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    Book Recommendations

    I�m super into this new forum, so I�m hoping we can use it to suggest some reading materials! Post a recent book you�ve read or your favourites!

    (Yay!)

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    Book Recommendations

    Here are all of my 5-star rated books on Goodreads. Yeah, my taste is random and some of these books were read a long time ago, before my tastes became more sophisticated.

    FWIW, some of my favorite books are Anna Karenina, Outlander (series), Educated, The Name of the Rose, Game of Thrones.

    (Sorry, the pictures are taken on mobile so not super attractively curated.)



    Here are my 4-star books (I�d recommend any of them!). Many of these were read more recently.




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    Most of what I read is historical fantasy - medieval-ish. So I'm a huge fan of Tamora Pierce (her Protector of the Small series is one I re-read every couple of months), and Garth Nix's Abhorsen series is amazing too, though that deals more with necromancy and spirits.

    The Archangel series by Sharon Shinn is a really interesting reflection on religion, which SOUNDS silly, but actually fascinates me due to the way she handles it (it's not heavy-handed or preachy). It comes off as fantasy fiction, but is really sci-fi underneath if you continue reading the series.

    Adult recommendations

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    Any one got any suggestions for someone who reads mostly victorian (and pre/post)? ~ just finished the Woman in White. it was hella amazing.
    Thinking of starting George Eliot but not sure where to begin.

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    Quote Originally Posted by bootiesrus View Post
    Any one got any suggestions for someone who reads mostly victorian (and pre/post)? ~ just finished the Woman in White. it was hella amazing.
    Thinking of starting George Eliot but not sure where to begin.
    I�m a very big fan of The Picture of Dorian Gray and Jane Eyre. Middlemarch is supposed to be good but I didn�t make it very far before I got distracted.


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    Quote Originally Posted by soleil View Post
    I’m a very big fan of The Picture of Dorian Gray and Jane Eyre. Middlemarch is supposed to be good but I didn’t make it very far before I got distracted.


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    I read both of those and they're pretty amazing (though Dorian Gray made me depressed LOL)
    I guess I will start with Middlemarch hmmm thanks!

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    Quote Originally Posted by bootiesrus View Post
    I read both of those and they're pretty amazing (though Dorian Gray made me depressed LOL)
    I guess I will start with Middlemarch hmmm thanks!
    Same! Sometimes the books that make me most depressed have the biggest impact on me I didn�t even think about the fact that Middlemarch was Eliot so that�s perfect! Enjoy~


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    Pan's Labyrinth, the way those faun walks is creeping me out and the guy with the eyes for hands.

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    I always liked Jodi Picoult. Her metaphors were brilliant and communicated well into vivid imagery, for me anyways; and she always addresses Social Topics/ controversial parts of history that make the story so 'on the edge of my seat' . The Storyteller and Small Great Things sat well with me, enough to move me. I'll always recommend those two.

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    Super timely and a great read:
    The Great Influenza by John Barry

    It is about the 1918 Flu and I am enjoying it and all the information to be gleaned


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