V.B.A.- Vampire Books Anonymous

By Christina Dodd

2010-12-02T09:53:00.000-05:00

Darkness Chosen
1. Scent Of Darkness
2. Touch Of Darkness
3. Into The Shadow
4. Into The Flame

Chosen Ones
1. Storm Of Visions
2. Storm Of Shadows
3. Chains Of Ice
4. Chains Of Fire

My thoughts on these series':
I really liked these 2 series' and they go together very well. Very different and exciting paranormal reads.

MacCarrick Brothers by Kresley Cole

2010-12-02T09:45:00.000-05:00

1. If You Dare
2. If You Desire
3. If You Deceive

My thought on the series:
In between my paranormal reads I have a tendency to go back to Highlanders. I loved these brothers. Great historical reads :)

Warriors Of Poseidon by Alyssa Day

2010-12-02T09:39:00.000-05:00

1. Atlantis Rising
2. Wild Hearts In Atlantis in the anthology Wild Thing
3. Atlantis Awakening
4. Shifter's Lady in the anthology Shifter
5. Atlantis Unleashed
5.5 The Princess and the Peas in the Mammoth Book Of Paranormal Romance
6. Atlantis Unmasked
7. Atlantis Redeemed
8. Atlantis Betrayed
9. Vampire in Atlantis (out on 06/07/11)

My thoughts on the series:
I am currently reading this series. I am on Atlantis Unleashed. So far though I really love it. A very different take on Atlantis, Shifters, and Vampires.

Immortals After Dark by Kresley Cole

2010-12-02T09:29:00.000-05:00

0. The Warlord Wants Forever in the anthology Playing Easy To Get
1. A Hunger Like No Other
2. No Rest For The Wicked
3. Wicked Deeds On A Winter's Night
4. Dark Needs At Night's Edge
5. Dark Desires After Dusk
6. Kiss Of A Demon King
7. Deep Kiss Of Winter
8. Pleasure Of A Dark Prince
9. Demon From The Dark
10. Dreams Of A Dark Warrior (out 02/15/11)

My thoughts on the series:
I really loved this series. Kresley Cole makes the characters and their world come right off the pages. It was easy to get lost in this series and escape from the real world.

By Jacquelyn Frank

2010-08-28T11:11:00.001-04:00

Nightwalkers Series:
1. Jacob
2. Gideon
3. Elijah
4. Damien
5. Noah

ShadowDwellers:
1. Ecstasy
2. Rapture
3. Pleasure

My thoughts on these series:
I loved these books and hope she continues them!

Atlantis series by Gena Showalter

2010-08-28T11:06:00.000-04:00

1. Heart of the Dragon
2. Jewel of Atlantis
3. The Nymph King
4. The Vampire's Bride
5. The Amazon's Curse in the anthology Into the Dark

My thoughts on the series:
I really liked the series. You have men who turn into Dragons, you have Nymphs, you have Vampires, you have humans entering Atlantis, you have Gods getting bored, you have Amazons, and a wide variety of other creatures spawned by the Greek Gods and then abandoned in Atlantis. Very enjoyable series!

Lords of the Underworld by Gena Showalter

2010-08-28T10:56:00.001-04:00

1. The Darkest Fire in the anthology Into the Dark
2. The Darkest Night
3. The Darkest Kiss
4. The Darkest Pleasure
5. The Darkest Prison in the anthology Into the Dark
6. The Darkest Whisper
7. The Darkest Angel in the anthology Heart of Darkness
8. The Darkest Passion
9. The Darkest Lie
10. The Darkest Secret due out 04/01/11
11. The Darkest Surrender due out 10/03/11

My thoughts on the series:
I really loved this series and all the characters. You have a cast of Demons, a search for Pandora's Box, Angels, Hunters, Harpies, Gods and a Minor Goddess (but don't tell Anya I said that, lol). All in all a great series well worth reading!

