Diana Tixier Herald

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website

http://www.genrefluent.com

genre

Science Fiction & Fantasy, Mystery & Thrillers, Romance

About this author

I've had a lifelong passion for fiction and for putting people together with books. I never learned how to read, I just knew how from a very young age. I was thrilled to start kindergarten since I was sure I would find some books I hadn't read yet. I usually read between 300 and 500 books a year, mostly science fiction, fantasy, mystery, thrillers, romance, historical,and YA.

I write books about books. I get so much pleasure out of reading I want to share great reads with others. I started a web page in 1996 to serve as an update to my books or a preview to future editions. Many of my GoodReads reviews are drafts of the annotations I will be using in future editions of Genreflecting, Teen Genreflecting, Fluent in Fantasy, Strictly Science Fi...more

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Diana Tixier Herald's Blog

Diana Tixier Herald isn't a Goodreads Author (yet), but they do have a blog, so here are some recent posts imported from their feed.

No New Stars

I'm going to quit giving stars to any of the new books I read. So many people don't realize that I will only review books I like and can recommend. I was using stars to indicate my personal enjoyment level for books but there are books that are only 2 stars for me, books that are ok, good enough to finish, possibly brilliant and life changing, but just not for me. 2 stars is not a negative rati... Read more of this blog post »

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Diana Tixier Herald's Books

Average rating: 4.12 · 132 ratings · 18 reviews · 8 distinct works · Similar authors

	Genreflecting: A Guide to Popular Reading Interests (Genreflecting Advisory Series) by Diana Tixier Herald, Wayne A. Wiegand 4.2 of 5 stars 4.20 avg rating — 59 ratings — published 2005 — 2 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Teen Genreflecting: A Guide to Reading Interests (Genreflecting Advisory Series) 3.88 of 5 stars 3.88 avg rating — 34 ratings — published 1997 — 2 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Fluent in Fantasy: The Next Generation by Diana Tixier Herald, Bonnie Kunzel (Goodreads Author) 4.18 of 5 stars 4.18 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 2007	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Fluent in Fantasy: A Guide to Reading Interests 4.0 of 5 stars 4.00 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 1999	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Teen Genreflecting 3 4.25 of 5 stars 4.25 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 2010	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Genreflecting: A Guide to Reading Interests in Genre Fiction 4.29 of 5 stars 4.29 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 1995 — 2 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Strictly Science Fiction: A Guide To Reading Interests by Diana Tixier Herald, Bonnie Kunzel (Goodreads Author) 4.67 of 5 stars 4.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2002	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Genreflecting: A Guide to Popular Reading Interests by Cynthia Orr, Diana Tixier Herald 0.0 of 5 stars 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2013 — 2 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars