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Het spel van de engel | Carlos Ruiz Zafon
'Carlos Ruiz Zafn slaagt er telkens weer in om bij zijn lezers een huivering over hun rug te laten lopen.' - Frankfurter Rundschau 'Carlos Ruiz Zafns griezelverhalen treffen een toon, die miljoenen lezers in de wereld naar meer doet verlangen.' - DIE ZEIT 'Wat heb je zoal nodig voor een geslaagde winteravond, terwijl buiten de sneeuwvlokken vallen en binnen het haardvuur brandt? Een bank, een warm drankje en dit boek!' - titel-magazin 'Het is het onberekenbare, waardoor je het verhaal met ademloze fascinatie leest. Enthousiast griezelen is dit.' - fantasyguide 'Zafn komt perfect tegemoet aan de verwachtingen van jonge lezers en jonggebleven lezers.' - hr-online
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CoffeeNBooks
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Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Beautiful 😍 4mo
Eggs Great choice👼😇 (edited) 4mo
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kwmg40
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I started reading this book a couple of weeks ago, when I was on vacation in Barcelona. A historical novel set in that city in the 20's and 30's, it's full of mystery, obsession and a hint of the supernatural. It wasn't as good as Shadow of the Wind but it still captivated me.

#NovelNovember @Andrew65
#BookSpinBingo @TheAromaofBooks
#RushAthon @DieAReader @GHABI4ROSES

Andrew65 Agree. Still a good book, but not as good as Shadow of the Wind. 12mo
DieAReader 🥳🥳🥳 12mo
TheAromaofBooks Yay!! 12mo
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CaramelLunacy Gorgeous pictures! 12mo
emz711 Oh wow! That's the dream, to read the series while in Barcelona 12mo
kwmg40 @Andrew65 I'm eager to read the next ones, though. I hope they can capture the magic of Shadow of the Wind again. 12mo
kwmg40 @DieAReader @TheAromaofBooks Thanks for stopping by! 12mo
kwmg40 @CaramelLunacy Thanks! I looked among our photos for something that would capture the dark, mysterious feel of the Barcelona of the novel, but most of our photos were taken in the sunshine! 😂 12mo
kwmg40 @emz711 I sure wish I could have stayed in Barcelona long enough to read the entire series, but I was there for just a few days. I'll have to make a return visit. 12mo
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Susanita
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Dan Stevens read the tagged audiobook, and he did a great job. He should read all the books in the series if he hasn‘t done it already. #sundayfunday

Ruthiella I also listened to this read by Dan Stevens and it completely elevated the experience for me. I thought his accent when pronouncing Spanish words was pretty good too. 2y
Susanita @Ruthiella I listened to a different book where the narrator mispronounced common Spanish place names, so I appreciated that Dan got the words right. 2y
BookmarkTavern I loved his performance of Agatha Christie's And Then There Were None! Thanks for answering! 2y
Susanita @ozma.of.oz I bet that‘s gooood! 2y
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ChaoticMissAdventures
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The book quote that sticks with me the most is from the tagged -
"All money is dirty, if it wasn't no one would want it"

I also have a tattoo of Kurt Vonnegut - Slaughterhouse Five -
"So it goes".

#littenswanttoknow @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks 📚🙌🏻 2y
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Kelly_the_Bookish_Sidekick
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Posting my August #bookspinbingo list a few hours earlier than usual! I am 50% through the tagged book's 522 pages, so I'm using the second half on this month's board. Hoping to get a few books read for Women in Translation month and Japan.

@TheAromaofBooks

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!!! 2y
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Still waiting for my hold on the tagged but I should get it in time. I really enjoyed the author's other work but wasn't able to get to this one when he was features in #AAM. #bookspin

And finally a push through the next doorway. Very exciting! I've been holding this series because I'm not ready to run out of them. #doublespin

@TheAromaofBooks

claudiuo Awesome authors both! Both of these books are on my TBR list. Someday... 😁 3y
TheAromaofBooks Yay!!! Looks great!! And sorry you didn't get tagged this morning - you should be on the list now!! 3y
Read-y_Picker @TheAromaofBooks Thank you! And no worries... 3y
NikkiM5 Absent Dream was so good. It was the first book I read of the series (whoops out of order lol) but I was hooked and stared the series from the beginning. 3y
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Just finished this. I have had The Cemetery of Forgotten Books series on my shelves for a while. Wondering why I waited so long to read them. On to The Prisoner of Heaven next.

