pickThis is a definite comfort read for me, redolent of childhood, magic, night fears & heroism against all odds.
Written in 1960, twins Colin & Susan are depicted as brave, resilient & scared as each other, Susan often taking the lead at a time when "boys & girls" were more often given stereotypical gender roles.
Garner's novel is often criticised as a Tolkien pastiche on a simpler level, but I don't think that's fair. They were drawing from the ??
Although there are no product placements in the book, I'm 100% convinced that the lemonade Colin and Susan are drinking while lost in the Svart tunnels under Alderley Edge can only be R. White's Lemonade!🍋
#WyrdAndWonday day 29 | 5 star fantasy reads
Childhood favourites that have stood the test of time and remained a suck fairy free zone (I couldn‘t find my copy of Alanna, but her first adventure should absolutely be here too)
#Underarock #Nofemmeber
Last one tonight, then i will probably forget to post for a week.
Alderley edge is a beautiful part of Cheshire and a favourite place for a family picnic (hence photo from dtrs bday) but it is a place of legend and in this wonderful book the children go under the rocks where they meet some nasty supernatural beings, and of course the legend of Arthur unde the rock is referencd.
#MayLovesClassics #LitsyClassics #Fantasy
A few years ago our family was walking around Alderley edge and someone introduced us to alan garner - luckily id read this book to madeleine and she could say how much she loved it- his other books including elidor were such a part of my reading as a teenager especially as the setting was so local - wish id got a photo!
pickI lost this book in a move many years ago. It‘s as good as I remembered it. Susan and Colin are temporarily staying on a farm in Wales, and find themselves caught up in mystery, myth, and magic. What a rhythm in the writing. This book led me in a straight line to The White Goddess.
so-soA reread, and I guess I still don't really get it? There's some great stuff in terms of invoking sheer claustrophobic fear, and formless uncanny dread. But it just... Ends. And a lot of the time events are so abrupt there's no time to anticipate or digest them.
Long overdue a re-read and I've seen lots of Garner mentions recently so taking it as a sign.
#Riotgrams Catch-up! Day 16-20 #BookSetNearWhereILive (local treasure Alan Garner) #GetCrafty #BookThatMadeMeCry #Opposites #Celestial
The Weirdstone of Brisingamen | 
I'm rereading Weirdstone and its sequel, "The Moon of Gomrath" as a prelude to the more recent "Bonelands", which completes the trilogy. 3y