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2. William Gibson’s Neuromancer. 3. Sheri Tepper’s Gate to Women’s Country. 4. Vaclav Havel’s Living in Truth. (If I am ever down, feeling powerless, frustrated or disgusted by humanity, I pick this collection of essays up and it restores my faith in the power of justice and action.) 5. Ernest Gaines’ A Lesson Before Dying. 6. Mary Doria Russel’s The Sparrow. 7. Emma Holly’s Menage. (I distinctly remember the first time I read this one. I was dubious about how I’d feel about the homoeroticism in the book but it sold me! That was many years ago and it’s been reissued with two different covers in the mean time, but I still have my cover with the strange looking woman in the montgomery wards looking white bra - this book is probably one of the reasons I decided to try my hand at sex writing) 8. Emma Holly’s The Velvet Glove. (Both this book and Menage are ones I pick up when I need my faith in good sex writing restored. The Velvet Glove is probably the best erotic romance featuring D/s I’ve read - and I’ve read a lot - because there’s wonderful focus on what each party feels about domination/submission.) 9. Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale (wow. This book is so brilliant) 10. Margaret Atwood’s Cat’s Eye. (This book is not easy, but it’s just mindblowing and I hope to be able to write even a quarter as well as Atwood can) 11. Jenny Crusie’s Welcome to Temptation. (This was the book that sold me on writing romance. It’s not like I hadn’t read romances I liked before this one, but WTT just breaks the mold. Bold, quirky, hilarious, sexy - I love Crusie’s use of unconventional characters - including the town. She makes it all look effortless but I know darned well it isn’t) 12. Karen Marie Moning’s Dark Highlander. (This book is hot. Dark and just totally, mouthwateringly hot. Fantastic chemistry between H/H and both are people you like. It’s really one of my favorite paranormal romances of all time) 13. Diana Gabaldon’s Outlander. (For me, this book is like a textbook. Gabaldon uses really excellent characterization, worldbuilding and dialog to create a book I return to over and over. I love Jamie and Claire together. I love that Claire is not a young virgin. I love the tortured hero Jamie is and his fierce adoration of his wife. The action is fabulous, the villian is fabulous and there’s a lovely touch of magic here and there without being overpowering.) Another book that uses many of these same things quite well is Linda Howard’s Son of the Morning (and I LOVE LH) Links to other Thursday Thirteens! |
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I look forward to reading one or 2 of those. Im always looking for a good book
by amy January 25th, 2007 at 10:54 amHandmaid’s Tale is brilliant. I need to read it again.
by Jack's Raging Mommy January 25th, 2007 at 10:56 ammy T13 is up here
Interesting. My list would actually look a lot different than yours. :p
I’m liking TT. I’m learning a lot about peeps and seeing some truly original content I don’t think I would’ve ordinarily.
by Anya Bast January 25th, 2007 at 11:13 amKMM’s Dark Highlander is one of my favorite paranormals ever. That woman can write!
by Jaci Burton January 25th, 2007 at 11:51 amIt’s a sign. I need to read more. I’ve not read any of those!
by suki January 25th, 2007 at 11:55 amI lurve Vaclav Havel. I was in Prague right after he was elected President, and I hung out in front of his office hoping I might catch a glimpse of him. Sadly, he was in the US that week. Timing is everything!
Thanks for the great list! I’ve read some of these books, but not all. I can tell I’ll be adding to my TBB list!
by Kate Davies January 25th, 2007 at 12:23 pmI love Margaret Attwood. I haven’t read her since university, but I really enjoyed one called The Edible Woman. I love your list. Happy TT!
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by Thursday Thirteen « Anya Bast January 25th, 2007 at 12:39 pmKate - Vaclav Havel is a personal hero to me, I think he’s brilliant and we were in Prague when the Czech Republic split from Slovakia and we used to head up to the castle to try and catch a glimpse too, LOL. Never did sadly.
by laurendane January 25th, 2007 at 1:04 pmI am an avid book reader and I don’t recognize any of these.
by Raggedy January 25th, 2007 at 1:46 pmGood list. I love to read.
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The first 4 Anita Blake books, The Terri Windling Borderland series, The Lorie O’Clare and Sherri King Werewolf series (until i worked out a monthly book allowance with my accountant so i could by more Erotica more frequently). And my DeLint books are on permanent re-read.
by rhian January 25th, 2007 at 4:40 pmI love getting new book recommendations, so thanks.
by Ms. George January 25th, 2007 at 6:02 pmMy must read every few years is
Marge Piercy’s Gone to Soldiers. It is the story of people on the homefront and in WWII, each chapter following a different character who are all interconnected somehow by the end…
KMM is an amazing writer, and a wonderful woman. Outlander is the book that brought me to romance, DG will always have a place on my shelf.
by Anni January 25th, 2007 at 8:09 pm