fantasy

i just read the two princess of bamarre. i know, i know. we're supposed to be reading shannon hale this month, but gail carson levine has SO many good books and i want to read them all before moving on to river secrets which is the only shannon hale i haven't read yet. i LOVED the two princesses of bamarre.

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i am not a fantasy fan. or at least i thought i wasn't. but this book is very...fantastical...fantasy-filled. (what is that word?) so, fantasy or not, i love books with strong female characters and even though the book is all about one of the sisters/princesses supposedly NOT being strong, she is. she's my kind of strong. quietly strong. so, it struck a chord deep inside of me. but back to the fantasy aspect. normally when i'm reading fantasy, my eyes just glaze over during all the funky hybrid animal descriptions and dramatic battles, but i actually hung onto the whole plot for the entire book. which probably isn't hard for the normal avid reader, but it is usually hard for me and...let's just say that i am proud of myself, alright. i loved this book.