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Winter Rose 66 reviews Patricia A. McKillip
Ace Trade, 2002
A Tale of Love, Family, and Faerie
+ Excellent writing, world, and premise + Dark and Dreamlike
Rois Melior is a wild child. A disconnect exists between her and the human world, not only because she walks barefoot or forgets the time while wandering in the woods (forever causing those who love her to worry), but also because she is *aware* of what she does, knows it's not normal, yet she ...
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Od Magic 27 reviews Patricia A. McKillip
Ace Trade, 2006
Typical McKillip
+ An easy, accessible, fun, quick read... + pretty good
My introduction to Patricia McKillip was the "Riddle Master" series. At every trip to the book store thereafter, I looked for her additional works. Eventually it occured to me to try Amazon. I've collected all her books now and I've enjoyed each of them. "Od Magic" is, to some extent, predictable ...
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P.S. I Love You 145 reviews Hilary Swank, Gerard Butler
Warner Home Video, 2008
A nice romantic film
+ Lovely film + Well done!
PS I Love You is a bitersweet love story. It is one of those films which you watch with a tear in your eyes and a wisp of a smile on your face.
Holly Kennedy (Hilary Swank0 has lost her husband (300's Gerald Butler). As she is in mourning over his loss, she recieves letters from her dead ...
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Crocodile on the Sandbank (Amelia Peabody, Book 1) 128 reviews Elizabeth Peters
Mysterious Press, 1988
Absolutely wonderful escape
+ Delightful read + Crocodile on the Sandbank + Good book for teenage girls. Nice mystery adventure story with a little romance.
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Dragonhaven 41 reviews Robin McKinley
Putnam Juvenile, 2007
Fascinating
+ Believable world + McKinley's diverse greatness
As a novice RM reader, I had no expectations regarding theme or writing style. I simply dove into a delightful and engrossing exploration of newparenthod. What a funny and riveting book! Hats off to RM.
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Persuasion (Penguin Classics) 24 reviews Jane Austen
Penguin Classics, 2003
Love's Barriers Delightfully Probed in Polite Conversation
+ Delightful character analysis + Another Enjoyable Austen + For Austen Lovers + Her Last Finished Effort...
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The Oxford Shakespeare: The Complete Works 2nd Edition 10 reviews William Shakespeare
Oxford University Press, USA, 2005
To Delight Not Study
+ Oxford Shakespeare
You will thoroughly enjoy this all-in-one beautiful volume which is meant to delight not study.
Almost two decades after the original "The Oxford Shakespeare:The Complete Works", this second edition is a much improved version compiled by world's leading authorities.
It comes with updated ...
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Complete Stories and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe 70 reviews Edgar Allan Poe
Doubleday, 1966
The Enduring Master of the Macabre
+ POEtic Justice + poes book + The undisputed master of gothic horror. + The mind of a genius
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Messenger (Readers Circle) 103 reviews Lois Lowry
Delacorte Books for Young Readers, 2006
The Ideal home changes
Identified as the "Companion": to Newbery-winning "The Giver" and "Gathering Blue", I picked up Messenger with high expectations. The other two were terrific, stunning in their own ways. I wasn't disappointed. Lowry's created world in which the three villages of the three stories exist is clever ...
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Blood Pact (BLOOD SERIES) 20 reviews Tanya Huff
DAW, 2007
4th Book in the Series
+ The dead keep walking. + Surprise Ending + Creepier and an unexpected ending
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Ralph Waldo Emerson: Selected Essays, Lectures and Poems 5 reviews Ralph Waldo Emerson
Bantam Classics, 1990
At long last: someone worth reading....
+ Selected Essays, Lectures and Poems by Emerson + A wonderful selection of essays! + excellent retrospective of ages
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Till We Have Faces: A Myth Retold 188 reviews C.S. Lewis
Harcourt Brace & Company, 1980
C.S. Lewis's Masterpiece
+ Beyond Excellent + I've Lived In It + The Best of Paganism + Great read, in Lewis' fluid style
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Shattered Dance 10 reviews Caitlin Brennan
Luna, 2006
wonderful trilogy
+ A good finish.
I had been eagerly awaiting the end to this trilogy and this book did not disappoint. I recommend all three, reading this one without the other two I would not recommend because the 3 books could be one, to understand the later two you must read the first.
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The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson 49 reviews Emily Dickinson
Back Bay Books, 1976
Great collection of poetry!
+ True Dickinson fans.... + One of the best poetry collections around + Your thoughts don't have words every day... + mother from another planet
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Eclipse (Twilight Saga) 862 reviews Stephenie Meyer
Little Brown & Co (Juv Pap), 2009
Delicious Vampire Romance fraught with Angst
+ Best Series Ever! + Life gives you choices...
The obsession continues with the addition of this book to the Twilight saga. I can't seem to get enough of Bella, Edward, Jacob and all the Cullens!
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Undead and Unwed (Queen Betsy, Book 1) 269 reviews MaryJanice Davidson
Berkley Sensation, 2004
Definatly NOT Unamused
+ All hail the new Vampire Queen! But please don't step on her shoes... + Thoroughly enjoyable + Annoying heroine, interesting story
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The River Warren: A Novel 7 reviews Kent Meyers
Harvest Books, 1999
A small town tries to comprehend a bizarre act
+ Portrait of community, friendship, family + Haunting, wonderfully written novel + Fine Work from the hinterlands of South Dakota
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Arrow's Fall (The Heralds of Valdemar, Book 3) 61 reviews Mercedes Lackey
DAW, 1988
The Best Was Saved For Last
+ The first trilogy holds its own + Talia grows up
This was by far my favorite because it was so much more realistic. Lackey does not shy away from what happens to women who are held captive by those bent on harm. The 'far fetching' was exactly that, a little too good to be true, but who wouldn't like to have an ability like that and horses like ...
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Song Of Unmaking 8 reviews Caitlin Brennan
Luna, 2005
A Solid Middle Pillar of theTrilogy
+ Great book!! + satisfying middle book of a fantasy/romance trilogy + Wonderful horse-lover's escape!
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Arrows of the Queen ( The Heralds of Valdemar, Book 1) 141 reviews Mercedes Lackey
DAW, 1987
Avid, but picky, fantasy reader loves this book!
+ An all around wonderful, rich tale! + Didn't Think I Would Like It
This is Mercedes' first published book-in 1987, suppose that made me a bit biased since that's the year I was born. I am a huge fan of Mercedes Lackey's writing, but admit that some of her books are better than some of the others. THIS is one of the best! I am very picky in what I read because so ...
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