2010: Reading what I want
Last year I didn't read much at all. And I think I forgot to keep track of everything I did read, in fact. 2009 was the year Knitting took over as my number one free time activity. Knitting totally stomped all over everything else. But I'd like to have 2010 be a year in which I find a balance between all my hobbies. So hopefully I'll read more
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Howl's Moving Castle, by Diana Wynn Jones
Ella Enchanted, by Gail Carson Levine
The Last Unicorn, by Peter S. Beagle
The Myth- series by Robert Asprin (I enjoyed this when I was a teen and the idea of fantasy-comedy was new to me... I'm not sure if I'd still enjoy it. I'm afraid it might feel kind of dated and sexist by today's standards)
I have to second the people who recommended Sir Terry Pratchett's books. Since the Discworld series is pretty big, it might be easier to sort of ease in by picking one of the sub-series and following that. Depending on what you're interested in, you can choose from:
- The Death series, starting with the adventures of a young man who becomes apprenticed to Death (Mort, Reaper Man, Soul Music, Hogfather)
- The Ankh Morpork Night Watch series, about some cops dealing with the biggest city on the Discworld (Guards Guards, Men At Arms, Feet of Clay, Jingo, The Fifth Elephant, Night Watch, Thud!)
- The Witches of Lancre series (Equal Rites, Wyrd Sisters, Witches Abroad, Lords and Ladies, Maskerade, Carpe Jugulum)
- Rincewind and the Wizards of Unseen University
There are also a few stand-alone books, plus some YA books that take place on the Discworld. "The Amazing Maurice and his Educated Rodents" is a standalone YA Discworld book, and there's also the Tiffany Aching series:
Wee Free Men, A Hat Full of Sky, and Wintersmith. There's supposed to be a final book to the series, which I'm looking forward to very much.
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oftherain, if you would like to borrow any of the first three suggestions twotone has listed, i can lend them to you. (they're all great!)
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