"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…