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31st July 2005, 09:42 PM
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| Hobbit  Join Date: Jul 2005
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| Bartimaeus Trilogy A friend lent me this book and I fell in love. It's about an aspiring wizard in England (sound familiar? Not quite) who find that, after surpassing his teacher, has the power to make his life better than the hole if disdain it had been since he was abandoned into his master's care. Magic, history and witty sarcasm from djinni. Great. |
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31st July 2005, 09:52 PM
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| Young at Heart  Join Date: Mar 2005
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| Re: Bartimaeus Trilogy The Bartimaeus Trilogy by Jonathan Stroud... Sits on my bookshelf still un read.  Welcome Weefree... Here's a link to a thread where more of Jonathan's stuff has been discussed. http://www.chronicles-network.net/fo...ead.php?t=6342 |
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8th August 2005, 09:25 PM
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| Child Garden Graduate  Join Date: Jun 2005
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| Re: Bartimaeus Trilogy Quote:
 It's fun, not fantastic writing but racey and pacey and a true voice. | |
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9th August 2005, 02:46 PM
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| Young at Heart Join Date: Mar 2005
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| Re: Bartimaeus Trilogy I finished the book I was in last night and picked up The Amulet of Samarkand... I only read the first chapter though before I went to bed (around 11pm... I get up at 4 for the baby). Anyways, it was funny! Bartimaeus sounds like my type of guy. I look forward to reading the rest of the story. Thanks for the recommendations.  |
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10th August 2005, 08:59 PM
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| Young at Heart Join Date: Mar 2005
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| Re: Bartimaeus Trilogy Series Bartimaeus 1. The Amulet of Samarkand (2003) 2. The Golem's Eye (2004) 3. Ptolemy's Gate (2005) Released in the UK in September Novels Buried Fire (1999) The Leap (2001) The Last Siege (2003) Link: http://bartimaeustrilogy.com/ Trivia Challenge and Wallpapers available. |
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11th August 2005, 04:01 AM
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| Fierce Vowelless One  Join Date: Apr 2003
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| Re: Bartimaeus Trilogy Well, Alia, I found out today that my library has bought The Golem's Eye and I'm the first one on the list for it. Hopefully it will come in soon! *As an aside, my library might be small but they sure know how to use their technology! On their website, not only can you access the books database, but they also list upcoming releases and other books not necessarily new but 'coming'. Then you can reserve them right there on the spot. You can see a list of what you have checked out, what is waiting for you...it is just great! Especially for people like me who can't get there to browse as often as I'd like. So I browse by computer. In addition to that, you can email them lists of books you think they ought to carry. I don't know how much stock they put in those emails but that it is there is a good thing. |
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11th August 2005, 04:12 AM
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| Young at Heart Join Date: Mar 2005
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10th October 2005, 08:33 PM
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| Dragon Writer  Join Date: Aug 2004
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| Re: Bartimaeus Trilogy I see Ptolemy's Gate is out in hardback now. Has anyone here read it yet? I've not got around to reading book 2 yet, but I'd like some idea of whether I'm going to like the ending to this trilogy before I commit to another two books. |
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10th October 2005, 08:59 PM
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| Fierce Vowelless One Join Date: Apr 2003
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| Re: Bartimaeus Trilogy Quote:
 I have not had the chance to read #3 yet but both the first and second books were engaging and entertaining (and they even taught us a little bit  ) so I doubt that the third book could be such a disapointment that you wouldn't want to read the first two. I'd say give-r-a-go... | |
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