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  <title><![CDATA[Black Juice]]></title>
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  <default-description>In this extraordinary short story collection, human frailty is put to the test by the relentless forces of dark and light, man and beast. Each tale offers glimpses into familiar, shadowy worlds that push the boundaries of the spirit and leave the mind haunted with the knowledge that black juice runs through us all.</default-description>
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  <original-publication-year type="integer">2004</original-publication-year>
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      <name><![CDATA[Margo Lanagan]]></name>
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    <body><![CDATA[Based on a GoodReads friend’s review, I went to the library in search of Margo Lanagan’s <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/search/search?q=Tender Morsels" title="Tender Morsels">Tender Morsels</a>.   It was not available, so I borrowed a collection of short stories titled <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/search/search?q=Black Juice" title="Black Juice">Black Juice</a>.  <br/><br/>A little review on the back by author John Marsden caught my eye:<br/><br/><em>“I want to ...</em><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/39182004">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Black Juice Book Review<br/>	I read black juice by Margo Lanagan, the book was kind of confusing with the different pronunciation of the words throughout the whole book. I would recommend this book to people who like a mix of medieval themes and modern themes. This book gets darker as it goes a lon...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/76470419">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Thu Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2006</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[I checked out this book because it was a 2006? Printz Honor Book. I was amazed by the stories, especially &quot;Sing My Sister Down&quot;, &quot;Sweet Pippet&quot;, &quot;Booroondooroon&quot; (spelling?), and the clown story (&quot;Red Nose&quot; or something). These stories were so dark and disturb...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2157828">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="2383039">
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  <read_at>Fri Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Weirdly wonderful.  Lanagan manages to capture whole worlds in her brief glimpses of strange and fascinating characters.  Even though I would have welcomed longer explorations of each of her worlds, each story felt complete in and of itself.  The imagery she uses is simply gorgeous as well.]]></body>
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    <review id="3186795">
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    <body><![CDATA[completely, absolutely brilliant short stories; thick and rich description; one of those books where the characters' names, histories, mythologies make complete sense.]]></body>
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    <review id="2816978">
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    <body><![CDATA[Eery stories, each one creating its own world. She twists language, and makes it do amazing things.]]></body>
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  <read_at>Sat Aug 15 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Very strange, indeed, Ms. Lanagan.  At first reading, I though this an absolutely bizarre and inappropriate choice for young adults.  Each short story takes place in a completely different world with unfamiliar settings, names, and references.  The voice transitions dramatically from tale to tale, s...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/62290951">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="45183336">
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  <read_at>Fri Feb 06 08:40:48 -0800 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[So strange and inventive.  I started this totally in awe of the world Lanagan creates in her first short story, and then watched and she created a totally new and unexpected place again and again.  Totally recommended for fans of darker fantasy or short story readers.<br/><br/>The only reason for ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/45183336">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Two words: Sniper. Clowns.<br/><br/>&lt;shudder&gt;]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Short stories, often dramatic and wrenching, sometimes not quite on target. Generally better than average.<br/><br/>The speculative elements of this are absolutely uncompromising. Nothing is explained; there's no exposition; you learn only just enough to follow what's going on (and occasionally no...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/60718335">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I read the first short story in this book, looking forward to seeing how it would turn out.  It only took me a couple pages before my smile turned into a frown and I started to dislike the way things were going.  The first story was dark and depressing, not to mention a little barbaric.  I did not l...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/19950186">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[While the writing is splendid, all but three stories that I can remember simply stopped--they didn't have an ending.  Sometimes the stories just stopped; there was nothing in particular that indicated a resolution of some kind.  An event happened and was over or not.  The criterion by which I was ra...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/47496394">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[It wasn't until I was finished with the first story and started on the second that I realized the book was a collection of short stories.  This would be great for a student who only has small chunks of time to read or who finds him/herself struggling to keep up with all of the characters in longer n...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/63895555">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[_Tender Morsels_ compelled me to grab some more Lanagan; however, I got through only about half of the stories in _Black Juice_. They don't really seem to gel as a collection, and it took me a frustratingly long time to situate myself within the world of each new story. Still, strong, lyrical prose....<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/49685953">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Like Kelly Link, Margo Lanagan has one of those seductive, idiosyncratic voices that pulls you into her magical stories and doesn't ever let you go. These tales are like puzzles that can't ever be fully solved -- the reader is thrown headfirst into a world where the rules and creatures are different...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/40526424">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Black Juice is a collection of short stories.  The author claims that the stories are held together by an underlying theme of the black juice or evilness that runs through everyone in all situations.  The stories reminded me a great deal of Edgar Allen Poe short stories.  In general, the stories wer...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/22246298">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This Book wasn't particularly bad, it just wasn't particularly good either. It offers a series of snapshots of alternate realities - snapshots of 10 or so made up cultures and made up predicaments. While a couple of the realities offered were fascinating, the reader gets such a short glimpse at them...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/57609444">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[The short story, 'Singing My Sister Down' is spine-chillingly amazing- but not in a thriller-sort-of-way. It is moving and emotional and quite unlike anything I have ever read before.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Reading the other reviews posted here confirms my suspicision; with this one, you either love it or...not so much. I understand the idea of disorienting the reader so much that they have nothing to grasp onto but the characters themselves, but I just didn't like it. <br/><br/>I read this for a YA ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/9806605">more...</a>]]></body>
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