Input: [AID] 2031 [Name] Oxadiazole SAR compounds tested via Multiplex dose response to identify specific small molecule inhibitors of Ras and Ras-related GTPases specifically Rab7 wildtype [Comment] depositor-specified cross reference: Oxadiazole SAR compounds tested via Multiplex dose response to identify specific small molecule inhi [Type]

Output: Confirmatory

AID 1772 - Project utilizing multiplex HTS to identify specific small molecule inhibitors of Ras and Ras-related GTPases - PubChem BioAssay Summary


Input: [AID] 2033 [Name] Oxadiazole SAR compounds tested via Multiplex dose response to identify specific small molecule inhibitors of Ras and Ras-related GTPases specifically Rab2 wildtype [Comment] depositor-specified cross reference: Oxadiazole SAR compounds tested via Multiplex dose response to identify specific small molecule inhi [Type]

Output: Confirmatory

AID 1772 - Project utilizing multiplex HTS to identify specific small molecule inhibitors of Ras and Ras-related GTPases - PubChem BioAssay Summary


Input: [AID] 2036 [Name] Additional SAR compounds tested via Multiplex dose response to identify specific small molecule inhibitors of Ras and Ras-related GTPases specifically Rab7 wildtype [Comment] depositor-specified cross reference [Type]

Output: Confirmatory

AID 1772 - Project utilizing multiplex HTS to identify specific small molecule inhibitors of Ras and Ras-related GTPases - PubChem BioAssay Summary


Input: [AID] 2037 [Name] Oxadiazole SAR compounds tested via Multiplex dose response to identify specific small molecule inhibitors of Ras and Ras-related GTPases specifically Cdc42 wildtype [Comment] depositor-specified cross reference: Oxadiazole SAR compounds tested via Multiplex dose response to identify specific small molecule inhi [Type]

Output: Confirmatory

AID 1772 - Project utilizing multiplex HTS to identify specific small molecule inhibitors of Ras and Ras-related GTPases - PubChem BioAssay Summary


Input: [AID] 2038 [Name] Additional SAR compounds tested via Multiplex dose response to identify specific small molecule inhibitors of Ras and Ras-related GTPases specifically Ras wildtype [Comment] depositor-specified cross reference: Additional SAR compounds tested via Multiplex dose response to identify specific small molecule inhi [Type]

Output: Confirmatory

AID 1772 - Project utilizing multiplex HTS to identify specific small molecule inhibitors of Ras and Ras-related GTPases - PubChem BioAssay Summary


Input: [AID] 2039 [Name] Additional SAR compounds tested via Multiplex dose response to identify specific small molecule inhibitors of Ras and Ras-related GTPases specifically Rac1 activated mutant [Comment] depositor-specified cross reference: Additional SAR compounds tested via Multiplex dose response to identify specific small molecule inhi [Type]

Output: Confirmatory

AID 1772 - Project utilizing multiplex HTS to identify specific small molecule inhibitors of Ras and Ras-related GTPases - PubChem BioAssay Summary


Input: [AID] 2040 [Name] Additional SAR compounds tested via Multiplex dose response to identify specific small molecule inhibitors of Ras and Ras-related GTPases specifically Rac1 wildtype [Comment] depositor-specified cross reference: Additional SAR compounds tested via Multiplex dose response to identify specific small molecule inhi [Type]

Output: Confirmatory

AID 1772 - Project utilizing multiplex HTS to identify specific small molecule inhibitors of Ras and Ras-related GTPases - PubChem BioAssay Summary


Input: [AID] 2041 [Name] Pyrazoline SAR compounds tested via Multiplex dose response to identify specific small molecule inhibitors of Ras and Ras-related GTPases specifically Rab7 wildtype [Comment] depositor-specified cross reference: Pyrazoline SAR compounds tested via Multiplex dose response to identify specific small molecule inhi [Type]

Output: Confirmatory

AID 1772 - Project utilizing multiplex HTS to identify specific small molecule inhibitors of Ras and Ras-related GTPases - PubChem BioAssay Summary


Input: [AID] 2042 [Name] Oxadiazole SAR compounds tested via Multiplex dose response to identify specific small molecule inhibitors of Ras and Ras-related GTPases specifically Ras activated mutant [Comment] depositor-specified cross reference: Oxadiazole SAR compounds tested via Multiplex dose response to identify specific small molecule inhi [Type]

Output: Confirmatory

AID 1772 - Project utilizing multiplex HTS to identify specific small molecule inhibitors of Ras and Ras-related GTPases - PubChem BioAssay Summary


Input: [AID] 2043 [Name] Additional SAR compounds tested via Multiplex dose response to identify specific small molecule inhibitors of Ras and Ras-related GTPases specifically Ras activated mutant [Comment] depositor-specified cross reference: Additional SAR compounds tested via Multiplex dose response to identify specific small molecule inhi [Type]

Output: Confirmatory

AID 1772 - Project utilizing multiplex HTS to identify specific small molecule inhibitors of Ras and Ras-related GTPases - PubChem BioAssay Summary


Input: [AID] 2045 [Name] Pyrazoline SAR compounds tested via Multiplex dose response to identify specific small molecule inhibitors of Ras and Ras-related GTPases specifically Rab2 wildtype [Comment] depositor-specified cross reference: Pyrazoline SAR compounds tested via Multiplex dose response to identify specific small molecule inhi [Type]

Output: Confirmatory

AID 1772 - Project utilizing multiplex HTS to identify specific small molecule inhibitors of Ras and Ras-related GTPases - PubChem BioAssay Summary


Input: [AID] 2046 [Name] Additional SAR compounds tested via Multiplex dose response to identify specific small molecule inhibitors of Ras and Ras-related GTPases specifically Rab2 wildtype [Comment] depositor-specified cross reference: Additional SAR compounds tested via Multiplex dose response to identify specific small molecule inhi [Type]

Output: Confirmatory

AID 1772 - Project utilizing multiplex HTS to identify specific small molecule inhibitors of Ras and Ras-related GTPases - PubChem BioAssay Summary


Input: [AID] 2047 [Name] Pyrazoline SAR compounds tested via Multiplex dose response to identify specific small molecule inhibitors of Ras and Ras-related GTPases specifically Ras wildtype [Comment] depositor-specified cross reference: Pyrazoline SAR compounds tested via Multiplex dose response to identify specific small molecule inhi [Type]

Output: Confirmatory

AID 1772 - Project utilizing multiplex HTS to identify specific small molecule inhibitors of Ras and Ras-related GTPases - PubChem BioAssay Summary


Input: [AID] 2048 [Name] Pyrazoline SAR compounds tested via Multiplex dose response to identify specific small molecule inhibitors of Ras and Ras-related GTPases specifically Rac1 activated mutant [Comment] depositor-specified cross reference: Pyrazoline SAR compounds tested via Multiplex dose response to identify specific small molecule inhi [Type]

Output: Confirmatory

AID 1772 - Project utilizing multiplex HTS to identify specific small molecule inhibitors of Ras and Ras-related GTPases - PubChem BioAssay Summary


Input: [AID] 2050 [Name] Pyrazoline SAR compounds tested via Multiplex dose response to identify specific small molecule inhibitors of Ras and Ras-related GTPases specifically Ras activated mutant [Comment] depositor-specified cross reference: Pyrazoline SAR compounds tested via Multiplex dose response to identify specific small molecule inhi [Type]

Output: Confirmatory

AID 1772 - Project utilizing multiplex HTS to identify specific small molecule inhibitors of Ras and Ras-related GTPases - PubChem BioAssay Summary


Input: [AID] 2051 [Name] Oxadiazole SAR compounds tested via Multiplex dose response to identify specific small molecule inhibitors of Ras and Ras-related GTPases specifically Rac1 activated mutant [Comment] depositor-specified cross reference: Oxadiazole SAR compounds tested via Multiplex dose response to identify specific small molecule inhi [Type]

Output: Confirmatory

AID 1772 - Project utilizing multiplex HTS to identify specific small molecule inhibitors of Ras and Ras-related GTPases - PubChem BioAssay Summary


Input: [AID] 2053 [Name] Oxadiazole SAR compounds tested via Multiplex dose response to identify specific small molecule inhibitors of Ras and Ras-related GTPases specifically Ras wildtype [Comment] depositor-specified cross reference: Oxadiazole SAR compounds tested via Multiplex dose response to identify specific small molecule inhi [Type]

Output: Confirmatory

AID 1772 - Project utilizing multiplex HTS to identify specific small molecule inhibitors of Ras and Ras-related GTPases - PubChem BioAssay Summary


Input: [AID] 2055 [Name] Pyrazoline SAR compounds tested via Multiplex dose response to identify specific small molecule inhibitors of Ras and Ras-related GTPases specifically Rac1 wildtype [Comment] depositor-specified cross reference: Pyrazoline SAR compounds tested via Multiplex dose response to identify specific small molecule inhi [Type]

Output: Confirmatory

AID 1772 - Project utilizing multiplex HTS to identify specific small molecule inhibitors of Ras and Ras-related GTPases - PubChem BioAssay Summary


Input: [AID] 2372 [Name] Compound effect on equilibrium binding with Cdc42 under varying GTP conditions: nucleotide depletion with Mg buffer [Comment] depositor-specified cross reference: Compound effect on equilibrium binding with Cdc42 under varying GTP conditions: nucleotide depletion [Type]

Output: Other

AID 1772 - Project utilizing multiplex HTS to identify specific small molecule inhibitors of Ras and Ras-related GTPases - PubChem BioAssay Summary


Input: [AID] 2373 [Name] Compound effect on equilibrium binding with Cdc42 under varying GTP conditions with Mg buffer [Comment] depositor-specified cross reference: Compound effect on equilibrium binding with Cdc42 under varying GTP conditions with Mg buffer other [Type]

Output: Other

AID 1772 - Project utilizing multiplex HTS to identify specific small molecule inhibitors of Ras and Ras-related GTPases - PubChem BioAssay Summary


Input: [AID] 2374 [Name] PAK-Effector Pull-down Assay for Quantification of Rac/Cdc42 Activation Using 3T3 Cells [Comment] depositor-specified cross reference: PAK-Effector Pull-down Assay for Quantification of Rac/Cdc42 Activation Using 3T3 Cells other [Type]

Output: Other

AID 1772 - Project utilizing multiplex HTS to identify specific small molecule inhibitors of Ras and Ras-related GTPases - PubChem BioAssay Summary


Input: [AID] 2375 [Name] Panel results of Cell based ELISA Assessing Activation of Cdc42 and Rac1 [Comment] depositor-specified cross reference: Panel results of Cell based ELISA Assessing Activation of Cdc42 and Rac1 other [Type]

