Happy late Top Ten Tuesday!
Top Ten Phrases That Instantly Make Me Pick Up a Book
1. Science fiction
2. A cross between Jane Austen and J.R.R. Tolkien-basically if it mentions a book or author I love (especially more than one), I will take a look.
3. Nineteenth century Britain/Victorian
4. Elizabethan/Renaissance/Tudor/Stuart
5. Strong heroine
6. Epic fantasy (although this tends to be overused)
7. Hugo/Nebula/Man Booker/Newberry award winner
8. Washington D.C./Boston/Chicago-a book set in a place that I'm familiar with
9. Venice/Rome/London-a book set in a place I really want to travel to
10. Weird/unusual/quirky-I look books (or at least the idea of books) that are different
Top Ten Phrases That Instantly Make Me Pick Up a Book
1. Science fiction
2. A cross between Jane Austen and J.R.R. Tolkien-basically if it mentions a book or author I love (especially more than one), I will take a look.
3. Nineteenth century Britain/Victorian
4. Elizabethan/Renaissance/Tudor/Stuart
5. Strong heroine
6. Epic fantasy (although this tends to be overused)
7. Hugo/Nebula/Man Booker/Newberry award winner
8. Washington D.C./Boston/Chicago-a book set in a place that I'm familiar with
9. Venice/Rome/London-a book set in a place I really want to travel to
10. Weird/unusual/quirky-I look books (or at least the idea of books) that are different
Comments
Patricia @ BookExhibitionism
I definitely recommend Elizabeth Bear's most recent trilogy, which starts with Range of Ghosts. It's epic fantasy based on 13th century central Asia.
David Eddings' Belgariad and Malloreon are pretty classic epic fantasy and I recommend anything by Guy Gavriel Kay.
Enjoy!