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Book Recs
Thanks to my Flist I now have two new books to order and read
Knife by R J Anderson (on order from Amazon Yay)
There are humans at the bottom of the garden, and a glimpse inside their forbidden House convinces Knife that they have knowledge that could help her dying people. But if the human world has so much to offer, why is the fairy Queen determined to keep her people away from it? Is there a connection between the House and the fairies' loss of magic? And why is Knife so drawn to the young Paul McCormick - that strangest of creatures, a human male?
and
A Wrinkle in Time
A Wrinkle in Time is the story of Meg Murry, a high-school-aged girl who is transported on an adventure through time and space with her younger brother Charles Wallace and her friend Calvin O'Keefe to rescue her father, a gifted scientist, from the evil forces that hold him prisoner on another planet.
They both sound awesome, and reminds me that even though it feels like it I haven't read everything :) and that got me to thinking about what else I’m missing out on, so always open (desperate) for new suggestions I thought I'd turn to my flist for advice, since it brought me the first two, what books do you love SO much you recommend to everyone, even though even you are getting bored of retelling the story all over again and would be your only choice if you got stuck on a desert island. I'm open to any types of book, although I have known to be partial to Sci Fi, YA, mysteries and anything that contains a supernatural element.
To be fair, I'll get the ball rolling and for anyone who is interested I'll recommend one of my own favourites.
Synopsis - Claire Randall is leading a double life. She has a husband in one century - and a lover in another...In 1945, Claire Randall is back from the war and reunited with her husband on a second honeymoon in Scotland. Innocently, she walks through a stone circle in the Highlands, and finds herself in a violent skirmish taking place in 1743. Suddenly, she is a Sassenach, an outlander, in a country torn by war and by clan feuds. A wartime nurse, Claire can deal with the bloody wounds that face her. But it is harder to deal with the knowledge that she is in Jacobite Scotland and the carnage of Culloden is looming. Marooned amid the passion and violence, the superstition, the shifting allegiances and the fervent loyalties, Claire is in danger from Jacobites and Redcoats - and from the shock of her own desire for James Fraser, a gallant and courageous young Scots warrior. Jamie shows her a passion so fierce and a love so absolute that Claire becomes a woman torn between fidelity and desire, and between two vastly different men in two irreconcilable lives.
The summary doesn’t do this book justice. From the minute I started reading it, I could not put it down. It has such beautiful descriptions of my beloved homeland, and the writer draws you into this world so seamlessly you actually read it with bated breath (Well I did) Jamie is one of my all time favourite male heroes, Big burly Scotsman with a kind heart and no nonsense attitude and the love story between him and Claire though slow and steadily built up, ends up one of the most beautiful love stories I have ever read. There is a lot of info on Scottish history for and buffs and a lot of medical info (Claire is a nurse and ends up being viewed as something of a healer by the superstitious Scottish folk) but there is also tons of humour and some great action scenes, this story really does have a little bit of everything, Sci Fi, Romance, History, compelling characters, action and mystery. There are several books after this one (and one due to be released this year) but none that match this. I would highly recommend it to anyone.