I've been busy with my course and with life lately, so I've been spending more time reading alternative press magazines than I have actual books. In fairness, I'm about halfway through a thick book right now but with everything else that's going on I'm having trouble focusing on it.

So instead, and possibly for the next few blog posts, I'm going to share some series you might want to check out.

Today's contribution is the Kitty Goes To ... series by Carrie Vaughn. The good news, given that Ms. Vaughn seems to only release one book per calendar year, is that you don't have to wait for the first four. ;-)

This is a series with a strong female lead. Kitty is a werewolf -- but not by choice. When the first book opens, she has only been a wolf for a few short years having been bitten against her will. Throughout the series, she goes from being a submissive part of a pack led by a violent and abusive man to being a strong-minded person in her own right. She is also an online radio host of "The Midnight Hour", a call-in show for supes -- supernaturals. For those of you in Canada, think "Talking Sex With Sue" for the supernatural community.

Book 1: Kitty and the Midnight Hour
release date: November 1, 2005

From the Publisher (c/o Chapters Indigo)
Kitty Norville is a midnight-shift DJ for a Denver radio station and a werewolf in the closet. Her new late-night advice show for the supernaturally disadvantaged is a raging success, but it's Kitty who can use some help. With one sexy werewolf-hunter and a few homicidal undead on her tail, Kitty may have bitten off more than she can chew?



Book 2: Kitty Goes to Washington
release date: July 1, 2006

From the Publisher (c/o Chapters Indigo)
Celebrity werewolf and late-night radio host Kitty Norville prefers to be heard and not seen. So when she's invited to testify at a Senate hearing on behalf of supernaturals, and her face gets plastered on national TV, she inherits a new set of friends, and enemies, including the vampire mistress of the city; an ++ber-hot Brazilian were-jaguar; and a Bible-thumping senator who wants to expose kitty as a monster.Kitty quickly learns that in this city of dirty politicians and backstabbing pundits, everyone's itching for a fight.


Book 3: Kitty Takes a Holiday
release date: April 1, 2007

From the Publisher (c/o Chapters Indigo)
After getting caught turning wolf on national television, Kitty retreats to a mountain cabin to recover and write her memoirs.But this is Kitty, so trouble is never far behind, and instead of Walden Pond, she gets Evil Dead. When werewolf hunter Cormac shows up with an injured Ben O'Farrell, Kitty's lawyer, slung over his shoulder, and a wolf-like creature with glowing red eyes starts sniffing around the cabin, Kitty wonders if any of them will get out of these woods alive...

Book 4: Kitty and the Silver Bullet
release date: January 1, 2008

From the Publisher (c/o Chapters Indigo)
Kitty's radio show is as popular as ever and she has a boyfriend who actually seems to understand her.Can she finally settle down to a normal life?Not if this is just the calm before the storm.When her mother falls ill, Kitty rushes back to Denver--and right back to the abusive pack of werewolves she escaped a year ago.To make matters worse, a war is brewing between the city''s two oldest vampires, threatening the whole supernatural community.Though she wants to stay neutral, Kitty is again drawn into a world of politics and violence.To protect her family, her lover, and herself, she''ll have to choose sides.And maybe become what she hates--a killer.