Obernewtyn Chronicles Volume 1: Popular Penguins: Popular Penguins | 
pickIt‘s so strange revisiting Obernewtyn because I remember some parts so strongly and other parts feel brand new… it‘s also strange because I hold memories of characters who I love but who you only get glimmers of in book one (and those glimmers are not always complimentary).
This is very much an introductory book, it sets up the world, the characters and what‘s at stake - and I really had a great time reacquainting myself with Elspeth & co.
Me mid way through telling someone that I was reading Obernewyton by Isobelle Carmody
Them : oooh, by the lady who wrote the Chrestomanci books?
Me in a horrified whisper : that‘s Diana Wynne Jones
Anyway, I read the majority of IC books in high school before I got entirely too impatient with her publishing schedule. The last book published in 2015 & I really want to finish the series but it‘s been awhile so I‘m back at bk 1 this time on 🎧
Forever thinking about rereading/finishing this series…
O is for Obernewtyn
A series that in many ways defined my reading pathway in high school but that I haven‘t finished reading due to some rather extreme wait times between books! (The whole thing is out now though if you are interested)
I love these covers! I‘m a little sad that it‘s impossible to have a complete set with this cover art but that‘s what happens when a series is published over 20-30 years 😳😅
pickRevisiting an old favourite, but this time read by the author. Not only did it get me through a stressful day at work, but it‘s the first book in a series that has been really important to me for years.
1. Ready Player One
2. I did this years ago with Song of Susannah, not realising it was part of a series and not even book 1 at that 😶
3. Isobelle Carmody. She was lovely and told me smarter people read fantasy fiction 😉
4. Butterbeer
@CSeydel #weekendchat
Total cover buy 😍
Them Y2K fantasy cover feels!
(And also today‘s #RiotGrams entry even tho I am not ‘technically speaking‘ currently reading it...
pickI have read this old favourite many times. I listened to the audiobook which is read by the author herself this time. She does a wonderful job of varying the characters' voices. It is very much just the beginning of a series and isn't the most gripping on its own but I still love it.
I finished reading some great books whilst on holidays.
Obernewtyn was a reread for me, but this time audio read by the author. Great Australian fantasy/dystopian author who started writing this story when she was only 14.
My favorite out of the four read though was Morning Star.
pickOne of my favourite series and am revisiting through audiobooks. They are read by Isobelle Carmody and it wonderful hearing the story through her voice. All are performed with a dramatic feel, with each character being distinctive from the next. She uses a different timber, accent, pitch, etc. for each.
I'm going to finish reading this series one of these days...
#loveozya
More book mail. They both showed up a few days ago when I wasn't feeling the greatest. It really brightened up my day!
#debut! Obernewtyn was first published in 1988 and the last book in the series came out last year... I devoured Isobelle Carmody's books in highschool but have yet to complete this series (it's on my todo list for this year) #booktober
My pink shelf is a little underwhelming 🤔 but I think that's because I don't tend to gravitate towards YA/NA contemporary genre... (but I have read 7 of the 10 books on this shelf!)
Also, Obernewyton isn't really a PINK book it's been published as a POPULAR PENGUIN but in support of Breast Cancer research (which is why it is pink and not orange)
pickObernewtyn is the 1st in the 7 volume Obernewtyn Chronicles. I usually don't go in for multi-volume fantasy sagas as many of them seem needlessly drawn out for either profit, profligacy, or both. Obernewtyn reads like a series entry, but there's the right level of necessary information to expandable and exploitable material. If post-apocalyptic dystopian YA reads are your thing (Divergent, Hunger Games, Maze Runner) give this earlier entry a try.
Huzzah for Popular Penguins! This may be the only minimalistic cover in the house 🤔 Any other IC fans out there? The last book in this saga came out late last year (and I've been meaning to reread ever since) #augustphotochallenge @TheSpinecrackersBookClub
