If you like young adult fantasy, Annette Marie has three great series so far.
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That sounds like something I’d really like! I’m looking for peaceful stories these days.
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Science fiction is not one of my favorite genres. But one of my favorite books is “Stranger in a Strange Land” by Robert Heinlein. I can’t understand why in the world this book has never been made into a movie. But on the other hand, they would probably just muck it up. Hmm. I wonder who they would get to play Valentine Michael Smith? Or even better, Jubal Harshaw? Who would you pick for those two characters?
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Sherri Tepper The Gate To Woman’s Country
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Thank you @Gretchin for reminding me of this book. I read it many many years ago. I definitely want to give it a reread from a perspective more experienced at life now.
The humor translates at least as far as Sweden because I love the books by Taylor. Fast paced and hilarious!
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There is apparently a movie in development but you need to subscribe to IMDBPro to get the details unfortunately so that’s all I know.
Absolutely! But the funniest is probably the first, Naked. And in that, the essay about his grandmother. Funny but tragic, too.
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@LivStrom, you might be interested in listening to the audio books too. They are equally fun, funny and (in my opinion) read with precisely the right voice and intonations.
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I always have a comfort read that I come back to when I need some brain space. The last few years it’s been Ami McKay’s The Witches of New York. She writes in such a submersive way and I’ve read it enough times now that the characters feel like friends. The follow-up holiday novella, Half Spent Was the Night, is also delightful.
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The Tao of Pooh and The Te of Piglet are delights, and I’d like to think Milne would find Hoff in good company.
My favorite aspect is that they’re good for all ages; something for everyone to gain.
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This is completely outside of my normal reading genres, but I picked up a book my wife had just finished a couple of nights ago. “Uprooted” by Naomi Novik. It is about witches and dragons, but not the kinds of witches and dragons you might usually imagine. Totally not my kind of book, and I am completely drawn into it.
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I love those books! Hoff did an exceptional job of explaining Taoism using Winnie the Pooh. And the stories are funny, too!
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Anybody who likes fairy tales, fairy tale retellings, or just good middle grade fiction might enjoy Chris Colfer’s The Land of Stories set. It’s six books. I’m 100 pages into the last one and have loved them all so far.
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A-ha . . . I remember when having that Little Red Book in your back pocket or knapsack was part of a secret code on campus. Pure delight and the folks “in the know” were instant friends and allies, as well.
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I love “Uprooted”! I just read it and immediately read “A Deadly Education”. It is about a magic school, but it’s nothing like the way anyone else has written about a magic school. It’s also very funny.
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Just read her first page. Now, that’s a hook!
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If you like fiction you can hear as you read it, check out Obert Skye’s MG fantasy Beyond Foo. Loved it. Got to read the second one now, Geth and the Return of the Lithens.
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I Love everybody and other atrocious lies .
By Laurie Notaro.
You will be truly laughing out load throughout the entire book. Since the tale is based on her real life of trying to publish her book, would be fun for the group.
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