Reading The Lost Gate

I used to love to read. With my depression it has sort of disipated over the last few years. I read two of Karen Marie Moning's Fae series and lost interest although her first series, Highlander, was wonderful. I would like to go back and see what she is doing now. I used to read Stephen King's book but found the ending disappointing so I quit. I have heard many have gotten a lot of acclaim, I've read his book on writing and found it very informative, and his bio is so interested but.....I just get disappointed and don't go back. My mind isn't sharp enough to keep track of all the characters in a fantasy. My BFF loves them and she reads alot. She turned me on to the best of Science Fiction. The Mars series by Edgar Rice Burroughs I couldn't put down. He wrote them originally in serial type and they were done as cliff hangers. One chapter and you're hooked. He is just fantastic. Then Andre Norton and several others. And I didn't even like SF. I am a picky reader. I guess its the writer in me. I can read a half a page of a book and know if I am going to read it all or not. If it doesn't catch my attention immediately I am out of it and on to something else. I love the way that Janet Fitch writes. Short, concise sentences in certain areas that really take you there. In White Oleander I was spell bound. She is great! I read a lot of true crime because they are usually such stark reality and it takes me out of my own stress and strain. I remember when I was in the fourth or fifth grade an author came to speak at an assembly. The book he had written sounded so interesting I hurried to get a copy. He was a great speaker and the book was wonderful. He was Wilson Rawls and the book was Where the Red Fern Grows, A Story of two dogs and a boy. What a book! And my favorite book of all time is Crawlspace by Herbert Lieberman. What a strange character the main was is and what all happens in this book really made me wonder. You never really learn much about him. And Dances With Wolves by Michael Blake. He is a very likeable person, very charismatic and handsome. I met him at a meeting of the Wolf Agency I worked for here for awhile. They were having a fund raiser, had two wolves there, what a night! He also wrote a sequel The Holy Road. I also like biographies and romances. No particular authors, just what ever peaks my interest on Amazon.

Hello! Sidney Sheldon will always be on my top authors. I have read all of his books and my favorite is The Master of the Game. I finished it in no time because every page is really captivating.. Now, I am more into Young Adult and Middle Grade books. I like John Green, Judy Blume, RL Stine, JK Rowling, Stephanie Meyer, etc.. But back to thrillers, I bought Sandra Brown's book entitled "Crush" and I think it the plot is good. Have you read Sandra Brown before? Is she good? I also heard that James Patterson is one of the well-loved authors in the US along with Sidney Sheldon..

Back before the internet, I was forever reading, I was quite the bookworm, I used to be into horror fiction, and I had favourite authors in Richard Laymon, Shaun Hutson and Stephen King, my all time favourite of Stephen King's was Desperation. I must get that out again because I remember I couldn't put it down and I am going to the library tomorrow. Lately I have been reading biographies, which interest me, maybe my tastes in books has changed over the years.

I just finished reading The Piano Man's Daughter by Timothy Findley. I enjoyed it. Years ago, I worked with a young woman who mentioned that she wanted a Robin Cook book for Christmas, and I just thought, "A robin cookbook?!?"

I read several books a week. I read Stephen King years ago, but couldn't get into his newer fiction. Sidney Sheldon is one author I read in the past and really enjoyed. I need to put him back on my list I keep a notebook the authors I read and what books. I keep this in my library book bag for reference. I read so many authors I like to keep track. If I don't like the book, at least I have a record not to try again. Usually I just research authors on the internet and put the books on hold for pickup at the library or get the free ebook loans if available. I change what types of books I read. Right now I am hooked on British light romantic comedy like Katie Fforde. Also enjoying Elizabeth Adler. She has the best character development - can't put the book down once I'm into it. Can't wait to find out how it ends, even if I have a pretty good idea. I'm going to put Orson Scott Card on my list.

hi dearest PQ I am an oldfashioned bookworm who, by the way, would never buy an e reader....... yuuuuuck...... I love to read and I have tons of books to read here. Most of them are not the easy going stuff but you need to be concentrated and mentally alert to understand what you are reading. So that nice stuff has to wait till I am less stressed.

hi PQ you have some of the same favorites as I do I love Sidney Sheldon, Stephen King,Robin Cook, Jude devereaux.I have yet to read some of Orson Scott Card,I also like Sue Graftons stories too and Mary Higgins Clark too and her daughter Carol Higgins Clark. I have also read Needful things several times too, also Pride and prejudice a number of times by Jane Austen,I have a lot of other favorites b ut the names right now escape me. tired tonight for one thing., yawn,