Kiryn's List of Books that She Wants to Buy

[ashkiryn]

Because I've never actually written them all down in one place. So, yeah. And this is subject to change, obviously.

- Phantom, by Susan Kay (BECAUSE I HAVE A GREAT NEED FOR THIS, OKAY?!)
- Linger / Forever, by Maggie Stiefvater (I have the first book)
- Blue is for Nightmares / White is for Magic / Silver is for Secrets / Red is for Remembrance, by Laurie Faria Stolarz (I HAD THESE BOOKS, AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S BECOME OF THEM. HGGGGNNNNNN. MUCH PURCHASE THEM ANEW, BECAUSE I LOVE THEM!!!!!!)
- The Ordinary Princess, by M. M. Kaye
- The Princess and the Snowbird / The Princess and the Horse / The Princess and the Wolf / The Rose Throne, by Mette Ivie Harrison
- Artemis Fowl: The Last Guardian, by Eoin Colfer (wow, I totally fucking missed that the last book of this series has been published for about a year. Sheesh.)
- Lord Soth / Riverwind the Plainsman / Flint the King / Flight of the Fallen / Return of the Exile / Draconian Measures / The Dawning of a New Age / The Day of the Tempest / The Eve of the Maelstrom ~ Dragonlance
- Night's Master / Death's Master / Delusion's Master / Delirium's Mistress / Night's Sorceries / Black Unicorn / Gold Unicorn / Red Unicorn / 34 / Fatal Women / Cast a Bright Shadow / Here in Cold Hell / No Flame but Mine, by Tanith Lee
- The Wizard Heir / The Dragon Heir / The Enchanter Heir, by Cinda Williams Chima
- Watership Down, by Richard Adams
- Sapphique, by Catherine Fisher
- Hero / Dearest, by Alethea Kontis
- The Doomsday Book, by Connie Willis
- Ebon, by Robin McKinley
- Shadowscale, by Rachel Hartman
- Scorch / Rogue, by Gina Damico
- Santa Olivia / Saints Astray, by Jacqueline Carey (because it sounds sooooo fascinating)
- Six of Crows, by Leigh Bardugo
- Stars Above / Heartless, by Marissa Meyer
- Captive Prince trilogy??
- Your Favorite Seuss: A Baker's Dozen from the One and Only Dr. Seuss
- Dogsbody, by Diana Wynne Jones
- The Wrath & the Dawn / The Rose & the Dagger, by Renee Ahdieh
- Rose Under Fire, by Elizabeth Wein

Comments

[raberbagirl.livejournal.com]

Yeah; I've noticed that my tastes are sometimes different than most other people's, so who knows, you might like the werewolf books. ^^

OKAY I WON'T. D8< Yeah, that definitely sounds like stuff I would Not Like To Read. ^^;;;;;;

I looked up The Ordinary Princess; I just...don't have tiiiiime, but if I ever see it on a library shelf or something, I'll give it a go. ^^ It looks interesting~
Part of it reminds me of Dealing with Dragons (first in a quartet; I liked the first book, the other three were mediocre). Maybe I'm mixing up the plot with a different book, but I think that was the one where her not-wicked stepmother was worried about who she was going to marry (because her birth order was wrong or something, and she was in danger of ending up as a penniless spinster), so she sent her off to be 'kidnapped' by dragons so that a prince could come rescue her and she'd be able to get a Happily Ever After after all. XD Like, it treats all those fairy tale stereotypes as if they're a normal part of life; it was funny.

Okay, sounds good! I'll probably never get a chance to read them, but I'd be interested to hear your opinions.

Exactly! Claidi! I'm not sure what to make of Tanith Lee's other books, they're mostly just Scientific Fascinations (with the exception of that one short story which is the only vampire story I still like ._.); but the Claidi books, I actually do like them. ^^ There's the usual Tanith Lee bizarreness, but that series seems to be a bit more "awake" than her other books; I can get into them a bit more.

I did read a lot of the Tortall books - I think I gave them up, but I can't actually remember now. XD The very first book kind of sucked, but I liked the others all right. I didn't really mind giving them up, though; the writing quality's not bad, I think it's just more a matter of personal taste. Maybe it's because there was a bit more sex than I'm used to in YA, I dunno. I think the one I liked best was the first "Trickster" book (which might also have been the first one I read???), but I really can't remember. *sweatdrop*

LOL, I've heard of The Kite Runner, but isn't it non-fiction or something? XD XD Unless it's YA speculative fiction, I'd probably only read it if I was stuck in a waiting room or something with nothing else to do; I don't have time even to read stuff in my favorite genre, much less other ones. :(

[ashkiryn.livejournal.com]

No, Kite Runner isn't nonfiction. It's inspired by the author's own experiences growing up in Afghanistan and such, but it's still fiction. I didn't think I was going to like the book at all when I was assigned to read it back in high school, but I ended up tearing through it and finishing it in a day. It's just....it's not my usual book either, but it's fucking beautiful and it sucks you in and doesn't let you go. I kind of think you would like it because it's ultimately about family and healing. Each of his books are apparently like that, though I haven't had a chance to read the other two yet, unfortunately. Respectively, they're about fatherhood, motherhood, and siblings, and I just...I'd recommend to give it a try sometime. It may end up surprising you. :)