tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2660089177097719300.post1077410047948967925..comments2024-03-19T00:16:33.435-07:00Comments on Writing About Writing (And Occasionally Some Writing): Best Genre Fiction That Isn't SF/F/Horror Not by a Cis Het White Man (Nominations Needed)Chris Brecheenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07819138776404280633noreply@blogger.comBlogger46125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2660089177097719300.post-18434218756567189082018-11-29T03:48:06.502-08:002018-11-29T03:48:06.502-08:00Doomsday Book by Connie Willis Doomsday Book by Connie Willis karenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11131927710530023725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2660089177097719300.post-60581700928450976642018-11-29T03:47:05.538-08:002018-11-29T03:47:05.538-08:00Second The Kitchen God’s Wife.Second The Kitchen God’s Wife.karenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11131927710530023725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2660089177097719300.post-8224716823910165832018-11-29T03:46:03.496-08:002018-11-29T03:46:03.496-08:00Second Bellwether. Second Bellwether. karenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11131927710530023725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2660089177097719300.post-47564522218803805972018-11-28T19:42:50.307-08:002018-11-28T19:42:50.307-08:00The Kitchen God's Wife by Amy TanThe Kitchen God's Wife by Amy TanMary Ann Starkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05637259763824196944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2660089177097719300.post-20180721742656578612018-11-28T19:33:48.261-08:002018-11-28T19:33:48.261-08:00Second 3 musketeers and count of Monte cristoSecond 3 musketeers and count of Monte cristoMary Ann Starkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05637259763824196944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2660089177097719300.post-28660453091246144922018-11-28T19:32:33.844-08:002018-11-28T19:32:33.844-08:00SecondedSecondedMary Ann Starkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05637259763824196944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2660089177097719300.post-13164057093773970852018-11-28T14:21:00.150-08:002018-11-28T14:21:00.150-08:00Colleen McCullough "First Man in Rome"
A...Colleen McCullough "First Man in Rome"<br />Arundhati Roy "The God of Small things"RyMantyshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13645969048393436178noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2660089177097719300.post-57060886407212424822018-11-28T13:24:05.507-08:002018-11-28T13:24:05.507-08:00I'm adding a couple of nominations that people...I'm adding a couple of nominations that people couldn't get posted for some reason (and sent me an email about).<br /><br />Susan X. Meagher’s lesbian romance series, “I Found My Heart in San Francisco.”The Decker/Lazarus Series by Faye Kellerman (Detective Mystery)<br /><br />Always been a fan of Dumas. <br />The Three Musketeers (Medieval Spy Thriller Adventure)<br /><br /><br />And a second for Count of Monte Cristo (Adventure) if anyone nominates it.Chris Brecheenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07819138776404280633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2660089177097719300.post-247789348345828192018-11-28T03:50:07.215-08:002018-11-28T03:50:07.215-08:00Han Kang’s The Vegetarian!!! Hands down one of the...Han Kang’s The Vegetarian!!! Hands down one of the strangest yet most beautiful books I’ve read Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16731996886943736578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2660089177097719300.post-83860073230156551442018-11-27T23:41:39.824-08:002018-11-27T23:41:39.824-08:00I second The Devil's Arithmetic!I second The Devil's Arithmetic!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12199661506746972808noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2660089177097719300.post-76010575701000524602018-11-27T23:40:55.911-08:002018-11-27T23:40:55.911-08:00I second this one!I second this one!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12199661506746972808noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2660089177097719300.post-7429794088911391012018-11-27T23:01:22.778-08:002018-11-27T23:01:22.778-08:00The stars are legion by kameron hurley female auth...The stars are legion by kameron hurley female author of a scifi novel about a series of all female worlds that organically live through the women<br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12445037985830441662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2660089177097719300.post-52644796141989194992018-11-24T07:06:15.449-08:002018-11-24T07:06:15.449-08:00I nominate Salvage the Bones by Jesmyn Ward (who&#...I nominate Salvage the Bones by Jesmyn Ward (who's a woman of color). Set in Mississippi just as Hurricane Katrina starts, it focuses on a black teenage girl who learns that the real love she receives is not from her manipulative boyfriend but from her family.