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... Fate then The Pinhoe Egg and that worked too!
If you do enjoy them, you should look out for Archer's Goon, Fire and Hemlock, Homeward Bounders and The Time of the Ghost too and maybe Dogsbody - all of which are stand alones and all great (also, all set more in the real ... ... since I was about 7 (mostly comfort reading now ;)) Which was the audiobook you listened to? ...and may I recommend Fire and Hemlock, Archer's Goon, The Magicians of Caprona, Howl's Moving Castle, The Time of the Ghost, The Spellcoats... (better stop...)
I like the sound of ... ... this time, the not-knowing is driving me nuts.
37. Beauty by Sheri S. Tepper
Expansive. Bizarre. Enthralling.
38. Fire and Hemlock by Diana Wynne Jones
Retelling of Tam Lin. Enjoyable, despite the fact that the romantic undertones were really hard to believe.
39. The Brief and Frig ... ... it this year.
I loved The Host. I thought it was better than the Twilight series actually. War for the Oaks and Fire and Hemlock are two books on my top 20 favorite books ever read! I am interested to see what you think of them.
Good luck! ... Window
Abhorsen
Introduction to Mathematical Philosophy
Einstein's Dreams
The Greeks and the Irrational
Fire and Hemlock
Libraries in the Ancient World
The War for the Oaks
Beauty Sleep
... David Mas: Wisdom of the Last Farmer
Summerscale, Kate: The Suspicions of Mr. Whicher
Jones, Diana Wynne: Fire and Hemlock
Innes, Michael: The Secret Vanguard
L’Engle: The Weather of the Heart
Penny, Louise: A Fatal Grace (Audio)
Mlodinow, Leonard: The Drunkard†... ... your favourite?
Although, having asked that question, I have a hard time deciding! My ultimate favourite is easily Fire and Hemlock, but I also spent all of high school rereading The Lives of Christopher Chant (and Witch Week), so I'm rather attached to both of them. And I've just ... All good reviews .... you HAVE been busy. ;-)
I've had to add Fire and Hemlock to my wishlist. It was just too tempting not to. I love Victorian mysteries, but somehow Mr Wicher does not quite resonate for me. #121 Rachel, if you need a fix and still can't find either, you can always borrow mine... Fire and Hemlock is even in a relatively good state as I only bought my own copy (instead of nicking my sister's) fairly recently (Time of the Ghost on the other hand...) Fire and Hemlock is one of my favorite books of all time, Stasia. I'm so glad you liked it! I have Fire and Hemlock down for a reread as I hardly remember it now. When I discovered Diana Wynne Jones a few years ago, I was an instant fan and read everything of hers I could lay my hands on and was never disappointed. I'm pretty sure that first book was The Magicians of Caprona.
starsme ... This week's reads:
457. Fire and Hemlock by Diana Wynne Jones - this is the first time that I have read anything by Jones, but it certainly will not be the last, although I must say that I was enjoying this book immensely on its own prior to finding out that it is a retelling of the Tam Lin ... Book 111:
Jones, Diana Wynne: Fire and Hemlock
Fantasy (11/10/09)
Library 420 pages
Polly Whittaker is getting ready to go back to college when something triggers a memory she didn’t realize she had. This starts her on a search to discover what had happened to her in the past ... ... have to have a hunt for it.
I keep getting the Diana Wynne Jone's titles mixed up - I know I've read both Hexwood and Fire and Hemlock but can't recall details of either book so it's obviously time for a reread and then I should catch up on some of her more recent work which I still haven't ... Fire and Hemlock and The Perilous Gard--- two of my favorite books of all time!!! Will look out for The Perilous Gard then! I love the Tam Lin story. And Fire and Hemlock. #107 Fire and Hemlock by Diana Wynne Jones
This has to be a re-read--the book has been on my bookshelf for at least 10 years, probably longer, but I didn't remember the story at all. There are so many interpretations of the Tam Lin ballad out there--Tam Lin - Susan Cooper, Tam Lin - Pamela D ... ... it after Conrad's Fate, out of fear that it would ruin the earlier Chrestomanci books for me.
I've never actually read Fire and Hemlock, despite loving DWJ. I think a lot of her books weren't readily available at the time when I was wearing out my copy of The Lives of Christopher Chant--I ... ... Howl universe. Still not a traditional sequel, but we do get a few more satisfying glimpses of Howl and Sophie. I'm reading Fire and Hemlock now with Carolyn and Stasia, and don't remember the story at ALL, so it's like the first time! #17 Fire and Hemlock, Fire and Hemlock!!
