false 1967070 6 Coraline lives with her preoccupied parents in part of a huge old house--a house so huge that other people live in it, too... round, old former actresses Miss Spink and Miss Forcible and their aging Highland terriers ("We trod the boards, luvvy") and the mustachioed old man under the roof ("'The reason you cannot see the mouse circus,' said the man upstairs, 'is that the mice are not yet ready and rehearsed.'") Coraline contents herself for weeks with exploring the vast garden and grounds. But with a little rain she becomes bored--so bored that she begins to count everything blue (153), the windows (21), and the doors (14). And it is the 14th door that--sometimes blocked with a wall of bricks--opens up for Coraline into an entirely alternate universe. Now, if you're thinking fondly of <I>The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe</I> or <I>Alice's Adventures in Wonderland</I>, you're on the wrong track. Neil Gaiman's <I>Coraline</I> is far darker, far stranger, playing on our deepest fears. And, like Roald Dahl's work, it is delicious. <p> What's on the other side of the door? A distorted-mirror world, containing presumably everything Coraline has ever dreamed of... people who pronounce her name correctly (not "Caroline"), delicious meals (not like her father's overblown "recipes"), an unusually pink and green bedroom (not like her dull one), and plenty of horrible (very un-boring) marvels, like a man made out of live rats. The creepiest part, however, is her mirrored parents, her "other mother" and her "other father"--people who look just like her own parents, but with big, shiny, black button eyes, paper-white skin... and a keen desire to keep her on <I>their</I> side of the door. To make creepy creepier, <I>Coraline</I> has been illustrated masterfully in scritchy, terrifying ink drawings by British mixed-media artist and Sandman cover illustrator Dave McKean. This delightful, funny, haunting, scary as heck, fairy-tale novel is about as fine as they come. Highly recommended. (Ages 11 and older) <I>--Karin Snelson</I> 6714178 1 7 2008 Coraline-Graphic Novel total:1220|5:348|4:459|3:319|2:79|1:15| 1220 4706 1698 325 5 6 false false Sat Jun 27 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 29 09:32:31 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 30 20:34:23 -0700 2009 - Coraline -

SYAHDAN manusia adalah mahluk yang tidak pernah puas. Selalu saja ada yang diinginkan, yang biasanya tidak ada pada dirinya melainkan ada pada orang lain. Begitulah sikap manusia, senantiasa berpusar dan ber...more...]]> 3 3 false false Tue Apr 08 01:53:57 -0700 2008 Tue Apr 08 01:54:59 -0700 2008 3 2 false false Sun Jul 20 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Jul 20 18:27:56 -0700 2008 Mon Jul 21 06:25:37 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 1 false false Wed Sep 03 13:36:26 -0700 2008 Wed Aug 20 16:48:41 -0700 2008 Wed Sep 03 13:36:26 -0700 2008 more...]]> 2 1 false false Fri Jul 04 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Jul 04 00:27:50 -0700 2008 Fri Jul 04 00:38:51 -0700 2008
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Summary: Coraline is a young girl who has just moved to a large new home shared with three other tenants, the retired actresses Miss Spink and Miss Forcible, and the man who trains mice. Her...more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu Oct 08 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 08 16:56:33 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 08 17:02:26 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Sep 30 17:52:26 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 30 18:00:29 -0700 2009
Coraline is the story of a young girl, whose explorations lead her to the discovery and eventual entrapment in a rather unpleasant world. However, she manages to escape, through good sense, the help of a "lucky" rock with a hole in it, an...more...]]> 5 0 false true Wed Sep 16 16:31:44 -0700 2009 Thu Sep 17 08:46:40 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Jul 20 23:29:28 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 20 23:42:44 -0700 2009 karena bacanya pake misi: tengah malam, pake lilin, ditemani coffee au lait plus doughnuts plus masi agak plu.. yasud, kepala sambil berdenyut2..

tp ceritanya tetep bagus,
memang ga semenyeramkan itu.. if only i were still 9 y.o kayak CORALINE (yg di buku ini namanya s...more...]]> 3 1 false false Sun Jun 28 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Jun 28 07:48:33 -0700 2009 Sun Jun 28 08:13:21 -0700 2009
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my personal notes, so don't judge me.

I thought this book was pretty good. I didn't like the original parents, and the women downstairs were strange, but the man upstairs was funny I think. The illustrations emphasized the eeriness...more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri Sep 25 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 01 08:29:38 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 05 15:06:05 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Thu Jul 23 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 17 20:57:53 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 23 19:58:35 -0700 2009 more...]]>