In honour of this auspicious occasion I'm going to write down a list, call it a wishlist, if you like - of books I'm going to endeavour to read over the holidays. That's from NOW until late February 2013!
These books have already been acquired, but I just have not had the time to read any one of them.
And because I've lost my first 'book review' book, I'm going to have re-read some, which are earlier books in a series. Very frustrating!
This list is not going to be alphabetical, because that would just take forever and I don't have that kind of time.
Justin Somper
Justin Somper is the British author of the children's horror novel series Vampirates.Justin Somper is the British author of the children's horror novel series Vampirates. He was born in St Albans and graduated from Warwick University. He worked as a publicist before starting his writing career.Vampirates
Dead Deep (2007)1. Demons of the Ocean (2005)
2. Tide of Terror (2006)
3. Blood Captain (2007)
4. Black Heart (2009)
5. Empire of Night (2010)
6. Immortal War (2011)
Nancy Fairbanks
Culinary Mystery with Recipes - I have read a few of these books and they are excellent, very entertaining. Because I don't have my trusty books I don't remember which ones!
Rachel Caine
Weather Warden
I started reading this series, but unfortunately due to time constraints I had to stop. I'm now going to re-start with Ill Wind - it looked promising when I was reading it before ;-)
1. Ill Wind (2003)
2. Heat Stroke (2004)
3. Chill Factor (2005)
4. Windfall (2005)
5. Firestorm (2006)
6. Thin Air (2007)
7. Gale Force (2008)
8. Cape Storm (2009)
9. Total Eclipse (2010)
This Author also writes the Morganville series - I have a friend who has read this series and she swears they are great, so while I don't actually own any of these books I am going to buy them and start reading! Check out the Book Depository for great prices on books and best of all FREE delivery to anywhere in the world!
Morganville Vampires
1. Glass Houses (2006)2. Dead Girl's Dance (2007)
3. Midnight Alley (2007)
4. Feast of Fools (2008)
5. Lord of Misrule (2008)
6. Carpe Corpus (2009)
7. Fade Out (2009)
8. Kiss of Death (2010)
9. Ghost Town (2010)
10. Bite Club (2011)
11. Last Breath (2011)
12. Black Dawn (2012)
13. Bitter Blood (2012)
14. Fall of Night (2013)
Becca Fitzpatrick
Becca Fitzpatrick grew up reading Nancy Drew and Trixie Belden with a flashlight under the covers. She graduated college with a degree in health, which she promptly abandoned for storytelling. When not writing, she's most likely prowling sale racks for reject shoes, running, or watching crime dramas on TV. She lives in Colorado.Hush, Hush
1. Hush, Hush (2009)2. Crescendo (2010)
3. Silence (2011)
4. Finale (2012)
I've read the first one in the series and it was fantastic. I've also purchased 2 & 3 in the series but have not had time to read them. Over the next few months, I plan to re-read 1 and then read on to the next 3 (once I've purchased the final one in the series - that is!)
Gena Showalter
Gena Showalter is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of over thirty books in paranormal and contemporary romances, as well as young adult novels. Her series include White Rabbit Chronicles, Angels of the Dark, Otherworld Assassins, Lords of the Underworld, Alien Huntress and Intertwined. Her novels have appeared in Cosmopolitan Magazine, and Seventeen Magazine, and have been translated in all over the world. The critics have called her books "sizzling page-turners" and "utterly spellbinding stories", while Showalter herself has been called "a star on the rise".
White Rabbit Chronicles1. Alice in Zombieland (2012)
Intertwined
1. Intertwined (2009)
2. Unraveled (2010)
aka Unravelled
3. Twisted (2011)
Tales of an Extra-ordinary Girl1. Playing with Fire (2006)
2. Twice as Hot (2010)
Robert Gregory Browne
Robert Browne is an AMPAS Nicholl Award-winning screenwriter who ran screaming from the movie industry and jumped into writing novels.His first novel, KISS HER GOODBYE, was recently produced in Chicago as a pilot for a CBS Television series tentatively titled THE LINE, by Sony Pictures and Timberman/Beverly Productions, with a script written and directed by Michael Dinner.
