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Book of a Thousand Days | 
 enlarge | Author: Shannon Hale
Creator: Chelsea Mixon
Publisher: Full Cast Audio
Category: Book
List Price: $34.95
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Rating:  61 reviews
Sales Rank: 511662
Format: Audiobook, Cd
Media: Audio CD
Edition: 1
Reading Level: Young Adult
Number Of Items: 6
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 5.9 x 5.1 x 0.5
ISBN: 1934180300
EAN: 9781934180303
ASIN: 1934180300
Publication Date: April 1, 2008
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Product Description
After being imprisoned in a tower, a princess and her serving maid at last escape to find a changed world and danger at every turn.
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 Ehh.... December 22, 2008
Emily
I'm not quite sure how I feel about this book. It was a nice little read, but it just seems to be missing something. I love how it is written in a diary format, but the setting seems to be slightly dull and lacking descriptions at times. Having read 'Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World', which the setting was based on, for a world history class, I just can't help but to wish that the book was set more heavily on Mongol culture. I also wish it was longer. I finished the book in one night and once I had finished it, I no longer thought about it. Book of a Thousand Days wasn't a bad read, but I probably won't ever return to it.
 Review of a Day December 18, 2008
Mid-Prairie Teen
The book called Book of a Thousand Days is a very exciting book that takes place many years ago. There is a princess named Lady Saren and her mucker maid named Dashti. Dashti is a mucker which is kind of like a farmer in our days, and they sing songs to help heal you mentally and physically. Lady Saren refuses to marry a man who her father set her up with because she was in love with someone else. Her father locks her up in a tower for 7 years because of this. Lady Saren becomes extremely depressed in the tower and decides she won't make it out of the tower alive so she gives up hope. Dashti has to do something because otherwise they will run out of food and starve because the rats and Lady Saren are eating it all. Everything is up to Dashti and she must save the day before they both lose their lives.
This book was very exciting and hard to put down. You could never tell what would happen next. Some books are very predictable, but this one wasn't. I liked the whole story. There was always something exciting being said without a whole bunch of extra details. One thing I didn't like about it though was that the character Dashti would do things even though she would say things like, "It's a sin at gruesome play to pretend something you're not..." Even though she thought it was a sin, she did it anyways just because royalty ordered her to. I think she shouldn't have done all the bad things that she did. She was a very nice and caring person who always tried to do the right thing. I really didn't like Lady Saren for most of the story, but I think that's the way you're supposed to feel. Towards the end I began to sort of like her.
Shannon Hale is the author of this book. She has written 7 books total. This book is kind of like a fairy tales/love story. I've now read 2 of her books and love her style of writing. She has 5 award winning books. 2 of them were the New York Times best selling author award, and the Newberry Honor award. This book idea came from the Grimm brothers' tale called Maid Maleen. She thought that was a good story and thought of ways she could revise it and make a new, exciting book. She likes to take other ideas from tales and turn them into a whole new story and change it.
I would recommend this book more to a girl because that is basically what it is all about and the story line seems like it would appease to a girl. This book is one of my favorite books, and I have enjoyed reading it a lot.
 Wonderful December 5, 2008
akb--bookworm (Utah)
I was anxious to pick up this book after having read "The Princess Academy" and "The Goose Girl." I really like Shannon Hale's style of writing, sense of humor, characters, and stories. I wasn't sure if I'd like this one since it is written in a journal format as if I were reading Dashti's personal journal and not witnessing the story myself. However, I found that the story still flowed and soon forgot that it was a journal. Unlike Hale's other stories that slowly build, this story starts off right in the middle of the action, which I loved. Immediately, I was drawn into this story.
I wasn't familiar with this story by the Brother's Grimm, so I can't compare it with the original. In Hale's story, we read the journal of Dashti, a lady's maid and healer. Dashti and her lady are shut in a tower for 7 years because her lady refuses to marry the man her father has chosen. In fact, her lady is quite crazy in the head because she has a secret that will kill her if she reveals it and will slowly kill her soul if she does reveal it. Her lady is quite helpless and relies on Dashti for everything. After several years in their tower prison, they find a way to escape and do their best to survive in a war-torn realm. There is adventure, romance, bravery, conflict, impersonating, and mystery.
I highly recommend this story and look forward to reading it again.
Enjoyed it despite the diary format November 29, 2008
DKW (Alpena, AR United States)
I don't really like books in diary format, but I thoroughly enjoyed this book despite the format. The world-building is good and the characters act and change realistically throughout the book. The romance in the story develops fairly slowly.
For those who care, there are a few kisses, but no sex. Overall, I'd recommend this as "a good, clean fun" novel.
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a book i enjoyed November 19, 2008
The title of my book is Book of a Thousand Days written by Shannon Hale. This book is fantasy fiction.
When a 16 year old girl named Saren and 15 year old Dashti get locked up in a tower for seven years because Saren will not marry to the guy her dad wants her to. There are a million rats in the cellar and one night Dashti has a dream if the rats can get in they can get out! I don't want to give away the ending so you will just have to read it!
I would suggest this book to middle school girls. This is one of the best books I have read. It almost feels like you are there.
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