false 24782 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167543733m/24782.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167543733s/24782.jpg 24782 27 2628 book 1967 Taran Wanderer (The Chronicles of Prydain Book 4) total:3873|5:1407|4:1492|3:838|2:118|1:18| 3873 15771 4559 168 8924 4.02 30499 1858 4956168 243750 24782 0805080511 9780805080513 148 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167543733m/24782.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167543733s/24782.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/24782.Taran_Wanderer 4.07 3647 1967 4 1 false Mon Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Wed Aug 22 14:17:05 -0700 2007 Thu Oct 11 17:14:00 -0700 2007
Taran Wanderer focuses entirely on Taran as he struggles to find out where he comes from and who his parents are. It is uniquely written, as each chapter covers (more or less) one ...more...]]> 43601732 158100 24782 0805080511 9780805080513 148 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167543733m/24782.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167543733s/24782.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/24782.Taran_Wanderer 4.07 3873 1967 4 0 false Tue Jan 27 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Jan 19 12:33:29 -0800 2009 Tue Jan 27 12:55:56 -0800 2009
Nonetheless, while something of a boy's club without Eilonwy around, Taran Wanderer is a very, very well-done coming of age, that I kind of wish I'd read as a kid myself...more...]]> 69372785 2682466 24782 0805080511 9780805080513 148 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167543733m/24782.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167543733s/24782.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/24782.Taran_Wanderer 4.07 3873 1967 5 0 false Fri Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1999 Sat Aug 29 16:22:23 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 14 13:30:54 -0700 2009
However, as an adult this is by far my favorite of all the books. I actually have to keep several copies of these books around....more...]]> 31086053 47312 24782 0805080511 9780805080513 148 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167543733m/24782.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167543733s/24782.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/24782.Taran_Wanderer 4.07 3873 1967 4 1 false Sat Aug 23 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Aug 24 16:12:54 -0700 2008 Sun Aug 24 16:15:47 -0700 2008 71311012 2628102 24782 0805080511 9780805080513 148 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167543733m/24782.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167543733s/24782.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/24782.Taran_Wanderer 4.07 3873 1967 5 0 false Tue Sep 15 12:06:44 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 15 12:07:08 -0700 2009 more...]]> 46447910 1074083 24782 0805080511 9780805080513 148 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167543733m/24782.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167543733s/24782.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/24782.Taran_Wanderer 4.07 3873 1967 4 0 false Sun Feb 15 15:32:31 -0800 2009 Mon Feb 16 00:02:01 -0800 2009 more...]]> 73580065 2209914 24782 0805080511 9780805080513 148 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167543733m/24782.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167543733s/24782.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/24782.Taran_Wanderer 4.07 3873 1967 3 0 false Sun Oct 25 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 05 19:45:26 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 31 20:11:54 -0700 2009 The Chronicles of Prydain. I think I like it less because it is so much more traditional in its form and is focused squarely on Taran. There's some lovely writing here and the story itself has some beautiful bittersweet moments, but the almost ritualistic hero's journey ...more...]]> 57211421 1195067 24782 0805080511 9780805080513 148 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167543733m/24782.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167543733s/24782.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/24782.Taran_Wanderer 4.07 3873 1967 5 1 false Mon Apr 20 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun May 24 20:52:36 -0700 2009 Sun May 24 23:47:48 -0700 2009 2
This is my second time through this book--the first time since my childhood. I remember thinking this was the only book in the Chronicles of Prydain that bordered on boring. But reading it as an adult I got the symbolism and it ranks up there with ...more...]]> 73319194 2582753 24782 0805080511 9780805080513 148 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167543733m/24782.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167543733s/24782.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/24782.Taran_Wanderer 4.07 3873 1967 5 0 false Mon Oct 19 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 03 12:06:17 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 21 21:01:00 -0700 2009 more...]]> 71353053 1273908 24782 0805080511 9780805080513 148 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167543733m/24782.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167543733s/24782.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/24782.Taran_Wanderer 4.07 3873 1967 4 0 false Fri Sep 25 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 15 17:59:30 -0700 2009 Sat Sep 26 19:48:18 -0700 2009 more...]]> 37214739 1696552 24782 0805080511 9780805080513 148 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167543733m/24782.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167543733s/24782.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/24782.Taran_Wanderer 4.07 3873 1967 5 0 false Mon Nov 01 00:00:00 -0800 1999 Sat Nov 08 17:40:23 -0800 2008 Sat Nov 08 17:47:24 -0800 2008 6 more...]]> 26209880 766524 24782 0805080511 9780805080513 148 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167543733m/24782.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167543733s/24782.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/24782.Taran_Wanderer 4.07 3873 1967 4 0 false Wed Sep 23 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 03 09:16:52 -0700 2008 Wed Sep 30 11:50:36 -0700 2009
Alexander's fourth journey into the world of Prydain is a very different beast from its predecessors; the darker turn taken very slightly in The Castle of Llyr is sharpened here, and much more to the forefront. In this one, Taran, who has...more...]]> 25605078 1019174 24782 0805080511 9780805080513 148 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167543733m/24782.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167543733s/24782.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/24782.Taran_Wanderer 4.07 3873 1967 4 0 false Thu Jun 26 16:57:05 -0700 2008 Sat Nov 22 16:06:11 -0800 2008 2
As a 12-year-old, I remember liking the final volume the most - as I recall ...more...]]> 11656776 716403 24782 0805080511 9780805080513 148 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167543733m/24782.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167543733s/24782.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/24782.Taran_Wanderer 4.07 3873 1967 4 0 false Thu Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2005 Fri Jan 04 14:30:57 -0800 2008 Wed May 07 10:02:15 -0700 2008 more...]]> 41922918 1856705 24782 0805080511 9780805080513 148 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167543733m/24782.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167543733s/24782.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/24782.Taran_Wanderer 4.07 3873 1967 5 0 false Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1989 Sun Jan 04 20:59:56 -0800 2009 Sun Jan 04 21:05:08 -0800 2009 more...]]> 36738362 334273 24782 0805080511 9780805080513 148 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167543733m/24782.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167543733s/24782.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/24782.Taran_Wanderer 4.07 3873 1967 4 0 false Wed Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sun Nov 02 06:08:51 -0800 2008 Fri Nov 21 12:59:16 -0800 2008 3
I think I really like 'coming of age' books. I also like the loose reference to mythology. These are g...more...]]> 66543367 1295593 728034 0440484839 9780440484837 8 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/728034.Taran_Wanderer 4.16 80 1967 5 0 false Fri Aug 28 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Aug 07 09:25:31 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 29 20:06:00 -0700 2009 more...]]> 63162885 111921 24782 0805080511 9780805080513 148 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167543733m/24782.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167543733s/24782.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/24782.Taran_Wanderer 4.07 3873 1967 4 0 false Fri Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1999 Sun Jul 12 11:20:16 -0700 2009 Sun Jul 12 11:23:27 -0700 2009 more...]]> 43184694 1228844 24782 0805080511 9780805080513 148 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167543733m/24782.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167543733s/24782.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/24782.Taran_Wanderer 4.07 3873 1967 4 0 false Mon Jan 19 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Jan 15 17:27:09 -0800 2009 Mon Jan 19 13:37:41 -0800 2009 more...]]> 39007215 1212796 24782 0805080511 9780805080513 148 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167543733m/24782.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167543733s/24782.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/24782.Taran_Wanderer 4.07 3873 1967 4 0 false Mon Dec 01 00:39:50 -0800 2008 Mon Dec 01 00:39:56 -0800 2008
I thought they were funny and full of action and exciting. I look forward to ...more...]]> 8 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=24782