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    • The Assassin and the Desert Cover
      by testsuphomeAdmin In The Assas­sin and the Desert, Celae­na Sar­doth­ien, Adar­lan’s most noto­ri­ous assas­sin, is sent to the Red Desert as pun­ish­ment for defy­ing her mas­ter.There, at the fortress of the Silent Assas­sins, she must prove her loy­al­ty and learn new dead­ly skills to reclaim her hon­or.As Celae­na trains under the Silent Mas­ter, she encoun­ters treach­ery, hid­den dan­gers, and the harsh truths about trust and sur­vival.This…
      Adventure Fiction • Fantasy • Fantasy • Fiction • Young Adult
    • A Court of Thorns and Roses Cover
      by testsuphomeAdmin Feyre is a huntress. She thinks noth­ing of slaugh­ter­ing a wolf to feed her starv­ing fam­i­ly. But, like all mor­tals, she fears the Fae—cruel, pow­er­ful beings who once ruled the world. When Feyre kills a wolf in the woods, a beast-like crea­ture arrives to demand ret­ri­bu­tion. Dragged to a mag­i­cal land she only knows from leg­ends, she dis­cov­ers her cap­tor is not an animal—but…
    • If These Wings Could Fly Cover
      by testsuphomeAdmin Set in small-town Penn­syl­va­nia, If These Wings Could Fly is a pow­er­ful debut YA nov­el by Kyrie McCauley that blends real­ism with mag­i­cal ele­ments. The sto­ry fol­lows Leighton Barnes, a high school senior liv­ing in a house haunt­ed not by ghosts, but by the ongo­ing threat of her father’s domes­tic vio­lence. Despite the trau­ma, their home mys­te­ri­ous­ly repairs itself after each of his vio­lent…
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      by testsuphomeAdmin Hill­bil­ly Ele­gy is a deeply per­son­al mem­oir by J.D. Vance that exam­ines his upbring­ing in a poor Rust Belt town and offers a pow­er­ful insight into the strug­gles of America’s white work­ing class. Raised in Mid­dle­town, Ohio, by a fam­i­ly with roots in the Appalachi­an region of Ken­tucky, Vance tells a sto­ry marked by insta­bil­i­ty, addic­tion, vio­lence, and pover­ty. Despite these chal­lenges, he even­tu­al­ly…
      Non-fiction • Politics • Society
    • A Court of Thorns and Roses Cover
      by testsuphomeAdmin A Court of Thorns and Ros­es is a seduc­tive and sus­pense­ful fan­ta­sy nov­el by Sarah J. Maas, blend­ing ele­ments of romance, action, and fae mythol­o­gy. The sto­ry fol­lows Feyre Archeron, a 19-year-old huntress strug­gling to pro­vide for her impov­er­ished fam­i­ly. One day, she kills a wolf in the woods—only to dis­cov­er it was a faerie in dis­guise. As pun­ish­ment, Feyre is tak­en to the…
      Adventure Fiction • Fantasy • Fantasy • Fiction • Romance Novel
    • A Court of Frost and Starlight Cover
      by testsuphomeAdmin A Court of Frost and Starlight is a novel­la that bridges the gap between A Court of Wings and Ruin and the next chap­ter in the A Court of Thorns and Ros­es series. Set dur­ing the Win­ter Sol­stice fes­ti­val in the Night Court, this sto­ry offers an inti­mate look at Feyre, Rhysand, and their friends as they heal and rebuild after the dev­as­tat­ing war.…
    • Long Island Cover
      by testsuphomeAdmin Long Island is a 2024 nov­el by Colm Tóibín, which serves as a con­tin­u­a­tion of his crit­i­cal­ly acclaimed nov­el Brook­lyn. The sto­ry fol­lows the life of Eilis Lacey, now in her 40s, liv­ing on Long Island with her hus­band Tony Fiorel­lo and their two teenage chil­dren. Despite her years in Amer­i­ca, Eilis has remained deeply con­nect­ed to her Irish roots and has nev­er returned…
    • All the Light We Cannot See Cover
      by testsuphomeAdmin All the Light We Can­not See is a beau­ti­ful­ly writ­ten his­tor­i­cal nov­el that tells the par­al­lel sto­ries of Marie-Lau­re, a blind French girl, and Wern­er, a Ger­man orphan and gift­ed radio tech­ni­cian, whose paths con­verge dur­ing World War II in the occu­pied French town of Saint-Malo. Marie-Lau­re flees Paris with her father as the Nazis invade, car­ry­ing a mys­te­ri­ous and poten­tial­ly cursed dia­mond from…
    • A Court of Frost and Starlight Cover
      by testsuphomeAdmin A Court of Frost and Starlight is a bridg­ing novel­la between A Court of Wings and Ruin and A Court of Sil­ver Flames in Sarah J. Maas’s best-sell­ing ACOTAR series. Set after the dev­as­tat­ing war that reshaped the fae lands of Pry­thi­an, the sto­ry fol­lows Feyre, Rhysand, and their inner cir­cle as they adjust to a frag­ile peace and begin the process of rebuild­ing.…
      Adventure Fiction • Fantasy • Fantasy • Fiction • Romance Novel
    • All Fours Cover
      by testsuphomeAdmin Miran­da July’s 2024 nov­el All Fours fol­lows a 45-year-old semi-famous artist who dis­rupts her sta­ble Los Ange­les life with her hus­band and child by impul­sive­ly announc­ing a cross-coun­try road trip. The jour­ney becomes a cat­a­lyst for self-dis­cov­ery as she grap­ples with midlife crises, sex­u­al awak­en­ing, and per­i­menopause, cul­mi­nat­ing in an unex­pect­ed affair. Blend­ing humor and poignan­cy, the nov­el explores themes of desire, iden­ti­ty, and…
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