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[fiveforsilver]

First books of June:

63. Searching for Dragons by Patricia C. Wrede (242)

Mendanbar (the young King of the Enchanted Forest) decides to go for a walk one morning and ends up on a quest in which he encounters Morwen (a witch), Cimorene (a dragon's princess), Telemain (a magician), and a variety of other unlikely individuals. Second book in the Enchanted Forest Chronicles, full of more fairy tale parodies, and a lot of fun to read.

64. *The Supernaturalist by Eoin Colfer (267)

This is a rather dystopian SF book with some fantasy elements. A boy escapes from an orphanage/testing facility and is thrown into a world he barely understands, and then even stranger things happen after he almost dies.

Not my favorite book ever, but it was an interesting read. The writing felt kind of frantic, which fit the storyline. I found part of the ending surprising.

65. Calling on Dragons by Patricia C. Wrede (244)

The wizards steal Mendanbar's magic sword, so Morwen, Cimorene, Telemain, Kazul, and a couple of Morwen's cats (and a rabbit...sort of...) go adventuring to steal it back.

I like this one a lot; the characters interactions are amusing and the cats sound just like you'd expect cats to sound.

65 / 110 books. 59% done!

27 / 75 *new books. 36% done!

3 / 10 ^non-fiction. 30% done!

19511 / 33000 pages. 59% done!