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I love Speak and think everyone who reads should read it! HR! (It's also one of the most banned/ challenged books out there, with Banned Books Week coming soon.) Here's another:HYR The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky
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I agree with Julia, Speak is amazing! It's one of the best YA novels I've read!Haven't read it.
HYR The Virgin Suicides by Jeffrey Eugenides
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I am reading it right now and it's a pretty good book. Kind of slow at times, but otherwise alright.
No, Kathleen I haven't, but based on some of the reviews here, it's not for me. Did you like it?And Leah, from way back message #50, I also haven't read Winesburg, Ohio, unless I read it in high school. I don't remember it.
HYR Hounded by Kevin Hearne
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Yes, I liked Enclave. My review is our book reads discussion since it was a former Book of the Month. One of the better done dystopian young adult novels. Scary believable. Author based a lot of it on the "Life After People" series on the History Channel.
Yes, I have read Hounded and all the other books in the Iron Druid series. First rate urban fantasy series.
HYR Ashes by Ilsa J. Bick
It was recommended to me recently.
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HYR Ashfall (Ashfall, Book 1) by Mike Mullin
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On Catcher: Years and years ago.
HYR Outpost (Razorland, Book 2) by Ann Aguirre
Nope. I've only read Crime and Punishment by Dostoyevsky, but I'm looking forward to reading other novels by him.Have you read The Private Lives of Pippa Lee by Rebecca Miller
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No, I hadn't even heard of it, now I'm interested in it, thanks.HYR: A View from the Bridge by Arthur Miller
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Nope, but I want to.HYR Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West by Gregory Maguire
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HYR Skin Deep (Laura Blackstone, Book 1) by Mark Del Franco
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No, I haven't read any Shannon K. Butcher. But I think I've read and loved all of Jim's books. Does Shannon write capital R Romance? I am picky about what I read in that genre...HYR Jim Butcher's Cold Days
, the most recent Harry Dresden?
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No, I am behind on my Harry Dresden.
HYR Divergent (Divergent, Book 1) by Veronica Roth
(I was surprised to see The Casual Vacancy in the grocery store yesterday...)No, I haven't read it or When the Tripods Came, though the latter looks like something I'd like.
HYR The Walking Dead, Book One by Robert Kirkman
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On The Casual Vacancy: Not surprising, sales of The Casual Vacancy have been fantastic. I haven't gotten to it yet either, but hope to soon.
HYR Killing Floor (Jack Reacher, Book 1) by Lee Child
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No, I don't think thrillers are my thing.HYR or cooked from The Joy of Cooking by Irma S. Rombauer
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HYR Mastering the Art of French Cooking by Julia Child
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I didn't know that about The Joy of Cooking. My copies are from 1964, but I probably bought them in the 80's, with the price tags still on them- new for $3.95 and $3.50!When the movie "Julie and Julia" came out I made Julia Child's ratatouille. It was very good. Though I have looked at Mastering the Art of French Cooking,I do not have my own copy.
HYR Diabetic Living Cookbook: More Than 150 Delicious Recipes for Eating Well with Diabetes
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HYR Magic to the Bone (Allie Beckstrom, Book 1) by Devon Monk
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I haven't Kathleen, should I? I read a lot of urban fantasy, but prefer it not be Romance with a capital r, or pnr. Is it?HYR War for the Oaks by Emma Bull
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Allie Beckstrom is very definitely urban fantasy. Devon Monk's writing has been compared to Patricia Briggs or Jim Butcher. Allie has a boyfriend, Zayvion Jones, that she acquires in the first book. There is a romantic element in the books, but I would compare it to Patricia Briggs' Mercy Thompson in that it is more urban fantasy than romance. It is a very original series whose premise is different from most urban fantasy series. The first third of the first book is a little slow. If we could give 4.5 stars on Goodreads, that would have been my rating, but I rolled it up to 5 stars. The others that I've read have all been a solid 5 stars. You just have to allow for some world building in the beginning of any new urban fantasy series. There is a little more romance in the first book than in any of the later books, but again I think that was part of the world building, in that particular case to establish the relationship between Allie and Zay. Yes, I would recommend this series for you or any urban fantasy fan.
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No, Seelie and unseelie courts seem to be a common premise in both urban fantasy and paranormal romance these days. Is this a good choice for a fae story?
HYR The Mark of Athena (Heroes of Olympus, Book 3) by Rick Riordan
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Kathleen, I think I'd like Magic to the Bone and I think you should see if you can get hold of War for the Oaks. When she wrote it, it wasn't common. It's one of the first urban fantasy novels. The characters are musicians in Minneapolis during Prince's heydey. The music is almost as important as the fairies...no, I haven't read any Rick Riordan.
HYR Temping Fate by Esther M. Friesner
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I have not read Temping Fate.
Have you read Cinder (Lunar Chronicles, Book 1) by Marissa Meyer
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HYR Gabriel's Ghost (Dock Five Universe, Book 1) by Linnea Sinclair
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No, I haven't read that, but it looks pretty darn good, or at least like something I'd like. I don't usually read sf with romance and I like it when books combine elements that don't often go together. HYR Someplace to Be Flying by Charles de Lint
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Yes, I have read that! I like all of her werewolf/ shape shifter books very much. Her high fantasy, or the one I read, didn't send me.HYR
Hotel Transylvania by Chelsea Quinn Yarbro
-- or any of the Count St Germain novels?
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HYR Winesburg, Ohio by Sherwood Anderson