Of course the Buffistas would have this subject covered!
Kate, if he liked Lud-In-The-Mist, and enjoyed Tolkien then he might be able to handle some of the other books from the Ballantine Adult Fantasy series. (The "adult" part back then was meant merely to distinguish them from kid tales, not super sexy times. It's mostly 19th century and early 20th century stuff).
I was particularly charmed by Lord Dunsany's stories from that era and his classic novel The King of Elfland's Daughter.
Here's a complete list of the series and you'll see many titles you know well, and others that would probably be new:
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Ooh, Katherine Kurtz' Deryni series! Kurtz was big in the Society for Creative Anachronism in its early days, and it was a fun game for SCAers to read the books and identify whose garb and devices had been lifted for the characters in the books.
Also, Peter Beagle's books, Evangeline Walton's books based on the Mabinogion, and CJ Cherryh's Morgaine books. Cherryh also wrote some fantasies based on Russian fairy tales, but I haven't read them.
Have any of you read
In Other Lands
yet?
I got about 80% of the way through and then my library book expired, Kat. I thought it was interesting but I obviously wasn't super into it if I didn't go "oh no only one day left quick must finish" but partly I think it just wasn't hitting the mood I was in.
Epic - where do I find the "What's the name of that book?" section on Goodreads?
There's a menu at the top called "Community", it gives you a dropdown for "Groups". It comes at the top of my Groups page, but I realized that's because I joined the Group. There is a search bar in Groups, I assume it will come up if you search for it.
Here's a link, assuming it will work for someone who's not signed in as me:
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I finally read The Wedding Date yesterday, and it was so fun! Also fun to see Nanita in the acknowledgements. And I'm excited that Jasmine has another book coming out in the fall.
That makes me so happy! And the second book will thrill all of you who, like me, LOATHE public wedding proposals. The "meet cute" is with a particularly likeable character from the first book who witnesses a Jumbotron proposal gone wrong and swoops in to help the young woman (who turned down the proposal) deal with leaving the packed stadium amidst the emotional aftermath!
I just read that summary and am super happy!
