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He ventures into a very strange house that leads to a new world | strange house | neutral | 0 |
They are also both seniors in high school | high school | neutral | 0 |
I don't really care for McDermid's other running characters, but I love the dynamics between Tony Hill and Carol Jordan | Tony Hill | positive | 0 |
An asthmatic seventh grade boy, Arthur Penhaligan, is the hero for this seven book fantasy | fantasy | neutral | 0 |
These creatures, called Fetchers bring a terrible disease called the "Sleepy Pluage", which after afew symtoms like having a cold, puts the infected people to sleep- literally- they fall asleep, and can't be woken up! Aurther is particually sensitive to this outbreak beacuse he is adopted{his birth parents died in a flu outbreak when he was a baby} | Sleepy Pluage | neutral | 0 |
This key enables him to fight off the dog-faced Fetchers that are searching his school for him, and then get into the mysterious House he alone seems to be able to see in order to find a cure for the Sleepy Plague the Fetchers seem to have started | dog-faced Fetchers | 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! | fratricide | neutral | 0 |
Noon was about to fight Arthur with his Flame Sword | Noon | neutral | 0 |
Based on historical fact, WINSTON'S WAR is a solid and absorbing fictional rendition of the leadership struggle between Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain and Winston Churchill between October 1, 1938 and May 10, 1940 | WINSTON'S WAR | neutral | 0 |
Suzy, although a secondary character, is brave and resourceful as well as funny, and without her, Arthur probably would not have survived his first hour in the House | Arthur | neutral | 0 |
"Indians sometimes called early spring - March - 'the cactus moon' because food was scarce, and this plant was often the only available vegetable food | the cactus moon | neutral | 0 |
It had a good story plot | story plot | positive | 0 |
This book is terrific and I loved it! Could it be this writer is selling more books than her? It''s a thought | writer | positive | 0 |
It's the best, most usable book on desert edibles I've ever read or owned | desert edibles | neutral | 0 |
Val McDermid continues her 'Hill and Jordan' series with an entertaining story that combines a dangerous undercover assignment with an investigation of a serial killer, each of which leaves Tony and Carol on the verge of death! | Carol | neutral | 0 |
Arthur has been chosen by the Will to become Heir to the Kingdom and set right the corruption that is destroying management of the realm | the Will | neutral | 0 |
Anyone who has read Nix before, or anyone who hasn't, read this! Be prepared for a journey of a lifetime crammed into one day | Nix | neutral | 0 |
I found this a good book from a good author | author | positive | 0 |
Carol is offered the bone of a possible promotion if she would agree to an undercover assignment | Carol | neutral | 0 |
The novel creeps along at a good pace, and the whole time there lingers the mixing tastes of a crime novel, a psychological thriller, and speculative fiction | crime novel | neutral | 0 |
Arthur then got better and ran out of the hospital heading for the House | Arthur | neutral | 0 |
He fights many battles, and also meets a friend on the way, in the end he stops Monday and saves everyone | Monday | neutral | 0 |
if you don't read this book then you will never read a book that has sadness, badness, goodnes, and lotsof other things, all mixed together | badness | neutral | 0 |
The handling of the parallel world, the Will, Sneezer, and the Key and Atlas are all wonderfully woven together, not to mention the characters of Dawn, Dusk, Noon for each day, and so on | parallel world | neutral | 0 |
A rich stew of surreal Alice in Wonderland-type imagery and characters, elements reminiscent of myths, an alternate universe, endless hair's breadth escapes, grisly horror, and mystery, Keys to the Kingdom never lags | type imagery | neutral | 0 |
There is quite a bit of brutal reality and a rape too terrible to even think about, but Val McDermid has created characters and a story that I just couldn't put down | brutal reality | neutral | 0 |
She spends a great deal of time focusing on the upper classes, whether royalty, celebrities, politicians or CEOs | CEOs | neutral | 0 |
Finally we saw the perfect murderer, who did not do anything to be found guilty of murder | murder | neutral | 0 |
Can Angela stop Diabola before its too late? Or will Diabola destroy the city? Read Angela and Diabola, by Lynn Reid Banks and find out! | Angela and Diabola | neutral | 0 |
Read the book to find out what happens!! I liked the book because it was about teenagers so I felt I could relate to the story | teenagers | positive | 0 |
It's in the minor details with which Dobbs fleshes out the story of Chamberlain's fall and the rise of his nemesis, Churchill, to an epic 685 paper-backed pages (UK HarperCollins edition) | Chamberlain | negative | 0 |
MISTER MONDAY is the first in a new series by Garth Nix, author of THE SEVENTH TOWER | MISTER MONDAY | neutral | 0 |
The assignment concerns getting to know and possibly date a criminal in Germany who imports illegal immigrants from Asia, as well as, drugs | criminal | neutral | 0 |
