false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1176054622m/587311.jpg 210329 43 1530651 book 1973 The Dark Is Rising (Dark is Rising, #2) total:5038|5:1938|4:1799|3:981|2:245|1:75| 5038 20394 6390 505 587311 0689710879 9780689710872 285 49 4.05 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1176054622m/587311.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/587311.The_Dark_Is_Rising 4 7 false Mon Aug 20 07:11:02 -0700 2007 Thu Dec 17 06:01:04 -0800 2009 All those really difficult things in life.

I read this series myself about a year or two ago, so when he needed a book to do ...more...]]> 587311 0689710879 9780689710872 285 49 4.05 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1176054622m/587311.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/587311.The_Dark_Is_Rising 4 7 false Mon Sep 07 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Jan 07 17:13:19 -0800 2009 Wed Oct 21 11:42:16 -0700 2009 1 3.5 stars

A good adventure quest tale. A bit lacking in character development, but there were some heart-pounding scenes that made up for it. Towards the end, I almost had a sense deja vu, like I was reading Moonheart by DeLint, which got me thinking this could be classified as early ur...more...]]> 587311 0689710879 9780689710872 285 49 4.05 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1176054622m/587311.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/587311.The_Dark_Is_Rising 5 5 false Sat Dec 12 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Dec 07 09:24:27 -0800 2008 Sat Dec 12 09:57:40 -0800 2009 more...]]> 210329 1416949658 9781416949657 4367 409 4.05 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172717828m/210329.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/210329.The_Dark_Is_Rising 2 2 false Wed Feb 27 15:27:33 -0800 2008 Wed Feb 27 15:27:33 -0800 2008 more...]]> 587311 0689710879 9780689710872 285 49 4.05 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1176054622m/587311.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/587311.The_Dark_Is_Rising 2 2 false Wed Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Tue Aug 14 23:05:37 -0700 2007 Sun Aug 26 20:05:21 -0700 2007 more...]]> 587311 0689710879 9780689710872 285 49 4.05 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1176054622m/587311.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/587311.The_Dark_Is_Rising 5 2 false Wed Jun 20 16:02:30 -0700 2007 Wed Dec 16 22:09:11 -0800 2009 more...]]> 210329 1416949658 9781416949657 4367 409 4.05 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172717828m/210329.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/210329.The_Dark_Is_Rising 0 2 false Mon Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Thu Sep 20 19:19:48 -0700 2007 Sun Oct 07 10:49:19 -0700 2007

(October book club)]]> 210329 1416949658 9781416949657 4367 409 4.05 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172717828m/210329.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/210329.The_Dark_Is_Rising 2 1 false Mon May 12 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri May 09 09:31:29 -0700 2008 Sun May 18 11:39:47 -0700 2008 Honestly, the book was entertaining. But I still didn't like it for multiple reasons:
The beginning was really hard to follow. Sus...more...]]> 210329 1416949658 9781416949657 4367 409 4.05 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172717828m/210329.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/210329.The_Dark_Is_Rising 3 1 false Thu Jan 17 07:49:23 -0800 2008 Mon Jan 28 06:49:08 -0800 2008 more...]]> 210329 1416949658 9781416949657 4367 409 4.05 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172717828m/210329.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/210329.The_Dark_Is_Rising 4 4 false Sat Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Sun Oct 28 16:19:32 -0700 2007 Tue Jan 08 17:15:09 -0800 2008 more...]]> 210329 1416949658 9781416949657 4367 409 4.05 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172717828m/210329.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/210329.The_Dark_Is_Rising 4 1 false Thu Mar 12 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Mar 08 05:24:10 -0700 2009 Thu Mar 12 09:28:13 -0700 2009
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]]> 210329 1416949658 9781416949657 4367 409 4.05 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172717828m/210329.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/210329.The_Dark_Is_Rising 0 0 false Mon Jan 19 20:49:36 -0800 2009 Mon Jan 19 22:27:26 -0800 2009 more...]]> 210329 1416949658 9781416949657 4367 409 4.05 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172717828m/210329.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/210329.The_Dark_Is_Rising 4 0 false Tue Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 26 15:21:02 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 26 15:40:21 -0700 2009 The Dark is Rising Sequence I have to say that I'm glad that the story and characters are further developing from what they were in Over Sea, Under Stone. In this book, the reader is introduced to Will Stanton, last of the 'Old Ones,' and receives some explanation fo...more...]]> 210329 1416949658 9781416949657 4367 409 4.05 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172717828m/210329.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/210329.The_Dark_Is_Rising 4 0 false Sun Jul 19 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Jul 19 19:52:44 -0700 2009 Sun Jul 19 20:01:47 -0700 2009 more...]]> 210329 1416949658 9781416949657 4367 409 4.05 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172717828m/210329.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/210329.The_Dark_Is_Rising 4 0 false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1981 Tue Jun 30 23:25:09 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 30 23:34:53 -0700 2009
This is, hands down, one of my favorite series from childhood. Cooper has the very very rare knack of writing for young people without either wri...more...]]> 210329 1416949658 9781416949657 4367 409 4.05 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172717828m/210329.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/210329.The_Dark_Is_Rising 4 0 false Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Sat Dec 13 16:34:07 -0800 2008 Sun Dec 14 18:12:51 -0800 2008 more...]]> 210329 1416949658 9781416949657 4367 409 4.05 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172717828m/210329.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/210329.The_Dark_Is_Rising 4 0 false Thu Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Dec 12 11:20:36 -0800 2009 Sat Dec 12 11:39:21 -0800 2009 2
TDiR is one of those books that could only have been set in England. Walking around in the US, there just aren't centuries of history to draw upon (in the same sense as there are in the UK, e.g. written history; I'm not ...more...]]> 311479 0689829833 9780689829833 36 6 4.05 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173647107m/311479.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/311479.The_Dark_is_Rising 4 0 true Wed Dec 09 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Dec 08 11:28:53 -0800 2009 Thu Dec 10 12:40:04 -0800 2009
My issues:
1. Merriman and, I suppose, the Old Ones in general. They were so insanely arrogant the entire time, and Merriman in particular had this constant "the end...more...]]> 587311 0689710879 9780689710872 285 49 4.05 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1176054622m/587311.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/587311.The_Dark_Is_Rising 4 0 false Sat Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Sep 06 12:55:55 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 08 21:47:08 -0700 2009 1
Superficially, it follows the standard kid-lit fantasy formula: a sympathetic young person, ignorant of magic, discovers that he has a Very Important Part to play in the age-long struggle between good and...more...]]> 311479 0689829833 9780689829833 36 6 4.05 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173647107m/311479.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/311479.The_Dark_is_Rising 4 0 false Sat Jul 18 16:35:23 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 15 20:20:07 -0700 2009 Sat Jul 18 16:35:23 -0700 2009 more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=587311