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Thursday, June 14, 2007
T13
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Note: If your name isn't on the list, don't go away hurt. I may not have read your books. If your name is on here, I didn't rank my picks in any fashion. 1. Bonnie Dee Ever since I first read Bone Deep, I've been in love with this woman's writing. I could smell the air when she described the carnival on page one. 2. Amie Stuart I actually bought Once in a Blue Moon at the same time as Bone Deep. Talk about being blessed twice over. I came away from that shopping spree thinking Liquid Silver must be the best epub ever to have writers like this. 3. Shannon Stacey I love her sense of humor, which I first saw in Twice Upon a Roadtrip. I think she's going places. 4. Elaine Corvidae I can't even begin to tell you how much I love this woman's writing. I'm far from impartial, as she and I have been off-and-on crit partners for more years than I care to contemplate. She writes for Mundania Press, and she was doing kick-ass faeries before the Melissa Marrs or Holly Blacks of this world ever thought up the notion. I love all her books, but I especially love her Shadow Fae series, oh, and The Ghost Eater, and... well, just buy one of her books, dammit. Start with this one. 5. Sara Dennis I started out by reading Stacking the Deck for review, and I ate up her backlist. She has a nice, vivid writing style. 6. Selah March She sent me Dirty Shame, and now I'm a fan. At the risk of tooting my own horn, she writes stories the way I would, except I don't have to go to all the trouble of doing it, and I can just enjoy hers. My one complaint? Her books to date haven't been long enough! 7. Bridget Midway I've read several of her stories, including That's What Friends Are For, and Love My Way. Her books are smart-n-sexy. 8. Lauren Dane I read book four of her Chase brothers series, and not only did it stand alone, but Making Chase made me want to read the other three, right away. You know that special Nora Roberts feeling you get from each and every one of her books? Lauren's got that too, an indefinable magic. 9. Shelby Reed I have no words for how much I loved The Fifth Favor and A Fine Work of Art. I'm not quite so sold on her paranormals. I've also been privileged to read one of her unpublished works, entitled Liar's Moon at the time. That was an amazing novel, and I don't know what the hell happened to it. It was better than Sharon Sala, seasoned with SEP. Shelby's writing just sparkles. I was judging a contest she entered, a coon's age ago, and her story won, I'm pleased to say. What's the deal, anyway? I haven't heard a peep about new deals, and I've been expecting great things, any minute now. 10. Jacqueline Meadows She wrote two great stories, Something Wicked and Something Wanton, for Ellora's Cave, about a PI named Desdemona, who is also a witch. I ate those like crackerjacks, and wanted more, but her website seems to be two years out of date. Anyone know what happened to her? 11. Katherine Allred I first read her as Amethyst Ames. I know, I know. Despite the colorful moniker, the novel kicked ass. Undercover Mistress, I believe it was called. Gruff, antisocial hero named Angus -- how I loved him. Swoon. Now she's writing amazing stuff for Cerridwen under her own name. Books like The Sweet Gum Tree. Why isn't she famous already? Damn. The publishing world needs to ask my opinion more, clearly. 12. Diana Bold She rocked my world with her historical, Nobody's Hero. I promptly bought up everything she's ever written. If you're looking for Laura Kinsale's successor, keep your eyes on this woman. She writes the same type of heavy, angsty yet utterly delicious historicals. 13. Dionne Galace I've been blessed to read a few of her stories, and she's quite brilliant. The amazing thing about her writing is the way her personality shines forth, imbuing her characters with a singular charm. She too is going places. |
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Have you read Amie's Hands On? Good book! And Shannon Stacey's latest was pretty damn good!
Lauren writes some reaally hot heroes.
I'll put Elaine Corvidae on my list. Thanks Ann!
Someone 'splain why this has not happened.
Thanks for the mention. From your mouth and all that, LOL.
As for recs other than those you mention? NJ Walters - I love her voice so much. Shelley Munro, TJ Michaels, Nathalie Gray
Authors in my TBR pile based on recs are Red and LA Day too.
Time to fix that!
Thanks! Even though Mt. TBR is a disaster, I'm always willing to dig THAT hole a little bit deeper. Hey, books are what it's about, right?
I've been a total ShanFanGirl for...what. Four years? Five, now?
Watch out, world, is all I have to say.
Gwyneth
I was too lazy to do a "thursday 13" today. Maybe i should whip up a "Why I love Ann Aguirre" post. heh.
Oh bitch, you know why!
*smoochies*
Happy TT, and thanks for visiting my blog!
And some, if asked who I was, would be like, "Who?"
I think Selah just slipped me some virtual tongue, though, so I guess that makes us girlfriends.
P.S. My list today is my TBR pile. =)
Have you read Meljean Brook? Wow. As soon as you start reading her books, you can just feel that she has "it."
Happy TT!
Believe the correct terminology is Bye-sack-shoe-ull.