Eyes of the Storm (1994, Book Three) The Dragonslayer (1995, Book Four) Rock Jaw: Master of the Eastern Border(1997, Book Five) Yesterday I chatted about the the first three books in Jeff Smith’s Bone series (beginning with the wonderful prequel, Rose): no spoilers, so do have a peek here. Bone
Jeff Smith's Rose (2002, Prequel) Out from Boneville (1991, Book One) The Great Cow Race(1993, Book Two) Okay, I admit it. I didn’t want to read these. He looks like Caspar the Friendly Ghost, eh?And even though Caspar was one of my favourite characters when I was seven years old,
Terry Griggs’s The Silver Door Raincoast Books, 2004 Have you met Murray Sheaffer, fountain pen extraordinaire? He is a most “handsome, clever and rich (yes!)” fountain pen. Wondering how he could possibly fill the role of hero in Terry Griggs’s Cat’s Eye Trilogy? Then you must have met some other,
Louise Penny's Dead Cold (2006) Louise Penny's The Cruellest Month(2007) I plunged into Louise Penny's Gamache mysteries last October with the first in her series, Still Life. When I found books two and three nestled together on the library's paperback mysteries shelf, earlier this summer, I felt like someone was
Mostly I've been obsessing with serial lit this summer. Much of this was inspired by my commitment issues. Some of it was rooted in nostalgia, as complicated as that may be. Part of it was just for fun. Altogether, it added up to a lot of books. Beverly Cleary's Ramona