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Susanita
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I finally finished! With that, I‘m calling it for the year. I had to scale back my reading goals and ultimately finished 74 books. This was one of two books in translation that I read this year, which is a little ironic because I actually understand Spanish reasonably well. OTOH, considering they were two of the longest books I read this year, I think I was a little intimidated! Maybe I‘ll read his short stories in the original..

Suet624 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 a great reading year. 3y
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Andrew65
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#TreeTopper Every Tree needs an Angel.

One of my favourite series.

#FestivePhotoChallenge #WinterGames2021 #MistletoeManiacs

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starlight97
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Zafón continues what he started in The Shadow of the Wind: eerie 1920s Barcelona atmosphere, magic realism, intrigue and love, and a passion for books and storytelling. Can't wait for the third book to arrive.
#booksaboutbooks

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Eggs
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Mehso-so

Pulp fiction writer David Martín is struggling to stay afloat. When he is approached by a mysterious publisher offering a book deal that seems almost too good to be real, David leaps at the chance…after that the plot becomes intricate and mind-boggling. David has a brain tumor, then he doesn‘t. He becomes an unreliable narrator. I think I need to go back and read Shadow of the Wind in hopes it will all make sense.
#authoramonth2021

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Susanita
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1. Thursday we‘ll be bouncing from pillar to post BUT Friday hubby is working, so I‘ll try to knock off the remaining 62% of this audiobook. 😳
2. Green bean casserole!
#two4tuesday

TheSpineView Love green beans any way you fix them! Happy Thanksgiving! 3y
Aims42 Yay to another green bean casserole fan!! 😊 3y
Susanita @Aims42 @TheSpineView It‘s all about the fried onions on top! 3y
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CoffeeNBooks
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Mehso-so

I didn't like this one nearly as much as the other books in the Cemetery of Forgotten Books series. I thought it got very wordy in places, and could have been a much shorter book.

Another #AuthorAMonth book completed during the #NovelNovember Readathon!
@Soubhiville @Andrew65

Andrew65 Well done on finishing 👏👏👏 3y
Soubhiville What a gorgeous photo! Is this a table? I love it. I find Zafron‘s writing a bit dense, and a bit more challenging to get through than I‘m often in the mood for. But so very quotable too. 3y
CoffeeNBooks @Soubhiville It's actually a blanket, but I was just on Amazon looking for a small table for my porch and I saw one with this same design. 3y
Soubhiville 😲 ooooo, I‘m going to look now 🙂 3y
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CoffeeNBooks
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The Angel's Game, Carlos Ruiz Zafon
#AuthorAMonth

wanderinglynn Love this though! ❤️📚 3y
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CoffeeNBooks
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Saturday morning #coffeeandabook- hoping to finish this one today. #NovelNovember Readathon
@Andrew65

DivineDiana I recently read this for the #authoramonth challenge and was transported! ❤️ 3y
Andrew65 Are enjoying it? 3y
CoffeeNBooks @Andrew65 Not as much as I'd hoped, but I'm determined to finish it, and then start The Labyrinth of the Spirits. I just feel like this one is really wordy... it maybe could have been a bit shorter. 3y
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CoffeeNBooks @DivineDiana I read The Shadow of the Wind a few years ago and loved it, so I'm reading the rest of the series this month for #AuthorAMonth. 3y
DivineDiana One day, I will read the rest of the series too! Enjoy! ❤️ 3y
SilversReviews Shadow of the Wind is awesome. I wasn‘t as thrilled with Angel‘s Game. I didn‘t read any more of his. 3y
CoffeeNBooks @SilversReviews I loved The Shadow of the Wind. The Prisoner of Heaven was ok. I wouldn't have finished The Angel's Game if it wasn't for #AuthorAMonth. I just started The Labyrinth of the Spirit and it seems pretty good so far. 3y
SilversReviews @CoffeeNBooks Glad you read more. Enjoy!! 3y
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How are your Zafon books going #AuthorAMonth readers?

