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Book Tour: The Ocean at The End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman

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The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman My rating: 5 of 5 stars How does one review a piece of literature that grabs on to you can connects with you with out spoiling the experience for others? Neil Gaiman is nothing but a pure brilliance each time I read something he has written or hear of some thing he has said I am nothing but drawn and in awe. The Ocean at the End of the Lane is just another example of how amazing this mans mind is. The story takes places mainly as a string of memory, the point of view of a man who needing sometime for himself after a funeral. He finds himself back to his childhood neighborhood to where is old house used to be then finds himself at old farmhouse down the lane which transports him back in his mind to the seven year old version of himself and the flood of memories and events come crashing back like waves has these times roll in as if they had never been lost or forgotten. The girl, the cat, the strange and magical events, the dea

Miss Ridley & the Warlock by Diana Green

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4 out of 5 stars!! I have always been a fan of governess in novels, now toss in the other elements of mystery, fantasy and romance and I will be happy.Which is what the reader will come to find in Diana Greens novel Miss Ridley & The Warlock.   The characters keep you interested in the comings and goings,  all while set in this wonderful period. As a huge fan of Jane Eyre the tension and romance were just right to keep me happy. 4 Stars! I look forward to the continuing on with this series in the future. Thank you for the opportunity to read and review this novel.  Gemma Ridley’s first encounter with Squire Kenrik proves nothing short of alarming. So much so, she considers fleeing back to the city, despite the fact only poverty and scandal await her there. Could those challenges be worse than staying as governess on a haunted estate and working for a dangerously handsome eccentric? Little does Gemma realize what dark secrets and wondrous enchantments will transfor