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I thought that ANGELA AND DIABOLA by Lynn Reid Banks was a good and funny book, because at some parts it makes me laugh and at others it's very exciting | Lynn Reid Banks | neutral | 0 |
During this attack, A strangfe man named Mister Monday comes, and is tricked into giving Aurther a minute hand shaped "key"- which is what they called it | Aurther | neutral | 0 |
Despite its cover 'Turbulent Priests' has little to do with bedraggled young women who smoke | Turbulent Priests | neutral | 0 |
I picked this book up in Bangkok as I was browsing through a second hand book store, and didn't expect much until I read that this was a novel by the guy who wrote House of Cards, To Play the King and The Final Cut | guy | positive | 0 |
My favorite secton or scene was when mister monday & Sneezer first appeared | Sneezer | neutral | 0 |
It might be an entertaining point of discussion with a child 12 or older, but it's too dark for younger ones, unless you're ready to talk about true evil, adult motivations, supernatural forces, and fratricide! | supernatural forces | neutral | 0 |
The Will tells Aurther that to find this cure, he has to defeat Mister Monday, using the Minute Hand key, and claim Mondays half of the key {the Hour Hand}which will then bind with the Minute Hand to become the first and leat Key to the Kingdom | Hour Hand | neutral | 0 |
Nicky decides to give the two kittens to the very same (two young girls) friends who were admiring them | kittens | neutral | 0 |
These two men spend the rest of the book chasing Arthur through a sort of Victorian workers' hell, trying to get him to return the Key (the minute hand) to Mr | Key | neutral | 0 |
This is a thought-provoking look at the history of how wives are perceived(and yes, let's take our blinders off people, because in one way or another, pop culture affects how we define ourselves, and it sure as heck is affecting our children!) | wives | positive | 0 |
Mister Monday is the first book of The Keys to the Kingdom by Garth Nix | Garth Nix | neutral | 0 |
Taking David Hume as a prime example, Gellner shows that the scientific, empiricist thought of the Enlightenment abandoned the angel/beast dichotomy | Enlightenment | neutral | 0 |
Agriculture - beans, chili, corn, etc | Agriculture | neutral | 0 |
Nix also uses a fantasy theme that we have all seen in the movies: interdimensional travel | Nix | neutral | 0 |
As soon as Aurther holds this key, he finds that he can breathe, and he doesn't die the death that he was meant to die | key | neutral | 0 |
A giant House has appeared on the block that only Arthur can see, and ugly dog-faced men in bowler hats are coming after him | Arthur | neutral | 0 |
From a bestselling novelist with an unrivalled insight into the workings of power comes a compelling new novel exploring Winston Churchill's remarkable journey from the wilderness to No 10 Downing Street at the beginning of World War II | novelist | positive | 0 |
I was kind of expecting Leaf to be with Arthur through the book as a sidekick, but I liked Suzy just as well | Arthur | neutral | 0 |
Lynn Ried Banks twists good and evil into a compelling novel that 9 year olds and up will enjoy | Lynn Ried Banks | neutral | 0 |
Khajuraho is a case in point, where the erotic nature of much of the adorned temples was a real shock to early explorers | explorers | neutral | 0 |
The book also discusses wifely history, and of great concern to me these days, what women and men are doing about The Name Problem | The Name Problem | neutral | 0 |
He's created a multi-layered thriller involving a likeable protagonist plus a host of remarkable satellite characters who make you cringe & groan with curiosity & anticipation | protagonist | positive | 0 |
here he must reclaim the house from the sinister morrow days mister monday, grim tuesday, drowned wednesday, sir thursday, lady friday, supirior saturday, and lord sunday | sir thursday | negative | 0 |
Mister Monday is about a young boy named Arthur Penhaligon who must save his world from a plague but must go through the biggest dangers that he must overcome in another realm | Mister Monday | neutral | 0 |
I suggest this book to people who love mysterys and adventure | adventure | positive | 0 |
this book is about a twelve year old boy named Aurther Penheligon who lost his parents in the outbreak of the flu | Aurther Penheligon | neutral | 0 |
Arthur knows he has to find a cure for it | cure | neutral | 0 |
It has picture of different bugs and animal and asks "Which is smallest? Which is the biggest? Although it is without a plot, the book has great pictures, and would be excellent for a short bed time story | animal | neutral | 0 |
After that, Arthur met Noon again with his brother and sister, Dawn and | Dawn | neutral | 0 |
It's a pleasure to see Garth Nix's Keys To The Kingdom: Mister Monday in affordable paperback, presenting the first book in the series for a new generation of readers in an affordable paper format | Garth Nix | neutral | 0 |
The book has lots of interesting magic, blue-and-yellow-striped dinosaurs, an angry old man who is chained to a gigantic clock, and a pair of truly macabre creatures who gouge out the old man's eyes every day at 12 o'clock | dinosaurs | positive | 0 |
Instead she is sent into deep undercover to bring down a notorious criminal named Tadeusz Radecki and his right hand man Darko Krasic, who are based in Germany | Tadeusz Radecki | negative | 0 |
