The Habitation of the Blessed - Catherynne M. Valente • BookLikes (ISBN:1597802786)

The Habitation of the Blessed

by: Catherynne M. Valente (author)

4.00 10

Format: ebook

ISBN: 9781597802789 (1597802786)

Publish date: March 1st 2010

Publisher: Night Shade Books

Pages no: 275

Edition language: English

Category:

Fantasy, Historical Fiction, Religion, Mythology, Fiction, Historical

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Amadan na Briona rated it

13 years ago

http://Amadan.booklikes.com Amadan na Briona 4.0

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I absolutely loved Catherynne Valente's The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making, which is a children's book filled with the madcap ideas crammed into every sentence. The Habitation of the Blessed is an adult fantasy novel filled with the madcap ideas crammed into every sen...

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Danielle's Reading Adventures rated it

14 years ago

http://gatadelafuente.booklikes.com Danielle's Reading Adventures 5.0 The Habitation of the Blessed SC: 1 (Dirge for Prester John)

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I'm not sure what to say right now, except this was a very good book. I'd recommend being open minded about religion if you read it.Reviewed for Bitten by Books.com: http://bittenbybooks.com.

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By Singing Light rated it

14 years ago

http://elvenjaneite.booklikes.com By Singing Light 4.0

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by Catherynne M . ValenteThough there are several important excerpts at the beginning of the book, I decided to use the opening line from the first chunk of narrative: "I am a very bad historian. But I am a very good miserable old man."I've been a fan of Valente's short fiction for a year or two now...

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