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[meganbmoore]

To cleanse my brain and remind myself that Cassie Edwards is not representative of the entire genre, I shall read a couple of good romance novels next. Well, Loretta Chase and Elizabeth Thornton usually write good books, so I shall assume the recent book by each that I have is good. Uhm...seriously...most things would look good right now. After that, I shall return to epic fantasy because...uhm...it's all, novelwise, I seem to really be inthe mood for the last couple months. Due to yesterday's infusion, I have...a wide selection. The first 4 are continuations of series I'm already reading. The others, as far as I know, are the first books of their series. If I am wrong, I feel I should be told.

[Poll #1126501]

And, since I am in the mood, fantasy vids.

This one cracks me up because of the song choice(yet, I can't 100% say it's inappropriate)

And, because nothing says "love" like an abducted, injured woman...

Comments

[fivil.livejournal.com]

I voted Broken Crown because I misread it "Broken Clown" and thought that was awfully amusing. However, I've never even heard of any of these books so..

[estara.livejournal.com]

And if you really love Michelle West and want some good fantasy romance, buy her Cast in-Series at Luna. It has some romance (with rivals) but the main attraction is her world-building, great characters and the main heroine.

http://www.eharlequin.com/author.html?authorid=266

[chomiji]

I can't imagine any good reason to read anything by Terry Brooks. He's been writing weak Tolkien imitations since I was in college (and we know how long ago that was ... ).

Tad Williams is "meh" to me, and I haven't heard of any of the rest of those books ... but I've heard some good things about Locke Lamora. >/p>

ETA: Just found a couple good reviews of In the Cities of Coin and Spice, so that's another one for Valente. (I don't know if the polling program will let me add another vote.)

[fire-snake.livejournal.com]

I like Tad Williams, so I am all for the Dragonbone Chair. On the minus side, the four books (the last book of the trilogy has two parts) are pretty thick. On the plus side, there are only four of them with a decent story arch and no sequels. If you are into semi-historical fantasy, you can try Gavriel Kay (probably my favorite fantasy author), and early Turtledove.

[crumpeteer.livejournal.com]

Well, I went and bought Willow as I can't remember it after all these years.