What's in Your TBR Pile

I ran out of books–hard to believe isn't it–so I went to Jackie's TBR pile to see if there was anything I could snatch.  I was amazed at how gi-normous it was.   There must be over 200 books and yet oddly enough, it's well arranged.

Each pile has three books on it: an historical, a paranormal and a contemporary.  Mostly romance, though I did see a couple of urban fantasies.  Wow! I felt like I'd hit the Mother Lode.  So many choices and so little time.  And then I'm thinking how is Jackie going to find the time to read all these books.

When I asked her about her books and when she was going to read them, she answered, "I have a deal with God.  I can't die until my TBR pile is done."  I'm thinking that's an interesting answer, I didn't know God respected TBR piles, especially when I'm looting hers.  Does God take into account the ones I borrowed?  What happens if I forget to give them back?  Then I realized I recognized some of those books.  They used to be in my TBR pile and I hadn't read them yet.  When had Jackie purloined my TBR.  No wonder I ran out of books to read.  Jackie had them all.  (For those of you who know I have a Kindle, just let me say, I broke it and I'm back to having to buy books until I can find someone to fix it or save up for a new one.)

When Jackie wasn't looking I took back my books and hid them.  I was pretty sure Jackie wouldn't notice.  How wrong I was.  The next thing I knew we were playing tug of war over a book.  She would take it and then I would get it back and try to read a few more pages before it disappeared again.  She thought she was being sneaky and I thought I was, too.  "Jackie, you have over 200 books, do you really need this one."  Yes," Jackie growled.  The poor book traveled back and forth until I finally finished it and Jackie could have it back permanently.

Every time Jackie looks at my TBR pile I can tell she's mentally inventorying my stash.  I have to find a new place to hide my books.

The funny thing is, I started out to write about the types of books I like to read.  I'm big into urban fantasy: Patricia Briggs, C.E. Murphy, Kim Harrison, Marjorie M. Liu, Illona Andrews, Mercedes Lackey.  I also like science fiction: David Weber, Eric Flint, Sharon Lee and Steve Miller, and Tanya Huff.

I'm curious on what other people like to read and who their favorite authors are.  If you have a favorite genre and author, post it here.  I'm always looking for new authors to read and maybe Jackie won't steal them away from me.

Until next time, Miriam