The Blue Castle129 reviews
L.M. Montgomery

Bantam Books, 1989

:D

+ A really good and comfy book
+ I give it 4 1/2 stars
+ My All Time Favorite Book
+ My favorite book of all time.
  
  











  



  
Sabriel (The Abhorsen Trilogy)546 reviews
Garth Nix

Eos, 1997

Truly Unforgettable Characters

+ Mediocre writing, but an engaging plot, strong protagonist, and unique setting make up for it. Recommended
+ Strong and interesting characters
+ A Must Read!
+ One of the best books I've ever read. Ever.
  
  











  



  
The Faerie Queene (Penguin Classics)35 reviews
Edmund Spenser

Penguin Classics, 1979

Penguin is best edition short of Hamilton's

+ Please with Purchase
+ Selections from The Faerie Queene review
+ More about the journey than the destination...
  
  











  



  
The Two Princesses of Bamarre200 reviews
Gail Carson Levine

HarperTrophy, 2003

Best fantasy book!

+ LOVED IT!
+ Very good
+ Read it again and again!
  
  











  



  
The Secret History of the Pink Carnation130 reviews
Lauren Willig

NAL Trade, 2005

Suffers a bit from an identity crisis, but still a fun read...

+ A fun read!
+ My Return to "Chick Lit"

Eloise is an intrepid American who is trying to uncover the identity of the Pink Carnation, a notorious spy who operated throughout the Napoleonic Wars. She's planning her dissertation on the elusive Pink Carnation and the secrets lie within the Selwick family archives. Nothing is going to stand in ...
  
  











  



  
Rena's Promise44 reviews
Rena Kornreich Gelissen, Heather Dune Macadam

Beacon Press, 1996

Unbelievable but True

+ Amazing Rena and amazing struggle to live
+ Excellent reading!
+ Excellent example of a Holocaust event
+ Courageous but a dead giveaway
  
  











  



  
The Dark Visions Collector's Edition: (The Strange Power/The Possessed/The Passion)33 reviews
L.J. Smith

Simon Pulse, 1998

I didn't know God himself wrote books!

+ Dark Visions
+ Great!
+ Dark Visions: The Strange Power, the Possessed, the Passion
  
  











  



  
A Ring of Endless Light (Austin Family)204 reviews
Madeleine L'Engle

Laurel Leaf, 1981

Loved It!!

+ From a teen reader
+ another favorite
+ A Ring of Endless Light
+ A Ring of Endless Light
  
  











  



  
Emily of New Moon (Emily Novels)84 reviews
L.M. Montgomery

Laurel Leaf, 1983

A great, honest, straight forward book.

+ One of Montgomery's BEST!
+ Classic and More Complex Than "Anne"
+ An intriguing heroine...
+ Don't expect Anne
  
  











  



  
The Eight: A Novel365 reviews
Katherine Neville

Ballantine Books, 1990

Great ride!

+ Breathtaking in imagination and scope
+ Great Adventure and Action

Travelling back and forth through time, criss-crossing the globe in a frantic quest first to hide and then to retrieve pieces of a priceless and ominous chess set, laced with historical characters as diverse as Charlemagne, Casanova and Bach, sprinkled with arcane bits of chess lore, alchemy, music ...
  
  











  



  
We Were the Mulvaneys (Oprah's Book Club)477 reviews
Joyce Carol Oates

Plume, 1996

Not to be missed - a quintessentially American story

+ Elegant & Heartbreaking Prose
+ An Intense Novel That Kept Me Reading

We Were the Mulvaneys tells the story of the Mulvaney family: handsome, successful patriarch Michael Mulvaney Sr., who owns a thriving roofing business and enjoys the friendship and contacts of many of the movers and shakers in small Mt. Ephraim, New York; blue-eyed, lithe, religious Corinne, ...
  
  











  



  
Wieland, or the Transformation (Literary Classics Series)7 reviews
Charles Brockden Brown

Prometheus Books, 1997

The first solid American novel

+ Gothic goodness, transplanted
+ Great Gothic!
+ A Classic of American Gothic Horror
  
  











  



  
The Eye of the World (The Wheel of Time, Book 1)1698 reviews
Robert Jordan

Tor Fantasy, 1990

Tremendous start to epic fantasy series

+ These book are long, but like all great books, they aren't long enough.
+ The first epic fantasy that I grew up on
+ New Fantasy Fan
  
  











  



  
The Bronze Bow95 reviews
Elizabeth George Speare

Sandpiper, 1997

Even better the second time around!

+ Deeply moving and powerful adventure
+ Only one of my favorite books
+ 5 stars is not enough!
+ planning to read it again
  
  











  



  
The Witch of Blackbird Pond383 reviews
Elizabeth George Speare

Laurel Leaf, 1978

Classic

+ read it four times when I was younger
+ The first book I ever read twice
+ still enjoyable as an adult
+ Perfect Historical Fiction Book for Adolescent Girls
  
  











  



  
Beauty: A Retelling of the Story of Beauty and the Beast242 reviews
Robin McKinley

HarperTrophy, 1993

An easy nd imaginative read.

+ One of the best re-tellings of a classic
+ Enjoyable Read
+ I couldn't put it down...
+ Find love or die in the pursuit
  
  











  



  
The Damnation of Theron Ware: Or Illumination (Penguin Classics)13 reviews
Harold Frederic

Penguin Classics, 1986

Faustian Indeed!

+ Timeless classic
+ This sleeper classic tops most books written today
+ Something to Remember Him By
  
  











  



  
Just Ella (Aladdin Fantasy) (Aladdin Fantasy)187 reviews
Margaret Peterson Haddix

Aladdin, 2001

This book is the bomb!

+ One of M.P. Haddix's best books
+ Just Ella
+ Just Ella
  
  











  



  
The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle (rpkg) (HarperClassics)414 reviews
Avi

HarperTrophy, 1997

Awesome Book, Even Better Characters

+ Charlotte Doyle
+ Charlotte Doyle,was a great book!Read it!
+ Happy, Happy, Happy
  
  











  



  
Sunshine313 reviews
Robin McKinley

Jove, 2004

Somewhat difficult to wade through, however....

I liked it. The vampires are revolting. The violence is grisly and gruesome. The heroine is no Mary Sue. To start out, Robin McKinley's book "Beauty" is my second favorite book in the world. I tried reading "Deerskin," but I only made it halfway (readers of that book can probably ...