Mary's bookshelf: read en-US Tue, 29 Apr 2025 04:44:36 -0700 60 Mary's bookshelf: read 144 41 /images/layout/goodreads_logo_144.jpg <![CDATA[Interview with the Vampire (The Vampire Chronicles, #1)]]> 23278767 342 Anne Rice Mary 4 3.70 1976 Interview with the Vampire (The Vampire Chronicles, #1)
author: Anne Rice
name: Mary
average rating: 3.70
book published: 1976
rating: 4
read at: 2021/02/16
date added: 2025/04/29
shelves: 18th-century, action, asshole-characters, colonial-america, controversial-reads, drama, fantasy, guilty-pleasure, historical-fiction, historical-fantasy, horror, relationship-drama, smutty, supernatural, historical-horror, vampires
review:
This book was great until Claudia died. Then it went downhill. Even though, Claudia was a killer, I still cried when she died.
]]> <![CDATA[The Canterbury Tales (selection)]]> 7105015 No Fear: The Canterbury Tales makes it simple for students to love Chaucer’s masterpiece in all its humor, bawdiness, and poignancy.  It features the original text on the left-hand page, side-by-side with an easy-to-understand translation on the right; in addition, there is a complete list of characters with descriptions and plenty of helpful commentary.

 

 ]]> 416 Geoffrey Chaucer 1411426967 Mary 0 3.60 1390 The Canterbury Tales (selection)
author: Geoffrey Chaucer
name: Mary
average rating: 3.60
book published: 1390
rating: 0
read at: 2018/04/15
date added: 2025/03/11
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]]> <![CDATA[Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon, Vol. 1 (Pretty Soldier Sailor Moon Renewal Edition, #1)]]> 10862575
This new edition of Sailor Moon will feature:

- 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!

This version of Sailor Moon will be completely true to original. Join us as Sailor Moon returns to the U.S. for the first time in years!]]> 246 Naoko Takeuchi 1935429744 Mary 5 4.29 2003 Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon, Vol. 1 (Pretty Soldier Sailor Moon Renewal Edition, #1)
author: Naoko Takeuchi
name: Mary
average rating: 4.29
book published: 2003
rating: 5
read at: 2017/06/10
date added: 2025/01/25
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]]> Virgin Widow 9913832 Anne Neville, daughter of the powerful Earl of Warwick, grows up during the War of the Roses, a time when kings and queens are made and destroyed in an on-going battle for the ultimate the throne of England. As a child Anne falls in love with the ambitious, proud Richard of Gloucester, third son of the House of York. But when her father is branded a traitor, her family must flee to exile in France. As Anne matures into a beautiful, poised woman, skillfully navigating the treacherous royal court of Margaret of Anjou, she secretly longs for Richard, who has become a great man under his brother's rule. But as their families scheme for power, Anne must protect her heart from betrayals on both sides-and from the man she has always loved, and cannot bring herself to trust.]]> 449 Anne O'Brien 1101477946 Mary 4 4.09 2010 Virgin Widow
author: Anne O'Brien
name: Mary
average rating: 4.09
book published: 2010
rating: 4
read at: 2022/03/16
date added: 2024/09/29
shelves: 15th-century, action, chaos-ensues, drama, historical-fiction, historical-figures, medieval-england, medieval-france, royalty, scandal, romance, wars-of-the-roses
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]]> <![CDATA[The Mystery at Lilac Inn (Nancy Drew, #4)]]> 6627944 191 Carolyn Keene 1440673675 Mary 3 4.21 1930 The Mystery at Lilac Inn (Nancy Drew, #4)
author: Carolyn Keene
name: Mary
average rating: 4.21
book published: 1930
rating: 3
read at: 2022/03/13
date added: 2024/09/28
shelves: mystery, young-adult, drama, nancy-drew-series, reread, did-not-finish
review:

]]> Vinland Saga Omnibus, Vol. 10 40227961 404 Makoto Yukimura 1642122637 Mary 4 4.60 2018 Vinland Saga Omnibus, Vol. 10
author: Makoto Yukimura
name: Mary
average rating: 4.60
book published: 2018
rating: 4
read at: 2022/04/01
date added: 2024/09/26
shelves: 11th-century, action, adventure, asshole-characters, chaos-ensues, dark-ages, drama, epic-reads, historical-fiction, historical-saga, manga, tragedy, viking-age, vikings, young-adult, teen
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]]> <![CDATA[Hollywood Husbands (Hollywood Series, #2)]]> 26154379
Howard Soloman, head of Orpheus Studios, is the man, the Hollywood King. Anything Howard wants, he gets. Including women. The sweet smell of power and Howard's street-smart style reels them in. Working for billionaire studio owner Zachary Klinger, a man with a whim of iron, Howard has problems enough. And if Howard can't deliver daytime soap megastar Silver Anderson at Klinger's command, he may lose his footing at the top of the heap. Though in Hollywood it's said that when you fall, you fall up-- from the top Howard has nowhere to go but down.

Mannon Cable is a superstar. With great looks and a body to match, he is full of self-deprecating charm. Married briefly to gorgeous Whitney Valentine, who left him to become a television superstar, he was hit by the divorce where it really hurts-- his giant ego.

Jack Python, Howard Soloman, and Mannon Cable have been competitive friends for years. Yet when Jade Johnson enters their lives, the least-expected one of the self-styled "Three Comers" may have finally met his match.

Jade Johnson is a woman of the eighties. Strong, independent, a top New York model, she comes to L.A. for a series of million-dollar TV commercials. Jade is a dangerously beautiful woman with personal integrity and a mind of her own. The Hollywood game fails to impress her, but slowly, surely, she is sucked in. And, high roller that she is, if she must play, Jade will play to win.

"Hollywood Wives", with its ten-million copy sales, and its spectacular success as a television mini-series, left Jackie Collins' devoted audience avid for the other side of the story.

Now "Hollywood Husbands" go all the way!]]> 657 Jackie Collins 0990844625 Mary 5 4.42 1986 Hollywood Husbands (Hollywood Series, #2)
author: Jackie Collins
name: Mary
average rating: 4.42
book published: 1986
rating: 5
read at: 2019/09/07
date added: 2024/09/26
shelves: family-drama, guilty-pleasure, hollywood, perverts, romance, scandal, slice-of-life, smutty, spoiled-brats, tragedy, trashy-reads
review:

]]> Centennial 18908372 is an enthralling celebration of the frontier. Brimming with the glory of America’s past, the story of Colorado—the Centennial State—is manifested through its people: Lame Beaver, the Arapaho chieftain and warrior, and his Comanche and Pawnee enemies; Levi Zendt, fleeing with his child bride from the Amish country; the cowboy, Jim Lloyd, who falls in love with a wealthy and cultured Englishwoman, Charlotte Seccombe. In Centennial, trappers, traders, homesteaders, gold seekers, ranchers, and hunters are brought together in the dramatic conflicts that shape the destiny of the legendary West—and the entire country.
 
Praise for Centennial
 
“A hell of a book . . . While he fascinates and engrosses, Michener also educates.”—Los Angeles Times
 
“An engrossing book . . . imaginative and intricate . . . teeming with people and giving a marvelous sense of the land.”—The Plain Dealer
 
“Michener is America’s best writer, and he proves it once again in Centennial. . . . If you’re a Michener fan, this book is a must. And if you’re not a Michener fan, Centennial will make you one.”—The Pittsburgh Press
 
“An absorbing work . . . Michener is a superb storyteller.”—BusinessWeek


From the Paperback edition.]]> 1105 James A. Michener 0804151598 Mary 4 4.43 1974 Centennial
author: James A. Michener
name: Mary
average rating: 4.43
book published: 1974
rating: 4
read at: 2023/05/07
date added: 2024/09/24
shelves: action, adventure, drama, epic-reads, family, family-drama, frontier, historical-fiction, historical-saga, multiple-timelines, western
review:

]]> <![CDATA[Fortune's Favorites (Masters of Rome #3)]]> 50415342 New York Times bestselling author Colleen McCullough brings Rome alive in all her majesty—and illuminates the world of those favored by the gods at birth.

In a time of cataclysmic upheaval, a bold new generation of Romans vied for greatness amid the disintegrating remnants of their beloved Republic. They were the chosen...and the cursed—blessed with wealth and privilege yet burdened by the dictates of destiny in a savage struggle for power that would leave countless numbers crushed and destroyed. But there was one who would tower above them all—a brilliant and beautiful boy whose ambition was unparalleled, whose love was legend, and whose glory was Rome' a boy they would one day call "Caesar."]]> 1095 Colleen McCullough 0063019817 Mary 5 4.53 1993 Fortune's Favorites (Masters of Rome #3)
author: Colleen McCullough
name: Mary
average rating: 4.53
book published: 1993
rating: 5
read at: 2021/11/13
date added: 2024/09/23
shelves: action, adventure, ancient-rome, chaos-ensues, asshole-characters, drama, epic-reads, family-drama, historical-fiction, historical-figures, historical-saga, relationship-drama, royalty, scandal, smutty, spoiled-brats, tragedy, unlikable-protagonist, 1st-century-bc
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]]> <![CDATA[The Hidden Staircase (Nancy Drew, #2)]]> 6438343 In seeking to solve the mysterious happenings in an old stone mansion, Nancy uses her courage and powers of deduction and tackles a situation that would have appalled a far older person.

]]> 192 Carolyn Keene 1440673659 Mary 5 4.17 1930 The Hidden Staircase (Nancy Drew, #2)
author: Carolyn Keene
name: Mary
average rating: 4.17
book published: 1930
rating: 5
read at: 2021/09/13
date added: 2024/09/23
shelves: mystery, nancy-drew-series, reread, young-adult
review:
I love mysteries about secret passages and The Hidden Staircase is one treat of a read. I'm really impressed about how cool headed and calm Nancy had during this ordeal. This is one of the rare books in which I was charmed by almost all of the characters.
]]> <![CDATA[The Clue in the Diary (Nancy Drew #7)]]> 6565050 202 Carolyn Keene 1101077085 Mary 5 4.24 1932 The Clue in the Diary (Nancy Drew #7)
author: Carolyn Keene
name: Mary
average rating: 4.24
book published: 1932
rating: 5
read at: 2022/09/10
date added: 2024/09/23
shelves: mystery, nancy-drew-series, teen, young-adult
review:

]]> <![CDATA[Hollywood Wives (The Hollywood Series Book 1)]]> 33839392 The iconic “raunchy, brash, and suspenseful” (The New York Times) blockbuster novel that started it all—the ultimate insider’s novel—from #1 New York Times bestselling author Jackie Collins.They’re a privileged breed—glamorous, glossy, and demanding. When life is this fast, there are no guarantees. Status is everything, and you’re only ever as popular as your husband’s latest box-office hit. Elaine Bronx girl turned Hollywood hostess, determined to relaunch her husband’s fading acting career back into orbit. Angel Married to a hot young actor and an innocent beauty prey to Hollywood’s most unscrupulous men. Montana Gorgeous renegade, ambitiously driven to succeed in the male-dominated world on the other side of the camera. Hollywood Wives is a scorching blockbuster that exposes the glittering microcosm that is Beverly Hills before racing to a gripping and unexpected climax. Captivating, fun, and deliciously sexy, this classic is its own version of Hollywood magic.]]> 565 Jackie Collins 150117343X Mary 4 4.08 1983 Hollywood Wives (The Hollywood Series Book 1)
author: Jackie Collins
name: Mary
average rating: 4.08
book published: 1983
rating: 4
read at: 2019/01/20
date added: 2024/09/21
shelves: guilty-pleasure, contemporary, romance, smutty, trashy-reads
review:

]]> The Sunne In Splendour 9250704 The classic, magnificent bestselling novel about Richard III, now in a special thirtieth anniversary edition with a new preface by the author

In this triumphant combination of scholarship and storytelling, Sharon Kay Penman redeems Richard III—vilified as the bitter, twisted, scheming hunchback who murdered his nephews, the princes in the Tower—from his maligned place in history.

