From Goodreads: In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit. Not a nasty, dirty, wet hole, filled with the ends of worms and an oozy smell, nor yet a dry, bare, sandy hole with nothing in it to sit down on or to...
From Goodreads: Though they have the vote and the Pill and haven't been burned as witches since 1727, life isn't exactly a stroll down the catwalk for modern women. They are beset by uncertainties and questions: Why do bras hurt? Why the incessant talk about...
A History of the World in 6 Glasses by Tom StandageFrom Goodreads: Throughout human history, certain drinks have done much more than just quench thirst. As Tom Standage relates with authority and charm, six of them have had a surprisingly pervasive influence on the course...
The Iron Trial (Magisterium ; #1) by Holly Black and Cassandra ClareFrom Goodreads: Most kids would do anything to pass the Iron Trial.Not Callum Hunt. He wants to fail.All his life, Call has been warned by his father to stay away from magic. If he...
From Goodreads: In the Society, officials decide. Who you love. Where you work. When you die.Cassia has always trusted their choices. It’s hardly any price to pay for a long life, the perfect job, the ideal mate. So when her best friend appears on the...
From Goodreads: One boy. One dragon. A world of adventure.When Eragon finds a polished blue stone in the forest, he thinks it is the lucky discovery of a poor farm boy; perhaps it will buy his family meat for the winter. But when the stone...
Coraline by Neil GaimanFrom Goodreads: Coraline's often wondered what's behind the locked door in the drawing room. It reveals only a brick wall when she finally opens it, but when she tries again later, a passageway mysteriously appears. Coraline is surprised to find a flat decorated...
Oggie Cooder, Party Animal (Oggie Cooder ; #2) by Sarah WeeksFrom Goodreads: Oggie Cooder returns. . .this time showing what a party animal he can be (birthday party animal, that is)! Oggie Cooder has never set foot (or swim fin) in his neighbor Donnica Perfecto's...
Oggie Cooder (Oggie Cooder ; #1) by Sarah WeeksFrom Goodreads: Oggie Cooder has a talent -- he can charve better than anyone else in Truman Elementary School. (Charving, for the uninitiated, is the carving of a piece of cheese with one's teeth.) Oggie doesn't think this...
From Goodreads: Locke and his trusted sidekick, Jean, target the grandest prize of all: the Sinspire, the most exclusive and heavily guarded gambling house in the world. Its nine floors attract the wealthiest clientele—and to rise to the top, one must impress with good credit,...
