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Friday, May 21st, 2010
This YA novel is based on the Nordic fairy tale "East of the Sun, West of the Moon." This is a story reminiscent of Beauty and the Beast -- a man is enchanted to be a bear by an evil troll. If a girl can live in an ice palace ...
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Sunday, October 11th, 2009
I really loved the setting for this story. Wrede took events in American history and changed them to an alternative universe, much like Diana Wynne Jones did with her Chrestomanci books and British history. The story takes place in the (pseudo) nineteenth century American western frontier. Magic is a daily ...
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Sunday, October 4th, 2009
This is the first installment of (you guessed it) seven novels, each named for a day of the week. The series is called "The Keys To The Kingdom." I usually try to read serial books only if the series has been completely published. There is (I believe) still one book ...
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Saturday, September 26th, 2009
Here is another case of not judging a book by its cover art. I do not know why publishers do this, but the heroine of our story would never wear the satin or silk of the young woman on the cover, and her pose makes the book look like a ...
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Wednesday, September 16th, 2009
These two books by Patrice Kindl are in very different settings, but they both have 14-year old female protagonists. As a matter of fact, her books Owl In Love and Woman In The Wall also have 14-year old female protagonists. I would like to read an author interview about that ...
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Saturday, September 12th, 2009
"Summary: Sabriel, daughter of the necromancer Abhorsen, must journey into the mysterious and magical Old Kingdom to rescue her father from the Land of the Dead." I almost had to put down this book after chapter 4 because I was afraid that the story was shaping up to be more ...
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Monday, September 7th, 2009
Summary: "A fourteen-year old girl, who can transform in an owl, has a crush on her science teacher which leads her into interesting new relationships with both humans and owls."
Written for young adults, this book has alot of things in it that I found funny, if perhaps written that way ...
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Saturday, September 5th, 2009
For more of my book reviews from earlier this year, I started this Squidoo lens: Books I Read in 2009. Most of the books are fantasy fiction. I prefer "family friendly" reading, so I often choose young adult novels.
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Saturday, September 5th, 2009
In this fantasy young adult novel, a young man must blindfold himself to prevent hurting others with his unusual magical gift. There were some interesting twists before the end and a mild romantic ending. Recommended for young people and all readers.
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Thursday, September 3rd, 2009
I really liked this music video Give This Christmas Away from BigIdea.Com (the people from Veggie Tales), "starring" Matthew West and Amy Grant. It would be more suitable to say that the "stars" of this video are the children receiving their Christmas presents from donors of Samaritan's Purse. I really loved the expression ...
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