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Currently in the middle of reading Bully for Brontosaurus by Stephen Jay Gould and Conrad's fate by Diana Wynne Jones.
Next up!: Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen ... DWJ when I was growing up, but haven't really read anything other than the few I re-read constantly since then (apart from Conrad's Fate which tbh I found a bit disappointing). ... Inferno, They Fly at Ciron and something else I can't remember all found their way into my possession. I also picked up Conrad's Fate from the Border's booksale yesterday.
I've been a bad, bad, boy. I have to go to your room. ... Ferris
12. The Testament of Gideon Mack - James Robertson
13. This Book Will Save Your Life - AM Homes
14. Conrad's Fate - Diana Wynne Jones
15. Holes - Louis Sachar
16. Master Georgie - Beryl Bainbridge
17. Arlington Park - Rachel Cusk
18. On Cape Three Points ... ... Ferris
12. The Testament of Gideon Mack - James Robertson
13. This Book Will Save Your Life - AM Homes
14. Conrad's Fate - Diana Wynne Jones
15. Holes - Louis Sachar
16. Master Georgie - Beryl Bainbridge
17. Arlington Park - Rachel Cusk
18. On Cape Three Points ... ... is a great YA series, and I like her worldgate-monitoring cat wizard series as well.
Diana Wynne Jones I love the Chrestomanci stories (now collected into 3 volumes) and adore Dark Lord of Derkholm. But when I was a YA, I loved crying over Dogsbody.
Patricia McKillip She has ... 40. Conrad's Fate
41. Pinhoe Egg ... Kazan, which I liked.
Have you read any Diana Wynne Jones? (Grr, won't touchstone!) Howl's Moving Castle? The Chrestomanci series? Dark Lord of Derkholm?
How about Sorcery and Cecelia by Patricia C. Wrede and Carol Stevermer? That was a fun mix of magical and ... Diana Wynne Jones's Chrestomanci series is a standing favorite for both my sister and me. And Anne McCaffrey's Dragonriders and the Harper Hall trilogy are frequent re-reads. It's not a series (yet), but Derek Landy's Skulduggery Pleasant was a trip. ... Chronicles all five books
Andre Norton Catseye
Robert Heinlein Between Planets
Diana Wynne Jones any of the Chrestomanci books. ...
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7. Books about school
a. Old School by Wolff
b. the Mysterious Benedict Society by Stewart
c. Conrad's Fate by Wynne Jones
d. How the University works: higher education and the low-wage nation by Bousquet
e. Coronation of Haillie Selassie by Waugh
f. Bilgewat ... ... that fit the criteria (I know some of these have already been mentioned, but that's ok :) :
- Diana Wynne Jones's Chrestomanci series
I'm not sure which would be considered the 'first' book - maybe The Lives of Christopher Chant? I also love Charmed Life, The Pinhoe Egg, and Con ... Hmmm. Discounting rereads, here are my bests and worsts for 2007:
Best:
Conrad's Fate by Diana Wynne Jones
A Chrestomanci book that I really loved. I also liked The Pinhoe Egg a lot, but I just could not put Conrad's Fate down.
The Sagan Diary by John Scalzi
From ... ...
Diana Wynne Jones's main characters are generally male, but there are great female characters too in the Chrestomanci books.
I loved Catherine, Called Birdy and also by the same author The Midwife's Apprentice. Quest for a Maid involves surviving a shipwreck and ... Although you're already strong in the fantasy arena, what about the Chrestomanci books by Diana Wynne Jones? I'd also put in a plug for books by Shannon Hale and second the one for the Uglies series. Terry Pratchett is a lot of fun, and while some of his may be too adult for your ... Brings to mind Conrad's Fate by Diana Wynne Jones -- a good book, btw. I'm reading Conrad's Fate by Diana Wynne Jones. It's been a long time since I've read anything by her and I'd forgotten how extremely good she is. Just a very, very good writer, very clever and subtle. I'm glad that since the advent of Harry Potter, Jones has gotten a lot wider readership ... 25. Conrad's Fate by Diana Jones
26. The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro
27. Death in the Andamans by M.M. Kaye
28. The Pinhoe Egg by Diana Jones
29. No Coins, Please by Korman
30. The New Year by Pearl S. Buck
31. Howl's Moving Castle by Diana Jone ... ... mention first quarter. I did not look back at my first quarter list before doing this one, interestingly.
