Sounds like you enjoy dark urban fantasy as much as I do! 

I tried the first two of the Kim Harrison books and just couldn't get into them.  Maybe because I am a Witch, and they were just too silly for me.  But I am a huge fan of Lilith Saintcrow and her "Dante Valentine" series and of course Jim Butcher's "The Dresden Files" novel series.  These are reeeeally good dark urban fantasy series.  Give them a shot if you haven't tried them already.

I am just starting Laurell K. Hamilton's series.  My book addict friends tell me to stop after the 8th book in her series because LKH has added lots of soft porn to her novels, and it just gets worse with every one in the series and so do the plots.  I am also trying Charlaine Harris.  So I'll let you know how it goes.

If dark urban fantasy is your favorite I have lots of suggestions in my TBR list for that genre that other fans have given me.  Let me know, and I'll list them, so you can check them out too if you like.

Hi, Beacheddecay!

You asked for it (grin)!  I keep my TBR list in a tiny loose-leaf notebook in my purse, so it is always handy when I go to the bookstore or search for dark urban fantasy online.  I also belong to a lot of fantasy/book forums and groups.  Recently, I was looking for more in this genre to read since I am such a fan, and this is what I got in response to my postings.  I have just started reading on this list so most of these I can't recommend from personal reading experience.

By the way I forgot to mention Madelyn Alt.  Good Witch books, two so far.  Her third is coming out the end of the year.  And by all means read the next in the Dante Valentine series if you have already read the first.  It is "Dead Man Rising" and simply AWESOME!!!  I am such a fan of this Lilith Saintcrow series.  She has another series called "The Watcher" series.  It is kind of romance.  I don't know if you like paranormal romance, but I don't, although these books are good if you do like that (I've read all of them)

Some of the authors on this list might be paranormal romance. The people who gave me these suggestions didn't specify which was which, but I fgured I would check them all out myself anyway when I am ready to move on to the next author on the list.  Here it goes...

--Rosemary Edgill (Bell, Book & Murder...three novels in one book)

--Mercedes Lackey (Diana Tregarde series)

--M.R. Sellars (Roman Gant series...Witch paranormal mysteries)

--Robin McKinley ("Sunshine")

--Shirley Daamsgard

--Victoria Laurie

--Katie Macalister

--J.R. Ward

--Erin McCarthy

--Mary Jane Davidson

--Sherilyn Kenyon

--Christine Warren

--Lori Handeland

--Savannnah Russe

--Simon R. Green (supposed to be just like Jim Butcher...Yea!)

--Cheyene McCray

--Nalini Singh

--Karen Chance

--Jackie Kessler

--Kathy Love

--C.E. Murphy

--Sunny

--Maggie Shayne

--Terry Brooks (demon series)

--Charles de Lint

--Yasmin Galenorn (Chintz & China series) 

If ya'll like dark urban fantasy, there's a new author on the scene who's been making quite a splash on the best-seller lists:  Vicki Pettersson. She has two novels out: The Scent of Shadows and A Taste of Night.

~Beth

By the way, are you familiar with Spilled Candy Books?

http://www.SpilledCandy.com

They specialize in Witch books.  No kidding.  Check them out.  You can order their books from the website or amazon. 

Thanks!  Just added that one to my TBR list too. 

Here's what I got from the bookshop:

(FOR ME)

--Sunshine in hardcover with no dustjacket by Robin McKinley

--Deerskin by Robin McKinley

--Hamilton Kiss of  Shadows, which is book 2(Ithink)in her Faerie series.

--Nightlife by Rob Thurman

--The Tanya Huff book

(FOR MY HUSBAND)

--Zelazny: The changing Land

--The Dawn of Amber

--Sign of the Unicorn

--Knight of Shadows

--Trumps of Doom

--Prince of Chaos

--Sign of Chaos, HC cond good dj rough

--Jack Vance we have now is Maske: Thaery

--Tigana by Guy Gavriel Kay

What do you think?  Tanya Huff's name sounds so familiar but I didn't have her on my TBR list.  The bookshop lady suggested her.  Have you read any of her books?

Me too.  Just couldn't care about any of those characters. 

Speaking of that, did you ever read The Glass Books of the Dream Eaters?  Yikes!  I made it through 150 pages of that one, because of all the buzz about what a brillant book it was (and it was beautifully written).  I thought surely I must be missing something.  But I wasn't.  For me it just didn't click, and I could care less about the characters.  And now there is a sequel coming out.  Double yikes!

Ha!  Glad I could save you the headache!

By the way, besides dark urban fantasy, my other two favorite kinds of books to read are the classics (Jane Austen, the Bronte sisters, Virginia Woolf...I love beautiful language) and poetry (Wordsworth is my favorite).  How about you?  Are you a closet classics lover too? 

Also do you belong to any social networking groups for book people?  I belong to Librarything, but there isn't enough networking going on there, so I was looking for something else.  There are lots out there it seems, but for one reason or another they haven't appealled to me so I haven't joined.  I did find an intriguing one the other day when I was searching the net called Goodreads.  Know anything about that one?