Forced to go on a cross-country run - even though he has severe asthma - Arthur soon finds himself lagging behind, and eventually collapses on the lawn | asthma | neutral | 0 |
But the tale of The Intruders truly begins when Jack Whalen, a former cop with a troubled past who has of late become an accidental author of sorts, gets an out-of-the-blue visit from Gary Fisher, a high school classmate he hasn't seen in two decades, and one to whom he was only mildly acquainted -- making the seemingly impromptu reunion even more suspicious to a been-there-done-that kind of guy like Jack | tale | neutral | 0 |
In the House, Arthur encounters Suzy Turquoise Blue, a cheeky Cockney girl from the 17th century of his own world and one of the "Piper's Children"; the personified Will itself in the form of a tiny frog with a penchant for jumping down people's throats; the "Old One," whose identity should be obvious to anyone with an interest in classical mythology, and assorted other Denizens | Old One | neutral | 0 |
Arthur Penhaligon is a boy weakened by asthma and in having to live in the shadow of a very successful family | Arthur Penhaligon | neutral | 0 |
It truly gives honor to all Native Women and the traditions and culture that makes them so rich and alive | Native Women | positive | 0 |
Okay, it's about these two twins, Angela and Diabola | twins | neutral | 0 |
ANyway, the book was action packed and very fast paced | action | neutral | 0 |
Both of them work with local cops, Jordan with Petra Becker in Germany, and Hill with Brigadier Marijke van Hasselt from Holland | Hill | neutral | 0 |
So Arthur has asthma VERY severely in fact and almost dies, but survive because Mr | asthma | neutral | 0 |
Aurther has heavy asthma, which places him in the hospital quite often | asthma | negative | 0 |
At the end of the story, you will know the characters so well, you will wish there was a sequel! | characters | positive | 0 |
Marshall Smith's usual themes, concerns and metaphors are present but have been refined to the point of grand eloquence and this time around have been coupled with a use of imagery which puts this on a par with so-called literary fiction: architecture becomes symbolic of the human psyche and old unrepaired radios haunt living spaces like the regrets that we all carry with us | fiction | positive | 0 |
Among those are the army of doglike and winged creatures, all dressed in attire befitting a civilization one hundred and fifty years ago | winged creatures | neutral | 0 |
Then there was a big fire that Noon started trying to get the key | big fire | neutral | 0 |
The psychoanalytic movement went on to become one of the major movements in the 20th century | psychoanalytic movement | positive | 0 |
The Intruders is a tale that will appeal to readers who want an engrossing thriller with other-worldly tones | thriller | positive | 0 |
This thought races through Arthur's mind as he saves the world in Mister Monday | Mister Monday | neutral | 0 |
But it doesn't work as Mister Monday intended, for with the key in his hand Arthur can breathe as though he has never had asthma | Arthur | neutral | 0 |
She was able to show all sides of a debate in each chapter, and then resolved with solutions that make the reader think, "Now why didn't I think of that | debate | positive | 0 |
It says that he is the rightfull heir to the kingdom{the House} but all Aurther wants is a cure to the Sleepy Plauge | House | neutral | 0 |
It's an asthma attack that almost kills him, but he is saved through the efforts of a small piece of a Will and a key shaped like the minute hand of a clock | key | neutral | 0 |
Fisher, now a lawyer teetering precariously on the brink of something he himself is struggling to understand, has ostensibly come to ask for Jack's opinion on an estate case he's handling, owing to Jack's past in law enforcement and their connection as former classmates | Fisher | negative | 0 |
My only complaint is that Garth Nix takes about a year for every book he writes and that's a long time to wait | Garth Nix | neutral | 0 |
What then would happen if everyone learned the central lesson of Gellner's book -- that deception, dishonesty, and manipulation are at the heart not only of the psychoanalytic movement but of nearly all forms of social authority? | dishonesty | negative | 0 |
It often gets muddled with overwhelming imagery, perhaps to make up for a lack of plot from time to time | plot | negative | 0 |
A ngela becomes really emotional when her dad sends her letters | A ngela | neutral | 0 |
It's a good story about friendship as well as true love | story | positive | 0 |
a great dark read for dark fantasy people | fantasy | positive | 0 |
Jack agrees to take the case, but when he calls his wife who is in Seattle on business, the hotel desk clerk says she has not checked in and she fails to answer her cell phone | Jack | neutral | 0 |
But having said that, this is a good read and a great adventure story that features some extraordinary people | adventure story | positive | 0 |
When finished, you will be so familiar with these characters, you will wish their was a second book! | characters | positive | 0 |
Both the complexity of the plot and the at times nightmare-like imagery may keep this from being a book for fifth grade and under, unless a child in these years is looking to be challenged and a little frightened | plot | neutral | 0 |
Also I thought it was really cool with the house, the way it was described I like it a lot | house | positive | 0 |
The key makes it possible for Arthur to live through a brutal asthma attack on the first day at this new school | Arthur | neutral | 0 |