Born into the treacherous courts of fifteenth-century England, in the midst of what history has called The War of the Roses, Richard was raised in the shadow of his charismatic brother, King Edward IV. Loyal to his friends and passionately in love with the one woman who was denied him, Richard emerges as a gifted man far more sinned against than sinning.

With revisions throughout and a new author's preface discussing the astonishing discovery of Richard's remains five centuries after his death, Sharon Kay Penman's brilliant classic is more powerful and glorious than ever.]]> 1249 Sharon Kay Penman 1429930098 Mary 0 4.47 1982 The Sunne In Splendour
author: Sharon Kay Penman
name: Mary
average rating: 4.47
book published: 1982
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2024/09/18
shelves: currently-reading, 15th-century, action, asshole-characters, british-royalty, british-royal-family, designated-protagonists, designated-villains, drama, epic-reads, family, family-drama, family-saga, chaos-ensues, hijinx-ensues, historical-fiction, historical-figures, historical-romance, historical-saga, medieval-england, medieval-europe, medieval-reads, relationship-drama, romance, royalty, tearjerkers, smutty, the-classics, tragedy, wars-of-the-roses, house-of-york, plantagenet, plantagenet-fiction, medieval
review:

]]> The Favoured Child 13224990 The second novel in the bestselling Wideacre Trilogy, a compulsive drama set in the eighteenth century. By Philippa Gregory, the author of The Other Boleyn Girl and The Virgin’s Lover.

The Wideacre estate is bankrupt, the villagers are living in poverty and Wideacre Hall is a smoke-blackened ruin.

But in the Dower House two children are being raised in protected innocence. Equal claimants to the inheritance of Wideacre, rivals for the love of the village, they are tied by a secret childhood betrothal but forbidden to marry. Only one can be the favoured child. Only one can inherit the magical understanding between the land and the Lacey family that can make the Sussex village grow green again. Only one can be Beatrice Lacey’s true heir.

Sweeping, passionate, 'The Favoured Child' is the second novel in Philippa Gregory's bestselling trilogy which began with 'Wideacre' and concluded with 'Meridon'.

]]> 643 Philippa Gregory 000737013X Mary 3 4.15 1989 The Favoured Child
author: Philippa Gregory
name: Mary
average rating: 4.15
book published: 1989
rating: 3
read at: 2023/02/21
date added: 2024/09/11
shelves: 18th-century, drama, epic-reads, family-drama, historical-fiction, historical-saga, reread, scandal, tragedy, guilty-pleasure, family, tearjerkers, trashy-reads, family-saga
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]]> The Heroic Legend of Arslan 1 23288801 194 Hiromu Arakawa 161262975X Mary 4 4.09 2014 The Heroic Legend of Arslan 1
author: Hiromu Arakawa
name: Mary
average rating: 4.09
book published: 2014
rating: 4
read at: 2021/05/21
date added: 2024/09/11
shelves: action, adventure, manga, fantasy
review:

]]> <![CDATA[Samson: Chosen. Betrayed. Redeemed.]]> 37828692 The original superhero movie based on the story of Samson and Delilah
He has many names. Lion tamer. Fox catcher. Man killer. Each with its measure of glory and shame. But for this young Hebrew with a supernatural gift of strength, there is more to the story. Samson has a God-given destiny to defend his people form the oppressive Philistine empire. After experiencing tragedy at the hands of a cruel Philistine prince, he strives to fulfill his calling only to fall victim to his own desires.

As Samson draws close to a Philistine temptress with a secret, this man of unbeatable strength drifts away form his destiny. Then an act of betrayal costs him everything. At his weakest Samson must rely on God in one last effort to avenge his people.

In this novelization of the major motion picture Samson draws you deeper into one of the most famous biblical stories of the Old Testament. Experience the legacy of Samson and Delilah in a way you never have before.]]> 296 Eric Wilson 1629995169 Mary 3 3.50 Samson: Chosen. Betrayed. Redeemed.
author: Eric Wilson
name: Mary
average rating: 3.50
book published:
rating: 3
read at: 2019/03/31
date added: 2024/09/11
shelves: historical-fiction, historical-saga, mythology, romance, scandal, tragedy, biblical-fiction, did-not-finish
review:

]]> <![CDATA[Claudia and Mean Janine (The Baby-Sitters Club, #7)]]> 19203654
Claudia's sister, Janine, is too busy being smart to be nice to anyone--even their grandmother, Mimi. But Claudia doesn't have to see Janine too much this summer, since the Baby-sitters Club is starting a new play group. It's going to be so much fun!

But then Mimi has a stroke, and the whole summer changes. Now Claudia is "Mimi-sitting," and Janine is no help at all. How can the Kishi sisters get along when Janine is always so mean?

The best friends you'll ever have--with classic BSC covers and a letter from Ann M. Martin!]]> 164 Ann M. Martin 0545532531 Mary 0 4.31 1987 Claudia and Mean Janine (The Baby-Sitters Club, #7)
author: Ann M. Martin
name: Mary
average rating: 4.31
book published: 1987
rating: 0
read at: 2020/05/28
date added: 2023/11/30
shelves: baby-sitters-club-series, childrens, family-drama, guilty-pleasure, reread, spoiled-brats, sucky-characters, teen, young-adult, designated-protagonists, designated-villains, annoying-characters
review:

]]> <![CDATA[Claudia and Mean Janine (The Baby-Sitters Club, #7)]]> 48866 160 Ann M. Martin 0590410415 Mary 4 3.75 1987 Claudia and Mean Janine (The Baby-Sitters Club, #7)
author: Ann M. Martin
name: Mary
average rating: 3.75
book published: 1987
rating: 4
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date added: 2023/11/30
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I love the summer arc of the Baby Sitters Club and this includes this book (Claudia and Mean Janine). It's sad about what happened to Mimi, though.
]]> The Black Moon (Poldark, #5) 194637 Cornwall, 1794-1795

The birth of a son to Elizabeth and George Warleggan serves only to accentuate the rift between the Poldark and Warleggan families, and the enduring rivalry between George and Ross finds a new focus for bitter enmity and conflict.]]> 546 Winston Graham 0330344986 Mary 0 4.23 1973 The Black Moon (Poldark, #5)
author: Winston Graham
name: Mary
average rating: 4.23
book published: 1973
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2023/10/10
shelves: currently-reading, 18th-century, cornwall, drama, family-drama, family-saga, family, historical-fiction, historical-saga, historical-romance, relationship-drama, scandal
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]]> The Thorn Birds 3413
A poignant love story, a powerful epic of struggle and sacrifice, a celebration of individuality and spirit, Colleen McCullough's acclaimed masterwork remains a monumental literary achievement - a landmark novel to be cherished and read again and again.
(back cover)]]> 673 Colleen McCullough Mary 4 3.88 1977 The Thorn Birds
author: Colleen McCullough
name: Mary
average rating: 3.88
book published: 1977
rating: 4
read at: 2023/10/10
date added: 2023/10/10
shelves: 20th-century, asshole-characters, classic-reads, controversial-reads, drama, epic-reads, family, family-drama, family-saga, frontier, friendship, guilty-pleasure, historical-fiction, historical-romance, historical-saga, relationship-drama, reread, romance, scandal, slice-of-life, tearjerkers, the-classics, tragedy
review:

]]> <![CDATA[Death Note, Vol. 7: Zero (Death Note, #7)]]> 13621 211 Tsugumi Ohba 1421506289 Mary 4 4.44 2005 Death Note, Vol. 7: Zero (Death Note, #7)
author: Tsugumi Ohba
name: Mary
average rating: 4.44
book published: 2005
rating: 4
read at: 2023/10/05
date added: 2023/10/05
shelves: asshole-characters, chaos-ensues, comics, drama, manga, mythology, sucky-characters, tearjerkers, tragedy, unlikable-characters, unlikable-protagonist, teen
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]]> <![CDATA[One Thousand White Women: The Journals of May Dodd (One Thousand White Women, #1)]]> 33512 One Thousand White Women is the story of May Dodd and a colorful assembly of pioneer women who, under the auspices of the U.S. government, travel to the western prairies in 1875 to intermarry among the Cheyenne Indians. The covert and controversial "Brides for Indians" program, launched by the administration of Ulysses S. Grant, is intended to help assimilate the Indians into the white man's world. Toward that end May and her friends embark upon the adventure of their lifetime. Jim Fergus has so vividly depicted the American West that it is as if these diaries are a capsule in time.]]> 434 Jim Fergus 0312199430 Mary 0 3.89 1998 One Thousand White Women: The Journals of May Dodd (One Thousand White Women, #1)
author: Jim Fergus
name: Mary
average rating: 3.89
book published: 1998
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2023/10/03
shelves: currently-reading, 19th-century, drama, epic-reads, frontier, hijinx-ensues, historical-fiction, historical-figures, historical-saga, pioneers, western
review:

]]> <![CDATA[4:50 from Paddington (Miss Marple, #7)]]> 140278
Who, apart from Miss Marple, would take her story seriously? After all, there were no suspects, no other witnesses... and no corpse. Not the police.