New reads:
Conrad's Fate by Diana Wynne Jones (1)*
The Sagan Diary by John Scalzi (1)*
Agent to the Stars by John Scalzi (1)*
The Blue Girl by Charles de Lint ... I'm part way through Conrad's Fate by Diana Wynne Jones. I've read a couple of hers before, but I'm not well up on the Chrestomanci series. Quite fun so far. ... but otherwise... I really liked Dex, too, though. ^_^
Oh, i'm adding more!!
Touchstone >> Sabriel
Christopher >> Conrad's Fate
Howl >> Howl's Moving Castle
That guy from Hexwood with the M name... ... favorites, I picked exactly five, one reread (Sunshine) and the rest new. They're listed in the order I read them:
1. Conrad's Fate by Diana Wynne Jones
2. Sunshine by Robin McKinley
3. The Sagan Diary by John Scalzi (audi ... ... y
Redwall by Brian Jacques
Many Waters by Madeleine L'Engle
An Acceptable Time by Madeleine L'Engle
*Conrad's Fate by Diana Wynne Jones
*The Grand Tour by Patricia C. Wrede and Caroline Stevermer
Trickster's Choice by Tamora Pierce
Trickster's Queen ... ... books, full stop. So of the rereads, that's definitely my favorite.
Of the new books I read this month...I couldn't put Conrad's Fate down. On the other hand, Earth by David Brin is an amazing, complex book that took me a lot longer to read than it might have, because I couldn't just sit ... ... Something Like A House; Sid Smith (227p)
83. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows; J.K. Rowling (607p)
84. Conrad's Fate; Diana Wynne Jones (393p)
85. Star Trek Voyager: String Theory, Book 1 : Cohesion; Jeffrey Lang (362p)
September 6 books, 2176 pages
86. ... ... self-help books (and cookbooks) and so on, but for the record, I usually don't at all. Anyway, a couple days ago, I got:
Conrad's Fate by Diana Wynne Jones
I finished this already; I got it because a bunch of people mentioned it when talking about the Chrestomanci books
You: On a Die ... 5. *Conrad's Fate by Diana Wynne Jones (375)
A Chrestomanci book. Really, I couldn't put it down! I went to the bookstore this morning for some other things, had a bagel while I was there and needed something to read, so I picked this up. I read probably a quarter of it at the store, ... Sure you can - almost everyone's done it, since Conrad's Fate came out so much later. ... about chronological order for the Chrestomanci books, I think there should be one exception to the chronological ordering: Conrad's Fate should be read after Witch Week, because it was written so much later and is so much worse. Chrestomanci: The Lives of Christopher Chant, Conrad's Fate, Charmed Life, The Magicians of Caprona, Witch Week, The Pinhoe Egg is the series chronological order. (Real world publishing order is different; if you read Charmed Life first you'll experience a strange time-shift later in ... ... they aren't so closely related that you can't read them out of order) ... She has continued on in recent years with Conrad's Fate and The Pinhoe Egg in the Chrestomanci series. I haven't gotten around to The Pinhoe Egg yet, but Conrad's Fate was OK, if maybe not up to her first ... ... boy lead of the latter is an adult in the former, with children of the same age). Then, nearly 30 years later, DWJ gave us Conrad's Fate (Christopher as a teen) and The Pinhoe Egg (Christopher as an adult, clearly follows Charmed Life). So, ignoring other, 'passing appearance', titles for a ... ... (medal and honor books) has been favoring books for older readers in the past years.
smfmpls, I am a huge DWJ fan and Conrad's Fate is not among my favorites. Thanks for the recommendations, dl. I'm a sucker for fantasy novels involving cats, like Fudoki.
I just read Conrad's Fate by Diana Wynne Jones which features a teenaged Christopher Chant as a character. It was interesting and inventive as usual, but too long and loosely edited.
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