published: 2003
rating: 4
read at: 2015/03/28
date added: 2015/03/27
shelves: graphic-novels, library, read-in-2015
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]]> <![CDATA[Ready Player One (Ready Player One, #1)]]> 11389422 374 Ernest Cline 1846059372 Libby 5 library 4.18 2011 Ready Player One (Ready Player One, #1)
author: Ernest Cline
name: Libby
average rating: 4.18
book published: 2011
rating: 5
read at: 2015/03/26
date added: 2015/03/26
shelves: library
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]]> Ignite Me (Shatter Me, #3) 13188676
With Omega Point destroyed, Juliette doesn't know if the rebels, her friends, or even Adam are alive. But that won't keep her from trying to take down The Reestablishment once and for all. Now she must rely on Warner, the handsome commander of Sector 45. The one person she never thought she could trust. The same person who saved her life. He promises to help Juliette master her powers and save their dying world . . . but that's not all he wants with her.

The Shatter Me series is perfect for fans who crave action-packed young adult novels with tantalizing romance like Divergent by Veronica Roth, The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins, and Legend by Marie Lu. Tahereh Mafi has created a captivating and original story that combines the best of dystopian and paranormal and was praised by Publishers Weekly as "a gripping read from an author who's not afraid to take risks."

Don＊t miss Restore Me, the electrifying fourth installment of this New York Times bestselling series, available now!]]> 408 Tahereh Mafi 006208559X Libby 5 ya-fantasy, library 4.46 2014 Ignite Me (Shatter Me, #3)
author: Tahereh Mafi
name: Libby
average rating: 4.46
book published: 2014
rating: 5
read at: 2015/03/19
date added: 2015/03/20
shelves: ya-fantasy, library
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]]> <![CDATA[Black Feminist Thought: Knowledge, Consciousness, and the Politics of Empowerment]]> 353598 336 Patricia Hill Collins 0415924847 Libby 0 to-read 4.40 1990 Black Feminist Thought: Knowledge, Consciousness, and the Politics of Empowerment
author: Patricia Hill Collins
name: Libby
average rating: 4.40
book published: 1990
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[Babylon Steel (Babylon Steel, #1)]]> 10999941
She's not having a good week. The Vessels of Purity are protesting against brothels, girls are disappearing, and if she can't pay her taxes, Babylon's going to lose the Lantern. She'd given up the mercenary life, but when the mysterious Darask Fain pays her to find a missing heiress, she has to take the job. And then her past starts to catch up with her in other, more dangerous ways.

Witty and fresh, Sebold delivers the most exciting fantasy debut in years.]]> 543 Gaie Sebold 1907992383 Libby 0 to-read 3.82 2011 Babylon Steel (Babylon Steel, #1)
author: Gaie Sebold
name: Libby
average rating: 3.82
book published: 2011
rating: 0
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]]> Ammonite 16114459
Ammonite is an unforgettable novel that questions the very meanings of gender and humanity. As readers share in Marghe＊s journey through an alien world, they too embark on a parallel journey of fascinating self-exploration.]]> 397 Nicola Griffith 0586216901 Libby 0 to-read 3.46 1992 Ammonite
author: Nicola Griffith
name: Libby
average rating: 3.46
book published: 1992
rating: 0
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]]> Fogged Up Fairy Tale 22611913 Alternate cover for this ISBN can be found here

Brand Rye＊s life has come to a halt. She＊s lost everything〞even her memory. After spending time in the hospital, Brand returns home to a husband she doesn＊t remember, and a life that has disappeared overnight. Her husband, Easton, provides Brand with bits and pieces of her past while she tries to put it all together.

As Brand learns about her life, she begins to realize that she isn＊t the person she hopes to be... or is she?

Alcohol and loss are what brought Easton and Brand together. Once out of rehab, Easton offered Brand a place to stay for a price. With nothing left to lose but her sarcasm, Brand took him up on his offer, which began a whirlwind of adventure, sexual tension and their fairy tale of love.

