tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-754919688510890076.post8815022489631773512..comments2024-03-07T11:38:48.622-08:00Comments on We Be Reading: DWJ March: Guest Post from KerryKristen M.http://www.blogger.com/profile/02335598194501733541noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-754919688510890076.post-60415434557867673032013-03-09T11:34:51.964-08:002013-03-09T11:34:51.964-08:00Kerry, I really enjoyed your post. I wish I had g...Kerry, I really enjoyed your post. I wish I had grown up with DWJ. Somehow I didn't get to see any of her fantasy, and you and I are of the same age, so possibly our libraries didn't carry it then. I would have loved it. As it is, when I did discover her as an adult, I have been buying her books over the years, both for myself and for my children. I loved Howl's Moving Castle - I believe that was the first one by her I read - and I have a copy of The Writer's Tough Guide to Fantasy land by her, which is so funny!! All about the cliche's to avoid when writing fantasy (which I do). I loved Witch week, and sadly have so many still to read. Your post makes me glad so many are still out there to discover - and happy I am passing the love on to my children. My son read the Christomanci series when he was young, and I've given a copy of Earwig and the Witch to my daughter for Christmas, though she hasn't read it yet. I love DWJ for making books my son would read, and for making fantasy fun and deep and wise.<br />Susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09095246748581382752noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-754919688510890076.post-38408207718199956722013-03-05T22:40:02.023-08:002013-03-05T22:40:02.023-08:00Thank you for this post, Kerry! I definitely think...Thank you for this post, Kerry! I definitely think you were lucky. I adore DWJ now as an adult but I would have been even happier to have found her books as a child. I wish I could go back and see if they were on my library shelves and I just missed them or if they weren't there and I couldn't have helped it. I'll never know!Kristen M.https://www.blogger.com/profile/02335598194501733541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-754919688510890076.post-64582930218888226182013-03-05T20:49:42.098-08:002013-03-05T20:49:42.098-08:00Goldeen - I'll be reading them, don't worr...Goldeen - I'll be reading them, don't worry. I'm slowly working my way through all DWJ's book (or most of them, anyway) in order, so I'll get to them.<br /><br />Belle - I'm sure your son will love them. They're so meaty, they're great for kids and adults both so ideal for reading to our children.Kerryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01829070558793881064noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-754919688510890076.post-51369716532510286502013-03-05T14:17:15.854-08:002013-03-05T14:17:15.854-08:00This is a beautiful post. I have only read a handf...This is a beautiful post. I have only read a handful of DWJ's books, but I'm going to start reading them again, as many as I can with my son. It will be nice when he gets to the stage where he'll read them on his own! Belle Wonghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12112894169429729531noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-754919688510890076.post-55661411368041497772013-03-05T08:16:44.072-08:002013-03-05T08:16:44.072-08:00What a wonderful post! You should really read &quo...What a wonderful post! You should really read "Deep Secret"/"Merlin Conspiracy" — they are two of my favorites and "Conspiracy" has an ending that will Blow. Your. Mind. (In a good way.) Also, it has an elephant. (C'mon, an ELEPHANT!)<br /><br />Your son sounds like a very lucky kid! He may not get to discover DWJ like you, but I know from experience how influential the books your mother reads to you as a child become. Much as I love DWJ, I think the foundation of my literary world is built on "The Chronicles of Narnia" and "The Sword in the Stone"—the books MY mother loved as a child and read to me as soon as I could understand words. That your son will be building his on DWJ makes me insanely happy.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05659359099461093235noreply@blogger.com