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Ash By: Malinda Lo Take the story of Cinderella and add some fairies and you’ll have an interesting new take on this classic tale. Lo divides the story into two halves: the first is entitled, ‘The Fairy’ and the second is, ‘The Huntress.’ The interesting...
Arch Enemy The Looking Glass Wars By: Frank Beddor As I finish The Looking Glass Wars Trilogy I am left with a sense of completion, as well as a bit of bewilderment. Let me explain: I love Alice in Wonderland and pretty much anything to do with it. I...
Eiffel’s Tower: and the World’s Fair Where Buffalo Bill Beguiled Paris, The Artists Quarreled, and Thomas Edison Became a Count By: Jill Jonnes This is my most recent foray into non-fiction. It was recommended by a colleague who thought I’d like it (same...
The Lost Symbol By: Dan Brown I have to admit it, I adore Dan Brown. The man takes historical facts, places and people and creates a story the likes of which keep my on the edge of my seat and up way past my bedtime. Some disagree with the way he writes...
Fire By: Kristin Cashore Fire will intrigue you, entice you, shock you, and enchant you. You really won’t be able to put this one down, because as soon as Cashore gives you a hint of what’s to come, something else happens that takes your entire being...
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo By: Steig Larsson I don’t know about you, but I have heard so much buzz about this book and the following books in this series that I had to read it. I know, I know, I like to avoid those books, but there was something...
The Devil's Company By: David Liss Benjamin Weaver is quite the man: ruffian, ex-boxer, lover, Jewish (which apparently was a huge deal in London in 1722 - I never would have known!). When I picked this story up I had no idea that he was already in...
Wintergirls By: Laurie Halse Anderson This is not a book for the faint of heart. This IS a book to help those who have an eating disorder, self-esteem issues, or who may develop an eating disorder. It is also a book for those who don't happen to have...
The Moonstone By: Wilkie Collins While on a military campaign, two young men take decidedly different turns in their lives when one makes a decision that the other just can not accept. Cut to years later, when a precious stone is left to a relative. Complicated...
The Hound of the Baskervilles By: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Retold By: Martin Powell Powell has taken Doyle's The Hound of the Baskervilles and condensed it into a graphic novel format. This is a new trend I've noticed with some publishers. Besides...
Haunted Hotel: A Mystery of Modern Venice By: Wilkie Collins I came to hear of Wilkie Collins when doing some research on Charles Dickens. The two were friends and I had heard good things about Collins, so I decided to read one. I read, The Woman in White...
Burning Bright By: Tracy Chevalier A chance encounter with Philip Astley leads the Kellaway family to London after a family tragedy. Once there, the family from the country town of Piddletrenthide has a rude awakening as to what life is like in the city...
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies By: Jane Austen and Seth Grahame-Smith Yes, you read that title correctly. Seth Grahame-Smith has taken Jane Austen’s beloved Pride and Prejudice and added zombie mayhem in England to this classic social tale. When I first...
The Rose of Sebastopol By: Katherine McMahon Mariella is a dutiful daughter: she helps her mother with her charity work (especially the home for aging governesses), she sews exquisitely and knows what is right and proper behavior for a lady in society...
The Hunger Games By: Suzanne Collins Oh my racing heart! I now know why everything I've read about this book raves about it and tells you to make sure you have a period of time to devour this book start to finish. I really don't know how I have...
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