Witness for the Prosecution BY Agatha Cristie "Only Agatha Christie could have conceived such a suspenseful thriller and then capped it with an uncanny triple flip ending. A young married man spends many evenings with a rich old woman. When she is found murdered, the naïve young man is the chief suspect. The testimony of his … Continue reading Witness for the Prosecution
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Paper Towns by John Green "Who is the real Margo? Quentin Jacobsen has spent a lifetime loving the magnificently adventurous Margo Roth Spiegelman from afar. So when she cracks open a window and climbs into his life—dressed like a ninja and summoning him for an ingenious campaign of revenge—he follows. After their all-nighter ends, and a … Continue reading Paper Towns
ADulting: How To Become a Grown-Up in 468 Easy(ish) Steps by Kelly Williams Brown "If you graduated from college but still feel like a student . . . if you wear a business suit to job interviews but pajamas to the grocery store . . . if you have your own apartment but no idea how … Continue reading Adulting
I Am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban by Malala Yousafzai "When the Taliban took control of the Swat Valley in Pakistan, one girl spoke out. Malala Yousafzai refused to be silenced and fought for her right to an education. On Tuesday, October 9, 2012, when she … Continue reading I Am Malala
The Unlikely Lady by Valerie Bowman "Miss Jane Lowndes is a confirmed bluestocking. She's convinced that if she can wait out her parents' demand that she marry, someday she can be a confirmed spinster and hold intellectual salons, her fondest dream. No man wants a bluestocking for a wife, after all. And that's exactly the … Continue reading The Unlikely Lady
Ruin and Rising by Leigh Bardugo "The capital has fallen. The Darkling rules Ravka from his shadow throne. Now the nation's fate rests with a broken Sun Summoner, a disgraced tracker, and the shattered remnants of a once-great magical army. Deep in an ancient network of tunnels and caverns, a weakened Alina must submit to … Continue reading Ruin and Rising
His Wicked Seduction by Lauren Smith "Can the League’s most wicked rakehell be tamed? Or has this Rogue fallen too far? Horatia Sheridan has been hopelessly in love with Lucien, her brother’s best friend, ever since he rescued her from the broken remains of her parents’ wrecked carriage. His reputation as London’s most notorious rakehell … Continue reading His Wicked Seduction
Wicked Designs by Lauren Smith "The League of Rogues takes what they want—but have they taken on too much? For too long Miss Emily Parr has been subject to the whims of her indebted uncle and the lecherous advances of his repulsive business partner. Her plan to be done with dominating men forever is simple—find … Continue reading Wicked Designs