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Adult Short Stories, Literary Fic? Title story: room (13?) with ECT machine in it, in mental hospital? Patients afraid of it. Another (The Habitué?) about man who wants to be an habitué in a bar. Memorises what he sees & hears there. Read early 80s.
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Steve
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Oct 21, 2021 08:43PM |
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Dystopian fiction. Haunted, large building in urban area (New York City?). Spoiler ahead.
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Leslie
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4
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Oct 21, 2021 07:54PM |
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Guy does sales jingles or similar. He fakes his own death and pretends to be his recently deceased twin brother, a missionary in Africa. Brother owed money to dangerous people. Read before 2012.
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Michael
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Oct 21, 2021 07:14PM |
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Adult Historical fiction. Blind widowed woman gets piano lessons from a man, share intimate moment, gets the courage to become independent. Read 2000-2005. Spoilers ahead.
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Chao
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Oct 21, 2021 06:41PM |
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Adult Historical Romance. Sultan is overthrown and his harem women are forced into the desert.
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Susan
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3
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Oct 21, 2021 05:54PM |
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YA Dark Fantasy. Short stories or Encyclopedia of non-traditional Monsters plus dragons, often involves death. Sea slug covers people in goo. Desert bugs ambush people. Grey Wardens? humanoids use whips. Three-legged beast, etc. Read around early 2000s.
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Andrew
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Oct 21, 2021 05:33PM |
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Collection of Short Stories. Maybe Ray Bradbury? Teenage boy (with neurotic father) sees a girl getting kidnapped & saves her by hitting kidnapper with a rock.
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Peter DiGenna…
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Oct 21, 2021 04:06PM |
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Adult Science? Fiction | Plot: Astronauts land on a planet, that turns out to be like Dante's Inferno. They land on Paradise. Read around 1987-1988.
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Duchess
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Oct 21, 2021 03:53PM |
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Adult Fantasy. Young boy (orphan/ urchin) is chosen as a scribe for a powerful person because he can't read and will be just copying shapes. Prophecy. Knight/ paladin. Church leader. Read around 2000-2010. Spoilers ahead.
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Erin
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Oct 21, 2021 03:37PM |
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Women’s Chick Lit fiction. Female musician plays in a U.S. symphony/ orchestra and has a complicated relationship with her "artist" sister & mother. Thinks sister & mother are more talented than her. Romance. Read around 2010-2015.
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Dpm
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Oct 21, 2021 03:27PM |
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Old Adult Romance book from 2001. About a woman who meets a man in the rain, he offers her an umbrella. She was outside crying because I believe she lost a member from her family.
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Latysha M. Mc…
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Oct 21, 2021 02:08PM |
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YA fiction. Caged person is taken/ presented to a Queen who seems malicious. Soon after, a guard helps the person escape. Read around 2016 or earlier.
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Heather
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Oct 21, 2021 01:52PM |
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YA Thriller Murder Mystery. Babysitter (in high school) canceled a job & friend who took over for her was murdered. More murders. Main girl has scar or birthmark on her eyebrow. Read around 2003-2005. Spoilers ahead.
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Ellie
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Oct 21, 2021 01:40PM |
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Romance book when girl writes a romance book and her crush gets cast as the main lead in the movie adaptation
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EbsO
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Oct 21, 2021 01:31PM |
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YA Realistic fiction about addiction, trauma, and possible gayness. Read around 2020.
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Ellie
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Oct 21, 2021 01:22PM |
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Kids/Teen Fiction - 2 kids find out the new school counselor is a criminal with plastic surgery
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Josh
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5
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Oct 21, 2021 01:15PM |
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Cryptid/ Mythical Creature guidebook. No plot or story. YA to Adult. Read around 2009-2011.
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Cooper
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4
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Oct 21, 2021 12:47PM |
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Fantasy - read between 2000-2008. Hero gets turned into a child by a wizard to prevent the hero from outwitting him in a chess game.
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danielle
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Oct 21, 2021 12:33PM |
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Dystopian?/ Controlled Society series (2-3 book). Boy is dropped at a huge school which is fenced off and remote. He has no connections to outside. Read around 2006-2021. Spoiler ahead.
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Maurice
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Oct 21, 2021 12:02PM |
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Children’s/YA Book: Young girl runs away from home with younger siblings after their mother goes on vacation with her new boyfriend. Read 2010-2014.
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Casey
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Oct 21, 2021 11:56AM |
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Young girl in a rowing boat with parents, she pushes mother overboard. Switches to Irish family who owns a pub, their daughter was murdered. Spoilers ahead.
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Emma
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Oct 21, 2021 11:22AM |
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YA book about a kid who prefers to be alone. One adult is concerned, but another says kid is just a loner. Cover: yellow with sketch of guy walking away? Read in late 1980's/early 1990's.
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Allison
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Oct 21, 2021 10:45AM |
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MxM Shifters, Werewolf, Tiger, Paranormal Romance, distinctive Gym scene
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Oct 20, 2021 10:41PM |
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YA, Dystopian, SciFi novel where several young adults compete against each other for a common goal. Read around 2014-2015.
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Kevin
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Oct 20, 2021 08:36PM |
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Adult Epic Fantasy novel. Red haired taboo magic users. Read in late 1980s/early 1990s. Spoiler ahead.
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Claire
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Oct 20, 2021 04:08PM |
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Adult Contemporary Romance - heroine's friends encourage her to get back with alcoholic ex hero
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m
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Oct 20, 2021 02:58PM |
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YA book set in 2000s about girl living near beach
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Emma
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Oct 20, 2021 02:37PM |
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Adult Romance, second chance. Lady owns business her ex-husband's grandma is trying to take away from her. Couple in plane crash, survival in wilderness.
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Michele
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Oct 20, 2021 12:58PM |
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Dark Romance. High school bully romance. Teens left alone in a coastal California area while parents travel. Girl moves back after several years. Read in 2021.
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Kathy
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Oct 20, 2021 12:01PM |
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YA Fantasy novel. Girl lives in Great Lakes Nation, goes to boarding school. Read 2016-2018.
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Joseph
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Oct 20, 2021 04:47AM |
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