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TheCacklingCrow rated Amphigorey: 4 stars
Amphigorey by Edward Gorey
An illustrated collection of 15 macabre short stories.
In this gorgeously detailed volume, American artist and author Edward Gorey accents …
TheCacklingCrow rated Amphigorey Too: 4 stars
Amphigorey Too by Edward Gorey
This follow-up to the darkly humorous Amphigorey is wittier, more macabre, and more wondrous than ever. Master illustrator and iconic …
TheCacklingCrow rated The Crystal Cave (Arthurian Saga, #1): 4 stars
The Crystal Cave (Arthurian Saga, #1) by Mary Stewart
The Crystal Cave is a 1970 fantasy novel by Mary Stewart. The first in a quintet of novels covering the …
TheCacklingCrow rated The Night Circus: 5 stars
The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern
The circus arrives without warning. No announcements precede it. It is simply there, when yesterday it was not. Within the …
TheCacklingCrow rated The Portrait of Mr. W. H. (Hesperus Classics): 4 stars
The Portrait of Mr. W. H. (Hesperus Classics) by Oscar Wilde
Wilde's explanation of Shakespeare's sonnets
TheCacklingCrow rated Mort: a novel of Discworld: 5 stars
Mort: a novel of Discworld by Terry Pratchett (Discworld, #4)
Death comes to everyone eventually on Discworld. And now he's come to Mort with an offer the young man can't …
Quite Nice and Fairly Accurate Good Omens Script Book by Neil Gaiman
Neil Gaiman’s complete original scripts for the highly anticipated six-episode original series, adapted from the classic novel he wrote with …
TheCacklingCrow rated Small Gods: 5 stars
Small Gods by Terry Pratchett (Discworld (13))
Small Gods is the thirteenth of Terry Pratchett's Discworld novels, published in 1992. It tells the origin of the god …
TheCacklingCrow rated Flight Risk: 4 stars
TheCacklingCrow rated Hide me among the graves: 2 stars
TheCacklingCrow rated The Realms of the Gods: 3 stars
The Realms of the Gods by Tamora Pierce (The Immortals, #4)
Daine should have killed Ozorne when she had the chance. Now the former Emperor turned Stormwing, has raised a band …
TheCacklingCrow rated Wolf-Speaker: 3 stars
Wolf-Speaker by Tamora Pierce (Immortals (2))
When humans start cutting down trees and digging holes in peaceful Dunlath Valley, the wolves know that something is wrong. …
TheCacklingCrow rated Wild Magic: 4 stars
Wild Magic by Tamora Pierce (The Immortals, #1)
Young Daine's knack with horses gets her a job helping the royal horsemistress drive a herd of ponies to Tortall. …
TheCacklingCrow rated Emperor Mage (Immortals): 3 stars
Emperor Mage (Immortals) by Tamora Pierce (Immortals (3))
Sent to Carthak as part of the Tortallan peace delegation, Daine finds herself in the middle of a sticky political …