As the title says...
We love books, all sorts of books and all sorts of writing including my own which seems to jump start with the onset of Fall. Between writing my own series and blogging this has been added to the list of things I write for.
Really I write for myself to get the story out of my head but I'm really bad at taking notes. Between myself and Lo we have the same taste and yet different tastes in books. she does like a lot of historical books were I am more of a Horror, Paranormal and Fantasy type of girl. She can read 4 or 5 books at a time, I can't. If I'm into a story then I'm in it until the end, all the way, full focus.
Like now with Christine Feehans Dark Series. She has so many that it started out as my "In between series" the books I'd read while I waited for new books to be delivered. Don't get me wrong, I love the series but with there being so many I figured that I could take my time but now I've been reading then non-stop and I think its because she did such a good job at separating the stories that I want to read. She places them 2, 3 or 4 books away from the introduction of the character so I have to read through to get that one. Even now the book I'm reading Dark Curse (19) I had been reading like a mad woman to get to since Dark Secret (15) and she has successfully roped me in as I need to get to books 21, 22 and 25 but at the same time I have 2 other trilogies that I'm determined to read so now I'm thinking that I should read those until I have downloaded the next 4. Generally for a series I have to have the next 3 books in line to feel comfortable to continue the read ( Silly I know ) I have book 20 but if I read it then I'll have to continue since 21 is the next one I was driven to get to. At this rate I'll be finished the Dark series by the end of the year and thank goodness for me she has many more series' to read.
Dilemmas eh? I have the Red Rising Trilogy and The Kingkiller Chronicles and in a couple of weeks Blood Vow by JR Ward will be released.
Is this obsessive? I think so but that's fine with me. there are worse things I could be obsessed with.
Between all of those I am still writing my own series and it has taken a really long time to get that together but the story is becoming solid and the personalities of the characters live and breathe now and I'm very thankful I got to that point. There had been so many that I had started and stopped for fear of where the story would go or I lost interest in them, mind you I started writing when I was around 20 years old and sheer fear of criticism prevented me from taking it seriously. It's only been in the past 5 or 6 years that I thought "Hey...I could actually do this."
Even if it was just for me I was determined to do it but I took one more step. Thank you Internet... but I took one more step to force myself into not only believing I could do it but making it so that I HAD to do it. Sometimes my posts are regular and sometimes not but they keep coming. Right now I've been so caught up in writing that I haven't editing or posted anything but I will. Being an Avid reader helps inspire me at the same time and seeing all of the authors, reading their work and that escape into other worlds gives me the push I need to make it happen. I always have trouble with what to read next though. Sometimes it's as simple as scrolling through Chapters/Indigo and repeatedly searching until something stands out Like with Demon Cycle and The Black Dagger Brotherhood. Those books I would find myself coming back to when I searched and after seeing them a few times they were on my list to order and I ate them up.
Book Blogs. I live on them too so that I can get an impression of what others think.
Have you read any of the ones I've mentioned or know a good read that held you? Something that resonated with you or held hidden meaning?
So many books...so little time...so not bothered by it.
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