Pegasus, Robin McKinley [library book, young adult, fantasy]. (This is a beautiful story, despite its painfully abrupt ending. I'm sure some people will find it slow and boring, but its exploration of a nonhuman intelligence and culture is exceptional. Where's the sequel, Robin? Please hurry.)
Shadow Rising, Yasmine Galenorn [purchase, urban fantasy]. (This is the twelfth book in this series, and I must say, I'm not at all sure it's holding up. I'm beginning to want to read the Last Battle and get it over with. But there's still a few books between now and then, including this story of Menolly the vampire and her wedding-mixed-with-demon woes. Also, we're getting way too many characters here, I think.)
Hunting the Corrigan's Blood, Holly Lisle [purchase, fiction, space opera]. (This book offers a unique twist on the undead--space-opera vampires created by nanites! The story suffers somewhat from a bleak ending, but it demonstrates the author is not afraid to torture her characters.)
The Forest of Hands and Teeth, Carrie Ryan [library book, young adult, zombie apocalypse]. (I've now read all three books in this trilogy, and all I can say is: Don't give these books to a teenager [or anyone] who is prone to depression. The world Carrie Ryan has created is bleak, bleak, bleak. I suppose that's to be expected in a zombieverse--a few billion flesh-eating undead should realistically mean the end of civilization and even humanity itself. This particular book is not helped by the fact that the protagonist isn't terribly likable.)
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