prisoner_24601 | A request...

Since I seem to be stuck in a reading rut, I thought I'd ask you all to recommend some books for me. At the moment, I'm having a rather difficult time finding books that look interesting enough to bother reading. I'm right in the middle of reading Jingo by Terry Pratchett and The Hallowed Hunt by Lois McMaster Bujold, and while I love both of these authors to death (Bujold is one of my all time favorites for her Vorkosigan series), these two particular books aren't doing a hell of a lot for me. I'm kind of stalled out reading them (I've taken to re-reading both the Dresdon Files books and the Miles Vorkosigan books instead of finishing them), but every time I go to the bookstore and browse I can't seem to find anything that captures my attention.

So I'm turning to you all for help. Recommend a couple of books for me (and when you do so, tell me why you like the book). I'm pretty open to any genre or style, although I do admit that while I'm a sucker for a good romance, I detest 99% of romance novels out there. I also am not a big fan of most fantasy books (because seriously, if it has hot elves in it, I instantly tune out), but have enjoyed the occasional fantasy novel. Non fiction is also fair game, even though I tend not to read much, but I suspect that there are some seriously interesting books out there. Comic books are also fair game as well, although I like to read things in the trade paperback format and finished story arcs.

I very much like books that are *different* from the norm, or take an old, worn out idea and do something new with it.

Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

Heh you know, I bought the farseer trilogy, I just keep getting stuck on the first few chapters. While the book is clearly well written, I just can't seem to stit down and make headway with it. Maybe it's my mood. I think I'm probably going to let it sit for a month and try again later.

Yeah, the first few chapters were a bit slow in the first trilogy, but it's worth working your way through.

Also, read stuff by Barbara Hambly. No Mary-Sue's with god-like powers there. Gritty!

BaM

You know, I've read some Barbara Hambly, but not her sci-fi/fantasy stuff, but her mystery stuff. Her Free Man of Color mystery series about a black detective back in pre Civil War New Orleans is really rather cool. So I think I'm going to have to take your suggestion on that, I'm just not sure where to start lol.

Either the Windrose Chronicles (The Silent Tower is the first book) or the Winterlands (Dragonsbane is the first book) series are good.

Me, I think I might now check out teh Free Man of Color one.

BaM

A request...

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