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Before the Coffee Gets Cold (Before the Coffee Gets Cold, #1)

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (Harry Potter, #1)

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Noli Me Tángere (Touch Me Not).

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Okay it was yesterday my time, but 🤷‍♀️ I needed to complete my set. I'm not nearly nerdy enough to ask Pagebound readers about math-related books sooo...

What is your favourite book featuring pie? 🥧 It can be sweet or savoury, I'm not picky here. Delicious baked good in a pie tin is delicious baked good in a pie tin.

This is hands down for me. Dire Straits by Megan Derr. Pie isn't a feature, but where it is used, it is used perfectly. I love it so much.

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My Thorns For Your Roses

Kristen Argyres

True love takes many forms. As one of the few survivors of her generation, Lark wants to live a quiet, peaceful life. All she needs is a tolerable husband. On her 24th birthday, Lark offends the local faerie lord, the shapeshifter Tamlin, who punishes her with a rose rooted in her flesh. In her efforts to convince Tamlin to undo his handiwork, Lark visits the forest daily and discovers the breathtaking and terrifying wonders of his realm. Despite her pragmatic nature tugging her toward a mortal huntsman, Lark falls for Tamlin. After a near-fatal accident exposes Tamlin’s cruel deception, Lark moves to the capital to accept a marriage of convenience. Yet when she learns of Tamlin’s capture, Lark must choose whether to secure her future or risk it all to save the love of her life from his cannibal ex. -- MY THORNS FOR YOUR ROSES is a "Tam Lin" retelling written in the spirit of the Scottish faerie tale and folksong - for readers who enjoyed the fae in Heather Fawcett's EMILY WILDE series, retellings like Naomi Novik's SPINNING SILVER, and the complicated family dynamics of Kell Woods' AFTER THE FOREST and UPON A STARLIT TIDE. Book cover artist: Yinan Sun (Grey)

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What’s something you’ve lived that sounds like it happened in a romance novel ♥️

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Historical romance recs

Hello everyone! I'm coming to you in hopes of finding historical romance novels that tick several, if not all, of my boxes:

diverse protagonists (queer, BIPOC, etc.)
a political context in which at least one of them is actively involved (women's suffrage, abolition of slavery, etc.)
low spice level
slow burn romance

To give you a bit more info, historical inaccuracies don't bother me much. I also really appreciate touches of humor here and there and have no objection to romance taking a back seat to the plot. The only book I read that came close to what I was searching for so far was Bringing Down the Duke by Evie Dunmore, which I ended up quickly dnf-ing. It gave me feminist × mysoginist vibes and I didn't care for the female protagonist's lack of strong political convictions and the insta-lust. Anyway, if you have any recommendations, please don't hesitate to share them and thank you in advance!

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Father/Son drama?

Hey everyone! I'm working on a novel that involves a complicated father/son relationship (with themes of family legacy, emotional abandonment, coming-of-age). I'd like to read some books that feature a similar complicated guardian/child relationship for inspiration! My genres are typically fantasy, science fiction, and coming-of-age sorts of stories, but I'd also be open to literary fiction or historical fiction. Any suggestions?

Edit: Thank you everyone for your suggestions! I can’t wait to check these out 😄

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Have you ever kept track of textbooks?

Now that I'm in university, I've started tracking textbooks on book tracking apps, too. It seems a bit like cheating to me, but considering that they take up a large part of my reading time and that they are very discursive essays so... What do you think? For those who are studying, do you take them into account too or am I the crazy one?

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A Stage Set for Villains

Shannon J. Spann

The gods are dead. All that’s left are the Players… The performers of the Playhouse are as worshipped as they are feared, their enchanting shows bending hearts, minds, and even reality itself. Vicious, godlike, lethal. Eighteen-year-old Riven Hesper knows the dangers better than anyone, after her own encounter with a Player resulted in a curse that is slowly killing her. When the Playhouse announces the spectacle of a lifetime—a chance for one mortal to steal a Player’s immortality—Riven sees her last chance to live. Desperate for answers, she infiltrates the competition. There, she finds Jude, the Playhouse’s brilliant, merciless Lead Player, whose charm is as dangerous as his Craft, and strikes a deadly bargain to save her life. But with time running out and the Playhouse’s secrets unraveling into a disturbing picture, Riven faces a grim possibility: she might not be the hero of her story after all. In fact, she may be the villain. Because the Playhouse doesn’t just tell stories. It rewrites them. And Riven’s might end in blood. Caraval meets One Dark Window in this lush and dark fantasy.

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Gedichte fürs Gedächtnis. Zum Inwendig- Lernen und Auswendig- Sagen.

