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This is as imaginative as writing can get | writing | positive | 0 |
Lady Agatha takes us back to Styles Court, where we first met the little Belgian man with the egg shaped head | Belgian man | neutral | 0 |
This book shows the struggle of a family that has been blessed and been punished | struggle of a family | neutral | 0 |
Arthur is suspended between many betrayals, and has many things like "Trust the Will" and then "Don't trust the Will" told to him, and is constantly hunted by the lazy mister monday and his Noon (Right hand man), Dawn (Left hand woman) and constantly helped by Mondays Dusk, the final of the trio of the day (You may have guessed Mister Monday can only come to earth on monday, his dawn can only come from 12:01 AM-1:00 AM, Noon can only come from 12:00 PM-1:00 PM, and finaly dusk can come from 11:00 PM-12:00 AM) | Arthur | neutral | 0 |
Dr Tony Hill and DCI Jordan are back - hurrah! Tony Hill is the profiler who has retired to a backwater university to lick his wounds after the traumatising experiences he has suffered in the past | Tony Hill | neutral | 1 |
I have to say, I haven't read anything yet by Garth Nix that I didn't enjoy, but Mister Monday is by far my favorite | Mister Monday | neutral | 0 |
Garth Nix did a great job, and I can't wait to read Grim Tuesday, the next book in the Keys to the Kingdom series! | Garth Nix | positive | 0 |
Soon all three scenarios will connect at the heart of Jack's soul | Jack | neutral | 0 |
The Intruders is no different in this regard, but that's why its so much fun to read! If you like to be mentally twisted up in a book, Marshall's writing will accomodate you | Marshall | positive | 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} | Fetchers | neutral | 0 |
And so he takes the matter on to his own hands, although knowing that no crime can go unpunished | crime | neutral | 0 |
the end really confused me i thought liz would end up with sean and maggie would end up with dennis | dennis | 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 |
a great dark read for dark fantasy people | fantasy | positive | 0 |
After her brief meeting with this man, Madison starts blacking out and having odd feelings | Madison | neutral | 0 |
Talk about going out with a bang! The whole book is one big deceit, and Poirot is the biggest deceiver of all | Poirot | negative | 0 |
This book is well written and extremely intrigueing,as I found; once I started it, I couldn't put it down! It rocks!Garth Nix has a way with words | Garth Nix | positive | 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 |
Throughout the book the narrative switches between Maggie and her tentative relationship with Dennis and Liz's problems with Sean | Liz | neutral | 0 |
The plot is well-paced, gripping and full of surprising twists and turns | plot | positive | 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 |
It is a great book for children ages 10-13 and Garth Nix creates a captivating and exciting world | book | positive | 0 |
The kindergarten group that I read this book to really enjoyed it, I had to read it more than once to them! | kindergarten group | positive | 0 |
And then they leave, when Arthur touches the key he feels better | Arthur | neutral | 0 |
Then, Aurther notices a strange house that only he can see | strange house | neutral | 0 |
Then, a mysteriuos man called mister Monday gives him a key, with the thought that he would die any second | key | neutral | 0 |
"Class Trip" was definitly one of my favorite books ever, and most likely will always be one | Class Trip | neutral | 0 |
Lewis, is a meticulous, informative and enjoyable resource for study and general reference | resource for study | positive | 0 |
Grown ups and kids will be hooked from the get go | Grown ups | positive | 0 |
So I would say that if you are willing to compose a story to go along with the pictures you can use this book to successfully teach your children about relative size | relative size | neutral | 0 |
My only comments are "Do we really need the Ed and Leaf characters?" and "Why's the guy in Ancient Greece speaking English?" Ed and Leaf may be useful throughout later books in the series, but the Greek guy seems to have been a boo-boo | Ed | neutral | 0 |
Now Arthur starts to see things that he had never seen before, and must make it into Monday's postern to get to the house, grab the Hour hand to complete the key and take over 1/7 th of the houses power | Arthur | neutral | 0 |
I love the part where Diabola is throwing the chicken pieces! I liked Angela's name, though | Angela | neutral | 0 |
Mister Monday tells the story of young Arthur Penhaligon's attempt to save the world, or at least his community and family, from a deadly virus | Mister Monday | neutral | 0 |
