Recommendations?
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jmc_bksI've been giving recommendations (and books) to a friend who doesn't really care for romance but loves paranormals and urban fantasy. She likes Jacqueline Carey and LKH, and has begun Keri Arthur's Riley Jensen series. So far, she's been pleased with the recs I've given her: Kelley Armstrong, Rachel Caine, Patricia Briggs, Marjorie Liu. I've also suggested Naomi Novik's Temeraire books, which she is reading now. I'm sort of paranormaled out, though, so I'm looking for other authors/series to recommend. Some romance is okay, but not too much (as in, no Feehan or J.R. Ward). Ones I've already thought of:
On the list:
L.A. Banks
Lilith Saintcrow
Charlaine Harris
Three that I'm on the fence about:
MaryJanice Davidson (I'm not sure about this one, since she's not into chicklit or the snarky tone so much)
Donna Boyd (the Passion/Promise series died w/o finishing, so do I want to suggest an incomplete series?)
Kim Harrison (I don't read her but I'd heard good things, up until the last release which apparently ended in a not good way)
Other suggestions, please?
FYI -- Bujold's Miles, Mutants and Microbes is available. But be warned, it's not new material but an anthology of previously published works that deal with genetic experiments (the quaddies, the Cetagandans, and the Houses of Jackson Hole). I've got all three works separately already, otherwise I'd buy a copy :)
And I saw a Suzanne Brockmann tpb on the shelf at the bookstore the other day: a reissue of Time Enough for Love and Stand in Groom, two of her early Loveswepts.
And Amazon is screwing with me again. I ordered two books. On Monday, I received a notice that the order was separated and one book It's Not About the Accent, was being shipped. On Tuesday, Force of Nature was shipped; it arrived on Wednesday. According to USPS.com, the postal service has been notified of the package but nothing has happened. Huh? It was ready for shipping on Monday, but hasn't shipped yet? Same shipping rate, same shipper, etc., but one book arrived two days ago and the other is still...sitting in the warehouse waiting to be shipped?
On the list:
L.A. Banks
Lilith Saintcrow
Charlaine Harris
Three that I'm on the fence about:
MaryJanice Davidson (I'm not sure about this one, since she's not into chicklit or the snarky tone so much)
Donna Boyd (the Passion/Promise series died w/o finishing, so do I want to suggest an incomplete series?)
Kim Harrison (I don't read her but I'd heard good things, up until the last release which apparently ended in a not good way)
Other suggestions, please?
FYI -- Bujold's Miles, Mutants and Microbes is available. But be warned, it's not new material but an anthology of previously published works that deal with genetic experiments (the quaddies, the Cetagandans, and the Houses of Jackson Hole). I've got all three works separately already, otherwise I'd buy a copy :)
And I saw a Suzanne Brockmann tpb on the shelf at the bookstore the other day: a reissue of Time Enough for Love and Stand in Groom, two of her early Loveswepts.
And Amazon is screwing with me again. I ordered two books. On Monday, I received a notice that the order was separated and one book It's Not About the Accent, was being shipped. On Tuesday, Force of Nature was shipped; it arrived on Wednesday. According to USPS.com, the postal service has been notified of the package but nothing has happened. Huh? It was ready for shipping on Monday, but hasn't shipped yet? Same shipping rate, same shipper, etc., but one book arrived two days ago and the other is still...sitting in the warehouse waiting to be shipped?
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Date: 2007-08-17 04:42 pm (UTC)Wendy, Super Librarian