Librarian's note: this entry is for the novel, "4:50 from Paddington." Collections and other Miss Marple stories are located elsewhere on 카지노싸이트. The series includes 12 novels and 20 short stories. Entries for the short stories can be found by searching 카지노싸이트 for: "a Miss Marple Short Story."]]> 288 Agatha Christie 1579126936 Mary 5 3.96 1957 4:50 from Paddington (Miss Marple, #7)
author: Agatha Christie
name: Mary
average rating: 3.96
book published: 1957
rating: 5
read at: 2023/10/03
date added: 2023/10/03
shelves: agatha-christie, agatha-christie-novels, classic-reads, crime, drama, mystery, the-classics, tragedy
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]]> <![CDATA[Boys Over Flowers: Hana Yori Dango, Vol. 12 (Boys Over Flowers, #12)]]> 282432 176 Yōko Kamio 1591168015 Mary 3 4.11 1995 Boys Over Flowers: Hana Yori Dango, Vol. 12 (Boys Over Flowers, #12)
author: Yōko Kamio
name: Mary
average rating: 4.11
book published: 1995
rating: 3
read at: 2023/09/29
date added: 2023/09/29
shelves: asshole-characters, chaos-ensues, comics, drama, hijinx-ensues, hilarity-ensues, manga, relationship-drama, slice-of-life, sucky-characters, teen, young-adult
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]]> Bleach, Vol. 1 2880
Ichigo Kurosaki never asked for the ability to see ghosts—he was born with the gift. When his family is attacked by a Hollow—a malevolent lost soul—Ichigo becomes a Soul Reaper, dedicating his life to protecting the innocent and helping the tortured spirits themselves find peace. Find out why Tite Kubo’s Bleach has become an international manga smash-hit!Ichigo Kurosaki has always been able to see ghosts, but this ability doesn't change his life nearly as much as his close encounter with Rukia Kuchiki, a Soul Reaper and member of the mysterious Soul Society. While fighting a Hollow, an evil spirit that preys on humans who display psychic energy, Rukia attempts to lend Ichigo some of her powers so that he can save his family; but much to her surprise, Ichigo absorbs every last drop of her energy. Now a full-fledged Soul Reaper himself, Ichigo quickly learns that the world he inhabits is one full of dangerous spirits and, along with Rukia--who is slowly regaining her powers--it's Ichigo's job to protect the innocent from Hollows and help the spirits themselves find peace.]]> 192 Tite Kubo 1591164419 Mary 0 4.26 2002 Bleach, Vol. 1
author: Tite Kubo
name: Mary
average rating: 4.26
book published: 2002
rating: 0
read at: 2023/09/23
date added: 2023/09/23
shelves: action, adventure, comics, chaos-ensues, hijinx-ensues, manga, supernatural, teen, young-adult
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]]> <![CDATA[Sin City, Vol. 1: The Hard Goodbye (Sin City, #1)]]> 13640651 Librarian's Note: Alternate-cover edition for ISBN 1593072937/9781593072933

It's a lousy room in a lousy part of a lousy town. But Marv doesn't care. There's an angel in the room. She says her name is Goldie. A few hours later, Goldie's dead without a mark on her perfect body, and the cops are coming before anyone but Marv could know she's been killed. Somebody paid good money for this frame...]]> 208 Frank Miller Mary 5 4.23 1991 Sin City, Vol. 1: The Hard Goodbye (Sin City, #1)
author: Frank Miller
name: Mary
average rating: 4.23
book published: 1991
rating: 5
read at: 2023/09/17
date added: 2023/09/17
shelves: action, asshole-characters, comics, crime, drama, futuristic-setting, hijinx-ensues, chaos-ensues, horror, perverts, tragedy, unlikable-characters
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]]> Four Dead Queens 40367270
With no other choices and on the run from Keralie's former employer, the two decide to join forces, endeavoring to discover who has killed the queens and save their own lives in the process. When their reluctant partnership blooms into a tenuous romance, they must overcome their own dark secrets in hopes of a future together that seemed impossible just days before. But first they have to stay alive and untangle the secrets behind the nation's four dead queens.

An enthralling fast-paced murder mystery where competing agendas collide with deadly consequences, Four Dead Queens heralds the arrival of an exciting new YA talent.]]> 413 Astrid Scholte 0525513922 Mary 4 3.78 2019 Four Dead Queens
author: Astrid Scholte
name: Mary
average rating: 3.78
book published: 2019
rating: 4
read at: 2023/09/15
date added: 2023/09/15
shelves: drama, fantasy, royalty, teen, asshole-characters, hijinx-ensues, chaos-ensues, mystery, tearjerkers, tragedy, unlikable-characters
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]]> <![CDATA[Assassination Classroom, Vol. 1]]> 23657575 Meet the would-be assassins of class 3-E: Sugino, who let his grades slip and got kicked off the baseball team. Karma, who's doing well in his classes but keeps getting suspended for fighting. And Okuda, who lacks both academic and social skills, yet excels at one subject: chemistry. Who has the best chance of winning that reward? Will the deed be accomplished through pity, brute force or poison...? And what chance does their teacher have of repairing his students' tattered self-esteem?

]]> 187 Yusei Matsui 1421581515 Mary 5 4.28 2012 Assassination Classroom, Vol. 1
author: Yusei Matsui
name: Mary
average rating: 4.28
book published: 2012
rating: 5
read at: 2023/09/14
date added: 2023/09/14
shelves: action, comics, manga, young-adult, teen, humor
review:

]]> <![CDATA[In Bed with the Tudors: The Sex Lives of a Dynasty from Elizabeth of York to Elizabeth I]]> 19152798 254 Amy Licence 1445614758 Mary 5 4.04 2012 In Bed with the Tudors: The Sex Lives of a Dynasty from Elizabeth of York to Elizabeth I
author: Amy Licence
name: Mary
average rating: 4.04
book published: 2012
rating: 5
read at: 2023/09/09
date added: 2023/09/09
shelves: 16th-century, biography, drama, historical-figures, historical-nonfiction, history, nonfiction, tudor-england, tudor-history
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]]> <![CDATA[The Lily and The Lion (The Accursed Kings, #6)]]> 23112171 432 Maurice Druon 0007491360 Mary 0 4.22 1959 The Lily and The Lion (The Accursed Kings, #6)
author: Maurice Druon
name: Mary
average rating: 4.22
book published: 1959
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2023/09/07
shelves: currently-reading, 14th-century, asshole-characters, drama, chaos-ensues, family, family-drama, family-saga, hijinx-ensues, historical-fiction, historical-saga, medieval, medieval-england, medieval-europe, medieval-france, medieval-reads, relationship-drama, reread, scandal, royalty, spoiled-brats, sucky-characters, tearjerkers, tragedy, unlikable-characters, unlikable-protagonist
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]]> <![CDATA[The Vampire Lestat (The Vampire Chronicles, #2)]]> 9727878 #1 New York Times Bestselling author - Surrender to fiction's greatest creature of the night - Book II of the Vampire Chronicles

The vampire hero of Anne Rice’s enthralling novel is a creature of the darkest and richest imagination. Once an aristocrat in the heady days of pre-revolutionary France, now a rock star in the demonic, shimmering 1980s, he rushes through the centuries in search of others like him, seeking answers to the mystery of his eternal, terrifying exsitence. His is a mesmerizing story—passionate, complex, and thrilling.

Praise for The Vampire Lestat
 
“Frightening, sensual . . . Anne Rice will live on through the ages of literature. . . . To read her is to become giddy as if spinning through the mind of time, to become lightheaded as if our blood is slowly being drained away.”—San Francisco Chronicle
 
“Fiercely ambitious, nothing less than a complete unnatural history of vampires.”—The Village Voice
 
“Brilliant . . . its undead characters are utterly alive.”—The New York Times Book Review
 
“Luxuriantly created and richly told.”—The Cleveland Plain Dealer]]> 496 Anne Rice 0307575934 Mary 4 4.00 1985 The Vampire Lestat (The Vampire Chronicles, #2)
author: Anne Rice
name: Mary
average rating: 4.00
book published: 1985
rating: 4
read at: 2023/09/06
date added: 2023/09/06
shelves: 18th-century, 20th-century, drama, fantasy, horror, vampires, 19th-century, annoying-characters, asshole-characters, historical-fiction, historical-fantasy, supernatural, unlikable-characters, unlikable-protagonist
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]]> <![CDATA[Akame ga KILL!, Vol. 10 (Akame ga KILL!, 10)]]> 31934058 242 Takahiro 0316469300 Mary 3 4.29 2014 Akame ga KILL!, Vol. 10 (Akame ga KILL!, 10)
author: Takahiro
name: Mary
average rating: 4.29
book published: 2014
rating: 3
read at: 2023/09/04
date added: 2023/09/04
shelves: action, comics, manga, teen, young-adult
review:

]]> Only the Beautiful 56687771
California, 1938—When she loses her parents in an accident, sixteen-year-old Rosanne is taken in by the owners of the vineyard where she has lived her whole life as the vinedresser’s daughter. She moves into Celine and Truman Calvert’s spacious house with a secret, however—Rosie sees colors when she hears sound. She promised her mother she’d never reveal her little-understood ability to anyone, but the weight of her isolation and grief prove too much for her. Driven by her loneliness she not only breaks the vow to her mother, but in a desperate moment lets down her guard and ends up pregnant. Banished by the Calverts, Rosanne believes she is bound for a home for unwed mothers, and having lost her family she treasures her pregnancy as the chance for a future one. But she soon finds out she is not going to a home of any kind, but to a place far worse than anything she could have imagined.

Austria, 1947—After witnessing firsthand Adolf Hitler’s brutal pursuit of hereditary purity—especially with regard to “different children”—Helen Calvert, Truman's sister, is ready to return to America for good. But when she arrives at her brother’s peaceful vineyard after decades working abroad, she is shocked to learn what really happened nine years earlier to the vinedresser’s daughter, a girl whom Helen had long ago befriended. In her determination to find Rosanne, Helen discovers that while the war had been won in Europe, there are still terrifying battles to be fought at home.]]> 400 Susan Meissner 0593332830 Mary 0 4.42 2023 Only the Beautiful
author: Susan Meissner
name: Mary
average rating: 4.42
book published: 2023
rating: 0
read at: 2023/08/31
date added: 2023/08/31
shelves: 20th-century, drama, historical-fiction, multiple-timelines, world-war-ii, post-world-war-ii
review:

]]> <![CDATA[Summer of '79: A Summer of '69 Story]]> 51001395 Catch up with Blair, Jessie, and Kirby ten years after the summer everything changed, in this "Summer of '69 story" by Elin Hilderbrand -- Available for a limited time

"Summer of '79" will be published in print in Spring 2021 as part of a Dorothea Benton Frank tribute anthology. Get it now in digital form, for a limited time!]]> 61 Elin Hilderbrand 031654180X Mary 5 3.86 2020 Summer of '79: A Summer of '69 Story
author: Elin Hilderbrand
name: Mary
average rating: 3.86
book published: 2020
rating: 5
read at: 2023/08/29
date added: 2023/08/29
shelves: 20th-century, drama, family, family-drama, historical-fiction, romance, novellas
review:

]]> <![CDATA[Karen's in Love (Baby-Sitters Little Sister, #15)]]> 540031 105 Ann M. Martin 0590436457 Mary 5 3.53 1991 Karen's in Love (Baby-Sitters Little Sister, #15)
author: Ann M. Martin
name: Mary
average rating: 3.53
book published: 1991
rating: 5
read at: 2023/01/01
date added: 2023/08/24
shelves:
review:

]]> <![CDATA[Karen's in Love (Baby-Sitters Little Sister #15)]]> 29662125 From the bestselling author of the generation-defining series The Baby-sitters Club comes a series for a new generation!

Karen + Ricky = LoveAt first, Karen and Ricky were enemies. But now they like each other. They are even going to get married. Only now Karen and Ricky are in a big fight! First Karen puts gum in Ricky’s desk. Then Ricky calls Karen Four-eyes. Will Karen and Ricky make up... or break up?]]> 76 Ann M. Martin 1338055887 Mary 0 4.50 1991 Karen's in Love (Baby-Sitters Little Sister #15)
author: Ann M. Martin
name: Mary
average rating: 4.50
book published: 1991
rating: 0
read at: 2023/08/24
date added: 2023/08/24
shelves: baby-sitters-little-sister, childrens, hijinx-ensues
review:

]]> Summer of '69 46207649



Welcome to the most tumultuous summer of the twentieth century. It's 1969, and for the Levin family, the times they are a-changing. Every year the children have looked forward to spending the summer at their grandmother's historic home in downtown Nantucket. But like so much else in America, nothing is the Blair, the oldest sister, is marooned in Boston, pregnant with twins and unable to travel. Middle sister Kirby, caught up in the thrilling vortex of civil rights protests and determined to be independent, takes a summer job on Martha's Vineyard. Only-son Tiger is an infantry soldier, recently deployed to Vietnam. And thirteen-year-old Jessie suddenly feels like an only child, marooned in the house with her out-of-touch grandmother and her worried mother, while each of them hides a troubling secret.




