Please feel free to continue posting in the previous two Curious Threads, I just thought I'd post a new one, as it's been a week now. :)

I'll have to answer later though, I have class in a few minutes. :P

So, other than WoT, what do you read? What are your favorite series/books/genres, what authors do you like? Is WoT the only fantasy you read? I'm curious! :D

I love fantasy completely and absolutely. :) I've always loved reading, ever since I was 3/4 years old. :) I like historical fiction quite a lot, but I don't read a lot of it. :/ I got into fantasy in 6th grade when I read the Hobbit, then the Lord of the Rings trilogy in seventh grade. I've been hooked since then. :) I've read a lot of Tolkien, and there's a lot I haven't read. There are actually some Tolkien books at home that I've had for a while but haven't read yet. That's going to be my project this summer. :)

Some other favorites are WoT (of course), A Song of Ice and Fire by George R. R. Martin and Symphony of Ages by Elizabeth Haydon. Absolutey amazing series, everyone should read them both. :) I read Mistborn: The Final Empire by Brandon Sanderson not too long ago and loved it. I bought Elantris as well, but I just started a WoT reread, so I haven't gotten to Elantris just yet.

Since my junior year in high school, I've had a lot of required reading, but I absolutely loved some of the books I had to read. Timeline (great required reading, right? :P) was wonderful, miles superior to the movie. :) I also really liked The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, and in the years since I've read the Scarlet Letter, I've come to appreciate it a lot more...maybe I should reread. Junior year I had to read a lot of Poe as well, and developed a liking for him. Also read A Canticle for Leibowitz that year, which is now possibly my favorite book of all time. Read it. I demand it. *nod* Farenheit 451 was a great from that year too.

Last year, I was introduced to Frankenstein, 1984, Pardise Lost, and Rime of the Ancient Mariner (Okay, so that last isn't a book, but I loved it!) I didn't actually read Pardise Lost, but from the class discussions, I really want to try that one again too. That goes on the list for summer as well. :)

I think that about covers it...maybe I'll check my Facebook later to see what else I have listed. :P

Finally, something I can answer without falling on my face and looking more of a geek than everybody else!

Let's see...I enjoy just about any genre of fiction except horror and futuristic sci-fi. I like the fantasy genre and mystery genre especially. I'm also pretty tolerant of cheesy romance novels, since I started reading my mom's stuff after I ran out of stuff to read at home. Heh. I'd only read them if I was really bored, though. The only non-fictional books I read are history books or books on myth, though it's mainly for light reading.

Favorites? I dunno...the most memorable are:
The Bartimaeus Trilogy by J. Stroud,
Harry Potter (sad for it to decline),
Uncle Tom's Cabin,
Gapo by Lualhati Bautista (local feministic anti-Imperialism novel :D),
Swiss Family Robinson,
Little Mermaid (read it when I was four and cried at the ending),
that Norse myth book in my highschool library, and a fairytale anthology which title I don't remember any more.

The others are less memorable but nice/okay nonetheless: Vampire's Mist, The Dark is Rising (I like the second book best), the Prince and the Pauper, El Filibusterismo, and Robinson Crusoe.

I grew up reading fairytales, so I guess that contributed to my liking of the fantasy genre. Now I don't read as much any more. I need to get myself a new novel...

Hmmm, read so much hard to recall it all, so I'll stick with the stuff that I enjoyed the most. Since we're more dealing with fiction, I'll stick with that. I suppose I prefer obscure or dystopia science fiction; cyber punk and steam punk are great.

As for series and authors, well I'd of course have to mention Frank Herbert off the back, (and to a much lesser extent his son,) and with him one also has to mention Tolkein. (Though I prefer the Hobbit as a stand alone over the LotR stuff.)

Robert Heinlein for his concepts, if not his stories. Aldous Huxley and George Orwell, if not for story, then for inspiring takes on societal engineering.

Story wise, I've always enjoyed L.E. Moddesitt for his mix of fiction and ethics. Either his science fiction standalones, or wonderful fantasy seriese like the Saga of Recluse or Corean Chronicles.

I've always found the work done by Richard A Knaack in the Blizzard Worlds to be astounding, Day of the Dragon and Legacy of Blood are astounding.

Jeff grub always deserves mention, not just for Blizzard, but his Ice Age novels were great. And Cory J Herndon and Scott McGough, might as well mention them. Loved Kamigawa and Ravnica.

Steven King and the Dark Tower, different from most other stuff, but worth the read.

Gordon R. Dickson, my favourite scifi writer of all time. Childe Cycle just the best for me in sci fi. Wolf and Iron or the Earth Lords, if you can find them, I wholly recommend reading.

The first half of WoT, and the Sword of Truth if only the first novel as a stand alone, cannot really advocate the rest of the series.

Did read a Song of Fire and Ice, as well as the Symphony of Ages, better than a lot of stuff out there, so they well get honorable mention, and they do have many laudable traits. If I'm giving honorable mentions, Sarah Douglas and the Wayfarer's Redemption Trilogy, and Threshold. Susan Cooper's the Grey King.

And well, I'll conclude with my favourite fantasy series and author, Steven Erikson and the Malazan Book of the Fallen.

Well all my books were of the same genre lol. Which actually made me become so enthralled into the Wheel Of Time. The following books are the main ones that I put as favorites and will most likely read all over again.

- The Saga of Recluce by L.E. Modesitte Jr
- Immortal series and The Lioness Quartet / Tamora Peirce
- The Belgariad, The Mallorean, The Elenium, The Tamuli / David Eddings
- The Chronicles of Narnia - Yes I love them to death
- The DragonRiders of Pern - Anne and Todd McCaffrey
- Song in the Silence, The Lesser Kindred, and Redeeming the Lost / Elizabeth Kerner

I know that there are some more out there but the ones that stick in my head the most are those ones.

Eee, Vaeira, I loved half the books on your list. ^^ And I really could go on forever with the books I love, but I'll try and narrow it down.

-Tamora Pierce - Immortals/Song of the Lioness/Trickster's series (basically anything set in Tortall). Kind of for a younger age, but I still like them.
-Meg Cabot - Mediator series (I liked the Princess Diaries too...). Nothing like chick flicks. :P
-Jasper Fforde - Thursday Next series/NCD (Nursery Crime Division). Some of the funniest books I've read in a long time. Lots of bibliowit, so if you know some things about the English language and/or literature, I think you'll enjoy them.
-Terry Pratchett - Discworld series. Hilarious. I love, love, love his books. Great sense of humor.
-David Eddings - Belgariad/Mallorean/Elenium/Tamuli. Good books.
-Elizabeth Kerner - Song in the Silence, Lesser Kindred, Redeeming the Lost. I haven't read them in a while, but I really liked them. Did an english project on them, actually.
-Stephenie Meyer - Twilight books. Yeah, cheesy love story, but I'm a sucker for those.
-Holly Black - Tithe, Valiant, Ironside. Modern-day fairy tales. Good stuff.
-Anne Bishop - Black Jewels Trilogy/Ephemera. I love her books. I own a good amount of them (and this is coming from a girl whose parents don't allow her to buy books).
-Branden Sanderson - Mistborn, Elantris. I really like his writing.
-Jacqueline Carey - Kushiel books/Godslayer. Similar to Anne Bishop in content, in my opinion.
-Laurie R. King - her Russell books. Interesting books, with a female partner to Sherlock Holmes.

If you can't tell, I'm a HUGE fan of fantasy, and the occasional sci-fi. I can take mystery sometimes. But mostly, it's all fantasy.

Nice thread topic.

Being an English major I can probably tell you quite a bit about those classics. Don't bother reading Paradise Lost until you have to Saph, its really hard to get through without constant references and such.

As for good books.

American Gods by Neil Gaiman
The Vampire Chronicles by Anne Rice
The Dead by James Joyce

I liked the Shadow Rising too, but it was a long time ago that I read it. I've read anything and everything, but those are the last ones that stuck with me the most.

WHAT!?? I would die...I would absolutely die. That's all I can think to say...

Yeah....I thought it was pretty unfair. All my friends' parents would buy them books for their birthdays and such, and my parents would say, "You don't need to buy books. You can borrow them from the library. Buying books is such a waste of money." Needless to say, I was extremely depressed.

But, thankfully, my friends know I love to read, and so they sent me giftcards to Barnes and Nobles for my birthday. And library booksales are fantastic too. :look

I dont really have anything specific that I like to read. WoT is by far my favorite book series although I love the Harry Potter series and think the Sword of Truth series is decent.

I really liked Harry Potter as well. I'm sad that the series is over though...I admit it, I cried. :look

I've never read Sword of Truth, but everyone says it's great, so I'm going to have to get my hands on it sometime.

*Is not everyone.* =\

Beware of the chicken which is not a chicken. >.>

I still say it's hit or miss. :P

:o Mirazhe, we have a ton in common with book taste! I love Anne Bishop, Terry Prachett, Stephenie Meyer, and Holly Black, too. I also love Garth Nix and George Orwell. My most recent discovery, though, is the Dexter series. I think they made a tv show out of it. You know, the one about the serial killer? :lol

We really do. That's awesome. :D Garth Nix is fabulous too. I've never read the Dexter series. Never heard of the tv show either, but that's because I don't watch tv. Plus, I'm stuck in China, so I don't really have good tv anyway. :P

But who is the Dexter series by? I'll try and check it out.

It's by Jeff Lindsay. :D Stuck in China? If I were you, I'd be happy to be stuck in China!

You read Elizbeth Kerner, Mirazhe? I thought only I had read them. It pleases me to know someone else knows the wonders of the Gedri and Kantri. ^^

Which reminds me did you get your name from that series or is it just coincidence? :)

Yes, they're fabulous. And yes, I did get my name from there. ^^ Never thought anyone would know about them.

And I do like being in China, Evei, but it's awfully hard to get any books here in English. *cries*

Oh Garth Nix. I've only read the Abhorsen Series, but I absolutely loved it. :D

isn't that about the serial killer guy who is a csi dude? Or something to that effect? I've always wanted to see it cuz the guy who plays Dexter plays David in Six Feet Under and thats one of my favorite tv shows.

Who are you talking to, Rialt?

The Abhorsen Series certainly isn't about a serial killer csi dude...:blink

Dexter, I'm talking about Dexter.

Yeah, Dexter works for the police as a blood splatter analysist. And the TV show is awesome. :P

Oh! I love the Abhorsen series.

Oh, ok I see now. I was confused. :look