Sunday Fun Five #76:
#70: The 5 Vintage Sci-fi Books You Recommend (For Vintage Sci-fi Month!)
#71:The 5 Excuses for Buying New Books You Use on Yourself
#72:The 5 Books You Wouldn't Have Read If Not For Blogging
#73:The 5 Things That Keep You Book Blogging
#74:The 5 Picture Books You Loved as a Kid
#75:The 5 Books that Remind You of Star Wars
#76: The 5 Books You Read When You Require a Complete Reality Escape
For the 18th of June: #77: The 5 "New-ish" TBR Books You Really Need to Read
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#76: The 5 Books You Read When You Require a Complete Reality Escape
For the 18th of June: #77: The 5 "New-ish" TBR Books You Really Need to Read
A Countdown of
The 5 Books You Read When You Require a Complete Reality Escape
5. The Samurai's Garden by Gail Tsukiyama
Normally, when you think of a reality escape, you don't generally think of historical fiction books- but The Samurai's Garden is such a beautifully written, tranquil book that I couldn't keep myself from adding it.
4. Sunshine by Robin McKinley
I pretty much love this book, but it still didn't make my five star reads. I think this was my first major urban fantasy book, and another building block in my obsession with vampires.
3. My Man Jeeves (Jeeves #1) by P.G. Wodehouse
Jeeves and Wooster make for the perfect reality escape by getting into sticky situations that often result in a humorous outcome.
2. Howl's Moving Castle (Howl's Moving Castle #1) by Diana Wynne Jones
This book made me happy when I was in a snarly mood, so I would consider this a fairly potent reality escape/mood tamer.
1. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy #1) by Douglas Adams
For me, this is the ultimate reality escape because it's set off-planet (or at least some of it). Nothing like zany space adventures to keep reality at bay.
Except for Hitchhiker's Guide, I haven't read any of these, but many of these authors are on my to read list. Sunshine has been on my TBR pile forever. one of these days I will actually get to it. And I've been wanting to read something by Gail Tsukiyama and Diana Wynne Jones. This is a great list!
ReplyDeleteI highly recommend Sunshine! It was one of my first Urban Fantasy books, and is still among my favorites. I was pleasantly surprised by both Tsukiyama and Jones- initially I hadn't expected to like their books so much.
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~Litha Nelle
I totally agree with Howl's and Hitchhiker's. I still need to get to my Jeeves book.:)
ReplyDeleteYou should be able to get My Man Jeeves as a Kindle freebie still (although sometimes they do mark it up and do not allow public domain books for free). Hitchhiker's is probably my most recommended for a nice, absurd reality escape. :)
DeleteThanks for stopping by and commenting, La La!
~Litha Nelle
I have at least one Jeeves, maybe two? I have to check. Yeah, when someone says they don't read SciFi I recommend Hitchiker's. I need to read the rest of the series. :)
DeleteHitchhiker's is perfect for the sci-fi averse! I think I need to reread it soon.
Delete~Litha Nelle