Reactivation sequence now in progress.

So I've decided to reactivate this blog. I was using the blog at myspace for this type of thing. But they made some changes and now trying to edit the blogs to update my current reading list doesn't work well. I have pretty much abandoned myspace now. So I'll make an effort to make this one viable again.

I plan to join the SFR (Science Fiction Romance) challenge for 2011, so I'll use this blog to track my progress.

I have for 2011 decided to reread some old favorites. I already started....I'll be reading the entire Darkover series by Marion Zimmer Bradley in chronological order. I read this series a long time ago (in the 80's I think) and have held onto them. So I dug them out and read the first one, Darkover Landfall. It was good. Some are better than others. I have them all stacked up in chronological order, ready to go!

Also just reread The Beast Master by Andre Norton. I have discovered there are several more books, some co-written, so I plan to read them all. I was shocked to discover the Beast Master was written in 1959! I have some of her other books in my attic too, some Witch World books and more. I don't know if I'll reread those. (I like to read about psychic powers, but witches, not so much).

I am also midway through reading Catherine Asaro's Saga of the Skolian Empire. Those books are fantastic!!! I am reading them in chronological order, though I didn't realize they had been written out of order when I started, so I have already read the last one, darn it. Here is the list in approximate chronological order:

1. Skyfall

2. Schism

3. The Final Key

4. The Last Hawk

5. Primary Inversion

6. The Radiant Seas

7. Ascendant Sun

8. The Quantum Rose

9. Spherical Harmonica

10. The Moon's Shadow

11. Diamond Star

12. The Ruby Dice

13. Catch the Lightning

There are also numerous short stories which I have not included in the list. Some of them are rather hard to track down.

Some other author series I plan to read for the challenge: S.L. Viehl, Linnea Sinclair, Lois Bujold, Susan Grant, Susan Kearney, Jayne Castle, Lauren Dane, Marie Harte, Linda Mooney, Elizabeth Vaughan, Catherine Spangler, Colby Hodge, Michelle Pillow, Patti O'Shea, Ann Aguirre, Rowena Cherry, Angela Knight, Robin Owens. I have books by all of these authors on hand!

I love reading about strong females. As seen in my list above, I also prefer to read them as written by female authors. I also need the happy endings that usually occur in SFR, but not in SF. I am looking forward to reading all of those and more this coming year.