Output: Other

AID 1772 - Project utilizing multiplex HTS to identify specific small molecule inhibitors of Ras and Ras-related GTPases - PubChem BioAssay Summary


Input: [AID] 2376 [Name] Dose Response of compounds with constant GTP under the condition of nascent nucleotide depletion and Mg buffer [Comment] depositor-specified cross reference: Dose Response of compounds with constant GTP under the condition of nascent nucleotide depletion and [Type]

Output: Confirmatory

AID 1772 - Project utilizing multiplex HTS to identify specific small molecule inhibitors of Ras and Ras-related GTPases - PubChem BioAssay Summary


Input: [AID] 2378 [Name] Compound effect on equilibrium binding with Cdc42 under varying GTP conditions with EDTA buffer [Comment] depositor-specified cross reference: Compound effect on equilibrium binding with Cdc42 under varying GTP conditions with EDTA buffer othe [Type]

Output: Other

AID 1772 - Project utilizing multiplex HTS to identify specific small molecule inhibitors of Ras and Ras-related GTPases - PubChem BioAssay Summary


Input: [AID] 2393 [Name] Dose Response of compounds for six proteins with constant GTP under the condition of Mg buffer [Comment] depositor-specified cross reference: Dose Response of compounds for six proteins with constant GTP under the condition of Mg buffer other [Type]

Output: Other

AID 1772 - Project utilizing multiplex HTS to identify specific small molecule inhibitors of Ras and Ras-related GTPases - PubChem BioAssay Summary


Input: [AID] 2418 [Name] Assessment of Cdc42 inhibitors on Bradykinin activation of 3T3 cells [Comment] depositor-specified cross reference: Assessment of Cdc42 inhibitors on Bradykinin activation of 3T3 cells other [Type]

Output: Other

AID 1772 - Project utilizing multiplex HTS to identify specific small molecule inhibitors of Ras and Ras-related GTPases - PubChem BioAssay Summary


Input: [AID] 588369 [Name] Cellular toxicity assessed by Trypan Blue for compounds active in GTPase screen [Comment] depositor-specified cross reference [Type]

Output: Other

AID 1772 - Project utilizing multiplex HTS to identify specific small molecule inhibitors of Ras and Ras-related GTPases - PubChem BioAssay Summary


Input: [AID] 588373 [Name] SAR compounds for Cdc42 probe extension project tested by Multiplex dose response to identify specific small molecule inhibitors of Ras and Ras-related GTPases specifically Cdc42 activated mutant, round 1 [Comment] depositor-specified cross reference [Type]

Output: Confirmatory

AID 1772 - Project utilizing multiplex HTS to identify specific small molecule inhibitors of Ras and Ras-related GTPases - PubChem BioAssay Summary


Input: [AID] 588377 [Name] SAR compounds for Cdc42 probe extension project tested by Multiplex dose response to identify specific small molecule inhibitors of Ras and Ras-related GTPases specifically Cdc42 wildtype, round 1 [Comment] depositor-specified cross reference [Type]

Output: Confirmatory

AID 1772 - Project utilizing multiplex HTS to identify specific small molecule inhibitors of Ras and Ras-related GTPases - PubChem BioAssay Summary


Input: [AID] 588381 [Name] SAR compounds for Cdc42 probe extension project tested by Multiplex dose response to identify specific small molecule inhibitors of Ras and Ras-related GTPases specifically H-Ras activated mutant, round 1 [Comment] depositor-specified cross reference [Type]

Output: Confirmatory

AID 1772 - Project utilizing multiplex HTS to identify specific small molecule inhibitors of Ras and Ras-related GTPases - PubChem BioAssay Summary


Input: [AID] 588383 [Name] SAR compounds for Cdc42 probe extension project tested by Multiplex dose response to identify specific small molecule inhibitors of Ras and Ras-related GTPases specifically Ras wildtype, round 1 [Comment] depositor-specified cross reference [Type]

Output: Confirmatory

AID 1772 - Project utilizing multiplex HTS to identify specific small molecule inhibitors of Ras and Ras-related GTPases - PubChem BioAssay Summary


Input: [AID] 588384 [Name] SAR compounds for Rab7 project tested by Multiplex dose response to identify specific small molecule inhibitors of Ras and Ras-related GTPases specifically Cdc42 activated mutant, round 1 [Comment] depositor-specified cross reference [Type]

Output: Confirmatory

AID 1772 - Project utilizing multiplex HTS to identify specific small molecule inhibitors of Ras and Ras-related GTPases - PubChem BioAssay Summary


Input: [AID] 588385 [Name] SAR compounds tested by Multiplex dose response to identify specific small molecule inhibitors of Ras and Ras-related GTPases specifically Cdc42 wildtype, round 1 [Comment] depositor-specified cross reference [Type]

Output: Confirmatory

AID 1772 - Project utilizing multiplex HTS to identify specific small molecule inhibitors of Ras and Ras-related GTPases - PubChem BioAssay Summary


Input: [AID] 588387 [Name] SAR compounds tested by Multiplex dose response to identify specific small molecule inhibitors of Ras and Ras-related GTPases specifically H-Ras activated mutant, round 1 [Comment] depositor-specified cross reference [Type]

Output: Confirmatory

AID 1772 - Project utilizing multiplex HTS to identify specific small molecule inhibitors of Ras and Ras-related GTPases - PubChem BioAssay Summary


Input: [AID] 588388 [Name] SAR compounds tested by Multiplex dose response to identify specific small molecule inhibitors of Ras and Ras-related GTPases specifically H-Ras wildtype, round 1 [Comment] depositor-specified cross reference [Type]

Output: Confirmatory

AID 1772 - Project utilizing multiplex HTS to identify specific small molecule inhibitors of Ras and Ras-related GTPases - PubChem BioAssay Summary


Input: [AID] 588393 [Name] SAR compounds for Cdc42 probe extension project tested by Multiplex dose response to identify specific small molecule inhibitors of Ras and Ras-related GTPases specifically Rab7 wildtype, round 1 [Comment] depositor-specified cross reference [Type]

Output: Confirmatory

AID 1772 - Project utilizing multiplex HTS to identify specific small molecule inhibitors of Ras and Ras-related GTPases - PubChem BioAssay Summary


Input: [AID] 588394 [Name] SAR compounds tested by Multiplex dose response to identify specific small molecule inhibitors of Ras and Ras-related GTPases specifically Rab7 wildtype, round 1 [Comment] depositor-specified cross reference [Type]

Output: Confirmatory

AID 1772 - Project utilizing multiplex HTS to identify specific small molecule inhibitors of Ras and Ras-related GTPases - PubChem BioAssay Summary


Input: [AID] 588410 [Name] Cellular toxicity assessed by Trypan Blue for compounds in active GTPase screen, set2 [Comment] depositor-specified cross reference [Type]

Output: Other

AID 1772 - Project utilizing multiplex HTS to identify specific small molecule inhibitors of Ras and Ras-related GTPases - PubChem BioAssay Summary


Input: [AID] 588427 [Name] Cellular toxicity assessed by Trypan Blue for compounds in active GTPase screen, Set1 [Comment] depositor-specified cross reference [Type]

Output: Other

AID 1772 - Project utilizing multiplex HTS to identify specific small molecule inhibitors of Ras and Ras-related GTPases - PubChem BioAssay Summary


Input: [AID] 588477 [Name] Dose Response of round 1 SAR compounds for Cdc42 probe extension project tested by multiplex of eight GTPase proteins under the condition of Mg Buffer, non-chelator buffer [Comment] depositor-specified cross reference [Type]

Output: Other

AID 1772 - Project utilizing multiplex HTS to identify specific small molecule inhibitors of Ras and Ras-related GTPases - PubChem BioAssay Summary


Input: [AID] 588479 [Name] Dose Response of round 1 SAR compounds for GTPase inhibitor project tested by multiplex of eight GTPase proteins under the condition of Mg Buffer, non-chelator buffer [Comment] depositor-specified cross reference [Type]

Output: Other

AID 1772 - Project utilizing multiplex HTS to identify specific small molecule inhibitors of Ras and Ras-related GTPases - PubChem BioAssay Summary


Input: [AID] 588622 [Name] Dose Response of round 2 SAR compounds for GTPase inhibitor project tested by multiplex of eight GTPase proteins under the condition of Mg Buffer, non-chelator buffer [Comment] depositor-specified cross reference [Type]

Output: Other

AID 1772 - Project utilizing multiplex HTS to identify specific small molecule inhibitors of Ras and Ras-related GTPases - PubChem BioAssay Summary


Input: [AID] 588624 [Name] SAR compounds for Rab7 project tested by Multiplex dose response to identify specific small molecule inhibitors of Ras and Ras-related GTPases specifically Cdc42 activated mutant, round 2 [Comment] depositor-specified cross reference [Type]

Output: Confirmatory

AID 1772 - Project utilizing multiplex HTS to identify specific small molecule inhibitors of Ras and Ras-related GTPases - PubChem BioAssay Summary


Input: [AID] 588626 [Name] SAR compounds tested by Multiplex dose response to identify specific small molecule inhibitors of Ras and Ras-related GTPases specifically Cdc42 wildtype, round 2 [Comment] depositor-specified cross reference [Type]

Output: Confirmatory

AID 1772 - Project utilizing multiplex HTS to identify specific small molecule inhibitors of Ras and Ras-related GTPases - PubChem BioAssay Summary


Input: [AID] 588628 [Name] SAR compounds tested by Multiplex dose response to identify specific small molecule inhibitors of Ras and Ras-related GTPases specifically H-Ras activated mutant, round 2 [Comment] depositor-specified cross reference [Type]

Output: Confirmatory

AID 1772 - Project utilizing multiplex HTS to identify specific small molecule inhibitors of Ras and Ras-related GTPases - PubChem BioAssay Summary


Input: [AID] 588630 [Name] SAR compounds tested by Multiplex dose response to identify specific small molecule inhibitors of Ras and Ras-related GTPases specifically H-Ras wildtype, round 2 [Comment] depositor-specified cross reference [Type]

Output: Confirmatory

AID 1772 - Project utilizing multiplex HTS to identify specific small molecule inhibitors of Ras and Ras-related GTPases - PubChem BioAssay Summary


Input: [AID] 588631 [Name] SAR compounds tested by Multiplex dose response to identify specific small molecule inhibitors of Ras and Ras-related GTPases specifically Rab7 wildtype, round 2 [Comment] depositor-specified cross reference [Type]

