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[bookelfe]

Okay, so I just read The Lost Conspiracy by Frances Hardinge (published in the UK as Gullstruck Island), and - okay, this woman has published four books, and every single one I have loved to pieces, and this one isn't my favorite exactly, but I think it is legitimately her best.

It's hard to describe the actual plot of this book, because the

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[rymenhild]

Well, that one's going on my list.

[bookelfe]

Man, Frances Hardinge is maybe the best author I've discovered since I graduated college. And I don't say that lightly!

[maladaptive]

I need to start keeping track of the books you post, because they are so much more interesting than the stuff I find on my own. Geeze. You've got a super power.

[bookelfe]

Hee, mostly I am still just working off a long, long backlog of things that have been recommended to me! I am not nearly so good at finding great stuff on my own.

[miscellanny]

Holy woooahkay, that'll be my birthday present to me, then.

[bookelfe]

SO SO GOOD NNY *____*

[bookelfe]

I think I will always love Fly By Night a little bit best, because it hits half a dozen of my buttons (although Verdigris Deep! so good!) but in terms of sheer quality this one is just, ahhh! How does she do this.

[batyatoon]

Oh good god, I NEED this book. *writes down frantically*

[bookelfe]

YES YOU DO. ASAP.