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message 51: by mlady_rebecca (new)

mlady_rebecca | 278 comments I don't get why anyone should be ashamed that they read and enjoy these books.

The only books I ever considered a guilty pleasure were the bodice ripper romance novels. The plots were so predictable and the characters so over the top. But, hey, I was a teenager.


message 52: by Amanda (new)

Amanda Rose (amandarose) | 148 comments haha yeah i've done that.. Or when i think something bad happened i am like OH NO!!!!! hahaha my boyfriend is like WHAT??? ahha poor thing. i get way tooo into the story. i guess that's just good writing huh?


message 53: by Kittiya (new)

Kittiya | 5 comments Hi, My name is Kittiya. I'm new to goodreads, A had met a new friend who suggested that I should try it out I'm really liking it so far. It's nice to see That there are still people out there who love to read just as much if not more than I do. I have already roped some of my friends into joining to.
I love LKH!!! My sister In-law had gotten me started on the Anita series first. When I first started the series Harlequin & A Lick of Frost had just come out in hard back. I flew through the Anita books in a month. Then proceeded to go out & buy the hard cover of Harlequin. An hour later I was looking at the library for her other novels. Luckily My best friend had a few of the stand alone. She had also Started the Merry (which she loves) So then I went through them just as quick. I also love Anita But I found her taking second place with every book of Merry's that I read. I love both of them, I think it's great that they are so different. To very strong but different women that I can't get enough of.


message 54: by Elizabeth (new)

Elizabeth | 1 comments Hi, my name is Elizabeth, I am new to goodreads, I saw this group and had to join. I am a big Merry fan and am starting to read Anita.


message 55: by Cat Singh (new)

Cat Singh | 202 comments Hi Elizabeth! *wave* welcome!!


message 56: by Kala (new)

Kala Martin (princessoftarts) | 2 comments Hi I'm new to goodreads and I have been reading Anita since 2006...I've met Mrs. Hamilton, and I intend to stick with her to the end, at least with Anita. I haven't started reading Merry Gentry yet, but maybe one day. Hi all!


message 57: by Lauren (new)

Lauren | 129 comments Hi I'm new to this group. I have been wanting to start the Anita Blake series for some time now and just finished the first two books and im now on the Circus of the Damned (Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter, #3). I am enjoying them alot. I really like Jean-Claude. He is fast becoming my favorite sexy vampire.


message 58: by Cat Singh (new)

Cat Singh | 202 comments Welcome Lauren!


message 59: by Elvia (new)

Elvia (elvb) Hi!! I've been reading the Anita Blake series since 2002 (I think). I caught up with the series shortly after and couldn't wait for my next "fix". I just finished Skin Trade and will always love Kick-Ass Anita.
I follow LKH on twitter (@LKHamilton). She doesn't talk about her characters but it's nice to know how she gets thru her writers blocks and daily routines.

I've read all the Merry series and can't wait for the new one to come out.


message 60: by Susan (Suz) (new)

Susan (Suz) (sharney) Hey all! Really glad I ran across this group!! I LOVE LKH! I love both Anita and Merry! I am only through book 7 of Anita, but I plan on reading them all for sure! And I can not wait until the next Merry book comes out! For those who have yet to read that series, I highly recommend it, but it's not for the faint of heart ;)


message 61: by [deleted user] (new)

Hi ladies. I'm new here upon invitation from Cat. Incidently, thanks for that Cat. When I read the group description, I almost declined. First of all, because I really suck at being a lady, no manners at all! And secondly, are you ready for this ... I kept seeing the ladies at Heart of Valentine talk in abreviations about LKH and I didn't know who they were talking about. Now I do! And since I teach American culture, it's about time I got to know her stuff. What better way than from people who really enjoy her work. I hope that's okay with all of you?


message 62: by Cat Singh (new)

Cat Singh | 202 comments yay! so glad you guys came over!


message 63: by Lauren (new)

Lauren | 129 comments Will there be a book after Skin Trade or is the series done?


message 64: by Zenknitter (new)

Zenknitter | 12 comments Hi! I started reading LKH's Merry Gentry series first. I absolutely loved it!!!Fave Fae, Darkness. I can't wait till Devine Misdemenors comes out! I'm almost tempted to reread that series. I'm currently reading Anita Blake, I'm on Book 7 Burnt Offerings and may finish it this week. I like Anita's character. Jean-Claude is awesome and Richard I've not decided on yet. ;-)


message 65: by Lauren (new)

Lauren | 129 comments Lesley wrote: "Hi! I started reading LKH's Merry Gentry series first. I absolutely loved it!!!Fave Fae, Darkness. I can't wait till Devine Misdemenors comes out! I'm almost tempted to reread that series. I'm curr..."


good luck on deciding about richard! he makes me nuts
i love him and then i hate him. some times in the same sentance. hehe



message 66: by The Flooze (new)

The Flooze (the_flooze) Lauren, Anita Blake is still open-ended. I don't think LKH has declared any definite number of books. She's like the energizer bunny...she'll keep on writing, and on and on!


message 67: by Lauren (new)

Lauren | 129 comments thanks Michelle! thats good to hear.


message 68: by Zenknitter (new)

Zenknitter | 12 comments I loved Richard back in the Circus of the Damned and Lunatic Cafe BUT now, his hurt wah wah side just gets on my nerves. He needs to get over it. UGH! Like I mentioned earlier, I'm almost finished with Burnt Offerings and so far he's acting like this guy that I broke up with when I was in high school years ago. LOL


message 69: by Susan (Suz) (new)

Susan (Suz) (sharney) Well get used to it Lesley... I was feeling the same way and he was totally annoying me in Blue Moon, but he redeams himself a little in the end... i'm currently on Obsidian Butterfly and currently no JC or Richard :(:(


message 70: by Callie (new)

Callie | 2 comments hello all, i am new to this group. i have been reading anita since well there were only 5 books out then. i fell in love with the whole complex situations. i am also dying for a sequel to nightseer


message 71: by Susan (Suz) (new)

Susan (Suz) (sharney) Welcome to the club Callie :)


message 72: by Kelley (new)

Kelley | 62 comments Valentine!!!! Eden!!!!! Welcome to the group! So glad to see you here.


message 73: by Caleb (new)

Caleb (ccp981) Thanks to Cindyg - I didn't know this group existed! Very exciting.
LKH is the author that really got me into reading paranormal stuff. Sheerly accidental! I joined a book club a long time ago and forgot to send the card back, this got me an automatic delivery of Kiss of Shadows. The book sat beside my bed for months, finally one night I picked it up and lost the whole night inside the pages of that book. I was hooked on Merry and her georgous men.
I resisted Anita's world for years, I didn't like vampires, or so I thought. Turns out, I love vampires! (Yes, it's because of Twilight that I aquired a taste for vampires.) I started reading Guilty Pleasures in June of this year. I am almost finished with Incubus Dreams and loving Anita and her world (men?)...and yes, Jean-Claude is absolutly my favorite vampire. (Sorry, Edward.)
Anyway, that is a bit about how I came to love LKH and her worlds and one of the reasons that I do adore her books is for the same reason as mentioned by Cat in message 50 on this board, I always have an "out loud reaction" to something in the books, be it a laugh or other - that to me is the mark of a great book, if it gets you so emotionally involved that you are reacting in "real-time" - well, thats a damn fine book.
Thanks and hello to all!


message 74: by Cindyg (new)

Cindyg (brotherlover) | 88 comments I love Jean Claude, Richard just makes me mad. What is wrong with that Were??? I read the series fast too and then I got a taste of Merry and her men and OMG!! I hope both series go on and on and on. Can't see getting tired of either one anytime soon.


message 75: by Caleb (new)

Caleb (ccp981) Carla wrote: "Thanks to Cindyg - I didn't know this group existed! Very exciting.
LKH is the author that really got me into reading paranormal stuff. Sheerly accidental! I joined a book club a long time ago ..."