Output: Confirmatory

AID 1772 - Project utilizing multiplex HTS to identify specific small molecule inhibitors of Ras and Ras-related GTPases - PubChem BioAssay Summary


Input: [AID] 602137 [Name] Counter screen to determine effect of SAR compounds for Rab7 project on GST-GSH binding, round 1 [Comment] depositor-specified cross reference [Type]

Output: Other

AID 1772 - Project utilizing multiplex HTS to identify specific small molecule inhibitors of Ras and Ras-related GTPases - PubChem BioAssay Summary


Input: [AID] 602145 [Name] Counter screen to determine effect of SAR compounds for Rab7 project on GST-GSH binding, round 2 [Comment] depositor-specified cross reference [Type]

Output: Other

AID 1772 - Project utilizing multiplex HTS to identify specific small molecule inhibitors of Ras and Ras-related GTPases - PubChem BioAssay Summary


Input: [AID] 602146 [Name] EGFR degradation assay in SCC-12F cells [Comment] depositor-specified cross reference [Type]

Output: Other

AID 1772 - Project utilizing multiplex HTS to identify specific small molecule inhibitors of Ras and Ras-related GTPases - PubChem BioAssay Summary


Input: [AID] 602148 [Name] Active GTPase Screen Compounds affects on binding of VLA-4 specific ligand [Comment] depositor-specified cross reference [Type]

Output: Other

AID 1772 - Project utilizing multiplex HTS to identify specific small molecule inhibitors of Ras and Ras-related GTPases - PubChem BioAssay Summary


Input: [AID] 651732 [Name] Cellular toxicity assessed by Trypan Blue for compounds in active Cdc42 Probe Extension Project [Comment] depositor-specified cross reference [Type]

Output: Other

AID 1772 - Project utilizing multiplex HTS to identify specific small molecule inhibitors of Ras and Ras-related GTPases - PubChem BioAssay Summary


Input: [AID] 652107 [Name] Actin Polymerization inhibition by compounds from Cdc42 Probe Extension Project [Comment] depositor-specified cross reference [Type]

Output: Other

AID 1772 - Project utilizing multiplex HTS to identify specific small molecule inhibitors of Ras and Ras-related GTPases - PubChem BioAssay Summary


Input: [AID] 720688 [Name] Assessing protein source dependence on dose response curves of small molecule inhibitors of Ras and Ras-related GTPases specifically Cdc42 wildtype [Comment] depositor-specified cross reference [Type]

Output: Other

AID 1772 - Project utilizing multiplex HTS to identify specific small molecule inhibitors of Ras and Ras-related GTPases - PubChem BioAssay Summary


Input: [AID] 720689 [Name] Assessing protein source dependence on dose response curves of small molecule inhibitors of Ras and Ras-related GTPases specifically Rab7 wildtype [Comment] depositor-specified cross reference [Type]

Output: Other

AID 1772 - Project utilizing multiplex HTS to identify specific small molecule inhibitors of Ras and Ras-related GTPases - PubChem BioAssay Summary


Input: [AID] 720699 [Name] Comparison of test compound incubation dependence on dose response curves of small molecule inhibitors of Ras and Ras-related GTPases specifically Rab7 wildtype [Comment] depositor-specified cross reference [Type]

Output: Other

AID 1772 - Project utilizing multiplex HTS to identify specific small molecule inhibitors of Ras and Ras-related GTPases - PubChem BioAssay Summary


Input: [AID] 720712 [Name] Comparison of test compound incubation dependence on dose response curves of small molecule inhibitors of Ras and Ras-related GTPases specifically Cdc42 wildtype [Comment] depositor-specified cross reference [Type]

Output: Other

AID 1772 - Project utilizing multiplex HTS to identify specific small molecule inhibitors of Ras and Ras-related GTPases - PubChem BioAssay Summary


Input: [AID] 743330 [Name] Panel of four GTPases' changes in EC50 due to different concentration of fluorescent guanine nucleotide concentration [Comment] depositor-specified cross reference [Type]

Output: Other

AID 1772 - Project utilizing multiplex HTS to identify specific small molecule inhibitors of Ras and Ras-related GTPases - PubChem BioAssay Summary


Input: [0] checkbox [#] position [cover] cover [title] title Valor Anthology [author] author Lavey-Heaton, Megan * [isbn] isbn [isbn13] isbn13 [asin] asin [num pages] num pages 312 pp [avg rating] avg rating 4.41 [num ratings] num ratings 22 [date pub] date pub Jan 01, 2015 [date pub (ed.)] date pub edition Jan 2015 [rating] Lindsay's rating 4 of 5 stars [my rating] my rating 1 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars add to shelves [notes] notes Notes are private! [recommender] recommender none [comments] comments 0 [votes] votes 1 [read count] # times read 1 [date started] date started Feb 23, 2015 [date read] date read Feb 24, 2015 [date added] date added Feb 23, 2015 [date purchased] date purchased [owned] owned [purchase location] purchase location [condition] condition [format] format Paperback [29] actions view (with text) [review]

Output: review Valor is a comic anthology of re-imaged fairy tales showcasing the talent of some of the top creators in the field of digital comics. The purpose of t Valor is a comic anthology of re-imaged fairy tales showcasing the talent of some of the top creators in the field of digital comics. The purpose of this book is to pay homage to the strength, resourcefulness, and cunning of female heroines in fairy tales. Some of these are recreations of time-honored tales. Others are brand new stories, designed to be passed to future generations. Valor is fun, adventurous, different, wonderful. All the positive adjectives I can think of. Bright, colourful, expressive artwork combined with rich storytelling. Each story is anchored by a heroine who fights monsters, stands up for herself in dangerous times, or rescues loved ones. Because there are 23 stories, comic and prose, it's a bit hard for me to review each one. All are anchored by heroines going off on quests, taking matters into their own hands. There are white, black, Asian, and even metal heroines. There are straight and gay heroines. They can and do rely on others for support, but these are their stories. Their adventures. Their time to kick butt and take names, if the situation calls for it. As always with anthologies, there are some stories I liked more than others. There's Prunella by Isabella Melançon and Megan Lavey-Heaton, where Prunella's scowl is captured perfectly, where she toils away for a witch that cursed her, where she keeps on working for the witch because she pays well. Prunella is grouchy and stubborn but fiercely loyal. There's Bride of the Rose Beast by Michelle Krivanek, the story of Kari, forced to marry a monster made from a queen's greediness, and the plan to keep the monster from devouring her on their wedding night. There's Crane Wife by Alex Singer and Jayd Aït-Kaci (text by Ariana Maher), with soft, gorgeous artwork accompanying a heartbreaking story about an injured crane lost in a snow storm and the gift she gave to the hunter who saved her. There's The Flower in the Gravel by Angelica Maria Lopez, bright with colour, about an abandoned tower of treasure guarded by a dragon and a young girl who doesn't believe in any of that foolish talk. Instead, she races headfirst into a tower filled with dangerous traps to find the greatest treasure of all. There's Lady Tilda and the Dragon by Sara Goetter, a wordless, emotional tale of Lady Tilda and the dragon she meets in a dark, creepy cave. The artwork is sweet and expressive. I loved how the characters and the setting told the story, making words useless. The ending always leaves me teary-eyed. And there's Winter's Gift by Joanne Webster and Isabelle Melançon (letters by Megan Lavey-Heaton), about a rabbit travelling through the seasons, using her clever mind and clever wit to outsmart three of them on her journey to the fourth to ask for the rabbits' gift. Bunny never says no, just talks her way around and out of traps, showing that those who look weak aren't necessarily weak. If you ever get a chance to read this, read it. It's fun and smart, filled with strong and clever female characters who take matters into their own hands. (I received an e-book copy of this anthology after backing the project on Kickstarter.) ...more

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Input: [0] checkbox [#] position [cover] cover [title] title Magonia (Magonia, #1) [author] author Headley, Maria Dahvana * [isbn] isbn 0062320521 [isbn13] isbn13 9780062320520 [asin] asin [num pages] num pages 320 pp [avg rating] avg rating 3.72 [num ratings] num ratings 4,232 [date pub] date pub Apr 28, 2015 [date pub (ed.)] date pub edition Apr 28, 2015 [rating] Lindsay's rating 4 of 5 stars [my rating] my rating 1 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars add to shelves [notes] notes Notes are private! [recommender] recommender none [comments] comments 0 [votes] votes 0 [read count] # times read 1 [date started] date started Apr 20, 2015 [date read] date read Apr 21, 2015 [date added] date added Aug 13, 2014 [date purchased] date purchased [owned] owned [purchase location] purchase location [condition] condition [format] format Hardcover [29] actions view (with text) [review]

Output: review Aza Ray is drowning in thin air. Since she was a baby, Aza has suffered from a mysterious lung disease that makes it ever harder for her to breathe, t Aza Ray is drowning in thin air. Since she was a baby, Aza has suffered from a mysterious lung disease that makes it ever harder for her to breathe, to speak—to live. So when Aza catches a glimpse of a ship in the sky, her family chalks it up to a cruel side effect of her medication. But Aza doesn't think this is a hallucination. She can hear someone on the ship calling her name. Only her best friend, Jason, listens. Jason, who's always been there. Jason, for whom she might have more-than-friendly feelings. But before Aza can consider that thrilling idea, something goes terribly wrong. Aza is lost to our world—and found, by another. Magonia. Above the clouds, in a land of trading ships, Aza is not the weak and dying thing she was. In Magonia, she can breathe for the first time. Better, she has immense power—and as she navigates her new life, she discovers that war is coming. Magonia and Earth are on the cusp of a reckoning. And in Aza's hands lies the fate of the whole of humanity—including the boy who loves her. Where do her loyalties lie? Magonia is mysterious and wondrous, like a brand new fairy tale. It's the story of a girl who discovers she's more than she thought, a girl with a power and a purpose she's unsure of. Aza has a realistic and practical attitude brought on by living with her disease. It's a bit of an angry but honest view of the world. She sees through the veils we put up, the fake promises and the dreams, and sees the reality of it all. That sometimes it doesn't matter. She's living as much as she can, But then she's taken, taken up above the clouds to Magonia, and she's lost. Confused. This defies all logic. When she starts to get to know those around her, she becomes wary of their plans. Plans that, somehow, involve her and a hidden power she never knew she had. But they never bother to really tell her what their plan is, what her power is, which is so frustrating. The world-building is so intriguing. Magonia is a curious place up in the sky, full of airships, magical creatures, and the looming threat of war. The ships travel the world, searching for supplies, cursing those who live on the ground. They stay hidden from human eyes, rooting themselves in fable and myth. What child hasn't looked up at the clouds, at their shifting patterns, and wondered if there was something up there? What child hasn't looked up and thought they saw something that shouldn't be there? I wonder if one of the reasons why I found this book so interesting is because I was able to let go and believe it was all happening. That I was willing to believe in the impossible, the mystical and the magical and the bizarre. My favourite parts were when Aza was up on the ship, the ways in which the Magonians are different than humans. The birds. Don't be fooled by the the title comparisons. Stardust? Yes, I can see it. The Fault in our Stars? No. In no way is that a good comparison to this book. A definite read for fans of fantasy mixed with reality, for fans of the impossible, for fans of characters lost and struggling to find their own voice in order to save what they care about most. (I downloaded an e-galley of this title from HarperCollins through Edelweiss.) ...more

