Their mother is working a lot of extra shifts so they barely ever get to see her. Their father passed away, suddenly, and they miss him a great deal. They learned them from their father who owned a bookstore and was a wonderful influence in their lives as well as at their grandmother. Not the remakes or Disney-fied versions, but the actual originals with all their gruesome details and sad endings. Both of them though are quite knowledgeable about fairy tales. Connor on the other hand has a hard time staying awake for his classes but while he sleeps through classes he tends to make it up with his social life, something Alex is lacking. She’s essentially class pet and especially a star in her English class. The Land of Stories follows Alex and Connor. At first I was surprised since the last book I’d read staring a set of twins going on an adventure had left me highly disappointed. Until of course, I found it at an Aladdin and decided, why not, let’s see what all the fuss had been about. Even though it seemed like it would’ve been a book I would’ve enjoyed. He seemed like an already successful actor/musical performer and to suddenly be an acclaimed published author made me jealous. To be fairly honest I was a little bitter. I wasn’t particularly interested when it came out. So I remember when this book came out I felt like I was being buried in press and signing info for when he was on his book tour. One of my friends from college is a huge fan of Chris Colfer.
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