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Sunday, April 05, 2009

Cannonball Read - Book 23

I purchased So You Want To Be a Wizard at my neighborhood used book store, straight out of the Young Adult section, 'cause hey, I like wizards. And I was looking for an easy read. But I didn't love it. I needed more time for Nita, the protagonist, to not be a wizard. And I definitely needed more time for her to be bad at being a wizard. It was like, OK, I'm a wizard now, and I'm not making many mistakes. I also needed the main characters to not be a boy, a girl, a ball of light and a Lotus Esprit. Elves and centaurs I can handle, but a dog-like Lotus Esprit? Far-fetched, even for a book about wizards.

This was written in 1983, so I can't blame Diane Duane for writing a super-lame version of Harry Potter.

So You Want To Be a Wizard - C

2 comments:

Diane said...: Thanks much for at least checking the pub date. So few do. :); 12:46 PM
senor fuerte said...: Did the Lotus Esprit burst into flames at any point in the book? If not, then F for authenticity.; 2:35 PM

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94. Friendship Cake - C-
93. Leap Day - C-
92. Rain Gods - B+
91. Dog Man: An Uncommon Life on a Faraway Mountain - A-
90. Holes - A-
89. La's Orchestra Saves the World - B+
88. The Serpent and the Rainbow - B
87. The Widow's War - B+
86. The Confessions of Max Tivoli - B
85. The Gates - A
84. Pride and Prejudice and Zombies - C-
83. Crowned - B-
82. Now You See Him - C+
81. The Elegance of the Hedgehog - B
80. Let the Northern Lights Erase Your Name - C+
79. City of Thieves - A-
78. The Art of Racing in the Rain - A
77. I Am Charlotte Simmons - B+
76. Notes from the Underwire - B
75. Dead Until Dark - B
74. Beautiful Boy - B-
73. Elements of Style - B+
72. The Bridesmaid - C
71. Beat the Reaper - A
70. Stiff - A
69. One Thousand White Women - B
68. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo - B+
67. A Ship Made of Paper - B
66. Storm Front - B-
65. Never Let Me Go - A-
64. The 19th Wife - C-
63. Water for Elephants - A-
62. The Lightning Thief - B-
61. Middlesex - A+
60. Mount Misery - D+
59. The Graveyard Book - A
58. Run - A
57. Fast Food Nation - B+
56. Everything is Illuminated - A-
55. Devil May Care - C+
54. Snow Flower and the Secret Fan - B-
53. The Widows' Adventures - A-
52. When You Are Engulfed in Flames - A-
51. The Gift of Fear - A-
50. Gang Leader for a Day - B+
49. Coffee and Kung Fu - B+
48. The Lost Continent - C
47. The Time Traveler's Wife - B
46. Eat, Pray, Love - B
45. The Undomestic Goddess - C-
44. Crystal Singer - B+
43. Love is a Mix Tape - B
42. The Tenth Circle - B-
41. Walking in Circles Before Lying Down - C
40. The Corrections - B
39. Amy and Isabelle - B
38. Sleep Toward Heaven - B
37. Lucky - C
36. An Actual Life - C-
35. World War Z - A+
34. Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil - A-
33. The Dirty Girls Social Club - C+
32. The Reformed Vampire Support Group - B
31. I Am Madame X - A-
30. Lion's Bride - C
29. Telempath - C
28. Absolutely American - A-
27. Blindness - B
26. My Lobotomy - B
25. The Story of Egdar Sawtelle - A-
24. A Cook's Tour - C
23. So You Want to Be a Wizard - C
22. The Mysteries of Pittsburgh - A-
21. Chang and Eng - A-
20. What a Girl Wants - F
19. Suite Francaise - B+
18. Ender's Game - A-
17. Lucy - B+
16. Heat - B
15. The Road - A
14. Neither Here Nor There - C-
13. The Ruby in the Smoke - C
12. Saturday - B+
11. American Wife - A+
10. Sweet and Low - C+
9. Lucky You - C+
8. The Wonder Spot - B
7. The Glass Castle - A
6. Choke - A-
5. The Welsh Girl - B
4. Moral Disorder - A
3. Here at the End of the World We Learn to Dance - A-
2. Empress Orchid - B
1. Pirates! - B+

Sunday, April 05, 2009

Cannonball Read - Book 23

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