The Naming
A young adult fantasy novel by Alison Croggon. The back cover says "epic fantasy" and I have to agree. Surprisingly dense world, with a bard-like rambling adventure tale to bring it all out. Many times I was reminded of The Lord of the Rings though there has been no mention of dwarves or giants or even elves. It is the style, I think - the mix of poetry and music - and the vitality of inanimate objects. Well, and magic too. The white light shall smite thee darkness!Four books, though? I don't know if it can sustain my interest so long.
On another note:
I read quite a bit of manga during my Korean drama foray because, obviously, manga are like television shows without the television. Also, most of the dramas were based on manga series and it was fun to see the original inspirations. In my manga browsing, I stumbled across Library Wars. The fight for free access! With guns! Need I say more?
I wrote a whole comment and my stupid computer deleted it. But possibly it also got posted. Soooo sorry if this happens twice.
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http://jffsf.org/2013/library-wars/
Library Wars!
I only found out about this today so maybe you already know. I'll be seeing it in SF in August if you want to come for a visit!
And then I wrote a whole thing about how I liked the Croggan books as I read them all a couple years ago. I wasn't sure I would like them either but the main girl and her teacher guy just got better all the time. And I remember worrying I would dislike her brother's POV but I kept reading so I guess I liked it all right. I still own all the books too because I think I might want to read them again sometime. So keep on trucking! Persevere!