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"،أرجوحة افعوانية خطيرة مكتظة بالأحداث الرهيبة المتسارعة في مغامرة عن القوة السرية.. للكـتب "بـيــت الأســرار"يأتيكم كاملا مع ثلاثة من الأشقاء الأذكياء واسعوا الحيلة، وأشرار مرعبون بحق، وأحداث مليئة بالفانتازيا، الخيال والرعب"هكذا تصف جي كي رولينج الرواية في الغلاف الخلفي للكتاب، وبهذا أفسدت لي أن أ Leggi tutto

"A Breakneck, Jam-Packed Roller Coaster of an adventure about the Secret Power of books, House of Secrets comes complete with three resourceful sibling heroes, a seriously creepy villainess, and barrel loads of fantasy and fear." That's how J.K.Rowling describe the book in the back cover...and That' Leggi tutto

Childishly insulting to an intelligent young reader! A random collection of criticisms of a book that has earned many more than I care to take the time to write: Even without referring to a poorly conceived, wandering plot line that seems to be headed simultaneously in several different directions wi Leggi tutto

Enter to win House Of Secrets on my blog! "Sometimes you can't get your life back. Sometimes you have to take it back." I have been a fan of Ned Vizzini ever since I read It's Kind Of A Funny Story a couple years ago (If you haven't read this book yet, what are you waiting for? Stop reading this

I gave up about 2/3 of the way through. There was potential for this story, but it never got off the ground. There was no real plot once the kids got trapped in the books' stories--they just went from one tight squeeze to another with no actual progress. The characters were just barely fleshed out e Leggi tutto

A middle grade story about a family moving into a new house where there is a mysterious book and a greedy witch who traps the 3 kids of the family into a story until they hand over the book to her and holds their parents captive. The three kids must survive the storyline and save their parents The pl Leggi tutto

I love reading Middle Grade novel. I think these books are the ones that you can enjoy and cherish no matter how old you are. There is a feeling of innocence surrounding a good MG novel that always leaves me giddy. As a result, taking into account my fondness for MG novels, I was looking forward to

This was a very adventurous read. I felt like I was actually there. Looking forward to the next book in the series.

The Walker kids are trying to make the best of their situation. They have to move into a cheaper place because their dad lost his surgeon position due to an incident, involving sleepwalking and carving strange symbols into the skin of a patient. But the new house looks way too cool for the asking pr Leggi tutto