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Nov.-Dec. 2010 recommendation thread [message #35845]

Tue, 02 November 2010 12:38

Maren
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Location: Louisiana

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Here is where you can recommend favorite books to other readers. Any book mentioned here will automatically be added to our LibraryThing catalog.

[Updated on: Thu, 06 January 2011 15:19] by Moderator

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Re: Nov.-Dec. 2010 recommendation thread [message #36009 is a reply to message #35845 ]

Thu, 04 November 2010 15:10

Maureen E
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Registered: October 2008
Location: Indiana, USA

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A couple from last month:

Plain Kate by Erin Bow
Ship Breaker by Paolo Bacigalupi

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Re: Nov.-Dec. 2010 recommendation thread [message #36205 is a reply to message #35845 ]

Mon, 08 November 2010 16:38

Jabenami
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Registered: October 2010
Location: New York

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I just finished a really good YA book called "The Princess and the Hound" by Mette Ivie Harrison. The story itself feels almost like a fairy tale retelling, except it's an original story. Anyway, I thought it was excellent and highly recommend it.

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Mon, 08 November 2010 20:32

Melissa Mead
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I liked it. There are 2 sequels, but I haven't read them.

Member of Carpe Libris: http://carpelibris.wordpress.com/

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Re: Nov.-Dec. 2010 recommendation thread [message #36392 is a reply to message #35845 ]

Fri, 12 November 2010 03:34

Aelia
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Registered: September 2010
Location: California

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I recently read Elizabeth Bunce's A Curse Dark as Gold which is a Rumpelstiltskin retelling. It was fantastic, and I absolutely loved it.

It starts a bit slow, spending time on the world building (as many McKinley books do) so if you appreciate that aspect, by all means, read this one. It's brilliant.

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Re: Nov.-Dec. 2010 recommendation thread [message #36871 is a reply to message #35845 ]

Thu, 25 November 2010 21:12

katinseattle
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Registered: November 2008
Location: Seattle

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Jo Clayton's Skeen Trilogy. Highly inventive through all three books, enough ideas for a whole shelf of books. A female protagonist, tough as nails, on a quest that involves six different species, all with different cultures. What fun. Sometimes travelers sit down and exchange tales, which are short-shorts in themselves.

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Re: Nov.-Dec. 2010 recommendation thread [message #36885 is a reply to message #35845 ]

Fri, 26 November 2010 10:28

NotACat
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Registered: September 2010
Location: Buckinghamshire

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I just read Lord of the Changing Winds by Rachel Neumeier, which has pretty much cemented griffins in second place in my affections (behind dragons, that is, in the category of "preternatural creatures"—I don't think my Stig would appreciate being bumped off his perch by a bunch of imaginary flying beasts Wink

)

I glomped down the whole book inside 24 hours, which used to be nothing unusual but these days is difficult to pull off what with all the distractions. I've reserved the next book (there's a trilogy) from the Library, and people on Goodreads say that's just as good.

Phil
My friends say I have CDO…
which is like OCD but with the initials in proper alphabetical order…

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Re: Nov.-Dec. 2010 recommendation thread [message #36891 is a reply to message #35845 ]

Fri, 26 November 2010 16:44

Melissa Mead
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Peter S. Beagle's Tamsin is one of the best ghost stories I've read. (His A Fine and Private Place is another.)

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Re: Nov.-Dec. 2010 recommendation thread [message #38037 is a reply to message #35845 ]

Mon, 03 January 2011 12:22

cmarschner
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Registered: August 2010
Location: Ithaca, NY

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I read and enjoyed Patricia C Wrede's "Socrery and Cecilia or the Enchanted Chocolate Pot" and its sequel "The Grand Tour" last month and enjoyed them both as diverting reads told in letter format.

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Re: Nov.-Dec. 2010 recommendation thread [message #39983 is a reply to message #35845 ]

Wed, 02 March 2011 09:32

Maren
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This thread has been locked for archiving. Look for the current month's recommendation list near the top of the Pollyanna subforum.

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