I liked it. It’s my first hardcover purchase in who knows how long (I am cheap and proud to admit that I use libraries and second hand books and all of that to get my reader’s appetite fulfilled) and I’m glad I made it. I’ll read it again.
All posts tagged robin mckinley
Chalice by Robin McKinley
posted by erin on December 12, 2008
http://blog.efdanehy.com/2008/chalice-by-robin-mckinley
The argument: Bella is no Buffy, to her detriment.
I found this article yesterday on an author’s blog and I absolutely agree with the article (and the author’s sentiment, though I won’t link back out of courtesy to the author’s post’s request). The article’s author makes a terrific, and alarming, point about the potentially dangerous and potent message of the Twilight books by Stephenie Meyer. [...]
posted by erin on December 5, 2008
http://blog.efdanehy.com/2008/the-argument-bella-is-no-buffy-to-her-detriment
Chrestomanci is like Gatsby! Minus the tragedy…
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 [...]
posted by erin on November 21, 2008
http://blog.efdanehy.com/2008/chrestomanci-is-like-gatsby-minus-the-tragedy
Breaking Dawn by Stephenie Meyer
Reading the day away hurts the brain. I just finished Breaking Dawn. Gasp. I’m still on hold for it from the library… which I should go cancel. My friend lent me her friend’s copy — haha — and so I devoured that between last night and this morning (while managing, might I add, to get [...]
posted by erin on September 16, 2008
http://blog.efdanehy.com/2008/breaking-dawn
