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Favorite authorsIsaac Adamson, Robert Asprin, Margaret Atwood, Nancy Baker, Gael Baudino, Robert Bloch, Ray Bradbury, Marion Zimmer Bradley, Joe Bob Briggs, Poppy Z. Brite, Jan Harold Brunvand, Emma Bull, Jim Butcher, Rachel Caine, P. C. Cast, Simon Clark, Nancy A. Collins, Susan Cooper, Ellen Datlow, Pamela Dean, Vine Deloria, John E. Douglas, Arthur Conan Doyle, Andrea Dworkin, David Eddings, Harlan Ellison, Warren Ellis, Susan Faludi, Kenneth C. Flint, Neil Gaiman, Craig Shaw Gardner, Christopher Golden, Charles L. Grant, Simon R. Green, Laurell K. Hamilton, Charlaine Harris, Kim Harrison, Sarah A. Hoyt, Tanya Huff, Ronald Hutton, Molly Ivins, Diana Wynne Jones, Karl Kerenyi, Peg Kerr, Stephen King, T. E. D. Klein, Katherine Kurtz, Mercedes Lackey, Joe R. Lansdale, Stephen R. Lawhead, Tanith Lee, Madeleine L'Engle, C. S. Lewis, Jacqueline Lichtenberg, Charles de Lint, Morgan Llywelyn, H.P. Lovecraft, Gregory Maguire, George R. R. Martin, Graham Masterson, Julian May, Robert McCammon, Sharyn McCrumb, Robin McKinley, O. R. Melling, Alan Moore, Michael J. Nelson, Jack Olsen, Elaine Pagels, Diana L. Paxson, Elizabeth Peters, Ellis Peters, Terry Pratchett, Douglas Preston, Cherie Priest, Seabury Quinn, Phil Rickman, Spider Robinson, J. K. Rowling, Fred Saberhagen, Harold Schechter, John Shirley, Michael Slade, Nancy Springer, S.M. Stirling, Whitley Strieber, Thomas Burnett Swann, Judith Tarr, Hunter S. Thompson, Peter Tremayne, Harry Turtledove, Douglas Ubelaker, Joan D. Vinge, Lawrence Watt-Evans, Manly Wade Wellman, F. Paul Wilson, Terri Windling, Naomi Wolf, Chelsea Quinn Yarbro, Jane Yolen, Roger Zelazny (Shared favorites)

Favorite bookstoresAmazing Fantasy Books & Comics - Calumet City, Amazing Fantasy Books & Comics - Frankfort, Barnes & Noble Booksellers - Merrillville, Borders - Highland, Borders - Merrillville, Remarkable Book Shop, Sanctuary Crystals, The Book Cellar, The Occult Bookstore

About meLifelong biblioholic. 41, married, 3 kids. Owned by 5 cats, grudgingly allowing 1 dog to exist alongside them. B.A. in English (Lit) and B.S. in Criminal Justice.

Life's too short to read bad books.

As of 3/22/08, I am also a paid, published author, having done freelance work for White Wolf Games and having seen my first paranormal/erotic romance novella released by Pink Petal Books.

About my libraryI'm finished cataloguing my collection. My library is heavy on fantasy, horror, thrillers/suspense/ mysteries, nonfiction (criminology, psychology, history, religion, anthropology, archaeology, sociology), poetry, humor...well, you get the idea. There isn't much I don't like to read about.

I read:
103 books from July-December 2004 (when I first started counting them)
213 books in 2005
198 books in 2006
155 books in 2007
and 293 books in 2008 (it was a good year!)

Total: 962 books in 4.5 years (which would average out to about 200 books a year, I'd guess)

I've read:

Books read so far in 2009:

