I happened to have this sitting on my shelf with some other library books when I heard Diana Wynne Jones died. I have been a considerable fan of her fiction since I first read Charmed Life back in the late 70's. She seemed to have this great gift for making magic worlds where the magic felt as rea...
A light, seemingly effortless story about finding a home in a small town full of unusual people. I love the idea that magic exists, and that someone has to be in charge of magical issues in each neighborhood. The faeries aren't as scary as Terry Pratchett's, but they aren't tiny Disney adorables e...
2.5 stars.I had to choose the UK edition, as the cover of the US version is totally lame. Who do they think it's going to appeal to? Boys won't want to read it because it has rainbow swirls, and girls won't want to read it because it's about a smelly boy. I certainly felt stupid finishing it in Star...
Okay, so I feel awful saying this, given how much I love DWJ, but I have sort of mixed feelings on this one, stemming from two things. One is pure personal preference: I tend to enjoy her more adult books (Dalemark, Deep Secret) a little more at this point. The other is an actual problem: the end. P...
When Jocelyn Brandon Hope dies he leaves his field-of-care, home and land to his grandson Andrew Hope.Andrew has many happy memories of his grandfather and his house. Being the owner of Melstone house is quite different then being visitor Andrew finds out. Andrew has to learn his grandfather's field...
Good old Diana Wynne Jones. I love how with all of her books you feel like you're in the same world, different universe. She has created a 'Diana Wynne Jones' world all of her own.What always amazes me is that she never seems to bother with explaining anything, like the world, the magic it just is w...
Diana Wynne Jones is one of those authors that I have heard a lot of good things about but, for one reason or another, I had yet to read. My only experience with anything of hers was the Studio Ghibli adaptation of Howl's Moving Castle - and even that film differs significantly. But after reading En...
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