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AmyG I passed this month. I will be back for Dec. (edited) 3y
Amiable Mine‘s going slowly—it‘s a chunkster! But I‘m enjoying it . (edited) 3y
CoffeeNBooks I just read this quote in The Angel's Game a little while ago! I'm on my 2nd Zafon book, and hope to also read The Labyrinth of the Spirits this month. 3y
Cinfhen Same as @AmyG planning to jump back in December 3y
erzascarletbookgasm I hope to read The Prince of Mist 🤞 3y
Deblovestoread Just finished Shadow of the Wind Thursday on audio. Lost focus a couple of times but still a fascinating story! 3y
dariazeoli I‘m LOVING Shadow of the Wind. I just wish I had more time this month. Super busy and not as far into it as I‘d like. 3y
Larkken Accidentally put book three in the series on hold instead of book one 🤦🏻‍♀️ (HATE that!) so I‘ve only just started! 3y
MeganAnn I‘m hoping to join in for Isabel Allende in December… for the first time! Excited for the 2022 list 🎉 3y
Bookzombie I haven‘t started. My reading has been slow this month, but after Wednesday I‘m off until the second and hope to get to 3y
ValerieAndBooks About halfway through Shadow of the Wind…hope I can finish it in time 😬 3y
vlwelser I read this one and decided that was enough for this dude for now. His books are lovely but they're very long. 3y
Megabooks My book returned to the library before I could read it! 3y
Crazeedi I haven't read this month!😥 3y
Bklover I‘m about a third through 3y
SilversReviews LOVED Shadow of the Wind!! Didn‘t like his others too much. (edited) 3y
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CoffeeNBooks
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I'm pretty sure I'll be reading this for the remainder of the #NovelNovember Readathon! I've read 35% of it, but it's a longer book, so it will take me a while to finish reading it.
@Andrew65

Andrew65 Hoping to get to book 3 next week. Hope you are enjoying it. 3y
Sienopoli Fantastic book and series. The first is one of my favorite books. 3y
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CoffeeNBooks
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Next up for #NovelNovember Readathon.

Yes, I know I'm reading The Cemetary of Forgotten Books out of order of when they were written, but there are some that suggest this should be read after The Prisoner of Heaven, as it is referenced at the end of that book.

I may start reading it and realize I should have read it before The Prisoner of Heaven, but we'll see. 😂

@Andrew65

Andrew65 Be interesting to hear how it goes reading this one third. 3y
CoffeeNBooks @Andrew65 I might have made a terrible mistake, lol! 🤣 We'll see... 3y
DivineDiana Just finished it! I read it first. Thought it was a prequel to the Shadow of the Wind. 🤷🏼‍♀️ 3y
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BookwormM According to the author they can be read in any order and you get a different view of the story 3y
Andrew65 @BookwormM Interesting to know. 3y
Ruthiella I‘ve only read Shadow and Angel‘s Game and I think it really doesn‘t matter what order. Any starting point works. 3y
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vlwelser
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This is a great story. The author basically creates all these lovely characters and then kills them off slowly and in unexpected ways. It's possible I am exaggerating. It's good that you don't seem to need to have read the previous book in the series because it's been a long time. And it'll probably be a long time before I adventure into another one.

