June Reading Summary

Total number of books read: 10 -- So, halfway through the year. My grand total thus far is 72, yep, well on my way to my 100 for the year goal. (Though I plan to make a bit of an adjust at the end of the year because some of these stories/books are shorter works.)

Monthly reading goals:

1. 1 new-to-me author each month -- Louisa Bacio
2. 4 genres/sub-genres each month (I'm adding to that at least one book a month must be non-fiction and/or writing related.) -- Well, I started the non-fiction but haven't finished it yet. Paranormal Romance (The Vampire, the Witch and the Werewolf: A New Orleans Threesome
   by Louisa Bacio), Erotic Historical Romance -- is that even a genre? -- (The Debutante's Dilemma by Elyse Mady), Paranormal Mystery (Dead in the Family (Sookie Stackhouse) by Charlaine Harris), Fantasy (The Old Warrior by Dale Broda Jr.)
3. Alternate male and female authors (I will say at least one male author per month.) -- Dale Broda Jr.
4. Write a note to 1 author each month -- Wrote a review for Louisa Bacio

Happy Release Day

So many books, so little time...

Highlander's Curseby Melissa Mayhue

Eternal Rider (Lords of Deliverance)by Larissa Ione

Lady Doctor Wyre: Jane Austen Space Opera, Book 1by Joely Sue Burkhart

Dead in the Family (Sookie Stackhouse)by Charlaine Harris

My One and Onlyby Kristan Higgins

Vampire Mineby Kerrelyn Sparks

Lover Unleashed (Black Dagger Brotherhood, Book 9)by JR Ward

What are you waiting for? Run out for, or download to your e-reader of choice, some new reading material. Or if you already did, what are you reading?

I just finished Nice Girls Don't Have Fangs (Jane Jameson, Book 1)by Molly Harper which was a fun romp if reminiscent to the Sookie Stackhouse series by Charlaine Harris.

My Favorite Authors - A Top 10 List

In all honesty, I have too many favorite authors to list but these ladies are all in my current TBR (to be read) pile so here you go in no particular order.

1) Karen Marie Moning Well, not my current TBR but only because I've read everything she's written and am waiting for her latest due out this August.

2) Diana Gabaldon Again, not actually in my current pile but again because I'm waiting on the next book in her Outlander series to come out this September.

3) Charlaine Harris I've read all her Sookie Stackhouse a.k.a. Southern Vampire series and the 9th is due out this year in hardback which likely means (unless I get it from the library) it'll be a year before I'll get to read the next in this series. HBO's Tru Blood is based on these books.

4) Lynn Viehl (including pen names)

5) Angela Knight

6) Jordan Summers I won her book Red from the box o' books and can't wait to read the rest of this series.

7) Holly Lisle

8) Karen Rose

9) Melissa Mayhue

10) Lisa Hendrix