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I read this book a long time ago, I was in holiday in the south of france and the book was in french, but I'm sure the book exist in english too. It was more than ten years ago and I remember the book was already old, unfortunately that's the only thing I remember. It was about a poor girl who met a princess who looked exactly like her. The princess asked the poor girl to exchange their roles because she was going to marry soon and she wanted to enjoy a bit of freedom before. I think it was in Hungary or Austria...The princess was supposed to marry a prince, but they disliked each other. So the poor girl remplaced the princess and went to the palace to meet "her future husband". At first the prince was really cold with her because he disliked the princess from the begining, but the more he was with the "fake princess" the more he liked her. The "fake princess" also developed feelings for the prince even if she knew they couldn't stay together in the end. They even got married because the real princess didn't show up for the wedding, but later she came back and the "fake princess" returned to her life. Of course the prince saw a change in the personality of the one he loved, and he understood it wasn't the same person. At the end he went to find the fake princess. She was in a train as she was goind back to her own country. Even if he knew she wasn't a princess he still wanted her...
I really want to read this book again, I had so good memories about it.
Does anyone know what book I mean? Thanks!

fin3apple

I read this book I think around 2014 but definitely within the range of 2010 to 2015. I think this book was part of a series, but I only read the first one if that is the case. It was definitely fantasy, and I would guess that it is young adult. It was about a boy and a girl, either cousins or brother and sister, who were both high school age. The boy was slightly younger than the girl and he was much more serious. The girl was more of a typical teenager, and I think a bit of a rebel. I don't remember how but somehow the boy and the girl get transported to another world - possibly this is caused by the father? This new world exists outside of time, in a way. It's populated by all kinds of ancient civilizations who have been living there for a long time, basically not aging. The civilizations include Neanderthals, Aztecs, possibly Vikings or Amazons, and a few others. They also are all able to communicate with each other, which is due to the magical properties of these crystals that are plentiful in this realm. The color of the crystals corresponds to its abilities. One color of crystal acts as a translator. Another color is a source of energy. Another color causes them to live forever. Another color acts as a protective barrier. One thing I DISTINCTLY remember happening is when the boy and the girl end up there they are taken to the leader, who questions either their cell phones or their flashlights. At this point the boy attempts to explain science to the people, but the translator crystal keeps translating the word "science" as "magic". The boy tries a couple of times and then finally is able to say "science", but that has no meaning to the crystal people.

I don't remember exactly what happens next, but I know that the girl joins a tribe of female warriors - likely either Amazons or Vikings. The boy befriends several teenagers of different civilizations, including a Neanderthal boy. I remember that there is a clear class system in the crystal realm, and that the Neanderthals are basically treated as idiot servants. But **SPOILER** they are actually extremely intelligent and faking their stupidity out of paranoia. **END SPOILER**

I don't remember much of the overarching plot but I think there might have been some evil scheme and unrest brewing between civilizations. Also possibly crystals going missing?

Anyway, that's all of the information I can remember. Does anyone know what book I mean? Thank you so much!

**Edit**
This book has now been found, thanks to the much appreciated efforts of the glorious and lovely kaylee66!!!

The title is Jake Ransom and the Skull King's Shadow.

scifigrl0

I read this book about 15-20 years ago.In the book the present is about two guys and a girl who are suppose to be long lost siblings.The two guys where left with there dad by there mom who had the girl years after that.I don't remember much about why they where meeting or what happens execept that the guys start to have feelings towards the girl and her for one of them.which is a result of a family curse placed in the past.

Which the book shows is about a girl who I think was a gypse.Who fell for the son of a family she was staying with. And became pregnant. She was already suppose to marry someone from her people and when they found out they tried to kill her but she killed him.The guy she was in love with came to get her and took the blame and was put to death and the girl went and had her baby with his family after being cursed by her people.She also had a cat that I belive was on the cover of the book.I thought the title was something to do with cat eyes but I have not been able to find anything with that name like what I'm looking for.

noorhanosh

I don't remember much but I read it when I was about 8 and have been trying to remember since! It was about a girl who found a dollhouse with her guy friend. They went inside the doll house and every room they entered was a whole new adventure, often in a different time era. At one point, the guy had a bento box.

Don't think it's Time Windows by Reiss.

droonfang52

And I could look through Amazon forever...same with Google.

I believe the title was The Princess and I believe it was a hardcover. I read it years ago, somewhere between 1968 and...not sure. It was about a woman who found out she had cancer. I'm not sure if she WAS married or got married. She was reluctant to get pregnant, but then she did and the cancer disappeared. It would help if anyone can provide possible books and authors.

oreancle

I don't remember much about this book, but it was about a guy who keeps on going on long trips, and his wife thinks he's on business trips. He left to go on one of this trips but didn't come back. His wife goes to look for him, but she finds someone who looks like him but not him. He is her husband, but he doesn't know her because he has DID which dissociative identity disorder. The guy she married is one of the identities of his disorder, but the original one doesn't know her. So when his original personality appears he goes back home to his girlfriend, mom, and dad. They know he has this disorder but he doesn't and they are not that accepting of it if I remember this correctly.
The book is fiction, and the main character later finds out that he has the disorder because of his dad. Hopefully, you guys recognize this.

chynad23

Okay so years ago I found a book in the library and I have no idea what the title or author is but I'm dying to find it.

