
Fellow bloggers Imyril and Bookforager recommended this meme (though they didn’t originate it themselves) so I thought it a fun task for a post here. Maybe it’s one which may inspire you to attempt something similar.
1. Choose 5 books which you gave 5 stars [I’ve chosen fantasy titles books, read in 2019, which I rated on Goodreads].
2. Share 5 words that in some way describe why you liked it so much [I’ve used descriptive phrases rather than standalone adjectives].
3. Give no other explanations of those words. Some of the words may only make sense if you’ve read it yourself. [You might guess my reasons for liking these books despite the brevity.]

1. Philip Pullman’s Northern Lights:
Alethiometer’s warning for children’s daemons
2. Neil Gaiman’s The Tragical Comedy or Comical Tragedy of Mr. Punch:
Childhood puppet trauma graphically described

3. Diana Wynne Jones’ Howl’s Moving Castle:
Intimations of mortality haunt Sophie

4. Ursula Le Guin’s Tales from Earthsea:
Fantasies with acute female perspectives

5. Frances Hodgson Burnett’s The Secret Garden:
Out of tragedy emerges hope
Apologies if you find these utterances a little too genomic!
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Cheers, Dale!
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Excellent descriptions. Must have been difficult with just five words and to make sense too.
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Thanks, Annabel; I must admit that I’ve sort of honed the art with devising punchy titles for posts and reviews, and (as with Sophie in the Howl book) borrowed the odd choice phrase…
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Gorgeous pictures and the words aren’t too bad either. You could have another career in advertising.
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If so, you could be my agent… 😁
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Gosh, I admire your conquest of the art of brevity! Not easy!
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Thanks! 😊 I blame a misspent adulthood doing cryptic crosswords and haiku…
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