Katie Reads Books

Prompt One for Adult Readers Advisory 1. I am looking for a book by Laurell K. Hamilton. I just read the third book in the Anita Blake series and I can’t figure out which one comes next! Novelist lists the fourth book in the Anita Blake series as The Lunatic Cafe. The way I found this was by searching Anita Blake, then I clicked through to Laurell K Hamilton’s author page, then got to the series order from there. I don’t know why it didn’t come up so easily in the search, but I suspect a patron would have issues navigating this (Novelist, n.d.). 2. What have I read recently? Well, I just finished this great book by Barbara Kingsolver, Prodigal Summer. I really liked the way it was written, you know, the way she used language. I wouldn't mind something a bit faster paced though. This was one of the hardest questions. I had a hard time finding a book with the themes and appeal of Kingsolver’s but with a fast-paced plot. Prodigal Summer is listed as lyrical, lush, with complex charac...

  It's easy for me to get stuck in my genre. I'm fairly narrow when it comes to what I like to read for fun! I occasionally branch out, but my favorite genre is fantasy. I especially like fantasy with a strong romantic subplot, or even some fantasy romances. Of course, like anyone who loves fantasy romance, I love anything by Sarah J. Maas. I especially love the Throne of Glass series. Other fantasy series and books that I've loved are the Sevenwaters series by Juliet Marillier, the Fever series by Karen Marie Moning, and Katherine Arden's The Bear and the Nightingale , and Uprooted , by Naomi Novik. I also read entirely too much fanfiction. I've actually been writing a few stories to post on AO3 for practice! Fun fact: Naomi Novik is one of the creators of the website AO3, the most popular aggregator of fanfiction.     I just looked at our reading profile examples, and I wanted to add a few sections to round it out! Part of the reason that I find it difficult t...