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Manuel F. Herrador rated The Wee Free Men: 3 stars
The Wee Free Men by Terry Pratchett
"Another world is colliding with this one," said the toad. "All the monsters are coming back."
"Why?" said Tiffany.
"There's …
Captain Vorpatril's Alliance (Vorkosigan Saga, #15) by Lois McMaster Bujold
"Book Fourteen in the best-selling Vorkosigan series. Captain Ivan Vorpatril is happy with his relatively uneventful bachelor's life of a …
La naturaleza secreta de las cosas de este mundo by Patricio Pron
Una hija y un padre; dos vidas, una desaparición y un accidente. Una novela deslumbrante sobre la huida, la pérdida …
Manuel F. Herrador rated The Adventures of Amina Al-Sirafi: 4 stars
The Adventures of Amina Al-Sirafi by Shannon Chakraborty
Amina al-Sirafi should be content. After a storied and scandalous career as one of the Indian Ocean’s most notorious pirates, …
Manuel F. Herrador rated El crimen y el castigo: 5 stars
El crimen y el castigo by Fyodor Dostoevsky
From [wikipedia][1]:
Crime and Punishment (Russian: Преступлéние и наказáние, tr. Prestupleniye i nakazaniye; IPA: [prʲɪstʊˈplʲenʲə ɪ nəkɐˈzanʲə]) is a novel …
Manuel F. Herrador rated Thornhedge: 5 stars
Thornhedge by T. Kingfisher
There’s a princess trapped in a tower. This isn’t her story.
Meet Toadling. On the day of her birth, she …
Manuel F. Herrador rated MANIAC: 5 stars
MANIAC by Benjamín Labatut
Un inquietante tríptico sobre los sueños del siglo XX y las pesadillas del siglo XXI, MANIAC explora los límites de …
Manuel F. Herrador rated Verified: 5 stars
Verified by Mike Caulfield, Sam Wineburg
The internet brings information to our fingertips almost instantly. The result is that we often jump to thinking too fast, …
Manuel F. Herrador rated The bone season: 3 stars
The bone season by Samantha Shannon
In the mid-21st century, major world cities are controlled by a formidable security force, and clairvoyant underworld cell member Paige …
Manuel F. Herrador rated The Loosening Skin: 3 stars
The Loosening Skin by Aliya Whiteley
Rose Allington is a bodyguard for celebrities, and she suffers from a rare disease. Her moults come quickly, changing everything …
Manuel F. Herrador rated La Montaña Mágica: 5 stars
La Montaña Mágica by Thomas Mann, Isabel García Adánez
Esta es la historia de Hans Castorp, un joven y modesto ingeniero que llega a un sanatorio ubicado en los …
Manuel F. Herrador rated La Montaña Mágica: 5 stars
La Montaña Mágica by Thomas Mann, Isabel García Adánez
Esta es la historia de Hans Castorp, un joven y modesto ingeniero que llega a un sanatorio ubicado en los …
Manuel F. Herrador rated Night Watch: 4 stars
Night Watch by Terry Pratchett
One moment, Sir Sam Vimes is in his old patrolman form, chasing a sweet-talking psychopath across the rooftops of Ankh-Morpork. …
Manuel F. Herrador rated L'élégance du hérisson: 5 stars
L'élégance du hérisson by Muriel Barbery
The Elegance of the Hedgehog (French: L'Élégance du hérisson) is a novel by the French novelist and philosophy teacher Muriel …