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Howl’s Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones (book review)

By monnibo | Published: May 8, 2012

I wanted to read Howl’s Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones because of the movie adapted by Hayao Miyazaki. Terrible, I know, but I’m a huge Miyazaki fan and now I want to read more by Diana Wynne Jones, so win-win. In the land of Ingary, where seven league boots and cloaks of invisibility do exist, Sophie Hatter catches the unwelcome attention of the Witch of the Waste and is put under a spell. Deciding she has nothing more to lose, she makes her way to the moving castle that hovers on the hills above Market Chipping. But the castle Continue Reading »

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Beautiful Creatures by Kami Garcia & Margaret Stohl (book review)

By monnibo | Published: February 28, 2011
Beautiful Creatures by Kami Garcia & Margaret Stohl

I was a little apprehensive when I first read the jacket copy for Beautiful Creatures by Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl. But the book came highly recommended by a bookish friend, so I plunged ahead. Initially I was concerned my suspicions were true — it felt a little cheesy, a little too Twilight-esque. I did enjoy Twilight while I was reading it, but I didn’t want another repeat (like so many jumping on the paranormal bandwagon). Fortunately, after a few chapters, all my apprehension was laid to rest. Some loves are meant to be… others are cursed. There were no Continue Reading »

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Gemma by Meg Tilly (book review)

By monnibo | Published: April 16, 2010
book cover for Gemma by Meg Tilly

I’ve been sitting on this review for a few days because it is a very hard book to read, let alone talk about. Meg Tilly tells the story of Gemma, a twelve-year-old girl who is being raped by her mother’s boyfriend. Everything goes wrong when the boyfriend sells her for a night to his friend Hazen, a sexually-frustrated pedophile who becomes obsessed with Gemma and kidnaps her. After Hazen Wood kidnaps twelve-year-old Gemma Sullivan, the two embark upon a cross-country journey that tests the limits of Gemma’s endurance. In graphic scenes of physical and sexual violence, Hazen tries to destroy Continue Reading »

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