NO HBC as Alice. No. Bad Tim. No biscuit.
this. zomg. she would make a fantastic queen.
>> And Dictionary of the Khazars
LOVE!
which version did you have ?
And Borges. Who apparently is one of Karl Rove's favorite authors (hah!)
Love the Book of Sand. Rove? really? Boggles. Maybe he just likes the titles?
Gaarder presents this as a translation of a work he somehow found by pure chance, translated...
Don't forget Marquez - who has his narrator act as a reporter in some of his short stories.
Oh, and if I'm going to lay out my full geek - Milton... Paradise Lost was dictated to him by an angel ('cept for the point where he refers to himself in the first person. whoops. blind-ass.).
I think I have the female version. (I'd check, but the shelf it's on requires a ladder.)
btw Jessica, check your comments.
The spine has a different color jewel - red or blue, I think.
I just finished
The Golden Compass
(hadn't read it before, have not seen the movie), and I was *riveted* for the entire last half of the book. Wow.
I disremember -- were people here saying that the next 2 aren't as good? And if they aren't, can you say why without spoiling the plot?
I feel like the plot kind of goes off the rails by the third book, and strains my credulity. I couldn't follow where Pullman went.
So it's worth reading at least the second?
I'm way too much of a completist to advise not finishing a trilogy. I think there are other people around who probably liked the series more, and might have stuff to say in its favor.
I agree with Dana. I still liked the second one, because it does more world-building and introduces some new characters, but the third one kind of lost me. At some point, I may reread it, but as I recall being utterly confused by the plot and exhausted by dodging Pullman's thematic anvils.
At some point, I may reread it, but as I recall being utterly confused by the plot and exhausted by dodging Pullman's thematic anvils.
I reread them all recently and, while I think I actually ended up liking the 2nd book better than the rest, the 3rd still left me disappointed for the reasons everyone has said.
Book 2 was great and book 3 was great up until the ending, which was disappointing. Still worth reading the whole thing, though.
