I need your book recommendations!

[annathepiper]

Okay, so it’s a quiet Friday afternoon and work is quiet and I’m bored, so I turn to you, O Internet, for the answer to the following vital question:

I have a 15% Barnes and Noble member coupon! Since I can’t spend it on ebooks, what recently released print book should I spend it on?

Leave your answer in the comments! (And if your answer is seanan_mcguire’s A Local Habitation, I already bought that! Same for Carrie Ryan’s The Dead-Tossed Waves, the sequel to her awesome book from last year, The Forest of Hands and Teeth.) If you’re feeling particularly ambitious, check my Goodreads shelves for more pointers on what I already own or plan to buy.

ETA Sunday 11:01pm: A couple of you have answered this since Friday, so just in case anybody else answers this, please be advised that I have already spent the coupon. ;) Don’t let that stop you from offering recommendations for my later reference, though! But as I’ve also mentioned a couple of times in the comments, right now I’m in a mood to read stuff that actually isn’t urban fantasy, since I’ve had way too much of that in my reading diet the last few years and I’d like to vary my intake for a bit. Thanks!

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Comments

[pocketnaomi.livejournal.com]

If you haven't already read it, and if you can find it (it's not always available anymore, Barry Hughart's Bridge of Birds. Best Chinese fantasy novel EVER.

[annathepiper]

I've had this book recommended to me before, yeah. Though I fear it won't be available for purchase at a local B&N, that's for sure. I suspect I'd have better luck at Third Place, or perhaps ordering from Powell's. :)

[pocketnaomi.livejournal.com]

Probably true, yeah. Or you could borrow mine, if you want; I have an extra copy for lending.

[annathepiper]

Thank you for the offer! I've got a bunch of borrowed books I still need to read, though, so I try not to add new ones to that pile.

I see Third Place's website claims they have a copy on the shelves, though; I may need to investigate that. Or see if the library has a copy. :)

[pocketnaomi.livejournal.com]

That's a borrowed copy too, though!

[annathepiper]

Yeah, but in that case, it actually comes with a time limit. ;) Which makes it easier for me to remember to actually get it done!

We'll see, anyway; if the book's that awesome I think I'll probably want my own copy anyway. Like I said, you're not the first person I've seen sing its praises. :) And if Third Place has a copy cheap, I may just go ahead and get it!

[pocketnaomi.livejournal.com]

Go for it. You won't be sorry. It's been my favorite book of all time since I was sixteen years old; I reread it about once a year still.

[annathepiper]

And that's high praise indeed. :)