false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170899950m/77161.jpg 77161 39 Lian Hearn's second novel in the Tales of the Otori, <I>Grass For His Pillow</I> continues to enrich and expand his mystical imaginings of feudal Japan. Picking up where <I>Across the Nightingale Floor</I> left off, Takeo fulfills his debt of honor and accepts his heritage as a member of the superhuman cabal of assassins known as "The Tribe," and is thus ingested into their plots. But his heart yearns for Kaede, his one true love, and secretly wishes to fulfill the final wishes of his adopted father, Otori Shigaru. Meanwhile, Kaede returns to her homeland to find her father's estate in ruin and her inheritance in jeopardy. The two each encounter vast political machinations and deadly consequences as they unconsciously move toward their overwhelming urges to reunite and defy (or perhaps embrace) fate. <p> Hearn's second book into the Tales of the Otori series is a more poignant tale than the first, painfully examining the lines between honor, duty, and love. With its calming and satisfying conclusion, the landscape of Hearn's mythical vision of Japan braces for a dazzling storm in the book to come. <I>--Jeremy Pugh</I> 1357544 book 1 6 2003 Grass for His Pillow (Tales of the Otori, Book 2) total:2170|5:560|4:925|3:580|2:92|1:13| 2170 8437 2695 120 4 2 false false Thu Apr 16 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Mar 18 08:03:50 -0700 2009 Fri Apr 17 06:28:58 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 1 false false Wed Jun 04 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Mar 16 08:06:11 -0700 2008 Wed Jun 04 19:58:25 -0700 2008 Across the Nightingale Floor, I enjoyed book 2 of this trilogy less than the first one. While things happened in book 1, this book was mostly about the characters being holed up for a winter while making plans about what to do in the spring. It m...more...]]> 3 0 false false Fri Nov 06 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Oct 26 00:27:16 -0700 2009 Fri Nov 06 22:42:20 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3 2 false false Sat Jan 17 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Jan 05 15:34:00 -0800 2009 Wed Jan 21 21:50:03 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 1 false false Sat Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Sat Dec 01 22:53:24 -0800 2007 Sat Dec 01 22:55:18 -0800 2007 5 0 false false Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2003 Mon Nov 19 11:02:18 -0800 2007 Mon Nov 19 11:04:32 -0800 2007
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Furthermore, the book itself holds no suspense, resolves nothing, and introduces very little. It is clearly the filler novel of the series. De...more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Jul 15 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Jun 11 18:47:53 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 20 13:54:24 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2 1 false false Sun Sep 06 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Aug 21 09:40:56 -0700 2009 Sun Sep 06 14:07:55 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Fri Apr 11 16:31:23 -0700 2008 Fri Apr 11 16:31:38 -0700 2008 ...more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Jul 29 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 27 11:07:23 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 29 07:59:31 -0700 2009
Really fun read.]]> 3 0 false false Thu Feb 22 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Tue Jul 21 20:28:49 -0700 2009 Thu Sep 10 19:47:38 -0700 2009
...more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Aug 19 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Aug 20 10:47:41 -0700 2008 Wed Aug 20 10:51:57 -0700 2008 not a whole lot happens, but...more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Jan 06 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Jan 08 08:27:59 -0800 2009 Thu Jan 08 08:31:21 -0800 2009 4 0 false false Sat Dec 27 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Dec 23 16:45:41 -0800 2008 Sat Dec 27 14:23:13 -0800 2008 3 0 false false Fri Jul 24 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 31 20:29:27 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 31 20:31:41 -0700 2009 This is like a "Shogun" for older teens.]]> 3 0 false false Fri Sep 12 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Jan 18 18:42:07 -0800 2009 Sun Jan 18 18:44:14 -0800 2009 1 4 0 false false Sat May 16 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat May 16 21:23:33 -0700 2009 Sat May 16 21:27:43 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Sun Dec 07 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sun Dec 07 01:22:39 -0800 2008 Sun Dec 07 01:23:30 -0800 2008 3 0 false false Sat Nov 07 03:21:04 -0800 2009 Sat Nov 07 03:21:55 -0800 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=77161