Need a new series
@OpinionatedLady (5965)
United States
5 responses
@Hatley (163776)
• Garden Grove, California
31 Oct 09
hi opinionatedlady if you like private eye stories with a woman private eye who is very different you will love Sue Graftons alpha bet series. I think I have read all of them up to the t one so will see if it is out yet. Also Stephen Kings Dark Tower series is great too, and Dean Koontz books are all great.
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@LilyoftheThorns (12918)
• United States
30 Oct 09
Oooh you should check out Stephen King's Dark Tower series! I've finished the 4th one...and I'm going to be rereading the 5th soon (I read the 5th one first, a long time ago before I got the rest of the series). It is a really good story with characters you can defeniatly grow attached too. They're really smart charactes.
Another book I'd just like to recommend is Dean Koontz's Watchers. This isn't in a series but it is the BEST book I've ever read. And you will defeniatly love the characters in this!!! They are awesome and very very likable!
I hope I've helped! :) Let me know what you decide to go with!
@OpinionatedLady (5965)
• United States
30 Oct 09
Done and done. sigh, I seem to have read myself out of books..lol.. I think I am going to read a few of the series my kid is interested in so that I know they are cool for her to read.
@Maggiepie (7816)
• United States
2 Nov 09
[b]Do you know the "Pern" series by Anne McCaffery? Or the various series (but especially the Valdemar series) by Mercedes Lackey? I love all their books!
Maggiepie
"WHERE'S THE BIRTH CERTIFICATE?"[/b]
@OpinionatedLady (5965)
• United States
2 Nov 09
Love Anne McCaffery! I picked up on her stuff a while back because she happened to have My Nana's maiden name. Lackey I have not read but will look for next trip to Library.
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@Maggiepie (7816)
• United States
3 Nov 09
[b]Mercedes frequently co-authors books, usually great, but on occasion less than. But her Valdemar series, I promise you, since you loved McCaffery, will become one of your favorites!
Unlike Pern, which was a fantasy-like milieu but actually (loosely, anyway) science fiction, Valdemar is pure fantasy, but Mercedes writes in such a way that it has the most believable magic I've ever encountered. It will make you wish it were real, so you could live there!
What both series have in common (besides outstanding plots,) is an incredible array of characters you'll believe & love. Completely 3-dimensional, & it covers hundreds of years. It does that because the Valdemar series is actually part of a longer saga. The Valdemar books take place during one era in the mega series, near the end of the chronicles.
Oh, I envy you, getting to know the people there for the first time! Pern has dragons, Valdemar has the wondrous "Companions." You, too, are going to crave seeing these stories made into films; they're so visual!
Maggiepie
"WHERE'S THE BIRTH CERTIFICATE?"[/b]
@catdla1 (6005)
• United States
2 Nov 09
If you haven't read any of Jacqueline Carey's books, you might want to check her out. She wrote a lengthy series which began with Kushiel's Dart. It's an excellent fantasy series. Here is her website if you'd like to check them out: http://www.jacquelinecarey.com/books.htm
@highbridgemom (83)
• United States
19 Dec 09
If you like vampire books, check out the Southern Vampire mysteries by Charlaine Harris. There is an HBO series called True Blood based on the books.
If you like mysteries, check out Jeffery Deaver and James Patterson. Each of them have a series based on the same main characters.
If you like chick-lit, check out Sophie Kinsella's shopaholic series.
@OpinionatedLady (5965)
• United States
21 Dec 09
I am a total Sookie Stackhouse lover my friend! My husband thought my love of the books was weird until he became totally addicted to the show!
