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The Graveyard Book - Neil Gaiman

Date- April 18, 2016 Title - The Graveyard Book  Author - Neil Gaiman Published on - September 30, 2008 Genre - Preteen Fantasy    About: The book is about Nobody who lives with nobody. Nobody Owens is a boy whose parents were killed when he was some months old only. He was left in a graveyard and he was being brought up by the inhabitants of the graveyard. He was enabled to be anywhere in the graveyard and he could talk to the dead ones. In one word, he had the ultimate 'freedom' inside the graveyard which was given by the  souls without bodies.  All the ghosts of the graveyard know him as 'alive one'. But how long an alive person would live in a graveyard? He had boundless attraction towards the open world. But his guardian of the graveyard Silas doesn't find it safe. Because, Bod's entire family was killed other than Bod. He was in the list next to them. But, one day he has to be a full man from a child. What would he do ...

Book review : Half Bad - Sally Green

Date- April 7, 2016 Title : Half Bad Author : Sally Green Genre : Fantasy, Witchcraft Date of Publication:   24th March, 2014 Number of Pages: 384 Summary with a mini-spoiler- The book is about a boy named Nathan Byrn who lives in the society of witches, needless to say, he is also a witch. The society is spread over in England, Scotland and Wales. Two types of witches are prevailing. They are – white witches (good witches) and black witches (bad witches, dangerous for the white ones). Nathan is an exception. His mother was a healer and his father Marcus is the most ferocious being in the society of witches, and yes, he is a black witch. Nathan is a half black witch, which also indicates that he is half white also. He was locked in a cage from his birth up to a certain age. When he got unlocked, he started living with his Gran, Deborah (half sister) and Arran (half brother and the best friend of Nathan). Nathan is a boy, who has always heard bad things ab...

Short story review: The Story of Lucius Cane - Vanya Ferreira

    DATE: March 19, 2016   I received a free copy of this book in exchange of an honest review. Title : The Story of Lucius Cane Author : Vanya Ferreira Genre : Vampire Date of Publication:   February 9, 2016 Number of Pages: 25 (Pdf)   About the book: It tells about a vampire known as Lucius Cane. The story is based on city London of the year 1794. Then we get to know about Jack Hound who is a semi-wolf which is the result of an incident or one can also call it as an accident. My comments: The story of Lucius Cane (book-one) told me about the factor mentioned in the title. But, after reading the first book I just thought one thing that the second book is going to hold some pages which might be tore from the first version of the series.The first release of the series is an incomplete work. One reader may get it as both boring and an excitement creator which would make one tell 'What happened then?' For me, it was like a trailer of...

Books of Muhammad Zafar Iqbal, Chapter#1 (3 in 1)

Date- October 22, 2015 Appetizer: "Who is your favorite author?" The most common answer will be MUHAMMAD ZAFAR IQBAL if the question is asked to any Bangladeshi child or teen book lover. I am also not a exception to it. I have read so many books of him. Mark that - so many! xD I can't tell all about them. But I thought to write and make you known about the books which compelled me to say - "Zafar Iqbal sir! You are the best!" again and again. This is the first post of the series post - 'Books of Muhammad Zafar Iqbal'.    1. রাশা (Rasha) : 7th grader Rasha is currently a daughter of a single parent, her mother. Her parents got separated recently. After the separation Rasha's mother  married a Canadian man. She promised Rasha to take her to Canada with them after 1 month. Till then she have to be with her grandmother at the village. But, after 1 month a letter came to Rasha where her mother told her sorry as she coul...