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The Hobbit
J.R.R. Tolkien
Houghton Mifflin, 2002
fantastic
lighthearted wonderful read. pick it up if you want to be transported to a mystical world with rich and engaging characters and plot.
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The Darkest (Lords of the Underworld, Book 2)
Gena Showalter
HQN Books, 2008
Darkest Kisss - you will want
Read in conjunction with Darkest Night. One of Gena Showalters best series. Each one is better than the last.
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J.R.R. Tolkien Boxed Set (The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings)
J.R.R. Tolkien
Del Rey, 2001
"The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings", book set by J.R.R. Tolkien
The classic and age old story of good vs. evil told in a way that captures the imagination from the first book to the last. Books to gather enjoyment and wisdom from as the tale unfolds: "The world is indeed full of peril, and in it there are many dark places; but ...
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Rules (Apple Signature)
Cynthia Lord
Scholastic Paperbacks, 2008
Rules
We all do it, out of human nature. We see people we feel to be less fortunate than us and we can't help but look their way. A glance filled with pity and guilt. Whether it be physical limitations from something like cerebral-palsy or "odd" behavior stemmed from ...
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The Darkest Pleasure (Lords of the Underworld, Book 3)
Gena Showalter
HQN Books, 2008
Showalter: Darkest series
Bring them on. I really need to find out about the other guys. A fantastic new insite to Pandora and the sins release on the world. Great story line. Guys who melt your heart.
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The Darkest Night (Lords of the Underworld, Book 1)
Gena Showalter
HQN Books, 2008
Dark and Sensual
In a remote fortress in Budapest, six immortal warriors are bound by an ancient curse none has been able to break. This curse was brought on upon them by the gods in consequence from unleashing the demons from Pandora's Box. Each warrior houses a demon. Maddox has ...
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Genghis: Lords of the Bow
Conn Iggulden
Delacorte Press, 2008
Genghis Khan Lords of the Bow
I have read all of Conn Iggulden's books on Julius Caesar and Genghis Khan and loved them all. I couldn't put them down. You feel you know his characters; he brings them to life. In the midst of it all, you learn about the lifestyles, geography, and people of the ...
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Lord of the Flies (Penguin Great Books of the 20th Century)
William Golding
Penguin (Non-Classics), 1999
Human pyschology textbook disguised as an adventure novel
This book begins a little fuzzy, but by the end of the first few pages the explanation for the boys' current situation is revealed: A plane carrying many British schoolboys crashed on a tropical island, and only some amount of them survive. There are no adults. Sounds ...
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Lord of the Flies
William Golding
Faber and Faber, 2004
"All we have is the rules"
Ever fantasize that you are on an island free from the restraints of society? William Golding has taken that scenario to the nth in this story of a bunch of English boys, plane wrecked on an island during WWII.
We see the fabric of society slowly and most assuredly ...
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Christ the Lord: The Road to Cana (Christ the Lord)
Anne Rice
Knopf, 2008
Divinity in the making
2nd installment in highly attractive Anne Rice story about Jesus Christ, finds God at around age of 30 in Nazareth, where not so young anymore, Yeshua the Sinless is still struggling to discover his divinity amidst problems in his village and arrival of new Roman ...
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The Lord of the Rings (50th Anniversary Edition)
J.R.R. Tolkien
Houghton Mifflin, 2004
Tolkien 50th Edition Awesome Version
I love it. The volume is great to look at and the feel is awesome. The text is large enough (better than the small paperbacks). The maps are great and the other embellishments (such as the gold trimmed edges and the page marker) are excellent. I am loving this ...
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Lord John and the Hand of Devils
Diana Gabaldon
Delacorte Press, 2007
Lord John fans will like this one
I'm a hopeless Lord John fan so I found these three short stories very entertaining. If you haven't read all the other books (plus the Outlander series) these stories may confuse you since they occur at different periods throughout the other two books. I enjoyed this ...
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The Lord of the Rings: 50th Anniversary, One Vol. Edition
J.R.R. Tolkien
Houghton Mifflin, 2005
A perplexing and endlessly strange masterpiece
Before anything else is said about it, it should be noted that in the context of serious 20th century fiction, 'The Lord of the Rings' is a really, really weird book. A lot of people, most notably literary reviewers, literary journalists, public intellectuals and ...
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Lord John and the Private Matter
DIANA GABALDON
Century, 2003
Not on par with Outlander but still an entertaining, character driven story.
Lord John and the Private Matter is a short novel told from the point of view of Lord John Grey, one of the smaller characters in Gabaldon's wildly successful "Outlander" series.
Lord John Grey is an officer for the British army living in the 18th century. He is ...
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Lyon: Lords Of Satyr (The Lords of Satyr)
Elizabeth Amber
Aphrodisia, 2008
Still haven't read Nicholas, but Raine and Lyon are great
The storyline in Lyon is more satisfylingly complex than the one in Raine, but the sex was equally steamy (though different) in both and the writing quality was excellent in both. Lyon is mostly about the developing relationship (&sex) between Juliet and Lyon, but be ...
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