"Cassie Scot is the ungifted daughter of powerful sorcerers, born between worlds but belonging to neither. At 21, all she wants is to find a place for herself, but earning a living as a private investigator in the shadow of her family’s reputation isn’t easy. When she is pulled into a paranorm…

Published:  1872 Author: Sarah Chauncey Woolsey Genres:  Coming of age, Children's literature My rating Book blurb Twelve-year-old Katy Carr wants to do so many things with her life, but her mischievous nature and quick temper make it difficult. When a serious accident puts all of Katy's dr…

Original Language: English Publisher: Feiwel & Friends Country: USA Publication Date: January 3, 2012 ISBN : 0312641893 Page Count: 400 My rating Blurb Humans and androids crowd the raucous streets of New Beijing. A deadly plague ravages the population. From space, the ruthless lunar people wat…

My rating Blurb Rostand's masterpiece-and the ultimate triumph of the great French romantic tradition-is the magnificent hero-for-all-seasons, Cyrano de Bergerac. My thought In Paris, in the year 1640, a brilliant poet and swordsman named Cyrano de Bergerac finds himself deeply in love with his…

Published:  October 18, 1851 Author:  Herman Melville Original language:  English My rating Blurb The setting is the Pacific and Indian Oceans on a whaling ship called the Pequod. Some of the main characters are Moby Dick, a large whale, Ishmael, narrator of the book, Captain Ahab, captain of the P…

Published:  1923 Author:  Agatha Christie Genres:  Short story, Detective fiction Blurb A grand treasure for fans of the grande dame of mystery, The Harlequin Tea Set and Other Stories brings together nine rare and brilliant Christie tales of murder and detection that span nearly half a century of …

Published:  September 2006 Author:  Tatiana De Rosnay Genre:  Fiction Adaptations:  Sarah's Key  (2010) My rating  Blurb Paris, July 1942: Sarah, a ten year-old girl, is brutally arrested with her family by the French police in the Vel’ d’Hiv’ roundup, but not before she locks her younger broth…