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Input: [0] checkbox [#] position [cover] cover [title] title Stitching Snow [author] author Lewis, R.C. * [isbn] isbn 1423185072 [isbn13] isbn13 9781423185079 [asin] asin [num pages] num pages 328 pp [avg rating] avg rating 3.92 [num ratings] num ratings 3,332 [date pub] date pub Oct 14, 2014 [date pub (ed.)] date pub edition Oct 14, 2014 [rating] Lindsay's rating 4 of 5 stars [my rating] my rating 1 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars add to shelves [notes] notes Notes are private! [recommender] recommender none [comments] comments 0 [votes] votes 0 [read count] # times read 1 [date started] date started Nov 04, 2014 [date read] date read Nov 10, 2014 [date added] date added Jul 16, 2014 [date purchased] date purchased [owned] owned [purchase location] purchase location [condition] condition [format] format Hardcover [29] actions view (with text) [review]

Output: review Princess Snow is missing. Her home planet is filled with violence and corruption at the hands of King Matthias and his wife as they attempt to punish Princess Snow is missing. Her home planet is filled with violence and corruption at the hands of King Matthias and his wife as they attempt to punish her captors. The king will stop at nothing to get his beloved daughter back-but that's assuming she wants to return at all. Essie has grown used to being cold. Temperatures on the planet Thanda are always sub-zero, and she fills her days with coding and repairs for the seven loyal drones that run the local mines. When a mysterious young man named Dane crash-lands near her home, Essie agrees to help the pilot repair his ship. But soon she realizes that Dane's arrival was far from accidental, and she's pulled into the heart of a war she's risked everything to avoid. Stitching Snow is an intriguing mystery all about a mysterious girl on a cold planet and the secrets in her past that can't stay hidden any longer. But she's torn between hiding and confronting those secrets, between keeping herself from reliving that pain and keeping the solar system from going to war. Essie is a strong girl, a girl perfectly happy staying where she is and working hard. Doing battle in cage fights, showing tough men that she can take care of herself, repairing the drones that work in the mines. She has her reasons for fighting. She wants to make sure that the men know she can protect herself, that she can fight back, that she'll never be used or be a victim again. Which I have to applaud. She's not whining about being on Thanda. It's not the best place to be, but she's carved out her own little spot, she's proved she can survive. She has a place where she can be safe. But then Dane crashes nearby and ruins everything. I don't usually elaborate on the romance unless it's a love triangle that I thought was done well (or not), but this is an exception. There's no love triangle (unless it's between Essie, Dane, and Dimwit), but there is a moment that made me sit up and respect the romance. Essie and Dane, though mistake and circumstance and kidnapping, are drawn to each other. But they have bigger things to worry about, like saving innocent people. Like surviving. As much as they acknowledge that there's something there, that they might be getting too involved with each other, they understand that their budding romance isn't a priority. It was a mature, rather adult decision to make. And it's not ignored, it's always there, waiting for when they're not constantly looking over their shoulders. There are hints and pieces of Snow White in this fairy tale retelling, but not so much that it felt like I was reading something too familiar. I can see where people are coming from when they compare it to Marissa Meyer's Cinder, but there are enough differences for me that I can enjoy them for different reasons. Cinder for discovering her past and her strength, Essie for confronting her past and unleashing her strength. This book is part discovery, part self-discovery, and part journey to confront those monsters under the bed. It works well as a standalone and I'm satisfied with the ending. I imagine this will appear to fans of fairy tale retellings set in outer space and quirky robot companions. (I received an e-galley of this title from Hachette Book Group Canada through NetGalley.) ...more

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Input: [0] checkbox [#] position [cover] cover [title] title Kin (Tales of Beauty & Madness, #3) [author] author Crow, Lili St. [isbn] isbn 1595146210 [isbn13] isbn13 9781595146212 [asin] asin [num pages] num pages 320 pp [avg rating] avg rating 3.76 [num ratings] num ratings 169 [date pub] date pub Feb 25, 2015 [date pub (ed.)] date pub edition Mar 03, 2015 [rating] Lindsay's rating 5 of 5 stars [my rating] my rating 1 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars add to shelves [notes] notes Notes are private! [recommender] recommender none [comments] comments 0 [votes] votes 0 [read count] # times read 1 [date started] date started Mar 23, 2015 [date read] date read Mar 27, 2015 [date added] date added Jun 21, 2014 [date purchased] date purchased [owned] owned [purchase location] purchase location [condition] condition [format] format Paperback [29] actions view (with text) [review]

Output: review In the kin world, girls Ruby de Varre's age are expected to play nice, get betrothed, and start a family—especially if they're rootkin, and the fate o In the kin world, girls Ruby de Varre's age are expected to play nice, get betrothed, and start a family—especially if they're rootkin, and the fate of the clan is riding on them. But after a childhood of running wild in the woods, it's hard to turn completely around and be demure. Even if your Gran is expecting it. Then Conrad, handsome and charming, from a clan across the Waste, comes to New Haven to seal alliance between their two families. The sparks fly immediately. Conrad is smart, dominant, and downright gorgeous. Yet as Ruby gets to know him more, she starts to realize something's... off. Then, the murders start. A killer stalks the city streets, and just when Ruby starts to suspect the unimaginable, she becomes the next target. Now Ruby's about to find out that Conrad's secrets go deeper than she ever could have guessed—and it's up to Ruby to save her Gran, her clan, and maybe even herself.... Kin is a return to a place dark and mysterious where magic twists and turns its way around everything. It's the tale of a girl and her battle with her future, a life of control over a life of freedom. Ruby is a welcome character. She's brash and bold, fun and caring. Cami and Ellie are everything to her, after kin. But things are different now. Ruby believes she's trapped, trapped between being who she is, a little wild and a little reckless, and being the next Clanmother, which means getting married and having babies as soon as possible. She feels this future is inescapable, so she capitulates in a way. She stops being Ruby and tries to be someone else. She hides from Cami and Ellie. She's in so much denial over everything that she's drowning in it, sinking so fast she can't tell how far away the surface is. It's Ruby lying to herself, pretending, that hurts her the most. Each girl in each book has come fact to face with the wretched monster that is denial, that is lying to yourself because you think it'll make it easier for everyone else. With Cami, it was the shadows in her past. With Ellie, it was her stepmother's constant abuse. This time around, it's the hated future of popping out babies and never running free that changes Ruby. All three of them struggle to find the strength to push past it, to find that one moment that tells them they're free to be themselves. Back to New Haven. Back to a town full of magic, of the Families and their dark secrets, to the rootkin and their connection to the moon, to the Charmers and the jacks and the Twisted out in the Waste. This world is lush, dangerous, and wonderfully crafted. This has been a series of broken girls struggling to fix themselves, to find themselves, to find the strength to fight back against the people that attempt to push them down. They may lie to themselves, to others, they may hide, but in the end it all about them pushing forward and breaking free, no matter how painful it's been. Fans of fairy tale retellings, monsters with sharp teeth, and girls with sharper claws should definitely give this series a read. (I purchased a copy of this title.) ...more

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Input: [0] checkbox [#] position [cover] cover [title] title Fairest (The Lunar Chronicles, #3.5) [author] author Meyer, Marissa * [isbn] isbn 1250060559 [isbn13] isbn13 9781250060556 [asin] asin [num pages] num pages 220 pp [avg rating] avg rating 4.05 [num ratings] num ratings 21,760 [date pub] date pub Jan 27, 2015 [date pub (ed.)] date pub edition Jan 27, 2015 [rating] Lindsay's rating 4 of 5 stars [my rating] my rating 1 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars add to shelves [notes] notes Notes are private! [recommender] recommender none [comments] comments 0 [votes] votes 2 [read count] # times read 1 [date started] date started Jan 26, 2015 [date read] date read Jan 26, 2015 [date added] date added Jun 16, 2014 [date purchased] date purchased [owned] owned [purchase location] purchase location [condition] condition [format] format Hardcover [29] actions view (with text) [review]

Output: review Fairest is a look into the past of a cruel and controlling tyrant, the beginning of her and her rule. The beginning of everything. It's hard to feel an Fairest is a look into the past of a cruel and controlling tyrant, the beginning of her and her rule. The beginning of everything. It's hard to feel any small amount of compassion towards Levana, knowing what she becomes, knowing the crimes she is guilty of, knowing how much blood is on her hands, but those short moments of sympathy do exist. It's because her true self is found here, in the pages of this book. A sad, scarred, lonely girl, unloved by those she wants to love her and bullied by a crass and uncaring sister. If it wasn't for her glamour, if she couldn't hide her scars, then I imagine she would be nothing. Nothing but a shell of a person, hiding from the world. Of course, it's just as likely that she wouldn't blind everyone so they would never see what she truly looks like. Obsession fills her. The desire to be seen as beautiful, perfect. The desire to be loved, by everyone and by one person in particular. Nothing else matters, no obstacle will keep her from making him hers. However, the most frightening thing about Levana isn't the depths of her obsession, the lengths she'll go to get what she wants, but her intelligence. Her sister's flippant attitude towards anything serious gives Levana the chance to show she can make the tough decisions needed to rule over the Moon. That, combined with her obsession, make her an unstoppable force. The series is here in its entirety, the bits and pieces that make up the beginning are present in the background of Levana's tragic tale. The disease and its cure, the plans for an army with animal instinct, the doctors and scientists before they disappear, the plots and plans to gain control over Earth. I do wonder what it would be like to read this without reading the previous three books, how the story would unfold that way. This is definitely a must-read for fans of the series, for those desperate over waiting for Winter. As sad as this story is, it was still interesting to see how it all started, where it all started. Why Levana is the way she is. This is an intriguing character study. (I received a finished copy of this title to review from Raincoast Books.) ...more

