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tigerfortBoth borrowed from my mother, which rather defeats the original purpose of the exercise, but hey.
1) House of Many Ways (Diana Wynne Jones). DWJ says in the author's note that she had fun writing this book, and it shows. A somewhat-more-direct follow-up to "Howl's Moving Castle" than "Castle in the Air" was, and every bit as enjoyable as the former. I'll be getting my own copy :)
2) The Graveyard Book (Neil Gaiman). The interesting (and peculiar) tale of the growing-up of Nobody Owens, and his peculiar (and interesting) friends, teachers and guardian(s). I don't agree with those who say that it's the best thing NG has ever written (not even his best novel), but well worth the reading, and likely to reward re-reading, too. I'll probably be buying this, too.
I couldn't help but be amused that HoMW has a NG quote saying how good DWJ is, while TGB has a quote from DWJ saying how good NG is. They both deserve the praise, but I still found it funny.
1) House of Many Ways (Diana Wynne Jones). DWJ says in the author's note that she had fun writing this book, and it shows. A somewhat-more-direct follow-up to "Howl's Moving Castle" than "Castle in the Air" was, and every bit as enjoyable as the former. I'll be getting my own copy :)
2) The Graveyard Book (Neil Gaiman). The interesting (and peculiar) tale of the growing-up of Nobody Owens, and his peculiar (and interesting) friends, teachers and guardian(s). I don't agree with those who say that it's the best thing NG has ever written (not even his best novel), but well worth the reading, and likely to reward re-reading, too. I'll probably be buying this, too.
I couldn't help but be amused that HoMW has a NG quote saying how good DWJ is, while TGB has a quote from DWJ saying how good NG is. They both deserve the praise, but I still found it funny.