Novels
Kiss Her Goodbye (2007)
Kill Her Again (2009)
Down Among the Dead Men (2010)
The Paradise Prophecy (2011)
Trial Junkies (2012)
I have to admit I've read 'Kill Her Again' and it was great. The twist at the end was so unexpected that I still can't believe it! I would definitely read more of this authors books, which is why I have purchased 'Down Among the Dead Men'.
Alex Duval
Alex Duval was born and raised in Paris, before moving to California to pursue a career in fashion photography. Alex loves all sports, especially surfing. When not writing books, Alex loves watching movies, especially The Lost Boys, and visiting art galleries around the world. Alex has homes in both Paris and LA.Vampire Beach
1. Bloodlust (2006)2. Initiation (2006)
3. Ritual (2007)
4. Legacy (2007)
5. High Stakes (2008)
6. Hunted (2008)
Thomas Emson
Maneater
1. Maneater (2008)2. Prey (2009)
Vampire Babylon
1. Skarlet (2009)2. Krimson (2010)
3. Kardinal (2012)
Novels
Pandemonium Road (2011)Darren Shan
Darren is a massively successful author of numerous fantasy and horror books for both young people and adults.His most famous works include the 12 books of The Saga of Darren Shan; the 10 books of The Demonata, The City Trilogy; The Thin Executioner and his most recent series of 4 books, The Saga of Larten Crepsley. A movie of Cirque Du Freak was completed in 2009.
By the start of 2010, Darren's books were on sale in every continent, in 39 countries, in 31 languages, and have been children's bestsellers in America, Britain, Ireland, the Netherlands, Norway and other countries. The books have topped adult bestseller charts in Hungary, Japan and Taiwan. In total, his books have sold close to 15 million copies worldwide.
Saga of Larten Crepsley
1. Birth of a Killer (2010)2. Ocean of Blood (2011)
3. Palace of the Damned (2011)
4. Brothers to the Death (2012)
Nikki Gemmell
Nikki Gemmell has written four novels, Shiver, Cleave, Lovesong and The Bride Stripped Bare, and one non-fiction book, Pleasure: An Almanac for the Heart. Her work has been internationally critically acclaimed and translated into many languages.
Bride Stripped Bare
1. The Bride Stripped Bare (2004)2. With My Body (2011)
Veronica Roth
Veronica Roth is from a Chicago suburb. She studied creative writing at Northwestern University, and wrote DIVERGENT, her YA dystopian thriller (Katherine Tegen Books, May 2011!), while she was supposed to be doing homework. This was a decidedly good choice that will unfortunately make it difficult for her to someday lecture her future children on how important it is to get your homework done.
Insurgent Trilogy
1. Divergent (2011)2. Insurgent (2012)
Free Four: Tobias Tells the Divergent Story (2012)
Steven Dunne
Steven Dunne is 50 years of age and have been writing since he left university in Kent in 1979. He spent some time being a freelance journalist writing for The Times, Independent and Guardian.D. I. Damen Brook
1. The Reaper (2007)2. The Disciple (2010)
3. Deity (2012)
4. The Unquiet Grave (2013)
Rachel Vincent
A native of the dust bowl, Rachel Vincent is the oldest of five siblings, and arguably the most outspoken of the bunch. She loves cats, devours chocolate and lives on flavored coffee. Rachel's older than she looks--seriously--and younger than she feels, but remains convinced that for every day she spends writing, one more day will be added to her lifespan.Werecats
1. Stray (2007)2. Rogue (2008)
3. Pride (2009)
4. Prey (2009)
5. Shift (2010)
6. Alpha (2010)
Soul Screamers
My Soul to Lose (2009)1. My Soul to Take (2009)
2. My Soul to Save (2009)
3. My Soul to Keep (2010)
4. My Soul to Steal (2011)
5. If I Die (2011)
6. Before I Wake (2012)
7. With All My Soul (2013)
Reaper (2010)
Never to Sleep (2012)
I've read some of the Soul Screamers books and they are great - that one will be the first series from this author I will be tackling! Just in case I run out of time!
I think that should do for now.
I plan to start reading as soon as possible. What I want to do is write a review as I finish each book and hopefully do a little research about each author and story as well, but we'll see how I go - no promises!
The information about the authors is taken from the Fantastic Fiction website. I find this site great for information about authors, their books and also new release books. My friend put me onto this site and I don't know how I ever got along without it!