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Input: [0] checkbox [#] position [cover] cover [title] title The Darkest Part of the Forest [author] author Black, Holly * [isbn] isbn 0316213071 [isbn13] isbn13 9780316213073 [asin] asin [num pages] num pages 324 pp [avg rating] avg rating 3.93 [num ratings] num ratings 10,504 [date pub] date pub Jan 13, 2015 [date pub (ed.)] date pub edition Jan 13, 2015 [rating] Lindsay's rating 5 of 5 stars [my rating] my rating 1 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars add to shelves [notes] notes Notes are private! [recommender] recommender none [comments] comments 0 [votes] votes 1 [read count] # times read 1 [date started] date started Jan 05, 2015 [date read] date read Jan 05, 2015 [date added] date added Mar 10, 2014 [date purchased] date purchased [owned] owned [purchase location] purchase location [condition] condition [format] format Hardcover [29] actions view (with text) [review]

Output: review Hazel lives with her brother, Ben, in the strange town of Fairfold where humans and fae exist side by side. The faeries' seemingly harmless magic attr Hazel lives with her brother, Ben, in the strange town of Fairfold where humans and fae exist side by side. The faeries' seemingly harmless magic attracts tourists, but Hazel knows how dangerous they can be, and she knows how to stop them. Or she did, once. At the center of it all, there is a glass coffin in the woods. It rests right on the ground and in it sleeps a boy with horns on his head and ears as pointed as knives. Hazel and Ben were both in love with him as children. The boy has slept there for generations, never waking. Until one day, he does… As the world turns upside down, Hazel tries to remember her years pretending to be a knight. But swept up in new love, shifting loyalties, and the fresh sting of betrayal, will it be enough? The Darkest Part of the Forest is eerie and enchanting, magical and deceptive. This is a mix of the curious innocence of adventurous children and the angst and struggle of teens trying to figure out what their place in the world will be, what they'll have to battle against in order to keep it. Hazel feels lost, aimless, undecided and afraid. She's trying to find out who she is, what her purpose is. What the thing is that will make her whole. What she does know is that it won't be being a knight, roaming the woods with a sword in her hand and a mission in her heart, with her bard brother Ben at her side, because that's childish. But still she searches. Ben is just as lost, both blessed and cursed. He's trying to live under the weight of it, under the weight of a gift he can't escape. The mystery of the horned boy in the glass coffin interests them both, more so when they were younger, and even more when he awakes. Who is he? What will he be to them, after all of their childhood fantasies? Curses and consequences. Secrets and promises. Dreams and reality. It's interesting, where our imagination takes us when we're children. The far off places we travel to, the monsters we fight, the princes and princesses we save from fire-breathing dragons. Where does that wonder and magic go? It ends up buried underneath reality, responsibility, and duty. There's no time for dreams when the real world awaits, dripping with expectations for the future. But what we promise in the past somehow has a way of returning to haunt us in the present. What are we to do when we need to remember those promises? This is a bewitching story of a young girl who dreamed of being a knight with her bard brother at her side. Nothing is easy for Hazel or Ben, or Jack. Nothing could ever be easy, not when it comes to being a teenager. Not when it comes to twisted faerie logic. This is almost like a brand new fairy tale: the brave knight racing through the trees, battling monsters and tricksters, with her brother right behind her, a flute in his hand as he pines for a faerie asleep in a glass coffin. A must-read for Holly Black fans. (I received an ARC of this title to review from Hachette Book Group Canada.) ...more

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Input: [0] checkbox [#] position [cover] cover [title] title Through the Woods [author] author Carroll, Emily [isbn] isbn 1442465956 [isbn13] isbn13 9781442465954 [asin] asin [num pages] num pages 208 pp [avg rating] avg rating 3.89 [num ratings] num ratings 15,678 [date pub] date pub 2014 [date pub (ed.)] date pub edition Jul 15, 2014 [rating] Lindsay's rating 4 of 5 stars [my rating] my rating 1 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars add to shelves [notes] notes Notes are private! [recommender] recommender none [comments] comments 0 [votes] votes 0 [read count] # times read 1 [date started] date started Oct 11, 2014 [date read] date read Oct 11, 2014 [date added] date added Jan 26, 2014 [date purchased] date purchased [owned] owned [purchase location] purchase location [condition] condition [format] format Hardcover [29] actions view (with text) [review]

Output: review Five mysterious, spine-tingling stories follow journeys into (and out of?) the eerie abyss. Come take a walk in the woods and see what awaits you ther Five mysterious, spine-tingling stories follow journeys into (and out of?) the eerie abyss. Come take a walk in the woods and see what awaits you there... Through the Woods is a haunting, frightening collection of illustrated short stories. Each story is brought to life (I type as a shudder runs up my spine) with thin, spindly lettering, bold colours, and dark surprises at every turn. Each of the five stories here are not for the faint of heart. All take dark, twisted turns, trailing deeper and deeper into the shadows. Into the darkness where the monsters lie in wait. The artwork is also amazing. Shadows made from the darkest blacks, rosy cheeks and lips the brightest reds. Long, thin fingers. Large, round eyes. Everything seems more dangerous brought to life the way is is here. I imagine as prose, these stories wouldn't be nearly as frightening. When I read the first story during the day, I was fine. But when I went to read it at night, when the shadows creep in around you, with the textured cover sliding and scraping against my fingertips, I'll admit that I wanted to go hide it somewhere where it couldn't get me. Dark and dangerous, filled with creatures and monsters and shadows, this is a perfect book for those interested in atmospheric reads and haunting stories. (I purchased a copy of this book.) ...more

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Input: [0] checkbox [#] position [cover] cover [title] title The Little Android (The Lunar Chronicles, #0.6) [author] author Meyer, Marissa * [isbn] isbn [isbn13] isbn13 [asin] asin [num pages] num pages 35 pp [avg rating] avg rating 4.01 [num ratings] num ratings 5,144 [date pub] date pub Jan 27, 2014 [date pub (ed.)] date pub edition Jan 27, 2014 [rating] Lindsay's rating 4 of 5 stars [my rating] my rating 1 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars add to shelves [notes] notes Notes are private! [recommender] recommender none [comments] comments 0 [votes] votes 0 [read count] # times read 1 [date started] date started Jan 27, 2014 [date read] date read Jan 27, 2014 [date added] date added Jan 07, 2014 [date purchased] date purchased [owned] owned [purchase location] purchase location [condition] condition [format] format Online Free Read [29] actions view [review]

Output: review None

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Input: [0] checkbox [#] position [cover] cover [title] title My True Love Gave to Me: Twelve Holiday Stories [author] author Perkins, Stephanie * [isbn] isbn 1250059305 [isbn13] isbn13 9781250059307 [asin] asin [num pages] num pages 321 pp [avg rating] avg rating 3.78 [num ratings] num ratings 14,643 [date pub] date pub Oct 09, 2014 [date pub (ed.)] date pub edition Oct 14, 2014 [rating] Lindsay's rating 4 of 5 stars [my rating] my rating 1 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars add to shelves [notes] notes Notes are private! [recommender] recommender none [comments] comments 0 [votes] votes 0 [read count] # times read 1 [date started] date started Oct 14, 2014 [date read] date read Oct 16, 2014 [date added] date added Dec 24, 2013 [date purchased] date purchased [owned] owned [purchase location] purchase location [condition] condition [format] format Hardcover [29] actions view (with text) [review]

Output: review If you love holiday stories, holiday movies, made-for-TV-holiday specials, holiday episodes of your favorite sitcoms and, especially, if you love holi If you love holiday stories, holiday movies, made-for-TV-holiday specials, holiday episodes of your favorite sitcoms and, especially, if you love holiday anthologies, you're going to fall in love with this anthology. Whether you celebrate Christmas or Hanukkah, Winter Solstice or Kwanzaa, there's something here for everyone. So curl up by the fireplace and get cozy. You have twelve reasons this season to stay indoors and fall in love. My True Love Gave to Me: Twelve Holiday Stories is an entertaining anthology filled with stories of love, of finding people and uncovering secrets, and of the winter holiday season. As it's an anthology, it's a bit hard to review, so hopefully you'll forgive the non-standard review today. I could talk about every story, but I don't want to. Partially because that would take a long time, and partially because I imagine I'm not the only one who likes going into anthology not knowing what I'll get. But I will attempt to describe what each story has. Some are contemporary and some are fantasy. All have endings, happy or sad or contemplative. All have different characters with their own thoughts and feelings towards the holiday season, joy or sadness or hatred. And all were searching for something, searching for meaning in the holiday, searching for someone to spend it with, searching for the truth. Searching for themselves. There were some I liked more than others, some I wished were longer or shorter. I hoped for more than one LGBTQ story. But all in all, it was a fun, sweet anthology. One I would definitely read again over the holiday season. (I received an e-galley of this title from Macmillan through NetGalley.) ...more

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Input: [0] checkbox [#] position [cover] cover [title] title Monstrous [author] author Connolly, MarcyKate * [isbn] isbn 0062272713 [isbn13] isbn13 9780062272713 [asin] asin [num pages] num pages 432 pp [avg rating] avg rating 3.87 [num ratings] num ratings 560 [date pub] date pub Feb 10, 2015 [date pub (ed.)] date pub edition Feb 10, 2015 [rating] Lindsay's rating 4 of 5 stars [my rating] my rating 1 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars add to shelves [notes] notes Notes are private! [recommender] recommender none [comments] comments 0 [votes] votes 2 [read count] # times read 1 [date started] date started Jan 26, 2015 [date read] date read Jan 28, 2015 [date added] date added Jul 20, 2013 [date purchased] date purchased [owned] owned [purchase location] purchase location [condition] condition [format] format Hardcover [29] actions view (with text) [review]

