Dogsbody

I've only read this book the one time when I was a kid, and it has never left my memory ever since.

When I learnt more about astronomy (which I have also always loved as a kid), Sirius the Dog Star was never the same. From then until today, every time I hear Sirius being referenced (whether star or Harry Potter character), there'd be that really tiny blip at the back of my brain that harkens back to this book.

Today, I have almost no idea what the book was about because I read it that long ago, but I remember clearly what it made me feel. I didn't like it then as much as I did Howl's Moving Castle, but the ending surely stuck.

And this makes me love Diana Wynne Jones all the more for having moulded my childhood with her words.

A great science fiction novel. Well-written and with thoughtful characters.