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07790647888636284389noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2660089177097719300.post-13088666394621290762018-11-22T19:02:16.031-08:002018-11-22T19:02:16.031-08:00Her books are a combination of many things, severa...Her books are a combination of many things, several of which were in your list of acceptable things, so I'm going to put Diana Gabaldon (Outlander) on the map here... Jamie 2.0https://www.blogger.com/profile/07433772757001265252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2660089177097719300.post-43002638137874754432018-11-22T17:11:32.374-08:002018-11-22T17:11:32.374-08:00*Dooley is seconded*Dooley is secondedAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00471244731197516101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2660089177097719300.post-20358488183836417322018-11-22T17:10:42.060-08:002018-11-22T17:10:42.060-08:00Seconded!!!!Seconded!!!!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00471244731197516101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2660089177097719300.post-28689628923111305602018-11-22T13:57:27.589-08:002018-11-22T13:57:27.589-08:00Totally second The Devil's Arithmetic! If we w...Totally second The Devil's Arithmetic! If we were allowed third nominations, I would have gone with this book -- it was honestly a toss up between this, and Yolen's "Briar Rose," which I ended up going with. Along with historical fiction, it has a sort of magical realism element.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06067488366821352440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2660089177097719300.post-89170377615959879702018-11-22T10:35:06.165-08:002018-11-22T10:35:06.165-08:00Free Verse by Sarah Dooley and Ashes to Ashville b...Free Verse by Sarah Dooley and Ashes to Ashville by Sarah Dooley Katherinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02326724172843405860noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2660089177097719300.post-80078087902761030602018-11-21T16:23:06.784-08:002018-11-21T16:23:06.784-08:00Como agua para chocolate (Like Water for Chocolate...Como agua para chocolate (Like Water for Chocolate) by Laura EsquivelAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06575902449982773635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2660089177097719300.post-43749326163576063652018-11-21T16:19:46.664-08:002018-11-21T16:19:46.664-08:00Remains of the Day by Kazuo IshiguroRemains of the Day by Kazuo IshiguroAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06575902449982773635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2660089177097719300.post-84689289389647309832018-11-14T04:06:26.297-08:002018-11-14T04:06:26.297-08:00Bellweather by Connie Willis
The satanic verses bu...Bellweather by Connie Willis<br />The satanic verses bu Salman Rushdi.0504031015https://www.blogger.com/profile/03278220232122178160noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2660089177097719300.post-32236084082650616392018-11-14T04:05:47.188-08:002018-11-14T04:05:47.188-08:00 Bellwether by Connie Willis.
The satanic verses ... Bellwether by Connie Willis. <br />The satanic verses bu Salman Rushdi. 0504031015https://www.blogger.com/profile/03278220232122178160noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2660089177097719300.post-15017565229372107352018-11-14T04:03:13.223-08:002018-11-14T04:03:13.223-08:00This comment has been removed by the author.0504031015https://www.blogger.com/profile/03278220232122178160noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2660089177097719300.post-40448944185666160952018-11-12T23:22:39.122-08:002018-11-12T23:22:39.122-08:00Das Lächeln der Fortuna, by Rebecca Gablé. She wr...Das Lächeln der Fortuna, by Rebecca Gablé. She writes awesome historical fiction set in medieval England, but since she writes in German, I think that only one book of her is available in English.<br /><br />Purple Hibiscus, by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. A wonderful novel (I would say romance, postcolonialism, and Bildungsroman) about a girl in Nigeria finding her voice and independence. This one really touched me. Eva D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/08901102169530087953noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2660089177097719300.post-53420853362302939712018-11-12T13:59:42.269-08:002018-11-12T13:59:42.269-08:00The Under Lights Duet- Under Winter Lights: Part O...The Under Lights Duet- Under Winter Lights: Part One & Under Midnight Lights: Part Two, a ballet romance both written by Bree M. Lewandowski<br />Tara Stileshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03681027531051113192noreply@blogger.com