http://www.heatherfinley.net Book blogger and (hopefully one day published) writer Wed, 28 Jul 2010 08:17:40 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en So tonight I decided to look over the best sellers list to see what was big right now.  I used to do this fairly often but haven't in months.  I can't help but be impressed by how well Stephanie Meyer is still doing on varies list.  Even books related to ... http://www.heatherfinley.net/2010/07/28/meyer-still-dominates-best-seller-list/ Alright so I was extremely lucky and got to go to a big Samsung launch/training thing recently.  As part of the event, I got the new Samsung Vibrant.  The phone is completely awesome and I love it.  The best part.... The built in Kindle!!! I know I have always argued on here that ... http://www.heatherfinley.net/2010/07/20/i-love-my-kindle-well-sort-of/ Sorry it has been forever since I've written anything.  Busy month.   Well couple months I guess.  On the bright side, they included two trips to Vegas so can't complain too much. I've gotten tons of reading in lately.  Already at 29 books read this year which is pretty good. My current ... http://www.heatherfinley.net/2010/07/06/quotingdivine-by-mistake-and-divine-by-choice-by-pc-cast/ So I have noticed that some of  the traffic lately is people asking the question "What to read after (insert series title)".  I thought I would help you out by giving a few opinions on the searches I have seen. What to read after the Sookie Stackhouse novels?  -If you liked ... http://www.heatherfinley.net/2010/05/25/what-to-read-after/ From Burned by PC Cast and Kirstin Cast           "Yeah, 'cause we think you're like Rachel on Glee," Shaunee said.  "Super annoying, but she has to be in the show 'cause sometimes she comes up with good stuff and kinda saves the day." Alright, this quote jumped out at me for two ... http://www.heatherfinley.net/2010/05/22/quoting-burned/ ******Contains a small spoiler from Season Three of True Blood******* *****Contains some spoilers from All Together Dead********** I was very excited that this week I got to go see a Q and A with one of my favorite authors, Charlaine Harris.  As you might already know, she is the author of the ... http://www.heatherfinley.net/2010/05/14/charlaine-harris-the-bagdad-theatre/ Alright so let me preface this post by saying the majority of this information is going to come from other sources online.  I'll post all the links I get info from.  I only did a little bit of native american mytholgy in school.  I remember a tiny bit about Raven ... http://www.heatherfinley.net/2010/05/13/kalona-and-the-raven-mockers/ Here's a few of my favorite quotes from Hunted and Tempted, both by PC and Kirstin Cast...   Hunted "His lips were soft and warm, and he tasted like Doritos and Mountain Dew, which wasn't as nasty as you might think."   -This one reminded me of a line from Looking For Alaska about ... http://www.heatherfinley.net/2010/05/13/quoting-hunted-and-tempted/ So since most of the traffic to my site is people looking up who Callisto is from the Sookie Stackhouse novels, I figured people might want to know about some of the mythological references in the House of Night books by PC and Kirstin Cast.  I'm going to start with ... http://www.heatherfinley.net/2010/05/05/who-is-nyx/ Sorry this post is up so late. This last week I got to go see PC and Kirstin Cast, authors of the House of Night series at Powells in Portland.  First off, they are so funny.  It is awesome seeing a mother and daughter work together.  PC writes the story first ... http://www.heatherfinley.net/2010/05/05/pc-and-kirstin-cast-powells/