false <![CDATA[Once Upon a Marigold]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172265182m/157055.jpg 157055 9 <div>Christian is gaga for Princess Marigold. But he's just a commoner, and no match for royalty. Heck, he lives in a cave with a troll! And now he's discovered another reason to put his love-soggy heart on ice: Queen Olympia is scheming to take over the kingdom--and she'll bump off her own daughter to do it. Can Christian foil her diabolical plans? Not only is Christian discovering things about Olympia but also about himself. It is these secrets that let him be with Princess Marigold.<br></div> 1787093 book 2002 Once Upon a Marigold total:1963|5:732|4:695|3:429|2:88|1:19| 1963 7922 2556 452 3 8 false false Fri Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Sat Nov 10 14:03:27 -0800 2007 Tue Feb 19 19:32:54 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 3 false false Fri May 30 06:57:45 -0700 2008 Sun May 17 10:55:15 -0700 2009
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This is my second read. It's just one of those books that you can't seem to put down, but not the kind that you can't stop thinking about. Don't get me wrong, it's a wonderful book. ...more...]]> 5 2 false false Wed Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Tue Aug 28 17:37:58 -0700 2007 Tue Aug 28 17:43:43 -0700 2007
The subtitle is "part comedy, part love story, part everything-but-the-kitchen sink," and that's pretty accurate. I got a bit of a...more...]]> 3 2 false false Sat Feb 02 16:54:18 -0800 2008 Fri Feb 08 14:10:29 -0800 2008
That is to say, there's a certain audience for this kind of thing and everyone else should keep their cute-sickness bags handy. (I am saying this as a f...more...]]> 5 1 false false Tue Mar 03 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Feb 01 07:42:47 -0800 2009 Tue Apr 28 16:50:27 -0700 2009 It's about a prince who is raised by ...more...]]> 0 1 false false Thu Dec 11 12:53:09 -0800 2008 Thu Dec 11 12:54:23 -0800 2008 twice 5 0 false false Fri Apr 03 05:17:34 -0700 2009 Fri Apr 03 05:18:10 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Nov 05 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Oct 28 19:25:52 -0700 2009 Thu Nov 05 10:46:36 -0800 2009 This book was recommended to me by a 12 year-old (with good taste), and I do love fairy tales, so I decided to give it a shot. The first chapter was a little dull, I got a little worried that this was a bad choice, but it definately was NOT!


This book has all the workings of a fairy tale, w...

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I really wanted to like this story but somehow it fell flat. The character...more...]]> 5 0 false false Fri Jul 31 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 10 05:18:51 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 04 10:59:14 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Tue Jul 21 14:17:53 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 21 14:29:32 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 1 false false Sun Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2002 Sat Sep 01 16:57:07 -0700 2007 Sat Sep 01 16:58:09 -0700 2007 4 0 false false Fri Oct 30 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 28 16:39:47 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 30 17:00:46 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 1 false false Fri Mar 14 15:48:14 -0700 2008 Thu Mar 27 17:32:22 -0700 2008 5 0 false false Mon Oct 12 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 07 23:43:14 -0700 2009 Tue Oct 13 01:00:22 -0700 2009 more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=157055