Is Brand＊s second chance too late? Or will she be able to cope with the secrets as they＊re revealed?]]> 285 Denise Baer 0991326830 Libby 0 to-read 4.83 2014 Fogged Up Fairy Tale
author: Denise Baer
name: Libby
average rating: 4.83
book published: 2014
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[Even Villains Have Interns (Heroes and Villains, #3)]]> 25018324
In fact, the only thing she doesn＊t care for is Chicago＊s favorite native son, Deputy Mayor Alan Adale, the man who made Lucifer jealous. Sinfully handsome, or possibly just sinful, Adale has been pursuing Delilah since she first arrived, and she＊s been dodging.

When she finds ties between the new kingpin in town and a drug The Company wants to buy so they can create more superheroes, Delilah takes the gloves off. Teaming up with the spooky Spirit of Chicago, she aims to take down the dealers, the mobsters, the kingpin, and The Company. All without falling in love with the one man capable of capturing her heart.]]> 150 Liana Brooks 1771010657 Libby 0 to-read 3.80 2015 Even Villains Have Interns (Heroes and Villains, #3)
author: Liana Brooks
name: Libby
average rating: 3.80
book published: 2015
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[Compulsion (The Heirs of Watson Island, #1)]]> 20759498 Three plantations. Two wishes. One ancient curse.

All her life, Barrie Watson has been a virtual prisoner in the house where she lives with her shut-in mother. When her mother dies, Barrie promises to put some mileage on her stiletto heels. But she finds a new kind of prison at her aunt＊s South Carolina plantation instead〞a prison guarded by an ancient spirit who long ago cursed one of the three founding families of Watson Island and gave the others magical gifts that became compulsions.

Stuck with the ghosts of a generations-old feud and hunted by forces she cannot see, Barrie must find a way to break free of the family legacy. With the help of sun-kissed Eight Beaufort, who knows what Barrie wants before she knows herself, the last Watson heir starts to unravel her family's twisted secrets. What she finds is dangerous: a love she never expected, a river that turns to fire at midnight, a gorgeous cousin who isn't what she seems, and very real enemies who want both Eight and Barrie dead.]]> 433 Martina Boone 1481411225 Libby 0 to-read 3.84 2014 Compulsion (The Heirs of Watson Island, #1)
author: Martina Boone
name: Libby
average rating: 3.84
book published: 2014
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[The Forest Bull (The Fearless, #1)]]> 18344957 When Ring Hardigan isn＊t making sandwiches for, and with, his two partners, Waleska and Risa (they＊re cool like that), he＊s got a busy schedule doing the dirty work of sending immortals to the ever after. Wally and Risa provide linguistics, logistics, and finding the right place for him and his knife- together, they＊re a well-oiled machine, and they＊ve settled into a rhythm that bodes ill for the Undying. Warlocks, vampires, succubae and the odd ghoul have all fallen to their teamwork. Life is tough, but they soldier on killing the undead, liberating their worldly goods for charity, and generally achieving very little.
-Until Ring wakes up after nearly dying at the hands of a woman who may or may not be the daughter of Satan. Ring＊s a tough character, for a boat bum (killing immortals sort of rubs off on you that way), but twelve days of comatose healing are enough to bring out the ugly side of his temper. When a letter arrives asking for their help finding a large collection of stolen heirloom jewelry, they form an uneasy friendship with the last Baron of a family hiding in a primal European forest.
Cazimir, the Baron, has two skills: Jeweler and preserver of the last herd of forest bulls. It＊s an odd occupation, but then, Ring, Risa and Wally aren＊t your everyday career folks, and Cazimir＊s lodge might be sitting on something that looks a lot like hell, which, according to a 2400 year old succubus hooker named Delphine, is currently on the market to the strongest immortal. The Baron＊s impassioned plea to find the jewelry comes with some conditions- he doesn＊t want the collection back as much as he does the thief, Elizabeth, who happens to be his daughter- and the woman who nearly sent Ring to his grave.
In a tapestry of lies, it＊s up to Ring, Wally and Risa to find out what is evil, who is human, and exactly who really wants to reign over hell.]]> 248 Terry Maggert 1484862201 Libby 0 to-read 4.38 2013 The Forest Bull (The Fearless, #1)
author: Terry Maggert
name: Libby
average rating: 4.38
book published: 2013
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[Wildalone (Wildalone Sagas, #1)]]> 20483100 Twilight, The Secret History, Jane Eyre, and A Discovery of Witches.