Funny things my 4 year old said yesterday

2010-06-24T11:02:00.001-04:00

My 4 year old, Ethan, is good entertainment. Even when he is being a brat. So yesterday he is throwing a fit and Brian, my beloved other half, goes in there to see what his problem is and I didn't catch what Ethan said first but then Brian says "Quit being a smart ass". Ethan's reply to that "You just called me smart". Now with me in the living room, lmao, it becomes hard for Brian to really try to punish Ethan for whatever it was that had started this.
Now later on he decides to try his stand up on us again. This time he really is standing up, in the corner for beating on his 7 year old brother, Sebastian. Me and Brian are talking back and forth to each other across the room, what about I can not even remember, and Ethan turns around and says "All I can hear is you two blah blah blahing at each other. Now be quiet I have a headache". I wish I had my camera out so you could get the look on his serious little face, hand on hip and all, but I probably couldn't have used it anyway with soda spewing out of my nose.
And, for the record, I have no idea where he gets this stuff from. ;)
Oh, and I might actually write about books again one day. Been distracted- still reading Queen Betsy and the Wyndham Werewolves and I have being actually leaving my house in daylight hours and my hubby was right- the sun won't kill me even though the headaches I get while sitting outside watching my kids run around sure feel like they will sometimes.

The Night Huntress books by Jeaniene Frost

2010-06-20T12:55:00.005-04:00

So, I keep seeing these buttons on other paranormal blogs that say "Proud Member Bones is Mine Club" and I have apparently went the wrong way in the loop I jumped in and I am JUST NOW figuring out that this is from the Night Huntress books by Jeaniene Frost. Yes I have gotten lost in some other paranormal worlds and have not yet gotten to know this Bones hotty yet. SOOOOO... My next mission, after Queen Betsy, is going to be Getting To Know Bones.
Here are the Books and Short Stories (in order by publication dates):

Night Huntress series

1. Halfway to the Grave

2. One Foot in the Grave

SS- Happily Never After (in Weddings From Hell)

3. At Grave's End

SS- Devil to Pay (in Four Dukes and a Devil)

4. Destined For An Early Grave

SS- Reckoning (in Unbound)

SS- One For the Money (in Death's Excellent Vacation)

5. This Side of the Grave- due out 2/22/11

Night Huntress World series

1. First Drop of Crimson

2. Eternal Kiss of Darkness

My thoughts on the series:
WOW! I cannot believe I waited so long to read this series! I ABSOLUTELY LOVED IT! Definitely in my top favorite series of all! The world books go great with the series and add to the diversity of the characters. If my too read list wasn't so long I would read this series over now just to see if I missed anything! You MUST read this series if you have not done so!

The Southern Vampire series by Charlaine Harris (aka- the True Blood Books)

2010-06-18T15:52:00.001-04:00

Ok, so I think I have found all of the short stories that go with this series and have them all in order with the books. I have not yet read this series but I do watch True Blood and enjoy it so I will most likely read this series soon, but my to be read list grows almost an entire series a day as I blog stalk what everyone else is reading, lol.

Dead Until Dark
Living Dead in Dallas
Club Dead
Dead to the World
SS- "Fairy Dust" in Powers of Detection
SS- "Dancers in the Dark" in Night's Edge
SS- "One Word Answer" in Bite
Dead as a Doornail
Definitely Dead
SS- "Tacky" in My Big, Fat Supernatural Wedding
All Together Dead
SS- "Dracula Night" in Many Bloody Returns
From Dead to Worse
SS- "Gift Wrap" in Wolfsbane and Mistletoe
SS- "Lucky" in Unusual Suspects
Dead and Gone
SS- "Bacon" in Strange Brew
SS- "The Britlingens Go To Hell" in Must Love Hellhounds
A Touch of Dead- (a compilation of all the Sookie-universe short stories)
SS-"Dahlia Underground" in Crimes by Moonlight
Dead in the Family
SS- "Two Blondes" in Death's Excellent Vacation
Sookie Stackhouse Companion due out Feb. 1, 2011

Stylish Blogger Award!

2010-06-16T19:57:00.001-04:00

I was awarded with the Stylish Blogger Award today by Maryse because my blog is eerie looking with the black and red :)

