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A Preferred Blur-Henry Rollins
Shadow Kiss-Richelle Mead
American Lion-Andrew Jackson in the White House-Jon Meacham

I usually read 3 at a time, pick up whichever one i'm in the mood for.

Just read Columbine by Dave Cullen, it was excellent.

Oooh, I hope you like Shadow Kiss! It's one of my all-time faves. Love that book. Love Richelle! I finally read book1 in her succubus series. It took me a long time to get hooked on it, but about halfway through I couldn't put it down. I haven't had a chance to read any others in the series yet.

Let's see, I read a lot of books recently. Currently I'm reading ONE LONELY DEGREE by CK Kelly Martin, but I'm struggling with it. I'm 120 pages in and still not hooked, but since I know the author, I feel bad not finishing. I'm also reading THE FOREST OF HANDS AND TEETH by Carrie Ryan--only a few pages in since I'm reading this one on my iPhone and it goes slower there. Very good so far, I love how literary the writing is in a genre story. I'm super excited for DULL BOY by Sarah Cross to arrive any day now from Amazon. Sarah rocks!

Recent reads since I haven't posted in this thread in a while:
EVERMORE by Alyson Noel -- LOVED this book. I highly recommend it for anyone who likes paranormal. It was refreshing to read about non-vampires/werewolves/faeries
THE AWAKENING by Kelley Armstrong -- liked book 1 better, but still liked this a lot. Derek is my fave.
STARGAZER by Claudia Gray -- I liked this better than the first. Glad we got to know more about Balthazar.
WINGS by Aprilynne Pike -- This had a lot of buzz, but it felt too much like a Twilight copy cat to me except with forced love interests who were just "too perfect" for my taste (I mean, even Edward has his flaws). There was even a guy who glittered! I definitely prefer the supernatural guy to the human because at least he had more personality than "too good to be true." The writing was a bit hackneyed, but I really did enjoy the twist on faeries and the unique aspect of biology in this book. Plus I thought the suspense scenes were well done and creative. So my feelings on this are mixed.
TORCHED by April Henry -- Read this one for research on my WIP, but I was surprised at how much I enjoyed it. It's about extreme environmental activism, and I thought the author did a good job of making me care and root for characters who I probably wouldn't side with in real life.
IF I STAY by Gayle Forman -- I was afraid to read this one because I don't like sad things, but it had such buzz and I had an ARC so I sucked it up and gave it a try. It definitely took a lot out of me emotionally. I kept having to put it aside and take breaks, but it really stuck with me. It's a beautifully written, gut-wrenching book. It is mostly told in flashbacks and had very little foreground scenes, but I do think it will make an interesting movie that I most likely won't see because I'm assuming it will be gory (another thing I dislike). The love interest's name is Adam and he's a muscian, so of course I couldn't help but picture Adam Lambert the entire time.

And I've now read books 1-3 in the HOUSE OF NIGHT series, and I don't know. I really hated them. I can't see why they're so popular. I don't like any of the characters. Zoey is a whiny slut who is not worthy of any of her guys. She's also a blatant Mary Sue. The writing feels like it's trying too hard to sound like a teen. AND THERE IS NO PLOT!!!! Or at least very little plot until the end of each book. So I'd really like to know why people like these?

I have a rather large TBR shelf right now, so I'm not sure what I'll read next, but after DULL BOY I think I may stay away from paranormal for a bit and read a few more contempory books, particularly rom coms.