From the Bookshelf of Book Riot's Read Harder Challenge

Coraline
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Start date
December 14, 2015
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December 12, 2015
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Finally, a YA book an adult (this adult anyway) can enjoy

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By Book Riot · 1 post · 5295 views
last updated Dec 16, 2014 09:22AM
Free copy of Proximity Factor this July, no reviews required. Just enjoy.
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What Members Thought

Lacey Louwagie
Choosing to read this book before bed my first week living alone was not a great idea. During the day, this book is a little quirky and creepy. At night, it could be downright scary. I ended up reading most of it over breakfast rather than as a bedtime story.

This book really does read like a dark Alice in Wonderland, complete with Alice in Wonderland's complete disregard for answering any of the "why?" questions. I wanted all the characters to be a bit more substantial (no pun intended), and I w
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superawesomekt
I liked The Graveyard Book better, but this isn't my favorite genre. ...more
Erika
Fun and super creepy. Gaiman's tone when he writes for children is so lyrical and delicious, I think I like it more than his adult stuff. ...more
Marisa
May 24, 2007 rated it it was amazing  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: j-fiction, audiobooks
I had to change this to five stars after re-reading (actually, I listened to it the second time). So good, and really quite creepy.
Mary
Jul 04, 2008 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
Creative & spooky read for upper elementary/middle schoolers. Lots of fun and appropriately scary!
Elizabeth
Mar 12, 2007 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
Meg
Mar 18, 2007 rated it it was amazing  ·  review of another edition
Alexandra
Apr 17, 2007 rated it it was amazing  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: fiction, youngadult
Jessica
Jun 05, 2007 rated it it was amazing  ·  review of another edition
Maryanne
Dec 11, 2008 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
Jenny
Dec 17, 2008 rated it liked it  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: childrensbooks
Julie
Feb 16, 2009 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
Jill
Apr 11, 2009 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
Alison
Aug 17, 2009 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
Heather
Nov 15, 2009 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
Jenny
Mar 05, 2010 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
Adam Maid
Mar 11, 2010 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
Sophie
Feb 05, 2013 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
Erin
Dec 04, 2013 rated it it was amazing  ·  review of another edition
Vanessa
Jan 21, 2014 rated it it was amazing  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: 2014
Alexis
Dec 05, 2014 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
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