A BookEnds Reading Pile

For something fun and different we thought we’d put together a quick post about what’s happening in the BookEnds reading piles.

What I’m Reading Now:

• Jessica: Garden Spells by Sarah Addison Allen
• Kim: Marked: House of Night Series by P. C. Cast and Kristin Cast
• Katelynn: Tea with Hezbollah by Ted Dekker and Carl Medearis and Devil of the Highlands by Lyndsay Sands
• Lauren our intern: Requiem of the Human Soul by Jeremy Lent

How I Came to This Book:

• Jessica: It was recommended by a client
• Kim: It’s part of the same line my client’s book will be published into next year—a big NYT bestselling series.
• Katelynn: Tea—I’ve read Dekker before and was intrigued; Devil—I love Scottish historical romance (sexy warriors, yum!)
• Lauren our intern: It was a freebie sent to me by a self-published author who is marketing his book on Librarything.com.

The Last Book I Read:

• Jessica: House Rules by Jodi Picoult
• Kim: Dead to the World: A Sookie Stackhouse Novel by Charlaine Harris
• Katelynn: Glass Houses (Morganville Vampires Book 1) by Rachel Caine
• Lauren our intern: Twilight

How I Came to This Book:

• Jessica: I enjoy her writing, but was also very intrigued by the story of a boy with Asperger’s
• Kim: I’m a fan of the series, the TV show and most important . . . Vampire Eric.
• Katelynn: Someone mentioned it on Twitter
• Lauren our intern: I had to see what all the buzz was about!

What’s Next Up on My To Be Read Pile:

• Jessica: Changeless by Gail Carriger or The Art of Mending by Elizabeth Berg
• Kim: Thinking in Pictures: and Other Reports from My Life with Autism by Temple Grandin
• Katelynn: Dangerous Highlander by Donna Grant or Shiver by Maggie Stiefvater
• Lauren our intern: House Rules by Jodi Picoult

What I’ve Most Recently Read (or am reading) for BookEnds:

• Jessica: The next proposal by Bella Andre and The Naked Prince, Sally MacKenzie’s next novella
• Kim: The first seven chapters of Rosemary DiBattista’s women’s fiction manuscript and Born at Midnight, C. C. Hunter’s YA paranormal debut with St. Martin’s.
• Katelynn: A manuscript about the war in Afghanistan
• Lauren our intern: A paranormal romantic suspense manuscript about an elite soldier and the doctor who discovers his secret and then relieves him of its burden.

Reactions: