Bronwen🏳️‍🌈🌹Nov 26, 2022

This is a fun idea

#7books to know me better

1) Lord of the Rings #Tolkein
2) The Great Gatsby #FScottFitzgerald
3) Travels with Charley #Steinbeck
4) Paul Robeson: The Artist As Revolutionary - #GeraldHorne #PaulRobeson
5) Never Let Me Go #KazuoIshiguro
6) The Bell Jar #SylviaPlath
7) Good Omens #Pratchett #Gaiman

Be interested to know what yours are if you want to share

Show threadElle 💗Nov 28, 2022

@Bronwen I unfortunately regularly fail to get to the books I want to read, but I think I can still put together a list for #7books

- The Lord of the Rings #Tolkien
- Innumeracy #Paulos
- A Demon Haunted World #Sagan
- The Messenger #Zusak
- Beauty #McKinley
- Don't Make Me Think #Krug
- Lost at Sea #OMalley

Show threadmindstalkNov 28, 2022
@ellesaurus @Bronwen I've read 4 of those! Don't see McKinley mentioned much these days, let alone Beauty!
Show threadElle 💗
@mindstalk
@Bronwen Oh cool! I wasn't expecting anyone to really know that one. It was the first McKinley book I read and it was easily my favorite telling of the story.
Nov 29, 2022 at 12:35amWeb
Show threadmindstalkNov 29, 2022

@ellesaurus @Bronwen It's even my favorite _Robin McKinley_ telling of the story. Though to be fair, I never tried re-reading Rose Daughter.

But I'm slightly unusual. https://mindstalk.net/mckinley/

Original Robin McKinley Fan Page

The original fan page for Robin McKinley, including a discussion group, a reader survey, news about new books, biographical information, book summaries, and a letter from Robin McKinley.

Show threadElle 💗Nov 29, 2022
@mindstalk @Bronwen Wow superfan! I completely forgot about Rose Daughter. I never ended up reading that one. The other McKinley novels I've read are Hero and the Crown, Blue Sword, and Spindle's End.
Show threadmindstalkNov 29, 2022

@ellesaurus @Bronwen I recommend to you Sunshine, and her short story collections.

My favorite novels were Beauty, Hero, and Sunshine. Blue Sword was somehow the most forgettable book I ever read, I literally forgot about it twice. "I'm having deja vu about having deja vu."

Oh, I'd liked Outlaws back in the day, too. "Robin Hood worries about privies and wonders why people want to live like hobos with him when they aren't actual outlaws yet."

Show threadPat InmanNov 29, 2022
@Bronwen @mindstalk @ellesaurus I love Robin McKinley’s books, esp. Sunshine. Sharon Shinn is like McKinley in some ways. Shinn’s trilogy that starts with The Safe-Keeper’s Secret and the book Summers at Castle Auburn are most like. Shinn’s series that starts with Troubled Waters has the same feel but in a more complex society.