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MrsEm

MrsEm

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Do you have any authors that are automatic pre-orders? An author that announces a new book coming and you don't even need to read the blurb, you'll pre-order it just because it's coming from this author? If you do, recommend your absolute #1 favorite book by each author because obviously 200+ books on my to be read list isn't enough.
 
I'm totally watching this! I go by moods, so I don't have any absolute buys....
Well, I take that back. I haven't read the last 3, but I still buy the In Death series by J.D. Robb. They are a futuristic detective series, so they might be too much for some. Just a warning.
 
I love all of Patricia Cornwell's books.. especially her Scrapetta series. (I only did not care for the Jack the Ripper book.. all the others I have loved!)
 
lol funny enough, no - if you asked me in highschool, it would have been stephen king but that phase ran it's course, haven't read any of his since Under the Dome - these days i just pick up what i feel like, when i feel like it, or when i see it at the library or on special
 
As we have 2.5 walls of books in our house, my dh and I have come to the conclusion (Independently!) that the library is our only way to avoid having our house collapse. Henning Mankell was my only recent author I'd have bought automatically if I had been buying while he was still alive.
 
cookingmylife said:
As we have 2.5 walls of books in our house, my dh and I have come to the conclusion (Independently!) that the library is our only way to avoid having our house collapse.
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^^^this. I either buy digital versions when on sale (oooh, speaking of: there are lots of Kindle books on sale right now!) or I do the digital library, which IMO needs more funding! Some NY bestsellers still have only one digital copy, so there are literally hundreds of people on the holds list. Sorry, I'm off on a tangent!

I used to pre-order the e-book version of the Stephanie Plum series by Janet Evanovich...but those have become less fun, so now I just add them to my digital library hold list. So I highly recommend the first 5 but get the rest either at the library or a book sale (I always see copies at big sales). And yup, Elin Hilderbrand is great, too. So is Jennifer Weiner. Good in Bed is fantastic.

Also, Maureen (and others!), we need to have a "shelfie" thread, where we show off pics of our bookshelves. :) I've been really good and have gotten rid of some books, and I've also gone (mostly) to e-books, but I still have an insane TBR pile (and by "pile," I mean "my bookshelves").
 
I don't automatically pre-order books by certain authors although I do look to see what several authors have coming out in the future. One of those is Lynn Cahoon, a cozy mystery writer. I got book 1 in her Tourist Trap series for free and it got me hooked on that series. I have her next 4 books coming out on pre-order. She has 2 other cozy mystery series as well that I hope to read.

I do keep a list in Excel of various authors I like and their books and mark when I have read them. Much easier to see what I've read than looking through my Kindle history. Some I've also read an actual book that doesn't show in Kindle history! Other authors I like to read besides Lynn Cahoon are Steve Robinson's Jefferson Tayte genealogical mystery series and Debbie Viguie's Psalm 23 mysteries.

As far as physical books, I have been clearing those out over the last several years so I don't have as many as I used to. I'm trying to get to just the basics in the house and books that I've already read and probably won't read again are something that just needs to be gone. I am not like my cousin, the former librarian, who has to have a room in her new house just for her books!
 
Tree City said:
I either buy digital versions when on sale (oooh, speaking of: there are lots of Kindle books on sale right now!) or I do the digital library, which IMO needs more funding!
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Ask your library about funding for the digital library. Ours did a poll, and used the results to buy more digital copies, and less physical copies of some of the books.

HavaDrPepper said:
As far as physical books, I have been clearing those out over the last several years so I don't have as many as I used to.
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Yep! This. We always end up clearing out books when we move cross country, so a lot of books have been sold or donated. We've been trying to buy digital copies more often, or borrow from the library so we don't have to store them.

Except kids books. We still do mostly real with those!
 
