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The end of another month and the year is slowly coming to an end. But this slump I found myself in for some time seems to be over for now. I'm back in a reading mood and that is also because of the great stories I got to experience this month. It still isn't a lot but I also do not have the time to read as much as before because of work. This month I read four books which amounts to 2618 pages, which means I read on average 87.3 pages a day. Three were paperbacks and one an ebook. And my average rating this month is 3.75 stars. " Pan's Labyrinth " by Guillermo Del Toro and Cornelia Funke Pages: 320 Genre: Fantasy Age Range: Young Adult Year of Release: 2019   Read in: English Original language:  English Anyone who knows the movie will love this book. It is a gorgeous novelization of the script which mixes the styles of Del Toro and Funke really well. I was curious to see how she would write in English and I wasn't disappointed. Magic is ev...

"And so, does the destination matter? Or is it the path we take? I declare that no accomplishment has substance nearly as great as the road used to achieve it. We are not creatures of destinations. It is the journey that shapes us. Our callused feet, our backs strong from carrying the weight of our travels, our eyes open with the fresh delight of experiences lived.” Many great fantasy novels have been written and been devoured by fans and new readers alike. Brandon Sanderson got me with the Mistborn trilogy and again with this book he grabbed and shook me to the core. This is an epic story like you will find in many fantasy novels but for a reason it is seen as an amazing one in its own right. In The Way of Kings we follow the stories of various characters. There is Dalinar, a highprince, who seems to have lost his way as a warrior and is now obsessed with a book which gives us the title of this novel. We meet Shallan who wants to save her family from ruin and does...

“It's hard to believe in ghosts, until you see one, and then it's hard not to.” After almost dying in Edinburgh, Cassidy and her best (ghost) friend Jacob are now on their way to Paris for Cassidy's parents' TV show. As it is to be expected, even there she feels the Veil a lot stronger. And it does especially when she enters the Tunnel of Bones, the catacombs under Paris. Just like the first book this story is so cute and spooky in a child-appropriate way. I'm sure I also would have loved it when I was a kid. There is a series I read back in the day which this series makes me think of even though they're very different. But I think anyone who loves the Cassidy Blake series would love that one as well. But that's a topic for another post. This is about Cassidy's adventures. I love how the world and Cassidy's abilities are being opened up more to us. At the same time as her, we learn what she can do and what her purpose is. There ...

Magic is everywhere when you are a child. From the ground you're walking on to the stars in the night. Wherever you go things aren't explainable, yet. So it's no surprise that our story's heroine, Ofelia, sees exactly this magic. But is it real or part of her imagination? Our story takes place in 1944 in Spain and therefore in the early stages of the Francoist period. Ofelia and her mother are driven somewhere in the countryside to an old mill where Ofelia's mother's new husband lives. His name: Captain Vidal. A horrible person who only cares for Ofelia's mother giving him a son and furthering his side of the conflict's interests. No matter the cost. Ofelia is very unhappy with the situation and soon meets a faun who tells her that she is the lost princess of the underworld where he's from and that she has to pass a few tests so she can return. So she starts doing those tests because her life doesn't seem right to her with the half-brothe...