Which Witch?
3 journalers for this copy...
Amazon.com:
Arriman the Awful, Loather of Light and Wizard of the North, needs a wife. How else can he have a wizard baby to carry on the family tradition of blighting and smiting, blasting and wuthering? The problem is, wizards can only marry one kind of person--a witch. Arriman dreads the thought. "A great black crone with warts and blisters in unmentionable places from crashing about on her broom! You want me to sit opposite one of those every morning eating my cornflakes?" But a witch it must be, so Arriman holds a contest to decide which witch. The local witches are all atwitter over what spell they'll perform for the contest--all except Belladonna, who is, to her great shame, a white witch. She looks rather like the girl on the Clairol Herbal Essence bottle, with a sweet face and flowing blonde hair. "There was usually something in Belladonna's hair: A fledgling blackbird parked there by its mother while she went to hunt for worms, a baby squirrel wanting somewhere safe to eat its hazel nuts, or a butterfly who thought she was a lily or a rose."
Such a fun read! I found it such a delight.
Arriman the Awful, Loather of Light and Wizard of the North, needs a wife. How else can he have a wizard baby to carry on the family tradition of blighting and smiting, blasting and wuthering? The problem is, wizards can only marry one kind of person--a witch. Arriman dreads the thought. "A great black crone with warts and blisters in unmentionable places from crashing about on her broom! You want me to sit opposite one of those every morning eating my cornflakes?" But a witch it must be, so Arriman holds a contest to decide which witch. The local witches are all atwitter over what spell they'll perform for the contest--all except Belladonna, who is, to her great shame, a white witch. She looks rather like the girl on the Clairol Herbal Essence bottle, with a sweet face and flowing blonde hair. "There was usually something in Belladonna's hair: A fledgling blackbird parked there by its mother while she went to hunt for worms, a baby squirrel wanting somewhere safe to eat its hazel nuts, or a butterfly who thought she was a lily or a rose."
Such a fun read! I found it such a delight.
sending to CdnBlueRose as part of a trade.
Received today from Antheras - I love Eva Ibbotson's books!!! Thanks!!
Reserved for lottiotta - Yet Another Reverse Wishlist Relay - waiting for address.
I agree with Antheras - a totally delightful book! Mailing out to lottiotta tomorrow - I hope you enjoy it as much as I did!!
Fab, thank you so much! I really appreciate it, I'm sure I'll love it, since I enjoyed the Secret of Platform 13, as well as Journey to the River Sea.
19th May 2007
I very much enjoyed this. :) It is now available for trade, RABCK or request on SwapShop.co.uk. :)
16th July 2007
Alas, I took this to Glastonbury to give away to a random rocker or some such, and it got soooo wet - I took it home and in the attempt to dry out the binding went silly and the pages went mouldy. I threw it away, it was unsalvagable. :( I'm very sorry, previous readers!
19th May 2007
I very much enjoyed this. :) It is now available for trade, RABCK or request on SwapShop.co.uk. :)
16th July 2007
Alas, I took this to Glastonbury to give away to a random rocker or some such, and it got soooo wet - I took it home and in the attempt to dry out the binding went silly and the pages went mouldy. I threw it away, it was unsalvagable. :( I'm very sorry, previous readers!
