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Random personal anecdote: I've played the piano for over seven years. It doesn't come naturally to me at all. I struggle through every bar of music when I learn something new, and it often takes me over a month to learn a new song. I suck at reading sheet music and figuring out what all those squiggles on paper mean. The structured, scholarly approach to music doesn't work for me at all.
When I was in the middle of Uprooted, I decided to try to improvise a piano piece. Let go of all the sheets an ...more
When I was in the middle of Uprooted, I decided to try to improvise a piano piece. Let go of all the sheets an ...more
**this review contains a few spoilers**
I'm honestly so upset that I didn't love this book--I had high hopes!--but goddammit I found myself bored to tears around 30%... (maybe even before that) T_T
I tried, oh, I tried, but after a while I stopped caring about the characters and their problems, and this is a total deal-breaker for me because I read for the characters, everything else comes second.
And even though it is not the central point of the story, the romance in this book is so weird--it's ...more
I'm honestly so upset that I didn't love this book--I had high hopes!--but goddammit I found myself bored to tears around 30%... (maybe even before that) T_T
I tried, oh, I tried, but after a while I stopped caring about the characters and their problems, and this is a total deal-breaker for me because I read for the characters, everything else comes second.
And even though it is not the central point of the story, the romance in this book is so weird--it's ...more
I loved it! And just because out there are writers like Brandon Sanderson, George martin or Patrick Rothfuss, i didn't give it 5 stars, because those are reserved for them.
But i really enjoyed this book and it was refreshing for me, not being part of a serial but just a standalone book. The writing, the word building, the characterization and the story- i liked it all. I recommend it warmly to everyone who likes a good fantasy with a drop of romance ;) ...more
But i really enjoyed this book and it was refreshing for me, not being part of a serial but just a standalone book. The writing, the word building, the characterization and the story- i liked it all. I recommend it warmly to everyone who likes a good fantasy with a drop of romance ;) ...more
It was a decent book. It didn't blow me away, but it was just enough fluffy fantasy for me to enjoy once in awhile.
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This is easily one of the best books I've read all year. I'll definitely be looking into reading more by this author.
Highly recommended!! ...more
Highly recommended!! ...more
It was nice to have a complete story in one fantasy book.
What I enjoyed:
* Kasia was awesome. She wasn't the MC, but had a good story arc and was interesting.
* Originality in The Wood as the evil(view spoiler)
* the author wasn't afraid to kill characters (view spoiler) ...more
What I enjoyed:
* Kasia was awesome. She wasn't the MC, but had a good story arc and was interesting.
* Originality in The Wood as the evil(view spoiler)
* the author wasn't afraid to kill characters (view spoiler) ...more
Oooh, this book started out so good! With two best friends living in a small village near the enchanted 'Wood'. And, a majestic 'Dragon' wizard appointed by the King as protector of the valley where they both reside.
The dragon takes a girl from a different village every 10 years; this decade he take Nieska, and not her friend - like everyone was banking on. Nieska has magic; an earthly kind of magic. Like a reincarnated Baba Jaga - magic. Nieska's magic is compatable with the Dragon's magic. Ni ...more
The dragon takes a girl from a different village every 10 years; this decade he take Nieska, and not her friend - like everyone was banking on. Nieska has magic; an earthly kind of magic. Like a reincarnated Baba Jaga - magic. Nieska's magic is compatable with the Dragon's magic. Ni ...more
Oh my. Other reviews have done justice to this book better than I can but I loved every minute of reading it. I'm usually one to always pick up a book when I have a spare few minutes. I couldn't do that with this book. If I picked it up, I got lost in it and needed time to spend with it. It's a fairy tale/folklore of the very best kind, not a grim as Grimm's grimmest but not disneyfied either. Like all the best stories, this tells us that growth always requires a cost.
Angieszka is a heroine to r ...more
Angieszka is a heroine to r ...more
This title dumps readers into a high fantasy world in which an evil Wood is threatening to take over an entire valley full of villages. The Dragon (not your typical kind) holds back the Wood from his remote tower and requires one sacrifice, a girl to come live in his tower with him for ten years. Agnieska is the girl that the Dragon chooses, much to everyone’s surprise, and she begins to discover through lessons by the Dragon that she has an equally powerful magic inside of her. I love how, as a
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Fantastic!
Mar 19, 2015
Sandy (WI girl at heart)
marked it as to-read
May 17, 2015
Leah
marked it as to-read
Jun 06, 2015
Jenny from Ukraine
marked it as plan-to-finish-later
Jun 16, 2015
Carmin
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Jun 18, 2015
Lisa
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Jul 28, 2015
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fantasy,
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romance,
wizards,
magic,
bookclub-reads,
children,
audiobooks-everand,
fairytale-retelling
Aug 17, 2015
Stephanie (Reading is Better With Cupcakes)
marked it as to-read
Dec 17, 2015
Hina
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Feb 05, 2016
Courtney
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May 05, 2020
Cherish
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