The Girl Who Soared Over Fairyland and Cut the Moon in Two | 
so-soI enjoyed the first 2 books more. 😞
Valente does have a flowery writing style which carries on to this book. As usual she draws from classic children books but the plot in this was a bit convoluted and September seemed to lack some agency in her choices.
pickOh, how i loved this book. Valente writes beautifully.
#bookspinbingo @TheAromaofBooks
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#marvellousmarch @Andrew65
Fininished book 1 of 3
#moonreflections
1. I start my first MLIS course on Monday, which I‘ve been fairly cavalier about. I‘ve excelled in academics my whole life & figured it‘d be a breeze. Upon looking at my syllabus, I was suddenly seized with fear about not being as capable anymore. I‘ve gotta work to let go of that insecurity & land somewhere healthy & balanced.
2. Tagged! I also love the classic Wilde quote. You know the one. 🌸🌚
3. @Jess_Franzino @Chrissyreadit
“September was stuck fast in Fairlyland, like a nail driven home.”
This story used black and white detailed sketches throughout the story to enhance the feelings of magic and fantasy.
pickThis modern fantasy story was published in 2013 by Feiwel and Friends. It is a story about a girl who is tired of her ordinary life and desires adventures. She finds herself spirited away to the mood, reunited with her friends, and faced with saving Fairyland.
pick#ANewChapter Day 14: For #SnowyCover, I am reminded of tagged book which kept me company on my way to Kazakhstan to deliver a keynote for an educational conference back in 2014. Since I had to contend with a lot of Visa issues, immigration policies and checkpoints, I felt a bit like September on the border of Fairyland, with her soul weighed and her papers shuffled and checked before I was stamped, sealed, and finally delivered in Astana. ⬇️
The Fairyland books are so quotable. Love that this one starts out warning about how lies build upon each other.
The chapter titles alone should be enough to convince anyone they need to read this series. I think chapter 3 may be my favorite from this one.
"...but pleasant isn't enough for me! When you tuck into a Midnight Snack, it's because you're hungry in the dark."
This book is so quotable. This explains perfectly why I love my midnight snack time. ?
My daughter and I have been trying to read this together for weeks but she keeps ditching me to read her own books. I'll admit though that I get caught up and do it to her too. But today I'm giving in and going to read it on my own. I should be cleaning but I hate having an unfinished book this long. That's an excuse for a messy house, right? I love having so many Book of the Month bookmarks around for times like this.
I have cats, some dark chocolate, and Fairyland. My evening is looking really good! 😍
My daughter, @September ,and I are reading this together. This is my favorite quote so far.
"It's Latin, which is an excellent language for mischief making, which is why governments are so fond of it."
#ReadingResolutions @Jess7
I'd give up everything in a heartbeat to go on a #Journey through Fairyland with September and her friends. 🤔
#Transformation is a major theme in this book. "What others say you are you become." But that's only half the truth.
#150PnPCoverParty
@CrowCAH @LeahBergen
Candlestick the Buraq is a creature of strong #opinions who believes that if you have them you should voice them.
"Only the dead don't argue. And even then there are exceptions. Didn't anyone tell you? Respect your elders is just a secret weapon, and like most secret weapons, it's a cheap trick. It shuts everyone else up for free, without having to break a sweat. And she who shuts up first loses."
#150PnPCoverparty
@LeahBergen @CrowCAH
pickAnother wonderful installment. September is growing up and so are her adventures. This one wrenched the heart a little more and is full of the bitter-sweetness of the best children's literature.
Lovely.
From the Moira Library Facebook page.
#LitsyLovesLibraries
pickSame irascible (except when they're not), bold (even when they're blushing) characters. Same beautiful language. Same wise, yet playful lessons. Different fantastical (moon-based) adventure (w/ a yeti).
My favorite detail is the Stationary Circus. All of the performers are made of paper, including Valentine ("love letters woven together to make a girl") & Pentameter (whose "body was covered in blocks of text, little birthmarks of 14 lines each").
"She changes her face over the course of a month, well, who doesn‘t? Who is the same creature on the first of the month as on the thirty-first? Anything might happen, in such a space."
