Book Recc post.

[dragonjournal]

Alright, so let me lay this out:

I will read just about anything. I like a lot of different things. I tend to read more fantasy than anything else, but will read just about any fiction. I've gotten into a lot of YA lately and seem to be churning my way through that. Nonfiction I'm very particular on and will read what I want there.

What I want is a list of books/series that you my dear readers think that I should look into. Give me a To Be Read pile. I don't really have one.

Currently I have the following out from the library:

The Warrior Heir Cinda Williams*
The Wizard Heir Cinda Wiliams
Graceling Kristin Cashore
Beyond the Valley of Thorns Patrick Carman
Wolverine: Weapon X Marc Cerasini
The Dark Griffin K.J. Taylor
I am Scrooge: A Zombie Story for Christmas Adam Roberts
Shadowfall James Clemens
The Priest of Blood Douglas Clegg

So, that's what I have out right now.

I have read Mercedes Lackey - pretty much everything, really and don't really care for Anne McCaffrey. But, give me books. Again, I'll read just about anything and have plans to be buying the books of a few people I know that are now published. (Katey, looking at you, dude!)

*Just finished this one like... ten minutes ago. It's a good, solid, book and I think a lot of people would enjoy it. There's a wizard society that lives amongst us and they hold tournaments using those born with 'warrior stones' to fight their battles. I found it interesting and will be getting the third book The Dragon Heir when I can.

Comments

[clare_dragonfly]

Hey, I have Graceling out from the library too! :D

Hmm, OK, let me think of some stuff that I've really enjoyed lately. (Looking backwards through my Goodreads read list.)
The Scorpio Races by Maggie Stiefvater--YA-ish (older YA, I guess) fantasy with water horses!
Ash by Malinda Lo--YA fantasy lesbian Cinderella retelling
Far North by Marcel Theroux--frequently surprising and dark post-apoc
Chime by Franny Billingsley--again, YA, with faeries! and... well, it's a hard-to-describe book
Blood Red Road by Moira Young--more YA, this one also post-apocalyptic
Anna Dressed in Blood by Kendare Blake--YA urban fantasy about ghost hunting
Hex Hall series by Rachel Hawkins; Hex Hall, Demonglass, and the upcoming Spell Bound--YA fantasy with a boarding school for faeries, witches, and shapeshifters (and one vampire)
Divergent by Veronica Roth--YA dystopia, frequently compared to the Hunger Games, but with a decidedly different universe, IMO

And uh... that's probably enough for now, I think? :D

[dragonjournal]

I just finished Graceling this morning. I'd be interested to hear what you think about it.