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I believe I described the book in my review as "Holden Caulfield goes to Hogwarts."
Merle 11 years ago
I assumed I was already following you. Silly me!

Fortunately, The Magicians was written as a standalone. Then once it was very successful, Grossman went back and wrote a sequel. I liked it better than you did, but I still don't intend to read the sequel--as far as I'm concerned, the story ended where it ended, and there was nothing else thematically that could be done with it.
Degrees of Affection 11 years ago
Thanks to your thoughts on Twilight of the Belle Epoque, it's gone on my list and I hope to fit it in this year. Glad there wasn't a worst this month and hope your books for April are good.
The Marie Curie book and Empire of Liberty one look very interesting.
Empire of Liberty is quite good. "Marie Curie and her Daughters" - the subject is more interesting than the writing, unfortunately.

ETA: Twilight of the Belle Epoque was excellent. I need to remind myself to get the first volume, Dawn of the Belle Epoque, out of my local library (they have it).
Degrees of Affection 11 years ago
Sorry to hear about Marie Curie and her Daughters but I'll have to see if my library has Empire.
I know my library has both of the Belle Epoque books...should I read them in order? I know little about the time period or the place, so I admit I'm hoping I won't feel lost.
Well, the second volume holds together well by itself, but I'm definitely looking forward to getting my hands on the first one.