in which the author tells all about her fantasies

Fantasy BOOKS, of course. Geez. Ha! But seriously, I was informed that there was a 101 Fantasy Book Meme to go along with the voting for the 101 Best Fantasy Books project. In case you don’t know what this is, please check out this link. Really. Nominations for the best fantasy book ever (and then the next 100) close August 31. After that, vote and participate in the meme with me, because you know you love fantasy. Yes, paranormal counts (at least, I think it does…). It’s only five questions, and it’s for a good cause…

What is your favorite fantasy series?

It’s really hard to answer this. Can I choose three? What? I couldn’t hear that…and thus I will do what I want. *grin* So…the Harry Potter books, by J.K. Rowling (you kind of had to expect that), Garth Nix’s Keys to the Kingdom series, and Mercedes Lackey’s Elemental Masters. I can’t entirely believe that I’m leaving out Tolkien, but since I was only supposed to pick one…

What is your favorite fantasy character?

Harry from Robin McKinley’s The Blue Sword, Sabriel from the Abhorsen trilogy, or Sophie from Diana Wynne Jones' Howl's Moving Castle. And probably many, many more.

What is your favorite fantasy creature?

Water sprites, fauns (benevolent), centaurs. Oh! And the goblins in Tad Williams' The War of the Flowers.

What is your favorite fantasy world?

London Below, from Neil Gaiman’s Neverwhere. Or Narnia. It's probably terribly cliche to say Narnia...

What is your favorite fantasy “magic” (i.e. The Will and the Word in David Eddings’ Belgariad series)?

I recently fell in love with the new magic in Patricia C. Wrede’s Thirteenth Child. There are three distinct types in that book, all swirling together at times to form a new kind - Columbian. By the way, if you haven’t read it yet, it’s made of awesome.

Shoot. I know I've left lots of favorites off the list, but they're not coming to mind... So it should be obvious from this little exercise that I am categorically incapable of narrowing choices down to ONE final answer. This does not bode well for my future Jeopardy career…

101 more reasons to love fantasy + quick giveaway!

Ryan at Wordsmithonia recently directed me to Bella of A Bibliophile's Bookshelf's project to create a list of the 101 Best Fantasy Books. You have a chance to nominate and vote on the best in fantasy, so if you have an opinion (and I know you do...even if it's just that Twilight - yes, I mentioned it - was addictive, if not good), go and share it, and vote on the very best when that time comes around. Yay!

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And because book giveaways are fun and happy-making (Uglies trilogy, you've changed my vocabulary!), and because book-buying supports my favorite authors and creates new fans, I'm giving away one (1) paperback copy of Neil Gaiman's Neverwhere, or Robin McKinley's Sunshine. The winner chooses the spoils.

To enter:

Leave a comment on this post answering the question, "What is your favorite genre?"

+1 extra entry if you enter my contest for The Only Alien on the Planet. If you've already entered, you do not need to do so again.

Please include your email address. Giveaway is open internationally. Comments will close on August 21 at 11:59pm EST, and I will notify the randomly selected winner via email.

Good luck!