pickThis was so wildly different from the previous books in the series, yet I loved it just as much!
Rather than the frenetic action of the prior books, this starts out slow and oddly gentle, easing into the story before the puzzle pieces start to fall into place and Muir starts hitting the reader with her signature gut-punch info bombs.
I found myself blown away by this one, and I cannot wait to see how this series goes from here!
Found this on the tbr and was intrigued all over again. It‘s a chonker so I hope it‘s as good as it sounds!
In the last room of the Cats & Dogs exhibition there was a room with no gallery cards, which I find deeply annoying HOWEVER since I just finished Sabriel, I was like - is that ??? and it is!!!
Formally titled Girl with sword and white cat by Gregory Rogers, this was the cover illustration for Sabriel by Garth Nix, when it was published in 1995 by Harper Collins.
And tbh, if I can sneak Garth Nix into a conversation - I will.
pickSabriel has been languishing on my “books I want to reread” stack ever since I bought the 25th anniversary edition during lockdown (so just the standard 3-5 business years on my shelf 🫣)
The beginning was a lot slower than I remembered but this is proper, detail heavy high fantasy and I‘m a little out of practice.
I switched to Tim Curry‘s audiobook version for the second half and that was a great life choice.
The Abhorsen reread is back on!
pickEven though there have been a lot of characters with more than one personality/soul and a lot of new names for known characters, part three was soemhow easier to follow than part 2. I am glad I started Nona even though I didn‘t like Harrow. What I especially liked was the narration of John in form of psalms because it was the perfect transition to our modern world. It is definitely a possible dystopian future for all of us.
Ch 13:
They waded across, Mogget clinging to Sam‘s shoulder and the Dog swimming in the middle. Unlike most dogs, Lirael noticed, her friend actually stuck her whole head underwater, ears and all. And whatever power fast-moving water had over the Dead and some Free Magic creatures clearly didn‘t apply to the Disreputable Dog.
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pickI was looking forward to meet all of the character in the Locked Tomb series again, but I guess I was waiting for Nona again. She captured my heart the first time I read the book, and now she did it again. She made me laugh, she made me want to hug her, she made me very emotional. That's just Nona. And of course I understood more about what's going on than the first time around. Tamsyn Muir, I'm ready for Alecto now.
pickAnother great read!
However I do wish they wouldn‘t end on such complicated cliff hangers. It wasn‘t so bad when I had the next book to keep going with, but now it‘s a waiting game for book 4 😂
pick101/150 This was easily my favorite book of the series, so far. This iteration of Harrowhawk was by far the most pleasant and endearing, so sweet and kind. Her fate at the end was heartbreaking 💔. I hope Muir comes out with Alecto The Ninth as soon as possible. 5 🌟 read.
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1. Too soon, if I buy it now, I'll eat it all before Halloween gets here.
2. Bat. Sh#! Crazy
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