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I love this book! I read it for the second time this summer! :-D

Elberethsq, this book is pretty recent. I think it could be put under the categories of adventure/thriller/fantasy.

Here's a summary I found...

Two months after her mother's sudden and puzzling suicide, Gemma Doyle travels from India, where she was raised, to England for her new life at an all-girls preparatory school. At Spence Academy, Gemma feels dispirited by the stringent etiquette and her classmates' cruel pecking order, but she finds herself befriended by a group of girls with aspirations of being more than "proper ladies." Aside from school troubles, Gemma is also preoccupied with nightmarish visions, and following her discovery of a long-lost diary that describes "the Order," she learns that she has supernatural abilities that link her to the spirit world, her mother, and an evil force that wants to usurp Gemma's powers. And it's almost too late before Gemma realizes that she holds the key to her own and her friends' destinies.

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Author:	Sidawethiel [ July 3rd, 2005, 7:09 pm ]
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A Great and Terrible Beauty by Libba Bray is an excellent book! I loved it, has anybody else read it?

Author:	Larael [ July 8th, 2005, 6:58 pm ]
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I just finished it-my humanities teacher recommended it to me. I loved it, it's one of the best books I've evre read!!!!

Author:	Elberethsq [ July 8th, 2005, 8:20 pm ]
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I've never heard of the title, nor the author. Can you please give a brief summary of it? Is it a classical novel, or is it pretty recent? Adventure, thriller, or romance? Hmmm. . .

Author:	Eledhwen [ July 9th, 2005, 10:26 am ]
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I loved this book, it was really really good.

Author:	~Tigging with Dom~ [ July 10th, 2005, 11:08 am ]
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I love this book! I read it for the second time this summer! Elberethsq, this book is pretty recent. I think it could be put under the categories of adventure/thriller/fantasy. Here's a summary I found... Two months after her mother's sudden and puzzling suicide, Gemma Doyle travels from India, where she was raised, to England for her new life at an all-girls preparatory school. At Spence Academy, Gemma feels dispirited by the stringent etiquette and her classmates' cruel pecking order, but she finds herself befriended by a group of girls with aspirations of being more than "proper ladies." Aside from school troubles, Gemma is also preoccupied with nightmarish visions, and following her discovery of a long-lost diary that describes "the Order," she learns that she has supernatural abilities that link her to the spirit world, her mother, and an evil force that wants to usurp Gemma's powers. And it's almost too late before Gemma realizes that she holds the key to her own and her friends' destinies.

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Author:	Elberethsq [ July 10th, 2005, 2:23 pm ]
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~Tigging with Dom~ wrote: I love this book! I read it for the second time this summer! Elberethsq, this book is pretty recent. I think it could be put under the categories of adventure/thriller/fantasy. Here's a summary I found... Two months after her mother's sudden and puzzling suicide, Gemma Doyle travels from India, where she was raised, to England for her new life at an all-girls preparatory school. At Spence Academy, Gemma feels dispirited by the stringent etiquette and her classmates' cruel pecking order, but she finds herself befriended by a group of girls with aspirations of being more than "proper ladies." Aside from school troubles, Gemma is also preoccupied with nightmarish visions, and following her discovery of a long-lost diary that describes "the Order," she learns that she has supernatural abilities that link her to the spirit world, her mother, and an evil force that wants to usurp Gemma's powers. And it's almost too late before Gemma realizes that she holds the key to her own and her friends' destinies. Thank you for going through all the trouble to type up that summary! That was very kind of you. It does sound pretty interesting. I might want to check it out in the library if they have it there - but I have to read books my school requests the students to over the summer. But it does sound pretty interesting, and the title sounds interesting too!

Author:	Larien [ July 13th, 2005, 2:08 pm ]
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The sequel "Rebel Angels" doesn't come out until August...something! Can I wait that long?

Author:	Larael [ July 13th, 2005, 4:59 pm ]
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Awesome there is a sequel!!!!!! I can't wait!!!!!!

Author:	Arwen the webmaster [ July 21st, 2005, 9:21 pm ]
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I really enjoyed that book...kind of found it accidentally, but I wasn't sorry I did. I'd definitely classify it as a modern (well, judging by when it was written, that is) gothic novel. Did anyone else think that the whole writing in present tense thing was weird? I started to not notice it after a while, but first it was bizarre. I already have a hold on the library's copy of Rebel Angels! w00t!

Author:	Ororuthiel [ July 22nd, 2005, 9:58 am ]
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I've never read it, but it sounds good so I'll have to have a try at reading it! I'll try and get a copy of it at the library

Author:	Larien [ July 22nd, 2005, 4:53 pm ]
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Arwen the webmaster wrote: Did anyone else think that the whole writing in present tense thing was weird? I started to not notice it after a while, but first it was bizarre I actually did think that it was a little bizarre, as so many novels are written in the past tense and I myself am used to writing in the past! You're right though, you get used to after a while, because the plot is so exciting!

Author:	Mithril [ March 13th, 2006, 4:41 am ]
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[font=Arial, sans-serif] I read it last year, and I think my memory is failing a bit. I do remember thinking the past tense thing was weird though, so maybe not. I also remember the use of the poem 'The Lady of Shalott'. I adore that poem. ^_^ It was a good book all in all. Somewhat unique to say the least. [/font]

Author:	Pandora [ March 13th, 2006, 11:12 am ]
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Arwen the webmaster wrote: Did anyone else think that the whole writing in present tense thing was weird? I started to not notice it after a while, but first it was bizarre. ! at first I found it strange that Libba used I instead of her, but I got used to it after the first couple of chapters, then I was really drawn into the book. I have also finished Rebel Angels and thought it was amazing, it was a very big shocker for me

Author:	stargazerlily [ August 15th, 2006, 7:43 pm ]
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I read A Great and Terrible Beauty during my sophmore year of high school. A fabulous book. I love Libba Bray. She's amazing. I'm looking forward to the 3rd book.

Author:	Sam the Brave [ August 16th, 2006, 5:43 pm ]
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Just finished two days ago! yay! twirls in a circle I was at my bro's football (as in american...not soccer..as in they beat the c r a p outta each other) practice and I read the end with that person I won't say...but the one that kinda goes bibi at the end...and I almost cried! It was not good. lol. I was angry tho...I really wanted Gemma to hook up with Kartik Though after reading a couple pages of Rebel Angels, I think there is a very good possibility... They should make it a movie and cast Kartik as a very hot guy Sammy

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Author:	Gilraen Ringeril [ August 15th, 2006, 8:52 pm ]
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My friend read it (and Rebel Angels) and they are her favorite books. Therefore, she recommended them to me xD I started listening to A Great and Terrible Beauty on CD, but I'm not very good at listening to books, so I never finished it I really enjoyed the first part I heard, though, so I think I'll check it out from the library sometime (in book form )