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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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So I have a couple of ideas. - 04/10/2011 06:53:41 PM 1369 Views
I think you've hit the nail on the head, actually. - 10/10/2011 06:43:02 PM 898 Views
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Was that one of the proposed Russian Book Club books? - 10/10/2011 06:46:01 PM 859 Views
I have the same. - 06/10/2011 01:45:58 PM 941 Views
Thanks, guys. Some great suggestions. - 10/10/2011 06:40:12 PM 835 Views
Me too! - 13/10/2011 05:40:27 PM 795 Views

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