#thirteenth child

[moplayspoke]

Yeah uh. I went to B&N just to “look”. Jokes on me.

[haveyoureadthisfantasybook]

vote yes if you have finished the entire book.

vote no if you have not finished the entire book.

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[literallykarvonenshusband]

I love the end of the far west cause it’s like

“DRAGONS! This must be the climax!”

“OH! DRAGONS! THIS MUST BE THE CLIMAX!”

“OH NO! THE GREAT BARRIER SPELL! (PLEASE LET THIS BE THE CLIMAX I CANT TAKE ANY MORE)”

[qwordy]

Hey Booklr, I need Opinions

I am considering unhauling some books but am in debates about these four. Has anyone here read the following books: 

[magic-and-dreams]

Quote to Live By 1-9-2017

“’This is a painting; a picture of a lumber camp; a picture of the northern timberlands; a place where a forest meets a lake. All these things are true, and they are all true at the same time. What you see depends on how you look. And it is one more thing.” She turned and waved her hand past the picture, and it shimmered and disappeared, as if folding itself up too small to see. “It is an illusion.’”

~Patricia C. Wrede, Thirteenth Child

[rlbirl-blog]

Light Reading for Friday the Thirteenth

Because thirteen doesn't need to be bad luck or frightening.

[readingrex]

[quoted-books]

'This is the most important lesson you must learn about magic,' Miss Ochiba went on. 'There are many ways of seeing. Each has an element of truth, but none is the whole truth. If you limit yourselves to one way of seeing, one truth, you will limit your power. You will also place limits on the kinds of spells you can cast, as well as their strength. To be a good magician, you must see in many ways. You must be flexible. You must be willing to learn from different sources. And you must always remember that the truths you see are incomplete.

Patricia C. Wrede, Thirteenth Child

[hermionejeean]

Day Eleven: A book you hated

The Thirteenth Child

apparently i hated it so much that i buried it forever and now i can't find it oops

[tspwriterbookreviews]

Frontier Magic by Patricia C. Wrede

This series is a magnificent trilogy filled to the brim with magic and fantastic creatures. Set in an alternate reality eighteenth century America, the Frontier Magic series follows Eff, a seventh daughter of a seventh son and a thirteenth child as she grows up on the border of civilization. At a young age she and her family move to the frontier, right on the what in our world would be the Mississippi River (they call it the Mammoth River); the farthest explored edge. Along the river is what they call "the Great Barrier Spell" set in place by people like Ben Franklin that keeps the wildlife out west. However people are beginning to settle in the land beyond the barrier spell. This series follows the trials and troubles this causes and Eff's involvement in keeping the peace. Wrede's novels are fantastically written; often when reading I forgot it was just a book. Very few books exist that can follow a young girls life from age 5 to 25-ish and be exciting the whole way through. Wrede, while writing about an alternate reality, manages to capture many of the themes that apply to today's society and how the American continents truly differ from the others as an amalgam of eastern culture. I highly recommend adding this series to your reading lists. 

5 stars

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[readingrex]

[excessively-english-jd]

"My mom works at an animal shelter, so we always had a lot of pets. We had this one dog, he only had two legs, he always followed me around and I was always tripping over him. I think he was why I had two concussions and a sprained wrist in the span of a year."

Only you, Bossuet

Only you

[amandakthompson]

REVIEW: Thirteenth Child by Patricia C. Wrede (Frontier Magic bk. 1)

Genre: YA fantasy/alternate history

[greenconverses]

Currently reading: Thirteenth Child by Patricia C. Wrede.

Was super stoked to read this (alternative universe frontier settling with magic? YAY) and theeeeen I found out about the racefail involved and am having considerably less warm feelings toward it. Damn it.