view larger

Member: nickeemattos

CollectionsParanormal TBR Challenge 2010 (75), Your library (88), Currently reading (4), To read (17), Favorites (19), All collections (143)

Reviews34 reviews

Tagsparanormal romance (2), pharoah (1), full moon (1), egyptian history (1), mummy (1), archeology (1), mysticism (1), alpha (1), suspense (1), were (1) — see all tags

Cloudstag cloud, author cloud

GroupsBookshelf of the Damned, Gothic Romance, Katie Mac Fans!, Paranormal TBR Challenge 2010, SF, horror and Fantasy Romance, Vampire Fiction

Favorite authorsZoe Archer, Jennifer Armintrout, Kelley Armstrong, Jenna Black, Patricia Briggs, Poppy Z. Brite, Rachel Caine, P. C. Cast, Karen Chance, Cassandra Clare, Melissa de la Cruz, Jeaniene Frost, Diana Gabaldon, Colleen Gleason, Kim Harrison, Larissa Ione, Katie MacAlister, Eden Maguire, Richelle Mead, Kim Newman, Tamora Pierce, Lilith Saintcrow, Lucius Shepard, Cate Tiernan, Carrie Vaughn, S. L. Viehl, Rachel Vincent, Scott Westerfeld, Chris Wooding (Shared favorites)

Favorite bookstoresBorderlands Books, City Lights Bookstore, Copperfields Books, Dark Delicacies Bookstore, Dog Eared Books, Julian's Books, Mysterious Galaxy Bookstore, Upstart Crow Bookstore and Coffeehouse

About my libraryYes, definitely a book fiend! Loads of books. Too many to count. A dizzying amount. I don't even have them all listed here. Tried once to do a spreadsheet and just gave up. Should have started LOC labeling in order to find things! It got to a point that I had to start stacking them on my stairs (until I started tripping on them!).

As a point of interest, for the The Great American Move to the South I filled three shipping containers (yes CONTAINERS) from my loft. One was nearly entirely dedicated to my wonderful boxes of books. Which I might add, ruined by back trying to move all those suckers!

It's hard to write reviews on books that don't cut it. I give it the first chapter test. If it doesn't hook me in then its done, kaput. Sometimes..I go back to them. Which, by the way, happens quite a bit. I find that the "keepers" in my library I hold near and dear. I re-read, re-discover, re-visit them.

In actuality, about 3 books in 30 are keepers. There has to be something significant about them-a great character, a plotline I think is distinctive, a new realm discovered, a wholly new voice that speaks to me. In a world of literary copycats, finding that one true voice can be the best scavenger hunt of all. The book doesn't have to be stellar through and through, just singular.

Homepagehttp://fiendishlybookish.squarespace.com/

Also onAmazon, Blogger, Twitter

Membership LibraryThing Early Reviewers/Member Giveaway

LocationSan Francisco Girl, now living in the American South!

Emailnickeemattosgmail.com

Account typepublic, free

Connection NewsConnection News

URLs http://www.librarything.com/profile/nickeemattos (profile)
http://www.librarything.com/catalog/nickeemattos (library)

Common KnowledgeSeries (72), Awards (41), Characters (328), Places (74)

Member sinceOct 4, 2009

Currently readingKiss and Kin: A Sexy Shifter Story by Kinsey Holley
The Egyptian Demon's Keeper by Ciar Cullen
Time Raiders: The Avenger (Silhouette Nocturne) by P.C. Cast
Fallen by Lauren Kate