Books!

[seventhe]

I am planning on writing up a workout post, and I probably will this afternoon, but I want to get this particular post out there before I forget:

I am going on a long trip soon.
I would like some book recs, things that I can pick up at the library this weekend.
Although I'm not going to say "no" to SRS LITRATUR, I will be perfectly happy with a list of "brain candy" books - fun to read, possibly literarily worthless, but enjoyable and interesting and perhaps a little brain-numbing (as I may or may not be drunk while reading them).

So! Please smother me with book recs, people. Give me your top-three "Beach Vacation Book Recommendations".

It's like a meme! Only cooler.

Comments

[shanaqui]

>> The Dark Is Rising, Susan Cooper. (The sequence order: Over Sea Under Stone, The Dark is Rising, Greenwitch, The Grey King, Silver on the Tree.) I mean it. I'm considering rereading it for the sixth time this year, I love it so much. Yes, they're children's books, but the characters and concepts are lovely. See here for many reasons why I love it.

Predictability over with, I really like Ursula Le Guin's Changing Planes for something easy to read (yet also touching and not just rubbish). It's basically a lot of short stories joined together by a common theme, talking about different "planes" you can visit when you're stuck in an airport.

And finally anything by Neil Gaiman. For quick reading, I go Neverwhere and/or Stardust. For something I can sink my teeth into, American Gods and Anansi Boys.

[first-seventhe.livejournal.com]

I figured The Dark is Rising was coming. <3 We shall see if the library wants to provide! It's probably time to read those, anyway. >.>

Thanks!