Read for LibraryThing Early Reviewers. I’ll admit to enjoying this graphic novel adaptation purely for the front cover, and back and front inside covers, which portray the pilgrims in the Canterbury Tales as a crowd on motorcycles. If that kind of thing offends your sensibilities, don’t pick up this adaptation. This graphic novel manages to […]
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The Matters at Mansfield continues the Mr. and Mrs. Darcy Mysteries, this time with the addition of characters from Mansfield Park. Lady Catherine is determined to marry off her daughter Anne, and needless to say, Anne has no say in the matter. When Lady Catherine sets her sights on the heir of a Viscount who
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Read for the RIP VI Reading Challenge. I wish I hadn’t so blatantly enjoyed Pride and Prejudice and Zombies. It’s caused me to get a few more books from that genre as gifts, and I’m sure this will come as a shock to no one, but the horror inserted into classic literature genre has hopped,
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We’re still pretty clearly in story building territory in this volume, and it’s all about a bit of a power play among the Fabletown sorcerers. Frau Tottenkinder leaves for the Fable Realms on a mission she’ll tell no one about, and the deceptively child-like sorceress Ozma seizes the opportunity to assert her leadership. My favorite
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Read for the RIP VI Reading Challenge. Young Samuel Johnson decided to show some initiative and trick or treat a full three days before Halloween. That’s why he happened to be at 666 Crowley Road when the Abernathys decided to raise a demon. Samuel figures out pretty early on that none of the adults are
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I haven’t read Jack of Fables yet, mostly because I find Jack to be a pretty obnoxious character. But, having him back in the realm of the main storyline again, I can see that his side story seems to have some interesting other characters, so I’m a little more inclined to read it now. This
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The rebels in Fabletown have brought down the Adversary, and would like to think that peace will now reign in all the Fable worlds. But, this being a world of fairytales, we all know that there’s still evil lurking around the corner, and this evil is far worse than anything they’ve ever encountered before. This
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Read for the RIP VI Reading Challenge. Edward Moon is a conjurer. With his partner, the larger than life Somnambulist, he makes a living in his own theater in late Victorian London. He’s also a detective, but in all professions, he’s now a bit past his prime. The rather grisly death of Cyril Honeyman will
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Read for the RIP VI Reading Challenge. In most of the Sookie Stackhouse books (this being number eight), there’s a pretty big event that is the focus of the book. This book is different – a series of small events – housekeeping even, in prep for a larger event that’s coming in the next book
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Read for the 2011 YA and RIP VI Reading Challenges. Sally Lockhart has recently lost her father, and is now living with an aunt she barely knows and having to find her own way in Victorian London. She had a rather unconventional childhood, her father always believed in teaching her to take care of herself
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