Fantasy fiction 101

It wasn't that she didn't know how to smile; she was quite capable of smiling, if you gave her enough warning, but she positively hated having to smile at people who actually merited, instead, a flick around the earhole with a napkin.

Thank you, Gosh.
You have no idea of how long my "must read" list has gotten!
OK, Christopher Moore joins the others.
Any particular title/s you'd recommend?

That combination of story telling and humor is why I am such a huge fan of Pratchett's. I guffaw at least once every book. I often write quotes inside the covers.

It wasn't that she didn't know how to smile; she was quite capable of smiling, if you gave her enough warning, but she positively hated having to smile at people who actually merited, instead, a flick around the earhole with a napkin.

...the food was good solid stuff for a cold morning, all calories and fat and protein and maybe a vitamin crying softly because it was all alone.

The satin slippers of the other dancers twinkled as they drifted across the floor, but the boots flashed and clattered like a tap dancer afraid of falling into the sink.

He was tall, red haired and freckled with the sort of body that seems to be only marginally under it's owner's control; it appeared to have been built out of knees.

He turned to the men, who smiled nervously and backed away, leaving the smiles hanging awkwardly in the air, as protection.

A guilty look passed over his face, and then came back and camped there.