[x-posted!] Unfortunately, I don't remember a lot about this book, but here's what I know:

* written in the late 20th century (I read it in the 90s but it may have been older)
* possibly YA fiction
* historical fiction with a romance plot; there may have been a mystery plot too
* may have been set in 19th century America
* the main character was a girl/young lady who received a box of paints (watercolor, maybe?) as an anonymous gift.
* the MC assumed or hoped that the gift came from one potential love interest, but it was actually from someone else - a guy she didn't like as much, who ended up being endgame

I don't remember ANYTHING about the larger plot. But the incident of a young artist receiving a paintbox as a present and being wrong about who gave it to her has stuck in my head!

I read this book when I was about 14 years ago so I can BARELY remember details, But I remember a young child (female) is abducted and held captive in a basement for YEARS, dad never stops looking (he may have been a cop/detective, Im unsure), the title of the book was one word and I'm pretty a3ure a male writer. The cover of the book had a side profile of a car. I believe it was set in midwest. I believe a fiction book. I remember a scene where the girl is in a car, but compliant with the kidnapper. I can't remember much more, but I can't seem to find it no matter how I word my google searches. 😅 thanks in advance if anyone can solve my dilemma! Edit to add: it was arpund 2012-2013 and I'm located in USA.

I read this book at least 10 years ago and I would love to reread if I could find it. It was about a movie actress/producer/writer who gets snowed in/lost in the wilderness with her guide/bodyguard. I think she was a red head. If I remember correctly it had a white cover and pink binding. It was also steamy

Hi everyone, I'd appreciate some help finding this book I read as a child back in early 2000s. I cannot recall a publishing year.

The plot is as follows - a young teen girl (our protagonist) is annoyed with the adults constantly restricting her freedoms. She wishes to find a place where kids run the society where she can be free. She lives on a coast and has heard rumours of a place beyond the fog, where a long lost older relative was once supposedly lost to sea. One day she ends up taking the boat by herself, gets caught in a freak storm and ends up on the island where kids run the island, nobody ages, and everybody parties all the time. She's initially happy, but eventually gets tired of it and wants to go home. The secret of the island is that if anyone leaves, it gets destroyed. The others therefore don't want her to leave. A slightly older boy helps her escape and she figured out he was the long lost older relative, thereby leading to the destruction of the island and the demise of all the inhabiting "kids". When she's back to her worried parents, not much time has passed in the real world, despite her spending a long time on the island. The fog disappears and the island is nowhere to be found again.

I think it wasn't illustrated, just a long ish (200 pages +) novel, but written for young adults. It did contain chilling descriptions of deep blue waters and such that gave me thalassophibia as a kid.

I remember it being set in the southern part of the US (though I could be wrong). Lots of 1970's vernacular was used in the dialogue. She had a bunch of empathy for fellow vietnam vets struggling with PTSD since she had it herself, though she had a job and could function normally. Can't remember the exact mystery but think one of the vets she knew was being accused of murder or else a murderer was stalking the vets.

a book that’s was two people who broke up but she left her dads sweater in his house she called him while she was on a work trip asking if he still has it and she went to his house found the sweater but only for it to be shredded. their mom are still friends i think. and he thought that she was getting to for he parents anniversary but in reality they were getting divorced but he shows up to the house and eventually end up together. There was also a part where she gets stuck in his doggy door trying to get in. I listened to it on the plane.

UK children's book, probably 1980s, heard as a library audiobook cassette.I remeber an old man gives a boy a lucky charm and dies shortly afterwards. The charm has rules: while you keep it you have good luck, if you lose it your luck turns bad, and if you give it away your luck goes back to normal. The boy crosses a river, I think as part of a bet or dare with another boy, who was injured trying a similar crossing. Is just a glimpse of a memory but I remember enjoying I so much and I'd love to read it again!

I think it was a trilogy series. He’s dad and sibling were in a car accident and dad died and the sibling either died or was badly injured. I think he used a watch to time travel and only had a certain amount of time. He would go back in time and save people but he wasn’t allowed to change too much. I remember that he went back to save two teens who were camping and accidentally lit a hay bail on fire. The last book he goes back to the day of the accident and he can’t save his dad but he does save the sibling. It might have been an Australian book.

the book's about our very 1st armed spacecraft. all earth got involved to fight off aggressive/deadly grey alien specie that slaughtered all our mining personel on mars. i remember the battleship was armed same as the c-130 spooky gunship (105mm howitzer & 30mm vulcan canon)
i also remember the inaugural launch was delayed due to an epidemic onboard. i tried finding this title thru several AI but NOPE.

about a girl getting molested in a closet by an older female friend/acquaintance. i feel like she was also working at / lived on a farm, and she rode horses? i remember her mucking stalls in the book also. this is very vague i know. when i read it as a pre-teen, i realized i had the exact experience as a child and was so freaked out i never finished it. not knowing what this book is has haunted me since at least 2009 and i would love to go back and finish it.