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Kindergarten Phonics Island Adventure - Learn to Read Montessori Games with Puzzle Animal Train for Kids Hooked on Reading by Abby Monkey®

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Sam (74 KP) rated The Unauthorised Biography in Books

Mar 27, 2019

I loved this! I got so excited when I saw the thirteen questions about Lemony Snicket that were being asked, and I loved it even more when I discovered that they were being answered in the typical Snicket way – cryptic and nonsensical.

The book is made up of multiple letters, newspaper clippings and diary entries that explain everything and nothing at the same time.

It did give a few of the characters some more background which I enjoyed, and it explained the relationship between the characters a lot more than the book series does.

It never tells you the exact truth. I stared at the Snicket family tree for ages trying to work out the initials!

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Sean Farrell (9 KP) rated The Supernatural Enhancements in Books

Mar 15, 2018

It's hard to describe this novel. On the one hand there is a pretty straightforward mystery at its center, full of clever puzzles and hints of conspiracy. On the other though is a possible haunting, a weird romance, and a very unusual narrative structure. The book is told in the form of journal entries, letters, notepad scribblings, security camera transcripts, and other means. This method can be very effective at slowly revealing answers, and may make this possibly the first "found footage" novel, but it also somehow removes the suspense in many scenes, and periodically makes things unnecessarily confusing. Still, I enjoyed reading this book, and would be interested in a sequel, so that should say something.

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Briannabrown1019 (799 KP) rated Paperback in Tabletop Games

Jun 18, 2018

Paperback

2014 | Card Game, Print & Play, Word Game

8.3

(3 Ratings)

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It's like a deck building Scrabble! Picked this up for my collection a few months ago and I really enjoy it. It's an easy to learn deck builder where your goal is to use your deck to spell words, earning points to purchase more letters, and so on, until game end where the best "writer" wins. Being an avid reader, its concept is a lot of fun for me, and I really do enjoy the gameplay whenever I can talk my husband into playing with me. I've only played with two people so far, though I'm sure it would be much more fun at 3 or 4. 8/10 overall for me!

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Erika (17788 KP) rated Dracul in Books

Oct 1, 2018 (Updated Oct 1, 2018)

Dracul

J.D. Barker, Dacre Stoker | 2018 | Horror

8.7

(7 Ratings)

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I received an copy of Dracul from the Penguin, First to Read program.
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Dracul is a nice prequel to Stoker's Dracula. It did take a little while for me to get into the book, but once I reached part 2, I was hooked. The format was the same as Dracula, written in the form of journals and letters, which was effective. It makes me want to go back and read Dracula again. The material for this novel was source from Bram Stoker's own journals, and by far, that was the most terrifying thing to realize after reading this story. The Author's Note goes into detail, and shows some of the handwritten notes of Stoker.