Arriving at Princeton for her freshman year, Thea Slavin finds herself alone, a stranger in a strange land. Away from her family and her Eastern European homeland for the first time, she struggles to adapt to unfamiliar American ways and the challenges of college life〞including an enigmatic young man whose brooding good looks and murky past intrigue her. Drawn to the elusive Rhys and his equally handsome and mysterious brother, Jake, she ventures into a sensual mythic underworld as irresistible as it is dangerous.

In this shadow world that seems to mimic Greek mythology and the Bulgarian legends of the samodivi or ※wildalones§〞forest witches who beguile and entrap men〞Thea will discover a family secret bound to transform her forever . . . if she can accept that dead doesn't always mean gone, and love doesn't always distinguish between the two.]]> 384 Krassi Zourkova 0062328026 Libby 0 to-read 3.35 2015 Wildalone (Wildalone Sagas, #1)
author: Krassi Zourkova
name: Libby
average rating: 3.35
book published: 2015
rating: 0
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]]> Firefight (The Reckoners, #2) 15704459 416 Brandon Sanderson 0385743580 Libby 0 to-read 4.24 2015 Firefight (The Reckoners, #2)
author: Brandon Sanderson
name: Libby
average rating: 4.24
book published: 2015
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[Words of Radiance (The Stormlight Archive, #2)]]> 17332218 From #1 New York Times bestselling author Brandon Sanderson, Words of Radiance, Book Two of the Stormlight Archive, continues the immersive fantasy epic that The Way of Kings began.

Expected by his enemies to die the miserable death of a military slave, Kaladin survived to be given command of the royal bodyguards, a controversial first for a low-status "darkeyes." Now he must protect the king and Dalinar from every common peril as well as the distinctly uncommon threat of the Assassin, all while secretly struggling to master remarkable new powers that are somehow linked to his honorspren, Syl.

The Assassin, Szeth, is active again, murdering rulers all over the world of Roshar, using his baffling powers to thwart every bodyguard and elude all pursuers. Among his prime targets is Highprince Dalinar, widely considered the power behind the Alethi throne. His leading role in the war would seem reason enough, but the Assassin's master has much deeper motives.

Brilliant but troubled Shallan strives along a parallel path. Despite being broken in ways she refuses to acknowledge, she bears a terrible burden: to somehow prevent the return of the legendary Voidbringers and the civilization-ending Desolation that will follow. The secrets she needs can be found at the Shattered Plains, but just arriving there proves more difficult than she could have imagined.

Meanwhile, at the heart of the Shattered Plains, the Parshendi are making an epochal decision. Hard pressed by years of Alethi attacks, their numbers ever shrinking, they are convinced by their war leader, Eshonai, to risk everything on a desperate gamble with the very supernatural forces they once fled. The possible consequences for Parshendi and humans alike, indeed, for Roshar itself, are as dangerous as they are incalculable.]]> 1088 Brandon Sanderson 0765326361 Libby 0 to-read 4.76 2014 Words of Radiance (The Stormlight Archive, #2)
author: Brandon Sanderson
name: Libby
average rating: 4.76
book published: 2014
rating: 0
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]]> Warbreaker 1268479
Their world is one in which those who die in glory return as gods to live confined to a pantheon in Hallandren's capital city and where a power known as BioChromatic magic is based on an essence known as breath that can only be collected one unit at a time from individual people.

By using breath and drawing upon the color in everyday objects, all manner of miracles and mischief can be accomplished. It will take considerable quantities of each to resolve all the challenges facing Vivenna and Siri, princesses of Idris; Susebron the God King; Lightsong, reluctant god of bravery, and mysterious Vasher, the Warbreaker.]]> 688 Brandon Sanderson Libby 0 to-read, books-i-own 4.29 2009 Warbreaker
author: Brandon Sanderson
name: Libby
average rating: 4.29
book published: 2009
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[The Emperor's Soul (The Cosmere)]]> 13578175 Arcanum Unbounded: The Cosmere Collection.

