"I like you, Jenny," he confesses. "More than I've ever liked anyone before. It hit me that day at the clinic how much. And I did what I always do when I feel overwhelmed. I ran."
The Girl in the White Van is a captivating and thrilling story. This story is about a girl named Savannah who gets kidnapped. Savannah and another girl are held hostage in a white van and now they must find a way to escape. This book follows the story of these two girls and how they deal with their situation.
Six of Crows is another spectacular book in the Grisha world that the “Shadow and Bone” trilogy takes place in. In the land of Ketterdam, six unique characters are faced with an impossible heist that they are to perform- for millions of dollars. Kaz Brekker (a lock pick & criminal prodigy) picks these five people to come with him to do this task knowing it could cost all of them their lives, but in return could give them the resources to create another future for themselves.
One tragic night, Lizzie Futon’s car gets into a terrible crash. With her two daughters sitting in the back, she must make a heart-wrenching choice when getting out of the dreadful situation. This choice haunts Lizzie and doesn’t let her live her life peacefully because all she can do is think about it while it keeps weighing down on her. Her mental state and the subdued atmosphere of her home start distancing her and her family members. At a similar time, she gets news that someone purposefully wanted to see her downfall.
After the Second World War, Adolf Eichman, a Nazi officer in the SS responsible for ordering the killings of millions of Jews, escaped from Germany to Argentina to go into hiding so as not to be brought to justice.
Dorothy, a runaway bride from 1913, bumps into Asher, a time traveler, on her way to the train station. She stows away on his plane on his trip back to 2077 and reaches New Seattle. She is introduced to a whole new world and helps him and his friends to get back their mentor, the Professor.
Beth, an 18-year-old girl moves to New York in June 1983 for her journalism internship. She joins three other interns, Oliver, Dan, and Edie. Edie and Beth click on the first day and have a close friendship. Soon, Beth discovered all the lies and secrets Edie was hiding from her and started to understand that not all people are good in this world.
Crooked Kingdom by Leigh Bardugo is a direct sequel to Six of Crows, as we are left off by cold, calculating criminal mastermind Kaz Brecker and his team of thugs and misfits as they try and figure out a way to get Inej, a member of the crew that rescued Kuwei Yul-Bo from Fjerda, and guard the secret of Jurda Parem.
If Only I Had Told Her is a romance book about Finny, Autumn and Jack. If Only I Had Told Her is the follow up book following 1st Finny then Jack then Autumn. It starts on Finny's last day then follows Jack's Grief as he processes Finny's death, then it shows Autumn's mental state. Autumn and Finny are neighbors and they are in love with each other and they don't realize until the end of the 1st book.
Fyodor Dostoevsky’s Crime and Punishment is widely praised in literature for its deep exploration of despair and existential dread. The novel follows Rodion Raskolnikov, a former student living in St. Petersburg, who is utterly struck by poverty and existential torment. Early in the narrative, Raskolnikov murders with the belief he is acting for the greater good.
