false <![CDATA[The Magic Toyshop]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170993318m/81026.jpg 81026 12 In this brilliantly imagined novel, Angela Carter explores the tormented world of adolescence and the heart's ability to withstand even the deepest sorrows. "A tour de force . . . put out shoots of all Carter's fascinations, which turns up in her later books: illusion and stage magic, myths and folktales, sorcery, the allure of suffering, incest, revenge, escape."--Voice Literary Supplement. 78229 1967 The Magic Toyshop total:588|5:170|4:244|3:138|2:32|1:4| 588 2308 873 59 5 1 false false Mon Sep 08 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Jul 15 04:13:49 -0700 2008 Mon Sep 08 08:26:37 -0700 2008
This tale is wonderfully typical of Angela Carter ...more...]]> 5 1 false true Fri Jun 26 14:53:57 -0700 2009 Fri Jun 26 14:53:57 -0700 2009
A very strange, powerful book which left me somewhat off-balance but increasingly impressed. Angela Carter was a sensuous but gritty writer, and her imagery (much like an uncensored fairy tale) oddly melds the beautiful ...more...]]> 1 1 true false Fri Aug 29 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Jun 01 21:56:09 -0700 2008 Fri Aug 29 10:55:10 -0700 2008
It took an hour to read half of the first chapter.

Usually I hate to walk away from a book but reading...more...]]> 3 1 false false Tue Nov 03 10:11:22 -0800 2009 Tue Nov 03 10:11:58 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 true false Fri Feb 13 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Feb 02 22:30:30 -0800 2009 Thu Feb 19 19:44:47 -0800 2009 1 Angela Carter.

I first read her short stories, The Bloody Tower, in college for a class on Gothic/Horror Literature. And had been wanting to read it since I saw it on a book list for a different literature class by the same professor.

Carter does an excellent...more...]]> 5 1 false false Fri Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Aug 21 09:56:54 -0700 2008 Thu Aug 21 09:58:03 -0700 2008 3 0 false false Thu Jul 23 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 14 13:43:10 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 23 05:03:43 -0700 2009
Angela Carter's writing is generally exquisite, and especially so in the first chapter of this book. Unfortunately, the rest of the book (language-wise) failed to live up to the very delicious promise of the first handful of ...more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 03 05:52:11 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 03 05:59:32 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun May 03 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat May 02 16:30:06 -0700 2009 Sat May 02 19:15:40 -0700 2009 This was a lie. She did not hope the cat was well. She hoped it was dead. She was convinced the cat was basically evil, but it was Mrs Rundle's beloved if delinquent child and she had to ask after it."

Carter's writing i...more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Aug 25 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Sep 03 17:02:52 -0700 2009 Thu Sep 03 17:14:29 -0700 2009 1 more...]]> 2 0 false false Mon May 18 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 01 08:36:21 -0700 2009 Wed May 20 14:08:28 -0700 2009 The Bloody Chamber, and I do like Carter's writing. Even in this book, which had a story that I just didn't connect with, I loved her words (So, two stars instead of one). She paints wonderful pictures with them.

My problems with this book weren't with any technical aspect...more...]]> 5 0 false false Wed Apr 23 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat May 10 19:19:58 -0700 2008 Fri Sep 26 08:52:42 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 0 true false Tue Apr 15 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Apr 03 18:59:55 -0700 2008 Tue Apr 15 04:27:37 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 1 false false Mon Apr 07 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Mar 20 06:44:05 -0700 2008 Wed Apr 09 14:57:10 -0700 2008
Angela Carter's dark fantasy achieves this feat with the coming of age of ...more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Nov 04 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Oct 20 21:05:41 -0700 2009 Tue Nov 10 10:20:11 -0800 2009 The Bloody Chamber, but once again, Angela Carter amazes me. Her use of language is simply stunning. I grew to love these characters, especially Finn. The story is dark, disturbing, beautiful and tragic. It is a wonderful adult fairy tale seen through the eyes of a...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sat Dec 13 11:16:23 -0800 2008 Sun Feb 01 13:44:02 -0800 2009 I was trying to follow Andy's good advice and not read everything she's ever written in 2 weeks... bless her, she's dead and won't be writing any more for me to enjoy. That said, what if *I* died in 2 weeks and had been depriving myself of...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Dec 13 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sun Jan 04 10:36:10 -0800 2009 Sun Jan 04 10:42:11 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Nov 17 20:48:37 -0800 2008 Mon Nov 17 20:54:49 -0800 2008 1 more...]]> 0 0 false false Wed Jan 28 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Jan 27 14:14:01 -0800 2009 Wed Jan 28 03:29:47 -0800 2009
Another great book that makes me panic that I will never be ready to ...more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon May 21 11:14:26 -0700 2007 Wed May 23 11:48:54 -0700 2007 more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=81026