50 book Challenge Suggestion and Discussion Thread

[Jael ~ *~ Syhren ~* ~, The Restorer]

This thread is to help members who are struggling with book to pick for their catergories which are

Romance, Urban Fantasy, YA/Mystery, Chick-lit and Fantasy.
Any and all suggestion are welcome. You can also discuss the books you plan to read for this challenge hear as well.

[[deleted user]]

this is a great idea for anyone who is sure about where their book choices should go. I 'm not having any trouble with the Romance, UF or YA sections but would love a few recommendations for the Chicklit and Fantasy catagories.

[Laura Lulu]

Kat, I went through your TBR list and you have a lot of Chick-lit on there, at least by my standards--someone let me know if I'm wrong, since I don't read much of this genre. I classify paranormal chick-lit as anything with a cartoony cover and a fun love story, kind of like Bridget Jones if she were a vampire. :)

So these series from your list would work (these are the 1st book of each series)--
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[Laura Lulu]

And here are series on your TBR that fit the straight fantasy genre--






And I see that you read and gave 5 stars to the first 4 books in Anne Bishop's Black Jewels series, there are 3 more books in that series, as well as one that comes out in March. It is one of my fave fantasy series for anyone else who needs straight fantasy books, it is dark fantasy with romance & sex. :)




I also saw that you gave 5 stars to the Lord of the Rings books, if you liked them you will like George R.R. Martin's Song of Ice & Fire Series. It is probably my fave fantasy series, but I must warn people that he is still writing it and it has been about 4 years since the 4th book came and we are waiting very impatiently for the next. It is epic high fantasy, not much romance but tons of intrigue and his character development is just awesome, you even love the characters you hate. HBO just filmed a pilot for a series based on these books--we will find out in March whether or not they decide to pick it up but it looks promising.




This is a YA fantasy series, I've read the 1st two so far, the 1st one was great and the second one was pretty good.




Maria Synder's Study series is fantasy--



This is a series that reads like UF but is straight fantasy, I really like it, it is funny and the characters are great, but the book covers are soooo cheesy--that's actually why I read them, if you read the reviews, everyone says "don't pay attention to the cheesy covers, they are not indicative of the books inside!" :)



This is a really good YA fantasy trilogy--




This is a great fantasy series set in ancient Ireland with the fae, each book has a different female main character from another generation of the same family--

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These are all books that I've read and highly recommend, I'm going to go through my fantasy TBR list and find you guys some more with high reviews.

[Laura Lulu]

I just noticed on the other thread that you can also do historical instead of chick-lit, I think I am going to go that route because I have been wanting to read the Gardella series, so here is another series for that category--



And here are a few more paranormal historical books that I have read and recommend--

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This was a really good historical fantasy about the Norse Gods-




Would time travel fall under paranormal historical? If it does, the Outlander books are one of my fave series ever. They're big books but I flew through them, maybe because I choose continuing to read rather than sleeping while I was reading this series. :)

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And here are a couple I have on my TBR list that look good--



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Another Scottish time travel one, this is the 1st in a series and is the only one out so far.

[Jael ~ *~ Syhren ~* ~, The Restorer]

Laura wrote: "Kat, I went through your TBR list and you have a lot of Chick-lit on there, at least by my standards--someone let me know if I'm wrong, since I don't read much of this genre. I classify paranormal ..."

That's my definition of chick-lit as well. Thanks for helpinh out.

[Jael ~ *~ Syhren ~* ~, The Restorer]

Laura thanks for your list and recs . I think it will help those who are still looking for books.

[[deleted user]]

Thanks for all the recommendations and I will be looking into a few of these too!

[Sandra]

Laura wrote: "I just noticed on the other thread that you can also do historical instead of chick-lit, I think I am going to go that route because I have been wanting to read the Gardella series, so here is anot..."

Geeze, you just made me add a ton to my TBR list! All of these look really good.

[Jennifer]

So if chick lit is a cartoony cover and a fun love story, would be chicklit?

All her covers are pretty cartoony with fun love stories (and a dash of dragons & demons to liven it up)

[DarkHeart "Vehngeance"]

I used the Aisling Grey as part of my chick-lit reads, Jennifer.

[[deleted user]]

For the fantasy category. I also count PNR or UF books where the author has created an alternate world - like the Demonica books by Larissa Ione and Kresley Cole's Immortal After Dark books.

[Jael ~ *~ Syhren ~* ~, The Restorer]

Jennifer, Aisling most definitely counts as chick-lit.
@Phaythe- sister mine that works as well.

[Jennifer]

OK - another question. Could I count The Princess Brideas romance? Or would it need to go under fantasy?

[Jael ~ *~ Syhren ~* ~, The Restorer]

if the main couple falls in love then sure why not.

[Jo]

Just wondering would Molly harpers Jane Jameson series count as chick-lit?

[Jael ~ *~ Syhren ~* ~, The Restorer]

It sounds chicklit to me. Post a link to the book and I will let you know. I'm not familiar with that series.

[Jennifer]

Anyone know if fits into any of our categories for this challenge? I would classify it as PNR, so can that count as romance?

[Jael ~ *~ Syhren ~* ~, The Restorer]

I classified it as PNR or Urban Fantasy but it'll work for Romance as well.