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*** [[Tropers/Tikkihikki|This troper]] thinks Dalemark is ''better'' than [[The Lord of the Rings]]. In a lot of ways, it's not even high fantasy. The characters are all incredible, and the final book makes you sit back and realize that history--the history you learn in school--is so far from the reality, and that was so much deeper and more real than even historians think. I would proudly say that I think [[The Dalemark Quartet]] is one of the ''best series ever written''.
** This Troper has an eternal love for the ''Chrestomanci'' books. They're what taught her that fantasy doesn't always have to be on a vast scale, filled with epic battles between good and evil... no, it can just be about normal people muddling around in worlds which just happen to be filled with magic and dragons and griffins and all that. ''Witch Week'' was one of the biggest influences on the novel she is currently writing.
** ''Where is [[Howl's Moving Castle (novel)|Howl's Moving Castle]]???'' Nearly one and all DWJ fans will agree that it's far from being the author's ''best'' book, but that doesn't mean it isn't anything short of fantastic. It takes fairy tale convention and gleefully turns it on its head, and a number of next-gen DWJ fans can point to HMC as being the book that got them started. Sophie and Howl's relationship is deliciously bizarre, and if you've only seen the movie but haven't read the book, you have not lived.
** The very first book this troper ever bought for herself was DWJ's Chronicle's of the Chrestomanci, Volume one (with Charmed Life and the Lives of Christopher Chant). She had to beg her mother to go back to the store the very next day to pick up the second one (Witch Week and Magicians of Caprona). Since then DWJ has been one of her favorite authors. Specifically, though, there isn't nearly enough love for [[Eight Days of Luke]] or the Madgid's books. EdoL was the first book this troper ever read with mythology other than Greek in it. It was FANTASTIC and played a role as a gateway book, introducing her to a world of new mythology.
** And yet for me the most magical book was The Merlin Conspiracy. I read it as an eleven year old, and it was an intriguing, ensnaring novel that left me simultaneously confused and in love. I set the book down, thought about the strange twist ending, then picked it up again immediately, trying to fully understand the complicated time loop. Five years later, I've read the cover off it. The characters are far from sympathetic, (Nick especially) and yet somehow I found myself falling in love with all of them. Amazing novel from an amazing author.
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