When Laurel Hawthorne is woken in the middle of the night to find a ghost in her bedroom and a girl drowned in her swimming pool her world is turned upside down.
Gaiman does a fantastic job of introducing characters and entwining sub plots; drawing you into the mythical land of Faerie and carrying you on a delicious journey through deep woods and dark caves as Tristran searches for the fallen star that will bring him his heart’s desire.
Hale has woven a magical fairytale, with believable characters and such spell-binding descriptions that there were times I would look up from the book and be surprised to find that I wasn’t standing on a cobbled street surrounded by geese!
March: A Love Story in a Time of War - Buy this book
Rating
5 stars - a powerful and moving experience
Description
As the North reels under a series of unexpected defeats during the dark first year of the war, one man leaves behind his family to aid the Union cause. His experiences will utterly change his marriage [...]
I feel like I’m rather lacking in the challenge area - so I’ve just found myself a few more to enter…
Chunkster Challenge 2008
The rules of this one are simple - read at least four books with at least 450 pages by December 20th.
Here’s my list:
The Book Thief - Marcus Zusak - completed
This is all - [...]
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