Mirror, Mirror (short story, Twins series) (Twins Mystery Series)
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Characters are almost all unlikeable, stories are depressing. I expect not to like one or 2 short stories in a collection, but usually it's the ones in the middle that are the weak stories. But I'll give it at least another disk. Jun 15, Jun 13, Jun 12, Elena Santangelo rated a book did not like it. Jun 06, Topics Mentioning This Author. Bouchercon reports 55 Nov 04, Mystery - takes place in present day but has flashbacks to Civil War.
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After a while, I found it hard to pick it up again and keep reading. The book started off fine--interesting premise and charac I actually finished this book a couple weeks ago, so it didn't take me 6 weeks to read it, but it did take me about a month. The book started off fine--interesting premise and characters and Aunt Dimity, a ghost who communicates through a diary.
I've read earlier Aunt Dimity mysteries and enjoyed them, but this one seemed to have pacing problems. I felt like the middle of the book was spent waiting for something to happen--something besides scenes of domesticity concerning twin babies and visiting villagers. The solution, when it finally showed up, was unsatisfying.
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There just wasn't much more plot to this book than to a short story. I liked the first half of this anthology more than the 2nd half. The first stories were in the vein of Two-Minute Mysteries though Ellery Queen wrote theirs more than a decade before before Donald Sobol's book. What I mean are, they're very short s I liked the first half of this anthology more than the 2nd half. What I mean are, they're very short stories with limited characters, and you have to guess who done whatever from maybe 3 suspects.
Some small clue is hidden in the story that solves the whole thing. They're great little puzzles and very enjoyable. If the whole book was filled with them, I'd have easily given it 5 stars. Toward the middle of the collection are some longer stories. Alex tries to defeat the Enchantress by subtly stealing her pride, but she is blasted off of the coliseum. Because she was holding the Wand of Wonderment, she is saved from death. However, when she reaches the ground, she faints. Alex then has a dream that she was talking to Alice from Wonderland , Lucy from Narnia , Dorothy from Oz , and Wendy from Neverland , who advises her on the situation.
Alex wakes up and goes back up the coliseum using a flying horse which is actually Bob. When she arrives, she drops the Wand in front of The Enchantress. The Enchantress tries to kill Alex with the Wand after Alex stripped her of her powers until Ezmia got hold of the Wand of Wonderment but Rumpelstiltskin jumps in front of the blast to save Alex out of guilt for what he has tried to do for Ezmia. Conner destroys the Wand, so all the magic is taken from her body and she dies.
After that, Bob finally proposes to Charlotte and they get married in Cinderella 's castle. When it is time to leave, Alex claims that she is meant to stay in the Land of Stories, and that Conner should share their stories in the real world. The twins then believe that they were to be separated forever after the fairies decided to seal all portals leading to and from The Land of Stories.
Later, Conner fetches Cinderella 's stepmother and stepsisters to go back to his world, Conner also shares their stories in the Otherworld. In the beginning of the third book, Alex is in the Land of Stories training to be the next fairy godmother and is preparing for her coronation as Fairy Godmother. Meanwhile, Conner is at school in the real world and is questioned about where his sister is.
Conner goes on a school trip to Germany to hear stories by the Brothers Grimm that was recently found in a time capsule. The good news for Conner is that the girl he has a crush on Bree Campbell is going. The bad news is that four girls called the Book Huggers are also going.
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As for Alex, she keeps messing up casting her spells. She eventually meets a farm boy named Rook Robins, whom she starts falling for. She becomes very torn later in the story because her grandmother is dying and she feels like she is killing her. The fairy godmother is dying because she finally finds a replacement; now the fairy god mother can rest knowing the fairy tale world rests in good hands.
Conner finds out that one of the stories is actually a secret message and a warning for the Land of Stories. He sets out across Germany to crack a year code. With the help of Bree and the directions of Mother Goose, Conner eventually meets Emmerich Himmelsbach, a little boy from a small village. Alex and Conner realize an army from their world, the world of regular people, is coming to the Fairy Tale world. The army is led by the Masked Man, whom they presume is their father. Alex's grandmother, the fairy godmother , eventually defeats the twins' presumed father's dragon with her fairy magic and dies.
Alex is disgusted with Rook, figuring out he was the person who leaked out information and dumps him. Rook saves the world. Alex feels sad about dumping him, but knows she has to. In the end Alex finds out the masked man is Lloyd Bailey in book 4. Beyond the Kingdoms is the fourth installment in the series and was published on July 7, The book begins with the Bailey twins chasing the Masked Man, who they think is their late father.
