Insatiable by Meg Cabot

I've never read any of Meg Cabot's books so I thought I'd give this one a try (new on play away).:) Very good listen, the reader is very talented and added to the experience. It is a vampire/psychic story very reminiscent of the Sookie Stackhouse stories by Charlaine Harris with a little dose of Queen Betsy stories by Mary Janice Davidson. If you enjoy the books by one or both of these authors I think you'll like Insatiable by Meg Cabot.

The Monster of Florence

I'm currently reading non-fiction- yes, it does happen :) This one is about a serial killer who terrorized Florence, Italy from 1968-1989 or so. It's marvelously written by the Monstrologer (Mario Spezi, an Italian journalist who "specialized" in covering the case) and Douglas Preston (one of my favorite mystery/adventure authors). Both men were fascinated by the case, and ended up involved in ways neither could imagine. The main character in the story is the city of Florence itself, and the authors evoke such a sense of place with their descriptions and bring the people involved to life in their narratives.

I'm up to the point where Preston moves his family to Italy, should get even more interesting!

--Laura

New Playaway User

Just a quick note to let all of the blog readers know I have recruited a new play away user!:) My Dad and I were working on one of his rental houses and he saw me listening to a book as I was cleaning. I told him all about them of course and his 1st listen/read will be a James Patterson book, he is very excited.