Reading...

Believe it or not I am currently reading/listening to 5 books; 2 mysteries, 2 biographies and 1 sports book.

I love to read, it wasn't always that way I actually had to be forced to read when I was in the first grade. My teacher, Mrs Steinhouser suggested that I read everyday out loud to my mother, which I did and then she suggested when school let out for the summer that I join the summer reading program at the local library. That summer the theme was mysteries, I would find books to read then when I finished them I would have to tell the childrens librarian, Mrs Etta Banks, all about the books, she gave me a little folder and would write the titles of the books I'd read on little magnifying glasses made of paper and filled up my folder. After that there was no stopping me, Nancy Drew, biographies, The Witch of Blackbird Pond, The House of 30 Cats, cook books, books about pets, poetry books.....

When I got into college I worked at the public library and found my way into paperback romances; Regency Romance and Barbara Cartland...happy endings of course...and there was my love of mysteries; The Cat Who Books, My favorite FBI Special Agent Pendergast, Grafton, Cornwall, Muller, Stabenow...

Technology has become my best friend when it comes to books, I can reserve books from the library without ever going there except to pick them up, I can download them onto my Kindle, I can listen to books on CD...and yes, the book is better than the movie 9 times out of 10!