false <![CDATA[Book of a Thousand Days [Library]]]> 248484 9 When Dashti, a maid, and Lady Saren, her mistress, are shut in a tower for seven years for Saren's refusal to marry a man she despises, the two prepare for a very long and dark imprisonment. As food runs low and the days go from broiling hot to freezing cold, it is all Dashti can do to keep them fed and comfortable. But the arrival outside the tower of Saren's two suitors&#151;one welcome, and the other decidedly less so&#151;brings both hope and great danger, and Dashti must make the desperate choices of a girl whose life is worth more than she knows. With Shannon Hale's lyrical language, this forgotten but classic fairy tale from the Brothers Grimm is reimagined and reset on the central Asian steppes; it is a completely unique retelling filled with adventure and romance, drama and disguise. 2081992 book 18 9 2007 Book of a Thousand Days total:8406|5:2674|4:3672|3:1697|2:311|1:52| 8406 33823 12250 2442 5 14 false false Sun Dec 30 10:27:26 -0800 2007 Thu Mar 06 18:31:31 -0800 2008
As I got towards the end I was planning on giving it 4 stars, but then at the very end it surprised me and it was like the book was about something completely other than what I'd been thinking it was about the whole time. It surprised me, and I love well-executed surpris...more...]]> 4 4 true false Sun May 25 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat Dec 29 21:18:55 -0800 2007 Sun May 25 20:36:52 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 4 false false Wed Jan 02 07:12:58 -0800 2008 Thu Jan 03 13:59:31 -0800 2008 more...]]> 2 9 false false Sat Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Tue Oct 23 09:33:07 -0700 2007 Tue Oct 23 09:47:14 -0700 2007 more...]]> 3 2 false false Sat Jul 12 19:37:34 -0700 2008 Sat Jul 12 19:42:47 -0700 2008 Shannon Hale in general though I've heard Princess Academy is a little too "I'm writing a clean middle grade book!"-y, if that makes sense. Still, I'll read it someday.

This one: Dream fulfillment middle grade fantasy set in medieval Mongolia. Great settings. L...more...]]> 5 3 true false Fri Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Wed Mar 05 16:24:52 -0800 2008 Mon Jun 15 11:41:46 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 2 false false Tue Mar 18 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Feb 19 10:26:13 -0800 2008 Wed Mar 19 09:42:50 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 2 false false Fri Apr 04 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Jan 31 13:19:42 -0800 2008 Sat Apr 05 12:23:57 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 2 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Fri Jul 06 21:44:49 -0700 2007 Tue Jan 22 16:59:40 -0800 2008
Dashti is a mucker, which...more...]]> 5 1 false false Sat Feb 28 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Mar 02 09:24:43 -0800 2009 Mon Mar 02 09:26:52 -0800 2009 Hale has created a female character worthy to be loved and adored for a long time to come. She is filled with guts, heart, and soul.
This is a tale of imprisonment, courage, love, romance, fantasy, and one spectacular protagonist.
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Set in a fiction...more...]]> 4 2 true false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Mon Jan 28 08:11:22 -0800 2008 Mon Jan 28 08:12:35 -0800 2008 4 2 false true Sun Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri May 09 21:17:45 -0700 2008 Sun Jun 08 23:27:59 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 1 false false Thu Apr 10 14:04:15 -0700 2008 Sat Sep 06 11:17:08 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 2 false false Tue Jun 24 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Mar 20 19:26:17 -0700 2008 Sun Mar 29 16:42:13 -0700 2009 1 voilà! had their stories collected in nicely-bound books....more...]]> 4 1 true false Fri Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sat Mar 15 10:43:37 -0700 2008 Sun Mar 16 00:15:10 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 1 false false Sat Mar 15 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Mar 07 23:44:20 -0800 2008 Sat Mar 15 12:05:40 -0700 2008
I've read three of Hale's books, and she seems to have a very differ...more...]]> 5 1 false false Tue Jan 08 22:52:34 -0800 2008 Thu Aug 07 20:27:22 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 1 false true Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sun Jan 06 09:48:19 -0800 2008 Sat Jan 12 14:16:16 -0800 2008 The Goose Girl , but couldn't fall in love with Enna Burning and The Princess Academy, no matter how hard I tried. Thank goodness for A B...more...]]> 4 1 false false Sat Nov 17 14:26:46 -0800 2007 Sat Nov 17 15:08:56 -0800 2007 more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=1130444