Has anyone read books by Tamora Pierce?

[J*8]

<span class="ev_code_PURPLE">I just finished Beka Cooper! It was good! The journal format was cool... I've read all the novels she has out, but only one of the short stories. I can't seem to find most of the others. </span>

[spyells]

I love her books, especially the circle of magic series.

[Horsefreek]

I love the Immortal series too. I would want Wild Magic!!!!

[maxxrox]

My favorite are the Wildmage Quartet. I love her. She's one of my favorite authors, right up there with Diane Duane and Anne McCaffrey.

[Horsefreek]

Snow Ear:I am many times made fun of because I am a book worm.

I'm with you there. I Love books too. I have read all of Tamora's books that have been published so far. I even finished Becka Cooper.

[nitafan211]

I love the circle of magic books!! I reread them all the time there great!

[ShadowWizard]

I have!! I've read the Lioness Rampant series (one of her best in my opinion), Immortals series, and Im cureently reading the Circle fo Magic series and when Im done with that I'll move on to the Circle Opens series.

[Doonyal409]

i love her books. Especially The circle opens quartet, and the circle of magic quartet. my fav. character is Briar Moss.
Date: Barley Moon 19, 2006 (Day: Starsday)

P.S. Go Plant magic!!!

[makdragon613]

I LOVE her books! I read all of them, though my favorites are the Immortals quartet, but that's just cuz I'm nutty about animals. I think that sometimes the fluffiness does get a bit much, but other than that. It's all good.

[Gryphon]

I love Tamora Peirce's books; they're outstounding, and she's an amazing author. The Lioness quartet is one that I can read again and again because I love the story. While they're ungodly fluffy (and I can only take fluffiness in small doses), the plot is fun and exciting.

I didn't like the Circle of Magic or her newer ones as much; The Song of the Lioness is still my favorite.

[KarateSox]

I haven't liked her new books all that much Lady Knight, the Trickster books were definitely not her best work, and the Will of the Empress wasn't as good as the original circle books, but the Lioness quartet, immortals, circle of magic, remain excellent young adult fantasy.

[Dragon Writer]

Ah, so it's klind of a robert asprin read...his books aren't mary su characters, but they have little filling and the story lines don't have that much deph to them, so i think it's an apporpriate annalogy...I might read them for the same reason i read his books: Sometimes after i reading a book that makes you delve into the pyschology of the character till it hurts, though its always enjoyable, it's GOOD to read a book that you can just relax and enjoy...me and my friend actually got mad once when his stories DID have a complex and interesting tail...i don't READ THEM FOR THAT!

[bluesalamanders]

They're fun reads and decent books, but I wouldn't call Pierce one of the best fantasy writers (or even best YA fantasy writers) of our time. Her main characters are blatent Mary-Sues (and, oddly enough, have gotten worse instead of better - Aly in Trickster is the biggest Mary-Sue I've ever read), the stories aren't particularly deep or complex, and most of the characters aren't really that fleshed out.

On the other hand, don't get me wrong, I do love her books (at least the Tortall ones). They're fun reads, the stories are engaging, and I care about the characters (even, many times, the peripheral ones). Also, her actual writing skills have improved over the years (and books), so the later books are better than the earlier ones (except for the Mary-Sue bit), and she hasn't been afraid to take chances from time to time - hurting or even killing main characters if the plot calls for it, which in a violent medieval-style world is appropriate.

I always suggest that anyone going to read her books read them in order - i.e., if you're going to read the Tortall books, start with Song of the Lioness quartet, then read Immortals, then Protector of the Small, and then the most recent pair, Trickster. I imagine it will make more sense (characters from previous books are included in later series) and also, like I said, her writing improved over time as she wrote them.

(Er. No, I haven't reread a number of her books recently, no...)

Blue~

[Dragon Writer]

I'm thinking of reading these books...are they really that good? i'll probably wait before checking it out of the library, anyways, but it's good to know before i actually check it out...I probably need to read it any way, since a couple dragon game members are using references to it in posts and i need to make sure it's compatible...ooops...i'm ranting...Sorry about that! Bye! *goes off to unknown lands such as "the pm club...party mood" and other topics/forums....

[KarateSox]

I love her books, and I've read all of them. My favorites are the first two lioness books, and Squire, but I really like the Emelan books, too. Tamora pierce is definitely one of the best fantasy writers of our time, along with DD, of course