A List of Book Recommendations

A list of book recommendations

Someone recently asked me for a list with book recommendations so I thought I might also share it here.

Hogfather by Terry Pratchett
This is my favorite book in the Discworld series (and maybe just my favorite book). You don’t have to read the series in the right order but it might be better to read Mort, Reaper Man and Soul Music first (these are also very good and are about Death as a character). It is a Christmas book but don’t let that stop you from reading it now.
It’s very very funny:

“Real children do not go hoppity skip unless they are on drugs.” Continue reading “A List of Book Recommendations”

A Thousand Nights by E.K. Johnston

,A Thousand Nights by E.K. Johnston Book CoverA Thousand Nights by E.K. Johnston
Series: A Thousand Nights #1
Genre:
Fantasy
Published by
Disney Hyperion
Pages:
328
Format:
 Ebook

 

“If you listen long enough to the whispers, you will hear the truth. Until then, I will tell you this: the world is made safe by a woman. She bound the monster up and cast him out, and the man who was left was saved.”

A Thousand Nights was so much more than I expected it to be. It was a beautiful and original story about family, feminism and magic and I’m glad I’ve read it. The setting was simple but amazing: a dangerous court surrounded by an even more dangerous desert and a girl who has the will to survive both. Continue reading “A Thousand Nights by E.K. Johnston”