December 2017 reading:

53. Moonshine, by Rob Thurman (338 pages)
Cal and Niko accept a job that seems simple enough, but turns out to be a set-up. Someone has plans for George, and it’s not certain whether they can save her. In worse news, the Auphe may not be as vanquished as they had hoped...

54. The End, by Lemony Snickey (368 pages ( Read more... )

September 2017 reading:

40. Shadow Rites, by Faith Hunter (384 pages)
Jane has a lot on her plate, trying to secure the upcoming meeting between the Master of the City and the witches. Too much rides on this accord--but the security situation is a mess. And it's about to get worse. Great read.

41. The Brightest Fell, by Seanan McGuire (368 pages ( Read more... )

Book 9: Hard Choices by Hillary Rodham Clinton - 596 pages

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'All of us face hard choices in our lives,' Hillary Rodham Clinton writes at the start of this personal chronicle of years at the centre of world events. 'Life is about making such choices. Our choices and how we handle them shape the people we ( Read more... )

Book 4: Barack Obama and the Future of American Politics by Paul Street - 272 pages

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Many Americans believe Barack Obama represents a hopeful future for America. But does he also reflect the American politics of the past? This book offers the broadest and best-informed understanding on the meaning of the " ( Read more... )

Book 43: A Series of Unfortunate Events: Book the Eleventh: The Grim Grotto by Lemony Snicket - 323 pages

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Warning: Your day will become very dark - and possibly damp - if you read this book. Plan to spend this spring in hiding. Lemony Snicket is back with the eleventh book in his New York Times bestselling A ( Read more... )

Book 37: Flash and Bones by Kathy Reichs - 271 pages

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As 200,000 fans pour into town for Race Week, a body is found in a metal drum near Charlotte Motor Speedway--a discovery that has NASCAR crewman Wayne Gamble urgently seeking out Tempe at the Mecklenburg County ME's office: twelve years ago, his sister, ( Read more... )

Book 33: A Series of Unfortunate Events: Book the Ninth: The Carnivorous Carnival by Lemony Snicket - 286 pages

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Everybody loves a carnival! Who can fail to delight in the colourful people, the unworldly spectacle, the fabulous freaks? A carnival is a place for good family fun - as long as one has a family, ( Read more... )

Book 27: Mortal Remains by Kathy Reichs - 306 pages

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When Tempe is called to the scene of an autoerotic death, she has little idea of the tangled chain of events that will follow. Because the man whose body she is examining apparently died in a helicopter crash in Vietnam 40 years before. So who is buried in ( Read more... )

Book 23: A Series of Unfortunate Events: Book the Seventh: The Vile Village by Lemony Snicket - 256 pages

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Dear Reader, You have undoubtedly picked up this book by mistake, so please put it down. Nobody in their right mind would read this particular book about the lives of Violet, Klaus, and Sunny Baudelaire ( Read more... )

Book 17: I am Pilgrim by Terry Hayes - 700 pages

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Can you commit the perfect crime? Pilgrim is the codename for a man who doesn't exist. The adopted son of a wealthy American family, he once headed up a secret espionage unit for US intelligence. Before he disappeared into anonymous retirement, he wrote the ( Read more... )