I love to read and seem to always have several books on the go, and not just because of readings for my classes. When I'm reading for fun I prefer to read science fiction and fantasy novels. I read The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkein for the first time when I was in grade 4 and he hooked me into the genre. This was followed by books by Eddings, Adams, Lackey, Fforde, Rowling, Simmons etc...I've read Star Trek and Star Wars novels and will shortly be reading some Herbert. Many of these authors may not mean much to you if you're not a reader of sci-fi or fantasy but I love them all. I also read many textbooks on topics ranging (this semester) from Old Testament Prophets to Human Resources. When reading through these books I've come to have this idea about accessibility of language and concepts. There are some of my fiction novels that contain concepts that you just shouldn't jump into - especially the science fiction ones for me. As you become more familiar with concepts and words that seem to be common in these genres you can delve into some of the more so called "hardcore" novels. Our textbooks are much the same. Some of them are easier to understand and help you grasp concepts using common and everyday language. There are others which take me more time to struggle through and understand as the language is complicated and so are the concepts.
Now, as I'm always on the lookout...anyone have any authors to recommend? I read far more then those authors listed above and certainly in every genre - I like Jeffrey Deaver too for example and the classics such as those written by Doyle or Austin. For non-fiction there's always Yancey, Lewis, and well, the list is too long to continue. Who or what do you like to read?
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Just bought a Kobo...envious?
So envious
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