The criteria to accepting this award is to list 5 random things about myself and then to pass the award on to 5 other bloggers.
Random #1- I dye my hair a lot. Never the same color twice in a row. Usually multiple colors or weird colors. I just love to dye my hair. It's a normal black color right now but only because I have a job interview at a prison tomorrow- otherwise there would be red streaks in it. Whats my natural color? Some form of brown. Maybe.
Random #2- I love to watch Deadliest Catch. Those guys are awesome. I would be a greenhorn for a season if they let me. I hate the cold but I would try it out anyway.
Random #3- I am obsessed with tattoos. I would be covered if we ever had the money. As of now I think I have about 30 different designs lined up as my "next", lol.
Random #4- I am the psychopath of the Moms Group I'm in. That's my title. They all think I am crazy. I talk before I think the majority of the time and most of my thoughts are just not normal. Everyone else would probably be considered "normal" with me being the example of "not normal". A 14 year old, daughter of one of the moms in the group, thinks I am the coolest person ever. Yeah I apparently relate to teenage girls. I am so glad I have boys.
Random #5- I buy practically anything if it is on clearance. I am so bad about it that if my hubs has the kids in another aisle of the store and someone asks where I am, my kids reply "In the clearance section". I always find uses for everything I buy but I would save more if I didn't buy it to begin with. I know this and you know this but I still can't help myself, lol.

Ok now time for me to send the reward out-
Maryse gets it again. I found her by accident about a year ago and even though at the time I never commented her site until I started my own, I have always read her religiously and think she is awesome.
Lily gets it too. She is my twin, in spirit. We share a birthday (though I am older) and I think she is hilarious.
Kelly too because I read her blog everyday and love the Man Candy Marquee at the top.
The Gutter Girls because their button is awesome and they are always posting Man Candy on their page.
Mandi and Tori because I like their page, too.

This was hard because I really don't read very many blogs, lol :)

Night World by LJ Smith

2010-06-14T20:05:00.000-04:00

1. Secret Vampire 2. Daughters of Darkness 3. Spellbinder
4. Dark Angel 5. Chosen 6. Soul Mate
7. Huntress 8. Black Dawn 9. Witchlight
10. Strange Fate- due on Who knows?

My thoughts on this series:
Well I read this series because they were all re-released and I thought the last book, Strange Fate, would be coming out soon. THEN, after reading all 9 of these stories, I learned that these books were written in the '90s... the last one coming out in '98 as a matter of fact. Sooooo.... Here we are 12 years later waiting for THE END of the series. The last 3 stories, especially, were all working toward an ENDING that you NEVER get to read. The books were good, but I ABSOLUTELY HATE when a series has no end. Pisses me off. I am seriously thinking I won't read it when it does finally come out.

Darkyn series by Lynn Viehl

2010-06-14T19:48:00.001-04:00

1. If Angels Burn
2. Private Demon
3. Dark Need
4. Night Lost
5. Evermore
6. Twilight Fall
7. Stay the Night
Novella- Master Of Shadows
Novella- Midnight Blues
Novella- Incarnatio
SS- Worthy
SS- Willing
SS- Wanted

My thoughts on the series:
This series was very hard for me to get into. But I gave it a few tries and finally, after like book 3, I understood the Darkyn world and it made reading the books easier. There are a couple stories that I especially loved. If you are wanting to read a series that you will love every book of- this is not for you. BUT if you are willing to give this world a try, you won't be disappointed after a couple books.

The Embraced by Anya Bast

2010-06-14T14:07:00.001-04:00

1. Blood of the Rose
2. Blood of the Raven
3. Blood of the Angel
4. Blood of the Damned

My thoughts on the series:
I loved these books! Way hot 'n heavy though (for all you shy types, lol). The stories were each well written and well delivered. Some not so believable parts that Anya Bast makes you believe. And the love scenes are off the charts hot!

Highlands Series by Lynsay Sands

2010-06-14T13:59:00.001-04:00

1. Devil of the Highlands
2. Taming the Highland Bride
3. The Hellion and the Highlander

My thoughts on the series:
Very easy reads. I love my highlanders. All three books go together- read in order or you will be disappointed.

Highland series by Hannah Howell

2010-06-14T13:50:00.002-04:00

The Brothers (The Patriarchs)
1. Highland Destiny
2. Highland Honor
3. Highland Promise
The Daughters
4. Highland Vow
5. Highland Knight
6. Highland Bride
Daughter and In-Laws
7. Highland Angel
8. Highland Groom
9. Highland Warrior
In-Law and Grand-Daughter
10. Highland Conqueror
11. Highland Champion
12. Highland Lover
Grandsons
13. Highland Barbarian
14. Highland Savage
15. Highland Wolf
16. Highland Sinner

17. Highland Protector

My thoughts on this series:
I love my Highlanders almost as much as my vampires and weres. These guys are so hot with their Scottish accents, that I swear I hear in my head when they talk, their ripped abs, that I wish I could touch, and their kilts, which I wish I could get under *wink wink.