I don't know, I just didn't get into the Were until Micah & Nathanial. Maybe a little Jason too...lol!
I hadn't read much with Were's (intentionally) until Twilight and those wolves weren't for me. I think I like the kitties better than the wolves...I guess the wolves make me think "wet dog" and that doesn't mix well with sex...lol!


message 76: by mlady_rebecca (new)

mlady_rebecca | 278 comments Cindyg wrote: "I hope both series go on and on and on. Can't see getting tired of either one anytime soon. "

Anita is open ended, but Merry has a clear plot arc which will end at some point.



message 77: by Veronica (new)

Veronica (vadeluna) | 4 comments Hi everyone. My name is Veronica & I looooove the Anita & Merry books. I got into reading the Anita books first and thought, what the hay, why not give the Merry series a try, and I was not disappointed. These are my two favorite series out of all the series I read. I've also burst out laughing at home and my husband looks at me like I'm crazy. lol Oh well what can you do? When something's funny, you just can't help yourself. :)


message 78: by Cindyg (new)

Cindyg (brotherlover) | 88 comments Veronica...Anita and Merry are awesome and their men are soooo HAWT...Love em all.


message 79: by Nichole (new)

Nichole I love both of Laurell K's series. Does anyone have any idea when a new Merry book will come out? I've read the whole series of Anita Blake and have two books left of the Gentry series. I just know when I'm done I'll go through withdrawal. Thanks for the help and happy reading:)


message 80: by Veronica (new)

Veronica (vadeluna) | 4 comments Cindyg wrote: "Veronica...Anita and Merry are awesome and their men are soooo HAWT...Love em all."

I agree. The guys are awesome!!! My husband tried to read the Anita series and couldn't finish it when he realized that Anita had a harem of men. lol I just love the fact that each woman has her own little harem!!! ;)


message 81: by mlady_rebecca (new)

mlady_rebecca | 278 comments I believe the next Merry book is supposed to come out fall 2011. It hasn't been written yet. She's currently writing a new Anita book.


message 82: by Bec (last edited Jul 07, 2010 12:38AM) (new)

Bec (loulamai) Hi everyone! I'm new too, I've just started Anita, I'm up to lunatic cafe, I wasn't sure I'd like it, being kind of over vamps, but I LOVED Meredith so much I had to start them.

am waiting for this harem of men...


message 83: by Bec (new)

Bec (loulamai) good to know!


message 84: by Colette (new)

Colette mlady_rebecca wrote: "I believe the next Merry book is supposed to come out fall 2011. It hasn't been written yet. She's currently writing a new Anita book."

wow we have to wait over a year?! that stinks. Since we had 2 Anita books this year I was hoping for a Merry one first. I love them both but Merry is my favorite.


message 85: by Cindyg (new)

Cindyg (brotherlover) | 88 comments Damn, that's along to wait. I love both Anita and Merry.


message 86: by Bec (new)

Bec (loulamai) I'm STILL waiting for my next 5 books to arrive from book depository! I'm buying them 5 at a time


message 87: by Jennifer (new)

Jennifer | 4 comments Hi I'm fairly new to the group. I've been reading the Anita books and I'm up to Blue Moon. Can't wait to read the rest!