As the summer heats up, Ted Kennedy sinks a car in Chappaquiddick, man flies to the moon, and Jessie and her family experience their own dramatic upheavals along with the rest of the country. In her first historical novel, rich with the details of an era that shaped both a nation and an island thirty miles out to sea, Elin Hilderbrand once again earns her title as queen of the summer novel.]]> 448 Elin Hilderbrand 031642000X Mary 5 3.98 2019 Summer of '69
author: Elin Hilderbrand
name: Mary
average rating: 3.98
book published: 2019
rating: 5
read at: 2023/08/22
date added: 2023/08/22
shelves: 20th-century, drama, family, family-drama, historical-fiction, relationship-drama, slice-of-life
review:

]]> <![CDATA[Baby-sitters' Winter Vacation (The Baby-Sitters Club Super Special, #3)]]> 18000584 175 Ann M. Martin 054563072X Mary 5 4.30 1989 Baby-sitters' Winter Vacation (The Baby-Sitters Club Super Special, #3)
author: Ann M. Martin
name: Mary
average rating: 4.30
book published: 1989
rating: 5
read at: 2023/08/19
date added: 2023/08/19
shelves: baby-sitters-club-series, childrens, drama, reread, teen, young-adult
review:

]]> The Duchess 3073339 A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK

Lady Georgiana Spencer was the great-great-great-great-aunt of Diana, Princess of Wales, and was nearly as famous in her day. In 1774 Georgiana achieved immediate celebrity by marrying William Cavendish, fifth duke of Devonshire, one of England’s richest and most influential aristocrats. She became the queen of fashionable society and founder of the most important political salon of her time. But Georgiana’s public success concealed an unhappy marriage, a gambling addiction, drinking, drug-taking, and rampant love affairs with the leading politicians of the day. With penetrating insight, Amanda Foreman reveals a fascinating woman whose struggle against her own weaknesses, whose great beauty and flamboyance, and whose determination to play a part in the affairs of the world make her a vibrant, astonishingly contemporary figure.]]> 456 Amanda Foreman 0812979699 Mary 4 3.57 1998 The Duchess
author: Amanda Foreman
name: Mary
average rating: 3.57
book published: 1998
rating: 4
read at: 2023/07/23
date added: 2023/07/23
shelves: 18th-century, biography, drama, historical-figures, historical-nonfiction, history, relationship-drama, royalty, scandal
review:

]]> <![CDATA[Password to Larkspur Lane (Nancy Drew, #10)]]> 6565053 202 Carolyn Keene 1101077115 Mary 5 4.26 1933 Password to Larkspur Lane (Nancy Drew, #10)
author: Carolyn Keene
name: Mary
average rating: 4.26
book published: 1933
rating: 5
read at: 2023/07/13
date added: 2023/07/13
shelves: classic-reads, mystery, nancy-drew-series, teen, young-adult
review:

]]> <![CDATA[Peyton Place and Return to Peyton Place]]> 381645 Peyton Place, published in 1956, has sold over 10,000,000 copies world-wide and remains the fourth biggest selling novel of all time. Its sequel, Return to Peyton Place, published in 1959, was a national best-seller for many, many months. Considered scandalous it its time of publication, Peyton Place, stirred controversy with its explicit (for the time) depictions of sex and sins in a small New England town. Today, the once shocking novel and its sequel seem tame, and are taught in college English courses as classics of their time, well-written and honest in the evocation of the passions, jealousies, and secrets of small-town America.]]> 640 Grace Metalious 0517204770 Mary 4 3.88 1999 Peyton Place and Return to Peyton Place
author: Grace Metalious
name: Mary
average rating: 3.88
book published: 1999
rating: 4
read at: 2023/07/13
date added: 2023/07/13
shelves: 20th-century, asshole-characters, chaos-ensues, classic-reads, controversial-reads, drama, family, family-drama, guilty-pleasure, high-school, historical-fiction, relationship-drama, romance, reread, scandal, slice-of-life, sucky-characters, tearjerkers, the-classics, tragedy, trashy-reads, unlikable-characters
review:

]]> The Glass Ocean 43245838 The lives and loves of three remarkable women—two in the past, one in the present—and the tragic final voyage of the HMS Lusitania.

From the New York Times bestselling authors of The Forgotten Room comes a captivating historical mystery, infused with romance, that links the lives of three women across a century—two deep in the past, one in the present—to the doomed passenger liner, RMS Lusitania.

May 2013
Her finances are in dire straits and bestselling author Sarah Blake is struggling to find a big idea for her next book. Desperate, she breaks the one promise she made to her Alzheimer’s-stricken mother and opens an old chest that belonged to her great-grandfather, who died when the RMS Lusitania was sunk by a German U-Boat in 1915. What she discovers there could change history. Sarah embarks on an ambitious journey to England to enlist the help of John Langford, a recently disgraced Member of Parliament whose family archives might contain the only key to the long-ago catastrophe. . . .

April 1915
Southern belle Caroline Telfair Hochstetter’s marriage is in crisis. Her formerly attentive industrialist husband, Gilbert, has become remote, pre-occupied with business . . . and something else that she can’t quite put a finger on. She’s hoping a trip to London in Lusitania’s lavish first-class accommodations will help them reconnect—but she can’t ignore the spark she feels for her old friend, Robert Langford, who turns out to be on the same voyage. Feeling restless and longing for a different existence, Caroline is determined to stop being a bystander, and take charge of her own life. . . .

Tessa Fairweather is traveling second-class on the Lusitania, returning home to Devon. Or at least, that’s her story. Tessa has never left the United States and her English accent is a hasty fake. She’s really Tennessee Schaff, the daughter of a roving con man, and she can steal and forge just about anything. But she’s had enough. Her partner has promised that if they can pull off this one last heist aboard the Lusitania, they’ll finally leave the game behind. Tess desperately wants to believe that, but Tess has the uneasy feeling there’s something about this job that isn’t as it seems. . . .

As the Lusitania steams toward its fate, three women work against time to unravel a plot that will change the course of their own lives . . . and history itself.]]> 432 Beatriz Williams 0062642464 Mary 4 3.94 2018 The Glass Ocean
author: Beatriz Williams
name: Mary
average rating: 3.94
book published: 2018
rating: 4
read at: 2023/06/24
date added: 2023/06/24
shelves: 20th-century, 21st-century, drama, historical-figures, historical-fiction, tearjerkers, tragedy, unlikable-characters, unlikable-protagonist
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]]> <![CDATA[Cress (The Lunar Chronicles, #3)]]> 13206828
Their best hope lies with Cress, a girl imprisoned on a satellite since childhood who's only ever had her netscreens as company. All that screen time has made Cress an excellent hacker. Unfortunately, she's just received orders from Levana to track down Cinder and her handsome accomplice.

When a daring rescue of Cress goes awry, the group is separated. Cress finally has her freedom, but it comes at a higher price. Meanwhile, Queen Levana will let nothing prevent her marriage to Emperor Kai. Cress, Scarlet, and Cinder may not have signed up to save the world, but they may be the only hope the world has.]]> 552 Marissa Meyer 0312642970 Mary 5 4.40 2014 Cress (The Lunar Chronicles, #3)
author: Marissa Meyer
name: Mary
average rating: 4.40
book published: 2014
rating: 5
read at: 2023/06/17
date added: 2023/06/17
shelves: action, adventure, alternate-scenerios, crapsack-world, dystopia, fairy-tale-retellings, friendship, fantasy, futuristic-setting, hijinx-ensues, hilarity-ensues, magical-setting, royalty, teen, unlikable-characters, young-adult, asshole-characters, annoying-characters
review:

]]> <![CDATA[Ouran High School Host Club, Vol. 7]]> 20498900 In this screwball romantic comedy, Haruhi, a poor girl at a rich kids' school, is forced to repay an $80,000 debt by working for the school's swankiest, all-male club--as a boy! There, she discovers just how wealthy the six members are and how different the rich are from everybody else...

]]> 200 Bisco Hatori 1421544199 Mary 4 4.42 2005 Ouran High School Host Club, Vol. 7
author: Bisco Hatori
name: Mary
average rating: 4.42
book published: 2005
rating: 4
read at: 2023/06/07
date added: 2023/06/07
shelves: chaos-ensues, comics, friendship, hijinx-ensues, hilarity-ensues, manga, slice-of-life, teen
review:

]]> The Time Traveler's Wife 14050 537 Audrey Niffenegger 0965818675 Mary 3 3.90 2003 The Time Traveler's Wife
author: Audrey Niffenegger
name: Mary
average rating: 3.90
book published: 2003
rating: 3
read at: 2023/06/05
date added: 2023/06/05
shelves: 20th-century, 21st-century, contemporary, drama, fantasy, hijinx-ensues, romance, relationship-drama, slice-of-life, time-travel
review:

]]> <![CDATA[The Last Olympian (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, #5)]]> 46025082 400 Rick Riordan Mary 5 4.68 2009 The Last Olympian (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, #5)
author: Rick Riordan
name: Mary
average rating: 4.68
book published: 2009
rating: 5
read at: 2023/06/03
date added: 2023/06/03
shelves: 21st-century, action, adventure, childrens, chaos-ensues, drama, family, family-drama, fantasy, friendship, greek-mythology, hijinx-ensues, hilarity-ensues, humor, teen, young-adult
review:

]]> Honey and Clover, Vol. 7 20967025 192 Chica Umino 1421555794 Mary 5 4.50 2005 Honey and Clover, Vol. 7
author: Chica Umino
name: Mary
average rating: 4.50
book published: 2005
rating: 5
read at: 2023/05/27
date added: 2023/05/27
shelves: comics, friendship, manga, romance, slice-of-life, teen, young-adult
review:

]]> <![CDATA[Death Note, Vol. 6: Give-and-Take]]> 19309131 Light Yagami is an ace student with great prospects--and he's bored out of his mind. But all that changes when he finds the Death Note, a notebook dropped by a rogue Shinigami death god. Any human whose name is written in the notebook dies, and now Light has vowed to use the power of the Death Note to rid the world of evil. But when criminals begin dropping dead, the authorities send the legendary detective L to track down the killer. With L hot on his heels, will Light lose sight of his noble goal...or his life?

