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... with a break-in at a museum, and there is an old man involved in the story somehow, who helps the kids.
but the Greenwitch starts out with a theft from the British museum and the Drew children are once again with " Great Uncle Merry", there is also some playing with time in the books ... ... the "Juvenile" or "Young Adult" sections.
1. The Black Cauldron
2. Over Sea, Under Stone
3. The Dark is Rising
4. Greenwitch
5. The Grey King
6. Silver on the Tree
7. Eulalia!
8. Inkspell
Note on 2-6: I found a one volume copy of all five books, but I am treating each ... I read Greenwitch on Friday, and I read Caddie Ever After (which doesn't want to touchstone) yesterday.
Next I think I'm reading The Grey King and Lemony Snicket: The Unauthorized Autobiography. How strange.
I finished Red Land, Black Land. Yay me! It was good. Next I think I'm going to read Greenwitch. ...titles in which all the (important) words have double letters...
one-word titles:
Blubber by Judy Blume
Greenwitch by Susan Cooper
Middlemarch by George Eliot
Redwall by Brian Jacques
Willow by Wayland Drew
two-word titles:
(The) Butterfly Tattoo by Philip Pullman
Hidden ... #73 "Greenwitch" by Susan Cooper
The middle of the 5 books in the Sequence. The shortest but the most densely written so far. The Drews return along with Will Stanton and visit Trewissick in Cornwall for a week after the Grail, recovered in book one, is stolen from its museum home. A ... ... maybe just a lack of conviction is portraying a child. But these are mere quibbles - on to the next in the sequence: "Greenwitch" ... by Jane Stern
A play of Dux Moraud by Margaret Frazer
Ghostwritten : a novel in nine parts by David Mitchell
Greenwitch by Susan Cooper
Never a city so real : a walk in Chicago by Alex Kotlowitz
Building mental muscle : conditioning exercises for the six intelligence… ... ... Pullman
The Subtle Knife by Philip Pullman
The Amber Spyglass by Philip Pullman
The Dark is Rising by Susan Cooper
Greenwitch by Susan Cooper
Over Sea, Under Stone by Susan Cooper
Silver on the Tree by Susan Cooper
The Grey King by Susan Cooper
Newbury Award Winners
Walk ... ... a clue.
Dishonorable Mentions:
Eragon by Christopher Paolini - and it JUST SO HAPPENS happened far too many times
Greenwitch by Susan Cooper - boring
Black Powder War by Naomi Novik - far too depressing, just shoot me now
Simply Magic by Mary Balogh - bleh I'm just starting Operating Systems: Design and Implementation by Tanenbaum and I'm working on a re-read of Greenwitch from the Dark is Rising series. ... by Hampton Sides
32) Over Sea, Under Stone by Susan Cooper
33) The Dark is Rising by Susan Cooper
34) Greenwitch by Susan Cooper
35) The Autobiography of Martin Luther King, Jr. by Martin Luther King, Jr.
36) The Grey King by Susan Cooper
37) Silver on ... The Alchemist by Paulo Coehlo
The Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum
Greenwitch by Susan Cooper
The Magician's Nephew by C.S. Lewis
The Faerie Queen by Edmund Spenser Finished The Greenwitch by Susan Cooper...
23 books and still have not gone back to Frankenstein. 190- my sister says that you should read over sea under stone (the first in the series) before you read greenwitch (the third in the series). :)
edited to add touchstones Greenwitch by Susan Cooper 37.
Title: Greenwitch
Author: Susan Cooper
Notes: Book three in the Dark is Rising Sequence. This was my favorite out of the first three so far. Also the shortest. ... last month.
1) harry potter and the deathly hollows
2) over sea, under stone
3) The dark is rising
4) greenwitch
5) the grey king
6) silver on the tree
7) the warrior heir ... Susan Cooper. I do like the Dark is Rising sequence...none of them are spectacular, but they're all pretty good. I like Greenwitch best, I think, though I'm not sure why.
Wednesday, 8/29:
38), 39), and 40) - finished the Dark is Rising sequence. Greenwitch, The Grey King, and Silver ... I've recently got hold of old Puffin copies of Greenwitch by Susan Cooper and of Elidor by Alan Garner. I remember reading the series from which they came when I was about 10 or 11, I think.
There is something special for me having old Puffins rather than more recent editions, even though ... A Great Big Ugly Man Came Up and Tied His Horse to Me by Wallace Tripp
Greenwitch by Susan Cooper
Catspaw by Joan D. Vinge
Wicked Widow by Jayne Anne Krentz
The Man Without a Face by Isabelle Holland ... In Between
Spook Country
Sky Horizon
M is for Magic - reviewed
Susan Cooper
- The Dark Is Rising
- Greenwitch
Saw a preview for the movie of The Dark is Rising and decided to re-read the series.
