It has FINALLY occurred to me who the character of Chrestomanci in Diana Wynne Jones’ Charmed Life reminds me of, both physically — the dapper outfits, the mysterious descriptions of his past and mysterious power — and I swear, it’s Gatsby. As in F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby. The similarities between them (polar-opposite genres [...]
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Chrestomanci is like Gatsby! Minus the tragedy…
posted by erin on November 21, 2008
http://blog.efdanehy.com/2008/chrestomanci-is-like-gatsby-minus-the-tragedy
House of Many Ways by Diana Wynne Jones
Last night I finished House of Many Ways, Diana Wynne Jones’s most recent book and the third book set in the world of Howl’s Moving Castle after Castle in the Air. I read both Howl’s and Castle in college, and I am a huge fan of the Miyazaki film adaptation of Howl’s Moving Castle, despite [...]
posted by erin on October 28, 2008
http://blog.efdanehy.com/2008/house-of-many-ways
The Crown of Dalemark by Diana Wynne Jones
I just finished The Crown of Dalemark, the fourth and final book of the Dalemark Quartet by Diana Wynne Jones. I think this is going to be one of those books — series — I’ll need to re-read. Gosh, add these books to the to-buy list! I read the first two books — Cart and [...]
posted by erin on October 25, 2008
http://blog.efdanehy.com/2008/dalemark
October-smocktober
It’s eight days in and my “finish the novel the hell up” month doesn’t seem to be going to plan. In fact, this slow down of the past week and a half is depressing. I can’t get in the rhythm or the mood for it these days. I keep napping. I keep getting easily distracted. [...]
posted by erin on October 8, 2008
http://blog.efdanehy.com/2008/october-smocktober