]]> 224 Tsugumi Ohba 1421544857 Mary 4 4.36 2005 Death Note, Vol. 6: Give-and-Take
author: Tsugumi Ohba
name: Mary
average rating: 4.36
book published: 2005
rating: 4
read at: 2023/05/19
date added: 2023/05/19
shelves: action, annoying-characters, asshole-characters, comics, crime, drama, manga, mystery, teen, unlikable-characters, unlikable-protagonist
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]]> <![CDATA[The She-Wolf (The Accursed Kings, #5)]]> 21977103

Charles IV is now king of France and his sister is Edward II of England’s Queen. Having been imprisoned by Edward as leader of the rebellious English barons, Roger Mortimer escapes to France, where he joins the war against the English Aquitaine. But it is his love affair with Isabella, the ‘She-Wolf of France’, who has come seemingly to negotiate a treaty of peace that seals his fate…]]> 428 Maurice Druon 0007491344 Mary 5 4.09 1959 The She-Wolf (The Accursed Kings, #5)
author: Maurice Druon
name: Mary
average rating: 4.09
book published: 1959
rating: 5
read at: 2023/05/14
date added: 2023/05/14
shelves: 14th-century, action, asshole-characters, chaos-ensues, classic-reads, crapsack-world, drama, family-drama, family-saga, family, hijinx-ensues, historical-fiction, historical-figures, historical-saga, medieval-france, medieval-europe, medieval-reads, relationship-drama, romance, scandal, spoiled-brats, sucky-characters, the-classics, tragedy, unlikable-characters, unlikable-protagonist, royalty
review:

]]> <![CDATA[Boys Over Flowers: Hana Yori Dango, Vol. 11 (Boys Over Flowers, #11)]]> 282404 184 Yōko Kamio 1591167477 Mary 4 4.12 1995 Boys Over Flowers: Hana Yori Dango, Vol. 11 (Boys Over Flowers, #11)
author: Yōko Kamio
name: Mary
average rating: 4.12
book published: 1995
rating: 4
read at: 2023/05/09
date added: 2023/05/09
shelves: asshole-characters, comics, drama, manga, spoiled-brats, teen, young-adult, high-school
review:

]]> <![CDATA[The Oregon Trail Romance Collection]]> 25243241 450 Amanda Cabot 1634092635 Mary 5 4.31 2015 The Oregon Trail Romance Collection
author: Amanda Cabot
name: Mary
average rating: 4.31
book published: 2015
rating: 5
read at: 2023/05/08
date added: 2023/05/08
shelves: 19th-century, adventure, drama, historical-fiction, historical-romance, romance, pioneers, anthology
review:

]]> Akame ga KILL!, Vol. 9 33536034
]]> 224 Takahiro 0316305960 Mary 5 4.49 2014 Akame ga KILL!, Vol. 9
author: Takahiro
name: Mary
average rating: 4.49
book published: 2014
rating: 5
read at: 2023/05/05
date added: 2023/05/05
shelves: comics, crapsack-world, dystopia, horror, manga, teen, unlikable-characters, young-adult
review:

]]> <![CDATA[Karen's New Year (Baby-Sitters Little Sister #14)]]> 29662124 From the bestselling author of the generation-defining series The Baby-sitters Club comes a series for a new generation!

Karen the spyFor New Year’s Eve, Karen thinks everyone should make a promise. Hannie is going to stop biting her nails. Kristy promises not to talk to her boyfriend on the phone so much. And Karen makes the most promises of all--nine! But pretty soon, everyone starts breaking their promises. And her brothers and sisters are calling Karen a spy! Poor Karen. Why is everyone being bad except her?]]> 74 Ann M. Martin 1338055860 Mary 5 4.23 1991 Karen's New Year (Baby-Sitters Little Sister #14)
author: Ann M. Martin
name: Mary
average rating: 4.23
book published: 1991
rating: 5
read at: 2023/04/29
date added: 2023/04/29
shelves: baby-sitters-little-sister, childrens, chaos-ensues, drama, family-drama, hijinx-ensues, unlikable-characters, unlikable-protagonist
review:

]]> <![CDATA[The Sign of the Twisted Candles (Nancy Drew, #9)]]> 6565049 177 Carolyn Keene 1101077107 Mary 5 4.18 1933 The Sign of the Twisted Candles (Nancy Drew, #9)
author: Carolyn Keene
name: Mary
average rating: 4.18
book published: 1933
rating: 5
read at: 2023/04/27
date added: 2023/04/27
shelves: friendship, nancy-drew-series, teen, young-adult, mystery, hijinx-ensues, drama, chaos-ensues, childrens
review:

]]> <![CDATA[Mallory and the Mystery Diary (The Baby-Sitters Club, #29)]]> 558284

The diary belonged to Sophie, a girl who lived in Stacey's house in the 1890s. As Mallory reads deep into Sophie's diary, she discovers a mystery on their hands to solve, because Stacey's house isn't big enough for her, her mom..and a family of ghosts!

]]> 144 Ann M. Martin 0590673971 Mary 5 3.65 1989 Mallory and the Mystery Diary (The Baby-Sitters Club, #29)
author: Ann M. Martin
name: Mary
average rating: 3.65
book published: 1989
rating: 5
read at: 2023/04/27
date added: 2023/04/27
shelves: baby-sitters-club-series, childrens, mystery, reread, teen, young-adult
review:
Despite it being a Mallory book, Mallory and the Mystery Diary is one of the best Baby Sitters Club books I have ever read. Mal is at her best here. I enjoyed the scenes of her tutoring Buddy Barrett and trying to figure out the mystery of Sophie's diary, a girl who used to live in Stacey's new house More than 100 years earlier.
]]> <![CDATA[Warleggan: A Novel of Cornwall, 1792-1793 (Poldark, 4)]]> 30841113
When Ross Poldark plunges into a highly speculative mining venture, he risks not only his family's financial security but also his already-turbulent marriage. When his old flame Elizabeth Warleggan re-enters his life, Ross is tested like never before. But soon, his wife Demelza retaliates, becoming dangerously involved with a handsome Scottish cavalry officer of her own.

With the looming threat of bankruptcy and scandal, the Poldarks now face the possibility of disaster on all fronts. Will they be able to keep it together before everything falls apart?

A tale of romance, revenge, and risk, Winston Graham's Warleggan brings you characters and rivalries you won’t soon forget.]]> 480 Winston Graham 1250124891 Mary 5 4.16 1953 Warleggan: A Novel of Cornwall, 1792-1793 (Poldark, 4)
author: Winston Graham
name: Mary
average rating: 4.16
book published: 1953
rating: 5
read at: 2023/04/20
date added: 2023/04/20
shelves: 18th-century, cornwall, drama, historical-fiction, romance, relationship-drama, scandal
review:

]]> <![CDATA[Unsolved Mysteries Bizarre Events That Have Puzzled the Greatest Minds]]> 31902545
-What was the true identity of the young man who in 1828 wandered into Nuremberg without a past?
-What do the strange markings on a 5,000-year-old South American bowl mean for our most fundamental beliefs about the history of civilization?
-How is it possible for a wanted fugitive to leap from a passenger plane over American soil with a suitcase full of stolen money, and evade capture or identification for over 40 years?

These and many other fascinating tales are told, with concise but thorough reviews of the background, evidence, and theories behind each one. Beautifully illustrated, Unsolved Mysteries features more than 120 photographs, paintings, illustrations, and maps.]]> 224 Joel Levy 1435162528 Mary 3 3.59 2016 Unsolved Mysteries Bizarre Events That Have Puzzled the Greatest Minds
author: Joel Levy
name: Mary
average rating: 3.59
book published: 2016
rating: 3
read at: 2023/04/10
date added: 2023/04/10
shelves: crime, historical-mystery, historical-nonfiction, mystery, nonfiction
review:

]]> <![CDATA[The Long Winter (Little House, #6)]]> 29449010
The town of De Smet in the Dakota Territory is hit with terrible blizzards in the hard winter of 1880-81, and the Ingalls family must ration their food and coal. When the supply train doesn’t arrive, all supplies are cut off from the outside. Soon there is almost no food left, so young Almanzo Wilder and a friend must make a dangerous trip in search of provisions.

The nine Little House books are inspired by Laura’s own childhood and have been cherished by generations of readers as both a unique glimpse into America’s frontier history and as heartwarming, unforgettable stories.]]> 180 Laura Ingalls Wilder Mary 5 4.56 1940 The Long Winter (Little House, #6)
author: Laura Ingalls Wilder
name: Mary
average rating: 4.56
book published: 1940
rating: 5
read at: 2023/04/08
date added: 2023/04/08
shelves: 19th-century, chaos-ensues, childrens, family, family-drama, friendship, historical-fiction, historical-figures, reread, slice-of-life
review:

]]> Unsolved Deaths 44428407 224 Charles Phillips Mary 5 3.50 2019 Unsolved Deaths
author: Charles Phillips
name: Mary
average rating: 3.50
book published: 2019
rating: 5
read at: 2023/04/06
date added: 2023/04/06
shelves: crime, historical-mystery, history, historical-figures, mystery
review:

]]> Meridon (Wideacre, #3) 6606403 From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Other Boleyn Girl comes the final book of the extraordinary Wideacre trilogy as the heir to the great estate comes home at last.Meridon knows she does not belong in the dirty, vagabond life of a gypsy bareback rider. The half-remembered vision of another life burns in her heart, even as her beloved sister, Dandy, risks everything for their future. Alone, Meridon follows the urgings of her dream, riding in the moonlight past the rusted gates, up the winding drive to a house—clutching the golden clasp of the necklace that was her birthright—home at last to Wideacre. The lost heir of one of England’s great estates would take her place as its mistress... Meridon is a rich, impassioned tapestry of a young woman’s journey from dreams to glittering drawing rooms and elaborate deceits, from a simple hope to a deep and fulfilling love. Set in the savage contrasts of Georgian England—a time alive with treachery, grandeur, and intrigue—Meridon is Philippa Gregory’s masterwork.]]> 578 Philippa Gregory 1416588590 Mary 4 4.21 1990 Meridon (Wideacre, #3)
author: Philippa Gregory
name: Mary
average rating: 4.21
book published: 1990
rating: 4
read at: 2023/04/01
date added: 2023/04/01
shelves: 19th-century, drama, family-drama, family-saga, family, historical-fiction, historical-saga, guilty-pleasure
review:

]]> One Piece. Omnibus, Vol. 1 7165204
As a child, Monkey D. Luffy dreamed of becoming King of the Pirates. But his life changed when he accidentally ate the Gum-Gum Fruit, an enchanted Devil Fruit that gave him the ability to stretch like rubber. Its only drawback? He'll never be able to swim again--a serious handicap for an aspiring sea dog! Years later, Luffy sets off on his quest to find the "One Piece," said to be the greatest treasure in the world...

The treasure trove of high seas adventures just got bigger with this collection of the first three volumes of One Piece!

R to L (Japanese Style)]]> 608 Eiichiro Oda 1421536250 Mary 5 4.43 2009 One Piece. Omnibus, Vol. 1
author: Eiichiro Oda
name: Mary
average rating: 4.43
book published: 2009
rating: 5
read at: 2023/03/25
date added: 2023/03/25
shelves: action, adventure, asshole-characters, chaos-ensues, comics, crapsack-world, friendship, fantasy, hijinx-ensues, pirates, slapstick, teen, unlikable-characters
review:

]]> <![CDATA[Brief Gaudy Hour: A Novel of Anne Boleyn]]> 2798345
The infamous love of King Henry VIII and the mother of Queen Elizabeth I, Anne Boleyn undertook a rocky journey from innocent courtier to powerful Queen of England. A meticulous researcher, Margaret Campbell Barnes immerses readers in this intrigue and in the lush, glittery world of the Tudor Court. The beauty and charms of Anne Boleyn bewitched the most powerful man in the world, King Henry VIII, but her resourcefulness and cleverness were not enough to stop the malice of her enemies. Her swift rise to power quickly became her own undoing.

