<![CDATA[A Curse Dark as Gold]]>

false <![CDATA[A Curse Dark as Gold]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1209260467m/1743390.jpg 1743390 1 "If you'll allow me to demonstrate, I do think I could be of some help to you here." I smiled tightly. "You'd have to be able to make gold appear from thin air to be much help to us now, I'm afraid." "Gold, you say?" he said quietly. "Well, not out of the air, maybe, but--" He reached toward Rosie and drew a length of straw free from her hat. From out of a pocket in his jacket appeared an old-fashioned handheld drop spindle, the kind no one uses anymore, and he sent it spinning with a turn of his hand. Slowly, as we watched, he drew out the straw and spun it--spun it! As if it were a roving of wool! Rosie and I stood there and watched him, moment by moment, as the spindle bobbed and twirled. Something pulled out from the brown straw and through his knobby fingers, and where it should have gone onto the spindle, the finest strands of gleaming gold threads appeared. Round and round the spindle went, and the gleaming of gold turned with it. I don't know how long we watched it, turning and turning, flashing gold with every revolution. I could not take my eyes away. 1741046 1 3 2008 A Curse Dark as Gold total:1131|5:289|4:430|3:308|2:85|1:18| 1131 4281 2400 464 5 19 false false Wed Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Mon Aug 20 18:20:56 -0700 2007 Sat Aug 25 06:24:05 -0700 2007
Elizabeth Bunce refers to her work as “historical fantasy” and she’s dead-on. One of the...more...]]> 4 8 false false Sat May 09 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 29 14:51:14 -0700 2009 Sat May 09 18:05:48 -0700 2009
First of all, I was touched before the story even began. In Elizabeth Bunce's acknowledgements she says "And l...more...]]> 3 9 false false Thu May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Dec 23 21:27:27 -0800 2007 Fri May 02 15:59:17 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 6 false false Tue Mar 25 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Mar 02 11:06:32 -0800 2008 Mon Jan 26 08:54:17 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5 4 false false Sun Feb 17 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sat Jan 05 05:03:59 -0800 2008 Sun Feb 17 17:26:18 -0800 2008 more...]]> 5 3 false false Sat Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Thu Nov 29 09:40:48 -0800 2007 Wed Dec 12 13:15:54 -0800 2007 I could probably write a lengthy review about the many things I admired about this debut YA (#1 on that list - the skill with which the curse was woven all through the novel, with the mill itself becoming a creepy almost-character), but I think it boils down to one statement really. I simply c...more...]]> 5 2 false false Sat Aug 09 22:04:55 -0700 2008 Tue Sep 23 00:11:57 -0700 2008
1. It was a deep and meaningful and romantic and clean. Squeaky clean. Gasp...more...]]> 5 4 false false Sat Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Mar 11 11:07:38 -0700 2008 Tue Mar 11 11:08:48 -0700 2008
Watch a movie? Sure.

Clean out a fe...more...]]> 3 5 false false Tue Feb 05 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sat Jan 05 04:48:05 -0800 2008 Tue Jan 20 19:53:34 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5 2 false false Tue Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Apr 21 16:40:06 -0700 2008 Fri Apr 25 07:19:00 -0700 2008
I have a friend that knows me well literarily (it's a word now, hush) and gave me a fancy, uncorrected proof. She is probably reading this. It's what she said it is - a fairy tale retelling, but you don't really know which tale until you've read far enough.

(Or far...more...]]> 5 3 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Fri Dec 28 18:43:08 -0800 2007 Thu Jan 01 20:56:55 -0800 2009 2
The story outline was thoughtful, and exciting. I never really knew quite what to expect- and even though it started out slow, it was absurdly intriguing simply ...more...]]> 5 2 false false Tue Apr 29 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Apr 14 07:47:52 -0700 2008 Tue Apr 29 15:49:24 -0700 2008 The story begins in Charolett Miller's point of view, shortly after her father's death. Orphaned, Charolett and her sister Rosie must take over the family wool mill in order...more...]]> 5 2 false false Wed Oct 15 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Oct 22 09:34:45 -0700 2008 Thu Nov 13 16:07:17 -0800 2008 more...]]> 5 1 false false Tue Mar 17 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Mar 19 13:46:31 -0700 2009 Thu Mar 19 14:38:00 -0700 2009 Charlotte Miller is a strong and stubborn main character. When her father dies sudd...more...]]> 5 1 false false Mon Feb 23 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Feb 19 23:01:32 -0800 2009 Thu Feb 26 22:55:49 -0800 2009
there's a LOT to like about this story - first, it's fantastically historically ac...more...]]> 4 1 false false Fri Feb 06 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Feb 01 15:40:55 -0800 2009 Fri Feb 06 18:45:24 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 2 false false Tue Mar 10 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Dec 15 11:35:16 -0800 2008 Tue Mar 10 21:42:13 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 2 false false Sat Feb 28 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Oct 23 08:14:02 -0700 2008 Fri Mar 06 09:02:00 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5 1 false false Sun Oct 05 10:49:33 -0700 2008 Mon Oct 20 02:15:25 -0700 2008
I have to admit that in the beginning, I was skeptical about all of the praise I'd seen about this book. While I love fairy tale retellings, Rumplestiltskin isn't exactly one of my favorite fairy stories. But this loose retelli...more...]]> 5 1 false false Tue Sep 09 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Jul 24 11:36:22 -0700 2008 Tue Sep 09 20:54:52 -0700 2008
Charlotte, stubborn by nature, is determined to save her mill, but at what cost. At first it seems that Charl...more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=1743390