paperback
216 pages
copyright 1962
copyright renewed 1990
ISBN 0-415-19989-8
THE MIRROR CRACK'D - AGATHA CHRISTIE
The quaint village of St. Mary Mead has been glamorized by screen queen Marina Greg, who's taken up residence in preparation for her comeback. But when a local fan is poisoned, Marina finds herself starring in a real-life mystery --- supported with a scene-stealing aplomb by Miss Jane Marple, who suspects that the lethal cocktail was intended for someone else. But who? It it was meant for Marina, then why? And before the final fade-out, who else from St. Mary Mead's cast of seemingly innocent characters is going to be eliminated.
1. Heather Badcock poisoned with Calmo by Marina Greg.
2. Heather was sick with German measles when she met Marina Greg for an autograph.
3. German measles were fatal to the first four months of a pregnancy.
4. Arthur Badcock was once married to Marina Greg.
5. Ella Zielinsky killed with cyanide placed in her atomizer .
6. Butler Giuseppe , a blackmailer, killed with a gunshot.
7. Marina, dead in her sleep, overdose of sleeping stuff.
His Dark Materials is great. I liked The Subtle Knife Best
A Song Of Ice and Fire. Waiting for The Winds of Winter.
Shannara Trilogy + First King of Shannara. Elfstones was action packed!
The Magic Thief:
In a city that runs on a dwindling supply of magic, a young boy is drawn into a life of wizardry and adventure. Conn should have dropped dead the day he picked Nevery's pocket and touched the wizard's locus magicalicus, a stone used to focus magic and work spells. But for some reason he did not. Nevery finds that interesting, and he takes Conn as his apprentice on the provision that the boy find a locus stone of his own. But Conn has little time to search for his stone between wizard lessons and helping Nevery discover who - or what - is stealing the city of Wellmet's magic.
Lost: Never mix fire with magic!
Conn may only be a wizard's apprentice, but even he knows it's dangerous to play with fire . . . especially around magic. His master, Nevery, warns him that it could all blow up in his face. Besides, they have bigger problems to deal with. There is evil afoot in the city of Wellmet, an evil that isn't human.
But Conn is drawn to the murmurs he hears every time he sets off an explosion - something is trying to talk to him, to warn him. When none of the wizards listen, Conn takes matters into his own hands. His quest to protect everything he loves brings him face-to-face with a powerful sorcerer-king and a treachery beyond even his vivid imagination.
Found: Never turn your back on a dragon!
Sneaking out of prison isn't easy, unless you are a thief, or a wizard. Luckily, Conn is both! Trouble is, once he's out, where does he go? His home is a pile of rubble since he blew it up doing magic. His master, the wizard Nevery, is not happy with him. Worst of all, Conn's been exiled, and staying in the city will mean his death.
But Wellmet is in danger from an evil predator coming to destroy the city, and Conn must set off on a quest to fight it. Suddenly, a huge shadow looms over him and he is swept away by something more awesome than his wildest imaginings. Is Conn brave enough to answer magic's call, or is he really just a thief at heart?
hardback
333 pages
copyright 2012
ISBN 978-1-4197-0186-3
THE SISTERS GRIMM: THE COUNCIL OF MIRRORS - MICHAEL BUCKLEY
The ninth and final book in the New York Times bestselling series
THE END IS HERE!
Sabrina, Daphne, and the rest of the Grimms - except for Granny Relda, whose body has been hijacked by the Master --- fight for the freedom of Freeport Landing in the series' grand finale. As war rips the town apart, Sabrina consults a team of magic mirrors, who prophesy that the only way the good guys will win is if she leads the army. Sabrina has always wanted to be taken seriously, and now she controls the fate of all the Everafters, the very people who have made her life so difficult since she and Daphne arrived in Ferryport Landing. Will they listen to a Grimm? And can she really save them?
1. Coven = a crone, a temptress , an innocent: Baba Yaga, Morgan and Bunny.
2. Seven and Morgan are married.
3. Seven is stabbed and killed by Atticus.
4. Atticus is Charming's brother.
5. Bunny "fixed/rewrote" the story of Snow White by erasing Atticus from the story.
6. Frog Princess (Sharlene) , Sir Lancelot, Friar Tuck and Gepetoo were all killed fighting Atticus and his trolls.
6. Red Riding Hood as the wolf kills Atticus - protected by Armor
7. Uncle Jake tricks Nottingham and Heart about the spell....blank paper; Nottingham and Heart fall to their deaths.
8. Mr. Canis is person who takes The Book of Everafter; he made the Grimm family Everafters by writing them in the book.
9. Daphne becomes a member of the coven....the innocent one.
10. Sabrina gives the spell to Mirror in order to free grandma Relda; The Barrier is broken ;Sabrina gives Mirror her love..."look for your enemy's weaknesses"
11. Sabrina and Puck are married and have children; Alison and Emma
From Wikipedia: Incarnations of Immortality is the name of an eight-book fantasy series by Piers Anthony. The first seven books each focus on one of seven supernatural "offices" (Death, Time, Fate, War, Nature, Evil and Good) in a fictional reality and history parallel to ours, with the exception that society has advanced both magic and modern technology. The series covers the adventures and struggles of a group of humans, called "Incarnations", who hold these supernatural positions for a certain time.
The only ones I don't have are War ("With a Red Sword"), Nature ("Being a Green Mother") and Evil ("For Love of Evil").
"The Ninja/Nicholas Linnear" series by Eric Van Lustbader.
