Polling for great justice!

In the space of 11 days, I slept in 6 different beds, one of which was actually a couch. I also went to A-Kon, spent 4 days on my regular schedule, spent 6 ½ hours in a car on Saturday and 7 ½ (there was a detour) on Sunday, and am now working 9 hour days Monday through Thursday of this week so I can have Friday off without using vacation time for the whole day. Which is my way of saying that I’m going around in a regular state of OMG TIRED. My inner voracious reader’s response to this, apparently, is to want to just read romance novels, and nothing else. This actually makes perfect sense, as part of why many who read primarily romance novels (and many who break in their reader britches on them) read so much is that the prose, rather good or bad (and it can range from very good to very very very bad), is typically straightforward and easy to read.

Which is my way of saying this post is a “tell me what to read” poll. (And if you have no opinion on any books listed, you can choose best/worst/cheesiest/most cracktastic title!)


actual poll only at LJ, as I can't do polls at DW

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Also, I am a bad bad bad sales pimper, as I completely forgot to mention over the last few days the rightstuf has all Yen products on sale for 33% off with the codeword, and 40% off with membership.  Sale ends Thursday.

I haven't read much of their manga, but I enjoy most of their manhwa that I've read.

The King of Attolia by Megan Whalen Turner

Though the entire series is billed as YA, only The Thief actually YA, IMO, and really mostly because the lead character is fairly young, and the plotline mostly an adventure with good twists. The other two books, while not inappropriate for teenagers, are much more adult and darker, and deal largely with politics and motivations and various interpersonal relationships.

The King of Attolia shifts the narrative focus away from the main characters of the first two books and shows them through the perspective of Costis, a young soldier who makes what should be a fatal misstep, but ends up in the middle of political schemes and dueling factions due to his new king’s whim.

Like all books in the series, this is best read knowing as little as possible about the plot (including reading the back cover copy). Spoilers include spoilers for “Eddis,” the short story in the paperback version, but not the hardcover.

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