Ian Banks
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- Use of ... Eh, I prefer HP. They were alright. The Dark is Rising is better than Over Sea, Under Stone or Greenwitch. I haven't read the other two in the series. Greenwitch, Susan Cooper
Dragonworld, Byron Preiss
Junior Jedi Knights: Promises, Nancy Richardson (couldn't get the correct touchstone without putting the series name)
Lost, Gregory Maguire
Traitor, Matthew Woodring Stover ... by Annie Pietri
Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O'Dell
The Black Cauldron by Lloyd Alexander
Greenwitch by Susan Cooper
The Grey King by Susan Cooper ... readable as a standalone book, I wouldn't use it as an entry point to the series, because you'll be all confused at book 3 Greenwitch without having read Over sea Under stone. But for what it is - young adult fantasy, DiR is still one of the classics of the genre IMHO. ... in the 1980's left a lot to be desired when it comes to characterization. Basically, she's a wimp, he's a jerk.
#71 Greenwitch by Susan Cooper
Color me still unimpressed by The Dark is Rising series. The only reason I'm going to finish this set is because I'm a completist and they are ... ... that I need to get caught up on - my 50 state reading challenge book (Alaska), next book in The Dark is Rising series (Greenwitch), a book from the library on crossword puzzle creation due soon (The Complete Cruciverbalist - no touchstone) - then I'll be able to refocus. ...
7. Searching for David's Heart by Cherie Bennett ***1/2
8. Consider the Oyster by M. F. K. Fisher ****
9. Greenwitch by Susan Cooper ****
10. Everything's Eventual by Stephen King ***1/2
Audiobooks:
Artemis Fowl: The Lost Colony by Eoin Colfer
Harry Potter ... Yes, how the choices you make shapes your future is a strong theme in may ways... I still don't agree on Greenwitch, anyhow, I thought it felt very much like stereotyped YA lit... I've just finished Greenwitch and I think it's interesting how the Drew children are needed because of who they are rather than what they can do. They shape events by their innocent actions. They juxtapose Will who has all this power and knowledge to draw on. Even with the powers of the old ... ... rest of the books... but then the local library called to say that they had arrived for me and I decided to pick them up. Greenwitch is very tame compared to The Dark is Rising, at least when it comes to the perceived threat to the main characters. The continued reassurances related to the ... Yes, that's what I figured so I went on reading Greenwitch which I finished last evening. I started on The Grey King today.
So far I agree with those who've said that the third book wasn't as good as the second. The characters missed in depth and personally I feel that the whole concept of ... Are there someone else but me out there that has continued reading the last three books in the sequence (Greenwitch, The grey king & Silver on the Tree)?
Anyone else who's interested in discussing those?
*edited to fix touchstones, they didn't touch when I posted this* I continued with the rest of the books in The Dark is Rising sequence. Finished Greenwitch last night and started on The Grey King this morning on my way to work.
On my bedside table I have a copy of The Ultimate Encyclopedia of Fantasy. It looks promising, but I've only had time enough to ... ... States I
4. CLEP Introduction to Sociology
5 Daily Bible
6 Over Sea, Under Stone
7 Dark is Rising
8 Greenwitch
9 Grey King
10 Silver on the Tree
11 Dark Nest 1: the Joiner King
12 Dark Nest 2: the Unseen Queen
13 Dark Nest 3: the Swarm War
14 Divine Comedy ... ... she was telling.
Publication dates support my theory:
Over Sea, Under Stone - 1965
The Dark is Rising - 1973
Greenwitch - 1974
The Grey King - 1975
Silver on the Tree - 1977
The Dark is Rising, by the way, kicks ass. ... and the Half Blood Prince still. 10,464 users
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10 unshared books with the very last one being Hart's Desire, a Second Chance at Love romance novel.
edited to add amount of users ... if we started with 1. And it's a shame because it really is a wonderful set.
Although I do agree with you about Greenwitch. ... that the second is far superior to the first, but I wouldn't recommend skipping the first altogether.
The third one, Greenwitch, was actually my least favorite. ... read the fourth and fifth book in the Earthsea series but they aren't as loved as these three)
The Dark is Rising and Greenwitch by Susan Cooper (my favourite two from the Dark is Rising series)
Witch Child by Celia Rees
I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith
There are five books.
From memory, I believe the order is Over Sea, Under Stone, The Dark is Rising, Greenwitch, The Silver Tree, and The Grey King.
... That is an incredibly forgettable title to an incredibly memorable book.
I read The Grey King first, then later read Greenwitch and The Silver on the Tree. Then my dad bought me Over Sea, Under Stone and I read The Dark Is Rising--those two were in a different style, older, as I ... Also, Susan Cooper has some stuff in either Over Sea, Under Stone or Greenwitch.
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