Discover May's Best New Reads: Stories to Ignite Your Spring Days.

Tina Sporer

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Re: A Thread So Thin (2:16pm May 16, 2010):

I never had an imaginary friend, but I had many imaginative day dreams where I always had certain friends and of course the ever faithful hero/friend.

When I want to recapture those feelings I often am pulled toward heart-tugging books by Sharon Sala, Catherine Anderson and some new authors such as Robyn Carr and Christy Reese. Their books always include tortured souls and Hero/Herione like stories. If I had a talent for writing I would write in a similar vein.

Plug for Christy Reese- newish author who I absolutely love. She has written two trilogies with tortured characters who come out strong and independent.

Re: Down By The River (1:58pm January 24, 2010):

I'm definitely serious about series. The majority of my autobuys are ongoing series (JD Robb, Janet Evanovich, Laurell K Hamilton, Robyn Carr). I have discovered a new author who has written a couple trilogies. Her name is Cara North. Her writing is sexy, but the stories are solid. She is a cross between Catherine Anderson, Rachel Gibson, and Susan E Phillips.

Re: Dark Lover (1:03pm November 29, 2009):

I tend to enjoy contemporary best, but still read some historicals, suspense, and paranormals. Mostly I read based on authors...once I find an author I enjoy, I'll usually follow her to whatever genre she writes. I have two keeper shelves. One is a hodgepodge of genres, authors. The other is my collection of JD Robb books, which I reread and lend out all the time. I often change out my keeper shelf as my interests change...but yes I do reread keepers...which is the only reason I keep them.

Very cute puppy...look forward to hearing more about her!

Re: Mr. Perfect (6:02pm July 12, 2009):

Wow the replies here are like taking a trip down memory lane...most of them are books I loved!

For me it's not one book, but trying out different authors. In the last few years I discovered JD Robb, Janet Evanovich and Laurell K. Hamilton....imagine the fun I had reading their backlist.

Re: The Red Pony (7:11pm June 7, 2009):

Two books come immediately to mind - "1984" and "Silas Marner". The first because I equate a lot of what has happened since 911 to what happens in society in "1984".

As to Silas Marner, I couldn't tell you why that book sticks to mind except perhaps I hate to think of anyone being alone regardless how miserly or mean they may be.

When I think back to the classics read in high school, they all have moral and ethical lessons to be learned. I'm glad I had to read them then, but even happier not to read them now :)

Tina

Re: Behind The Shadows (6:37pm April 26, 2009):

Yes Yes Yes!!! I definitely subscribe to retail therapy :) I can't imagine living in a town that doesn't have at least 10 stores I enjoy. I love browsing books, clothing, housewares, and even those tacky gift stores that no one ever buys anything they need from. Oh and I love online shopping too!

I do hate grocery shopping though.

Tina

Re: Summer On Blossom Street (10:45pm March 9, 2009):

Some of my favorite stories are with big families. For that reason I love Catherine Anderson's "Coulter" family series. On a different track, I absolutely put myself in place of Eve in the "In Death" series. I love how she's developed such strong friendships and even sibling like bonds with her coworkers and others she's met over the course of a couple years.

Re: The Secret Life of Bees (1:41pm February 8, 2009):

Whenever I've read a book which was later converted to a movie, I find myself critiquing the movie thus not enjoying it as well.

However if I read the book after the movie, most often I'll be glad I did because some scenes which made no sense in the movie become clear after reading the book.

The only movie I enjoyed after reading a book was Thornbird. The movie I most hated after reading the book was based on a Julie Garwood movie. In fact to this day I can not reread that book because the movie characters ruined it for me.

Tina

Re: Smoke Screen (2:14pm January 11, 2009):

I've glommed almost every new author I've discovered in the last ten years. Some of the more prominent ones were Sharon Sala, Susan Mallery, Diana Palmer, Sherrilyn Kenyon, Laurell Hamilton, Dee Henderson and most recently Robyn Carr.

Re: Thread of Fear (10:11pm January 4, 2009):

My reading resolution is simple...keep finding new authors to read...There is nothing as fun as discovering a new author! Happy New Years!

Tina