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Publisher: Margaret K. McElderry Books Published: June 4, 2019 Pages: 456 GOODREADS DESCRIPTION All sorcerers are evil. Elisabeth has known that as long as she has known anything. Raised as a foundling in one of Austermeer’s Great Libraries, Elisabeth has grown up among the tools of sorcery—magical grimoires that whisper on shelves and rattle beneath... Continue Reading →
Publisher: Del Rey Published: January 10, 2023 Pages: 321 GOODREADS DESCRIPTION: Cambridge professor Emily Wilde is good at many things: She is the foremost expert on the study of faeries. She is a genius scholar and a meticulous researcher who is writing the world's first encyclopaedia of faerie lore. But Emily Wilde is not good... Continue Reading →
Publisher: Random House Published: 2022 Pages: 383 GOODREADS DESCRIPTION A wedding in a small English village attracts a malicious spirit, forcing deep secrets to surface--a hypnotic tale of sisterhood, first love, and hauntings. As a teenager, Kate found a safe harbor from her parents' constant fighting in the company of the four Gonne sisters, who... Continue Reading →
Publisher: Scribner Published: September 6, 2022 Pages: 608 GOODREADS DESCRIPTION: Charlie Reade looks like a regular high school kid, great at baseball and football, a decent student. But he carries a heavy load. His mom was killed in a hit-and-run accident when he was ten, and grief drove his dad to drink. Charlie learned how... Continue Reading →
My TBR list continues to grow. So many books, so little time! I am always trying to find time to read the books I have on my bookshelf and stored in my Kindle, but yet I continue to buy new books and look for new adventures and books to escape in. 2023 is no different.... Continue Reading →
Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin Published: 2014 Pages: 308 GOODREADS DESCRIPTION Georgie McCool knows her marriage is in trouble; it has been in trouble for a long time. She still loves her husband, Neal, and Neal still loves her, deeply — but that almost seems beside the point now.Maybe that was always beside the point.Two days... Continue Reading →
Publisher: Tor Published: March 2020 Pages: 396 GOODREADS DESCRIPTION A magical island. A dangerous task. A burning secret. Linus Baker leads a quiet, solitary life. At forty, he lives in a tiny house with a devious cat and his old records. As a Case Worker at the Department in Charge Of Magical Youth, he spends... Continue Reading →
Genre: Mystery/Thriller & Suspense Publisher: William Morrow Published: March 15, 2022 Pages: 387 GOODREADS DESCRIPTION What is the purpose of a map? Nell Young’s whole life and greatest passion is cartography. Her father, Dr. Daniel Young, is a legend in the field and Nell’s personal hero. But she hasn’t seen or spoken to him ever... Continue Reading →
Genre: Young Adult Fantasy Publisher: Margaret K. McElderry Books Published: 2020 Pages: 490 (paperback edition) GOODREADS DESCRIPTION After her mother dies in an accident, sixteen-year-old Bree Matthews wants nothing to do with her family memories or childhood home. A residential program for bright high schoolers at UNC–Chapel Hill seems like the perfect escape—until Bree witnesses... Continue Reading →
GOODREADS DESCRIPTION Zachary Ezra Rawlins is a graduate student in Vermont when he discovers a mysterious book hidden in the stacks. As he turns the pages, entranced by tales of lovelorn prisoners, key collectors, and nameless acolytes, he reads something strange: a story from his own childhood. Bewildered by this inexplicable book and desperate to... Continue Reading →
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