Harry Potter Series by JK Rowling

2010-06-14T13:42:00.001-04:00

1. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
2. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
3. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
4. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
5. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
6. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
7. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

My thoughts on the series:
I love Harry Potter. These books were easy to read and easy to enjoy. The movies are good, but the books are better. And who doesn't like magic?

Succubus Diaries by Jill Myles

2010-06-12T15:41:00.000-04:00

1. Gentleman Prefer Succubi
2. Succubi Like it Hot
3. My Fair Succubi- due out 12/23/10

My thoughts on the series:
I love Jackie. She is awesome. BUT even MORE awesome are Noah and Zane. Oh how I would love to be a succubus with those two at my beck and call. Oh yeah, about the series, lol- Anyways, Noah is an angel. A fallen angel. Literally. And Zane is a vampire. Yummy. And Jackie is a succubus and the yummy guys are her creators. Read this series. Yum.

Highland series books by Monica McCarty

2010-06-11T16:51:00.003-04:00

The MacLeods of Skye Trilogy:
1. Highlander Untamed
2. Highlander Unmasked
3. Highlander Unchained

The Campbell Trilogy:
1. Highland Warrior
2. Highland Outlaw
3. Highland Scoundrel

The Highland Guard Series:
1. The Chief
2. The Hawk
3. The Ranger- due out 12/29/10

My thoughts:
I really loved all these books! I can't wait for The Ranger to come out! Oh how I want to go to Scotland and see if there really are big, hunky highlanders out there that are as gorgeous and tough as they are in these books!

The Vampire Diaries by L.J. Smith

2010-06-11T16:40:00.001-04:00

1. The Awakening
2. The Struggle
3. The Fury
4. Dark Reunion
5. The Return: Nightfall
6. The Return: Shadow Souls
7. The Return: Midnight- due out 03/01/11

My thoughts on the series:
I really liked the first 4 books. I read the first Return book, Nightfall, and found it pretty much just plain weird. I have Shadow Souls and keep meaning to read it but I will probably wait until I have Midnight so I can get them both over with quickly and be done with it.

Immortals series by Alyson Noël

2010-06-11T16:33:00.001-04:00

1- Evermore
2- Blue Moon
3- Shadowland
3.5- Eternal Flame (SS you can read HERE)
4- Dark Flame- due out 06/22/10
5- Night Star- due out 11/16/10

My thoughts on the series:
I have not started it yet. I'll let you know ;)

Queen Betsy and the Wyndham Werewolves books by MaryJanice Davidson

2010-06-11T16:12:00.003-04:00

This is the order in which the author posted on her FaceBook that the books should be read:

1. Love’s Prisoner (SS in the anthology Secrets 6)
2. Jared’s Wolf (SS in the anthology Secrets 8)
3. Undead & Unwed
4. Dead Girls Don’t Dance (SS in the anthology Cravings)
5. Undead & Unemployed
6. Biting in Plain Sight (in the anthology Bite)
7. Derik’s Bane
8. Undead & Unappreciated
9. Undead & Unreturnable
10. Dead & Loving It
11. Undead & Unpopular
12. Driftwood (in Over the Moon)
13. Undead & Uneasy
14. Dead Over Heels
15. Undead & Unworthy
16. Undead & Unwelcome
17. Undead & Unfininished
18. Undead & Undermined due out July 2011

My thoughts on the series:
If you are wanting a ton of romancy action- then this series may not be for you. The Queen Betsy books are very light-hearted and funny with a touch of love. The Wyndham Werewolves books are a little more serious so, while still funny in some parts, but, so far, you get a little more of the romancy action, lol. This series is a nice break from the romances I typically read. And OMG to the epilogue at the end of Unfinished! Can't wait for Undermined to find out WTF brings that on! You will have to read to find out what I'm talking about ;)

League series by Sherrilyn Kenyon

2010-06-11T15:25:00.002-04:00

1- Born of Night
2- Born of Fire
3- Born of Ice
3.5- Fire and Ice (SS in Man of my Dreams anthology)
4- Born of Shadows- due out 04/04/11

My thoughts on the series:
I really loved this series! I did not think I would be able to get into the whole aliens idea, but I am sooooo glad I started this series! It's a great read!

