ALilLacey (2 KP) rated The Opal Deception (Artemis Fowl, #4) in Books
Mar 4, 2019
Opa Application Development
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It is a tutorial guide to learning how to use Opa with JavaScript, Nodejs, and MongoDB to develop...
Storm Glass
8.5
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Untrained. Untested. Unleashed. With her unique magical abilities, Opal has always felt unsure of...
ClareR (5603 KP) rated The Final Revival of Opal and Nev in Books
Nov 21, 2021
It’s written in the form of interviews: what you see on the page is the transcript of the interviews conducted by S. Sunny Shelton, editor in chief of Aural magazine. Sunny has an ulterior motive. Her father was the drummer in Opal and Nev’s band, and was beaten to death at one of their first gigs - Sunny hadn’t been born when this happened.
Opal and Nev’s band has been a fascination for her since childhood, so when they announce a revival concert, Sunny sees this as her chance to wet a book about them and perhaps find out more about her father along the way.
The writing is so atmospheric. I could feel myself in the concert hall, the recording studio, and there in the rooms (or planes) where Sunny was conducting her interviews. You get a real feel for the time - the 1970’s - and it’s inherent racism. It was really interesting to read of Opal’s life away from the band and in Paris, and how she coped without Nev (hint: just fine).
And just so you know: I would most definitely buy Opal and Nev’s albums (and there’s a Spotify playlist that I think has been created by Dawnie Wilson - it’s excellent!).
Dark Light (2019)
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A woman returns to her family home and discovers it to be inhabited by monsters.
The Dinosaur Detectives in the Rainbow Serpent
Stephanie Baudet and Illary Casasanta
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There's trouble Down Under as Matt, Jo and Dad set off on a new fossil-hunting adventure in the opal...