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What do readers say about Where'd You Go, Bernadette?
life is weird engaging and entertaining light and witty satire funny and wittyA misanthropic matriarch leaves her eccentric family in crisis when she mysteriously disappears in this "whip-smart and divinely funny" novel that inspired the movie starring Cate Blanchett (New York Times).
Bernadette Fox is notorious. To her Micro... More details on Where'd You Go, Bernadette
Galer Street School is a place where compassion, academics, and global connectitude join together to create civic-minded citizens of a sustainable and diverse planet. Student: Bee Branch Grade: Eight ...
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What do readers say about The Flatshare?
boy-friend emotional abuse simple romance books easy to read quirky and funWhat if your roommate is your soul mate? A joyful, quirky romantic comedy, Beth O'Leary's The Flatshare is a feel-good novel about finding love in the most unexpected of ways.
Tiffy and Leon share an apartment. Tiffy and Leon have never met.
I really can see some positives in this flat. The technicolour mould on the kitchen wall will scrub off, at least in the short term. The filthy mattress can be replaced fairly cheaply. And you could d...
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What do readers say about The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie?
dry and witty light and clever complex and intriguing fun and funnyWINNER OF THE AGATHA
ARTHUR ELLIS
DILYS
DEBUT DAGGER AWARDS ... More details on The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie
IT WAS AS BLACK IN THE CLOSET AS OLD BLOOD. THEY had shoved me in and locked the door. I breathed heavily through my nose, fighting desperately to remain calm. I tried counting to ten on every intake ...
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What do readers say about Ella Minnow Pea?
short and really cute entertaining and thought provoking a book about letters an epistolary novelA hilarious and moving story of one girl's fight for freedom of expression, as well as a linguistic tour de force sure to delight word lovers everywhere
Ella Minnow Pea is a girl living happily on the fictional island of Nollop off the coast of South... More details on Ella Minnow Pea
Much has happened during your one-month sojourn off-island. Perhaps your Village neighbors have apprised you. Or you may have glanced at one of the editions of The Island Tribune that have, no doubt, ...
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What do readers say about The Bad Beginning?
dark and depressing tongue and cheek original and creative roald dahl storyNene Award (Hawaii)
Nevada Young Readers' Award
Colorado Children's Book Award
NOW A NETFLIX ORIGINAL SERIES ... More details on The Bad Beginning
If you are interested in stories with happy endings, you would be better off reading some other book. In this book, not only is there no happy ending, there is no happy beginning and very few happy th...
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What do readers say about Tuesday Mooney Talks to Ghosts?
weird and sentimental quirky and fun very heartwarming story heartwarming mystery/puzzle huntA handsome stranger. A dead billionaire. A citywide treasure hunt. Tuesday Mooney's life is about to change . . . forevermore.
Tuesday Mooney is a loner. She keeps to herself, begrudgingly socializes, and spends much of her time watching old Twin Pea... More details on Tuesday Mooney Talks to Ghosts
It was five thirty-five on a warm Tuesday evening in October. She shuffled through the revolving door of the Four Seasons Hotel, her eyes sliding around the room, unable to stick to anything but cool ...
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What do readers say about Cold Comfort Farm?
clever and funny jaunty and optimistic laugh out loud hilarious a great satireThe deliriously entertaining Cold Comfort Farm is "very probably the funniest book ever written" (The Sunday Times, London), a hilarious parody of D. H. Lawrence's and Thomas Hardy's earthy, melodramatic novels. When the recently orphaned socialite F... More details on Cold Comfort Farm
The education bestowed on Flora Poste by her parents had been expensive, athletic and prolonged; and when they died within a few weeks of one another during the annual epidemic of the influenza or Spa...
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What do readers say about The Ocean at the End of the Lane?
love, sacrifice, and magic how visual it is fairy tale horror straightforward but never boringLocus Award
A brilliantly imaginative and poignant fairy tale from the modern master of wonder and terror, The Ocean at the End of the Lane is Neil Gaiman's first new novel for adults since his #1 New York Times bestseller Anansi Boys.
This bewit... More details on The Ocean at the End of the Lane
There was a table laid with jellies and trifles, with a party hat beside each place and a birthday cake with seven candles on it in the centre of the table. The cake had a book drawn on it, in icing. ...
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What do readers say about Gods Behaving Badly?
light and airy fluffy and hilarious quirky and really entertaining short, snappy and livelyBeing immortal is not all it once was. Yes, the twelve Greek gods of Olympus are alive and well in the twenty-first century, but they are crammed together in a London town house-and are none too happy about it. Even more disturbing, their powers are ... More details on Gods Behaving Badly
The tree was standing alone in a sheltered part of the slope. To the untrained eye, the casual passerby, it probably just looked like a normal tree. But Artemis’s eye was far from untrained, and she r...
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What do readers say about Assassination Vacation?
three murdered republican presidents humorous and reflective unsentimental and honest patriotism wonderfully entertaining and educationalNew York Times bestselling author of The Wordy Shipmates and contributor to NPR's This American Life Sarah Vowell embarks on a road trip to sites of political violence, from Washington DC to Alaska, to better understand our nation's ever-evolving pol... More details on Assassination Vacation
Going to Ford’s Theatre to watch the play is like going to Hooters for the food. So I had intended to spend the first act of 1776, a musical about the Declaration of Independence, ignoring the stage a...
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