Lyndsey Gollogly (2893 KP) rated The Magicians: Book 1 in Books
Mar 14, 2021
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The Magicians ( Magicians book 1)
By Lev Grossman
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Quentin Coldwater's life is changed forever by an apparently chance encounter: when he turns up for his entrance interview to Princeton he finds his interviewer dead - but a strange envelope bearing his name leads him down a very different path.
Omg I struggled all the way through this book! It’s so jump and fas forwarded so fast I felt whiplash!! Apart from one instance nothing really happened until book 2 within the whole book!! Very disappointed in all of it char were so very weak. I’m genuinely gutted because it shows so much promise!
The Demon's Lexicon (The Demon's Lexicon, #1)
8.5
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Sixteen-year-old Nick and his brother, Alan, are always ready to run. Their father is dead, and...
The Bandersnatch (199 KP) rated The Magicians' Guild (Black Magician Trilogy, #1) in Books
Nov 7, 2019
Canavan stated on her website that the initial inspiration which ended up being part of the first chapter came form her watching a documentary of the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona where a report about the government taking the host cities homeless and sending them to other cities/towns. Later that night she saw herself and several others being herded out of a city...by magicians hence the first chapter.
Now when I first found the book I was in a Waterstones (Well known British bookstore) mindlessly looking....wasn't even expecting to buy a book and I came across The Magicians Guild. Finding the blurb interesting I bought it and after reading it I fell in love and I ended up rushing to buy the other two books. Hearing the influence of the first chapter reminded me of the influence Susanne Collins the writer of the Hunger games series had of flicking through channels and hearing two different news posts.
David McK (3248 KP) rated The Prestige (2006) in Movies
Dec 8, 2020
It's just a pity the film is slow, plodding, and has a 'twist' concerning Christian Bale's character that you can see coming from rather early on (although not so much the one with Hugh Jackman's character)
Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell
6.7
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Two magicians shall appear in England. The first shall fear me; the second shall long to behold me...
Swipe Casters
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Test your skills on Swipe Casters! Use your finger to draw gestures and cast powerful spells against...
Mark @ Carstairs Considers (2099 KP) rated The Magician's Nephew (Chronicles of Narnia, #6) in Books
Mar 9, 2018
Read my full review at <a href="http://carstairsconsiders.blogspot.com/2013/03/book-review-magicians-nephew-by-c-s.html">Carstairs Considers</a>.
The Clown Manifesto
P. Nalle Laanela and Stacey Sacks
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Part clown manual, part storytelling and part rant - The Clown Manifesto covers the experiences,...
The Prestige (2006)
8.4
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An illusion gone horribly wrong pits two 19th-century magicians, Alfred Borden (Christian Bale) and...
Witch Hat Atelier 5
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In a world where everyone takes wonders like magic spells and dragons for granted, Coco is a girl...