Anyone who knows me, I mean really knows me, knows that I love to read. I read all the time. I actually got a kindle this past Christmas and I love it! I was originally torn between the Nook (Barnes and Noble) and the Kindle (Amazon) but in the end the Kindle won out because it offers a larger selection of books available to read. Don't get me wrong the Nook probably offers most of the books that I like to read but the prices were a little better on the Kindle and even though the Nook is a little prettier to look at I really love the e-ink technology that the Kindle offers. So aside from the fact that I can get nearly any book I want on the Kindle and it has e-ink you may wonder why else I like it. Let's just say Amazon has amazing customer service for the Kindle. I mistreated it and it stopped working and they replaced it for me when I called free of charge. How cool is that!? I got my Kindle replacement in less than a week from that phone call. The whole reason I got the Kindle in the first place is that while I love to read I found that I had a hard time getting my hands on the books I wanted to read while in college. I didn't find much in the school library except reference books and stories with young Amish girls in bonnets, well really just a ton of Beverly Lewis books. I don't know who she is but she dominated the library's "fun reading shelf". Not really my style (although I did read one of these "bonnet girl" books and it was OK. Nothing all that great, I guess it's not really my thing). There also seemed to be a lot of Ted Dekker and Francine Rivers. Typical of a Christian university and I don't really have a problem with it but I like to read outside of that box. Hence my asking for an e-reader for Christmas. Now I can download books wirelessly and read thing's that are more my style. You may be asking yourself what my style is then, here are a few examples of what I like to read:
Young Adult Fiction Books-
And within that category these sub-categories:
Fantasy
Romance
Historical
Contemporary
Ya. I will admit I am 19 and probably a little to old to be reading young adult books but I often find that books that are actually interesting and written for adults are either full of graphic sex scenes or are about adults with adult lives that I don't much relate to. Sorry but I don't have a husband nor do I have children so I can't really relate to many books where that is the main plot line. Some of my favorite young adult books would be considered paranormal/fantasy books, romance, historical fiction, and the occasional contemporary style book. My favorites of this genre are:
Harry Potter Books (who wouldn't love these books? Maybe they are particularly for kids but they are so well written, I love the characters and the world that Ms. Rowling wrote)
The Fairewalker Series (Just started these and the next book comes out in 3 days, eeek! Well, yes they are about faeries but they are actually pretty cool and they are more like regular teenagers with some magic powers. Can I be team Keane? Are there teams yet? There is a little bit of a love triangle but this one is worth it although Ethan would be OK, but only just.)
Anahita's Woven Riddle ( I liked this one, it takes place in the 1800's and is about a nomadic Muslim girl who tries to find a way to control her fate when her father tries to marry her off. She loves riddles and she holds a competition for her suitors to answer a riddle that she sews into her rug to win her in marriage. This was a nice easy read to look through between classes)
Hanging on to Max (It was interesting since the story was about a young guy trying to choose between raising his son and giving him up for adoption. I thought the story was touching, although not something I would normally read),
Both of the Series that Cassandra Clare is writing (Although I really favor the newer series set in London during the Industrial Revolution, uhmm this time I am team Jem. Will is much to much like Jace and I don't dislike Jace but I don't want more of the same. Plus I just really like how sweet Jem is to Tessa. I am tired of the bad boys always winning.)
Twilight (although the past couple months I am starting to not care for Twilight at all. My inner Twi-hard is fading. So sorry. It was good while it lasted I guess.)
Those are only a couple of the books I have read. I could go on and on and on and on about the books I have read and liked but I won't. If there are any books you like to read in those categories let me know, I am always looking for new books. I am a sucker for happy endings though so don't recommend books that end to sad unless they are really really good. Which brings me to the last point of this long and rambling blog. I have recently found and fallen in love with other bloggers who review books and I am starting to think about doing the same thing. I always love knowing a little bit about what to expect before I open a book. So what do you think? Should I review some books too? I might also do the same with movies and music. Whatever strikes me, I guess.
In the future I was thinking about posting a list of things that are nice to have in college because I always felt those lists were helpful when I was looking forward to going and not knowing what to pack. Hopefully someone will find that helpful!
Peace.