The author brings to light Boleyn's humanity and courage, giving an intimate look at a young woman struggling to find her own way in a world dominated by men and adversaries.
]]> 383 Margaret Campbell Barnes 1402211759 Mary 1 3.97 1949 Brief Gaudy Hour: A Novel of Anne Boleyn
author: Margaret Campbell Barnes
name: Mary
average rating: 3.97
book published: 1949
rating: 1
read at: 2023/03/20
date added: 2023/03/20
shelves: 16th-century, british-royalty, drama, historical-fiction, historical-figures, historical-romance, royalty, romance, scandal, tragedy, tudor-england, the-classics, tudor-fiction, classic-reads, annoying-characters, asshole-characters, boring-characters, boring-reads, designated-protagonists, disappointing-reads, did-not-finish, unlikable-characters, unlikable-protagonist
review:
I couldn't finish the book. I tried, but I couldn't. The characters are just too unlikable and the timeline is all confusing.
]]> Surviving Savannah 54336436
Everly's research leads her to the astounding history of a family of eleven who boarded the Pulaski together, and the extraordinary stories of two women from this family: a known survivor, Augusta Longstreet, and her niece, Lilly Forsyth, who was never found, along with her child. These aristocratic women were part of Savannah's society, but when the ship exploded, each was faced with difficult and heartbreaking decisions. This is a moving and powerful exploration of what women will do to endure in the face of tragedy, the role fate plays, and the myriad ways we survive the surviving.]]> 432 Patti Callahan Henry 1984803751 Mary 4 4.09 2021 Surviving Savannah
author: Patti Callahan Henry
name: Mary
average rating: 4.09
book published: 2021
rating: 4
read at: 2023/02/25
date added: 2023/02/25
shelves: 19th-century, drama, chaos-ensues, historical-fiction, multiple-timelines, tearjerkers, tragedy
review:

]]> War and Peace 3774496 War and Peace broadly focuses on Napoleon’s invasion of Russia in 1812 and follows three of the most well-known characters in literature: Pierre Bezukhov, the illegitimate son of a count who is fighting for his inheritance and yearning for spiritual fulfillment; Prince Andrei Bolkonsky, who leaves his family behind to fight in the war against Napoleon; and Natasha Rostov, the beautiful young daughter of a nobleman who intrigues both men.

A s Napoleon’s army invades, Tolstoy brilliantly follows characters from diverse backgrounds—peasants and nobility, civilians and soldiers—as they struggle with the problems unique to their era, their history, and their culture. And as the novel progresses, these characters transcend their specificity, becoming some of the most moving—and human—figures in world literature.

From the award-winning translators of Anna Karenina and The Brothers Karamazov comes this magnificent new translation of Tolstoy's masterwork.]]> 1273 Leo Tolstoy 1400079985 Mary 0 4.33 1869 War and Peace
author: Leo Tolstoy
name: Mary
average rating: 4.33
book published: 1869
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2023/02/24
shelves: currently-reading, 19th-century, action, asshole-characters, chaos-ensues, drama, epic-reads, family, family-drama, family-saga, friendship, hijinx-ensues, historical-fiction, historical-saga, historical-romance, imperial-russia, romance, relationship-drama, royalty, scandal, the-classics, tragedy, tearjerkers
review:

]]> Boys Over Flowers, Vol. 10 24106408 176 Yōko Kamio 1421574357 Mary 3 4.32 1995 Boys Over Flowers, Vol. 10
author: Yōko Kamio
name: Mary
average rating: 4.32
book published: 1995
rating: 3
read at: 2023/02/23
date added: 2023/02/23
shelves: comics, drama, manga, relationship-drama, slice-of-life, spoiled-brats, teen, unlikable-characters
review:

]]> <![CDATA[Lady Midnight (The Dark Artifices, #1)]]> 25529263 Lady Midnight is a Shadowhunters novel.

It’s been five years since the events of City of Heavenly Fire that brought the Shadowhunters to the brink of oblivion. Emma Carstairs is no longer a child in mourning, but a young woman bent on discovering what killed her parents and avenging her losses.

Together with her parabatai Julian Blackthorn, Emma must learn to trust her head and her heart as she investigates a demonic plot that stretches across Los Angeles, from the Sunset Strip to the enchanted sea that pounds the beaches of Santa Monica. If only her heart didn’t lead her in treacherous directions…

Making things even more complicated, Julian’s brother Mark—who was captured by the faeries five years ago—has been returned as a bargaining chip. The faeries are desperate to find out who is murdering their kind—and they need the Shadowhunters’ help to do it. But time works differently in faerie, so Mark has barely aged and doesn’t recognize his family. Can he ever truly return to them? Will the faeries really allow it?

Glitz, glamours, and Shadowhunters abound in this heartrending opening to Cassandra Clare’s Dark Artifices series.]]> 689 Cassandra Clare Mary 4 4.42 2016 Lady Midnight (The Dark Artifices, #1)
author: Cassandra Clare
name: Mary
average rating: 4.42
book published: 2016
rating: 4
read at: 2023/02/15
date added: 2023/02/15
shelves: action, adventure, chaos-ensues, fantasy, drama, friendship, shadowhunter-chronicles, teen, supernatural, young-adult, hijinx-ensues, romance, scandal
review:

]]> <![CDATA[Ouran High School Host Club, Vol. 6 (Ouran High School Host Club, #6)]]> 485093
The school festival opens at Ouran, and the Host Club members are busy entertaining the visiting parents. Teasing his son is a favorite pastime of Tamaki's doting father, the school chairman, but Tamaki's grandmother is cut from a very different cloth. She despises and shuns Tamaki, banning him from the main Suoh Mansion. It's now time for Kyoya to take action with the Host Club to help their favored leader out.]]> 200 Bisco Hatori 1421505843 Mary 5 4.48 2005 Ouran High School Host Club, Vol. 6 (Ouran High School Host Club, #6)
author: Bisco Hatori
name: Mary
average rating: 4.48
book published: 2005
rating: 5
read at: 2023/02/10
date added: 2023/02/10
shelves: drama, friendship, hilarity-ensues, humor, manga, slice-of-life, teen
review:

]]> Honey and Clover, Vol. 6 6236912 200 Chica Umino 1421523671 Mary 5 4.32 2004 Honey and Clover, Vol. 6
author: Chica Umino
name: Mary
average rating: 4.32
book published: 2004
rating: 5
read at: 2023/02/04
date added: 2023/02/04
shelves: contemporary, drama, manga, slice-of-life, teen
review:

]]> The Last Picture Show 35187194 256 Larry McMurtry 1631493590 Mary 5 4.09 1966 The Last Picture Show
author: Larry McMurtry
name: Mary
average rating: 4.09
book published: 1966
rating: 5
read at: 2023/02/03
date added: 2023/02/03
shelves: 20th-century, drama, historical-fiction, relationship-drama, romance, scandal, spoiled-brats, tragedy
review:

]]> <![CDATA[If Rome Hadn't Fallen: What Might Have Happened If the Western Empire Had Survived]]> 10662906
This is a fascinating exploration of how the history of Europe, and indeed the world, might have been different if the Western Roman Empire had survived the crises that pulled it apart in the 4th and 5th centuries.

Dr Timothy Venning starts by showing how that survival and recovery might plausibly have happened if several relatively minor things had been different. He then moves on to discuss a series of scenarios which might have altered the course of subsequent history dramatically. Would the survival of a strong Western Empire have assisted the Eastern (Byzantine) Empire in halting the expansion of Islam in the Middle East and North Africa? How would the Western Roman Empire have handled the Viking threat? Could they even have exploited the Viking discovery of America and established successful colonies there?

While necessarily speculative, all the scenarios are discussed within the framework of a deep understanding of the major driving forces, tensions and trends that shaped European history and help to shed light upon them. In so doing they help the reader to understand why things panned out as they did, as well as what might have been.]]> 224 Timothy Venning 1848844298 Mary 3 2.98 2011 If Rome Hadn't Fallen: What Might Have Happened If the Western Empire Had Survived
author: Timothy Venning
name: Mary
average rating: 2.98
book published: 2011
rating: 3
read at: 2023/01/31
date added: 2023/01/31
shelves: alternate-history, alternate-scenerios, ancient-rome
review:

]]> <![CDATA[Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister]]> 18943
Set against the backdrop of seventeenth-century Holland, Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister tells the story of Iris, an unlikely heroine who finds herself swept from the lowly streets of Haarlem to a strange world of wealth, artifice, and ambition. Iris's path quickly becomes intertwined with that of Clara, the mysterious and unnaturally beautiful girl destined to become her sister. While Clara retreats to the cinders of the family hearth, Iris seeks out the shadowy secrets of her new household -- and the treacherous truth of her former life.]]> 372 Gregory Maguire 0060987529 Mary 1 3.54 1999 Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister
author: Gregory Maguire
name: Mary
average rating: 3.54
book published: 1999
rating: 1
read at: 2023/01/15
date added: 2023/01/15
shelves: 17th-century, fairy-tale-retellings, family, family-drama, drama, historical-fiction, annoying-characters, asshole-characters, boring-characters, boring-reads, did-not-finish, sucky-characters, unlikable-characters, unlikable-protagonist
review:
I was looking to reading Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister. It turned out to be such a disappointment. Margarethe and Iris both drove me crazy. Clara is insufferable and the men have personalities as washcloths!
]]> <![CDATA[Archie's Explorers of the Unknown (Archie Comics Presents)]]> 49122782 Monsters! Giant robots! Maniacs and masterminds! When evil rears its ugly head, you can be sure that the Explorers of the Unknown will be there to save the day! This is presented in the new higher-end format of Archie Comics Presents, which offers classic Archie stories at a value while taking a design cue from successful all-ages graphic novels.Join the team of heroes, who look a lot like our favorite Riverdale teens, as they battle a rogue cyclops, a giant crab monster, and the diabolical Doctor Gloom! Will these soldiers of fortune be able to triumph over the forces of evil? Find out in over 160 pages of action and adventure!]]> 168 Archie Superstars 1645769704 Mary 4 4.17 Archie's Explorers of the Unknown (Archie Comics Presents)
author: Archie Superstars
name: Mary
average rating: 4.17
book published:
rating: 4
read at: 2023/01/11
date added: 2023/01/11
shelves: action, adventure, archie-comics, comics, teen
review:

]]> <![CDATA[Death Note, Vol. 5: Whiteout (Death Note, #5)]]> 13617 201 Tsugumi Ohba 1421506262 Mary 4 4.33 2005 Death Note, Vol. 5: Whiteout (Death Note, #5)
author: Tsugumi Ohba
name: Mary
average rating: 4.33
book published: 2005
rating: 4
read at: 2023/01/01
date added: 2023/01/01
shelves: annoying-characters, asshole-characters, chaos-ensues, drama, manga, mystery, unlikable-protagonist, unlikable-characters, teen
review:

]]> <![CDATA[Karen's Wish (Baby-Sitters Little Sister: Super Special #1)]]> 30815287 From the bestselling author of the generation-defining series The Baby-sitters Club comes a series for a new generation!

