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The Ten Thousand Doors of January

Alix E. Harrow

Start date: February 5, 2023

Finish date: March 5, 2023

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Jun 07, 2020 ☘Misericordia☘ ⚡ϟ⚡⛈⚡☁ ❇️❤❣ rated it it was amazing

Shelves: menu-reading-is-served, favorites, planned

Striking cover. Fanciful concepts. Worth savouring.
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May she wander but always return home, may all her words be written true, may every door lie open before her. (c)
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The will to be polite, to maintain civility and normalcy, is fearfully strong. I wonder sometimes how much evil is permitted to run unchecked simply because it would be rude to interrupt it. (c)
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Fiction—I hope to every god you have the guts to do what needs doing. I hope you will find the cracks in the world and wedge them wider, ...more

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Oct 06, 2019 Emma rated it it was amazing

“Run away with me toward the glimmering, mad horizon. Dance through this eternal green orchard, where ten thousand worlds hang ripe and red for the plucking; wander with me between the trees, tending them, clearing away the weeds, letting in the air. Opening the Doors.”

A wonderful story. From the very first paragraph I strongly suspected I was heading for a 5 star read.

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Nov 05, 2019 Laura ☾ rated it it was amazing

Shelves: fantasy

5 stars!

‘Doors, he told her, are change, and change is a dangerous necessity. Doors are revolutions and upheavals, uncertainties and mysteries, axis points around which entire worlds can be turned. They are the beginning and endings of every true story, the passages between that lead to adventures and madness and - here he smiled - even love’

I absolutely loved this!

January, our protagonist, has found a ‘Door’. Doors pathways between 'here' and 'others', such as heaven/hell, valhalla, faerie, e ...more

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Dec 22, 2019 Vicki rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: fantasy, pages_301-400, audiobook, historical-fiction, young-adult

This book was most definitely a unique book and quite good for an author's debut novel. The first pages of the book piqued my interest right away and I was hooked on The Ten Thousand Doors of January. Since I rarely read the blurbs, I had no idea that January is the MC of the book and not a month.

January Scaller is only 7 years old as the story begins and we learn of her plight. Her father, employed by one Mr. Locke, is gone on business most of the time. Mr. Locke is like her guardian, even a fa ...more

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Mar 07, 2021 Jamie (TheRebelliousReader) rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: fantasy, look-at-the-pretty-cover, stand-alone, historical, e-book, great-side-characters, young-adult, 2021, read-on-my-kindle, 3-stars

3 stars. Beautiful writing and an intriguing plot. Dull execution. This had potential to be at least a four star read but the beginning half was really difficult to get into and I also was not a fan of January. She never did grow on me and I found some of the other characters to be way more interesting than her. I do feel as if I will like this author’s other book a lot more because like I said her writing is fantastic. This one just didn’t land for me unfortunately.

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Feb 20, 2023 Helen Bassett rated it liked it

Shelves: 2023-read-books, fantasy, historical

The writing was very good. I loved the way words were used to create images of the places and characters. There were times the story moved too slowly and spent too much time on details. That is only my opinion. Did like the ending.

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Sep 19, 2019 Lyndi (mibookobsession) rated it it was amazing

Shelves: netgalley-2018-22

It's hard to describe this book without ruining the magic. January was raised by her guardian, Mr Locke in a mansion filled with treasure. Her father travels the world to bring these treasures back. But when she finds a door that turns into a portal to another world, everything she knows about her world changes.
I absolutely loved this book! It was full of wonder and adventure, magical worlds, and plenty of suspense. I plan on recommending this to everyone! ...more

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