13 Silver on the Tree by Susan Cooper
Great stuff, these.
My husband tells me that JRR Tolkein, like many Englishmen, hated the French. He so disliked them that he fully resented the Norman Conquest in 1066. That's powerful. I bring this up because good ol' JRR and Susan Cooper have that much in common. There is implication in all the books of ( Read more... )

Lately I've become interested in addictions of all kinds and how people deal with them. I know, it seems, many addicted folk, and I see them struggle from day to day--with staying sober, with not letting others know what's going on, with trying to survive. I know there has to be a rock-bottom experience for them--they have to have the epiphany ( Read more... )