Last night I finished reading "Uprising" by Scott G. Mariani. If you're looking for new vampire novel, trust me, just buy this book.
I'm confident in saying that is the best vampire novel since I read Midnight Mass! It's fast paced with a lot of action, with great characters such as vampire agent Alex Bishop, human detective Joel Solomon, and bad evil vampire;Gabrial Stone. I couldn't put it down. Now I just started next book, The Cross.

Sounds good to me. Kenji. Thanks for the lead.

I've read several YA books that I thought were awesome! Door to Cannelin, ForNevermore to name a few.

I started The Hunger Games last night. I didn't realize till I went to buy it a couple weeks ago that it was a YA novel, which is obvious in the writing style. However, with that said, its pretty good so far for what it is. No one says you have to be a YA to enjoy a YA novel, right? Mindless fun and something that doesn't take much effort to follow is good every now and then.

I am reading "We Need to Talk about Kevin". Kevin is a kid who winds up killing several classmates. This really isn't a spoiler - you learn this at the beginning (or by reading the dust jacket). The story about Kevin comes out through a series of letters that the mother writes after the killings. It's pretty disturbing. Kevin never gets caught doing anything that screams "get the boy to a shrink" until he kills some kids but you can see how events build towards catastrophe. The father annoys me - he's clueless and completely ignores everything the wife says.

I think I'll skip seeing the movie. I can handle the content - the insane stupidity of the father might ruin the movie for me, though.

I'm about 3/4 thru Hunger Games. There are times I don't want to put the book down. I didn't expect the book to grab me right away...but it did. I just hope the other 2 in the series are as good as this one.

I cannnot recommend enough the historical fiction of F. Van Wyck Mason. I don't know if any are in-print, but used copies are all easily available on-line. Trust me, gang. I've never steered you wrong. After all, didn't I recommend to the gang that Paul Wilson fella? (Oh, yeah--I'm re-reading the works of John Keel, who would say to me at a cheap Upper West Side restaurant--and he knew them all--"All right, Lindner--I'm going to follow your bad example and have a beer too. Only not the low swill you drink. A class lager! Waiter! When you get a chance, please bring me a Heiney!" "You want heiney, sir? Not that kind of place. Try the bar across the street."

Sounds good to me. Kenji. Thanks for the lead.

You're welcome, Brian.

I read half of "The Cross". This sequel has too many bloody scenes but cool as horror/action story. And dialogues are fascinating.

For example, next dialogues are: When Gabriel and his gangs violated speed laws, two policemen stopped their car. Unfortunately, policemen didn't know they are vampires.

"Blood and champagne," she gasped in ecstasy. "Does it for me every time. But darling, I'm being selfish." Jerking the human upright, she held the champagne glass under his torn throat, watched as the spray of luscious red juice quickly filled it to the brim,and gave it to Zachary to knock back in a single gulp.
"Always tastes better from crystal," he rumbled, smacking his lips. "Why is that, you think?"
Gabriel had finished with his human. As he approached, leaving the exsanguinated corpse by the roadside,Lillith handed him refilled glass. Gabriel sipped from it, then passed it back to her.
"To victory," she smiled, raising it in a toast.
"To eternity," Gabriel said.

Since the "what are you reading" thread is closed and this forum says to post about Non-FPW books, I guess I'll start a new thread here.

I'm currently reading Jim Butcher's Storm Front. I think its the first book in the Dresden Files, but not 100% sure.

So far its not a bad book, easy to follow and get in to whether or not its the first book or not.

I'm not sure if I'll continue with the series once I'm done, I guess I'll see once I'm done with this one which should be soon. I started a couple days ago and I'm already about half way done.

It is a very good series. I've read the first three books and the short stories that go between. I have #5 (Death Masks) ready to go on my 650 (Sony Reader PRS-650). I say to stick with it and give the second book a read. So far it's a good series.

I am reading 11th Hour by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro. It's the 11th book in the Women's Murder Club series. After that I plan to read Aryans and Absinthe. I've already read Demonsong. Just purchased Black Wind. I did start reading The Keep (20 ePub pages into it) but when I looked up the reading order, I decided to stop and read in order. I may read Death Masks (#5 in the Dresden Files) as my next full book before I get to Black Wind.

I loved the first book and really liked "A Wise Man's Fear" as well. He has a lot to wrap up in the last book. It is just supposed to be a trilogy if I remember correctly.

I think "Name of the Wind" was one of the best fantasy books I have read in a very long time.

I've read Name of the Wind. While it was good. I don't think it lived up to the hype.

I'm about halfway thru The Affair by Lee Child; the newest Jack Reacher book. Loving it so far. As long as Tom Cruise doesn't sneak in the book too . . .

I hope they don't pull a Mission Impossible and totally ruin the movie. MI was an awful movie. So untrue to the TV series it was awful.