When I am not doing any of the demands of my house or my family, or if I'm not sewing, I like to read. I truly read alot of books! I thought it would be interesting to see what you like to read.
My interests are not in the romance department. This is usually the only department that I stay away from.
I have kids, so I read alot of childrens books and teen/preteen books. I like to read them before I let my kids read them because books are not rated like movies and TV shows. (I think they should be!) I want to know what is in them before I let my kids read them.
My oldest gets around that by asking her Nana (my mother) for the books. This is how she aquired the Twilight series of books. So she got to read them first. I am just ready to start the 4th book in that series. (Hey, I just started reading them on Sunday night when she brought them home from Nana's house, not when they came out like most people.)
I enjoyed the Harry Potter books. She was excited about that because we were at the book store parties at midnight waiting for the releases with her friends.
My oldest daughter would impress so many people by reading "The Very Hungry Caterpillar", including the dedication page, front to back by the age of two. What most people didn't know was that she was actually not reading it. She had the whole thing memorized. But she enjoyed impressing people just the same.
I like to get the crap scared out of me with a good book. You know the kind. The kind that you read in bed at night and find yourself in a personal dilemma. Anyone who has read a good horror story knows what I am talking about. The dilemma would be (to those who don't read such scary stories) the fact that you have to go to the bathroom. It seems like a very long walk down that hallway now, and it seems soooooo much scarier and darker then it really is. Do you wake your husband up to escort you? You want to. Even though you know he is going to laugh at you for such a "silly" idea and gripe about it. You would think this kind of book would be horrible to read, but this kind of book is my favorite.
I love a good mystery. I have a hard time finding a great one though. Usually I am too smart for my own good and I figure out the mystery too soon. I guess its good that I am really smart, but it sucks that I know the ending before it comes. The book just seems to drag out then.
Back to the smart thing. I read alot of educational stuff. I am always trying to fill my brain to full capacity. I am waiting for the Inspector Gadget like red flashing light and the warning sirens to start. I know what they will say. Emergency, Emergency! Put the book down! You have hit maximum storage capacity! Luckily (unlike my computer) the brain automatically deletes files that you no longer use, so there is a never ending capacity. (Trust me, mine would have exploded years ago!)
I also like true stories. How cool is it to know that the fairy tale ending of a book is really true? Somebody out there really did have that happy ending.
Ahhh..... fantasy. Running with vampires and slaying dragons. A unicorn standing in a beautiful forest. The spells and enchantments. Its easy to see why they are so much fun to read! They take you out of this world.
What do you like to read?
My interests are not in the romance department. This is usually the only department that I stay away from.
I have kids, so I read alot of childrens books and teen/preteen books. I like to read them before I let my kids read them because books are not rated like movies and TV shows. (I think they should be!) I want to know what is in them before I let my kids read them.
My oldest gets around that by asking her Nana (my mother) for the books. This is how she aquired the Twilight series of books. So she got to read them first. I am just ready to start the 4th book in that series. (Hey, I just started reading them on Sunday night when she brought them home from Nana's house, not when they came out like most people.)
I enjoyed the Harry Potter books. She was excited about that because we were at the book store parties at midnight waiting for the releases with her friends.
My oldest daughter would impress so many people by reading "The Very Hungry Caterpillar", including the dedication page, front to back by the age of two. What most people didn't know was that she was actually not reading it. She had the whole thing memorized. But she enjoyed impressing people just the same.
I like to get the crap scared out of me with a good book. You know the kind. The kind that you read in bed at night and find yourself in a personal dilemma. Anyone who has read a good horror story knows what I am talking about. The dilemma would be (to those who don't read such scary stories) the fact that you have to go to the bathroom. It seems like a very long walk down that hallway now, and it seems soooooo much scarier and darker then it really is. Do you wake your husband up to escort you? You want to. Even though you know he is going to laugh at you for such a "silly" idea and gripe about it. You would think this kind of book would be horrible to read, but this kind of book is my favorite.
I love a good mystery. I have a hard time finding a great one though. Usually I am too smart for my own good and I figure out the mystery too soon. I guess its good that I am really smart, but it sucks that I know the ending before it comes. The book just seems to drag out then.
Back to the smart thing. I read alot of educational stuff. I am always trying to fill my brain to full capacity. I am waiting for the Inspector Gadget like red flashing light and the warning sirens to start. I know what they will say. Emergency, Emergency! Put the book down! You have hit maximum storage capacity! Luckily (unlike my computer) the brain automatically deletes files that you no longer use, so there is a never ending capacity. (Trust me, mine would have exploded years ago!)
I also like true stories. How cool is it to know that the fairy tale ending of a book is really true? Somebody out there really did have that happy ending.
Ahhh..... fantasy. Running with vampires and slaying dragons. A unicorn standing in a beautiful forest. The spells and enchantments. Its easy to see why they are so much fun to read! They take you out of this world.
What do you like to read?
ops: I can't stay out of that cookie exchange topic. 
The Guild President
I'm 28 but a big fan of the teen fiction books! I've recently read the hunger games and it's sequel Catching fire, The Mortal Instruments series, Percy Jackson and the Olympians. I loved Harry Potter and Twilight I also love Jane Austen and am plugging through The Lord of The Rings (It's an interesting range I know 
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