MusicMom, I hope you enjoy it - it's a lovely book. >17 yay for Fire and Hemlock!! I love that book SO much. >17: Re Fire and Hemlock. I just was just dragooned into taking over a reading group from someone who is moving away. It's part of a "get kids having trouble reading to read more" project locally. It is guided by the premise that, if you can get them interested in one kind of reading, you can ... ... can enjoy it. I love to read mysteries in one sitting when I have the time!
Roni--Our November scifi/fantasy reads are Fire and Hemlock and Barrayar. In January we plan to read The Riddle-Master of Hed trilogy. We may slip Elantris in there if I can find a copy.
Sandy--Thanks. I ... ... Window
Abhorsen
Introduction to Mathematical Philosophy
Einstein's Dreams
The Greeks and the Irrational
Fire and Hemlock
Libraries in the Ancient World
The War for the Oaks
Beauty Sleep
It was a bit sad looking through my unread books and seeing how many of them I' ... ... Regiment by Terry Pratchett
Tam Lin by Pamela Dean
Dogsbody, The Chronicles of Chrestomanci, volume one, Fire and Hemlock, and Howl's Moving Castle, all by Diana Wynne Jones... you can tell she's one of my favorite authors....
Lirael, by Garth Nix
The Thief, by Megan Wh ... Looks like I need to read Fire and Hemlock...
Fire and Hemlock is one of my all-time favorite books!!! I'm glad you loved it. ... by Sheri S. Tepper
Chalice by Robin McKinley
Dead Until Dark by Charlaine Harris
Eclipse by Stephenie Meyer
Fire and Hemlock by Diana Wynne Jones
Germans into Nazis by Peter Fritzche
Heir to Sevenwaters by Juliet Marillier
Indian Survival on the California Frontier by Alb ... #93 Fire and Hemlock sounds interesting, definately going to see if my library has it! :) Sigh! Okay, my copy of Fire and Hemlock comes down for a re-read. I agree it is one of her best, even though my favorite is Dark Lord of Derkholm for its very serious although side-splitting examination of the logical consequences of fantasy tropes. I also have to reread House of Many Ways as ... >93: lunacat,
Fire and Hemlock is really enjoyable, isn't it? It's an almost-tie for my favorite of her books (I just like the quirky humor of Archer's Goon...but I'm odd) and a fair ways ahead of the rest of her stuff.
I don't know if you know, but it's a retelling of the "Tam Lin" ... Added Fire and Hemlock to Project Wishlist. It sounds wonderful. 
105. Fire and Hemlock by Diana Wynne Jones 393 pages
Polly has been looking at the picture above her bed. With its dark figures, smoky flames and sense of foreboding, it has always ...
... Chant by Diana Wynne Jones
September reads
106. The Knife of Never Letting Go by Patrick Ness
105. Fire and Hemlock by Diana Wynne Jones
104. The Looking Glass Wars by Frank Beddor
103. Getting Near to Baby by Audrey Couloumbis
102. The Blood Stone by Jamila Gavi ... #84 yes I did :)
loved those as well
71. Fire and Hemlock by Diana Wynne Jones
rate: ****
72. House of Many Ways by Diana Wynne Jones
rate: ****
didn't really expect much when I read this two..but turned out that I liked them..what a pleasant surprise :)
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school is about to ... ...
The Diamond of Darkhold
Fairies, Fairy Tales, Folklore, and Myth
Briar Rose
The Lightbearer's Daughter
Fire and Hemlock
The War for the Oaks
Beauty Sleep
Weight
*The Good Man Jesus and the Scoundrel Christ
*Odd and the Frost Giants
The Stolen Child
Straw Into ... ... of faeries :)
Elves:
-Guy Gavriel Kay's trilogy The Fionavar Tapestry has some prominent elves
-Diana Wynne Jones' Fire and Hemlock has a few elves
-Mercedes Lackey's series that starts with Bedlam's Bard has a lot of elves as well.
