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Wednesday, June 6, 2012

What am I reading now?

12:01 AM | Posted by woolfcindy | | Edit Post

What am I reading? Well I read many different things as once. Right now I’m reading Evangeline Andersons Brides of the Kindred series. It’s good, erotic, sci-fi. I’ve only read the first, Claimed, and thought that the heroine was a big whiny but it wasn’t enough to put me off the series. I have just started the second, Hunted, and over all would have to say I’m enjoying the series. I’m told that the latest one is the best but I have three more books to go before I get there.

I’m also reading Third Grave Straight Ahead by Darynda Jones. I’ve loved the first two books, First Grave on the Right and Second Grave on the Left. Charley and Reyes are the hottest non-couple yet. Darynda writes hot without being too explicit which puts her more in the main stream of things.

I’m also reading my friend CJ Snyder’s Maverick. This is a stand alone that is not part of CJ’s Black Fire series. It’s about a woman who does something because she’s forced to and then has to run for her life because of it. Quite thrilling in it’s own right.

So now, what are you reading? I’d love to hear back from you what books you’re reading and why you like them or don’t. Obviously, we can’t like everything we read. Have you ever loved a book so much that you started it over right away because you knew you missed something the first time through?

What is on your keeper shelf or if you’re like me your keeper boxes? I have probably 10 boxes of books in my basement that I refuse to part with. They are my keepers and I read some of them once a year, every year, without fail because I love them. They are usually historicals for some reason. Maybe because that is what I started reading when I first began with romance novels. I loved Victoria Holt when I was growing up. Something about the gothic novel drew me.

As you can tell, my reading habits are varied. I read mostly romance with some thriller, suspense thrown in. I don’t read horror, not that I haven’t tried, I just can’t wrap my brain around it. I don’t enjoy it. If I can’t get into a book by the third chapter, it never gets finished. I know that you’ve all done the same thing. Read two chapters of a book and then thrown it against the wall, never to be read again.

It makes me wonder how the book ever got published. I find that I read mostly indie authors any more. The stories are fresher and the approaches to the story are different than with traditional publishing.

So now you know what I’m reading and why I read what I do. How about you?

10 comments:

BonSue Brandvik said...: This comment has been removed by the author.; June 6, 2012 at 1:47 PM
BonSue Brandvik said...: I love when I find someone who's like me and reads more than one book at a time. I have books all over the house, so that wherever I am, a book is at my fingertips when I get a moment to read. Not many people can do that. Most readers have to read one book, start to finish.; June 6, 2012 at 1:53 PM
Anonymous said...: I like reading romantic suspense and paranormal. I like trying to guess the ending. I like the adventure. My older brother, will read more than one book at a time. And when driving he will listen to dvd books. Sometimes drives me crazy, and that's ok. It's a short drive.; June 6, 2012 at 7:07 PM
Cynthia Woolf said...: Hi BonSue
I only knew of a couple of other people who read more than one book at a time and more than one genre at a time. Thanks for commenting.; June 6, 2012 at 7:20 PM
Cynthia Woolf said...: I love listening to audio books in the car. And my Kindle has a voice feature so it reads to me while I drive.; June 6, 2012 at 7:22 PM
Bonnie said...: Hi Cynthia,
I enjoyed your post. I also read more than one book at a time. Right now I'm reading What Doesn't Kill You by Iris Johnasen and Kiss the Dead by LaurellK Hamilton. I love to read anything from best selling authors to indie authors. I also like listening to CD books too.; June 6, 2012 at 7:52 PM
Stacy McKitrick said...: I could read two books at the same time, but usually I'm reading one book that's really good, so I don't WANT to read another one!

Love romance. Parnormal, suspense, thrillers, are my favs. But unlike you, I love horror, too. Stephen King and Dean Koontz are my favorites.; June 6, 2012 at 7:59 PM
Beth Caudill said...: I tend to read Paranormal/Fantasy/Sci-fi Romance and Regency Historicals.

I can read multiple stories at the same time but I tend to finish books in a few hours so there isn't a lot of overlap.

You give more books a chance than I do. If I don't like the first chapter, I'll pick a random spot towards the end of the book and see if the character has become more interesting. If not, I drop the book.

I used to read horror a lot, but I haven't picked it up since college.; June 7, 2012 at 7:53 AM
Anonymous said...: Your basement sounds like mine! Mine is full of Woodiwiss, Lindsey, Heyer and Holt!; June 7, 2012 at 8:17 AM
Vicki Batman, sassy writer said...: Hi, Cyndi. I'm reading mysteries by Julia Spencer Fleming. I totally love the hero. Alas, I forgot to pick up the one I need; so moved to the latest Sophie Kinsella. Happy reading!; June 7, 2012 at 9:07 AM

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