Lords of Avalon series by Kinley MacGregor (AKA- Sherrilyn Kenyon)

2010-06-11T15:18:00.001-04:00

1. Sword of Darkness
2. Knight of Darkness
3. Darkness Within- due out 01/31/11

My thoughts on the series:
A historical series set in Camelot and Avalon with some magic and time travel. I loved this series! It was also developed into a Manga Comic series and the comics were then released in 2 hard cover comic books. I loved this series enough to get the books, the comics and the HC comics. I love the Camelot twist and all the characters, even the villains. A great series no matter what genre of love story your into!

MacAllisters/Brotherhood of the Sword series by Kinley MacGregor (AKA- Sherrilyn Kenyon)

2010-06-11T15:10:00.004-04:00

1. Master of Desire
2. Claiming the Highlander
3. Born in Sin
4. Taming the Scotsman
5. Midsummer's Knight (in Where's My Hero? anthology)
6. A Dark Champion
7. Return of the Warrior
8. The Warrior

My thoughts on the series:
These books are listed as 2 different series on Wikipedia due to different publishers, etc. But I have the books and have read them and this is the order that makes sense to the storyline as well as date of publication. They all go together and even though they can technically be read as individual stories, there are recurring characters and the "whole" story makes more sense if read in order. This is a Historical series. I really enjoyed this series :)

The Dark series by Christine Feehan

2010-06-11T02:43:00.001-04:00

   1. Dark Prince
   2. Dark Desire
   3. Dark Gold
   4. Dark Magic
   5. Dark Challenge
   6. Dark Fire
   7. Dark Dream (SS in the After Twilight anthology and in Dark Dreamers)
   8. Dark Legend
   9. Dark Guardian
10. Dark Symphony

10.5 The Scarletti Curse (not exactly part of the series but IS related to Dark Symphony)

11. Dark Descent (SS in the The Only One anthology and at the end of the Dark Prince reprint)
12. Dark Melody
13. Dark Destiny
14. Dark Hunger (SS in the Hot Blooded anthology)
15. Dark Secret
16. Dark Demon
17. Dark Celebration
18. Dark Possession
19. Dark Curse
20. Dark Slayer

21. Dark Peril- due out 8/31/10

My thoughts on the series:

All books can be read individually, but I am a stickler for reading order and there are recurring characters. There are vampires AND shifters. I love this series! You probably think I love every series but I have only posted the ones that I love so far :)

The Masters of Time series by Brenda Joyce

2010-06-11T02:28:00.001-04:00

1. Dark Seduction

2. Dark Rival

3. Dark Embrace

4. Dark Victory

5. Dark Lover

My thoughts on the series:

Not a vampire series, but a scottish historical series with a time travel twist. I really enjoyed this series. I keep checking to see if she is writing anymore on it but she seems to be fairly busy on another series. *Sighs* If you like historicals, you will like this series :)

Dark-Hunter series by Sherrilyn Kenyon

2010-06-09T22:31:00.004-04:00

Reading Order for this series based on all books and short stories and including Dream and Were Hunter books:

0- SS- The Beginning (found in Acheron)

1- Fantasy Lover

1.5- SS- Dragonswan (found in Tapestry anthology and its own book; Were-Hunter)

2- Night Pleasures

3- Night Embrace

3.5- SS- Phantom Lover (Midnight Pleasures anthology; Dream-Hunter)

4- Dance with the Devil

4.5- SS- A Dark Hunter Christmas (at the end of Dance with the Devil)

5- Kiss of the Night

6- Night Play (Were-Hunter)

6.5- SS- Winter Born (Stroke of Midnight anthology; Were-Hunter)

7- Seize the Night

8- Sins of the Night

8.5- SS- Second Chances (Found in Acheron and The Dark-Hunter Companion)

9- Unleash the Night (Were-Hunter)

10- Dark Side of the Moon (Were-Hunter)

10.25- SS- A Hard Day's Night Searcher (My Big Fat Supernatural Wedding anthology)

10.50- SS- Until Death Do Us Part (Love at First Bite anthology)

10.75- SS- Fear the Darkness (free ebook HERE)

11- The Dream Hunter (Dream-Hunter)

12- Devil May Cry

13- Upon the Midnight Clear (Dream-Hunter)

14- Dream Chaser (Dream-Hunter)

15- Acheron

16- One Silent Night

16.5- SS- Shadow of the Moon (Dead After Dark anthology; Were-Hunter)

17- Dream Warrior (Dream-Hunter)

18- Bad Moon Rising (Were-Hunter)

19- Infinity: Chronicles of Nick (book 1)

20- In Other Worlds (Multiple Short Story Book)

21- No Mercy (Were-Hunter)

22- Invincible: Chronicles of Nick (book 2) due out 2/1/11
23- Redemption (due out 8/2/11)

My thoughts on this series:
My all time Favorite! I just can't get enough of these books or the characters! If SK could write a book a week on this series, I would forsake all others and just read this! You NEED this series on your ALREADY READ list- So start reading it!

