WENDIGO
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When something or someone butchers a man and leaves his broken body in the woods, can two friends, a...
supernatural horror story
To the Gate of Hell: The Memoir of a Panzer Crewman
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Until seriously wounded in August 1944 when his tank was hit and caught fire during fighting in...
Mostly Mary
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Join the wonderfully funny and utterly endearing Mary Plain and her family and friends in her first...
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Tik-Tok of Oz
8.0
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Join Tik-Tok, the Shaggy Man, and a host of other friends--both old and new--on an exciting,...
Louise (64 KP) rated The Sleeper and the Spindle: Winner of the Cilip Kate Greenaway Medal 2016 in Books
Jul 2, 2018
What a beautiful book! How have I not come across Chris Riddell before? I do not know! What an amazing illustrator!
The sleeper in the spindle is a combination of sleeping beauty and snow-white retelling with Gaiman’s dark twist added to it.There are two lands which are separated by huge mountains which no-one can get across, not even the birds fly over, the only one’s are three dwarves and they tunnel under. The dwarves are off to find the queen some silks for her pending wedding. Dorimar is the other kingdom where they make the best silks, once the dwarves get there they come across an Inn, which they usually drop by as they made friends with the local innkeeper. Only this time the Inn was packed with Villagers, There Is a plague travelling across the kingdom which puts everyone into a slumber which was casted by an enchantress. With this news the dwarves return to the Queen to let her know what is going on the other side of the mountains and could possibly come across to Kanselaire. With her pending wedding and the thoughts of being a dutiful wife and mother, one last adventure is what she needs, she is off to save Dorimar.
I have actually read the sleeper in the spindle before but from Gaiman’s short story collection Trigger Warning.
The story is very short only 72 pages so can be easily done in one sitting. However there is not a lot of character development and the Villain is the same old power/youth hungry menace.The ending will not be to everyone’s taste,but it was well written and an easy read
The illustrations are absolutely stunning, they are black and white with gold leaf added on every page, The detail is so intricate and amazing and definitely complements the story really well.
I definitely recommend this book to anyone as it is classed as a children’s book.
I gave this book 4 out of 5 stars.
Amelia Peabody's Egypt: A Compendium
Elizabeth Peters and Kristen Whitbread
8.0
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The Egypt that so enticed and enchanted intrepid archaeologist-sleuth Amelia Peabody in the late...
David McK (3562 KP) rated The Magic of Recluce (The Saga of Recluce #1) in Books
Jan 30, 2019
The first book in what has become known as The Saga of Recluce, I found this to be quite unusual in that (in this world world), it equates the White Wizards with evil (or chaos) and Black Wizards with good (or order). In many respects, this is also a coming-of-age tale, with the central protaganist maturing throughout the course of the story: a story that, I felt, could have been told in about 1/2 the number of pages if the author didn't insist on detailing each and every little iota of noise - who wants to read about (roughly, and all told) a page or two per chapter of <i>Wheee-urrrggg</i> (stomach noises) or <i>caw-caw</i> (bird noises) or <i>thrum-thrum-thrum</i> (hoof-beats)?!?
Night World, No. 1 (Night World, #1-3)
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Night World Volume 1 includes books one through three of the New York Times bestselling series by...
Claw of Exile (Exiled #1)
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Exiled. Cursed. Abandoned. Ryu Suzuki is no stranger to these things. For years he wandered the...
Interracial Romance MM Paranormal Action Adventure
