jonathan stroud

This is without a doubt one of the best books I've read. I was a bit skeptical at first.One of my friends asked if I've read the book before. I said no, and he kinda flipped out. Anyway, so we did a book swap, he gave me the first two books of this fantastic trilogy and I gave him the...

Hi everyone. I am looking to buy my wife a nice Xmas prezzie. I know she enjoys fantasy and fantasy for the younger adults like the Harry Potter books and Eragon series. I would like to know is Jonathan Strouds, Bartimaeus Trilogy any good? What type of fantasy story is it or is it just another...

Has anybody read Buried Fire by Jonathan Stroud? I've started it but so far can't really get into it! I love the Bartimaeus trilogy so maybe it's just me? I've started about three books so far that I haven't been able to get into. :rolleyes:

Re: Bartimaeus Trilogy I received Ptolemy's Gate on the day I posted the above message. I only had time to read the first chapter, but it was very exciting and I was eager to read the rest of the book. Stroud's writing is much better than JK Rowling's, and the storyline of the Bartimaeous...

A friend lent me this book and I fell in love. It's about an aspiring wizard in England (sound familiar? Not quite) who find that, after surpassing his teacher, has the power to make his life better than the hole if disdain it had been since he was abandoned into his master's care. Magic...

Any fans of this author here :) He's not written much, but I did enjoy The Amulet of Samarkand :) I'm going to start Golem's Eye soon, it's been sitting on my pile of books to read for a few weeks so really need to find out how the 2nd book progresses the series.