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Kristal

Kristal

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I am proud to be from the South - where tea is sweet and accents are sweeter; summer starts in April; front porches are wide and words are long; macaroni and cheese is a vegetable; pecan pie is a staple; Y’all is the only proper pronoun; chicken is fried and biscuits come with gravy; everything is darling and someone is always getting their... more »
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  • member since August 31, 2007

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  • The Gates
    • Rated 0 stars

    A young boy named Samuel and his dog Boswell are witnesses to a spell that opens up the Gates of Hell and unleashes evil into the world. Samuel is a very smart boy and decides that he must find a way to prevent the Lord of the Underworld to get through the Gates. But can he succeed?

    I love 'The Book of Lost Things' and this is right there with it. Full of humor, mystery and a nice dose of science fiction (blackholes, wormholes, etc.) Connolly remains one of my favorite authors.

    Kristal wrote this review Monday, January 2, 2012. ( reply | permalink )
  • Born at Midnight
    • Rated 1 stars

    Not only are the teens troubled, the book is troubled as well. At least with teenagers, they can grow out of it.

    Kristal wrote this review Monday, January 2, 2012. ( reply | permalink )
  • A Dirty Job
    • Rated 3 stars

    My husband is not a reader, yet I filled his ears with stories from this book. Definitely a laugh-out-loud book!

    Kristal wrote this review Monday, January 2, 2012. ( reply | permalink )
  • The Shining
    • Rated 4 stars

    I am ashamed to say that it has taken me this long to read this book! While I will always associate the image of Jack Nickolson pushing his face through a cracked door whenever I think of this book, I know can also associate true creepiness. I don't know if I could ever stay in a remote resort in the mountains, go into a basement or walk by a topiary again without hurrying my footsteps.

    Kristal wrote this review Monday, January 2, 2012. ( reply | permalink )
  • Neverwhere
    • Rated 4 stars

    I quickly become impressed in this book. I really should be reading more of Gaiman as his imagination is so profound. This was a very detailed book, one that I feel like to could read again and still pick up so much more than the first time.

    Kristal wrote this review Monday, January 2, 2012. ( reply | permalink )
  • The Stone Child
    • Rated 3 stars

    Eddies has always loved to read and books are his friends. So when Eddie and his parents have to move to a new town, he goes along, as long as he has his books. But then he discovers that the town was once the hometown of his favorite author his is overjoyed. Until the weird things start to happen. He soon discovers that he has some friends and together they try to unravel the mysteries of the authors disappearance and all the strange things that are happening in this small, quite town.

    Kristal wrote this review Monday, January 2, 2012. ( reply | permalink )
  • Magic Bites
    • Rated 3 stars

    Reading due to a high recommendation, I couldn't help overlapping many aspects of this character with Rachel Morgan of The Hollows by Kim Harrison. Since I absolutely love the Hollows, I tried very hard not to let to cloud my opinion of this series. But I will admit that the first 50 pages or so were a little confusing, but I believe that I felt the same way with the other series. Until you actually get into the meat of the story and find your way around their world, it can be a little confusing. After settling in I really did enjoy this one and am sure to continue reading the series.

    Kristal wrote this review Monday, January 2, 2012. ( reply | permalink )
  • Madame Zee
    • Rated 4 stars

    During the early 1900's in Canada, utopian society was formed by a Theophosist calling himself the Brother, XII. He was later joined by a woman calling herself Madame Zee. She has been recorded in history as a frightening woman. Pearl Luke has taken this historical character and given a fictional background to her, creating a reason for her hard exterior and giving the reading an understanding of what life was like during that time period and how being a woman, especially a woman who might have had physic powers has to deal with trying to find a place for herself.

    Kristal wrote this review Friday, December 16, 2011. ( reply | permalink )
  • The Devil of Nanking
    • Rated 5 stars

    Deeply disturbing yet utterly brilliant, this was my first time reading Mo Hayder but certainly will not be my last.
    The story alternates between 1937 Nanking and present day Tokyo. A young girl named Grey goes to Tokyo to look for answers to a question that has been haunting her for most of her life. Once there, she meets a man who holds the answer to her question but he withholds the answer until Grey can obtain an item for him. What sounds like a simple plan turns into a horrifying experience for Grey and her friends. This is a complex story filled with unimaginable atrocities and unthinkable horror, exploring the difference between ignorance and evil.

    Kristal wrote this review Friday, December 16, 2011. ( reply | permalink )
  • The Raven's Bride (Southwest Life and Letters)
    • Rated 3 stars

    While starting out a little slow and bogged down in politics at times, this was still a very interesting story of the infamous Sam Houston and his relationship and marriage to Eliza Allen. While the author makes it perfectly clear in the beginning that there is so little information concerning the real Eliza, most of more of a fictional story about what the author thinks happened. It is still a fascinating and tragic love story, with a little bit of history thrown in.

    Kristal wrote this review Friday, October 28, 2011. ( reply | permalink )
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