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genarti asked me for my top five favorite book covers! She gave me full reign to be ironic in my love, which is a privilege I will try not to abuse. At least 50% of these will also be rooted in fond nostalgia rather than any artistic merit, so . . . you are warned? I also stretch the definition of 'top five' a little, you are also warned.

( Lots of images under the cut, obviously! )

I think I've mentioned before that I have this problem with Patricia McKillip books where they fade completely out of my head about a month after I've read them. This problem is especially pronounced for the Riddle-Master of Hed trilogy, which were the first McKillip books I ever read. I thought I had at least vague memories of them, and then I ( Read more... )

So I have this thing with Patricia McKillip books. I really like them! It's just, once I've read them, it takes me about two weeks to forget everything that happens in them. It's like magic! Fantasyland amnesia magic! (I hate that kind of magic.)

However, I am going to make a concerted effort not to let that happen with her latest, The Bell ( Read more... )