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Mar. 15th, 2007 01:31 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
dichroicI didn't get a lot of response with this on my main site, so am posting it here as I should have to start with. (I like the idea of having my own standalone site, but LJ really is better for conversations.)
I have a considerable amount of credit at Amazon UK, some left over from Christmas and some from my birthday, and would really appreciate suggestions on ways to spend it. As far as important books of the past year go, I already have Farthing, The Privilege of the Sword, The Android’s Dream, and Three Days to Never. I also have The Unfolding of Language, on historical linguistics. Suggestions don’t have to be for recent books; I just thought those listed above were likely to be suggested. Oh, and Alma Alexander’s Gift of the Unmage is already in my cart. Her Worldweavers books sound like exactly my cuppa.
(Since I add stuff to Amazon's cart on a running basis, I actually have enough to spend my money one. But I don't object to adding some cash to it, and since this is present money I'd like to keep it to things I'll love as much as possible, so I might switch out some current occupants of the cart I think I'd merely like.)
Further questions: If I love Lewis and Tolkien, will I like Charles Williams' War in Heaven? If I loved The Privilege of the Sword and am currently enjoying Melusine enough to be planning to order The Virtu, would I also enjoy the Kushiel books? Are the rest of Naomi Novik's books as good as His Majesty's Dragon?
I have a considerable amount of credit at Amazon UK, some left over from Christmas and some from my birthday, and would really appreciate suggestions on ways to spend it. As far as important books of the past year go, I already have Farthing, The Privilege of the Sword, The Android’s Dream, and Three Days to Never. I also have The Unfolding of Language, on historical linguistics. Suggestions don’t have to be for recent books; I just thought those listed above were likely to be suggested. Oh, and Alma Alexander’s Gift of the Unmage is already in my cart. Her Worldweavers books sound like exactly my cuppa.
(Since I add stuff to Amazon's cart on a running basis, I actually have enough to spend my money one. But I don't object to adding some cash to it, and since this is present money I'd like to keep it to things I'll love as much as possible, so I might switch out some current occupants of the cart I think I'd merely like.)
Further questions: If I love Lewis and Tolkien, will I like Charles Williams' War in Heaven? If I loved The Privilege of the Sword and am currently enjoying Melusine enough to be planning to order The Virtu, would I also enjoy the Kushiel books? Are the rest of Naomi Novik's books as good as His Majesty's Dragon?
