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These six novels and four nonfiction titles promise entertaining reads for diverse literary taste, so be prepared to add to your personal library.

Whether you’re a fan of Krysten Ritter or Brandon Sanderson, there’s something for every reader to love in November’s most anticipated books.


The Vanity Fair Diaries: 1983 – 1992

The Vanity Fair Diaries: 1983 – 1992

Tina Brown

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The Vanity Fair Diaries is the story of an Englishwoman barely out of her twenties who arrives in...


biography
Oathbringer: The Stormlight Archive Book Three

Oathbringer: The Stormlight Archive Book Three

Brandon Sanderson

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From the bestselling author who completed Robert Jordan's epic Wheel of Time series comes a new,...

The City of Brass: Daevabad Trilogy

The City of Brass: Daevabad Trilogy

S.A. Chakraborty

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Nahri has never believed in magic. Certainly, she has power; on the streets of 18-century Cairo,...


fantasy
Bunk: The Rise of Hoaxes, Humbug, Plagiarists, Phonies

Bunk: The Rise of Hoaxes, Humbug, Plagiarists, Phonies

Kevin Young

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Kevin Young traces the history of the hoax as a peculiarly American phenomenon—the legacy of P. T....


history politics social issues
Artemis

Artemis

Andy Weir

7.7 (34 Ratings) Rate It

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Jazz Bashara is a criminal. Well, sort of. Life on Artemis, the first and only city on the moon,...


Science fiction
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TheHEALady (1 KP) rated Amazon Kindle in Apps

Mar 3, 2019  
Amazon Kindle
Amazon Kindle
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9.1 (292 Ratings)
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User friendly. (0 more)
Really can’t think of anything I would change off hand. (0 more)
My virtual library.
I’ve turned all my devices in to my own personal libraries. I
absolutely love this app.
So user friendly.
Love that I can change the back lighting to make it easier on my eyes.
  
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The Red Notebook
Antoine Laurain | 2016 | Fiction & Poetry
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7.5 (2 Ratings)
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Characters are lovely, portrayed with just a few words, yet you feel you know them (0 more)
Beautifully written novella
Got to love a bookseller who shelves books in his personal library according to eclectic criteria, including not shelving books next to each other if the authors don't get on!
  
Elevator to the Gallows (1958)
Elevator to the Gallows (1958)
1958 | Crime, Drama, Thriller
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Movie Favorite

"In one of the most indelible scenes of the early French New Wave, Jeanne Moreau searches for her lover in rain-swept Paris streets, accompanied by the only film score that Miles Davis ever composed. Her iconic suit was designed by Chanel, as were her dresses in another 1958 Louis Malle classic, The Lovers. The actress and designer saw each other often, loving to share anecdotes and book recommendations in Chanel’s personal library."

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Paper and Fire (The Great Library #2)
Paper and Fire (The Great Library #2)
Rachel Caine | 2016 | Science Fiction/Fantasy, Young Adult (YA)
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6.3 (3 Ratings)
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94 of 200
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Paper and fire ( Great Library book 2)
By Rachel Caine

 
LET THE WORLD BURN . . .

With an iron fist, the Great Library ruthlessly controls the knowledge of the world, forbidding the personal ownership of books in the name of the greater good. Jess Brightwell has survived his introduction to the sinister, seductive world of the Library, but his life and the lives of those he cares for have been altered for ever. Embarking on a mission to save one of their own, Jess and his band of allies suddenly find themselves hunted by the Library’s deadly automata and forced to flee Alexandria.

But Jess’s home isn’t safe any more. The Welsh army is coming, London is burning, and soon Jess must choose between his friends, his family, or a Library willing to sacrifice anything and anyone in the search for ultimate control . . .




A really good follow up from the first book. Full of action! Such an intricate world Rachel has created, I can’t imagine a world where I’m told what I can and can’t read it’s my worst nightmare. It’s good to see the gang free Thomas and all come together looking forward to seeing how they get out of their new drama!!
  
Goodreads: Book Reviews
Goodreads: Book Reviews
Book, Social Networking
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8.8 (453 Ratings)
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Best App to Track Reading & Personal Library Management
This is by far one of my favorite apps on my phone. I love using the app to keep track of books that I have read and books that I own. I also love the integration that the app has with my Kindle. It makes it easy for me to keep track of the books I have read and also to find new books that I am interested in. If you are a reader, you need to be on Goodreads.
  
