Episode 42: Reading Recommendations

Posted on March 15, 2010

Shannon and Marina discuss recommended books!

 

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Show Notes

:01 – Opening Music
:15 – Book discussion (click on title for more details – see list below)

Closing Thoughts
Closing Music

Next Episode: News Roundup

Music for the show provided by A Band Called Quinn. Learn more at http://www.quinnonline.net/

Shannon’s List

Vampire:
The Twilight Saga by Meyers, Stephenie
Vampire Diaries Series including The Return Trilogy by L.J. Smith
The Southern Vampire Mysteries / Sookie Stackhouse Series by Charlaine Harris
House of Night Series by P.C. Cast & Kristin Cast
Vampire Academy Series by Richelle Mead
The Immortals Series by Alyson Noel

Paranormal Non-Vampire:
Darkest Powers Series by Kelley Armstrong
A Dark Guardian Series by Rachel Hawthorne

Dystopic:
Hunger Games Series by Suzanne Collins
The Gryphon Project (one of) by Carrie Mac

Magical Realism:
Sea Change (one of, so far) by Aimee Friedman

Urban Fantasy:
His Mortal Instruments Series by Cassandra Clare

Historical/Fantasy/Magical:
Chronicles of the Neuromancer Series by Martin, Gail Z.

Discussed by not yet read:
Women of the Otherworld Series by Kelley Armstrong
Wicked Lovely Series by Melissa Marr
Rachel Morgan/The Hollows Series by Kim Harrison
Dark Hunter Series by Sherrilyn Kenyon
Fallen (one of, so far) by Kate Lauren
Dark Elite Series by Chloe Neill
Another Faust (one of) by Daniel & Dina Nayer
and Falling, Fly (one of) by Skyler White

Marina’s List

Vampire:
Blue Bloods Series by Melissa De La Cruz

Dystopic:
Uglies Series by Scott Westerfeld
The Giver (one of) by Lois Lowry
The Secret Under My Skin (one of) Janet Mcnaughton

Misc:
The Gemma Doyle Trilogy by Libba Bray
The Luxe Series by Anna Godbersen
The Sevenwaters Trilogy by Juliet Marillier

Discussed by not yet read:
Hush, Hush by Becca Fitzpatrick

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Comments (8 Have commented!)
  1. Patrick Said,

    I know you guys can’t be serious about making us wait until next week to talk about the Eclipse trailer? That’s just mean.LOL

  2. Marina Antunes Said,

    We’re not mean, we promise. Simply brushing up our genius! :)

  3. Patrick Said,

    Thanks for letting me know Marina, I’m looking forward to Monday.

  4. Sia Said,

    Hey girls,
    Love this show and I just wanted to let you know some of the books I’ve enjoyed lately.
    1. The Host by Stephenie Meyer-
    It’s slow at the beginning BUT don’t give up it’s an amazing breathtaking book. I loved it so much !
    2. Blood and Chocolate
    3. Wake, Fade and Gone.
    This is a three part series and it’s really short and simple. The third book didn’t live up to my expectations but it was ok. I think you’ll like this.
    4. Iron King
    5. Shiver by Maggie S.-
    It’s pretty good.
    I’ve enjoyed your recommendations which I have read.
    The ones I loved were-
    Twilight of course my favorite of the books.
    Vampire Academy
    The Giver
    Hunger Games
    Liked but didn’t love-
    Catching Fire
    House of Night only went to book 4 then gave up. Tired of the witch craft circles happening all
    the time.
    Immortals series- Only liked the first two books but the third was REALLY BAD.
    Hated-
    Mortal Instruments- I’m sorry but I only finished a third of the first book
    Vampire Diaries- Way too slow.
    Sorry this is so long ! I would of emailed but thought this would be easier.
    I love the show girls and cant’ wait for more ! Thanks for posting a new podcast every week that’s hard to find now a days.
    Love ya !

  5. Marina Antunes Said,

    Oooo. More BOOKS! Thanks Sia. And good to know about The Host. I started it twice and never managed to get past page 50. Considering you and I seem to be on the same boat for stuff we’ve read (mostly ;) ) I’m going to give it another shot. As for the rest, adding them to the reading list!

  6. Marina Antunes Said,

    Sia – quick question. Who’s the author of Iron King? Seems that there are a number of books by that title! I’d like to be sure I’ve got the right one.

  7. Shannon the Movie Moxie Said,

    Thanks so much for the comment Sia – it’s great to hear your take on things and to get more recommendations of course :)

    The Host has been on my to read list since last May. I will get to it one of these days!
    Looking forward to Blood & Chocolate – I have that one out of the library and need to get to it soon.

    I read Wake recently and LOVED it. Read it in less than a day & am itching to get my hands on Fade & Gone.

    Catching Fire wasn’t as good as The Hunger Games but I still enjoyed it.
    I’m kinda loosing patience with House of Night series. Just read Book 5 and feels like not much happens or all the same happens. I actually like the circles, but again it’s a lot of repetition.

    Sorry to hear Vampire Diaries and Mortal Instruments weren’t your style. Good news is though there still are lots of other books out there to explore!

    If booky folk are on GoodReads, feel free to friend me: http://www.goodreads.com/moviemoxie

  8. Marina Antunes Said,

    House of Night is one of these things now that I have to finish just to see how it ends. I’m too far into the series to just drop it now!

    And good call on the GoodReads link Shannon – I kind of forgot to put that in the show notes! Oops. I’m here:

    http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1910106-marina-antunes

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