The Thirteenth Tale: A Novel
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bookstogive
of Springville, Tennessee USA on 3/28/2011
This book is in a Controlled Release!
bookstogive of Springville, Tennessee USA on 3/28/2011 This book is in a Controlled Release!
5 journalers for this copy...
This book is available and will be released soon into the wild
Sending out as part of the Wishlist Tag Game, enjoy!
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Received in the mail yesterday. Thank you for tagging me, bookstogive! Now that I have it on Mt. TBR, I'm not sure how long it will be until I get around to reading it, but it is safe on the mountain until then!
Sent to GoryDetails via Media Mail today. I very much enjoyed this book but am too lazy and busy to write a review right now :( I'm sure Gory will do it justice. Enjoy!
The book arrived safely - many thanks!
A wonderfully atmospheric story, this, with its gradual revelations, its shifts between different views of the past and changing moods of the present, and overall with the love of books. Narrator Margaret describing her first taste of Vida Winter's work was the perfect example of falling in love with an author! And her conversations with Vida about "stories" resonated with me - "Life is compost," says Vida, with every experience capable of being transformed into something that will nourish new ideas... And then there's that little thought-experiment about whether or not to shoot the person who's burning the last existing copies of great classics - what would I do? Oh, and the "prescription" when Margaret's ill - The Case Book of Sherlock Holmes, "Take ten pages, twice a day..."
Parts of the story reminded me of The Secret Garden, with the wandering through long-unused rooms and the unfolding of family secrets, though here it's with a more adult viewpoint.
I admit that Margaret's fixation on her long-lost twin did not resonate with me particularly, but I appreciated the way it knitted into the rest of the story, and was touched by the resolution.
[There's a TV Tropes page for the novel. And there's a 2013 TV-movie adaptation - which I haven't seen yet, though I usually prefer to read the book first anyway.]
A wonderfully atmospheric story, this, with its gradual revelations, its shifts between different views of the past and changing moods of the present, and overall with the love of books. Narrator Margaret describing her first taste of Vida Winter's work was the perfect example of falling in love with an author! And her conversations with Vida about "stories" resonated with me - "Life is compost," says Vida, with every experience capable of being transformed into something that will nourish new ideas... And then there's that little thought-experiment about whether or not to shoot the person who's burning the last existing copies of great classics - what would I do? Oh, and the "prescription" when Margaret's ill - The Case Book of Sherlock Holmes, "Take ten pages, twice a day..."
Parts of the story reminded me of The Secret Garden, with the wandering through long-unused rooms and the unfolding of family secrets, though here it's with a more adult viewpoint.
I admit that Margaret's fixation on her long-lost twin did not resonate with me particularly, but I appreciated the way it knitted into the rest of the story, and was touched by the resolution.
[There's a TV Tropes page for the novel. And there's a 2013 TV-movie adaptation - which I haven't seen yet, though I usually prefer to read the book first anyway.]
I'm adding this book to waternixie's Bride of Potpourri bookbox, which will be on its way to its next stop soon. Hope someone enjoys the book!
*** Released as part of the 2015 Keep Them Moving release challenge. ***
*** Released for the A-to-Z challenge, for the letter "T". ***
*** Released as part of the 2015 Keep Them Moving release challenge. ***
*** Released for the A-to-Z challenge, for the letter "T". ***
Chosen from the Bride of Potpourri Book Box.
Merry Christmas! HGG RABCK to Karentheteacher!
I love this book. I've read it twice. It was even better the second time. I hope you enjoy it! I'm going to wrap it so you have another present to unwrap!
I love this book. I've read it twice. It was even better the second time. I hope you enjoy it! I'm going to wrap it so you have another present to unwrap!
Journal Entry 9 by 
AnonymousFinder
at Bathurst, New South Wales Australia on Thursday, April 2, 2020
AnonymousFinder at Bathurst, New South Wales Australia on Thursday, April 2, 2020
well written. very believable story. felt like you were there.
