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under_the_silk_treeMy Twenty-Eighth book for ljbookbingo is The Strange Case of the Alchemist's Daughter by Theodora Goss for #22 A Book with an Animal on the Cover, card found here:
I have been meaning to read this book for awhile and I am very glad I finally got a chance to do so. The premise is so good. Mary the daughter of Dr. Jekyll learns after the death of her mother that she has a teenage half sister thanks to Mr. Hyde, and Diana is now her responsibility. Then she gets entangled in a series of murders happening around London while she is in pursuit of a mysterious scientific society her father was a part of and she meets Holmes and Watson. Moreau, Frankenstein, and Rappaccini's creations also come into play. Basically it is a who's who of Victorian literature. So far there are three books in the series and I can't wait to get my hands on the other two.
My Twenty-Ninth book forljbookbingo is The Bronte Cabinet: Three Lives in Nine Objects by Deborah Lutz for #38 Shared Universe, card found here:
This was a very well written book. I loved that the author chose to tell the Bronte sister's story through nine everyday objects that were a part of their lives. It is a unique spin on the topic. The author highlights different objects such as their writing desks or walking sticks and then she talks about why they were important to the Victorians at large and how the Bronte's used them in their own lives and as she does so the lives of the sister's become clearer and more real. There are also photos that help you picture the moments in time that the author describes.
ljbookbingo is The Strange Case of the Alchemist's Daughter by Theodora Goss for #22 A Book with an Animal on the Cover, card found here:
I have been meaning to read this book for awhile and I am very glad I finally got a chance to do so. The premise is so good. Mary the daughter of Dr. Jekyll learns after the death of her mother that she has a teenage half sister thanks to Mr. Hyde, and Diana is now her responsibility. Then she gets entangled in a series of murders happening around London while she is in pursuit of a mysterious scientific society her father was a part of and she meets Holmes and Watson. Moreau, Frankenstein, and Rappaccini's creations also come into play. Basically it is a who's who of Victorian literature. So far there are three books in the series and I can't wait to get my hands on the other two.
My Twenty-Ninth book for
ljbookbingo is The Bronte Cabinet: Three Lives in Nine Objects by Deborah Lutz for #38 Shared Universe, card found here:This was a very well written book. I loved that the author chose to tell the Bronte sister's story through nine everyday objects that were a part of their lives. It is a unique spin on the topic. The author highlights different objects such as their writing desks or walking sticks and then she talks about why they were important to the Victorians at large and how the Bronte's used them in their own lives and as she does so the lives of the sister's become clearer and more real. There are also photos that help you picture the moments in time that the author describes.
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