The Will gives him instructions on how to get the Greater Key (shaped like the hour hand on a clock) from Mister Monday and become Master of the Lower House | Mister Monday | neutral | 0 |
Award (see THE STRAW MEN) as this action-packed thriller filled with twists will keep readers on the edge throughout | thriller | neutral | 0 |
Angela and Diabola is a great book and I would recommend it to anyone who likes a funny novel | novel | positive | 0 |
Their task was to take over the supervision of our world (or `The Secondary Realms') from the creator - the Architect, who left Her instructions written in a Will, to be carried out accordingly | Secondary Realms | neutral | 0 |
The handling of the parallel world, the Will, Sneezer, and the Key and Atlas are all wonderfully woven together, not to mention the characters of Dawn, Dusk, Noon for each day, and so on | Dusk | positive | 0 |
Liz and Sean seem to be a smooth and sophisticated senior high school couple | Liz | neutral | 0 |
I felt like Liz was a friend of mine, kind of like I was Maggie | Maggie | positive | 0 |
Each book focuses on two stories -- a main investigation involving a psychopath and a secondary case that is generally no less compelling, while also following the relationship that develops between the two protagonists | main investigation | neutral | 0 |
As such, the serial killer nit about the psychologists getting killed seems underdeveloped and at times just incidental | psychologists | neutral | 0 |
Other people are The Franklins, The Luttrells who are the owners of the hotel, Mr | The Luttrells | neutral | 0 |
Dark fantasy writer Garth Nix expanded his readership with his excellent "Seventh Tower" series, an original and much-publicized fantasy work | Garth Nix | neutral | 0 |
This book shows the struggle of a family that has been blessed and been punished | struggle of a family | neutral | 0 |
I have never (so far) read a Garth Nix book that doesn't re-inspire me to read more books | Garth Nix | positive | 0 |
Dog-faced men, the Will, the Nightsweeper, and thousands more | the Will | neutral | 0 |
He has a slim chance in the form of a 75-year-old parrot who may know the real killer | killer | neutral | 0 |
The Will is going to find a way, and that way is Arthur | Will | neutral | 0 |
This was a great book, which really pulls the reader in! Nix has done a great job with the adventure aspect of the novel, and there are many fantastic (if fantastically evil) creatures, described in detail in their essence and physical aspects included | adventure | positive | 0 |
Cuthertston-Jones gives birth to twins with completly different personalities, one of the twins was born an angel and was named Angela where as her twin sister was born a devil and was named Diabola | Diabola | negative | 0 |
While Nix creates some unique characters and a fairly interesting hierarchy within the House, it falls flat on its face because the characters are underutilized and not given enough time and attention to mature | House | neutral | 0 |
From there, the topics of sex and abuse, divorce and value are thoroughly portrayed | value | neutral | 0 |
But the ailing surgeon presses onward--and begins a simultaneous journey into the past | journey into the past | neutral | 0 |
MISTER MONDAY is the first in a new series by Garth Nix, author of THE SEVENTH TOWER | Garth Nix | neutral | 0 |
Just when things are getting way out of control Angela and Diabola start to balance themselves | Angela | neutral | 0 |
This novel also has numerous characters and several storylines that at first seem unrelated, but which eventually intersect | storylines | neutral | 0 |
Now he expands further, in a darker, grittier, more realistic fantasy set in our world, where a confused young boy has to escape dark forces that want to use him for their own ends -- or kill him | fantasy | positive | 0 |
The Will, both in frog and human form, is wonderfully quirky and cranky, and even Mister Monday turns out not to be irredeemable | Will | positive | 0 |
I looked him up to see if he had written anything else and was excited to pick up a copy of 'The Intruders', but how quickly that feeling waned once I started reading | The Intruders | neutral | 0 |
Although I liked the concept of this book, I found Arthur's overall journey to be a bit too contrived and that he is led where he goes simply because the author placed him on that path and not because it was the pull of the character leading us on his story | Arthur | negative | 0 |
this is one of the best books i have ever read! garth nix is amazing at making Arthur, Suzy, Monday, the Will, Dawn, Noon, and Dusk all come to life | the Will | neutral | 0 |
Monday sends his fetchers to retrieve the key but Arthur doesn't let them | Arthur | neutral | 0 |
"Mr Keay explores literature (such as the Ramayana), the leftovers of earlier civilisation (such as coins), architecture (Buddhist, Hindu and Moslem), and paintings | Buddhist | neutral | 0 |
I liked it when Dybo pushed miss Mursles off the climbing frame without any clothes on! Angela and Diabola is a great book for all ages because it is not violent but it is extra funny | miss Mursles | neutral | 0 |
