false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1218754884m/219589.jpg 219589 4 The demon lover is an ancient theme with eternal appeal for young women, and Kathe Koja uses it to powerful effect in <I>The Blue Mirror</I>. Layered over the background of a contemporary and gritty street scene is the achingly poignant voice of sixteen-year-old Maggy, a loner and artist in love with a beautiful and mysterious boy named Cole. Maggy's greatest happiness is to sit for hours in the window booth of The Blue Mirror, nursing a cappuccino grande and capturing the life passing by in her sketchbook. At home she is an unwilling caretaker for her drunken mother, and her only comfort is her cat Paz--that is until Cole looks at her with those "incredibly deep and dark" eyes. The sweetness of his words and his vast need draw her in, and soon she spends almost all her days (and nights) wandering the cold streets with him, sleeping in his arms in a frigid open-air gazebo, and ignoring the other two women who trail him (childlike Jouly and angry Marianne). Not until Cole meets Paz (who greets him with terrified screeches and yowls), not until Marianne shows bruises and scrapes (from a "fall"), not until Jouly becomes a staring empty shell, and not until Maggy finally draws a true portrait of Cole, is she able to recognize the howling emptiness behind his pose of love. Koja's <I>The Blue Mirror</I> is an exquisite novel with just the slightest tinge of the supernatural. (Ages 14 and up) <I>--Patty Campbell</I> 1366122 2 11 2004 The Blue Mirror total:88|5:27|4:22|3:26|2:11|1:2| 88 325 141 14 219589 0142406937 9780142406939 83 12 3.69 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1218754884m/219589.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/219589.The_Blue_Mirror 5 0 false Mon Apr 06 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Apr 06 22:23:38 -0700 2009 Mon Apr 06 22:24:07 -0700 2009 ...more...]]> 1376208 0374308497 9780374308490 5 2 3.69 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1183083182m/1376208.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1376208.The_Blue_Mirror 5 0 false Sat May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2004 Sun Jan 20 06:49:44 -0800 2008 Sun Jan 20 06:49:44 -0800 2008
It should be obvious by now that any time a new Kathe Koja book comes out, I'll be reviewing it within a few weeks. The Blue Mirror is Koja's eighth novel, and her third for young adults. The YA novels are markedly different fr...more...]]> 219589 0142406937 9780142406939 83 12 3.69 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1218754884m/219589.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/219589.The_Blue_Mirror 0 0 false Thu Sep 17 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 16 15:20:45 -0700 2009 Thu Sep 17 14:30:13 -0700 2009 more...]]> 219589 0142406937 9780142406939 83 12 3.69 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1218754884m/219589.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/219589.The_Blue_Mirror 5 0 false Fri Jun 05 20:19:00 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 08 17:57:37 -0700 2009 more...]]> 219589 0142406937 9780142406939 83 12 3.69 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1218754884m/219589.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/219589.The_Blue_Mirror 4 0 false Wed Mar 25 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Mar 10 17:08:06 -0700 2009 Thu Mar 26 09:09:43 -0700 2009 more...]]> 219589 0142406937 9780142406939 83 12 3.69 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1218754884m/219589.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/219589.The_Blue_Mirror 1 0 false Tue Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Fri Dec 04 15:05:08 -0800 2009 Sat Dec 05 11:23:34 -0800 2009
But it all seemed to fall apart for me. Somewhere around page 60, I realized I just could not finish it. The book never clicked with me. The characters seemed flat and weak. ]]> 219589 0142406937 9780142406939 83 12 3.69 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1218754884m/219589.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/219589.The_Blue_Mirror 0 0 false Sun Apr 12 14:28:01 -0700 2009 Sun Apr 12 14:28:32 -0700 2009 219589 0142406937 9780142406939 83 12 3.69 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1218754884m/219589.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/219589.The_Blue_Mirror 5 0 false Wed Feb 18 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Jan 28 17:57:09 -0800 2009 Wed Feb 18 00:14:22 -0800 2009 1376208 0374308497 9780374308490 5 2 3.69 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1183083182m/1376208.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1376208.The_Blue_Mirror 3 0 false Fri Jun 26 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 15 13:54:26 -0700 2009 Sat Jun 27 06:56:45 -0700 2009 219589 0142406937 9780142406939 83 12 3.69 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1218754884m/219589.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/219589.The_Blue_Mirror 3 0 false Mon Aug 11 08:46:55 -0700 2008 Mon Aug 11 08:54:15 -0700 2008 219589 0142406937 9780142406939 83 12 3.69 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1218754884m/219589.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/219589.The_Blue_Mirror 4 0 false Sat May 31 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat May 31 05:32:23 -0700 2008 Sat May 31 11:47:24 -0700 2008 219589 0142406937 9780142406939 83 12 3.69 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1218754884m/219589.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/219589.The_Blue_Mirror 2 0 false Sat Mar 08 18:56:46 -0800 2008 Sat Mar 08 20:07:16 -0800 2008 219589 0142406937 9780142406939 83 12 3.69 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1218754884m/219589.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/219589.The_Blue_Mirror 4 0 false Wed Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Fri Aug 24 21:24:38 -0700 2007 Fri Aug 24 21:25:54 -0700 2007 219589 0142406937 9780142406939 83 12 3.69 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1218754884m/219589.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/219589.The_Blue_Mirror 3 0 false Mon Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Wed Oct 17 10:22:46 -0700 2007 Wed Oct 17 10:23:59 -0700 2007 219589 0142406937 9780142406939 83 12 3.69 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1218754884m/219589.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/219589.The_Blue_Mirror 5 0 false Sun Dec 06 21:04:07 -0800 2009 Sun Dec 06 21:04:15 -0800 2009 219589 0142406937 9780142406939 83 12 3.69 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1218754884m/219589.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/219589.The_Blue_Mirror 4 0 false Wed Nov 04 14:24:26 -0800 2009 Wed Nov 04 14:24:26 -0800 2009 219589 0142406937 9780142406939 83 12 3.69 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1218754884m/219589.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/219589.The_Blue_Mirror 5 0 false Wed Nov 04 11:56:41 -0800 2009 Wed Nov 04 11:56:41 -0800 2009 219589 0142406937 9780142406939 83 12 3.69 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1218754884m/219589.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/219589.The_Blue_Mirror 0 0 false Wed Oct 21 11:35:54 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 21 11:35:54 -0700 2009 219589 0142406937 9780142406939 83 12 3.69 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1218754884m/219589.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/219589.The_Blue_Mirror 0 0 false Mon Oct 19 15:37:44 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 19 15:37:44 -0700 2009 219589 0142406937 9780142406939 83 12 3.69 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1218754884m/219589.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/219589.The_Blue_Mirror 0 0 false Tue Oct 13 19:04:41 -0700 2009 Tue Oct 13 19:04:41 -0700 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=219589