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Post by Iure on May 17, 2006 3:31:39 GMT -5
I think I've heard of it....
A good, but somewhat difficult read: Labyrinth, by Kate Mosse. It's set in Carcassonne (France), and it switches back and forth between the 12th century and now.
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Post by Erutanie on May 17, 2006 17:02:10 GMT -5
lol...books like that confuse me. Do the main characters time travel or something?
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Post by Iure on May 18, 2006 5:29:08 GMT -5
I searched for an synopsis at waterstones/amazon:
When Dr Alice Tanner discovers two skeletons during an archaeological dig in southern France, she unearths a link with a horrific and brutal past. But it's not just the sight of the shattered bones that makes her uneasy; there's an overwhelming sense of evil in the tomb that Alice finds hard to shake off, even in the bright French sunshine. Puzzled by the words carved inside the chamber, Alice has an uneasy feeling that she has disturbed something which was meant to remain hidden... Eight hundred years ago, on the night before a brutal civil war ripped apart Languedoc, a book was entrusted to Alais, a young herbalist and healer. Although she cannot understand the symbols and diagrams the book contains, Alais knows her destiny lies in protecting their secret, at all costs. Skilfully blending the lives of two women divided by centuries but united by a common destiny, LABYRINTH is a powerful story steeped in the atmosphere and history of southern France.
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Post by Erutanie on May 18, 2006 15:23:03 GMT -5
hmmm...sounds interesting...
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Post by Iure on May 18, 2006 16:05:50 GMT -5
It is. I just love the name Alaïs....
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Post by Erutanie on May 19, 2006 15:49:21 GMT -5
I love names like that, they are so pretty.
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Post by Erutanie on Aug 15, 2006 20:07:47 GMT -5
The Bartimaus Trilogy. by Jonathan Stroud.
All three are awesome, just read them, don't ask questions, read them. NOW, QUIT READING THIS AND GO READ THEM!!
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Post by Iure on Aug 16, 2006 4:12:35 GMT -5
Before I do that, I have to yell at my library for not having those books!!!
today 4 books I ordered will arrive!! *dances away happily*
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Post by Erutanie on Aug 16, 2006 15:07:58 GMT -5
cooleo!!
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Post by Iure on Aug 17, 2006 5:34:42 GMT -5
hehe, I just typed in the YESYESYES thread, that the books arrived... lol. I started reading immediately  *flashback of delivery scene: Before the delivery guy had climbed back into his van, I was already at page 19 of the first book * |
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Post by Erutanie on Aug 17, 2006 11:06:08 GMT -5
lol....what books did you get. I notice you haven't read the Bartimaeus Trilogy yet....
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Post by Iure on Aug 17, 2006 12:10:52 GMT -5
No... *looks sad*
It were the following books:
City of Flowers, by Mary Hoffman (part three of the Stravaganza series)
The Butcher Boy, by Patrick McCabe
Reading in the dark, by Seamus Deane
Star of the Sea, by Joseph O'Connor
THe last three books are for my Irish Lit. list.
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Post by Erutanie on Aug 17, 2006 12:41:02 GMT -5
ahh...Irish lit? hmm...I'll be taking English Lit when school starts...
never heard of any of those...lol..
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Post by Iure on Aug 17, 2006 12:47:49 GMT -5
I never heard of the Irish books, either, but my teacher assured me they are good reads. edit: changed ensured to assured. Spelling isn't my forte when tired  |
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Post by Erutanie on Aug 17, 2006 15:28:54 GMT -5
((I think you mean assured...))
Usually (at least for me) the more a teacher likes a book the more boring and/or stupid it is.
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*flashback of delivery scene: Before the delivery guy had climbed back into his van, I was already at page 19 of the first book 