Update June 12, 2006: I'm back and ready to trade. After all the post-Katrina madness I have finally completed my exile/relocation and moved all my stuff,including my books, up here to Indy.

I spent 3 years in law school reading nothing but endless court decisions and textbooks and a year+ after graduating, am still revelling in the novelty of reading "real" books again. Thanks to my girl americanmuse for telling me about this site.

I have a major soft spot for vampire tales, but I can get into most any genre if it is well written and/or a little weird. Not so much into sci-fi, though. And I loathe cheesy romance novels. I don't mind a romantic component or even central theme, but the woman had better be spunky and independent, not the weak, needy type that - along with the other endless cliches - makes me hate typical romances.