What book are you currently reading?

[Elizabeth Talbot, Countess of Shrewsbury]

  Yasmin Galenorn-Otherworld series-Blood Wyne
  Love the characters, Love the stories.
  Hating the waaay too graphic girl love scenes she writes in this book.

Mmmm love that series. Haven't gotten that one yet. And I do have to agree on your point, haha!

[analise]

Analise, I'm rereading the Kushiel series right now also, almost done with the 1st one

I was addicted to those, but quit reading her after the story of Phedre and Joscelin played out.  
 Then I got into the Godslayer trilogy also by Jacqueline Carey.  I have never rooted for the 'bad guy' before.  This trilogy is just way creepy, but a must read.  

I just finished Kushiel's Mercy the other day. Don't have the Naamah books yet but figure I'll get them at some point. Also got and read through Twilight's Dawn in about a day. It's interesting, with the Kushiel books, I like sticking with the main characters. With the Black Jewels books, I keep thinking, "can't we have more of these other characters?" I mean..I like Lucivar and Daemon but after the original trilogy, a lot of what they show up to do is so...domestic? Something. They end up being irritating.

Have now started on Wise Man's Fear. Figure that'll keep me occupied for a few days. Then I'll probably do the Naamah books.

[Rowan MacD]

  Yasmin Galenorn-Otherworld series-Blood Wyne
  Love the characters, Love the stories.
  Hating the waaay too graphic girl love scenes she writes in this book.

Mmmm love that series. Haven't gotten that one yet. And I do have to agree on your point, haha!

Since her previous books have been action/adventure/paranormal boy-girl romance, she probably should have stuck to that.  If she doesn't ramp back the girl porn I won't read her again.

  ~I just started a quaint little book by Amanda Quick (Lordy, I haven't read her in eons, but that will change)-The Perfect Poison.  Victorian England and Murder! What's not to love.

   
   

[jinx]

Currently, I'm working on "The Swan Thieves" by Elizabeth Kostova.  I loved "The Historian," and this book is quickly living up to the quality of that book.

I've gone through a LOT of historical fiction lately...something that happens when I start missing Faire.  xD  Phillipa Gregory's "The White Queen" and "The Red Queen," and "The Devil's Queen" by Jeanne Kalogridis, about Catherine de Medici. 

For those of you who've read the Kushiel books...while Kushiel's Dart is good, did it take you FOR. EV. ERRR. to get through it?  A friend got me all 6 over a year ago, and I've made two attempts to read Kushiel's Dart, and I just cannot make it all the way through.  It's not the size of the book by any means.  In fact, I don't know -what- it is. 

[analise]

For those of you who've read the Kushiel books...while Kushiel's Dart is good, did it take you FOR. EV. ERRR. to get through it?  A friend got me all 6 over a year ago, and I've made two attempts to read Kushiel's Dart, and I just cannot make it all the way through.  It's not the size of the book by any means.  In fact, I don't know -what- it is. 

It took longer than most paperbacks but...it is a big book. Dense with words. I definitely didn't feel like, "omg when is it going to end?" or anything like that. It was actually kind of nice to have a book I couldn't finish in a sitting or two.

[Trillium]

  Since her previous books have been action/adventure/paranormal boy-girl romance, she probably should have stuck to that.  If she doesn't ramp back the girl porn I won't read her again.

  ~I just started a quaint little book by Amanda Quick (Lordy, I haven't read her in eons, but that will change)-The Perfect Poison.  Victorian England and Murder! What's not to love.
 
   

My step-mom gave me an Amanda Quick book, Second Sight, a few months ago.  I loved it!  Would enjoy finding more of hers

[Cofeeguru]

Being a book junkie, I had to jump in here:  Amanda Quick is a lot of fun.  I'm currently rereading Highwaymen: Robbers and Rogues edited by Jennifer Roberson.  It's definitely an "I miss Fest" book. :-)

[lys1022]

I don't know if anyone has mentioned it before, but if you like to read and your friends like to read, there are a few great websites out there for tracking your literary habits.  The one that I use is:

http://www.goodreads.com/

It's great for not only tracking what I'm reading at any given time, but for letting me see what my friends are reading and for giving me ways to explore other things that I may want to read in the future.  You can input your whole library if you like, or you can put things in as you go (which is how I'm doing it).

If you join, and want to friend me, just give me a shout and let me know that you are from this board so I know who you are.  I'm on there as myself, Lys Childs-Wiley.

Happy reading, all!

[Mairte]

I am now onto the sixth Diana Gabaldon book, "A Breath Of Snow And Ashes". Love it! 

[Magpie Flynn]

Re-reading the Thursday Next novels by Jasper Fforde. I can never get tired of them. 

[analise]

Finished Wise Man's Fear much too soon (because now I have to wait for the next one!).

Also read Naamah's Kiss which I liked but not as much as the Kushiel books. The characters didn't feel quite as solid to me. That and I felt there was a huge issue with the reason for the second part of the book happening that just made me go, "really? That's really what's happening here? That's why they have to do this? Are you kidding me?"

I'll probably pick up the other books as they come out in paperback anyhow.

Oh, I read Wicked, too! And was rather disappointed. Maybe I'd just heard too much hype over the years or something but it completely didn't match up to what I expected it to be. I forced myself to finish it but I returned Son of a Witch instead of reading it. (I'd gone ahead and bought both because borders was doing a "buy 4, get one free" thing)

Another book I just finished was The Lies of Locke Lamora by Scott Lynch. Am now going to have to go get the second book as I really enjoyed this one (I admit, I picked it up on a whim because I liked the cover).

[amy]

OK Mairte.  I am only on Book 3 and the kids are almost to them in the Carolina's.      I am loving this series way too much!   I wish I had more time to read!   I am jealous that you know what happens next!

[Mairte]

Amy, I completely understand as I am addicted to these books!!
I DO want to know what happens but when I finish the last book I will be bummed out. 
Any suggestions for long series of books with romance, drama, action, comedy etc. are very welcome!!!! 

[Athena]

I love Diana Gabaldon! Those books are like old friends, it's always comforting to spend time with them. My paperback copies are worn and dog eared, but that just means they're loved! 

I'm not a big fan of romance novels, but I'm really getting into historical romances, especially Regency and Victorian. I've just wrapped up the Wallflowers series by Lisa Kleypas, which I enjoyed immensely. Yes, they've got the typical formula for the genre (brooding heroes, passionate love scenes, happy endings) but Kleypas is a good writer and her books have more meat than the garden variety Harlequin novel.

I'm eagerly awaiting the realease of Dead Reckoning, the eleventh installment in Charlaine Harris's Southern Vampire Mysteries, due out next month.

[Mairte]

I too am looking forward to "Dead Reckoning"....have all of those Sookie Stackhouse books too.
Thick romance books where the woman has some intelligence and common sense are great. I never really liked harlequins thin little nothing books...though I DID begin with them at the age of 11/12 when my aunts would pass them down to me!
Sigh. Yes. Diana Gabaldons Outlander books will forever now be among my favorites.