my reading nook

Bras & Broomsticks

Sarah Mlynowski • 2007

Walk Two Moons

Sharon Creech • 1996

The Princess Diaries

Meg Cabot • 2009

Kids of Appetite

David Arnold • 2016

Best Friends for Never

Lisi Harrison • 2008

Finding Serendipity

Angelica Banks • 2016

The Time Machine

H. G. Wells • 2008

Cackle

Rachel Harrison • 2022

Circe

Madeline Miller • 2018

Mistborn The Final Empire

Brandon Sanderson • 2010

Iron Widow

Xiran Jay Zhao • 2021

Amelia Grey's Fireside Dream

Abby Clements • 2013

The Wrong Prom Date

Alexandra Moody • 2020

The Inheritance Games

Jennifer Lynn Barnes • 2021

The Lost Bookshop

Evie Woods • 2023

Castle in the Air

Diana Wynne Jones • 2001

Reflection A Twisted Tale

Elizabeth Lim • 2019

Shatter Me

Tahereh Mafi • 2011

Love & Gelato

Jenna Evans Welch • 2016

The List of Suspicious Things

Jennie Godfrey • 2024

The League of Unexceptional Children (League of Unexceptional Children series, Book 1)

Gitty Daneshvari • 2015

Binding 13

Chloe Walsh • 2023

<p>An epic and unforgettable love story begins in Binding 13, the first in the international bestselling and TikTok-phenomenon The Boys of Tommen series, from Chloe Walsh.</p> <p>He wants to save her. She wants to hide.</p> <p>She's damaged. He's determined.</p> <p>Fate brought them together. Love binds them.</p> <p>Johnny Kavanagh is the definition of popular. He is an all-star rugby player with loads of friends, which means he should be enjoying the many perks of his life. But what people don't know is that he has been dealing with a painful injury that could halt the magnificent trajectory of his career. This means he has no time for distractions or mistakes. Especially not a girlfriend.</p> <p>Shannon Lynch has been bullied all her life. She is shy and would rather hide herself away to make it through school. But when she arrives at Tommen College for a fresh start, she meets the notorious Johnny Kavanagh on her first day in a not-so-romantic way. What follows is a complicated friendship that turns into undeniable chemistry. It seems that Shannon won't be able to hold onto the anonymous status she once hoped for. But maybe that's alright?</p> <p>Johnny won't give up on Shannon. No matter what it might cost them both.</p> <p>Filled with angst and an attraction like no other, Binding 13 will suck you into the bingeworthy Boys of Tommen universe. This book is perfect for readers looking for:</p> <ul> <li>New adult/YA crossover Irish romance</li> <li>Dual POVs</li> <li>Friends-to-lovers</li> <li>TikTok books</li> <li>Sports romance</li> </ul> <p>Readers are gushing:</p> <p>"You need this book in your life."</p> <p>"I'm beyond obsessed. no review could do this book justice but wow. I'm SPRINTING to Keeping 13!!!!!"</p> <p>"I NEED A JOHNNY KAVANAGH ❤"</p> <p>"Instantly became one of my top 5 books of all time."</p> <p>"This was so, so good. Excellent character building. Excellent relationship building. Just excellent all around."</p>

Emily Wildes encyclopedie der feeën

Heather Fawcett • 2024

Blood of Hercules

Jasmine Mas • 2024

I Am Not Jessica Chen

Ann Liang • 2025

Contractual Obligations

Elle Rivers • 2023

The Cruel Prince

Holly Black • 2018

From #1 New York Times bestselling author Holly Black, comes the first book in a stunning new series about a mortal girl who finds herself caught in a web of royal faerie intrigue. Of course I want to be like them. They're beautiful as blades forged in some divine fire. They will live forever. And Cardan is even more beautiful than the rest. I hate him more than all the others. I hate him so much that sometimes when I look at him, I can hardly breathe. Jude was seven years old when her parents were murdered and she and her two sisters were stolen away to live in the treacherous High Court of Faerie. Ten years later, Jude wants nothing more than to belong there, despite her mortality. But many of the fey despise humans. Especially Prince Cardan, the youngest and wickedest son of the High King. To win a place at the Court, she must defy him--and face the consequences. In doing so, she becomes embroiled in palace intrigues and deceptions, discovering her own capacity for bloodshed. But as civil war threatens to drown the Courts of Faerie in violence, Jude will need to risk her life in a dangerous alliance to save her sisters, and Faerie itself.

