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I read a lot, mainly crime, murder, gore etc. But every so often I enjoy a break from them and go for quite cheesy, mundane, supernatural type books (vampires, werewolves etc)
I've read all of Charlaine Harris' series (Sookie Stackhouse, Lily Bard, Aurora Teagarden as well as her new one from last year etc) and Deborah Harknesses All Souls Trilogy and I'm now on the look out for something similar - preferably a series.
Or even something quite lighthearted a bit fun? I'm in the last few weeks of pregnancy and have just started my maternity leave and I'm struggling to read the heavier stuff.
Any help will be massively appreciated
I've read all of Charlaine Harris' series (Sookie Stackhouse, Lily Bard, Aurora Teagarden as well as her new one from last year etc) and Deborah Harknesses All Souls Trilogy and I'm now on the look out for something similar - preferably a series.
Or even something quite lighthearted a bit fun? I'm in the last few weeks of pregnancy and have just started my maternity leave and I'm struggling to read the heavier stuff.
Any help will be massively appreciated
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Harry is a practising Wizard in Chicago (he's in the phone book). The books are funny, witty, sometimes OTT sometimes quite sad, certainly cheesy. Harry himself is delightful.
And there are 15 books to go at!
Or if you like steamy blockbusters, there's always Outlander - historical with a time travel twist. Eight books and counting.
You could also try Stephen Leather's Jack Nightingale series, they're an entertaining read.
They are a really enjoyable, easy to read saga, set initially in Scandinavia around about 1500 and moving steadily forward in time. The Ice People are a clan of relatives who all have supernatural powers of one kind or another. I promise you they're not too serious or heavy. If you do try them, make sure you read them in the right order.
And good luck with your pregnancy!
Moll - just out if curiosity, how well has the translation been done? I found reading the Girl with the Dragon Tattoo series quite difficult and I think it was because of the translation?
Fanielle, thanks for your message; in my opinion the translations have been done well; I certainly wasn't conscious of them being done badly while I was reading the books.
My suggestin would be to initially buy just the first one to (a) see if you're happy with the translation,and (b) see if it's your kind of book.
Moll
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I've just thought of another author you might like - Juliet Marillier. She write books set in ancient Ireland; they are historical fantasy. In the first of one of her sagas, The Daughters of the Forest, a large family of children plays in the forest, which is worshipped by the Druids. A spell is cast on the heroine, Sorcha''s, brothers and they are all turned into swans. Sorcha must complete a magical task before they can become human again.
I really loved this book, and Sorcha is a great heroine. The other sagas Marillier has written are in a similar vein.
They really made me interested in that period of Ireland and in the folklore of trees etc.
Sherilyn Kenyon, JR Ward and Christine Feehan also write paranormal romance. Christine Feehan has got a ton of series about all kinds of paranormal creatures - vampires, shape-shifters, witches, etc.
I'm currently having a really lazy stage where I can't even be bothered to start my kindle up, but I'm also struggling to sleep so will be checking all suggestions out tomorrow for sure.
You've all been so very helpful
his jack parlabane novels are very funny , they start with a book called "quite ugly one morning"
Depending on how easy to read you want to go then Deborah Geary's books about modern witches (starting with A Modern Witch) are surprisingly good. They are very light reading but I became addicted.
They are reasonably cheap on kindle (I only started reading them because they were on Kindle Unlimited) .