Will Karen's wish come true?Karen can't wait for Christmas! She and Andrew are writing to Santa, baking cookies, and decorating their tree. Karen is even learning about other holidays like Hanukkah. She is all ready for the big day. But then Karen's grandmother Nannie gets sick. And now Karen doesn't want Christmas to come at all unless she gets her one wish!]]> 147 Ann M. Martin 1338094122 Mary 5 4.52 1990 Karen's Wish (Baby-Sitters Little Sister: Super Special #1)
author: Ann M. Martin
name: Mary
average rating: 4.52
book published: 1990
rating: 5
read at: 2022/12/23
date added: 2022/12/23
shelves: baby-sitters-little-sister, childrens, family, friendship, family-drama, slice-of-life
review:

]]> <![CDATA[Caligula: The Mad Emperor of Rome]]> 52835395 304 Stephen Dando-Collins 168442285X Mary 4 3.85 Caligula: The Mad Emperor of Rome
author: Stephen Dando-Collins
name: Mary
average rating: 3.85
book published:
rating: 4
read at: 2022/12/22
date added: 2022/12/22
shelves: 1st-century-ad, ancient-rome, ancient-world, asshole-characters, chaos-ensues, drama, family, family-drama, historical-figures, historical-nonfiction, history, nonfiction, royalty, scandal, spoiled-brats, tragedy, unlikable-characters
review:

]]> <![CDATA[Moon Over Soho (Rivers of London #2)]]> 10613176 Body and Soul. The song. That's what London constable and sorcerer's apprentice Peter Grant first notices when he examines the corpse of Cyrus Wilkins, part-time jazz drummer and full-time accountant, who dropped dead of a heart attack while playing a gig at Soho's 606 Club. The notes of the old jazz standard are rising from the body - a sure sign that something about the man's death was not at all natural but instead supernatural.

Body and soul - they're also what Peter will risk as he investigates a pattern of similar deaths in and around Soho. With the help of his superior officer, Detective Chief Inspector Thomas Nightingale, the last registered wizard in England, and the assistance of beautiful jazz aficionado Simone Fitzwilliam, Peter will uncover a deadly magical menace - one that leads right to his own doorstep and to the squandered promise of a young jazz musician: a talented trumpet player named Richard "Lord" Grant - otherwise known as Peter's dear old dad.]]> 304 Ben Aaronovitch 0345524608 Mary 4 3.94 2011 Moon Over Soho (Rivers of London #2)
author: Ben Aaronovitch
name: Mary
average rating: 3.94
book published: 2011
rating: 4
read at: 2022/12/18
date added: 2022/12/18
shelves: 21st-century, action, adventure, chaos-ensues, contemporary, fantasy, slice-of-life, urban-fantasy
review:

]]> <![CDATA[Welcome Back, Stacey (The Baby-Sitters Club, #28)]]> 18000565 164 Ann M. Martin Mary 4
The reason why I gave this book 4 stars is because of Mallory's whining at the end. Any scene with Mallory whining requires a star drop, in my opinion.

Despite Mallory, Welcome Back, Stacey is a pretty enjoyable book. I'm going to miss Stacey baby-sitting the Walkers, though.]]> 4.43 1989 Welcome Back, Stacey (The Baby-Sitters Club, #28)
author: Ann M. Martin
name: Mary
average rating: 4.43
book published: 1989
rating: 4
read at: 2022/12/17
date added: 2022/12/17
shelves: baby-sitters-club-series, drama, family-drama, reread, teen, slice-of-life
review:
I loved this book. I was glad that Stacey came back to Stoneybrook. Despite her being quite irritating at times, the books weren't the same without her.

The reason why I gave this book 4 stars is because of Mallory's whining at the end. Any scene with Mallory whining requires a star drop, in my opinion.

Despite Mallory, Welcome Back, Stacey is a pretty enjoyable book. I'm going to miss Stacey baby-sitting the Walkers, though.
]]> I Want to Eat Your Pancreas 39863194 A Bittersweet Romance

In this deeply moving first-person story, an introverted high school boy finds his classmate’s diary―and learns her biggest secret. Yamauchi Sakura is dying from a pancreatic disease and now he is the only one person outside her family to know the truth. The last thing the boy wants is to be her friend, but Sakura’s cheerful demeanor and their shared secret draw them together in this heartrending tale of friendship and mortality.]]> 442 Yoru Sumino 1642750328 Mary 5 4.38 2014 I Want to Eat Your Pancreas
author: Yoru Sumino
name: Mary
average rating: 4.38
book published: 2014
rating: 5
read at: 2022/12/17
date added: 2022/12/17
shelves: manga, friendship, slice-of-life, teen
review:

]]> <![CDATA[Sabrina: 60 Magical Stories (The Best of Archie Comics)]]> 61611731
60 Magical Stories collects over 500 pages of classic and beloved comic book stories—one from each of the 60 spell-binding years of Sabrina's history. The must-have collector’s item also features special behind-the-scenes anecdotes that shed light on each decade and iteration of Sabrina. This spellbinding tome is the perfect companion to 2021’s fan-favorite Best of Archie 80 Years, 80 Stories collection!]]> 512 Archie Superstars 1645768953 Mary 3 4.07 Sabrina: 60 Magical Stories (The Best of Archie Comics)
author: Archie Superstars
name: Mary
average rating: 4.07
book published:
rating: 3
read at: 2022/12/04
date added: 2022/12/04
shelves: archie-comics, boring-characters, comics, chaos-ensues, hilarity-ensues, hijinx-ensues, humor, magical-setting, teen, wizards-and-witches
review:

]]> <![CDATA[Nancy's Mysterious Letter (Nancy Drew, #8)]]> 6565052 202 Carolyn Keene 1101077093 Mary 4 4.14 1932 Nancy's Mysterious Letter (Nancy Drew, #8)
author: Carolyn Keene
name: Mary
average rating: 4.14
book published: 1932
rating: 4
read at: 2022/12/01
date added: 2022/12/01
shelves: childrens, mystery, nancy-drew-series, teen, young-adult, reread
review:

]]> <![CDATA[Ouran High School Host Club, Vol. 5 (Ouran High School Host Club, #5)]]> 1087212
Haruhi's top ranking falls and she is in jeopardy of losing her scholarship at Ouran. Each member of the Host Club scrambles to become her tutor, but Haruhi picks a female student, Ayame, to help her. Haruhi's time is now spent with Ayame, who can't stand Tamaki. Can Tamaki charm his way into Ayame's good graces so the Host Club can spend time with their favorite member?]]> 176 Bisco Hatori 1421503298 Mary 0 4.49 2005 Ouran High School Host Club, Vol. 5 (Ouran High School Host Club, #5)
author: Bisco Hatori
name: Mary
average rating: 4.49
book published: 2005
rating: 0
read at: 2022/11/26
date added: 2022/11/26
shelves: friendship, humor, manga, relationship-drama, romance, slice-of-life, teen
review:

]]> The Tudor Murder Files 28665573 176 James Moore 1473857031 Mary 5 3.61 The Tudor Murder Files
author: James Moore
name: Mary
average rating: 3.61
book published:
rating: 5
read at: 2022/11/25
date added: 2022/11/25
shelves: 16th-century, 17th-century, asshole-characters, crapsack-world, drama, historical-nonfiction, historical-figures, history, tudor-england, tudor-history, unlikable-characters
review:

]]> Honey and Clover, Vol. 5 4753449 200 Chica Umino 1421523663 Mary 5 4.27 2003 Honey and Clover, Vol. 5
author: Chica Umino
name: Mary
average rating: 4.27
book published: 2003
rating: 5
read at: 2022/11/21
date added: 2022/11/21
shelves: drama, humor, manga, relationship-drama, romance, slice-of-life, teen
review:

]]> Vinland Saga Omnibus, Vol. 12 53213660 Family Ties

Sigurd returns home to Iceland to face the horrible Halfdan, but a father and a king can only be as good as his word—a blessing he refuses to bestow to Sigurd without a fight. All the while, Gudrid joins Thorfinn and the crew on their journey to Thorfinn’s childhood home, where Halfdan’s presence looms mightily… However, with some help from fresh faces and promising volunteers, the day the ships set off for Vinland is imminent.]]> 358 Makoto Yukimura 1646510771 Mary 4 4.45 2021 Vinland Saga Omnibus, Vol. 12
author: Makoto Yukimura
name: Mary
average rating: 4.45
book published: 2021
rating: 4
read at: 2022/11/18
date added: 2022/11/18
shelves: 11th-century, action, adventure, chaos-ensues, crapsack-world, dark-ages, historical-fiction, historical-saga, manga, teen, tragedy, young-adult
review:

]]> <![CDATA[The Flowers in the Attic Series: The Dollangangers]]> 16177373 1296 V.C. Andrews Mary 4 4.12 2012 The Flowers in the Attic Series: The Dollangangers
author: V.C. Andrews
name: Mary
average rating: 4.12
book published: 2012
rating: 4
read at: 2022/11/16
date added: 2022/11/16
shelves: asshole-characters, chaos-ensues, controversial-reads, drama, epic-reads, family, family-drama, gothic, horror, perverts, relationship-drama, scandal, tearjerkers, teen, the-classics, tragedy, trashy-reads, young-adult
review:

]]> <![CDATA[Caesar's Women (Masters of Rome #4)]]> 48912868
His victories were legend—in battle and bedchamber alike. Love was a political weapon he wielded cunningly and ruthlessly in his private war against enemies in the forum. Genius, general, patrician, Gaius Julius Caesar was history. His wives bought him influence. He sacrificed his beloved daughter on the altar of ambition. He burned for the cold-hearted mistress he could never dare trust. Caesar's women all knew—and feared—his power. He adored them, used them, destroyed them on his irresistible rise to prominence. And one of them would seal his fate.]]> 916 Colleen McCullough 0063019825 Mary 5 4.67 1996 Caesar's Women (Masters of Rome #4)
author: Colleen McCullough
name: Mary
average rating: 4.67
book published: 1996
rating: 5
read at: 2022/11/15
date added: 2022/11/15
shelves: 1st-century-bc, action, adventure, ancient-rome, asshole-characters, chaos-ensues, drama, family-drama, historical-fiction, historical-saga, relationship-drama, scandal, tragedy, unlikable-protagonist
review:

]]> Drama 13436373
Callie loves theater. And while she would totally try out for her middle school's production of Moon Over Mississippi, she can't really sing. Instead she's the set designer for the drama department stage crew, and this year she's determined to create a set worthy of Broadway on a middle-school budget. But how can she, when she doesn't know much about carpentry, ticket sales are down, and the crew members are having trouble working together? Not to mention the onstage AND offstage drama that occurs once the actors are chosen. And when two cute brothers enter the picture, things get even crazier!]]> 238 Raina Telgemeier 0545326990 Mary 5 4.18 2012 Drama
author: Raina Telgemeier
name: Mary
average rating: 4.18
book published: 2012
rating: 5
read at: 2022/11/13
date added: 2022/11/13
shelves: comics, contemporary, controversial-reads, drama, graphic-novels, humor, slice-of-life, teen, young-adult
review:

]]> Ithaka 43307
Told through the eyes of Klymene, a young girl who is like a daughter to Penelope--and who longs for more than friendship from the young prince Telemachus-- Ithaka captures the quiet strength and patience of a woman's enduring love for her husband and the ensuing chaos that threatens all as Penelope is pressured to remarry.]]> 352 Adèle Geras 0152056033 Mary 2 3.73 2005 Ithaka
author: Adèle Geras
name: Mary
average rating: 3.73
book published: 2005
rating: 2
read at: 2022/11/11
date added: 2022/11/11
shelves: action, adventure, ancient-greece, ancient-world, drama, epic-reads, historical-fiction, mythology, relationship-drama, romance, royalty, scandal, teen, tragedy, young-adult, annoying-characters, asshole-characters, did-not-finish, unlikable-characters
review:

]]> <![CDATA[In the Shadow of Queens: Tales from the Tudor Court]]> 59361451
Over the years of his reign, six different women took their place beside King Henry VIII of England as his wife and queen.

