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  • Media Reviews Re: Any1 ever heard of The Edge Cornicles

    My brother read them first, and while I didn't love them, they were a passable read for a rainy weekend. Or an airplane. But Garth Nix, Tolkein, and Dave Barry ...

    Tue Feb 19, 2008 3:54 am
  • Media Reviews Re: Abhorsen Trilogy

    Okay, I wouldn't say it's better than LOTR, but I'd rank it as equal, or top of another category. See, I never say there's something that's the best of all, ...

    Tue Feb 19, 2008 3:51 am
  • Media Reviews Re: All American Girl by Meg Cabot

    I loved the first book, because it's great for lifting spirits on a rainy afternoon. But the sequel just totally killed me. Not that it was a bad book or ...

    Tue Feb 19, 2008 3:45 am
  • Media Reviews Re: Lord of the Rings Trilogy

    I demand to know what happened to Tom Bombadil. I love him, just love him. He makes me laugh, cry, and keep reading. Another thing I loved was the elf/dwarf ...

    Tue Feb 19, 2008 3:38 am
  • Media Reviews Re: What's the weirdest book you've ever read?

    I'm going to have to go with Edward Bloor's Storytime. Totally creeped me out. Abarat I could sort of understand, I saw where a lot of the puns were coming ...

    Tue Feb 19, 2008 3:34 am
  • Media Reviews Re: Extras

    I've only gotten to the first three so far, and, as usual, I got them all in one weekend and it took two days to read them all. Actually, that ...

    Tue Feb 19, 2008 3:30 am
  • Media Reviews Re: -The Outsiders- and -That was then, This is now-

    Loved the book, hated the movie. Of course, that's because if I've read a book, I hate the movie, almost no exception. Lord of the Rings is one, even though ...

    Tue Feb 19, 2008 3:27 am
  • Media Reviews Re: The Silmarillion

    I read it after Lord of the Rings, because I'd reached another obsession, of course. ONe of those ones where my parents end up spending hundred because the library here ...

    Tue Feb 19, 2008 3:23 am
  • Media Reviews Re: A Tree Grows in Brooklyn

    As usual, one of my mislead parents bought this book for me WAY (why can't I use italics here?) to early, but at least a teacher thoughtfull tore out *gasp* ...

    Tue Feb 19, 2008 3:19 am
  • Media Reviews Re: The Little Prince

    I read this book in French (back when I could read French), and loved it. Of course, that was about six years ago, but i saw it in a bookstore ...

    Tue Feb 19, 2008 3:13 am
  • Media Reviews Re: The Bartimaeus Trilogy vy Jonathon Stroud

    My best friend said she wouldn't talk to me until I read them (hardly a big deal, she's practically mute anyway), but I got 'em anyway. *get that?* *snickers* Of ...

    Tue Feb 19, 2008 3:08 am
  • Media Reviews Re: Maximum Ride

    Right before my family went to D.C. my mom bought the book for my brother- I ended up staying up till four with a flashlight reading it! Of course, then ...

    Tue Feb 19, 2008 3:03 am
  • Media Reviews Re: Harper Lee's To Kill A Mockingbird

    When I read this book in class this year, I expected it to be like the other books Mom recomends: dull, obsolete, and not my style. I was so, so ...

    Tue Feb 19, 2008 2:57 am
  • Historical Fiction Novels Re: By The Light Of A Silver Candle-now with extra two chapters!

    Well written! One thing- the bird part seems just slightly unlikely, and it's disbelievability takes away from the rest of the story. Maybe it could just sit on a branch ...

    Tue Feb 19, 2008 2:44 am
  • Fantasy Novels Re: Abarith: Seekers of the Arcane Throne (Prologue)

    Okay, aside from being disgusted (not in such a horrible way as you'd think) when the poor kid gor killed, I thought that was great! I'm not sure exactly how ...

    Tue Feb 19, 2008 2:33 am


Reading is one form of escape. Running for your life is another.
— Lemony Snicket