I vaguely remember there being a cabinet or wardrobe on the cover or back of the book, it was glittery.

I remember the protagonist being a woman who worked in a store in her small town. Weird things started happening. People turned up dead. One part of the book, her and male friend are driving on a dark road, tons of scenic trees, but it's dark and they come out to one of the people they know from in town dead in the street.

At one point that same male friend came to her house/apartment and they shared a kiss in her doorway.

She finds out she has mystical powers or a connection to whatever entity that is messing with her town.

Other small things I remember are that it's Fall in the town, there's a festival that takes place and people are selling items. There's some witchcraft and magic.

I know this isn't much but if anyone has any idea what I'm talking about that would be great. I just want to read this great book again.

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notchrisleir

I don’t have much info on it, but I’ll do the best I can. The book starts out with the main character playing a video game online, and he talks about how he’s fairly good but there’s this person who NO ONE has ever been able to beat before. The guy is just too good and he wrecks everyone on the game. Eventually somewhere in the beginning of the book the main character beats him and is absolutely shocked that he does, as is everyone else in the game.
Shortly after this, things start to haywire for the main character. He explains that his shower (or sink, I can’t remember exactly) gets so hot that it scalds his hand, and when he looked at the knob it was turned so far that it cracked the tile. Also, he explains that his dryer burned his clothes into nothing, even though it had never done that before.
I remember that he worked at a robotics center (or something similar), and the robots there start to go haywire as well and try to hurt him. There is one machine that’s sort of like an arm that grabs things, and another that’s more of a half complete humanoid robot.
Eventually in the story you learn that the person he beat in the game actually died, and it foreshadows that everything could be haunted by this person.

This is about all I remember of the plot. My memory is telling me that the book had a purplish and possibly greenish cover with red lettering for the title. It definitely wasn’t a bestseller by any means but it was an amazing book. That’s basically all the info I have on it, but any help would be extremely appreciated. Thank you!!

ronudea09

Can’t find this book and it’s driving me insane. Believe I read it about 5 years ago in a library. What I remember is it’s a teenage boy maybe on holiday by the sea Andrew it switches between being narrated by him and a girl who lives there. He meets her at the beach and her distinguishing feature is the fact she smokes cigarettes and wears bright red lipstick. The girls unhappy with her life and convinced him to run away and somewhere along the way they join a circus. I think after time the boy gets jealous because she falls in love with one of the performers. There’s a conflict and all I remember is at the end they have to perform a magical/superstisous ceremony in a dark room with mirrors??? To release someone?? It’s driving me mad!

doctormexicanmd

I read the first one of this series between 2008 and 2009. The parts that I remember about it was that the main character was a virgin and somehow her being a virgin gave her abilities of some sort. early in the book she got drunk and had a one night stand, also there was a horse that ate a human in order to get three wishes one of which was the ability to digest meat so he wouldn't die, the other was the ability to breathe fire and the third was to be giant.

jesuswasbatman

SF novel read in the 80s which was accidentally put in the kids' section of the local library because it had a spaceshippy cover and freaked me out.

( Warning for extreme, imaginative, sexual violence )

full_metal_ox

( Cut for profanity. )

ETA 5 December 2024: it’s “The Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers go to COLLEGE!”, from The Collected Adventures of the Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers #1 (1971; Rip Off Press), by Gilbert Shelton.

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Current Mood: contemplative
Current Music: "Reading Rainbow" (as per the Doors) by Jimmy Fallon.

travels_in_time

A few years ago--probably three or four years, and I think they were fairly newish, although I could be wrong--I read a series of books that I would classify as contemporary fantasy. I believe there were four of them, at least at the time, and each one centered around a different city. One was probably New York (because they always are) and I think one might have been Venice, because part of the plot was about finding whatever item they needed under the water. I think each book also featured different characters, but I could be wrong about that.

The overarching plot of the series was that each city needed...a guardian, or basically a person that represented or watched over the city, and the books were the stories of how each person discovered that that's who they were and what they had to do to protect their city.

I apologize for the extremely vague details, and hope someone has a clue!

EDIT: OK, I've been searching for these books for weeks now, but after reading the comment below I tried a couple of different terms, and found them! It's the Hidden Cities series by Tim Lebbon and Christopher Golden. The cities were London, New Orleans, Venice, and Boston, and the guardians are actually called "Oracles". Probably would have made the search way easier if I could have remembered that. :)

jaecheondaesong

Im not quite sure if im mixing up two different books together, but i remember this one scene, where an older lady (an elite) is pretending to be good but is in fact evil, she puts these bracelets on the mc girl which forces the girl to do exactly as she is told against her will. As a demonstration of this power she forces the girl to lick the feet/sandal of her son(s?). Otherwise she leaves the girl to work with her servants.
Im fairly certain the girl is friends with a dragon, a young one who cannot fly very far or cannot carry her far.
I think she met the evil lady in a secluded or secret area where she was being taught magic before she was enslaved.
I believe the girl is part of a prophecy including the dragon friend.
Unfortunately this is all I can remember due to how i remember questioning the slavery part in what im sure was otherwise a children's book. (just seemed a bit more explicit than i was expecting)

jaecheondaesong

I can't remember too much detail except that magic was involved and it was centered around children, at least 3. One of the antagonist was a man who got caught up in the magic (he may have been trying to steal or exploit) and ended up getting the face of a rat which he later attempted to correct using plastic surgery. However, this is all i can remember, which is unhelpful i know.. :(

eliasveturius

Ah I'm getting kind of desperate trying to find this book lol ;-;