The Turn of the Screw

Henry James • 2021

The School for Good and Evil

Soman Chainani • 2014

The Rising Dark A Darkest Minds Collection: From the Number One bestselling author of LORE

Alexandra Bracken • 2018

The Darkest Minds

Alexandra Bracken • 2012

Left Field Love

C. W. Farnsworth • 2023

The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches A romantic cozy fantasy

Sangu Mandanna • 2022

<b>“This is one of my coziest reads of the last year, and I find myself thinking about its enchanted setting all the time.”−Emily Henry, #1<i> New York Times </i>bestselling author</b><br><b><br><i>USA TODAY </i>BESTSELLER • A warm and uplifting novel about an isolated witch whose opportunity to embrace a quirky new family—and a new love—changes the course of her life.</b><br><br>As one of the few witches in Britain, Mika Moon knows she has to hide her magic, keep her head down, and stay away from other witches so their powers don’t mingle and draw attention. And as an orphan who lost her parents at a young age and was raised by strangers, she’s used to being alone and she follows the rules...with one exception: an online account, where she posts videos "pretending" to be a witch. She thinks no one will take it seriously.<br><br>But someone does. An unexpected message arrives, begging her to travel to the remote and mysterious Nowhere House to teach three young witches how to control their magic. It breaks all of the rules, but Mika goes anyway, and is immediately tangled up in the lives and secrets of not only her three charges, but also an absent archaeologist, a retired actor, two long-suffering caretakers, and…Jamie. The handsome and prickly librarian of Nowhere House would do anything to protect the children, and as far as he’s concerned, a stranger like Mika is a threat. An irritatingly appealing threat.<br><br>As Mika begins to find her place at Nowhere House, the thought of belonging somewhere begins to feel like a real possibility. But magic isn't the only danger in the world, and when peril comes knocking at their door, Mika will need to decide whether to risk everything to protect a found family she didn’t know she was looking for....

Pilot's Shadows

Hannah Melville • 2025

The Daisy Chain Flower Shop (Dream Harbor, Book 6)

Laurie Gilmore • 2026

The Gingerbread Bakery

Laurie Gilmore • 2025

The Apple Pie Ice Cream Parlor

Laurie Gilmore • 2025

The Strawberry Patch Pancake House

Laurie Gilmore • 2025

The Christmas Tree Farm

Laurie Gilmore • 2024

The Cinnamon Bun Book Store

Laurie Gilmore • 2024

The Pumpkin Spice Café

Laurie Gilmore • 2023

Under the Whispering Door

TJ Klune • 2021

<p><b>A <i>NEW YORK TIMES, USA TODAY, </i>AND INDIE BESTSELLER</b><br><b>One of <i>Buzzfeed</i>'s "Best Books of 2022"!</b><b><br>An Indie Next Pick!</b><br><b>A Locus Awards Top Ten Finalist for Fantasy Novel<br><i><br>A Man Called Ove</i> meets <i>The Good Place</i> in <i>Under the Whispering Door</i>, a delightful queer love story from TJ Klune, author of the <i>New York Times</i> and <i>USA Today</i> bestseller <i>The House in the Cerulean Sea</i>.</b><br><br><b>Welcome to Charon's Crossing.</b><br><b>The tea is hot, the scones are fresh, and the dead are just passing through.</b><br><br>When a reaper comes to collect Wallace from his own funeral, Wallace begins to suspect he might be dead.<br><br>And when Hugo, the owner of a peculiar tea shop, promises to help him cross over, Wallace decides he’s definitely dead.<br><br>But even in death he’s not ready to abandon the life he barely lived, so when Wallace is given one week to cross over, he sets about living a lifetime in seven days.<br><br>Hilarious, haunting, and kind, <i>Under the Whispering Door</i> is an uplifting story about a life spent at the office and a death spent building a home.</p>

