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My childhood #Gateway into the genre I love most

The Black Cauldron by Lloyd Alexander

The Castle of Llyr by Lloyd Alexander

Taran Wanderer by Lloyd Alexander

October 7, 2020 by Aquillia 19 Comments

Bingo Square: Gateway Bingo #1! Red/Gateway/Fresh Start/Cannonballer Says/Money I have loved fantasy since I can remember. I don’t actually remember when I started reading it, but I credit it to my deep and abiding love for Lloyd Alexander’s Prydain Chronicles. Although I have no vivid memories of the first time I read it (aside from one shocking moment in The Black Cauldron), I reread the series regularly throughout my childhood and my teenage years. I loved them every time. Aside from The Book of Three, which […]

Filed Under: Fantasy Tagged With: bingo square gateway, cbr12bingo, Childhood favourites, Gateway, lloyd alexander, taran wanderer, the black cauldron, the castle of llyr

Aquillia's CBR12 Review No:27 · Genres: Fantasy · Tags: bingo square gateway, cbr12bingo, Childhood favourites, Gateway, lloyd alexander, taran wanderer, the black cauldron, the castle of llyr ·
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Yet another wonderful series I missed reading as a child.

July 8, 2014 by narfna 8 Comments

Because I listen to audiobooks when I’m in the car, I went for a drive yesterday evening just to finish this series. Time and gas well spent. Really enjoyed making my way through this series over the last month and a half. Some of the best children’s fantasy I’ve read. Wish I would’ve read it as an actual child. And with one notable exception (which I’m not sure would have actually changed for me all that much if I’d read it the old fashioned way […]

Filed Under: Audiobooks, Fantasy Tagged With: children's fiction, fantasy, james langton, lloyd alexander, narfna, taran wanderer, the black cauldron, the book of three, the castle of llyr, the chronicles of prydain, the high king

narfna's CBR6 Review No:57 · Genres: Audiobooks, Fantasy · Tags: children's fiction, fantasy, james langton, lloyd alexander, narfna, taran wanderer, the black cauldron, the book of three, the castle of llyr, the chronicles of prydain, the high king ·
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    on CBR BINGO: You—”‘Mm. Two lovers, from two feuding gentryclans, meeting secretly under false names for their tryst!’ She scoffed. ‘How puerile. How derivative. I pray it is more deviant than it appears!'”
    The ending was kind of wild!
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