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by Walter Moers, John Brownjohn
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Read, Travel, Repeat
Read, Travel, Repeat rated it 6 years ago
Dreaming Books
Thoughts of a nerdy feminist
Thoughts of a nerdy feminist rated it 8 years ago
I had a true love/hate experience reading this book. Full disclosure, I have not read the other books in this series, and I probably won't. I read this for a book club with the understanding that the book could stand alone, and I suppose it did. There were numerous times I almost quit. The first o...
Yellowed Pages. Cups of Tea.
Yellowed Pages. Cups of Tea. rated it 10 years ago
The moment I opened this book (and yes I know I say this a lot) I knew that I would love this book from the first page. My dear readers, did you, like me, never want this book to end? I wanted it to be longer. I savored it, took my time...but at the same time, I was reading pages whenever I had the...
The English Student
The English Student rated it 11 years ago
From the blurb: Walter Moers transports us to a magical world where reading is still a genuine adventure, where books can not only entertain people but also drive them insane or kill them. How could anyone resist that? The City of Dreaming Books is a tale about Optimus Yarnspinner, a budding writ...
Confuzzled Books
Confuzzled Books rated it 11 years ago
A strange book with stranger creatures. There are lizards, cyclopes, living books, and some things I can not even describe. Optimus Yanspinner goes on an adventure looking for the author of the best written story ever. Optimus almost dies many times as he gets lost in the catacombs of Bookholm...
Confuzzled Books
Confuzzled Books rated it 12 years ago
A strange book with stranger creatures. There are lizards, cyclopes, living books, and some things I can not even describe. Optimus Yanspinner goes on an adventure looking for the author of the best written story ever. Optimus almost dies many times as he gets lost in the catacombs of Bookholm...
Romance and other things
Romance and other things rated it 12 years ago
I get that this book is a creation of the writer with great imagination and a lot of writing talent. This satirical/fantastical look at books, reading, what it means to be a writer, a reader and how books could b very scary is certainly worthy of a lot of respect.Unfortunately I also need the book t...
Barrita
Barrita rated it 12 years ago
Este libro es fantástico y sumamente divertido. Me sentí como en uno de esos juegos mecánicos donde hay un montón de cosas brillantes, alegres y ridículas alrededor tuyo todo el camino, pero esta vez con alusiones literarias, muchas aventuras e ilustraciones simpáticas. Es over the top y absurdo, ...
sj
sj rated it 13 years ago
Review originally posted here.I've been trying to write a review of this book since I finished it almost a month ago, but haven't been able to find the words.  Instead of a review, you're going to get a series of thoughts.  I can't guarantee I'll make sense, but I hope at the end at least one of you...
Reading a Thousand Lives
Reading a Thousand Lives rated it 13 years ago
This... this book was incredible. This is the tale of Optimus Yarnspinner, a young dinosaur, who travels to Bookholm, which is a city pretty much all about literature. Even the food is named after books and authors. It's pretty much a paradise (though not without it's dangers of course). But the rea...
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