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Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children (Miss Peregrine's Peculiar Children, #1)

Ransom Riggs

Start date: November 1, 2015

Finish date: November 30, 2015

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Sep 07, 2016 Kathy rated it it was amazing

I went in going....oh, it's going to be a kids book but the trailer for the movie looked good, so thought, why not read it. And boy am I glad I did. There is such a childlike quality to it. And I mean that in a good way. I was lucky to be taken away from all the negatives in the "real" world and just get lost in this world. And the old photos mingled throughout in the book, wonderful. I collect old photos from the 1800's so these were so special. If you are on the fence about this book, don't be ...more

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Sep 24, 2014 Cathie rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: 2014-reads, favorites, young-adult, paranormal-supernatural, fantasy, mystery, choiceawards2011, 2014-favorites, readers-tops

Really liked this story and the way it was enhanced with all the photographs the author found in old dusty bins in antique stores, second hand cash shops, flea markets, etc. I'm very glad I bought a copy of this book; this is a keeper. ...more

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Apr 02, 2016 Steph L rated it it was amazing

Shelves: series, ya-lit

More on this when we discuss this in the book club, but I really loved this book a lot, and I was skeptical of reading this. This book was very original, and it was very imaginative like a book that I had never read before.

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Jun 04, 2014 Lisa rated it really liked it

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I really enjoyed this book and it's characters. It was fun to read along with the corresponding pictures. ...more

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Oct 11, 2014 Meredith Estes rated it really liked it

I very much liked the writing. I finished this book some time ago but the scenes have stayed with me. I will be reading the sequels at some point. They were very inventive.

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