#AuthorAMonth @Soubhiville

#BookSpinBingo square 5
@TheAromaofBooks

DivineDiana I just finished this too! Did not read Book 1. My understanding is that this is a prequel. 🤷🏼‍♀️ 3y
vlwelser @DivineDiana you're totally right this one takes place before the first book. How ridiculous! I didn't notice at all. Oops. 3y
DivineDiana Thank you! You have confirmed my beliefs! Not ridiculous at all. 3y
TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! 3y
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DivineDiana
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Thanks to @Soubhiville and the #authoramonth challenge, I have finished my first Carlos Ruiz Zafón book, just in time! He is a fantastic storyteller! This story is for book lovers everywhere! Dan Steven‘s narration was perfect, but I know that I missed information not having it in print. I was moved by certain passages about books, and would have shared. Barcelona came alive for me! Struggling writer,bookshop haven,love triangle,demon,cinematic.

Soubhiville I‘m so glad you enjoyed it! His writing is full of the most beautiful bookish quotes. 3y
DivineDiana @Soubhiville Yes! At times, I even got a bit teary eyed over the beauty of his words. 😢 3y
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DivineDiana
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Started a new audiobook for #authoramonth @Soubhiville

Enjoying the narration by Dan Stevens #blameitonlitsy

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Susanita
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📚After PT yesterday I took a long drive and listened to about 15% (!) of the tagged book to get a jump on November #authoramonth
📆Getting together with friends to eat and watch 🏈
🙏Retirement ceremony today. I can‘t change my mind now!
#wondrouswednesday

DivineDiana Best wishes for your new chapter! 3y
marleed Oh my gosh, congratulations! I love being unsupervised! 3y
CarolynM Congratulations! Hope you flourish in retirement. 3y
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Susanita
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📚After PT yesterday I took a long drive and listened to about 15% (!) of the tagged book to get a jump on November #authoramonth
📆Getting together with friends to eat and watch 🏈
🙏Retirement ceremony today. I can‘t change my mind now!
#wondrouswednesday

ChasingOm Congratulations! 3y
Mandoul Congrats 😊 3y
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rwmg
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David Martin, a writer of penny dreadfuls who aspires to writing literature, is approached by a mysterious publisher offering him a very lucrative commission to write a novel. But is the offer too good to be true?

Deliciously spooky.

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rwmg
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"A writer never forgets the first time he accepted a few coins or a word of praise in exchange for a story."

#FirstLineFridays
@ShyBookOwl

ShyBookOwl Great first line!! Love it. Just curious, where are u posting from? I ask because I'm in Ontario, Canada and got this tag around 9pm Thursday 3y
rwmg @ShyBookOwl I'm in Jakarta, Indonesia and I generally post these about 08:00 Friday 3y
ShyBookOwl @rwmg Awesome! Thank you for satisfying my curiosity. Always interesting to learn where ppl are 🤓 3y
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Tianarose
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Heck! My legs are practically the same colour as the pages 🤣🤣

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Penny_LiteraryHoarders
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What made this book sing for me was Dan Stevens', as always, brilliant narration. Also, the unrequited love story of Daniel and Cristina. This book was with me for countless kms of walks. ❤

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Penny_LiteraryHoarders
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One of the pretty tree ornaments.

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Penny_LiteraryHoarders
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Today's #audiowalk featured cute fairy gardens and ornaments in the trees! Someone was busy spreading bits of joy and happiness in the forest trail.

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Penny_LiteraryHoarders
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Still #audiowalking with The Angel's Game! Which is fine because Dan Stevens is amazing to listen to. A beautiful sunshine filled day today. Picture doesn't quite capture it.

emz711 ooo i love the series and havent done any of the audiobooks. Is this Dan Stevens like Dan Stevens? Downton? Beauty and the Beast? 4y
Penny_LiteraryHoarders @emz711 Yes! He's the one! He's freaking AMAZING as an audiobook narrator!! If you can find Agatha Christie's Murder on the Orient Express you'll be blown away that it is Only Dan Stevens narrating! 4y
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Penny_LiteraryHoarders
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What's in my ears while walking. Always love a book narrated by Dan Stevens! Today was such a gorgeous day to get out and walk. Needed to clear out the cooped up feelings!

