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Book Number: 10

Number Of Pages: 319

Book Title: À l'ombre des Villages

Author: Valérie Dionne

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Book Number:  10

Number Of Pages:  454

Book Title:  Magical Midlife Battle

Author:   K. F. Breene

Summary:   This is the 8th book in the Leveling Up series.  Preparations for, and finally, a battle among teams of gargoyles, shifters, mages, and an assortment of other creatures.  

 

Book Number:  11

Number Of Pages:  330

Book Title:  Dead Heat

Author:    Patricia Briggs

Summary:  4th book in the Alpha & Omega series.  

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To add the second book

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Book Number: 21

Number Of Pages: 325

Book Title: All This Time

Author: Mikki Daughtry and Rachael Lippincott

Summary: Kyle and Kimberly are the perfect couple but when Kimberly breaks up with him on graduation party night, Kyle's world turns upside down.

Review: I totally did not see the twist coming. Excellent book.

 

Book Number: 22

Number Of Pages: 385

Book Title: Night Road

Author: Kristin Hannah

Summary: Threesome Zach, Mia and Lexi make one bad decision on a hot summer night that will change their lives forever.

Review: Very engaging, if sometimes traumatic, read.

 

Book Number: 23

Number Of Pages: 218

Book Title: One Crazy Summer

Author: Rita Williams-Garcia

Summary: In 1968, Delphine, Vonetta, and Fern head to Oakland,  California to meet the mother who left them after Fern was born.

Review: Full of historical details from that time, the girls are funny and likeable.

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Book Number: 11

Number Of Pages: 448

Book Title: The Invisible Life of Addie Larue

Author: V.E. Schwab

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Book Number: 9
Number Of Pages: 275
Book Title: Disability Visibility

Author: edited by Alice Wong

Summary: This book is a collection of essays that highlights the complexity of the disabled experience and challenges readers to question their own understandings.

Review: I found this book very difficult to read for a variety of reasons. It did give me a new perspective on many of the issues faced by disabled people in a world that often marginalizes them.

 

Book Number: 10
Number Of Pages: 215
Book Title: The Big Cat Nap
Author: Rita Mae Brown and Sneaky Pie Brown

Summary: Mary Minor "Harry" Hairston investigates a series of murders, putting her own life in danger.

Review: The author's gimmick of interspersing the flow of the story with dialogue between the heroine's pets gets in the way of the plot for me. I found myself skimming through a lot of this book (and not just the pet talk) to get to the parts that were actually pertinent. This was the twentieth-anniversary book for the "Mrs. Murphy" (one of Harry's cats) series and it seems that the whole idea is just worn out.

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Book Number: 24

Number Of Pages: 218

Book Title: The Boy at the Top of the Mountain

Author: John Boyne

Summary: After his mother dies, Pierrot goes to lives with his aunt in a wealthy Austrian household. It's 1936 and this is no ordinary house.

Review: Just as compelling as "The Boy in the Striped Pajamas" I read this in one afternoon/evening.

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Book Number:  12

Number Of Pages:  316

Book Title:  Burn Bright 

Author:    Patricia Briggs

Summary:  5th book in the Alpha & Omega series.  

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Book Number: 12

Number Of Pages: 341

Book Title: L'ordre des 5 dragons 2 : La colère de Poséidon

Author: Danielle Dumais

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Book Number: 11

Number Of Pages: 310

Book Title: What the Dead Leave Behind

Author: David Housewright

Summary: Rushmore McKenzie is a retired police officer and sometimes unlicensed private detective. Looking into an unsolved murder as a favor, McKenzie soon uncovers either the strangest set of coincidences or the sites of a very real, very deadly conspiracy.

Review: So many suspects that I found myself having a hard time keeping them straight. Still it was an engaging story that turned out very differently than it seemed it would.

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Book Number: 61
Number Of Pages: 320
Book Title: Wilderness
Author: BE Jones


Book Number: 62
Number Of Pages: 552
Book Title: Master of Salt & Bones
Author: Keri Lake


Book Number: 63
Number Of Pages: 372
Book Title: Firefrost
Author: Camille Longley

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Book Number:  13

Number Of Pages:   351 

Book Title:  Smoke Bitten

Author:    Patricia Briggs

Summary:  12th in the Mercy Thompson series of novels.  Wrapped up the witch storyline and introduced a few new werewolfs who may or may not come back to join the pack.

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Book Number: 25

Number Of Pages: 352

Book Title: Christmas on Reindeer Road

Author: Debbie Mason

Summary: Mallory moves back to her hometown with her stepsons and things immediately go wrong.

Review: It's the book equivalent of a Hallmark movie, so we know how it will end. ;)

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Book Number: 64
Number Of Pages: 400
Book Title:14 Ways to Die
Author: Vincent Ralph


Book Number: 65
Number Of Pages: 406
Book Title: Queen Among the Dead
Author: Lesley Livingston

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Book Number: 3

Number of Pages: 288

Book Title: Godkiller

Author: Hannah Kaner

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Book Number: 13

Number Of Pages: 338

Book Title: The Haunting of Leigh Harker

Author: Darcy Coates

 

Book Number: 14

Number Of Pages: 164

Book Title: The Mysterious Affait at Styles 

Author: Agatha Christie

 

 

Book Number: 15

Number Of Pages: 224

Book Title: Les Contes Interdits : Baba Yaga

Author: Dominic Bellavance

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Book Number: 14

Number of Pages: 318

Book Title: The Ghosts of Crossley Manor

Author: Amy Cross

Summary: A young couple finally have their dream place to turn into a luxory hotel in a quaint English town. The ghosts that live in the building may have something to say about this...

