Yuletide 2010 Recs, Installment #3

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One last round before reveals: Chronicles of Chrestomanci - Diana Wynne Jones, American Gods - Neil Gaiman, Apple Bough - Noel Streatfeild, Damar Series - Robin McKinley, Dark Is Rising Sequence - Susan Cooper, Gake no Ue no Ponyo | Ponyo, Hainish Cycle - Ursula K. Le Guin / The Left Hand of Darkness - Ursula K. Le Guin.

Of Smiting and Sugar Mice
Chronicles of Chrestomanci - Diana Wynne Jones
Cat encounters Gwendolen again - Marianne Pinhoe is not impressed.

The Sun's Last Round Stretch
American Gods - Neil Gaiman
"The land I inhabited with an intention to share becomes developed by his elbow and arm." Bast makes her way in a new hemisphere.

A Sister's Duty
Apple Bough - Noel Streatfeild
"The Forum family comes home to Apple Bough for Christmas."

The Sola's Last Ride
Damar Series - Robin McKinley
"Afterwards, it always seemed as though she'd spent six months crying."

No Second Coming
Dark Is Rising Sequence - Susan Cooper
'"But there's only me," Will said in sudden panic. "I have no one --" He stopped abruptly. "I must correct mistakes."' Left me tearful.

I Have Been One With the Sea
Gake no Ue no Ponyo | Ponyo
"On the beach below the Institute of Algological Research, graduate student Fujimoto Hiroshi finds something more than the seaweed he's after." Could easily have been very awkward, but it's not.

A Piece of the Continent
Hainish Cycle - Ursula K. Le Guin / The Left Hand of Darkness - Ursula K. Le Guin
"Where Genly Ai went, after Winter." Reads like a previously unknown piece of Le Guin. Left me tearful.