Susan Cooper's Arthurian series. Over Sea, Under Stone The Dark is Rising Greenwitch The Grey King Silver on the Tree "I was an advid reader as a child. One of my favorite series was by Edward Eager. The books were Magic by the Lake, Half Magic, Seven Day Magic and a few others. They were about a group of children who stumbled into magic, but alwasy with a twist to it. (In Half Magic they

Guardians of Ga'Hoole by Kathryn Lasky The Guardians of Ga'Hoole is a great series, as is Silverwing, Sunwing, and Firewing by Kenneth Oppel (features bats as the main characters). Also Eragon by Christopher Paolini - the second book (Eldest) is due out in August. Derivative, but entertaining. The Alex Ryder series by Anthony Horowitz (think teenage James Bond without the girls, but all

KnitFlame is having its semi-annual discussion of great kids books, so I'd better start listing the recommendations so I can delete this pile-up of posts. Patrick Dennis books - anything from The Joyous Season to Little Me (a VERY subversive book for an 8 year old) English authors Constance Savery (particularly *Enemy Brother*) Enid Blyton, Noel Streatfeild, Mabel Allen. Rumer Godden's

"Why People Buy - The Science of Shopping." "Confessions of a Knitting Heretic."

The library had finished it's long awaited move up to the new civic center (read - hundred year old building that still needs a lot of work) so I really must make time to get up there and check it out instead of reading nothing but magazines. Only a good book waiting by the side of the bed exerts enough pull to make me retire early!

The Amateur Marriage - Anne Tyler

The Time Traveler's Wife - saw the author on the Today show yesterday. The premise certainly looked interesting :-)

5th Life of the Cat Woman - Kathleen Dexter. Suggested by my psychic twin :-)