Book Release Dates

2010-06-03T22:40:00.005-04:00

The release dates listed are just on the series' that I am currently keeping up with right now. I will be adding the release dates to the reading order posts I put up for each series. And I am not perfect so there may be mistakes sometimes especially since I have dates going a year in advance. Some authors or publishers may change the dates and if I see that they have I will change them on here and on the reading order post. Furthermore, I will also add dates as I add series that I read and as the authors write more books, lol :)

08/31/10- Dark Peril- Carpathians series by Christine Feehan
09/07/10- No Mercy- Dark-Hunters series by Sherrilyn Kenyon
09/28/10- Taken by Midnight- Midnight Breeds series by Lara Adrian
10/2010- Styx's Storm- Breeds series by Lora Leigh
10/05/10- Crave- Fallen Angels series by JR Ward

10/26/10- The Fledgling Handbook- House of Night series by PC Cast
10/26/10- Misguided Angel- Blue Bloods series by Melissa De La Cruz
10/26/10- Ghost Town- Morganville series by Rachel Caine

11/2010- Hungry For You- Argeneau series by Lynsay Sands

12/14/10- Last Sacrifice- Vampire Academy series by Richelle Mead

12/23/10- My Fair Succubi- Succubus Diaries series by Jill Myles

12/29/10- The Ranger- Highland Guard series by Monica Mccarty

01/04/11- Awakened- House of Night series by PC Cast
01/18/11- Shadowfever- Fever series by Karen Marie Moning

01/23/11- Darkness Within- Lords of Avalon series by Kinley MacGregor (AKA Sherrilyn Kenyon)

02/01/11- Invincible: Chronicles of Nick by Sherrilyn Kenyon
02/22/10- This Side of the Grave- Night Huntress series by Jeaniene Frost
03/2011- The Darkest Secret- Lords of the Underworld by Gena Showalter
03/2011- Afterlife- Evernight series by Claudia Gray
03/15/11- The Return: Midnight- Vampire Diaries by LJ Smith
03/29/11- Lover Unleashed- Black Dagger Brotherhood by JR Ward

04/04/11- Born of Shadows- League series by Sherrilyn Kenyon
07/2011- The Darkest Surrender- Lords of the Underworld by Gena Showalter

Fallen Angels series by JR Ward

2010-06-03T22:10:00.004-04:00

1. Covet

2. Crave- Due out 10/05/10

My thoughts on the series:
Well seeing as how there is only one book out so far I don't have thoughts. Truth is I haven't read Covet yet, but it is on its way to my house so I will read it next week and get back to you :)

Black Dagger Brotherhood series by JR Ward

2010-06-03T22:09:00.003-04:00

1. Dark Lover

8. Lover Mine
9. Lover Unleashed due out 3/29/11

SS- The Story of the Son

SS- Father Mine (found in The Black Dagger Brotherhood: An Insider's Guide)

My thoughts on the series:
Those of you that have read this series would probably laugh at the fact that I looked over this series many many times before I finally read it. I just got thrown off by the glossary in the front of the books. But I DID read the series and I ABSOLUTELY love it! These guys, ALL, have stolen pieces of my heart. I just wish she would write them faster, lol.

The Argeneau Vampires series by Lynsay Sands

2010-06-03T22:05:00.002-04:00

1. A Quick Bite
2. Love Bites
3. Single White Vampire
4. Tall Dark & Hungry
5. A Bite To Remember
6. Bite Me If You Can
7. The Accidental Vampire
8. Vampires Are Forever
9. Vampire, Interrupted
10. Rogue Hunter
11. Immortal Hunter
12. Renegade Hunter

12.5. SS. Bitten By Cupid

13. Born to Bite- Due out 09/01/10

14. Hungry For You- Due out 12/1/10

My thoughts on the series:
I read this series directly after I read Twilight and felt like I found what I was missing. All those good, juicy details that Twilight didn't have. Each book has a different male/female couple and goes though the trials of how their mating came to be. Each book can stand alone- but I read it in order and there is a back ground story going developing that, I feel, makes more sense when you read the books in order. Plus most of the characters are recurring and you get to "know" them through each book. I love these books! You get romance, comedy, drama, and even a little horror in a couple books.

