#Anna James

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Pages & Co.: The Bookwanderers by Anna James

Summary: Since her mother's disappearance, eleven-year-old Tilly Pages has found comfort in the stories at Pages & Co., her grandparents' bookshop. But when her favorite characters, Anne of Green Gables and Alice from Wonderland, start showing up at the shop,Tilly's adventures become very real. Not only can she follow Anne and Alice into their books, she discovers she can bookwander into any story she chooses. Tilly's new ability leads her to fun and exciting adventures, but danger may be lurking on the very next page...

When new secrets are uncovered, it's up to Tilly to solve the mystery of what happened to her mother all those years ago. From debut author Anna James comes a charming and exciting adventure about a bookish young heroine, a mysterious librarian, and a magical bookshop that will delight book lovers everywhere.

Book Type: Novel

Genre: Fantasy

[lcnelyday]

"i thought i knew everyone here." anna hummed as she took a place next to the other, a smile across her painted lips. it was her gallery, she made a point to know everyone. and everyone, at least if they were tied to the art world, generally knew who she was. | @cigvrettedvet requested a starter ft. anna james (art mogel. she/her. homosexual. age gaps welcome. anna runs the art scene in new york alongside her now ex husband thaddeus james and she's well known for flirting with artists she takes under her wing.)

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Title: The Book Smugglers | Author: Anna James | Publisher: HarperCollins (2021)

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𝐓𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐌𝐚𝐩 𝐨𝐟 𝐒𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬

"𝐓𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐎𝐬𝐤𝐚𝐫 𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐚𝐫𝐤 𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐧 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐭𝐮 𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐩 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐋𝐢𝐛𝐫𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐖𝐚𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐭𝐨𝐧, 𝐃𝐂, 𝐢𝐧 𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝐨𝐟 𝐚𝐧 𝐞𝐥𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐩 𝐨𝐟 𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐀𝐫𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐬, 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐛𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐯𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐤𝐞𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐚𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐁𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐡 𝐔𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐥𝐢𝐛𝐫𝐚𝐫𝐲.  𝐀𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐲, 𝐓𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐎𝐬𝐤𝐚𝐫 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐳𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠: 𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 ��𝐢𝐬𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠, 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐟𝐚𝐯𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐫𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐝𝐫𝐚𝐠 𝐓𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦."

Author: Anna James Series: Pages & Co. #3 Dates read: August 20 - 27, 2024 Star Rating: ⭑⭑⭑.5 (spoiler review under the cut)

I enjoyed the characters so much more in this book. From the old to the new characters, they were all delightful to witness. Although some characters did make me sigh from discontent, that's neither here nor there. However, I did feel like it was dragging itself through the middle section of the first half.

The beginning picks up right where the second book finished. With Tilly and her family now having to witness the aftermath of the Underwoods. Now Tilly has surety to find the Archivists from the clues given to her through book wandering from the previous book. She must find them before the entirety of book wandering for children is taken away by the Underwoods.

One of the best characters is Oskar, the supportive friend who helps Tilly in her adventures. I love how much we have seen him grow as a character and a friend to Tilly. His smart and witty lines, alongside his smarts, were a joy to read. It was also so sweet to watch Tilly and Oskar put their heads together to work things out and solve the map.

Another character that I greatly enjoyed was Bea. I love seeing more of her character in how she interacts with Tilly and Oskar. How brave and sure she is in her decisions. That she knows what needs to be done, without sacrificing her family’s safety. Plus, the things she got up to during the story were fun to witness, especially Tilly and Oskar’s reaction to it.

The last character that was a surprise, a pleasant one, was Will, better known as William Shakespeare. Yup, the William Shakespeare appears in the books, whilst not as an actual human being, he was so much fun. Made up of ‘book magic’ or ‘imagination magic’ he was a character that unexpectedly had so much depth and wisdom to him. His lines and actions made it clear that he isn’t someone who is from modern times, as sometimes dialogues were spoken at the wrong time. However, this added more to his character and how he spoke, with words of wisdom and poetry that were fun. It is sad that he only appeared towards the latter half and perished in the end, sacrificing himself.

