I am a reader who likes vari­ety. I started read­ing romance but then started read­ing mys­tery then even­tu­ally branched out into SF/F and urban fan­tasy and YA adult. Too much of one thing is well…eh, bor­ing. Put it like this, it keeps things inter­est­ing and fresh for me. So I mix it up and these are the titles that I am look­ing for­ward to read­ing. Check it out.

Mystery/Suspense

undoneUndone by Karin Slaugh­ter (Hard­cover) (Grant County) — I learned recently that Slaugh­ter might be <a href=http://aarboards.com/viewtopic.php?t=4815&sid=847658a999fd953673efdcd70d767e45”> fold­ing her Grant County series into the new Will Trent series (Frac­tured). Smart move on her part. I love the Will Trent series and it seems that Undone fea­tures both Will Trent and Sara Lin­ton, work­ing together in Atlanta. What does this mean for the Grant County series? Release date: July 21.

the-sacrewcrowThe Scare­crow by Michael Con­nelly (Hard­cover) — this looks to be a sequel to The Poet fea­tur­ing crime reporter, Jack McEvoy. I look for­ward to each and every Michael Con­nelly book because he has been con­sis­tently strong and he is no doubt, a solid writer. My favorite series by this author is the Harry Bosch series. I think fans who enjoy romance and mys­tery would enjoy this series, too. The first book in the Harry Bosch series is The Black Echo. Release date for The Scare­crow: May 26.

One Was a Sol­dier (Clare Fer­gus­son and Russ Van Alstyne Mys­tery) by Julia Spencer-Fleming. This series has got­ten a lot of notice recently. I’ve been read­ing her for years and I’m happy that she’s get­ting the recog­ni­tion that she deserves. Her writ­ing is excel­lent as are the char­ac­ters, the town of Millers Kill, the sub­ject mat­ter, ah, the sub­ject mat­ter is always a hot bed of push but­ton top­ics. The last book, I Shall Not Want, kind of left things some­what up in the air and the char­ac­ters at a cross­roads. Release date: Oct 27.

I didn’t see any­thing listed for Alafair Burke or Jodi Comp­ton (where are you?). I’ve bought like a ton of mys­tery titles within the last two months that I need to read so, mov­ing on.

Sci-Fi/Fantasy/Urban Fan­tasy

hunting-groundHunt­ing Ground (Alpha and Omega Book 2) by Patri­cia Briggs. The first book in this series, Cry Wolf, which is an off-shoot of the Mercy Thomp­son series (Bone Crossed), fea­tures the son the of the Mar­rok, Charles Cor­nick and his mate and Omega, Anna Latham. This series rocks and the novella that intro­duced this cou­ple, On The Prowl (which was an solid A read for me) is a good place to start. Release date: August 25.

diamond-starDia­mond Star by Cather­ine Asaro is the nth title in the long run­ning and excel­lent Sko­lia nov­els. Most of these books are loosely con­nected and stand alones. If a reader were inter­ested and wanted to know where to start with Asaro, I’d rec­om­mend Pri­mary Inver­sion, the first book in the Sko­lia series or you can read Catch The Light­ning, The Quan­tum Rose or any of her stand alones like The Phoenix Code. I haven’t read The Veiled Web yet. Release date: May 5.

Coram­bis by Sarah Mon­ette is ALREADY OUT! I don’t know how I missed this but I bought the ebook ver­sion as soon as I looked it up. Coram­bis is the con­clu­sion of this awe­some and well writ­ten fan­tasy tril­ogy that started with Melu­sine. The sto­ries are writ­ten in first per­son and fea­tures the dual nar­ra­tives of Felix Har­row­gate who is a wiz­ard of the Mirador and his half-brother Mild­may, for­mer assas­sin and cat burger. This is dark fan­tasy at its best. Avail­able in ebook, all three books.

moon-burnMoon­burn by Alisa Sheckly — were­wolves. As tired of the con­cept as I am, this writer man­aged to make it tol­er­a­ble. I like her approach to the were­wolf mythol­ogy. The first book, The Bet­ter To Hold You was a strong start to this series so I am def­i­nitely look­ing for­ward to the sequel. This is another author who has a rich char­ac­ter writ­ing style that con­tin­ues to amaze me. Release date: May 19.

YA nov­els

along-for-the-rideAlong For the Ride by Sarah Dessen. To be hon­est, I’ve only read one book by this author and was swept away by it: The Truth About For­ever. Her back­list recently became avail­able in dig­i­tal for­mat. I love her voice and plan to catch up. Release date: June 16.

Noth­ing yet listed for Megan Whalen Turner (The King of Atto­lia) and I am always check­ing. Any news on her please leave in the com­ments below. A lot of us are wait­ing for another Eugenides adven­ture! Romances, ah, most of my favorite authors have left the field (Laura Kin­sale, Judith Ivory). I am excited about Mered­ith Duran as she has not one but two books com­ing out this summer.

Any­way, I’m sure there are A LOT of new books com­ing out that are worth a look but my pock­et­book only expands so far and my favorites list only has so many names on it. But if there are books that are com­ing out by your favorite author or you’re read­ing a new series that no one is talk­ing about and you just love, drop me a com­ment. I think it’s safe to say that we all are look­ing for the next, undis­cov­ered, great read.