Book Review: So You Want to Be a Wizard

This very title tempted me. Heck, even the author name, Diane Duane, kinda did. And its young adult designation is no turnoff for a man like me. The one stumbling block was that the back cover and front-page excerpt tell us exceedingly little about the plot -- only that modern Juanita Campbell accidentally discovers a book (yes, by the same title) that enables her to do real magic.

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In keeping with my earlier stated desire not to wait too long for another Discworld read, my next novel is Thief of Time. It's off to a confusing start.