Books!

[first_seventhe]

I am planning on writing up a workout post, and I probably will this afternoon, but I want to get this particular post out there before I forget

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[katmillia]

The Queen's Fool by Philippa Gregory (halfway between brain and serious haha)
The Golden Compass by Phillip Pullman (it's technically YA)

Those are good for vacays.

[first_seventhe]

OI I LOVE THE GOLDEN COMPASS. <3 <3

[katmillia]

I'll try to come up with more... but all the books I read are like LONG haha and not short reads!

[first_seventhe]

Long is OK because I actually read really fast. As long as I can fit it in my suitcase, haha!

I just want to have a nice long list in case the library doesn't have a lot of choices.

[shanaqui]

>> The Dark Is Rising, Susan Cooper. (The sequence order: Over Sea Under Stone, The Dark is Rising, Greenwitch, The Grey King, Silver on the Tree.) I mean it. I'm considering rereading it for the sixth time this year, I love it so much. Yes, they're children's books, but the characters and concepts are lovely. See here for many reasons why I love it.

Predictability over with, I really like Ursula Le Guin's Changing Planes for something easy to read (yet also touching and not just rubbish). It's basically a lot of short stories joined together by a common theme, talking about different "planes" you can visit when you're stuck in an airport.

And finally anything by Neil Gaiman. For quick reading, I go Neverwhere and/or Stardust. For something I can sink my teeth into, American Gods and Anansi Boys.

[first_seventhe]

I figured The Dark is Rising was coming. <3 We shall see if the library wants to provide! It's probably time to read those, anyway. >.>

Thanks!

[eerian_sadow]

the anita blake books. that's fifteen books all in one rec. ;)

[venefica_aura]

Since you probably want some lighter reading, I'm going to rec either anthologies (because you get tidbit stories) or nerdy stuff.

Tart Noir by Stella Duffy and Lauren Henderson. --I just got it in the mail and the stories are just deliciously dark humored and a nice twist on the normal detective/noir novel.

The Physics of Christmas: From the Aerodynamics of Reindeer to the Thermodynamics of Turkey by Roger Highfield. --Fun engineering. Omg, so nerdy and fun.

Strange Things Sometimes Still Happen: Fairy Tales from Around the World by Angela Carter (Editor), Corinna Sargood (Illustrator) --Probably my favorite fairytale anthology ever, because it's very diverse and some of the stories are just so OUT THERE that it's fun. Particularly the one about a mother giving birth to a cooking pot daughter. I AM NOT MAKING THIS UP.

Also, if you see any of the comic Fables there, it is made of awesome and wonderful. Really. Snow White KICKS ASS.

~Cendri

P.S. I held back on reccing any sci-fi, because I would go off forever and a day on that.

[first_seventhe]

Hey, I'm probably going to mem this post, so if you want to go nuts with recs, feel free!

[venefica_aura]

I just submitted to cockeyed_art oh god. I FEAR.

~Cendri

[first_seventhe]

Don't fear us! We're all rather nice.

shit this means I have to do something, doesn't it

[aesriella]

In terms ooof light + engaging, I'd read the Bartimaeus trilogy by Jonathan Stroud (first one is..Amulet of Samarkand, I think?)because, hell, I don't care that they're "children's" books if adult literature was this well written I'd be screaming with joy.

If you're at all interested in journalism or just LIFE for a slightly more serious tack I really recommend Kate Adie, especially her autobiography "The Kindness of Strangers". Austen's Emma, though LITTERATCHUR is actually really light and fun if you like that sort of thing.

Uhh,,,Travelling Light (Naomi Mitchison), if you want a play Wilde's An Ideal Husband or The Importance of Being Earnest..

Oh, and if you can GET it over there, "Millions" (Frank Cottrell Boyce) is another really light, really fun read.

TT Can you tell that this is all the stuff I'd be reading if I wasn't drwning in Coleridge XD?

[first_seventhe]

Excellent! These are all books I haven't had suggested before; I'm quite excited. XD

[aesriella]

^^ My reading is so utterly eclectic it isn't even funny. I'm one of those "THIS PORN HAS INCORRECT USE OF PREPOSITIONS" types XD.

Hope you get a kick out of any and all of these bks ^^. Enjoy yer trip.