4 thoughts on “Book of the Week: …I don’t know, sorry.”

  1. https://www.amazon.com/Unexpected-Enlightenment-Rachel-Griffin-Books-ebook/dp/B01FVJ7DAY
    Because the 5th book in the series was recently released, it’s a great time to plug the first book of the series. Especially since the first hit is free.
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    For those who haven’t encountered the series, the meta overview is that if you get shamelessly derivative *enough* you can pass right through the other side to strikingly original.
    It’s Narnia, at Hogwarts, in a Secret World, where All Myths are True, Alternate Dimensions of Doomed Worlds exist and are important, Mysteries and Conspiracies abound, one of the best Lovecraft references ever, the Unreliability of Memory (especially when conspiracies can actually alter or erase your memories), the Power of Friendship, Adults are Blind (justified in that they’ve been blinded with narrative control and memory alteration) the sweetness of kids awkwardly flirting although they’re still very vague about why they’d want to, with a cast of fun characters, the struggle to stave off The Final Battle until they can uncover the central mystery/conspiracy and actually have a shot at prevailing.
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    It’s good stuff.

      1. Reading a bit about his work, not so much. I wouldn’t be surprised to learn there was a reference or two, though.
        I’ll definitely check him out when I get a chance.
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        I think I should note that the series isn’t parody, or even primarily humorous. (I will note that the comic relief character is especially well-done, a hero brave and true, a mischievous scamp most of us would have loved being, and prone to sharp insights about the mage culture he’s suddenly been adopted into. Sigfried Smith rocks.)

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