Bitten - New Series

I finished reading the first book in each of Charlaine Harris' three other series. I will read all the books in the other series, but I have to admit that, so far, the Sookie Stackhouse series is my favorite. It's tighter, I like the characters better and it's a bit sharper than the other series. I will give them time to grow on me though.

In looking for a new book, I went to Harris' blog, where she commented on three other author's books. She really liked Kelley Armstrong's latest book. I never start a series in the middle, so I purchased the first book in the Women of the Otherworld Series, Bitten. The book features Elena who was bitten and changed into a werewolf against her wishes. Armstrong takes her time in divulging Elena's story and so you get it bit by bit. I really liked this book and I will definantly be reading the series.

Not Such a Great Read

If you want to read this book and don't want to know how it ends, don't read this blog entry.

I finished The Story of Edgar Sawtelle by David Wroblewski tonight and while the story was intriguing, the book isn't one that I would recommend. It's an Oprah's Book Club 2008 selection and Stephen King "flat-out loved" the story, so I thought it would be something really great. (I kept reading, waiting to get to the great part). Maybe they like books with a lot of angst and drama. I don't like tragedies and I think (epiphany) that is why I didn't like the book. It ends up pretty much a tragedy. The book took a while to get going too and it was one I could easily put down. Anyway, I ordered a couple of other Charlaine Harris books from Amazon and I'm waiting for those to come it. I'll have good stuff to get back to!

Remember Me?

I just got done reading this cute book, Remember Me?, written by Sophie Kinsella. She writes the Confessions of a Shopaholic series, which I just started, and has written The Undomestic Goddess, which I also read. Kinsella is English and the stories are all set in England. The main character in her stories is a young woman, usually flawed in some way, who finds herself in a predicament, falls in love and gets herself out the predicament. I really enjoy the British slang in the book. A light romantic read. A caution - Kinsella liberally uses the f*** word in Remember Me?.

It's Almost Here!

I clicked on my blog, because I like to do that, and noticed we're not counting down days any more until Twilight comes...we're counting down hours! Woowee! I'm sure I'm making more of this than it really needs to be, but, dang!, I'm excited. So much hype is out there. Today's Bee had a front page article in the Life section on Twilight, Entertainment Weekly has a article on it and I'm seeing trailers on TV all the time now. I don't usually read books more than once and I've read Twilight at least 10 times. Of course, the other books in the series had multiple reads, but Stephanie Meyer's first book just sucked me into the world of Edward and Bella. Maddie and I have even had discussions on naming her little girl (when she has one) Isabella or Isabell and call her Bella for short. The movie will be here soon, so very soon...