Back Catalog

As I mentioned earlier, my wife and I both have Kindles, and associated Amazon accounts. Since we have several devices each now that tie into said accounts, we decided to each use one of our devices (in my case, my Android phone) to access the other's Amazon accounts. Since sharing Kindle books is not particularly intuitive, it seemed the easiest way for me to read, say, Gail Carriger's Parasol Protectorate series, and for my wife to (eventually) read The Dresden Files.

So - another urban fantasy/paranormal romance quick list. These are the books that I've read from her account:

• Soulless, Gail Carriger
• Blameless, Gail Carriger
• Changeless, Gail Carriger
• Heartless, Gail Carriger
• Moon Called, Patricia Briggs
• Blood Bound, Patricia Briggs
• Iron Kissed, Patricia Briggs
• Bone Crossed, Patricia Briggs
• Silver Borne, Patricia Briggs
• River Marked, Patricia Briggs
• Alpha and Omega, Patricia Briggs
• Cry Wolf, Patricia Briggs
• Hunting Ground, Patricia Briggs
• Magic Bites, Ilona Andrews
• Magic Burns, Ilona Andrews
• Magic Strikes, Ilona Andrews
• Magic Bleeds, Ilona Andrews
• Agatha H and the Airship City, Phil & Kaja Foglio
• Hexed, Kevin Hearne
• Hounded, Kevin Hearne
• Hammered, Kevin Hearne
• Tempest Rising, Nicole Peeler
• Tracking the Tempest, Nicole Peeler
• Tempest's Legacy, Nicole Peeler
• Eye of the Tempest, Nicole

Plus three of the Sookie Stackhouse True Blood novels, which series I've given up on. Can't stand the main character, so why waste time reading her story?

More Literary Popcorn

Still working out how to label things for future reference, sorting, etc - but "popcorn books" is definitely going into the mix. An awful lot of fiction writing is, for me, the equivalent of popcorn - I can chew through a ridiculous amount of written material (with a high degree of comprehension and retention) very quickly, if it's well-written, engaging, or otherwise fun to read. If it's highly technical, I can still get through it, but getting the data into short-term (and then long-term) memory takes some effort - and if it's just turgid, dull, or hard to "identify with" (I hate the phrase, but I haven't yet come up with a better one), I'll just give up (like I did on the True Blood series, whose protagonist has me rolling my eyes every couple of chapters).

So - this weekend, my popcorn bucket included the Nice Girls novels, written by Molly Harper - Nice Girls Don't Have Fangs, Nice Girls Don't Date Dead Men, and Nice Girls Don't Live Forever. They cross the line into Paranormal Romance, with not only a romance arc to each book, but an overarching romantic arc across all three (and a lot of loose ends tied up neatly in the third) - but they're still a lot of fun to read, even as a not terribly romantically-minded guy (INTP for those who buy into Meyers-Briggs typing). I'll probably plow through her Naked Werewolf series over the next couple of days, and then I'll be relaxed enough for another foray into Jules Verne and H. G. Wells.