If You Could See the Sun

Ann Liang • 2022

I Hope This Doesn't Find You

Ann Liang • 2024

The Turn of the Key

Ruth Ware • 2019

Twisted Lies

Ana Huang • 2022

<p>A fake-dating billionaire romance from New York Times bestselling author and BookTok sensation Ana Huang.</p> <p>Charming, deadly, and smart enough to hide it, Christian Harper is a monster dressed in the perfectly tailored suits of a gentleman.</p> <p>He has little use for morals and even less use for love, but he can't deny the strange pull he feels toward the woman living just one floor below him.</p> <p>She's the object of his darkest desires, the only puzzle he can't solve. And when the opportunity to get closer to her arises, he breaks his own rules to offer her a deal she can't refuse.</p> <p>Every monster has their weakness. She's his.</p> <p>His obsession.</p> <p>His addiction.</p> <p>His only exception.</p> <p>***</p> <p>Sweet, shy, and introverted despite her social media fame, Stella Alonso is a romantic who keeps her heart in a cage.</p> <p>Between her two jobs, she has little time or desire for a relationship.</p> <p>But when a threat from her past drives her into the arms--and house--of the most dangerous man she's ever met, she's tempted to let herself feel something for the first time in a long time.</p> <p>Because despite Christian's cold nature, he makes her feel everything when she's with him.</p> <p>Passionate.</p> <p>Protected.</p> <p>Truly wanted.</p> <p>Theirs is a love twisted with secrets and tainted by lies...and when the truths are finally revealed, they could shatter everything.</p>

Twisted Hate

Ana Huang • 2022

Twisted Games

Ana Huang • 2022

Twisted Love

Ana Huang • 2022

<p>From New York Times bestselling author and BookTok sensation Ana Huang comes a billionaire brother's best friend romance!</p> <p>He has a heart of ice...but for her, he'd burn the world</p> <p>A diverse new adult steamy romance from Tiktok sensation and USA Today bestselling author Ana Huang.</p> <p>Alex Volkov is a devil blessed with the face of an angel and cursed with a past he can't escape.</p> <p>Driven by a tragedy that has haunted him for most of his life, his ruthless pursuits for success and vengeance leave little room for matters of the heart.</p> <p>But when he's forced to look after his best friend's sister, he starts to feel something in his chest:</p> <p>A crack.</p> <p>A melt.</p> <p>A fire that could end his world as he knew it.</p> <p>***</p> <p>Ava Chen is a free spirit trapped by nightmares of a childhood she can't remember.</p> <p>But despite her broken past, she's never stopped seeing the beauty in the world...including the heart beneath the icy exterior of a man she shouldn't want.</p> <p>Her brother's best friend.</p> <p>Her neighbor.</p> <p>Her savior and her downfall.</p> <p>Theirs is a love that was never supposed to happen-but when it does, it unleashes secrets that could destroy them both...and everything they hold dear.</p> <p>Twisted Love is a contemporary brother's best friend/grumpy sunshine romance. It's book one in the Twisted series but can be read as a standalone.</p>

