Let's talk about books, baby!

I'm currently enamored with Lisa Jackson. It's funny because I've had a couple of her books (Shiver and Fatal Burn) sitting on my bookshelf for months now but in my stubborn "how-do I know-this-author-won't suck" mode, I hadn't given a thought to reading them until last weekend. Silly me. It was sheer boredom and a lack of enthusiasm over rereads that caused me to pick up Shiver and I'm glad I did. Lisa Jackson is a wonderful writer, very engaging and now that I've read three of her books (the two I previously had and one I picked up on Sunday, Almost Dead), I must read more. Check her out. Seriously. She's good.

And then there's Lisa Scottoline, another author who's been haunting my bookshelf (a year or so longer than Lisa Jackson). I started with Dirty Blonde because someone (Christie, I think) gave it to me a few months ago and since I did indeed like it, I pulled out The Vendetta Defense (the one haunting my bookshelf) and ended up enjoying it so much I wanted to kick myself in the ass for waiting so long to read it. Another wonderful writer, engaging AND witty. And, for me, it's her wit that makes her books so enjoyable. You should check her out too. Seriously. She's good.

Denise recently recommended Laurell K. Hamilton's Anita Blake Vampire Hunter Series and this one I have actually attempted to read. A few months back I read Guilty Pleasures and while I did enjoy the book as a whole, I have to say I wasn't too crazy about Anita Blake herself. But, since I did enjoy the book and Denise tells me Anita Blake transforms into a rather complexly interesting character as the series goes on, I think I'll pick up Book 2 and give it a go.

And, in a bit under three weeks, J. D. Robb's newest book in the "in Death" series, Strangers in Death, comes out and, of course, I'll be scooping that one up as soon as it hits the shelf of my local Barnes and Noble. I love, love, love her! Absolutely.

Sadly, I have to wait until May for my next Nora Roberts fix. That's when The Hollow (Book 2 in the Sign of Seven Trilogy) comes out. I'm literally counting the months but it'll be a lot easier to pass the time with these new authors I've discovered. Yay.

Well, that's it, a personally unpersonal post by yours truly. Hey, maybe one day soon I'll write a personally personal post but I wouldn't hold my breath if I were you.