Books!

[icepixie]

Quick, someone rec me a book or three. My biweekly library trip is tomorrow and I'm fresh out of ideas for things to read.

Please?

(Although I suppose I could just read fic, watch TV, and force myself to write over the next two weeks if I'm bookless...or I could delve further into my shelf of Classics I've Totally Been Meaning To Read For A While Now But Never Will Until Just This Sort of Situation...)

ETA: Most of you know my tastes, but for those of you who don't, I'll read practically anything except a straight romance. I have particular penchants for sci-fi, fantasy, quirky literary/mainstream fiction, humor of any stripe, travel writing, and historical novels or nonfiction, but really, anything goes.

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[rensong.livejournal.com]

The Green Rider (http://www.amazon.com/Green-Rider-Kristen-Britain/dp/0886778581/ref=pd_bbs_sr_2/002-5433181-7986410?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1182040434&sr=8-2) and its sequel First Riders Call by Kristin Britian are two of my favorite fantasy-kinda books. And a third one is set to come out in November (it says July at amazon.com, but it says November at her website, so I'm going with the November date).

Also, my all time favorite fantasy series ever would be The Immortals Series (http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_ss_b/002-5433181-7986410?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=tamora+pierce+Immortals+series&Go.x=0&Go.y=0&Go=Go) by Tamora Pierce. Its originally intended for young adults - which I was, in fact, when I first read it back in 1997 or there abouts. Since then, however, it has become an annual thing, and I have read it at least tend times over the years because I love it so much. However, there are lots of talking animals involved, so if that ain't really your thing (hey, you *said* fantasy! ;) ), you might want to look into something else.

Also, if they have it, The 10th Kingdom (http://www.amazon.com/Tenth-Kingdom-Kathryn-Wesley/dp/0007102658/ref=pd_bbs_sr_2/002-5433181-7986410?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1182040930&sr=1-2) is a good one, too. It was a mini series on NBC? back around 2000, but as with all movies, there is also a book - though whether the movie proceeded the book or a written version - which I think is better, even though there really isn't much difference between the two - came out after the mini series, is anyone's guess, but I adore both. It can been taken as kind the sequel to the original Grimm fairy tales, set 200 years later when it has been discovered that "happily ever after didn't last quite as long as we hoped". Its another one that I have read numerous times since it first came out.

I could suggest more, but I think I stop for now. :)

[icepixie]

You're the third person to rec the Immortals series, so I think I should check it out.

Tried Green Rider. Don't remember why I never finished it (this was a while ago).

10th Kingdom sounds awesome!

[rensong.livejournal.com]

The Immortals series is the ultimate feel-good kind of story. Yeah, a few not so fun things happen, but all of it rated PG or less (maybe PG-13 for Realm of the Gods because there is kissing and a little sap, but don't let that stop you!) I tend to read it when I'm sick in bed and have a whole bunch of time to lie around and do nothing, and I can (and have) gone through all four books over the course of two days).

I don't know why I love The Green Rider, but it is also working its way up there in rereads. The second one wasn't as good, but it has it's moments, and the nice thing about rereading a book is you can skip over the bits you don't like so much.

And 10th Kingdom is *totally* awesome. I'd suggest reading the book before seeing the movie, but considering the movie is, quite literally, 6 and a half hours long (the full edition might possibly be seven hours), it's not like it really leaves much out. I only suggest the book reading first because some of the physical descriptions of the characters differ a bit from the actors who play them in the movie, and I personally like the description of them in the book better, even though - since i did see the movie first - the actors who played them are the ones who show up in my head when I reread it. But still, The 10th Kingdom will forever rate as a favorite on the book *and* movie scale for me.

/ramble
I really didn't intend for it to get this long, honest. I am such a book whore.