Michael’s been studying. Guess what I’ve been doing.

Moonlight & Vines (1999) Charles de Lint

The third (I believe) Charles de Lint short story collection, Moonlight & Vines returns again to Newford. Although it starts and ends with a Christie Riddell story, and there are plenty of appearances by the characters with whom we’ve become familiar, there are also new characters, some we’ll meet again, and some who seem to appear only this once.

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Memory & Dream (1995) Charles de Lint

Memory & Dream is not my favorite Charles de Lint book. Partially, because I keep forgetting that it’s a novel and not a short story collection, so I pick up the book, start reading, and then think, “boy, this is a really long story.” Then I remember that it’s a novel, and I have to shift my expectations. It seems like a small thing, but it always throws me off, just at the point where I’m getting into the story.

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Jack of Kinrowan (1995) Charles de Lint

Jack of Kinrowan is actually two books: Jack the Giant Killer and Drink Down the Moon.

In Jack the Giant Killer, the Seelie Laird of Kinrowan’s daughter has been stolen by the Unseelie Court, despite the fact that she was being escorted by the Gruagagh. And the Unseelie Court also has the Horn that controls the Hunt, so the Gruagagh–even if he were still trusted by the Laird’s court–is trapped in his tower and unable to help, while no one else has the power to help. Except, maybe, a Jack.

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