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So I was going to do the books that changed my life thing, but it occurs to me that no one book really has changed my life. I think. Pretty much. There are a couple of moments where I can look and say, wow, that was/is important to me, but for the far far greater part I believe that it wasn't the individual books but the sum that has changed me: a cumulative literary metamorphosis, featuring of course all the usual suspects like Narnia, McCaffrey, even Eddings; The Little Prince, The Happy Prince, To Kill and Mockingbird; Enid Blyton and her crew; and so forth.

One book I will mention, though, because it has had a very specific, quantifiable effect on my life. In my first ever House Sports, I was sitting in the stand reading In The Hand of the Goddess, by Tamora Pierce. Now, Tortall my not be the greatest series in the world. But because I was reading it, a total stranger who was also sitting bored in the stands started reading over my shoulder; name of Meg, 7ML. She used to hang around with a kid called Lucy. So say what you like about the book, but I owe my two best friends in all the world to Tammy. <3 them.

( another book meme )