Dr Tony Hill and DCI Jordan are back - hurrah! Tony Hill is the profiler who has retired to a backwater university to lick his wounds after the traumatising experiences he has suffered in the past | Dr Tony Hill | positive | 0 |
I would definitely recommend this book to People in 6th-9th grade | book | positive | 0 |
It takes about two chapters or so before the reader adjusts to the insane style | style | negative | 0 |
Arthur now becomes the target of increasingly frightening attacks by mysterious men, some with faces that resemble dogs, and a new illness known as the "sleepy plague" appears in his town | Arthur | neutral | 0 |
McDermid does a pretty good job of integrating the two subplots, and her use of German and Dutch settings makes for a change from her usual 'real English locations with fictional names' approach | two subplots | positive | 0 |
Mister Monday follows the story of Arthur Penhaligon who, during an asthma attack, is entrusted with a magical key by the mysterious Mister Monday | Mister Monday | neutral | 0 |
Angela got all the goodness and Diabola got all the badness | Angela | positive | 0 |
If you like your suspense novels to be offbeat and edgy, and you don't mind a few genuine shocks, THE INTRUDERS is the book for you | THE INTRUDERS | neutral | 0 |
Monday was fantasy | Monday | neutral | 0 |
The two policewomen, Petra and Marijke, are among the most interesting characters, and their personal and professional relationship adds some color to the story | Petra | positive | 0 |
This is the best book I ever read! I couldn't put it down! Still, I didn't like the end very much | end | negative | 0 |
the end really confused me i thought liz would end up with sean and maggie would end up with dennis | sean | neutral | 0 |
I really like the quick adventure on the stairs and where it lead Suzy and Arthur | Arthur | neutral | 0 |
And, although he must travel to several European cities, he takes a small apartment in the same building as Jordan | Jordan | neutral | 0 |
The book is well-crafted and grips you as you work through the developing enigma and misleading clues with the protagonist | book | positive | 0 |
John Kobler is a little-known master craftsman and this is his master work | John Kobler | positive | 0 |
I must admit, I was a little weary of The Intruders when I first saw it: a cheesy front cover, with an inside flap that promised only what any other mystery novel could offer | The Intruders | neutral | 0 |
Arthur is suspended between many betrayals, and has many things like "Trust the Will" and then "Don't trust the Will" told to him, and is constantly hunted by the lazy mister monday and his Noon (Right hand man), Dawn (Left hand woman) and constantly helped by Mondays Dusk, the final of the trio of the day (You may have guessed Mister Monday can only come to earth on monday, his dawn can only come from 12:01 AM-1:00 AM, Noon can only come from 12:00 PM-1:00 PM, and finaly dusk can come from 11:00 PM-12:00 AM) | Noon | neutral | 1 |
Arthur Penhaligon was an asthmatic child who wasn't enjoying his first Monday at his new school | Arthur Penhaligon | neutral | 0 |
I really liked this book and would recommend it to anyone who likes books about the good and the dark side of life | book | positive | 0 |
Cuthbertson-Jones thinks Diabola hurt the men for her, but really Diabola didn't like the men and had done it for herself | Diabola | neutral | 0 |
After the Fetchers bring a disease to his planet Arthur starts his adventure in search of the cure for the deadly disease | Arthur | neutral | 0 |
I do reccomend this book to those who: | book | positive | 0 |
Well, what I can say about this book is,it's very interesting | book | positive | 0 |
Churchill, on the other hand starts as an outcast, one who continually cries out that peace with Hitler is an unattainable goal | Churchill | neutral | 0 |
In this book, Ernest Gellner uses the psychoanalytic movement as a "case study" to explore the general human tendency to create delusional ideological systems which serve various political, social, and psychological needs | psychoanalytic movement | 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 | Arthur | neutral | 1 |
As a 7th grade teacher I have discovered that Garth Nix's Keys to the Kingdom series is a fabulous read aloud for my students | Garth Nix | neutral | 0 |
These, along with Mr Monday and his avenging messengers with blood-stained wings, will stop at nothing to get back the key, even if it means destroying Arthur and everything around him | Mr Monday | neutral | 0 |
I also loved the chapter: Gym and other lessons | chapter | positive | 0 |
up until now i had never heard about garth nix until i found the keys to the kingdom | garth nix | neutral | 0 |
