As far as the lists are concerned
Ax's: 22
BBC: 36 (I thought it'd be more lol)
faux: 47 as more are French and as such part of the curriculum in secondary school such as Madame Bovary (boring...), Germinal (fantastic was reading it in history classes bad eari!) and Les Miserables (read it twice
).
I can't believe there are two Steinbeck's though; I studied and hated both Grapes of Wrath and Of Mice and Men
but I guess it's a question of taste.
Rune, I am a Kay's fan myself having read his entire works and I have pre-ordered the book that will come out in March/April
Under Heaven (can't wait, so excited). I was hesitant about Ysabel because it takes place in Provence and it is a place close to my heart (I spend all my summers there so I know pretty much every place he could speak of well enough). I was under a spell and read it in less than 3 days.
I absolutely loved how he re-introduced me to that piece of magical land and how he wove some characters from a previous story into this one. Like in
The Last Light of the Sun he just evokes the mosaic made by Crispin at the very end of the
Lord of the Emperor book. I enjoy every word this man writes and I have a very hard time choosing which of the books I prefer. I think I have a very soft spot for
Tigana because of the memory thread and the nostalgia... and the depth of each character.
I wish you to enjoy it as much as I did