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Among Others by Jo Walton

This is so much the book I’d wish I’d written… an intriguing tale of magic melding with science fiction in the adolescence of a young girl; an elegy to libraries and to the power of words. Teenager Mori has run away from the Welsh valleys, from her malignant mother, and the death of her belovedContinue reading “Among Others by Jo Walton”

Boneland by Alan Garner

It’s been years since I read The Weirdstone of Brisingamen and The Moon of Gomrath so I wasn’t sure how I’d get on with this, as my memories of the first two books are more than hazy. But surprisingly I found that you don’t need to have read them at all in order to enjoyContinue reading “Boneland by Alan Garner”