The #spbkchat epic fantasy list

The discussion last Thursday was all about epic fantasy. I had to bail early because of strained eyes, but it was an excellent chat.

This coming Thursday we're talking about books that have influenced us.

On to the list!

Titles:
The Lord of the Rings
Magician (Riftwar Saga)
The Belgariad (series)
The Mallorean (series)
Obernetwyn
Witches of Eileanan
The Earthsea Chronicles (series)
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant, Unbeliever (series)
Watergivers (series)
The Dragonbone Chair (series)
Archangel
The Black Jewels Trilogy
The Silmarillion
The Adventures of Tom Bombadil
Twelve Houses (series)
Ysabel
Lions of Al-rassan
The Changeling Sea
Harry Potter (series)
Daughter of the Empire (series)
Tairen Soul
Kushiel's Dart
Shannara (series)
Shogun
Dragonriders of Pern (series)
Mists of Avalon (series)
Game of Thrones (series)
Clan of the Cave Bear (series)

Authors:
J R R Tolkien
Raymond E Feist
Brent Weeks
David Eddings
Ursula le Guin
Glenda Larke
Robert Jordan
Terry Goodkind
Tad Williams
J V Jones
Anne Bishop
Sharon Shinn
Stephen Donaldson
Guy Gavriel Kay
Jacqueline Carey
Janny Wurts
C L Wilson
Sara Douglass
Juliet Marillier
Marion Zimmer Bradley
Robin Hobb
Chris Riddell
Paul Stewart
Melina Marchetta

Links:
http://www.stewartandriddell.co.uk/farflung/index.htm

The #spbkchat general chat list

The general chats are always fun and wide-ranging.

Next week - epic fantasy.

On to the list!

Titles: 
The Empty City
Daughter of Smoke and Bone
Days of Blood and Starlight
Stormdancer
Seraphina
The Fault in Our Stars
Chains of Revenge
Morganville Vampires
Dreamhunter
Dreamquake
How Music Works
When She Woke
Unnatural Habits
The Belgariad (series)
The Handmaid's Tale
Mudbound
Miss Pettigrew's Home for Peculiar Children
Empty City
Dean of Daft
Twilight (series)
The Beet Queen
Tracks
Love Medicine
Back to Blood
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

Authors:
Berit Ellingsen
Tara Moss
Keziah Hill
Melina Marchetta
Rachel Caine
Elizabeth Knox
David Byrne
Kerry Greenwood
David Eddings
Hillary Jordan
Tyson Bley
Katherine Mansfield
Rhian Cahill
Tom Wolfe
Paullina Simons

Links:
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/15/us/louise-erdrichs-novel-the-round-house-wins-national-book-award.html?_r=1&

The #spbkchat personal reading history list

Next week - e-readers.

On to the list for this week.

Titles:
Wuthering Heights
Narnia (series)
Asterix (series)
Nancy Drew (series)
Sherlock Holmes (series)
The Hobbit
The Lord of the Rings
Tintin
Superman
Archie
Magician
These Old Shades
Anne of Green Gables
The Scarlet Pimpernel
Berger & Mitry (series)
Twilight (series)
Fifty Shades of Grey
Forbidden
Les Miserables
The Age of Innocence
The House of Mirth
Are You There God? It's Me Margaret
India Black (series)
Ethan Frome
Goosebumps (series)
Wait till Helen Comes
The Witch Herself
Jane Eyre
Forever
Trixie Belden
Endless Love
The Big Smoke
Daisy Dalrymple (series)
Oliver Twist
Wind in the Willows
The Never Ending Story
Devil's Cub
Venetia
Looking for Alibrandi
Babysitter's Club (series)
Animalia

Authors:
Dick Francis
J R R Tolkien
Raymond E Feist
Georgette Heyer
Charlotte Lamb
Alan E Nourse
Isaac Asimov
Robert Heinlen
Klegaard
Ronald Weich
Jane Austen
Baroness Orczy
L M Montgomery
David Handler
Tabitha Suzuma
V C Andrews
Judy Blume
Carol K Carr
Christopher Pike
R L Stine
Enid Blyton
Elizabeth Gaskell
Charlotte Bronte
Emily Bronte
Anne Bronte
Anthony Trollope
Charles Dickens
Eliot
Thomas Hardy
Fontane
Mann
Storm
Balzac
Melina Marchetta
John Marsden
Paul Jennings
Graeme Base


Links:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abbey_Series