"Living is a paragraph constantly rewritten. It is Grown-Up Magic. Children are heartless; their parents hold them still, squirming and shouting, until a heart can get going in their little lawless wilderness. Teenagers crash their hearts into every hard & thrilling thing to see what will give & what will hold. And Grown-Ups, when they are very good, when they are very lucky, & very brave, & their wishes are sharp as scissors..." (cont. below??)
"Marriage is a wrestling match where you hold on tight while your mate changes into a hundred different things. The trick is that you‘re changing into a hundred other things, but you can‘t let go. You can only try to match up and never turn into a wolf while he‘s a rabbit, or a mouse while he‘s still busy being an owl, a brawny black bull while he‘s a little blue crab scuttling for shelter. It‘s harder than it sounds."
(*See comment below!)
"We wore our hearts on our sleeves!…That‘s what you wear to your wedding if you‘re a Lamia…To show that you mean it, to show you know that love means wearing your insides on your outsides."
As an aspiring wedding officiant, I immediately wanted to create a mini ritual out of this passage. As part of their ceremony, the couple would pin little handcrafted felt hearts to one another's formal wear. How cute would that be?! ??
“September could do nearly anything while reading: walk, brush a horse, pull ragweed out of the herb-bed, scrub the teacups and gravy boats which by now had almost no paint on them at all."
It is a beautiful, blue-skied day, and I'm very excited to be starting this book! Valente's Fairyland is a whimsical delight, and I can't wait to see what this one holds!
In this book, my girl September does a lot of stuff, including some #Walkingonthemoon 🌒
Also, can anyone tell me what is up with making the cover of a paperback a little narrower than it is supposed to be, and then having that coloured paper underneath? (The red line at the right). Why do publishers do that?
#girlinthetitle I know I'm not alone in this but I really dislike the whole trend of using "girl" in the title when referring to adult women. At this point I also think that it's simply laziness on the part of the author (or lack of creativity) so I'm less inclined to read books that when I see titles with "girl."
Anyway, here's an appropriate use of "girl" since the protagonist is actually a girl. I ❤️ these books! #readjanuary
pickI love these books and it was a much needed break to read something light and fun. This is book three in the Fairyland series. September returns to fairyland as a 14 year old girl who is struggling with a few things at home. She finds old friends and embarks on an adventure to track down a yeti. Like all the other books, its whimsical, magical,and beautifully written. Definitely not my favorite of the series but still very good.
sooo far behind on #photoadaynov16 This is my day 2 post? #planestrainsandautomobiles we have The Hogwarts Express, September's 1925 Model A "Aroostook" and of course the space crafts/planes/hover vehicles that Scarlet (and of course Cresswell) pilot.
The truth about lies? #booktober #day16 #greatfirstlines
pickThis series, you guys. Every book makes my heart expand and ache at the same time. It's all about growing up and staying young, taking responsibility or not, loving your friends and family but wanting your own life...it is everything. The best kind of fantasy and coming-of-age. "...That's the kind of story we're in. It's all jumbled up on the outside, but it all makes sense in your head. It all flows the right way in your heart."
so-soValente's writing is always so beautiful. September's adventures continue as she learns about life and growing up. The narrator has a great insight and wisdom that I as a rather lost 26/year old appreciate. However, this one just felt really long and rambling in parts. There were great meaty chunks of dialogue that threw off the pacing. The ending was very interesting. So it's worth a read but not my favorite of Valente.
Confession time: if I'm at a book store and I see misfiled books I have to fix them. And straighten up the shelves. Some of this comes from when I worked at a bookstore; a lot of it come from the fact that I want all of the books to find good homes.
I assume other people do this as well...,
First day back at school! Forgot how much I loved those little babies...and how friggen exhausting they are.
Reading after dinner? Ah yes.
"' The whole point of growing is to get big enough to hold the world you want inside you. But, it takes a long time. And you really must eat your vegetables. And most often, you have to make the world you want out of yourself.' September's eyes tingled with tears. Of all the fairy strangeness she had known, this seemed suddenly both the strangest and least strange of all." So much love for this series!
These are my girls today; fruity & fun!
Oh September! Hearts, once you have them locked up in your chest, are a fantastic heap of tender and terrible wonders - but they must be trained.
