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Books and Bikinis Reading Challenge - read 10 books about mermaids, the sea, the beach...by the end of the summer! hopefully soon!
(7 out of 10 read)

Please be patient with the fewer and far-between posts....we have a new 'half' born in April and things are slow as we adjust and try desperately for more sleep. (It's a girl!)

Monday, January 11, 2010

Duo Review: City of Masks, by Mary Hoffman

City of Masks, by Mary Hoffman
Young Adult, 2002

When Lucien find himself transported to a parallel sixteenth century Italy (Talia), he finds a release from the cancer that is slowly draining his life away. There he finds adventure, romance, and a city-state to save. But as wonderful as this all is, will he survive back in London where his home truly is?
Trackgeek: I enjoyed this a lot. While I hope that they don't try to elaborate on why there are time discrepancies between one world and the next in the other books, I did enjoy this one. I enjoyed the adventure that is told, and appreciate that the basis of the story doesn't have to do with traveling back in time in the same world (or reality) which always leads to problems.
Graded a B+.
Raspberry: For my review, see this post.
Graded a B-.

1 comments:

Hirsche Family said...

I am glad you reviewed this book. I have been curious about it. I will move it up on my list of "to-reads"! Try commenting again on my blog and see if it works. I am not sure what happened, but I changed a few things that might make a difference.