Book List

[elbereth1368]

I'm looking to put together a list of books to read over the next year. The problem is I don't have any recommendations! I was hoping if any of you had a few of your own favorites to recommend me. :D I really haven't read a book (by my own will) other than LOTR for four years, hehe, so I'd really appreciate a little help, because I can never find a

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[febobe]

Ooooooh! I'd love to recommend some for you, and have several in mind - could you tell me a bit about your tastes, though, so I'll have an idea, or are you completely and totally open?

Cheers,
Febobe :)

[elbereth1368]

Oh, I'm open to anything! Please, feel free to recommend whatever you wish! :D

You asked for it. . . ;)

[febobe]

*griiiiiiiiiiins

The List!

[febobe]

Special Recommendations for A! Elbereth

Fiction
Dark of the Gods by P.C. Hodgell (Sequel: Seeker's Mask)
Tathea by Anne Perry (Sequel: Come Armageddon)
Princes in Exile by Mark Schreiber
Breath by Donna Jo Napoli (I recently recommended this to one of my doctors as a gift for his daughter.)
Mary Reilly by Valerie Martin (If you haven't read Robert Louis Stevenson's Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde, please do so first! It'll make all the difference! :D )
Blood and Chocolate by Annette Curtis Klause
The Silver Kiss by Annette Curtis Klause
Matilda Bone by Karen Cushman
Catherine, Called Birdy by Karen Cushman
Ella Enchanted by Gale Carson Levine (There's a movie based on this one coming out April 9, so you may want to try and read it before then. . . .)
The Two Princesses of Bamarre by Gale Carson Levine (Even better than Ella Enchanted!)
The Claidi Journals by Tanith Lee (There are about four books or so thus far - collectively called The Claidi Journals; the titles begin with "Wolf" generally. While she writes a lot of adult stuff, these

[angiet]

The Songliners by Bruce Chatwin

[baylorsr]

What kind of books do you enjoy? To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee is one of my all-time favorites.

[dorakate]

I recommend The Eyre Affair, Lost In A Good Book and The Well of Lost Plots, all by Jasper Fforde. I haven't read the latter, but the two prequels were amazing. Good luck!

[slipperieslope]

Please, pardon me for butting in but might I recommend "The Lovely Bones". That has been both the most disturbing yet life affirming book I have read in quite awhile. Now, I will tiptoe back out quietly like a good librarian. Bye.