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aaron r.

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83% complete! aaron r. has read 10 of 12 books.

Yoko Ogawa: The Housekeeper and the Professor (2009) 5 stars

The Housekeeper and the Professor (博士の愛した数式, hakase no ai shita suushiki) (literally "The Professor's Beloved …

The Housekeeper and the Professor Review

5 stars

A very short and very sweet story about a housekeeper, her young son, and an old professor.

A lot of sweet moments with philosophical tangents into the beauty and history of mathematics.

Philip Pullman: The Amber Spyglass (His Dark Materials, Book 3) (Paperback, 2001, Del Rey) 4 stars

Lyra and Will find themselves at the center of a battle between the forces of …

The Amber Spyglass Review

4 stars

The epic conclusion of Lyra and Will's journey.

Had great fun with this book and the series as a whole. Per usual, Pullman has the great ability of interesting and intricate worldbuilding and plot threading.

Many questions left lingering in the previous entries were answered here.

That said, this book did go anywhere and everywhere, which I feel made things a bit hard to follow at times. Likewise, I felt the ending build-up/battle was a bit lacking w/ some of the messaging slightly unclear.

Either way, this was all around a fantastic trilogy.

Philip Pullman: The Subtle Knife (His Dark Materials, Book 2) (Paperback, 1998, Del Rey) 4 stars

As the boundaries between worlds begin to dissolve, Lyra and her daemon help Will Parry …

The Subtle Knife Review

4 stars

A continuation of Lyra's journey.

Felt this one was a bit weaker than the first. Not nearly as engaging, though still does a wonderful job of building out its multiple worlds. It's nice to see certain plot strands and characters from the first get some closure / expansion here. Curious to see how it all ends.

On to the third!

reviewed The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman (His Dark Materials, #1)

Philip Pullman: The Golden Compass (Paperback, 2003, Laurel Leaf) 4 stars

In a landmark epic of fantasy and storytelling, Philip Pullman invites readers into a world …

The Golden Compass Review

4 stars

Had a lot of fun with this one.

This series has been on my radar since I was a teen, though I never took the plunge for whatever reason.

I'm glad I did, however.

I quite liked Lyra and the world Pullman envisioned and am eager to explore more in the next two installments.