Book Nerds --UNITE!

Book nerd and proud right here -got the English degree to prove it ;-)

Oh, and my favorites are the epitome of geekdom: LOTR, and the entire collection by the Bronte Sisters ♥

And what do you think of Nora Roberts? I saw you love JD Robb. Some of Nora Roberts' books are paranormal-ish.

Bump so that I can come back later when I have time and see what everybody's recommendations are, yay!

And if you like Vamps I recommend the Dark-Hunter series by Sherrilyn Kenyon, it doesn't get much better than that right there!

i have read all the dark-hunter books and sherrilyn kenyon is a lovely woman who really appreciates her fans and will sit there for just hours after her signings are supposed to be over so she can talk to everyone who came. i actually really like those books and you know what's funny is at the same time i hate a lot of things about them. but i can't stop reading them. my theory is she dips them in crack before sending them out haha.

I first read Barbara Kingsolver in HS too- but it was "The Bean Trees". I agree that she is an artist, and I have read everything since The Bean Trees voraciously, and most multiple times. Tootsanderson, you are on point with calling her books poetry- I've never thought about it before but it is so true! The way she uses words is so thoughtful, it is much more like a poet than a fiction writer.

Her books can be really sad, but I see them more as realistic and beautiful than sad, I guess. The sad situations explore the humanity of the characters.

WRT Charlaine Harris- I'm just venturing in to her other series now- but I like Sookie. The books are good cheese. Partially I think I like them because I have like ZERO natural creativity, so it's just interesting to get sucked in to an imagined world. Other than Harry potter and Charlaine harris and the occasional steven king book, I have rarely ventured in to any sci-fi or paranormal anything.

yeah, i think it was my very hard childhood that turned me against harsh reality in books. i've already done harsh reality and put it all behind me. i like happiness now lol. i chose to just embrace positivity. which is kind of a shallow way to live but it works for me haha. i think that's why i like comedies and romances now. i know what i'm getting and i don't need to think too hard in most cases. i love charlaine harris' 'grave sight' series.

sorry, everyone, my shift key is stuck. i'm sure i'm driving some people crazy with my lack of caps lol

book nerd here

Not so much into the paranormal romance scene (althoooough, you can get e-books free download and I've read a trilogy by Nicky Charles, werewolf romance (the mating is the title of the first book) and S.C Stephens - vamp stylie - check out feedbooks, awesome site :-D) but totally loving Robin Hobb, Christopher Paolini and George Martin right now!!

Recent reads........... Born Wicked by Jessica Spotwood, Amanda Hockings Tyrelle Trilogy :-) all of these are Young adult books but fun reads. I also loved, loved, loved Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness and Angelogy by Danielle Trussoni.

You should share some of your favorite books or authors too!

I'm struggling to get into Discovery of Witches...when does the pace pick up?

I always finish what I start, but this one is a particular challenge.

I love all book! Horror, Romance, Young Adult, Fantasy, Historical Fiction, Thriller, Mystery, the back of the shampoo bottle. I like strong female leads. I'd love recommendations!

I got sucked into the "Wheel of Time" series in high school, and I just don't know if I'm mentally prepared for another super long fantasy series. The first one is sitting on my shelf waiting to be read, though!

i really got into 'wheel of time' until like book ten when he really lost me. i felt like i was just reading all these tangents and he was not pulling it together for me. i was really looking for resolution by that point and it was just endless journeys and new characters being introduced all the time. i was really disappointed by the book i ended with. they spend the entire thousand pages give or take wandering around until the very end where rand does one significant thing. that was it for me. but i was hooked until then. and you know, that was my last foray into the world of epic high fantasy too.

The guy who's finishing it now has actually made some plot developments -- it looks like it might actually wrap up. :P

The Hunger Games trilogy was awesome!

Sarah's Key was awesome as well.

Look Again was a great book too.

I also have hear the Fifty Shades of Grey trilogy is good.