BOOKS, BOOKS, BOOKS!!!!!

I go on reading binges myself. I won't read much for months and then, wham! I will read a whole buncha books in rapid succession. I just finished a marathon blaze through the Sherrilyn Kenyon Dark-Hunter novels. Thirteen of them so far. It's a good story line but is very smutty. Fortunately, if you're not in the mood for the smut, it tends to run for a page and a half and then get back to the main narrative.

I got Charlaine Harris books for Xmas, and some Anne McCaffrey that I have yet to read.

My ultimate recommendation on books, though, is Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card. I never cease to be amazed at the number of people who have not yet found this series. The first three books are the best, and Speaker for the Dead (the third) is one of the most brilliant, thought provoking pieces of scifi I've ever read.

You'd think that being forced to read 120+ children's and young adult books in 4 months would make me not want to read any more, but no. Within the past week or so, I've finished 2 Star Wars: Legacy of the Force books and Paper Towns by John Green (a wonderful YA author, if you're into those kinds of books). Right now I'm reading Blue Bloods by Melissa de la Cruz, which is about wealthy Manhattan socialites who also happen to be vampires.

Currently re-reading Twilight.
Still making my way through Anne Rice's The Vampire Lestat. Been reading it since October. That should tell you something.
Just started the 3rd book in Harrison's Rachel Morgan series, Every Which Way But Dead.
And I'm reading Henry James' Portrait of a Lady for one of my classes. Slow to start, only read 3 chapters so far, but it got better in the 3rd. We'll see how the rest of it goes considering it's late 19th century writing which means Realism and big, lofty descriptions.

I finished Blue Bloods, Diary of a Wimpy Kid, and am now finishing a romance novel I started before Christmas. After that, I'll read The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing.

Working my way through Mary Janice Davidson Alaskan Royal Family series. Light chicklit.

Super - have a popcorn fetish fascination with the Dark Hunter books (which also seem to incorporate the Were Hunters, Dream Hunters too). Looking forward to meeting Sherrilyn in the flesh at the con I'm attending mid February (in Melbourne).

Have read the Rachel Morgan, Dresden, Mercy & the Charlaine Harris Sookie books (not her Aurora Teagarden ones).

I'm also going through an anthology called Dreaming Again - dark fantasy/horror/spec fic short stories by Aust. authors edited by Jack Dann.

Just finished What Would Buffy Do - a Xmas gift (wouldn't have got it otherwise :lol:). Was much more interesting than I was expecting (which is always a nice surprise).

Also have Tender Morsels by Margo Lanogan - think it's a YA (but am guessing when I actually read it - more adult).

VL you're a better person than I. The ONLY vampire chronicle I've waded through was Marius' story. (er, is that Blood Gold or something like that???).

Plus I've a number of 'standard' romance style books - all in preparation for the writers I'm meeting at aforementioned (I love that word :lol:) con in Feb.

*ponders* Can't think of anything else....for now.

Glori - I don't know Marius so I couldn't tell you that. I'm going through them in order very very very very slowly.

Henry James is going faster than I would typically take it 'cause of school. If it weren't for school, it'd probably be going about as fast as Anne Rice, which isn't. Depending on the book I can probably average about 400 pages in 6 hours. It took me 6 hours to read 150 pages of Portrait of a Lady. Does that seem wrong to anybody else?

I read SMALL FAVOR the last Dresdan book as well as the last Darkside by Simon Green. Damn.....I was fooled into thinking Kim Harrison's new book was out....it was THE DEMON WAILS just released in paperback. I read the hard cover last year . I was sooooo disappointed! I picked up a book by Vickie Peterson called THE SCENT OF SHADOWS and I didn't finish it in Florida which is not a good sign because I rarely get back to a book once I hit Michigan again. Maybe I'll force myself to finish it this week. It's okay....but a little too involved and I don't particularly are for the world Peterson creates. Maybe my opinion will change once I finish the book.

Currently Reading: Roma Eterna by Robert Silverberg. Alternate Rome, a collection of novellas that were posted in Various SF mags. Very good so far, much more of a character piece and sociological book than about the nuts and bolts of divergence.

My daughter read the WATCHMEN graphic novel and absolutely lovely it. I think I may sit down and read it before the movie comes out.

Kim Harrison's new Rachel Morgan book will be out on the 24th and I noticed that Simon Green already has a new Darkside out :D I will have something to read when I head back to Florida mid March. So happy. I may get Lincoln Child's latest book as well. I love Lincoln Child.

Still murking my way through THE VAMPIRE LESTAT. Been working on it since October, but it seems to have picked up a bit and I'm only about 50 pages shy of halfway. I'm thinking it'll be another couple of years once I finish it before I start Queen of the Damned.

Just finished re-reading LOST SOULS by Poppy Z. Brite. I forgot how gruesome the end was. still love it, though. I just have to remember next time I get to the end to not read it while eating lunch.

Since my last posting, I've finished Kim Harrison's EVERY WHICH WAY BUT DEAD and A FISTFUL OF CHARMS (both part of the Rachel Morgan series). I have the next book in the series, I'm just getting a few other things read before I start it.

I read Stephen Crane's MAGGIE: A GIRL OF THE STREETS. If you like Crane, good on you. I found this short story tough to manage through. I don't seem to be too big a fan of late 19th/early 20th century writing.

I read TALES OF BEEDLE THE BARD by J.K. Rowling. Very nice and entertaining and a very very very quick read.

I just got the new Rachel Morgan book WHITE WITCH BLACK CURSE and the new Darkside JUST ANOTHER JUDGEMENT DAY :D :D :D :D :D My prime reading material, 3/17 - 3/26 while lazing under my beach umbrella in Florida. I report back on these when I get back. I sure hope that the new Rachel Morgan book is good because I was all pissy after the 3rd or 4th book but felt Kim Harrison redeemed herself in the last book. I am almost nervous about this new one :(

Currently Reading: 1824: Sequel to 1812, continuing with the creation of Confederacy of Arkansas, a country of displaced freedmen, natives, abolitionists, right next to the US. Very interesting so far, like 1812 a huge cast of characters, mostly historical (well alterna-historical).

Recently read: The Conqueror Worms (Brian Keene) Horror/Post Apoc about 40 days of rain and what creatures it brings up. After a slow start it really picks up once a couple of new characters come in and it's relentless till the end. This was my first for this author.

I ran away to Florida again for 10 days to get away from hubby and kids and still couldn't escape from my cell phone :| But I managed to read 3 1/2 books :D

Kim Harrison's latest WHITE WITCH, BLACK CURSE. I enjoyed it and it was good to have closure on the Kisten matter. I got to tell you that KH makes it difficult to be a Rachel/Trent shipper though. I do believe that it is a match but I may be dead before things heat up :(

Simon Green's latest JUST ANOTHER JUDGMENT DAY...a Darkside book. Good. I paid more attention to Green's writing style and I got to say that the man is 'walking sarcastic wit'. A relly brilliant mind and writing style IMHO.

Patricia Brigg's IRON CROSSED. I started this my last trip to Florida but never finished it. I picked it up again and enjoyed it tremendously so I just bought the latest in the series BONE CROSSED.

TO me, Green and Briggs are 'fast' reads. Kim Harrison is meatier and takes longer and I do appreciate a longer book and extensive plotting when I am vacationing.