The other day I learned that one of our favourite book series, The Old Kingdom series by Garth Nix, had a new entry released in 2021.

We've been unable to read regularly for a long while now, as reading too much, learning new stuff or taking in new information, is difficult now and can properly burn us out for days or weeks at a time. Especially as the complexity increases.

However, I decided I wanted to have a go at re-reading the series. If successful, I could buy the newest book and give it a try!

Yesterday we started the first book in the series, Sabriel, and managed to read the Prologue + 4 chapters before our brain started to get hurty and we put it down.

Tonight we read another 4 chapters again, before the hurty started.

I think a lot of this is coming down to us having read the books before, several times, so the world, language, and concepts are not new to us, and it is also a YA series so, by its very nature, it is easier to read.

We are feeling quite proud of ourselves for getting as far as we have.

Even if we end up having to stop before we can finish the whole series, it is quite an achievement for us to have read *anything* so far.

#bookstodon #Sabriel #GarthNix #Abhorsen #MECFS #Brainfog #NEISvoid

Norberts fantastische Ecke: The left-handed Booksellers of London

By Garth Nix Im Buchclub wurde im August das Buch „Die magischen Buchhändler von London“ zum Buch des Monats gekürt. Da mir die deutsche Sprecherin aufgrund ihrer sehr schnellen Sprechweise nicht zusagte, habe ich mir das englische Buch dazu angehört. Inhalt Susan ist gerade 18 geworden und zieht nach London, weil sie dort im Herbst … Weiterlesen The left-handed Booksellers of London →

https://norbertsfantastischeecke.wordpress.com/2025/08/19/the-left-handed-booksellers-of-london/

Cached US Kindle giveaway on bsky: 6 copies of @garthnix's The Old Kingdom Collection: Sabriel, Lirael, Abhorsen, Clariel, over at https://bsky.app/profile/kithrup.bsky.social/post/3ltkgxaqdy22g

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2/5 stars to Clariel by Garth Nix

It's not bad, it's just very superficial. Very surface level. I was left wanting to know more about everyone except Clariel.

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7489530-clariel

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Meanwhile, #GarthNix is an author I've been vaguely aware of, but never read before, as apparently most of his stuff is YA?

Except he's just put out a collection of Lieber-inspired #SwordsandSorcery stories in a pike & shot era setting, and that kind of stuff is EXACTLY my Jam.

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