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Beautiful, flirtatious, and recently widowed, Lady Susan Vernon seeks an advantageous second marriage for herself, while attempting to push her …
"The Thing on the Doorstep and Other Weird Stories [presents]Howard Phillips Lovecraft's unique contribution to …
My god I finally finished this book. Loved it, At the Mountains of Madness is too long (and draggy); absolutely loved The Thing on the Doorstep, The Case of Charles Dexter Ward and The Tomb.
Now a major film: J.G. Ballard's compelling and unnerving tale of what happens when life in a luxury apartment building …
A fictionalized account of the author's experiences as a boy in Shanghai, China, during the Second World War, and in …
I would give it 2 stars, but lots of pictures. So 3.
"From the bestselling author of High Fidelity, About a Boy, and A Long Way Down …
Begins really really good, and got a bit draggy end of 3rd series. But I like how the book ended.
"Compiled and written by a former Universal Orlando employee, and based upon decades of research from a team whose work …
1814 –– Evangeline Munroe is determined to find a man she can control––after all, that's the only way she'll know …
Amy C. Balfour: New Orleans (2015, Lonely Planet)
Features sections on Mardi Gras, Jazz Fest and other NOLA festivals; Showcases the best of New Orleans, Jackson Square, Bourbon …
382 pages ; 24 cmHL710L Lexile
the book starts off slow, which made it kind of hard to empathise with the grief of the characters, but engages you as you go on. I thought the revelations and ending were well thought out. it is an unusual book for its genre (kind of YA, but with gritty adult subject & themes), but a good book about complicated female characters and relationships. I like it.
Lady Jane Grey, has just been executed by her cousin Mary Tudor, and her two younger sisters, Mary and Catherine, …