A heretic thief is the empire＊s only hope in this fascinating tale that inhabits the same world as the popular novel, Elantris.

Shai is a Forger, a foreigner who can flawlessly copy and re-create any item by rewriting its history with skillful magic. Condemned to death after trying to steal the emperor＊s scepter, she is given one opportunity to save herself. Though her skill as a Forger is considered an abomination by her captors, Shai will attempt to create a new soul for the emperor, who is almost dead.

Probing deeply into his life, she discovers Emperor Ashravan＊s truest nature〞and the opportunity to exploit it. Her only possible ally is one who is truly loyal to the emperor, but councilor Gaotona must overcome his prejudices to understand that Shai＊s forgery is as much artistry as it is deception.

Brimming with magic and political intrigue, this deftly woven fantasy delves into the essence of a living spirit.]]> 192 Brandon Sanderson 1616960922 Libby 0 to-read 4.38 2012 The Emperor's Soul (The Cosmere)
author: Brandon Sanderson
name: Libby
average rating: 4.38
book published: 2012
rating: 0
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]]> The Ice Dragon 20518784
Adara could not remember the first time she had seen the ice dragon. It seemed that it had always been in her life, glimpsed from afar as she played in the frigid snow long after the other children had fled the cold. In her fourth year she touched it, and in her fifth year she rode upon its broad, chilled back for the first time. Then, in her seventh year, on a calm summer day, fiery dragons from the North swooped down upon the peaceful farm that was Adara's home. And only a winter child〞and the ice dragon who loved her〞could save her world from utter destruction.]]> 120 George R.R. Martin 0765378779 Libby 3 3.89 1980 The Ice Dragon
author: George R.R. Martin
name: Libby
average rating: 3.89
book published: 1980
rating: 3
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]]> <![CDATA[The Winner's Crime (The Winner's Trilogy, #2)]]> 20443207
The engagement of Lady Kestrel to Valoria＊s crown prince means one celebration after another. But to Kestrel it means living in a cage of her own making. As the wedding approaches, she aches to tell Arin the truth about her engagement... if she could only trust him. Yet can she even trust herself? For〞unknown to Arin〞Kestrel is becoming a skilled practitioner of deceit: an anonymous spy passing information to Herran, and close to uncovering a shocking secret.

As Arin enlists dangerous allies in the struggle to keep his country＊s freedom, he can＊t fight the suspicion that Kestrel knows more than she shows. In the end, it might not be a dagger in the dark that cuts him open, but the truth. And when that happens, Kestrel and Arin learn just how much their crimes will cost them.]]> 416 Marie Rutkoski 0374384711 Libby 0 to-read 4.08 2015 The Winner's Crime (The Winner's Trilogy, #2)
author: Marie Rutkoski
name: Libby
average rating: 4.08
book published: 2015
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[The Winner's Curse (The Winner's Trilogy, #1)]]> 16069030 Winning what you want may cost you everything you love...?

As a general＊s daughter in a vast empire that revels in war and enslaves those it conquers, seventeen-year-old Kestrel has two choices: she can join the military or get married. But Kestrel has other intentions.

One day, she is startled to find a kindred spirit in a young slave up for auction. Arin＊s eyes seem to defy everything and everyone. Following her instinct, Kestrel buys him〞with unexpected consequences. It＊s not long before she has to hide her growing love for Arin.

But he, too, has a secret, and Kestrel quickly learns that the price she paid for a fellow human is much higher than she ever could have imagined.

