jj2: Binges and drouths here too. I'll read huge amounts of books, sometimes 1 in a day and then nothing for a while. I prefer supernatural/sci-fi but really I'll read just about anything.
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Thing of it is, I love to read. I think the computer has a lot to do with it---I spend altogether too much time on it.8-o
But on the plus side, I enjoy what I do on it.
The only reason I have periods where I don't read anything is because I can't afford to keep up with my habit! I read quickly and basically devour them. Then I'm out and eventually will start jonesing for a book... I can always tell the signs because I start reading things like the backs of cereal boxes. 
I read quickly and basically devour them. Then I'm out and eventually will start jonesing for a book... I can always tell the signs because I start reading things like the backs of cereal boxes. 
Last Christmas my daughter told me she was gonna buy me "used books" from now on cause she wanted to be able to buy more of them so they would last beyond Jan1st. I really read fast. I used to read only when I went out for smoke breaks to make books last longer but I don't have this option anymore However, I'm so excited that I can get in the tub and read and vape now!
Current read is one of the Xanth books from Piers Anthony. It's very light reading and I eat those up like chocolate, YUM. I love his puns hehe
However, I'm so excited that I can get in the tub and read and vape now!Current read is one of the Xanth books from Piers Anthony. It's very light reading and I eat those up like chocolate, YUM. I love his puns hehe
You're absolutely correct MK - great analogy! I get hand cramps just holding the books open
I did when we lived on the east coast. Where we are now, the library doesn't keep a lot of the authors I read. They tend to be a little more geared toward the college crowd. Contemporary fiction is usually kept to the most popular mainstream authors. For example, out of the 12 books that Kathy Reichs has published, they carry 2. Not to mention, I think they might have a bit of an aversion to the "weird".
Dean Koontz--- I’ve read just about every book.
I don’t have much patience for Stephen King---he gets a bit wordy for me.
And that is saying something because I get wordy myself as long as I’m not talking about myself. So much so that, in circumstances like posting to a forum, I cut it down and then I find that it makes less sense. Maybe Stephen King is just like that too.
I’ve read all of the Harry Potters.
I’m a great fan of Jonathon Kellerman.
Really like Sue Grafton's books too.
My trouble with the library is it can’t keep up with me.
The good thing here is that if you tell them what you want, they’ll find it and have it brought there so you can check it out.
I don’t have much patience for Stephen King---he gets a bit wordy for me.
And that is saying something because I get wordy myself as long as I’m not talking about myself. So much so that, in circumstances like posting to a forum, I cut it down and then I find that it makes less sense. Maybe Stephen King is just like that too.
I’ve read all of the Harry Potters.
I’m a great fan of Jonathon Kellerman.
Really like Sue Grafton's books too.
My trouble with the library is it can’t keep up with me.
The good thing here is that if you tell them what you want, they’ll find it and have it brought there so you can check it out.
The Harry Potters get watched, read and listened to. The good thing is my little grandson calls me when he ends a chapter or two so we can discuss it! I have him read out loud to me and I can correct him with out even looking I have heard them so many times! He wants to know what all the words mean too. I am trying to teach him to read with expression..it's more fun!
Stephen King does like the sound of his own words..lol I skim when he gets carried away.
Kellerman gets a bit gruesome. I loved his early stuff.
I used to love Alan Dean Foster. He went offtrack somewhere.
Stephen King does like the sound of his own words..lol I skim when he gets carried away.
Kellerman gets a bit gruesome. I loved his early stuff.
I used to love Alan Dean Foster. He went offtrack somewhere.
Stephen King likes to bounce around but it eventually all comes together. As for the Harry Potter books, I could tell from the first book to the last how much better her writing became. I wish I had that kind of imagination. I love those books. Also liked all of the books in the Chronicles of Narnia. Very well written.
Sorry about the 4ply post! I couldn't get into page 10 to fix it! I swear my computer is crazy!
