Comments on: Fantasy At Any Age

By: Claire

Claire — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 06:37:51 +0000

So I love The Magic Faraway tree but what really weird was that when I was on vacation with my family in third grade we stayed at a B&B and I had the same exact thing happen to me. I picked the book up, fell in love with and they lady let me keep it. She ran out to our car just as we were leaving to give it to me. So creepy that the same thing happened to both of us!

By: Weekly Geeks and a Blogging Meme « A Striped Armchair

Weekly Geeks and a Blogging Meme « A Striped Armchair — Thu, 15 May 2008 06:41:51 +0000

[...] I don’t remember the title of the first chapter book I ever read, but I do remember the plot: a little girl who lives in the country finds a duck egg and brings it home. When the duckling hatches, she raises it; as a four-year-old, I loved that, and I still remember looking very carefully at stones when we went on walks, in case one of them was a duck egg. My other favourite book at this age was Enid Blyton’s The Magic Faraway Tree. You can read about how I got my copy here. [...]

By: Marg

Marg — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 09:46:23 +0000

I don’t know how I missed this post! I loved the Magic Faraway Tree and recently started reading it to my son. I also loved the Wishing Chair books as well. I was really into escapism when I was a kid!

By: Renay HEARTS Books (And Ninja/Pirate Fanfic, Too) » The Geography of Make-Believe

Tue, 12 Feb 2008 07:27:59 +0000

[...] shares her favorite fantasy titles in Fantasy At Any Age, including books by Neil Gaiman and Charles de [...]

By: Nymeth

Nymeth — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 22:11:53 +0000

The Little Country sounds so good. I am currently a little bit obsessed with the six Celtic nations, and the other day I was compiling this reading list of books about them/set on them…The Little Country is definitely on the list for Cornwall!

By: Eva

Eva — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 23:51:26 +0000

Kim, if your library has the audio version of Anansi Boys, I highly recommend it! The guy is spot-on w/ his accents and he’s just hilarious.

MusingsfromtheSofa, I’m almost afraid to revisit the Faraway Tree. But I recently reread The Childre of Green Knowe, and I still love it! Glad to see another Eddings fan. I’ll look up Elizabeth Goudge!

Debi, I hope you enjoy them! I haven’t read them for awhile, but I know that they were magical when I was younger.

Raych, isn’t it funny how things work out? Did you think it was a silent ‘g’ like gnostic? Just to let you know, Piers Anthony isn’t afraid of s*x, so if explicit scenes bother you, you might want to avoid Incarnations.

Chris, thanks! I figured I needed to get a move on for that carnival. I can’t wait for Clarke’s next novel either-her short stories were fun, but not as entrancing. I hope you enjoy The Little Country!

By: Chris

Chris — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 21:00:41 +0000

I loved this post, Eva! Good Omens was my first Gaiman too. I forgot when I read it, but it was sometime in high school and I loved it. I had read his Sandman books, but didn’t pick up his novels again until American Gods came out and that has remained my favorite…one of my favorite books by any author actually.

Jonathan Strange is another amazing book. I can’t wait until she publishes another novel. I just got lost in her words. She writes so beautifully. I enjoyed taking my time with that novel and just letting it slowly unfold.

I have the Little Country sitting on my shelf and I can’t wait to read it! I’ve heard nothing but great stuff about it and it’s sure to be another favorite de Lint.

By: raych

raych — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 18:28:35 +0000

The only Enid Blyton you’ve ever read? You need to fix that. When I was eleven, my one rich cousin lent me her set of the Adventure books, and I always thought her name was ‘Gnid’ because of the way the ‘E’ was written on the page. Anyways, I read those books over and over, and never actually gave them back to my cousin.
The ‘Incarnations’ series sounds interesting…maybe I’ll take a peak.

By: Debi

Debi — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 15:06:17 +0000

Here goes that old wish list growing and growing again! Can you believe I’ve never read the Chronicles of Narnia?!! I know, I know, shame on me! We bought Annie the set for her 8th birthday, and like you, she absolutely devoured them. But I have yet to read them…though I did make a commitment to this year.

By: musingsfromthesofa

musingsfromthesofa — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 14:28:10 +0000

There is more than one ‘Faraway Tree’ book you know, should you feel like revisiting Blyton. In fact, there may be 3 of them. Somehow, the Green Knowe series slipped through my fingers but is clearly right up my street. I recommend ‘The Little White Horse’ by Elizabeth Goudge, and also ‘Linnets and Valerians’ by the same author. Both, well, magical.
I read everything by David Eddings that I could get my hands on when I was in my teens/early 20s, to the point that I was buying the Mallorean in hb.
Shall now look up Charles Lint and Melissa Marr!