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The Princess Bride
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#11 on NPR's Top 100 SF/F novels of all time (2011 poll) http://www.npr.org/2011/08/11/1390858...
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Athena Shardbearer
Buddy read with Shandra, Annette, Cathyrn May 24

Actual Rating 4.5 stars

There is no room in my body for anything but you. My arms love you, my ears adore you, my knees shake with blind affection. My mind begs you to ask for something so it can obey. Do you want me to follow you for the rest of your days? I will do that. Do you want me to crawl? I will crawl. I will be quite for you or sing for you, if you are hungry, let me bring you food, or if you have thirst and nothing will quench it but A
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Ivy
Feb 01, 2018 rated it liked it
Somehow rating this three stars feels wrong. I absolutely adore this story and the characters, although I was introduced to them by the iconic movie. So much of what I love appears here in the text too, verbatim. “My name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die!” So much great stuff, and more back story as well. 5 stars for all the great quotes and for letting me know these people in more depth.

However, instead of sweet kid Fred Savage being sick in bed having the story read to hi
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Katherine
Jul 16, 2010 marked it as to-read
Shelves: owned-tbr
Brittany Thibodeaux
Jul 24, 2010 rated it it was amazing
Jeannette
Jul 27, 2010 rated it it was amazing  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: favorites, fantasy
Ryan Boe
Aug 02, 2010 rated it it was amazing
Maureen
Aug 03, 2010 rated it liked it
Elizabeth Stultz
Aug 17, 2010 marked it as to-read
Daniel Germain
Aug 22, 2010 rated it really liked it
Steph
Aug 23, 2010 rated it really liked it
Flos
Sep 16, 2010 marked it as to-read
Sam
Oct 26, 2010 rated it it was amazing
Cleve Lamison
Jan 25, 2011 rated it really liked it
Shelves: favorites
Laramie
Feb 15, 2011 rated it really liked it
Austin
Mar 26, 2011 marked it as to-read
Donna
Mar 19, 2012 rated it liked it
Alex Moore
Jul 27, 2012 marked it as to-read
Noe Martinez
May 22, 2013 marked it as to-read
Martin
Jun 14, 2014 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
Peter
Mar 20, 2015 marked it as to-read
vylycyn
May 13, 2015 marked it as read-soon  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: fantasy, romance, humor
Sam
Mar 16, 2016 marked it as to-read
Ted Gault
Jul 22, 2025 rated it it was amazing  ·  review of another edition
James Enge
Jul 30, 2017 rated it liked it
Harvestman
May 17, 2020 rated it it was amazing
Dan Chilwell
Aug 30, 2020 marked it as to-read