Wizard's Holiday

by Diane Duane

Grade: Good

Not my favourite. The visiting aliens were interesting and amusing, but Kit and Nita's part was a bit boring.
I liked Spot's "Uh-oh"s, though. They were cute!

The King of Attolia

by Magan Whalen Turner

Grade: To Own

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Post-reading euphoria.
Tears.
Shaky returning to the normal world.

"He is an Annux, a king of kings."

Lords and Ladies

By Terry Pratchett

Grade: Unfinished
Read: I can't remember...And it's already back at the library, so it's too late to check. But it was to somewhere near the beginning, I think.

It's just really hard to get into Pratchett's that don't have Vetinari or the Watch in them. Or Death. Really, I read him for those three characters. (The Watch can count as its own character.) Nothing else. I don't even really notice how funny he is.

BUT. I still have hopes for this one. I do like Granny Weatherwax and Archanchellor Ridcully. So we'll see. I try again some day.

The Queen of Attolia

by Megan Whalen Turner

Grade: Unfinished
Read: The first page.

I wanted to read this! I really did! I loved the first book! But it was the beginning of school, as mentioned in the last post, and I mostly forgot the first book, and Christina took it before I could read it. But I will read it.

EDIT:
Ok, I've read it now. FINALLY. And it wasn't quite as good as I was hoping. It was pretty good, and I love Eugenides. And I really like Attolia. But there was a lot of politics. So maybe I'll change it to "Good" instead of "All right"... But no, I think because now I've also read King of Attolia, I'm more partial to the whole series. So I'll change it to "Good".

Unseen Academicals

by Terry Pratchett

Grade: Good

Some fabulous Vetinari scenes. I might have to change it to "To Own" because of that. The new characters were also lovely. So I'm happy. (I won't be completely happy until Raising Taxes comes out, IF it comes out...but I guess that's beside the point.)

The Hound of Rowan

by Henry H. Neff

Grade: Good

The similarities to Harry Potter weren't too glaring for me. And I liked the characters enough to be especially looking forward to the sequel. My favourites were David and Nigel. And Mr. McDaniels was annoying, but a bit intruiging as well. You don't often get characters who are like him, but loved immensely by their child, and portrayed even slightly sympathetically.

A Wizard Alone

by Diane Duane

Grade: Good

One of the best ones yet, by far. Even the cover is one of the best. However, it was all in the world that this one took place, not the characters. I didn't love any of the characters, in a certain sense. I did like the greater emphasis on Kit than on some of the other books, and Darryl... Darryle was awsome--just not in a favourite-character type of way, I guess.
Plus, she's getting more and more Christian. Look at this description of sainthood:

Pg. 221: "But the trouble with sainthood these days is the robe-and-halo imagery that gets stuck onto it. [...] People forget that robes were street clothes once...and still are, in a lot of places. and halos are to that fierce air of innocence what speech balloons in comics are to the sound of the voice itself. Shorthand. But most people just see an old symbol and don't bother looking behind it for the meaning. Sainthood starts to look old-fashioned, unattainable ... even repellent. Actually, you can see it all around, once you learn to spot it."