I'm reading a god-awful "paranormal romance" novel that promised werewolves and never delivered. I'm finishing it out of sheer stubbornness.
If you like short stories, first recommendations off the top of my head would be The Ladies of Grace Adieu and Other Stories by Susanna Clarke and Sandman: Book of Dreams, a collection of prose short stories based on Neil Gaiman's Sandman comics (not by Gaiman, and I think they stand on their own without knowing too much about the comics). They are both brain-breakingly awesome. I also like Gaiman's short stories (Fragile Things and Smoke and Mirrors better than his novels; and of his novels my favourite is the delightful Anansi Boys. I also liked Kissing the Witch by Donoghue (short stories again), but for that you need a high tolerance for Message.
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Date: 2009-09-29 08:32 am (UTC)If you like short stories, first recommendations off the top of my head would be The Ladies of Grace Adieu and Other Stories by Susanna Clarke and Sandman: Book of Dreams, a collection of prose short stories based on Neil Gaiman's Sandman comics (not by Gaiman, and I think they stand on their own without knowing too much about the comics). They are both brain-breakingly awesome. I also like Gaiman's short stories (Fragile Things and Smoke and Mirrors better than his novels; and of his novels my favourite is the delightful Anansi Boys. I also liked Kissing the Witch by Donoghue (short stories again), but for that you need a high tolerance for Message.