66. Elidor by Alan GarnerFour siblings chase a football into a church about to be demolished in post-war Manchester and come out in another world. It's a dying world, and the man that they meet entrusts them with the Treasures of this world for safekeeping, and sends them on their way ( Read more... )

54. Boneland by Alan Garner

Yet another conclusion to a triology, some 40 years later. I was a big fan of The Weirdstone of Brisingamen and The Moon of Gomrath as a child - the former doesn't hold up so well as an adult (the pacing is too all over the place), but The Moon of Gomrath was still scary when I re read it some years ago ( Read more... )

2. The Weirdstone of Brisingamen by Alan Garner

This month's book club book.  It's an early children's fantasy novel.

I first read this when I was about 8 or 9 and loved it.  I re-read it when I was stuck at home and heavily medicated when I was living in Manchester, at which point I learned that the locations in the book are all real places, ( Read more... )

17. From Dead to Worse by Charlaine Harris

For no reason that I am able to articulate, this is my favourite of the series so far.

18. The Owl Service by Alan Garner

cavalorn raved about this on Facebook recently, and it was conveniently in stock at the library that's on my way to the gym ( Read more... )