This book is about the fight between House Atreides and House Harkonnen for the control of planet Arrakis (Dune). A desert planet that is the unique producer of "spice", an addictive substance that is highly prized in the market. The story begins when Duke Leto … [Read more...]
Robin Forsythe – The Spirit Murder Mystery.
Sir John Thurlow disappears after a seance in his mansion, Old Hall Farm. His niece, Eileen, was in charge of the seance and she was the last to see him. She says that they heard a mysterious organ music during the seance. She thinks it was spirit's doing and that … [Read more...]
Christine Féret-Fleury – The Girl Who Reads on the Métro.
Juliette loves literature. She always takes a book with her. Everyday, on the way to her job she watches other passengers as they read and she wonders about their stories and the books they read. There's a girl who always cries when she reads the page 247, a men with … [Read more...]
Erin Bow – The Scorpion Rules (Prisoners of Peace #1).
The world is ruled by an AI named Talis. It took charge of the world after having to intervene in human wars. It decided that each world leader had to give his/her child (one) as a hostage who would be killed if the leader went to war. These children were known as the … [Read more...]
Margaret Rogerson – Sorcery of Thorns.
Elisabeth Scrivener has grown in Summershall, one of the Great Libraries in Austermeer. She's an apprentice librarian and she wants to become a warden, but for that she needs more training and knowledge. The Great Libraries are the home of the grimoires, living and … [Read more...]
Jane Austen – Sense and Sensibility.
Elinor and Marianne are sisters and they're completely different. While Marianne is impulsive, outgoing, reckless, and highly emotional, Elinor is introverted, analytical, cautious, very thoughtful, and sensible. Along with their mother and sister they must move to a … [Read more...]
Gennifer Albin – Unraveled.
This is the end of Adelice Lewys' story. She used to live in Arras, a world ruled by the authoritarian and macho Prime Minister Cormac Patton. She was a rebel "crewel master" who is still using her skills to try to defeat Patton. In this book, she has to save not … [Read more...]
Sara Holland – Everless and Evermore.
This is Jules Ember's story. She was the daughter of Everless' blacksmith, so she grew in that castle. She was a good friend of Roan Gerling, one of the owner's sons, but one day after an accident, Liam Gerling, Roan's brother, used his power to make Jules and his … [Read more...]