Set in a richly imagined new world, The Winner＊s Curse by Marie Rutkoski is a story of deadly games where everything is at stake, and the gamble is whether you will keep your head or lose your heart.]]> 355 Marie Rutkoski 0374384681 Libby 3 3.94 2014 The Winner's Curse (The Winner's Trilogy, #1)
author: Marie Rutkoski
name: Libby
average rating: 3.94
book published: 2014
rating: 3
read at: 2015/03/14
date added: 2015/03/14
shelves: read-in-2015, library, young-adult, ya-fantasy
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3.5* Will be reading the next book and I enjoyed the last 1/4 of the book more. I liked the setting but I feel that Arin wasn't quite how I wanted him to be. The sexual tension was excellent though!
]]> Unravel Me (Shatter Me, #2) 13104080
It should have taken Juliette a single touch to kill Warner. But his mysterious immunity to her deadly power has left her shaken, wondering why her ultimate defense mechanism failed against the person she most needs protection from.

She and Adam were able to escape Warner＊s clutches and join up with a group of rebels, many of whom have powers of their own. Juliette will finally be able to actively fight against The Reestablishment and try to fix her broken world. And perhaps these new allies can help her shed light on the secret behind Adam＊s〞and Warner＊s〞immunity to her killer skin.

Juliette＊s world is packed with high-stakes action and tantalizing romance, perfect for fans of the Red Queen series by Victoria Aveyard and the Darkest Minds trilogy by Alexandra Bracken.

Ransom Riggs, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children, raved: "A thrilling, high-stakes saga of self-discovery and forbidden love, the Shatter Me series is a must-read for fans of dystopian young-adult literature〞or any literature!"]]> 480 Tahereh Mafi 0062085530 Libby 4 ya-fantasy, library 4.11 2013 Unravel Me (Shatter Me, #2)
author: Tahereh Mafi
name: Libby
average rating: 4.11
book published: 2013
rating: 4
read at: 2015/03/10
date added: 2015/03/11
shelves: ya-fantasy, library
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]]> <![CDATA[The Battle of the Labyrinth (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, #4)]]> 2120932
In this fourth installment of the blockbuster series, time is running out as war between the Olympians and the evil Titan lord Kronos draws near. Even the safe haven of Camp Half-Blood grows more vulnerable by the minute as Kronos's army prepares to invade its once impenetrable borders. To stop the invasion, Percy and his demigod friends must set out on a quest through the Labyrinth - a sprawling underground world with stunning surprises at every turn.]]> 361 Rick Riordan 1423101464 Libby 4 4.41 2008 The Battle of the Labyrinth (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, #4)
author: Rick Riordan
name: Libby
average rating: 4.41
book published: 2008
rating: 4
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date added: 2015/03/04
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]]> <![CDATA[Kushiel's Dart (Ph豕dre's Trilogy, #1)]]> 153008
Ph豕dre n車 Delaunay is a young woman who was born with a scarlet mote in her left eye. Sold into indentured servitude as a child, her bond is purchased by Anafiel Delaunay, a nobleman with very a special mission... and the first one to recognize who and what she is: one pricked by Kushiel's Dart, chosen to forever experience pain and pleasure as one.

Ph豕dre is trained equally in the courtly arts and the talents of the bedchamber, but, above all, the ability to observe, remember, and analyze. Almost as talented a spy as she is courtesan, Ph豕dre stumbles upon a plot that threatens the very foundations of her homeland. Treachery sets her on her path; love and honor goad her further. And in the doing, it will take her to the edge of despair... and beyond. Hateful friend, loving enemy, beloved assassin; they can all wear the same glittering mask in this world, and Ph豕dre will get but one chance to save all that she holds dear.

Set in a world of cunning poets, deadly courtiers, heroic traitors, and a truly Machiavellian villainess, this is a novel of grandeur, luxuriance, sacrifice, betrayal, and deeply laid conspiracies. Not since Dune has there been an epic on the scale of Kushiel's Dart-a massive tale about the violent death of an old age, and the birth of a new.]]> 1040 Jacqueline Carey 0330493744 Libby 0 to-read 4.01 2001 Kushiel's Dart (Ph豕dre's Trilogy, #1)
author: Jacqueline Carey
name: Libby
average rating: 4.01
book published: 2001
rating: 0
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]]> How to Build a Girl 18657622 What do you do in your teenage years when you realise what your parents taught you wasn＊t enough? You must go out and find books and poetry and pop songs and bad heroes - and build yourself.

