phildini, while reading rated Boy, Snow, Bird: 4 stars
Boy, Snow, Bird by Helen Oyeyemi
"[R]ecasts the Snow White fairy tale as a story of family secrets, race, beauty, and vanity. In the winter of …
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phildini, while reading rated Full fathom five: 4 stars
Full fathom five by Max Gladstone
"On the island of Kavekana, Kai builds gods to order, then hands them to others to maintain. Her creations aren't …
phildini, while reading rated The golem and the jinni: 5 stars
The golem and the jinni by Helene Wecker
Chava, a golem brought to life by a disgraced rabbi, and Ahmad, a jinni made of fire, form an unlikely …
phildini, while reading rated Us conductors: 4 stars
Us conductors by Sean Michaels
In a finely woven series of flashbacks and correspondence, Us Conductors takes us from the glitz and glam of New …
phildini, while reading rated Rooms: A Novel: 4 stars
phildini, while reading rated My real children: 4 stars
My real children by Jo Walton
The day Mark called, Patricia Cowan's world split in two. The phone call. It is 2015 and Patricia Cowan is …
phildini, while reading rated LIFE AFTER LIFE: 5 stars
LIFE AFTER LIFE by Kate Atkinson
What if you could live again and again, until you got it right? On a cold and snowy night in …
phildini, while reading rated The Miniaturist: 5 stars
phildini, while reading rated How to build a girl: 4 stars
phildini, while reading rated The Way of Kings: 5 stars
The Way of Kings by Brandon Sanderson (The Stormlight Archive, #1)
From #1 New York Times bestselling author Brandon Sanderson, The Way of Kings, book one of The Stormlight Archive begins …
phildini, while reading rated Here: new poems: 4 stars
phildini, while reading rated The drop: 5 stars
The drop by Dennis Lehane
Originall published in slightly different form as "Animal Rescue" in Boston Noir, published in 2009 by Akashic Books.
phildini, while reading rated We Were Liars: 5 stars
We Were Liars by E. Lockhart, Ariadne Meyers (We Were Liars, #1)
A beautiful and distinguished family. A private island. A brilliant, damaged girl; a passionate, political boy. A group of four …
phildini, while reading rated Howl's Moving Castle: 5 stars
Howl's Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones (/Howl's Moving Castle)
As the oldest daughter, willful, outspoken Sophie knew that her life could lead to nothing but mistakes. When her father …