peter s beagle – Cannonball Read 17

Not the last unicorn or dragon either

I'm Afraid You've Got Dragons by Peter S. Beagle

October 15, 2024 by CoffeeShopReader Leave a Comment

Bingo 22: And also…. I’m Afraid You’ve Got Dragons could fit either the dreams or the cult squares, so either way, it’s an And Also square. The cult comes in that the author is Peter S. Beagle who is probably much better known for The Last Unicorn, which is a cult classic, with a cult following, etc, you get the idea. I’ve actually never read that, in spite of being of the age to have grown up on that title; my late father was the […]

Similes and Metaphors and Adjectives, Oh My!

The Last Unicorn by Peter S. Beagle

November 3, 2022 by Caesar's Wife Leave a Comment

The Last Unicorn was one of my favourite movies as a child – mystical and scary. It tells the story of the last unicorn and her quest to discover what has happened to her kind. I had never read the book, but came across it while looking for bedtime novels to read to my son. As it turns out, the movie was a very faithful adaptation of the novel, with just enough extra details to make me feel like I was getting more story. In […]

This book left me at a loss for words.

December 29, 2016 by Blingle Bells 1 Comment

What an absolutely odd book. This was assigned for my lit class which, as I’ve mentioned before, I was mostly taking as an elective to force me to read things I wouldn’t normally. And well, let’s just say that I would never in my entire life have read this normally. It’s a classic, so it feels odd to summarize, but I can’t be the only one late to the game – an ethereal unicorn goes looking for other unicorns, winds up captured, picks up a […]

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