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Library of Souls by Ransom Riggs

My rating: 5 of 5 stars


I had remembered this book as having pacing problems or some other issue that made me like it less than the first two books. Happily I remembered incorrectly; I mean, I definitely didn't like it as well on the first read, but darned if I know why now. It's just as tightly plotted and well paced as the first two. The characterization is good and stays on the trajectory set by the previous installments. I'm not sure what my initial deal was.

I don't want to give away any of the book's secrets, but many disparate threads from the previous two come together in very satisfying ways. And I absolutely love the ending. It would have been a wonderful stopping place, but I'm glad there's a fourth volume.

I'm about to start the fourth book for the first time, and I hope I like it as well as the first three.



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( children's book roundup for October )

1.

Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs

My rating: 5 of 5 stars


I absolutely love the conceit of this book--here are these weird photographs and an explanation for them that involves peculiar children and time loops and evil monsters on the rampage. I feel like the subsequent books don't ever quite capture how tightly written and plotted this first book is; this beginning novel is just so well done. I really like Jacob's narrative voice and the way the mystery unfolds. I'm looking forward to re-reading the next books.



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2. Oh, man. I got glutened somehow. I mean, that's the risk I take not keeping a totally gluten free house, but I had forgotten how wretched it feels. I've only been glutened a couple of times in the house since I went gluten free, so mostly it's fine, but I must have gotten a crumb or something at some point.
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3. I ran 1.25 miles today. I am coming to the conclusion that doctors are probably not going to be able to figure out why I'm so tired all the time and that this is now my normal and that I can't let it rule my life. I want to run, and I'm just going to have to do it whether I'm tired or not. Because I'm going to be tired. The end. *sigh*

4. I signed up for Yuletide! I'm already bookmarking letters for potential treats. I am so stoked. I can't wait to get my assignment.

5. I graded and left extensive feedback on two classes worth of 1101 essays in a little less than 26 hours, and several of those fuckers had gotten all inspired and written close to 2000 words! I am an English professor goddess! Worship me with tea and elegant paper goods!

Thank you all for your condolences about Electra. They have really helped me to cope. I treasure all your comments. *hugs*

I finished reading ( Hollow City )

Now, I'm starting on the Fionavar Tapestry. Somebody (I think Henrycat, maybe) loaned me the trilogy, and I started reading the first one and didn't finish it for some reason. After that, I'm going to read Garth Nix's Old Kingdom trilogy.