I thought I was in a reading slump and couldn't enjoy reading a book anymore. Turns out, I only needed to read these kind of books. *Status: In love with an author*
“A book is a door, you know. Always and forever. A book is a door into another place and another heart and another world.” In this book, September walks within a dark world made entirely of shadows, of magic and of wildness. In this book September learns what it means to suppress emotions, to hide p...
The second in the Fairyland series, and I am still UTTERLY in love with these books, their characters and their incredibly beautiful covers. In the first book, [b:The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making|9591398|The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Ma...
I didn't like this one quite as much as the first, (my 4 stars is actually rounded up from 3.5). I think, though, that being honest, this is a little bit of "it's me, not the book" -- I was listening to this as an audiobook, and I didn't always give it the mental attention I should have. I also stop...
September has spent the year since she returned from Fairyland in a fog of desire to return. She misses the friends she made there and if she was different from the kids at school before, it's that much more obvious now. In addition her father still hasn't returned from the war, she feels his absenc...
Even if I didn't love this quite as much as I loved the first one (and I loved that one quite a lot!), I still very much enjoyed my second trip to Fairyland, holding on to September's coat-tails, hiding while she underwent another set of adventures, but this time with the burden of a newly-grown hea...
"A book is a door, you know. Always and forever. A book is a door into another place and another heart and another world." Even though Fantasy is not my favorite genre, this is series is exquisite. One reason for this is that Cathrynne M. Valente is so original when inventing characters. In this boo...
It's difficult to describe the experience of reading this book, in part because it effortlessly balances so many contradictions: it is postmodern without being cynical, complicated in its themes and simple in its structure, straightforward while always bending you sideways. There is a beginning, mid...
Oh, my gosh. I can't believe Macmillan actually accepted my request O.O I'm so excited!EDIT 9/10/12: I went to grab the book tonight and the publisher had archived it! I HAS A SAD.3/21/13: 3.5 stars- not as magical as the first but just as beautiful!
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