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    <body><![CDATA[For some reason, I've had a hankering to reread these books for a few months. A yen I gave in to this weekend when I checked out a Science Fiction Book Club omnibus edition of all 5 novels and a collection of short stories (the latter of which, I haven't read).<br/><br/>Having read <em>The Book of Thr...</em><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/25605063">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I really liked this book but I liked it even more because I got to read it with my dad.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Based on Welsh mythology, this book tells the tale of Taran, the lowly Assistant Pig-Keeper, who gets wrapped up in a quest to stop the Great Horned King from destroying the land of Prydain. Accompanied by a rugged band of compatriots, including a displaced princess, an exagerating unofficial bard, ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1510843">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Like many good children's books, I missed this one when I was a child.   My friend, Amelia, introduced me to this author, and I devoured all of his books while I was in college.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[It's refreshing to find young adult fiction that allows the main characters to choose their fate rather than to have fate or prophecy spell out what happens to them.  Lloyd Alexander does an excellent job of letting Taran be an immature boy, but through the choices he makes the reader understands wh...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/34868507">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This was a fun read. The characters are imperfect, quirky, and entertaining. There's abundant humor despite a serious enemy and conflict. I agree with Kimball's review that it did have several striking similarities to Lord-of-the-Rings, but I didn't find that as annoying as he did. It was published ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/50696019">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I am revisiting this series, having read and loved it when I was little. I was a bit leery to reread it, as many of my beloved books have fallen apart under my adult mind's scrutiny (like A Wrinkle in Time), but I was able to enjoy this again. What I loved best about the series when I was a kid were...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/78417266">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This book is a classic in my view - it was a book that my mother first read to me as a child, and which I later re-visited myself quite some years later. For me, this is one of those titles that first got me interested in literature.<br/><br/>The author, Lloyd Alexander, was an interesting man, and ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/42646109">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This book seems to owe a lot to Tolkien.  It might be a good way to start a kid on the slippery slope to Middle Earth.  I've read other books by this author and have thought his stuff rather derivative, but that doesn't make it <em>bad</em> because all of that is fresh and new to a kid.<br/>Alexander also d...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/40401339">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is the story of a headstrong assistant pig-keeper named Taran. He wants to be a hero, but instead he is making horeshoes (and not very well). Suddenly, there is a terrible commotion of the animals the farm on which he works, and the animals go berserk, breaking free from their cages and running...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/41805655">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[When I was a kid, someone gave me a copy of The Book of Three, and even though I was transfixed by the cover, I never actually read the damn thing. Honestly, I didn't read much as a kid at all. As I've just recently started to get really into fantasy, I can't help but wonder what would have happened...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/41175361">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This series is the series that started my love affair with books.<br/>I was always a reader, but not until this series did I truly fall in love. It was my first and fondest love. I thank Mr. Alexander, may he rest in blessed peace, for the inspiration this series has had on my life. <br/><br/>I w...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/78881000">more...</a>]]></body>
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