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I Wouldn’t Survive the Two Minutes

May 4, 2018 by Melina Leave a Comment

  When you think of fairies you think of Tinkerbelle, don’t you?  Sometimes I do, but sometimes I think of the fairies that my Irish grandmother would talk about, beautiful but deadly, who would steal babies and get humans to enter into impossible bargains.  These are the fairies found in both The Call and the Invasion.   Kids no longer get to experience childhood, instead, they begin training as warriors waiting for the day that they will be “called” from our world to the fairy world.  […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction Tagged With: #CBR10, Melina, Peadar O'Guilin, Sidhe, The Call, the invasion

Melina's CBR10 Review No:12 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction · Tags: #CBR10, Melina, Peadar O'Guilin, Sidhe, The Call, the invasion ·
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Re-reading an old favorite.

February 3, 2016 by narfna 6 Comments

So one of the things I did in middle school instead of being cool was read this series, over and over and over again. It’s pretty much the reason I love reading science fiction; it was all up in my head and re-wiring my brain during my formative years. Over Christmas, my mom finally succeeded in getting me to brave her garage and pull out boxes of my old books that she’s been storing for years, and what did I find in two of them […]

Filed Under: Science Fiction Tagged With: animorphs, k.a. applegate, middle grade, narfna, scholastic, sci-fi, the invasion

narfna's CBR8 Review No:20 · Genres: Science Fiction · Tags: animorphs, k.a. applegate, middle grade, narfna, scholastic, sci-fi, the invasion ·
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