I love reading, it’s my number one hobby. I can read a really good book in a day or two. Though as it’s exam time, I’ve had to put my reading on hold for a bit. I’m a fast reader and usually chew through books one at a time but before I got studying I had a stack of books I’d started reading at the same time… and I seem to just add one as I finish one… Oops.
I used to read only fantasy/sci fi, and I didn’t really understand how people couldn’t like it, cause I’d never really read anything else- that was my family’s fault though, they all read fantasy/sci fi and I didn’t have much of an idea of anything else out there.
Now that I’m older and find books for myself instead of relying on presents, I’ve been branching out into adult fiction, including Jodi Picoult and Audrey Nifenegger along with some historical novels, classics (eg Jane Austen) and lots of philosophy.
I still read fantasy/sci fi, I will always love it, though now I have moved on from Emily Rodda and Eoin Colfer to the likes of Terry Pratchett, Neil Gaimon and Isaac Asimov.
That said, I can always, always go back and re-read the Harry Potters or His Dark Materials Trilogy, if I feel like it.
As of right now my stack of books that I am reading is as follows:
The Pact – Jodi Picoult
The Dark Side of the Sun – Terry Pratchett
The Ballad of Les Darcy – William Fitzsimons
Emma – Jane Austen
Sophie’s World – Jostein Gaarder
The Philosophy Gym – Stephen Law
The God Delusion – Richard Dawkins
Foundation – Isaac Asimov
This Thing of Darkness – Harry Thompson
Girl Meets God – Lauren F. Winner
I can’t wait for the holidays. Now I must leave Fluther alone and get back to my study.