Kathy Reichs is literally The Best Writer Ever.

I just recently noticed all my obsessions are inter-connected in one way or another. For example, my Bones obsession started after I realized Emily Deschanel was Zooey Deschanel's sister. And my obsession with (someday) becoming an anthropologist was fueled by the show and my long-time fascination with Egyptian mummies and Ancient Greeks, and of course Kathy Reichs.

I had been watching the show for about two years (actually we watched several episodes a night almost every single night!!) before my parents finally agreed to let me read her novels. I think they worried I would begin to identify with Brennan more than I already did, which was a lot. So, I went to the public library and asked the librarian to help me find Deja Dead, and she looked at me like I was crazy. I'm sure she thought I was crazy. She looked at me asking silently "Why would a middle school kid want to read books about murder?" and "Wouldn't you much rather read something mindless like Twilight?" frankly, (this might make me sound both psycho and weird) I find books and shows about murders quite fascinating. Bones, Cold Case, Forensic Files, 20/20 and Nightline are my favourite shows.  Also,  I'm a bit of a science nerd, and I had read that Kathy's books went a bit further into the scientific stuff than Bones or any of the  other shows  did. So, obviously I just had to read her books.

I finished Deja Dead in a little less than a week, and then Death du Jour  and the rest of the novels in the following weeks.  I honestly loved them. I loved the fact that the characters are realistic. And that Temperance Brennan is a tough cookie. And I also loved the fact that she has a cat.(Everyone knows Awesome people + awesome cats (like Birdie)= Extreme Awesomeness.) And even my parents loved them (despite the fact that my dad has only read a couple of chapters on Flash and Bones) because I learned a lot of things I wouldn't have learned otherwise.  For example, where else would I have found out about kerf marks and false starts on bones? I don't think we're even going all that in-depth into bones in Bio class. And where else would I have learned about NASCAR? probably from my dad, but even after whatever explanation he might have given me I still would have thought of it as the "sport where all they do is make left turns."  And perhaps the best parts of the books are the "Notes from the files of Dr. Kathy Reichs" which I love reading. As I mentioned above, I am a bit of a news junkie, so looking at those is a good deal of fun.

[If you haven't read any of her books you most definetly should. If you like things along the lines of Mary Higgins Clark and I guess Agatha Christie then you will probably love her Temperance Brennan novels. If you're fonder of the whole YA SCI/FAN thing, then Virals and Seizure will be great for you!!]

I <3 Dr. Kathy Reichs. and don't forget to check out her awesome website.