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Originally Posted by Catlady
I find this a frustrating category; it's been difficult to find first books without having a specific author in mind, and often the first book turns out to be one that isn't anything special. [...]
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Yes, I hit this too.
The other thing I hit was that some of what I considered are priced way beyond what I think they're worth. For example I thought of John Irving's
Setting Free The Bears, but the asking price is horrendous for what is really a fairly mediocre book, interesting mainly for what it presages in his later work.
I just finished a book that's taken me like 2 weeks (a good book, just no time to settle in to it), and at first I thought it was kismet. It seemed an excellent first novel that I think would have been very interesting to discuss here ... but it turns out
The Binding by Bridget Collins is not actually her first novel, she has published others under B.R. Collins.
CRussel, I'd normally have added my vote to your fantasy nomination, but it so happens that C.J. Cherryh is an author I've never gotten on with very well. I haven't read the particular book you nominated, but have read some of her other work.
For the others... as I said above, it's mostly a mood thing. Heavily distracted at the moment.