I thought the writing skills of the author were good, but the storytelling skills were not | author | neutral | 0 |
Kobler shows all the complexities of Al Capone, He may have evil traits, but a very real human came through in Kobler's biography | Al Capone | neutral | 0 |
I sort of maybe guessed that her "friends" were accompanying Liz to have an abortion (didn't occur to me whether it was legal or not; I may not have even been aware of the issue of legality) | Liz | neutral | 0 |
These creatures, called Fetchers bring a terrible disease called the "Sleepy Pluage", which after afew symtoms like having a cold, puts the infected people to sleep- literally- they fall asleep, and can't be woken up! Aurther is particually sensitive to this outbreak beacuse he is adopted{his birth parents died in a flu outbreak when he was a baby} | Sleepy Pluage | neutral | 0 |
This newest offering, "Last Temptation", is a very good tale, but is definitely not for those readers who prefer to avoid the grisly details of murders, in this case those of a serial killer | Last Temptation | neutral | 0 |
Marshall (who writes under several pen names, though is mostly known for the Straw Men trilogy) alternates between the stories a violent murder mystery, the ramblings of an over rational paranoid ex-cop whose wife may be missing, and the disappearance of a haunted little girl who acts nothing like a girl | murder | neutral | 0 |
Monday and his creepy butler, who leave him with a Key shaped like a minute hand and a little book with dancing letters | Monday | neutral | 0 |
Mister Monday is one book you will not put down | Mister Monday | neutral | 0 |
Two storyline threads interweave themselves into this compelling plot | plot | positive | 0 |
This is a well-written, researched, and balanced look at what marriage means now, not just wife | marriage | neutral | 0 |
Kingston's book not only focuses on the upper echelons, but the most extreme marraiges | upper echelons | neutral | 0 |
Boryk's book is much more easily absorbed than Tseitlin & Glaskov's, Budapest for the Tournament Player, with its head-spinning variations and transpositions | Boryk | neutral | 0 |
I wonder if Agatha Christie decided to kill off Poirot because she knew she could never write anything better than this | Agatha Christie | neutral | 0 |
because the Will tricked Mister Monday into giving the key to Arthur, Noon | Arthur | neutral | 0 |
Arthur is desperate and so ventures into "The House" where the answers seems to lie | The House | neutral | 0 |
" Arthur has already saved my world from the Sleepy Plague and I'm not particularly taken with the rest of Nix's mixed-up Universe | Nix | neutral | 0 |
Next recipe: cholla buds and squash | cholla buds | neutral | 0 |
She gives more power and validity to pop-culture than it deserves and puts a negative spin on happy, non-harmful traditions | non-harmful traditions | negative | 0 |
Mister Monday takes place on a Monday(make sense) when Arthur our "Hero" happens to become the heir to a will that was divided a century or so ago by the "Morrow Days," which are the days of the week,a nd they operate in the "Secondary Realms" only on the day in which they are named | Arthur | neutral | 0 |
I love Garth Nix's books but I did find Mr | Garth Nix | positive | 0 |
This vibrantly illustrated and informative guide offers fans up-to-the-minute reporting on the 1995-96 season, superstar and team histories, stats, and more | superstar | neutral | 0 |
The main character, Arthur is flawed and that is what makes him the "chosen" one for the Keys to the Kingdom | Arthur | negative | 0 |
Slightly more relevant, but still mildly tedious, was the dysfunctional relationship between Brendan Bracken, Churchill's closest confidant, and Kennedy's niece, Anna Fitzgerald | Anna Fitzgerald | neutral | 0 |
A must read for fans of subtlety in general, though anyone who enjoys a good dark mystery will find what he or she is looking for here | dark mystery | 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 | World War II | neutral | 0 |
Levi describes how the market followed classical economic laws | Levi | neutral | 0 |
However, the first part of the Will, which is a living entity, has escaped and engineered the transfer of part of Monday's Key (the minute hand) into the possession of a mortal, Arthur, who is now the Architect's Heir | Arthur | neutral | 0 |
Perhaps Dobbs perceived a need to include Carol, Sue and Anna to make it less of a Guy Read | Sue | neutral | 0 |
With them they bring the sleepy plague that begins to overtake Arthur's homeland | Arthur | neutral | 0 |
After reading nearly 30 novels, Poirot had been a part of life | Poirot | neutral | 0 |
Val McDermid is a top-class crime writer - she rarely fails to deliver and I am pleased to say, this book is great | Val McDermid | positive | 0 |
Going through the weird house to reach Mister Monday's dayroom isn't easy, but after many trials and some help from a girl named Suzy, Arthur manages to do so | Suzy | neutral | 0 |
So, here it all is in "Mister Monday | Mister Monday | neutral | 0 |
I liked the book for the most part but I think that the author could have put in more about Angela | author | neutral | 0 |
Cuthbertson-Jones leaves his wife to handle the twins | Cuthbertson-Jones | neutral | 0 |