false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172692537m/208159.jpg 208159 14 The days between Christmas and New Year’s Eve are dead days, when spirits roam and magic shifts restlessly just beneath the surface of our lives. A lot can happen in the dead days. A magician called Valerian must save his own life within those few days, or pay the price for the pact he made with evil so many years ago. But alchemy and sorcery are no match against the demonic power pursuing him. Helping him is his servant Boy, a child with no name and no past. The quick-witted orphan girl Willow is with them as they dig in death-fields at midnight, and are swept into the sprawling blackness of a subterranean city on a journey from which there is no escape. 2919250 2004 The Book of Dead Days total:300|5:45|4:108|3:103|2:37|1:7| 300 1047 448 56 4 0 false false Tue Dec 30 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Mar 31 18:37:45 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 02 21:51:33 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 1 false false Sat May 30 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri May 29 06:52:57 -0700 2009 Thu Jun 25 07:54:49 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false false Mon Aug 17 12:12:24 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 14 12:57:19 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 1 false false Fri Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Fri Apr 04 09:00:44 -0700 2008 Fri Apr 04 09:01:47 -0700 2008 4 0 false false Sun May 10 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri May 09 20:11:25 -0700 2008 Thu May 21 21:24:48 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false true Wed Nov 28 15:08:57 -0800 2007 Mon Jul 27 13:20:52 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Sun Jan 18 15:36:53 -0800 2009 Wed Jan 21 16:02:13 -0800 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false false Wed Dec 24 10:59:52 -0800 2008 Wed Dec 24 10:59:52 -0800 2008
but i found the characters a bit weak... plot sort of predictable.... seems like it was written to be a tv show or movie... could be interesting in that context... but i'm not sure if i'm interested e...more...]]> 3 0 false false Fri May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed May 20 22:11:33 -0700 2009 Thu May 21 14:42:18 -0700 2009 Poison. I liked the character of Willow, and the main protagonist was kind of endearing too. I seem to have read it before, because it was vaguely familiar and I somehow knew all the plot points in advance, but I cannot remember when ...more...]]> 3 0 false false Fri Jul 24 15:42:05 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 24 15:46:43 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Jun 02 08:50:24 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 02 08:51:36 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Fri May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu May 07 19:05:33 -0700 2009 Thu May 07 19:07:50 -0700 2009 2 0 false false Tue Dec 30 10:37:26 -0800 2008 Sat Apr 11 20:33:31 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri Dec 26 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Wed Feb 04 17:27:07 -0800 2009 Wed Feb 04 17:29:09 -0800 2009 3 0 false false Wed Nov 22 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Fri Oct 17 13:02:37 -0700 2008 Fri Oct 17 13:02:37 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Wed Mar 11 20:43:34 -0700 2009 Wed Mar 11 20:44:24 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Wed Dec 10 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Dec 09 14:15:28 -0800 2008 Wed Dec 10 08:44:21 -0800 2008 5 0 false false Sun Jun 15 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Aug 20 15:12:16 -0700 2009 Thu Aug 20 15:15:05 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Sat Mar 21 13:44:03 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 22 16:42:32 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Oct 10 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 21 10:02:11 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 21 10:03:44 -0700 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=208159