you know in all of my reading years, i have not read books by some of the wellknown fantasy authors. i have always loved David Eddings’ and Mercedes Lackeys’ fantasy series and i have been lucky enough to grab hold of them in chronology. although, i admit, i pretty much stopped reading fantasy after knowing Tolkien. i felt like no other fantasy books/ novels could match up or sustain my fantasy thirst such as Tolkien. Maybe because i tend to love elves, fairies, and beautiful castles more than just war and magic.

i really have to expand my reading, the authors, at least.

some authors i hope to read some day:

1. Terry Brooks (i know, i know, how can i (self proclaimed fanatasy reader) have never read the Shannara series, right? it’s just that i like to read series in chronology and i can never get the Shannara series, from the library, from the first to the next series)

2. Stephen King
don’t scream at me yet. i just thought i am not ready to read any of king’s horror. that’s all. nothing personal.

3. Robin Hobb
I see his books a lot out there but the urge was never to pick his book. maybe the titles with assassin just doest give me that pull. im not a violent person.

4. Nora Roberts
Oh i have read hers before but i simply lost interest. Maybe i could give her another chance.

5. Enid Blyton
I miss Enid. i really do. i grew up reading her magic trees and my imagination soars and livened up by the illustrations that we usually see in her books. i love Enid. and you know what. i really don’t mind going to the children’s book section of the library and hog all Enid’s books one day.

6. JK Rowling
hmmm yup. don’t scream please. i know the hype. i know the love people have towards the harry potters series. i think its been a decade already. but honestly i have never touched any of harry potter in book form. never. just because those times, you have to queue and rush with the crowd just to get one copy of her book. so i wanted out of mainstream. but i did, watch the movies. i can very well say i am quite the harry potter fan, when it comes to the movies.
but now that the series …books and movies form…have so called ended (for the time being i guess, coz im hearing of more harry potters coming up?), i have the sudden recall of hei, i would love the own the series and read it to my child some time in the future. no child should be deprived from reading harry potter just because i’m not into them. but i am clever now. i will only buy the series when i like a particular edition.

so there you go, some project there. that can probably last me the whole next decade of reading!