book rec!

I know everyone and their mother has already said this, but The Lies of Locke Lamora fucking rocks. I picked it up on an extremely nervous whim -- you have to understand this about me. I am the pickiest reader ever. As a general rule of thumb, I read the same authors and the same books over and over. It takes a lot for me to pick up a new book, let alone a new author. I've heard good things about Locke Lamora all over the place, but then again, I also heard good things about Twilight all over the place, and y'all saw how that turned out. Locke Lamora? I will have to buy, as soon as I find it. And get myself down to the library and pray that Red Seas Under Red Skies is in when I go there.

Hmm. The authors I absolutely trust?

Dennis Lehane
Carol O'Connell
Diana Gabaldon
George R.R. Martin
S.M. Stirling
Tamora Pierce
Naomi Novak