30 Days of Books: Day 04

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Day 04 – Your favorite book or series ever

I don’t think I can answer this.

This is… not quite as traumatic or difficult as picking a favorite child or parent, but… hard. I mean, I keep thinking of both books and series and think “Oh, this one. Except for this one. But then there’s this one. Oh, no, wait there’s this one. But I can’t forget this one…” I read so much, and I love so much. So many books have hugely impacted my life. I don’t have just one I can point to and say “Yes, this. This one, forever.”

But I think I’m going to go with Lloyd Alexander’s “Westmark” trilogy and “Vesper Holly” series. Although his Prydain books were incredibly influential and loved as well, Tamora Pierce’s “Lioness Rampant” books were HUGE, Susan Cooper’s “Dark is Rising” books really shaped me and my writing, Roger Zelazny’s “9 Princes in Amber” books were and continue to be a humongous part of my life, Robyn McKinley’s Damar books have influenced me in so many ways, etc. And then, of course, there’s the Gentleman Bastard books, the Song of Ice and Fire, the Doctrine of Labyrinths, the Clockwork Century… So many. So many to love. So many to read and re-read. Gosh.

I really can’t pick just one.