It＊s 1990. Johanna Morrigan, 14, has shamed herself so badly on local TV that she decides that there＊s no point in being Johanna anymore and reinvents herself as Dolly Wilde 每 fast-talking, hard-drinking Gothic hero and full-time Lady Sex Adventurer! She will save her poverty stricken Bohemian family by becoming a writer 每 like Jo in Little Women, or the Brontes - but without the dying young bit.

By 16, she＊s smoking cigarettes, getting drunk and working for a music paper. She＊s writing pornographic letters to rock-stars, having all the kinds of sex with all the kinds of men, and eviscerating bands in reviews of 600 words or less.

But what happens when Johanna realises she＊s built Dolly with a fatal flaw? Is a box full of records, a wall full of posters and a head full of paperbacks, enough to build a girl after all?

Imagine The Bell Jar written by Rizzo from Grease, with a soundtrack by My Bloody Valentine and Happy Mondays. As beautiful as it is funny, How To Build a Girl is a brilliant coming-of-age novel in DMs and ripped tights, that captures perfectly the terror and joy of trying to discover exactly who it is you are going to be.]]> 352 Caitlin Moran 0091949009 Libby 4 3.76 2014 How to Build a Girl
author: Caitlin Moran
name: Libby
average rating: 3.76
book published: 2014
rating: 4
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]]> Lock In (Lock In, #1) 18490567
Not too long from today, a new, highly contagious virus makes its way across the globe. Most who get sick experience nothing worse than flu, fever and headaches. But for the unlucky one percent〞and nearly five million souls in the United States alone〞the disease causes "Lock In": Victims fully awake and aware, but unable to move or respond to stimulus. The disease affects young, old, rich, poor, people of every color and creed. The world changes to meet the challenge.

A quarter of a century later, in a world shaped by what's now known as "Haden's syndrome," rookie FBI agent Chris Shane is paired with veteran agent Leslie Vann. The two of them are assigned what appears to be a Haden-related murder at the Watergate Hotel, with a suspect who is an "integrator"〞someone who can let the locked in borrow their bodies for a time. If the Integrator was carrying a Haden client, then naming the suspect for the murder becomes that much more complicated.

But "complicated" doesn't begin to describe it. As Shane and Vann began to unravel the threads of the murder, it becomes clear that the real mystery〞and the real crime〞is bigger than anyone could have imagined. The world of the locked in is changing, and with the change comes opportunities that the ambitious will seize at any cost. The investigation that began as a murder case takes Shane and Vann from the halls of corporate power to the virtual spaces of the locked in, and to the very heart of an emerging, surprising new human culture. It's nothing you could have expected.]]> 337 John Scalzi 1466849355 Libby 4 sci-fi, stand-alone, library 4.10 2014 Lock In (Lock In, #1)
author: John Scalzi
name: Libby
average rating: 4.10
book published: 2014
rating: 4
read at: 2015/02/22
date added: 2015/02/22
shelves: sci-fi, stand-alone, library
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]]> <![CDATA[A Kingdom Besieged (The Chaoswar Saga, #1)]]> 8664327 368 Raymond E. Feist 0061468398 Libby 0 to-read, books-i-own 3.97 2011 A Kingdom Besieged (The Chaoswar Saga, #1)
author: Raymond E. Feist
name: Libby
average rating: 3.97
book published: 2011
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[Into a Dark Realm (The Darkwar Saga, #2)]]> 13814 319 Raymond E. Feist 0060792809 Libby 0 to-read, books-i-own 4.02 2006 Into a Dark Realm (The Darkwar Saga, #2)
author: Raymond E. Feist
name: Libby
average rating: 4.02
book published: 2006
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[Flight of the Nighthawks (The Darkwar Saga, #1)]]> 13807 368 Raymond E. Feist 0060792787 Libby 0 to-read 3.99 2004 Flight of the Nighthawks (The Darkwar Saga, #1)
author: Raymond E. Feist
name: Libby
average rating: 3.99
book published: 2004
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[Born of Night (The League, #1)]]> 2992065 539 Sherrilyn Kenyon 0749939281 Libby 0 to-read, books-i-own 4.12 1995 Born of Night (The League, #1)
author: Sherrilyn Kenyon
name: Libby
average rating: 4.12
book published: 1995
rating: 0
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]]> Saga, Volume 4 23093367
Collects: Saga #19-24.]]> 144 Brian K. Vaughan 1632150778 Libby 5 graphic-novels 4.42 2014 Saga, Volume 4
author: Brian K. Vaughan
name: Libby
average rating: 4.42
book published: 2014
rating: 5
read at: 2015/02/21
date added: 2015/02/20
shelves: graphic-novels
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]]> <![CDATA[Percy Jackson and the Titan's Curse (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, #3)]]> 2133969 It's not everyday you find yourself in combat with a half-lion, half-human.

