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5 FAVORITE BOOKS
CRITERIA FOR PICKING A BOOK: Could I read the book a million times and enjoy it every time? Did I adore the characters and the plot? Was I entertained and amused by the book, above all others? With this in mind, I picked the following books...
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THE HARRY POTTER SERIES
By J.K. Rowling
Okay, who on this planet hasn't at least HEARD of Harry Potter by now? This is the story of the boy wizard who goes from nothing to something simply by virtue of everyone knowing of a scar on his forehead.
Harry's tale of magic and growing up has riveted readers everywhere, always wondering what's going to happen to him next. J.K. Rowling is a master of the little details that makes the entire experience worthwhile and fun.
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MAIRELON THE MAGICIAN
MAGICIAN'S WARD
By Patricia C. Wrede
Kim is a young thief hired to break into a magician's wagon and look for something... but what happens when she finds the peddler of tricks can use real magic? Why, he makes her his apprentice! And so begins their history together...
Kim is sensible, straightforward, and always plans ahead. In contrast, Mairelon is... exasperating. ^^ I was cheering for them from moment one. |
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WILD MAGIC SERIES
By Tamora Pierce
Diane is a young orphan with an uncanny ability with animals. She speaks, and they listen. When she winds up in a magical, good kingdom with good companions and a wonderful tutor, how far can her phenomenal abilities take her?
This is the story of a young woman slowly coming into strange, confusing powers, with the help of good friends (both animal & human). She'll end up meeting magical creatures and gods in her journeys, changing all those around her... |
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FIRE'S STONE
By Tanya Huff
Aaron is the best thief in the city. Darvish is a drunkard, a lover, and a wastrel... and also just happens to be a prince. Chandra is a princess with amazing magical powers and the will to use them to their fullest extent. These three unlikely people are sent to save the city when the stone that holds back the volcano from decimating the kingdom is stolen...
You'd be surprised who ends up with who in this story. I didn't either really like or dislike the story when I first read it. But years later, when I read it again, I absolutely adored it. It's a fun adventure with neat characters. Although it does touch on some of my dislikes, it doesn't touch on the worst of them. |
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FAIRY TALES
By Grimm, Anderson, etc.
Fairy tales have been an interest of mine since childhood, of course, but it's lasted to the present.
They're fun to read right before bed, pulling one into a world where true love triumphs (most of the time), bad guys are punished (most of the time), and tricksters can do anything they set their mind to.
But they also have a dark side which intrigues me. As such, they've held my interest, and I continue to read and enjoy them even now.
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