I read the first one ( in the Otherland series) and really liked it. I read the second - and never went onto the third. Matt finished the series, but didn't really like it.

All Things Considered had an interview with the author of The Bridge to Terebithia on Sunday.

sj, I've gotten a lot of recommendations for that series, and I read the first 3. By the third one I was ready to throw it across the room and haven't picked one up since. I've been told I'm in the minority, though.

Deena, I just finished the first Weather Warden book, and I mostly liked it. I thought the sex scenes were very unsexy. I don't see how the series can be a Weather Warden series since she is no longer a Weather Warden when the first book ends. I definitely liked Dresden better, and I am still waiting for that second book to come in.

She's very involved with the weather wardens though and even though it's not official, she's still changing the weather

Interesting, Deena, does she get to keep her warden powers or does she use the Dijin (sp?) powers to change the weather? It seems like a bit of a shark jump to me.

I am interested to hear what you didn't like about the books.

It's been a little while, but both I believe.

She starts out one thing and ends up the other thing. She dies at the end of the second or third book, I can't recall. And then she becomes a djinn. I disliked the books because they were Anita Blake-ish in her growing powers willy nilly to solve every problem.

She Dies and becomes a djinn at the end of the first book, actually. I did notice a little bit of the rules changing to fit the situation even in the first book, and I saw the two demons destroying each other coming from a mile away. Mainly because it reminded me of "Dark Age" from Buffy.

Ah, I didn't remember that. It's been a while and I didn't try to hold on to it. I hope the series has gotten better. Obviously it still has an audience and it can't just be for the sex. I don't know why, exactly, I dislike the heroine, but I don't think, even if this series got better, I'd read it again. I will try the next thing from this author, though.

I'm still reading the Weather Warden series, though I guess its mostly for the universe. The problems you mentioned I've noticed as well, but I'm also annoyed by the cliffhangers at the end of every book plus the recent plot development of "Gee, I'm pregnant, well, sort of, and I had no choice in it. When my 'child' is born I'm going to instantly love her to the point of offering my life for hers." That bugs me for some reason.

Oy, Sheryl, that would bug me a lot too.