The Baker's Books: H von D Meme #1
I read Howard von Darkmoor's very first meme done his way, "The Baker's Books," so I'll consider myself tagged. What the hey, right? The rules are to provide a list of books that you have on your shelves to see if anyone can learn about you from them - but not just any books. They have to be books that you've actually paid for, nothing given, borrrowed, stolen, or whatever.
From reading Howard's list, I get the impression that he likes a lot history and mythology...otherwise I can't say I've learned much.
Okay, so here's mine:
1. The Hidden Stars by Madeline Howard (2004)
2. A Handful of Men, a four-book series by Dave Duncan, which includes:
a. The Cutting Edge (1992)
b. Upland Outlaws (1993)
c. The Stricken Field (1994)
d. The Living God (1995)
3. The Cursed by Dave Duncan (1995)
4. Nemesis by Bill Napier (1998)
5. Resurrection by Steve Alten (2006)
6. The Second Coming by John Dalmas (2004)
7. The Dark Portal by Robin Jarvis (2000)
8. The Swords of Night and Day by David Gemmel (2004)
9. Icarus Hunt by Timothy Zahn (1999)
10. Playing God by Sarah Zettel (1998)
Of course there's more, but I can't possibly list them all. I know some of these books are kind of old, but I buy a lot from Wal-Mart, CVS, going-out-of-business sales, and used book stores (haha), so most of them were actually bought recently.
Well, Howard's way was to tag anyone who read his post. If you're up to it, go ahead, feel free to accept a random tag from me. Otherwise, I suppose I'll single out Jim Melvin at The Death Wizard Chronicles.
Hey, Jim : TAG! You're it!
From reading Howard's list, I get the impression that he likes a lot history and mythology...otherwise I can't say I've learned much.
Okay, so here's mine:
1. The Hidden Stars by Madeline Howard (2004)
2. A Handful of Men, a four-book series by Dave Duncan, which includes:
a. The Cutting Edge (1992)
b. Upland Outlaws (1993)
c. The Stricken Field (1994)
d. The Living God (1995)
3. The Cursed by Dave Duncan (1995)
4. Nemesis by Bill Napier (1998)
5. Resurrection by Steve Alten (2006)
6. The Second Coming by John Dalmas (2004)
7. The Dark Portal by Robin Jarvis (2000)
8. The Swords of Night and Day by David Gemmel (2004)
9. Icarus Hunt by Timothy Zahn (1999)
10. Playing God by Sarah Zettel (1998)
Of course there's more, but I can't possibly list them all. I know some of these books are kind of old, but I buy a lot from Wal-Mart, CVS, going-out-of-business sales, and used book stores (haha), so most of them were actually bought recently.
Well, Howard's way was to tag anyone who read his post. If you're up to it, go ahead, feel free to accept a random tag from me. Otherwise, I suppose I'll single out Jim Melvin at The Death Wizard Chronicles.
Hey, Jim : TAG! You're it!
7 comments:
Let's see, what have I learned about you from this list:
1) Not everyone you read has to be a long-established talent; you're willing to take occasional risks on relative newcomers.
2) You love fantasy, but you define it broadly.
3) You're a bargain hunter. (Ha!)
4) You're not intimidated by works that might be too dense for some tastes.
5) You like a little humor mixed in with the darkness.
For the last ten books on my shelf, please see my blog entry entitled What Are You Reading?
(www.deathwizardchronicles.blogspot.com)
And thanks for the tag!
You're welcome!
Wow, you really can learn something about a person from this!
Thanks for playing,Michael!
I haven't read any Duncan yet, but he is in my TBR stacks. And I've read Gemmell's White Wolf but not the follow up Swords of Night and Day yet, but I plan to.
Good list, and great insight provided by Jim.
Enjoy them all!
Unfortunately, I haven't read White Wolf, so I guess I should go look for it. Swordxs was one of those books I got at a going-out-of-business sale - they let me fill a big bag for $10, and half the books were hardcovers, can you believe it?
And thanks, Howard. No problem, I enjoyed it!
BTW, there's another four book series that precedes A Handful of Men called A Man of His Word. The characters are very endearing, and the magical system is simple yet interesting.
I'll take up your "Baker's Books" meme, Michael. I'm a bit late but better late than never. Right?
Oh, that's fine, Dawn. It's nice that you joined in the game!
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