Has anyone read books by Tamora Pierce?

[Alyson-Devereaux]

Oh, boy. You want to find bookworm in the dictionary? It'll come up with a (probably very bad) picture of me. I LOVE the Tamora Pierce books - I own all of the Tortall books from Kel onwards, and all of the Circle books. I'd like to own the others, but my little sister is establishing a monopoly on the Immortals books in my house, and the school library has them all. This may be because me and all of my friends (who are also fans) badgered the librarians, but anyway...

Has anyone heard the audiobook, "Melting Stones"? I would love to get a hold of it, but like Alla, I'm an Aussie and it can be seriously hard to get obscure(ish) books here. For instance, ALL OF DD'S BOOKS ARE OUT OF PRINT HERE!. Sorry. Arrrgh. It really gets me.

I found Tamora Pierce's books through a friend - also one of the people who I badgered the librarian with. The absolute best thing about the TP books (apart from the decent female protagonists, even if they are Mary Sues) is that we Aussies get them released here as trade paperbacks at the same time as the North Americans get them. This only started a couple of years ago, and I l-o-v-e whoever it was at the publishing house that decided that it was a good idea.

On a totally unrelated (well not really) train of thought, TP's next book "Terrier" is coming out at basically the same time as Wizard of Mars - unless they've pushed the publication dates around, which they better not do!

*rereads post* Oh my god, that was really quite long. Oh well - it might not actually be that long when I hit the "post now" button.

[bluesalamanders]

Huh. I think mostly I don't remember how I found or started reading a lot of books. Well, for some of them (like, say, Robin McKinley or Roger Zelazney), they were my sister's books and I, er, "borrowed" them. For a lot of older books (in both the sense of "for older readers" and "written longer ago", eg Isaac Asimov and Arthur C. Clarke), I did the same "borrowing" thing, only from my parents' SF collection.

But for most newer books, I don't necessarily know how I found them. I have no clue how I first found Tamora Pierce. I do know that I started with Alanna: The First Adventure (possibly the dorkiest name for a book ever) quite a long time ago, because the edition of the first four books that I have is very very hard to find. I know, because it took me something like 8 years of off-and-on used-bookstore-website-searching to find a new copy of the first book in the that edition. I could look up the publication date, but it's over there *waves vaguely towards the other end of her apartment, through a door, down a hallway, past the kitchen...you get the idea*

I do know more-or-less when/where/how I found my first YW book (as explained in another topic). But finding books makes me think of meeting people - sometimes the way they come into my life leaves an impression, and sometimes it doesn't. Hmm.

Blue

[Lisa]

*gasp* I'm back! And NOT posting in the ToGR (yet).

LOVE her books. Yeah, the characeters are Mary-Sues, but I love 'em all. Kel is awesome! She's definitely my favorite "main character" person in the Tortall books, because she has such a sense of right and wrong - and she acts on it. I was like that all through fifth and sixth grade. Sadly, middle scared the conscience out of me. Now I sit in the back of the room and mope. Anyways, I'm overdue for a re-reading of those; my (totally awesome) librarian recommended them in fifth grade and I read them all about twice a year.

Off to read the other boards!

[Liberty]

I love the "Song of Lioness" series! I have read them about 90+ times. Also, I really like the "Immortals" series. I always bug my friends with stuff about Alanna and Daine! I like the parts about George, or Numair.

[Kel Z]

OMG I love her books. a lot. as you can tell. especially love Squire and Cold Fire. I know this isn't the topic of this discussion, but can someone recommend me some books that are that good, but maybe not as well known, so i probly haven't read them?

-7th grade bookworm


Go Roadrunners

[Bookwyrm Poet]

Bookworm? hah you guys got nothing on me, My name Says it all. Tamora Pierce is awesome super excellent. I have most of the books, and Ive read them all so often I can Rattle off a summary on each one, without looking at the books for checking facts. I could go on about her books far to much, so I'll stop here. TP FOREVER. This doesn't mean I like DD anyless, But I found TP first, so she gets high honors.

[campsoup1988]

Originally posted by seabiscuit1009:
I rather like Tamora Pierce's books...but at this point in my life, I've read them too many times to keep track (something odd, like 50+) and have to put them away for awhile. As a result, they're behind...some other books on my bookshelf, can't see which ones, and don't want to go find them. But whatever...

Bookworm=me. I read massive amounts of books, usually somewhere near 200-300 a year, which is sort of sad, considering how much other stuff I do in addition to that. Very sad...it's also sad how fast I read books...but who cares. Not me...I'm too tired to care.

Dont feel bad, I have read approx 100+ (I have not loged all the books I have red within the past year (since April 1))

[Paige]

Yes, indeed.
Tamora Perice rocks my socks off. I actuly an taken to all the Tortall books. I never really got way in to the Circle of Magic books but I have read a few of them. Actuly (again) I'm re-reading Tricksters choice right now.
My fave. would have to be Kel because like Blue said shes not as Mary-Sue-ish. She has bigger fears and she didn't have to find love by the end of the book unlike others though I do like a bit of flufy-ness in the books I read.
I like fluffy-ness.

Paige

[clueless_blondi_91@hotmail.com]

I have never read these books. However as a fellow lover of the YW series, I will try them, as I am only on the fourth in the YW series. I do highly recommend the Magical Kingdom of Landove series.

[seabiscuit1009]

I rather like Tamora Pierce's books...but at this point in my life, I've read them too many times to keep track (something odd, like 50+) and have to put them away for awhile. As a result, they're behind...some other books on my bookshelf, can't see which ones, and don't want to go find them. But whatever...

Bookworm=me. I read massive amounts of books, usually somewhere near 200-300 a year, which is sort of sad, considering how much other stuff I do in addition to that. Very sad...it's also sad how fast I read books...but who cares. Not me...I'm too tired to care.

[campsoup1988]

Tamora Pierce

I have read and love her "The Cirle Opens" quartet, "Circle of magic" Quartet, and "Immortals" quartet!

PS: I too havnt heard of cirle remorged

[bluesalamanders]

Gryphon said:
I love Tamora Peirce, even if they're *fluffy*

Yup. Me, too. All of her characters are Mary Sues, but I like them anyway. I prefer her Tortall books to the Circle books, though.

Alanna used to be my favorite, until I read the Protector of the Small books. I like Daine and I like Aly, too, but Kel is my favorite. Part of the reason I like her, I think, is because she doesn't have magic, that she really does have to do everything herself.

Also, she's the only one of them who doesn't find her one twoo wuv by the end of her series. I like Numair, Nawat, and especially George, but not everyone finds their "true love" at the same time that everything in their life falls in to place. It's a strength of the book that Kel doesn't.

hedwigsangel - Your avatar is too big. We're only allowed images that are 100x100 pixals. Could you please put up a smaller avatar?

Blue

[hedwigsangel]

OMG! I love her books. I think that at the moment I've read every full book that she's written. I mean that I've read every book that's published under her name and only her name. I bought the latest book The Will of the Empress and it was soooo good, but I think that it was a little short. I really like books that are as big or bigger than my biology book, but alas, it doesn't quite make the cut... lol

[Cress]

What is this Circle Reforged thing? Is that the newest one, The Will of the Empress? I haven't read that! URG!

[Sean L.]

Personally, I'm a Circle of Magic(then Circle Opens...Circle Reforged...) person.

I like Trickster's Choice/Queen too...