So, yesterday was the official kick-off of the Keep Portland Weird festival here in Paris, which meant that I had a reading/screening in the...
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I really love this book and wish that I had my own copy of it.
Although you can easily spot the influences in the book (boy wizard in modern day London) I still feel that it one of the most original fantasy books that I have read.
Bartamaeus made it for me, he is so witty. I loved the footnotes so much that I found myself flicking my eyes down every time i turned the page to see if there was another one coming.
Very enjoyable book.
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Blacknarcissa, August 31, 2008
I really love this book and wish that I had my own copy of it.Although you can easily spot the influences in the book (boy wizard in modern day London) I still feel that it one of the most original fantasy books that I have read.
Bartamaeus made it for me, he is so witty. I loved the footnotes so much that I found myself flicking my eyes down every time i turned the page to see if there was another one coming.
Very enjoyable book.
(16 of 25 readers found this comment helpful)