the Night Angel Trilogy by Brent Weeks.

Just finished the last one, quite a good read.

The Quarters Series by Tanya Huff
-Sing the Four Quarters
-Fifth Quarter
-No Quarter
-The Quartered Sea
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Word and Void series by Terry Brooks
-Running with the Demon
-A Knight of the Word
-Angel Fire East
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The Plucker by Brom
Child Thief by Brom

Um…I might have more for you in a bit. Lol <3

XD I suck at explaining stuff, so here's a link to the author's site: http://www.brentweeks.com/books/

But it's a really good fantasy read; really devoloped characters, a believeable romance, good plot, but it's pretty dark and gorey at times. But that's why I love it, I love seeing the not so sunshine and buttercups everything-turns-out-okay-because-we're-awesome-and-magical fantasy storie, it drags you down into a deep dark pit (literally at one point) where the horrors that make us less than human take place. But it's also a tale of redemption; how we have to live with the mistakes we made but if we're willing to work for it we can make it right again.

And the literature buff in me comes out XD

I think something I said to someone while desribing this series went something like, "I finally found a fantasy series that didn't fail at also being good literature." There's a good deal of really awesome modern fantasy/sci-fi, but for all the good stuff I kept picking up crap that could not hold any literary merit. I love all of the old classics from people like Jack London, Oscar Wilde, Harper Lee, etc. So I automatically look for something in a book that can go up to par with them. Yet apparently I can't pick a fantasy novel off the bookshelf that can supply that, until now at least. It doesn't show a ground-breaking literary movement or supply satirical comments on the plotical and social erros of the day like a lot of the classics did, but the guy can actually write and make a good, developed plot line/characters.

And the characters themselves are wonderful. They're not all perfect and valiant heroes, a lot of them are messed up pretty bad, yet end up doing semi-heroic things. Even if the methods they use aren't so heroic. At some points you love them and sympathize with them, and at other times you want to beat them with the nearest blunt object for being so horrible.

But I digress, I could go on in literature dork-mode all day, but you should explore the site to see more of what it's about in a more understandable way XD

I love books! I'm having so many, my room is full of them and I'm always getting more and more and they don't fit into my shelves anymore. D:"

Science fiction/Fantasy are my fav' genres too. I'll list a few of my latest favorites, not sure if they sound interesting to you. You can always ask me for more information if so!

The Animorphs-Series by K. A. Applegate
Scott Westerfeld's series (e.g. Peeps, Uglies/Pretties/Specials/Extras, Midnighters)
Walter Moers' Zamonia books... they're German, but I think a few of them are translated into English too.
Bartimaeus by Jonathan Stroud. ;] I know right, but I love 'em.
Darren Shan-books by Darren Shan (who would've thought... the lately published movie "Cirque du Freak" is based on them, however the books are much better than the movies)
Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy & following by Douglas Adams. MUCH LOVE.
Tad Williams' books (e.g. the Osten Ard saga or the Otherland saga. *A*)
Night Watch saga by Sergej Lukianenko.

... and many moar.

@Alecsander: You’ll love Child Thief! It was awesome. On a stick. <3

*seconds Apeldille on anything by Neil Gaiman*

Oh! These are not a series per say but all take place in the same world of Bas-Lag and they’re all by China Mieville.
-Perdido Street Station
-The Scar
-Iron Council
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The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger

-probably more coming as I think of them. lol <3

Interesting post =)
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I just finished Hogfather of T.Pratchett <3

I'm going to have to read some of these, I've been running out of books to read xD

Funny
Perverted
Vulgar
With crude humor
(:
It's different and (I thought) rather amusing.

Hush Hush is a really good book if you haven't read that lol
Oh and the Dark Guardians Trilogy is good too

I just started re-reading The Hobbit, and will probably continue with LOTR...again xD

These other suggestions I may look into as well - you can never have too many books to read!

For me, I enjoyed reading the Sevenwaters trilogy: Daughter of the Forest, Son of the Shadows, and Child of the Prophecy, by Juliet Marillier. Has alot of Irish magic and folklore (though it's a Grimm Brothers tale), if you like that sort of stuff

Author's Website

I think i watched the movie Memoirs of a Geisha but I'd love to pick up the book.

-starts putting books on hold at library-

Hurf, Bylah, I was gonna say House of Leaves, but you beat me to it. Ah well, I haven't finished it yet, but from what I've read, I really like it, and the way it is written is just fantastic.
Hmmm.. If you enjoy free-verse poetry, I highly reccomend Sharp Teeth, I loved it, a very unique and modern story.
Also, it's not fantasy, but I loved The Story of Edgar Sawtelle, sort of a moden Hamlet, and hands-down, one of my favourites.

Dean Koontz's old stuff strikes me hard. I have a particular love and adoration for "Phantoms," and "The Bad Place."

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