But when you're the son of a Greek god, it happens. And now my friend Annabeth is missing, a goddess is in chains and only five half-blood heroes can join the quest to defeat the doomsday monster.

Oh, and guess what? The Oracle has predicted that not all of us will survive...]]> 294 Rick Riordan 0141321261 Libby 4 4.26 2007 Percy Jackson and the Titan's Curse (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, #3)
author: Rick Riordan
name: Libby
average rating: 4.26
book published: 2007
rating: 4
read at: 2015/02/17
date added: 2015/02/17
shelves: library, read-in-2015, young-adult
review:

]]> <![CDATA[Percy Jackson and the Sea of Monsters (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, #2)]]> 580002 279 Rick Riordan Libby 5 4.12 2006 Percy Jackson and the Sea of Monsters (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, #2)
author: Rick Riordan
name: Libby
average rating: 4.12
book published: 2006
rating: 5
read at: 2015/02/12
date added: 2015/02/12
shelves:
review:

]]> The Casual Vacancy 13497818 A BIG NOVEL ABOUT A SMALL TOWN＃

When Barry Fairbrother dies unexpectedly in his early forties, the little town of Pagford is left in shock. Pagford appears to be an English idyll〞with a cobbled market square and an ancient abbey〞but behind its charming fa?ade lies a town at war. The rich clash with the poor, teenagers battle their parents, wives contend with their husbands, and teachers struggle with their pupils. Pagford is far from what it seems.

The empty seat Barry leaves on the town council becomes the catalyst for the fiercest conflict the town has ever seen. The election to fill his seat is fraught with passion, duplicity, and unexpected revelations. Who will triumph in this battle of wills?

Blackly comic, thought-provoking, and constantly surprising, The Casual Vacancy is J.K. Rowling＊s first novel for adults.]]> 503 J.K. Rowling 0316228532 Libby 0 3.28 2012 The Casual Vacancy
author: J.K. Rowling
name: Libby
average rating: 3.28
book published: 2012
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2015/02/09
shelves: contemporary, readathon-day-2015, to-read
review:

]]> <![CDATA[Jason (Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter, #23)]]> 23129684 "Enjoying pain with your pleasure is something you either get, or you don't. If you get it, then you don't really need it explained, because you know how good it feels, and if you don't get it then no amount of talking is going to convince you it makes sense."

But sometimes you have to explain the unexplainable, especially if the love of your life needs to understand, or she'll leave you. Jason Schuyler is one of Anita Blake's best friends and favorite werewolves, with benefits. J.J. is his lady love, an old flame from childhood who dances at one of the top ballet companies in New York. She's accomplished, beautiful, and she's crazy about him, too. Neither of them wants to be monogamous, so what could go wrong?

J.J. is enthusiastically bisexual, with an emphasis on the female side of things. She plans to keep sleeping with women, because Jason can't meet that need, just like she can't meet Jason's need for rough sex and bondage. J.J. doesn't understand why Jason isn＊t content to go elsewhere for a need she can＊t fulfil, so Jason asks Anita to help him explain.

Anita is having her own relationship growing pains with her only female lover ever, Jade. Jason suggests that J.J. might be able to help Anita with her girl problem, while she helps him with his kinky explanations. With some encouragement from a few other lovers in Anita's life she reluctantly agrees, and J. J. makes plans to fly into town for an experience that none of them will ever forget.

