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6 | 14 May 18 | Anne Finds Joy | I add maple syrup to everything - I'm Canadian :) But I've been living in US for 15yrs now | The Lightkeepers Daughters | Jean E Pendziwol | 2014 | Historical Fiction | Canadian author and setting on the shores of Lake Superior. Atmospheric, an engaging story, and a bond between an older woman and a young teen as the storyline develops. |
7 | I'm learning to play the ukulele. I play some piano and steel drum too. | The Book of the Unnamed Midwife | Meg Elison | 2014 | Dystopian Fiction | Award winning, a gritty and raw book with intriguing storyline and a great female lead character. I liked this book better than Station Eleven | ||
8 | I love the ocean, all the creatures in it, walking in the sand at shoreline, and listening to sounds of the waves lapping at the shore | Daughter of the Pirate King | Tricia Levenseller | 2017 | Romance Novel, Fantasy Fiction | (Series, Book #1) A super fun and quick adventure read - a pirate story with a twist - the lead is a female pirate who's sassy, smart, and tough. The storyline and cast of characters are great. Escapist read, I read this in a day! And my teen boys loved this too. | ||
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10 | 14 May 18 | jazzylemon | I love Mozart and Bach. And The Beatles. I sing and play ukulele in a band called 'Misspent Uke' and am learning to play guitar. | Love Story | Erich Segal | 1970 | Romance Novel, Tragedy | "What can you say about a twenty-five year old girl who died? That she was beautiful. And brilliant. That she loved Mozart and Bach. And The Beatles. And me." Love Story became the top-selling work of fiction for all of 1970 in the USA, and was translated into more than 20 languages. I've read it several times in my life and it never fails to strike a chord of simplicity and melancholy. Like a song. |
11 | I am definitely a dog person, although I don't have one at the moment. Instead I have two cats named Lucy and Cosette. | White Fang | Jack London | 1906 | Adventure | The eponymous White Fang is a wolf-dog in the Yukon, and his humanisation can be linked to the fact that the book is based on London himself, detailing the struggle of his transformation from the wild nature of his youth to that of a man of culture and domesticity. My family took turns reading this out-loud together when I was a child, and subsequently I did the same with my own children. It is a companion to London's earlier book 'The Call of the Wild'. | ||
12 | I live in the the north of England, and am much closer to Edinburgh than London. Some might say 'It's grim up north,' but I love Newcastle, me. | The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie | Muriel Spark | 1961 | Psychological Fiction, Bildungsroman | A bittersweet story of a Scottish schoolmistress at a conservative girl's school in 1930s Edinburgh. Miss Brodie is a spinster who believes her life is in its prime, and she imparts her ideas of art, beauty, and even facism with zeal on her young, impressionable, and romanticised girls. A deft little masterpiece of only 128 pages, this classic was adapted as a play in 1966 featuring Vanessa Redgrave, then a film starring Maggie Smith in 1969. | ||
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14 | 15 May 18 | Cindee | I like all kinds of music, especially JRock,Jpop Disney songs, some Rock and Pop music. | Aru Shah and The End of Time | Roshani Chokshi | 2018 | Fantasy, Paranormal, Fiction | A really good mythology based Middle-Grade novel I recommend to anyone who likes funny adventure books or just like reading books by Rick Riordan this comes from his imprint of Disney Hyperion and is just as good as anything he writes. |
15 | A modern convenience I could not live without is my laptop I do everything on it from reading to all other things. | Children of Blood and Bone | Tomi Adeyemi | 2018 | Fantasy Fiction | A complex and interesting story about magic and why it is gone and the fact people are persecuted for performing it and all the interesting things connected to all that. | ||
16 | I love anime nearly as much as I love books I watch it on my FUNimation app all the time. | Cruel Beauty | Rosamund Hodge | 2014 | Fantasy | My favorite Beauty and the Beast retelling | ||
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18 | 16 May 18 | Norma | I'm a stay at home mom for now. | Pieces of Georgia | Jen Bryant | 2006 | Coming of Age, Novel | A really great but a little sad ya book. I got the recommendation from my 12 year old. |
19 | I really want to go back to school. | The Roanoke Girls | Amy Engel | 2017 | Psychological Fiction, Thriller, Suspense | It was amazing, but definitely for a adult and not for the faint of heart. | ||
20 | I love anything to do with the paranormal or conspiracies. | We Were Liars | E. Lockhart | 2014 | Fiction | A really good book | ||
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22 | 23 May 18 | Meghan | I work a full time job that I love, but also absolutely hate! | The Bookshop on the Corner | Jenny Colgan | 2016 | Coming of age | A sweet coming of age story for those girls in their late 20s thinking life is over. |
23 | I crochet BIG time. I love making kimonos and wraps because I'm always cold. | The Belles | Dhonielle Clayton | 2018 | Fantasy Fiction | A super twisted YA fantasy....that isn't all as pretty as it seems | ||
