I’ve put my love of food out there and I think it may be time for me to move on to another of my interests (or rather, obsession) – books.

Now, I never really did read much as a child or young teenager – I was always too busy and found it more of a chore than a pleasure.

Well, that all changed when I got my first job. I was about 17 years old and was working at a local drug store/pharmacy. The store sold paperback books as well.

I happened to be there one morning when the gentleman came in to replace the older paperbacks with new ones. I had seen him rip off the front cover of each, put it aside and then toss each book into a box. Curious, I had gone over to him and asked him what was going to happen to all the books without covers. He responded that they would be thrown out as he only needed the front cover in order to get credit for the book. He said I could take whatever I wanted out of the box. I figured - what the hell – maybe I’d find something interesting.

This was the beginning of a wonderful relationship, that has spanned 2 decades and continues today. Once I picked up the first book, I was hooked. Every month when he came in, I d get about another 10-20 books. It was great! I had hit the mother load!

Over the numerous years I have read too many books to even try to count – all genres. However, I do prefer fiction (almost any kind) to nonfiction.

Below I have included some of my favorite fiction books. Each is a series with multiple books. I have read each book (in each series) more than once. These are also some of my husband’s favorites too. He didn’t get into reading until he was 31 and now reads more than I do. I happen to think he got the better end of the deal that way. He got to read all the books consecutively, one right after the other, where as I had to wait sometimes years to read the next book in the series.

If you haven’t read them, I highly recommend them:

Wide-angle horror of a scope too rarely seen in modern fiction. His Wamphyri are vicious, ruthless and unrepentantly evil. Spanning fourteen volumes, Harry is intertwined in every one, whether it be as himself, his sons, or even Alec Kyle. You can't forget him, nor do you want to. Have some time to kill? Jump through a doorway into the vast world of the Necroscope.

Necroscope Series: Books 1-5 of the saga

• Necroscope

• Necroscope II: Vamphyri!

• Necroscope III: The Source

• Necroscope IV: Deadspeak

• Necroscope V: Deadspawn

Vampire World Series: Books 6-8 of the saga

• Vampire World I: Blood Brothers

• Vampire World II: The Last Aerie

• Vampire World III: Bloodwars

The Lost Years Series: Books 9-10 of the saga

• Necroscope: The Lost Years Volume I

• Necroscope: Resurgence The Lost years Volume II

E-Branch Series: Books 11-13 of the saga

• Necroscope: Invaders

• Necroscope: Defilers

• Necroscope: Avengers

Harry Keogh and Other Wierd Heroes: Book 14 of the saga

Necroscope - The Touch: Book 15 of the saga

Necroscope- Harry and the Pirates: and Other Tales from the Lost Years - Book 16 of the saga

The Martial traditions of Japan find their highest expression in the Samurai – the noble warrior. But these traditions have a darker side in the cult of the Ninja – remorseless assassins who believe in drugs and magic, and know a thousand stealthy ways to kill a man. A powerful novel of passion and revenge that takes us into the deadly secret world of ninjutsu, not only in postwar Japan but in New York as well.

• The Ninja

• The Miko

• White Ninja

• The Kaisho

• Floating City

• Second Skin

Trenton native Stephanie Plum is out of work, out of money, and her car is in repo-hell. So who does a hardly working girl turn to when the going gets tough? Meet cousin Vinnie, bail bondsman. Stephanie figures it’s nice work if you can get it – shagging bail jumpers for $10,000 a pop. So she joins up.

Stephanie Plum Series:

• One for the Money

• Two for the Dough

• Three to Get Deadly

• Four to Score

• High Five

• Hot Six

• Seven Up

• Hard Eight

• Visions of Sugar Plums

• To the Nines

• Ten Big Ones

• Eleven on Top

• Twelve Sharp

• Plum Lovin’

• Lean Mean Thirteen

• Plum Lucky

• Fearless Fourteen

• Plum Spooky

• Finger Lickin’ Fifteen

Ancient Egypt. Land fof the Pharaohs. A kingdom built on gold. A legend shattered by greed…Now the Valley of the Kings lies ravaged by war, drained of its lifeblood, as weak men inherit the cherished crown.

A glorious civilization. An epic journey. A heroic battle. An enduring love. Here is a magnificent, richly imagined saga that explodes with all the drama, mystery and rage of a bygone time.

• River God

• The Seventh Scroll

• Warlock

• The Quest

The saga of a people who call themselves the Clan of the Cave Bear; how they lived, the animals they hunted, the great totems they revered. But mostly it is the story of Ayla, the girl they found and raised, who was not like them.

The Earth’s Children Series:

• The Clan of the Cave Bear

• The Valley of Horses

• The Mammoth Hunters

• The Plains of Passage

• The Shelters of Stone

The Wheel of Time turns and Ages come and go, leaving memories that become legend. Legend fades to myth, and even myth is long forgotten when the Age that gave it birth returns again. In the Third Age, an Age of Prophecy when the World and Time themselves hang in the balance, a wind rises in the mountains of mist…

A classic fantasy tale of the struggle between light and darkness, good and evil, death and life.

• The Eye of the World –Book 1

• The Great Hunt – Book 2

• The Dragon Reborn – Book 3

• The Shadow Rising – Book 4

• The Fires of Heaven – Book 5

• Lord of Chaos – Book 6

• A Crown of Swords – Book 7

• The Path of Daggers – Book 8

• Winter’s Heart – Book 9

• Crossroads of Twilight – Book 10

• Knife of Dreams – Book 11

• The Gathering Storm – Book 12 – forthcoming