Tree City said:
I used to pre-order the e-book version of the Stephanie Plum series by Janet Evanovich...but those have become less fun, so now I just add them to my digital library hold list.
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Yes to this! She has written a few "mini" series that don't have the less fun aspect yet. Like the Metro Girl and Motor Mouth one.
 
bestcee said:
Ask your library about funding for the digital library. Ours did a poll, and used the results to buy more digital copies, and less physical copies of some of the books.
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I actually spoke to 2 different library people about this. I actually had a huge, crazy-soapbox-lady response typed out, but I deleted it. The point of it was that I feel like my library is stuck in time. Yup, print books are awesome, but that's not the only way--nor the best, for some clientele--to serve patrons nowadays. Why not get with the times and utilize e-books, especially when they don't involve the staffing nor the space costs of print?! (I'm not saying to close all libraries: I'm just saying that digital is another avenue to explore.) Also, due to the high demand for digital books, they lowered digital's check-out time from 3 week to 2 weeks (print books are still 3 weeks)...excuse me, but if so many people want digital, then why not buy more digital copies? But maybe I'll try to see whom I could speak with about doing a poll. Or even just comparing the hold lists for a print bestseller vs the same bestseller's digital hold list. Cuz I bet more people are waiting for the digital copy...and I say "copy" because 9 times out of 10 there's only ONE digital copy of bestselling books. *Sigh*
 
Thankfully my library has embraced e-books. They are associated with The Ohio Digital Library. I do have to have a library card with one of the associated libraries to use the website. Now whether the books available are purchased by my local library or not I don't know. My library also has a volunteer on staff that has embraced all kinds of technology. He runs info sessions quite often for various technology things. I've seen sessions on using various software programs along with other technology things. One that seems to be hosted more frequently is Digital e-book borrowing.

My library is one that serves the whole county. It has 6 locations to make serving residents not in my town (county seat) easy. What I also love is that there are so many activities available for the public, both children and adults at all locations. A retired library worker started a knit and crochet circle years ago and it is still going strong. I really need to get back to that!
 
Tree City said:
I actually spoke to 2 different library people about this.
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Maybe be sneaky about it? Ask who's in charge of ordering at your library? Don't specify digital. Maybe you'll find out it's handled higher than your library?
I'm bummed for you about that! I've been lucky to have people working for the library that get the digital appeal. I do miss when I had access to both the state and county library system. Sigh. Vegas is pretty big though.
 
@bestcee the form went to the district, not to the library itself. :) But yeah, I hear ya. I need to get a little more info next time I'm there! The digital library covers more than the district, so I'm not sure where to complain next. :giggle
 
Yep. I totally do- anything written by Kristin Hannah. Her most recent is The Great Alone- but my ALL time favorite is Firefly Lane. I'm not sure if it's because it's the one book that got me hooked on her or that I had just had my daughter & read it while I was nursing all day/night!? I have pre-ordered everything since & have not been disappointed!

https://kristinhannah.com/

We are lucky that our library has a great digital selection & even when I'm 45th on the wait list, it goes pretty fast. I usually request both the real & the digi version & almost always the digi version is available first! :)
 
I'm so lucky that my library is uh.maz.ing. They frequently order things within days of me asking for them! And because I requested it, I get first dibs.

Also for the digital argument, it sometimes helps along those set in their ways when I tell them I mainly read ebooks because holding heavy hardcovers flares up my carpal tunnel something fierce.

My automatic pre-order authors are:

Stephen King. I've read over 70 King books but not all yet, as he started publishing before I was even born. I can't list a #1 best book because he's covered multiple genres.

Joe Hill, his son. Everything I've read so far I've loved. NOS4A2 scared my pants off, but Horns is his #1 so far, imo.

Sarah J Maas, is only just now venturing out of the young adult genre. A Court of Thorns and Roses is her best SERIES but the first book is definitely not her best book.

Tessa Bailey ummmm this might be too racy for here but she writes smut and everything she puts out is phenomenal.
 
MrsEm said:
Tessa Bailey ummmm this might be too racy for here but she writes smut and everything she puts out is phenomenal.
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Nah, share away! You may not want to post excerpts from the books though....:giggle
 
MrsEm said:
but she writes smut
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One can never have too much smut! LOL Remembering the shock of seeing 'real' sex on British tv back in the 60s but no violence. It is presumed that the majority of us will have sex, considering that our parents obviously did, but violence is not a good thing to have in one's life.
 
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