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bookshelves: currently-reading, fantasy, the-next-harry-potter, young-adult
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bookshelves: fantasy, the-next-harry-potter, young-adult
I truly enjoyed this book. I liked the writing style and the very creative use of traditional mythological and fantasy elements. There was also some good wordplay which I enjoyed, for example, sneakers are shoes that help you sneak around.

The characters were good and the story exciting and fun. ]]> <![CDATA[Shannon is on page 400 of Erec Rex: The Dragon... ]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/74145144 Shannon is finished with Erec Rex: The Dragon's Eye ]]> <![CDATA[Shannon added 'The Merchant of Death']]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/36588809 to: The Merchant of Death (Pendragon, #1) by D.J. MacHale
bookshelves: arthurian, fantasy, the-next-harry-potter, young-adult
This book was on the edge of okay/liked it for me. I would take off a half-star for the use of the word "coolio". Disregarding the overreaching attempt at youthful language which is already dated, I'm not sure how I felt about it. I liked it enough that I'm going to read the next book in the series and see how it goes. ]]> <![CDATA[Shannon added 'Leven Thumps and the Gateway to Foo']]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/77936023 Leven Thumps and the Gateway to Foo (Leven Thumps, #1) by Obert Skye
bookshelves: to-read
]]> <![CDATA[Shannon added 'Brave New World']]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/77296403 to: Brave New World (Paperback) by Aldous Huxley
bookshelves: future, sci-fi
I like a good dystopian story, and this is one of the older ones which I had never read. I wouldn't say it's "fun" to read, but I'm glad to have read it, it's as relevant as ever. ]]> <![CDATA[Shannon added 'The Book Thief']]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/77459070 The Book Thief (Hardcover) by Markus Zusak
bookshelves: to-read
]]> <![CDATA[Shannon added 'The Indian in the Cupboard']]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/77361453 to: The Indian in the Cupboard (Hardcover) by Lynne Reid Banks
bookshelves: childrens, fantasy, read-in-school
I read this book in school (fourth or fifth grade I think) and I liked it so much that I got the sequels and read them on my own. Not long after, a movie version came out. I don't remember how the movie was, but the books stick in my mind. ]]> <![CDATA[Shannon added 'The Secret Country']]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/77358642 The Secret Country (The Secret Country Trilogy, Book 1) by Pamela Dean
bookshelves: to-read
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