Throne of Jade
by Naomi Novik

For the Here Be Dragons reading challenge.
English
399 pages
Del Rey
ISBN: 978-0-345-48129-0
First line: The day was unseasonably warm for November, but in some misguided deference to the Chinese embassy, the fire in the Admirality boardroom had been heaped excessively high, and Laurence was standing directly before it.
Back cover blurb:
When Britain intercepted a French [...]

Posted on June 22nd, 2008 by Love
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Doctor Who: The Resurrection Casket
by Justin Richards

English
254 pages
BBC Books
ISBN: 0-563-48642-2
First line: Death was hiding in Kaspar’s pocket.
Back cover blurb:
Starfall — a world on the edge, where crooks and smugglers hide in the gloomy shadows and modern technology refuses to work. And that includes the TARDIS.
The pioneers who used to be drawn by the hope [...]

Posted on June 8th, 2008 by Love
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Doctor Who: The Stone Rose
by Jacqueline Rayner

English
254 pages
BBC Books
ISBN: 978-0-563-48643-5
First line: Rose carefully dropped three pound coins into the large collecting box at the entrance to the British Museum.
Back cover blurb:
Mickey is startled to find a statue of Rose in a museum — a statue that is 2,000 years old. The Doctor realises that [...]

Posted on June 6th, 2008 by Love
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Doctor Who: The Feast of the Drowned
by Stephen Cole

English
254 pages
BBC Books
ISBN: 0-563-48644-9
First line:How can something so big sink so fast?
Back cover blurb:
When a naval cruiser sinks in mysterious circumstances in the North Sea, all aboard are lost. Rose is saddened to hear that the brother of her friend, Keisha, was among the dead. And [...]

Posted on May 25th, 2008 by Love
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Doctor Who: I Am a Dalek
by Gareth Roberts

English
106 pages
BBC Books
ISBN: 0-563-48648-1
First line: Rose checked the seal on her space helmet, then she looked across the TARDIS controls to the Doctor.
Back cover blurb:
Equipped with space suits, golf clubs and a flag, the Doctor and Rose are planning to live it up on the Moon, Apollo-mission [...]

Posted on May 20th, 2008 by Love
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Sent i november
by Tove Jansson

Swedish
164 pages
Alfabeta
ISBN: 91-501-0473-X
First line: En tidig morgon i Mumindalen vaknade Snusmumriken i sitt tält och kände att det var höst och uppbrott i luften.
Back cover blurb:
Det är höst i Mumindalen. För dem som kommer dit ser allting annorlunda ut, inte riktigt som de hade tänkt sig. Och muminfamiljen tycks inte [...]

Posted on May 20th, 2008 by Love
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Pappan och havet
by Tove Jansson

Swedish
203 pages
AWE/Gebers
ISBN: 91-20-06402-0
First line: En obestämd eftermiddag i slutet av augusti gick en pappa omkring i sin trädgård och kände sig onödig.
Back cover blurb:
Långt ute i havet låg Ön. Den var så gott som öde. Där fanns en fyr, men den var släckt. På en udde bodde en fiskare, men [...]

Posted on May 20th, 2008 by Love
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Det osynliga barnet
by Tove Jansson

Swedish
167 pages
AWE/Gebers
ISBN: 91-20-07544-8
First line: En lugn och molnfri kväll i slutet av april kom Snusmumriken så långt norrut att snöfläckarna låg kvar på nordsidan.
Back cover blurb:
Om Snusmumrikens vårvisa och Ti-ti-too,
Homsans hemska äventyr och mote med lilla My,
Filifjonkan som trodde på katastrofer,
Den sista draken i världen, inte större än en [...]

Posted on May 19th, 2008 by Love
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Trollvinter
by Tove Jansson
Title in English: Moominland Midwinter

Swedish
131 pages
AWE/Gebers
ISBN: 91-20-07551-0
First line: Himlen var nästan svart men snön var klarblå i månskenet.
Back cover blurb:
Det är inte lätt att vakna ur sitt vinteride i januari och inte kunna somna om.
Mumintrollet var det mumintroll som nånsin upplevat vintern, och i början var han förfärligt ensam i det sovande. [...]

Posted on May 18th, 2008 by Love
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Farlig midsommar
by Tove Jansson
Title in English: Moominsummer Madness

For the Decades ‘08 reading challenge (first published 1954).
Swedish
146 pages
Alfabeta
ISBN: 91-501-0478-0
First line: Mumintrollets mamma satt på trappan i solskenet och riggade en barkbåt.
Back cover blurb:
Där kommer en teater på drift och med den driver muminfamiljen in i en midsommarnatt som är full av trolldom och överraskning, av [...]

Posted on May 18th, 2008 by Love
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