Deep Wizardry

If ever anyone asks you what exactly is the point of a site like Goodreads, do please direct them to this review. A few months ago, I read the first in this series, 'So You Want To Be A Wizard', and although I liked it, I had no great desire to read any more in the sequence. But when I posted this i......more

My favorite in the series. I love how Nita discovers that an offhand promise turns out to be very serious, and how the kids find it harder and harder to work around their families. There is a very dramatic storyline that left my in tears, too.......more

I'm torn about reviewing the rest of this series, as the simple truth is that I like the rest considerably less (although the original is quite good as well) and I haven't finished them all. They all have their moments and they're generally well-told works of fantasy in a carefully-drawn universe wi......more

Always my favorite. Is it because transforming into a whale would be so cool? Is it because of Ed? It might just be because of Ed. But also the parrot screaming "Listen to the night!" which, is just so darn funny when it all comes down to it.......more

Passion Play When I was five years old my mother read The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe to my four-year-old sister and me. On hearing the story I told my sister and my mother, "Aslan is Jesus". They thought I was just imagining it, but of course I was right C.S. Lewis fully intended The Lion, the......more