Freida McFadden

This was a gift and I already had a copy. Never read - giftable - pristine. 

Light Paperback (1 lb or less)

Georgia

"Dawn Schiff is strange. At least, everyone at work thinks so. She never says the right thing. She has no friends. And she is always at her desk at precisely 8:45 a.m. So when Dawn doesn't show up to the office one morning, her coworker Natalie Farrell-beautiful, popular, top sales rep five years running-is surprised. Then she receives an unsettling, anonymous phone call that changes everything... Now, Natalie is irrevocably tied to Dawn as she finds herself caught in a twisted game of cat and mouse that leaves her wondering: who's the real victim? But one thing is incredibly clear: somebody hated Dawn Schiff. Enough to kill."--

The Coworker

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Kiley Reid

Purchased at Shakespeare and  Company Paris with their stamp inside -large, beautiful English paperback edition

Heavy Paperback (2 to 4 lbs)

One of 2024's Hottest Reads - Chosen for Fearne Cotton's Happy Place Book Club

'I couldn't put it down, and I didn't want to either' EMILY HENRY'A page-turning pleasure - stylish, sharp and breathtakingly smart' DAISY BUCHANANEverything comes at a price. But not everything can be paid for...Millie wants to graduate, get a job and buy a house. She's slowly saving up from her job on campus, but when a visiting professor offers her an unusual opportunity to make some extra money, she jumps at the chance. Agatha is a writer, recovering from a break-up while researching attitudes towards weddings and money for her new book. She strikes gold when interviewing the girls in Millie's dorm, but her plans take a turn when she realises that the best material is unfolding behind closed doors. As the two women form an unlikely relationship, they soon become embroiled in a world of roommate theatrics, vengeful pranks and illicit intrigue - and are forced to question just how much of themselves they are willing to trade to get what they want.Sharp, intimate and provocative, Come and Get It takes a lens to our money-obsessed society in a tension-filled story about desire, consumption and bad behaviour.PRAISE FOR KILEY REID AND SUCH A FUN AGE'The book of the year' Independent'A new literary star' The Times'Essential. This year's hit debut' Guardian'A biting tale of race and class' Sunday Times'I couldn't put this down' Jojo Moyes'A startling, razor-sharp debut ... Wildly fun and breathtakingly wise' Taylor Jenkins-Reid'A gripping page-turner with serious things to say about racism, class, gender, parenting and privilege' Madeline Miller

Come and Get It

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Ashley Woodfolk

Slight dent on cover but otherwise new in giftable condition. Has not been read but I did read another copy. This is a ya novel in verse about two girls who are best friends until their relationship becomes something more. It’s a beautifully written book.

Five starred reviews! Now in paperback, from New York Times bestselling author Ashley Woodfolk, Nothing Burns as Bright as You is an impassioned stand-alone tale of queer love, grief, and the complexity of female friendship. Two girls. One wild and reckless day. Years of tumultuous history unspooling like a thin, fraying string in the hours after they set a fire. They were best friends. Until they became more. Their affections grew. Until the blurry lines became dangerous. Over the course of a single day, the depth of their past, the confusion of their present, and the unpredictability of their future is revealed. And the girls will learn that hearts, like flames, aren't so easily tamed. It starts with a fire. How will it end?

Nothing Burns As Bright As You

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Bill Konigsberg

Set in 1980s NYC at the height of the AIDS epidemic, this is a coming of age story of a young gay teen trying to find his way in a world where people were dying and there was so much uncertainty. Micah, who is deeply closeted and very conventional, befriends CJ who is wayyy out and out there. Based on the author’s real experiences in that time and place, this was compelling. 

NEW bc I already read it - don’t need this copy.

Light Hardcover (1 lb or less)

From Stonewall Award winner Bill Konigsberg, a remarkable, funny, sexy, heartbreaking story of two teen boys finding each other in New York City at the height of the AIDS epidemic.

The first thing I noticed about C.J. Gorman was his plexiglass bra.

So begins Destination Unknown -- it's 1987 in New York City, and Micah is at a dance club, trying to pretend he's more out and outgoing than he really is. C.J. isn't just out -- he's complete out there, and Micah can't help but be both attracted to and afraid of someone who travels so loudly and proudly through the night.

A connection occurs. Is it friendship? Romance? Is C.J. the one with all the answers... or does Micah bring more to the relationship that it first seems? As their lives become more and more entangled in the AIDS epidemic that's laying waste to their community, and the AIDS activism that will ultimately bring a strong voice to their demands, whatever Micah and C.J. have between them will be tested, strained, pushed, and pulled -- but it will also be a lifeline in a time of death, a bond that will determine the course of their futures.

In Destination Unknown, Bill Konigsberg returns to a time he knew well as a teenager to tell a story of identity, connection, community, and survival.

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