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> Tag: The Dark is Rising
green face of a witch starring up from the sea

Power of the Greenwitch, lost beneath the sea…

Greenwich by Susan Cooper

April 6, 2021 by cosbrarian 3 Comments

In 2020, I started an occasional readathon I participate in – The Dark is Rising readathon, which is a seasonal reread of my favorite book series! Basically, we read the series on its own timeline, taking on each book in the season it’s set. And so I reread the first book in 2020 summer (Over Sea and Under Stone) and reviewed it here, and then I am pretty sure I reread the second book at Christmas (The Dark is Rising) but forgot to review it. […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Fantasy Tagged With: king arthur, middle grade, sea witch, Series, Susan Cooper, The Dark is Rising, wild magic, witches

cosbrarian's CBR13 Review No:5 · Genres: Children's Books, Fantasy · Tags: king arthur, middle grade, sea witch, Series, Susan Cooper, The Dark is Rising, wild magic, witches ·
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Dod yn ôl at fy nghoed

The Grey King by Susan Cooper

July 3, 2020 by Ellesfena Leave a Comment

Bingo: I Wish. . . The Grey King just might be my favorite fantasy novel for kids. The fourth book in The Dark is Rising series, it has Will Stanton, the last of the Old Ones, on a holiday in Wales where he meets a strange boy named Bran and searches for a golden harp that will aid the Light in their battle against the Dark. The setting in this book is everything (and is why I picked it for this particular bingo category). Will […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Fantasy, Fiction Tagged With: #fantasy, cbr12bingo, Susan Cooper, The Dark is Rising, wales

Ellesfena's CBR12 Review No:12 · Genres: Children's Books, Fantasy, Fiction · Tags: #fantasy, cbr12bingo, Susan Cooper, The Dark is Rising, wales ·
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Are you a good witch or a bad witch?

Greenwitch by Susan Cooper

July 3, 2020 by Ellesfena Leave a Comment

Bingo: Green Book #3 in The Dark is Rising series, I always loved Greenwitch. In this one, the Drew siblings (Barney, Jane, and Simon) are on holiday in Cornwall with their Great-Uncle Merry, who also happens to be Merriman Lyon, Will Stanton’s mentor from Book 2. Will shows up in Cornwall as well, much to the dismay of the Drews, and it’s soon clear that Will and Merry are on another quest for a Thing of Power to protect the world from the Dark–this time […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Fantasy, Fiction, Young Adult Tagged With: #fantasy, cbr12bingo, cornwall, Greenwitch, Susan Cooper, The Dark is Rising

Ellesfena's CBR12 Review No:11 · Genres: Children's Books, Fantasy, Fiction, Young Adult · Tags: #fantasy, cbr12bingo, cornwall, Greenwitch, Susan Cooper, The Dark is Rising ·
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Atmospheric AF

The Dark is Rising by Susan Cooper

July 3, 2020 by Ellesfena Leave a Comment

Bingo: No Money (borrowed from my dad) This year, I was only going to review books I’d never read before, but a few months back another Cannonballer reviewed the entire Dark is Rising series and it made me nostalgic for these books, which I adored as a kid. Plus, I’d never read the final book in the series so I thought I might finally get around to it (I also tried to read the first in the series–The Dark is Rising is the second–but couldn’t […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Fantasy, Fiction, Young Adult Tagged With: #fantasy, cbr12bingo, Susan Cooper, The Dark is Rising

Ellesfena's CBR12 Review No:10 · Genres: Children's Books, Fantasy, Fiction, Young Adult · Tags: #fantasy, cbr12bingo, Susan Cooper, The Dark is Rising ·
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Silver on the Tree cover by Susan Cooper

The end of the Sequence

Silver on the Tree by Susan Cooper

December 31, 2016 by Loopyker Leave a Comment

Silver on the Tree is the final book in The Dark is Rising Sequence. Here, all the important characters from the Light and the Dark come together for the final battle. I’m not sure if it was because both times I listened to this, it was too late to give it my best attention, or if it was the story itself, but this was my least favourite of the series. Alex Jennings returns as narrator, along with the other characters adding a sense of unity […]

Filed Under: Audiobooks, Fantasy, Young Adult Tagged With: Alex Jennings, Arthurian legend, CBR8, loopyker, myth and legend, Susan Cooper, The Dark is Rising, young adult fantasy

Loopyker's CBR8 Review No:5 · Genres: Audiobooks, Fantasy, Young Adult · Tags: Alex Jennings, Arthurian legend, CBR8, loopyker, myth and legend, Susan Cooper, The Dark is Rising, young adult fantasy ·
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The Grey King cover by Susan Cooper

Things get darker

The Grey King by Susan Cooper

December 31, 2016 by Loopyker Leave a Comment

Ah! Where did Alex Jennings go? After listening to the same narrator for the first three audiobooks in the series, I was initially jolted to hear a different voice for The Grey King. I thought nobody would do as well with this book as Alex Jennings had been doing. But happily, I soon accepted Richard Mitchley’s voice and as the story unfolded, it made a lot of sense to have a different narrator. Although, Will Stanton was in the previous two books, The Dark is […]

Filed Under: Audiobooks, Fantasy, Young Adult Tagged With: Arthurian legend, CBR8, loopyker, Richard Mitchley, Susan Cooper, The Dark is Rising, The Grey King, young adult fantasy

Loopyker's CBR8 Review No:4 · Genres: Audiobooks, Fantasy, Young Adult · Tags: Arthurian legend, CBR8, loopyker, Richard Mitchley, Susan Cooper, The Dark is Rising, The Grey King, young adult fantasy ·
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