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Every year, the booksellers at Powell’s submit their Top Fives: their five favorite books that were released in 2023. It’s a list that, when put together, shows just how varied and interesting the book tastes of Powell’s booksellers are. I highly recommend digging into the recommendations — we would never lead you astray — but today...
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Lost in Austen: Create Your Own Jane Austen Adventure
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Emma Campbell Webster
FrankSara
, December 07, 2009
Great fun for any Jane Austen fan, or even as an introduction to her complex world of the eligible bachelorettes of 200 years ago. Wonderful details test and inform your knowledge of the era. Endings become harder to predict than one might imagine as you choose your next move in the quest to marry well and for love. In an interesting twist, you keep track of points you earn (or lose) with each accomplishment, character trait, or connection. I couldn't put it down until I had read every ending!
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How to Train Your Dragon 06 Heros Guide to Deadly Dragons
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Cressida Cowell
FrankSara
, December 07, 2009
All of the Hiccup books are tremendously good fun--disgusting humor for kids of all ages, and a subtle irony for the parents or older kids who read to the young ones. Pen & ink drawings add visual interest. Here we get to see Toothless infatuated with a pretty little compulsive liar. On a less-than-ideal 12th birthday, Hiccup and friends Fishlegs & Kamikazi battle new types of dragons and the Meathead's Hairy Scary Librarian for a chance at Viking's freedom of speech--access to the "public" library. This series is perfect for the young chapter-book readers of your family or anyone with a warped sense of humor.
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The Willoughbys
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Lois Lowry
FrankSara
, May 04, 2009
I thoroughly enjoyed previewing this book for my two young children, then decided it was more to my taste than theirs. After they've read more of the "Mary Poppins" type nanny and orphan stories they'll get the humor better; perhaps they also aren't quite old enough to be a little cynical themselves yet. Really great listening, including, of course, the Glossary's tongue-in-cheek definitions and tangents. What would have been a terrible tragedy in another genre becomes a case of just desserts--and there are lots of desserts! Great fun for all of us former English majors or anyone who craves a witty laugh.
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Theodosia 01 & The Serpents Of Chaos
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R L LaFevers
FrankSara
, May 03, 2009
What starts slowly with an isolated girl having to sleep with her cat in an Egyptian sarcophagus (again) turns into a faster-paced adventure with chases, rescues, pickpockets and an international ring of terrorists. Outsiders would say Theodosia is a paranoid and eccentric child, but when we start to see what she sees we are sympathetic with her fascination for hieroglyphics, amulets, and bits of wax for absorbing curses. An interesting glimpse into ancient Egyptian religion with a peek into British life of 100 years ago.
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Illmoor Chronicles 01 Ratastrophe Catast
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David Stone
FrankSara
, May 01, 2009
Dwarves, giants, orcs; an inept thief, a sorcerer who forgets both spells and spellbooks, a chef from the ranks of the living dead, and a small-brained teen whose mind is being taken over by Dark Magic are just a few of the citizens who combine to make Dullitch the thriving metropolis it is--full of drunkards, assassins, and rats. Multitudes of giant rats... Stone's tongue-in-cheek view of the politics of rat extermination and the mayhem that ensues when the mysterious stranger makes off with the town's children will have teens (and adults) coming right back for book two of ill-fated Illmoor.
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39 Clues 01 The Maze Of Bones
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Rick Riordan
FrankSara
, April 17, 2009
Very readable and suspenseful, much like a kid's version of "National Treasure." Geared toward kids roughly the age of orphans Amy (14) and Dan (11). Anyone can relate to the frustrations of competing with others who are better off, whether richer, better looking, more popular, more experienced... and how do they know which adults they can trust? But super-shy Amy and Dan the collector (of almost anything) find out some surprising talents of their own, giving us hope that ordinary people can really do great things!
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