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[godiva696]

Hmmm... I've been tagged for the book meme. Yay!

01: Total number of books owned:

Ahem. I don't think I'll count them all. Over 1000, definitely...

02: The last book I bought?

The Wandering Unicorn by Manuel Mujica Lainez, on a whim inspired by epicyclical's book meme.

03: The last book I read/am currently reading?

Goddess of the Sea by P.C. Cast. Very

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[godiva696]

Bearing in mind that these aren't all great literature:

The Fire's Stone, Tanya Huff.

The Stone Prince, Fiona Patton.

Luck in the Shadows, Stalking Darkness, Traitor's Moon, Lynn Flewelling.

Night Sky Mine, Melissa Scott (female protagonist).

The Merro Tree, Katie Waitman. Er, watch out. This is interspecies, so if that squicks you, look away. Male to male, though! And I loved it.

Gaywyck, Vincent Virga - more Gothic supernatural than fantasy, and a trifle romance genre-esque, but fun all the same.

Drawing Blood, Poppy Z Brite - I wouldn't recommend her other works, but oh boy. This is a wonderful story; also more supernatural than anything else, but I wouldn't call it horror.

Breakaway, Joel Shepherd - borderline, as the protagonist isn't gay, but her best friend has a crush on her and keeps trying to sway her.

Warchild, Karin Lowachee. Included because, dammit, Jos and Niko are beyond beautiful together, even though nothing happens. Ever.

Cagebird, Karin Lowachee. Positively gay hero, in this one. It is the third in a series, but each book focuses on a different protagonist (and, incidentally, on a different front of the war: aliens, humans, pirates and there's a fourth coming out in a year or so. Very interesting way of examining the realities of intergalactic wars.).

Robin Hobb comes perilously close, in her Fool trilogy;
Tanya Huff's characters are generally bi at least, and a lot of Mercedes Lackey's characters are flexible;
everyone recommends Ellen Kushner (I don't really like her style, so I don't comment...);
apparently The Wandering Unicorn, which I haven't read yet, is about a mythical being who wishes to be a beautiful human so that she can woo her knight in shining armor, only she becomes a beautiful male...

I can't think of anything else at the moment, but I'll definitely be going through my bookshelves later today, as I really should have a master list somewhere.

[aleathiel]

Brilliant! Thank so so much. The only one there I've read is Robin Hobb's Fool trilogy (which I loved), so I'll have to search out the others.

[godiva696]

YOu're welcome. I'm a bit distressed to find that after *years* of searching, this is all I've managed to find. Sigh. But I'm glad that you've got some reading ahead of you! Enjoy, sweetheart.
Let it remind you that there is life after exams.

[aleathiel]

I have indeed and I've just ordered two off amazon to give me something to look forward to after the exams!

[godiva696]

LOL. You don't waste any time, do you?;-) Good on you.

[godiva696]

Oh yes. Have just remembered two more.

Wraeththu, Storm Constantine. Weirdness abounds...

Kirith Kirin, Jim Grimsley. Didn't like it much, but it should be included anyway.

And I have to say, Katharine Kerr's Dragon-Mage Cycle includes a certain amount of slash...