>>>>Surely this forum needs a diversion, and maybe even an opportunity to pick up a good tip. Michel was kind enough to create this section for us and we hardly use it. What are you reading these days?
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>>>>This is posed as a straight question, not an invitation to impress everyone with how refined your tastes are. Personally I read a wide range of authors, from potboilers to writers who are as good as it gets. To prove the point, the book of the moment here is "The October List" by Jeffrey Deaver. Stylistically it is a steaming pot of poo. But I want to see how it turns out.
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>>>I normally do the following - in the library I pick up a few books by the authors I know nothing about. If I like what I read, I tend to pick up more books by the same author.
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>>>So, right now I am reading a few books of this author - Charlotte Vale Allen.
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>>>Although I think it's more of a "woman's" reading.
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>>My husband and I will do something similar with anthologies. Grab one in a genre we like and compare notes on stories by authors we don't know.
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>>We've found several new authors that way
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>Any you care to share?
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>FWIW you have always reminded me of Mary Karr. Not in the sense of her direct experiences, just the sassy Texas voice.

Ilona Andrews - urban fantasy
Joe Hill - suspens/horror (Stephen King's son)
Kim Harrison - urban fantasy
Kevin Hearne - Iron Druid series (Oberon the dog RULES)

just a few