Book of a Thousand Days
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| Rating | : | 4.66 (950 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B00AFFFZZ0 |
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| Number of Pages | : | 354 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2018-01-08 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
When Lady Saren defies her father's command to marry the vicious Lord Khasar, she is sealed in a tower with only her serving maid, Dashti, for company. Once again, Shannon Hale, author of the Newbery Honor Book Princess Academy, weaves an enchanting and original fantasy that will catch and hold listeners breathless in its spell.. And even if they do escape, they must still face the eerie malice of Lord Khasar. At first the girl is optimistic: they have food aplenty, candles for light, and even a visit from Lady Saren's true love, Khan Tegus - though he can only call to them from outside their walls. In their cramped, dark space Dashti pours her thoughts into a daily journal while pitiless solitude engulfs them. To survive, Dashti and Saren forge a
"elegant" according to Denae C. Reader thoughts:OK. I absolutely loved this book (yay for full-cast-audio), and it would the BEST ever except for this one scene I didn't like (the way Dashti defeated the bad guy, but at least it worked). That's me, picky.This book reminded me of Ella Enchanted in the sense that both authors use a lot of emotions to further the plot and side-characters that wreak havoc and the main character's love is in the dark about protagonist's biggest secret. SH, though, had a bigger o. "Everything you could want in a Standalone fantasy" according to Lexie @ For the Sake of Reading. Book of a Thousand Days is loosely based around the little known Brothers Grimm fairy tale called 'Maid Maleen'. Like the original tale a young girl is locked in a tower for 7 years by her father and when released finds her kingdom gone to marauders. Hale recaptures the essence of the story perfectly, while also doing what she does best; she re-conjures the tale as a story for young girls to read and find strength in.From the handmaiden Dashti's journal we see the events unfo. God bless all caregivers T. Tanner This is one of the most realistic fictional accounts I've ever read about being a caregiver to someone who is emotionally and mentally unstable. What makes it fun is that the realism is packaged in a fairy-tale-turned-novel.Unfortunately, the original fairy-tale, Maid Maleen, is rarely told anymore. It's about a beautiful lady whose father locks her in a tower for refusing to marry the man he chose for her. She awaits rescue, but when none comes, she up and rescues herself. A