#Friday56 & #BookBeginnings: Lyra's Oxford

For Book Beginnings:
Lyra didn't often climb out of her bedroom window these days.

- p. 3

For Friday 56:
"Not for this sickness. It's a new kind. Only the gold elixir can cure it."
- p. 29 (this book is only 49 pages!)

Back blurb of Lyra's Oxford by Philip Pullman: Lyra's Oxford opens two years after the conclusion of Philip Pullman Amber Spyglass in the comfort and familiarity of Jordan College.
Lyra and her dæmon, Pantalaimon, sit on the sun-drenched roof looking out over all of Oxford, but their peace is shattered when a strange bird - a witch's dæmon, on its own - tumbles out of the sky, in search of a healing elixir to cure his witch of a strange new disease. Lyra and Pan decide to help - witches are friends, of course - but the closer their winding walk leads them toward the infamous Oxford alchemist, the stronger Lyra's sense that something is amiss.

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I know this book probably sounds strange. Because it is - it's a supplementary book to the His Dark Materials Trilogy which is among my all-time favourite fantasy books (along with Lord of the Rings). I know that's a tall order, but if you've never heard of this series, then you must look it up!

Your thoughts? Is this too "out there"?