As this economy slinks ever more hell-ward I have been spring cleaning both my house and my habits. As a single income family that hopes to one day become rich off darling husband's teaching job we have batten-downed the financial hatches. In reality this means that I have to be picky with my purchases of pure joy.
I must limit my book intake to those authors I truly love and can't do without. Robin McKinley, Carol Berg, Mercedes Lackey, and Charlaine Harris to name a few. This makes the release of a new books a bit like what Christmas should be (without the fights). The impatiens wonder, the barely contained excitement, and the staying up till ungodly hours reading once the box has been torn asunder.
The above book cover is one of those kind of joys. I hadn't heard a thing for years and just this week I found this and a pre-order on Amazon. I think it will be the last book in a series by Megan Turner who received the Newberry for "The Thief" (book one). If you haven't read these books - YOU SHOULD! They are some of the best YA literature being written today; and not a vampire in sight!
2 comments:
I agree! No more vampires!!!!! I'm indulging in the library myself. That way I feel like I'm shopping, can take it home, try it out, and then return the "purchase" without a lot of guilt. It definitely scratches the shopping itch.
The sad thing is I like vampire stories, but the glut of late is poorly written and to full of teen angst. What ever happen vampires that act their age?
For good vampire reads try
Sunshine
Dead until Dark
The Historian
Dracula (OMG the Classic)
Vampire Hunter D series
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