But the real stories of the six Tudor queens belong to those who lived among them. Played out in glittering palaces and whispering courts, these are tales of the people who loved and served these women, and those who lied and betrayed them.

Collected together for the first time, In the Shadow of Queens reveals thirteen startling stories from the Tudor court, told by those at the very heart of that world.]]> 414 Alison Weir 1472290615 Mary 3 4.04 2021 In the Shadow of Queens: Tales from the Tudor Court
author: Alison Weir
name: Mary
average rating: 4.04
book published: 2021
rating: 3
read at: 2022/11/03
date added: 2022/11/03
shelves: 16th-century, drama, family, family-drama, historical-fiction, historical-figures, short-stories, slice-of-life, royalty, romance, scandal, tearjerkers, teen, tragedy, tudor-fiction, tudor-england
review:

]]> <![CDATA[Archie Giant Comics Leap (Archie Giant Comics Digests)]]> 52655649
This volume collects 480 pages of iconic Archie comic stories, featuring the same mix of wild humor, awkward charm and genuine relatability that has kept Archie and the gang popular with kids and families for nearly 80 years.]]> 416 Archie Superstars 1645769607 Mary 4 3.75 Archie Giant Comics Leap (Archie Giant Comics Digests)
author: Archie Superstars
name: Mary
average rating: 3.75
book published:
rating: 4
read at: 2022/06/18
date added: 2022/11/03
shelves: archie-comics, comics, drama, humor, romance, slapstick, slice-of-life, teen, unlikable-protagonist
review:

]]> Troy 388698 358 Adèle Geras 0152045708 Mary 4 3.71 2000 Troy
author: Adèle Geras
name: Mary
average rating: 3.71
book published: 2000
rating: 4
read at: 2022/11/01
date added: 2022/11/01
shelves: action, adventure, ancient-greece, drama, epic-reads, family-drama, greek-mythology, historical-fiction, historical-saga, relationship-drama, royalty, romance, teen, young-adult, ancient-world
review:

]]> <![CDATA[Vinland Saga, Volume 11: The Mighty Laid Low]]> 48757434 375 Makoto Yukimura 1646591291 Mary 5 4.77 2019 Vinland Saga, Volume 11: The Mighty Laid Low
author: Makoto Yukimura
name: Mary
average rating: 4.77
book published: 2019
rating: 5
read at: 2022/10/26
date added: 2022/10/26
shelves: 11th-century, action, adventure, asshole-characters, chaos-ensues, dark-ages, crapsack-world, drama, historical-fiction, manga, teen, tragedy
review:

]]> <![CDATA[Karen's Ghost (Baby-Sitters Little Sister #12)]]> 29662122 From the bestselling author of the generation-defining series The Baby-sitters Club comes a series for a new generation!

"Haunted Birthday to you!"Karen thinks there’s a ghost in her house! But she’s never really seen the ghost of Old Ben Brewer--until now. Karen and her stepsister Kristy have found out that Ben Brewer and his spooky friends are going to have a birthday party in her attic on Halloween night! It used to be fun having a ghost around. But now Karen’s not so sure!]]> 115 Ann M. Martin 1338055828 Mary 5 4.31 1990 Karen's Ghost (Baby-Sitters Little Sister #12)
author: Ann M. Martin
name: Mary
average rating: 4.31
book published: 1990
rating: 5
read at: 2022/10/13
date added: 2022/10/13
shelves: baby-sitters-little-sister, childrens, reread, slice-of-life, halloween
review:
Karen's Ghost is my all time Little Sister book. It has enough suspense and jump scares to keep me on the edge of my seat. Five stars.
]]> <![CDATA[The Case Study of Vanitas, Vol. 8]]> 57177628 240 Jun Mochizuki 1975324528 Mary 5 4.62 2020 The Case Study of Vanitas, Vol. 8
author: Jun Mochizuki
name: Mary
average rating: 4.62
book published: 2020
rating: 5
read at: 2022/10/11
date added: 2022/10/11
shelves: 19th-century, action, adventure, crapsack-world, manga, teen, tragedy, vampires, urban-fantasy
review:

]]> House of Shadows 32821862 The wooded hills of Oxfordshire conceal the remains of the aptly named Ashdown House--a wasted pile of cinders and regret. Once home to the daughter of a king, its secrets will unite three women across four centuries in a tangle of romance, deceit and destiny...

1662--A queen

Bound by sex and birth to live for everyone but herself--and to love always in secret--Elizabeth Stuart entrusts a pair of arcane artifacts to her faithful cavalier to keep safe for her rightful heir. But fate will not be generous to the Winter Queen, throwing the question of succession into turmoil, the aftermath of which will resonate through the generations.

1801--A courtesan

Lavinia Flyte wanted so much more from life than to be a courtesan at the mercy of the cruel Lord Evershot. He has brought her to Ashdown, the home of his ancestors, for reasons he guards greedily. But the maids' whispers of hidden treasures--a pearl with the power to foretell the future--consume her with a curiosity she confides only to her diary, unaware of the misfortune that threatens.

And the mystery that binds them

Alarmed to hear her brother has gone missing at Ashdown Park, Holly Ansell is inexplicably drawn to the clues contained in the journal of a Regency courtesan who was living at the historic home when it burned to the ground two hundred years ago. Lured by the tragedy at Ashdown, Holly's search leads her not only to the truth about Lavinia, but deeper into her own connection with the Winter Queen.

For fans of Kate Morton and Barbara Erskine comes an unforgettable novel about the power one lie can have over history. ]]> 464 Nicola Cornick 152581138X Mary 5 3.80 2015 House of Shadows
author: Nicola Cornick
name: Mary
average rating: 3.80
book published: 2015
rating: 5
read at: 2022/10/08
date added: 2022/10/08
shelves: 17th-century, 19th-century, 21st-century, historical-fiction, historical-mystery, historical-saga, multiple-timelines, mystery, royalty, drama
review:

]]> Orange: Future (Orange, #6) 36322013 orange: future contains two stories that continue from where the series ended.]]> 180 Ichigo Takano 1626927790 Mary 3 4.07 2017 Orange: Future (Orange, #6)
author: Ichigo Takano
name: Mary
average rating: 4.07
book published: 2017
rating: 3
read at: 2022/10/08
date added: 2022/10/08
shelves: alternate-scenerios, drama, fantasy, friendship, manga, relationship-drama, short-stories, slice-of-life, teen
review:

]]> <![CDATA[The Case Study of Vanitas, Vol. 7]]> 54620708 252 Jun Mochizuki 1975313798 Mary 5 4.51 2019 The Case Study of Vanitas, Vol. 7
author: Jun Mochizuki
name: Mary
average rating: 4.51
book published: 2019
rating: 5
read at: 2022/10/06
date added: 2022/10/06
shelves: 19th-century, adventure, action, crapsack-world, drama, manga, mystery, teen
review:

]]> <![CDATA[Orange: The Complete Collection, Volume 2]]> 26247042 An Epic Love Story Across Time

Naho immediately feels a connection to the new boy who has transferred to her class. Kakeru is calm, kind, and seems to like Naho as well. But their relationship gets thrown for a loop when Naho receives a letter from the future. The letter explains that Kakeru will die unless Naho does exactly as the letter says. But changing fate is no easy task. When the letter starts to get things wrong, Naho worries that she will still lose Kakeru forever. Luckily, Naho has her friends to back her up. Not only do they want to see Naho and Kakeru get together, they also have time-traveling letters of their own...

Orange: The Complete Collection 2 also includes a bonus story, Haruiro Astronaut. This five chapter story is about a pair of twins who discover that they can't share everything in life--or at least not an alien that suddenly becomes a part of it.]]> 523 Ichigo Takano 1626922713 Mary 5 4.40 2016 Orange: The Complete Collection, Volume 2
author: Ichigo Takano
name: Mary
average rating: 4.40
book published: 2016
rating: 5
read at: 2022/10/01
date added: 2022/10/01
shelves: alternate-scenerios, contemporary, drama, friendship, manga, relationship-drama, romance, slice-of-life, teen, time-travel, unlikable-protagonist, young-adult
review:

]]> <![CDATA[Jessi and the Superbrat (The Baby-Sitters Club, #27)]]> 18000564
Jessi can't believe it, but even stars need baby-sitters, and she's the lucky club member to watch Derek Masters. Even though a lot of kids at school call Derek a spoiled brat, Jessi likes him immediately. He rides bikes and eats junk food like a normal kid, but he has exciting stories about Hollywood, too!

Pretty soon baby-sitting and ballet start looking kind of boring next to TV scripts and cameras. Maybe Jessi would like to be a star, too!]]> 160 Ann M. Martin 0545630797 Mary 4 4.36 1989 Jessi and the Superbrat (The Baby-Sitters Club, #27)
author: Ann M. Martin
name: Mary
average rating: 4.36
book published: 1989
rating: 4
read at: 2022/09/30
date added: 2022/09/30
shelves: baby-sitters-club-series, asshole-characters, drama, friendship, reread, slice-of-life, spoiled-brats, teen, young-adult
review:
I'm currently catching up on reading the Babysitters Club books. I enjoyed this book because Jessi seems more human in this book than in the later books. Karen was a brat as always and I loved Derek Masters relationship with Jessi and the other kids despite being the Superbrat!
]]> <![CDATA[Boys Over Flowers: Hana Yori Dango, Vol. 9 (Boys Over Flowers, #9)]]> 282431 200 Yōko Kamio 1591163722 Mary 5 4.12 1995 Boys Over Flowers: Hana Yori Dango, Vol. 9 (Boys Over Flowers, #9)
author: Yōko Kamio
name: Mary
average rating: 4.12
book published: 1995
rating: 5
read at: 2022/09/17
date added: 2022/09/17
shelves: asshole-characters, drama, manga, relationship-drama, sucky-characters, stephen-king, teen
review:

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