I've recently been gorging myself on books by never (by me) before read authors, and have been very successful. I'd especially like to recommend:

The Chronicles of Siala by Alexey Pehov (translated from Russian by Andrew Bromfield). A trilogy including:
Shadow Prowler
Shadow Chaser
Shadow BlizzardThis is a high fantasy heist action adventure ( Read more... )

Help!  I'm running out of books.
Click on the lj-cut below to see a list of all the books I've read this year.

As you can see by the lack of stars, I'm constantly running out of books -- I am in many cases reading the same ones over and over again. I'd LOVE suggestions -- especially fantasy -- of new books to read. Basically, I've probably read/ ( Read more... )

Books Read 2009

1.      House of Many Ways - Diana Wynne Jones

2.      The Golem’s Eye - Jonathan Stroud

3.      The Twits - Roald Dahl

4.      Ptolemy’s Gate - Jonathan Stroud

5.      Jennifer Murdley’s Toad - Bruce Coville

6.      The World’s Worst Fairy Godmother - Bruce Coville

7.      Coraline - Neil Gaiman

8.      The Better Mousetrap - Tom Holt

9.   ( Read more... )

Books Read 2008:

1.           Dogsbody - Diana Wynne Jones

2.           The Field Guide - Tony DiTerlizzi and Holly Black

3.           All Hallows’ Eve - Vivian Vande Velde

4.           The Princess Bride - William Goldman

5.           The Night the Heads Came - William Sleator

6.           The Fellowship of the Ring - J.R.R. Tolkien

7.           The ( Read more... )