Nicola reads anytime, anywhere!
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87% (180 of 208)
Nickname: lilelizajane
Location: Ontario, Canada
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A Bookaholic, Conservative, Catholic, Aspie, who reads whenever she has an extra minute. These are the ramblings about the books she reads and the books she reads aloud to her Autistic 9yo. She loves reading classics, newly published books and everything inbetween. Even though she may go through stages of certain "genre love" and often gets caught up in reading ARCs, we think you'll find she reads… Read moreA Bookaholic, Conservative, Catholic, Aspie, who reads whenever she has an extra minute. These are the ramblings about the books she reads and the books she reads aloud to her Autistic 9yo. She loves reading classics, newly published books and everything inbetween. Even though she may go through stages of certain "genre love" and often gets caught up in reading ARCs, we think you'll find she reads a wide variety of different types of books.
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Reviewer Rank: 58 - Total Helpful Votes: 180 of 208
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Constance is a horrid little girl with a huge kitty. Her parents decide to take her to a boarding school for troublesome children and Constance hits upon a plan to get sent back home. The artwork in this book is gorgeous in what I guess is called a Goth style. Other than that though the book has rather a pointless plot: how to be a nasty kid; how to trick grown-ups into thinking you are good. I'm reading it as a Cybils nominee in the graphic novels category and it's simple one panel per page style is more reminiscent of a picture book, but it's appearance is more like an easy reader only the vocabulary is a bit high to classify it as such. Kid's are sure to enjoy the book, but there are so… Read more
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The first in a trilogy, this gorgeously illustrated fantasy introduces how three boys meet Rebecca and end up finding a door to another world through an old movie projector in an empty old house. Being the first book, we meet all the characters, are given enough backstory, some foreshadowing and a cliffhanger ending. Following the format of the traditional graphic novel/comic serial, this is a great book for younger ages to get started on a graphic fantasy series. Four very enjoyable main characters and an intriguing plot has me dying to know what happens next. Fortunately the other two books have also been released in English all at the same time.
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Reason for Reading: Next in the series. Read aloud to the 9yo.
Summary: The RSPCA receive a messenger bat that tells them the trolls are in trouble and Dr. Fielding, Orson, Ulf and Tiana set out to investigate. Once there they find that someone has set up an elaborate enclosure full of mechanical traps for a beast hunter's ultimate hunting weekend getaway. The three meet a new friend and set out to save the beasts.
Comments: This is definitely my favourite book in the series so far. So as not to keep repeating the same template book after book of having Baron Marackai plotting against the RSPCA the authors have gone in a different direction. Here we have the Baron… Read more
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