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• Consumption

  Consumption

  PATTERSON KEVIN

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  Get to know Victoria & her family, as they are, living in the harsh Arctic in 1950s being self-sufficient on the land (ice) with their nomadic tendencies. With contact of the "Southerners", they learn that Victoria is ill & must go South to a sanatorium in order to recover. She finally recovers, but heartbreak follows her.

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• The Piano Teacher: A Novel

  The Piano Teacher: A Novel

  Janice Y Lee

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  Follow Will and Trudy in their hey-days in 1940s, and now after the fact with Claire and Will in 1950s and find out what really happened years before on when the Japanese took over Hong Kong. Where did Trudy go? Why is Will so guarded? What Claire sees in Will? What were the Chens hiding?

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• Penguin Classics Three Men In A Boat

  Penguin Classics Three Men In A Boat

  Jerome K Jerome

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  Published in 1889, was famed for its comical writing. Trying to imagine myself during this time & watching these 3 friends on their escapades on the Thames River. I just couldn't get into it & didn't find anything humourous or comical about it. Guess it doesn't translate well to the 21st century. Great if you need some zzzz.

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• Summer Tree

  Summer Tree

  Guy Kay

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  Blend modern day (well 1980s) with university students with a fantasy world & how they enraptured into the Fionavar world. Follow Kevin, Paul, Kim, Jennifer & Dave as they enter a world similar to when kings ruled, but with magic and different folklore. See what adventures await them.

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• De Niro's Game

  De Niro's Game

  Rawi Hage

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  Bassam & George are best friends in Beirut in the 70s where the war is going on. They are just coming of age & have lost a parent or loved one. Follow each of them as they make their decisions on how they will survive through the war and make their mark in their world. Not all is what it seems.

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• Shadowfever: The Fever Series

  Shadowfever: The Fever Series

  Karen Marie Moning

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  All the twists & turns that follow Mac's adventures in finding her sister's killer. Didn't think it was the person who I originally had thought that killed Alina. I have a love-hate thing for Barrons, V'lane was intriguing character, but not what I expected either. Be warned - there are some erotic scenes and foul language.

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• Bloodfever

  Bloodfever

  Karen Marie Moning

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  Mac was your typical everyday girl, one night in Dublin when she saw my first Fae and got dragged into a world of ancient secrets & immortal beings called Fae (Seelie and Unseelie). In her fight to stay alive & find out who murdered her sister, Mac must find a million-year-old book of the blackest magic called the Sinsar Dubh.

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• Faefever

  Faefever

  Karen Marie Moning

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  Mac’s quest for The Book continues and she is forced into a dangerous triangle of alliance with V’lane, an over-sexed Fae prince of lethally erotic tastes and Jericho Barrons who is a man (or is he?) of animalistic desires and untold secrets. Mac is in a battle for her body, mind, and soul.

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• Dreamfever: A Novel

  Dreamfever: A Novel

  MONING KAREN MARIE

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  The walls between the human & the Fae worlds have come crashing down. As Mac fights for survival on Dublin’s battle-scarred streets, she will embark on the darkest — & erotically charged —adventure of her life. The Lord Master has stolen her past, but Mac will never allow her sister’s murderer to take her future.

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• Darkfever

  Darkfever

  Karen Marie Moning

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  Meet Mac (MacKayla) from the USA. Her sister, Alina, is currently in Dublin, Ireland on a scholarship at Trinity University. All of a sudden her sister is murdered & the Garda(police) shut down her file. Mac decides to follow up with the police, while she meets up with quite a few interesting characters.

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• Post-Human

  Post-Human

  David Simpson

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  Follow James Keats as he & his co-workers deal with the total destruction of Earth & how they came across the Purist who do not live with nans. Will they be able to take on AI with his technology. Reads quick & simple, with fast-paced action as characters fight for survival in a dystopian future of Earth.

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• Confessions of a Shopaholic

  Confessions of a Shopaholic

  Sophie Kinsella

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  Becky works in the financial industry, but her love is spending money. Especially, an item that is on sale. She is in debt, not just a little. As life has, it is easier to give advice then to take it. See if she takes her own medicine of financial advice to get her out of debt or will she succumb to bankruptcy.

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• The Help

  The Help

  Kathryn Stockett

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  3 women: Skeeter, a young daughter of plantation family; Aibileen, an older woman who works for Elizabeth; & Minnie, who is a middle-age woman that is a firecracker & works for Ms. Walters. In the early 60's in the Southern part of the USA. All 3 ladies come together with unusual ways which creates quite a commotion.