Monday wants the Key back | Key | neutral | 0 |
The European locations never quite come to life in the same way | European locations | negative | 0 |
But what he finds when he does is a another world, calle the House, which was created by the Great Architect- the creator of all things | House | neutral | 0 |
Plus there are ever present characters of Monday's army, such as Dawn, Noon, and Dusk | Dawn | neutral | 0 |
It's the best, most usable book on desert edibles I've ever read or owned | book | positive | 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 | Mister Monday | neutral | 0 |
Paul really emphasizes what sex can lead to and at the same time gets into teenagers head to really think about doing things out before executing them | Paul | neutral | 0 |
It turned out to be so much more, it does not bash marriage as I originally thought it would | marriage | neutral | 0 |
I kept skimming and skimming, thinking with my fingers crossed that "this will all make sense later, I'm sure," but eventually I got at least a glimmer of a storyline involving a young nine year old girl who at first seems like she's been kidnapped by an evil, foul smelling man, but within a few pages we find out that this "abduction" is not really what it seems and the the 9 year old, cute little Madison, exhibits the cold, maniacal soullessness of an adult, and an especially demented one at that | Madison | neutral | 0 |
Now Arthur starts to see things that he had never seen before, and must make it into Monday's postern to get to the house, grab the Hour hand to complete the key and take over 1/7 th of the houses power | Monday | neutral | 0 |
I would definitely recommend this book to People in 6th-9th grade | People in 6th-9th grade | positive | 0 |
If you like contmporary fiction, you might enjoy Angela and Diabla | contmporary fiction | positive | 0 |
For this new series of book, Garth Nix obviously had a younger public in mind than for his best selling Abhorsen trilogy | Garth Nix | neutral | 0 |
While this book explores issues of teens I highly recommend it to others | issues of teens | 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 | Key | neutral | 0 |
he has been chosen to be the rightful heir of a mysterious house that holds a whole new world | rightful heir | neutral | 0 |
Do their parents understand or even care about them? Are they ready for sex? Meanwhile can Maggie and Dennis learn to communicate enough to stay together? | Dennis | neutral | 0 |
As Gellner rhetorically asks, concerning the Holy Grail of "adjustment," "[I]s adaptation, adjustment to any regime, including a tyrannical one, a sign of mental health?" The Soviets, hardly orthodox Freudians, famously answered "Yes!" | Gellner | neutral | 0 |
But the book is easy to read | book | positive | 0 |
Paul focuses on the problems of an intimate relationship and the decisions the teens make at that moment | Paul | neutral | 0 |
I was extremely disappointed with this book | book | negative | 0 |
That's where Agatha Christie shows what a good writer she is | Agatha Christie | positive | 0 |
Arthur has really bad asthma, but since the new gym teacher doesn't know it, Arthur is forced to run | Arthur | neutral | 0 |
While at The Deep Coal Center Arthur met the Old One and | Deep Coal Center | neutral | 0 |
And then they leave, when Arthur touches the key he feels better | key | neutral | 0 |
With just a few months to live, he sets out across the Cascades for a hunting trip, planning to take his own life once he reaches the high desert | hunting trip | 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 | book | positive | 1 |
The noir style of writing in Jack's portions of the narrative are wonderful and cleverly hard-boiled | Jack | neutral | 0 |
Plus there are ever present characters of Monday's army, such as Dawn, Noon, and Dusk | Dusk | neutral | 0 |
With her hands full with two little kittens, Mog is unable to leave her cat box (with the kittens) to sleep with Nicky | Mog | neutral | 0 |
With a believable main chacter, and a cast of funny friends, i enjoyed this book nearly whole heartedly | main chacter | positive | 0 |
Overall the story is amazing, Garth Nix is really an incredibly imaginative author and everything he writes is always a great story | Garth Nix | positive | 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 | creatures | positive | 0 |
The kind of reader that might enjoy this book is someone that likes adventure, excitement and funny books like me | adventure | positive | 0 |
In the story, Arthur receives a key that gives him the power he needs to defeat Mister Monday, the only problem is, he doesn't know whom Monday is, or anything about the strange world that Monday lives in | Arthur | neutral | 0 |