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re: 5 Questions for Book Readers
Posted on 10/27/26 at 9:20 am to TygerTyger
Posted on 10/27/26 at 9:20 am to TygerTyger
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1. What are you reading now?
Dark Age by Pierce Brown and City of Last Chances by Adrian Tchaikovsky.
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2. What was the first non kids book that you read?
I read a lot now but I'm not sure I read a novel from the age of 14 to 24. I remember reading The Giver in middle school but I would imagine that is a kids book. Shortly after the Lord of the Rings movies finished I read those and it started my love of reading.
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3. What is your favorite young adult book?
T-1 with To Kill a Mockingbird and The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. Two of my favorite books ever, not just limited to YA.
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4. What's your favorite book series?
Lord of the Rings. I love a lot of other series but this one isn't really particularly close. As I mentioned it kick started my reading but also I just love the story and world. I'd include The Silmarillion and The Hobbit in that as well. Read The Hobbit and trilogy 4-5 times.
Non fantasy would be anything Sherlock Holmes.
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5. What genre's interest you?
Fantasy. Also a pretty big fan of 1800-1900's classic fiction (Count of Monte Cristo, East of Eden, Pride and Prejudice, etc.)
Posted on 10/27/26 at 9:41 am to iwyLSUiwy
Both Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn were favorites of mine back in the day.
Twain is an incredible writer.
If you want something similar, try Dandelion Wine by Ray Bradbury. He's known for horror/sci-fi and this book has a slight element of that, but it's more a "coming of age" "slice of life" story about a boy in the mid-west back in the 40s. He's one of my favorite writers.
I describe Bradbury like this: Stephen King can take a paragraph and describe something with such visceral detail that the reader can hear it, see it, smell it, taste it, feel it.
Bradbury can do it in one sentence. Every word choice is perfect.
Twain is an incredible writer.
If you want something similar, try Dandelion Wine by Ray Bradbury. He's known for horror/sci-fi and this book has a slight element of that, but it's more a "coming of age" "slice of life" story about a boy in the mid-west back in the 40s. He's one of my favorite writers.
I describe Bradbury like this: Stephen King can take a paragraph and describe something with such visceral detail that the reader can hear it, see it, smell it, taste it, feel it.
Bradbury can do it in one sentence. Every word choice is perfect.
Posted on 10/28/26 at 4:43 pm to TygerTyger
1. What are you reading now?
Bad Words by Rioghnach Robinson
2. What was the first non kids book that you read?
The Thornbirds by Colleen McCoullogh
3. What is your favorite young adult book?
I still love the Harry Potter series. The world building and characters are so vivid, and it’s epic hero’s journey.
4. What's your favorite book series?
The Outlander series
Jack Reacher series
5. What genre's interest you?
I lean toward women’s fiction, romance, popular bookclub fiction, suspense, historicals, and thrillers. I rarely read nonfiction. I tend to like genre escapist fiction with strong characters and propulsive plots.
As a child I read many books a week, and as a teenager, I fell in love with romance. When I turned 36 years old, I started pursuing a career in publishing. My first published book was a Harlequin Superromance, something I borrowed frequently from my aunt’s used bookstore. After fifteen Harlequin books, I moved into writing women’s fiction, cozy mystery, and currently suspense. But I love reading, and I find escaping into a book the best way to handle the stress of the world.
Bad Words by Rioghnach Robinson
2. What was the first non kids book that you read?
The Thornbirds by Colleen McCoullogh
3. What is your favorite young adult book?
I still love the Harry Potter series. The world building and characters are so vivid, and it’s epic hero’s journey.
4. What's your favorite book series?
The Outlander series
Jack Reacher series
5. What genre's interest you?
I lean toward women’s fiction, romance, popular bookclub fiction, suspense, historicals, and thrillers. I rarely read nonfiction. I tend to like genre escapist fiction with strong characters and propulsive plots.
As a child I read many books a week, and as a teenager, I fell in love with romance. When I turned 36 years old, I started pursuing a career in publishing. My first published book was a Harlequin Superromance, something I borrowed frequently from my aunt’s used bookstore. After fifteen Harlequin books, I moved into writing women’s fiction, cozy mystery, and currently suspense. But I love reading, and I find escaping into a book the best way to handle the stress of the world.
Posted on 10/29/26 at 5:48 am to TygerTyger
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1. What are you reading now?
Reading Lonesome Dove again.
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2. What was the first non kids book that you read?
I'm pretty sure it was The Hobbit. I was 7 or 8 years old and my sister told me that she'd give me $20 if I read it and could answer questions about it. I did and she never paid up.
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3. What is your favorite young adult book?
Ole Yeller. Red Fern Grows was another of my favorites.
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4. What's your favorite book series?
Mine is also The Lord of the Rings. I haven't reread it in a few years but it's what really got me into reading as a kid.
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5. What genre's interest you?
Currently Fantasy and SciFi. I'll go on a stretch where I read history type stuff. A couple of years I got obsessed with the old polar expiditions and spent a year reading everything I could find on them.
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I even spent a couple of years reading most of Louie Lamarr Westerns.
One of my guilty pleasures. I just to buy lots of Lous Lamour books on ebay for a couple of bucks. You could get 10-20 paperbacks for a few bucks. I'll pull out the books I didn't have yet and then relist the rest on ebay as a lot. Check out Max Brand and Zane Gray. The Whislin' Dan Barry series by Brand is really good.
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