I read those and loved them too! I went through three I think? Is there a 4th yet? I have read a lot of series: Wheel of Time, The goodkind series, this earth series, the Terry Brooks series... I always get to the end of the last one that's out and then before the new one comes out I forget about them.... ahhhh getting old SUCKS sometimes, lol
Now we're talkin...
Guy Gavriel Kay is awesome (The Fionavar Tapestry). So is Robin McKinley (Deerskin). There's a few up there I haven't heard of so I will definitely have to go check them out. I'm also a big fan of Charles de Lint but haven't been in the mood for him lately. (Moonheart)
Also:
To Kill a Mockingbird
Watership Down - Ricahrd Adams
Outlander series - Diana Gabaldon
Harry Potter series - Rowley
LOTR - Tolkien
Jane Eyre - Bronte
I read a little of everything including biographies, suspense, histories, inspirational, self-help, etc.
AND, I got a Kindle 2 for my b-day last year (after a brief but intense campaign aimed at my Dad... )
LOVE Terry Goodkind - keep reading til the end (I think there are a total of 13 books) & then get his newest one "The Law of 9's". After Goodkind, it's difficult to read anyone else in his genre.
Big Koontz fan too, I'd say my all time fave Koontz book is "Watchers" but I like Oddie too .. heck, I like all the Koontz books.
Kim Harrison, Ann Rice, Laurel K. Hamilton's Anita Blake series - ooh and McCaffrey's Dragonriders series .. too many more to list ..
Also read a lot of self improvement stuff too.
Noticed quite a few people have Kindles, have been researching and agonizing over Kindle VS Nook. Feedback?
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If you read back you will see that I listed Watchers and one of my all time favs!!! I swear I looked at my dogs thinking 'why can't you read...what's wrong with you'!!! LOL Gawd I've read that book at least 4 times!!!
Dean Koontz Website, Suspense novel - Dean Koontz - The Official Site
I keep up with his newest stuff on his website. Frankenstein 4, Lost Souls is coming out soon. But I really wish he would finish the Christopher Snow books. Fear no Evil and Sieze the Night were very good. I kind of wish Odd Thomas would show up to help Chris out!
I keep up with his newest stuff on his website. Frankenstein 4, Lost Souls is coming out soon. But I really wish he would finish the Christopher Snow books. Fear no Evil and Sieze the Night were very good. I kind of wish Odd Thomas would show up to help Chris out!
Oddie & Chris would make a cool duo, MK!
I forgot to list the Harry Potter series too - my daughter and I would fight over every new book as they came out. So sad that it's all done now. Wonder if she will come out with a new series now that Harry's done at Hogwarts ..
Oh and I also forgot David Eddings' Belgariad, Mallorean & Crystal Throne series - I do prefer Goodkin though.
I forgot to list the Harry Potter series too - my daughter and I would fight over every new book as they came out. So sad that it's all done now. Wonder if she will come out with a new series now that Harry's done at Hogwarts ..
Oh and I also forgot David Eddings' Belgariad, Mallorean & Crystal Throne series - I do prefer Goodkin though.
Have you had a chance to physically handle both of them? If at all possible that's what I'd recommend. I got my Kindle 2 just a few months before the Nook came out and I was kicking my own backside thinking I'd probably want the Nook. A few weeks ago I finally got to handle a Nook and see how it worked. I don't think they are all that much different and so it comes down to personal preference. To me, the Nook seemed slower than the Kindle and the color graphics on the bottom were nice for about a minute and then didn't matter anymore. So now I know that I'm happy with my Kindle and don't need a Nook.
But, like I say, I think it's all personal preference. I know next to nothing about gadgety things but, all things being equal, I'd go with the second generation Kindle rather than the first generation Nook. But that's just me.
I'd like to read his Frankenstein series cuz that looked interesting. Watchers was my fave so far.
I liked the banter in Edding's Belgariad. The Thomas Covenant series by Donaldson are also very good. Love Michael Crichton! His autobiographical novel was fascinating. I forget the title though...
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