FAUTE DE MIEUX

Travel, trouble, music, art,
A kiss, a frock, a rhyme--
I never said they feed my heart,
But still they pass my time.
--Dorothy Parker

I'm gonna save you the time and trouble--the only link that works right now is for The Handmaid's Tale and the generic link for Tracy Hickman. More for tweaking and rewiring.

This page is really just a little self-indulgence, for me. Mostly because I need to prove to myself that yes, I do read something other than slash. But yes, I love to read, whether it be print or on-line. And I've been trying to add links--in most cases, it's to a page related to the author, but there's a couple of reviews, and a great analysis for The Handmaid's Tale. So, read, enjoy, and hey--you want to add a favorite that I forgot? You know what to do!

• Interview With The Vampire (Anne Rice)
• The Vampire Lestat (Anne Rice)--my favorite of the Chronicles.
• The Queen of The Damned (Anne Rice)
• The Tale of the Body Thief (Anne Rice)
• Cat's Eye (Margaret Atwood)--a great novel about the politics of girlhood rivalries and friendships.
• The Handmaid's Tale (Margaret Atwood)--a cautionary tale about what might happen if the Christian Coalition took over the world.
• A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (Betty Smith)--I read this about a thousand times the summer I turned ten.
• Moo (Jane Smiley)--a book about a midwestern college. I got the biggest kick out of the fact that it took place the same time as my freshman year.
• David Copperfield (Charles Dickens)--I'm a sucker for a happy ending.
• Jane Eyre (Charlotte Bronte)
• Practical Magic (Alice Hoffman)
• The Bell Jar (Sylvia Plath)
• The Stand (Stephen King)
• Outer Banks (Anne Rivers Siddons)
• Sophie's Choice (William Styron)--one of the most moving love stories I have ever read.
• Circle of Friends (Maeve Binchy)--a much better ending than the movie.
• The Best of James Herriot--One of my favorite authors since I was nine or so. This is actually kind of a "greatest hits" collection. It'll really lift your spirits if you're having a bad day. (Yes, I can get sappy. Bite me.)
• The Catcher In The Rye (J.D. Salinger)
• The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
• Dragonlance Chronicles (Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman)--The original trilogy in the TSR series, and the best, in my humble opinion. Followed, of course, by. . .
• Dragonlance Legends (Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman)--The story of the one and only Raistlin. To call him the most badass wizard since Gandalf is putting it mildly.
• The Dark Elf Trilogy (R.A. Salvatore)--contains the novels Homeland, Exile, and Sojourn. The best three of the Drizzt Do'Urden stories.
• The Chronicles of Narnia (C.S. Lewis)--I passed up a chance to see "Monty Python and the Holy Grail" in order to stay home and read these. Sat there all damned day, too. I try to reread them at least once a year. Twice if I can.
• She's Come Undone (Wally Lamb)--wonderful. Just wonderful.
• Rebecca (Daphne du Maurier)--a classic! I was pleasantly surprised, to tell you the truth. Thought it was going to be the standard gothic haunted-tower crap.
• Exquisite Corpse (Poppy Z. Brite)--I read this in the summer of 97. Disturbing, haunting, and in some places, kind of gross (don't snack while you're reading this) but damn good all the same.

I'd like to add a section of recs from other's too, so, send away, if you've a mind to.