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Copied from just about everyone:
1. Grab the nearest book.
2. Open it to page 161.
3. Find the fifth sentence.
4. Post the text of the sentence in your journal along with these instructions.
"An endless stream of faerie folk paraded from her easel and sketchbook, making new homes for themselves in back alleys and city parks, on the wharves down by the waterfront or in the twisty lanes of Lower Crowsea."
Dreams Underfoot, Charles De Lint.
1. Grab the nearest book.
2. Open it to page 161.
3. Find the fifth sentence.
4. Post the text of the sentence in your journal along with these instructions.
"An endless stream of faerie folk paraded from her easel and sketchbook, making new homes for themselves in back alleys and city parks, on the wharves down by the waterfront or in the twisty lanes of Lower Crowsea."
Dreams Underfoot, Charles De Lint.
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(Incidentally, my icon is from The Tricksters by Margaret Mahy, which though marketed as a "teen" novel only, is one of the best books I've ever read and does that whole mingling of fantasy and reality so perfectly.)
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SQUEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!
I almost NEVER meet anyone else who's read The Tricksters!!! Yayyyyy!! What are your favourite parts, or lines, or characters? And yes, I've read The Changeover too, it is also amazing!
Re: your other comment, hear a lot abt Diana Wynne Jones - will put her on the list too!
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Slowly realising who the three young men actually were. The descriptions. The way every single character in the book had so much depth and individuality, even the little girl. The whole ugly-duckling-to-swan thing - powerful stuff. The fact that she dared to actually include sex in the book even though it was a "childrens' book". The air of menace, the whole twisted dysfunctional-yet-functioning family thing. The accuracy of detail in the family relationships. The setting. It was one of the things that made me want to visit New Zealand.
...I'm even thinking I might go out and see if they have any of her books in Waterstones.
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Had a big impact on me too: read it when I was pretty young, and over the years have reread it and got something different out of it every time. To the point where I'm not sure if I like the book cos it strikes a chord in me, or whether I feel those things because of the book.
Incidentally, I got the book cover pic (to make my icon) from Amazon - I remember the resellers' prices were really low!
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And there are so many hundreds of books I want, too...
Going back to Diana Wynne Jones: The ones I'd especially recommend are Deep Secret, A Sudden Wild Magic, Archer's Goon, Fire and Hemlock, Hexwood and The Homeward Bounders. She also has a knack for cleverness, creativity and the magic of the everyday.
Howl's Moving Castle is the book of hers that's getting the most attention at the moment because someone made an anime film of it - apparently it's a good film, and it's not in any way a bad book, but IMNSHO, nowhere near being her best.
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Thanks for the recommendations!! Am getting a lot of things on recommendations these days, it's great! =D Howl's Moving Castle looks good (the film that is) - actually, Hayao Miyazaki's son is going to make an Earthsea adaptation for Studio Ghibli!!
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0495596/
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Mind you, it can't be worse than the Sci-Fi Channel mini-series. I didn't see that but it was an absolute abortion - LeGuin ended up publically disowning it on her website. A shocking wasted opportunity.
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Eeep re: the Sci-Fi Channel series ... is that the one with that silly bint from Smallville in?
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It's a good book.
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