Recommend Me a Book… with Cassandra Clare

Friday, July 15, 2011       •       39 Comments

If you’re following my blog this week you’ll know that I am hosting some of my authorly friends and authors whose books I love and want to recommend to YOU (if you haven’t read it,yet!)

So each day this week I’m having an author tell us what they like to read, wish they could write, and what they have loved recently! AND at the end I’ll be giving away a mystery box of books that I am recommending to you!

So if you want to get entered to WIN this BOX OF BOOKS, comment on the next few posts and make sure to follow this blog so you don’t miss anything because who knows what I’ll do next! :D

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I don’t think there’s much I can say about Cassandra Clare and her books that you might not already know. Like a) they are fabulous filled with complicated and tortured characters, incredibly rich and layered world and adventures that are of epic proportions. or b) that she’s one of the most hilarious people I know. Or c) her characters are put through hell and she likes her killing sprees.

Cassie is one of the people I look to most for recommendations and I love all the picks she’s recommend here today! Check it out!

 

Q: What kind of books do you like reading? Do you read in your genre?

Weirdly, not really. I do sometimes but I love contemporary romance (Anna and the French Kiss) and detective novels (anything by Anne Perry) as well as historicals. I like a good dystopia (Scott Westerfeld’s Pretties/Uglies) and I love horror.
Q: What book do you wish you had written?
Interview with the Vampire.
Q: What is one genre or topic you wish you could write?
I wish I could write a hardboiled detective novel. I just don’t think I have the turns of phrase in me.
Q: What books do you recommend (that are out or about to be out, ones you blurbed?)
Anna Dressed in Blood by Kendare Blake, Shine by Lauren Myracle, Name of the Star by Maureen Johnson, and I just read Suzanne Young’s A Need So Beautiful and enjoyed it.

 

39 Comments


  1. Kimberly Callegan said:

    Cassandra Clare is a brilliant mastermind and I’m a HUGE fan of her books! Interview was great and all books recommended by her I have on my TBR list along with Anna and the French Kiss and Pretty/Uglies series. Thanks Vania, can’t leave you out as I’m a huge fan of your trailers as well!

  2. Cynthia Garcia said:

    I love Cassandra’s books! And Shine was amazing! Thank you!!!!

  3. Dani Nguyen said:

    I love Cassie’s books and have read all of them. Can’t wait for Clockwork Prince to come out. Anna Dressed in Blood and Name of the Star are also books I’m dying to read. Thanks for the recommendations!

  4. Ashelynn Hetland said:

    I love Cassie’s books. :D The books she recommended are ones I want to read… like now. ANNA looks amazing, and I’m a huge MJ fan, so of course I’m excited for NAME OF THE STAR.

  5. Kam said:

    OMG, I LOVED A NEED SO BEAUTIFUL! Lauren Myracle and MJ are also great, but Suzanne Young hit so many emotional points for me in her book! It’s the one I’m telling everyone about this summer.

    Thanks so much for this Cassie! And you, too, Vania!

  6. Chen Chang said:

    I love Cassie’s books! I haven’t read any of those recommendations yet! Name of the Star sounds so interesting with the whole Jack the Ripper thing!

  7. amy halbern said:

    I love Cassie Clare’s Writing she is brillant and has the best twists and turns and cliffhangers, including characters that are easy to fall in love with. I would love a box of books!

  8. Sophie said:

    Those books are in my TBR. Thank you ao much for the Cassie interview!!

  9. Viki S. said:

    I too love Cassie’s books. After all of the reviews I’ve read on A Need So Beautiful and your rec I’m adding it to my TBR list.

  10. Lori said:

    Love the mortal instruments and can’t wait for the next clockwork book!! I will look into these recommendations!! Just finised Enclave and Wither. About to start Forever (final of the Shiver series).

  11. Charlee Vale said:

    Love the book! love them! The wait kills me.

    CV

  12. Destiny Clayton said:

    I LOVE Cassie Clare. I’ve read all of her books and I can’t wait for the next ones!! And I would love to win a free mystery box of books! :)

  13. Jackie said:

    I’ll definitely check out you recommendations. Anna and the French Kiss is so good! I loved it! =)

  14. Jessica Cota said:

    If Cass recomends it, you gotta read it!! Loooove her books and totally trust her opinion!!

  15. lyndz said:

    I’m a hugeee fan of Cassie, the mortal instruments & infernal devices novels have got to be my favourite out there at the moment!
    I think I’ll have to start saving up some money to buy these recommendations because they all look amazing! I can’t wait for CP to come out either! Thanks cassie for the rec’s and you too vanna!
    xoxo

  16. Ashley Orellana said:

    Love these books

  17. Sydney said:

    Awesomeness :) . Can’t wait for her next book!

  18. Mar said:

    Awesome books!!!!!!

  19. Mar said:

    LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE CASSIE´S BOOKS!!!!!

  20. Jordan said:

    I can’t wait to read The Name of the Star, except I much prefer the UK cover to the US one.

  21. raerae! said:

    i love your books!! and ill def have to start reading some of those recomended books!

  22. Sabrina Ayala said:

    I love her books. Putting the ones she recommended on my the list. Thanks.

  23. Carina Olsen said:

    Oh, I am so jealous of everyone that have gotten to read Anna Dressed in Blood. I really, really cannot wait for it :D Awesome recs from Cassie, thank you :)
    ~ Love, Carina

  24. alli said:

    great reccs! :)
    <3 you! <3

  25. Shelley Bunnell said:

    Cassie has an awesome sense of humor. Like I need another recommendation for A Need So Beautiful, lol. Better move it up on my very long list. Thanks again Vania for this great event!

  26. Tina W. said:

    I adore Cassandra and her books!! I had the pleasure to meet her on the Chicks Kick It Tour, she was AWESOME!!!

  27. Cara said:

    ANNA DRESSED IN BLOOD and A NEED SO BEAUTIFUL sound fantastic!! Cassie always gives great recommendations. :)

  28. Jane said:

    Love these books! :D

  29. kristina shields said:

    I LOVE cassandra clare’s books, especially the Clockwork Angel series because I love victorian era books. I can’t wait for the movie and hopefully they will do well with it. :)

  30. Lisa said:

    Love Cassie Clare :)

  31. Loony said:

    Absolutely mesmerized by Cassandra Clare’s writing. I am a big big fan!! ^^

  32. Jayjay Atanacio said:

    Ohh gosh! I loooove love all her books! I have her books on auto buy! After reading TMI I was totally captivated! I freakin love her :)

  33. Lea @ The Lovely Reading Teen said:

    I swear to love every cassandra clare books!

  34. Grace Radford said:

    The Mist was really good. :]

  35. Alba said:

    she rocks! and I really think that if she tried it she could write any genre she wants!!gah! A Need So Beautiful!! I need that book!

  36. Mrs. Heise said:

    Shine and A Need So Beautiful are both on my to-read (soon) list.

  37. Amanda said:

    Any book Clare recommends is a must-read for me! I have only read Shine, but have the rest either pre-ordered or sitting on my shelf to read.

  38. Christine Manzari said:

    Clare is a master storyteller. Can’t wait for her new book!

  39. Anna Sindt said:

    I love the City of Bones series. I wish I had written them=)

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