Fantasy Book Club discussion

Post here if you have read Sabriel.

I've read it a couple of times, but not for a couple of months. I look forward to the discussion.

I read the whole series this summer and loved them!

I read it earlier this month. My review of Sabriel

Read in May.

I read it.

I read it.

Read it last month.

I read quite a few years ago and i am just waiting to pick it up from the bookstore. I can't wait to read it again.

I read it in May.

I just finished reading it. I think it was great.
I started the second book but put it aside for now. It doesn't pick up where the first one ended. For what I read, it is somebody else's story and Sabriel doesn't appear until the middle of the book. Is it really a series?

@Elena: It really is a series, yes, but, as you say, it isn't a direct continuation. It's more about the goings on in the world in general, and the role of the Abhorsen and the Abhorsen-in-waiting and the Clayr and the whole shebang, which is where Lirael comes in.

I did find it odd that Sabriel, the protagonist of the first book, becomes a secondary character in the second and third books. However, I liked Lirael and the Disreputable Dog so much that, after the intitial 'wtf?', I didn't really mind. I ended up finding Lirael an even more likable and relatable character. (Though it's the animals, in large part, which make the stories so much fun.)

It is a bit jarring at first, but they're still excellent stories.

Also, I've read that a prequel and a "sequel of sorts" are both in the making. The prequel focuses on Clariel, an earlier Abhorsen, but I've not heard anything about what the sequel is about.

I read it last year.

I listened to the audiobook on a long drive in February. Tim Curry is a terrific reader!

I read this one a few years back....guess I better dust it off for a re-read.

I read it, I think last year. I haven't done any progress in the rest of the series though ;-;

I've read it,

Um...

I am NOT volunteering - but I was just wondering if we were going to actually start discussing the book at some point?

blackrose - soon as I get my copy, I'll jump right into it quick-like and start discussing..

I've read it and got so into it that forgot to do my homework so my mum banned reading for a week.

Just finished - a very enjoyable read!

I finished last night, right before starting in on Locke Lamora...

I read it once when it was first published and again about 2 years ago. I was planning to reread the next book in the series (as soon as I can remember which one comes second).

Lirael is the next one :)

Thanks! I feel like maybe I read them out of order originally... Abhorsen is the third one?

Yes, Abhorsen is the third and, currently, last in the series (not counting the short story in Over the Wall).