by Pearl North
I really liked this book! I loved the idea of being able to hear books instead of just read them. That was what drew me in but the plot made me stay. It was so interesting to learn about the cultures and beliefs surrounding books and the written word! Some parts of the story I felt were rushed but i...
(review originally posted on my livejournal account: http://intoyourlungs.livejournal.com/24475.html)I've never heard of Pearl North before, so when Libyrinth was selected as [info]calico_reaction's Dare for the month of October, I was intrigued, but I also had zero expectations; I had no idea what ...
The premise is fantastic. In fact, when I fully comprehended the protagonist’s power, I swooned. In envy, with lust – just, how amazing would it be to have books speaking to you? To have the knowledge, the words, the ideas flow out of the book into you. To hear the voices of books, the actual voices...
Pearl North's identity was a little mysterious, so after some digging, I found that she is also Anne Harris. I'd liked two out of three of her books that I'd read - only remembering that they were kind of awesomely weird. So is this one. On a far away planet in the far future, there is an enormou...
Anytime I hear about a book that has librarians in it, or one where books are very prominent in some way, I can't help but want to read it. Unfortunately, this one was a bit of a slog for me - the only reason I finished it well before my ILL due date was because I wasn't allowing myself to start rea...
The best part of this book was -- well, the books. The story opens in the Libyrinth, a huge, labyrinthine library where the surviving volumes of a future world are stored. Haly was born and raised among the books, and they speak to her. Written words whisper their stories to her even when she cannot...
I bought this book primarily because of the Maria Snyder endorsement--I found Maria's STUDY books to be so addicting that any endorsement by her was enough for me!It did strike me as perfect, too, as I read and saw just how addicting North's work is. LIBYRINTH had that same unputdownable quality as ...
Stopping page: 49 / Chapter 4Reason: It really hurts my feelings to have this be the first book I have not finished in a while. For a few weeks leading up to its release, I was super excited about being able to get my hands on this book. Unfortunately, I had a really hard time getting into the story...
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