If this was one of those 7 steps meetings i would be standing up and saying “Hello my name is Erin and I’m a book fanatic”
I have so manny i’m running out of room to put them. But latley i’ve been reading a mismash of things.
The Accidental Human by Dakota Cassidy (great third book in the series)
Bone Crossed by Patricia Briggs (love this series great heroine. be interisting if Jaz and her met i think they would be friends)
Maverick by Lora Leigh (sigh i want an alfa male of my own
Twilight: Director’s Notebook by Catherine Hardwicke (yes i’m one of those people who loved the books and liked the movie)
Supernatural: John Winchester’s Journal by Alex Irvine (I LOVE THIS SHOW if i could only watch one show this would be the one i’d pick it’s the best, this gives you so much back ground info on the boys and their father. Plus you always saw them looking in the journal and i was always curious as to what was in it)
I also just finished re-reading the first Jaz book and i’m going to re-read the whole series until the new one comes out. It’s Even better the second time around.

Right now I’m in the land of Danny Valentine “Dead ManRusing” by Lilith Saintcrow. I’ve been collecting so many new books of late I just can’t seem to decide what to go to next, which does tend to drive me slightly nuts.

There’s never enough time in the day to read as much as I would like to.

Life can be so cruel, lol!

Just finished Promises in death by J.D.Robb and conversly, one of Galen Foleys Historical dramas. I’m a book addict and often have several different genre’s on the go at once. From Laurell K.Hamilton to biographies!!!!!

Sadly, I’m only reading my own stuff right now. Working on edits, and trying to get over the hump in the WIP, and after it’s all done, I don’t even want to THINK about reading. I just drive into my yarn bin and hide in there with all the fiber softness.

I am a student in an honors English class at my highschool and we are reading especially American novels this year. The one we are reading currently, The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand is an excellent book even thought it is almost 700 pages long! A few of the other novels we have read are: Walden by Henry David Thoreau, The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne, and The American by Henry James. While it is a pain in the ass to have to annotate while reading, many of the novels are very well-written and so far, The Fountainhead, although the largest, is my favorite.

I am a student and I admittedly let my studying suffer for the love of books, much to my instructor’s annoyance. Recently I was lost in the world of “The Tree Shepherd’s Daughter” by Gillian Summers, “Wake” and then “Fade” by Lisa McMann, The Weather Warden Series by Rachel Caine, Moira J. Moore’s Hero series “Resenting the Hero”, “The Hero Strikes Back” and “Heros Adrift”, Patricia Briggs new Mercy Book “Bone Crossed” and I am about to start, “The Good Fairies of New York” by Martin Millar.
Of course there are also the books I continue to go back to time and time again cause they are just that good. Tamora Pierce’s “Lioness Quartet”, Amelia Atwater-Rhodes’ “Hawk Song”, Kelly Armstrong’s “Bitten” and of course the best of them all Jennifer Rardin’s “Jaz Parks Series” from begining to end (usually right before the newest volume comes out, you know, to fall in love all over again).

Omg that looks so cool, and I can’t wait to read bite marks!!
I’m currently on a Scott Westerfield kick, I just finished the Uglies series(and am super excited to find out that its becoming a movie), and I’m onto his series Midnighters.
One thing I have come to realize though, is that no matter what, whenever I finish a book, I go back to the Jaz Parks series. I totally don’t mean to gush, but that’s the only series that I can read over and over again and not get bored. I read the Twilight series and after I finished it I never read any of them again.
Which just goes to show how captivating a writer you are lol

Hey, I’m Bec and I’m a book-aholic.

I’m currently perusing through the Twilight Directors Book. It’s pretty interesting but I’m taking a trip to Borders in a couple of hours so hopefully I’ll have something better to read.

I’m in law school so I spend the majority of my time reading case books, which is not exactly the most exciting material. When I have the time I like to read John Grisham, J.R. Ward’s Black Dagger Brotherhood series, Richelle Mead and of course the Jaz Parks series.

I’m re-reading Jayne Ann Krentz’s Arcane Society series. I think I’ll re-read her Ghost Hunter series next. On the other hand, there are a lot of new releases coming out soon, so maybe not

Wow, so cool! That is an inspirational picture. I can imagine a lot of things going on there. (I like to collect images of places where I picture my characters traveling through or speaking at… I’ve got quite a few now…)

Hm. I just finished Kat Richardson’s Greywalker. It was okay. I didn’t get quite as involved in reading it as I had hoped, but I’ll see how it goes when I read the next in the series, Poltergeist. I’ll pick up the next, Underground, later on if I don’t get hooked during Poltergeist.

Other than that, I’ve been rereading quite a few of my Mangas/graphic novels. I like to do that between books when I just want to get a quick story with a visual in. I do it to get the mental gears grinding after work, ironically, right up to the point where I go to sleep. Not easy to fall asleep with the thoughts running at full blast, but I like it that way. I’ll get back to my to-read stack later.

Erin I love Patricia Brigg’s Mercy Thompson series! I can’t wait until Bone Crossed goes into paperback. I almost bought the hard cover three times before I convinced myself that the paperback will save shelf space. *giggles* did you know that there is a comic series as well? I just found out myself. I think I’m going to order myself a copy of the comics.