Review: 5/5 I really loved how the couple wanted to incorporate ghost hunting into the hotel stay. It made me chuckle. 

 

Book Number: 15

Number of Pages: 544

Book Title: Eragon

Author: Christopher Paolini

Summary: Eragon finds a dragon egg, and it hatches for him. He's pulled into a fantastic adventure with his dragon, a beautiful blue girl called Saphira. 

Review: 5/5 Man... I read this book in high school, a million years ago, and yeah... It's still pretty fun. Saphira is adorably sassy with her human Rider, and she makes me laugh so hard at times. The book was written by a teenager, who's family published it for him, and it does hold up pretty well. I'm rather impressed. 

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Book Number: 26

Number Of Pages: 566

Book Title: Olivia's Luck

Author: Catherine Alliott

Summary: When Olivia's husband announces he's leaving, she suddenly has to learn to live without him, while still caring for theur daughter and overseeing house renovations.

Review: I'm still not sure where the 'luck' comes into it, but it was an engaging read.

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Book Number: 66
Number Of Pages: 342
Book Title: Lost in Time
Author: Melissa de la Cruz


Book Number: 67
Number Of Pages: 451
Book Title: The Assassin’s Blade
Author:  Sarah J Maas


Book Number: 68
Number Of Pages: 648
Book Title: Queen of Shadows
Author: Sarah J Maas

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Book Number: 12

Number of Pages: 316

Book Title: Room on the Porch Swing

Author: Amy Clipston

Summary: When Laura Riehl's best friend Sevilla dies suddenly she steps in to help Sevilla's husband Allen care for their infant daughter.

Review: Likeable Amish characters. Pretty predictable outcome. This is an earlier book in the series that included the one I reviewed earlier. Possibly the predictability had something to do with that fact, but it was a pretty standard tale of forbidden love.

 

Book Number: 13

Number of Pages: 341

Book Title: Twenty-one Truths About Love

Author: Matthew Dicks

Summary: Bookstore owner's angst about the financial reality of his enterprise and his regret at leaving his teaching job behind.

Review: Can you make a novel from nothing but a series of lists? The author has and it is pretty easy to follow the plot, although there are gaps. Funny sometimes, poignant sometimes, just plain stupid sometimes, but generally a good read.

 

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Book Number: 16

Number Of Pages: 202

Book Title: Les Contes Interdits : La Princesse au petit pois

Author: Josée Marcotte

 

Book Number: 17

Number Of Pages: 112

Book Title: Fan Phenomena : Supernatural

Author: Lynn S. Zubernis (editor), Katherine Larsen (editor), (texts provided by different people including: SPN actors Misha Collins and Richard Speight Jr and SPN director of photography Serge Ladouceur)

 

Book Number: 18

Number Of Pages: 256

Book Title: Family Don't End With Blood : Cast and Fans on How Supernatural Changed Lives

Author: Lynn S Zubernis (editor)

(Texts provided by fans and cast members)

 

Book Number: 19

Number Of Pages: 256

Book Title: Les Contes Interdits: Pinocchio

Author: Maude Royer

 

 

Those Contes Interdits are fast reads !

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Book Number: 16

Number of Pages: 419

Book Title: Clariel

Author: Garth Nix

Summary: Clariel is a young woman who just wants to return to her small town in the forest, but other forces keep her in the city...

Review: 5/5 Fun to read. Not as good as the other Old Kingdom books, but still not terrible.  I really liked Bel, as he made me chuckle quite a few times. Also... Ace representation!

 

Book Number: 17

Number of Pages: 320

Book Title: Cujo

Author: Stephen King

Summary: Cujo was a good boy, until a chance encounter with a bat makes him go bad. 

Review: 5/5 Everything about this book is sad. Most of the characters sorta suck, except Tadder who's a lovely little boy, and yet I still adore this novel. It's real, gritty and also even a little fun in a perverse sort of way. 

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Book Number: 69
Number Of Pages: 689
Book Title: Empire of Storms
Author: Sarah J Maas


Book Number: 70
Number Of Pages: 358
Book Title: So That Happened
Author: Katie Bailey

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Book Number: 20

Number Of Pages: 309

Book Title: Dans l'univers des contes interdits: Marcel, le gardien des secrets

Author: Steve Laflamme

 

Book Number: 21

Number Of Pages: 304

Book Title: There'll Be Peace When You Are Done : Actors and Fans Celebrate the Legacy of Supernatural

Author: Lynn S Zubernis (editor) (texts from cast and fans of the show)

 

Book Number: 22

Number Of Pages: 256

Book Title: Dans l'univers des Contes Interdits : K.A. la prédatrice

Author: Maude Royer 

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Book Number: 71
Number Of Pages: 304
Book Title: Fracturing Fate
Author: Sasha Alsberg


Book Number: 72
Number Of Pages: 368 
Book Title: You Won’t Believe Me
Author: Cyn Balog

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Book Number: 23

Number Of Pages: 368

Book Title: Supernatural Psychology: Roads Less Travelled

Author: Travis Langley and Lynn S Zubernis (editors)

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