One other thing I greatly enjoyed about this story was the Sesquipedalian. The train that runs on pure imagination and traverses through books. I’m thoroughly amused by the idea of a train journey through different books and stories. Sure the conductor himself wasn’t my favourite character, but Milo was surely one character that I’m fond of. With his kindness and love for what he does, it was no surprise that I grew fond of him through the journey.

All in all, this was a wonderful book that I enjoyed reading. Was it the best from the series so far? No, the first book is still the best. However, the characters make up for the lacking plot. While the idea was fun, the execution was not the best, yet even with it it was still an enjoyable read with many quotes underlined.

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Pages & Co.: Tilly and the Bookwanderers

here’s a link to buy the book-https://www.amazon.co.uk/Pages-Co-Bookwanderers-Anna-James/dp/0008229872/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=

[tuliplandia]

“Books aren't interested in who is reading them. A book will welcome any reader; any age, any background, any point of view. Books don't care if you can't understand every word in them, or if you want to skip bits or reread bits. Books welcome everyone who wants to explore them, and thankfully no one has ever worked out a way to stop that.”

— Tilly and the Lost Fairytales, Anna James

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Online order...

After visiting a different book store this past weekend, I went online to order the books that I was looking for but couldn’t find. The last book on the list won’t ship to my house until November when it’s released. The next to the last book on this list won’t ship to my house until February of next year. Everything else I should be getting within the next few days or so.

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When Storm inevitably comes back to the mansion:

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Anna James - Tilly And The Map Of Stories

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Wolverine's Claws first revealed in X-Men 2000

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Prompt by serena on Twitter 💖💖

Evo and first movie trilogy feature this Logan and Rogue dynamic the best!

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One of the greatest dynamics. Did it come from comics or from 2000s movies?

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diane kruger as anna james (art mogel) | jeremy irons as sebastian howe (novelist) meghan ory as fern osborne (professor) | rebecca ferguson as olivia tider (pianist)

listen. i wish i could stop. i really do. like for a starter. you know the drill.

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Title: The Treehouse Library | Author: Anna James | Publisher: HarperCollins (2022)

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𝐓𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐋𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐅𝐚𝐢𝐫𝐲 𝐓𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐬

"𝐓𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐛𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐝 𝐎𝐬𝐤𝐚𝐫 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐫𝐬: 𝐚 𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐩 𝐨𝐟 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐨, 𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐠𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐩𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐬, 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐥 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐬𝐞. 𝐁𝐮𝐭 𝐨𝐧 𝐚 𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐲 𝐯𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐬, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐚 𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐨𝐟 𝐟𝐚𝐢𝐫𝐲 𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐮𝐥𝐢𝐚𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠: 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐭, 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐦𝐢𝐱𝐞𝐝 𝐮𝐩, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐦𝐲𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐩𝐥𝐨𝐭 𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠."

Author: Anna James Series: Pages & Co. #2 Dates read: July 18 - 27, 2024 Star Rating: ⭑⭑⭑.25 (spoiler review under the cut)

It was good but wasn’t as compelling as the first book. :/ Although the plot and idea itself were interesting, the execution isn’t the best. It felt really slow and the risk didn’t feel quite real. 

A lot of the characters (new and old) seemed to have lost their charm and the newer characters didn’t have anything memorable to make me love or hate them. They make dumb decisions, which for a middle-grade book is expected as they are children, but it gets tiring after a while. This book also focuses more on the interrelationships within the UnderLibrary and its occupants, past and present.

The only parts that I truly enjoyed were when they were inside the fairytales and meeting all sorts of wacky characters. Oskar got so much more lovable this time around, and the fairytale characters: Rapunzel, Jack, and Prince Charming, were amusing to read about their interactions.

Overall it was a fun story, especially the characters (i.e. Rapunzel, Jack, and Oskar) other than that it lacks the magical fun of the first book.

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Uncanny X-Men #1 - "Red Wave" (2024)

written by Gail Simone art by David Marquez & Matthew Wilson