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Trickster's Queen (Aliane) by Tamora Pierce

Lord Foul's Bane (The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever, Book 1) by Stephen R. Donaldson

The Novice (The Black Magician Trilogy, Book 2) by Trudi Canavan

Angel fire east by Terry Brooks

High Druid of Shannara. Jarka Ruus. by Terry Brooks

Mistress of the Empire (Empire Trilogy, Bk. 3) by Raymond Feist

Servant of the Empire by Raymond E. Feist

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CollectionsYour library (190), Currently reading (3), Wishlist (13), To read (11), Read but unowned (1), All collections (215)

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Tagsfantasy (181), childhood books (14), wishlist (13), non-fiction (9), classic (7), historical (7), science fiction (5), economics (5), tentative wishlist (4), psychology (3) — see all tags

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Favorite authorsJoe Abercrombie, Anne Bishop, Stephen R. Donaldson, Raymond E. Feist, Neil Gaiman, Malcolm Gladwell, Guy Gavriel Kay, George R. R. Martin, Terry Pratchett, J. R. R. Tolkien (Shared favorites)

About meSigned up with the hope to find recommendations on well written fantasy books. I read other genres as well, but fantasy is what I've grown up with and I always find my way back.

I've somewhat tired of a) reading the same theme over and over and b) really badly written books which unfortunately are not uncommon in fantasy (and probably other genres as well).

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About my librarySo far, only contains books purchased via the internet over the last couple of years (read: books which were relatively easy to import). So this is in no way a complete list as I love to shop in real bookshops and being able to flip through the pages before deciding.

Ordered and received a CueCat, which will hopefully make adding the rest of my books a bit easier. Now I just need to find the time to scan the remaining books..

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Member sinceAug 3, 2008

Currently readingGrande Expectations: A Year in the Life of Starbucks' Stock by Karen Blumenthal
The First Book of Lankhmar by Fritz Leiber
Junky: The Definitive Text of 'Junk' (Penguin Modern Classics) by William S. Burroughs

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Nice review of "Pawn of Prophecy". Lots of people like it, but I just can't get past about page 15 or so. I almost started it back up, but came here looking for some stunning reviews to get me motivated. Glad to see I'm not alone. I think I'll try another author.

posted by annexlad2 at 11:20 pm (EST) on Oct 25, 2008

My impression of A Feast for Crows (about 600 pages in) is that it's not as compelling as the first three. I do miss some of the main characters as well, but my main annoyance is that nothing significant has really happened. I'm not seeing how a lot of these secondary plot lines are actually going to tie into the larger picture and make a difference.

The latest I've heard on the release of A Dance with Dragons is Spring '09. Just keeps getting pushed back.

Steven
http://steventill.com

posted by StevenTill at 6:28 pm (EST) on Oct 2, 2008

Always nice to find other fans of Martin. I still have A Feast for Crows left to read in ASOIF. I'm about half-way through it now. How did you like it?


Steven
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posted by StevenTill at 3:14 pm (EST) on Sep 25, 2008

Haha! It sounds like you and I have alot in common, Adara. I, like yourself, really love the fantasy genre, but am getting a little frustrated by recurring plot lines...especially when they are written poorly! I'm on a mad hunt for really unique fantasy, so if you have any recommendations, I'd love to hear them!

Also like you, I have that horrible compulsion that won't let me stop reading something once I've begun - that's actually the very reason I avoid Terry Brooks! I'm not a big fan of his, either, so I've avoided the Shannara series(es) like the plague.

As of yet, I've actaully read nothing of Joe Abercrombie's. You enjoyed his books, then? Hmmmm. Perhaps I will have to hunt them down, though I am on a bit of a book-buying hiatus. (My book collection has outgrown my living space about twice over, and I have sub-concious fears of finally breaking through the floor and meeting my downstairs neighbors in a very unpleasant fashion)!

And I am always impatient for the next Martin book!

posted by glowboat at 3:44 am (EST) on Aug 12, 2008

Thanks, adara, for adding me to your interesting libraries list, and welcome, a little belatedly, to librarything! I love it here, and I always enjoy to talk literature, especially fantasy!

posted by glowboat at 9:05 pm (EST) on Aug 6, 2008

Thanks for adding me. I see we have quite bit of overlap. There's some stuff in your library I still want to read too. If you're still looking for recommendations, visit us at fantasybookspot.com. It's where a lot of my reviews are hosted. Plenty of like-minded people there.

Val

posted by Valashain at 3:43 pm (EST) on Aug 5, 2008

Thanks for adding me to the interesting libraries! :)

posted by alchymyst at 12:54 pm (EST) on Aug 5, 2008

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