One good example is when she was banished to take care of Old Uncle by the fire during the new harper’s arrival. And her family never has a kind word, or pauses enough in their selfish endeavors to realize their narcissistic reactions to every tiny thing she does. She gets beaten for having a four second mistake. I mean, she gets threatened with a beating for asking a question. So to see the juxtaposition of her being in the abusive, ignorant, and hypocritical family (and hold, which follows the family as they’re the Holders) hurts. She writes catchy songs and is a deeply compassionate, kind person. M: Menolly is a fifteen year old girl who is a musical prodigy. And I recently remembered that I did a university assignment to design a unit of work around the first book! It definitely made an impact… And the first true time (at least in Dragonsong and Dragonsinger ) that we have a female protagonist, which is nice. M: Out of all the books, this set is my absolute favourite (can’t wait to see if that still stands come the end of this). T: To be fair, Wikipedia says Anne recommended reading the Harper Hall books before The White Dragon, so I’m comfortable with our decision! And having read it in this order, I stand by this. M: First, I think I should point out this is the only time Tehani and I decided to read out of publication order, because this trilogy has so much to do with the White Dragon and the landscape there-in. Pern Series – The Harper Hall Trilogy ( Dragonsong, Dragonsinger and Dragondrums ) They are reading in Anne McCaffrey’s preferred way, which is basically publication order. Tehani and Marisol bonded over Pern (and Doctor Who) at a science fiction convention, decided that it was time for a reread of the series, and really, they should blog about that.

Dragonsong trilogy