Poll of the Day > Please tell me about the books you have enjoyed reading recently.

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I just got a Kindle Fire tablet and I am in the mood for reading.

I particularly enjoy fantasy (not so much high fantasy, though), romance, and stories with strong female protagonists. But I'll give just about anything a try.
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The Handmaid's Tale
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The most recent book I've enjoyed was Little Women. Never got around to reading it before. There's definitely a strong female lead who wants to do things she's not supposed to be allowed to do in 19th century culture.

For fantasy, I like to suggest a rather controversial and unknown series. The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant by Stephen R Donaldson. The main character starts off very dark and bitter, does something absolutely horrible near the beginning of the story, and is never your regular good guy.
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I finished And Then There Were None last week and enjoyed it.
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Akame Ga Kill Volume 1
It's on Amazon Kindle.
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Children of Time is an excellent science fiction novel I finished recently. I highly recommend it if you aren't afraid of spiders.
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The Answers by Catherine Lacey. I don't want to give away the premise but it starts out as a story about a woman who has basically opted out of the information age (she only has a landline) and evolves into something much stranger. It came out last year and the prose is just stunning. It knocked me on my ass

I just finished Skim not too long ago. If you're into stories with strong female protagonists, it's well worth a go. It's a comic though, as long as that's okay with you.
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Moonjay posted...

The most recent book I've enjoyed was Little Women. Never got around to reading it before. There's definitely a strong female lead who wants to do things she's not supposed to be allowed to do in 19th century culture.

For fantasy, I like to suggest a rather controversial and unknown series. The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant by Stephen R Donaldson. The main character starts off very dark and bitter, does something absolutely horrible near the beginning of the story, and is never your regular good guy.

I collected the books for Thomas Covenant, but haven't started it yet. Told myself I can't get to it, until after I finish the last book in the Malazan main Series. I do need to read something else after I finish the last Malazan book too, since before starting it, I'd read The Wheel of Time not too long before. I have two short survival novels for in between though, Hatchet and My Side of the Mountain. Read Hatchet many moons ago, but never My Side of the Mountain.
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