Book description: Jane Austen’s first published novel, Sense and Sensibility is a wonderfully entertaining tale of flirtation and folly that revolves around two starkly different sisters, Elinor and Marianne Dashwood. While Elinor is thoughtful, considerate, and calm, her younger sister is emotional and wildly romantic. Both are looking for a husband, but neither Elinor’s … [Read more...] about Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen: A+
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Stardust by Neil Gaiman: A
From the back cover: In the tranquil fields and meadows of long-ago England, there is a small hamlet that has stood on a jut of granite for 600 years. Just to the east stands a high stone wall, for which the village is named. Here, in the hamlet of Wall, young Tristran Thorn has lost his heart to the hauntingly beautiful Victoria Forester. And here, one crisp October eve, … [Read more...] about Stardust by Neil Gaiman: A
Demons of Air and Darkness by Keith R. A. DeCandido: C+
From the back cover: Once they moved from world to world in a single step, through innumerable doors that spanned the galaxy. They were masters of space, and to those who feared them, they were demons of air and darkness. But long ago they left their empire and their miraculous technology behind. Now someone has found the key to it, and all those doors have been flung … [Read more...] about Demons of Air and Darkness by Keith R. A. DeCandido: C+
A Great Deliverance by Elizabeth George: A-
From the back cover: To this day, the low, thin wail of an infant can be heard in Keldale's lush green valleys. Three hundred years ago, as legend goes, the frightened Yorkshire villagers smothered a crying babe in Keldale Abbey, where they'd hidden to escape the ravages of Cromwell's raiders. Now into Keldale's pastoral web of old houses and older secrets comes Scotland Yard … [Read more...] about A Great Deliverance by Elizabeth George: A-
Specials by Scott Westerfeld: A-
From the front flap: "Special Circumstances." The words have sent chills down Tally's spine since her days as a repellent, rebellious ugly. Back then Specials were a sinister rumor—frighteningly beautiful, dangerously strong, breathtakingly fast. Ordinary pretties might live their whole lives without meeting a Special. But Tally's never been ordinary. And now she's been … [Read more...] about Specials by Scott Westerfeld: A-