![]() When I tried to order a copy of the book for my kids, I discovered it had gone out of print. ![]() It read like a guidebook to an alternate universe. The deadpan explanation and matter-of-fact diagram are characteristic of the book’s tone: “Ghosts continue to follow the routes they used when alive, even if the house been rebuilt since that time.” Despite the pages devoted to exposing clever fakes and hoaxes, Usborne never tried to convince young readers that ghosts weren’t real. ![]() Many of my friends-a disproportionate number of whom are writers and artists-remember poring over the pages of Ghosts, entranced by its eerie factoids and illustrations, and then filing it safely back on the shelf, far from our childhood bedrooms.Ī few years ago one of the book’s charming info-graphics, “Why ghosts pass through walls,” circulated as a meme on social media. ![]() First published in 1977, Usborne’s The World of the Unknown: Ghosts was among the most treasured books (and anecdotally, the most stolen) in school libraries of the late 70s and 80s. ![]()
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![]() ![]() Coco has won grand prizes at the Canadian Music Competition of 2009 & 2012. Some of the well-known concert halls that Coco has performed in include the Roy Thomson Hall, Zhuhai CPAA Grand Theater, Carnegie Hall, and the Koerner Hall. Coco is also a great social media buff and is often active on social media platforms such as Instagram and Twitter. She is often found eating a piece or two during her work and study indulgences. When Coco is not busy with her writing prospects or practicing piano, she likes to indulge in binge-watching her favorite shows on Netflix. She says that she has several hobbies that she likes to take up during her spare time. Author Coco also graduated from the New York City-based The Julliard School with a pre-college diploma in music and piano performance.Īs of now, Coco is pursuing her graduation from Yale University. ![]() Since then, she has given performances on some of the greatest stages of the concert all over the world. Coco was only five and a half years old when she started taking piano lessons and playing it on stage. The piano came into her like much before writing. This novel gained worldwide popularity and helped Coco get noticed by the prominent names of the writing world. When she wrote her debut novel, Shadow Frost, she was just 15 years old. ![]() In addition to being an author, Coco is also a wonderful pianist. She is particularly famous for writing the Shadow Frost novel series. ![]() Coco Ma is a popular Canadian writer, who likes to write fantasy, young adult, and fiction stories. ![]() ![]() ![]() He tasted Christmassy.īraden shot me a teasing look when he pulled back. “Merry Christmas,” he murmured and pressed a soft kiss to my lips. I snuggled into his side as he reached back for the coffee and once he was settled I knocked my mug against his. He placed his coffee on the bedside table before getting back into bed with me. “Another present?” I asked as I took my mug from him. 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![]() The book doesn’t appear to be marketed that way, but it feels like it nonetheless.įinally, there are some substantial holes in logic and plot that, never mind a truck, an aircraft carrier could cruise through with ample room to spare. And let me tell you, their conception is FAR inferior to Walter Gibson’s creation.įurther, the book reads like a YA novel, with most of the narrative driven by a teen protagonist. Patterson and Sitts pitched nearly a century of amassed continuity out the window by having the pulp magazines and radio show exist in the same world as the actual character, so the character can dismiss them as nonsense and thus the authors have a free hand to make The Shadow whatever they want. To summarize without spoiling, I’ll say that the biggest problem is that this is NOT The Shadow. I hoped this book would herald a new golden age for the character. ![]() I really, really wanted to like this book, because I’ve been a huge fan of The Shadow since I was a kid and found recordings of the radio show and read the DC comics. ![]() I’m not going into details, because the book isn’t out yet (I read an electronic uncorrected proof), but jeez, y’all. ![]() |