What other books do you read?

[myng.livejournal.com]

Hi,

I'm newly de-lurked and was commenting on threads elsewhere when I realised that some of us here share the same tastes in similar books (quite a few of us here like the Miles books also). So I was wondering if you all would like to share favourite titles on your bookshelf? I'm always looking for good books to read and think recommendations from people who share my love for some of my fave books would turn out great most of the time.

Shall I begin? Some of my favourite titles aside from The Thief/QOA/KOA:

Sci fic/fantasy/paranormal stuff:
1. The Miles Vorkosigan series, Lois McMaster Bujold
2. The Weather Warden series, Rachel Caine
3. The Temeraire books, Naomi Novik
4. The Archangel books, Sharon Shinn
5. Tigana, Guy Gavriel Kay

Light/Cozy mysteries:
1. The Madeline Bean mysteries, Jerrilyn Farmer
2. Abby Cooper (Psychic eye mysteries), Victoria Laurie
3. The early Stephanie Plum books, Janet Evanovich

YA:
1. Princess Academy/Goose Girl, Shannon Hale
2. Uglies/Pretties/Specials, Scott Westerfeld
3. Summers in Castle Auburn, Sharon Shinn
4. Silver Metal Lover, Tanith Lee
5. Many Heinlein juveniles
6. Some of Meg Cabot's non-princess books
7. The Harry Potters

Currently starting: The Decoy Princess, Dawn Cook (hope this is good!)

That's all from the top of my head...hope this thread hasn't been too out of topic for the Community.

Comments

[willow-41z.livejournal.com]

I've seen the Libba Bray books in the library but held off on reading them. Is there a lot of supernatural stuff, or is it more magic?

[dh684.livejournal.com]

Not sure I understand the distinction, but early on, in the first book, the main character has these premonitions and she is visited by a young girl spirit. It's very gothic - she's at this boarding school for young ladies in the middle of nowhere. Later on, I think about midway through, she discovers she has this ability to move between worlds, bringing along her friends, into this magical realm where all their desires become reality upon first thought. The girls become addicted, drunk on their new powers. Of course, they're playing with fire, the unfortunate consequences of which are played out by book's end.

I ended up borrowing these books from the library. In the end, I didn't need to own them. While they're interesting books, the characters aren't always sympathetic.