http://nyc-detective.livejournal.com/ ([identity profile] nyc-detective.livejournal.com) wrote in [community profile] goshdarnspam 2009-12-13 11:01 pm (UTC)

"The Selected Works of T.S. Spivet" (http://www.tsspivet.com/) by Rief Larsen (one of my all time favorite books EVER, about a 12 year old genius boy who has very little idea on how to be social)

"Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrel" (http://www.jonathanstrange.com/) by Susanna Clarke (Revisionist history of England where magic is real but has been forgotten. If Childermass was a real person, I'd probably marry him)

"The Number One Ladies' Detective Agency" (http://www.mccallsmith.com/botswana.htm) by Alexander McCall Smith (A delightfully charming series of books about two women in Botswana who decide to start a detective agency)

The Dresden Files (first book is Storm Front) by Jim Butcher (Fantasy fun about a harried wizard who can never get electronics to work for him)

UMMM Goodreads is a great site if you want to find good books: www.goodreads.com

Howl's Moving Castle by Dianna Wynne Jones

Haroun and the Sea of Stories by Salman Rushdie (Which is the story of a young boy and his father, a story teller, who has lost his Gift of Gab. Short and sweet and absolutely hilarious)

An Uncommon Reader by Alan Bennet (How Her Royal Highness the Queen started to read books)

Griffin and Sabine by Nick Bantock, but that's a seriously interactive book and you NEED to have the physical in your hand because half the fun is pulling open the letters inside

OH I FORGOT ANYTHING BY WALLY LAMB

OH OH AND Inkheart by Cornelia Funkheart (about a little girl who's dad can read books to life IGNORE THE MOVIE)

IDK I HAVE A TON I'll rec more if you'd like

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