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Book series; thriller/suspense/gothic?
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A book away f…
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Feb 19, 2021 06:15PM |
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Adult Crime/ Suspense. Modern day male cop/ ex-cop investigates brutal murders with a historical Scandinavian/ Beserker link. Read in early 2000s. Spoilers ahead.
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Bessie
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Feb 19, 2021 06:03PM |
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Father is fired from job and his attorney friend helps in take his case. He’s fired because his company is spending a lot of money on his daughters medical bills. She has cancer.
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Farrah
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Feb 19, 2021 05:36PM |
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Adult Romance. Love love set in Europe, spans years. Couple meet as teens in art section of library. They correspond. He's from affluent New York family. She becomes art curator. Spoilers ahead.
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Danielle
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Feb 19, 2021 05:28PM |
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Classic Novel. Handsome man falls in love with ugly woman who rejects him. Probably written before 1980s. Heard about in late 1980s.
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Jin
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Feb 19, 2021 04:38PM |
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Adult Historical Romance, 1800's. Woman travels from US East coast to West coast with ship full of potential Brides. She just wants to be a cook, but marries a man (in Seattle?). Read in 1980s/1990s.
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Yvette
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2
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Feb 19, 2021 04:03PM |
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murder mystery, buried memories, Colorado
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Priscilla
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3
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Feb 19, 2021 01:57PM |
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Adult Murder Mystery. Serial killer inspired by Jack the Ripper in large U.S. city. He lives in cheap apartment, reads books about Jack the Ripper (mostly looks at pictures, developmentally disabled?). Male detective. Read late 1980s. Spoilers ahead.
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Anne
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4
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Feb 19, 2021 11:11AM |
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Adult Christian Fiction. Husband secretly learns to dance to please wife, their marriage is rocky, teacher is older lady. Plot is similar to "Shall We Dance"? Published around 2015-2020.
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Jenna
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Feb 19, 2021 09:54AM |
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Adult Fantasy/ Magic Realism. Two sisters, one is a folklorist (collects folktales) coming home for first time in years. Other sister lived in family's ranshackle home, but had gone missing. Male scarecrow come to life? Female author. Read in 1991.
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Chandra
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Feb 19, 2021 08:44AM |
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Adult Non-fiction, Autobiography. Female publishing executive in NYC cures chronic sinusitis (sinus pain) with psychotherapy. Extensive use of medical treatments. (Might have written about psychiatric nurses in treating mental illness.) Read in 1960s.
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Karl
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Feb 19, 2021 08:07AM |
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Juvenile Historical fiction. Three boys (two brothers) try to trap a white bear they call the ghost bear, use bear traps they got for Christmas. Possibly set in eastern US, around 1800s. Read in mid 1960s. Spoiler ahead.
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Emily
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Feb 19, 2021 07:21AM |
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YA book. Self harm/ Depression by teen/ preteen girl in U.S. Read around 2009. Possible Spoilers ahead.
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Jordan
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Feb 19, 2021 07:14AM |
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Children's Non-Fiction. Family moves to live on a desert island, eldest teen child is narrator. Trials and tribulations of living on island. Contains photographs. Read around 2000.
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Ashleigh
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Feb 19, 2021 06:47AM |
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YA Fantasy. Depressed girl who self harms is sent to modern Japan, she slips in and out of an ancient village girl's life. Read 2017-2019. Spoilers ahead.
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Mo
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Feb 18, 2021 09:34PM |
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Adult Romance, Sci-Fi Fantasy series. Female protagonist has a feline (leopard or cheetah?) spirit companion, specific personal connection. She might be healer or priestess. Read around 2005.
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Haley
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Feb 18, 2021 07:21PM |
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Adult Mystery Romance Fantasy. Old college? friends rent an English castle to perform a play, use their life savings. Main female character sees a Ghost that looks like her. Castle's owner returns. Read around 2008-2011. Spoilers ahead.
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Karissa
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Feb 18, 2021 06:53PM |
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Adult Historical Romance. Highwayman turns out to be nobleman. He fell out of carriage as toddler, mother died. Probably 1990s. Spoiler ahead.
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Sarabifran
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Feb 18, 2021 05:41PM |
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Adult Sci-Fi. Jellyfish alien searches for planet to colonize for its people, planet without sentient life, for leadership contest. Alien has a human suit on Earth and silver pen cutting tool. Human MC has machine awareness. Spoilers ahead.
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Prometheus
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Feb 18, 2021 05:15PM |
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Adult WW2 Historical. Training of female? spies during WW2. "Don't Look Left" (re: crossing English streets) in book or title?
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Julia
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Feb 18, 2021 05:03PM |
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YA Psychological fiction. Girl tries to cope with her brother's death after an accident on holiday. She's sent to mental rehabilitation centre. Read around 2014-2015.
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Amy
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Feb 18, 2021 05:01PM |
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Adult Romance. Female escort is "owned" by (works exclusively for) a super rich man who is somehow connected to someone else in her life. Read 2010-2014.
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Ellie
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Feb 18, 2021 04:58PM |
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Children's Picture book. Princess with receives impossibly tiny cookies as a reward? Cartoony illustrations, lots of colors. Read around 2000-2006.
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Audra
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Feb 18, 2021 03:10PM |
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YA Fantasy Comedy. Family of vampires/ monsters moves houses. Their mailbox is a monster, so mailman uses tongs. Watch the Shopping Channel in Italian. Read around 2012-2013.
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Quinlan
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Feb 18, 2021 02:42PM |
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Adult Science Fiction. Man tries to stop government scientist from taking over every universe. He almost kills himself in hotel, but stopped by a phone call. Read 2017-2018. Spoilers ahead.
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Lily
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Feb 18, 2021 02:26PM |
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Adult Romance. Male POV lust/ infatuation for dark-haired petite (possibly married woman named Savanna) who smelled like lemon/ citrusy. Read in 1990s.
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Sora
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Feb 18, 2021 01:53PM |
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Adult Mystery/ Suspense, some Romance. Murder in the Isle of Skye. Young woman goes to Skye, hears of murder, scared when a dummy smeared with red glop is left in her bed. Cover: "Skye" appears. Read in 1974.
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Lily
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Feb 18, 2021 01:46PM |
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Young Adult Fantasy Romance... Teenager is dating Death *some spoilers ahead
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Rose
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Feb 18, 2021 11:45AM |
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Adult Mystery series. New York Police Detective whose wife has lupus, becomes Chief of Detectives, works on anti-terror task force. Starts in Manhattan. Read before 2001 or so.
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David
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Feb 18, 2021 11:19AM |
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Fiction series. Female protagonist in a competition with friend, meets boy also in contest (timed tests like riddles, couples are eliminated). Italy? Read 2016-2017.
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María
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Feb 18, 2021 11:03AM |
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