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Yellowface

R.F. Kuang

Authors June Hayward and Athena Liu were supposed to be twin rising stars: same year at Yale, same debut year in publishing. But Athena's a cross-genre literary darling, and June didn't even get a paperback release. Nobody wants stories about basic white girls, June thinks. So when June witnesses Athena's death in a freak accident, she acts on impulse: she steals Athena's just-finished masterpiece, an experimental novel about the unsung contributions of Chinese laborers to the British and French war efforts during World War I. So what if June edits Athena's novel and sends it to her agent as her own work? So what if she lets her new publisher rebrand her as Juniper Song--complete with an ambiguously ethnic author photo? Doesn't this piece of history deserve to be told, whoever the teller? That's what June claims, and the New York Times bestseller list seems to agree. But June can't get away from Athena's shadow, and emerging evidence threatens to bring June's (stolen) success down around her. As June races to protect her secret, she discovers exactly how far she will go to keep what she thinks she deserves. With its totally immersive first-person voice, Yellowface takes on questions of diversity, racism, and cultural appropriation not only in the publishing industry but the persistent erasure of Asian-American voices and history by Western white society. R. F. Kuang's novel is timely, razor-sharp, and eminently readable.

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엄마를 만나러 가는 길 2 (On the Way to Meet Mom 2)

GOMYANG GOMYANG

모리는 후원자 미리아가 상상 속 ‘엄마’와 다르다는 이유로 쉽게 마음을 열지 못했다. 하지만 미리아와 라이더의 따뜻한 관심 속에서 조금씩 마음을 열고, 세 사람은 평범하지만 즐거운 일상을 함께 보낸다. 그러던 중, 모리가 동그란 빛을 심하게 두려워한다는 사실을 알게 된 미리아와 라이더는 그림자 놀이를 통해 그 두려움을 덜어주려 노력한다. 이렇게 모든 사람들의 관심과 사랑 속에서 모리는 잘 지내고 있었다. 심판자가 모리를 미리아로부터 격리해 심판자의 영역에서 보호하기 전까지는.

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엄마를 만나러 가는 길 1 (On the Way to Meet Mom 1)

GOMYANG

폐건물에서 구조된 모리는 보육원에서 살게 되었다. 폐건물과 달리 보육원은 바닥이 평평하고, 깨끗한 옷을 주었으며 시간에 맞춰 음식이 나왔다. 그리고 보육원 아이들을 보살펴주는 어른, 후원자가 있는 곳이었다. 어느 날, 모리에게도 후원자가 생겼다. 향긋한 들꽃 향기가 나는 편지와 포근한 햇살처럼 부드러운 망토, 알록달록한 크레파스와 말하는 인형을 선물해 준 후원자. 모리는 생각했다. 얼마 전, 자신의 친구 로디나를 찾아온 ‘엄마’라는 사람처럼, ‘혹시 이 사람이 나의 엄마가 아닐까?’하고. 그렇게 모리는 한 걸음, 두 걸음 미지의 길을 떠났다. 엄마를 만나러 말이다. 과연 모리는 엄마를 만날 수 있을까?

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For She Is Wrath

Emily Varga

A sweeping, Pakistani romantic fantasy retelling of The Count of Monte Cristo, where one girl seeks revenge against those who betrayed her—including the boy she used to love. Three hundred and sixty-four days. Framed for a crime she didn't commit, Dania counts down her days in prison until she can exact revenge on Mazin, the boy responsible for her downfall, the boy she once loved—and still can't forget. When she discovers a fellow prisoner may have the key to exacting that vengeance--a stolen djinn treasure--they execute a daring escape together and search for the hidden treasure. Armed with dark magic and a new identity, Dania enacts a plan to bring down those who betrayed her and her family, even though Mazin stands in her way. But seeking revenge becomes a complicated game of cat and mouse, especially when an undeniable fire still burns between them, and the power to destroy her enemies has a price. As Dania falls deeper into her web of traps and lies, she risks losing her humanity to her fight for vengeance--and her heart to the only boy she's ever loved.

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How Do You Live?

Genzaburo Yoshino

Anime master Hayao Miyazaki’s favorite childhood book, in English for the first time. First published in 1937, Genzaburō Yoshino’s How Do You Live? has long been acknowledged in Japan as a crossover classic for young readers. Academy Award–winning animator Hayao Miyazaki (Spirited Away, My Neighbor Totoro, Howl’s Moving Castle) has called it his favorite childhood book and announced plans to emerge from retirement to make it the basis of a final film. How Do You Live? is narrated in two voices. The first belongs to Copper, fifteen, who after the death of his father must confront inevitable and enormous change, including his own betrayal of his best friend. In between episodes of Copper’s emerging story, his uncle writes to him in a journal, sharing knowledge and offering advice on life’s big questions as Copper begins to encounter them. Over the course of the story, Copper, like his namesake Copernicus, looks to the stars, and uses his discoveries about the heavens, earth, and human nature to answer the question of how he will live. This first-ever English-language translation of a Japanese classic about finding one’s place in a world both infinitely large and unimaginably small is perfect for readers of philosophical fiction like The Alchemist and The Little Prince, as well as Miyazaki fans eager to understand one of his most important influences.

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historical romance recs pls!

just finished watching bridgerton season 4 and safe to say my obsession with historical romance has made a come back. i love slowburn & yearning the most when it comes to romance. i have no idea where to start so any recommendation of this genre are welcomed!! :)

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