LOL, Erin! Did you see the new Supernatural last night? Sooo good! Is Sam bulking up? He looked massive to me!

Woohoo! Hope you enjoy it, Samantha!

Too true, Emma. I have very little time to read now that every minute is pretty much spent writing. So I sympathize!

I liked The Fountainhead too, Melanie.

My son read a lot of Brian Jacques books a few years back, Monica, and I kept thinking I’d grab one and read it. Glad you reminded me!

That’s a full list, Jenna! I like Patricia’s stuff too.

Sherrilyn never disappoints, does she Meryl?

Thanks so much, Rayne. I’ll have to check out Westerfield. Just that series title, the Uglies, sounds intriguing!

Wow, neat to get a preview, Becky. I expect Keri’s book will be pretty good.

Sounds like you have a wide range of tastes, Joanne. Cool.

I’d never snub dragons, Jackie B. May have to try that one out.

That’s how good stuff gets written, Marissa. Hang in there!

I’m hoping Orbit will become much more New Zealand friendly now that they have an office in Australia, Penny. Fingers crossed!

My (twin) brothers had an emu in the pasture behind their house for years, Biff. Not a very friendly bird, but amusing to watch.

You’re in good company, Bec! Dontcha just love trips to the bookstore! Feels like home, only better because you don’t have to clean!

No bird attacks, Chloe. Can’t say the same for gnomes…

Wow, Nixie, kudos for your ability to read the law stuff and stay awake!! Definitely shows you’re in the right field!

Great list, Taylor. Sounds like you have lots of great mind-adventures ahead!

Interesting, Zita. Haven’t heard of her, so I’ll have to look into those.

Ahh, a lover of the classic vampire. Way to go, ame!

I had to idea about the comic series, zanheltangia. Obviously you’re a really visual person, so I can see how exciting that is for you. I, too, like to find pictures of the places I’m writing about whenever possible. Book seven takes place in Marrakesh, Morocco, so I’ve been filling my brain with images of the city. Huge fun!

Great titles to add to my list, Adele! Hope you enjoy The Forgotten Garden.

You watch supernatural too? I can’t believe it…that is sooooooo cool, I wonder what the next episode will bring. I was wondering, are you going to bring on mysterious new good guys in the Bitten series kind of how Supernatural did with the angels, or are you going to show is some of Raul’s higher ups?

I just got done reading Magic Strikes By Ilona Andrews. Great book,I high recommend this series if you like a kick ass heroine and a very hot shape shifter.
Im just starting Deadly Desires by Keri Arhtur.

I’ve been spoiling myself with candy-like-books. ^^; I should stop soon though… it’s gotten to the point where I’m actually picky about what I read x.x Not good…

I just finished reading the Vampire Diaries series by L.J. Smith. Before that I read Salvation and Promises in Death by J.D. Robb.

Wow, I love how Supernatural came up as a topic in this thread. I think Sam is bulking up too, but I always thought Jared Padalecki played the hotter brother lol. I love the way Supernatural’s episodes play out, they’re written very well, and that, along with Dollhouse are my favorite shows right now.
By the way Jennifer, if you do happen to watch Dollhouse, or have seen any of the past episodes(the series is brand new, there’ve been like, 6 so far),
http://www.hulu.com/watch/61044/dollhouse-gray-hour#s-p1-so-i0 this episode cemented in stone my choice in Eliza Dushku as Jaz in a live action movie. But if you’ve never watched the series you totally should! It’s great, and hulu has all the episodes so far

love the random emu!!! right now i’m readig two books (at the same time) i’m weird like that. at the moment i’m reading sex and the single vampire and frenchman’s creek.
first one is about a woman called Allegra who escaped her abusive husband (who killed her brother) and finds this vampire who is determined she is not his Beloved (true love). and as you can quess there’s a bit of lovin in the book too, hence the title.
second one is about a woman called Dona who is from about the 18oo’s ish. she’s bored with living in london and all of high society so she leaves her husband and takes her two children to her husbands childhood home near the sea. owever she soon meets a french pirate who apparently has been terrifying everyone. you only hear his name twice in the whole book.
so, what are you reading at the moment jennifer? (apart from your books of course.)
x x x x x

I aquired One more bite on friday and finished it a few hours ago, and loved it!!! YAY!!
They finaly said it!!
Cant wait for the 6th book! They’re comming to Australia!!!YAY!!
Ummmm, before this i the city of glass trilogy by cassandra clare.

LOL, to be honest Jenn I’d love to get sponsorship from a certain Swedish furniture store as I’d love to have them come round and redo my front room with loads of bookshelves, along with sorting out a work area and a whole new set of seating. It would be cool and I suspect that most book addicts would love to have a library room to have all thier titles out and available to hand.

I suspect thats part of my problem I have an absolute load of books (I think somewhere around a couple of thousand) and Im having to clear out a number so that I’ve got space for the others to live. Its hard however Im making sure that the charity shops benefit from it.