-Terry Pratchett has a couple books involving ... ... - Alison Uttley (not 999)
50) Inkdeath - Cornelia Funke (not 999)
51) Tam Lin - Pamela Dean (999: 9)
52) Fire and Hemlock - Diana Wynne Jones (not 999)
53) Magic Strikes - Ilona Andrews (not 999)
54) Sharpe's Prey - Bernard Cornwell (not 999)
55) The Spook's ... ... Escape
xx) Alison Uttley - A Traveller In Time
xxi) Cornelia Funke - Inkdeath
xxii) Diana Wynne Jones - Fire and Hemlock
xxiii) Ilona Andrews - Magic Strikes
xxiv) Bernard Cornwell - Sharpe's Prey
xxv) Joseph Delaney - Spook's Sacrifice
Comments, as ... ... in the war and, strangely enough, in the Levant rather than the Balkans - if that helps at all?!
#236 applebook1, yes, Fire and Hemlock is one of my favourite DWJ's (despite the fact that the number I've times I've read it is only in the single figures rather than double figures like eg The ... I always planned to read Fire and Hemlock yet didn't really have a chance yet..seems like you enjoyed it quite a lot..
I'll try reading it this summer (after I'm done with Vanity Fair) Oh, cripes, now I want to re-read Fire and Hemlock.... it's such a great book. Polly is such a fantastic heroine (it is Polly, isn't it?? Suddenly feeling rusty...). I used to live on the edge of a cemetery around the time I read it as well, so the opening scene when she wanders into the "party" ... ... what I expected of it.
It also gave me monstrous cravings for one of my favourite Diana Wynne Jones books:
52) Fire and Hemlock
(not 999)
This is also loosely based on the Tam Lin story (hence the cravings). The funny thing about this is that when I first read this one (arou ... Quick note to self to update:
Tam Lin
Fire and Hemlock
Magic Strikes
Sharpe's Fury
#224 Having a mild panic at work at the moment (lab talk on Thursday, have nothing to talk about, foolishly, took yesterday off), so I'll get back to you on that! (Sounds like an amazing holiday - ... ... Gaiman, most of his work is a definite must read. Certainly the Harry Potter books. And Howl's Moving Castle from Diane Wynne Jones. ... it must just be that she expresses herself very differently to my subconcious! Anyway, it's giving me major cravings for a Fire and Hemlock (Diana Wynne Jones) re-read... I managed to resist the Princess Bride cravings following Inkspell, so we'll see how it goes with those for Fire ... Fire and Hemlock I love that one too! I think the only Diana Wynne Jones book I didn't like was Fire and Hemlock.
I have started The Warrior Heir. I got about 1/4 of the way into it last time and just put it aside. For some reason, I never picked it back up, so we'll see how it goes this time. ... by Sheri S. Tepper is a retelling of Sleeping beauty
Snow by Tracy Lynn is a retelling of snow white (YA)
Fire and Hemlock by Diana Wynne Jones is a retelling of Tam Lin, as is Tam Lin by Pamela Dean and Thomas the Rhymer by Ellen Kushner I love Fire and Hemlock! My only complaint with it is that the ending is very abrupt.
Dark Lord of Derkholm is possibly my favorite DWJ, and I love Year of the Griffin, too. Her Tough Guide to Fantasyland is a great complement to Dark Lord of Derkholm.
The first DWJ I read was Howl's ... ... and I've read most of her books several times. My favorites are probably the Chrestomanci books, Howl's Moving Castle, Fire and Hemlock, Year of the Griffin, and Deep Secret. Her books have held over the years and I still get just as much enjoyment out of them as I did when I was 10. fire and hemlock is amazing, it's one of those books I've re-read every year since I was about 10. I also love a tale of time city and I've recently discovered deep secret which I found really funny. it's the prequel to the merlin conspiracy. ... Pratchett
- Lirael by Garth Nix
- The Chronicles of Chrestomanci: Volume 1 by Diana Wynne Jones - either this one or Fire and Hemlock
- Taggerung by Brian Jacques
These are all books from my elementary and middle school years - back when I still reread stuff more often. The only one ... ... them in a long time, so I don't know how they'd stack up, but I loved them when I was in high school.
Diana Wynne Jones' Fire and Hemlock is a modern reworking of Tam Lin, and one of my favorite books EVER. Today I got my mitts on Fire and Hemlock by Diana Wynne Jones. My collection of her works is slowly (but steadily) expanding. ^-^ Have to remember to catalogue it. ... lists)
Dark Lord of Derkholm--ronincats
Haroun and the Sea of Stories--ronincats
Outwitting History--blkvinva
Fire and Hemlock--allthesedarnbooks
The Tower Room (and sequels)--allthesedarnbooks
The Perilous Gard--ronincats
Juniper by Monica Furlong--allthesedarnbooks
Se ... ... then decided I'd give away too much. This is probably quite a good one to start with - everyone seems to love it.
