November Challenge: Racing the Dark by Alaya Dawn Johnson

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Okay, I know the Frankenstein review is late, but I'll get it up today, I promise. :) But let's go ahead and get November's challenge underway:

After 12 total votes (what a sad turnout!!!), the winner for the November book challenge is:

Comments

Just for starters!

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The Black Cauldron by Lloyd Alexander
Peter Pan by J.M. Barrie
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum
The Last Unicorn by Peter S. Beagle
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass by Lewis Carroll
The Dark is Rising by Susan Cooper
The Neverending Story by Michael Ende
Stardust by Neil Gaiman (couldn't keep a Neil Gaiman title off this list! ;))
The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame
The Princess Bride by William Goldman
A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle
A Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula K. Le Guin
The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis
The Monk by Matthew Lewis (a Gothic novel and heavy, but definitely an early fantasy novel)
The King of Elfland's Daughter by Lord Dunsany
The Princess and the Goblin by George MacDonald
The Forgotten Beasts of Eld by Patricia McKillip
The Hero and the Crown by Robin McKinley
Lud-In-The-Mist by Hope Mirrlees
The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman (definitely a new classic!)
The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupery
Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift
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[anonymous]

I missed Frankenstein, but I'm going to make this one for sure.

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You don't fail. You're just distracted. ;)

[patty1943]

bookfinder.com hooks up with big (Amazon, B&N) and little (independent) online bookstores and you can get used or new books.
The Tombs of Atuan is also a tremendous book.

[calico_reaction]

Thanks for the recs! :)

[amergina]

heh. Next term's SF/F reading class is classic fantasy. No idea what the reading list is yet, though!

My suggestions would be early Zelazny or Moorcock.