juushika

I'm fascinated by that! It's a phenomenon I can only recall encountering a few times in my own reading, but I've always been delighted by how Jo Walton talks about it re: the suck fairy:

Worst of all, that wonderful bit you always remembered, the bit where they swim into the captured city under the water gate at dawn, and when they come out of the water in the first light and stand dripping on the quay, it all smells different because the enemy’s campfires are cooking their different food—it turns out to be half a line. “Next morning we went in by the water gate.” This most typically happens with re-reading children’s books. It’s like the moral opposite of skimming, where you’ve dreamed in extra details the book never mentioned. The thin thing you’re re-reading can’t possibly be what you remember, because what you remember mostly happened in your head.

Which I reference a lot, so apologies if I've referenced it to you/in your periphery before! But I find it more delightful than disappointing, even if it changes a book in retrospect. Something about reading children's literature, particularly as a child, and the fact that text can be a springboard. Something about the power of imagination. I find it intriguing; I half-wish I had that power, now.

Anyway, yes, this was my first Almond. I've since read Skellig, which was less my cup of tea. If you have any specific suggestions, I'd love to hear. I'm definitely interested in reading more.