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    <body><![CDATA[This will be switching to my currently-reading status soon because I intend to work on reading all the books from the school library I currently have in my position for my english class.^^ seven or six someodd books.^_^]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[In this sequel to Magic or Madness, the story picks up shortly after the events of the last book. Reason &amp; Jay-Tee are to begin taking magic lessons from Esmeralda. Things go badly awry however when someone or something starts trying to get through the door from Sydney to New York. As action packed ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/25297596">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Reviewed by Jocelyn Pearce for TeensReadToo.com<br/><br/>MAGIC LESSONS is the second book in Justine Larbalestier's trilogy, and it's just as wonderful and gripping as MAGIC OR MADNESS! In this book, there are just as many questions as in the first, as every answer Reason finds only leads to more ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/21685837">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[Fifteen-year-old Reason Cansino has learned the painful truth that she&#151;like her mother, grandmother, and new friends Tom and Jay-Tee&#151;must face a choice between using the magic that lives in her blood and dying young, or refusing to use the magic and losing her mind. Now a new threat leaves Reason stranded alone in New York City, struggling to control a power she barely understands. But could the danger she faces also hold the key to saving her life?<p> <em>Magic Lessons</em> is a stunning follow-up to Larbalestier's debut novel, <em>Magic or Madness,</em> which earned multiple starred reviews and a spot on the Locus 2005 Recommended Reading List, along with being named a Best Book of the Year by <em>School Library Journal</em> and the Young Adult Round Table of the TLA.</p>]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[I don't think I've ever seen writing like this before. It was confusing and rather boring. The transitions between points of view are confusing and more or less stop the story for the reader while they figure out whose point of view is being used. I kept hoping the story would get better, but it did...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/78657529">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Not to my liking. <br/><br/>That said, I think it would work well for its intended audience. The setting (Australia and New York City) and the magic are different enough to be intriguing and the pace and language are good. But the characters spent too much time not knowing anything and doubting wh...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/17298705">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[My reading of this was somewhat confused, as our class wound up reading only this one, and not the first book in the series. That being said, it seemed a bit uneven regardless of the syllabus mishap. Anyone want to convince me I should give it another try, from the beginning this time?]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This is the second book in the Magic or Madness trilogy.<br/><br/>I was hoping that it was going to be a little more interesting but it just got . . . wierd. I'm going to have to read the next one to find out what happens but I don't expect anything that overwhelming. I don't know that I would let...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/61071335">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[i read a very favourable review of this trilogy somewhere, but i didn't like it that much. the story is split between sydney and new york city, which could have been interesting, but i found the gratuitous use of slang to distinguish the american and australian characters annoying, especially becaus...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/3590538">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Sequel to <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/search/search?q= Magic or Madness" title=" Magic or Madness"> Magic or Madness</a>. The one where Reason gets sucked through the magic door from Australia to New York by a mysterious old man who has insanely strong magic and never speaks. <br/><br/>Man, this was a mess. Critical facts (such as the old man's relationship to Reason and Esmerelda) would ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/4558186">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Second book in the series, and it maintained the thread of the first while adding some new dimensions.  I feel like I should have liked these books more, but certain elements just never clicked for me.  ]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Sad and weird. Good lesson in friendship though.<br/><br/>Note - I read a hardback, this says paperback. Guess there's no real difference but I am puzzled as to why only the paperback got listed when I searched?]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I thought this one was much better than the 1st.  Her ideas about magic are so different it's hard to understand.  It is definately weird but not bad.  We'll see how she ends it all though.  ]]></body>
    
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