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7 years ago @ Mark Reads - Mark Reads 'Shattergla... · 0 replies · +1 points

I think that's supposed to be Omelas, not Tharios. Although some do walk away...

7 years ago @ Mark Watches - Mark Watches 'Voyager'... · 0 replies · +2 points

I didn't remember this episode, but I managed to call one scene perfectly. As Harry is sneaking around trying to get away, and breaks into his friend's room when he doesn't answer the door, I said out loud, "Oh, is he nothing but a desiccated husk?" Then, a moment later: "Ooh, I was right! He IS nothing but a desiccated husk!"

I had to laugh!

7 years ago @ Mark Reads - Mark Reads 'Cold Fire'... · 0 replies · +1 points

I listened to the videos unspoiled, and I guessed. First fire - they get there and see Bennat coming heroically out of the fire carrying someone to safety. Second fire - they get there and see Bennat coming heroically out of the fire carrying someone to safety. THAT was where I guessed.

7 years ago @ Mark Reads - Past Books · 0 replies · +16 points

I know Mark didn't do written reviews of the Enchanted Forest series by Patricia C. Wrede, but it's too bad there's no mention of it anywhere - people are missing out on some fun videos!

7 years ago @ Mark Watches - Mark Watches 'Deep Spa... · 0 replies · +2 points

The story is even more amazing when you consider it was written before the technology it is satirizing had actually been invented...

7 years ago @ Mark Reads - FAQ · 0 replies · +3 points

Is there a list anywhere of the books that you have read on Youtube but have NOT posted reviews of on this site? I discovered the Enchanted Forest Chronicles videos by accident, and if there's a way to find any others without scrolling through your entire Youtube inventory that would be helpful!

7 years ago @ Mark Reads - Mark Reads 'So You Wan... · 0 replies · +1 points

If anyone is curious about hidebehinds, there is a description of one variety in the children's book "McBroom's Zoo" by Sid Fleischman. To be specific, it is a Great Seventeen-Toed Hairy Prairie Hidebehind, one of many animals blown off course by a tornado that carries off the topsoil from McBroom's farm - so to raise money to retrieve it, they take in the strange creatures and charge admission at a zoo.

Learn what happens when a hidebehind suddenly has nothing to hide behind...
https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/sid-fl...

7 years ago @ Mark Reads - Mark Reads 'So You Wan... · 0 replies · +3 points

I'm sorry, I just checked and I was wrong. It is NOT a thirteen-toed hidebehind, it is a Great Seventeen-Toed Hairy Prairie Hidebehind.

https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/sid-fl...

7 years ago @ Mark Reads - Mark Reads 'So You Wan... · 0 replies · +1 points

Love that book, although I'm blanking on the bit you mentioned - guess I need to reread it! Better brush up on my poetry skills...

7 years ago @ Mark Reads - Mark Reads 'So You Wan... · 0 replies · +2 points

The children's book "McBroom's Zoo" features a thirteen-toed hidebehind...

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