I also finished The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman. It's another YA book I liked - which is, very nearly, going to be my entire review of the book, hehe. I liked it, it's a good fantasy yarn, well written (if a little pedantically at times - but almost all fantasy writers fall into that trap because, y'know, fantasy and sci-fi require a lot of ( Read more... )

So, I went down to the library to get some more books. The librarian there was very helpful and made a lot of good suggestions. She made distinctions, too, between those things that were popular and those that were good. She was just giving me good books until I said I'm also interested in ones that are merely popular. I'd noticed that she ( Read more... )