50bookchallenge, 15000pages
Book #47 -- John Bellairs, The Face in the Frost, 176 pages.
This was a wonderful book. Wish I'd known about it when I was young. It's a pity Bellairs mostly turned away from fantasy after this and wrote mysteries. Not that his mysteries aren't good, but I'd have liked to see more high fantasy from him.
Book #48 -- John Bellairs, The House With a Clock in its Walls, 179 pages.
Speaking of his mysteries . . . this is the first of the Lewis Barnavelt books. I realised about halfway through that I actually *had* read it before when I was young, but it was so long ago I'd pretty much forgotten it. Good mystery, though, and I love Uncle Jonathan. I'm still working my way through the series.
Progress toward goals: 145/365 = 39.7%
Books: 48/100 = 48.0%
Pages: 11756/30000 = 39.2%
2009 Book List
cross-posted to 15000pages, 50bookchallenge, and gwynraven
This was a wonderful book. Wish I'd known about it when I was young. It's a pity Bellairs mostly turned away from fantasy after this and wrote mysteries. Not that his mysteries aren't good, but I'd have liked to see more high fantasy from him.
Book #48 -- John Bellairs, The House With a Clock in its Walls, 179 pages.
Speaking of his mysteries . . . this is the first of the Lewis Barnavelt books. I realised about halfway through that I actually *had* read it before when I was young, but it was so long ago I'd pretty much forgotten it. Good mystery, though, and I love Uncle Jonathan. I'm still working my way through the series.
Progress toward goals: 145/365 = 39.7%
Books: 48/100 = 48.0%
Pages: 11756/30000 = 39.2%
2009 Book List
cross-posted to 15000pages, 50bookchallenge, and gwynraven