Vanessa rated The magician's nephew: 3 stars
The magician's nephew by C. S. Lewis (The chronicles of Narnia ;)
When Digory and Polly try to return the wicked witch Jadis to her own world, the magic gets mixed up …
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Vanessa rated Interpreter of Maladies: 3 stars
Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri
Traveling from India to New England and back again, the stories in this extraordinary debut collection unerringly chart the emotional …
Vanessa rated The Valley of Horses (Earth's Children, #2): 3 stars
The Valley of Horses (Earth's Children, #2) by Jean M. Auel (Earth's children)
This unforgettable odyssey into the distant past carries us back to the awesome mysteries of the exotic, primeval world of …
Vanessa rated The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe: 5 stars
The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe by C. S. Lewis (Chronicles of Narnia -- bk. 2)
They open a door and enter a world.
NARNIA... the land beyond the wardrobe, the secret country known only to …
Vanessa rated Prince Caspian (Chronicles of Narnia, #2): 4 stars
Kim by Andrea Gouveia, Rudyard Kipling, Aberdeen Press, and 5 others
Kim is Rudyard Kipling's story of an orphan born in colonial India and torn between love for his native India …
Vanessa rated Songs of Innocence and Songs of Experience: 3 stars
Vanessa rated The marriage of Heaven and Hell: 4 stars
Emma by ICON Reference, Jane Austen
Emma, by Jane Austen, is a novel about youthful hubris and the perils of misconstrued romance. The novel was first …
Vanessa rated Billy Budd and Other Stories: 2 stars
Billy Budd and Other Stories by Herman Melville (Penguin Classics)
Seven stories deal with a slave rebellion, an obstinate copyist, an accidental murder, a voyage to the Galapagos Islands, and …
Vanessa rated Pilgrim at Tinker Creek: 3 stars
Pilgrim at Tinker Creek by Annie Dillard
What is the true nature of Nature? Is it a harmonious, interconnected system, operating according to the principles of co-dependence …
Vanessa rated Daughter of Fortune: 3 stars
Daughter of Fortune by Isabel Allende
A Chilean woman searches for her lover in the goldfields of 1840s California. Arriving as a stowaway, Eliza finances her …
Vanessa rated Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban: 4 stars
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. Rowling (Harry Potter, #3)
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban is a fantasy novel written by British author J. K. Rowling and is …
Book in Ukrainian. Kod da Vinchi. Код да Вінчі . The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown
The Da Vinci Code is a 2003 mystery thriller novel by Dan Brown. It is Brown's second novel to include …
Vanessa rated Wonderful Wizard of Oz: 4 stars
L. Frank Baum: Wonderful Wizard of Oz (2007, Aegypan)
Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum
Over a century after its initial publication, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz is still captivating the hearts of countless readers. …