What Are You Reading/Looking Forward To?
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fantasyWhat are you reading right now?
What upcoming books are you looking forward to, and when do you plan on getting/reading them?
What I'm reading right now has nothing to do with fantasy, although just recently I finished the first two books of a trilogy based on Mesopotamian mythology. Hebrew-language fantasy is rather thin on the ground, what with the tiny market and all, but I really hope someone picks these books up for translation. Among the flurry of popular mythologies for English-language fantasy, the ancient Middle East is pretty far from sight. You will occasionally find a contemporary fantasy with a Djinn or so in it, but not much more.
At the top of my to-read pile are a bunch of non-fantasy books that have been sitting on my shelf for ages, but at the end of this semester I'm buying a bunch of new books, and probably at least half of them will be fantasy. I'm very looking forward to Acacia, an epic/political fantasy that received rave reviews from all my favorite bloggers. A billion people or so have plugged Marjorie Liu's contemporaries, so I'm finally picking up the first book of her Dirk & Steele series (see above, Djinn). And, of course, there's a new Jacqueline Carey and a new Robin Hobb, both of which I'm waiting on the paperback for.
Those are just the top of the list. There's a whole bunch of other fantasy on my radar. As you might be able to tell, I'm actively trying to expand my horizon.
ETA: I forgot to ask: Does anyone know of a community for mystery/detective books on DW? I searched the interests and checked the comm promotions, but couldn't find anything.
What upcoming books are you looking forward to, and when do you plan on getting/reading them?
What I'm reading right now has nothing to do with fantasy, although just recently I finished the first two books of a trilogy based on Mesopotamian mythology. Hebrew-language fantasy is rather thin on the ground, what with the tiny market and all, but I really hope someone picks these books up for translation. Among the flurry of popular mythologies for English-language fantasy, the ancient Middle East is pretty far from sight. You will occasionally find a contemporary fantasy with a Djinn or so in it, but not much more.
At the top of my to-read pile are a bunch of non-fantasy books that have been sitting on my shelf for ages, but at the end of this semester I'm buying a bunch of new books, and probably at least half of them will be fantasy. I'm very looking forward to Acacia, an epic/political fantasy that received rave reviews from all my favorite bloggers. A billion people or so have plugged Marjorie Liu's contemporaries, so I'm finally picking up the first book of her Dirk & Steele series (see above, Djinn). And, of course, there's a new Jacqueline Carey and a new Robin Hobb, both of which I'm waiting on the paperback for.
Those are just the top of the list. There's a whole bunch of other fantasy on my radar. As you might be able to tell, I'm actively trying to expand my horizon.
ETA: I forgot to ask: Does anyone know of a community for mystery/detective books on DW? I searched the interests and checked the comm promotions, but couldn't find anything.
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Date: 2010-02-17 07:43 pm (UTC)Out of the three books I'm currently reading, only one is a fantasy novel. I'm re-reading The Subtle Knife by Phillip Pullman and will re-read the next book as well. I'm also in the middle of re-reading The Chronicles of Narnia.
Other than that, I have a pile of fantasy books (pretty much all YA) to read from the library. Most of them are new to me, so I'm looking forward to those. The most recent discovery I've made is the book Elf Realm: The Low Road by Daniel Kirk. It's a kid book since I found it in the children's section of the library, but it's still pretty good.
Eventually I'll start reading my fantasy books more geared toward adults, I just have a bad habit of taking more books from the library than I originally planned on.