Every Heart a Doorway – Cannonball Read 17

Wanting to go back down the rabbit hole

Every Heart a Doorway by Seanan McGuire

February 12, 2020 by CoffeeShopReader Leave a Comment

It’s official: Seanan McGuire is my new favorite. After really enjoying Sparrow Road and then realizing I’d have to wait a near-eternity (or maybe it just seems like it) to get the sequel from the library, I found on the shelves Every Heart A Doorway, first in another series (Wayward Children) by the same author. The basic premise is intriguing: what happens to the people who find their way into fairy tale worlds (like Alice in Wonderland etc) but then end up back in their […]

“I’ve Been Expelled From Heaven, I Think I was In Heaven”

Every Heart a Doorway by Seanan McGuire

February 4, 2019 by Jen K 1 Comment

I’m not sure if I have been in a book slump or of my mind hasn’t been able to focus due to all the things going on at work at the beginning of the year, or if it was inability to find a book that could hold my attention. It was probably a hybrid of the two, since I’m still in a very picky mood about books, but count on Seanan McGuire, a true and tried favorite, to get me out of my slump. I’m rather late getting to […]

I knocked, but didn’t quite enter…

August 22, 2018 by genericwhitegirl 2 Comments

This is a YA novella that debuted with much acclaim and has won many awards. So of course, I didn’t like it. It was the premise that reeled me in. It’s about students at a boarding school for kids who have entered and then returned from fantasy worlds. They are obsessed with returning, but have to wait for the doorway to their world to reappear. When and where it appears is different for everyone. I like the idea that everyone has a magical door, an […]

A Suitcase Full of Rainbow Clothes

May 15, 2017 by Emmalita Leave a Comment

Eleanor West runs a boarding school for teens who don’t fit in. The secret is, they aren’t just misfits, they have spent time in a fairy world and desperately want to go back. They are not changelings or half-fae, they are human children who disappeared and came back different. The school is both a refuge and a place to learn how to get a long in world that is no longer considered home. Nancy had been a sunny child who laughed and wore colors until she […]

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