The irony of life is that those who wear masks often tell us more truths than those with open faces.

 

 

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Once upon a time, a girl had a father, a prince, a society of friends. Then they betrayed her, and she destroyed them all.

- Adelina Amouteru

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The Girl Who Drank the Moon by Kelly Barnhill

Review:

 

Yes. There is a witch in the woods. There has always been a witch.

- Opening lines

 

Magical babies are dangerous babies, Glerk tried to remind himself, day after day. When he wasn't cradling Luna. Or singing to Luna. Or whispering poetry into her ear as she slept.

-Chapter 5

 

A story can tell the truth, she knew, but a story can also lie. Stories can bend and twist and obfuscate. Controlling stories is power indeed.

- Chapter 38

 

Knowledge is powerful, but it is a terrible power when it is hoarded and hidden.

- Chapter 38

 

The village has always known about the witch, and about the sacrifice. Once a year, the Council of Elders takes the youngest baby and leaves it in the woods to appease the witch. But... the witch (Xan) has no idea why they leave the baby, so she takes it to the village across the forest and gives it to a loving home. Except for Luna... The witch accidentally feeds Luna moonlight (instead of the starlight she usually feeds the babies). The moonlight makes Luna magical. Luna grows up with Xan, Glerk (the swamp monster), and Fyrian (a Perfectly Tiny Dragon who thinks he is a Simply Enormous Dragon).

 

With characters like Xan, Glerk, Fyrian, and Luna, how could this story fail? The characters are amazing and the world is magical. People have been recommending this book to me all year, but I kept putting it off. I don't know why, but the cover just didn't appeal to me. Once I started reading it, I loved it. 

 

Recommended to: Grades 5 & up. Fans of magical stories or fairy tales.

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Reading progress update: I've listened 232 out of 465 minutes.

 

Jamie what are you thinking?? That trickster Peter cannot be trusted, even if he is your best friend.

 

 

 

This is a Peter Pan told from the viewpoint of Captain Hook (before he became Captain Hook) and it's quite good so far.

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Everfound - Audiobook

Review:

 

"We can lie to ourselves, saying we believe one thing, and sometimes we convince others it's true, with the hope that by convincing others, we can convince ourselves. Wars are often waged not because of what we believe, but because of the things we want others to believe."

 

Book 3 in the Skinjacker series. I love the series, the characters, the ups & downs, basically everything about it. I am now a huge fan of Neal Shusterman. This is the second series I'm reading by him and I'm now ready for the next one.

 

This book is amazing. It takes the characters on surprising and unexpected paths that end up in quite unusual ways. No characters are just plain evil or good. They all take personal journeys and look at the world in different ways. I felt for all of them at different points in the book and I cringed at their actions at other points.

 

Recommended: Grades 7 & up. Fans of fantasy or dystopian novels.

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