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Two words - Tall Poppy. I've never read any MM, but I'm a big fan of Tolkien, but for his world building, not necessarily his writing ability. There are a few things that MM states that bewilder me, especially the part about Tolkien bein serious about language, not always passionate about it...

I'm a long time fan of Brian's, and have a fair amount of his stuff. My favourite book of his 'Land of Froud.' It was produced in the late 70's and is almost impossible to find, unless you want to spend big. Whilst I never went in for his Pressed Fairy books, I like Good Faeries/Bad Faeries, and...

Has anybody had the pleasure of reading this book? I read it a few months ago and just loved it. The characters are strong, story is interesting and original, great illustrations. I see it as a mixture of Harry Potter, Series of Unfortunate Events and Spiderwick. Thoughts?

I've just read Eragon, and enjoyed it. It's not the best book I've read, but I've certainly read worse. I agree that there ar cliche's in it, but that doesn't really bother me, most books in this genre feature archetypes, don't they? From a writing POV, there is some clumsy stuff in there, which...