BOOKS! Rec me anything!

[seren_ccd]

Hullo! I am in need of BOOKS. I'm looking for something new and fun and if it centers around a small town (anywhere), I'm all over it. What have folks been reading?

Thank you!!!

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[hiddencait.livejournal.com]

I have been reading a lot of fantasy lately - been diving through Robin McKinely's fairy tale re-tellings because of reasons lol. Most of them are centered on relatively small towns/villages until the heavy duty magic sets in. "Rose Daughter" "Beauty: a Retelling of Beauty and the Beast" and "Spindle's End" tend to by my faves for her.

The other author I've been re-reading lately is Betty Neels. They're short little completely cookie cutter romances, usually set in the UK or Europe with either a nurse/secretary/governess falling for a rich doctor/investor/lawyer type. Like I said - totally cookie cutter and type casting (apparently Betty actually was a nurse who ended up marrying some rich doctor/investor/lawyer who wanted to take care of her and let her write forever lol). But they're quick reads and just totally sweet and always leave me smiling like a loon. She also has like... several hundred books or something ridiculous I think lol.

[hiddencait.livejournal.com]

Oh! BTW since you are off until November and are in a writing mood - don't forget the hetreccer prompt meme! http://het-reccers.livejournal.com/854741.html There are like 20 people prompting a good 60 prompts or so but only 4 fills so far lol.

[aj.livejournal.com]

I've been burning through the Tessa Dare Spindle Cove series. Fun and light! There also some good recs here: http://aj.livejournal.com/1278741.html

I wish I could send you pie.

[grav-ity.livejournal.com]

Here (http://grav-ity.livejournal.com/tag/books) is my book tag.

What are you in the mood for, more specifically?

[kasuchi]

I've been reading a ton of romance lately! I really enjoyed the MAIDEN LANE series by Elizabeth Hoyt; it's told in cycles of trilogies, so the second trilogy just wrapped with the most recent book. If you start, I say start with THIEF OF SHADOWS, as I didn't care for the earlier trilogy as much. Also because the second trilogy is basically three different takes on a Georgian-era Batman story.

For a more contemporary read that's closer to what you've asked for: Kristan Higgins writes GREAT slice-of-life romances. I really enjoyed THE BEST MAN, JUST ONE OF THE GUYS, and TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE. Higgins's strengths lie in her characters really leading full lives; they have friends and family and work colleagues, all of whom feel fully realized. Notably: Higgins's books aren't steamy; romantic scenes fade to black and then fade back in.

I also really love Victoria Dahl. GREAT contemporary romances set in smallish towns -- some of them in the mountains (with cowboys!), some of them in the mountains with cops....Her trilogies are great, sexy, and super fun. Her characters always have great voices, too. Love her work incredibly, and her tumblr is sexy as hell.

[sivonni.livejournal.com]

I've been re-reading a lot of Nora Roberts recently (or rather listened to audiobooks) and a lot of her stories involve small towns, both supernatural and regular thrillers).

[lady-with-cats.livejournal.com]

Nora Robert's "Bride" Quartet probably loosely fits the bill. It's set in a fairly close-knit town, and there's plenty of history between the different characters.