Last night was fun…  Facebook was like five minutes late posting it so people were complaining (sheesh), and then NW crashed for a bit, and then I stayed up far too late reading everyone’s comments about it.

Anyhow, I didn’t have very high expectations, so it was pretty good. Ramandu’s Daughter looks radioactive. The hackneyed, generic fantasy phrases got on my nerves and if they do to Edmund what they did to Peter I’m going to be irate. How many times must we go through the “poor me, I was a king and now no one takes me seriously so I’m going to be angsty and arrogant about it” routine? Here’s hoping! 

Loved the Dufflepuds, Eustace (the little we saw), and the glimpses of the end of the world. And Coriakin and the library and the book! The whole tone of it was so bright and blue–I’m glad they’re not trying to make it Dark, Gritty, and Epic like PC.

I was REALLY hoping that they wouldn’t turn the Lone Islands into an action scene Just Because We Can. The way the book gets around it by not turning it into a battle is much cleverer.

I like that they’re adding some more wartime Britain parts and I could totally see Edmund trying to sneak into the army.

I hope the Susan and Peter thing is a flashback too, but they’re all against the same background while the younger two are wearing their Dawn Treader clothes…

Narnia.com has been updated. Not much new info, but some gorgeous pictures!

Not before reading the book… The first time I skip the introduction, especially. I don’t like reading the book through someone else’s eyes, and more than a few times they’ve given away spoilers (thanks a lot, publishers of Dickens!). I go back and read all of it if I liked the book enough.

All and Sundry for me. I like Sherlock Holmes, Father Brown, Lord Peter Wimsey… Never got into Nancy Drew or the Hardy Boys.

But my favourite detectives ever are the boys (can’t remember all their names) in Detectives in Togas and Mystery of the Roman Ransom.

Haha, we have three or four copies of LWW too. Actually we have at least three complete sets of the CoN, all random different editions.

I was thinking that too. If you post any particular titles I’ll be on the lookout for them.

ForeverFan might be interested in the Roy Rogers stuff if you want to PM her, she’s really into that.

Found some stuff I could be persuaded to part with (shock of shocks) and/or have two copies of. I think I am becoming less attached to my books than I used to be…

Lyddie by Katherine Paterson–HF about a Massachusetts mill girl. No objectionable content that I remember. A little worn, I got it used.

The Giver–as mentioned. Fairly good condition. Might have a couple library stickers. Nothing bad in it really although a few parts are a bit disturbing. YA dystopia/futuristic/technically-sci-fi-but-not-really

The South Beach Diet–LOL, this was my mum’s donation when I was really into Bookmooch, but there are ten thousand something copies listed so no one wanted it. TAKE IT! (Actually, don’t, ’cause it’s really heavy. It can just rot on my shelf )

Dragon Spell by Donita K. Paul (autographed!) Won that in last year’s Read-a-thon actually, so it would be cool to give it to another Incredibook-er. It’s Christian fantasy. Like new.

The Hobbit–I don’t remember if I have two copies of this or if I gave one to my brother. Will check.

Winnie-the-Pooh and The House at Pooh Corner–I love these books. They’re a lot more clever than I realised when I read them at age eight! One of the books has some very slight water damage and some poem or something someone wrote in the front. Pretty good condition otherwise, but used.

Various L.M. Montgomery books

A bunch of Orphan Train Adventures by Joan Lowery Nixon (HF)

Half Magic by Edward Eager–one of those four-kids-have-an-adventure Nesbitish classicish type books. No objectionable content that I remember. The magic in question is typical fairy tale/fantasy magic. Nothing dark.

Mattimeo, Mariel of Redwall, and Mossflower. Kind of beat up. One (I think it’s Mattimeo) is held together by a rubber band. Good books though, and all the pages are there. (I think ) YA fantasy, not Christian but Christian worldview.

Papa’s Wife and Papa’s Daughter–story of a Swedish immigrant family. Sort of beat up. No objectionable content in the first, haven’t read the second.

The Story of the Von Trapp Family Singers–old copy with tacky 70s cover, but it’s a great story.

Vienna Prelude–Pre-WWII HF. Christian.

I also have a lot of classics like The Secret Garden and Little Women and Peter Pan and Oliver Twist, and a bunch of Frank Peretti novels (The Darkness books, Prophet, The Oath), that I don’t have two copies of but wouldn’t mind trading because they’re so easy to find in used bookstores around here. I have some writing books but I don’t remember the titles–I’ll check when I get home.

If anyone has a copy of The New Treasure Seekers, I claim it!

Re. BookMooch: I don’t remember having to post ten books right away…I was on there forever before I ever sent or mooched anything. You do get 1/10th of a point for every book you list, though (so you could list ten, mooch one, and then unlist your ten). In practise it’s a lot more flexible than the description makes it sound–you can always put in your profile that it might be a while before you can send things (I did, as I can only get over the border to the American post office every few weeks) and people usually don’t mind. *end shameless promotion*

Re. knitting: I was thinking probably a tuque and/or black fingerless gloves, is that doable? (Assuming you want any of the above books of course, which you probably don’t. )

That IS sad. You poor soul!

What books were you looking for, anything in particular?

I’ve gotten to the point where I have pretty much all of the books I want/have space for, and the only ones I still really want are rare enough that I can’t find them anywhere but Amazon and such (Sad day.) and I don’t have very many to get rid of, BUT have you checked out BookMooch or PaperBackSwap? I’ve never used PBS but they’re basically the same thing. You send books, get points, and use the points to get books you want. It’s pretty great.

On second thought, the knitting idea sounds tempting. Want a copy of The Giver? I somehow acquired ten.

Whoa, Owan, you’re like…still alive! Hi.

No, not her. Katherine Paterson is much better–technically speaking. I like her writing about writing better than her actual writing, in general. (After a recent reread, I’m not sure what I saw in Kit Pearson way back when…)

My issue with Swiss Family Robinson is that the climax happens in the first chapter. No. No. No.

The Invisible Child by Katherine Paterson. Fantastic. Love it.

Also Bridge to Terabithia, which I like much more after seeing the film than I did before. Shocking.