Wildwood of Underworlds
I finished Wildwood Dancing--I really think that if it weren't for the cover I might not have gotten past the first third. I don't know why I didn't feel the magic of it quite as soon as I did Daughter of the Forest. Maybe because I HAD to read it, coming down on the last due-date.
I don't think it stood out as much. Being a more collaged retelling might have a lot to do with it. That I'm not all that enthralled with Transylvania OR snowy winters (snowy winters in Japan, or in New England, or really wherever I like--but it all seemed a tad generic, not just the setting). But I enjoyed it pretty well.
There were twists to the end that were great, and I
I hit page 99 of Vol. 4 of Aolon. I ought to be half done at this point. This is dubious. I am however revealing Shaim's little thing with disappearing magic, as I'd forgotten about it in the interest of working out some semblance of a plot. Still no success with that, but we've done a full pan on the scenery. *bleargh.* I don't know why I always get to a point where I have to say, "You're allowed to get to the point any time now"...I think I have a faulty concept of "the middle" of a book.
~Next afternoon:~
I finished Un Lun Dun, too. ^_^ I think it definitely got better once I realized the heroine was the one I liked. And it's inventive and fun. On the scale (size-wize) of HP, the postmodern child of The Phantom Tollbooth thematically, and in the likeness of Hitchhiker's Guide for humor-sense.
I don't think it stood out as much. Being a more collaged retelling might have a lot to do with it. That I'm not all that enthralled with Transylvania OR snowy winters (snowy winters in Japan, or in New England, or really wherever I like--but it all seemed a tad generic, not just the setting). But I enjoyed it pretty well.
There were twists to the end that were great, and I
I hit page 99 of Vol. 4 of Aolon. I ought to be half done at this point. This is dubious. I am however revealing Shaim's little thing with disappearing magic, as I'd forgotten about it in the interest of working out some semblance of a plot. Still no success with that, but we've done a full pan on the scenery. *bleargh.* I don't know why I always get to a point where I have to say, "You're allowed to get to the point any time now"...I think I have a faulty concept of "the middle" of a book.
~Next afternoon:~
I finished Un Lun Dun, too. ^_^ I think it definitely got better once I realized the heroine was the one I liked. And it's inventive and fun. On the scale (size-wize) of HP, the postmodern child of The Phantom Tollbooth thematically, and in the likeness of Hitchhiker's Guide for humor-sense.