Wednesday means I know what to post

[starlady]

What I'm reading
I picked up Chrestomanci volume 1 again last night - I read Charmed Life in December, and the second book in this volume is The Many Lives of Christopher Chant. Holy god the early 2000s covers are hideous I suspect I am coming too late to DWJ to love her wholeheartedly the way other people do (damn her books being OOP in the 90s!), but I'm enjoying these so far. There is a very strong whiff of The Magician's Nephew about the whole thing, and given that TMN is one of my favorite Narnia books, I approve.

What I've just read
I finished Alaya Dawn Johnson's Racing the Dark on Monday evening and then promptly dreamed about zombies on an island a la Kingdom Hearts, very obviously influenced by the book. Longer post to follow, but very highly recommended, even with the series being unfinished. I also just read Zen Cho's The Perilous Life of Jade Yeo, which was practically perfect in every way.

What I'll read next
It's high time for A Natural History of Dragons by Marie Brennan (yes, I have an ARC). Then I need to start seriously on all the YA books I have piled up, because those, as much as I love them, take less brain wattage than adult novels, and the semester is starting up again.

Comments

[coffeeandink]

Honestly, I found Charmed Life and The Many Lives of Christopher Chant moderately interesting, but then I really loved The Magicians of Caprona and Witch Week, which I believe are the two that come next.

The internal chronology doesn't match the publication chronology -- The Lives of Christopher Chant was written after The Magicians of Caprona and Witch Week. I don't like TLOCC as much as the other three, but it seems to be a really individual thing.

[snickfic]

Ah. Then I'm not sure what exactly I was pinging on. I definitely liked the latter two (by internal chronology) better.