24 | I can read tarot cards. | Furyborn | Claire Legrand | 2018 | Fantasy Fiction | Hands down the best YA fantasy book I have read in my entire life. Just read it, no regrets | ||
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26 | 1 June 18 | Jennifer | I'm French, and live in France. But all the books I read are in English. | To Kill a Kingdom | Alexandra Christo | 2018 | Science Fiction, Fantasy Fiction | “Technically, I’m a murderer, but I like to think that’s one of my better qualities.” This is a dark fantasy book and a sort of retelling of The little mermaid. Seriously, this book is brilliant. |
27 | I'm a pc gamer. I play games every day and always end up sleeping very late because of that. | Four Psychos | Kristy Cunning | 2017 | Paranormal, Fantasy | “So if you were a boy band, you’d be One Erection,” I state, rambling because they have me nervous.” This book is so refreshing, and funny. So, this is a Reverse Harem book. But the chemistry between the girl and the boys is so complete and well done, that even if you're not really into RH book, you might just give it a shot and fall head over heels for this book. | ||
28 | I'm not sure if I'm a cat or a dog person. Really, they're all freaking cute. How can I choose? So yeah, I might as well be both. | Poison Study | Maria V. Snyder | 2005 | Fantasy | (Series, Book #1) “One, and two, and three, four, five. Keep fighting like this and you will die," Janco sang.” This book… so damn good. Ari and Janco have my heart. So does Yelena and Valek, but come on, they're everything you want them to be and even more. So yeah, if you read this, you'll love them as much as I do. | ||
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30 | 2 June 18 | Kay | My hobby right now is collecting library cards. I have 20 so far and plans to acquire at least 10 more over the summer. There is a method to my madness, I view this as my own personal scavenger hunt. | Only a Kiss | Mary Balogh | 2015 | Romance, historical fiction | I am a big fan of Mary Balogh and this is one of my favorites. |
31 | I live in California and there are over 50 counties in my state. | Sunset Embrace | Sandra Brown | 1985 | Romance, historical fiction | I actually read book 2 first but I really enjoyed this one more. | ||
32 | My goal is to visit each one and acquire a library card. I am learning quite a bit about my state in the process. | Indigo | Beverly Jenkins | 1996 | Speculative Fiction, Fantasy | I really enjoyed this book and was intrigued by the origins of the story. | ||
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34 | 3 June 18 | Mion | I have a half-brother who was born and lives in Brazil, We found out about the existence of each other and there's nothing we can attribute it to other than pure chance or fate. | Cloud Atlas | David Mitchell | 2004 | Science Fiction, Drama, Fantasy | This is possibly one of the books that has influenced my life the most. It was recommended to me by a friend of my brother's. |
35 | I am passionate about Japanese literature, especially their sci-fi and dark fantasy novels, although I do enjoy good mangas and poetry. | Battle Royale | Koushun Takami, Yuji Oniki (Translator) | 1999 | Dystopian, Horror | There aren't many books that make me cry this hard. | ||
36 | I live in a country where majority of people are considered atheists, are very private and don't smile a lot. Yet most of them have remained kind. | The Forty Rules of Love | Elif Shafak | 2010 | Literary Fiction | |||
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38 | 5 June 18 | Karla | Wintersong is currently my favorite book. | Wintersong | S. Jae Jones | 2017 | Fantasy, Science Fiction | (Series, Book#1) Growing up, Labyrinth was, and still is, my favorite movie, and Wintersong is just like that but darker, and a bit more mature. It also makes references to other literature such as Goblin Market, and it's very well paced. |
39 | I am currently learning to play the ukulele. It's so much fun, and it's incredibly therapeutic | I'll Give You the Sun | Jandy Nelson | 2014 | Family drama, Contemporary Fiction | This is the best contemporary book I have ever read. The characters are so complex, and you love them all, just as much as you hate them. They're real. There's no holly character, free of flaw, everyone has their own goals, and desires. They're selfish at times, and yet caring. You grow to love them and relate to them. | ||
40 | I currently have a thing for pins and patches. It's become a real problem, it just appears I'm addicted to buying them. | Sir Gawain and the Green Knight (Gawayn and þe Grene Knyȝt) | Unknown | Late 14th c. | Poetry, Chivalric Romance, Arthurian, | I read it in British Lit and loved it so much | ||
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42 | 12 June 18 | Kyle | I majored in Psychology and Russian Studies. Despite such interesting fields I went to Library School and now I am a Librarian :) | Flowers for Algernon | Daniel Keyes | 1959 | Science Fiction | This book I have read many years ago and it still affects me today. It's such a sad tale, but it's beautifully woven |
43 | I have two cats. Their names are Abra (named after the Pokemon) and Gold Experience (named after a character from ジョジョの奇妙な冒険 47 さよなら杜王町ー黄金の心 JoJo no Kimyō na Bōken: Sayonara Moriōchō - Ōgon no Kokoro ) | Bless Me Ultima | Rudolfo Anaya | 1972 | Coming of Age | I read this book when I was teenager and it influenced all of my spiritual beliefs and understanding of the world around me. I still strive to be wise and so spiritually sound just like Ultima | ||
