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Oh oh! I have some stuff I'll post. Just give me a little time to get it and make sure it doesn't need any major re-writes.

Gee do I lobve to read and write.... let me think.....YES! I read all the time. I try to read 6 books a year or more. I also have a published fantasy book out called Avalon. I use my pen name Serena Carrington. I have it published on Amazon.com and barnes and noble.com.

This is definetly my kind of place. mrgreen

I don't read half as much as I used to, thanks to the internet. And, now ,Tales of Symphonia. But I still read much more than most of the people at my school.

I hate trying new authors. The only time I actually will is if he or she has good reviews, or I've seen a lot of people recommend them. Then again, Amazon helps sometimes, too. I've found a lot of books because it recommended them for me when I rated other books. Though I mark not interested more often than not. Then again, I'm also iffy about trying another series by authors that I like. For example, I love The Dresden Files series by Jim Butcher, but I still haven't read the other series he has out. I'm afraid I'll hate it and it'll color my impression of The Dresden Files. That would kill me. It's one of the best series ever.

I think I would rather read than do just about anything else... (there are a few exceptions wink ) - but then again - I find ways to utilize reading everywhere.

I am the opposite of most of you - I walk into a used book store and I don't even look at the titles or the cover art - I just take one here and here and here and over there and what about this one - the bookstore lady thinks I am funny - the only thing I do is make sure I haven't read it before. I have even called and asked her to set me out a stack to pick up. When I do find a good author, I like to read more by them - unless they start to sound alike... book after book. I probably devour at least 5-10 books a month, sometimes more. It helps that I am a speedreader and can have more than one book going at a time, there will be one in the car started and one or more waiting, and one in my husbands truck, one in the bathroom, one in the kitchen, one in the bedroom, one by the couch, and one at work - I am lucky - I can read or play on the internet if work is slow... I even takes books when we go rafting on the river!!!

I do some writing - mostly family histories, (stories the eldery like to tell) and some fiction - just for me.

You mean you prefer 19th c stuff? Or we going a little (ok a lot) further forward to, say, the 1950's?

I'm not sure what you mean by "good literature was produced and not just genre stuff"