Ah a fellow bookworm! I shall attempt to locate said book thread. And as for fantasy books I suggest Leviathan by Scott Westerfeld. Alternate history WWI book involving massive machines on one side of the war and spliced animals on the other. Story about a girl dressing as a boy to join the Royal Air Force to board the legendary flying whale of a ship, The Leviathan. Creem can vouch for me on said series.
The other series I suggest is the Chaos Walking Trilogy. Three books each about 500 pages each. Takes place on a planet where you can hear eachother's thoughts but also means you can't hide any of your own. Each book has more cliffhangers than Rosie O Donal has chins. The story follows
Todd Hewitt and his journey to manhood. Also where my profile's namesake comes from. Creem will adamantly defend this series tooth and nail. The first book is called The Knife of Never Letting Go.
I
hope that at least one of these will satisify your needs for the time being. Something tells me I shall be spending large amounts of time on the books thread though.