Hmmm, I'm puzzled by this raisins vs sultanas thing. Do you find raisins dry and shriveled compared to sultanas? Do you prefer sultanas because they're plump and juicy? If so, I suspect you've had flame raisins. I usually bought Thompson raisins in the US, and I can't tell any difference between them and sultanas.

I'll have to try Runaways! I've been enjoying Vaughn's writing in Saga, and I liked his run in Buffy S8. Haha, I tried to give people easy letters (RSTLN), that's funny about the book titles.

(I don't care for Tolkien's prose either, BTW.)