1) The Undead Kama Sutra, Mario Acevedo.
2) Staked, J. F. Lewis.
3) Goddesses of Sun and Moon, Karl Kerenyi.
4) Lament: The Faerie Queen's Deception, Maggie Stiefvater.
5) Hell and Earth, Elizabeth Bear.
6) The Unnatural Enquirer, Simon R. Green.
7) Midnight's Daughter, Karen Chance.
8) Naked Came the Manatee, Carl Hiaasen, Elmore Leonard, Dave Barry, Tananarive Due, et. al.
9) The Looking Glass Wars, Frank Beddor.
10) The First Five Pages: A Writer's Guide to Staying Out of the Rejection Pile, Noah Lukeman.
11) Kitty and the Dead Man's Hand, Carrie Vaughn.
12) Bitten, Kelley Armstrong.
13) Stolen, Kelley Armstrong.
14) Dime Store Magic, Kelley Armstrong.
15) Industrial Magic, Kelley Armstrong.
16) Heart of Stone, C. E. Murphy.
17) House of Cards, C. E. Murphy.
18) Lord of Misrule, Rachel Caine.
19) The Master of Rampling Gate, Anne Rice & Colleen Doran.
20) Harley & Ivy: Love on the Lam, Judd Winick & Joe Chiodo.
21) Scarlet in Gaslight: An Adventure in Terror, Martin Powell & Seppo Makinen.
22) The Crow, J. O'Barr.
23) Ghoul, Brian Keene.
24) Road Trip of the Living Dead, Mark Henry.
25) Hands of Flame, C. E. Murphy.
26) Watchmen, Alan Moore & Dave Gibbons.
27) Daredevil and Batman, Chichester & McDaniel.
28) Batman and Spawn: War Devil, Doug Moench & Chuck Dixon.
29) Batman & Grendel: Devil's Bones (Book One), Matt Wagner.
30) Arkham Asylum, Grant Morrison & Dave McKean.
31) Gotham by Gaslight, Brian Augustyn & Michael Mignola.
32) Superman: Speeding Bullets, J. M. DeMatteis, Eduardo Barreto.
33) Batman & Dracula: Red Rain, Doug Moench & Kelley Jones.
34) Deader Still, Anton Strout.
35) Carrie, Stephen King.
36) The Dark Side of Christian History, Helen Ellerbe.
37) Hunted, P. C. Cast and Kristin Cast.
38) On Writing, Stephen King.
39) Writing the Breakout Novel, Donald Maass.
40) Magic Strikes, Ilona Andrews.
41) Deathwish, Rob Thurman.
42) Hellsing, Volume 4, Hirano Kohta.
43) Return to Labyrinth, Volume 2, Jake T. Forbes & Chris Lie.
44) The Final Solution: A Story of Detection, Michael Chabon.
45) The Italian Secretary, Caleb Carr.
46) Kolchak: The Night Stalker: The Lovecraftian Horror, C. J. Henderson & Jaime Calderon.
47) Curse the Dawn, Karen Chance.
48) Houston, You Have a Problem, Bill Amend.
49) Those Who Went Remain There Still, Cherie Priest.
50) Dark Hollow, Brian Keene.
51) Welcome to the Nerd Farm!, G. B. Trudeau.
52) Shadows Bend, David Barbour and Richard Raleigh.
53) And When She Opened the Closet, All the Clothes Were Polyester!, Bill Amend.
54) Night's Black Agents, Fritz Leiber Jr.
55) City of the Dead, Brian Keene.
56) Dead City, Joe McKinney.
57) Breathers, S. G. Browne.
58) Revamped, J. F. Lewis.
59) Kitty Raises Hell, Carrie Vaughn.
60) Death's Daughter, Amber Benson.
61) The Horns of Elfland, ed. Ellen Kushner, Delia Sherman, & Donald G. Keller.
62) Rotten Reviews & Rejections, ed. Bill Henderson & Andre Bernard.
63) The Eliminationists: How Hate Talk Radicalized the American Right, David Neiwert.
64) Carpe Corpus, Rachel Caine.
65) Dead Until Dark, Charlaine Harris.
66) Living Dead in Dallas, Charlaine Harris.
67) Club Dead, Charlaine Harris.
68) Dead to the World, Charlaine Harris.
69) Undone, Rachel Caine.
70) Dead as a Doornail, Charlaine Harris.
71) White Witch, Black Curse, Kim Harrison.
72) 30 Days of Night, Steve Niles & Ben Templesmith.
73) 30 Days of Night: Dark Days, Steve Niles & Ben Templesmith.
74) 30 Days of Night: Return to Barrow, Steve Niles & Ben Templesmith.
75) 30 Days of Night: Three Tales, Steve Niles & Ben Templesmith.
76) 30 Days of Night: Spreading the Disease, Steve Niles & Ben Templesmith.
77) 30 Days of Night: Eben and Stella, Steve Niles & Ben Templesmith.
78) 30 Days of Night: Red Snow, Steve Niles & Ben Templesmith.
79) Definitely Dead, Charlaine Harris.
80) All Together Dead, Charlaine Harris.
81) From Dead to Worse, Charlaine Harris.
82) Dead and Gone, Charlaine Harris.
83) JLA: Terror Incognita, Mark Waid & Brian Hitch.
84) Marvels, Kurt Busiek & Alex Ross.
85) The Dark Horse Book of the Dead, Jill Thompson, Evan Dorkin, Kelley Jones, Mike Mignola, et al.
86) Bone-Crossed, Patricia Briggs.
87) A Night in the Lonesome October, Roger Zelazny.

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