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What do readers say about The Burning?
mystery within a mysterypolice procedural/psychological thrillercomplex and intriguingthe characterization is fabulous"Astute, complex, layered-and very twisted. You'll remember this one for a long time."-Lee Child
The Burning Man. It's the name the media has given a brutal murderer who has beaten four young women to death before setting their bodies ablaze in seclu... Read more about The Burning
I didn’t know where I was or what I was doing when the phone rang; I didn’t even know that it was the phone that had woken me. I came up from miles below the surface and opened an eye as one part of m...
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What do readers say about The Deal?
new adult novelfunny as hellrelatively angst freeinevitable plot holesNew York Times bestseller Elle Kennedy brings you a sexy new Off-Campus novel that can be read as a standalone...
She's about to make a deal with the college bad boy...
Hannah Wells has finally found someone who turns her on. But while she might be c... Read more about The Deal
For the millionth time in forty-five minutes, I sneak a peek in Justin Kohl’s direction, and he’s so beautiful it makes my throat close up. Though I should probably come up with another adjective—my m...
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What do readers say about The Hunger Games?
clear, engaging prosesimple writing with flaircookie-cutter, lazy and unpolishedfirst person, present tenseIn the ruins of a place once known as North America lies the nation of Panem, a shining Capitol surrounded by twelve outlying districts. The Capitol is harsh and cruel and keeps the districts in line by forcing them all to send one boy and one girl b... Read more about The Hunger Games
When I wake up, the other side of the bed is cold. My fingers stretch out, seeking Prim’s warmth but finding only the rough canvas cover of the mattress. She must have had bad dreams and climbed in wi...
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What do readers say about Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows?
simple and unchallenging styleit was exitingmany things were revealedthick and detailedIt's no longer safe for Harry at Hogwarts, so he and his best friends, Ron and Hermione, are on the run. Professor Dumbledore has given them clues about what they need to do to defeat the dark wizard, Lord Voldemort, once and for all, but it's up to ... Read more about Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
Thetwomenappearedoutofnowhere,afewyardsapartinthenar- row, moonlit lane. For a second they stood quite still, wands di- rected at each other's chests; then, recognizing each other , they stowed their ...
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What do readers say about Speak?
short and wittyhighly acclaimed and controversialcoming of age storyrealistic and shockingly bluntThe first ten lies they tell you in high school.
"Speak up for yourself-we want to know what you have to say." From the first moment of her freshman year at Merryweather High, Melinda knows this is a big fat lie, part of the nonsense of high school. ... Read more about Speak
WELCOME TO MERRYWEATHER HIGH It is my first morning of high school. I have seven new notebooks, a skirt I hate, and a stomachache. The school bus wheezes to my corner. The door opens and I step up. I ...
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What do readers say about Gone with the Wind?
less than stellardepth of characterizationhow linear it wascharacter driven novelSince its original publication in 1936, Gone With the Wind-winner of the Pulitzer Prize and one of the bestselling novels of all time-has been heralded by readers everywhere as The Great American Novel.
Nominated as one of America's best-loved novels... Read more about Gone with the Wind
SCARLETT O’HARA was not beautiful, but men seldom realized it when caught by her charm as the Tarleton twins were. In her face were too sharply blended the delicate features of her mother, a Coast ari...
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What do readers say about Nettle & Bone?
sense of humorreally great book!an excellent bookcleverly involved plotsInstant USA Today & Indie bestseller
From Hugo, Nebula, and Locus award-winning author T. Kingfisher comes an original and subversive fantasy adventure.
This isn't the kind of fairytale where the princess marries a prince.
It's the one where she kil... Read more about Nettle & Bone
Her fingers bled where the wire ends cut her. The earliest cuts were no longer bleeding, but the edges had gone red and hot, with angry streaks running backward over her skin. The tips of her fingers ...
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What do readers say about Wicked?
an enchanted fablesexy and provokingdry and unreadablerichly drawn charactersGregory Maguire's groundbreaking New York Times bestseller redefines the land of Oz, its inhabitants, its Wizard, and the Emerald City, viewing the world created by L. Frank Baum through a darker and greener lens.
Brilliantly inventive, Wicked offers... Read more about Wicked
Journalists, armed with the thesaurus and apocalyptic scriptures, fumbled and were defeated by it. “A gulfy deliquescence of deranged and harnessed air” … “A volcano of the invisible, darkly construed...
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What do readers say about A Visit from the Goon Squad?
intertwined short storiesterribly knowing and contrivedan interestingly structured novelhyper current feelNATIONAL BESTSELLER
NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCE WINNER
With music pulsing on every page, this startling, exhilarating novel of self-destruction and redemption "features characters about whom you come to care deeply as you watch them doing things ... Read more about A Visit from the Goon Squad
It began the usual way, in the bathroom of the Lassimo Hotel. Sasha was adjusting her yellow eye shadow in the mirror when she noticed a bag on the floor beside the sink that must have belonged to the...
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What do readers say about The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet?
descriptive and richmeticulous, compelling novela regular novelan historical novelBy the New York Times bestselling author of The Bone Clocks and Cloud Atlas | Longlisted for the Man Booker Prize
In 2007, Time magazine named him one of the most influential novelists in the world. He has twice been short-listed for the Man Booker P... Read more about The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet
There is no pulse. 'The baby is dead,' Orito answers, in the same language, 'and the mother will die soon, if the child is not delivered.' She places her fingertips on Kawasemi's distended belly and p...
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