it's funny, because for awhile I did have that very reaction to Dairine. But then, I don't know, she sort of reminds me of several people in my real life who I straight-up adore and she's cute and clever. And I really love that she's supposed to be graceful. I love the idea of holding "graceful" in my head at the same time as "Yoda pyjamas" and "cheats at poker." I don't know. I had a strange reversal!
Hmm, good question. Do you know, I have no idea? I remember that Wizard's Holiday wasn't out yet, even in the States; in fact, IIRC the last book I read before I had to start waiting was Dilemma. Checking publication dates that makes it a definitive "sometime between 2001 and 2002", but I'm pretty sure I'd read some of the earlier books, slightly earlier (because my school library had High Wizardry and So You Want To Be a Wizard. Hmm, maybe even DW. I definitely read HW before I read DW, which sort of ruined the suspense!!) Uhm... I joined the forums at yw.com (back then it was... youngwizards.net/forums/ubb.x? Maybe? God, I used to know like five of the URLs off by heart. ) Anyway, I joined the forums in September '02, so I would have been 15; I might have read HW a year or more earlier. Wow, that was a long way of figuring it out, but yeah, I was probably around 14 or so.
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Hmm, good question. Do you know, I have no idea? I remember that Wizard's Holiday wasn't out yet, even in the States; in fact, IIRC the last book I read before I had to start waiting was Dilemma. Checking publication dates that makes it a definitive "sometime between 2001 and 2002", but I'm pretty sure I'd read some of the earlier books, slightly earlier (because my school library had High Wizardry and So You Want To Be a Wizard. Hmm, maybe even DW. I definitely read HW before I read DW, which sort of ruined the suspense!!) Uhm... I joined the forums at yw.com (back then it was... youngwizards.net/forums/ubb.x? Maybe? God, I used to know like five of the URLs off by heart. ) Anyway, I joined the forums in September '02, so I would have been 15; I might have read HW a year or more earlier. Wow, that was a long way of figuring it out, but yeah, I was probably around 14 or so.