The Cardathon Challenge was an absolute blast! It’s running for the rest of the year, so I urge anyone who isn’t familiar with Orson Scott Card’s books to at least try Ender’s Game, which is the best science fiction novel I’ve ever read.

Of the books I read for the challenge, Ender’s Game was my favourite, closely followed by Speaker for the Dead and Xenocide.

I filled my other three choices with books/series recommended by Card in his weekly column, and all of them are now favourites of mine as well. Widdershins by Charles de Lint was a wonderful book. The Thief, The Queen of Attolia, and The King of Attolia by Megan Whalen Turner are some of the best juvenile/young adult works I’ve read, as are Shannon Hale’s Princess Academy, The Goose Girl, and Enna Burning.

Since the challenge lasts at least through 2008, and its not even the end of April, I’m going to start two other Cardathon challenges, reading the six books in the Enderverse that I have yet to read, and six non-Ender books by Card. I’m looking forward to some great reads during the rest of the year!

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