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• We Are All Fine Here

  We Are All Fine Here

  Mary Guterson

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  About a woman who is married & has a teenage son, whereby she meets up with her old high school flame & ends up having sex with him. Later, her husband takes her away to a weekend in Oregon to try re-connect with his wife. As a result, she ends up pregnant, but she does not know who the father is

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• The Nanny Diaries

  The Nanny Diaries

  Emma McLaughlin

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  About Nan who is a full-time student @ NYU in Early Childhood Development studies, while she gets a position as a part-time (but more like full-time and then some) caregiver to Grayer to a Manhattan family. The mother & the father seem to be at ends with each other & Nan just gets stuck in the middle of it all. Easy read.

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• Wormwood

  Wormwood

  D.H. Nevins

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  The apocalypse story takes place as the world is being swallowed & torn up by an angel or demon, Tiamat, but Kali does not know that yet. Kali is spared, but why? What is her purpose in all this? Follow her in her adventure as she tries to understand & her purpose is & what her future may hold with the Nephilims.

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• Stubborn Season

  Stubborn Season

  Lauren B Davis

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  Based in 30s mainly in Toronto, where Irene is growing up with a mother, Margaret, who has some form of mental illness & a father, Douglas, who becoming a heavier drinker each day. Irene struggles to breathe while living at home with her mother's condition and distance from her father, with tension between her parents.

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• Barney's Version

  Barney's Version

  Mordecai Richler

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  My 1st Richler book, I did not enjoy it much as the characters(main and supporting) were not likeable or transferable to myself, the reader. Though I thought the son's editing was an interesting twist on the reading aspect. Though I will check out the movie & see how it represents Mr. Richler's writing. Poor Boogie.

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• Percy Jackson And The Olympians, Book Five: The Last Olympian

  Percy Jackson And The Olympians, Book Five: The Last Olympian

  Rick Riordan

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  The final book in the series, Percy and Annabeth are on high alert with Kronos and his army that will be attacking Manhattan and Typhon will be adding to the chaos to the fight. With all the gods at war, what will Percy do to fulfil the prophecy or is not his to complete? Thoroughly enjoyed the series.

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• Percy Jackson And The Olympians, Book Four: The Battle Of The Labyrinth

  Percy Jackson And The Olympians, Book Four: The Battle Of The Labyrinth

  Rick Riordan

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  4th book in series, it keeps getting better. Annabeth, Percy, Tyson & Grover will need to go on the quest to into the Labyrinth to help stop Kronos getting more powerful before he destroys Mount Olympus & the Western World. The monsters & challenges are on at almost every step, even meets up with mortal who helps them.

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• Percy Jackson & The Olympians #3 - The Titan's Curse: Percy Jackson and the Olypians Book Three

  Percy Jackson & The Olympians #3 - The Titan's Curse: Percy Jackson and the Olypians Book Three

  Rick Riordan

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  Grover sends out an urgent call, for what - Percy, Annabeth & Thalia do not know. Situation changes as more monsters are involved & trying to save two half-bloods, brings them in contact with the Hunters. Only to have more people go missing & guess who needs to save them? Find out what monsters are a stirring in this book.

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• Percy Jackson & The Olympians: The Sea Of Monsters - Book Two: Percy Jackson & the Olympians Book Two

  Percy Jackson & The Olympians: The Sea Of Monsters - Book Two: Percy Jackson & the Olympians Book Two

  Rick Riordan

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  Camp Half-Bloods is in danger, but there are things around him (monsters & secrets) that have to present themselves. Mission Impossible: get the Gold Fleece, Percy & his friends will encounter some crazy challenges & old friends(or fren-emies). Though made for a good light afternoon read with adventure & Greek mythology lesson.

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• Percy Jackson & The Olympians: The Lightning Thief - Book One: Percy Jackson & the Olympians Book One

  Percy Jackson & The Olympians: The Lightning Thief - Book One: Percy Jackson & the Olympians Book One

  Rick Riordan

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  About Percy & his troubled past & his challenges of dyslexia & ADHD where he find out that he is a half-bood (no, not a vampire) more like a godling. He is on the run, until he is safe at Half-Blood Hill or though he thought. He takes Annabeth & Grover on his quest to find out what is going on.

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• Dead Cold

  Dead Cold

  Louise Penny

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  AKA A Fatal Grace - Lovely story that bring Chief Inspector Armand Gamache & his posse back to Three Pines. Low & behold, there are two murders & they are linked. But will he and his team be able to find the murderer in time? Guess you will have to read to find out more. Recommend.

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• Sweetness In The Belly

  Sweetness In The Belly

  Camilla Gibb

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• How To Be Good: A Novel

  How To Be Good: A Novel

  Nick Hornby

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• The Paris Wife

  The Paris Wife

  Paula Mclain

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• The Bungalow: A Novel

  The Bungalow: A Novel

  Sarah Jio

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• To Whom It May Concern

  To Whom It May Concern

  Priscila Uppal

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• The Cruellest Month

  The Cruellest Month

  Louise Penny

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