Other than that, I’ve just finished Redheaded Stepchild which was good fun and Im about to start the new Simon Green novel. Also if you like Crichton I’ve also finished a book called Fragment by Warren Fahy.

I’m like Tez though we both tend to read loads in a month so its pretty hard when people ask you what your reading or have just read and we throw a list out that at times is the equivalent of most people’s yearly list. LOL

Just noticed our local library (New Zealand) has One More Bite in, but they do order some very popular stuff from Amazon May have to go ask at the local bookstore again. I do know that here Borders get it first (and it costs more there), and everyone else gets it a 4 to 6 weeks later. Luckily local Dymocks is managed by a Sci-fi/fantasy nut

Book fanatics? Hell yeah! Here I am!
Some days I’d love to just sit on my bed and read what I want all day. And I’d put a big notice down the stairs to my room reading like “no one’s home, so don’t even bother calling or coming up and knocking!”.
At the moment I’m finishing to re-read your Bitten to Death, since I started re-reading them all while I was waiting to get my copy of One More Bite (which I’m going to read again next). I’m also going back to Jeanine Frost’s Cat and Bones’s series at times. And I’m wondering if I should give a try to Alyson Noel’s Evermore. I got the advice from Amazon, but I wasn’t able to find many reviews about it, so I don’t really know.

yes so yes about jensen. LOL

OH AND IN REGARDS TO THE AUSTRALIA DATE THAT I ASKED ABOUT… i went to the local book shops today apparently one more bite must have been released in the last couple of days or they got a new shipment coz suddenly it was everywhere.

Oooh, yeh I can!! I put my hand up to watch him as Cole alright. Will there be any shirtless scenes? LOL.

Who could be Vayl and Jaz though?

Yes, Jen, can totally see JA stepping into Cole’s shoes. HOT!

Reading The Other Queen by Philippa Gregory right now. Having a hard time getting into it, and I usually like her reimagining of historical info. Oh, well. Won’t give up, tho.

Have been reading a lot of Elizabethan history lately, stuff about the Great Fire, the Spanish Armada, and of course, Dudley. I think I’m the only person I know who reads more non-fiction than fiction. Found a fab book about Victorian houses, which is nice because I own one, and next up is a more general history of ancient England. I love books like Jennifers, but I can read them in an afternoon!

I could definitely see Jensen Ackles as Cole…Sydeny Potier (daughter not father) as Cassandra, I think she has the look. I WISH THAT THEY WOULD HAVE A TV SERIES/TV MOVIE/ACTUAL MOVIE FOR THE SERIES!!!!!!!I mean come on I would love to see the crew in a live action movie or you know like a Beowulf animation type feel, I’m not being picky I just want other people to appreciate the awesomeness of the series. And look up Aidan Turner, he’s Irish and I totally think that that is what Vayl should look like….He’s smoken hot. Oh Well, that’s my rant. Peace Love and Death Metal. TTFN.

Awsome place But has me thinking whats going to go on here? I read a lot so at the moment i am reading:
-Sundancer, Shelly Paterson
-Twilight,New Moon, Eclipse, Breaking Dawn, Stephenie Meyer
-Fire Star, Chris D’lancy
- Your books for the umpteenth time
And i Think it would be a great idea to make a movie/Tv series out of Jaz’s life i mean who doesn’t want to see what Vayl, Jaz, or Any of the rest of the characters look like in real life?

They’ve decided to turn Anita Blake into a TV movie, so why not Jaz??? (they already have Sookie Stackhouse too.)

OOOhh, maybe we should start a petition?!
I’d so put my name down.

I would totally sign up, and question for oh great one, How do you come up for ideas for each story do you get inspiried by events around you or does it just kind of fall into place?

At the moment im making my way through Kresley Cole’s Immortal’s After Dark Series while i wait for BITE MARKS to hit the shelves down under!! (Welcome to my neck of the woods Jaz ) Kresley’s books are really easy to get into… oh and if you start a petition count me in!

So, like most of you. I’m a book-aholic. I had to go out and buy another bookcase. I read and re-read books all the time. Here’s some if the books I’ve been reading this past month.

Poison Study- Maria V. Snyder
(great series. I have to admit I’ve reread this to the point that I had to buy a new copy)
The Mortal Instruments- Cassandra Clare
(great concepts in this book)
Vampire Diaries Series- LJ Smith
(Love that they are making this into a TV series. Hopefully it will be better than some of the books-to-TV things that have come out before)
Can’t wait for Bite Marks to come out!!

P.S. Yay Jensen Ackles as Cole gets my thumbs up

You know what I love more than anything? His Lady Mistress. This is the novel that got me into Elizabeth Rolls, and I loved it. The romance was mind blowing and very sensual, the characters are believably flawed (sometimes this is difficult for romance novelists to accomplish) and while it is (as always) frustrating to see how their issues could be resolved with an honest conversation about their misunderstandings, it is easy to see how the misunderstandings come to be and why each character stays within themselves instead of becoming vulnerable. Max’s difficult family life is further explained in “A Compromised Lady,” which is the story of Richard’s romance. I have read and reread this book – LOVE IT.

Historical Romance Novels