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Petelord
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Every book, every volume you see, has a soul. The soul of the person who wrote it and the soul of those who read it and lived and dreamed with it. Every time a book changes hands, every time someone runs his eyes down it‘s pages, it‘s spirit grows and strengthen

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Petelord
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Wow what I book!!! I picked this up at a second hand book store simply because I read Shadow the of the Wind. I had no idea it would be this good. I love the characters and it‘s a genuine page turner. Best of all it‘s about books and writing. Highly highly recommend

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Ebook on sale

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Petelord
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I don‘t trust people who say they have lots of friends. It‘s a sure sign that they don‘t really know anyone.

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EadieB
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Day 10 - #Angel #SleighTheShelves
#TheAngelsGame #CarlosRuizZafon

This is the 2nd book of The Cemetery of Forgotten Books series and follows after The Shadow of The Wind.

OriginalCyn620 📚👍🏻📚 4y
violabrain Just finished this one today! I‘m going to re-read Shadow of the Wind next because it‘s been years since I read that one… 4y
EadieB @violabrain Nice! There are actually 4 books in this series. 4y
perfectsinner Cemetery of Forgotten Books is my favourite series ever 💜 4y
perfectsinner I gave all but POH 5 stars 4y
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Amor4Libros
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I loved The Shadow of the Wind so much that I need to continue with this series. Loving the audiobook!

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violabrain
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A perfect explanation of Trumpism right here.

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Michellesibs
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Mehso-so

Once again the author creates a vivid 1920's Barcelona where the streets although dark come alive. The author is known for his world building and this book doesn't disappoint on that but I really wasn't into the plot or characters in this one. This book is a mix of gothic mystery with paranormal elements which on the whole didnt work for me, the pacing of mysteries are too slow to hold my attention and this is definitely a slow burn.

Coleen_Nieto @michellesibs I agree, of the books in the series, I liked this one the least but overall I love love love the series. It will make more sense when you get to the 3rd and 4th books. 4y
Michellesibs @Coleen_Nieto I really hope to finish this series this year! I keep hearing how good it is so im going dive in over Christmas and polish it off x 4y
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sparrowssavvy
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Pickpick

I love this author so much. The first in this series was better, but this was still awesome!

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sprainedbrain
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If we‘ve been Litsy friends for a while, you‘ve seen me rave about The Shadow of the Wind, one of my all-time favorite books. I‘ve owned this prequel for years and finally read it: it‘s not Shadow (what is though?) but it‘s so good.

A beautiful book, perfect for book lovers who enjoy gorgeous writing, gothic vibes, and fantastic storytelling.

I listened to most of it on audio because it‘s read by DAN STEVENS, further enhancing my😍.

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️1/2

Ruthiella I listened to this narrated by Dan Stevens too and I agree, he was FANTASTIC! 😀 4y
Sace I think the author passed away recently? 😢 4y
sprainedbrain @Sace yes, he did. 😔 4y
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sprainedbrain @Ruthiella I don‘t know how he manages to SOUND handsome but he certainly does. 😂 4y
bio_chem06 You had me at Dan Stevens 4y
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Minervasbutler
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Slightly unsatisfactory prequel-sequel to Shadow of the Wind, wherein a hack author is engaged by what I'm assuming is the Devil to create a new religion. Intriguing premise which never really develops and leaves this reader slightly baffled. Hopefully the subsequent installments make more sense.

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EadieB
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Day 20 - #Angelic #AboutAugust
#TheAngelsGame #CarlosRuizZafon

I read and enjoyed this book in 2010.

Eggs 👏🏻📚🤗 👼👍🏼 4y
Sienopoli I did too. I still liked shadow of the wind better but consistent good follow up 4y
Kelly_the_Bookish_Sidekick I need to read this one soon. 4y
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Wandergrace
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Found a copy of my fav book in a thrift bookshop and I'm lookinh forward to re-read it while listening to the audio book.

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Ubookquitous
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Another excellent read, albeit not as good as The Shadow of the Wind. Zafon has an excellent way of painting beautiful descriptions and becoming mood.

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KimM
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The second installment of this series takes place prior to the events of Shadow of the Wind. It does not disappoint. I will definitely move on to the third in the series.

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