Alex was going through mood swings, in which her hair would float above her head and her eyes would glow. She also would get affected by her emotions greatly, in which she would attack many people. Alex then was 'un-godmothered' and kicked out of the fairy council for insisting that the Masked Man should be one of their highest priorities. Alex loses control of her magic, shooting at the fairy council with lightning and vanishing. She arrived at the Giant's castle which Mother Goose was staying in.
Later on, at Red and Froggy's wedding, Morina the beauty witch arrives and claims to be Froggy's first lover and the one who cursed him to live as a frog. She also threatens to harm Red if he doesn't leave with her. Froggy chose to leave with her, as Morina is a very powerful entity. Meanwhile, Conner gets beaten up by the Masked Man in the library as he attempts to steal books. Conner ripped off his mask, so everyone else can be convinced that he is their father.
That night, Alex wishes to speak with her late grandmother, who sends an angelic moth of memories from the stars to tell Alex the true story of the Masked Man: Conner's old friend Trix the fairy had stolen a book from his grandmother's possession.
Apparently, what Lloyd attempted to steal was a Portal Potion, which could transport anyone into any book created. The ingredients to the potion contain a branch from the oldest tree in the woods, a feather from the finest pheasant in the sky, a liquefied lock and key that belonged to a true love,two weeks of moonlight and a spark of magic. Alex then confronted that the Masked Man was their uncle and not their father. Conner said she was crazy, but Mother Goose said that it was true and it was their grandmother's final wish for her to not tell. The group then have to travel into the literature stories and attempt to stop their uncle before he recruits an army of literary villains.
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- Bone Dead, and Rising: Vincent Van Gogh and the Self before God.
- Peculiar Institution.
After they escape and meet up in the land of Oz, they realize Lloyd has sent armies to destroy the kingdoms and that they need to go home for supplies. They leave for the Otherworld on a cliffhanger — they will not go into any published stories, but into Conner's own short stories. An Author's Odyssey is the fifth installment in the series and was published on July 12, When the twins and their friends enter worlds crafted from Conner's imagination, finding allies no one else could have ever dreamed of, and also recovering many memories they had made in the fairy-tale world, the race begins to put an end to the Masked Man's reign of terror.
Conner and Alex spend moments in Conner's short stories ranging from battling pirates to racing in an ancient pyramid filled with a thousand zombie mummies with the story's main protagonist. Conner had to go with his mother, Charlotte Bailey, in one of those adventures. The Snow Queen and the Sea Witch planned a handful of dust made from a magic mirror created by demons on Alex whereas only one piece of the dust turned the Enchantress into what she became.
The sixth and final book in the series, titled Worlds Collide , was released on July 11, Conner and Alex must brave the impossible. All of the Land of Stories fairy tale characters—heroes and villains—are no longer confined within their world. With mayhem brewing in the Big Apple, Conner and Alex will have to win their biggest battle yet. After a prologue in which Conner, now 80, is celebrating his birthday at a bookstore, and realises he doesn't know what happened to Alex, and begins reading his last book. The story starts with Alex, still under the witches' control, wreaking havoc at the New York Public Library.
Conner realises this and accompanied by Red, Jack, Goldilocks, and Bree. There are a few mishaps at the airport, such as Red buying a mirror at a gift shop, but they get on the plane safely. When they arrive, the Book Huggers, sitting in a restaurant, see Conner and tell their parents. However, Conner ducks and the parents don't see him. Then as Conner's group attempts to make it into the library, a homeless man who had helped them earlier for money leads them to a subway tunnel that was abandoned in the '20s, and heads directly under the library. While there, they hear from other homeless people, and realise a portal between the worlds is going to open up in the library.
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They break into the library and see Alex, who is controlled by Morina, and the witch keeps them quiet. While sleeping, Conner gets a message from Alex saying that she wants him to kill her so she can "return to magic" and break free from the curse. The Book Huggers rescue Conner and the gang. Meanwhile, Alex is causing more chaos against her will. Alex is not affected by the curse in the story, and they see their father. Alex then gets emotional to the point the curse disintegrates and they leave. They then repair New York and a week later, meet the president.
They explain to her to safeguard the Land of Stories book to ensure a catastrophe never happens again like that of the Literary Army. The series ends with 70 years later where Conner, now 80, is going to be relocated to an retirement home because his children believe he is crazy. He then exits to the Fairy Tale world. The series ends with Charlie hearing a sound and going to the attic and seeing the Land of Stories book shine.
Five companion books to the series have been published. The Land of Stories: He also has plans for a Goldilocks graphic novel. Colfer recorded his audio book using his own voice. Queen of the Charming Kingdom. Queen of the Eastern Kingdom. On June 13, , it was announced that Twentieth Century Fox is developing a film adaptation of the first book, The Wishing Spell , with Colfer directing and writing the screenplay.