10) Fire and Hemlock - Polly starts to have memories of a summer that she had completely forgotten. Like Time of the Ghost, this is based more in the real world than ... ... then decided I'd give away too much. This is probably quite a good one to start with - everyone seems to love it.
10) Fire and Hemlock - Polly starts to have memories of a summer that she had completely forgotten. Like Time of the Ghost, this is based more in the real world than ... I have not read Fire and Hemlock, but I have read Fire in the Mist. Hmmm... She has three or four series and then quite a few stand alone stories. I would recommend starting either with Fire and Hemlock, which is my personal favorite and stands alone, or with the Chestomanci series, which starts with Charmed Life. Fire and Hemlock is probably my favorite Diane Wynne Jones of all time... although the Chrestomanci books are all reat, especially Witch Week, and I love her Dalemark Quartet. She's a very prolific author, and I know there are books of hers that I still haven't read. I need to get on that! I have not read Playing with Fire,
But I have read Fire and Hemlock. ... yet another Dahl book. The Gremlins..up next!
and now, thanks to all for the glowing recommendations regarding Diane Wynne Jones...My fear is that I'll get hooked and will want to read them all and then will be listing nothing but reviews about her books for a long time.
... her more recent stuff in hardback as it's come out, but I would love a first edition of something like Archer's Goon or Fire and Hemlock.
I'm fighting the urge to go into a soliloquy about how much I love DWJ's stuff (I've read the lot numerous times, except her very first, Changeover ... ... Stand alones besides Archer's Goon (which is one of my favourites) are A Tale of Time City, Homeward Bounders, Fire and Hemlock, Dogsbody, The Time of the Ghost (and a couple more, but these are the best) - all of which I love... >462 & >465: You have to read some DWJ for sure. My personal favourites are still the standalone Fire and Hemlock and The Time of the Ghost, but I love the Chrestomanci books, especially The Magicians of Caprona - a very, very funny re-telling of the feuding-families-brought-together trope. I ... >22: Just to confuse you further, I think Archer's Goon and Fire and Hemlock are even better than Howl's Moving Castle. *grin* Belatedly, >196: Fire and Hemlock also my absolute favourite DWJ. The Time of the Ghost comes a close second. ... give The Ruins of Ambrai a try! Don't judge her by the Dragon Prince books!
My all time favorite Diana Wynne Jones is Fire and Hemlock and that's a standalone, too. :)
>180, I've never read any Shreve, Susan, although I have a couple sitting on the shelf I picked up at the bookshelf. Tha ... >68, interestingly, Fire and Hemlock, which I mentioned on my own thread in response to your admission of loathing for Ms DWJ, is also a re-telling of Tam Lin. It really is good, honest.
Also, for Hari Kunzru, I personally would also give a vote for Transmission. I don't think it was that ... ... but I too loved her books when growing up, and have even re-read two or three in more recent years. I thought Fire and Hemlock was excellent. ... Silent Strength of Stones by Nina Kiriki Hoffman
The China Garden by Liz Berry
Tam Lin by Pamela Dean
Fire and Hemlock by Diana Wynne Jones
Deep Secret by Diana Wynne Jones
The Folk of the Air by Peter Beagle
Tigana by Guy Gavriel Kay
The China Garden by Liz Berry
Summers at Castle Auburn by Sharon Shinn
Fire and Hemlock by Diana Wynne Jones
To Say Nothing of the Dog by Connie Willis ... Dean's Secret Country series, Suzy McKee Charnas The Kingdom of Kevin Malone, parts of Diana Wynne Jones's Fire and Hemlock.
I'm sure there are lots more examples - including books for younger readers, but I haven't been able to find a tag already being used for the concept, ... I'm rereading Fire and Hemlock by Diana Wynne Jones (Espy and I are apparently both on a DWJ kick) -- comfort reading. ... ien
Beauty by Robin McKinley
Earthsea Quartet by Ursula Le Guin
Riddlemaster's Game by Patricia McKillip
Fire and Hemlock by Diana Wynne Jones
At least that's my answer today. ... books I still find thrilling.
