tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13002022.post114382059075599040..comments2023-10-05T06:28:29.938-07:00Comments on Bookseller Chick: Photoshop Friday FavoritesBookseller Chickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16740546395821645741noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13002022.post-1144006744146076432006-04-02T12:39:00.000-07:002006-04-02T12:39:00.000-07:00I bounced in here via two other blogs and promptly...I bounced in here via two other blogs and promptly found a post about two of my favourite books in the world! I haven't read the Lian Hearn yet, but it's in my to-read pile, I'll have to move it up.Katehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06951776809095097754noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13002022.post-1143917806088998452006-04-01T10:56:00.000-08:002006-04-01T10:56:00.000-08:00I'm going to recommend all of the books in the Dre...I'm going to recommend all of the books in the Dresden Files by Jim Butcher. <BR/><BR/>Storm Front is the first. It's good and the series just gets better and better.Carrie Jacksonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02633829750887806872noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13002022.post-1143846483450649472006-03-31T15:08:00.000-08:002006-03-31T15:08:00.000-08:00OK, I play!I pick:In The Garden of Iden by Kage Ba...OK, I play!<BR/><BR/>I pick:<BR/><I>In The Garden of Iden</I> by Kage Baker.<BR/><BR/>It's just about perfect, and it kicks off the best science fiction series currently being written.<BR/><BR/>On other days my favorite books are <I>Gaudy Night</I> by Dorothy Sayers and <I>Spring Moon</I> by Bette Bao Lord.mapletree7https://www.blogger.com/profile/15261672903705693449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13002022.post-1143842048396604392006-03-31T13:54:00.000-08:002006-03-31T13:54:00.000-08:00Holy Smokes....you asked the question...and on a F...Holy Smokes....you asked <I>the question</I>...and on a Friday no less....<BR/><BR/>Favorite Book Of All Time...A Prayer For Owen Meany. Might be the Great American Novel Of The 20th Century.<BR/><BR/>Favorite Book Read In Last Year...tie between Middlesex (yes, it's kinda mainsteam, but it's a great book) and Villa Incognito (Tom Robbins).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13002022.post-1143841216933018042006-03-31T13:40:00.000-08:002006-03-31T13:40:00.000-08:00We have three of the Lian Hearn books (your cover ...We have three of the Lian Hearn books (your cover is nicer, though) but I didn't read them, even though my dh recommended them, as he'd bought them because of some BBC Radio One stunt - it was something like they were trying to get everyone in some English town to read the book. On reflection, if it had been a Radio 4 stunt, I'd probably have made the effort. I'll try them now.<BR/><BR/>A random book I'd recommend - I've just reread Lois McMaster Bujold's A Civil Campaign, and was thinking afterwards what a satisfying book it is. It's effectively a Sci-Fi/Fantasy version of a Regency Romance, and it's light and fluffy and funny. It is part of a long series, but isn't written in such a way that you need to have read the other books to enjoy this one.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13002022.post-1143829809019457982006-03-31T10:30:00.000-08:002006-03-31T10:30:00.000-08:00These are some random favourites.Children: Roald D...These are some random favourites.<BR/><BR/>Children: Roald Dahl's Revolting Rhymes. A less well-known, but very funny retelling of traditional fairy tales. It was re-released in 2003 so it should be fairly easy to find nowadays.<BR/><BR/>Teens: The Blue Sword by Robin McKinley. This is the perfect fantasy book for the horse-loving tomboy in your life. McKinley once, I believe, described this as the fairy tale SHE would have wanted to read as a girl.. what more do I need to say? <BR/><BR/>Adult: The Sea Road by Margaret Elphinstone. A beautifully written, immersive tale of the life of Gudrid of Iceland, mother of the first European born on North American soil, and sister-in-law of Leif Eriksson.Vickihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10549767433697954149noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13002022.post-1143827803940238452006-03-31T09:56:00.000-08:002006-03-31T09:56:00.000-08:00I just recently finished Your Big Break by Johanna...I just recently finished Your Big Break by Johanna Edwards(she also wrote The Next Big Thing)and it was great. The plot revolves around Dani Myers,who works for a relationship break-up service and one of her clients requests her help in breaking up with a married man who turns out to be Dani's father!<BR/><BR/>I know,this sounds very chick flick but it's a fun and funny story with loads of great side characters like Dani's brother who plays amateur detective(too much CSI watching) and an obnoxious repeat client who actually insists that Dani become his friend to broaden his understanding of women. Edwards is becoming one of my favorite female-friendly authors:)lady thttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16287907577241697874noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13002022.post-1143825921079916262006-03-31T09:25:00.000-08:002006-03-31T09:25:00.000-08:00All right. I will limit myself to one. Watership ...All right. <BR/>I will limit myself to one. <BR/><B> Watership Down </B> by Richard Adams. <BR/>I have read this book many times and sometimes picked it up just for the El-ahrairah and Rabscuttle stories. <BR/>In college, we were assigned a wonderful essay about this book and my roommates kept calling it the "rabbit book" and I was so distraught because it's about so much more than rabbits.Bethany K. Warnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06679355745067316748noreply@blogger.com