I decided to create this blog because: a) I love reading, and b) I love writing. What better than to combine them? I've been doing reviews here and there at http://www.goodreads.com/booknookreview, and wanted to bring the reviews to their own blog.

So here's a little about me and what I like. I've never been a big blogger, so forgive me if this isn't "right" in the blogging world. I grew up surrounded by books. My mom has hundreds, and one of my most permanent memories growing up has involved the giant wood decorative bookshelves lining the living room. My mom has always been a huge reader. (Finally got her on Goodreads...but she hasn't accepted my friends request!) I've been reading pretty constantly for about 10 years. It really all started when my mom handed me Jude Deveraux's A Knight in Shining Armor. I loved that book. Just loved it. I read it over and over again, and got lost in the time-traveling love story every time. Everytime I cried my eyes out at the end, and felt little gratification that they ended up together in spirit. So I "branched out"...to other Jude Deveraux books. I found that there were some I liked, some I loved, and some I didn't care to even look at. Historical novels were the ones that I was interested in. I felt a connection with these fictional people who would have lived in a time foreign to me. I didn't feel a connection with people and events in a modern time I'm familiar with.

Eventually, I read all of Deveraux's historical and paranormal novels. Time to branch out even more. I read other authors...Madeline Hunter being one that I liked. She writes historical romances. I really loved her books, also. Eventually, I found myself being more and more drawn to paranormal romances and urban fantasies. I've also read some science fiction, young adult, plain fiction, and a good chunk of historical non-fictions.

I tried my hand at writing when I was a teenager...I wrote this huge saga about a girl who gets mysteriously transported to another world, and discovers she is the heir to the throne in a long forgotton kingdom. (Don't steal my idea or I'll come and throw Koolaid on your white carpet.) It printed out at about 250 pages, but that's where it stopped. Editing was not my thing. My younger sister, Sarah, had a blast reading it one summer, though. I'd like to pick up writing again someday.

May 2009 I invested in an Amazon Kindle 2, and it's the best purchase I've ever made. I really don't save a TON of $$$ on books, but a few bucks here and there...it should be making up for the $360 price tag any day..>.> But seriously. It's a great device for avid readers who want to be able to have their entire bookshelf anywhere they are. And I don't have a huge amount of space for books. It's really the perfect option for me. Once I got my Kindle, I haven't NOT been involved in reading a book. It's a black hole for money, but it's money well spent. I like supporting authors. :)

Right now? I'm finishing up the Modern Faerie Tales by Holly Black. Those reviews will come shortly.

What can I say? My heart will always be drawn to paranormal novels.