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I think all of those issues are interesting, relevant and implied in the thread. I'm not looking for a "banal list". I usually tack a "why?" onto my questions, but I look back now after your comments and see that I didn't. It doesn't seem that I can edit my posting, otherwise I'd add a "why?" to...

Hi Felicia, Welcome. It's a really great group of people here. A lot of good insights and book recommendations. I'm curious about your affinity for Anne Rice. What do you find to be worth the perserverance in her books? I enjoyed Interview, but found Armand very difficult to get into.

Why do people like THAT book? Some books are universally beloved, and deservingly so. But have you every read a book based on tons of glowing recommendations and ended up hating it?

What about the writing style bothered you?

I like to write in third person, but I don't have a preference when it comes to the books I read.

I have a Phillips GoGear 2GB mp3 player. It has enough space to hold more music than I could listen to in a day and a medium sized (11 disc) audiobook. Of course, if I wanted to put a larger book in, I could just delete some of the music. I don't know. But I think that if you stick with a...

When you're reading books and stories, what viewpoint do find you enjoy most? First person, where the main character speaks directly to the reader? Or Third person, where a narrator tells you about the main character with a little distance? Do you find your enjoy one more than the other? In...

I didn't expect to like Things Fall Apart or One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich

What were your expectations, exactly?

That's another obstacle. Not knowing where to begin again.

What book were you reluctant to read, but ended up loving? What preconceptions made you reluctant to pick it up? What surprised you and why did you end up liking it so much?

It also depends on how well the author differentiates between main characters and secondary characters.

When I write reviews, I usually try never to say: "Don't read this" but I'm always candid about why I don't like a particular book.

If you're that close to done, Fantasy Moon, why don't you just skim the last pages?

Ever stumble into a book you didn't want to read? Ever rent a video that you wished you had passed over on the video shelf? A book or film you would warn others against? What is it? And why should reader/audience beware?

I'm quite a Kay fan, but when I went back to read these, I didn't have a lot of success. I got introduced to him by his later stuff, and wanted to read more of that, rather than high fantasy.

To fantasy fans who haven't read it, GRRM's Song of Ice and Fire. If they have read it, then R. Scott Bakker's Prince of Nothing, or Matt Stover's Blade of Tyshalle And I would recommend anything by Guy Gavriel Kay to anybody.

Many fantasy novels, such as GRRM's SoIaF, come with an appendix that lists all the characters.

What book do you recommend to other people most often? Why? What makes it so widely recommendable?

A good guide to Russian names. They are tough for Anglophone readers to understand - without taking a couple years of college Russian, that is. I'll contribute a couple additions: Patronymics can be used in combination with the first name (Ivan Ivanovich) as a sort of "affectionate...