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fiveforsilver95. So You Want to be a Wizard by Diane Duane
Young Wizards, book 1
Young Adult, Fantasy, 226p
Nita Callahan, perennial geek on the bad side of the school bully, runs across an unusual book while hiding in the children's section of the town library: So You Want to be a Wizard. She thinks it's a joke until she starts learning real magic (or rather, wizardry) from it. But it's not all fun and games when Nita and fellow wizard Kit accidentally end up in an alternate universe that's not at all friendly to humans.
Duane's fantasy (with a sci-fi twist) is a joy to read and only gets better as the series goes on. What other system of magic uses terminology like temporal-spacial claudication instead of magic door? The writing is clean and crisp, the worldbuilding is fantastic, and the characters are wonderful and come in ever-expanding varieties. This series is a yearly-reread.
96. Deep Wizardry by Diane Duane
Young Wizards, book 2
Young Adult, Fantasy, 272p
Having survived their Ordeal, Nita and Kit are on vacation with Nita's family when they are put on call. They meet up with some friendly local sea life in time to participate in a large-scale wizardry set to save the whole east coast and North Atlantic.
Deep Wizardry is one of my favorite in this series. The story is heartbreaking, the additional characters are wonderful with surprising depths and the undersea setting has both beautiful descriptions and incredible dangers.
97. High Wizardry by Diane Duane
Young Wizards, book 3
Young Adult, Fantasy, 269p
Nita's little sister Dairine becomes a wizard, steals the new family computer, and starts jumping around the Solar System all in one day.
The story moves between Dairine testing her new powers and Kit and Nita chasing after her. Dairine was portrayed as a precocious brat in previous books, but now we get to see deeper into her character and also (as usual) meet exciting new additions to the cast.
This was actually the first book in the series that I ever read. It was confusing (I recommend starting with book 1) but I liked it enough to seek out the rest of the series and I'm glad I did.
98. *Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins
Young Adult, Science Fiction, 400p
Mockingjay is a fantastic conclusion to a fantastic trilogy. The world, the plot, characters, everything is spot-on. For all her flaws - and she has many - Katniss is a relateable character whose reactions to the situations she's thrown into are totally believable. It's heartbreaking and amazing.
99. A Wizard Abroad by Diane Duane
Young Wizards, book 4
Young Adult, Fantasy, 332p
100. The Wizard's Dilemma by Diane Duane
Young Wizards, book 5
Young Adult, Fantasy, 403p
101. A Wizard Alone by Diane Duane
Young Wizards, book 6
Young Adult, Fantasy, 320p
101 / 160 books (63%)
54 / 80 *new books (68%)
3 / 7 ^non-fiction (43%)
25730 / 48000 pages. (54%)
Audiobooks: 54h19m
Young Wizards, book 1
Young Adult, Fantasy, 226p
Nita Callahan, perennial geek on the bad side of the school bully, runs across an unusual book while hiding in the children's section of the town library: So You Want to be a Wizard. She thinks it's a joke until she starts learning real magic (or rather, wizardry) from it. But it's not all fun and games when Nita and fellow wizard Kit accidentally end up in an alternate universe that's not at all friendly to humans.
Duane's fantasy (with a sci-fi twist) is a joy to read and only gets better as the series goes on. What other system of magic uses terminology like temporal-spacial claudication instead of magic door? The writing is clean and crisp, the worldbuilding is fantastic, and the characters are wonderful and come in ever-expanding varieties. This series is a yearly-reread.
96. Deep Wizardry by Diane Duane
Young Wizards, book 2
Young Adult, Fantasy, 272p
Having survived their Ordeal, Nita and Kit are on vacation with Nita's family when they are put on call. They meet up with some friendly local sea life in time to participate in a large-scale wizardry set to save the whole east coast and North Atlantic.
Deep Wizardry is one of my favorite in this series. The story is heartbreaking, the additional characters are wonderful with surprising depths and the undersea setting has both beautiful descriptions and incredible dangers.
97. High Wizardry by Diane Duane
Young Wizards, book 3
Young Adult, Fantasy, 269p
Nita's little sister Dairine becomes a wizard, steals the new family computer, and starts jumping around the Solar System all in one day.
The story moves between Dairine testing her new powers and Kit and Nita chasing after her. Dairine was portrayed as a precocious brat in previous books, but now we get to see deeper into her character and also (as usual) meet exciting new additions to the cast.
This was actually the first book in the series that I ever read. It was confusing (I recommend starting with book 1) but I liked it enough to seek out the rest of the series and I'm glad I did.
98. *Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins
Young Adult, Science Fiction, 400p
Mockingjay is a fantastic conclusion to a fantastic trilogy. The world, the plot, characters, everything is spot-on. For all her flaws - and she has many - Katniss is a relateable character whose reactions to the situations she's thrown into are totally believable. It's heartbreaking and amazing.
99. A Wizard Abroad by Diane Duane
Young Wizards, book 4
Young Adult, Fantasy, 332p
100. The Wizard's Dilemma by Diane Duane
Young Wizards, book 5
Young Adult, Fantasy, 403p
101. A Wizard Alone by Diane Duane
Young Wizards, book 6
Young Adult, Fantasy, 320p
101 / 160 books (63%)
54 / 80 *new books (68%)
3 / 7 ^non-fiction (43%)
25730 / 48000 pages. (54%)
Audiobooks: 54h19m
