Reading is one of my most favorite passtimes. I have to read every night before I go to bed. I guess it just helps me to unwind and relax a bit.
I like books of all kinds and can spend hours (literally) at the local bookstore, be it the mom and pop store down the street or Borders or Barnes & Nobles with the coffee shop right inside! Ooooh Heaven! LOL

I read all of the Vampire Chronicles by Anne Rice, and just saw a new one out for the new Vampire Chronicles. Currently I have my nose in The Witching Hour by her.

I just loved the Cat Who mystery series by Lilian Jackson Braun. I've read them all (26 books??) and am waiting for her newest (The Cat who went up a creek) to come out in softcover.
I did get into the Sneaky Pie Brown series and they were ok, but I still liked the Cat Who series the best

I have The Mists of Avalon lined up as my next big book to read. Many people have recommended it to me, so I am excited about diving into that one!

Of course LOTR and the Hobbit were good, and I really liked the Secret Circle trilogy (young adult books, but cute story! LOL )

My aunt, who is a major book nut recommended me A Suitable Boy, which is a very thick, very detailed book about the life of a girl in a newly independent India (late 1940's to early 1950's) and her journey in finding a suitable boy. It's very fascinating, once you past the governmental part of it.

If anyone is into midieval Europe and the thought of quantum time travel, Timeline, my Michael Crichton is very good. I couldn't put that one down! I got so involved in some of the 'scenes' of the book that I was so nervous and had to take a breather!! LOL It's an 'edge-of-the-seat' kind of book and you end up hoping the characters make it out alive. Most of Crichton's work is that way, and a lot of the story lines seem like they could actually happen.