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Breea G

Breea G

I'm a consummate reader and truly enjoy the escape and mind expanding qualities a great book can provide. I work at night and go to school during the day so my books are usually ingested in small periods between classes in normal book form, and at night on audio books.
  • Portland, OR, USA
  • member since July 5 2009

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  • PhoenixFalls

    PhoenixFalls says

    No, not like Piers Anthony at all. I think way better, though I did enjoy the Incarnations of Immortality. They're much more traditional high fantasy, though in a Spanish influenced setting rather than a French, English, or Celtic one. The real strength of Bujold's writing is her excellent, non-traditional characterization and a wry, wise sense of humor. She's also really good at writing action scenes, something surprisingly rare, and she infuses her world with just the right hint of lived-in myth. I hope you enjoy them!

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  • PhoenixFalls

    PhoenixFalls says

    If you haven't tried them already, I'd recommend Lois McMaster Bujold's Chalion series. She's one of my favorite authors because she writes fantastic characters that are larger than life but not at all the SF and fantasy stereotypes, and in the Chalion books she has set up a really excellent system of gods that affect her characters and drive the action. The first novel is called The Curse of Chalion, and some people think it starts kind of slowly (I didn't have that problem, but I will admit that the action proper doesn't start until around page 150), but it really is one of the best fantasy novels I've ever read. There are two other novels in the series: Paladin of Souls (which is kind of a sequel, though only in the sense that it follows one of the minor characters after the resolution of The Curse of Chalion) and The Hallowed Hunt, which is in the same world but not the same country in that world and none of the characters from the previous two novels carry over. All are designed to be read independently, but I think the first is the strongest and therefore the perfect place to start. Bujold has also mentioned someday intending to write two more novels (there are five gods in her religious system and she wants each novel to focus on a different god) but you shouldn't feel frustrated if they take forever (or never get written at all) because as I mentioned above, each stands completely on its own.

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  • PhoenixFalls

    PhoenixFalls says

    I actually haven't read the Mistborn series yet. I did read Elantris by Sanderson, which I would definitely recommend if you liked Mistborn; it has a really interesting premise and is executed pretty well. What particularly do you like about Mistborn? I can try and recommend something from that.

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  • PhoenixFalls

    PhoenixFalls says

    Happy to meet you, and looking forward to discussing the genre!

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  • Laurie G

    Laurie G says

    Thank you for your friendship!!!!

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  • Kristel

    Kristel says

    Welcome to 1001 books. You can keep track of the books you have read from the book, 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die here and join in the discussions on the books we are reading for the month (from the book) or you can argue the merits of the list as some enjoy doing. We hope you will want to join in our discussions. The current books are at the top of the list for that month. If there is any way I or Mossflower can answer your questions about the group or about Shelfari, let us know.
    If you don’t own the book the list can be found http://www.listology.com/content_show.cfm?content_id=22845. A downloadable list of the second edition is available at http://johnandsheena.co.uk/books/?page_id=160.

    posted 6 months ago. ( send a note )


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