I went to school at USF in Tampa, and the library there had a
special collection of Piers Anthony materials (manuscripts, notes, and the like). I always thought, with the connection to FLA and Tampa/USF, I really should read some of his works. But Fantasy has never been a genre I've enjoyed much in literature (much as I do love sci-fi), I think it has to do with the covers of novels being filled with monsters, maidens, etc.
Anyway, as was noted in the press back when the shades of grey sex books were popular, e-readers make it so what you're reading in public is totally private. So no more book-cover-shame about reading a fantasy novel, which means I've finally consumed a Piers Anthony novel, the first in his Xanth.
Overall, I enjoyed it. I wasn't blown away by it, but it seems like a solid young-adult novels, coming of age, self discovery, and other similar themes. I'll probably read a few more in the series, and then check out a few other book by Anthony not in this Xanth collection to see if I like them more or less.