I got sucked in deeper by the books of Diana Wynne Jones and more specificly "Fire and Hemlock", which fired off my taste for urban fantasy.
In that genre I'm very enthousiastic about almost everything Neil Gaiman wrote - Neverwhere was wild! - ... Tam Lin retellings:
Fire and Hemlock by Diana Wynne Jones(one of my favourite books ever despite the many years it took me to understand it)
Tithe by holly Black is on the same themes as Tam Lin, has girl as the sacrifice though.
Winter Rose by patricia A. Mckillip
Not Tam Lin but Thoma ... ... Diana Wynne Jones books are mainly the latter, adult novels:
Hexwood (stand alone, science fiction and fantasy)
Fire and Hemlock (stand alone, Tam Lin retelling)
Dark Lord of Derkholm (Derkholm I, parallel universes fantasy)
Year of the Griffin (Derkholm II, magic school, I ... ... The Blue Sword, Deerskin, Spindle's End, Sunshine
Diana Wynne Jones Howl's Moving Castle, Archer's Goon, Fire and Hemlock
Garth Nix Abhorsen trilogy
Susan Cooper The Dark is Rising series
Patricia C. Wrede & Caroline Stevermer Sorcery and Cecelia
Mer ... ... Sean Stewart.
I really like Diana Wynne Jones and Howl's Moving Castle is great. Other great books by her are; Fire and Hemlock, Deep Secret and the sort of sequel The Merlin Conspiracy, Hexwood, Dark Lord of Derkholm, and the sequel Year of the Griffin.
Straight ... ... -- and it's hard to overstate the dire handicap of that opening -- but the major portion is charming and surprising.
26. Fire and Hemlock by Diana Wynne Jones
I have joined the rest of the universe in not understanding the ending, but that's all right, because the novel strikes the ... Fire and Hemlock ? I'm currently reading The Never War by D.J. MacHale
My next three are:
Fire and Hemlock by Diana Wynne Jones
Protector of the Flight by Robin D. Owens
Someone Like You by Sarah Dessen ... but everything by her is fantastic.
Hexwood by Diana Wynne Jones is part fantasy and part science fiction, and Fire and Hemlock a great retelling of Tam Lin. Someone mentioned Howls Moving Castle, and while it has a sequel, it isn't worth reading, so I'd recommend to just consider ... ... to know whether some books are "children's" or not, but the two books I found most difficult when I first read them were Fire and Hemlock by Diana Wynne Jones and The Owl Service by Alan Garner. Both of them involve highly complex interactions between ordinary characters and mythological or ... Tam Lin: Fire and Hemlock, by Diana Wynne Jones, and The Perilous Gard, by Elizabeth Marie Pope
Cinderella: Just Ella by Margaret Peterson Haddix
East of the Sun, West of the Moon:
East, by Edith Pattou
The Twelve Dancing Princesses:
Wildwood Dancing, by Juliet Maril ... ... by Helen Dunmore
The Two Princesses of Bamarre by Gail Levine
Quest of the Fair Unknown by Gerald Morris
Fire and Hemlock by Diana Wynne Jones
and Forging the Sword by Hilari Bell
I also need to read Fairest soon since it isn't renewing at the library, so I'll ... ... order is different; if you read Charmed Life first you'll experience a strange time-shift later in the sequence.)
Fire and Hemlock is the Tam Lin one. The Time of the Ghost is one of my favourites along with F&H; also The Homeward Bounders. ... still have a lot of love for the fantasy I read while I was a child, so there's going to be a few of those on the list.
Fire and Hemlock
The Dark is Rising series
Bones of the Moon
Passage
Ash: A Secret History
Mirror of Her Dreams and A Man Rides Through
The Marianne Trilo ... ... of mine, the1butterfly, but I'll add:
--my Tam Lin collection: Tam Lin, The Perilous Gard, An Earthly Knight, and Fire and Hemlock
--Enchantment (Sleeping Beauty)
--Watching the Roses (Sleeping Beauty), The Tower Room (Rapunzel), and Pictures of the Night (Snow White), all by ... My favorite Diana Wynne Jones book nobody's mentioned is Fire and Hemlock, which is an awesome retelling of the Tam Lin legend. It was out of print until just recently, but has now been reissued. (Yay!)
Hmm, yes, introductions: I'm a 21-year-old college student. I've been reading fantasy ...
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