Lisa B rated East of Eden: 4 stars
East of Eden by John Steinbeck
In his journal, Nobel Prize winner John Steinbeck called East of Eden “the first book,” and indeed it has the …
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Lisa B rated The High King (The Chronicles of Prydain, #5): 5 stars
Lisa B rated Nightbirds on Nantucket: 4 stars
Nightbirds on Nantucket by Joan Aiken
Having had enough of life on board the ship that saved her from a watery grave, Dido Twite wants nothing …
Lisa B rated A Wizard of Earthsea: 5 stars
A Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula K. Le Guin (The Earthsea Cycle, #1)
A Wizard of Earthsea is a fantasy novel written by American author Ursula K. Le Guin and first published by …
Lisa B rated Something Rotten: 4 stars
Something Rotten by Jasper Fforde (Thursday Next (4))
Tired of her responsibilities as the Bellman in Jurisfiction, literary sleuth Thursday Next packs up her son, Friday, to return …
Lisa B rated A Tree Grows in Brooklyn: 4 stars
Lisa B rated Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are dead: 5 stars
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are dead by Tom Stoppard
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead is an absurdist, existential tragicomedy by Tom Stoppard, first staged at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe …
Lisa B rated Angels & Demons: 1 star
Angels & Demons by Dan Brown (Robert Langdon, #1)
World-renowned Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon is summoned to a Swiss research facility to analyze a cryptic symbol seared into the …
Lisa B rated The Great Gatsby: 4 stars
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
For the first time in paperback, one of the classics of twentieth-century literature, The Great Gatsby, is available in a …
Lisa B rated The castle of Llyr: 5 stars
The castle of Llyr by Lloyd Alexander (Chronicles of Prydain -- 3)
When Princess Eilonwy is sent to the Isle of Mona for training, she is bewitched by the evil enchantress Achren, …
Lisa B rated The Magicians: 5 stars
The Magicians by Lev Grossman (Magicians Trilogy, #1)
"Quentin Coldwater's life is changed forever by an apparently chance encounter: when he turns up for his entrance interview to …
Lisa B rated A Wrinkle in Time: 5 stars
A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle
A Wrinkle in Time is a science fiction fantasy novel by American writer Madeleine L'Engle, first published in 1962. It …
Lisa B rated Magic by the lake: 4 stars
Magic by the lake by Edward Eager
On a vacation with their mother and stepfather, Jane, Mark, Katharine, and Martha find themselves overwhelmed with a lakeful of …
Lisa B rated The Golden Ass: 4 stars
The Golden Ass by Apuleius
The Metamorphoses of Apuleius, which Augustine of Hippo referred to as The Golden Ass (Asinus aureus), is the only ancient …