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I was a voracious reader when I was younger. In college, I would buy a handful of books every weekend and read them that week (not that I could afford this, but in my world, having something to read that wasn't assigned in class was more important by far than having enough money to buy lunch). Things slowed down a little after I got out of school, but only because reality set in and I had bills that insisted upon being paid. Having electricity was more important (marginally) than having to reread a book I already owned).
Most of what I read during this (fairly long) period was the literary equivalent of junk food. Cheap paperback fantasy books with the occasional sci/fi thrown in to mix things up. Every now and then, though, I would buy some veggies or a good hunk of protein, in the form of biographies, anthropology and paleo-anthropology studies, social/cultural studies, etc.
Then, somewhere around 2002 or 2003, I bought a computer, introduced myself to the internet and dove headfirst into the world of fanfic. I continued to read voraciously, but now most of it was online, and based on the fandom of the day.
Lately, I've been trying to return to paper books and original works. Much less fantasy and a lot more of everything else. Mysteries, from Martha Grimes to Carl Hiaasen, fiction ranging from Italo Calvino to Christopher Moore, with stops in between for Neil Gaimon, Jasper Fforde, David Sedaris, etc.
Some of what I've read this year (not including rereads of old favorites):
( The books, let me show you them )
Most of what I read during this (fairly long) period was the literary equivalent of junk food. Cheap paperback fantasy books with the occasional sci/fi thrown in to mix things up. Every now and then, though, I would buy some veggies or a good hunk of protein, in the form of biographies, anthropology and paleo-anthropology studies, social/cultural studies, etc.
Then, somewhere around 2002 or 2003, I bought a computer, introduced myself to the internet and dove headfirst into the world of fanfic. I continued to read voraciously, but now most of it was online, and based on the fandom of the day.
Lately, I've been trying to return to paper books and original works. Much less fantasy and a lot more of everything else. Mysteries, from Martha Grimes to Carl Hiaasen, fiction ranging from Italo Calvino to Christopher Moore, with stops in between for Neil Gaimon, Jasper Fforde, David Sedaris, etc.
Some of what I've read this year (not including rereads of old favorites):
( The books, let me show you them )
