Yep, I've read the first 3 Stephanie Plum books; I've had the 4th on my Kindle for a month or two, but haven't gotten to it yet. I started reading them on your recommendation, and I like them.

You've got quite a long list of favorite authors there. I recognize a few of them that I read as well. I've never been into the romance novels either ... not my cup of tea. I used to read a lot of sci-fi when I was younger, but haven't read any of that genre in maybe 20 years.

~~Bonnie



>Then I take it you haven't read Janet Evanovich's series (1,2,3,etc all in the title) They are the best 'light comedy/detective stories' out there. Really humorous but basically detective stories. She is a bounty hunter. I like to read one light-weight story in between the heavier ones for a change of pace. :o) I haven't been reading at the same pace for the past couple of months. Probably a good thing because I've run out of titles from my favorite authors. I typically read 1-3 books a week, but I've been far too busy lately. Another good one is the Spellman Files series by Lisa Lutz. I think Alan brought those to my attention.
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>Favs:
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>Agatha Christie
>Ngaio Marsh
>Dorothy L. Sayers
>Elizabeth Peters
>Martha Grimes
>Carolyn Hart
>Lillian Jackson Braun
>Dick Frances
>Robert B Parker
>Sharyn McCrumb
>James Patterson
>David Baldacci
>Lee Child
>Sue Grafton
>Janet Evanovich
>PD James
>Patricia Cornwell
>Karen Slaughter
>Anne Perry
>Elizabeth George
>Lisa Scottoline
>Lisa Jackson
>Kathy Reichs
>Jeffrey Deaver
>Lisa Gardner
>Jonathan Kellerman
>Faye Kellerman
>Tami Hoag
>Michael Crichton
>Laura Childs
>Robin Paige (Susan Wittig Albert)
>Nina Ellis
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>Sheesh, that's only some of them... I read a book by a romance author (Shana Abe) on the plane once and it was pretty good so I thought maybe I'd like to read those as well, but I tried a couple more of the same genre and decided that no, I didn't care for romance novels - I just enjoyed the book by that author.
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>I like to read some sci-fi books too, but not as often as mysteries.