Diana Wynne Jones – The Girl in the Red Rubber Boots

Bookweek Day 3: Why are all the best fantasy writers British?

Aug 16, 2017

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I don’t have much time today, so this post will be pretty short, but here goes: Why are all the best fantasy writers British? I made a list the other day. J.M. Barrie, C.S. Lewis, Diana Wynne Jones, J.R.R. Tolkien, A.A. Milne, Lewis Carroll, and Susanna Clarke are/were all British. Eva Ibbotson and Robin McKinley…

Ten Books that have Stayed With Me in Some Way

Aug 30, 2014

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Emily Sara Smucker

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In no particular order, the 10 that popped into my head are: 1. Peter Pan, by J.M. Barrie Picture credit: http://giacobino.deviantart.com/ 2. The Moonstone, by Wilkie Collins It was a bit of a serendipity, the way I came to read and love this book. It happened like this: I was 19 years old and living…

Castle Books

Apr 29, 2012

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Emily Sara Smucker

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Recently I made a startling discovery: Books with the word “castle” in the title are extremely likely to be VERY good books, the kind that I will want to re-read multiple times, keep on my bookshelf, and recommend to my grandchildren. Example #1: I Capture the Castle, by Dodie Smith This is a story about…

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Bookweek Day 3: Why are all the best fantasy writers British?

Ten Books that have Stayed With Me in Some Way

Castle Books