The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo

Taylor Jenkins Reid • 2017

A Twist in Fate

LAYLA. BERETTA • 2025

Lima Sekawan: Minggat

Enid Blyton • 2023

Queen Victoria's Mysterious Daughter

Lucinda Hawksley • 2015

Better Than the Movies

Lynn Painter • 2022

<b>A <i>USA TODAY</i> and <i>New York Times</i> bestseller</b><br> <br><b>Perfect for fans of Kasie West and Jenn Bennett, this “sweet and funny” (Kerry Winfrey, author of <i>Waiting for Tom Hanks</i>) teen rom-com follows a hopelessly romantic teen girl and her cute yet obnoxious neighbor as they scheme to get her noticed by her untouchable crush.</b><br><br>Perpetual daydreamer Liz Buxbaum gave her heart to Michael a long time ago. But her cool, aloof forever crush never really saw her before he moved away. Now that he’s back in town, Liz will do whatever it takes to get on his radar—and maybe snag him as a prom date—even befriend Wes Bennet.<br> <br>The annoyingly attractive next-door neighbor might seem like a prime candidate for romantic comedy fantasies, but Wes has only been a pain in Liz’s butt since they were kids. Pranks involving frogs and decapitated lawn gnomes do not a potential boyfriend make. Yet, somehow, Wes and Michael are hitting it off, which means Wes is Liz’s in.<br> <br>But as Liz and Wes scheme to get Liz noticed by Michael so she can have her magical prom moment, she’s shocked to discover that she likes being around Wes. And as they continue to grow closer, she must reexamine everything she thought she knew about love—and rethink her own ideas of what Happily Ever After should look like.

Aphrodite the Diva

Joan Holub • 2011

Best Friends

Jacqueline Wilson • 2009

The Beginner's Guide to Revenge

Marianne Musgrove • 2012

The Secret of the Forgotten City

Carolyn Keene • 1977

The Clique

Lisi Harrison • 2004

Hamlet

William Shakespeare • 1992

The Fashion Disaster That Changed My Life

Lauren Myracle • 2005

Diper Överlöde (Diary of a Wimpy Kid Book 17)

Jeff Kinney • 2022

Dog Days (Diary of a Wimpy Kid #4)

Jeff Kinney • 2009

Too Cool for This School

Kristen Tracy • 2013

Anastasia Again!

Lois Lowry • 1981

The Final Exam

Gitty Daneshvari • 2013

Class is Not Dismissed!

Gitty Daneshvari • 2012

School of Fear

Gitty Daneshvari • 2009

Agnes Parker... Keeping Cool in Middle School

Kathleen O'Dell • 2008

Deep Sea Aquarium MagMell Tome 4

Sugishita Kiyomi • 2021

Deep Sea Aquarium MagMell Tome 3

Kiyomi Sugishita • 2019

Deep Sea Aquarium MagMell Tome 2 . Edition limitée

Sugishita Kiyomi • 2021

Deep sea aquarium MagMell

Kiyomi Sugishita • 2018

Birthday Girl

Penelope Douglas • 2018

2026 [ONGOING]

8 books read

Have you ever wondered why that 13-digit number on the back of a book costs $125 in the United States but is completely free in Canada and India? This book, The Global ISBN Handbook, is your 2025 guide to the International Standard Book Number. It explains everything about this global "fingerprint" for books. The ISBN is the most important cornerstone of the publishing industry. It started as a simple warehouse tool in the 1960s. Now, it is a complex digital identifier used in over 200 countries. This handbook deconstructs the entire system. It uses 15 distinct national case studies to do this. You will learn how the old 10-digit system changed to the new 13-digit one. We break down the five parts of the ISBN, from the "Bookland" prefix to the final check digit. The book explores the global governance framework, starting with the International ISBN Agency. Then, it dives deep into how different countries run their systems. You'll see the privatized, high-cost model in the United States. You'll compare it to Canada's free, government-run system. We explore the industry-led models in Brazil and Germany. We look at government-run systems in Mexico and India. We even cover the unique case of China, where the ISBN is not a simple identifier but a state-controlled publication license. The book also examines the systems in the UK , France , Russia , Japan , Australia , South Africa , Nigeria , and Egypt. Many books and websites can tell you how to get an ISBN. This handbook is the only resource that explains why the process is so different everywhere you look. It moves beyond a simple "how-to" and provides a true global analysis. It directly compares the privatized, for-profit models in the US and UK against the free, public-good systems in Canada and South Africa. You won't just learn the price; you will understand the cultural policies, market structures, and legal philosophies that shape that price. This book shows how the ISBN is a "global mirror". It reveals how a simple number can be a commercial product in one nation , a tool of cultural policy in another , and an instrument of state control in a third. This comparative insight is the missing piece for any author, publisher, or researcher trying to navigate the complex international publishing market. Disclaimer: This handbook is an independently produced resource for commentary and analysis. The author has no affiliation with the International ISBN Agency, R.R. Bowker, Library and Archives Canada, the National Press and Publication Administration, or any other national ISBN agency. This work is independently produced under the principle of nominative fair use.

