Books by Francesca Lia Block
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review 1: For every author I love, there is always the one book they have written I do not like. In Francesca Lia Block's case, me not liking something she has written is virtually impossible, so I shall concede to say that this book did not move me quite the way her others do. I was brill...
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review 1: Teen Spirit by Block - After losing her warm and wonderful grandmother Miriam, her home and garden with fruit trees and flowers; and her mother to a new boyfriend, Julie is thrilled to find Clark at her new school. He’s a misfit with a goofy grin and crazy assortment of hats and ...
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review 1: This novel was beautifully written, and the connection to Homer's ODYSSEY was a plus; I love adaptations of ancient literature. I'll confess, though, that I found the book rather odd. I read it expecting it to be "cli-fi" (climate-related fiction), and it was, sort of; at least, ...
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review 1: I've been a huge FLB fan since the Weetzy Bat books. Francesca is magical and her writing captures the yearning and love and heartbreak that exists in this city of stark desert sunlight and deep shadows we both call home. Though the topic may vary, Francesca's books always deal w...
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review 1: Okay, Roses and Bones is a book with three different stories contained. The three tales are the following: "Psyche in a Dress", "Echo" and "The Rose And The Beast". Among all three, the first story is my favorite. I find it unique and written well. I enjoyed reading the story. It...
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review 1: That cover caught my eyes at a secondhand bookshop. Oh, what a nice cover! And those illustrations...At the time I read it I was in a moment in which I needed a bit of inspiration for my decorations, my closet and my mind. Couldn't find a better read. The story is nice, not spect...
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review 1: Charlotte seems to have everything, but she's empty inside. She has lived for nearly a century in the body of a sixteen-year-old girl because she was changed by a vampire during a period of personal tragedy. Having lost her precious twin brother, she allows the darkly compelling ...
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review 1: At the American Library Association convention exhibits, I lucked into finding out that Francesca Lia Block was signing books. I chose Pink Smog - because the cover is so compelling - to have her sign. Having grown up in the early 70's I loved this setting - complete with detai...
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review 1: The story was poorly written, no character development at all, all the character's thoughts and actions were sudden and unexplained, Liv was clueless about EVERYTHING that happened, it was very disturbing and inappropriate (in the first two pages she describes her period and the ...
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review 1: Bee is a girl who doesn't belong in the world, and she gets mysterious visits from a girl who looks like her. This girl says that Bee has taken her life and she wants it back. She doesn't know what this means, but poems and references throughout the book suggest that Bee might no...
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review 1: Liv has been different ever since she was thirteen. Every month she is filled with rage, and she has hair all over her body. But Liv tries to hide it by pretending to date Pace, who is gay, while she secretly has a boyfriend named Corey, who she doesn't think her mother will ac...