Book Rec

[Catrin]

I'm another one who only reads for escape. However, I must be the only fantasy reader here. I fell in love with Tolkien at the age of 8 and I've been hooked on fantasy ever since.

Usually I have 2 or 3 books going at once. I'm currently reading F. Paul Wilson's Repairman Jack series.

Fantasy is a reeealllly broad category. I absolutely refuse to read sword and sorcery stuff, but I love authors like Juliet Marillier and Jacqueline Carey.

I love Tolkien, and fantasy in general but as Irulan said, it is a huge genre. Have you read the short stories of Tolkien they published a few years back? One is "A Tolkien Miscellany" and another is "Unfinished Tales", there are a few gems in these two collections. Some sword and sorcery books I enjoy, especially when I need some down time. Irulan, I've not heard of Marillier or Carey before, will have to add them to my list, their books sound quite interesting!

I've not seen Stephen Lawhead mentioned in this thread, I like his work pretty well. I really enjoyed Byzantium, had mixed feelings on his Pendragan series.