2024

38 books read

Have you ever wondered why that 13-digit number on the back of a book costs $125 in the United States but is completely free in Canada and India? This book, The Global ISBN Handbook, is your 2025 guide to the International Standard Book Number. It explains everything about this global "fingerprint" for books. The ISBN is the most important cornerstone of the publishing industry. It started as a simple warehouse tool in the 1960s. Now, it is a complex digital identifier used in over 200 countries. This handbook deconstructs the entire system. It uses 15 distinct national case studies to do this. You will learn how the old 10-digit system changed to the new 13-digit one. We break down the five parts of the ISBN, from the "Bookland" prefix to the final check digit. The book explores the global governance framework, starting with the International ISBN Agency. Then, it dives deep into how different countries run their systems. You'll see the privatized, high-cost model in the United States. You'll compare it to Canada's free, government-run system. We explore the industry-led models in Brazil and Germany. We look at government-run systems in Mexico and India. We even cover the unique case of China, where the ISBN is not a simple identifier but a state-controlled publication license. The book also examines the systems in the UK , France , Russia , Japan , Australia , South Africa , Nigeria , and Egypt. Many books and websites can tell you how to get an ISBN. This handbook is the only resource that explains why the process is so different everywhere you look. It moves beyond a simple "how-to" and provides a true global analysis. It directly compares the privatized, for-profit models in the US and UK against the free, public-good systems in Canada and South Africa. You won't just learn the price; you will understand the cultural policies, market structures, and legal philosophies that shape that price. This book shows how the ISBN is a "global mirror". It reveals how a simple number can be a commercial product in one nation , a tool of cultural policy in another , and an instrument of state control in a third. This comparative insight is the missing piece for any author, publisher, or researcher trying to navigate the complex international publishing market. Disclaimer: This handbook is an independently produced resource for commentary and analysis. The author has no affiliation with the International ISBN Agency, R.R. Bowker, Library and Archives Canada, the National Press and Publication Administration, or any other national ISBN agency. This work is independently produced under the principle of nominative fair use.

2023

87 books read

Have you ever wondered why that 13-digit number on the back of a book costs $125 in the United States but is completely free in Canada and India? This book, The Global ISBN Handbook, is your 2025 guide to the International Standard Book Number. It explains everything about this global "fingerprint" for books. The ISBN is the most important cornerstone of the publishing industry. It started as a simple warehouse tool in the 1960s. Now, it is a complex digital identifier used in over 200 countries. This handbook deconstructs the entire system. It uses 15 distinct national case studies to do this. You will learn how the old 10-digit system changed to the new 13-digit one. We break down the five parts of the ISBN, from the "Bookland" prefix to the final check digit. The book explores the global governance framework, starting with the International ISBN Agency. Then, it dives deep into how different countries run their systems. You'll see the privatized, high-cost model in the United States. You'll compare it to Canada's free, government-run system. We explore the industry-led models in Brazil and Germany. We look at government-run systems in Mexico and India. We even cover the unique case of China, where the ISBN is not a simple identifier but a state-controlled publication license. The book also examines the systems in the UK , France , Russia , Japan , Australia , South Africa , Nigeria , and Egypt. Many books and websites can tell you how to get an ISBN. This handbook is the only resource that explains why the process is so different everywhere you look. It moves beyond a simple "how-to" and provides a true global analysis. It directly compares the privatized, for-profit models in the US and UK against the free, public-good systems in Canada and South Africa. You won't just learn the price; you will understand the cultural policies, market structures, and legal philosophies that shape that price. This book shows how the ISBN is a "global mirror". It reveals how a simple number can be a commercial product in one nation , a tool of cultural policy in another , and an instrument of state control in a third. This comparative insight is the missing piece for any author, publisher, or researcher trying to navigate the complex international publishing market. Disclaimer: This handbook is an independently produced resource for commentary and analysis. The author has no affiliation with the International ISBN Agency, R.R. Bowker, Library and Archives Canada, the National Press and Publication Administration, or any other national ISBN agency. This work is independently produced under the principle of nominative fair use.