Sandi *~The Pirate Wench~* (thepiratewench) Hi Im sandi..new to the group..Anita Blakes books were highly recommended to me so I started to collect them all from used book stores & I finally have all of them up to her newest...I have read the first 3 Merry Gentry books years ago..and Im going to re-read to catch up with her newest..so once I start Anita..I hope to share with others!


message 89: by [deleted user] (new)

Hi everyone! I just might be the biggest Princess Meredith fan in existence. I've read the whole series; just finished Divine Misdemeanors. It's been awhile since I read any of the Anita Blake's, but I just might check some out while I'm waiting for the next installment about Merry and the babies.


message 90: by Margie (new)

Margie (twolfmom) | 2 comments Hi All, I am new to goodreads. I kept hearing about LKH & finally go the nerve up to read her. LOL I ended up reading all of Merry 1st & I am currently reading Blue Moon. I laughed when I heard that there was weird sex in the Anita Blake series. I don't think there was any sex at all until maybe the 6th? book. I think Merry was making up for it. LOL I am really enjoying them. I have to admit that I am a Richard fan and am happy with the turn of events so far in this book. Just an FYI, LKH has said that she will write Anita indefinitely (like until she dies) but that Merry has a definite ending arc, at least for the foreseeable future. LKH is also great on FB & Twitter. ;)


message 91: by Megan (new)

Megan just started my first LKH book, Guilty Pleasures. Love it! Can't wait till I get farther in the series.


message 92: by Miranda (new)

Miranda Hello everyone!

I just joined and I love that you guys are here. I hear some of the negative about Anita, but I swear I love the stories the smuttier they get.

To stave off the months of waiting for the next book, I decided to start read the series all over again for the third time! *I now realize I must have been slightly drunk when I made decision. I mean I practically know the stories by heart now!*

Cool to be about fellow fans.

Miranda


The Novel Strumpet (thenovelstrumpet) | 3 comments Woo Hoo!!! A group dedicated to LKH!!! Been reading for years (long round about story having to do with a Sherlock Holmes fan site) and have yet to give up on Anita Blake. Have to confess I'm not a Merry Gentry fan, but that's a dislike of fairies in general and nothing to do w/LKH's take on them. Honestly, if anyone could have saved them from my wrath it would have been her...but they still need fear me >>:)


message 94: by Nai (new)

Nai (NaughtyNai) | 2 comments Hi everyone. I am new to the group and a HUGE LKH fan. I’m so glad this group exists! My obsession needs an outlet…lol


message 95: by Leslie (new)

Leslie Carlucci (ldcarlucci) | 1 comments Hello everyone! I'm Leslie and and Anita-a-holic. A friend turned me onto Laurell K Hamilton. I started with Narcissus Chains and have read forward to Bullet. Now I am trying to play catch up.

Hi Cass, must disagree with you about Nathaniel, he's a work in progress look how far he has come since Narcissus in Chains. However I think you are dead on about Jean-Claude.

I'm soooooo tickled to have found this group!


message 96: by Cat Russell (new)

Cat Russell  (Addicted2Heroines) (catrussell) Hello Ladies! Does anyone happen to know when Mrs. Hamilton is going to release her next Merry Gentry book? Maybe I'm not searching hard enough, but I can't find anything about what she's currently working on.


message 97: by Jennifer (new)

Jennifer (jenlopez1283) | 18 comments i think recall her saying either late 2011 or 2012, not completely sure but i dont know what month or anything. shes not even working on it yet, she working on the next anita now


message 98: by Lisa (new)

Lisa (lmmmml) I looked on fictfact and it has Hitlist as her next Anita book and it has a release date of 6/7/2011. If she is writing another Merry, maybe it will be after that?


message 99: by Lisa (last edited Nov 04, 2010 08:37AM) (new)

Lisa (lmmmml) I guess I better introduce myself! I'm Lisa and I have been obsessed with LKH since I read The Laughing Corpse. I was so excited to see a group dedicated to her!


message 100: by Cat Russell (new)

Cat Russell  (Addicted2Heroines) (catrussell) Thank you Jennifer and Lisa! I just started on Swallowing Darkness and I hate that I am almost finished with the series :( I may start a re-read of Anita Blake when I have finished. As for my intro, I am Cat and I am also a LKH addict.


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