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Shane Crick (5 KP) rated The Presence in Books

Dec 10, 2018  
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The Presence
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6.0 (1 Ratings)
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You enter the life of Rosalind and events that occur within her personal life. She ends up landing the job of Branch Manager at a local library. This library Is rumored to be haunted and harbors some Interesting characters that Rosalind has to endure at her workplace. Finding herself suddenly homeless and armed with her furry friend Tofu, Rosalind finds herself engulfed In an supernatural adventure that will forever change her life and those around her.

I really wanted to like this book, but found myself dredging on and couldn't wait to finish. For me, I found It was quite slow at arriving upon any action that started to make the book more Interesting. I generally enjoy mystery, supernatural books, but this one was a tough cookie overall. I truly wished the Author added a bit more drama within the first chapters to keep It Interesting, Instead of slowly, Increasing to a dismal climax, to be drug back down the hill to reach another one. There are some good plots within the book that kept me reading and wanting to find out what the final outcome would be. However, predictable most times, I persevered on to the finish line.

I received an Advanced Readers Copy of this book and In return, this Is my personal, unbiased review of this particular book.
  
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Michel Gondry recommended Kes (1969) in Movies (curated)

 
Kes  (1969)
Kes (1969)
1969 | Drama

"I would say Kes by Ken Loach. It’s a story about a 12-year-old kid in the middle of England in a very poor area. He finds a kestrel – it’s like a small eagle – and tries to tame it. He goes to the library and steals a book about how to tame and educate a kestrel. And there is this scene – he’s always dismissed in class; he has nothing to say – and one time the teacher asks each pupil to tell a personal story. Every pupil has something really flat to say, and suddenly he stands up and he tells his story about his kestrel, and he becomes animated and he’s completely inspired, to the point that his teacher comes to see his bird."

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Scarsdale Crematorium (The Haunted #4)
Scarsdale Crematorium (The Haunted #4)
Patrick Logan | 2017 | Fiction & Poetry, Horror, Paranormal
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6.0 (1 Ratings)
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By this point, the series is really starting to feel like it's being drawn out unnecessarily. More characters are being brought in, with pages of information about them/their surroundings/backgrounds, which feels a lot like filler to meet a word count in some cases.


For me, the series isn't living up to the promise of the first book, which is a real shame. I really hoped for a more "haunted" vibe, given the name of the series, with unresolved matters being settled in the manner of the very first book, but the direction the story has taken isn't as appealing to me - purely a matter of personal taste, and I'm clearly very much in the minority given reviews I've read on other sites.

In all honesty, this isn't a series I would have persevered with if I was buying the books, but borrowing them as part of my Kindle Unlimited subscription (akin to borrowing from a local library, but more convenient!), I will finish the series.
  
Red Clocks
Red Clocks
Leni Zumas | 2018 | Gender Studies, Science Fiction/Fantasy
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6.5 (4 Ratings)
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Red Clocks first caught my attention because it's set in a small fishing town in Oregon, my home state. After that, learning that it's a dystopia where abortion and in vitro fertilization have both been banned outright meant I HAD to read it. Of course, I got it from the library some weeks ago and had so many other books to read that I didn't get to it until the day it was due back to the library! Luckily, I read fast!

I think the cover description oversells the book a little. I wouldn't call Gin's trial "frenzied" nor the drama exactly "riveting" but it did keep my attention throughout the book. I really enjoyed the relationships between the characters, and the point that none of them really know what is going on in each other's personal lives. One moment I particularly liked is slightly spoilery, but I loved how Ro was able to put her personal feelings aside to help Mattie, her student. That was really, really hard for her, but she recognized how much damage it would do to Mattie to not help her.

I think I found Gin the most interesting - given all the reading I've been doing lately about autism, her entire personality screams autism to me, but she was never labeled as autistic. So I'm marking her as a possibly autistic character. (I'd love if any of my autistic readers could weigh in on that, if you've read the book!) Between preferring to live in the woods with animals and NOT around people, specifically, and the way she reacts to the textures and smells in the jail when she's arrested (shoving the bleach-scented blankets as far away in the cell as possible, and refusing to eat the food), and how she stumbles over her answers in the courtroom when she's interrogated - it seems likely.

My only actual complaint about this book had nothing to do with the writing or plot! But it refers to the ghost pepper as "the hottest pepper known to man" which the Carolina Reaper growing in my backyard would have an issue with!

Other than that very minor quibble, I thought this dystopia was pretty good. I'm always interested in Reproductive Rights-related dystopias. This isn't as good as The Handmaid's Tale, but it's MILES better than Future Home of the Living God. It's good at showing the lengths women will go to, to ensure their own reproductive freedom. Outlawing abortion doesn't eliminate abortion. It just makes it less safe.

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