Category: Fantasy

Review: Howl’s Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones

Posted on March 31, 2012 by

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 Howl’s Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones Final Verdict: 3.5 out of 4.0 YTD: 13 Plot/Story: 3 – Plot/Story is interesting & believable. Diana Wynne Jones’s Howls Moving Castle came about when a young boy asked the author to write a story about a castle… Continue Reading “Review: Howl’s Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones”

Category: 2012 Challenges, Book Review, Coming-of-Age, Diana Wynne Jones, Fairy Tale, Family, Fantasy, Magic, Magical March, Middle Grade, Satire, Sibling Rivalry, Young Adult

Review: The Crystal Cave by Mary Stewart

Posted on March 6, 2012 by

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The Crystal Cave by Mary Stewart Final Verdict: 3.5 out of 4.0 YTD: 11 Plot/Story: 3 – Plot/Story is interesting & believable. The Crystal Cave is the first book in Mary Stewart’s Merlin Trilogy.  She based the series on Geoffrey of Manmouth’s Historia Regum Britanniae (History… Continue Reading “Review: The Crystal Cave by Mary Stewart”

Category: 2012 Challenges, Arthurian Legend, Book Review, Fantasy, Fiction, Magic, Magical March, Mary Stewart

Review: City of Ashes by Cassandra Clare

Posted on March 5, 2012 by

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City of Ashes by Cassandra Clare Final Verdict: 3.25 out of 4.0 YTD: 10  Plot/Story: 3 – Plot/Story is interesting and believable. City of Ashes is book two in the Mortal Instruments trilogy by Cassandra Clare.  This installment picks up generally where book one… Continue Reading “Review: City of Ashes by Cassandra Clare”

Category: 2012 Challenges, 2012 TBR Challenge, Book Review, Cassandra Clare, Fantasy, Young Adult

Review: The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde

Posted on December 12, 2011 by

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The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde Final Verdict: 3.5 out of 4.0 YTD: 67 Plot/Story: 3 – Plot/Story is interesting & believable. Thursday Next, Special Ops LiteraTec Agent, has a secret or two.  The biggest secret, perhaps, is that, as a young girl, she… Continue Reading “Review: The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde”

Category: 2011 Challenges, 2011 TBR Challenge, Book Review, Fantasy, Fiction, Jasper Fforde, metafiction, Mystery, Science-Fiction

Review: The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern (With Bookalicious Pam)

Posted on September 30, 2011 by

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Hello, Readers! This is a week of firsts for me!  Yesterday, I posted my very first video-blog, and today I am posting my very first joint review!  Bookalicious Pam and I decided that, since The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern was getting so much hype,… Continue Reading “Review: The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern (With Bookalicious Pam)”

Category: Book Review, Erin Morgenstern, Fantasy, Fiction, Magic, Magical Realism, Uncategorized

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