Basically, I'm doing a project with someone and their summary of their book was "a mother with two kids who have been raised by their grandparents their whole life has to step in and be a mother for the first time in her life. She also have to find a way to change her kids to a different school so they could experience a better childhood. She has to find a way to understand the identity of her kids so they can trust what she does." They're busy today and they haven't told me what the title of the book is and I need to know it to do my part so please help me! [I posted this on librarything and Reddit as well but got no replies yet]

faz_rach_92

I read a book a couple of years ago (2016-ish) and cant remember the title for the life of me.

It was about a girl whose younger brother goes missing during her childhood. He was a bright boy and a bit strange, always drawing something (I think it was a map or a maze)
The book follows her through several stages of her life, from the 1970s/80s in her childhood to an imagined near future when she is a grandmother.

I cant remember any characters names or even much of the plot but a few scenes and details stick out.

She runs away from home and gets a job picking fruit at a farm. There's a boy on a bike who she has a romantic link with, they sleep in a barn one night.

There's a moment where she sees a woman fishing on a dock by a canal and she draws something in the dust, it becomes significant much later in the book when some time travel elements come into play.

She witnesses a horrible double murder but gets her memory wiped.

There's a secret society that was involved in the vanishing of her brother. I think her actual brother died very early on and one of its members came to use his body.

she gets married to bike boy and they have children who have children.

In the closing chapters she's raising her grandchildren in a dystopian Ireland where Global resources are running out and society has regressed. the secret society save the children but the whole think is pretty bleak.

I read it in Australia but I think it's set in the UK. I always thought it was Labyrinth by Kate Mosse but having recently got that book and read it i realised its completely different and I'm now very confused.
Please Help.

Current Mood: confused

sarahweasley

******POSSIBLE SPOILERS******I think I must have read it somewhere between 2011-2015. It was a pretty dark book, and my older brother checked it out at the library, and he was probably between the ages of 11/15, so I doubt it was a juvenile book, probably YA, but it could have been juvenile. It was quite a few years ago, but I was just reminded of it. It was a graphic novel. Kind of gory towards the end, or maybe I just thought it was gory because I was, like, 10. I think it was about this super rich guy who married this peasant girl, and she was shook because she was poor, and was surprised because out of all of these equally high class female citizens who were always fawning after him, he chose her. But they got married and lived in his mansion or whatever. I don't think it was set in very modern times. Maybe it was just sort of anachronistic. The only part I kind of remember is when the husband was away, and it was storming, and the wife kept hearing these odd noises in the walls and around. But she played it off and pretended it was nothing, but it kept going and so she looked around for the source. I think she found this secret hatch in the wall, and when she opened it the remains of the husband's ex wife fell out. So the ex wife possessed the wife to get revenge on the husband or take the wife's place or something like that. towards what i think i remember is the end, the husband was, like, in the woods on his way home, and the ex wife (possessed or something by his current wife??) stopped him and he was super freaked out, and then i think it ended. I think the wife might have had a necklace with a pendant on it that was significant or something. i hope this is enough information. i'll update if i think of anything else. i already asked my brother but he didn't remember. thank you!!

hecatemahadevi

I never actually read it. I saw the cover in a collection of sci-fi/fantasy book covers I know the local library used to have (they may or may not still have it; this was probably 20 years ago, and I know well-loved books get "retired"). What I remember is that the cover was dark, i.e. a night scene, and showed a pale-skinned woman with black hair and a flowing black dress, holding a large glass goblet of blood. I would assume it's something in either the high fantasy, or low/urban fantasy genres (vampires maybe? or just witches?) but I can't recall anything about the title, the cover's artist, or the author of the book it went to.

sneakishfrog

Looking for a YA/teen book I read in the mid 1990s. It may have been set in the 60s or 70s. I can remember fragments:

- the main character was a girl who lived in a large, odd house with several relatives - grandparents, an uncle, an itinerant mom (or maybe she just imagined her mother at times?). A house full of art. Some member of her family is a writer.
- she became part of a book club, or some kind of group at school that was made up of other somewhat odd kids — maybe a writing club?
- they decided to meet up at the treehouse in the girl’s backyard, maybe?
- but one kid used leg braces, and they had to figure out a way for him to access the treehouse. I think there’s a conflict at one point where someone mocks the kid with leg braces, or maybe he struggles to read, but has to prove his intellect in other ways?

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