Urban Fantasy

The Coma by Alex Garland

October 30, 2007

Rating: Alex Garland’s The Coma is the story of Carl, a man who wakes from a coma to find that his world has taken a strange turn. The lines between his conscious and subconscious mind begin to blur and overlap. Is he still in the coma? Did he ever really wake up? The story is [...]

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The House With a Clock in Its Walls by John Bellairs

October 30, 2007

Rating: John Bellairs’ book The House With a Clock in Its Walls is the first book in a series. It begins when recently orphaned Lewis Barnavelt comes to a small Michigan town to live with his mysterious Uncle Jonathan whom he has never met. Uncle Jonathan, it turns out, is a wizard and the house [...]

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Stardust by Neil Gaiman

September 27, 2007

Rating: Neil Gaiman’s Stardust is the story of Tristran Thorn, a young man who falls in love with Victoria, the prettiest girl in the small village of Wall. To secure her hand in marriage, he makes her a rash promise. After seeing a falling star, he promises to find the star and bring it back [...]

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The Professor’s Daughter by Joann Sfar and Emmanuel Guibert

August 28, 2007

Rating: Book Description: Lillian is the daughter of an eminent Egyptologist. Seeking relief from the stifling propriety of her daily life, she invites Pharaoh Imhotep IV, a dashing mummy from her father’s collection, to escort her on a walk. As they stroll through Victorian London, arm in arm, they find themselves falling in love. Their [...]

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Anansi Boys by Neil Gaiman

April 18, 2007

Rating: Book Description: “Fat Charlie” Nancy leads a life of comfortable workaholism in London, with a stressful agenting job he doesn’t much like, and a pleasant fiance, Rosie. When Charlie learns of the death of his estranged father in Florida, he attends the funeral and learns two facts that turn his well-ordered existence upside-down: that [...]

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