Reimagining of Poe's Story

Review:

 

Sometimes I feel like the world is waiting for all of us to fall ill. For all of us to fade and die.

- Chapter 3

 

This is the second book after  Masque of the Red Death. I finished it quickly. It was a good book, but nothing special. The ending was satisfying and there was plenty of action and suspense. 

 

I read Masque of the Red Death and Dance of the Red Death as if they were one book for my free space in Halloween Bingo. Honestly, it probably should have been one book, but maybe that would be too imposing (at around 600 pages) for its intended audience.

 

 

 

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Review:

No matter what creatures people fear in the dead of night, in this city, violence is more likely to be carried out by men.

- Chapter 3

 

Violence is mindless. It doesn't listen to reason.

- Chapter 9

 

Everything is in ruins. A plague decimated the population. Those who are still alive, live in fear of catching the plague. Masks that protect people from catching it are terribly expensive and most people can't afford them. Whoever controls the masks, controls the city. Araby's father invented the masks, but now Prince Prospero controls their manufacture. There are forces in the city that want to change that. Araby goes from living her life trying to avoid reality and the pain of losing her brother to being involved with dangerous forces of rebellion. Araby doesn't know who to trust; even her father has not told her the whole truth. And now, there is a worse sickness, the Red Death. 

 

This book is good, and I am reading the sequel now. I have to say that I think it should have been one book. The end of the first book didn't really solve anything at all. So, while I am counting these for my Halloween Bingo, I am waiting to finish the second book before I mark the square.

 

 

 

 

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Final book in an amazing series!

Review:

 

Government is never the solution, but it is almost always the problem.

- Chapter 21

 

The Reaper has come. And he's brought hell with him.

- Chapter 48

 

Everything grand is made from a series of ugly little moments. Everything worthwhile by hours of self-doubt and days of drudgery. All the works by people you and I admire sit atop a foundation of failures.

- Acknowledgements

 

This is a wonderful ending to an amazing series. I couldn't wait to see what would happen, but I didn't want it to end. At one point I was so upset by an event that I wanted to scream. That's a sign of a great book!

 

Recommended to:

If you enjoy reading, adventure, sci-fi, or pretty much any amazing story, try this series.

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Sweet Realistic Fiction Story

Review:

 

 

I thought, You are my earth. How will I grow up any more without you?

- Chapter 1

 

A library is a wonderful thing - all of our books combined couldn't hold a candle to the number of books a library has...

- Chapter 3

 

"Crying don't get the oil changed"

- Chapter 16

 

...that was the silver lining in the cloud. Grammy always told me to look for the good even in bad situations. It's a challenge, but pretty often you can find something if you look hard.

- Chapter 24

 

In a pack of coyotes, everyone watches out for one another: they are a team. It works that way with coyotes and cats and chickens, and I think it ought to work that way with people too.

- Chapter 28

 

 

This is a sweet story about a young girl whose family moves from North Carolina to New York state. She has been home-schooled for her whole life so far and when her parents decide she should go to school, she is scared. She doesn't want to go. She dreads the bus, the other students, sitting in school all day... But, she finds something at school that she never had before... a best friend. 

 

Young girls will love this sweet story about friendship, dealing with change, and discovering who you are.

 

Recommended to:

Grades 3 - 5, fans of realistic fiction.

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Reading progress update: I've read 109 out of 319 pages.

 

 

The girl's grief is a mindless, crushing thing, and somehow I feel it, even though I am supposed to be numb.

- Chapter 1

 

I am not the person I was this morning. I am beautiful, fake, shallow, incognito.

- Chapter 1

 

Violence is mindless. It doesn't listen to reason.

- Chapter 9

 

I am not sure about this one yet. It isn't bad though.

 

 

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