amyrjoy Posted April 24, 2012 Share Posted April 24, 2012 Laura Frantz- she's a very special lady and her books have served so many purposes in my life. She has three novels out, and my absolute favorite is Courting Morrow Little. Her latest, The Colonel's Lady is superb, also. And her first, The Frontiersman's Daughter! :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kareni Posted April 24, 2012 Share Posted April 24, 2012 Futuristic suspense with heavy romance component: J.D. Robb's '... in death' series Urban fantasy: Patricia Briggs Ilona Andrews C.E. Murphy Historical romance: Jo Goodman Joanne Bourne Lisa Kleypas Mary Jo Putney Loretta Chase Julia Quinn Laura Kinsale Elizabeth Hoyt Julie Anne Long Regards, Kareni Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lizzie in Ma Posted April 24, 2012 Share Posted April 24, 2012 Patricia Briggs Cassandra Clare JK Rowling Seanan McGuire Anne McCaffrey Marian Zimmer Bradley Faith Hunter Elizabeth Peters Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Negin Posted April 29, 2012 Share Posted April 29, 2012 I think Isabel Allende would be super. It's quality literature, but it's not generally depressing either. Some great stories! :iagree: Isabel Allende My favorite female author ever. :D I've read and loved all of her books, but her best by far, and the one to start with is House of Spirits. Um, JK Rowling. Yes. :) Maeve Binchy Love her also. :D Others that I have loved: Can't Wait to Get to Heaven by Fannie Flagg and most of her books - very sweet and light - and quite funny Funny in Farsi by Firoozeh Dumas if you need a nice laugh as well as her other book Laughing without an Accent Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LaxMom Posted April 29, 2012 Share Posted April 29, 2012 (edited) I've become a fan of Geraldine Brooks' historical fiction, and Jacqueline Winspear's Maisy Dobbs mystery series in the past few years. Edited April 29, 2012 by MyCrazyHouse Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laughing lioness Posted April 29, 2012 Share Posted April 29, 2012 (edited) Dorothy Sayers. Lord Peter Wimsey series is terrific. The 9 Bells is brilliant. Can't wait to delve into Gaudy Night. LOVE, love love her writing. mixed feelings about Piccolt- easy reads about current issue topics, don't love her style. Francine Rivers- Mark of the Lion series, The Last Sin Eater Anne Lamott- an edgy gutter mouth but terrific wordsmith, tackles current issues Nyquist- another great wordsmith but content-lite. Madeline L'Engle -always learn a TON of new words when I read L'Engle. Some of it's simple, some deep. Oh- LOVED Habibi by Nye- YA. Nye is a poet and it shows- her writing is lovely. Read my first LeGuin this year: Left Hand of Darkness- wowza. Amazing paradigm puzzle. I found LeGuin to be kind of hard to "get in to" but once I did I really loved her style/topic/ writing. Edited April 29, 2012 by laughing lioness Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JumpedIntoTheDeepEndFirst Posted April 29, 2012 Share Posted April 29, 2012 The first to come to mind were: Agatha Christie Elizabeth Peters Carolly Erickson Alison Weir Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nature Posted April 29, 2012 Share Posted April 29, 2012 Sara Donati – Wilderness Series – historical fiction – starts in the late 1700’s. Jodi Picoult – Some of my favorite books of hers – Handle with Care, Plain Truth, My Sister’s Keeper (so much better than the movie), House Rules Jane Kirkpatrick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tabrizia Posted April 29, 2012 Share Posted April 29, 2012 I love Debora Geary, she had a great series of novels about modern witches, it is a fairly light read which is nice after just having a baby, but the writing is great and the story is very engaging. I also love Patricia Briggs, Illona Andrews, Thea Harrison and Jeaniene Frost all are urban fantasy. I also really enjoy Nalini Singh who has a similar style to the above authors. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laughing lioness Posted April 29, 2012 Share Posted April 29, 2012 What about The Help by Sockett? GREAT read. And Sarah Addison Allen was my new fav author of 11.' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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