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What do readers say about Darkfever?
easy and engaging paranormal murder mystery buffy the vampire slayer ancient myths and legendsMacKayla Lane's life is good. She has great friends, a decent job, and a car that breaks down only every other week or so. In other words, she's your perfectly ordinary twenty-first-century woman. Or so she thinks . . . until something extraordinary ... More details on Darkfever
It gets crazy hot in the South in the summer, but it's worth it to have such short, mild winters. I like most all seasons and climes. I can get into an overcast drizzly autumn day—great for curling up...
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What do readers say about The Book Thief?
prose like poetry repressed freedom and true empathy a girl growing up in nazi germany a heartwarming taleIt's 1939 in Molching, Germany, and horror is everywhere. Nazi rule has divided the nation into those who are brutalized and those who are merely oppressed. Hunger, fear, and isolation reign. There are stories here, and who better to tell them than D... More details on The Book Thief
When the coughing stopped, there was nothing but the nothingness of life moving on with a shuffle, or a near-silent twitch. A suddenness found its way onto his lips then, which were a corroded brown c...
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What do readers say about Midnight Riot?
long rambling paragraphs humorous and witty police procedural meets fantasy clever and funny"Midnight Riot is what would happen if Harry Potter grew up and joined the Fuzz. It is a hilarious, keenly imagined caper."-Diana Gabaldon
Probationary Constable Peter Grant dreams of being a detective in London's Metropolitan Police. Too bad his su... More details on Midnight Riot
IT STARTED at one thirty on a cold Tuesday morning in January when Martin Turner, street performer and, in his own words, apprentice gigolo, tripped over a body in front of the West Portico of St. Pau...
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What do readers say about Americanah?
racism in america love, immigration and race writing is often beautiful everything without fearNATIONAL BESTSELLER
From the award-winning author of We Should All Be Feminists and Half of a Yellow Sun-the story of two Nigerians making their way in the U.S. and the UK, raising universal questions of race, belonging, the overseas experience for... More details on Americanah
Princeton, in the summer, smelled of nothing, and although Ifemelu liked the tranquil greenness of the many trees, the clean streets and stately homes, the delicately overpriced shops, and the quiet, ...
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What do readers say about Black Swan Green?
coming of age fiction thought provoking and rewarding semi-autobiographical work of fiction absorbing and charmingBy the New York Times bestselling author of The Bone Clocks and Cloud Atlas | Longlisted for the Man Booker Prize
Selected by Time as One of the Ten Best Books of the Year | A New York Times Notable Book | Named One of the Best Books of the Year by ... More details on Black Swan Green
Any duh-brain could work that out, so I put up my hand. Miss Throckmorton said, ‘Yes, Jason?’ and that was when my life divided itself into Before Hangman and After Hangman. The word ‘nightingale’ kab...
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What do readers say about Eileen?
great plotting and pace first-person narrative fiction bleak excruciating sad tale the narrator's voiceShortlisted for the 2016 Man Booker Prize and chosen by David Sedaris as his recommended book for his Fall 2016 tour.
So here we are. My name was Eileen Dunlop. Now you know me. I was twenty-four years old then, and had a job that paid fifty-seven d... More details on Eileen
I looked like a girl you’d expect to see on a city bus, reading some clothbound book from the library about plants or geography, perhaps wearing a net over my light brown hair. You might take me for a...
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What do readers say about The Beach?
humourless straight forward compelling and pacy informal, conversational narrative an adult novelThe irresistible novel that was adapted into a major motion picture starring Leonardo DiCaprio.
The Khao San Road, Bangkok - first stop for the hordes of rootless young Westerners traveling in Southeast Asia. On Richard's first night there, in a low-... More details on The Beach
The first I heard of the beach was in Bangkok, on the Khao San Road. Khao San Road was backpacker land. Almost all the buildings had been converted into guest-houses, there were long-distance-telephon...
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What do readers say about I Am the Messenger?
relaxed and conversational relationships, responsibilities and rewards extremely well crafted unpretentious and direct styleDON'T MISS BRIDGE OF CLAY, MARKUS ZUSAK'S FIRST NOVEL SINCE THE BOOK THIEF AND AN UNFORGETTABLE AND SWEEPING FAMILY SAGA.
From the author of the extraordinary #1 New York Times bestseller The Book Thief, I Am the Messenger is an acclaimed novel fille... More details on I Am the Messenger
I tune out of what he’s saying because, quite frankly, once Marv gets going about his car, it’s downright pain-in-the-arse material. He goes on and on, like a kid, and he’s just turned twenty, for Jes...
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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 The Lions of Al-Rassan?
strong, capable female characters tolerance and civilization loyalties, belief, and love far-reaching and engrossingIn a magnificent setting, hauntingly evocative of medieval Spain, The Loins of Al-Rassan is both a brilliant adventure and a deeply moving story of love, divided loyalties, and what happens to men and women when hardening beliefs begin to remake-or d... More details on The Lions of Al-Rassan
Back in the days before Jehane had begun her own practice, in that time when her father could still talk to her, and teach, he had offered those words to her over and again, speaking of the ruling Ash...
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