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Crown Duel by Sherwood Smith -- Ah. Now I see why the Marquis made our Princes in Print list. He's like a combination of Legolas (read: Orlando Bloom as Legolas) and Mr. Darcy. But different. That said I did find Meliara a tad bit uptight.

Coraline by Niel Gaiman -- I'm glad the cat was in this one. He was the closest thing to comic relief in a pretty tense little tale. Thumbs up for this one, though I liked Graveyard Book better.

Indigo's Star by Hilary McKay -- 10 for 10 as usual. Writing, character development, plot... I just can't say enough good about these books. Start with Saffy's Angel of course. Also I'm kicking myself for not buying Caddy Ever After when I saw it on sale back before I had read any of them, cuz now I want to read it.

Jellaby by Kean Soo -- I love the review haiku of this one over at emilyreads. A Cybils finalist in the younger graphic novel set, this one has potential, and a very open ending. It's definitely not as complete as a single volume of Babymouse or Rapunzel's Revenge, which kinda bugs me since the sequel(s?) aren't out yet.

Kin (The Good Neighbors Book 1) by Holly Black and Ted Naifeh -- Definitely squarely in the YA category of graphic novels. I'll be interested to see where the series goes. I didn't finish Tithe by her, but I have high hopes for this one. I like murder mysteries.

3 comments:

  1. I kinda wanna see the Coraline movie that just came out.

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  2. If you do, let me know. Maybe I'll have you write it up for us or something.

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  3. Did you read the whole thing (the new Crown/Court Duel in one book)? Or just the first half? I swear, that was the most swoon-worthy love story I've read in a while. I like your comparison of the Marquis, though. Spot on.

    And now, on to Permanent Rose. I was looking at my review of Forever Rose the other day, and I realized that I'm going to have to read it in its proper place and do a re-review of it. :) I agree: these books are basically perfect.

    I'll have to look up the two graphic novels.

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