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YA fantasy this is the only scene I remember a character trying to find his power through a game Savannah 4 423 Mar 03, 2021 07:55PM  
YA Romance that may take place on a beach and main character collages Olivia 7 408 Mar 03, 2021 07:54PM  
YA 18th or 19th century adventure/time travel? story based in England? Donna 18 816 Mar 03, 2021 07:54PM  
Paranormal Romance series. Kel/ Kit? is powerful magic user & male side character, has very young girl fairy? always with him who he treats as a daughter. Modern times. Dianna 3 55 Mar 03, 2021 05:21PM  
Adult Romance. Two poor brothers (farmers?), one is married and they live together in a house that burns own. After they live in old bus on property. Cover: bus. Read around 2005. Jon 3 28 Mar 03, 2021 01:35PM  
Adult Contemporary. Woman loses husband in an accident only to discover that he has another family, a mistress and a child. She feels very betrayed when she discovered that his best friend knew but she and best friend fall in love. Read between 2010-2014 Amaka 4 62 Mar 03, 2021 11:07AM  
SciFi (kind of) Short Story, collection. Great flood. Man thinks there will be a new Biblical Flood in near future, no one believes him, he builds a boat. Read in 1980s/1990s (translation in Dutch). Spoiler ahead. Peter 2 28 Mar 03, 2021 10:10AM  
Mafia, romance, police family Tamara 2 21 Mar 03, 2021 09:56AM  
YA Mystery. Girl's friend is kidnapped by a psycho (Max?). Read around 2018. Spoilers ahead. Maxine 2 25 Mar 03, 2021 09:34AM  
YA/ MG book. Kids find a boulder with a plaque/ engraving that says Philosophers Stone, in woods. Grandpa tells story of how this Philosophers Stone (turns base metal into gold) was created. Read in late 1970's (published in 1950's/1960's?). Spoiler ahead. Gary 5 58 Mar 03, 2021 09:13AM  
Children's Picture book. Dog detectives stop Cat magician jewelry thief on cruise ship. Read around 2005-2009. Anika 3 14 Mar 02, 2021 09:27PM  
Children's Picture book. Old man lives in a cave and feeds seeds (shaped into balls) to animals (and maybe dinosaurs?). He's very happy, has a long white beard, and wears yellow. Mountain. Cover: yellow. Read around 2010. Wilf Gordon 3 25 Mar 02, 2021 05:02PM  
Children's Picture book, Lift the Flaps. Bear is looking for something in his house (e.g., you find peanut butter under bed, then put peanut butter back in kitchen, find towel in kitchen). Cleaning. Cover: blue. Read in early 1990s/late 1980s. Emily 4 33 Mar 02, 2021 04:08PM  
YA Short Stories, collection. Girls coping with different life situations (e.g., wants to be beautiful, moves to new neighborhood after house burns down, tall girl feels awkward, rude to elderly relative: Abe Lincoln mentioned). Read in 1970s. Shirley 5 128 Mar 02, 2021 03:59PM  
YA Short Story, collection. Depressed guy eats at restaurant/ diner and is cheered up by a 15 cent meal. His girlfriend wanted to go to a commune, but he didn't. Different authors in book. Read in 1970s. NY 11 35 Mar 02, 2021 03:47PM  
Kids' Ghost story, anthology. Man sees grisly, decayed female ghost working at sink in bookstore basement. Read around 1970's/early 1980's. Chunkstyle 9 35 Mar 02, 2021 03:46PM  
YA Non-fiction, Biography. Teen girl struggles with drug addiction from a very young age and has an abusive mother. Mother is obsessed with washing machines. Read around 2012. Laura 5 77 Mar 02, 2021 02:59PM  
Adult Historical Romance, Regency Erotica. Young woman is pregnant by a French Duke who is married but separated from an insane wife, maid is named Jane. Read in early 1980's. Kendria 5 34 Mar 02, 2021 02:22PM  
NA Fiction. Heroine is in abusive relationship and loses her baby. She gets a tattoo on ribs or hips to commemorate the footprints. Later, meets love interest at college. Florida for spring break. deleted member 4 277 Mar 02, 2021 02:18PM  
Realistic Fiction. Intellectually gifted kid whose dad dies was curious as a child, he is molested by his teacher but they later make up. He meets a Chinese girl somewhere whom he falls in love with. Female author. Read around 2014. Basquiat 6 318 Mar 02, 2021 01:39PM  
Adult Historical Western Romance. Widow is hiding from in-laws in cabin. Hero is hired to find her. He has a son that was kidnapped and released from Native Americans. Read around 2019-2020. Spoilers ahead. hope 3 14 Mar 02, 2021 12:40PM  
YA Coming of Age. 2 teens sisters living on a farm in Africa, one gets HIV, other meets boy (visits her when moon it out?). Work on crops in fields, faints. Cover: blue, night sky painting? Read around 2008-2010. Nikita 7 24 Mar 02, 2021 12:11PM  
Adult SciFi MM Romance. Main character 1 (MC1) is forced by his bad father to marry MC2. MC2 is inexperienced & gets bad advice from father-in-law. MC1 is able to become pregnant. Space station setting? Christine 3 28 Mar 02, 2021 11:30AM  
Mills & Boon/Harlequin Romance 1970s/1980s Marriage Of Convenience For 1 Year For An Inheritance Hero Is 18 Years Older Than Heroine Set In England Or Australia Christine 2 12 Mar 02, 2021 11:25AM  
Children's Fantasy. Girl is kidnapped by fairy king & taken to underworld, her brothers try to rescue her. Very short book. Read around 2000. Kate 3 23 Mar 02, 2021 10:44AM  
Children's Sci-Fi Picture book. Tour of other planets and their strange alien inhabitants. Artwork reminiscent of the Beatles' Yellow Submarine. Read in 1980's. Shelly 3 15 Mar 02, 2021 10:02AM  
Adult Erotic Romance. Hero is Greek and rich, he falls in love with a girl who stammers. Both of them were raped. Read around 2018-2019. Sherri 4 33 Mar 02, 2021 06:47AM  
Adult Paranormal Short Story, anthology. Psychic-ish solitary man in urban setting pins ghosts down to surfaces with special nails to keep their negative energy from affecting the living. His wife is sickly, semi-conscious. Read in 1990's. Spoiler ahead. Chunkstyle 4 13 Mar 02, 2021 06:15AM  
Juvenile Spanish Historical novel. Writer goes to Madrid, Spain to study during 1930s. He stays in la Residencia de Estudiantes, and meets some of the writers from the Generation of '27 (influential poets 1923-1927). Read around 2010. Num Gomez 2 7 Mar 02, 2021 05:51AM  
YA Historical Asia or Dystopian. Girl competes for the crown (marriage to prince), painter bribed to make her ugly, she escapes by hiding in a river. Cover: red/ orange sunset? Read around 2015-2016. Car 5 37 Mar 02, 2021 05:22AM