44 | I love horror. I love horror movies, horror books, horror creepypastas, etc. The more violent, the better. Any horror recommendations send it my way! | In the Miso Soup | Ryū Murakami | 1997 | Philosophical Fiction | I love this book! I think it's a great suspenseful story. After I read this book I went and bought practically all of the books by this author. | ||
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46 | 16 June 18 | Chloe | I have two tortoises, Don and Myrtle. | The Distance Between Us | Kasie West | 2013 | Coming of Age, Romance | This is a perfect YA romance for the summer. I really enjoyed it and read it insanely quickly. |
47 | I have just finished the second year of my accounting degree...despite what you might think, it's not boring!! | The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer | Michelle Hodkin | 2012 | Dystopian Fiction, Paranormal | I'd class it as fantasy but I'm not sure. It's a bit of a weird one, but I enjoyed finding out what happened to Mara and her old friends. | ||
48 | I love listening to 'true' scary story narrations, and it's what I do most of the time in my office. | Clean | Juno Dawson | 2018 | Contemporary Fiction | This book made me cry, and smile, and cry some more. Loved it! | ||
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50 | 18 June 18 | Sam | I am a Medieval re-enactor, and as such know a lot of useless information regarding living during the War of the Roses. | Girl with a Pearl Earring | Tracy Chevalier | 1999 | Historical Fiction | This book is certainly out of my usual reading genre, however I thoroughly enjoyed it. |
51 | When being driven long distances, I still prefer to use an old fashioned map. | Mort | Terry Pratchett | 1987 | Fantasy | This was my introduction to Discworld, and I hope that others can derived as much joy out of it as I have. | ||
52 | I tend to enjoy more modern books, but challenge myself to read one classic per year. | Skulduggery Pleasant | Derek Landy | 2007 | Horror, Comedy, Mystery, Fantasy | This series is amazing, and I find it upsetting that it hasn't been more widely read. | ||
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54 | 24 June 18 | Amber | I have five young kiddos, ages 2-11, that are semi-homeschooled. | A Man Called Ove (En man som heter Ove) | Fredrik Backman | 2012 | Novel | |
55 | I am self-employed as an energy healer, with Reiki as my foundation. | Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions | Edwin A. Abbott | 1884 | Mathematical Fiction | |||
56 | I love to dance, all kinds: ballroom, belly dance, line, contra, swing and salsa, Argentine tango, even some Scandinavian. | The Night Circus | Erin Morgenstern | 2011 | Fantasy | |||
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58 | 27 June 18 | AmberTerminator | One of my favorite video games to play is Stardew Valley, which I have on PC and PS4. | The Eyes of the Dragon | Stephen King | 1993 | Fantasy Fiction | My first ever Stephen King book I read which was the first YA dark fantasy he wrote for his daughter. It is a pretty good read which features Randall Flagg from his book the Stand as the main villain. |
59 | My favorite author is Sherrilyn Kenyon. | Born of Night | Sherrilyn Kenyon | 1996 | Romance Novel, Fantasy Fiction | A pretty good Space epic adventure romance series and is the first of the League series. If you love action, adventure, and aliens, you will enjoy this book that starts the League series. | ||
60 | Love Pizza, It's one of my favorite foods! | The Princess Bride | William Golding | 1973 | Adventure, Fantasy, Comedy, Romance, Fairy Tale | I like this book because it's just like the movie. | ||
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62 | 7 August 18 | Elizabeth | I love geography, traveling, and the world. | Life and Death in Shanghai | Nien Cheng | 1987 | Autobiography | My history teacher gave it to me with some of his notes written inside. It's about a woman in China who was wealthy, married to an Englishman, and worked in an international company. That is, before China's Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution. Cheng is their perfect target and after the destruction of her home and all of her things, she is tortured and imprisoned for six years. |
63 | Currently, I have been to Jamaica and Turks & Caicos on vacation, Costa Rica and Peru for service, and China for education. | |||||||
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66 | 4 August 18 | Steffi | I am a practising Buddhist, but non-dogmatic and open to all discussions concerning religion and spirituality | The Magpie Murders | Anthony Horowitz | 2016 | Crime Fiction, Mystery | Two novels for the price of one - one story hidden inside the other! Very suspenseful, and densely written. |
67 | I am a geriatric nurse, and love my profession!! | Lost for Words | Stephanie Butland | 2017 | Romance, Contemporary Fiction | Charming story about a Gothic girl working in a bookshop, slowly revealing her tragic family history. | ||
68 | I read many genres, but most of all contemporary Japanese fiction, crime/mystery, classics, and non-fiction | The Thirst (Tørst) | Jo Nesbø | 2017 | Crime Novel | One of my favourite authors! this is the latest novel starring inspector Harry Hole from Oslo. Totally ingenious! | ||
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