Output: review The city of Bryre suffers under the magic of an evil wizard. Because of his curse, girls sicken and disappear without a trace, and Bryre's inhabitants The city of Bryre suffers under the magic of an evil wizard. Because of his curse, girls sicken and disappear without a trace, and Bryre's inhabitants live in fear. No one is allowed outside after dark. Yet night is the only time that Kymera can enter this dangerous city, for she must not be seen by humans. Her father says they would not understand her wings, the bolts in her neck, or her spiky tail—they would kill her. They would not understand that she was created for a purpose: to rescue the girls of Bryre. Despite her caution, a boy named Ren sees Kym and begins to leave a perfect red rose for her every evening. As they become friends, Kym learns that Ren knows about the missing girls, the wizard, and the evil magic that haunts Bryre. And what he knows will change Kym's life. Monstrous is a sweet and fun, and as time goes on, rather sinister, story of magic and science. A tale of monsters and young girls, of good and evil and how they are told apart. A tale about finding our place in the world, whether we exist with a purpose in mind or we discover it along the way. Kymera is unique. Clever and strong, inquisitive about the world around her because she only knows, only remembers, so much beyond what her father has told her. Because of that, she's filled with a sweet child-like innocence. What reason would she have to question her father? He's been nothing but kind, love. He brought her back to life so the two of them could save the young girls of Bryre. They just want to help. As the book goes on, her honest curiosity battles against her father's control over her. He tells her that no one would understand her, that people would be afraid of her. But she's not sure if that's true, so she's caught between the worlds that push her down and her thoughts of meeting new people. Perhaps making a friend. But what is Kym, with her human brain and cat eyes and wings and a barbed tail? Is she still human or is she a monster? Can monsters with claws and wings be heroes, saving young girls from certain death? Can monsters grow roses? Is it what's on the inside or only what's on the outside? Kym looks dangerous, she looks like a terrible monster, so she must be dangerous, yes? What this book touches on is how we define who/what is a monster and who/what isn't and how problematic it is to judge people based on their appearances. What will help us determine the truth is knowledge, time, and our own instincts. The world-building here is so much fun. It's a mixture of fairy tales, fables, and Mary Shelley's Frankenstein. Magic and monsters and a girl brought back to life made up of parts that aren't originally hers. Kym navigates the world as the reader does, learning more and more about what evil plagues Bryre and what must be done in order to save it. I found this to be a magical story, a sweet tale about a girl who isn't like other girls, one made up of good intentions and a strong need to help and protect others. We can't always be afraid of those who look like monsters, with scaly wings and sharp fangs and long tails, because they could be the bravest and most caring of all. (I downloaded an e-galley of this title from Edelweiss through HarperCollins.) ...more

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Input: [0] checkbox [#] position [cover] cover [title] title Wayfarer (Tales of Beauty & Madness, #2) [author] author Crow, Lili St. [isbn] isbn 1595146202 [isbn13] isbn13 9781595146205 [asin] asin [num pages] num pages 352 pp [avg rating] avg rating 3.69 [num ratings] num ratings 540 [date pub] date pub Feb 26, 2014 [date pub (ed.)] date pub edition Mar 06, 2014 [rating] Lindsay's rating 5 of 5 stars [my rating] my rating 1 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars add to shelves [notes] notes Notes are private! [recommender] recommender none [comments] comments 1 [votes] votes 0 [read count] # times read 1 [date started] date started Mar 17, 2014 [date read] date read Mar 18, 2014 [date added] date added Jun 19, 2013 [date purchased] date purchased [owned] owned [purchase location] purchase location [condition] condition [format] format Paperback [29] actions view (with text) [review]

Output: review Newly orphaned, increasingly isolated from her friends, and terrified of her violent stepmother, Ellen Sinder still believes she'll be okay. She has a Newly orphaned, increasingly isolated from her friends, and terrified of her violent stepmother, Ellen Sinder still believes she'll be okay. She has a plan for surviving and getting through high school, which includes keeping her head down and saving any credits she can earn or steal. But when a train arrives from over the Waste beyond New Haven, carrying a golden boy and a new stepsister, all of Ellie's plans begin to unravel, one by one. Just when all hope is lost, Ellie meets an odd old woman with a warm hearth and a heavenly garden. Auntie's kindness is intoxicating, and Ellie finally has a home again. Yet when the clock strikes twelve on the night of the annual Charmer's Ball, Ellie realizes that no charm is strong enough to make her past disappear. Wayfarer is a return to a world filled with magic and secrets, where danger is always present, where an orphaned girl is blind to her own worth, and where home is no longer a safe place. Ellie is frightened, beaten down. There's some strength still left in her, though. She's determined to make it to the end of high school when she'll be able to leave a house that once contained happy memories but only holds fear, pain, and tears. Everything will be better then. She'll be able to make it on her own. She doesn't need charity, and Cami and Ruby don't need to know what's really going on with her stepmother. She doesn't need help from anyone, no matter how painful it gets. But she's in denial. She believes she's no longer worth it. Worth helping, worth being friends with, worth saving. Her sense of self-worth and confidence disappear in such a short amount of time, but sometimes that's all it takes. Near constant abuse, pain, fear. Being told you're stupid, useless, a waste of time. Anyone would crumble. What will it take for her to put herself back together? There's more romance here than in Nameless, more of an obvious romance. I won't deny that the guy in question pushes Ellie, that certain things he says or does gets her moving, pushes her further and further along the path she's wandering along, but she still has to make the decision to fight back. It won't work if he does the fighting for her. A new book means a return to the enchanting world that is New Haven, a world with Family and their shadowed secrets, with charmers and their Sigils, with minotaurs Twisted with Potential gone wrong and jacks on the lookout for easy prey. The world building is extensive and creative. Not everything is explained fully and I don't seem to mind. This is how this world works. Family is Family, charmers are charmers. And jacks are jacks, feathers or fur or scales and all. Not everything can, or will, be explained. Fairy tale retellings seem to be a dime a dozen these days, and while it's rather clear which tale Ellie comes from, it's the journey from start to finish that I enjoy. I'm often curious as to how the author will get from beginning to end, mixing bits and pieces of source material with their own ideas, plot twists, characters, and style of writing. I've never hidden the fact that I'm a fan of Lili St. Crow's books so perhaps I'm biased, but this book didn't disappoint me. There's something about how she writes, what she writes, the worlds she creates, the characters that appear on each page, that makes me fall heart-first and head-second into the book. ...more

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Input: [0] checkbox [#] position [cover] cover [title] title Beastkeeper [author] author Hellisen, Cat * [isbn] isbn 0805099808 [isbn13] isbn13 9780805099805 [asin] asin [num pages] num pages 208 pp [avg rating] avg rating 3.41 [num ratings] num ratings 854 [date pub] date pub Feb 03, 2015 [date pub (ed.)] date pub edition Feb 03, 2015 [rating] Lindsay's rating 4 of 5 stars [my rating] my rating 1 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars add to shelves [notes] notes Notes are private! [recommender] recommender none [comments] comments 0 [votes] votes 0 [read count] # times read 1 [date started] date started Jan 24, 2015 [date read] date read Jan 24, 2015 [date added] date added Feb 26, 2013 [date purchased] date purchased [owned] owned [purchase location] purchase location [condition] condition [format] format Hardcover [29] actions view (with text) [review]

Output: review Sarah has always been on the move. Her mother hates the cold, so every few months her parents pack their bags and drag her off after the sun. She's gr Sarah has always been on the move. Her mother hates the cold, so every few months her parents pack their bags and drag her off after the sun. She's grown up lonely and longing for magic. She doesn't know that it's magic her parents are running from. When Sarah's mother walks out on their family, all the strange old magic they have tried to hide from comes rising into their mundane world. Her father begins to change into something wild and beastly, but before his transformation is complete, he takes Sarah to her grandparents—people she has never met, didn't even know were still alive. Deep in the forest, in a crumbling ruin of a castle, Sarah begins to untangle the layers of curses affecting her family bloodlines, until she discovers that the curse has carried over to her, too. The day she falls in love for the first time, Sarah will transform into a beast... unless she can figure out a way to break the curse forever. Beastkeeper is sweet, magical, and mysterious. Secrets and curses abound, their power continuous and their reach overwhelming. This is the story of one young girl discovering the shadows in her family's past and working fast before they envelop her as they did her parents and grandparents so many years ago. Sarah's voice is a charming one. She's a clever and lonely girl, observant and on her own after years of never staying in one place long enough to make any lasting friends. But she's happy with her parents, until her mother leaves in the middle of the night. Until her father begins to change. Until she's taken to her grandparents. Then she's lost, scrambling to understand what's happened and what went wrong. There's a hidden strength in Sarah. There's a time or two when she gives up, but there's also a time or two when she doesn't, when it hurts so much to carry on but she refuses to quit. The secrets parents keep from their children. The shadows they run from with their children. The harm they do to their children. Sarah doesn't understand why her mother left, why her father left her with, essentially, strangers. She doesn't understand because they never told her the truth, thinking instead they could run from it, that she would be safe from it. Parents can care for and protect their children, yes, please do this, but keeping those very important things from them is never good. Children know when something is wrong and they will call adults out on it. They will see through it, see through you, and start to wonder if they're no longer safe with you. Curses and choices and consequences, they're such inescapable things. We run from them, hide from them, try and trick them and sneak around them. But they're always there, waiting to continue the circle that never ends. Until someone comes along and makes the most difficult decision to end it all. I can see where the retelling is, where the bits and pieces of the story of Beauty and the Beast are, but the author twists it and makes it something new. Almost like a retelling and a brand new fairy tale at the same time. This book is sweet and fun but also serious and dangerous, and filled with magic. (I received an advance copy of this title to review from Raincoast Books.) ...more

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Input: [0] checkbox [#] position [cover] cover [title] title Nameless (Tales of Beauty & Madness, #1) [author] author Crow, Lili St. [isbn] isbn 1595143572 [isbn13] isbn13 9781595143570 [asin] asin [num pages] num pages 328 pp [avg rating] avg rating 3.55 [num ratings] num ratings 2,786 [date pub] date pub Apr 04, 2013 [date pub (ed.)] date pub edition Apr 04, 2013 [rating] Lindsay's rating 4 of 5 stars [my rating] my rating 1 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars add to shelves [notes] notes Notes are private! [recommender] recommender none [comments] comments 0 [votes] votes 0 [read count] # times read 1 [date started] date started Mar 21, 2013 [date read] date read Mar 27, 2013 [date added] date added Jul 08, 2012 [date purchased] date purchased [owned] owned [purchase location] purchase location [condition] condition [format] format Hardcover [29] actions view (with text) [review]

