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Michele · 11-18-2006, 01:29 AM

Tonight I finished my first complete ebook, Snow Crash, by Neal Stephenson. It's early 90's cyberpunk and lots of fun. I got it at Connect.

I, too, recently read from the Hyperion series - the first two books, in paper, which I really enjoyed. I've put off reading the last two, since I have so many other books on my shelves waiting to be read (literally more than a thousand - if I can just live that long).

Next, I'll be reading a new author, Cherie Priest's Four and Twenty Blackbirds, an atmospheric southern gothic ghost story. There have been many good reviews of this as well as the sequel. Paper.

I've been buying up some of the supernatural/mystery/detective/fantasy/romance/comic hybrids too, although I come from the urban fantasy side, not so much the romance side. There are so many of these series out now, I've only dipped into a few so far: Anita Blake (2), Merry Gentry (1), Women of the Otherworld (Kelly Armstrong) (3), Southern Vampires (1), Dresden Files (2), Tanya Huff's Summoners (2). I still look forward to trying Kim Harrison, L.A. Banks, Rachel Caine, and several others.

Btw, the Kim Harrison series is for sale in ebook on Connect as a bundle.

One series of this type that really stands out as a success is Jim Butcher's Dresden Files, which will incidentally be adapted as a tv series on the SCIFI channel in a couple of months. It features a male lead and is not focused on romance as much as supernatural/wizard/detective. It's been a book series for years, and is one of the forerunners of the recent bligh...glut of new offerings by other authors.

I'm also reading bits of Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy at bedtime (on my Reader).

11-18-2006, 01:29 AM	#25
Michele Addict Posts: 209 Karma: 999496 Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: California Device: Kindle 3	Tonight I finished my first complete ebook, Snow Crash, by Neal Stephenson. It's early 90's cyberpunk and lots of fun. I got it at Connect. I, too, recently read from the Hyperion series - the first two books, in paper, which I really enjoyed. I've put off reading the last two, since I have so many other books on my shelves waiting to be read (literally more than a thousand - if I can just live that long). Next, I'll be reading a new author, Cherie Priest's Four and Twenty Blackbirds, an atmospheric southern gothic ghost story. There have been many good reviews of this as well as the sequel. Paper. I've been buying up some of the supernatural/mystery/detective/fantasy/romance/comic hybrids too, although I come from the urban fantasy side, not so much the romance side. There are so many of these series out now, I've only dipped into a few so far: Anita Blake (2), Merry Gentry (1), Women of the Otherworld (Kelly Armstrong) (3), Southern Vampires (1), Dresden Files (2), Tanya Huff's Summoners (2). I still look forward to trying Kim Harrison, L.A. Banks, Rachel Caine, and several others. Btw, the Kim Harrison series is for sale in ebook on Connect as a bundle. One series of this type that really stands out as a success is Jim Butcher's Dresden Files, which will incidentally be adapted as a tv series on the SCIFI channel in a couple of months. It features a male lead and is not focused on romance as much as supernatural/wizard/detective. It's been a book series for years, and is one of the forerunners of the recent bligh...glut of new offerings by other authors. I'm also reading bits of Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy at bedtime (on my Reader). Last edited by Michele; 11-18-2006 at 01:34 AM.