I am reading Howl's Moving Castle and loving it. Why did I not listen to everyone who told me about Diana Wynne Jones before this? WHY? What other books of hers do you all recommend?
Wild monkey love or tender Sarah McLachlan love?
Xander ,'Him'
Literary Buffistas 3: Don't Parse the Blurb, Dear.
There's more to life than watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer! No. Really, there is! Honestly! Here's a place for Buffistas to come and discuss what it is they're reading, their favorite authors and poets. "Geez. Crack a book sometime."
Scrappy - Sep 12, 2006 11:49:18 am PDT #1211 of 28134
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
Atropa - Sep 12, 2006 1:09:16 pm PDT #1212 of 28134
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
(Jilli, if you're around, you must never, never read this book, as you would probably find it upsetting in ways you didn't even know were possible.)
So what you're saying is that I should let Pete read it first when the copy we ordered finally turns up? Okay.
Jessica - Sep 12, 2006 1:32:25 pm PDT #1213 of 28134
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I don't know how attached you are to the source materials as childhood stories, but I think there are things happening to Wendy Darling in this book that you would not like.
[I would, however, highly recommend watching Pete while he reads book 3, as I imagine his facial expressions will be quite entertaining.]
Anne W. - Sep 12, 2006 1:33:54 pm PDT #1214 of 28134
The lost sheep grow teeth, forsake their lambs, and lie with the lions.
For any of you who are enjoying "His Majesty's Dragon," this is very interesting news.
Atropa - Sep 12, 2006 1:35:56 pm PDT #1215 of 28134
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
I don't know how attached you are to the source materials as childhood stories,
Not as attached as people might suspect. I'm okay with those stories being subverted. I just don't want to know if Winnie the Pooh porn exists.
but I think there are things happening to Wendy Darling in this book that you would not like.
Hmm. I think I'll stick with the plan of making Pete read the book first.
Atropa - Sep 12, 2006 1:36:40 pm PDT #1216 of 28134
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
[I would, however, highly recommend watching Pete while he reads book 3, as I imagine his facial expressions will be quite entertaining.]
Bwah! Okay, I'll keep that in mind.
JZ - Sep 12, 2006 1:42:08 pm PDT #1217 of 28134
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
I already know that I won't be able to cope at all with Lost Girls, which makes me sad because I so much love Alan Moore. And I've read enough interviews with him and reviews of the book that I understand intellectually what he and his coauthor/artist are doing and why, I respect it enormously, and I'll defend it ferociously, but I still know there's absolutely no way I personally can read it.
Ouise - Sep 12, 2006 2:19:07 pm PDT #1218 of 28134
Socks are a running theme throughout the series. They are used as symbols of freedom, redemption and love.
WHY? What other books of hers do you all recommend?
Everything! I find her consistently wonderful. You should probably start with Castle in the Air, the sequel to Howl's Moving Castle.
Other favourites of mine are Darklord of Derkholm and Power of Three. I also recommend all the Chrestomanci books (there's a new one coming out in October!)
sumi - Sep 12, 2006 2:42:08 pm PDT #1219 of 28134
Art Crawl!!!
I didn't even know that there was a sequel to Howl's Moving Castle!!
Ooh, new Chrestomanci book!!!
Excellent!!
Ouise - Sep 12, 2006 3:18:21 pm PDT #1220 of 28134
Socks are a running theme throughout the series. They are used as symbols of freedom, redemption and love.
Ooh, new Chrestomanci book!!!
Yes, I'm very excited! I didn't think to link to it in my previous post, so here it is.