Output: review When she was six, she was found alone in the snow by Enrico Vultusino, godfather of the Seven, the powerful Families that rule magic-ridden New Haven. When she was six, she was found alone in the snow by Enrico Vultusino, godfather of the Seven, the powerful Families that rule magic-ridden New Haven. Papa Vultusino adopted the mute and scarred child, naming her after his dead wife and raising her in luxury on Haven Hill along with his son, Nico. Now Camille is turning sixteen. No longer mute, she keeps her scars hidden under her school uniform and only opens up to her friends Ruby and Ellie, and to Nico, who has become more than a brother to her. But even though Cami is a pampered heiress, she knows she's not really Family. Unlike them, she's a mortal with a past buried in trauma. It's not until she meets Tor, who has scars of his own, that Cami begins to uncover the secrets of her birth, to find out where she comes from and why her past is threatening her now. Nameless is an enthralling and captivating tale, dark and dripping with magic and decadence. In an intricate world so powerful, so unique, so dangerous, a girl struggles to discover where she belongs, if she belongs, who she belongs to. What her name is. Cami is a curious creature, caught between the family that took her in and the unknown mysteries of her past. Where did she come from before they found her, shaking and bleeding in the snow? What is creeping out from the darkness that causes her nightmares? It can be difficult, having the meek quiet girl as the heroine, but sometimes it's the quiet ones you have to watch out for. It's the quiet ones who get inquisitive, who get tired of not knowing, who follow and grab hold when a hidden truth is revealed. It's the quiet ones who have to figure out their place in the world. For those looking for a romance in this magical world, they'll find it muted, but I didn't seem to miss it. Cami's connections to each of the battered boys is different. Nico's anger and fury hide the pain and scars on the inside and Cami's hands flutter with the urge to soothe and comfort. Tor's scars on the outside that mark him reminds Cami of her own, of a past she can't remember, and she knows that somehow, in some way, they are similar. In different ways, she cares about them both. The world the author has crafted here is wonderfully complex. New Haven is not part of the normal human world, it doesn't even have the same history as our own. Everything sounds and tastes familiar, but woven in are the magics and the creatures and a different history that crafted this place. Potential, Twists, jacks, fausts, charmers, the Families. Not everything is fully explained which adds a wariness to it all, a hidden danger lurking in the darkness, in the shadows. An exciting world crackling with power at the edges. It doesn't take long to see who the fairy tale counterparts are in Cami, Ruby, Ellie, or other characters. What makes this retelling work is the unique world, the darker and dangerous magic, the secrets and nightmares. Everything the author brought and added to the story of Snow White, every twist and turn, makes this a refreshing and exciting retelling while still staying faithful to the original. As with the author's previous series, I found myself devouring it, sinking down as deep as I could into the story, feeling the icy bite of the falling snow, hearing the mad thump of someone's heartbeat. And, as with the author's previous series, I found myself craving more the second it was over. ...more

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Input: [0] checkbox [#] position [cover] cover [title] title Cress (The Lunar Chronicles, #3) [author] author Meyer, Marissa * [isbn] isbn 0312642970 [isbn13] isbn13 9780312642976 [asin] asin [num pages] num pages 550 pp [avg rating] avg rating 4.49 [num ratings] num ratings 75,182 [date pub] date pub Feb 04, 2014 [date pub (ed.)] date pub edition Feb 04, 2014 [rating] Lindsay's rating 5 of 5 stars [my rating] my rating 1 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars add to shelves [notes] notes Notes are private! [recommender] recommender none [comments] comments 2 [votes] votes 0 [read count] # times read 1 [date started] date started Nov 14, 2013 [date read] date read Nov 16, 2013 [date added] date added Feb 10, 2012 [date purchased] date purchased [owned] owned [purchase location] purchase location [condition] condition [format] format Hardcover [29] actions view (with text) [review]

Output: review After escaping prison and discovering some new allies in France, Cinder and Captain Thorne are fugitives on the run with Scarlet and Wolf in tow. Toge After escaping prison and discovering some new allies in France, Cinder and Captain Thorne are fugitives on the run with Scarlet and Wolf in tow. Together, they’re plotting to overthrow Queen Levana and her army. Their best hope lies with Cress, who has been trapped on a satellite since childhood with only her netscreens as company. All that screen time has made Cress an excellent hacker. Unfortunately, she's just received orders from Levana to track down Cinder and her handsome accomplice. When a daring rescue goes awry, the group is separated. Cress finally has her freedom, but it comes at a high price. Meanwhile, Queen Levana will let nothing stop her marriage to Emperor Kai. Cress, Scarlet, and Cinder may not have signed up to save the world, but they may be the only ones who can. Cress is entertaining and thrilling, a brilliant continuation to this series of fairy tale retellings set in a distant future. New characters are introduced as familiar ones return to face new dangers and carry out new missions as they all share one goal: to protect the Earth from the Queen. But it won't be easy, it never is easy, it's dangerous and painful, secrets will be revealed as truth, but it must be done. Cress is trapped on all fronts. Trapped up in space in a satellite, trapped between following her Mistress's orders and helping Cinder, trapped between doing what she must to survive and doing what's right. And then all hell breaks loose and she's not as trapped as she used to be. But that doesn't mean she's out of danger. Cinder and her rag-tag team return and their mission continues, but all she really has are questions. How will she stop the Queen? What will her plan of attack be? And what will she do now, with her team in pieces? Cinder is constantly pushed, to be their leader, to come up with their next plan, to take control, but how can she take charge when she's so unsure? When she's afraid of being caught? Making difficult decisions is hard. Each character has to do it, and each decision they make will impact more than just themselves. They're inching closer and closer to a war, a war where their odds of winning aren't so good, but it has to be fought. For freedom from oppressors. For the chance to one day live a better life, a life no longer on the run or filled with pain, suffering, and even death. The overall journey of the series has been filled with twists and turns, trust and betrayal, revelations, rescues and failures, wins and losses. It's been thrilling and fast-paced, the stakes are the highest they could ever be now. Knowing there's only one book left, one book remaining to bring it all together, is exciting, but the wait for it will be painful. ...more

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Input: [0] checkbox [#] position [cover] cover [title] title Scarlet (The Lunar Chronicles, #2) [author] author Meyer, Marissa * [isbn] isbn 0312642962 [isbn13] isbn13 9780312642969 [asin] asin [num pages] num pages 452 pp [avg rating] avg rating 4.31 [num ratings] num ratings 109,237 [date pub] date pub Jan 01, 2013 [date pub (ed.)] date pub edition Feb 05, 2013 [rating] Lindsay's rating 4 of 5 stars [my rating] my rating 1 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars add to shelves [notes] notes Notes are private! [recommender] recommender none [comments] comments 0 [votes] votes 0 [read count] # times read 1 [date started] date started Nov 29, 2012 [date read] date read Dec 2012 [date added] date added Dec 16, 2011 [date purchased] date purchased [owned] owned [purchase location] purchase location [condition] condition [format] format Hardcover [29] actions view (with text) [review]

Output: review Cinder's trying to break out of prison, tossed there after her Lunar heritage was discovered, but if she breaks free, along with a slick-talking Ameri Cinder's trying to break out of prison, tossed there after her Lunar heritage was discovered, but if she breaks free, along with a slick-talking American, she'll be the Commonwealth's most wanted fugitive. Halfway around the world in France, Scarlet Benoit's grandmother is missing. It turns out that there are many things Scarlet doesn't know about her grandmother or the grave danger she lived in her whole life. When Scarlet encounters Wolf, a street fighter who may have information about her grandmother's location, she has no choice but to trust him. Even though he's got a few dark secrets of his own. As they work to unravel one mystery, they find another when the cross paths with Cinder. Together, they must stay one step ahead of the vicious Lunar Queen who will do anything to make Prince Kai her husband, her king, and her prisoner. Scarlet is a fast-paced science fiction thriller with pieces of retold fairy tale, sending readers straight back to a familiar futuristic world where everything, apparently, is connected and nothing is as it seems. It starts right where Cinder left off, immediately after, so nothing is lost. Who will reveal the next hidden secret next? What really happened to Princess Selene? The story isn't over yet, it's just beginning. The mixing of the storylines gives the book a very immediate and important tone. Cinder's escape, Scarlet's search, Kai's struggles, they're all happening at the same time. No announcement of which storyline it is at the start of each chapter makes this very clear. Everyone is racing against the clock, hoping to reveal one truth or another before time runs out and they're discovered. Or killed. Scarlet's chapters were my favourite, but I think I understand why. It's because Cinder will always be around in the series, and while Cinder is clever and battered and furious and confused, Scarlet's vocal fury and clear curiosity were wonderful. Her character mixed with Wolf's strength and odd timidity and twitchiness made their moments together the best part of the book for me. Her ballsy attitude and stubbornness, his physical strength and cluelessness and constant fidgeting made them strong but vulnerable heroes. On the other side of the planet is Cinder hoping to clear her name and save her prince, which is hard when she's trapped in prison. Fortunately for her, or unfortunately, she happens across "Captain" Thorne, a clichéd smooth-talking American who finds every girl with a pulse attractive. Now, fortunately for Cinder, he adds some much needed levity to her panicked, worried, dangerous existence. Fairy tale retellings, they can work and they can fail, but the basic story and overarching themes have to be there. After that, the author's free to put their own spin on the story. Marissa Meyer's somewhat distant cyber future makes the Cinderella and Red Riding Hood tales fresh and new. She has such a way of making the characters so complex and tossing them into dangerous and impossible decisions. The joy felt when reading this series makes the wait for Cress even harder. ...more

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Input: [0] checkbox [#] position [cover] cover [title] title Cinder (The Lunar Chronicles, #1) [author] author Meyer, Marissa * [isbn] isbn 0312641893 [isbn13] isbn13 9780312641894 [asin] asin [num pages] num pages 390 pp [avg rating] avg rating 4.13 [num ratings] num ratings 225,146 [date pub] date pub 2012 [date pub (ed.)] date pub edition Jan 03, 2012 [rating] Lindsay's rating 4 of 5 stars [my rating] my rating 1 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars add to shelves [notes] notes Notes are private! [recommender] recommender none [comments] comments 0 [votes] votes 0 [read count] # times read 1 [date started] date started Dec 09, 2011 [date read] date read Dec 14, 2011 [date added] date added Nov 22, 2011 [date purchased] date purchased [owned] owned [purchase location] purchase location [condition] condition [format] format Hardcover [29] actions view (with text) [review]

