I have always liked to read. Along with reading I tried to be artistic with almost anything I could get my hands on—colored pencils, clay, paints, Photo Shop, and embroidery just to name a few. In ’07 I had a stroke and one of the results was me losing my sight. That just opened up more time for me to read as I had to put my colored pencils and art stuff aside. There are more ways to find and read books these days, for which I am so very very grateful (though I miss the smell of libraries and book stores).

Since my stroke I have expanded my list of genres that I will read by … a lot. Right now I love reading Paranormal Romance and Urban Fantasy. I have been known to read those genres along with sci-fi, fantasy, mystery, suspense, historical romance, contemporary romance, and heck pretty much anything else if I like the story. I admit to being obsessive about some books, I just love them so much and I have lost count of how many times I have read them.

I am a big introvert and prefer reading stuff online over talking most of the time. Since I lost my sight my book collection is … well … pretty big since it is all text files now and you can fit a lot of text onto a USB drive. I usually have a set of headphones on with my I Phone attached listening to a book. That is if I am not lurking at the forums here or at Good Reads finding new things to read.

I enjoy reading and reviewing books here at CTR, since it lets me try out new genres and authors that I normally wouldn’t have found myself. I can also share my thoughts 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. Now I mainly read, chat, and write, sometimes I even share the weirdness that I think up.

Light My Fire by G.A. Aiken

Etched in Bone by Anne Bishop

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