Avid Reader

I do and always have just absolutely love reading! I can and sometimes do sit and read for days… not hours, days. It is the most theuraputic thing on the planet!

I thought I would tell you what I am reading, or almost give a book review after each book I finish. But perhaps a background of the types of books I enjoy reading would be a good place to start…

I love fiction. Autobiographies and that just aren’t really my scene – unless told in a story… This being said, I am enjoying reading blogs on a regular basis – there are a few which I regularly read and visit…

I love thriller / horror type stuff. Anything to do with vampires, werewolves, the “other” realm. Some of my favourite authors in this genre are:

1. Dean Koontz,
2. Stephen King
3. Anne Rice
4. Stephanie Meyer (she wrote the twilight series – really fantastic books! 4 of them… read them all in three days over the last few weeks… loved them!)
5. Robin Cook
6. John Grisham (more law type stuff then thriller/horror)

Then of course there are the “chick books”, Marion Keyes is very entertaining and has been known to make me both cry and laugh out loud.

Harry Potter was great (JK Rowling). I loved the Hobbit, but haven’t been able to get my head into reading Lord of the Rings. Almost sacrilege I know…

As a youngster I love Roald Dahl. Still have some of his books on my bookshelves…

And then I look at my other half… In over 3 years I have never seen him pick up a book… so for Christmas I bought him the new Bourne book (The Bourne Sanction I think its called), and well, its the 8th of the month and he’s finished the prologue and he ready to read chapter 1. We both laugh about it… I’m not sure if he will ever actually read it… And, if he doesn’t its ok. I’ll probably then pick it up and tell him what happened…

So… If you have a book you really loved, let me know about it… and I will try and get my paws on it and take a read!