Diane Duane - So You Want to Be a Wizard

Pros: great story, great characters, magical background, cosmic scope
Cons: none worth mentioning

It’s Harry Potter time again, and everywhere you look people of all stripes are reading and discussing that scar-faced orphan with the mighty wand. People who haven’t cracked apart some book covers since the last time The Boy Who Lived (like that’s so ...

Pros: Depth, marvelous characters and a stunning adventure!
Cons: Younger readers may not be ready for this work.

Ever wanted to talk to a tree, or a train? Ever wonder what the stars or the stones are thinking? Ever imagine what you would do to the bullies if you only had magic, or wonder if the house down the street were really haunted? Ever read a book under your...

Pros: Excellent characterization, captivating, magical
Cons: She needs to write more!

History:

When I was 12 my dad received books in a book club. One day he brought me the latest book, thinking that I might be more interested in it than he would. It was called Support Your Local Wizard. I was interested so I...

Pros: Part of series!
Cons: Too short...

Few books iv'e EVER read can literally seize a soul into not caring about much anything else except finishing a story. Only a true scribe can master these skills, and true scribes are few and far between, kind of like wizard's in this novel. Yet this...