I have always loved to read. In High School, my mom would drop me off at the library and leave me there for a few hours. I could navigate the card catalogs like a pro. Once I got the books I needed for my schoolwork, I would spend a long time browsing for more to read. (Bad me I looked at covers and judged books by them sometimes.) One of the first books I got was Anne Rice’s Interview With a Vampire, of course since I am really weird about series and reading everything by the author I checked out everything else the library had by her under that name. Since I am also pretty nosey I found out her other pen names and got a hold of her Beauty series, which got me to start to think about things differently. I think that is where my philosophy of “As long as you do not force them on me or someone else you can think, do, and believe whatever you want” started. I think I may be the least judgmental person ever.

In ’07, I had a stroke, one of the big results of it was me becoming blind. That just opened up more of my time to read, as I had to put my pencils and other art stuff aside. There are more ways to get books nowadays; there is no need for me to wander the library. (Though I do miss the smell of books.) Being able to use the internet to look up books, and access to an online library has let me expand what I read... There are so many different genres and authors that I read now. The list I have of authors that I love is pretty big, but I will only list a few of the authors where I have read their books more than once. Ilona Andrews, D.D. Barrent, Suzanne Brockmann, Karen Chance,Terry Goodkind, Laurell K. Hamilton, Eloysa James, Robert Jordan,Stacia Kane, Lora Leigh, Alexis Morgan and J.R. Ward to name just a few. Just listing that little amount of authors should show how diverse my tastes are.

I was lucky to come across CTR, which has given me an opportunity to share my thoughts about books I have read and chat with like-minded people. After all, sharing my thoughts in a format other people can read is a bit more productive than talking over my thoughts in my own head. (Not to mention less crazy sounding.) I look forward to reading more and talking about what I think to whoever will listen. If it is in print it is always accessible and readable if someone takes the chance to look at it. Now I mainly read, chat, and write, sometimes I even share the weirdness that I think up.

Once Burned by Jeaniene Frost

My CTRR Recommended Reads: A Friend in Need (A Sinners and Saints Story) by Rosalie Stanton Beneath the Blood Moon: Book 2 by Amanda Jayde Danger Zone by Dee J. Adams Isolation (The Saa’ar Chronicles) by A.B. Gayle Man Trouble by Sabine Ferruci