I finished another fairy tale story--Before Midnight. I liked that one too. There's just something about fresh views on fairy tales. I love them.

I honestly think I should go read some of those types of books... but first of all I have no idea which ones are out there and which ones are good... and second.... I've got a TON of other books to read. *cries* (Is updating her currently reading list with the books that she brought with her... ^.^; )

I finally finished what's out of the Merry Gentry series.
I also read Warrior's Rising by P.C. Cast but that one was 'eh.' ::wags hand in air::

Ohh P.C. Cast..
I'm waiting for it the be Tuesday already so I can get the Hunted book. Untamed was a serious cliff hanger.

Anyway I am Psychotic Cricket, or Spelled Kat which is my other name. I'm also Rainbow Spelled Kat on Gaia. I came to this thread since I'm a part of the Book thread on Kinsaki.. though I haven't been on Kinsaki much lately. I noticed Chais name so it seems safe to plop in here.

I don't think I'll sign up though. I read a bit to fast for a challenge to count much anyway. That and I read the same things over and over again anyway..

I'm currently tearing through the Southern vampire series by Charlaine Harris - they' not bad, but they're not good - to me they're like romance novels . .brain candy :lol:

I borrowed the first 4 books from the library but then there were too many holds on the next book so I borrowed the rest of them form a co-worker - I read book 5 (Dead as a Doornail) in 7 hours :shock:

I read those a while back. They're like romance/mystery.
They were pretty good. I liked the last one because it wasn't as much of a cliff hanger than the rest.

I went to get those from my library the other day but for some odd reason my library has all the books that are in print, except the first one. o_O;;

I grabbed Kim Harrison's Rachel Morgan Series instead because it was right there. It's pretty interesting so far (I'm not terribly far into the first one though).

If you ever want some recommendations, just ask:)

Can I please has some reccomendations? XD I could use all the recommendations I can get, but I don't think I'll get around to reading them for a while. Back when I was in... like the 11th grade or so I was told to read 1984. I FINALLY did about 6 years later or so. Just as long as I have a list somewhere I can usually remember to read what people recommend. ^.^

On another topic, I finally finished The Catcher in the Rye. FINALLY. I've never read a single book that was that hard to get into. And it may have been the way they spoke instead of the language. Or the fact that he jumped from topic to topic about as many times as my mind does in a day and just a little bit faster. Anyway, I think the movie would have to be a lot better because they can't show you what's in someone's mind as well in movies.

updated list
Read Stardust by Neil Gaiman, The Decoy Princess by Dawn Cook, and finished the Beauty Pop series.

I would love to hear those too. I love those kind of books.

Oh -a really good book to read is The Orphan's Tales: In the Night Garden by Catherynne M. Valente and there is a 2nd book called The Orphan's Tales: In the Cities of Coin and Spice

It's a series of nested stories. . kind of like 1001 Arabian Nights - it takes a bit to get into but I know once i was a few chapters in I couldn't put the books down.

I'm tempted to read those! They sound interesting, at least. But I'm not big on series, and I'm all ready in deep with a few more than I'd like. I think the ones I'm currently reading/about to read are The Achemyst, Ranger's Apprentice, the Firekeeper saga, Thirteen Oprhans, Eon, the Georgina Kincaid novels, the Vampire Academy, another series by Richelle Mead that I can't remember the name of, and the Luxe books. I don't like to be having to keep track of more than two or three series at once, so this is not happy for me. XD

The Southern Vampire Series actually doesn't really read like a series. It's more like one really big book in 7 (or 8 can't remember at the moment) different books. Either way it doesn't really read like a typical series would. That's one reason I ended up continuing to read them all.

These books span age levels, so some of them are written for a younger audience, but I think fairy tales never lose their appeal:
Deerskin by Robin McKinley
Beauty by Robin McKinley
Outlaws of Sherwood by Robin McKinley (not a fairy tale, but my favorite Robin Hood retelling)
(really just about any Robin McKinley book is pretty good)
Zel by Donna Jo Napoli
Beast by Donna Jo Napoli
Wild Orchid by Cameron Dokey
Beauty Sleep by Cameron Dokey (These are a part of a larger collection of books. I'd recommend most of them)
The Fairy Godmother by Mercedes Lackey (there are several in this loosely related series)
The Black Swan by Mercedes Lackey
The Firebird by Mercedes Lackey
Phoenyx and Ashes by Mercedes Lackey (this is a loosely related series as well)
The Goose Girl by Shannon Hale
Once Upon a Winter's Night by Dennis L. McKiernan (this is the first of a series)
For other suggestions, go here.

My favorite fairy tale-ish book is Villains by Necessity by Eve Forward that turns the usual hero tale inside out by making the villains (an assassin, a druid, a thief, a Necromancer, a dark knight, and a centaur) the heroes of the story. Unfortunately, that one is hard to find--the cheapest paperback copy is about $29 on Amazon because it's out of print and borders on being pretty rare.

Psychotic Cricket- It's not so much reading series as it is keeping up with all the books in them. I'm too scatterbrained for such things. XD

Yay! :throws confetti:
What book was it?

I just finished "White as Snow" by Tanith Lee

Thyme- Congrats! <3

Yuri-san- It is very fun! I can't wait for you to start, I love looking at random people's book lists. :P

Yuri-san- Is the Vampire Kisses series good? I've been meaning to dip into a few more vampire and/or werewolf books, and I see Vampire Kisses alot.

I'm the same way! XD I try to avoid bookstores. The library is safer for my wallet, though it does make me sad, because I like to own books. ;_;

Okay, I will look into both of those! I read some of the Vampire Chronicles by Anne Rice, and LOVED them, and then I read Twilight... Which I did not like. X_x Werewolf-wise, I read Blood and Chocolate, which was FANTASTIC. And recently, I got a werewolf book called Sharp Teeth from the library, and several vampire books. Suck It Up, Silver Kisses, and the Vampire Academy novels by Richelle mead, who is one of my very favorite authors! I like to see how different authors interperet popular things like vampires and werewolves, it's interesting to me!

I like to get books that I read and loved! It's just so nice to have them! Heh, there's a series I really love called the Firekeeper saga, and I own all six books in paperback, and two of the six in hardback. XD I just love it that much.

I don't really run into my library not having books I want, though. There's 44 branches all over the city and surrounding towns, and you can have books from any branch sent to your local library. I love it! And when they don't have something, you can request they get it, and usually they're pretty quick about it. I requested a book that had been out for some years and was the third book in a series I was reading. (The library had the first two.) Not a week later, I searched for it again, and the catalouge had it. It's great!