false <![CDATA[The Strangely Beautiful Tale of Miss Percy Parker]]> 6571771 2 6764853 book 25 8 2009 The Strangely Beautiful Tale of Miss Percy Parker total:67|5:20|4:23|3:13|2:7|1:4| 67 249 224 36 4 7 false false Fri Jun 26 19:22:57 -0700 2009 Thu Aug 13 09:11:08 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sat Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Nov 20 10:26:47 -0800 2009 Fri Nov 20 10:27:11 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Nov 17 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Nov 19 14:11:42 -0800 2009 Thu Nov 19 16:41:59 -0800 2009 The beauty is in it's characters. Percy Parker is an 18 year old girl, an albino who hides herself beneath scarves and dark glasses, she has str...more...]]> 4 1 false false Thu Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 12 09:02:35 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 12 12:02:55 -0700 2009 Leanna Renee Hieber and found myself intrigued to read her first novel--THE STRANGELY BEAUTIFUL TALE OF MISS PERCY PARKER. I was, therefore, tickled to receive a copy fo...more...]]> 3 1 false false Tue Sep 01 00:59:52 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 01 01:05:31 -0700 2009 Historical Paranormal Romance -Aug 25, 2009
3 stars

This book started out with an enchanting fairytale like quality that quickly attracted me. A rag tag group of youngsters are drawn together and given...more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Aug 24 12:25:29 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 24 12:25:35 -0700 2009
What fortune awaited sweet, timid Percy Parker at Athens Academy? Considering how few of Queen Victoria’s Londoners knew of it, the great Romanesque fortress was drea...more...]]> 2 2 false false Sat Aug 22 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 22 19:16:15 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 22 19:32:52 -0700 2009
Miss Percy Parker is an albino. Abandoned as an infant o...more...]]> 4 1 false false Sat Aug 22 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 22 18:28:14 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 24 18:49:02 -0700 2009 http://janicu.livejournal.com/82736.html...

I've been eying this book ever since I saw the title; it just WINS. And after seeing the cover (which I really like - simple and atmospheric) and learning that the story was a little steampunk, my little book-I-must-get radar was beeping like mad...more...]]> 5 1 true false Thu Jul 23 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Jul 11 07:08:15 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 23 18:35:13 -0700 2009 Setting: 5
Writing: 5
Originality: 5
Characters: 5
Passion: 5
Overall: 30/30 - 100% - A+!

Cover/Title Bonus: 4

Leanna Renee Hieber contacted me to see if I'd be interested in reviewing her upcoming release The Strangely Beautiful Tale of Mi...more...]]> 4 1 false false Fri Aug 14 19:13:09 -0700 2009 Fri Aug 14 22:36:40 -0700 2009
I really enjoyed Miss Percy Parker. She is a lovable and endearing character, very unique. I found it easy to relate to her. Per...more...]]> 5 1 false false Tue Aug 25 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Aug 13 19:59:57 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 26 07:19:58 -0700 2009
I couldn't put the book down and read it in one day. I squee'd at the end of it.

Love, honor, betrayal, confusion, myth and passion are all themes in this book.

We follow Percy, who is an outsider in both worlds, and the Guard who i...more...]]> 4 1 false false Sun Aug 16 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 02 20:19:27 -0700 2009 Thu Aug 20 20:22:29 -0700 2009 1 more...]]> 0 0 false false Sun Jul 26 21:27:49 -0700 2009 Sun Jul 26 21:28:24 -0700 2009
As far as I can tell, it's the st...more...]]> 3 0 true false Mon Nov 23 19:26:38 -0800 2009 Mon Nov 23 19:41:10 -0800 2009
I would have given this book four stars, but I had mixed feelings about the ending. We were outside the hero's head when he made a crucial de...more...]]> 5 2 false false Mon Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Jul 04 15:25:40 -0700 2009 Sat Jul 04 15:28:08 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 1 false false Mon Jul 20 18:47:27 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 26 06:42:54 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Wed Oct 14 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 30 18:19:12 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 14 23:33:47 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Aug 15 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 11 17:04:18 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 17 08:11:15 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Wed Jul 15 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Jul 12 12:10:34 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 02 20:12:09 -0700 2009 The Strangely Beautiful Tale of Miss Percy Parker opens, six London youngsters are chosen for a special destiny. Plucked from their ordinary lives, they are brought together by a mysterious goddess. Their mission: to protect humanity from the forces of evil. The goddess promises the six that, in ...more...]]> 3 2 false false Sat Sep 12 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Sep 10 06:59:14 -0700 2009 Sat Sep 12 05:54:36 -0700 2009 more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=6571771