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If immersive theater were a book, this would be it.

The Starless Sea by Erin Morgenstern

January 1, 2021 by Mobius_Walker 7 Comments

Zachary Ezra Rawlins is in the middle of his story. A story that was punctuated too early as a child that is continuing now as adult. Zachary Ezra Rawlins is the son a fortune-teller who finds solace and safety in books and stories. The son of a fortune teller is on a quest entangled with Time, Fate, the Moon, and the Harbor of all stories. If you the books you read must have concrete plot and solid narrative structure, you will not like this book. […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction Tagged With: Erin Morgenstern, Fairy Tales, immersive theater, LGBTQ, stories, stories about stories, storytelling, The Starless Sea, video games

Mobius_Walker's CBR13 Review No:1 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction · Tags: Erin Morgenstern, Fairy Tales, immersive theater, LGBTQ, stories, stories about stories, storytelling, The Starless Sea, video games ·
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A visually beautiful book to test your imagination

The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern

December 17, 2020 by Nart 2 Comments

This book is absolutely gorgeous and inventive. If you like like lush prose and vivid worlds, you will love this book. Plot: two magicians have an ongoing proxy war between one another to see who can choose and train up a better magician. This book follows a battle that eventually creates the night circus, a magical place where the two combatants fight to show who is a better magician by creating acts and displays that normal people won’t realize is real magic. This is a […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, History, Romance Tagged With: Erin Morgenstern

Nart's CBR12 Review No:44 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, History, Romance · Tags: Erin Morgenstern ·
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The Starless Sea

The Starless Sea by Erin Morgenstern

October 11, 2020 by Caitycat Leave a Comment

It’s rather daunting to approach a review of The Starless Sea. It’s a winding story that weaves inside and out, and I’ve heard (and personally believe) that it benefits from multiple reads. Alas, I am approaching this review having only read the book once. Still, I shall try my best. Zachary Ezra Rawlins once discovered a door painted on the side of a building. He did not go through the door that day, but he remembered it. When he finds a mysterious book in his […]

Filed Under: Fantasy Tagged With: #ErinMorgenstern, #fantasy, cbr12, Erin Morgenstern, Fiction, magic

Caitycat's CBR12 Review No:6 · Genres: Fantasy · Tags: #ErinMorgenstern, #fantasy, cbr12, Erin Morgenstern, Fiction, magic ·
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An argument for the arts

The Night Circus: A Novel by Erin Morgenstern

September 21, 2020 by ElCicco 1 Comment

Cbr12bingo I wish… Bingo (vertical from Roaring ‘20s) When I chose to read The Night Circus, I had planned to use it for the “Cannonballer Says” bingo square. It has been a very popular book among Cannonballers since its release in 2011, but as I got pulled into the story, I found that this is definitely an “I wish” book. Who wouldn’t want to visit le Cirque des Reves? The sights, the sounds, the smells and the fantastical exhibitions have drawn fans from around the […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: cbr12, cbr12bingo, ElCicco, Erin Morgenstern, Fiction, ReadWomen, the night circus

ElCicco's CBR12 Review No:39 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: cbr12, cbr12bingo, ElCicco, Erin Morgenstern, Fiction, ReadWomen, the night circus ·
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Lost in the Sea (Bingo – Pandemic)

The Starless Sea by Erin Morgenstern

September 19, 2020 by cheerbrarian Leave a Comment

This is a matter of “good for her, not for me” in that I would say this is a well-written interesting and intriguing book that a) isn’t for me b) wasn’t for me in an audio format c) wasn’t for me at the time I was trying to read it d) maybe some of all three. During June of this Pandemic (when I first started this audiobook, when our fear/exhaustion confusion was but a babe) my mood could rise and fall on a dime, and […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, Romance Tagged With: #fantasy, cbr12bingo, Erin Morgenstern, romantic fantasy, The Starless Sea

cheerbrarian's CBR12 Review No:28 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Romance · Tags: #fantasy, cbr12bingo, Erin Morgenstern, romantic fantasy, The Starless Sea ·
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The Greatest Library that Never Was

The Starless Sea by Erin Morgenstern

August 1, 2020 by Ale Leave a Comment

I was a huge fan of the Night Circus, so I was ecstatic when the lovely faintingviolet shared her copy of the Starless Sea with me. To give too much of the plot away takes all the joy out of reading this story, but the baseline is that there’s a magical library hidden underground accessible by doorways above. The nature through which patrons find these doors varies to fate, and in recent years, someone’s been closing all the doors. At least until a grad student named Zachery stumbles […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, Speculative Fiction Tagged With: bees, Books, cbr12bingo, colors, Erin Morgenstern, keys, library, magic, Morgenstern, Starless Sea, Swords, yellow

Ale's CBR12 Review No:12 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Speculative Fiction · Tags: bees, Books, cbr12bingo, colors, Erin Morgenstern, keys, library, magic, Morgenstern, Starless Sea, Swords, yellow ·
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