Her writing continues to soar above most of her peers, and the relationship between the two protagonists keeps the reader coming back for book after book | relationship | positive | 0 |
This book is about a boy named, Arthur, who recieves a key and an atlas from a mysterious man named Mister Monday | Mister Monday | neutral | 0 |
Arthur Penhaligon has asthma | Arthur Penhaligon | neutral | 0 |
It expresses many problems that teens face today like dating, sex, teenage pregnancy, and many others | teenage pregnancy | neutral | 0 |
In the end Arthur defeats Mister Monday and saves the lower house, but there are more days of the week to be stopped | Mister Monday | negative | 0 |
I loved the chapter: Diabola develops new skills | Diabola | neutral | 0 |
I suppose that's not Zindel's fault, but I do expect a fiction author to be able to cause the reader to feel what the characters are feeling, or sympathize with their situations | Zindel | negative | 0 |
I loved it because Diabola asking for money and sending away those 2 people with the invisibe gun that shot 1 of them away | Diabola | neutral | 0 |
Ernest Gellner stigmatizes Freudianism as a secular religion, where the Unconscious (a new version of the Original Sin) is treated as a Revelation, with a sharp distinction between the sacred (those under analysis) and the profane, between the good (the true believers) and the bad, and where reason must be suspended | Freudianism | neutral | 0 |
After that Diabola starts acting even more diabolic | Diabola | negative | 0 |
The characters are very interesting, deeply drawn and the relationship between the "good" twin (Angela) & "bad" twin (Diabola) is complex & rich | Angela | positive | 0 |
Liz and Sean are very into each other, but Sean keeps pushing the issue with whether or not they are going to "do it | Liz | neutral | 0 |
it is the best horror/action/adventure book i haver ever read | adventure | neutral | 0 |
While at The Deep Coal Center Arthur met the Old One and | Deep Coal Center | neutral | 0 |
Arthur uses the key to enter into a mysterious house (that only he can see) in hopes of finding a cure | mysterious house | neutral | 0 |
These books are labeled, "Children Fantasy", but contains many references to myths and ideas that I believe are beyond a normal 9 year's old pool of knowledge | myths | neutral | 0 |
My favorite part was when Arthur and NOon both had swords | NOon | neutral | 0 |
The lawyer says he tracked Jack from his book and would like Jack to investigate the brutal murders of thirty-seven year old Gina Anderson and her son Joshua in their Seattle home; the house was trashed and the husband a lecturer at the nearby community college vanished | lawyer | neutral | 0 |
I don't have anything that comes to mind other than this wasn't a hugely character driven story but more plot driven and setting driven in my mind | plot | positive | 0 |
Mister Monday is the first book of The Keys to the Kingdom by Garth Nix | Mister Monday | neutral | 0 |
For example, when Arthur is in an elevator with the "Will" and Suzy Turquoise Blue, (They are going to the 379th floor, so they have the time) Garth Nix explained everything about the plague Arthur wants to cure | Garth Nix | neutral | 0 |
Capone was not a member of the Mafia group, but he knew their main leaders | Capone | neutral | 0 |
A villain, his messenger with blood stained wings, and an army of dog faced creatures will do anything to get the key back, even if it means destroying Arthur and everything that surrounds him | key | neutral | 0 |
This mysterious novel is about a boy called Arthur Penhaligon who is not supposed to be a hero; he is in fact, supposed to die an early death | Arthur Penhaligon | neutral | 0 |
The way they were introduced led me to believe that they'd play a much bigger role, as would Arthur's world, neither of which happened | Arthur | neutral | 0 |
Plus there are ever present characters of Monday's army, such as Dawn, Noon, and Dusk | Noon | neutral | 0 |
Lynnee Reid Banks (the author) is an excellent writer and the story is understandable, because I understanded when I was 8 | Lynnee Reid Banks | positive | 0 |
When Liz and her boyfriend Sean decide to hook up Maggie with his friend Dennis, the blind date is as incredibly awkward as they come | blind date | negative | 0 |
Once inside the house, he finds obstacles, a friend to help him, and a fragment of the Will which states how everything should be run in the house and the Secondary Realms, in which his house is | house | neutral | 0 |
One day, he is handed the Key and the Atlas, and the fate of his world falls on his shoulders, as a fatal plague sweeps the area | fatal plague | neutral | 0 |
Kingston does a great job of weaving together pop culture and history, and she's a fun writer | pop culture | positive | 0 |
The novel is full of conversation, and as for action you'll have to settle for walks through the garden of Buckingham Palace with Lord Halifax, and King George VI (who, we find out, was so tongue tied that it was difficult for him to make clear statements) | King George VI | neutral | 0 |
But when a fight emerges between the two figures - Mister Monday and Sneezer - they both disappear without any further regard to Arthur | Sneezer | neutral | 0 |
The writing also starts to improve with this book and the secondary protagonists, two female, European police officers who develop a long-term relationship with each other, are the best of any of the books | long-term relationship | neutral | 0 |