Have you read Sean Stewart's Perfect Circle? Nicely done twist on the "I see dead people" theme. The protagonist is a refreshingly flawed divorced dad, something of a slacker but a good guy at heart. If only he could stop seeing ghosts, he might even be able to drive a car, hold down a job, and patch things up with his teenage daughter.
For mental comfort food, Sorcery and Cecilia, or the Enchanted Chocolate Pot is great fun. And I must confess to absolutely WALLOWING in Georgette Heyer's Regency novels lately. I rarely read romances otherwise but these stand out from the crowd. ("Jane Austen light" is how I described them to my husband.)
Re: Margaret Mahy, who was mentioned above, my favorites are The Tricksters and Catalogue of the Universe.
Jennifer Stevenson's Trash Sex Magic is a challenging read, but utterly original.
Joe Hill's Heart Shaped Box is a grabber of a ghost story. I can't say he sustains the momentum perfectly throughout, but I can forgive that in a first novel with characters I've bonded with. And who wouldn't love the premise of buying a ghost on the internet?
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Date: 2008-07-05 03:46 am (UTC)For mental comfort food, Sorcery and Cecilia, or the Enchanted Chocolate Pot is great fun. And I must confess to absolutely WALLOWING in Georgette Heyer's Regency novels lately. I rarely read romances otherwise but these stand out from the crowd. ("Jane Austen light" is how I described them to my husband.)
Re: Margaret Mahy, who was mentioned above, my favorites are The Tricksters and Catalogue of the Universe.
Jennifer Stevenson's Trash Sex Magic is a challenging read, but utterly original.
Joe Hill's Heart Shaped Box is a grabber of a ghost story. I can't say he sustains the momentum perfectly throughout, but I can forgive that in a first novel with characters I've bonded with. And who wouldn't love the premise of buying a ghost on the internet?