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So I have a couple of ideas. Kallichore Send a noteboard - 04/10/2011 06:53:41 PM
The first suggestion has a bit of a romantic bent to it - it's not a big thing, as I usually avoid overly soppy plots and characters, but the books are well merry and fun with charming characters, good writing and a touch of the supernatural about them (until the third book, anyway). Deanna Raybourn's Silence in the Grave is (I think) the first of the series. Lots of fun! I strongly recommend. Murder mysteries in the spirit of Georgette Heyer, really.

Secondly, Diana Wynne Jones. Always a good comfort read. Always.

And Sherwood Smith's Crown Jewels, which (I think) is a duology that I have in one volume. Merry old fantasy romance - it's one of the few that I bought *because* of the romance and I'm not even a little ashamed.

If you do decide to read some kids/YA - Maureen Johnson and the Artemis Fowl books are a must! Also Margaret Mahy's The Changeover is excellent and Elizabeth Marie Pope's Perilous Gard is a favourite of mine. And omg Skulduggery Pleasant is amazing. People die horribly in it, but it's aimed at 9+ so it's far more cartoonish than anything. Also they're terribly funny. I love the series so much I have a Skulduggery Pleasant watch :D
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I've reached a reading block. Rebekah - 03/10/2011 08:34:23 PM 1227 Views
i'm enjoying neal stephenson's new book.... it's different from other things *NM* temeraire - 03/10/2011 10:29:18 PM 370 Views
I'm sure I'm going to get lamblasted for this suggestion... LadyLorraine - 04/10/2011 12:33:32 AM 1026 Views
I love YA books to distraction. Some really fresh, fun writers doing YA! *NM* Kallichore - 04/10/2011 06:42:08 PM 437 Views
Animorphs FTW *NM* beetnemesis - 06/10/2011 03:02:47 AM 404 Views
I started getting super irritated with them LadyLorraine - 06/10/2011 03:08:34 AM 836 Views
I was having this problem earlier this year... ? - 04/10/2011 03:39:21 AM 819 Views
Heh... get used to that. Jacob - 04/10/2011 02:02:01 PM 853 Views
of course they are! LadyLorraine - 04/10/2011 02:45:45 PM 850 Views
At first maybe... Jacob - 04/10/2011 03:11:50 PM 862 Views
Marcella and the Moon can never be over read. LadyLorraine - 04/10/2011 04:25:24 PM 794 Views
warm bodies by isaac marion or yellow blue tibia by adam roberts Foxhead - 04/10/2011 04:13:12 PM 845 Views
So I have a couple of ideas. Kallichore - 04/10/2011 06:53:41 PM 1294 Views
I think you've hit the nail on the head, actually. Rebekah - 10/10/2011 06:43:02 PM 845 Views
There is actually a book called that: Reader's Block. But it is not fun and simple. Camilla - 04/10/2011 07:05:14 PM 803 Views
I expect not. Rebekah - 10/10/2011 06:44:02 PM 916 Views
Re: I expect not. Camilla - 10/10/2011 06:48:18 PM 884 Views
Wilde, Pratchett or something similarly humourous and witty usually helps me at that point. *NM* Stephen - 05/10/2011 06:20:28 PM 363 Views
I second the YA books. Myrdhyn - 05/10/2011 06:48:56 PM 1012 Views
Re: I've reached a reading block. Kristen - 05/10/2011 11:33:56 PM 834 Views
LOVE The Native Star. Not easily obtained in the UK but such an enjoyable book! *NM* Kallichore - 06/10/2011 10:54:02 AM 406 Views
Thank you! Rebekah - 10/10/2011 06:45:10 PM 861 Views
Re: Thank you! Kristen - 13/10/2011 11:20:21 PM 807 Views
Try Viktor Pelevin's Sacred Book of the Werewolf. Tom - 06/10/2011 01:41:02 AM 769 Views
Was that one of the proposed Russian Book Club books? Rebekah - 10/10/2011 06:46:01 PM 805 Views
I have the same. Aeryn - 06/10/2011 01:45:58 PM 872 Views
Thanks, guys. Some great suggestions. Rebekah - 10/10/2011 06:40:12 PM 780 Views
I've just ended a 3-month reading hiatus with Karl Schroeder's Sun of Suns *NM* Aeryn - 12/10/2011 03:33:51 PM 368 Views
Me too! rebelaessedai - 13/10/2011 05:40:27 PM 737 Views
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