What are you reading and why?

[John]

When I am between writing my books I'm either spending time coaching my kids in football or baseball and always looking for the next geat read.

Right now I am just starting Acacia by David Anthony Durham.

I am really interested in what our Members are reading. Give us a sense of what you have recently dove into and why...

John

[Sharon]

The first one is for fun, the next three are for promised reviews, the last one is for work (I took the course and the book was given to us).

[Arch]

I'm reading

[Charlie]

I'm reading

I have a book review blog and I love to feature GR's and indie authors. I have a 'laundry list,' basically, a short list of what I'm going to read next. http://www.bitsyblingbooks.com/p/laun...

Books are submitted by publishers, authors, friends and sometimes are ones that I pick myself right off the good old shelf.

[Terry]

I'm reading and enjoying it.

I started and put it down.

[Ellen]

I am reading SHIVER to take a peek at this book for my daughter.

I am also reading THEY THIRST for myself. I read this about 20 times as a youth, and now that I am writing edgy Christian fiction (which this is definitely NOT), I am reading what I consider GOOD in the vampire genre. I consider this one of the best "true vampire" tales around.

`~Ellen C Maze
Author of Curiously Spiritual Vampire Tales!

[Brigid ✩]

I am reading …



All of them for fun and/or because I've heard a lot about them.

[Dan]

While I mainly write sf/fantasy, I read a wide variety of stuff. I'm currently reading Nifft the Lean by Michael Shea and Foreign Devils on the Silk Road by Peter Hopkirk.

I'm reading Nifft because it's an award-winner and Michael Shea was strongly influenced by Jack Vance. I'm reading the Hopkirk because I've owned it for six years and figure it's time to read it or chuck it.

On deck, I've got Night Lamp by Jack Vance, The Old Gods Waken by Manly Wade Wellman, and a stack of Hard Case Crime novels.

[June]

I am rereading SPEAK by Laurie Halse Anderson because of the book ban by the minister in Missouri and the efforts by authors and readers via Twitter #speakloudly. Also, I am working on The Conspiracy of Kings by Megan Whalen Turner and The Magnificent 12 - The Call by Michael Grant.

[Sharon]

My tastes are eclectic. :-)

[Ellen]

I am now reading K - I - L - L FM 100: Music to Die For and it is a thriller... very excellent! Recommended!

[Renee]

I'm reading and . Two are for reviews, and two just for 'fun'.

[Teric]

Currently, I have been delving into: The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and Other Selected Stories by Washington Irving, On the Road with the Ramones by Monte Melnick, and am about to embark upon Rabbit: Chasing Beth Rider by Ellen C Maze.

[Ellen]

Teric is heading down the Rabbit Hole!!! Woot! :-)

[[deleted user]]

I read a lot of YA/ PNR, HR because I also have a book review blog. (http://thedelusionaldiaries.blogspot.com)
Romance is my favorite genre in pretty much any form, but those are my favorite. Right now I am currently reading Kiss Me Deadly: 13 Tales of Paranormal Love.