Fever series by Karen Marie Moning

2010-06-03T21:59:00.003-04:00

1. Darkfever

2. Bloodfever

3. Faefever

4. Dreamfever

5. Shadowfever Due out 01/18/11

My thoughts on the series:
If you love your bad boys, then you will love Jericho and V'Lane in this series. These books should be read in order as they follow a time-line. A few characters from Karen's Highlander series make an appearance, kinda, lol. We are going on a journey through the eyes of a country girl named Mac. I like this series, but I miss the Highlander series.

Highlander series by Karen Marie Moning

2010-06-03T21:56:00.002-04:00

1. Beyond the Highland Mist

2. To Tame a Highland Warrior

3. The Highlander's Touch

4. Kiss of the Highlander

5. The Dark Highlander

6. The Immortal Highlander

7. The Spell of The Highlander

8. Into The Dreaming (SS also in the Tapestry anthology)

My thoughts on the series:
I absolutely loved these books! Not vampire books, but they deal in the Fae and time travel, druids, etc. So not vampire but still fantasy and full of the romancey like stuff *wink wink*. Each book has a different set of male/female leads but you should read the books in order as many characters are recurring and the story flows better when read in order, in my opinion- but I am a nerd about series books being read in order. Oh yeah- you will LOVE Adam!

Evernight series by Claudia Gray

2010-05-28T21:38:00.003-04:00

1. Evernight
2. Stargazer
3. Hourglass
4. Afterlife- due out 03/01/11

My thoughts on the series:
Another young adult series. I like it so far. Just got Hourglass so as soon as I get a chance to read it, I'll let you know more about it :)

House of Night series by PC Cast and Kristin Cast

2010-05-28T21:35:00.003-04:00

1. Marked
2. Betrayed
3. Chosen
4. Untamed
5. Hunted
6. Tempted
7. Burned
8. Awakened- due out Jan. 2011
Also- The Fledgling Handbook- due out 10/26/10

My thoughts on the series:
An extremely different take on Vampires. Definitely a young adult series. The series is focused primarily on Zoey Redbird and has an Indian-like spiritual quality to it. While I love the different take on the vampires, I have found myself slipping away from this series... I have had Burned since it has come out and yet, I look at it and then pick up something else... I will try to read it next week and maybe be more enthused about it... hmmm

Vampire Academy by Richelle Mead

2010-05-28T21:27:00.004-04:00

1. Vampire Academy
2. Frostbite
3. Shadow Kiss
4. Blood Promise
5. Spirit Bound
6. Last Sacrifice- due out Dec. 14, 2010

My thoughts on the series:
Another teenage/young adult series centering on the story of Rose Hathaway. This series is different than your your typical vampires and you would have to read at least the first book to see what I mean. These books made me FEEL (and if you are an avid reader like me- you understand). Richelle Mead cliffhangs these books something serious too so you definitely want to read them all together. I did notice my feelings changed towards one of the key characters of the series and it broke my heart, but, alas, there is nothing I can do but wait for Last Sacrifice to come out and, hopefully, heal my wounds.

Twilight Saga by Stephenie Meyer

2010-05-28T21:24:00.005-04:00

Now you know I had to start with something easy! LOL Like anyone out there that reads Vamps doesn't know these by heart♥
1- Twilight
1.5- Midnight Sun- A partial book- Edwards version of Twilight
2- New Moon
3- Eclipse
3.5- The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner: An Eclipse Novella
4- Breaking Dawn

My thoughts on the series:
This series is focused on the love story of Bella Swan, who is a human, and Edward Cullen, who is a vampire. It is a well written teenage drama and is definitely worth reading at least once. I have to give Stephenie Meyer kudos for this series because she kick-started my love of reading again. After reading the Twilight series twice, back to back, I hunted down other paranormal love stories and became an addict.

My First Blog

2010-05-28T21:17:00.001-04:00

New to this whole "blog" thing so here I go... I guess, lol. I read a lot and so I figure I can share my thoughts on the books I read and put up release dates as well as the reading order of series that I've read- including the short stories! Hope someone finds this helpful :)