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FaeryLady is offline FaeryLady Post #21  November 9,2008, 2:32pm
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retrocat,282939 wrote :

The Xanth series by Piers Anthony is great, and very funny,too
this was going to be my recommendations as well. Oldie but goodie.
 
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jayel,330828 wrote :

For a fun, quick but exceptional series, read Stephanie Meyer's Twighlight series. They are meant for YA but I loved them. There are a few pages in the second book that actually gave me goosebumps. Not for what they said but for what they didn't say.
I read all 4 books in 6 days. Not sure if they consider that obsesive or not... I guess you could say I really liked the books and am looking forward to the movie.
 
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FaeryLady,332084 wrote :

jayel,330828 wrote :


For a fun, quick but exceptional series, read Stephanie Meyer's Twighlight series. They are meant for YA but I loved them. There are a few pages in the second book that actually gave me goosebumps. Not for what they said but for what they didn't say.


I read all 4 books in 6 days. Not sure if they consider that obsesive or not... I guess you could say I really liked the books and am looking forward to the movie.
I would DEFINATELY have to agree. I can beat you FaeryLady though. 4 books in 3 days. I actually forgot to eat for about 30 hours. (You know somethings good when you don't even miss food) They are geared more toward the Young Adult section, but I think that the main ideas of the book can transcend any age. And I agree with Jayel, during parts of the second book I literally re read passages 5 or 6 times just because they astounded me so much, and exactly for the same reason, not for what they said, but for what the lack of words could make you feel. Amazing. The books are a little hefty, starting with about 500 pages and going up from there, but it is an easy read, you don't have to think a tremendous amount to make everything work and make sense.


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Excellent suggestions by all; I was completely inspired to dig into my storage and pull out my old Xanth books. Those puns really never do get old, do they?





I'm surprised, though, (unless I skimmed over it- if so, whoops!) that no one mentioned Anne Bishop's Black Jewels Trilogy . It's made up of Daughter of the Blood, Heir to the Shadows, and Queen of the Darkness . Awesome characters (female and male, incidentally), gripping storyline, completely a suck-you-in universe; and then, when it's all finished, she has three companion pieces so you're not left bereft.





Fabulous read that I've drawn through at least four times since I first picked up the trilogy.
 
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LizziePooh, wrote :

Are there any fantasy readers out there? I am in need of some suggestions. I have run out of stuff to read and the last few books I picked up have not been very good. Below are a few authors that I have already read and enjoyed just to give you an idea of what I like.


I am not a big Sci-Fi reader (way too technical for me). I did enjoy Weber's Honor Harrington series and would not mind any Sci-Fi series suggestions if they have some likeablecharacters in them.


Any suggestions would be appreciated. If you are into fantasy, then I would recommend reading the series from the authors mentioned above.


Thanks!
If you like fantasy, particularly paranormal fantasy, you gotta, gotta gotta read Kim Harrison! i used to like Laurel K Hamilton (also lost interest around the Narcissus& Obsidian books), and discovered Kim (who by the way is awesome in person!!). She also personally recommended Jeanine Frost, Karen Chance, Patricia Briggs & Vicki Petterson. Each of these writers includes more than one "breed" in their paranormal fantasy, which to me makes it all the more interesting! Also check out Mary Janice Davidson (Undead series). The nice thing is that each of these authors has a series ongoing so you can really get hooked. Enjoy!!


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Steven Brust. All of his stuff is exceptional. My taste runs to the Vlad Taltos series starting with Jhereg, but the Kháavren Romances (romances in the Alexandre Dumás sense, not the 'romance novel' sense) starting with Five Hundred Years Afterare good, too, if you like the Dumás-like writing style.


Tolkien, of course, but I'd definitely start with The Hobbit before I dove into Lord of the Rings.


Some of the selections by others have edged towards Sci-Fi, and if you're going there I have no better recommendation that C.J. Cherryh. Again, my personal tastes in her work run to the Chanur books, but all of her other work is amazing. Hammerfall and the sequels read much more like fantasy than sci-fi, despite the other-world settings.


There are many others, but those would be my top pics.
 
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Still taking suggestions, Lizzie?


The Harry Potter series is fabulous. Took me several years to get through the first book lol but once i got past chapter 4, i was hooked to the very end of book 7.


Douglas Adams? Does that qualify in your genre here?


Song of Albion trilogy by Stephen R. Lawhead.


All of those are pretty easy reading.
 
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Try The Alchemist by Michael Scott. This is a YA book but its very rich and complex. A great read, incorporating true historical figures along with almost all major mythological creatures.


And if you are into Greek mythology, try the Percy Jackson series by Rick Riordan. These are quick fun reads and a great introduction to Greek mythology.
 
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Had a hard time getting into Brust but not sure if I gave it a fair shake.


Enjoy:


Kim Harrison (have met her-she is very very nice) The Dead Witch walking books


Rob Thurman (Cal Liendros books),


Amy Lane's Vulnerable (if you like Fairies, vampires and trolls oh my -first book of hers is the best),


Tany Huff's Keeper series (talking cats and a portal to hell in the basement heh,),


Anything Christopher Moore,


Jacqueline Carey,


LILITH SAINTCROW (Dante Valentine series)


Marjorie Lieu-Iron Hunt


For good suspense:Larry Brooks is awsome


Lyda Moorehouse-Archangel Protocol series (some out of print now)


If you stop at Blue Moon---Laurell K Hamilton (although I am loathe to recommend anyone purchase the books)


J.R. Ward-Black Dagger Brotherhood


Early Sherilyn Kenyon
 
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There's a series about a girl named Pepper Martin, who ends up doing investigations for ghosts after an accident causes her to have the ability to see and hear them. Author is Casey Daniels.


Titles include: Don of the Dead, Tombs of Endearment, The Chick and the Dead.
 
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