I'm currently reading Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell and loving it, despite thinking for a moment that the library had accidentally given me a dictionary. Now I wish it was longer... I don't want it to end!
Before that I greatly enjoyed The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer & Annie Barrows. I avoided it for a long time, fearing it was that variety of sentimental historical fiction that I usually dislike. But I've got a soft spot for WWII stories and decided to give it a try. It was kind of wonderful.
In an entirely different category, I LOVED the Kiki Strike books by Kirsten Miller. So much fun.
And I highly, highly, HIGHLY recommend A Curse Dark as Gold by Elizabeth C. Bunce. A memorable, in-depth, gorgeously detailed, suspenseful, character-driven retelling of Rumpelstiltskin set in a world similar to England during the industrial revolution. It'll appeal to fans of Robin McKinley's Beauty and the BBC drama North & South, if you can picture that combination!
Also by Bunce, StarCrossed, featuring the kind of thief we all seem to love hereabouts. ;) The sequel, Liar's Moon is coming out sometime this year.
And I enjoyed the world of Incarceron and Sapphique by Catherine Fisher (even though I'm not into steampunk). I'm disappointed there doesn't seem to be a book 3 in the works, however, since book 2 didn't tie up the story to my satisfaction.
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Date: 5/8/11 12:32 am (UTC)Before that I greatly enjoyed The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer & Annie Barrows. I avoided it for a long time, fearing it was that variety of sentimental historical fiction that I usually dislike. But I've got a soft spot for WWII stories and decided to give it a try. It was kind of wonderful.
In an entirely different category, I LOVED the Kiki Strike books by Kirsten Miller. So much fun.
And I highly, highly, HIGHLY recommend A Curse Dark as Gold by Elizabeth C. Bunce. A memorable, in-depth, gorgeously detailed, suspenseful, character-driven retelling of Rumpelstiltskin set in a world similar to England during the industrial revolution. It'll appeal to fans of Robin McKinley's Beauty and the BBC drama North & South, if you can picture that combination!
Also by Bunce, StarCrossed, featuring the kind of thief we all seem to love hereabouts. ;) The sequel, Liar's Moon is coming out sometime this year.
And I enjoyed the world of Incarceron and Sapphique by Catherine Fisher (even though I'm not into steampunk). I'm disappointed there doesn't seem to be a book 3 in the works, however, since book 2 didn't tie up the story to my satisfaction.