Introduced first in "The Ninja", a crime thriller novel by Eric Van Lustbader, the series centered on Nicholas Linnear, a half-Western, half-Chinese, raised in the culture of Japanese ninja.
hardback
142 pages
copyright 2012
ISBN 978-0-545-43143-9
THE 39 CLUES: OPERATION TRINITY
A STOLEN MASTERPIECE
For the past 500 years, the Cahills have been the world's most powerful family. For 500 years, they've guarded their secrets with their very lives. Until now.
The Cahills have cracked open their vault to tell the story of the most coveted work of art in the world, a masterpiece that has been the target of a record seven theft attempts. Operation Trinity chronicles the very first attack on Van Eyck's altarpiece, then jumps to WWII and young Grace Cahill's desperate bid to save it from the Nazis. The final story tracks Ian and Natalie Kabra's first solo mission --- and the searing betrayal that nearly costs them everything.
Discover the secret history of one of the world's most tantalizing treasures...if you dare.
I collect the following:
- Shopaholic Series
- Diana books (biographies of Diana, Princess of Wales)
- Pugad Baboy
- Bob Ong books
- Mary Higgins Clark books
paperback
449 pages
copyright 2006
ISBN 0-440-24288-6
THE THIEVES OF HEAVEN - RICHARD DOETSCH
THE MOST CLOSELY GUARDED TREASURE ON EARTH.
AN EXCLUSIVE ANCIENT SECRET.
A BREAKNECK JOURNEY INTO THE HEART OF THE VATICAN.
In a small, heavily fortified room just north of the Sistine Chapel, a master thief is about to strike. All he needs is an instant–to steal the most important treasure in the Vatican museum: two antique keys–one gold, one silver–that protect the secret of salvation….
But a surprise awaits Michael St. Pierre deep inside the Vatican, an ancient secret so explosive, it sends him running for his life—from the streets of Rome to a small stone church in Israel—with two stolen keys and a terrible realization: the consequences of his desperate, brazen act are far greater than he could ever have imagined.
For the treasure he has uncovered—the gleaming prize buried within the most clandestine structure on earth—is about to bring him face-to-face with an enemy more shocking, frightening, and insidious than anyone can guess....
1. Michael St. Pierre steals the keys of the Vatican ....the keys to heaven....then recovers it back from August Finster...the devil.
2. Wife of Michael St. Pierre dies.
3. Denis Thal is the assassin of Finster....the man whom he saw in a windowsill assaulting Helen Staten 5 years ago, the day he was caught and sent to prison.
When your grandmother is a cranky old witch, your intended prince is a jerk, and your kingdom is about to be invaded "happily ever after" can be exasperating.
But from the bottom of the fishbowl sea to the heights of the mountaintop Dragon Olympics, Princess Emma takes an epic quest to reverse an old spell and save the kingdom of Greater Greensward from peril.
1. Ralf is the green dragon.
2. Haywood's spell is broken.
3. Grassina fall's victim to the family curse .... when touched by a flower would become a nasty hag.
4. Emma's magic is improved....she becomes the new Green Witch.
From Wikipedia: Incarnations of Immortality is the name of an eight-book fantasy series by Piers Anthony. The first seven books each focus on one of seven supernatural "offices" (Death, Time, Fate, War, Nature, Evil and Good) in a fictional reality and history parallel to ours, with the exception that society has advanced both magic and modern technology. The series covers the adventures and struggles of a group of humans, called "Incarnations", who hold these supernatural positions for a certain time.
The only ones I don't have are War ("With a Red Sword"), Nature ("Being a Green Mother") and Evil ("For Love of Evil").
"The Ninja/Nicholas Linnear" series by Eric Van Lustbader.
Introduced first in "The Ninja", a crime thriller novel by Eric Van Lustbader, the series centered on Nicholas Linnear, a half-Western, half-Chinese, raised in the culture of Japanese ninja.
Seven incarnations of immortality? Why do I have a feeling na seven Deathless siblings ng Sandman series ang peg nito?
Seven incarnations of immortality? Why do I have a feeling na seven Deathless siblings ng Sandman series ang peg nito?
The series actually predates Gaiman by six years, but yeah, something like that. The Incarnations aren't really the person, though, but their job. If they don't do well during tenure, they're relieved of their duties and condemned to Hell. One of the more powerful ones was even impeached via a global political campaign due to dereliction of duty --two guesses who that was.
Being a kid can really stink. And no one knows this better than Greg Heffley who finds himself thrust into middle school, where undersized weaklings share the hallways with kids who are taller, meaner, and already shaving.
In Diary of a Wimpy Kid, author and illustrator Jeff Kinney introduces us to an unlikely hero: As Greg says in his diary: Just don't expect me to be all "Dear Diary" this and "Dear Diary" that.
hardback
217 pages
copyright 2008
ISBN 978-0-8109-9473-7
DIARY OF A WIMPY KID: RODRICK RULES - JEFF KINNEY
Whatever you do, don't ask Greg Heffley how he spent his summer vacation, because he definiteyly doesn't want to talk about it.
As Greg enters the new school year, he's eager to put the past three months behind him...and one event in particular.
Unfortunately for Greg his older brother, Rodrick, knows all about the incident Greg wants to keep under wraps. But secrets have a way of getting out...especially when a diary is involved.
1. Greg's secret: Greg caught inside the women's bathroom at his grandpa's Leisure Tower's Condo for an hour and a half.
Miss Jane Marple #8
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