Clariel The Lost Abhorsen, Book 4 of The Old Kingdom

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Terri Lee RoseWoop :) cxx1   ·  2 days ago

Ricardo De RobinaGood job, sir1 day ago

Scott Bothamany chance of a sabriel film?!2   ·  1 day ago

Karen MartinCongratulations! You definitely deserve to win some prizes :)24 hours ago

American Library in Paris - for TeensCongratulations!18 hours ago

Wendy BrealeyAbout time you got more recognition for your great writing!13 hours ago

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Sabriel AbhorsenI adore your 7th Tower series and have reread them many times, My children love them and its wonderful to have a shared love to discuss6   ·  2 weeks ago

Rae BardonI've read your books since middle school (I'm 29) and they never get old. You style is timeless and wonderful for any age. I cannot wait to read your stories to my children.5   ·  2 weeks ago

Valerie ArmentroutThe Sabriel books have been on my shelf of "comfort books to reread" since I first encountered them in middle school nearly two decades ago.9   ·  2 weeks ago

Stephanie O'ConnellI love all of your books but I have to say His Dark Materials by Philip Pullman is by far the most moving trilogy I have ever read. I can't wait to share all of my favorite books from my youth with my own children.2 weeks ago

Jack O'HareIn keeping with the comments thus far, I'm a lasting fan. I mean, I cringe a bit at certain facets of Sabriel's plot today but love it for its style, its designs, atmosphere, dialogue, characters, even if I have trouble with the overall structure. I love it still enough that I'm presently in a slow ongoing process of reading the entire trilogy + Creature in the Case (Clariel waits, unread) to a close friend. I'm 26, and the friend is in her mid-thirties. She has never read it before, and absolutely loves it, despite being a very picky reader. Not all authors write to a specific agegroup, whatever the marketing - some write universally... Though you don't strike me as such an author. On the contrary, you're like Pratchett - you write things for children, young adults and the youthful of mind while making them radically darker and more unsettling, deeper and more interesting than the vast majority of adult fiction. Steven King doesn't disturb me. Your Mordicant, your Stilken, your Mordaut, and other things I won't name, do.4   ·  2 weeks ago

Stephen BruceThe Fableheaven Series2 weeks ago

Sian Keavy-Jane Andrea Child-IsgroveI often prefer kids books.2 weeks ago

Joe HaroldsenI think the Alcatraz vs. the Evil Librarian series by Brandon Sanderson does a better job of teaching people to question our own limited knowledge of the world and reality than any other series I have ever read. And a lot of other good philosophical questions and ideas beyond that, but that's kind of the main one. I mean really, how do we know that the earth really looks like we think it does and has the 7 continents we believe it does. Aside from a very small number of people who have actually been to space we pretty much accept the evidence given to us and while it is unlikely that it is all false and some group is feeding it to us, it just does a good job of making you think about it all. On the flipside "Great Expectations" didn't lead me to generate a single interesting or original thought. That book bored me to death and back again and did nothing to improve or enrich my life. Ironically it just wasn't as good as I was told it would be.2 weeks ago

Nikki WoodfieldI love to read childrens books, i still re read ones from when i was growing up2 weeks ago

JoAnna AldacoI have reread Sabriel so many times I had to buy a second copy! Still my favorite book, and I read a lot! 💛❤️💜💚💙2 weeks ago

Georgina Rose Saffron BarrettI almost exclusively read YA books. They're often less serious and dark while still being complex enough to hole one's attention. Obviously Nix's are some of my favourites, along with Canavan and Colfer!2   ·  2 weeks ago

Diane PlumbI'm 50 and read your books. I love to read what is considered to be books for children. Of adult books I only read Patricia Cornwell.2 weeks ago

Riitta Nordgrenwhile i had been for good time on work, there i did not need english, i noticed that my english skill was rottening real quick. To practise, i did start to read on english. And i did start of course, with children´s book. With my old time favourites, so i still could remember half of what the book said, so it was easy to understand, instead of having to hunt for every single word from word book. :)2 weeks ago

Audrey WyeI've been reading a lot of my old kids books lately. While it kind of makes me frustrated how obvious authors make things/repetitions sometimes, it reminds me how much I learned from them about a person's character.2 weeks ago

Renell SandriMy 5th grade son and I were just discussing how he feels he has re-read all of his books as many times as he can for now. He requested looking through some of mine. I actually have quite a few he can read, and they are in his usual age range. He has always re-read, and I think it has contributed to his advanced reading level. I limit him to a middle school level for maturity, but he reads at a college level in 5th grade.2 weeks ago

Jennifer BatemanGlad I've got a 6 year old granddaughter to share these books with.2 weeks ago

Michael TaiwoSo many classics in this article. Some authors erroneously believe they can get away with being boring in adult books because enduring tedious text is some mark of adulthood.1   ·  2 weeks ago

Amy GoddardI still enjoy the Keys to Kingdom series and have them all on our bookshelf. I got excited for the release of Sunday even though i was 23 at the time :P2   ·  2 weeks ago

Sasha ParisI'm 27, first-read Keys to the Kingdom within the past 5 months, and utterly adore them. They may have been written for, I dunno, tweens (?), but have given *this* adult a lot of joy. And heartache.1 week ago

Renee BonneyI get annoyed at "young adult". Why not just have books? I read adult books as a child and "children's" books as an adult and I don't see why they can't just be books.1 week ago

Kyrsten KytolaI can't count how many times I've reread the Sabriel series over the years. Many of my favorites are YA1 week ago

Brian WilliamsAbout 25% of my fiction enjoyment is in this category7 days ago

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