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“She was a Librarian, and the deepest, most fundamental part of her life involved a love of books.”

April 14, 2017 by badkittyuno Leave a Comment

This book was a lot of fun, if not quite as good as I expected. I think a lot of that is due to it being consumed by world-building, as the first book of a series, so I’m eager to see if the second one improves on that as far as plot goes. “And she didn’t want great secrets of necromancy, or any other sort of magic. She just wanted—had always wanted—a good book to read. Being chased by hellhounds and blowing things up were […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction Tagged With: badkittyuno, Genevieve Cogman

badkittyuno's CBR9 Review No:99 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction · Tags: badkittyuno, Genevieve Cogman ·
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Enormous Cosmic Possibilities, Itty Bitty Setting

March 6, 2017 by melanir 2 Comments

I finished The Invisible Library on Saturday and I had almost completely forgotten about it by today, which is Monday. It’s not that the book is bad, because it was perfectly enjoyable to read, it just didn’t really stand out much. This was, I think, my local Vaginal Fantasy chapter’s pick to read for February and or March. It’s either this one or A Curious Beginning- but fortunately I have time to read that one before the meeting as well. At any rate, I’m struggling […]

Filed Under: Fantasy Tagged With: Genevieve Cogman, steampunk

melanir's CBR9 Review No:17 · Genres: Fantasy · Tags: Genevieve Cogman, steampunk ·
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I think many of us would like to visit this library

November 26, 2016 by Malin 2 Comments

3.5 stars Irene is an agent of the Library, a place that exists outside normal space and time. In fact, as long as the agents and librarians that work for the Library are there, they do not age in the slightest. Only when they are out in the different worlds of the multiverse, do they visibly age, and how much depends how time passes in the various worlds they find themselves. As an agent of the Library, Irene is sent to retrieve books that are […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, History, Mystery, Young Adult Tagged With: adventure, Audible, CBR8, dragons, faeries, Genevieve Cogman, historical, magic, Malin, mystery, paranormal fantasy, steampunk, the Invisible Library, vampires, Victorian

Malin's CBR8 Review No:115 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, History, Mystery, Young Adult · Tags: adventure, Audible, CBR8, dragons, faeries, Genevieve Cogman, historical, magic, Malin, mystery, paranormal fantasy, steampunk, the Invisible Library, vampires, Victorian ·
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