January Books

[eattheolives]

Here we go! I'm off to a decent start, and even managed to read a couple books from that bookcase (which is now two bookcases) of the books that I need to read so I can decide whether to keep them or give them away.

1. Witch Week, Diana Wynne JonesPart of me is very sad that I didn't read Diana Wynne Jones as a child. The rest of me is just happy

Comments

[katharhino]

Fire and Hemlock IS very hard to explain. But I just get inward heart eyes whenever I think about it. Every time I read it there's more there. Sigh. If you like that particular brand of weird, I next recommend Hexwood, also by DWJ and also involving nonlinear storytelling and things that aren't what they seem.

I'm glad you're reading the Chrestomanci books too - I agree Witch Week is not at the top of my list but it's still charming.

[eattheolives]

And of course, that's the one DWJ book my online library doesn't have. Crumbs! I'll keep my eyes open at bookstores, though.

[elanortheeldest]

ooh, I read the Boynton book last year; chilling is a good word for it. It makes me so sad and mad, too. We were in Japan when some of these abductions happened. What would the global outcry have been if an American kid had disappeared like that? A Japanese kid, however, meant things were hush-hush. MAD, like I said.

[eattheolives]

Right? It's terrible how long it took for anyone to raise a public fuss about the disappearances.

[walkingworthy]

I've been using PBS for a long time now as well and the website is so 90s style that it desperately needs an update. There's so many other tweaks that it could use too. That being said, I'm still a big fan of it and find myself scanning books at goodwill to see whether it is on anyone's wish list so I can fulfill it for them. I do the same for swapaDVD :D

[eattheolives]

I'm so glad it's still useful for you! I don't mind the datedness of the site, but it seems like there are far fewer people willing to swap books now that there's a charge for each one. I still have a huge wishlist there, but I hardly ever get any notices that any are available. =\

But I can't complain - I've gotten *hundreds* of books from there over the years!