"This book is sweet so far! I love the books of Avalon."
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Abarat by Clive Barker was recommended to me by Beth when I was going on a trip to the library in search of some sweet YA. I really thought this was an excellent book! It was really good storytelling, and I found I could easily escape into this world and leave my cares behind. The artwork that went along with it is great as well and helps you to visualize the world and the characters. The story is about a girl named Candy Quackenbush from Chickentown, Minnesota (already rules, right?!) who is kind of an outcast. One day she is wandering is a field and finds herself taken away to a land called the Abarat. Adventures begin and new characters are met. I felt like this book was only setting the stage for the next books in the series, and I am really excited to get to read those soon. I would recommend this book to anyone who likes adventure stories. This is a fantasy, but I think it's very accessible, and readers who don't really like fantasy still might like this book. ]]>
"LOVE THIS so far, very easy to escape into the world. the artwork rules!"
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I saw this one on the 'new' shelf at the library and picked it up. I have kind of been wanting to read Knit Two by Kate Jacobs, but I definitely didn't want to buy it, and I kind of didn't want to read it. It read fast and was pretty entertaining, which was good, and someone just didn't up and die at the end for no reason, so that was good too. I was kind of disappointed with the development of the characters in this sequel. Since there is no one main character anymore (she died), now we follow the other women and men involved equally. That's ok, but I ended up not really caring that much about any of them, because I only got to know them each a little bit, instead of maybe one or two a whole lot. I think I may have preferred that. But, it was cute, a good ice cream sundae read, and I will probably read more books in this series if/when they come out (if I don't have to buy them). ]]>
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