]]> 255 Laurell K. Hamilton 0515156078 Libby 5 I loved this!! 3.48 2014 Jason (Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter, #23)
author: Laurell K. Hamilton
name: Libby
average rating: 3.48
book published: 2014
rating: 5
read at: 2015/02/09
date added: 2015/02/08
shelves: paranormal-romance, read-in-2015, library, erotica
review:
I loved this!!
]]> Night Film 10112885
For McGrath, another death connected to this seemingly cursed family dynasty seems more than just a coincidence. Though much has been written about Cordova's dark and unsettling films, very little is known about the man himself.

Driven by revenge, curiosity, and a need for the truth, McGrath, with the aid of two strangers, is drawn deeper and deeper into Cordova's eerie, hypnotic world. The last time he got close to exposing the director, McGrath lost his marriage and his career. This time he might lose even more.]]> 599 Marisha Pessl 140006788X Libby 5 3.75 2013 Night Film
author: Marisha Pessl
name: Libby
average rating: 3.75
book published: 2013
rating: 5
read at: 2015/02/08
date added: 2015/02/08
shelves: mystery, library, read-in-2015
review:
Absolutely incredible! This book is such a wild ride!
]]> <![CDATA[The Lightning Thief (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, #1)]]> 893174
Now Percy and his friends have just ten days to find and return Zeus's stolen property and bring peace to a warring Mount Olympus. But to succeed on his quest, Percy will have to do more than catch the true thief: he must come to terms with the father who abandoned him; solve the riddle of the Oracle, which warns him of betrayal by a friend; and unravel a treachery more powerful than the gods themselves.]]> 375 Rick Riordan 0786856297 Libby 5 ya-fantasy 4.27 2005 The Lightning Thief (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, #1)
author: Rick Riordan
name: Libby
average rating: 4.27
book published: 2005
rating: 5
read at: 2015/02/04
date added: 2015/02/04
shelves: ya-fantasy
review:
What a fun read!! I am so excited for the next one :D
]]> <![CDATA[The Retribution of Mara Dyer (Mara Dyer, #3)]]> 15768409 There is.

She doesn＊t stop to think about where her quest for the truth might lead.
She should.

She never had to imagine how far she would go for vengeance.
She will now.

Loyalties are betrayed, guilt and innocence tangle, and fate and chance collide in this shocking conclusion to Mara Dyer＊s story.

Retribution has arrived.]]> 470 Michelle Hodkin 1442484233 Libby 4 ya-paranormal 4.07 2014 The Retribution of Mara Dyer (Mara Dyer, #3)
author: Michelle Hodkin
name: Libby
average rating: 4.07
book published: 2014
rating: 4
read at: 2015/02/03
date added: 2015/02/03
shelves: ya-paranormal
review:

]]> <![CDATA[Animal Weapons: The Evolution of Battle]]> 20696035
In Animal Weapons, Doug Emlen takes us outside the lab and deep into the forests and jungles where he＊s been studying animal weapons in nature for years, to explain the processes behind the most intriguing and curious examples of extreme animal weapons〞fish with mouths larger than their bodies and bugs whose heads are so packed with muscle they don＊t have room for eyes. As singular and strange as some of the weapons we encounter on these pages are, we learn that similar factors set their evolution in motion. Emlen uses these patterns to draw parallels to the way we humans develop and employ our own weapons, and have since battle began. He looks at everything from our armor and camouflage to the evolution of the rifle and the structures human populations have built across different regions and eras to protect their homes and communities. With stunning black and white drawings and gorgeous color illustrations of these concepts at work, Animal Weapons brings us the complete story of how weapons reach their most outsized, dramatic potential, and what the results we witness in the animal world can tell us about our own relationship with weapons of all kinds.]]> 288 Douglas J. Emlen 0805094504 Libby 0 to-read 3.86 2014 Animal Weapons: The Evolution of Battle
author: Douglas J. Emlen
name: Libby
average rating: 3.86
book published: 2014
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2015/02/01
shelves: to-read
review:

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