I LOVE my Kindle

I got a kindle for Christmas and I already know it’s going to be the most used Christmas present I’ve ever gotten.  I love to read and sadly I don’t do it enough (at least that’s how I feel, though my husband wouldn’t agree).  When I want to read something really badly, I get frustrated because I can’t get it fast enough either from the library or the store.  I’ve also gotten so many books my bookcase can’t hold anything else and I was starting to worry about where I was going to put everything since our office is fairly small.  This solves all my problems.

I’ve already read several books on the Kindle and the transition has been so nice for me that I still attempt to flip pages every now and then.  Since Christmas I’ve already read 18 books.  I know that sounds like a lot, but I read really fast.  It’s a blessing and a curse.  I always hurry though because I want to know how the story ends, but then the book is over and I have to move on.  That’s why I love reading series of novels.

If you’re an avid reader like me here is the list of books I’ve been reading.  All supernatural thrillers or romance.  What can I say, I think life is pretty boring, and this gives me an escape.  I also have a habit of falling in love with fictional characters like Peter Townsend (my current love), Mr. Darcy, Edward Cullen and Percy Jackson.

So far I've read

• Lost, a vampire romance
• Immortal
• The Trylle Trilogy
• Camille
• The My Blood Approves Series
• Reaper
• Don't Die Dragon Fly
• House of Dark Shadows
• Hollowland
• Darkness Under the Sun
• What the Night Knows
• The Lost Hero

I had grown tired of all the classics I had been reading and this was a change of pace for me.  Believe me, you read the Iliad and see if you don’t want a change of pace too.  I'm looking for some new books to read now.  I like Paranormal Romance, Thrillers, and Horror novels.  Let me know if you have any suggestions.

To be or not to be...

There are several things that people wish they could be, an actor, a musician, a strawberry (that one was for you Amanda).  I wish I could be a writer.  I come up with interesting enough ideas, but I'm never good enough at the small details.  I know how to start it off and where I want it to end, but all the stuff in between never comes to me.  Since I'm pretty sure that the journey is the best part of the story then me being a great novelist is pretty much out of the question.  That why I think that I should put my OCD to good use.  I want to be a copy editor.

I work in a crappy engineering firm, writing crappy proposals, trying to get us crappy work (I work at an environmental engineering firm...we deal with wastewater...get it? I made a funny.)  Copy editing is part of my job and it's the part I enjoy.  The entire reason I've gotten on this bend is because I got a Kindle of Christmas.  Since December 31 I've read 15 books, two of them I've read twice.  While reading all these books I've noticed an unusually high number of errors that proper editing would have taken care of.  It's like people don't take the initiative to, not only create great stories, but create works that they take pride in.  I don't know, maybe I'm wrong and most of them are independently published and with that they've looked at their own work so long that they don't see the flaws.  I do that too.  I would just love to see these great novels I've been reading be great works also.

On another note, I'm looking for a new books to read.  I would prefer them to be either horror, thrillers, or paranormal romance.  I love reading about things that aren't real like vampires, ghosts, werewolves, Greek gods or immortals.