tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7102067376746188002.post5442547566888336432..comments2024-03-23T02:45:17.058-04:00Comments on Tales of Goldstone Wood: Top Picks of 2012Anne Elisabeth Stenglhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09462605949792523331noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7102067376746188002.post-82310161846575753772013-01-03T20:38:07.178-05:002013-01-03T20:38:07.178-05:00I just read The Perilous Gard. It was quite enjoya...I just read The Perilous Gard. It was quite enjoyable, although I could have gone for a climax more similar to the original Ballad of Tam Lin (which I had never heard of until this post). <br />Now it'll be even harder to wait for Book 6 to see how you were inspired by Tam Lin, even if it is only a very loose retelling. But I think I'm beginning to see a similarity already...mainly having to do with a bargain to a Faerie Queen.Hannahnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7102067376746188002.post-23810100337876705542013-01-02T22:42:44.151-05:002013-01-02T22:42:44.151-05:00Thanks for these recommendations, Mrs. Stengl. I&...Thanks for these recommendations, Mrs. Stengl. I'm always looking for new books. I still have to read the Jasper Ford book, and it really sounds intriguing. Also found The Perilous Gard in Braille! Have ordered it from the library and am looking forward to reading it. Will let you know what I think. God bless you.Meredithnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7102067376746188002.post-30075401230537493952013-01-01T17:07:11.510-05:002013-01-01T17:07:11.510-05:00Correction:
#1 really should be the entire "...Correction:<br /><br />#1 really should be the entire "Tales of Goldstone Wood" because I read them all this year.<br />Talk about hitting gold. :)Hannahnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7102067376746188002.post-31773908486183017732013-01-01T17:02:28.638-05:002013-01-01T17:02:28.638-05:00I have this same list in the post below this one, ...I have this same list in the post below this one, but I figured I would do it officially here. So my top three favorites for this year are...<br /><br />#1 goes to..."Starflower"! <br /><br />#2 is awarded "The Lost Conspiracy" by Frances Hardenge. I'm simply crazy about this book. It is SO good by the time its finished. It is definitely the most original fantasy I've ever read, and it is hugely complicated!<br /><br />#3 is "The Blue Sword" by Robin McKinley. I just started reading the works of this author and had hits and misses with her novels. But "The Blue Sword" was a total hit!Hannahnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7102067376746188002.post-16118388750963501822012-12-31T20:17:04.060-05:002012-12-31T20:17:04.060-05:00Ooh, interesting books on your list! And you read ...Ooh, interesting books on your list! And you read the Perilous Gard! I had no idea it was based on Tam Lin, but looking back, it makes sense. Fire and Hemlock is a retelling of Tam Lin, too (Tom Lynn is the hero, hee hee), with a bunch of other myths mixed in.<br /><br />Pope also has this other book called the Sherwood Ring (has nothing to do with Robin Hood). It's a bunch of ghosts from the Revolutionary War telling their great-great-granddaughter their stories, about . It has my all-time favorite antagonist, Peaceable Sherwood. I've never met another character like him, except MAYBE the Scarlet Pimpernel. <br /><br />I listed off my top books I read this year here. They were ... interesting.<br /><br />http://netraptor.org/blog/2012/12/the-years-books/Kessiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15019626781634777336noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7102067376746188002.post-77951601032145206732012-12-31T20:15:11.395-05:002012-12-31T20:15:11.395-05:00I need to read Sir Terry Pratchett.
Top books for...I need to read Sir Terry Pratchett.<br /><br />Top books for 2012 that I read...<br /><br />Curse Bearer by Rebecca P. Minor<br />Prophet by R. J. Larson<br />I am Ocilla by Diane M. Graham<br />Trinity by Clare Davidson<br /> & of course Starflower! :-)Jennettehttp://www.jlmbewe.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7102067376746188002.post-12634274391987917602012-12-31T19:11:10.575-05:002012-12-31T19:11:10.575-05:00My three favorite first-time reads of the year inc...My three favorite first-time reads of the year include: The Sherwood Ring by Elizabeth Marie Pope, The Scent of Water by Elizabeth Goudge, and The Witch of Blackbird Pond by Elizabeth George Speare. (This is assuming I can't include two as-yet unpublished manuscripts in the Tales of Goldstone Wood.)<br /><br />I call it my "Year of Elizabeths" (and one Elisabeth).<br /><br />Soooo glad you enjoyed The Perilous Gard!!<br /><br />And Amber, I love Reaper Man, too. It cracks me up every time!Jill Stenglhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13218641704241875981noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7102067376746188002.post-62137920269167260402012-12-31T17:58:42.613-05:002012-12-31T17:58:42.613-05:00A dear friend of mine introduced me to Terry Pratc...A dear friend of mine introduced me to Terry Pratchett this year, and it surprised me how much I took to his writing! You know the books I review on my blog are quite different...and yet I love his work! My friend had me start with Guards! Guards!, which I did really enjoy. I've also read Reaper Man, Wyrd Sisters, and Going Postal. I have to say, Reaper Man had a really strange plot, but I think it was my favorite... Death is just such a great character! I should probably read Mort sometime, as my friend has suggested. :)<br /><br />Anyway, thank you for sharing your favorites, and may you have a happy and blessed new year!<br /><br />~AmberAmber Holcombhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15100265646497152198noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7102067376746188002.post-60786118120706647542012-12-31T17:13:54.636-05:002012-12-31T17:13:54.636-05:00I haven't read your number 2, but your numbers...I haven't read your number 2, but your numbers 1&3 (or at least those authors)are on my list too: http://thewordsmithsshelf.blogspot.com/2012/12/twelve-recommendations-from-2012.htmlGaladrielhttp://www.thedyingstars.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.com