Question to anyone out there who might stumble across this blog

What book would you like to see made into a movie?

This is so not cool.

The other night I caught a teaser for the 10pm news that said there were dumpsters in Arlington Texas filled with library books. Now, as a patron of the Arlington Central Library, I was SHOCKED! The Central location is a large one. Its not like the building is bursting full of books. How many books are too many for a library that they have to throw them out?! Why is it everytime I look for a specific book there is only ONE copy in the seven branches in the city? According to the news article, out of date books are sold in a biannual sale by a charity and the ones not sold or are deemed "unlikely" to sell are scrapped. The question is, they could not come up with a better alternative than just filling dumpsters? The reporters went on to contact a resale book shop that said it would have been happy, and could have paid for, the unwanted books. Also the Goodwill was contacted and stated that not only would they take them, they would come and pick them up, which seemed to be a problem for the charity because according to them, most of their volunteers are elderly and transporting the books would be a problem. Apparently not a problem to run them all out to the dumpster. I am dissapointed in the library. Way to go dudes. Way to go.

Bite Me

Bite Me is the name of Christopher Moores new book. It is the third book in the Jody the vampire story. They started with Blood Sucking Fiends followed by You Suck and this last attempt I must say, really let me down. Let me first say that Christopher Moore is hilarious. If you are looking for a Twilightesque vampire love story, this is not your book. The third installment starts where You Suck left off. Jody and Tommy have been encased in bronze while their human minions (Abby Von Normal and Foo Dog) try and figure out what to do with them. All the while Chet, the huge shaved vampire cat, is turning kitties all over San Francisco and it is getting out of hand. Hookers and homeless are disappearing left and right and the kitties grow bolder each night.

In the previous books by Moore, I always enjoyed him weaving the characters of other stories together and showing different views of San Francisco from the characters perspectives, however, Bite Me went just a little too far. Too many people, too many things going on and where the hell did Kona (popular in the book Fluke: Or I Know Why the Winged Whale Sings) come from? Did he just take all the off beat supporting characters from previous books and throw them in for no reason? Thats the way it came across.

Out of all his books I have read, and I have read many, this was my least favorite. Bloodsucking Fiends was by far the best of the series but if you are interested in Christopher Moore you should try Fool or Practical Deamonkeeping. Those will rock your stripy socks. :)

I can not hardly wait!

Welcome readers! We now have a follower. Can I get a woo hoo?! There are lots of books coming out very soon and today I am going to talk about a couple of them. Now, if you are a Charlaine Harris fanatic as I am then you already know that Dead in the Family is coming out May 4th. This comes in at #10 in the Sookie Stackhouse series which inspired the popular HBO show True Blood. The television series is actually what got me reading the books and I have been hooked since. It has been a year since the previous book, Dead and Gone, came out and the first chapter can be found on Charlaine Harris' website. If you have not had the pleasure of reading anything by her or are not a fan of the fantasy genre she also has the Aurora Teagarden and Lily Bard series which are more of the murder mystery type. If fantasy/horror is your bag then check out the first Sookie book, Dead Until Dark. If Twilight is for tweens the Sookie Stackhouse series is for grown ups. Come on MAY!

Also coming out this May is Married by Morning. What can I say? I am a sucker for books based during the Regency era. Married is the fourth installment of the Hathaway family saga. This is a historical romance so don't say I didn't warn ya. Lisa Kleypas has a nack for weaving her stories together and really imprinting her characters upon you. The first book in the Hathaway sister series is Mine Till Midnight which introduces Ameilia Hathaway blundering through her adventure with the wonderful Cam Rohan. Now, anyone familiar with the her Wallflower books will remember Cam and will recognize a few familiar faces in the new series. Married by Morning will be available May 25th with Love in the Afternoon, book #5, following June 29th.

The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson

I am going to start this blog with the most dissapointing book I read last year. A friend of mine gave it to me thinking it might be something I would like. Though, if she had actually read it herself, she would have known better. I do not enjoy reading about violence against women. I understand that it can add to a story and will not judge a book harshly just because of some questionable content but this book really took it too far. Other than that, the book DRAGGED along and the characters were not likable. Apparently ole Stieg wrote this book as the first in a series and it has been praised all over America and Europe. People seem to like it. I, did not. While checking my information on wikipedia, I learned that they recently made a movie of the book. It had a limited release and according to Yahoo Movies it has an A- user rating. Maybe it was just me and this book was not my cup of tea. Has anyone else read it? Did ANYONE like it?

The beginning

My name is Becca and I am an avid reader. I will read just about anything I get my hands on but like everyone else I do have my favorites. Though I am always looking for something new, so you are welcome to make some suggestions. This blog is pretty much going to be all book related, not just reviews of the books I have read but books I would like to read or authors that I have met. I don't know if anyone will read this or not, but I do not have many people to talk books to, so I will talk to myself! :)