
Books that moved me
Some books are enjoyable but instantly forgotten but some stay with us for a lifetime....

The Color Purple
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The classic, PULITZER PRIZE-winning novel that made Alice Walker a household name. Set in the deep...

The God of Small Things
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'They all broke the rules. They all crossed into forbidden territory. They all tampered with the...

Love in the Time of Cholera
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A poignant meditation on the nature of desire, and the enduring power of love, Gabriel Garcia...

When God Was a Rabbit
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1968. The year Paris takes to the streets. The year Martin Luther King loses his life for a dream....

Wuthering Heights
Lucasta Miller, Emily Brontë and Pauline Nestor
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Emily Bronte's only novel, a work of tremendous and far-reaching influence, the Penguin Classics...

Books I Reviewed

Rent: The Complete Book and Lyrics of the Broadway Musical
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Set on the Lower East Side of New York City, Rent is the story of young bohemians Mark, Roger,...

Turtles All The Way Down
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It all begins with a fugitive billionaire and the promise of a cash reward. Turtles All the Way...
Young Adult Contemporary

YA fantasy books

The Merciful Crow
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A future chieftain Fie abides by one rule: look after your own. Her Crow caste of undertakers and...

Children of Blood and Bone: Book 1
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The most anticipated fantasy of the year, soon to be a major motion picture Zélie Adebola...
paranormal young adult

The Cruel Prince
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"Of course I want to be like them. They're beautiful as blades forged in some divine fire. They will...
Fantasy fairies young adult romance hate magic

Strange the Dreamer
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The dream chooses the dreamer, not the other way around - and Lazlo Strange, war orphan and junior...

A Court of Thorns and Roses
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Feyre's survival rests upon her ability to hunt and kill - the forest where she lives is a cold,...
and 13 other items

Defy Me (Shatter Me #5)
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The gripping fifth installment in the New York Times, USA Today, and Publishers Weekly bestselling...

Pure
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There is need. And then there is Fate... Being destined to become some kind of supernatural...

Stumbling Stoned (The Patchwork Prince #1)
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State-sponsored drugs in the megaton range. More rice pudding than I could shake a spork at. And a...

A Deadly Education: Lesson One of the Scholomance
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I decided that Orion Lake needed to die after the second time he saved my life. Everyone loves Orion...

Cigarette Teeth
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In the grimy midnight world of the Australian suburbs, there are those who serve an unseen,...

The Woman in Black
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Arthur Kipps, a junior solicitor, is summoned to attend the funeral Mrs Alice Drablow, the house's...

Feed
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The year was 2014. We had cured cancer. We had beaten the common cold. But in doing so we had...
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I'm Thinking of Ending Things
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Soon to be a Netflix film directed by Charlie Kaufman. Jake and his girlfriend are on a drive to...

Space Opera
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IN SPACE EVERYONE CAN HEAR YOU SING A century ago, the Sentience Wars tore the galaxy apart and...
Music Science fiction Humor Alien Space travel

Warcross
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From #1 New York Times bestselling author Marie Lu—when a game called Warcross takes the world by...
Young Adult Science Fiction Video Games

Wildcard (Warcross Book 2)
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Emika Chen barely made it out of the Warcross Championships alive. Now that she knows the truth...

We Are Legion (We Are Bob): Bobiverse, Book 1
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Bob Johansson has just sold his software company and is looking forward to a life of leisure. There...
Science fiction
and 2 other items

Oryx and Crake (Madd Addam #1)
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Oryx and Crake is at once an unforgettable love story and a compelling vision of the future....
Sci-fi Dystopia Genetic engineering Adventure

The Year of the Flood (MaddAddam #2)
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The times and species have been changing at a rapid rate, and the social compact is wearing as thin...
Sci-fi Dystopia Genetic engineering

The Dispossessed
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The Principle of Simultaneity is a scientific breakthrough which will revolutionize interstellar...
Hugh Howey
Author
and 4 other items

The Hobbit
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The Hobbit is the unforgettable story of Bilbo, a peace-loving hobbit, who embarks on a strange and...

His Dark Materials: Including All Three Novels: Northern Light, the Subtle Knife and the Amber Spyglass
Philip Pullman and Lucy Hughes-Hallett
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"Northern Lights" introduces Lyra, an orphan, who lives in a parallel universe in which science,...