book recommendations - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Lyra Greenleaf · 03-22-2003, 07:14 AM

I have a list of 9 authors to check out, I'm going to the library today and Foyles tomorrow, so I should be reading for the next few months instead of revising!

By the way I have to say for anyone who hasn't read Tamora Pierce do so NOW. Her books make me laugh and cry, they're not so epic or powerful as Tolkien but more human. The first series are about Alanna, who is a girl who becomes a knight, but my favourites are the Immortals series, starting with Wild Magic. They begin sort of childish but each set of 4 books have the main character growing up, so by the end they're adults. They also have such a good sarcastic sense of humour!

Also I have to agree with people about Eoin Colfer and Philip Pullman, but Philip Pullman doesn't just write good fantasy- he also has a series set in Victorian London which is fantastic.

03-22-2003, 07:14 AM	#31
Lyra Greenleaf The Diaphanous Dryad Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: R toL: 531, past the wild path Posts: 1,152	I have a list of 9 authors to check out, I'm going to the library today and Foyles tomorrow, so I should be reading for the next few months instead of revising! By the way I have to say for anyone who hasn't read Tamora Pierce do so NOW. Her books make me laugh and cry, they're not so epic or powerful as Tolkien but more human. The first series are about Alanna, who is a girl who becomes a knight, but my favourites are the Immortals series, starting with Wild Magic. They begin sort of childish but each set of 4 books have the main character growing up, so by the end they're adults. They also have such a good sarcastic sense of humour! Also I have to agree with people about Eoin Colfer and Philip Pullman, but Philip Pullman doesn't just write good fantasy- he also has a series set in Victorian London which is fantastic. __________________ “Sylphs of the forest,” I whispered. “Spirits of oak, beech and ash. Dryads of Rowan and hazel, hear us. You who have guided and guarded our every footstep, you who have sheltered our growth, we honour you." the Forbidden Link