Output: review Cinder, while being a gifted mechanic, is a cyborg. A second-class citizen with a mysterious past, she's reviled by her stepmother and blames for her Cinder, while being a gifted mechanic, is a cyborg. A second-class citizen with a mysterious past, she's reviled by her stepmother and blames for her stepsister's illness. But when her life suddenly becomes intertwined with Prince Kai's, she finds herself at the centre of an intergalactic struggle and a forbidden attraction. Caught between duty and freedom, loyalty and betrayal, she must uncover secrets about her past in order to protect the world's future. A futuristic re-telling of the classic Cinderella tale, Cinder is both magical and intriguing, perhaps a little creepy in a futuristic way. There were times when it felt cold or harsh, unwilling to comfort Cinder when she needed help, but it was still like a fairy tale. By mixing the fairy tale with such a disturbing and different time than the one we live it, it added another layer to the story. A horrific disease, medical experimentation, implanting machine parts in human beings, people living on the moon. Is this what the world will become in 100 years? Maybe 500 or 1000 years? Will we still be human then, or will we be something else? Cinder was quite possibly my favourite part of the book. As the heroine of a YA novel, you expect her to be flawed, to be different than others, to be relatable as a girl with family problems, unsure of who she is or what she's capable of, and has a crush on an unattainable guy. Most, if not all, teenage readers will have something in common with Cinder. What I liked about her so much was that she was so strong, no pun intended concerning her cyborg parts. Consistently beaten down, she still found a way to climb back up, to keep on going even when things were at their hardest. Finding a book that has a third person point of view is so refreshing. Yes, it can limit how in depth we can go into the character, but it also gives insight into more than just one person. The chapters that focused on Prince Kai and included Queen Levana hinted at the other sides of the story, the sides that Cinder couldn't see and was unaware of. This was a storyline that kept shifting and changing, always surprising. It kept me reading right to the end when I wanted to demand to know what happened next. I'm gladly looking forward to the next book, the rest of the series, and anything else Marissa Meyer might write. ...more

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Input: [0] checkbox [#] position [cover] cover [title] title Lips Touch: Three Times [author] author Taylor, Laini * [isbn] isbn 0545055865 [isbn13] isbn13 9780545055864 [asin] asin [num pages] num pages 288 pp [avg rating] avg rating 3.85 [num ratings] num ratings 7,931 [date pub] date pub Oct 01, 2009 [date pub (ed.)] date pub edition Oct 01, 2011 [rating] Lindsay's rating 4 of 5 stars [my rating] my rating 1 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars add to shelves [notes] notes Notes are private! [recommender] recommender none [comments] comments 0 [votes] votes 0 [read count] # times read 1 [date started] date started Oct 30, 2011 [date read] date read Oct 30, 2011 [date added] date added Oct 29, 2011 [date purchased] date purchased [owned] owned [purchase location] purchase location [condition] condition [format] format Paperback [29] actions view [review]

Output: review None

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Input: [0] checkbox [#] position [cover] cover [title] title Kill Me Softly (Beau Rivage, #1) [author] author Cross, Sarah * [isbn] isbn 1606843230 [isbn13] isbn13 9781606843239 [asin] asin [num pages] num pages 336 pp [avg rating] avg rating 3.73 [num ratings] num ratings 4,708 [date pub] date pub Apr 01, 2012 [date pub (ed.)] date pub edition Apr 10, 2012 [rating] Lindsay's rating 4 of 5 stars [my rating] my rating 1 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars add to shelves [notes] notes Notes are private! [recommender] recommender none [comments] comments 0 [votes] votes 0 [read count] # times read 1 [date started] date started Mar 19, 2012 [date read] date read Mar 23, 2012 [date added] date added Aug 14, 2011 [date purchased] date purchased [owned] owned [purchase location] purchase location [condition] condition [format] format Hardcover [29] actions view (with text) [review]

Output: review Mira's past is shrouded in secrecy, but that doesn't stop her from running off to the town she was born in a week before her sixteenth birthday. But i Mira's past is shrouded in secrecy, but that doesn't stop her from running off to the town she was born in a week before her sixteenth birthday. But in Beau Rivage, nothing is what it seems, from the pale girl and her morbid interest in apples, to the obnoxious playboy who's a beast to everyone he meets, to the chivalrous guy who has a thing for damsels in distress. In Beau Rivage, fairy tales come to life and curses are awakened. But tales don't always have happy endings. Mira has a role to play, and as she struggles to take control, she's drawn to two brothers with fairy tale curses of their own. And she'll find that love, like fairy tales, have hidden thorns. Kill Me Softly was slightly darker than your average fairy tale and so much more mysterious. This book attempts to break the mold of fairy tale princes and princesses, showing the complicated side, the dark and dangerous side, the deadly side, the side that doesn't end "happily ever after." As far as retold fairy tale princesses go, Mira actually had some guts. She made the difficult decisions, got wrapped up in some weird stuff, but she's got the guts to try and work her way out of it. The other fairy tale retelling characters had their own quirks to stand out from the original, but the awkwardness stood out the most for me. It wasn't that it was bad awkwardness on the part of the author, but more of an awkwardness stemming from them knowing which fairy tale character they were and which part they were fated to play. Like, awkward in the sense that they knew that at some point they'd turn into a beast or be forced to cut out a girl's heart. This book was written in third person but focuses mainly on Mira and her experiences. The only times we don't see Mira was to see the other side of the plot, moments when Mira wasn't around but the reader needed to know what was happening. It seemed a little convenient to me, and I would've liked more glimpses of other characters like Viv, Blue, and Freddie. What felt different about this book as opposed to other fairy tale retellings is the life and death aspect. There seemed to be more focus on how the fairy tale roles were more like curses, and that the consequences were far more deadly than expected. It wasn't just that Mira might end up cursed if everything doesn't pan out, she might end up dead. The actual dead, not the fairy tale dead that you're brought back to life from. It made for a more immediate story, one with actual and painful consequences. While Kill Me Softly read as a stand-alone, I hope that there will be more, possibly a companion book or two. There are other fairy tales besides Mira's to be explored, other characters you only get glimpses of. I'm curious as to how they will play out. ...more

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Input: [0] checkbox [#] position [cover] cover [title] title A Long, Long Sleep [author] author Sheehan, Anna * [isbn] isbn 0763656054 [isbn13] isbn13 9780763656058 [asin] asin [num pages] num pages 241 pp [avg rating] avg rating 3.83 [num ratings] num ratings 5,366 [date pub] date pub Aug 01, 2011 [date pub (ed.)] date pub edition Aug 09, 2011 [rating] Lindsay's rating 3 of 5 stars [my rating] my rating 1 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars add to shelves [notes] notes Notes are private! [recommender] recommender none [comments] comments 0 [votes] votes 0 [read count] # times read 1 [date started] date started Oct 02, 2011 [date read] date read Oct 13, 2011 [date added] date added Aug 14, 2011 [date purchased] date purchased [owned] owned [purchase location] purchase location [condition] condition [format] format ebook [29] actions view (with text) [review]

Output: review Rose has been asleep for a long time, almost sixty-two years, before being woken by a kiss. Locked away in a stasis tube in a forgotten basement, Rose Rose has been asleep for a long time, almost sixty-two years, before being woken by a kiss. Locked away in a stasis tube in a forgotten basement, Rose slept straight through the Dark Times, a period of time where millions died and the world changed far beyond her recognition. Now, her parents are gone, her boyfriend is gone, and Rose is now the heir to an interplanetary empire. Desperate to put the past behind her, she's inexplicably drawn to the boy who kissed her awake, but when a deadly danger puts her new future in danger, Rose has to face the ghosts of her past. Or be left without any future at all. Such an intriguing bland of science fiction and a fairy tale retelling, but it makes so much sense. Asleep for hundreds of years, the world is new and strange. Where has this book been? And it's so sad and troubled and emotional. Rose is so lost, so so lost. I wanted to reach into the screen (I read the e-book version) and hug her for years and years, to tell her everything would be better. Of course, it didn't help that someone was trying to kill her. And how could she not be drawn to Bren, the boy who found her and kissed her awake when he thought she was dead? The future Rose wakes to, like the future in Beth Revis' Across the Universe and Katie Kacvinsky's Awaken, scares me. Reading about them in books is fine, but the realism, the fear and confusion in the character's mind, the differences, they all have a way of making me appreciate the time and place I live in. The stark cleanliness of proposed futures, the lack of face to face communication, the record-keeping and tracking. It makes me appreciate the warm and soft world I currently live in, a world full of colour. I imagine Rose's future to be filled with white walls and no dirt. Anna Sheehan's debut novel is sure to satisfy readers searching for more YA science fiction novels. In this book they will find a sympathetic narrator coming to terms with both a strange and alien future as well as the ghosts of her past, the truth she couldn't admit was the truth, a truth with cruel implications. At the end of the book, my heart still went out to Rose, hoping she would find a place of her own, hoping she would finally be happy again. ...more

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Input: [0] checkbox [#] position [cover] cover [title] title Lips Touch: Three Times [author] author Taylor, Laini * [isbn] isbn 0545055857 [isbn13] isbn13 9780545055857 [asin] asin [num pages] num pages 266 pp [avg rating] avg rating 3.85 [num ratings] num ratings 7,931 [date pub] date pub Oct 01, 2009 [date pub (ed.)] date pub edition Oct 01, 2009 [rating] Lindsay's rating 4 of 5 stars [my rating] my rating 1 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars add to shelves [notes] notes Notes are private! [recommender] recommender none [comments] comments 0 [votes] votes 0 [read count] # times read 1 [date started] date started Jun 27, 2011 [date read] date read Jun 30, 2011 [date added] date added Mar 29, 2011 [date purchased] date purchased [owned] owned [purchase location] purchase location [condition] condition [format] format Hardcover [29] actions view (with text) [review]

Output: review Darkly and sweetly magical, Laini Taylor has given us three eye-opening tales of the hopes and dreams and dangers of kissing, because what could be so Darkly and sweetly magical, Laini Taylor has given us three eye-opening tales of the hopes and dreams and dangers of kissing, because what could be so wrong about kissing? It's kissing. We love watching it in movies and we flip straight to it in books, waiting for the one single perfect romantic moment where everything seems to click for an instant. Twelve hours after finishing it, I was still thinking in terms of pinks and reds and gorgeous illustrations and lots of romance and kissing. The worlds Laini Taylor creates in the three short stories are nothing short of lush and magical. Her writing style appears effortless, weaving around your mind, creeping in, soaking into your soul until you wish you were Kizzy, or Anamique, or Esmé. For me, especially Esmé. My favourite of the three stories was "Hatchling." It wasn't just the kissing this time around, it was more of the questions on the soul, on what makes a soul. On the magic of life. On fear and fire. On the past and the future. On the human spirit. And again, because it has to be said and because they mean as much as Laini's stories, I love the illustrations. So beautiful. As I read I would always go back to look at them. You're a genius, Jim Di Bartolo. I'm not sure what else I can add without spoiling all the fun. Perhaps that these might not be your mother's fairy tales. A little creepy, a little different, but still packed with magic and myth and creatures from legends lost. If you're looking to get completely swept away by magic and compelling characters and kissing (always with the kissing), throw yourself head first into Lips Touch. I'm not surprised at the National Book Award nomination. Not at all. ;) ...more

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