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Totally magical, totally random, totally amazing! Barcode: 9780007175031 So, having finished the simply awesome Abhorsen trilogy i was eager to read more of Garth Nix's books and thought where better to go next than the Keys To The Kingdom series. I was quite surprised for a number of reasons but thanfully, it was a pleasant kind of surprise. My first recommendation is that make sure you read the first novel, Mister Monday, first as there is a lot of stuff you need to know about like the Will, the keys, the days, the house etc. the list goes on.... more info
The only weak link so far Don't get me wrong, I love this eptalogy, but I honestly found this to be the less successful of the series so far. It lacks the wonder and variety of the all the other books. Basically Arthur now has to return to the House to fight Grim Tuesday, cursed by his Key by Greed. Unfortunately not much happens, Arthur just goes into a gigantic hole (called the Far Reaches) that has been excavated for 10,000 years where the strange substance called Nothing is extracted (and used to create all sorts of... more info
And you thought Mondays were bad If you're going to read this book, I strongly recommend that you make sure that you've read "Mister Monday" first. That way you see, I don't have to explain all about the Architect and the Will, and the seven hidden fragments and the treacherous trustees and all that. Just call me lazy if you like. Our young and most unlikely hero has barely returned from Mister Monday's domain, when the telephone hotline starts ringing again. Arthur quickly learns that Grim Tuesday has found a convenient loophole in... more info
Grim "Tuesday" Things go from bad to worse for Arthur Penhaligon in the second book of this series, "Grim Tuesday." Garth Nix's second Keys to the Kingdom book is a bit more plodding and hard to decipher than the first, but still has his deliciously dark sense of humor and knack for ghastly beasties. It's less than a day after the near-catastrophic events of "Mister Monday." And poor Arthur thought he was going to go back to a normal life. But he's suddenly called and told that Grim Tuesday has somehow called in... more info
