Girl Goddess #9
 Amazon.com Review: Movie stars, rock stars, pond nymphs, intergalactic superheroes . . . who are the real goddesses in Francesca Lia Block's world? Real young women--the kind who ache, bleed, dance, and talk to blue ghosts in closets. Famous for her [... more]
$7.99
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Violet & Claire
Amazon.com Review: Francesca Lia Block has gained a tremendous following writing stories about the young denizens of Los Angeles that are simultaneously ethereal and utterly tangible. Titles such as The Hanged Man, Dangerous Angels, Girl Goddess #9, and [... more]
$6.99
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Beautiful Boys
I love the weetzie bat books..but: This book, like Goat Girls has 2 previously published stories:Missing Angel Juan and Baby Be-Bop, both in which are fantastic. Missing Angel Juan is a story about Angel Juan and Witch Baby who fall in love. Baby Be-Bop [... more]
$7.99
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Missing Angel Juan (Weetzie Bat)
Amazon.com Review: One of kids' favorite characters in Francesca Lia Block's Weetzie Bat series is Witch Baby: a tangly haired, purple-eyed girl who can curl her toes into cashew shapes. She's a bit of an outsider, more in touch with feelings and [... more]
$5.99
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Wasteland
Not Even CLOSE to a Good Read...: I didn't like this book. The author's writing style was very hard for me to follow and it was not smooth and kind of 'jumpy' in the style. I couldn't really finish reading it because I quickly lost interest.I wanted to [... more]
$7.99
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The Rose and the Beast
Amazon.com Review: Francesca Lia Block, whose Weetzie Bat novels have often been called pop fairy tales, here turns to the real thing for some very different imaginings of Snow White, Thumbelina, Cinderella, Rose Red and Rose White, and other tales. [... more]
$9.99
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Psyche in a Dress
great: i'd heard a lot of great things about this book before i read it, so when i started reading and didn't immediately see the draw i was kind of disappointed. it wasn't bad by any means, but it wasn't fantastic. as i got closer to the end, however, [... more]
$16.89
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Psyche in a Dress
great: i'd heard a lot of great things about this book before i read it, so when i started reading and didn't immediately see the draw i was kind of disappointed. it wasn't bad by any means, but it wasn't fantastic. as i got closer to the end, however, [... more]
$7.99
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Blood Roses
Courtesy of Teens Read Too: On Francesca Lia Block's website, there are a bunch of words lumped together, reminding me of magnetic poetry that has been used to describe her work. I couldn't agree more with the words reviewers have used. The one word that [... more]
$15.99
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How to (Un)cage a Girl (Joanna Cotler Books)
Lovely although not brilliant poetry: How to (Un)cage a Girl by Francesca Lia Block is a collection of poetry full of lush and lavish imagery. It reads almost like a memoir, an open letter to her friends, her children, and her many fans. I don't know [... more]
$15.99
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Weetzie Bat
Magical: It's my understanding that the Weetzie Bat books have quite a following, and I can understand their cult status, as Block herself has a bit of a cult angle to her fan base. I however, entered into the world of Weetzie Bat, the title character, [... more]
$8.99
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Girl Goddess #9: Nine Stories
Amazon.com Review: Movie stars, rock stars, pond nymphs, intergalactic superheroes . . . who are the real goddesses in Francesca Lia Block's world? Real young women--the kind who ache, bleed, dance, and talk to blue ghosts in closets. Famous for her [... more]
$7.99
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