The 2012 Book List

Ever bookish, I am constantly on the hunt for good literature to read, to enjoy, and devour. I especially am fond of magic realism, speculative fiction and fairy-tales. However, I like to think that I am open to all types of books. Throughout this blog I will, likely, be constantly talking about the books I read. But just for interest's sake, here is a list I update throughout the year on the books that I am reading. 


The Fiction

The Hanged Man by Francesca Lia Block
The Rose and the Beast by Francesca Lia Block
The Magicians by Lev Grossman
Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson
The Dreaming Place by Charles De Lint
SweetBlood by Pete Hautman
The Changeover by Margaret Mahy
The Borrowers by Mary Norton
His Dark Materials by Phillip Pullman
A Game of Thrones by George R. R. Martin
A Clash of Kings by George R. R. Martin
A Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula Le Guin
The Tombs of Atuan by Ursula Le Guin
The Farthest Shore by Ursula Le Guin
Tehanu  by Ursula Le Guin
Tales from Earthsea  by Ursula Le Guin
The Other Wind  by Ursula Le Guin


The Non-Fiction 


Folk & Fairy Tales, 3rd Edition by Martin Hallet and Barbara Karasek
Scottish Folk Tales by Duncan Williamson
Margaret Mahy: A Writer's Life by Tessa Duder
Writing Creative Non-Fiction by Theodore A. Rees Cheney
Maori Folk-Tales of the Port Hills by James Cowan
The Language of the Night by  by Ursula Le Guin
Meditations on Middle-Earth: New Writing on the Worlds of J. R. R. Tolkien, edited by Karen Haber
Children's Literature by Seth Lerer