false <![CDATA[The Sweet Far Thing (Gemma Doyle, #3)]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255659640m/127459.jpg 127459 12 The third book in the Gemma Doyle trilogy. IT HAS BEEN A YEAR OF CHANGE since Gemma Doyle arrived at the foreboding Spence Academy. Her mother murdered, her father a<br>laudanum addict, Gemma has relied on an unsuspected strength and has discovered an ability to travel to an enchanted world called the realms, where dark magic runs wild. Despite certain peril, Gemma has bound the magic to herself and forged unlikely new alliances. Now, as Gemma approaches her London debut, the time has come to test these bonds.<br><br>The Order - the mysterious group her mother was once part of - is grappling for control of the realms, as is the Rakshana. Spence's burned East Wing is being rebuilt, but why now? Gemma and her friends see Pippa, but she is not the same. And their friendship faces its gravest trial as Gemma must decide once and for all what role she is meant for. 3072872 book 26 12 2007 The Sweet Far Thing (Gemma Doyle, #3) total:6648|5:2496|4:2058|3:1438|2:503|1:153| 6648 26185 10327 1249 3 37 false true Fri Jan 18 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Mon Feb 18 12:58:36 -0800 2008 Mon Feb 18 13:15:30 -0800 2008
I had such high hopes for this book. ...more...]]> 2 13 false false Sat Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Sun Dec 30 15:05:04 -0800 2007 Sun Dec 30 15:06:43 -0800 2007 A Great and Terrible Beauty, continued with Rebel Angels, and concludes in this final volume. I liked the first one well enough because of its unique blend of a wild, magical, mythical realm barely constrained behind stiff Victorian curtains. I really got in...more...]]> 4 10 false true Sun Feb 10 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Jan 15 23:54:42 -0800 2008 Sun Dec 14 23:26:32 -0800 2008
*contains spoilers*

I finished the final installment of the Gemma Doyle trilogy last night. It took me over two weeks to finish and I came very close to throwing the damn book across the room with only 70 pages to go. I have to say that I am very u...more...]]> 5 9 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sat Dec 22 10:42:43 -0800 2007 Sat Jan 05 08:05:10 -0800 2008 more...]]> 1 7 false false Sun Mar 23 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Mar 17 10:59:27 -0700 2008 Tue Mar 25 10:31:34 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 7 false true Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sun Jan 06 19:03:43 -0800 2008 Sun Jan 13 19:51:15 -0800 2008 more...]]> 5 5 false false Tue Feb 05 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sun Jan 13 11:33:41 -0800 2008 Wed Feb 06 07:46:31 -0800 2008 more...]]> 5 5 true true Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Wed Dec 19 19:08:46 -0800 2007 Sun Jan 13 23:13:39 -0800 2008
WOW.

Spoilers ahead.

The Rose of Battle: By William Butler Yeats

ROSE of all Roses, Rose of all the World!
The tall thought-woven sails, that flap unfurled
Above the tide of hours, trouble the air,
And God’s bell buoyed to be the water...more...]]> 2 5 false false Fri Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sat Aug 18 23:54:40 -0700 2007 Fri Mar 14 20:16:56 -0700 2008 it, like great and terrible beauty, hits its mark with the intended audience--well enough that I can acknowledge its accomplishment.

After mo...more...]]> 3 6 false true Wed May 07 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu May 08 21:16:32 -0700 2008 Sun May 11 23:48:42 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 4 false false Wed Feb 13 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Feb 19 16:28:53 -0800 2008 Tue Feb 19 16:34:49 -0800 2008 Girls finding their wings, and finding their light and dark corners. You will have to read to find out what that means.
lol, it is beautifully written, this author does not twist the truth, which i love. She tells the ...more...]]> 1 5 false false Sat Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sat Jan 05 13:35:31 -0800 2008 Wed Mar 26 11:52:33 -0700 2008 The Sweet Far Thing is too long.

*yawn*

*yawn*

Sorry, even the last 100 pages required skimming to get through them. There was so much self sacrifice, so much coming to understand ones own character, so much facing ones fears, and so...more...]]> 5 6 false false Sat Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Sun Dec 16 17:53:37 -0800 2007 Mon Dec 31 18:12:52 -0800 2007 more...]]> 4 3 false false Wed Mar 26 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Dec 16 18:47:10 -0800 2007 Thu May 29 07:39:02 -0700 2008 The Sweet Far Thing.

Rather than talk about what happens in the novel, I want to touch upon one thing that really held my interest throughout all three novels: t...more...]]> 5 4 false false Wed Mar 26 16:26:01 -0700 2008 Sat Mar 29 08:10:23 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 2 false false Sun Jan 04 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Dec 23 08:47:14 -0800 2008 Sun Jan 04 20:48:56 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5 2 false false Wed Oct 29 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Sep 02 16:26:31 -0700 2008 Wed Oct 29 16:31:38 -0700 2008 I admit this one was probably a little long-- but I actually thought most of it added to the story detail quite nicely. Ther...more...]]> 5 2 false false Mon May 26 16:18:26 -0700 2008 Tue Jul 22 18:14:03 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 2 false true Sat Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Mon Mar 10 16:18:20 -0700 2008 Fri Mar 21 12:45:50 -0700 2008 more...]]> 1 2 false false Fri Feb 22 12:48:56 -0800 2008 Fri Feb 22 12:49:40 -0800 2008 more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=127459