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AuroraGrace13

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Hi! My name is Grace, I am 19, I live in New York, and I want to get back into reading!

See when I was a kid I used to read all the time, and I mean allll the time. It didn't matter if I was on a bus, in the bath, walking the dog, eating dinner, or just had a few minutes to spare, I always had a book in my hand. In fact, my mom actually had to take away my books as punishment until I did whatever chore it was I had to do. I was naturally a quiet person growing up, and I was an only child, so I had to entertain myself, and books were my best friends growing up.

Well as I grew up I became friends with a girl on my bus who was my complete opposite, and slowly I became more social instead of closed up reading all the time. Throughout middle school, I saw my relationship with books decline, although we were still close enough that I hit someone when they tore a cover of a brand new book I had just gotten. Anyway, once high school started, social networking became popular and I made my transition into the internet, and never really read unless it was required by some class. Now I'm in college I waste my time on the internet or playing video games.

Slowly the realization is coming to me that I miss my books, my old friends, and I want to start reading again. I try and read but I get distracted half way through the novel or series and just never pick it up again. I just don't have the motivation for reading of my old books, so I want to start with something new. Does anyone have any suggestions for a great book? I read every genre except the fluffy romance/sex novels and fan fiction.

Thanks for reading my story! Please don't hesitate to say hello! I'm looking for new friends too!
 
Hmmm... Well some of the books that I have really injoyed this year are :

The Riyria Revelations - Michael J. Sullivan

The Corean Chronicles - L.E Modesitt

A few books by Jeffrey Archer :

And thereby hangs a tale

A quiver full of arrows

Cat o'nine tales

P.S They are all collections of his short stories.

The Death Gate Cycle - Margaret Weis

Falco series - Lindsey Davis

The Starbuck Chronicles - Bernard Cornwell

And welcome to the forum :)
 
:welcome to the forum

You are in the right place to find out about books - I suggest you browse the threads - there are lots of opinions and suggestions all over the place.
 
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Thanks everyone! I will be sure to look around! I have a month off so I have plenty of time to read again! Luckily the library is right down the road!
 
Winter break is the perfect time to pick up a good book. Try Ender's Game. It's sci-fi but a lot of people seem to like it anyway. Or if you want something a little dark and sinister, Devil in the White City is awesome!
 
Hello. Glad to hear that you like all sorts of genres. It's fun to genre hop.

YA Fantasy - The Cry of the Icemark
YA Fantasy with faeries - The Iron King by Julie Kawanga
YA sci fi - Heir Apparent by Vivian Vande Velde
Adult Fantasy - Mistborn by Brandon Sanderson (though that one is big and the start of a trilogy, if you're having trouble finishing stuffs...probably not the best place to start)
Action, Thriller - The Doll by Taylor Stevens (strong language)
odd - Pride, Prejudice and Zombies
Children's sci fi - Among the Hidden by Haddix
Children's Mystery - Nancy Drew and Hardy Boys Supermysteries - ~1990's
Lighthearted Mystery - The Spellmans by Lisa Lutz
Mystery - The #1 ladies detective series by Alexander McCall Smith <-- highly recommended
YA historical fiction - The Bad Queen: rules and instructions for Marie Antoinette by Carolyn Meyer
Children's - Rowan Hood by Nancy Springer
YA Fantasy - Harry Potter series
Christian mystery/suspense - O'malley series by Dee Henderson <-- highly recommended
Mystery - Shoofly Pie by Tim Downs
Mystery - Track of the Cat by Nevada Barr (warning, strong language)
YA dystopia - Ship Breaker

YA sci fi - my own books (see sig for titles)
 
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